Been a while

Salam and greetings everyone,

It has been a while since I last wrote. As usual, don't feel like it's worth writing but the past fews months have not been so smooth. So, I think this is an avenue to ease up a bit.

The latest test was some modification to the house. I engaged a friend to do the renovation and being a friend, I thought that friendship matters but God has decided otherwise. I thought I'm not that fussy and quite lenient when dealing with dates and payment but true to nowaday's style, money IS everything.. Although I was ahead in terms of payment, the work done was not. Things start to go haywire and before things get worse, my wife and I confronted him. Casually he apologised for the delay and promised that he would complete the work within 1 week. Well, that was 2 WEEKS ago!!

In the meantime, I asked his two workers to work for me, thinking that I would do them a favour because they were complaining about not getting paid. Again, I was fooled. 1 of the worker started to play around and the deposit I gave to him was not being distributed fairly among the four workers. some tools were missing from the house and when I asked, he denied having any knowledge about it. The last straw came when today I realised that a few more items were missing. Damned! I was contemplating of calling him and asked him to own up but I guess with some Modern Muslim nowadays, integrity is not in their vocabulary. Huh, looks like I have to engage another set of workers then because the work is about 30% away from completion.

I don't know whether it's a blessing in disguise or a punishment for my previous wrongdoing from God. The good things are; I can further cut the cost from the project and secondly I got to know (technically) how construction should ideally progressed. The downside is the completion date has to be re-time and I could not concentrate on my core business and I'm perpetually rushing home when the last bell rings..

Insya Allah, this headache will soon be over. Till then, I faithfully hope that 'pisang takkan berbuah banyak kali'...

Reminisce

I have just finished reading a memoir written by my seniors about my alma mater, SMS Kel or now known as SMSTMFP. It really affected me for those memories reminded me of the things that have moulded me to be the person I am today. Reading those recollections, I have mixed feelings; glad because I could FEEL the warmth of the stories but at the same time, bad because I did not contribute to the writing. I salute those who left the school about 25 years ago but still have strong feelings attached. Sorry guys, maybe I'll try later but THANKS in advance for inspiring me with all those recollections...

For those who would like to catch a glimpse of the memoir, feel free to visit
http://www.scribd.com/doc/10473162/awr2a4

Hop in, dive in, plunge in

Most of the times, I tend to think a lot before making a move. Dalam research selalunya ada dua jenis data iaitu primary and secondary data. Kalu untuk dapat primary data selalunya berisiko tinggi, kalu nak selamat, stick to secondary data....

Most of the time, I seldom get to analyse the result achieved by others in doing the 'near similar' things as to what I'm gonna do. If I'm able to get the data, lagi le lama dok pikir sebelum buat keputusan.

Kawe suko baco quote dari Otto Von Bismark yang berbunyi... "Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others."

And of course the other side of the argument was put forward by Theodore Roosevelt, "The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything."

Disebabkan oleh pandangan2 sebeginilah yg membuatkan saya terkedu, tersentak, berkira2 dan berbagai2 lagi sblm buat sesuatu benda but this time....

Yep, it all started with when I managed to track down an old friend. She suggested that I join Fb to rekindle those memories. Actually, I've heard of Fb before but never got the urge to explore it but this time, something pushed me to get started. To be honest, I'm quite surprised with the result tho' I kinda expect it. Long lost friends are found, as an added bonus, some got profile photos attached, giving me the chance of 'seeing' them after 10-13 years of absence.

It's nice to see a budding musician friend of mine has made his presence felt in London. I still remember when we were about to come back in 1995, he was about to start his career over there. Well done, Art..

Well, this discovery has certainly pressurised me to log in more often, at least when the feeling is still piping hot!!