Entri Bagi Menjawab Teka Teki Kalian..

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Merepek, Menarik, Tertarik... dan Manik Urai.

Tempat: Lounge, Marriot Putrajaya.


Lelaki: Aku bukan tipikal.

Aku: (diam..)

Lelaki: Kau percaya tuhan?

Aku: (sedut air kelapa.. tempurung kelapa dihias cantik dengan payung pink. Payung pink?)

Lelaki: Kau tengok orang berkopiah tu.. Dia buang tisu atas lantai. Apa kau fikir?

Aku: (masih buat-buat minum air kelapa..)

Lelaki: .....

Aku: (masih diam..)


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Lelaki: Orang lazimnya lebih senang menuduh orang lain. Buta dengan daifnya diri sendiri.

Aku: (tenung iPhone dalam-dalam.. Bila nak pakai Iphone 3G S ni?)


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Perbualan terhenti bila seorang perempuan cantik naik ke pentas menyanyikan lagu Linkin Park. Cliche!


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Lelaki: Kau sudah tak macam dulu.

Aku: (wanita genit berdansa di lantai tarian. Fikiran aku tertumpu pada edisi backpacking akan datang. Mungkinkah ke Ireland, US, Kota London atau Vietnam?)


Aku: (Sambil menepuk peha beliau, perlahan.) Satu hari nanti, kamu akan faham. Bukan sekarang.. bukan sekarang..


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Lelaki itu dan aku pulang sekitar jam 2 pagi. Dalam kereta, terngiang diskusi jalan-sehala tadi...



Maaf teman, sememangnya bukan senang untuk jadi manusia.

blablablablab larut malam.

1.) It's 1:30a.m and I am still wide awake. It has been like this for quite sometimes.

2.) My turned into a shopaholic, again. I bought myself a new watch!... and a bit close of buying a men's jinbei (jika tidak tahu, dipersilakan untuk Google) and a khaki pants.

3.) Starting from this month till end of year, I will be receiving 2/3 of my salary. Me poor! I don't have any regrets. It's worth doing it.

4.) I am finding time to go to Kamal's to get some meds books. Makin bersemangat bila Greys Anatomy tv series makin ramai hot chicks. Graduated med students wont sell off their used text books!. Dem! Guess I will be using medterms.com for the time being.

5.) Recently, I went out with some new friends and they are impressed when I used the term cerebrum cortex. As usualllllllllllllllllllll...........

6.) Her birthday is getting nearer...

7.) M&S sale is back!

8.) Saw a "David Archuleta" look alike today... And found it pretty cool. Gonna grab that by end of year for London backpack. Or buy there? And the sweater-over-shirt looks nice as well. Nasib baik tak ada warna selain dari biru, coklat, kelabu and hitam.

9.) I have no mood for serious entries lately.

"One spoonfull of sugar keep the medicine go down.. in a most delightfull way"

"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay.. Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay"

-Mary Poppins-

10.) Word of the day: prosencephalon

11.) Participating in KL Marathon 10 kms without any trainings. Tapi masih bercita-cita besar untuk jadi top 50. Berusahalah!

12.) My nose bleeds. Sudah 40 menit, dah masih belum memberhentikan dirinya sendiri.



I have listed 12 things on my mind, and still not sleepy!

Coruscanti ogre! (sila Google ini juga ya. Anda bakal nampak perkataan ini dengan banyaknya selepas ini.)

Tag Pertama.. (tq Ney)

Budak yang bergelar Ney tag saya masa zaman Melaka kena takluk potugis dulu... Inilah tagging pertama saya... (tepuk..tepuk kuat-kuat dan bersorak!)

List these rules on your blog * Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog. * Tell 7 unspectacular quirks of yours. * Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs. * Link the person who tagged you. * Leave a comment for each blogger.

Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog

- Watashi Zain-des
- Saya belum ada girlfriend (but currently seeing someone!).
- Orang ramai (yang pelik-pelik) selalu cakap "macam pernah jumpa...".
- Barang yang paling disayangi adalah buku pantun lama yang diwarisi dari mak.
- Saya suka ambil gambar budak-budak. Muka mereka tulus!.
- Saya suka orkid.


Tell 7 unspectacular quirks of yours

- Sangat pemalu dengan perempuan yang saya suka. (auw.....)
- Boleh main piano dan trumpet dan tuba dan euphonium dan french horn dan tabla.
- Sanggup ulang alik dari Bangi ke Batu Caves hari-hari kerana mak ayah.
- Senang terperanjat kalau tengok cerita hantu. hahahahaha! (sengal punya director!)
- Anak lelaki sorang daripada 4 adik beradik
- Orang cakap saya pandai buat S>A>L>A>T (salad). Makan banyak sayur baik untuk anda!.
- Suka baring di tengah padang rumput malam-malam dan tengok bintang.


**Kena tag orang ke?

Nick Vujicic

Stay or Go?

On average, employees work between 3-5 years in a company.

I am already working in this company for 5 years..
Several offers are up for grab. Some offers are so good to be true.
Should I leave?


Statistically, potential employees above 35 years of age will start having difficulties changing careers/changing jobs.

I am already 28. Should I make my move now?

Waddafak!

brainless, dazed, deficient, dense, dim, doltish, dopey*, dull, dumb, dummy*, foolish, futile, gullible, half-baked*, half-witted*, idiotic, ill-advised, imbecilic, inane, indiscreet, insensate, irrelevant, laughable, loser*, ludicrous, meaningless, mindless, moronic, naive, nonsensical, obtuse, out to lunch, pointless, puerile, rash, senseless, shortsighted, simple, simpleminded, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupefied, thick, thick-headed, trivial, unintelligent, unthinking, witless

Can we be mad at stupidity?

Who shall be blamed if somebody is stupid?

How can we choose somebody that we can rely and trust on (definitely the person who is NOT STUPID!)?

Can human complexity adapt to the exigencies of these morons?



Being stupid is different. Playing stupid is another. Being stupid is not a crime, playing stupid is. Being stupid but blind enough to see your own weaknesses is worst still. Being stupid and been taken advantage of is worst still.

But, ..(toot).. you for being stupid and blind, and not willing to learn, snobbish and bragging of your stupidity.



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Can we be mad at the act of deficiencies?

Who shall be blamed if somebody is nonsensical?

How can we choose somebody that we can rely and trust on (definitely the person who is SENSIBLE!)?

Can human complexity adapt the exigencies of these harebrains?



Being inane is different. Playing obtuse is another. Being inane is not a crime, playing obtuse is. Being inane but blind enough to see your own weaknesses is worst still. Being inane and been taken advantage of is worst still.

But, ..(toot).. you for being obtuse and blind, and not willing to learn, snobbish and bragging of your self foolish stupefaction.


SHAME ON YOU!

Living Tough; being in a self-destructing, self vandalizing society

Many would agree on this.. It's a tough life we are living out here.

One of the reason would be; Why in h*ll, they are so "c.*.b.*.*"!!!

A self-destructing society will get worse if some would reward bad behavior, while a self-vandalizing society would do things that against moral (even they know it's ethically wrong").


The two terms I've mentioned are totally different from each other. Somehow, I have a theory that it's a common scenario for any country that have the history being under occupation. Look at the Philippines, African countries, India, Iraq, ex-Soviet countries.... Same happens!


Our society is a wreck!


Any vacancies available? Preferably it comes with a 5 figure income + benefits package!

Malaysians Love "Trashses"?

I can't understand it....

1. Cheap things, price exorbitant = Malaysians buy (the government buys it too!! hahahaha..).
2. Really, really lousy things, cheap price = Malaysians buy.
3. Lousy things, good marketing = Malaysians buy
4. Lousy, low quality films = Malaysians watch.
5. Cheap telemovies, media buy = Malaysians glue eyes on tv.
6. Lousy policy makers = the Sultans keep them.
7. Lousy politicians = Malaysians "pangkah".
8. Lousy politicians in power = Malaysians keep them.
9. Lousy life hood, politicians blame the people itself = Malaysian still keep them.
10. Lousy economic/nation governance = Malaysian still keep lousy politicians.
11. Lousy artists, media gossip = Malaysians buy
12. Lousy singings, made albums, miming on stage = Malaysian invite for performance.
13. Imitation reality shows, lousy presentation, lousy comments = Malaysians spend for SMSes
14. Ugly and stupid chicks, big boobs = Malaysian men like
15. Cheater bomohs = Datins like
16. Ugly but rich Dato' = Stupid but pretty girls like
17. Cute guys, dumb blokes = Datins like
18. Lousy bloggers, "kutuk" politicians, "kutuk" MU, = Malaysians like
19. Porn sites, porn emails = Malaysian men like
20. High tax, lousy governance = Malaysian like (never complains!)
21. Being played around by politicians, being fooled = Malaysians keep THAT politician, even, he was chosen to be a minister!
22. Lousy footbal = Malaysian like?
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I am tired making this list. Korang sambung sendiri...


p/s: Caza and Ney, aku tau korang ada banyak idea.. Hahahaha!

Revisiting at our As we have collected.. Does it bring any good to us?

Recently, I went to my high school alumni dinner. Lots of VIPs, and even VVIPs. Last years dinner, the Sultan of Selangor even mencemar duli, came for dinner.

Having such opportunity to study at that particular school somehow made me proud. But, not anymore when somebody spoils all the fun by bragging and showing off stuffs, while at the same time, choosing associates. Keji!

What is great about of having a RM0.5M house at the age of 28 and brag to everyone about it? Whats in that Ferrari the you bought, together with a Porsche Cheyenne, and a Beemer X6 that can make you look down on other people?

Resam padi, makin berisi, makin tunduk!

I left the party with a battered ego, together with mixed emotions of hatred, frustration, pissed and surprisingly thrilled (its one helluva reunion, btw! catching up activities, some info exchange and GOSSIPS!).

That feeling lingered for several days, until God himself shows his warm love and kind attention to me. He send his signal.

This morning, as I was on my way to work, I saw that same old but poor lady living a hard life. The same ol'lady who shed for years under the flyover in Wangsa Melawati...

I saw her just finished doing her laundry. I saw her torn and old clothes hanging on the parking rail. I saw her hungry face.. I feel sad for her.. and I can feel her loneliness. I never saw if she had a husband or kids.

It also remind me of that Bandung kid during my trip there a year ago. He about 8-10 (at most) when he already experienced the bitterness in life. Barefooted, he carrying a couple of "lesung batu" on his shoulder. Earlier, I saw several boys selling "lesung batu" at traffic lights at 8am. I remembered, it was almost 10pm, raining, when he was stopped by a parking guard. Shivering, drenched, tired, hungry and bad luck, he was "pau-ed" his hard earned money by that cold hearted bastard.


If you think your life is hard, they suffered worst.
If you think that you are so damn-hell-better than others, take a good look around you.



Astaghfirullah... Alhamdullilah.

An Entry About Corporate Debt..

Geez! Another boring entry... I am sorry!!! But i can't help it. Having a recent, good "silence mode" really push my ideas into galaxies and beyond.

** silence mode is when I churned my experience, digesting my all theories and learnings. Assimilating it in mind. Often happen after several readings, or after big events that lead into it.


One book I have read recently is about corporate debt collection. From the book; they say that 1/3 of people pay because its the right thing to do. The next 1/3 pays only if they know that somebody is watching them. The other 1/3 pays because if they know that they will end up in lots of trouble by not paying. Hell, I don't know where the figure where people don't even bother of paying, or purposely don't care a shit about paying their debt.

However, the book advises;

1. Not to take good paymaster for granted.

Rewarding good behavior is the key. Therefore, a mutual win-win situation is created and kept for life.

2. Provide a clear and prompt billing process.

Often SMEs enterprises are not good at this, whilst others are juggling with this matter. Due to constraints (management, trainings and financial isues normally), many are destroyed by slow, misunderstanding and inaccurate billing process. Inaccuracy and confusing bills and statements will only hinder or creating delayed payments. In other words, QUALITY SERVICES!. Often, good customers turn into bad due to a bad billing error, or product dispute.
Avoid chain reactions that will hurt your organisation. Resolve any disputes quickly. Never ruin the relationship that your business partners are having with you.

3. Make it easy to pay.

How many of us grunted for a bad service? Same applies to your organization. Providing multiple payment options, or providing an easy access for payments will enable customers to be loyal, and creating more good paymasters.



Notably, many retailers are enjoying good cash flow as there are; only one payment terms = pay and leave, and multiple payment method = cash or credit card.

Hands On Tips for Small Businesses..

I stumbled this entry from my aunt's blog. Interesting, thou... Either way, there must be something that could be learnt, kan?

MOHD NASIR MUTALIP menulis kepada Tuan SAIFUDDIN AWANG pemilik kedai buku Pustaka Munirah di Kemaman:

Asalamualaikum. Saya Mohd Nasir yang tinggal di Perak. Saya ada membaca tentang kehebatan Pustaka Munirah dalam blog Universiti PTS sehingga tersenarai "Pelanggan Emas" PTS. Sebenarnya saya ada merancang untuk membuka sebuah kedai buku dan alat tulis didaerah tempat saya tinggal. Saya ingin meminta sedikit tips-tips dari tuan bagi memberi motivasi pada saya.

(a) Berapa modal yang diperlu untuk membuka sebuah kedai buku
(b) Dimanakah boleh saya mendapat bekalan buku-buku terutama buku sekolah
(c) Tentang mesin fotostat. Dimanakah boleh saya mendapatkannya terutama dengan harga murah.

Semoga saya mendapat tips dari saudara dan kita berkerjasama. Sekian. Terima kasih

Mohd Nasir bin Mutalip

Tuan SAIFUDDIN AWANG menjawab:

Waalaikumussalam. Terima kasih di atas minat dan pertanyaan saudara. Untuk kali ini, saya hanya menjawab secara ringkas kerana kesuntukan masa. Sebenarnya saya baru pulang dari fardu haji seminggu yang lalu, jadi banyak urusan kedai termasuk penempahan stok yang habis dan penghantaran barang yang mesti diselesaikan. Maklumlah awal tahun, banyak pejabat yang memerlukan "barangan baru". Saudara boleh email saya semula selepas ini.

(a) Saya memulakan perniagaan saya pada bulan Julai 2005 dengan modal sebanyak RM100,000 dengan menggunakan duit simpanan sendiri (saya dan isteri). Ini termasuklah peralatan kedai seperti rak, mesin fotostat, deposit sewa kedai dan sebagainya. Bagi saya, jumlah ini adalah memadai untuk sebuah kedai yang 'sederhana'. Kedai besar seperti Popular, MPH mungkin memerlukan modal sekitar RM 500,000. Bagi kedai kecil, mungkin sekitar RM50,000.

Apabila kedai kita berkembang baik dan akaun kita "cantik molek", bank mungkin mempertimbangkan untuk memberi kita sedikit facility. Alhamdulillah, sekarang Maybank Islamic ada memberi saya sedikit "Islamic cash facilities" (overdraf)... tetapi ambil masa juga untuk mendapatnya dan isteri saya yang bekerja sebagai pegawai kerajaan terpaksa menjadi penjaminnya. Tetapi OKlah... bolehlah guna jika terdesak.

(b) Saya tidak menjual buku-buku sekolah kerana persaingan yang sengit di sini terutamanya dari "salesman" dari Kuantan. Jadi kedai saya hanya memfokuskan buku-buku umum terbitan PTS, Alaf 21, Al Hidayah, Telaga Biru, Anbakri, Buku Prima dan beberapa syarikat kecil lagi. PTS dan Alaf21 adalah 'gergasi buku' di Malaysia. Apabila kita mempunyai akaun dengan mereka (dan yang penting, membayar hutang-hutang mereka dengan baik!!), kita seolah-olah sudah mempunyai buku-buku yang terbaik di Malaysia. Ini juga merupakan alat pemasaran (marketing tool) kita. Kita boleh dengan bangganya memberitahu pelanggan kita, "Tuan mahu order buku PTS? Boleh... sebab kita wakil pengedar PTS di sini...".

Selain dari itu, kedai saya juga menjual alat-alat tulis dan khidmat percetakan digital. Khidmat percetakan memerlukan pengalaman. Kebetulan saya ada pengalaman dalam bidang ini kerana saya pernah bekerja di syarikat percetakan sebelum ini selama 15 tahun.

Untuk mendapat bekalan buku sekolah, saya rasa saudara perlu menelefon mereka sendiri. Cari nombor telefon pada buku-buku terbitan mereka. Ini pun kena banyak 'berdoa' sebab kadang-kadang mereka tidak layan. Saya sendiri sebenarnya mengambil masa juga untuk mendapat kepercayaan penerbit.

Alaf 21 - saya dapat akaun dan kredit selepas menelefon mereka dan salesman mereka datang sendiri 'menjenguk' kedai saya.
PTS - saya dapat akaun dan kredit selepas setahun membeli secara 'cash'; maknanya tempah buku, bayar kemudian barulah mereka hantar buku.
Al Hidayah/ArRisalah - mereka datang ke kedai saya setelah mereka dicadangkan (recommend) oleh Badan Cemerlang Johor Bahru. Saya biasa "berbual-bual" dengan salah seorang pengurus Badan Cemerlang ketika saya bekerja di Johor Bahru dulu.

Ada juga beberapa pembekal alat tulis yang datang ke kedai saya setelah dicadangkan oleh rakan-rakan salesman mereka yang lain. Yang penting, kita jaga nama baik kita. Dan kita akan dianggap "pelanggan emas" apabila semua hutang dan bil dibayar mengikut jadual. Kalau ada masalah duit, jangan segan untuk telefon mereka dan berbincang dengan cara baik. Paling penting, jangan lari dari hutang dan kita mesti selalu sematkan dalam kepala bahawa hutang wajib dibayar.

(c) Mesin fotostat mesti dibeli dari syarikat yang berhampirang dengan kedai saudara kerana ia memerlukan servis. Jika beli dari KL walaupun harganya murah, siapa akan buat servis jika mesin rosak? Jadi mesti berhati-hati sebelum membeli mesin ini.

Sekianlah untuk kali ini. Harap ia memberi sedikit idea untuk saudara.

Saifuddin.
012-7822384
http://pustakamunirah.wordpress.com