Setelah berkali2 mencobak…..

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Itulah kisah den dgn cita2 nak bawak KAKAK tgk wayang cite KUNGFU PANDA. For quite sometime jugak tak bawak KAKAK tgk wayang. Kali nie since mem dah TERsebut kat dia…so she will berulang2 kali menyebutnya. Even tho kat JB DVD ciplak mmg melambak2, up 2 date & murah tapi rasanya it won't do justice as dah TERsebut kat dia.

Percubaan pertama on the 1st Saturday after the movie is released. Tanpa booking tiket, hantar Naufal to my mom kat Ulu Tiram & bawa mem & KAKAK ke JJ Tebrau City…SILAP BESAR!!! Dgn Q panjang nak AMPUIH…terpaksa beritau KAKAK program terpaksa kensel. Nampak riak muka kecewa kat KAKAK. So sebagai ganti bawak KAKAK bermain di playground berbayar di JJ jugak while mem windw sopping. Suka KAKAK & lupa jap kekecewaannya sampai almost 2 jam dlm playground. Den sampai terlelap2 jaga & pas tu tukar shift dgn mem lak while den take turn having lunch. Nak keluar pun puas dok pujuk.

Percubaan kedua last Saturday, on Friday dah cuba utk booking ticket; thru internet website TGV manjang hangged, call memanjang bzzz. Memula nak try other cinema, tiba2 salah sopping mall ler..ha.ha.ha.. Banyak sangat mall nama PELANGI daaa… Gi JJ semula ingat to catch show at 4pm (masa tuh dah 3pm) Ingatkan dah 3 weeks kurang ler sikit umatnya... Q still panjang but mem gagahi jua. Tak sanggup kecewakan KAKAK for the 2nd time while on monitor the show's timimng dah blinking warna merah (cam dah abis seat). After Q about 20 min, sampai counter, the next show available will be at 10.pm !! Mlm tuh pulak my cousin ajak program lain. So akhirnya beli ticket for the next day (Sunday, 11:20am show).

That nite planned awalnya my cousin nak ajak gi karaoke. My activities kat KL last time gi melalak till 3am dgn 2 of my cousins sampai kat pendengaran my cousin nie. Tapi silapnya lambat book on malam minggu so dah takde kekosongan. Maka bertukar acara kepada MEMANCING UDANG. Adik beradik my cousin nie mamang kaki mancing as sometime nak mancing di pantai or laut takde masa so he beralih pancng udang as selalunya kolam pancing nie dibuat dishop lot. Dia bawak his whole family + his maid while he & his son (umur 7 years) dgn gigih mengail. This is my 1st time experiance mancing udang...as para2 NELAYAN tahu skil memancing udang is so much different dgn mancing ikan especially time nak mengangkatnya.
Mmg udang kat situ paling besar yg bersepit biru tuh. Bayaran RM15/jam utk sat joran. For few minits den tgk jer my cousin & his son mengail as utk belajar teknik2 menaikkan udang itew. Lepas tuh baru den berani sewa 1 joran. His son yg mula2 naikkan hasil - udang yg bersepit biru. Den dlm 2 jam tuh cuma dapat naikkan 2 ekor jerk, terlepas ada ler dlm 5,6 kali sbb belum SKILLED naikkan udang. The last 30 min of my 2 hours duration, mem nak try. Pabila mem dah terasa SENTAKKAN masa nak naikkan udang, terus tak nak bagi den semula joran. Her alone 3 kali terlepas. For org tak mancing mmg akan kata 'tak pulang modal' duit bayar utk mancing puluh2 ringgit pabila hasil yg didapati tidak sepadan dgn rege yg dibayar tetapi kepada para NELAYAN macam den, bukan hasil itu yg penting tapi rasa rentapan udang or even ikan ketika hentak dinaikkan itu yg priceless..chewah. End of the duration, den bagi tangkapan den yg 2 ekor tuh utk disatukan dgn my cousin & his son bunya tangkapan almost 1 dozen ekor.

So semalam akhirnya berjaya tgk KUNGFU PANDA with mem & KAKAK. Since dah lama KAKAK tak masuk panggung, mula2 she's quite unconfortable gak. Tak tau ler apa komen KAKAK pasal that movie but as for me, dah lama den tak tgk cartoon's movie yg buatkan den rasa MOVED for so long. Sebelum nie cite yg berjaya bangkitkan the same feeling was Disney's 1st Lion King. We can gelak sakan + touching at some parts of the movie. After all the trouble to watch this movie, what can I say is..MMG BERBALOI...

BELI KETE SINGAPORE???
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Tak tau apa nak cerita this week…

Last week antara sessi 'suai-kenal' secara informal dgn staff2 disini semasa break, a Singaporian ask me about my expenses driving the car daily into the island. Den cakap ler how much (for S'pore side SD29.20 per day) Then he say kalau begitu baik den beli kete S'pore jerk. Even tho' still has to pay the tol (SD 9.20 per day), the VEP charge of SD20 per day (i.e SD 420 per month) boleh dielakkan if driving in a S'pore registered car.

Bila fikir2kan semula cam logic gak. The VEP + currently car installment den means den mampu guna kereta up to SD700 per month. Basically kete kat sini regenya a bit mahal dari M'sia, also the road tax, insurance, etc. However in the long run it will be cheaper sbb penjimatan dari kos VEP hari2 tuh tadi. Better yet kalau disini beli kete baru yg sudah siap dipasang dgn NGV (kat sini dipanggil CNG) dpt rebate riban2 SD lagik.

The tricks is kalau sgn status FOREIGNER den sekarang, car loan agak payah kena siap ada S'porean guarantor segala. The easiest is to be the Singapore PR. Ramai gak org2 luar yg dah biasa keje kat sini apply for SPR nie, including Malaysian Cuma den lum sempat nak study apa kebaikkannya jadi SPR (selain buleh TAMBAH hutang kat negara orang..he..he..he..).

Tetapi bila TPM semalam announce akan buat 2 pam disempadan M'sia bagi membezakan harga patrol bagi kenderaan tempatan & luar..kena timbang tara semula this option..he..he..he.. Persoanally this idea mmg bagus & patut dah dijalankan dari dulu lagi, why org luar juga menikmati subsidi minyak utk rakyat kita? (Jgn marah ek kak Bella..he..he.he..) Patut ler ramai my Singaporean collogues setiap hujung minggu melintas ke JB semata2 utk isi minyak.

MASUK MINGGU KE-3
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Waaa…last week dah mula kerja satu persatu mencari daku. Part of them almost the same dgn ditempat lama Cuma mungkin aplikasinya berbeza, tak kurang jugak benda2 baru yg menarik utk dipelajari.

My routine daily driving a car. Normally keluar rumah as soon as 7:00am and sampai R&R Tanjung Kupang around 7:30am. Since agak terlalu awak nak menyeberang, sometime den lepak pekena kopi tarik (nak ilangkan ngantuk), beli surat khabar METRO, stok rokok & tapau sarapan & need to move back before 8:00am.Dgn SMARTAG den melintasi tol Tanjung Kupang kena RM10.80. Pas tu melalui immegration M'sia, selalunya mmg tak banyak cerita just checking passport tak sampai seminit pung. Kemudian menyeberangi 2nd Link bridge untuk tiba di Singpore Immegration via Tuas checkpoints. Disini dulu sebelum collect Employment Pass kat S'pore MOM (Ministry Of Manpower) kena laaa isi borang putih tuh hari-hari & passport kena cop pun hari2. Sekarang dengan EP, VISA dah dicop for 2 years so selamat muka surat passport den & dakwat pen..he..he..he..

Dibooth immegration semasa berikan passport & EP card (ala..cam kita punya driving licence jer lebih kurang tanpa photo) kena masukkan AUTOPASS kedalam reading machine eh. Disini TOL (SD 4.60) akan dikenakan & VEP (vehicle entry permit) di'clock-in' kan. Then a ticket diserahkan bersama2 passport & EP kita tadi. Went thru' dia punya kastam check,berikat ticket tadi & kena tunjukkan bonet. Bila time mereka rajin mereka suruh kita bukakan compartment tayar spare + really tgk didalam tempat duduk kete. After clear then teruskan perjalanan ke opis which lebih kurang 5 min dari Tuas checkpoint tuh.

Selalunya dlm 8:15 or 8:20am dah sampai office. Working hours here for exec level & above quite flexible ; in 8:00am ~ 8:45am & balik 4:45pm ~ 5:30pm. Takde clock in or out. 8:30am boss suruh joint production meeting (biarpun sebijik butir pun den tak faham cuma ado yo nampak NXP Soromban dlm list customer mereka disamping others customers). 9:45am ~ 10:30am biasanya budak2 nie gi minum pagi dikantin dalam. Den joint dgn any of makanan sarapan yg den tapau tadi, lepak borak2, baca paper & smoking. Sambung keje and almost 12 noon sokmo ada yg ajak makan. Buleh gi keluar makan nearby (jalan kaki or naik kete) or tapau (either bawa bekal or tapau dari nearby kedai) Den lepas 2,3 kali gi makan dikawasan berhampiran den decide bawa bekal sendiri as tekak belum nak terima taste makanan disini - takde beza rasa sangat pun tapi tah ler... Lagi selera makan makanan mem masak kat umah.

3:00pm ++ normally turun kantin for minum petang pulak, lepak2 smoking & pas tuh solat Zohor di changing room mereka. Since keje lum banyak by 5pm den dah siap2 nak balik. Lalu semula ke Tuas checkpoint, bagi passport & slot in AUTOPASS card lagi. Another SD4.60 tol dikenakan & masa nak keluar nie VEP dikenakan sebanyak SD20 (perday for car). Pastu kena check bonet & kena scan thumb print. Kemudian seberang balik 2nd link bridge & ke booth immegration M'sia pulok. Kemudian lalu kastam check (M'sia) Kat sini menarik sikit. Selalunya kalau pergi ke tempat where kastam lelaki yg jaga bila kita cakap takde beli apa2 mmg dia lepaskan. 2 kali den cuba nak TEST POWER gi yg aweks jaga. Ingatkan dgn kekacakan & kesegakkan pakaian den leh lepas, tapi both time mereka suruh gak bukat bonet to check. one day th pulak lagi hangin. Depan den kete plet S'pore, dgn lowered & bersticker cam ala2 Fast & Furious punya kete lalu tak kena check bonet, turn den kena laa pulak (sama2 at custom check by aweks). Lalu semula tol Tanjung Kupang & kena lagi RM10.80 tol.

Normally kalau tak singgah mana2 dlm 5:45pm sampai ler umah… Bila kira per day den kena KORBAN almost RM90 untuk gi keje. That is why ramai naik motor menyeberang 2nd link where sehari Cuma RM15 jerk. Tapi there is a choice to be made as bila tanya kawan2 yg berulang naik motor kalau masuk keje kul 7:00am, kul 5:00am dah kena keluar rumah. Keadaan kat both checkpoints mmg cam PESTA where by ratusan motor beratur kalau salah timing leh sampai few hundred meters x 5 motor perline. So nak korban MASA & tenaga and maybe keselamatan or DUIT?

p/s : Today mem attend her 1st interview at PTP as a legal exec. Doa2kan lah yek...

SEMINGGU DI OPIS BARU..

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Last week gini ler kurang lebih citenyer kisah den mulakan tugas di tompek baru…

1st day (Selasa - 3hb June) - Melaporkan diri kat tempat baru. Sampai few minutes be4 8:00am. Jumpa HR manager (the one who hire me) briefed till lunch. Pas tu he brings me to lunch kat area a bit far away but consider town paling hampir dengan kilang where there is banks, medan makan, 7 Eleven, etc. He also belanja me a book of parking tickets...he..he..he. After lunch my room & personnal working notebook is ready. Also picking up few of my PPE kat store. Went back at 4:45pm that day.

2nd day - Duk opis most of the time…menyesuaikan diri…surfing internet..he..he.he..

3rd day - Went out to Singapore city - urusan collection of EP (Employment Pass) di Singapore's MOM (Ministry Of Manpower). Naik cab dari kilang (boss kata leh claim..he..he..he…) Ramai gak orang biarpun lum ramai sangat (peak time starting 11:00am) so amik no dulu. Bila dah ada no tgk jauh lagi giliran so gi 'alas perut dulu. Lepas sarapan went back to the counter but my no giliran dah lopeh...kono amik laie skali.... kali nie tunggu sehingga dipanggil. Submit segala mak nenek documents yg dia nak & need to came back after 3 hours to collect (around 12:30 noon). Sementara tuh dok merayau2 di kawasan berdekatan.

Comp dgn baik hatinya bagi cash chaque SD1K sebagai 'wang bantuan perpindahan'. So 1st tercari2 HSBC bank utk cash the chaque. Bila dah ada duit skit, as the boss suruh register mobile no Singapore, so den gunakan masa terlapang nie to do that. Gi outlet SINGTEL, mmg banyak offer menarik with new line registration. Tapi dia nak gak passport & EP utk register, so need to wait after settle with the MOM. Still jalan2 utk 'kill the time'. Almost time so went back to MOM...jalan kaki pun leh sesat..he..he.he.. After lunch and collect EP & passport back, went to Singtel semula. Register line 2nd murah punyer (SD26/mth) so that leh beli hp murah. Den sambar hp SGH-G800 dgn rege SD 198 (below RM464) while kat M'sia regenya RM1,899. Rupanya purchase of hp leh claims max USD150 for every 3 years. Balik naik cab semula sampai opis almost 4:00pm, boss tgk den capek semacam beri kebenaran den balik awal…yeyyyy!!!

4th day - Lepas afternoon den ditugaskan utk buka bank account (for masukkan gaji of course) Memula ingat nak minta bantuan boss bawak ke tempat yg kami lunch on my 1st day, tgk dia pun bzz sangat & den rasa kalau den drive sendiri den lebih mudah ingat jalan so den gi sendiri. PADAHnya den tak jumpa tempat tuh biarpun dok tgk map sepanjang jalan, almost 1hr terpusing2 kat area Jurong West tapi gagal. Last2 den give up & end up kat Jurong Point Sopping Complex instead. Lunch dulu then buka account OCBC. Since boss pun cakap 'no need rushng back' den gunakan kebenaran itew tuk jenjalan kat sopping compex tuh. Kebetulan gak skg tgk Summer Sales. Tapi semuanya seems lebih mahal dari M'sia pun except for several hphones & electrical item yg gedabak2..camno nak bawak seberang tambak tampa taxes???

Monday (9th June - yesterday) merayu kat boss minta cuti. Bukan sengaja nak minta cuti as den pun sedar tak baik awal2 keje dah minta cuti bagai. Den dah explain to my boss dia pun simpati kat den as banyak hal2 bank nak kena uruskan.

1ST DAY AT THE NEW OFFICE
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Hari ini bermulanya daku bertugas ditanah asing... Menumpang 'kasih' dinegara orang demi beberapa guni beras..he..he...he. Everthing seem better than expected. Ada bilik sendiri, notebook (comp punya of course - tapi leh bawak balik..he..he.he..), HR manager (the one yg hire me) hari nie siap bawa den jenjalan cari port utk lunch & blanja den lunch lagi..he..he..he. Lepak borak2 dgn pekerja disini pun 1/2 of them dari M'sia jugak. Harap-harap ini akan menjadi faktor den lebih berjaya dalam karier den..insyallah.

Yg lebih sakit kepala hari tuh adalah pasal rumah. Memula mem minta buat kitchen kabinet, landlord nak naikkan sewa ke RM800 but mem minta RM750. Akhirnya dia setuju. Bila masuk rumah kami mengadu pasal pintu bilik air (bawah - main room) tak leh tutup + few lights tak menyala - maybe sbb mentol. Bila landlord tanya dgn mem pasal dapur, mem cakap mmg ada bawa STOOVE but terpulang ler pada landlord as kitchen cabinet tuh dia punyer kan. Tah camner misunderstod tetiba dpt sms dari landlord tuh yg direngkaskan begini "saya tak pernah jumpa penyewa yg DEMANDING macam you (kami ler tuh..) Kalau begini susah utk long term. You are advised to move out by 25th June (sebulan after kami masuk).."

Peh..mem masa tuh punya laa hangin. Landlord tuh (minah PENGKID) manager bank tapi pihak pengurusan kawasan apartment tuh pun cam dah awal2 give me 'in-direct sign' yg dia tak mau den amik this house but the next house only will available mid June. Udah ler kami selesai over 60% berkemas nie. So bila den mengadu dgn pihak pengurusan apt tuh, dia pun 'slow talk' dgn landlord. Next sms terima dia tak jadi HALAU kami. Tapi to be safe mem akan usahakan both parties to sign agreement ASAP.

So..itu saja laporan buat masa sekarang. Insyallah bersua lagi bila ada kelapangan. Maaf gak since sekarang tak berapa nak sempat lawat kesemua blog kenkawan kay.