Bintulu Revisited

BINTULU REVISITED

A view from my room

Traveling again! I wrote this paragraph while on night the flight to
Kuching. Should be arriving by midnight and the next morning we'll be taking the flight to Bintulu.
It has been years since I been there...(familiar phrase huh?). Last visit was on iP58 ticket (it was not iP58 yet, still incubation mode in the corporate centre).
Had to go to 48F alone and deal with the whole management & working team on certain issue. As I recall correctly, it has something to do with m17c0 insisting on having real-timebroadcast of urea product loading and weather monitoring online, tagged to delivery system and total integration to the back-office environment. Sounds bombastic...but whatever happened after
that, I can't blame it on the system.....

Nevertheless, I did enjoy my stay and interaction with the 48F people, they were the friendly type of people that you can easily work with, if you know how to navigate yourself properly lah!

Bintulu was still a quiet town at that point of time. It's not going to be 48F this time but its mln6, on the other side of the hill. Frankly I do not know what to expect tomorrow but what I do know is I am really missing Alisya!

She sent me to the airport but did not get down from the Scenic. I called Mama while I was checking-in and heard Alisya crying for me! Oh my!
It's going to be a long 3 day trip!

Day 1: 20050706

The Plant

A short stay at Crown Plaza and we are now waiting for our flight to
Bintulu. During my marketing years, I have never stayed in this hotel.
It has always been the Hilton. It was a short night so there's nothing much to say, only that I realized there's a 7-11 across the road, at the Waterfront.

We arrived quite on schedule and I was quite surprised actually, at first I thought we have arrived in Sibu! The airport is no more in the middle of the town. It took about 20-30 minutes from the airport to mln6.

We were stationed in a cabin together with Abdillah the leader of the team that we are supposed to assist. I worked with his twin Abdullah when I last came to Bintulu.
Worked thorough the day and at about 7:30pm we decided to call it a day.
Had dinner at Kidurong Club (thanx to Abdillah!) and then off to check-in at the hotel.

Had to do some McGyver action cuz the lock on the luggage decided to be stubborn and denied the code I set much much much earlier. This is the second time and I can't open it at any combination (1000 of it!). Good thing I had a Swiss Army knife and the set of screwdrivers mentioned in my other posting. Off with the lock and I will have to buy Mam a new bag for that!!

Nothing much to see since it's already dark so.....off to bed!

Day 2: 20050707

Work!

Woke up early but could not convince myself to walk around and take some photos. Maybe later in the day. It's almost 7:30am, sun is shining brightly, a good sign perhaps for another long day.

After breakfast we took a cab to the OPI cabin and work started....the system was slow and the lappies are nothing to be proud of when it comes to
reliability - (I HATE ACERS!).

We had a big lunch - Abdillah's treat (again!) and then we went for a quick tour of his house...big one and got it quite cheap pulak tuh!
The furnitures ohhh my.....we cannot believe the price he paid for those custom made beds, dining tables, study tables etc.....I wanna move to Bintulu lah!!!

The hall

Customized dining set

Che Lie - the unpaid interior designer

We worked until....past 10:00pm! Then we went for a good dinner. Mama called cuz Alisya cannot sleep and she talked with me for a while. Abis dinner, off to the hotel, packed the bag and dozed off around2:00am. What a day.....

Day 3: 20050708

Final hour before departure

Yaayyy!! I can smell the weekend!

Went to the plant for a short briefing to the OI manager with the team then off we go to the airport.

The plane is descending now and insya-Allah within an hour or so I would be hugging Alisya! If only Naufal is at home too!

To conclude, I found Bintulu is pretty much the same quiet town.
Never had the opportunity to lepaks at the town actually, a rather packed - if not hectic - trip.

Well...maybe next time Bintulu!

The Lumix

The Lumix

Panasonic Lumix FZ10-K

The first camera that I ever used was a Kodak Disc that came free with a Yamaha Electone Organ my parents bought for me. (Yeah I took music lessons when I was young, did quite well actually considering I am the only Malay dude who gets to represent the district up to state level competition). As far as I can recall, the Disc was quite "fashionable" at that time cuz while others lug the ordinary bulky point & shoot camera, the Disc is rather small and squarish, pretty much like some Sony models available nowadays, only bigger and less techy-er of course!

Then, after it got more and more difficult to get the film disc, our parents decided its time to get a decent camera. It was and Olympus and it served us well, until Angah lost it if I am not mistaken and replaced it with another one (by now I could not recall what camera it was).

Those were the early exposure to photography for me.

My first ever experience with a SLR was when Bawal let me use his Konica (if my memory serves me well lah). Bawal is quite a good photog, very creative, in fact I can say he was really advanced since his artworks as I can still recall, do seem still rather amazing even since we have the Adobe and other softies.

A real exposure on SLR and photog techniques came about when I was in my one year matriculation. To' Kent taught me a lot. I did quite well especially during one project trip into some remote part of Cameron Highlands. Kent had to be sent out due to dengue fever he caught and being the only photographer he decided to leave all his stuff to me and it was my responsibility to produce good result for JHEOA archive...and take care of the expensive Yashica and lenses Kent bought with his own money!

I wish I was allowed to have a copy of the whole images I captured.

Moving on....I never actually bought a camera until I decided to get a decent 2MP Nikon point & shoot for my wifey as her birthday present - it was about time too since Alisya has just arrived! Before that Nikon, I had a Samsung film with superb zoom and very robust. It costs (at that time) RM800++ but I got it free from a lucky draw on PEMSB family day. Lucky me!

The Samsung served us well, till I bought a Nikon Coolpix P&S 2megapix for wifey. The Samsung is now with my parents, still going strong.

So, when I finally decide to get a digicam for myself, I did the usual “ritual” of searching, analyzing, forums joining etc…so that I will get the correct choice within my limited budget.

To cut it short, after about 3 months of the “ritual” I got myself a Panasonic Lumix FZ-10K, a black one, which is rare in this part of the world (yes, the black ones are available but not easy to get due to the decision to market the black ones to more cooler climate regions).

The FZ-10K is always with me on every trip I go…so far it’s the best digicam for me. Cud have bought a DSLR but I am still a novice in digicam/photog…..and I am happy with the Leica lense of the Lumix!

Baby Achoncho's Movement

The spine

The head & chest

See the fingers?

Baby Achoncho's Movement @29th. June 2004.

On the 29^th June we went for another check up. The images were amazing. So very amazing that I almost shed tears. We can see the baby's hands & fingers moving. At some point, as if Baby Achoncho was waving at us. We can see the spinal cord, brain and of course, the heart beating. Really amazing.

Baby Achoncho is about 15 weeks old now. The expected birth date would not change much, i.e. the last week of this December, 26th is the speculated date by our so friendly & cool gynae. (Spent the first part of the session talking about tech-stuffs, Alfa Romeos & F1 race!)

....and since it's already pretty much stable for Baby Achoncho to travel a long distance drive, we decided to head back to Segamat over the weekend….and it's durian season! We arrived well past midnight on Saturday and then the kids woke up and got excited….it was almost difficult to make them sleep again!

All of their cousins were there.....and it's the first time for them to meet cousin Danish. Cousin Raiyan have been in kampung for so long that he decided he'll be coming back to Sateville.

Cousin Danish

Cousin Raiyan

Havoc started early Saturday morning….Tok Mak & Tok Abah already placed all their toys at the play area made specially for their grandchildren.

Part of the play area

The bunch had a splash in the kiddy pool Mama bought, meant to be “stationed” at the kampung so that we don’t have to bring it to & fro every time!

Splashhhhh! (Checkout those fresh durians on the background!)

Mama had her favorite roti canai from the one particular restaurant. We also had pulut santan in the afternoon (Best giler! My fav!), tomyam steamboat and black pepper ketam Angah masak….cekodok durian….tempoyak…perrghh!!! Alamak! Terlupa! I did not try the aiskrim durian laaa!! Sheesh!!! Terlupa siut...

Can wabbits eat giraffe for breakfast?!

Naufal decided to stay back and take care of Tok Mak & Tok Abah.....together with cousins Danial & Durra! We'll definitely miss Naufal but Tok Mak & Tok Abah has been missing him too much.....so it's really the time to let them be with Naufal.

They had a great time....all of them and saying good-bye was hard. Nothing beats a weekend with the whole family, nothing at all.

Aisehmen…I miss the tempoyak…and Naufal already! Aarrghh!!!

SEE YOU IN 7 DAYS MY WABBIT!

The Twins vs the Bad Curtain

We came back from work today and found our living room curtains (and railings) have dissappeared.

Since this is the second time the twins made full effort to bring it down.....so we decided not to have curtains, until further notice!

I think they prefer to see the outside rather than the curtain. The curtain would be blocking the view of their play-tent (small castle Mama bought) and their trikes and stuffs....and the curtain definitely disturbs them from seeing us entering our small porch arriving from work.

They made a good decision I guess!

Curtain & railings can be replaced....but the fact that kids are not going to be the age and size next year....that's something every parents sholud treasure most and enjoy while it lasts....

Doraemon's friends



Watchout adik!


Come here adik....ikat rambut!


Opps! Here she comes!


Bigggg Huggg.....
see the curtain behind us? Well, that's the one! It's not there anymore!

Colors....it's about choice

It was a good day today....and since last weekend was quite disastrous, we decided to spend all the hours with the kids and no other family member is allowed to kacau us..cuz it's their birthday (Naufal's) this Saturday.


B-day boy & mama


Happy b-day adik!

We bought the presents yesterday. Mama got some voucher from Sogo and as always, we'd spend it for the babies mainly (if not totally)...spent half of the voucher amount for presents - theirs and Abang Waiz's (who shares the same b-day with Naufal!)...and kena bagi Abang Aizat jugak if not sure jealous one lehh!

The kids love the presents....and we love them more than ever!



Spent the day at The Souq and Alamanda....closing the outing with a late lunch at Tepian Cafe in the Archipelago Boutique (betul ke tu?).

Alisya @ Tepian cafe

They serve good food there, not much choice on the menu but the food is really really good. Price wise, it's not expensive at all but the drinks are a bit on the high side lah. The environment is very relaxing. We love it. If they deliver consistently, it's gonna be our fav place in Alamanda.

B-day boy already tired!

Talking about spending time with family, I picked this one from my old blog, no editing done. No kids at that time. Just married. Read on....maybe we can learn something.

Colors....what's your choice?

THE FAMILY AT R&R SEREMBAN SOUTHBOUND

This happened a few years back before I went for Hajj.

I was on the way back to Segamat with my wife Siti Hajar. We stopped at the R&R of Seremban (Southbound) for supper.

While waiting for our foods, I noticed a family – a mother, a father and a daughter (8-9 years of age perhaps) – was having a decent helping of food.

The family is obviously poor, judging by their clothings. The meal they were having are being paid by somebody else, somehow I overheard.

The thing that captured my attention was how happy they were. Although the hardship of living a decent life was pretty clear on the face of the father, he kept smiling and talking softly & sweetly to the daughter.

The father even declined to have other food, because he was just enjoying a loaf of bread with his mug of hot milo.

I learnt something quickly from them…..

Being happy is the main thing that you should do with your family, no matter what is happening around you.

A poor father, sacrificing his needs of having delicious food and opted for a loaf of bread as long as the family members are having better food than him. Really back to the basic, which is something that we often neglected, or take for granted.

And what have we been up to?

Complaining about some not so delicious food at a 5-Star hotel function, paid by the company, whereby some people have to work really hard to have a simple breakfast for the whole family.

Well, some of us tend to have the mind set that it is enough for us to give away some amount of our income for the needy, we have done enough for them.

Perhaps it is not fair to stereo-type these kind of people as heartless….well at least they do contribute some of their income to the needy‚….at least‚….

Till when do we want to dwell in the ‚“at least” territory?!!!

Which Malaysian Blogger Am I?

Just for fun, tried this one and the result:

Congratulations the torque , you are...

You are outgoing (HUH?!!), direct, smart, pretty (WAH LAU WEIIH!!), and a definite go-getter. You are frank, a little too frank perhaps that sometimes you get on people's nerves and make them very upset. If people attack you, you hit back with triple the force without blinking because you are the kind of person who knows exactly what you are talking about or else you wouldn't talk about it. Your quick-thinking is what makes you special. You are an elitist.

Which Malaysian Blogger Are You?

I don't leave home without this

Nebula 25

I am a bag person.....you know, those who will always carry a day-pack rucksack or some call it knapsack kinda bags.

If I can recall correctly, my first real day-pack was an Adidas (forgot the name), dark purple in color and with the capacity of 30L. I bought it using my first scholarship allowance during my early college years. It will always be with me, wherever I go. It lasted a few years and then the Adidas “retired”, replaced by other bags. I wonder where is that Adidas now.....somebody borrowed it despite it’s bad condition due to years of heavy duty….never seen it after that…

That was way back in the 1990's.

Fast forwarding the story, now my day-pack is a JanSport, Nebula 25 series, which I bought at a below market price during a sales period….way below and it’s the only Nebula 25 on display on that day! I think they tagged it wrongly!

Why do I always carry my day-pack everywhere I go? Well mainly because of my size - I am a fat dude! - thus I don't feel comfortable putting all the things I need to have in my pockets. I'd just dump my wallet & hand phone in my pockets. I have used cargo pants and I still feel a day-pack is a better option....and I think it's cool to carry a day-pack regardless whether it's not fashionable or whatever!

....and what are the things that I will always have in the day-pack?

Here's the list:

1. LED Torch: for emergency purpose. You'll never know, when a blackout happens it's really handy I tell you.

2. Bandanas: a Nike (same as my kids!) & a Renault F1 2004 (JT). If it gets too hot or it's a bad hair-do day for me...heheheh! As if! I am almost a skinhead! The bandanas are always there for my gym use actually.

3. Ball-point pen: well, you must have this laa kan!

4. Minyak cap kapak: Heheheh! Just incase!

5. My business cards and staff card: well, the business cards will be in all of my bags!

6. My "mini survival tool pack": which contains a very old & used-up Swiss Army knife and a set of screwdrivers, need to include a lighter and some first-aid elements in there, soon.

7. Bluetooth headset: SE HBH-35. Seldom used, only when driving long distances.

8. My "digital survival kit": a rugged Lowe traveler's wallet that contains: multi-card readers and it's cord, USB expansion cord, compact phone-cable cube, compact AV cord, Orinoco 802.11b Silver ('fried' to Gold!), PCMCIA-to-CF adapter, MS adapter (MS-duo to MS), Bluetooth CF card, IBM lappie "red-nipple" thing, Thumb drive.

9. My PDA: as for now its a Tungsten T2. Why I carry it? Well in this baby I have all my contacts, Quran, my schedule (not necessarily updated cuz this is not my main PDA), and other stuffs. The T|T2 is mainly used as my back-up device and for MP3. Main PDA is actually the P900. The T|T2 is placed in a small "medical bag" together with my S2 and P900 earphones, thus protected from damage and such....I hope!

Those are the items that will remain in the Nebula 25 most of the time. Depending on my plan for the day, the other items that will be in the day-pack would be:

10. My Netbook or Notebook or my digicam: depending on my plan for the day.

11. My kid's stuff: diapers, extra clothing for each of them, some toys…..their toys, not mine!

12. A book that I am currently reading (or plan to read!!)

Do you carry a rucksack like me juga?!

Counting Blessings

Naufal Irsyad, Khairina Durra, Alisya Irdina & Khairil Danial

Was going through my old faithful lappie and found this pix...taken on Eidul Adha 2004.
The headcount will be totaling to six as of today, which includes Ahmad Raiyan Iman & Khairil Danish.
Comes December, insya-Allah, another addition to the count...

2005 is full of blessings to our small family...al-Hamdulillah.

It's almost 3am...and I just barely managed to solve some stupid mistake I made on the Psion Netbook...almost created a mess but al-Hamdulillah thanx to inputs from Asri & Firdaus, managed to recover the CF and proggies....it should be running ok, I think lah, will stress test it in the morning....learning new things is always fun but not all the time easy lah!

Oh ya....got a pleasant surprise yesterday...a letter from PDB HR....my long due promotion....
al-Hamdulillah.....al-Hamdulillah.....rezeki Alisya, Naufal, Irfan (Baby Achoncho) & Mama.

Tuesday Morning Blues....(erks....reds?)

It is red

It's my second official MC day today and I am starting to feel restless....especialy when I start to think about overdue things in office and the racing team stuffs....at this point of time, I feel so incompetent!

The eyes are not as itchy as yesterday but its still annoying, have problems to see clear once in a while.

Well...let's see how it goes, I hope to be back in action tomorrow morning.

A Red-Eye Weekend

The Cake - had a brief celebration in the morning.....miss my family, about 20 steps below me!

It's Father's day and here I am having to quarantine myself from my family! Darn! I was really looking forward for a game of water pistols with my twins this weekend and this is what happened....

Aaaacaaak!

Woke up Saturday morning and saw Alisya's eyes were swollen. She slept next to me and over the night she woke up a couple of times. She was in good mood though. We went to see her doctor @ Kajang Plaza Medical and were informed that it’s not an ordinary "berjangkit" kind of eye disease, it’s due to allergy. By Monday if there is no improvement we were advised to take her to an eye specialist. Got the medication and the rest of the day was spent indoor at our small homey.....and watched "SEPET"...what a coincidence huh?!

Alisya does not quite like people touching her eyes so it was a challenge for us to put on the treatment on to her eyes. Al-Hamdulillah, it looks better on Sunday.

Woke up on Sunday morning and I found it difficult to open up my right eye. It was itchy. Went to the bathroom for ablution and saw my right eye....it was horrific! But being positive, I told myself it will get better in the afternoon, just a normal mata merah.

Well...it didn't! Just came back from the same medical centre yesterday and the doctor gave me 2 days MC starting Monday. If it doesn’t get any better by Wednesday I will have to see the specialist. It's really red and swollen now. Darn. I am supposed to catch the “ red-eye-special” flight to Kuching and then take the flight to Bintulu....now I caught the real red-eye instead! Also Sepet summore!! Dang....

Called MAS to cancel all my flights, kena penalty RM50 but that’s better then burning about RM800 of flight fare.

What a boring weekend....I am in my bedroom and I can hear Alisya & Naufal creating havoc with Mama downstairs...but I can't be with them!! AAAARGGHHHKKK!

I guess my little Baby Brontosaur (the Psion Netbook) will be my only companion till the eye is ok...hopefully Baby Brontosaur won't catch any eye disease from me lah!

WittleWhiteWabbit - Naufal decided to nap instead and miss the photo session in his Wabbit outfit!
But more wabbits pix to come, once my eyes are functioning normally!

I am gonna miss my WABBITS!

Karate Kid - a disgrace to the art of Karate

NOPE!! NO SCORE!
That's a WTF Tournament.
No score for the guy in red cuz he hit the back of the opponent.
That's either a turning kick or a chop kick he executed...maybe a series of kicks depending on his skills and fitness!
The blue guy could score a solid point if he got the balance, using either a rising-front to the body or stamping kick to the mid of the vest which will definitely bring the red guy down...if he is an adventurous daredevil, he would go for elbow block to the knee of the red guy and a turning kick to the head - executed in one movement...OR half step reverse stance from current position followed by left reverse back kick...that one will bring the red down and gasping for air!

...been there, done that.....got metal in my face for that matter!

Karate Kid Ver5.0 SP2
If you were teenagers in the 1980's, you'd definitely have seen the Karate Kid movies. The Sifu (Mr. Miyagi) is cool. Very. They have re-runs and re-re-re-runs of the Karate Kids series nowadays in Astro AXN so if you have never seen it, chances are you will be seeing it, soon.

I came from kampung (thus kampungpath!) and the only Karate Kid I have ever seen was those shown on TV. Never seen it in the cinema. If you know me, you may also know that I have a couple of martial arts up my sleeve....not much, just a couple, but not Karate....well yeah I do know some simple "kata" moves and "kumite" techniques (thanx to the friends of the martial arts council in IIU days!) but I have never been trained as a Karateka, but nevertheless, I love karate. I love other martial arts too.

.....and I have always hated the so called "hero" of these Karate Kid series!

Don't know if I got it right but I think its Ralf Machio (?)

I am not a perfect martial artist (especially in my current shape!) but even when I was still a junior martial artist in high school, I can say that this Ralf guy is really not the average martial artist you'd expect.

His stances, totally OUT! No no no...let's not go there first cuz stances aren't really that easy to do....just look at his hands when he's on the "on-guard" position....whether its single hand-knife guarding block, double hand-knives guarding block or just the basic guarding block....the Karate Kid?s hands positions are totally out, totally.

Check his posture, most of the time (if not all of the time) he'd be leaning forward but not on the stance that would support the centre of gravity to make it difficult for the opponent to bring him down. Some stances and patterns (be it kata/poomse/taegeuk/koryo etc.) there are positions that requires the person to lean forward, but in real tournaments or street fight, its really not advisable....this Karate Kid guy, he got no arts at all...if its supposed to a forward stance, it just does not show....he's just leaning because he got no balance!

A martial artist is trained to exhale when executing punches / kicks and for some martial arts, they are supposed to shout - firm shout. This guy is shouting like a faggot looking for his (her?!) pink hair-brush that got lost in his (her?!) pink colored bedroom.

Oh ya! That famous "crane" stance....he's too wobbly and again he was leaning forward.....and the stupid opponent was so stupid to just come storming in - a true martial artist would not do that!

And to top it all....his rudeness to the master....what kind of martial artist would be so rude to the master? Only one kind - a NON-Martial artist!

Conclusion - the wimpster Ralf is a disgrace to Karatekas...even my Karatekas friends during my schooldays admits that.

....but it's just a movie anyways...but still, if you ask me, my all time favorite movie would be Best of The Best....now that's how a real martial artists fights....

(Note: Karatekas, my due respect but I am just writing based on my very limited knowledge in martial arts. Ralf's fan....well I am sorry but, wake up & go to the nearest dojo to see real martial artist do their stances & moves!)

Displayed in our living room, announcing our years of resignation!
1) My WTF Black Belt
2) My favorite weapon - Nunchaku (with F1 full access card attached)
3) My wife's last ever tournament medal - a bronze.

Got Ideas?

Up is down

Some people are creative and its shows even without them realizing it.
Some others, try to be creative and while some managed to deliver, some may not.
Some people just don't give a damn about doing things differently - they like it as it is and they just prefer things to be the way it is.
....and we have another set of people, who'd poke, probe, steal or whatchamacallit, the creativity or uncreativity or creativity-wannabee-ness of those people above....and use it for their own benefit.....damn bastardos!

Why I wrote the above?
No particular reason.....just my 2-kupang on people & creativity

I got myself a Dinosour

Daddy's new toy

I just cannot resist it. Couple of years back I helped Loribalak to get this toy and he was really hooked with the Netbook. At that time its kinda easy to get - especially the MNetbook at around Rm1000, refurbished or used. Then it became lesser and lesser and harder to get. If you are lucky you can get a really used one at Rm700, at least.

Its the original PSION Netbook, which runs on EPOC R5 platform. Definitely not a new genaration mobile computing device but considered as a rather Dinosour age machine.

What can it do? To keep it simple - almost anything any average Joe Jambul could do with a laptop...and perhaps maybe more. Words, Sheets, Database, Proggies, PIM, Browsing, Wi-Fi.....oh yeah baby it can Wi-Fi.

Though I am not alien to the Symbian OS but EPOC R5 is new to me, I have used the MC218 (testing purposes) for almost a year and I am still using the P900. I kinda love the Symbian Os - stable, simple, not resource hungry and it get things done as long as you are willing to learn how it works and know you want to do with it.

The MC218 was fun and kinda nostalgic....I created a simple database to help decide the name of our twins.......

So after years of hearing fellow tech-lover frens talking about their Netbook, this year I dream to get one - either the 3/5 series or the Revo Plus or if lucky, the original Netbook.

After months of failures to find any Netbook nor any worth-buying refurbished/used Symbian based device in this region, I was dumbfounded when I saw this one while browsing through i-symbian! Can't believe that a dude posted this Netbook for sale - so apa lagi, terus CARGAS!!!! PM-ed the dude asking about the specs, freebies, conditions, warranties, mileage etc etc etc...and COD the thing after checking its condition, this morning. I'd say I got a very good deal - everything in the box (not litereally but its the real original Box!) and loads of freebies....plus Prancing Horse sticker on the Netbook...which I took of and gave to Che Lie!

Done reading the User Manual, next up is to explore 3rd parties must-have "swiss-knife" proggies to make it fully utilized.....am not gonna rush this learning cuz if I rush it then I'd be looking for other alternative mobile platform to learn and try.....will have to fully utilize this in every possible angle.....none of the machines I bought were under utililized....not cuz I just wanna brag, nor cuz I am a real hyper techie geek...but simply cuz I don't fart RM!

Nak PowerBook tak mampu, so got a NetBook is better lah!

- like i-symbian Senors would say......If it ain't Symbian FIX IT!!
Keep It Symbian, Stewpeeed!

My first entry in the Netbook:
Finally I am an owner of a Psion Netbook: my first entry
I have been hunting for this baby high and low since last year. Its a real
shock when suddenly there is one available on i-symbian .com yesterday, I was
not really prepared to purchase and the budget is actually not in presence -
balik kampung recently and used it up, but it was a really great holiday for
us!!
Anyways, I have to grit my teeth and dump RM880 for this baby, I am
confident it is going to be a very good and reliable work horse. (Darn!
There's a prancing horsy on it already!)
So, begins my days with a so called "Dinosaur Age" Psion based OS that still
rules the world - well at least for those techies or wannabee-techies who
really knows what they want their devices to do. It is nothing fancy, not
"can do everything" kinda thing but it just gets things done - the kinda
things that you actually need to do with your state-of-the-art expensive
machines.

Goodbye for now Catsville!

Some of the final shots before we took off to Sateville.....


State Library - banyak ikan siut!


Evening in Waterfront - everytime we go back to Catsville, its a must to walk the Waterfront, at least once. There will aways be something interesting to see, eat or buy. Shutterbugs (photogs) will end up spending hours composing their arts here.....and I just love my Leica lense!


Pasar Satok - Last stop for this trip! After buying the terubuks and other local stuff from our relatives who sells there, we are set to pack and off we go....back to Sateville.

Looking forward to our next balik kampung to Catsville!

One week already?!

Holiday Inn - Santubong

The last couple of days in Kuching, Naufal cought flu. While he cannot really be as active as usual, it did not prevent him from having fun lah. The family went to Damai, Santubong for a big splash.....and since the twins did not bring proper swim-suit, they bought a new pair each just for the occasion......


Adik and his new swimming trunk


Alisya in her new swimming suit!


Family members only!!

Really big splash it was.....we let them enjoy the water as long as they want cuz the next day is our flight back to Sateville!


Santubong presents lots of very nice view (it all depends on the creativity of the photog how to capture it) and it made me think, if I ever own a piece of land in this area, I'd definitely will build my retirement hut on it!

The condo they are building at the marina is kinda interesting actualy...but for now, our litte hut in Sateville is comfy & cozy enuff la....

A Cantin in Jedi Township

A real StarWars fan should know the word "Padawan".

Well dudes, the Jedis actually have a township in Sarawak!!! Check out the signboard below kalau tak caya....



Jedi Township...hekhekhek!

And it happens that NekCat has a cantina in this Padawan Township


The Cantina

...but the best mee kolok, mee belacan is not served there lah....its served in another "branch", right in the middle of Satok market area...best woooo mee belacan, belum cuba belum tau beb!

Mee Belacan!! Woohooo!

Well anway, the cantina is quite far from our residence, but the area is cool.
Not too hot, windy and when it rains, rasa macam nak tidur aje.


Naufal & NekCat

The twins visit the cantina and create mini-tornadoes while they were there


Buy laa one more drink! I give you my adik if you buy!


Today, I will be the tokey!


After that we went to the park on the way back to Kuching.
They found their favorite playground toy - the buai!

Buai time!

This "Red Bridge" park is kinda cool. The water is very clear and cooling.
The twins went for a dip....I didn't, forgot to pack the adventure gear cuz initially the park was not in our agenda!


Alisya blowing bubbles