We Are Who We Are

2012

2012-01-02T22:50:00.002+08:00

Selamat datang 2012. Selamat tinggal 2011. Lambat sehari aku tulis nih, walaupun dalam hati dah lama rasa tertangguh untuk menulis semula dalam blog.
After a gap of 4 months, i am back writting. I am writting di selang-selikan dengan kerja opis yang tak pernah selesai, juga kerja-kerja lain yang juga tidak pernah habis. One of my new year resolution, write more, at least once a month. It helps to relieve stress, it lets you let it out. It lets you re-think your priorities.

So, 2012 dah tiba. Pejam celik nanti 2013 pula(jika umur panjang insyallah). Frankly, kalau kita let the time just move on, kita takkan sedar sampai it is too late. Just watched a DVD kat ghumah starring Justin Timbalake( not that good of an actor dohh), but the message was kinda good. Forget about the story (the movie is call In Time by the way) which is quite merepek aku rasa pasal orang kaya boleh beli time to live longer while the poor yg takde duit akan mati pasal duit is time. So, you end up cherishing time, menghargai whatever time you have left, and in our case where kita tak tau bila masa untuk kita pergi, dun you think we should use what time we have dengan benda-benda berfaedah?

2011 was a year of ups and down for me personally. Made some decisions which were not good, made some that we okay. In average, it was an average year. How to make 2012 a better year?
Honestly, aku pun tak tau. But, apa yang aku tau ialah i wanna do things below:

1. Jadi seorang hamba yg lebih baik dari tahun lepas(walaupun buku baru dah dibuka Muharram ari tuh).

2. Mencari rezeki dengan lebih gigih. Bukan untuk diri aku, tapi untuk keluarga aku. Untuk ibu bapaku, untuk mertua ku. Kerana tiada perasaan yg lebih best, lebih hebat daripada dapat menolong keluarga sendiri.

3. Kesihatan. Mengurangkan apa yg tak elok dan menambahkan exercise. Yup, im getting 'bigger'. I know its part of growing old...but i wanna grow old gracefully. So, the plan is to jog at least 3km a day. Cam ciput jer kan, but heck aku joggin pun jarang. My normal routine of exercise is the walk from the lrt station to the office which is less than 1km. So....what the heck. So yeah, i used to be a 55kg/183cm guy, now im a 93kg/183cm guy. My target is to maintain a 75kg-80kg weight plus to get back the stamina where i used to be able to climb mountains, ride bikes and do a whole lot of other stuffs. Seriously, being heavy makes me lazy doss...

4. Time with the family. I have been guilty. Although they have not said it, but takyah nak cakap. Kita akan rasa sendiri. Hopefully, with goal number two achieve, i will also strike goal no. 4 sekali.

5. Lama dah rasanya Niya dah praktis jadi akak nih. Dia pung dah mula cakap dgn Dolly la, kambing la etc. So, gotta work on it.

Rasanya those are my main goals for 2012. Hopefully i would be able to get those things done by year end and by 31st Dec 2012, i can pat myself on the back and say.... Gud Job Jon!

Razmin Razak
2 Jan 2012

Mencari Sekolah Untuk Raniya

2011-08-16T21:59:00.004+08:00

Sedih. Kecewa. Frustrated. Rasa Terkilan.

Antara a few feelings that we felt when we got the letter stating that Adelia Enrichment Center will no longer be operational starting next year due to the owner opting for 'early retirement'.

WTF? (what the fish since tis is Ramadhan)

Sapa la nak early retirement if you are doing your own business? Ni bukan buat keje makan gaji nak early2 retirement since you already have financial freedom atau nak bukak business sendiri? Ni you have your own playschool, ur own montesorri? Apa kes?
And to top it off, i personally was looking forward for Raniya to be in the 5 tahun class where kat situlah i would be able to see if she really would learn to read and write properly tak macam kita-kita masa sekolah tadika dulu. Kita dulu blajar main jer seingat aku. Masuk darjah satu baru ngelabah nak balajar...hehe

But, coming back to our predicament. Teacher Dorene (headmaster sekolah) pun rasanya tertipu gak dengan tindakan owner nih. Luckily for her, dia dah dapat keje lain. Unlucky for the kids, semua dah bersepah. kesian bebudak nih kalau tengok....
Semua pecah la masuk Adni lah, International School lah, Qdees lah, CIC lah, Genius Aulad lah...pastu concert, graduation semua tak buat dah tahun nih and the last day of school would be the end of the month! Macam siot....Niya nak gi skolah mana lepas nih at least sampai ujung tahun? Takkan melangut duduk umah opah tengok TV jaa....adusssss.

So, kami kenalah meneruskan pencarian sekolah baru untuk Raniya Faramin. Kalau dulu-dulu, tak gi tadika pun takpa...masuk tadika KEMAS pun okay...tapi sekarang dunia dah lain macam sket aaa....Semua nak berlumba2 nak pandai.

Hopefully we do not push her to hard...

Razmin Razak

16 Aug 2011

Hari Ke-Lima Ramadhan 2011

2011-08-05T14:50:00.002+08:00

Bulan Puasa
Bulan Ramadhan
Bulan Nak Diet
Bulan Mencari Pahala Lebih
Bulan Mencari Rezeki Lebih
Bulan Nak Makan Sedap-Sedap

Macam-macam nama orang bagi untuk bulan nih. As for me, setinggi-tinggi kesyukuran for me and my family to be able to once again be given the chance to menyambut bulan ramadhan nih. Same time last year, i was hit with the Bell-Palsy thinggy masa berbuka puasa. Insyallah, tahun ini aku dapat menjalani ibadat puasa dengan lebih baik sekali. Memang kena betui dgn pepatah yang suruh beribadah 'Semasa sihat Sebelum Sakit' tuh.

Niya sahur first day sahaja. Pastu tak bangun dah. Dia pun posa katanya. Tapi posa minum susu dgn roti letak nutella. Tapi itu pun langgar rupanya.

Takpelah, once you are older kita training lagi okeh..

Tahun ni juga nampaknya mungkin ada isu tak balik kampung di Rhasa sejak Opah Minik yg meninggal dunia sebulan lebih yg lalu (sehari sebelum kami cakap nak datang ziarah dier).Tapi tengoklah camna...maybe MakNgah akan pindah duduk untuk take over umah turun temurun ittew. At least ada orang tua utk duduk situ dan jadi focal point untuk mereka-mereka yang bergelar Kasahan itu. Maka, takde lah putus tradisi balik kampung...

Setiawan mesti balik jugak kerana tahun lepas aku tak balik time raya (faktor sakit tu jugak lah). Rasanya kami dah kurang lagi dua ayahngah dan ayahlang tahun nih. Mesti terasa kehilangan diorang. Sib baik semua famili dia Setiawan, anak minimum ialah 5. So Setiawan tak pernah sunyi.....

Razmin Razak
5th Aug 2011

Are We Not Patriotic To Your Eyes?

2011-07-18T15:38:00.005+08:00

Argghh...kalau dah lama tak menulis, you will get confused on where to start, how to start when a lot of things are running thru ur head. Aaaa...yes. The weekend that i was looking forward to.
The week where my beloved Reds take on Malaysia's XI. Have to be said that among the traditional top four of BPL, Liverpool have never been here. They've been to Singapore, Thailand but they never made that stop...until last week.

You can imagine the crowd it attracts bila you have one of the most supported team on the planet coing to town, what kind of frenzy that will happen. No doubt, they were missing a few top players and also the King itself balik lepas training due to nak sambut player baru, but still the crowd was...wow 80,000++ filling the stadium. It was like a carnival. Tua, muda, melayu, cina, india, singh, mat salleh semua ada. Ada pakai baju Malaysia, pakai baju Liverpool, bawak scarf liverpool, scarf Malaysia. We were supporting both teams. A very colourful event.

The game itself was entertaining. 3-6 and our boys in blue gave a hell of a fight which was celebrated by ALL IN THE STADIUM. We are proud of them. We cheered for them. Heck, we cheered all 9 goals because we are malaysians, and yes we are also liverpool fans! You can see the replay on TV if we you doubt me on this.

Majority of us are Malaysians. You dont have to tell us to support the national team. We do that by choice, by what we see on the field. I'm not sure why some people, some key people say things like we must be patriotic and support the home team, tapi pada yg sama masa team lain datang ko jugak yg havoc, menjadikan stadium tu cam emirates, stanford bridge ataupun old trafford! Dan, ko support tak masa team sokongan korang tu di score oleh our National Squad? Did you? Try to remember back...kalau yer bagus lah (samalah kita kan), tapi kalau tak..then what the fish yg ko cakap org datang pakai baju liverpool tak patriotik? It's only a friendly kan? It was used as a training for both Malaysia and also Liverpool..so kenapa perlu keluar statement-statement camtuh?

We support liverpool and we also support the national team. Period.

Ni tak masuk lagi statement beberapa pihak pasal score atas semangat sapa, atau kopius nak celebrate kat mana. Come on mann... yg datang org Malaysia. Yang bersorak giler2 tuh pun orang Malaysia.

Jadi, janganlah jadikan ini alasan untuk hantam fans yg memang harapan nak support team di Liverpool amat tipis. So, they come to us. Kalau takmau jadi begini, then next time kalau team luar datang, mintak diorang lawan dgn Felda United ker, PKNS ker...takde kecoh. Seriouly, being question ones patriotism really feels like manure.

Razmin Razak

18 July 2011

p/s-next time, kalau ada rezeki lagi depa turun Malaysia, i'll bring my famili along. Salute kat Sapuan for bringing the famili along with him

Honeymoon With Kids

2011-05-10T19:58:00.004+08:00

Minik kata dia tak pernah pegi Langkawi. Sejak sebelum kahwin rasanya, dia cakap dia tak pernah gi Langkawi. Rasa tak percaya pun ada gak. Tak pernah gi Langkawi?? Walaweyy...Langkawi tuh...takkan la tak penah sampai.Hmm...maybe i was lucky pasal menghabiskan 4 years kat utara, so Langkawi kalau tak pernah pi, memang agak mustahil la.
So, last week berangkatlah kami bertiga naik Air Asia. This is also the first time Niya nak naik aeroplane dan sib baik la dia takde takut-takut ker apa. Excited lebih ada laaa...

Langkawi...hmmm...Last time i went was back in maybe... 2007 masa LIMA. Duduk hotel/motel/bilik sewa kassim selamat dengan 3-4 orang lain. Pasal time tuh LIMA, semua benda jadi mahal maka bilik sewa kassim selamat jer la kitorang layan.
This time around, pasal datang bawak family, plus this is sort of macam honeymoon la (selepas 5 tahun)..hehe, kena la proper sket.

3 days 2 nights...cukup la kalau nak ronda Langkawi (main island) sahaja. Pantai Cenang masih lawa lagi pantai nyer. Laut nye pun cantek (ni kawasan kena Tsunami dulu). Cable car agak menakutkan pasal bapakkk tinggi! Bila nak gi observation bridge, ponat pasai kena redah utan sket...janganla gatai pakai high heels. Pastu underwater world dia walaupun aku sebagai rakyat biasa yg makan gaji terasa agak mahal...boleh tahan la. Dengar cita dulu ada orang dengki dgn bunuh/racun ikan2 kat situ. Kesian ikan-ikan tak berdosa kena bunuh.Banyak lagi port lain kot tapi cuaca panas gilerr plus bawak Niya jalan sket2 dia dah bosan...last2 balik hotel tido!! So, 3 hari 2 malam bole laa...

Tapi, kalau nak layan lebehhh bole la duduk lama sket layan island hopping dia atau gi Pulau Payar yg digembar-gemburkan best gilerr. Tapi, those island hopping's will cost you. Tapi naik boat lawa la...plus if pegi time peak season, be prepared la nak kena ketuk.

Objective gi Langkawi kira tercapai gak. Minik berjaya sampai Langkawi. Niya dapat naik kapal terbang, Niya dapat main pasir dan air laut. Me? I got my rest.

Mission accomplished

Razmin Razak

10 May 2011

Uncle Kenny....

2011-03-07T21:37:00.003+08:00

"Manchester United are a benchmark for everyone, are they not still top?"There is no-one who would rather be in their own position than United's" said Daglish.

Now, isn't that humble or not? You just defeated your biggest rival and he can still heap praise for them. A logical man would say the same way, an emotional man would say many things. But, this guy chooses the best words, the best jokes and the best team.

He would lead us to somewhere better!

Razmin Razak
7 March 2011

Gym Rakyat...Gym Awie

2011-02-22T23:14:00.002+08:00

Tak tau kenapa satu hari tuh selepas membeli roti dan telur di kedai runcit Ukay Perdana nih, tergerak hati nak mengintai gym kat tingkat atas nih. Dengar-dengar cerita, gym nih gym Awie org kata. Aku pun tak tau sapa punye gym dan kat luar pun takde tulis 'ni gym awie'.

Terus terang dah lama tak berkunjung ke gym atas sebab-sebab takde dorongan dan juga gi gym kat opis selalu penuh dan banyak equipment hoggers untuk benda-benda yg glamour. So, end up wusha 'orang' jer..heheh.
Kalau nak gi gym yg high class macam Fitness First ker, jauh dari tempat kerja dan cabaran untuk sampai ke sana lebih tinggi dan kos pun tinggi gak.

So, kembali pada Gym Awie nih. Yup, owner is Awie tapi Awie tak main kat situ. Dia main kat Wangsa Maju pasal sifu dia kat sana bak kata bhai yg jaga gym tuh, Shawn nama dia.

Aku pun sembang-sembang dengan dia. Camna nak masuk? Apa matlamat aku? Apa function dia kat situ? So..aku berpuas hati dengan apa yg dia explain WALAUPUN equipment yg ada tidaklah 1st class dan semuanya manual, takde yg automated. Hahaha...tak kisah janji kita layan!!!

So..setakat nih dah 4 kali aku gi. Nasihat Shawn, kalau boleh jangan selang-selang. Datang 4 hari straight lepas tuh rest. Next week datang balik.

Short term workout. Burn fat. Kena ragging main beskal dan walker jer 45 minute. Kalau sendiri buat mau 20 minit je aku dah berenti ooo...

Long term target...i want abs...hahaha

p/s-ni kira cam new year resolution gak lah.
p/s/s- ni semua pasal aan tak buat futsal dah! mencih!!!

Razmin Razak
22 feb 2011

Lu Tak Gentel Bhai...

2011-02-02T19:00:00.005+08:00

This post is dedicated to a player whom almost everyone who is a supporter of liverpool adores to and looks to, in bringing the club back to where it belongs. Among the champions.

You had your three years of playing time with Liverpool. Had your up's and down's..lately a lot of down but fans stayed with you. Supported you thru hard times. Heck, even managers (Rafa and Roy) did not get the same treatment that the fans gave you.

Sometimes you played like shait, but fans will say that you are tired after the World Cup (although you didn't play much..kann) and also you are coming back from an injury. We make excuses for you mann...

The King came back to help our revival and with the target's line up during the transfer window, everything looks good on the attacking front as we would have gave you a proven partner...Perhaps this year will still be considered as a rebuilding year for all the wrong things that have happened, but we are looking at the right direction. But.... with 3 days to go you gutted us with the transfer request! What The Fish?! If you really felt like moving away...say it earlier so that people can plan!!! You put everyone's in turmoil last weekend by doing this. Fans were shell shocked. King Kenny was saying no one is bigger than the club.

Now...this is why you are not a gentleman in my books. Plus the fact that you have not said anything about the fans after leaving us. Lu tak gentel bhai....we are gutted.

Luckily, we have a replacement although a bit pricey but the guy looks more livelier than you mann.. and younger. If Kenny can get things right, who knows...perhaps afterwards you would look at this as the biggest mistake of your life.

Having said all that, personally i wish u all the best in your new team. Perhaps they would love you....but they would never sing You Never Walk Alone for you....

p/s- someone once told me that to support your team when their winning is great, but to support them when they are down is greatness

Razmin Razak
2nd Feb 2011

Sudikah Menerima Ku Kembali?

2011-01-24T22:52:00.002+08:00

Boleh saya merentas jalanan yang panjang dan berbahang?

Boleh saya meredah denai yg berliku dan penuh kehijauan?

Boleh saya mendaki gunung yang tinggi?

Boleh saya...................berbasikal semula?

Keinginan untuk berbasikal datang tidak semena-mena apabila tersinggah di sebuah kedai basikal di Melawati. Ownernya berbangsa melayu, nampak agak otai tetapi dressingnya nampak seperti seorang yang alim tetapi aktif berbasikal (pada pandangan aku lah). Sembang-sembang tentang basikal dan basikal lamaku.

Tetapi harga basikal sekarang ini jauh lebih tinggi dari dahulu....tidak mungkin aku mampu mencari basikal yg baru seperti itu. Now, where is my old bike.

Need to feel the wind again...
(and feel light again...sigh)

Razmin Razak
24th January 2011

A New Year

2011-01-18T22:56:00.004+08:00

Its the new year.

I'm....18 days too late to wish a happy new year. Every year goes by and we get old by it. Fact.

We get wiser, we think of our achievements, our failures, our regrets, our joy. Everything. And we think, where would we be in 5 years time. 10 years time. 20 years time.

Will i achieve everything i want.... that is the question that lingers. Insyallah i may fulfill all by the time i'm gone.

..................

A year older for Raniya. Actually bulan September lah, tapi this year Raniya will be 4.

And Papa is seeing you getting bigger, stronger and more talkative every day. You have grown more and more. And papa is still a rookie and being...papa.

Sometimes, papa taktau what i should do...should i be a papa yang garang, should i be papa yg rilek-rilek ajer...or should i be papa yg kewl (maknanye layan jer kehendak anak). I would want you to know what is right and wrong, what is good or bad. when to listen and when to be proactive.... but mama kata you are too young to be able to do that.

Mama is right. Niya masih kecik lagi.

Hopefully, i will get the right path in bringing you up and any other children that the Razmin Family will have in the future.

Happy new year niya....

Razmin Razak
18 Jan 2011

Sahabat Bernama Ira

2010-11-29T16:24:00.014+08:00

Aku ada seorang kawan lama yg aku kadangkala panggil Ira (sebagai nama manja). Known each other since 2003, sudah lebih 7 tahun gone thru good times and bad times.

Titik perkenalan sekadar bersua secara tidak sengaja. Sambil beratur membayar tol LDP Puchong (bayar tol untuk jem..nice!). Ternampak kelibat Irame momotong dari kanan pasal dia ada Smart Tag. Aku pula lalu kaunter bayar seringgit pasai leh tengok gadis tol...

Tapi, Ira memang menarik perhatian first time tengok dia. Dan 2-3 kali lagi. Turn's out, Ira is driven by someone yg duduk area Puchong gak, so gi keje kena tempuh gak la LDP tuh. Nak jadikan cerita, Ira was up for sale 3-4 months after that, jumpa kat dalam internet. Tepon owner set time nak jumpa and the rest was history.

Di zaman bujangku, Ira lah teman suka dan duka. Always available anytime, anywhere. Setakat Bekelah, kawin Sern, turun JB, naik kedah, lepak Penang, panjat Genting, panjat Fraser Hill, panjat Bukit Tinggi untuk honeymoon. Semua dia sudah buat. On camping trips, where its possible to drive, she would be the ride of choice. Ira pun muda lai masa tuh. From the geran kereta, Ira was 10 years old masa i took her.

Still a very nice and powerful car walaupun dah menjangkau remaja. A very handsome car if i do say so myself. Cuma orang-orang tertentu yg tak kenal keta jer akan buat ayat-ayat yg menyinggung hati seperti, "eh...keta putra yek ni? bila awak beli?" kata seorang awek yg aku try nak ayat. Ataupun " awak pakai keta proton wira kan?" kata bakal isteri ku pada satu ketika dahulu.

Masa posting di Penang dulu pun, Ira was the only thing i brought to Penang which i feel that i owned. Kena posting di Taiping tanpa sedara mara di sana 3-4 bulan, Ira jugak yg ada. Ishh.. kalau takde Ira, mau gila dibuatnya duduk sorang-sorang.

Ira also had its masa-masa gelap. Masa dok berulang alik Penang-Taiping, Ira broke down quite badly. Engine masa tuh was in very good condition. Tapi block sudah crack due to the high preasure of the engine head. Ira had to go under the knife for 2 weeks kat Taiping. I had no car, nasib baik ada my staff has an extra car untuk kasi pinjam. Thanks Anba!

Masa dah kawin and my wife was expecting Raniya, Eli (adik ip gua) was getting married in Kota Bharu so i drove from Penang. Singgah sebentar di rumah jack kat Baling and naik Gerik utk turun ke Kelantan. Malang tak berbau, kereta berpusing di kawasan terowong, umur masih panjang lokasi Ira berhenti adalah dalam flood drain dan bukan gaung(which was a far bigger target). During the corner before the terowong, we hid some sands on the road which made the car swerve more than was needed and made the car uncontrollable. As mentioned, we were lucky there we no incoming cars and i landed nicely inside the drain. Damage was minimal, but left a scar on Ira until its final days with me. After the accident, Red Ira was changed into Black Ira. (pesanan, jangan bagi kedai cat insuran buat cat, cam haremmm)

Sejak bekeluarga, tanggungjawab ku pada Ira makin terabai. I know have other priorities which needs to be fulfilled, and Ira feels neglected and shows its moods by those annoying sound of an old car. Being difficult by havng problems that i know not how to solve.

But, she is not old! She is just neglected.

So, on the night 17th of November 2010 after searching for the best person to take over and also giving value to the car, Ira was handed over to another person. If it was up to me, i would still take care of you but it was just not meant to be. All of us will miss you....

Goodbye to you my trusted friend
We've known each other since we were nine or ten

Together we've climbed hills and trees Learned of love and ABC's

Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees

Goodbye my friend it's hard to die

When all the birds are singing in the sky

Now that spring is in the air

Pretty girls are everywhere

Think of me and I'll be there

We had joy, we had fun we had seasons in the sun

But the hills that we climbed

Were just seasons out of time

Razmin Razak

30th Nov 2010

Convocation-The Day My Shutter Stood Still

2010-11-24T23:45:00.008+08:00

2-3 bulan ni memang bulan convocation. Last month it was mine, and this month Raniya had her concert (mak dia bubuh semua gambo and video dia dah) and also my minik's long overdue concert....ehh concert lak, convocation.

It was an event that was really awaited by my minik as she always mention that it is not the same during diploma, where there are no robes to where, the excitement is different. I dare not disagree but one thing that i agree is that you can always feel the aura of excitement by looking at the faces of these grads'. Beratur panjang-oanjang nak masuk dewan dengan muka berseri-seri, Melayu, India, Cina pastu OUM lak ramai from East Malaysia ada. Semua hensem-hensem dan lawa-lawa. Keluarga yang datang bangga dengan kejayaan mereka. It really touches me inside (but not to the point aku nak ambik Phd).

Anyway, it was really long overdue, rasanya kalau tak salah she started the course masa tahun 2005 ke 2006 and finally after some hard times, one marriage and satu operasi melahirkan anak, pada November 2010 akhirnya Pn Nor Fahanaz Fairuz Mohd Nazur telah bergelar seorang graduan.

Tahniah Bee! You earn it...

Tapi...disebalik kegembiraan, ada juga kesedihan. Pada hari yg sama, di saat ku duduk di dewan PWTC di posisi yg amat strategik untuk mengambil long shot menggunakan lens 200m macam seorang sniper, my 4 years old trusted camera died on me.

Sebelum tu dah testing bayekk punye, ambik tele-lens, ambik potrait, macam-macam style lah. Try focus muka para-para graduan kat bawah lah, try nak zoom kat podium kat atas stage yg jauhh jer. Nak try tengok kalau bole focus kat lobang idong awek yg tgh standby kat atas pentas. Semuanya as a preperation untuk tunggu Fahanaz ambik scroll nanti.

Tiba tang Azman Hashim berucap, this guy likes to talk. Definately. And, at first it was kewl because he doesn't follow any script or those scrpts are just guidelines. But after 45 minutes, it gets really really long...so jadilah ngantuk, so tertido lah kejap. Tetiba makcik disebelah kejut hulur biskut sambil berkata, "makcik kalau tunggu lelama gini yg jadi lapar nih. Makcik takleh tahan, gastrik".

Kemudian nak test sekali lagi tetiba kedengaran bunyi yg sebelum ni pernah dengar iaitu bunyi shutter cam rosak-rosak kemudian camera terus jeng. No problem, perkara biasa. Off-on, good as new. Tapi...kali ini, dia tidak mau hidup semula. 3-4 kali buat benda sama, tak menjadi. Hentak-hentak sedikit, tak jadi apa. Tukar-tukar lens, takde hasil.

Dynax 5D Konica Minolta was pronounced date around 16:25 20th November 2010, selepas 4 tahun bersama-sama setelah diperkenalkan oleh Cheekong. And now, i'm camera-less. And rugilah kerana tak dapat ambik gambar banyak-banyak lagi di hari bersejarah minik.

To buy a new one....hmmm. no plans yet, no urgency. and no money to spare(ni sebab utama). Will have to make do with what i have at the moment.

All ends well, lepas mengharungi lautan manusia-manusia berjubah kami pun pulang dan makan KFC pasal semua orang dah lapar.

p/s- Lagu OUM potong giler bee....

Razmin Razak

25 Nov 2010

Wa Tabik Sama Lu, Balai Polis Semanggol

2010-11-07T16:26:00.004+08:00

Balik konvo, singgah bukit merah dan nampaknya rumah percutian ku telah dinodai. Yup, rumah ku dipecah masuk. And from what the neighbours yg tak berapa ramai cakap, it happen sometime last month.

Dia buat keje dalam masa satu hari. Cara masuk? Melalui pintu dapur dan bukak tingkap nako (ini Polis ajar aku). Barang-barang yang hilang:

1. Set TV 14'' LG

2. Almari TV

3. Coffee Table

4. Kusyen Sofa

5. Kerusi Kaki Sofa

6. Ampaian Baju

7. Kipas pusing

8. etc yang kitaorang pun xsure

Ni lah akibatnya kalau dah 3 bulan orang tak jenguk ghumah itu. Plus, orang yg ditugaskan untuk jaga telah pindah dan i have to say made a very shitty job in transferring her job task to the other person. Hopefully, the next person would be doing a better job!

So...masa nak gi report polis tuh, hati dah memang berbulu. Panas. Hangin. Rasa nak tumbuk orang yg pecah masuk. Macam-macam lah yg terfikir on the way nak buat report tuh. And, i have experience going to Balai Polis nak buat report beberapa kali:

1. hilang IC kat UUM.

2. Exciden kat Grik tapi nak report kat Kota Bharu (gagal)

3. Exciden kat Grik tapi nak report kat Tanah Merah (gagal)

4. Exciden kat Grik tapi report kat Pengkalan Chepa (berjaya)

no 2-4 memang memenatkan pasal banyak sangat cabaran dan dugaan. Bayangkan depa xmoh terima report pasal dia kata exciden kat Grik (perak) so kena gi balik sana. Kepala busutt...

So...memanglah terasa malas nak report.

Tapi Balai G. Semanggol memang bagus. Aku puji sungguh. Dari Koperal yg ambik report sampai ASP Chong (yg kata dia ketua kawasan tuh) memang bagus dan prihatin. Sampaikan aku terasa cam dalam cerita Gerak Khas. ASP Chong tu siap cakap yang pegawai-pegawai dia akan membantu sehabis baik untuk menyelesaikan kes ini (dalam bahasa baku tuh). Now, i am not naive or born yesterday to think that kes pecah ghumah boleh selesai semudah dalam filem atau drama. But, cara dia cakap tuh meyakinkan dan melegakan.

Kudos.

Kalau semua polis-polis kat Malaysia cam depa nih, mesti orang lagi respek kat depa.

p/s---umah bukit merah ku dalam proses pembaikan.

Razmin Razak

7 Nov 2010

Convocation- Its Raining All Day..

2010-11-06T15:09:00.005+08:00

It's over. Akhirnya, habis jugak.
After almost two years, selesai sudah. And, what more to celebrate it by going up north and having the convocation at my old U.
Which by the way, dah banyak dah berubah. Places where i use to ride, lepak or trek rasanya banyak dah takde.
Dah ada hotel kat situ, Hotel EDC sesuai untuk mak bapak yg datang nak tengok anak2 dia. Because nak berulang2 alik dari Jitra ker, Alor Setar ker..amatlah jauh.

And yes, UUM is still far away from others.
Almost 8 years since the last time i came to Sintok. Lama dah tuh, as Sintok bukan lah satu tempat yg u would go tanpa sebab. Jauh bangat tuh dari KL. Kalau tak silap dalam 476km from KL. And time has made UUM a different place that i remembered before. After picking up the jubah on Saturday, made my way to PKP (as it used to be called) and walk around to see my old klub room. Alas, it locked (dulu tak penah lock pun tingkap dia..hehe), so i peep inside the room. It was like it used to be. Tapi...gambar2 dulu2 sudah tiada.

The oldest picture that i saw was from the year 2005. I left in 2001.

Hmm...looks like i no longer belong there.

At first, it was a bit sad. Mind you, i spent 20-30% of my Uni years bergelumang kat sini, dengan rakan-rakan kembara. I like to think that we were the best of friends then, and now.

'Bilik Klub' was one of the 'landmarks' of this team, this grup.

But, time goes by. Younger generations have taken over.

And, its time to move on.

Satu yang kurang best ialah the timing of the convo. Nampaknya musim banjir dah tiba di utara. We were lucky to be the 1st session since sejak sabtu, hujan tak berhenti-henti dari pagi sampai ke malam. Sebab, masa dah balik KL, we heard that Keday and Perlis dah naik air. And convocation of the last session ditangguhkan because UUM was no longer accessible.

Kesian bbeudak tuh.

Anyway, malam sebelum balik KL, we balas dendam kat Kedai Linda yg dirindui sejak zaman-zaman dulu. And....its still cheap!

Cuma, they have to do something about the place lohh.. Sekarang nih, Linda jer berniaga sana. Orang lain semua abih di pukul nya kot.

After this, dunno when would i be coming up north again.

Razmin Razak

6th Nov. 2010

Happy Third Birthday Raniya

2010-10-24T18:58:00.006+08:00

Raniya Faramin celebrated her 3rd birthday on the 25th September 2010 (Real birthday is on the 22nd).
It was a small yet compact party. Kengkawan and famili datang.
Niya was happy and very cheerful.
That all ended bila bear A&W keluar....

Chit...tahun depan buat kat umah jer lah.

At the end of the day, Raniya pulang the a whole pile of new toys and books. Dan, tambahla lagi benda utk kami kemas pada malam hari......................

Razmin Razak

24th Oct 2010

I Had This...

2010-10-19T00:02:00.004+08:00

Lama sungguh aku tak menulis di sini. The last entry was way way 2 months back kot. Tak ingat dah....

Anyway, a lot has happen between then and now. Antaranya:

1. kita dah raya..yahooo
2. niya dah buat besday party dia...yahoo utk niya(nanti wa buat satu entry utk nih..insyallah)
3. aku dah operate idung...aduiii
4. minik wa dah besday tapi wa takle properly celebrate. nanti la yekkk...

But, one thing happen to me masa bulan posa which i would like to share. It made me especially realise that nikmat idup nih, Allah leh tarik bila-bila masa sahaja. Two weeks before Raya, masa buka posa denga famili, tetiba sahaja tanpa sebarang petanda (well there was actually, a sharp pain behind the ears 3 days before the incident) i felt that when i drink, air jatuh cam bibir aku tak berfungsi betui2. Buat tak tau jer dulu, kot2 allergic kat apa benda tah kan...so buat bodo jer la. But things got worse the next day when the condition worsen and my eyes do not close..(sort of a mild strok but only on the face!)

So, with a very scared feeling went to the doctor and revealed that, i have or had...Bell Palsy. Bole google it dalam internet. Its very common actually. For those who have experience it.
Bell's palsy is a temporary weakness or paralysis of the muscles on one side of the face. These muscles are controlled by the facial nerve. Because there's a facial nerve on each side of a person's face, and Bell's palsy usually affects just one nerve, people with Bell's palsy will most likely notice stiffness or weakness on one side of the face.

Usually if the nerve is working, it acts like a signalling machine yg habaq kat mata and mulut hang nak bukak ka tutup ka. But when the signals gets disrupts, thats when the eyes won't shut and the lips won't function well. Alhamdulillah, bell palsy is not permenant and only revolve around the facial nerve. Kalau tempat lain, maknanya ada hal lain la.

How to get it? Doctors don't specifically know. Even masa jumpa Neuro-Specialist pun dia kata possibility untuk sesapa kena is high as 1:100. So, agak common.

Treatment? Time and a little dose of steroid just to make the swelling of the nerve go away.
For me, it's my 8th week since kena benda nih. And alhamdulillah banyak dah baik. Maybe 95% i'm back to normal. Tapi ada lagi rasa cam tak berapa syiok which in some cases will be permenant.

Gambar Raya Yang Garang

Believe me, it was really a scary experience although i don't show it lah kat my family.Buat pe buat depa risau pasal depa dah memang risau. Thanksful enough for the sapot they gave me. Aku dapat MC sampai Raya plus lepas Raya dapat seminggu lagi. So, buat keje dari ghumah je.

Kesimpulan dari kisah nih is peringatan. Jangan ingat kita rasa badan kita sihat selamanya. Sekali tarik itu nikmat..ishhh.Aku di tarik sekejap jer(sebagai peringat).

Razmin Razak
19 Oct 2010

Terrible Two to Three

2010-08-17T22:49:00.004+08:00

Lama dah tidak aku perkatakan tentang Raniya. Mak nyer yg banyak ambik tugas untuk merekod tumbesaran Raniya Faramin nih. Memang dia membesar dengan sihat dan gembira (alhamdulillah). Dia tidak lagi bermasalah nak ke sekolah, dia dah pandai menguruskan diri (sikit-sikit la) dan dia memang kaki bodek atok dan opahnya. Hasilnya, dah jadi anak manja dah sket si Raniya nih.

Menjadi cucu paling kecik sebelah aku memang banyak kelebihannya untuk Raniya since dia lah yg dimanjakan oleh atok dan opah. She would always gets her way, one way of the other dgn opah dgn atoknya. Permainan yg melambak kat ghumah boleh dikatakan tak sampai 10% di supply oleh mak bapaknya. Lain atok dan opah ataupun harta turun temurun. Ada terasa dihati ini yg mungkin Raniya sudah mula spoilt, terlalu manja.

Kalau tak dapat apa yg dia nak, mulalah lakonan Ratu Air Mata yg akan hilang sekelip mata bila dapat apa yg dia nak. Dia akan kacau akak-akak sedaranya baca buku, buat homework, tengok tv, tapi bila kena buli akan nangis cam kena dera.

To me, Raniya is old enough to be a little bit matang and responsible(tapi takde la melampau2 punye responsible). Cukup lah tak merengek bila tak dapat apa dia nak. Maybe i'm asking too much, maybe this is normal. Heck, i wouldn't know.

As a parent, i worry how should i handle this?

Razmin Razak
17 Aug 2010

Ramadhan Datang Lagi

2010-08-14T23:18:00.002+08:00

Assalamualaikum.

Walaupun terlambat 4 hari untuk mengucapkannya, ingin juga dilafazkan Selamat Menyambut Bulan Ramadhan ini pada semua.
Semua orang mesti target utk tambahkan amal pada bulan ramadhan kerana pahala nya berlipat kali ganda. I would rather wish for a consistency, rather than sort of a trend issue.

Point is, umur makin meningkat eloklah ditambahkan amal pada setiap bulan, dan mulakan dengan bulan Ramadhan.

Wassalam

p/s--happy birthday Papa. Sorry, got the year wrong..hehe

Razmin Razak
14 Aug 2010

Sehari di Kedai Mamak

2010-07-22T00:43:00.002+08:00

A typical Malaysian culture, lepak kedai mamak. Yup, mamak restaurants are not what they are 5-8 years ago. Of course, the big screens are there before..but now the hype is tremendous. Tell me, mana-mana kedai mamak yg kat area Klang Valley yang tak penuh. Lebih-lebih lagi once EPL season starts back. Masa World Cup, EURO, Piala Malaysia toksah cakap lah. Ada sekali dulu, zaman AF pun dia ada gak.

Heck, a friend of mine even made a thesis on the emergence and success of mamak restaurants. Now, with added cleanliness and also wifi availability. This only proofs that mamak is moving in the right direction.

But, what we always see here is that, where there is people, there are always the army of beggers.
Now, semua orang ada pandangan masing-masing tentang penjual-penjual tisu ini. Ada yg kata kesian, ada yg kata jangan di layan.
Okey..this is my personal view and my personal practice. Not to be followed by everyone else.
I would normally standby some small change for them. Not to encouraged, tapi niat kita nak membantu lah(walaupun mungkin dia leh dapat 100 meja bagi dia seringgit).
Yang dewasa aku tak heran sangat, but what about the children???

Yang datang bukan sekali, tapi 3-4 kali muka yg lelain dan i 90% sure that they are not local. Ada yg comel, ada yg not so comel, ada yg muka sedih, ada yg cam bengis bila ko xbagi dia duit.

Kesian la aku tengok. Definately someone or a group is behind them (think of Slumdog Millionaire). Kesian bebudak kecik nih. Kenapalah nasib mereka begini. Ada yang lalu tepi McDonalds sambil memandang ke dalam dengan mata yg sayu tengok orang makan. Agaknya, seumur hidup mereka yg baru setahun jagung tuh tak dapat makan benda yg sedap2. Duit yg dikutip tak tentu mereka dapat.

Entahlah..just had to get this out of my chest.

Razmin Razak
22 July 2010

It's Official At Last...

2010-06-04T00:22:00.004+08:00

Liverpool FC today confirmed that Rafael Benitez is to leave the club by mutual consent.

Mr Benitez relinquishes his position as team manager after six years and the Board of Directors would like to place on record their grateful thanks for his services and wish him all the best in his future career. The Board has now asked Managing Director Christian Purslow, with the assistance of Club Ambassador Kenny Dalglish, to begin a formal search to identify and assess potential candidates for the managerial position.

No timescale has been placed on the process and Liverpool FC will make no further statement until a new manager is appointed.

LFC Chairman Martin Broughton said: "Rafa will forever be part of Liverpool folklore after bringing home the Champions League following the epic final in Istanbul but after a disappointing season both parties felt a fresh start would be best for all concerned.''

Rafael Benitez said: "It is very sad for me to announce that I will no longer be manager of Liverpool FC. I would like to thank all of the staff and players for their efforts.
"I'll always keep in my heart the good times I've had here, the strong and loyal support of the fans in the tough times and the love from Liverpool. I have no words to thank you enough for all these years and I am very proud to say that I was your manager. "Thank you so much once more and always remember: You'll never walk alone."

-official statement from liverpool fc.

For all the faults of the guy, he is still the manager that got liverpool their best league performance 2 years back for a long time. Not to mention the won us the champions league and also the FA cup.

And, yup he will still be remembered as part of the history of Liverpool FC.
Now, lets look to the future and reclaim our place as the champions of the premier league. YNWA

Razmin Razak
4 June 2010

work..work..

2010-06-02T23:19:00.004+08:00

work...work....

sometimes it does take its toll on you. The pressure the sweat and tears(laki tak nangis, marah dalam hati jer).

sometimes, you just feel like you just wanna pack up and leave. Malas nak ambik tau dah. Its suppose to be simple. Get the deal and done. Go get another deal. But, no. Every deal has its own challenges and its time consuming, it causes strains in your eyes, it makes you wrinkle more, and it makes you missed other opportunity.

No doubt in life there is always challenges, but u need a break.

What am i'm babbling about? Entah lah...basically rasa cam penat nak keje. but life must go on, and with life comes work.

And quoting my boss favourite war-cry or motivational theme. "hidup mesti berani, jiwa mesti merdeka!"

Razmin Razak
2 June 2010

i am free......

2010-05-25T15:14:00.001+08:00

Dear Aisyah and students,

The project papers have been reviewed. I am glad to inform that I have recommended to the postgraduate office that the students be passed but some will have to do minor corrections. Although there are some who don't have to do any corrections, for those who do, please refer to the annotated copy of the project paper sent for the required corrections.

I have also sent the guideline for the project paper submission especially the cover page etc. Please follow the guideline provided.

The student will have to bind the project paper using hardcover binding in dark green. Three copies should be sent to me. I have also sent a piece of pink forms for each of the students. This pink form is to be bounded together with the first copy of the hardcover project paper. Do not worry about the supervisor's signature on the pink form. I will give it to the respective supervisors to be signed later once I get the hardcover copy.

The hardcover copies must reach me by 10th June for everything to be finalised.

Congratulations.

Sabariah Yaakub, PhD
International Business Programme
Coordinator
UUM COB

i am free.....

Where is My Inspiration?

2010-04-04T13:56:00.002+08:00

A little over a year ago, i had embarked on a journey which i never thought i would take...futher my studies. Doing the much converted MBA in International Business.

Now, after completing all the papers and only the final thesis to go, i am left with a very tiring and difficult task...completing the thesis.
The reason? Motivation sudah hilang. Semangat sudah hampir padam. Everyday work from the office is taking its toll on me. Dermm.....never thought it could be this hard.

So sorry to my family as i am not able to spend more time with them. Can't wait to have a free-guilt outing with the family.

Please. Last submission date for the completed version would be on the 24th April 2010.

Thus, i need to buck up now! Buck up! Buck up!

After this, you have all the time for everything else. Plus, you'll get an extra cert for all your troubles. Just need to focus for the next 14 days or so....

Yup, that could be my inspiration....

Razmin Razak
4th April 2010

sayonara , batsū8

2010-03-11T21:45:00.004+08:00

Last pictures of Lot 328 Batu 8 Ulu Klang...

Bayangkan, it has been there since 1964, and now after so long, it will be vacated. Perhaps for awhile, a month unlikely, 6 months most probably, one year most likely.
You see, an old house has old problems.

This house has provided shelter for, i think 5 generations starting from opah nyang(aku tak pernah jumpa), atuk and nenek, mama and papa, me and my siblings, raniya, shahida and nabila(batch paling kecik). Not to mention, cats, dogs, ayam, monyet, babi hutan pun ada, ular sawa pun ada. So, the house holds a lot of memories, and also stuffs yang rasanya orang tak pakai dah, tapi mungkin ada sentimental value la kot.

Masa atuk masih hidup, memanglah ada a few adjustments did to the house, but on a minimal scale. He likes it just the way it is. And being an old man, doesn't want all the fuss of moving, which we all had to endured. Penat doss....pindah.

This time the repairs and renovation would be on a bigger scale. I honestly don't know how the house would look like after this. Never really had the initiative to know..heh

But, it should feel like the way it use to be.

Like home. For everyone.

Razmin Razak

14 March 2010

I Don't Want To Go To School!

2010-03-03T23:18:00.006+08:00

Tell me, does every parents go thru the same stage?

After a very successful stint for Raniya going to school, very happy, very excited in January of meeting friends, learning stuffs, the month of February was more of like a bored kid who has lost her interest. Maka, mulalah alasan-alasan yg pelik dan kelakar(which she picks up from hearing adults talking) seperti ngantuk, sesema, batuk and sakit tekak.

Started to ponteng a lot of her classes, and atuk&opah pun kengkadang tak sampai hati nak hantar when she doesn't want to wake up in the morning. Something is wrong here. Raniya is not like this. Raniya likes her friends. Raniya likes to go to school before. They shouldn't get bored only after one month. We get bored after going to secondary school and now were bored of work and wanted to just studyyy jer kan (and that is another story altogether).

So, me and the wife went to see the principal, teacher dorene with Raniya lah sekali. We went after school hours lah, so that the principal would be free. And, there were still some kids hanging around waiting for their guardians to pick them up. And, those kids love her. They were saying "Raniya!! Why you don't come to school?" "Assalamualaikum Raniya!" "How are you Raniya?" But, Raniya was liked scared or shy. Its like, she doesn't want to be friends with them. Pelik...memang pelik. Seeing the principal, we kinda concluded what was wrong and confirmed with the principal's assessment:

1. She is the smallest, but every group would be possesive of her, wanting her to join them (without asking). And being the smallest, she follows although she doesn't want to.

2. She is very talkative, macam makcik-makcik lah. Tapi, the only problem is that she is fluent in BM only. When the teacher asked to speak in English, she turns away and switches off. Mungkin dah ada perasaan malu sikit kot. Pasal kengkawan dia kat situ yg dah lama school semua speaking bagai...

3. One gurl that she does not get along with, who would push her away but she would just keep quiet. She doesn't fight back or warn the kid. This one i'm not liking because you have to express what you feel. Don't keep it bottled up. Perhaps ini sebabnya Niya is moody nowdays. Takleh nak luahkan perasaan dan perangai at school.

In other words, she feels that schoo is no longer a fun place to be at. She rather plays with Kak Bila and Kak Shida and Atok and Opah and Bibik and Mama and Papa and Chumi(cat) and Grey(cat also). So, sekarang ni we have to pujuk her to go to school. She has to cope but with extra attention from the teaches(which dah discuss dgn principal) and pertingkatkan lagi penggunaan bahasa inggeris apabila berbicara dengan Raniya. Tak boleh stop because if we do stop her, then she will feel that it she gets her way. Which kita tak moh aa...

Pagi tadi atok dgn opah kena trick pasal upah ice cream, tapi tak pegi jugak. Pagi esok, tak boleh jadi. Dah cakap dgn opah dan atok dah, ni budak manyak cerdik. Jangan kasi cann..

Kalau tak, hari jumaat papa yang hantar gi school!

Razmin Razak

3 March 2010

Liar..Liar...YOUR PANTS ON FIRE!!!

2010-02-03T23:46:00.002+08:00

What do we expect from people who continously lie?

What can we expect from people who lie and would try their hardest to hide the truth?

Even to the extend of pretending nothing is wrong, everything is great, life is peachy. And what if we know that the one you lie about is nothing more than a spec of experience in your still infant life? What if this won't mean a damn thing, in let say 5 years time? And by that time you live to regret it? By that time, you have no one to call family cause they despise being lied to, again and again and again. What do you do then?

But, as they say 'air dicincang tidak akan putus' and the question is how long would you be able to withstand the cincangan?

A word to Raniya. Once you are able to read this, please remember that whatever happens, family must come first.

Papa dulu pun was once like this. Friends are where you get your advices, your tunjuk ajar, your mentor, your FRIEND. Syoik...best, that is what friends normally give you. Excitement. And what does family does to you? Guidance(boring...) But, friends are your age. And, what you know...they know it too, maybe a little bit more, maybe less. But, pokok pangkalnya although they seem to understand you better than your own family, they won't be able to care or love you like your own kind, your own blood.

As we get older, we realise this. And we tend to regret the times when you had fights with mom, dad, adik, akak....

The point is, never never put your family behind. Remember this, until you have your own.

Razmin Razak
3 Feb 2010

Niya-Fight Back 2 School

2010-01-17T22:36:00.004+08:00

These pictures are taken on the 1st day of school for Raniya. She loves going to school tapi liat bila nak bangun pagi. Adeela Enrichment Centre, the name of the place. 'Tadika' turun temurun cucu-cucu Razak setakat ini. Highly recomended by Kak Shida and Kak Bila. They love it there, and they turn out quite okay.In terms of English, those gurls can really talk.

Although she is the smallest and the youngest, dun think its a problem for her since she's loving it. She's been saying about going to school since she followed Kak Bila and Kak Shida to school. Perhaps she wants to have friends, to be with people her age. To play with other other than the circle she knows already. Meaning opah, atok, bibik, kak bila, kak shida, kak mira, Abg Aqil, papa, mama and nek nyang.

It's already 2 weeks since Raniya started going to school. Reports from Atok and Nenek indicates that she continues to be happy at school. Because dia tak sabar-sabar nak turun from the car bila pagi-pagi hantar dia ke sekolah.

Someone said to me, " takpe ko invest in your daughter, daripada ko membazir benda-benda lain". Heh...the starting invoice amounted more than 2K, and monthly are quite standard for all other enrichment centers such as Qdees, Smart Reader etc...etc. Thats the price you have to pay nowdays to give good educations to your kids kan...

Takpelah, isnt it what being a family man is all about?

Razmin Razak

17 Jan 2010

Kenapa Ko Lain Dari Orang Lain....

2010-01-14T23:48:00.004+08:00

Jam menunjukkan pukul 7:50 pagi.
Hari Selasa. Cuti sekolah pun dah habis, menandakan waktu untuk pergi kerja terpaksa diawalkan sebab mak bapak sibuk nak hantar anak pergi sekolah dulu. Bagus, hantarlah semua ke sekolah. Kita pun tak kisah pasal dah memang tanggungjawab mak bapak untuk berikan pendidikan kat anak-anak. Dari kecik sampailah ke bila dia boleh berdikari sendiri.

Tempat, MRR2 yang memang terkenal dengan jam nya yang boleh melarat dari Ampang hinggakan ke Gombak kalau ada kes-kes melampau seperti accident atau ada awek tayar pancit tepi jalan. Takpe, untuk pun kita boleh paham pasal dah bertahun duduk di area Ulu Klang nih. Sejak zaman jalan satu lane sahaja, sehingga lah sekarang ada 3 lane, kekadang bole wujud lane ke-empat bagi mereka yg nak cepat atau memang dah tak peduli dah.

Takpe, yang itu pun kita paham pasal sekali sekala kita pun buat gak.

Tapi, yang paling tak boleh paham dan mendatangkan hangin di pagi hari ialah kenapa bila dengar siren motor polis escort berbunyi di belakang, semua rakyat jelata yg sedang mengharungi jam terpaksa membelah jalan umpama Nabi Musa membelah laut? Bukan bomba atau ambulan yang nak lalu tetapi kereta sedan besar bertingkap gelap yang nak lalu. Adakah dia membawa orang nak bersalin atau ada orang sakit dalam kereta yg bercermin gelap itu?
Tapi kalau dah 2-3 kali terserempak, takkan hari-hari orang nak bersalin. Lepas tuh, bila lak bomba pakai kereta sedan besar nih?

Yang ini, aku takleh terima dan tak masuk akal!

kalau orang lain yang sama lambat nak masuk office, sama lambat nak berkejar nak rebut parking kat office, yang terpaksa bangun lebih awal dari biasa untuk on time ke pejabat, kenapa engko yang ada escort polis ni treated differently? Ko bukan raja, bukan sultan pasal kalau keta kerabat nih kita boleh nampak beza escort dia.

Kenapa ko boleh senang-senang sampai ke mana saja ko nak tuju tuh lagi cepat dari rakyat-rakyat lain? Apa best sangat ko nih? Pasal ko ahli parlimen? Ahli politik? ADUN? Senator? Menteri? Timbalan Menteri?

Nak gak aku try naik LRT yang padat macam sardin tuh, bila toleh-toleh ada muka mamat bernama menteri ker, ADUN ker..takdelah aku rasa yang rakyat biasa jer yang merasa lifestyle hidup bekerja di KL.

Bila tengok senang-senang jer rider motor Polis tuh halau orang ketepi nak bagi Tuan Besar lalu, hati sapa yang tak panassss......

Razmin Razak yang panas..
12:00

RON 95 vs RON 97 vs V Power (RON 100)

2009-12-02T00:50:00.002+08:00

perbualan bersama my pomen is as follows:

Aku: Jon, keta lu pakai RON 95 ker RON 97?
Pomen: Huh...
Aku: Awat?
Pomen: Mula-mula dulu memang la aku pakai RON 95. Yelaa, murah la sket kalau nak pakai RON 97 tuh. Aku pakai sejak launch sampai ujung bulan 10.
Pomen: Ko pusing kanan sini. (sambil guide aku untuk test drive)
Aku: Power kurang ker? Setakat power kurang, aku pun tak heran sangat. Nak power-power sangat pun nak gi mana.
Pomen: Aku tadahal sangat pasal power nih pasal aku gi balik keje jer. Kalau ada race, wa pakai minyak lain (sambil tersengih kambing).
Aku: Haa...yelah. Pastu pasal ko tak pakai dah?
Pomen: Hujung bulan 10 tuh, aku saja la bukak head engine. Perghhh..dia punye carbon residue dia...tada ingat punya hitam dan melekat.
Aku: Amboi...parah tu bang.
Pomen: Memang pun. Naik hilang kan dia bukan takat gosok jer, mau kikis tuh.
Aku: ooooo...

Maka, terpikirlah aku. Kalau pomen boleh la suka-suka hati dia nak bukak head engine kasi cuci. Tapi kalau yg bukan pomen atau pomen buat pandai, apa cerita? Mana der orang bukak head engine sesuka dia jer? Apa jadi kalau kita pakai RON 95 nih selama setahun?

ishh...ni yang aku malas nih.

Razmin Razak
2 dec 2009

Up-A Feel Good Movie

2009-11-16T08:44:00.002+08:00

I know most of us have already seen this movie, well me and my family just had the opportunity last weekend masa we all gagal mendapatkan tiket to see 2012 at MO due to the fact that on saturdays MBO is like KLCC. Parking susah nak dapat, beratur panjang nak ambik tiket, etc..etc.

So, geram punya pasal on my way back stop by my new favourite DVD parlour, bought a few of them and one of ot is Up. The movie which was actually released on the 29th May 2009 was actually for Raniya but me and my minik ended up watching it till the end pasal Raniya dah tido selepas yo-yo kelapa nak tengok cerita Up ittew.

The movie centers on the main character which is Carl Fredricksen, a shy and quiet young boy, meets an energetic and outgoing tomboy named Ellie, discovering they share the same interest in exploration as their hero, the famed explorer Charles F. Muntz. Ellie expresses her desire to move her clubhouse to Paradise Falls somewhere konon-kononnya in South America, a promise she makes Carl keep. Carl and Ellie got married and grow old together in the old house where they first met while making a living as a ballon vendor and a zookeeper. Unable to have children, they also try to save up for the trip to Paradise Falls, but other financial obligations arise. Just as they seem to finally be able to take their trip, Ellie passes away...leaving Carl a lonely and bitter old man with nothing to live for and missing his wife terribly. Cam sedih kan cerita nih? It started of like that actually. But, you just have to see it to feel it.

So, sapa yang belum pi tengok cerita nih, pi lah melawat peniaga DVD anda kerana wayang lama dah habih...

Razmin Razak

16 Nov 2009

Hati Seorang Ayah

2009-11-02T22:50:00.002+08:00

1. Bagaimanakah perasan seorang ayah bila melihat anaknya seronok dan teruja melihat mainan orang lain?

2. Bagaimanakah perasaan seorang ayah bila melihat anaknya main ghumah2 bawah baby chair dia kerana akak-akak sedara dia ada toy house yg besar?

3. Bagaimanakah perasaan seorang ayah bila anak dia bila balik ghumah asyik ambik katalog Giant dan dok belek gambar basikal sambil berkata "nanti li beskal, yer?"

4. Bagaimana perasaan seorang ayah bila melihat baju-baju anaknya yg semakin kecik kerana dah makin membesar dan ada yg cam dah koyak ala-ala kisah Bersamamu?

5. Bagaimana perasaan seorang ayah bila melihat gambar-gambar anak orang lain yang sudah menaiki kapal terbang ke tempat-tempat yang ayahnya sendiri belum sampai?

6. Bagaimanakah perasaan seorang ayah bila bersembang dengan rakan sepejabat yang akan membawa anak-anak ke Zoo Singapore kerana anak dia suka tengok show kat sana?

7. Dan bagaimana perasaan seorang ayah bila melihat wallet nya dan melihat berapa yg perlu disimpan untuk sampai ke hujung bulan?

rintihan middle management, people

The Name's Jack!

2009-10-15T22:03:00.004+08:00

Aku ada sorang kawan yang boleh diconsider lama jugak. Mungkin tak selama rakan-rakan zaman sekolah dulu, tapi cukup lama untuk aku panggil kawan.

Seperti ramai rakan-rakan di zaman university dulu, lebih daripada separuh datangnya dari 'my leaf village friends', or lebih dikenali sebagai kelab kembara. Apa yg best sangat tah dengan geng nih, aku pun tak tau la. Nak kata hensem, not bad laa.... Nak kata ada awek-awek cun, pun not bad la...tapi ada tarikan tersendiri, yg maybe bermula dengan minat kepada alam sekitar.

Kembali pasal kawan aku, yg nama timangan nya ialah Jack! Senior aku, aku first semester, dia dah nak pencen dah, semester enam kot(kalau tak extend lah). First trip aku naik sesama dia ialah the toughest expedition ever for me (pasal first time aku main masuk hutan lelama nih) which is the Jelajah Titiwangsa which starts from Blue Valley kat Cameron Highlands and turun kat Ipoh(aku tak ingat dah specific).Total time frame kalau tak silap ingatan aku dalam 10-12 hari kot.

Memang kerek betui Jack nih, maklumlah senior. Ada member nak baca yassin, bole la dia nak tolong jadi cikgu (dengan gaya kerek tau). padahal masa tu pakai seluar pendek...huhuh. Pastu satu lagi kitorang bebudak junior nih hangin, dah la duduk atas gunung sejuk, makanan lak geng senior nih tersilap kiraan (tak cukup lak tuh!), depa boleh masak maggi senyap2 bila kitorang dah tido. Grr...geram sungguh....huhu.

3-4 tahun berlalu, dah makin kenal mamat nih, makin tau la sket-sket pasal dier. Dia memang kerek...heheh(sorry jack). Tapi dia tak sombong dan tak penah pun anggap dia senior ke apa ker. Sebenarnya, ramai yg dalam geng hutan rimba daun nih camtuh, takde lah istilah ko senior ker, ko junior ker.

Dalam tempoh kenal dia banyak lah projek yg kitorang join sesama dengan geng-geng lain walaupun dah habis belajar. Apa mau? Templer? Irau? Stong Ayam? Fraser Hill? Kawin Sen? Semua redah. Even masa dah keje pun we still keep in touch.

Tapi, bila ramai yang mula meninggalkan zaman bujang, dan tanggungjawab pada keluarga lebih penting, mula lah berenggang sket. Memang la kan..dah berkeluarga. Takkan nak dok lepak kat NZ sampai 2-3 pagi lagi sambil makan daging jerr...kan?

Lama giler dah tak jumpa mamat nih.

2-3 hari lepas, Alfian nak bagi kad kawin(akhirnya). Jack pun datang lunch kat office. Same old jack. Kerek tapi tadak sombong...hahah.

Ajak camping. Bila lagi yek? Semua dengan hala tuju masing-masing.

Ntah lah Jack....

p/s--ko nak pinjam bag aku boleh, tapi cam biasa aaa, leave something behind, ok?

Razmin Razak
17 Oct 2009

Isn't It Fun Being A Kid

2009-10-10T17:25:00.006+08:00

Sometimes you just wish you can be a kid again.
No need to think about work, utiliy bills, kenaikan harga minyak, kejatuhan saham dunia, keje sales tapi barang takder..huhu..i'm just rambling here.

You get my point here. If you don't, then just look at the pictures below. How much fun can one kid have with just a ball and a playground.

Location: Taman Tasik Ampang (sebelah MRR2 tuh)
Time: Tahun Ni Lah

Syoknya Main Gelongsor

One More Time, Mama!

Mama, Jom Main Bola La Pulak

Uihh..Apa Ada Kat Sana Tuh

Let's Go!

Razmin Razak

10 Oct 2009

Time Flies By....

2009-09-24T09:18:00.004+08:00

Every time i balik kampung, i feel that even though the scenary changes a bit here and there, but the people there changes a lot more. Not to say too much changes in terms of hospitality and kemesraan, but in terms of age. We still don't feel lost back in Sitiawan, still feel that we can go to any of those four clustered house and go to the dapur and make ourselves some tea and korek tin milo cari tempeyek or tat nenas.

Maybe because kita balik pun jarang-jarang, we feel that in a year our Pak Long's, Ayah Lang's Manap, Ayah Ngah, Pak Utih, Wan Endon, Wan Chu Aziah, Pak Chu Rahim, Pak Chu Azman, Wan Andak semuanya looks a bit older than we remembered, a bit more 'tired' then before. Perhaps that is what we call aging eh?

Opah pun dah lebih dari 7 tahun kot dah takde. From the picture below, the kids in the frontline have all grown up. The house, A100 pun still ada lagi kat Pasir Panjang Laut tuh. Just dah berubah tempat sket.

Anak-anak(sepupu-sepapat) pun dah makin besar and have their own big families( 1-5 kids of their own) which will obviously continue the spirit or ramai sedara-mara in the future for Raniya.

As for the wife, seperti biasa kita balik Rhasa, Ulu Yam jer dulu. Menziarah kubur ibunyer, and menziarah umah opah. Personally, i have to say that Opah has a lot of strength in staying there without assistance (by choice because takmoh duduk umah anak-anak, sapa nak bagi ayam, kucing aku makan?). But she is strong and calm. Moga panjang umur, bole tengok cicit-cicit dia membesar.

On a personal note, i remembered the time when we were kids, we just love Raya. Balik kampung, duit raya bla..blaa..bla. Tapi bila dah macam muda remaja, terasa raya is for kids and macam tak rasa bersungguh sangat. I dunno, tennage riot act kot.

But, once we start to mature, start to have your own kid, and start to realise that our elders and not getting younger, you would start to cherish our elders a bit more than we use to.

Selamat Hari Raya Ke-Lima

p/-s Last tuesday was Raniya's 2nd Birthday! Cepat wish...

Razmin Razak

24th Sept 2009

Selamat Hari Raya

2009-09-19T23:37:00.006+08:00

Gambar Tahun 2008

Kesempatan di ambil untuk mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya kepada semua yg terbaca blog nih, dan kalau ada salah dan silap yg mana disengaja ataupun tak disengajakan harap ampun dan maaf. Maklumlah, kita ni semua nya manusia.

Tahun ini seperti juga tahun lepas, tidaklah aku membuat 'open house' tapi semua dialu-alukan untuk datang beraya ke rumah kitorang pasal kitorang dah beli banyak kuih raya. Kalau tidak, kitorang terpaksa makan sendiri sampai boring...

p/s--Raniya juga akan celebrate birthday dia yg ke-2 pada hari raya ke-4 nih.

Lagu Raya vs. Lagu Puasa

2009-09-18T10:37:00.005+08:00

Time: 10:30am
Location: Office
Population: 5-6

Sambil-sambil membuat kerja-kerja sambilan di office nih, berbincanglah dengan rakan-rakan yang sepemikiran yg suka bekerja semasa orang lain sibuk bercuti. Daripada bab kerja office, mercun, jalan jem masa balik kampung, kampung mana, cuti berapa lama etc..etc..

Antara perbincangan tu, terkeluarlah satu komen tentang lagu-lagu raya yg asyik berkumandang di radio dan juga melalui MP3 laptop-laptop dan desktop kat office-office di seluruh Malaysia dan mungkin juga di overseas.

Kenapa semua lagu yg kita biasa dengar ialah lagu pasal Hari Raya, tapi hanya ada satu jer lagu Bulan Ramadhan yg glamor?

Hmmm.....

Harapan Ramadhan (ManBai & Raihan)
Ku mengharapkan Ramadhan
Kali ini penuh makna
Agar dapat kulalui
Dengan sempurna
Selangkah demi selangkah
Setahun sudah pun berlalu
Masa yang pantas berlalu
Hingga tak terasa ku berada
Di bulan Ramadhan semula
Puasa satu amalan
Sebagaimana yang diperintahNya
Moga dapat ku lenturkan
Nafsu yang selalu membelenggu diri
Tiada henti-hentiTak ingin ku biarkan
Ramadhan berlalu saja
Tuhan pimpinlah daku yang lemah
Mengharungi segalanya dengan sabar
Kita memohon pada
Tuhan diberikan kekuatan
Ku merayu pada Tuhan diterima amalan
Selangkah demi selangkah...
Dengan rahmatMu oh Tuhanku...
Ku tempuh jua

Razmin Razak
13:00

Less Than Ten Days

2009-09-14T08:10:00.003+08:00

Kurang 10 hari lagi dah nak beraya dah.

Bila tiba hari-hari nak raya nih, mula la orang dah mengelabah dengan persiapan nak raya nih. Nak buat/beli kuih raya, nak masak rendang, nak beli lemang, nak tukar duit kat bank pasal nak bagi duit raya, nak plan best time nak balik kampung pasal takmoh berebut atau sangkut dalam jam, nak beli air sirap atau oren untuk stok kat ghumah supaya nanti bila orang datang raya takde la kita bagi dia air putih jer, terasa nak kena beli baju raya untuk anak dan minik (pasal diri sendiri tak payah dah, nanti pakai jer la t-shirt yg dah sedia ada), terpikir kenapa kompeni awal sangat bagi gaji bulan depan pasal walaupun bulan ni terasa mewah tapi bulan depan mesti terasa sengkek nyer. Pendek kata banyak benda lah yg orang dah terpikir.

Tapi, terasa cam rugi pasal tahun ni tak dapat nak buat amalan seperti mana yg aku berazam masa mula-mula nak masuk bulan Ramadhan hari tuh.
Niat tuh dah ada, tapi usaha tak sama level dengan niat tuh. Takpe, baki-baki bulan Ramadhan nih kita try pukul lagi.

Ayuhh!!!

Razmin Razak
14 Sept 09

Dugaan...

2009-08-27T11:42:00.002+08:00

Bulan Puasa dah pun tiba.

Aku pun dah alhamdulillah, sembuh sedikit daripada demam terkejut lepas balik team building kat Melaka seminggu sebelum Posa hari tuh.

Lama aku tak kena demam camtuh, lebih2 lagi dengan keadaan H1N1 lah, viral flu lah. Cuak memang la cuak, tapi bila fever hanye maintain 1-2 hari jer pastu dah kebah, lega rasanya.

Cumanya yg sleck bila sepanjang demam tuh makan ubat tapi perut kosong menyebabkan perut jadi asidic(doktor kata perut penuh asid). Menyebabkan takde selera nak makan etc. Akibatnya:

1. Berat badan sudah turun 7kg. (yg ni aku ok jer)

2. Keingininan untuk Nik-otine setakat ni Alhamdulillah, takde(sudah 10 hari ooo).

3. Seluar jeans aku dah longgar giler. Pagi ni sahaja dah berapa kali seluar ni nak terlondeh masa naik tangga kat opis.

Yang tak best demam nih, aku masih tak bertenaga penuh lagi cam biasa.

So...aku belum berpeluang lagi nak solat terawih pasal balik ghumah lepas buka posa jer, sure dalam kul 9:30-10:00 aku dah tido.

Still recovering, hopefully by next week everything will be back to normal..Amin

Razmin Razak

28th August 2009

Danger..Prevention Is Better Than Cure

2009-08-11T23:35:00.009+08:00

I'm not gonna yap about things that you would here from the papers, the internet or from our government saying this and that about the epedemic that is fast becoming more than a just a common cold for us, especially for people who lives in high density places...cam KL lah.

Me and my minik, we occasionally take the LRT. Dalam keadaan sekarang nih, it's better not to. But, kekadang tuh we just can't help it. Tau2 je lah kann...keje kat KL.
So, in the tren, more and more are turning up with mask. Dah macam ramai jer doktor yang naik tren pepagi ni. Its a preventive act, tapi cam benda nih dah terlalu menular.

Contoh pengunaan mask/topeng yg extreme

We don't feel it until you know someone yg dah kena. As for the office, one gurl is already tested positive. Multiple cases of suspected. Serius tak?

Sekarang nak masuk office, semua kena check temperature dulu. Kita tunggu esok, dia supply mask tak pasal kalau tak silap semua kedai yg ada jual mask nih...naik harga ooo.. Some people have the nerve to take advantage of what is happening. Or maybe it is just pure economics, depand is higher than supply. Thus, harga barang misti naik...

Just a reminder to all you guys out there, stay safe. Be warry of your suroundings. Try as much as possible to stay away from crowded places.

Ini pun ingatan tuhan kat kita kan. Bala menimpa bumi nih.

Razmin Razak
11th Aug 09

Wishful Thinking

2009-08-07T00:53:00.004+08:00

Ni kereta idaman aku (buat masa ini). Cantik tak? Huhu...rasanya tak semua orang yg akan setuju dgn taste aku nih. Yelaa...for an almost RM200,000 car, people would say dgn duit banyak tuh, baik ko angkat BMW ker, toyota camry ker, Mercedes ker...takpun beli ghumah.

Betul, i agree with all your points. But, beauty is in the eye of the beholder kan. Pastu lak, kalau la aku ada duit sebanyak tuh, suka hati aku lah nak beli keta nih ker, porche ker, bas sekolah ker kann...haha.

Tapi kalau tanye kengkawan yg se-mindset dgn aku, it's every boy's dream after the Integra Type R. Since this car has 4 doors, sudah seharusnya akan mendapat kelulusan pihak keluarga dan juga minik.

Engine Type 4 Cylinder, 16 Valve, DOHC i-VTEC
Fuel Supply System PGM-FI (Programmed Fuel Injection)
Bore & Stroke (mm) 86.0 x 86.0
Displacement (cc) 1,998
Compression Ratio 11.7:1
Maximum Power [PS (kW) / rpm] 225 (165) / 8,000
Maximum Torque [Nm (kg-m) / rpm] 215 (21.9) / 6,100

Transmission Type 6 Speed Close Ratio Manual with LSD
Drive Wheels Front
*source honda malaysia

Why am i writin this? Ntah lah...sometimes we have to dream about it a lot to get it kan...
But, sometimes priorities have to be made. Tak boleh ikut suka hati kita jer kann. Itulah ertinya menjadi dewasa.

Razmin Razak
8 Aug 09

Pindah Ghumah-Penat

2009-08-03T13:32:00.002+08:00

Penat. Memang penat.
Tak kisah lah berapa jauhnya jarak nak pindah tu. Taman yg sama, bandar yg sama, negeri yg sama atau negara yg sama.

Semua nya penat. Penat nak angkat barang, penat nak pasang balik astro, penat nak pasang balik telefon, pasang balik stimik, pasang balik letrik dan segala benda la nak pasang.

Arghhh...penat!

Tapi, at the end of the day, bila dah penat boleh lah rehat kat ghumah sendiri.

Home sweet home

Razmin Razak
3 Aug 2009

Bukit Merah Lagi- Orang Utan Park

2009-07-26T22:30:00.005+08:00

Inilak the 2nd Day, pergi melawat orang utan kat pulau dia sendiri...

The Road To The Island

Kena Naik Bot Oooo...

Welcome To Pulau Orang Utan

Penyambut Tetamu

Abang Guide...Eh..Akak Guide..Eh..Ntah lah

Mike-Paling Otai Kat Sini

Budak Higusan-Tido Peluk Bantal

The Next Tour

Razmin Razak

27 July 2009

Bukit Merah- What To Do There(Versi WaterPark)

2009-07-23T23:00:00.004+08:00

Raniya Enjoying Herself

It's not Sunway, but it's good enough

Ramai gak orang nih

Atas tu cam sky-lift

Walk-away

Raniya yang takmoh balik

Penilaian Juri Bebas(aku): Not bad at all, it's not Sunway Lagoon but boleh tahan lah. Boleh la nak spend masa situ sampai jari-jari korang kecut....

Razmin Razak

23 July 09

Return to Bukit Merah-House View

2009-07-22T11:20:00.010+08:00

the main hall

The 2nd Room

the view of the apartment at night

the main hall(full view) Main Bedroom

the house is ready!!
but what do you do there?

Razmin Razak
22July 2009

Daily Routine

2009-07-14T20:41:00.007+08:00

5 days a week.

5 days a week we would be soldier. Warriors.

5 days a week we would battle others.

What is the reward? What is the purpose? What's the point, what's the reason(ayat sapa tah ni).

To feed the family. To feel complete. To feel useful.

Beginilah routine kehidupan manusia-manusia yang bekerja di Kuala Lumpur. Masa duduk kat Penang dulu pun jam jugak, but luckily my house is just 5 minutes from KOMTAR, so tadahal punya. Now, staying about 20km's from office it would take me 45-60 minutes by driving to Pantai Bharu or 50-180 minutes by train depending on whether the LRT feels like breaking down. This happens...once a week maybe. Crapp...everyone who rides the train knows that.

But, ada choice lain kah? U wanna drive? Sure can...be sure to leave before the sun is visible, and you can reach the office before 7:15. Be later that 7:00, then you are screwed.

The trip by MRR2, and then going on the AKLEH which leads to Jln. Tun Razak and straight to Bangsar with multiple hot spots would certainly create the tension before even reaching the office. Camna la nak productive kat office nih...

Luckily with the introduction of DUKE, driving is now better than before. From MRR2, i now can directly reach Bangsar in less then 20 minutes. Tapi, makin hari tengok makin banyak jer keta yg mula gunakan DUKE nih. Tol RM2 tak lah terlalu mahal dibandingkan tol-tol lain kat KL yg hanya sekangkang kera tapi cas nyer 1.50 atau 1.60 X 2. DUKE is a god-sent for us Ampangians, Ulu Klangians and Keramatians...

It's a rat race, i tell you.

need another holiday lah.....................

Razmin Razak

21:00

The Day Niya Almost Had To Stay In The Hospital

2009-06-28T20:41:00.006+08:00

This story is a few weeks back.

This is before i went to Singapore. Me and my minik noticed that Niya was having some merah-merah kat belakang abdan dier. Usually kitorang biar jer, because memang lah si Niya sejak ada kaki nih mempunyai tendency mencederakan diri dia dengan melanggar meja, melanggar kerusi dan benda-benda lain yg agak harmless. Hasilnya, kaki lebam, kaki calar pasal jatuh kat garden, bibir berdarah pasal terjatuh..bla..bla..bla. Basically, standard budak membesar berumur 1 tahun ke atas la kan, regardless budak laki atau budak pompuan.

But, this time dia punye merah tu macam lebam-lebam, something like rashes. So, malam tu kitorang pun pergi la klinik Tan & Mano yg dekat dengan ghumah nih. We thought it was somethin yg biasa-biasa jer. But the doctor made an alarming face...pastuh dia terus suruh gi Ampang Puteri buat blood test because she suspect ni cerita viral fever.

Maka, kitorang pun terus gi Ampang Puteri malam tuh untuk buat blood test for Raniya. Orang yg kat situ pun cam tak pecaya yg the sick one among us three was Raniya because dia dgn begitu happy nyer berlari-lari, senyum-senyum kat orang, kat nurse(kiut-kiut gak), kat pak guard bangla.

Masa jumpa on-call doktor kat tempat outpatient tuh, docktor made another check on raniya's skin and confirms the clinic's doctor's assesment of the problem, but need to have the blood test to confrm on the situation.

So, Raniya pun tunggu lah untuk di cucuk untuk ambik blood sample kat tangan. Ada budak sebelum kitorang dah meraung-raung dah masa ambik darah, dan Raniya pun dah buat muka cuak dah. Tapi, overall she was quite relaxed macam tak ada apa-apa, cuma cuak bila budak sebelah tu meraung macam kena cucuk jarum saiz 20.

When the nurses came for Raniya, we hold her hands and feet so that she wouldn't swiggle and make it more difficult for the nurses to take her blood. Masa nurse tu cucuk dia, we expected the worse.

But, as you can see from the pictures here, she was quite padahal dia nih mana kenal erti duduk diam-diam!

The only thing she said, was..'akit' sambil tunjuk kat tempat yg dia kena inject tuh. Nurses were happy yg keje dia selesai dengan senang.

And we had to wait another hour for the test results. Jadi, we ended up jalan-jalan kat restaurant-restaurant yg bersepah kat deret-deret Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa, Yellow Cab Pizza, etc. Memandangkan we hadn't had our dinner yet, kitorang pun try la kedai siam (apa tah nama dia) tapi tengok menu dia memang terkejut lah harganya. Bayangkan dua nasi, satu lauk, satu sup, dua air dalam RM30. Huhuh....sib baik lah ada bawak cash RM50. Kalau bawak RM 20 jer, apa nak di buat.

Anyway, as a present for Niya for being a good gurl masa blood test, we gave her the permission untuk minum air yg colour2. Tapi pasal air tu pelik sangat rasanya, maka mak bapak dia lah yg untung. Niya minum air suam sudaaa....

After dinner, we went back to the hospital and we got the test results from the doctor. What the doctor said was alarming to us, as she said Raniya had in her blood a high level of white cells, a 22 if i recall correctly (normal rate would be 9-11). if Raniya was not cheerful and no fever, the doctor would have her warded straight away just as a precaution. She did however instructed for another blood test in three days to monitor those white cells.

Now, anyone reading this...usually white blood cells, what does that tell you? What is usually associated to that? If you know...then chances are you sure would know how we felt that night. Betapa risaunya pada malam itu walaupun doctor malam tu takde pun sebut anything about that, only that this is due to some viral fever(without the fever).

Alhamdulillah, tiga hari lepas tuh bila we all came back for the blood test the white cell count has gone down back to normal which shows that it is only a viral fever. It's just that Niya did not get the fever, but was infected the by the virus only.

The experience of bringing Raniya to the hospital is somethin that made me cherish Raniya a little more than i usually do.

Masa ni lah nak main, jaga dia because sedar tak sedar dah besar dah!

No matter how busy you are....do find the time to play with your child.

Work In Progress-Bukit Merah Apartment

2009-06-07T18:34:00.008+08:00

Akhirnya, dapat jugak aku menjejak kaki dalam sebuah ghumah that i can call my own.
This is what we call as our summer holiday home..heheh.

Actually, i purchase this house while i was stationed in Taiping-Penang, and since Bukit Merah was just along the way, it was a matter of time before i stop by to look around.

Tapi sekarang, sejak pindah ke KL semula it is kinda of a problem jugak untuk tengok-tengokkan umah ni. But, insyallah dengan careful planning certain people would be able to take care of it. What would i do with the house? Hmm...obviously it would be some sort of an investement(target asal masa beli memula tuh pun). Since the apartment is in Bukit Merah, i will be targeting people who would want to have a holiday in bukit merah and also for people going up north. Banyak benda yg ada kat bukit merah tuh, tapi i cannot talk much about it since i also have not explored the theme park. But, i'm sure there's a lot of things to see over there.

Few weeks back, i went to survey the place with Moq and settled all the necessary things, macam deposit elektrik, deposit air, beli perabot, beli itu beli ini...nasib baik ada satu makcik yg memang kerja situ yg telah banyak membantu carikan kedai untuk beli semua benda.

And the Tokei kedai perabot tuh pun kewl jugak. Bayangkan bila aku tanya nak bayar berapa dulu untuk lampu and perabot, dia bole kata berapa-berapa pun bole... Gila kat KL konfem tak dapat ah. It shows how different city tokei and village tokei does their business.

What i have now are only pictures of the place without the furniture but i have been informed that the things are in place. All it needs now is some personal touch.

Plan to take my family there first. Biarlah kitorang tido sana dulu, sebelum keluarga lain dan kawan-kawan. Nak sewa berapa? Ntah la...nanti aku survey market price kat sana.
Once the place is up and running, and organized will open for booking to the public.

Razmin Razak

7 June 09

Seperti Waktu Dulu (Down and Out?)

2009-05-24T20:48:00.005+08:00

Yup...itulah perasaannya selepas final exam sabtu lepas. And to top it off, the doc telahpun menunjukkan carry marks untuk paper Finance ini and it doesn't look good. Not for all of us......

Efforts has been made to cramp this paper in my head for 4 weeks, tiap-tiap hari cuba mengadap benda nih, cuba buat latihan, buat study grup, kelas tak ponteng...tapi hasilnya masih mengecewakan..

And since, the doc is saying that to even PASS, you need to achieve at least a 70%, getting a carry mark of 23/40 is not a good thing. Mission Impossible? Almost....and the fact that the final exam did not go so well makes that mission 95% impossible.

Derm..dah lama tak rasa kegagalan sebegini. Even masa degree dulu pun, the worst was a D+ and after repairing, i got a commendable B+(rasanya), but this is different. Maybe, because the class is small and we plan to grad together...

Some of us will pass, i'm sure of it. Some, including myself won't... and that is what makes me sad. Cause failing is not an option in this programme.

Inilah perasaan yg menyebabkan rasa macam tak mau jumpa orang, x mau pegi keje, rasa macam nak duduk ghumah jer.

Apa yang akan jadi selepas ini?

1. Kalau Doc Anggapan ini mempunyai hati dan perut, he will be leniant considering all of us are not Finance background and did not have the pre-requisite to take the course pun.
2. Extra assignment bagi sapa yg fail, dengan harapan tak perlulah nak ambik lagi paper nih.

3. REPEAT. Bab ini ada banya komplikasi, which needs to be clarified...

Razmin Yg Down

24th May 2009

Bahana Akademi Fantasia...

2009-05-18T23:51:00.005+08:00

Akademi Fantasia dah habis, One in A Million dah abis. Tapi semua tuh tak se-best melayan anak sendiri(tak caya, tanya lah semua ibu bapa seluruh dunia).

Everyone says that when your child is at the age of 1-6, is the time where he/she is most playful. Thus, parents tend to be playful as well. Raniya is one talkative kid. Maybe every kid is, i dunno coz i can only talk about my child.

And this is the time when their brain is like a sponge, always 'menyerap' apa sahaja yang dia dengar, dia nampak....

So...antara lagu-lagu yang terdapat dalam kompilasi Raniya Song ini ialah:

1. Lagu Atok

2. Lagu Opah

3. Lagu Mama

4. Lagu Papa

5. Lagu Ayah Chu

6. Lagu Kak Shida

7. Lagu Kak Bila

8. Lagu Bibik

Hai...raniya...raniya...

Razmin Razak

18th May 2009

Akhirnya...Keluar Jua

2009-05-16T22:22:00.006+08:00

Setelah menahan sejak my last entry until yesterday, akhirnya keluar jua gigi bongsu ku ittew. Namun tidak dapat dinyatakan ia adalah gigi yg bongsu memandangkan dentist mengatakan, ada lagi gigi-gigi lain yg lagi bongsu yg akan menunggu masa untuk meletup dalam mulut ku ini.

It took me about 3-4 days to decide on should i go or not to the dentist after my last visit due to the factors below:

1. The cost of operating the wisdom tooth would be around RM400-RM500.

2. Lepas makan ubat, dah tak sakit, tapi kena asyik dok makan ubat. Taktau la apa si gigi tu buat kat dalam.

3. No time to go to the dentist(alasan lama...)

4. Takuttttttt....

Point utama ialah the first one. But, after delibarating the cost and effect, after office went straight to the dentist up here in Ukay Perdana. And the non-Malaysian(Thailand kot) dentist who can only say "sakit tak?" in Malay went on his job.

He had a tough job, because the teeth was under the gums, and had to be cut before being pulled out.

And, my wisdom tooth has already touched its neighbour. After almost one hour the job was completed, and i felt numbness around my mouth.

All was well...until the numbness went away. Now comes the PAIN! Memang la sakit lepas cabut gigi bongsu nih. Barulah terasa kesan jahitan gusi tuh....Perghhh...

Hari ini pun masih lagi terasa kesakitannya sikit-sikit.

Sekali lagi, i have to admit. Tumbuh gigi bukannya satu benda yg tak sakit!!!

Razmin Razak

23:10

Sakit Gigi

2009-04-29T08:29:00.004+08:00

Pernah tak kita take for granted the health that we have? The answer for most of us is YESSSS...

Kerana masa kita sihat, tak terpikir pun pasal apa-apa. Tapi, once dah terkenda, masa tu lah nak terasa menyesal la, apa la.

In my case....SAKIT GIGI!.

For the past month, i had tooth ache. Bukannya datang sakit terus, tapi dia macam sakit sikit-sikit, pastu makin lama makin sakit pastu dia hilang kejap. Pastu datang balik, kira cam intermittent lah. I even went to the dentist and the dentist did plug a hole in the teeth, and did some scaling(which should be done every 6 month, not every 6 years).

However, the root cause of the problem has not been solved. The dentist did warned me that the pain will continue because my 'gigi bongsu' is comin to town!

And, gigi bongsu nih memang lah sakit. Imagine, dah tua bangka nih nak kena tumbuh gigi. Barulah i remembered how it felt to have toothache, and makes me understand more on why Raniya would cry all night and kekadang sampai demam-demam bila nak tumbuh gigi.

But...she still could afford a smile....

As for me, last night i took some painkillers to help ease the pain. Hopefully panadol's will help me go thru this stage.

Wassalam
Razmin Razak
29 Apr. 09

The First of Hopefully Many To Come

2009-04-22T13:46:00.003+08:00

Pheww...
This is actually my 2nd attempt in my bid to start writing again(in cyberspace).
The first one was abandoned due to the fact that i lost interest in writing in it, and i was pre-occupied with other things in my life during that time.
The other reason was that...i forgot my password thus rendering me helpless in updating the blog...hahaha.

What ever the reason was, i am trying to write a new one.
One that will be used to write about anything that i feel, and most importantly something that would be read by my child(childrens, insyallah). The idea or temptation to write again started when i want my kids(starting with Raniya Faramin) to know about her father. I want her to know of what is happening in the world when she is just 1 year 5 months. I want her to know what its like being a father trying to make things right for her, for her future. But, at the same time trying to enjoy life. This blog will be my rambling...anything that runs thru my brain and when im not too lazy to put it into writing. It could about sports, family, friends, a little bit about politics(yuck), religion....anything. But the main reason for its existance would still be because of Raniya and Fahanaz.
So...this blog is dedicated to my wife, Fahanaz who i love dearly(whom i feel i don't show it as much as i would like) and my daughter, Raniya Faramin who i hope(like any other father in the world) will grow up to be the bes daughter in the world(dunia dan akhirat)!
This is for you guys!

Love you guys to the end of the world....

Wassalam...
razmin razak
24th April 2009