Penang part 2 - penang hill, mee sotong hameed, 3d art museum and astaka padang brown

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Let resume my Penang trip story!

Day 2...

Penang Hill

Early morning lepas sarapan aku panggil uber going to Penang hill aka bukit bendera. Pelik kan sebab english dia bukan flag hill hehe...cost about rm20 but surely the best choice sebab tak serabut dengan traffic and isu cari parking.

Sampai penang hill tengok line panjang giler. Panik!

Fikir mereka semua tu que nk naik tren but no. Mereka sedang que untuk beli tiket je! Tu baru nak beli tiket. Lucky me sebab i bought earlier thru online. So aku tak perlu que panjang. Just walk freely ke kaunter utk redeem ticket....seriously rasa bijak dr orang lain haha. Ticket biasa utk mykad holder cuma rm10 je return. Kids below 4 is free. If nak cepat boleh beli tiket fast lane at rm 30. Fast lane tak perlu que panjang untuk naik tren sebab ada waiting room khas mcm kat airport. Then bila tren sampai mereka diberi keistimewaan naik dulu and secure seat.

Tiket biasa macam aku, kena beratur la untuk naik tren. Tak seramai org q utk beli tiket sebab ramai org still beli tiket so kami agak selamat la actually. 

Masa tren sampai kami bulat je mata tgk org fast lane masuk and pilih seat huhu. Langsung dah takde tempat duduk maka kami anak beranak kena berdiri. Again as aku ada mention dlm my other post about travelling with todlers...bestnya bw anak kecik ni kita akan dapat simpati hehe. 1 chinese man from china i think stood up and offered me his seat. Aku taknak la sebab dia beli tiket mahal tp dia insist for me to sit with Hadi so aku terimala...tq sir!

Pengalaman naik tren bukit bendera memang awesome tho sempit sikit. View dia very the cantik. At top station tu feeling very cold. Nampak eye bird view of penang. No regret la que utk naik tren naik and turun. Time turun mudah sikit sebab boleh plan bila nk turun. Tengok tak ramai tu kami cepat2la que kat tren. Again because of our kids...pegawai bertugas reserve seat for us...tq

Dari penang hill kami naik bus Rapid Penang to our next destination which is..

Padang Kota Lama. 

Mai sini semata mata nak pekena mee sotong hameed yang famos tu. Tambang bus cuma rm2 je seorang dewasa. Perjalanan about 40 minit sebab sesak. Terletak sebelah fort conwalis but kami tak pergi pun kota tu sebab penat and lapar. 

Nak beli mee sotong pun beratur panjang. Tapi air sgt cepat so dapat try cendoi and coconut shake without hassle. To me sedap la mee sotong tu cuma takdela sampai mengigau nk makan lagi...

Masa turun bus kami nampak penang 3d art trick museum. So habis makan je kami terus jalan kaki menuju museum tu. Dekat je no worry.

Bayaran masuk is rm15 dewasa. Kids below 4 is free. Mujur tak payah beratur this time tapi kat dalam ramai orang. Dia ada sediakan staff bantu kita ambil gambar at each and every arts. Mereka ajar how to pose sekali cuma sebab ramai orang so payah gakla nk begamba dengan aman.

letih begambar...serius letih. Coz mcm artis kot...rushed from one art to another...kena follow plak pose yg diajar..letih but we had fun haha

So kami call uber untuk balik hotel je. Rm4 je fare so kira dekat la tapi tak larat nak jalan dah. Kami pass tru jalan india...org kata if nak beli sari.. papadom etc semua murah kat situ.

Malam tu kami pergi cari makan di medan selera brown. Naik uber too rm 7 je. Meriah...semua makanan penang ada sana. Kami nk try chelup2 tapi takde meja yang available. So aku just again beratur beli passembur. Ok kita boleh pilih sendiri bahan bahan nya. Aku pilih sikit je bende tg aku familiar and know the taste. Sumhow bila siap jadi macam sangat banyak utk seorang makan and harga pun consider mahal la for food at food court je pun, rm17. Tapi sebab nak merasa takpela. Personally aku lagi suka rojak la...kuah passembur less texture and too masam. Wifey pula gigih pi beli sup daging cicah roti. This 1 memang sedap...best sup ever kot!

Maka tamatla day 2 kami di sekitar penang. Next time aku sambung day 3 insyaAllah..

Penang part 1 - Reunion Heritage House & Nasi Kandar Beratur

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Before 2016 melabuhkan tirai, let me blog my last entry for this yr....Penang trip experience.

I'll skip the journey part because that you can read in my previous post.

Hotel...

This is where we stayed for 3 nights

From outside it looks like simple budget hotel in old renovated 1 storey building. My 1st impression like demn i have been cheated by room picture seen on booking.com

However once i step into the building. I found that the deco inside is very beautiful, modern with some classical touch. In fact, it is actually a 2 storeys building heigh and 3 shop lot long to the back. I was surprise when i have to walk quite far to my room from the lobby. Our room was on second floor at the 3 building block of the entire building. Each block secured by autolock passing door and only guest with valid key can pass thru it. 

The bathroom in our room. Certainly at par with any 5 stars hotel i have been to.

First Night in Penang..

Based on google map, kami dapati bahawa nasi kandar beratur is about 10 minit je jalan kaki from our hotel. So we decided to give it a try. Dalam perjalanan dr victoria street tu kami jumpa Masjid Acheh, street art and the famous masjid kapitan keling. Rupanya our hotel tu betul-betul located at centre of attraction. 

Nasi kandar beratur ni exactly sebelah masjid. Bila sampai kami anak beranak dengan penuh keterujaan terus sama2 beratur untuk beli makanan. Tak ramai pun orang so que tak panjang. Sambil makan sembang2 dengan wifey that i tak rasa anything special about it. Sedap cuma tak kick pun...nasi vanggey ipoh much more appealing to my taste. Then we continued eating. Suddenly i realized that Nasi kandar beratur cuma open from 10 pm onwards. It written on the shop signboard. Then i looked at my watch, its only 830 pm. I read the small signboard at place where i qeu earlier....it written nasi kandar masjid! Haha

After we done...1 chinese couple came to our table and asking me...this is not nasi kandar beratur right? We just realized it they said...no wonder it tasted so average. I laught and told them that me too just realized it. 

Dengan rasa hampa kami balik bilik jela malam tu. Lucky ada street art. So dapatla compensate the feeling dengan bergambar. At nite that hour hari khamis...no crowd at all....u r free to take as many picture as u wish.

I stop here this time and will continue when i have time.

Penang via public transport

Assalammualaikum readers

Our destination this time is Penang. From Kertih to Kl is about 3.5 hours drive. Based on google maps if i drive from kl to Penang it is about 5 hours ++ so total driving hours is close to 9 hours! Hell no way i am going to drive that far and that long.

Hence i decided to use public transport from Kl to Penang this time.

We bought ETS ticket 2 weeks before our trip. We went to Kl Sentral as my attemp to buy it online did not succeed for few times. Normal sit is RM 59. Kids below 4 is FOC but must sit on lap.

Our train ETD is at 10.38 am. Thus we drove from Kertih a day earlier and stayed in Best View Hotel Bangi. Our room cost only RM 62. Why bangi? Because we wanted to park our car FOC at Putrajaya Sentral instead of paying so expensive parking fee at KL Sentral. For that we boarded KLIA Express from Putrajaya Sentral to KL Sentral. Ticket is RM 14 for adult. Kids above 2yo need to buy ticket at RM8.

On the klia xpress

About 30 minits we arrived at KL sentral. We ate our breakfast at KFC and waited for ETS. The gate only open at 10.25 a.m. Many people rushed downstairs once the gate open. We too! And lucky us because ETS is demn punctual. 10.38 a.m sharp departed from KL sentral. In KL it only stop at Station Kuala Lumpur. Non stop in Selangor. But when it reached Perak it stop at almost main station. Average speed was about 140km/hour. I took some time visited its surau, spacious and clean. Cafe and toilet were also in good condition. Has Tv and comfy seat.

ETS to Penang ended at Butterworth. From Butterworth terminal we initially plan to walk to ferry jetty. Somehow local RELA told us that there is a shuttle van for free going to the jetty. Just wait infront of the building. The shuttle come in every 15 minits. So convinience.

At ferry terminal we paid RM1.20 each for the fare. Ferry took about 15 minit to island. Once we unboard the ferry, we just walk to our hotel at Victoria street for about 15 minits.

Overall...the experience was tiring but certainly no regret. Imagine us with 2 small kids facing all those hurdles from Putrajaya to Georgetown. Penang people so far are helpful. We were assisted by penang mami at butterworth train station up to ferry jetty. Later an indian RELA carried our luggage at the ferry. Lastly a chinese lady willingly push our daughter stroller from ferry to mainroad because my and wifey had run out of hands huhu.

Will i repeat it? Not now surely haha. In fact i am thankful because i already bought a flight ticket going back to KL next Sunday...fuh!

on ETS

on ferry to island

Pas Pegawai Dagang/Expatriates Employment Pass

Assalammualaikum.

Harini aku nk blog tentang cara ringkas memohon Visa Pegawai Dagang or Expatriate.

Ini aku cerita utk senario dimana expat tersebut telah pun masuk dan berada di Malaysia. Perhaps dia masuk dulu guna social visit pass. In general that pass valid for a month depending on country of origin. So i have only that period to obtain working visa.

1st kita kena apply tru Expatriate Services Department (ESD). Ada many documents perlu upload on that system which antaranya:

1. Gambar size passport. Pls observe the detailing ye. ESD dh tetapkan size and measurement. They will reject if ada sikit tak sama pun. So far part gambar ni cukup menyeksakan aku haha.

2. Passport. Copy and scan dari muka depan and semua page dlm. Pls ensure validity minimum is a year and page kosong dlm passport ada more than 6 pages. 

3. Offer letter. Surat yg menunjukkan betul si expat ni akan kerja dgn kita. Jgn lupa stamp duty.

4. Contract of employment. If any put on sekali and stamp duty too.

5. Staff CV. Make sure ada latest work experience with some description on the work tu. Sebab CV pun sometime kena reject...walhal CV je pun kan

6. Position Description. Ha kena bagi sama PD for position yg kita offer ke expat tu. If tak tau apa tu PD, pls refer ur HR.

Ok once semua dh upload. Kita kena buat payment for application. Else dia tak proses. Payment online. 

Lepas bayar tunggu je la dia proses. If kena return for admenment dia akan emel. Normally reject very fast. If no rejection after few days, insyaAllah selamat la tu.

Application yang lulus akan dpt surat and form DP10. Kita print both untuk di bawa ke kaunter imigresen. Sediakan sama surat kuasa wakil syarikat dan surat permohonan visa pegawai dagang. Bawa duit juga utk pembayaran selanjutnya. Bila pergi imigresen sila ready 3 hari waktu bekerja. Those yg outstation jgn plan balik terus ye. 

Maka selesaila bab 1 untuk mendapatkan visa pegawai dagang kali pertama. In case ada bawa dependent. Boleh la ulang step esd utk dependents. Yup kita tunggu expat setel baru boleh applykan family dia. For dependent biasanya cepat sebab rekod suami dah ada dalam sistem ESD.

Below is simple diagram for the application processes.

Hope it helps and please correct me where i am wrong...

Thanks!

Imaginasi oleh Ramli Awang Murshid

Assalammualaikum semua

Imaginasi...novel thriller terbaru nukilan novelis suspen no 1 Malaysia, Ramli Awang Murshid.

Plot utama berkisar tentang kehidupan seorang balu bernama Suhaila yang mendiami rumah agam jauh terperuk di kawasan pendalaman ladang sawit warisan arwah ayahnya, Alang Kassim. Dibantu seorang Mandur yang sangat setia, Suhaila dipercayai oleh orang kampung mempunyai saka singa peninggalan Alang Kassim.

Sebagaimana novel RAM yang lazim. Jalan cerita dari satu babak ke babak yang lain sering bertukar tumpuan terhadap watak watak dokongan yang lain. Antara watak tersebut adalah watak Hafiz. Seorang anak muda yang berkelana di kota London. Dalam perantauan, Hafiz berkenalan dengan seorang gadis warga Indonesia yang bernama Citra Widya. Mereka mengharungi cabaran kecil lantaran status Citra yang merupakan seorang gadis perlarian dan kerap diburu oleh orang-orang Pak Karno. Siapa Pak Karno? Dan mengapa Citra diburu? Saya simpan rahsia ini untuk anda selongkari sendiri.

Berbalik pada Suhaila di ladang sawitnya. Beberapa watak lain adalah Abam dan Juita. Turut serta seorang bekas banduan bernama Kamil yang menjadi pembantu kepada Mandur.

Abam bersifat lembam, dia pengembala lembu milik ayah Juita. Diam-diam Abam menaruh hati terhadap Juita lantas melahirkan hasratnya untuk memperisterikan Juita. Sudikah Juita menerima lelaki lembam seperti Abam? Apakah kesudaham watak Abam, benarkah dia lembam atau sekadar....

Watak-watak ini semua akhirnya bersatu dan ditemukan atas pelbagai dasar dan asbab. Hafiz menpunyai pertalian darah dengan Suhaila. Mereka nekad membantu Suhaila 'mengusir' saka miliknya setelah diberitahu oleh Suhaila rahsia sebenar tentang 'saka' berkenaan.

Bagaimana misi ini dilaksanakan? Mungkinkah ada korban dalam percintaan? Atau Happy Ending menjadi suatu pengakhiran?

Dapatkan novel ini di kedai buku berhampiran.

Terima kasih.

Review : Upin Ipin Jeng Jeng Jeng

Assalammualaikum readers..

Harini bawa anak2 pergi menonton filem Upin Ipin Jeng Jeng Jeng.

Let me do my straight to the point review. Minta maaf jika sebarang konatasi negatif terpaksa diguna. Ia bukan bertujuan menjatuhkan filem ini tetapi ia hanya pandangan peribadi selaku peminat setia watak upin ipin yg menonton filem ini secara berbayar.

Opening of the movie was too slow for my 2 yo son. He asked me twice...where are the twin?

Plot simple but not to the liking of kids below 7 i suppose. Do they really can appreciate konflik untuk pertahankan rumah anak yatim? I dun think so. Especially those kids yg belum faham nilai...they just want to see upin ipin and friends, laugh and play together.

Bukan tak suka konsep animasi gabung alam nyata. Alvin and The Chipmunks was a huge hit sebab watak animasi lebih menonjol. Sebaliknya cerita ni lebih focus pada watak manusia si aqish and kawan2nya. Plot cerita ini pun berkisar tentang dunia manusia. Kewujudan upin ipin hampir tidak significant walaupun agak kerap.

Namun jika muncul sekadar untuk jeng jeng jeng dan kononnya cuba menghiburkan aqish....nampak gaya watak tempelan sahaja si kembar berdua itu. Walhal nama mereka tertera di tajuk filem.

Indikasi lain bahawa anak2 kecil bosan dengan cerita ini ialah bilamana ramai yg menangis atau merengek as the movie developed. 1 of them is my 3 yo daughter. Dia merengek nak balek...my wife had to console her by playing an upin ipin video on u tube using phone. That could entertain her more than the movie itself. Later when i turned around at back...byk kerusi dah kosong. Bukan sebab xde orang ye, mula2 panggung penuh.

Btw. Babak konsert awie and upin ipin je yang menarik sebab barula nampak like the twin is starring the movie as they should be. My kids pun happy and sing along but again that was too late and near to the end. Les Copaque shud understand that kids can't wait that long with same level of concentration as we the adults.

Nothing bad about the production quality. The animation or real part were all in good quality. Puteri Balqish as usual was brilliant tho a little bit over acting. Awie and Bo helped to safe this movie from making the adults fall asleep. Mak chom is nice to have and another Erma Fatima lame effort to instill her Mok Cunnnes. Noreen and the other guy were doing fine as their characters needed them to be.

Overall. Please go and support local filem but lower down your expectation.

Look forward for Upin Ipin The Movie. Thats seem like a better movie if one to use the famos name of Upin and Ipin.

Thank you!

Go ASEAN: Krabi, not my cup of tea

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Sawadikap!


What's so interesting about Krabi? personally I experienced an average  excitement during my last stay in Krabi for about 4 days and 3 Nights.

Twilight at Krabi

Me and wifey flew Air Asia direct to Krabi Airport. Medium size airport which about the same with Bintulu Airport. It has large, clean and comfortable Pray Room for muslim which is good. I think it could be better if the airport also provide free wifi.


Then we bought bus ticket priced 150Bath each direct to Ao Nang. Van and car are also available at higher price. We had to wait the bus fully seated before it departs to our destination. Bus is also big in size and thus it only use standard route hence took longer journey hour. Comparing to Taxi that we ride on our way back, it was much faster as it took many shortcut via small villages and orchids.


The bus will purposely send all passenger at 1 stop instead of Ao Nang Beach. At that stop, staff there will promote to you packages of activities available in Krabi. I wanted to cut short my time so I just bluff to them by saying I've pre book all my package online. From that stop, we have to ride local public transport (FOC) up to the hotel door.

Small truck from bus stop to hotel

We stayed in Apasari Hotel. Decent and nice hotel but not so new comparing to its neighbor. The hotel kindly upgraded our room for no reason, thank you! It has free wifi which only works on my Samsung but not on my wife I Phone hahahaha. Located at the junction between 2 main spots along Ao Nang Beach which to me very convenient. There are also many food stall at front of the hotel selling halal food with muslim cook and staff.

Apasari Hotel & Resort Krabi

Day 1


We spent some time at the beach which to me was not so impressive. The beach sand is not as clean as I expected and a bit smelly. Our Kemasik or Sura Beach are much better in that sense. Later we surveyed Island Hoping Package and ended up buying Phi Phi Island Package at 1600Bath for 2 person. The package covers 7 Island, 2 times snorkeling and lunch. Don't ask me about it as I was heavily suffered a seasick.....I cannot do anything other than throwing out.


Day 2


We bought Elephant Trekking package at 1700bath for 2 from the same agency. We got 100bath discount for being loyal hehe. Actually we like the staff who attended us, named Mint. She said she is a muslim lady from Pattani. She wore hijab on 1st day and free hair on the rest of the day that we were there hohoho.....Mint oh Mint


Before going to Elephant sanctuary, we 1st we took to Hot Spring. I cannot compare it with Sungkai as I never visit Sungkai. I'd visited one place in Bandung and to me Bandung hot spring is better especially when it comes to cleanliness.


After that we went to Emerald Pool. Okay this is my favorite place of all. Very far from Ao Nang Beach as it is at the other side of Krabi Airport but worth to visit. It has 3 pools, at highest point is blue pool (close that day for visit) from blue pool the water going down to emerald pool, superbly beautiful and clean. The water was not too cold which is comforting to swim in. Lastly the water going down to Crystal Pool before it went ahead into river.


Need to go, i'll resume later when time permits.

Muhazam Kitchen Rules: home made carbonara sauce

Salam semua!

Short and simple. Just wanna to share my own recipe to cook carbonara sauce.

Ingridients:

1. Butter
2. Garlic and onion
3. Fresh milk or coconut milk
4. Cheddar cheese
5. Mozarella cheese
6. Dried Herbs (basil, thyme and oregano)
7. Sea food as u wish

Steps:
Heat up a little of olive oil. Render 1/4 of butter. Put in onion and garlic.  Fry till it cooked.

Then pour in some coconut milk (i am using coconut milk). Next put in cheddar cheese as many as u like haha. I am putting also mozarella cheese to thicken it up but i dont think its necessary if you have many slices of cheddar.

Lastly put in all your seafood. As.usual seafood can get easily overcooked hence it needs to be the last in pot.

Tadaa...here you go! Ready to eat with your pasta.

Believe me it taste 100% the same like using preego instant sauce.

Bai

Ajam's Diary: Perginya seorang nenek

Ini bukan cereka pendek. Catatan ini juga bukan fiksyen. Ia adalah coretan rasa hati seorang cucu yang baru kehilangan nenek.

Aku kenal nenek sedari aku mula mengenal dunia. Perpisahan emak dan ayah ketika umur bayiku menjadikan rumah nenek sebagai tempatku berteduh. 

Nenek yang kukenali adalah seorang wanita gigih, cekal dan banyak bekorban untuk keluarga. Nenek membesarkan 7 orang anak-anaknya seorang diri. Suami pertama nenek meninggal dunia ketika emak (anak ke 3 nenek) masih bayi. Manakala jodoh dengan suami kedua pula hanya bertahan sehingga 4 orang anak. Tinggalah nenek seorang diri membanting tulang untuk membesarkan anak-anak.

Bila emak bercerai dan pulang ke kampung. Nenek terpaksa menjaga aku pula. Setakat yang boleh aku ingat, nenekla yang selalu menjaga aku di rumah apabila emak pergi bekerja. Biasanya aku ikut nenek masuk kebun kutip pelepah kelapa untuk dibuat lidi penyapu. Nenek juga tukang kupas kulit buah seperti rambutan, mata kucing, manggis etc sehingga aku jadi tak pandai kupas sendiri.

Bila kami berpindah rumah di Sungai Kajang. Nenek banyak tanam sayur sekeliling rumah. Rumah besar aku panggil. Ini kerana rumah tu ada 4 buah bilik. Kawasan halan yang luas dan sebuah stor yang besar. Rumah itu asalnya adalah rumah kerajaan yang digunakan sebagai klinik kesihatan tetapi dek kerana dah lama terbiar maka ADUN pada masa itu beri nenek duduk menumpang. Aku masih ingat jerih perih nenek pergi merayu pada beliau kerana pada waktu itu kami betul-betul tiada tempat berteduh selepas diusir oleh tuan tanah akibat perbalahan keluarga.

Di rumah besar, kami sama-sama kutip sayur, ikat dan bawa ke pasar untuk jualan. Nenek juga bekerja di pasar malam, warung makan sebagai tukang masak. Jadi saban hari aku ikut nenek di pasar malam. Semua orang kenal aku, kalau setakat makan just ambil je apa yang aku nak sebab nanti nenek akan bayar. Tiap minggu nenek belikan aku mainan dari pasar minggu. Mainan mahal! Semua yang ada bateri. Ntah berapa lama nenek kumpul duit. Sebab dia tahu aku nak mainan tu.

Kemudian nenek berniaga jajan di depan sekolah rendah aku. Maka senang sikit nenek cari rezeki sebab tak perlu pergi mana-mana. Pak Ngah beli rumah depan sekolah tu dan benarkan nenek serta aku dan emak duduk menumpang. Selain meniaga nenek juga buat kerja kilang dari rumah. Kami ketuk paku pada plastik yang diguna sebagai pengikat wayar elektrik.

Sepanjang hayat aku dan nenek ada banyak peristiwa yang berlaku. Antara yang tidak dapat aku lupakan adalah detik lucu terjatuh dalam parit ketika nenek membawa aku naik basikal ke rumah maklong. Mujur parit tiada air walaupun dalam, jika tidak kami mungkin sudah tiada. Hal kedua bilamana aku begitu inginkan pensil warna magik, 1 sekolah ada maka lumrahnya aku pun nak juga.

Nenek bawa aku naik bus ke Kuala Selangor. Aku hairan sebab di Pekan Tanjong pun ada jual. Sampai Kuala nenek terus menuju ke pajak gadai dan menjual cincin emas nya. Nenek memang tidak suka bergadai kerana dia kata berdosa cina ambil upah lebih..dia tidak tahu perkataan riba' aku kira. Jadi dia hanya akan jual sahaja barang kemasnya pada pajak gadai. Selepas dapat duit nenek terus bawa aku ke kedai alat tulis lalu menyuruh aku memilih pesil warna yang aku mahu. Aku sebagai budak hanya berasa gembira tanpa sedar bahawa nenek tidak punyai wang.

Bukannya emak tidal bekerja atau emak tidak beri wang. Anak-anak nenek juga ada yang bekerja tetapi nenek jenis berdikari. Tidak pernah minta wang anak atau sesiapa pun. Kalau emak belum balik dari kuala lumpur dan wang belanja yang emak beri telah habis maka nenek tidak kisah belanjakan wangnya sendiri untuk aku.

Oh satu lagi sikap nenek, beliau sangat melindungi barangan aku. Beliau tahu aku jenis yang pandai jaga barang. Jadi semua permainan dan komik aku sedari umur berapa pun masih tersimpan rapi. Bila aku dh masuk U dan duduk jauh. Nenek la yang tolong jaga. Saban kali cucu2 lain balik kampung...dia akan layan sama baik macam dia layan aku tetapi jangan usik maianan dan komik ajam haha. Ini kerana bila mereka main benda jadi rosak dan nenek tidak mahu aku sedih.

Aku bersyukur sangat sebab nenek sempat tengok aku berkahwin dan punyai anak. Aku sempat beri cicit pada nenek. Sempat jaga nenek selepas aku beli rumah sendiri. Nenek duduk bersama aku dan emak sampai akhir hayatnya...

Terima kasih nenek. Semoga Allah membalas jasa nenek dengan SyurgaNya.

Al Fatihah 

Ajam at work: Misconduct & Disciplinary Action

Salam from Villa Danialla, Besut Terengganu.

What a stunning view! Lombok and Bali is a waste of money haha. Just come to Besut instead.

Btw. Am not about to write about this place. This piece of writing will focus on misconduct and process of disciplinary action.

My sharing is based on my own expirience in handling misconduct since 2011 in my company but i am certain that the procedure is generally in tandem with industrial relation act.

In simple word. When a staff act againts any company code of conduct, policy and procedure...that is misconduct. Common case are absentism, tardiness, false claim, sexual harrasment and many more.

In big company, normally IR division will handle all cases. In small size company, HR will handle it. I am 1 of IR practitioner certified by MEF. 

1st step upon recieving formal complain. IR will open investigation paper. If there is prima facie againts the accused (AE) then we will move to next step. If not, complain is closed.

2nd step is drafting of charge/s. Based on initial findings, IR will identify relevant charge to be put onto AE. Personally, i like to have less charge but solid. To some the prefer to have many charges so that they do not eliminate any chances from earlier stage. 

3rd stage is issuance of show cause letter. AE will be given opportunity to learn that there is complain made againts him/her and certain charge has been made. He is given 7 working days to respond and explaining his defense.

After we recieve the reply to SCL. We will evaluate the explanation given and evidences attached if any. Say that it is justified. Case closed.

Should company need further explanation. Then we will hold a domestic inquiry. Normally it stand of odd number of indipendence panels. 3 the least. 1 chairman n 2 co panel. Company is represent by presenting officer (po). Ae staff will represent himself. If he is a union member then he can appoint union rep to talk for him or just be with him during the DI.

For non union member. Lawyer is not allowed to be in the DI but u are free to consult them at your own cost.

During the hearing. Both PO and AE will present thier case, evidences and bring in thiet witness. Panels will decide either AE is guilty as charge or not guilty.

If found not guilty. Case closed. 

If found guilty. IR will prepare punishment proposal to relevant punishment authority for approval. Depending on severity of the case...punishment may vary from as low as warning letter up to termination.

Ok...thats it for now. If i have more time i will explain in detail about how do we conclude type of punishment.

Stay away from misconduct!

Ajam's diary: Imbasan Raya 2016

Assalammualaikum.

Berlalulah sudah Ramadan, sebulan berpuasa...tiba Syawal kita rayakan dengan rasa gembira...lalalala

Alhamdulillah raya 2016 berlangsung dengan gembira, selamat dan penuh sillaturrahim.

Tahun ni turn beraya di Tg Karang. Kami sekeluarga pulang awal 3 hari untuk berpuasa dan tolong mak buat persiapan raya. Drama sikit bila otw sampai Gambang aku sedar bahawa sticker road tax dah tiada! Berdebar weh. Time nak raya banyak operasi and kami still have more than 200km to go...but eventually kami selamat la sampai tanpa di saman. 

Di Tg Karang kami duduk rumah je menanti kunjungan saudara mara. Nenek kurang sihat so tak boleh kemana-mana. Ramai saudara mara datang untuk melawat nenek sekaligus berhari raya.

Raya day 1 di Tg Karang. Awal pg raya sebelum diserbu.

Lepas margrib raya ke 2 kami bertolak balik ke Kemaman pula. Rumah in law. Seperti biasa kami meronda kawasan Kijal hingga Kuala Terengganu melawat saudara mara mertua.

Pantai Kijal. Rumah adik nenek mertua.

Seperti biasa juga tahun ini kami ke kampung ayah di Rompin. Video di atas taken sewaktu di Rompin. Anak-anak jakun dapat kejar ayam haha

Yang menarik this year is kami sekeluarga memberanikan diri pergi beraya ke rumah jiran sebelah menyebelah. Aku fikir that kita beraya jauh beribu km tapi jiran pun kita tak visit unless ada undangan open house. Well if aku keep waiting mereka datang rumah aku baru aku nak ke rumah mereka pula, rasanya itu buang masa. Siapa mula dulu tak penting.

Tho kami datang tanpa undangan khas namun obviously mereka happy je menerima kehadiran kami. Sillaturrahim yg lebih tererat di luar sempadan wassap semata.

Begitulah cerita raya 2016 kami. Still many open house to go...rayakan sebulan!

Semoga dipanjangkan usia dan kesihatan tubuh badan untuk bertemu Ramadan yang mendatang....

Taqaballahu minna waminkum.

Ajam's diary: Facebook no more!

Assalammualaikum

This is my 3rd attempt utk delete my Fb account haha

The 1st one lasted for more than a month. 2nd one lasted longer but apparently it was not a deletion, just inactivation which the account still there and will reactive once i log in which i eventually did. Both incident proved me that is not easy to stay away from Fb huhu

Hoping tht my 3rd time mission will be a success. 

I have no problem with Fb. I m okay with anyone who are active on it...your choice your right. I am leaving it because the problem is with my ownself. Hard to control what to share on Fb. I've strong tendecy to publish almost about all happening in my life which i know is not good. My privacy and family security are at stake when i am doing that....but the mechanisme on fb is so abc and making me simply upload anything i feel i want to.

I noticed some people even they have Fb but the rarely post anything. Thats good if i can emulate but obviously i can't. Hence the best and only way out for me is delete my fb account.

Best of luck Muhazam!

Salam Ramadan 1437H

Ramadan Kareem dan selamat berpuasa!

Ajam's diary: famos selebriti i've met

Kecemasan. Kecemasan ! (nada gaya robocarpoli)

April dah nak habis but aku still has nothing to write. KPI is minimum 1 entry/month. So terpaksala poyo sikit kali ini. Aku akan share list para selebriti tempatan yang aku pernah terserempak secara kebetulan di tempat awam.

lets start dari umur aku paling muda yang aku boleh recall.

Nama dia Kamarool Yussof (aku google). Famos masa aku sekolah rendah sebab aku suka sgt cerita Mat Gelap. Dia pegang watak jahat nama Al Fonso. Aku terjumpa dalam toilet kat Central Market. Me n cousins berebut-rebut salam dia haha. thingking back, dlm tandas kot.....

then aku ternampak Pak Nil, time tu dia host Pop Kuiz...not as big as now but still famos. Kat Youhan nama lama, kini dah jadi sunway apatah (Legend Mall). Dia naik escalator, aku tengok je dari bawah. Tak sangka bila aku dh keje ni dapat pulak bekerjasama dgn Pak Nil time family day dinner...jumpa dia and brief dia pasal prog as dia is the emcee cum guest artist that nite.

Nana. aku terjumpa masa dia baru nak up. Aku pun form 1 or 2 je. Berselisih dalam Ampang Mall tapi sebab aku tak minat so aku buat-buat tak kenal jela hihi...budak2.

Faradiya, ni aku tak ingat dah bila exactly. But surely long before GV. Ternampak kat Lobi Hotel The Legend, aku baru nak check in masa tu. Serious putih melepak and cantik.

Beselisih dengan Andy di Suria KLCC. 

Chef Wan too at Suria KLCC. Kecoh macam dalam TV. Dia was walking alone je tapi gaya dia usha barang2 display at glass window tu macam orang tak biasa shopping haha. Walhal kat tangan dah penuh paper bag of branded items.

Sofea Jane pun selisih di Suria KLCC. Naturally cantik and simple looking.

DCT. Masatu aku dalam taxi menuju ke Hotel PNB Darby Park. Taxi stop trafik light depan Masjid As Syakirin KLCC, tiba-tiba DCT and Datuk K nak lintas jalan pergi masjid utk solat terawih...siap bertelekung. Mereka dari either The Zon Hotel or Apartment Binjai.

AZ lalu depan aku dalam Mandarin Oriental. Masa tu aku tgh call wife bagitahu dah sampai bla3. Tiba-tiba je dia slumber berjalan depan aku......terkejut so sempat senyum je.

This couple seat next to our table masa sarapan at Majestic Hotel Melaka.

Jumpa di Berjaya Time Square. Datuk ada game kot petang tu so dia saje round2 dulu release tension. Very humble and friendly. Dia senyum and say hi.....

Jumpa Kak Ani dalam lift Hotel The Zenith Kuantan. Sempat la dia tegur my daughter Hana....sweet orangnya.

Ni quite recent. Dia nak keluar dr pintu lift Hotel Zenith Kuantan. Aku buat tak kenal je sebab tak gemar menteri2 BN nih

Aku ternaik lift yg sama di Hotel Primula KT. Time tu dia bukan MB or menteri, tgh floating xde kuasa dalam kerajaan. Pun aku tak tegur.

Juga di Primula KT. Selisih pintu lobby, Aku senyum je la...masatu dah jadi Menteri Penerangan rasanya.

Nama aku tak tahu but she is Ketua Wanita DAP and MP. 1 lift masa di Holiday Villa Subang, dia tak suka aku so aku pun tak suka dia....fair.

Aku nampak masa kat Subang Airport. Makcik2 sangat u oll...sungguh ke bijak dia ni?

Ternampak kat balai berlepas LCCT. 

Ternampak di The Curve with her family

Zul Ariffin tengah makan di The Tappers, The Curve. Kami lalu je anak beranak....masatu tak famos lg sebab drama2 dia belum meletop.

Nazim Othman tengah lepak kat coffe shop area E- Curve.

David Teo pun di E-Curve, dia tengah diskus bisnes kot nampak serious je.

Ustazah Nor Bayah aku berselisih di Jalan TAR, dia belum Datuk lagi ketika itu. Dengan mak dia shopping....macam chef wan je aku perati haha

Bertembung few times dalam Masjid Nabawi with his son. Tapi before that biasa jumpa and buat program pun so tak la rasa canggung.

Terserempak depan hotel di Mekah. Beliau baru sampai membawa rombongan dr Madinah...sempat salam je.

so ituje yg aku dapat recall tanpa betul-betul ikut garis masa....

Latest update i met with Camellia at the lobby of Impiana KLCC.

Finally teserempak jua dengan my 1 and only Ziana Zain! Jumpa di Ikea Mutiara Damansara with her husband. Tak berani tegur but dia lalu lalang betul2 depan muka aku je...