Living A Childhood Dream

Have you ever fulfilled any of your childhood dream?

How does it feel?

Do you feel how the blood flows to the whole muscle and your brain so peacefully.

It is a mind therapy, really.

It is so exciting, that you remember I how excited you were as a kid. Really.

After been inactive blogging, 4months… Lots have changed in my life…. Maybe not much, but it is a change that I can really feel.

Workin life is not that hard, not that bad. And I kinda like it quite much. Will share about the change in life in another post maybe, but will brag about living a childhood dream this time.

I recall sometimes when I was 7 to 15(or less), it such an exciting thing to see big bikes in a big group passing by abah’s car, or passing by wherever we (me and sisters/family) are…

And as a child, getting excited with what we see is incomplete without a feeling to do the same. A dream. “Angan-angan” skeptical people call. But “impian“ for those who are daring enough to put it as a goal in life. Ops, better stop, I can brag specific about this in another post itself.

So, here I am living a dream. A bikers or a rider is me now. Riding a not so big, yet too big to call small bike (kapcai we call it) to office and back everyday…. And go for ride/tour/convoy in the weekend, it just a dream comes true, literally.

I have hundreds of dreams, that I will definitely make it true – with God’s permission InsyaAllah!!

So, yea. Now I have a Kawasaki ZX2R (official name). It is more known as Ninja 250. 250 tells its cc. Ninja is the famous name since their older brother era.

Despite the small cc (below 250 actually, 249), that allows rider with B2 license to drive it, Ninja’s body kit made it look really big, superbike looks. Awesome!! And, with it’s price, very cheap for a superbike, it become a must for beginner to superbike world.

Despite Kawasaki is abah’s unfavored motor brand, but since Ninja is the only 250 in Malaysia market, so be it. For me to wait to be qualified to own a CBR600, it might take too long, so why wait when I am qualified now? And, mathematically, I only suitable for CBR600 3 years from now, well by that time I will still buy CBR, but I can still enjoy my NOW time, with this Baby Superbike!!

When I say dream come true, and the feels in it, I refer to go ride with big groups. The biggest I had so far was ride to MotoGP 2010, organized by Kawasaki, so all models were there. 300 bikes involved. From Titiwangsa to Sepang, 2 lane formation, all junctions blocked, the feeling while riding was superb! The pride…. It just not explainable.

That ride was the moment I realize, I AM LIVING MY CHILDHOOD DREAM. Yes I am. That was the moment I feel the pure adrenaline, a blissful one, bursting into my every living cells.

I now know, this is it. This is one the things that I dreamt when I was so young, so innocent, when all the WANTS are pure from heart, no bad intention what so ever. It is a sincere want, admiration, nothing to do with lust nor other hidden agenda.

And I remember what have I experienced since riding my sportbike, even from my first ever convoy, just 5 bikes, for balik raya trip. Even at 80kph, when bumped with family car on the highway, the kids wave at us… the feeling is just soooo beautiful…. It recalls the childhood memory when I did the same. Undescribable.

Noticing that, made me believe, with a little courage, mix with some commitment, whatever my dream is, is possible. Very possible. And actually it is not that hard, quite simple, easy. All you have to do, is just DO. Really, simple as that.

Since 2003, I was lucky to meet people who believe in grabbing the dreams. That kept me the strong believe too. But, I would say here, once you commit, you will see miracle.

I am lucky to be able to make a brave decision, after just 2 months working, to commit to buy bike, which not many people support the idea, where they “rational”ly think that I better buy an affordable car (MyVi as example) which I DON’T WANT. Why should I buy and use something I don’t want, and not even desperately needed. From that one big decision, sufficient effort were put, and that’s it, it comes real, despite some hiccups in the process(why worry, there’s always challenge to get anything isn’t it?).

And ever since owning it, boring is not a usual word to me anymore.

I am enjoying this dream in the awaken life, not sleeping. This is really something. I believe it is something to everyone, when you can live in your dream in real life. Whatever your dream is.

Adios. Good luck!!

First Week of the First Job

Job start 1june.
Arrive office 815, office hour 830. wah wah semangat dtg awal. ahaha.
Ada lagi sorang new staff, ijad budak jenjarom, tp dia masuk PITech, bukan Foxboro. nevermind. Kak Anne bawak kitorg utk introduction. Sign offer letter. Tp thats all for me becos dia ckp aku kena start training arini, no orientation for me. wah wah, bz tol keje aku ni ek, kena start trus. masuk training rupenye train guna software DynSim, similar function as HYSYS for dynamic simulation. Hmmm....OK...
nak dijadikan cerita, aku dibawak oleh sorang ni name dia shafinaz, and rupenye dia lah yg aku contact first2 dulu masa nk tanya how to apply keje dgn foxboro. menarik!! so now dia sama department dgn aku, i think same position too.
oh, forgot to tell, department aku semua perempuan kecuali aku, and bos, en. muzafar. Even sampai end of week, aku lom jumpe bos aku nih.
lepak dgn manager department sebelah (poppye), kenal plak dgn eric, staff sister company foxboro, ala, company bawak PIC gak laa...dia mcm cool.
2nd day sampai lewat, tp masih allowable time la. ok no prob. since aku attending training yg all other participants are clients (petronas (PGB, penapisan), misi setia (MSOG)), so meals are provided. 4 kali. woh!! haha. so, 2nd day, lunch kt Thai restaurant nearby, joined by en. Irwan. aku cam confuse sapa dia ni kan, mcm gempak. tp bos ke? rupenye, dia country manager invensys (JV company with foxboro), ok. and from the lunch trip, i found out seat belakang BMW 5series sempit. it is spacious, tp design seat dia buat jadi sempit.
basicly now aku tau, position aku solution/sales engineer. keje aku generally to create sale la, sbb tu aku masuk bisnes development department (BDD).
khamis, 3rd day, esok cuti. haha. menarix!! nothing much today.
other than that, even during training aku still receive phone calls for interview, and even better, JuruRubcoil yg hampeh tu call utk offer keje. haha. no thank you ok!! life is good so far. i mean minus the fact still bawak honda wave 100, and kena hujan. after all it is fine. by logic, nak angkat ninja 250 dlm masa terdekat. saje upgrade power besar sket kasi convy...tp ducati mcm menggoda dgn ganasnye....hmm...bersabar ye tom. hehe.

Real offer

Baru je aku dok update pasal interviews yg aku x pegi tu...
sambungan....
khamis 20may, pagi2 lg dpt call, foxboro, offer the sales engineer position. 1 jun start. so settle la semua problem aku....walaupun isnin depan ada interview lg, engineer position gak....tp rasenye, this is it lah....consider done to me.decide utk blk kg.
jumaat balik....
rehat2 kt umah....
pikir2 pasal nk dok mane...usha2 rumah sewa online....pk2 pasal transpot etc....
isnin 24May dpt call lagi, company dr Kulim lak....phone interview la....aku lyn jela mula2....at the end, aku demand la gaji lebih 2500, dia ckp terima kasih. aku pon cakap jela sama2...haha...
Rabu 26May pun dpt phone interview jugak...tp ni mcm best...Top Glove....QA Engineer....basic 2500...transpot allowance 240....ada allowance2 lain lagi....hmmmm.....membuat aku tamak....aku buat2 nk g interview, isnin ni...31may...wah wah sempat lg sehari before start keje g interview....
begitulah....arini pos motor g KL....next week bermula la KL bachelor life.

First interview story

Lama gile tak update blog. Last update mlm before first day intern. Konon nak update xtvt masa intern. Tp bes sgt sampai xd masa. So, lupakan jelah yg dah berlalu tu dulu buat masa ni.

Nk cite pasal interview kerja.
Aku convo 24 April aritu.

Balik KL 26. Report duty dgn pet. Balik ganu. Dok Ganu seminggu, balik KL balik for interviewSSSSS....

1st: Isnin 10May Msjd Jamek with OCBC, post sales executive. OK-OK la. Happy2...gelak2...dpt feel utk interview je.. tp basic menarik, 3000.

2nd: Selasa 11 May Shah Alam Foxboro. Sesat sampai 2 kali...dgn terlajak lg. fuh. venture. Interview was a disaster at beginning, turn out my way at the end. chances 50-50. position, from project engineer switched to technical sales engineer. fresh grad 2500.

3rd: rabu 12 May Klang Juru Rubcoil. Ape coil? Haha. office hampeh. Bos bajet bagus. gaji 1600 utk chem engr nye position. apekah. mcm la aku nk sgt. haha. kerek kan?

done for the first week.

ahad pergi jobfair kt PWTC. bawak 31 copies of resume. Balik, tggal 5 je. haha. Byk jugak aku sental.
Interesting stories:
1-speedminer - bila aku ckp aku chem engr background, dia ckp asal engineering bole try. Buat test, PASS, dpt goody (manU thing), then offered for 2nd interview. next week.
2-berjaya college university - bila aku approach, Ms Gigi mcm nk layan borak. Pastu dia tanya aku suka buat event, seeing people and bla3....dia mintak resume. position, promoter college, buat event like roadtour and such to intro the college. mcm interesting je keje ni. anything lah.

internet stories:
dpt few offer for interview, kat pasir gudang la hape la...since malas nk travel for uncertain thing, refuse the interviews.

4th: isnin 17may 10am Menara weld jalan raja chulan with ejensi cari keje Ranstadt. Position customer service. Interviewer tgk aku nye resume chem engr, dia kua cari kawan, then come back ckp dia akan panggil blk bila ada position engineer. tata. haha.

before gerak g shah alam, dpt call, speedminer tu nk interview, damansara, rabu.

5th:isnin 17may 430pm shah alam. Goodyear. Good to hear. position customer service. SUCCESS. mcm confirm dpt. tp gaji xtau.

balik. otw pegi td kena ujan sket tp x basah by the time sampai, balik, sembunyi kt midval dulu. ujan woo...

bgn pagi, ada call dr goodyear. start this monday. 8am. gaji 1500...hmmm...

6th:selasa 18may 230pm lrt tmn bahagia. agent keje gak, CrestForce. she hesitate nk bg post customer service bcos of my background. tp aku buat2 confiden mcm nk sgt, dia bg gak. dgn Jetstar woo....esok interview dgn jetstar. pg.

7th: rabu 19may. 9am. PJ. decide x pergi. malas dh dgn customer service position ni. walau pun this one offer gaji 1800, naik 2000 after 2months. i hope this is a right decision.

online. got call from Nalco. Application engineer. base Port Dickson. gaji mcm x sampai 2500. phone interview, I consider a SUCCESS too. mcm confirm dpt jugak.... hopefully dia bg jawapan cpt. aku tgh pening nk consider nk accept yg goodyear tu ke x.. this is 8th interview then.

9th: rabu 19may, damansara. 2pm. programmer. hesper. decide x pergi jugak. i think enough is enough. i know i can simply get this one also. but, until when kan? so....focus!! haha.

so....tu la dia...ada lagi interview, such as dr intelek agency yg aku x pergi....yg aku tolak pun a few gak. lupa lah...
btw....
hopefully by 13th interview, I get one lucky strike lah. haha.

may I update more soon. :)

Night to 1st Day Office

Haha.
6 hours to go. I will report for my first day of intern. 1st day ever, entering workfield, the office. I worked before during holidays, at pasar malam. So this is a totally new thing.
Mood - anxious? A bit of excitement. Mixed with very little nervous. Driven by some courage, spirit.
Did my shopping last few days. Suppose to buy 5 shirts, 1 slacks, a pair of shoes.
Ended with 3 shirts ONLY. Will buy 2 more anytime.
Slack, skipped cause thought of using my old one.
Shoe, borrow housemate's, for this month. Will buy next month.
But, luckily that I tried my slack, my wrist stretched rupanya. The slack is 31, but my size is 32 now. Managed to buy last minute just now.
Need to do new hair cut, but salon closed just now. Damn it!! So, no new hair.

Stitched the slack, and ironed.
Ironed 1 shirt, but not satisfied.
Tied the tie, but berkedut, might need iron.
Polished the shoe.

That's it.
I'll share the first say experience tomorrow - perhaps.

2009 Wrapped

It has been like 5 months since last I wrote something here. And yea, I have been busy.

Since I left with Kelkatu, I'll start from where I left.
Kelkatu drew again after Sabah, against Machanz. Unlucky day, drew 1-1, while we had 2 penalties. I missed, and Amirul too.
Then come the shocking defeat to UFC, 1-0. My bad for that cos of the extreme team strategy changes. This is the turning point of the league fate for us.
We won against New Venture, and Trinity.
But 2 more draws, against Eagles, as well as dramatic draw in the last match against Galacticos. Mohsen scored in that match, in very last minute, from an indirect free kick...
So that's it for the football season. Kelkatu ended 5th, bhind Sabah, Eagles, Machanz and Galacticos.

Other than that, in rugby, I captained Colts instead of playing for Crocs. We lost all matches, with only 1 try, by me. So nothing to brag about it.

Studies were crazy. Too much work, what to expect when taking 112.5 credit aite? the projects and assignments were extreme. And I made few more records. With all the last minutes works, I managed to finish in shorter time compared to the seniors'. Haha. My positive way of looking at it, so I say I'm proud. Design project in less 4 days?? FYP did in between those packed day?? O well...

I took 2weeks of raya holiday. Longest I ever had. Just imagine that in the sem where I should spend the most for studies, I took the longest holiday ever within that 5 years. I call that extreme, but I like it.

The personal life is just normal. Nothing to highlight. Ups and downs, it just life. I take the as it is. I like it?? I'm not sure. I think I prefer to describe it as I have no feelings. So, whatever~~.

So, come the end of the semester, I stayed in Miri. Watching (and sending) frens go back. Reason of staying is to start internship as sson as possible, with objective to finish ASAP too, so that I can grad on time. So, came 9th dec, result is released. The first time I had result released while I'm in Miri was in 2005, 1st year. So, I call it, we finish how we start. Few comrades managed to accomplish this journey, namely Syabil, Safiq and the batch.... Sedut is almost there, just another 2hours-exam, and hopefullly he'll join the list, amin.

So, about the intern, I got the confirmation, I'll start 4th Jan. Not the time I expect, cos it's late, but what to do. SKO decided it that way, for Sedut's reason. Dammnit!!! But nevermind. I take this personally, so I take my personal life as it is. Just take it. So yea. Carry on...

Bye bye 2009. I'm not sure if there is something to remember in future about this year. But no matter what, it is over.

Welcome 2010. More challenge of course. We should never life to get easier. Trust me on this. Forget all the myth!!