FUTSAL Games..

Hey guys, Im back…. After a hectic moments of works, courses and games… Ha ha! I’m I that buzy?? Nahhh… I don’t think so… It’s just my fingertips still like to procrastinate on posting a new entry lately… he he…

Ok… my last weekend activity was Involving in FUTSAL Tournament which was held in Sentosa Sports Centre, Jalan Stakan, Bt 7 Kota Sentosa. I’m sure Kuchingites most likely familiar with this name or know about this place.

This futsal tournament was held by our department and it was a male and female futsal games. There was no mixmatches on that day.

For the male groups, we were divided into 5 groups and the female groups divided into 3 groups. No specific name for the teams, we only grouping by numbers and my team was Group 1.-huh! first in a row!.. wait till you hear the result..hehe..

I brought my son along with me as I want to expose him to the excitement of playing futsal as futsal is one of my favourite game.. I rarely like to play soccer game coz I can’t stand to run in a long distance just to any chances to get a soccer ball!..

At the end of the games, my team was at the 3^rd place….*sigh*…

And for the female futsal games, all of the teams involved managed to get no. 1 to 3^rd placing as there were only 3 groups matched… ha ha! Eventhough the group was last in a row, they still can get no. 3 isn’t it?..

Anyway it was a fun games, we were tired and feel muscle aching all over the body. Some get their feet swollen.. but mostly muscle pain!

Like I used to hear, this:

No pain No Gain!..

My team was in 3rd place and we brought home Bronze medals.. (actually not really a bronze, it’s just the colour ha ha!)..

Here are some pics of the events:

The happy Daryl by the net..

Tournament in action!

A bunch of female players.

Cindy (left) and her team won the 1st place..

Gosh her team really did play well that day..

Bahamil. His left foot was swollen during the matches.

Daryl not in the mood of photo taking, wearing the medal that I've won..

Adrianna at the back with the laughter of joy for being in the 2nd place.

Have a nice day folks!

May and Day birthday celebration

Last Friday (28.08.09)I attended my parents birthday function at St Helen's Church, Serian. Both of my parents were born in the month of August. My other siblings all came to celebrate it. My eldest brother had a ride with me as he didn't bring along his family. As for me, my family was not in Kuching. So it's just me and my bro pimped a ride from Kuching to Serian.

The function @ pot bless was attended by church members. Two cakes were ready to represent each of my parents. My dad celebrated his 58th birthday while my Mom celebrated her 61st birhtday. Ever since we were knew the words of talking, we call our mum and dad by the name of
May and Day.

I don't know how it's started but we call them that way where else I usually heard other children calling their parents by the name of Mummy-Daddy or Mom-Dad, Or Mummy-Diddy etc...

In short my parents can be called
Mayday! (=red alert!)
in case of emergency ha ha!..

Day checking on dishes whether everything
was all set for the dinner.

Everybody's tried to pacify Aaron...
He was crying, not in the mood i guess..

Happy Birthday songs on air..

May n Day birthday cakes. the pink one for May and the other's for Day.
How bout me?? I celebrate birthday in August too.. :-)

Cake feeding.. I'm happy to see both of them.
Always remain a loving couple..

Queing for a plate of delicacies..

Kind a like this shot..

I got clear shots of May n Day but sorry I can't post it here coz me too in that shots.. he he..
Still want to remain mysterious...

Please don't get mad ok..

Serikin! again??..

Serikin??... i am sure most of the Kuchingites are familiar with this place.. I just want to share the snapshots that I took last Sunday when were on tour of duty in Bau. For those who has never been here, maybe this pics could attract your attention..

My colleague, Jai who drove the KIA Pregio through the crowd;
looking for a space to park.
get what i mean?..

Beautiful garments (made in Indonesia) sold here..

Jackets and jean trousers.

Avril Lavigne shirt!

Christians wall decors.

Instead of "Ibanez", this bass guitar is "Ibanas" ha ha!..
ganas nyer..

The skull helmets.. just like Skeletor in He-Man.

Syl with his new 'slumberland' made in Samarang, Indonesia..

As for me... I bought nothing!.. hehe..

Good day everyone!

Gift and lights..

This very morning I went to work early coz my wife taken a leave from today till weekend. So I drove my car alone.. but cheerfully he he..(can u see the glimpse of smile here :-)
with Latin dance beat songs turn-up loud.

While I was driving on the way to my workplace, i was amazed by the beautiful morning scenery; the lights...
So I snapped a few shots of these beautiful scenes;

The sun and the lamp posts!

and the sun will set for you...
(taken from the 'Shadow of the day' song by Linkin Park.)

Lights of the lamp post.

The hornbill.. shine by the light of the sun

SJK Chung Hua No. ?.. errrr.. No. 2 i guess..
You can see the sun exposure at the back.

The lights still on (the attached lamp post) after I parked my car here..
and it was 7.06am.

In the morning briefing, I was sitting next to Nea. She was holding a key chain that captured my attention. This was my convs. with her:

Me > Hey, what is that? (pointing at the small thing in her palm)
Nea> A key chain.
Me > Nice...errr where did u buy that?
Nea> At 100% discount store at Tabuan Jaya.
Me > Nice. Can I see it? (request for holding it)
After a while i asked this;
Me >Can I have it so that you could buy another one later.. he he? (a teasing question)

Nea> Really? U want it??..(a confirmation question i guess)
Me > No lah.. I just joking..(but in my heart, if i have it I will be happy..)
Nea> Here.. I give it to you..

Wahhh!!!... I was so happy coz the gift is so cute-The alloy bottle opener!(foot shaped)... yahooo!!

Me > Thanx!!
Nea> Don't just a thanx you for me...
Me > Errrr!.. (blurr...) ok thanx..(maybe she was hoping something in return like give her a breakfast threat etc...

Our conversation ended here. I could see she's smilling and we continue to listen to the short brief by our superior.

This foot shaped key chain is a bit smaller than Dylan's feet!

I Thanx God for making this day such a beautiful day!

Have a beautiful morning!..

Frustrated!..

Last night we decided to jamm at 10pm. Nick was the first person who reached the Pearl Jamming Studio, MJC. Immediately after he was loafing at the studio, he sms me. At that moment I was on the road driving with constant speed, smooth, relaxing, no dogs or cats crossing the road... he he, makes me feel cool to rock the studio! What an imagination...

When i reached the studio, I sms Nick to come down and have a cup of tea at the nearest coffee shop. There was a funfair compound nearby and the event is still happening with it's ferris wheel spining, neon lights blinking etc..(to long to describe, so i make it short-quite happening lah..)

While waiting for 3 of our line-up to show up, we ordered drinks and had a chit-chat. After a while, we then went back to the studio and loafed with the studio manager. We waited a bit long until my eyes getting sleepy. Luckily, two of them showed up and im feeling refreshed again.. But there's still one person that haven't show up, Stanly;our bassist.

We called few times and we even sms him, but to our dissapoinment, there was no single answer from him. Where did he go?? Question pop up in my mind. Just before the plan, Nick told me that Stanly will be coming for the jamm and he sounded ok like there was no barrier for him to come down that night.

We wait and wait.. My eyelids getting sleepy and my feelings started to get frustrated. Well everybody seems frustrated at that time. My dream to rock the studio that night all gone, vanished.. Suddenly a sms appeared in our drummer, Harry's mobilephone saying that he was tired and went off sleep early that night. What the heck!..He was all the time snoring while we we waiting for him. This is unacceptable!! All of us were angry with him and I don't know what did Harry replied to him. A magic word I guess.. The clock ticked almost 11:45 pm and we decided to go home..

So I drove home.. I am frustrated but I was still cool driving on the road. I turned up loud the music on the way home. When I reached home, I saw my son Daryl was still awake and crying..tried to search his belongings I guess. His cheeks soaked with tears... I felt pity on him so I asked him,

Me : What are u looking for, Daryl.
Daryl : My wallet (he meant the Bumblebee wallet-He's the no. 1 fan of Transformers!)
Me : There's your wallet.. (by pointing at the top of the TV showcase)

He then took the wallet and asked for his Ben10 cards collection.. Eventhough i'm frustrated about the jamming matters but i can feel and shared his sadness on finding his belongings coz he usually tidy up his belongings before getting sleep. So, I took his Ben10 cards and gave it to him. At that time his facial expression getting a bit cheerful.

Then he asked this;
Daryl : Papa, I wanna watch the new Transformer movie..( I wasn't suprised because he just woke up and it's still early to take a nap).
Me : OK sure..

The clock was nearly 12:30 am. I turned on the DVD player and we both watched the 2nd disc(VCD) of the movie. He sat down while me myself laid down. He still awaken and concentrated on the TV screen. I'll then asked him to lay down. That's my technique to make him go off sleep early rather than sitting.. he he..












Daryl rearranged his Ben10 cards collection.


Suddenly there was another request;
Daryl : Papa, wanna drink milk choccolate... (wahh... very demanding my son..
but it's ok coz I love him. Afterall, his an obedient child)
Me : Daryl wanna drink yea? (a confirmation question)
Daryl : Arr.. (means yes!)

So I made him a drink. It was almost 01:00 am, I asked him to go to sleep coz it's already late. He obeyed me and we went to bed. My wife and my baby seems to have a good night sleep that moment. I was sleepy but I don't get frustrated anymore coz I did chat with Daryl and it made my frustration fade away. What matters is I wanna see Daryl to be happy before he's going for a sleep that night..

So, it does..

When Autobot meets Decepticon..

Yesterday, while I was in the office doing my work,suddenly I have a thought of my old buddy, Christopher. We used to be working at the same company last time until I moved out and joined the government body in 2005.

So I called him and set a meeting place somewhere in the coffeeshop in Tabuan Laru. As I arrived there, I knew he was waiting for me coz i still recognized his car. I walked towards him and saw him smilling at me while sitting at one of the corner in the coffeeshop. I greeted him and this was our conversation;

me : Hey, how's your life?
chris : As usual..(with his tiring and sleepy look after working on the night shift)
me : Have you ordered something to eat?.. (while grabbing the seat)
chris : Nop.. i have no appetite to go for breakfast.. (still not in the good mood i guess)

I ordered a special mee soup as I haven't had my breakfast before 8am. We continued chatting and after a while he asked me whether i am free at that moment. I replied that actually I have an outside job to do but because we were very seldom meet, so I agreed to go to his place as it was not far from the corner and continued to chit chat for a while.

We talked about our past time together where we used to be partners in crime, going through the hardship together and having fun while i am still single at that time. We laughed and jokes until his eyelids getting sleepy but still have the energy to story about his life nowadays. Actually at that moment, he had a hardtime going through in his life and he shared it with me. I gave my opinions on his problem and i am glad that he had a bit relief coz he found some answers to his hardship.

We had been friends for a long time and I am glad that we never forget each other eventhough now we have our own family, but we're still keep in touch. When I was about to drive off from his place, I managed to take a few shots of our cars. To my suprised, he was the follower of Decepticon! A sticker of Decepticon paste on his front windshield. So i mentioned this;

me : I never thought that you're a Decepticon..
chris : Ha ha now U know it.. (with his proud looking facial expression)
me : See! I am the Autobot.. (by pointing at Autobot sticker at my car windshield)
chris : So, we both now are enemies.. ha ha! (we both laughed at the same time..)

eyes of the Designation Jazz!

eyes of the Barricade!

Autobot and Decepticon

But in fact, we are still good friends.. When Autobot meets Decepticon is just a gimmick title for this blogpost. What matters is it is good for us to call our old time friends and asking for how he/she has been doing. Who knows, they might need your advise!

My guitar collections

Today, I wanna talk about my interest in music. Honestly I began to learn guitar when I was 16yrs old.. Usually one will start earlier such as before 13yrs old. It's all started when one of my schoolmate in secondary school, Mazalan invited me to join his band for a year end school show in SMK Serian in 1989. I was surprised that he would chosen me to be a bass player. My replied was i wanted too, but i don't even know how to play a guitar!
he he.. that's what we call enthusiasm..

He said, don't worry i'll teach you. He intended to form a band group and need to look for a suitable bassist. How I feel lucky at that time coz I know a bit about guitar but I don't know how to play it. From that on, I've learned a guitar lesson from him and the skills to be a good guitarist. Mazalan is a lefthanded guitarist and he's a skillfull musician. He knows how to sing and play drums quite well.

As years goes by, we all grew up and started to futher studies and some of my band group looking for a job in their young age. As for me, I went to Institut Teknologi Mara, Kuching (now they called it UiTM Kota Samarahan as it moved to this area in 1997).. But we still hang around sometimes and learned new skills and guitar scales and chords.

One day he admitted that my guitar plucking is much softer than him. In other word much better tham him, he he.. Wow! that was an unexpected compliment from my guru! Yea, I admit that but in lead guitar, he is much far better than me.

I bought my first guitar 'Ibanez GIO' in 2006. All this time I only played acoustic guitar at home and jammed at the studio around town. It cost me RM930.00 for that, but my interest in music had driven me to buy an electric guitar for my own. I even bought a set of amplified speaker and guitar effects gadget.

Epihone made in Korea

Now in 2009, I bought another guitar that was advertised in www.mudah.my in June 2009. I was attracted to that guitar coz it is an 'Epiphone' model of Gibson guitar, plus it is made in Korea! This model use to play by Avril Lavigne in her 'Try to shut me up tour' in Canada, 2006. Me and Nick went to the owner of the Epiphone place and he sold it out to me after a negotiation of price reduce. At last, he agreed to sold it to me by RM750.00.. he he.. I'm such a good persuader. He originally bought it by the price of RM1,600.00 in 2007. I guess i'm lucky coz it all included guitar strap and the case.

Epihone Gibson

Me and my epiphone in the office! can't see my image??

I love to jamm with my band now. It can relieve my stress from work and we use to jamm at night time only.. Oh! one more thing, I admire women who can play guitar like my wife. That's why I attracted to her during our dating games last time. My wife can sing along and play guitar, but now she's seldom strum the guitar coz our acoustic guitar is old and the melody is not catchy enough to grab her feeling. That's what she told me lar..Err.. I'm I right??..

Tour of Duty II

Well, I'm free now. On my 2nd entry, we continue our journey back from Simunjan after our task had finished. But before that we had our lunch at the food stall just next to the wet market. After we had enough, then we moved back to Serian. On the way back to Serian we stopped by at Balai Ringin to do inspection on sundry shops and the wet market.

Balai Ringin a small town in between Serian and Simunjan. Well technically, it is in beetween Serian and Sri Aman. For those who never stop by there, here are some of the photo shots;

A shop row. There are 3 sundries shops and 1 workshop.
Far ahead is a food stall.

A jetty. That moment, the river was in low tide.

The fismongers was doing the weight scaling upon river Tilapia for sale.

From Balai Ringin we went back to Serian before we went to my parents place for an overnight stay. We had BBQ that night and I can see that all of us are having fun BBQuing! After this, I slot in our activities shots for summary of my tour of duty on 21st June, coz it take to much time for story telling and pics upload hehe..

A burnt Syn Joon Miaw supermarket in Serian. The upper storey was
burntdown and it was on fire exactly in 1st June as told.

We BBQ Tilapia fish, hot dogs and chics wings.. fuhhh! so tasty and
it was marinated by Goh and Kaf. Well done guys..

An old 'smallville' of Pasar Lama Tebedu.. located about 55km from Serian.

Our old Land cruiser filling gas at the Petronas gas station in Tebedu.
Can U imagine a bumpy ride on this 4wheeler..

Fizal, Kaf n Goh taking their dishes for lunch.. Arghh!... starving.
Located at SEDC shoplots, Serian. This shoplots was meant for bumiputera entrepreneurs only.

Our driver, Apai managed to get a haircut at the barbershop located
at the MDS market, Serian.

Fizal taking the price of vegetables at the wet market,
next to the fishmongers vendors, Serian.

After we had done on our task, I bought 3 kilos of kampung rice for my baby. For making porridge. We are tired but still have the energy to smile and jokes among ourselves. The next day is Monday! hahh! no relax at all.. Have to continue working on the 1st day of the new week...
Wish someone can do a massage for me.. Body aching on the bumpy ride for 2 consecutive days, and it's on weekend!! everybody were resting but us??
NO comments he he..

My tour of duty

I would like to share with you my tour of duty on 20th - 21st June 2009. I was assigned for an outstation job on that particular day. Me and 3 of my colleagues and a driver moved with and old Toyota Land Cruiser from Kuching in the morning. Actually we already booked a brand new Toyota Fortuner for us the day before the departed, but something mixed up and we had to move using the Land Cruiser. So guess what? I got a headache due to the bumpy ride all the way to Simunjan. All the suspension system geting stiff coz it has not been replaced since the last replacement. The 4 wheeler is waiting to be forfeited..

On the way to Simunjan, it happenned there was an accident occured at the Kuching-Serian road near miles29. I asked our driver stop us by the roadside coz I wanna took a shot of the incident. I asked a man on what has happened. From the information that I get, the lady and her baby in the black Viva was severely injured. 1 kid also injured and the driver, a male was badly hurt on his forehead.

A badly damaged Viva.

wrecked Mazda van.

I was told that the accident occured due to one lorry wanted to make an illegal U-turn and most probably coz panic to both viva and the van drivers which came on opposite directions. The Viva hit the front part of the lorry while the van hit the rear part of the lorry. I don't know about the van driver condition because I was in a hurry to snap pics.

After that we moved to Serian town for breakfast. After we had our breakfast, we're heading straight for Simunjan town which is about 100-150km from Kuching.

On the way headed to Simunjan, we had to stop by at Hospital Simunjan coz one of my friend got his nature called. He had to stand stomachache about more than 10km just to reach the Hospital washroom ha ha!..

the center park of Simunjan town.

One of the shop row at Simunjan.

Well, I have to stop here coz the pic upload is slow and I have something urgent to catch up! I'll continue on next entry.

Adios!