Cinta?1

Sebenarnya aku nak tulis secara terperinci mengenai pengembaraan 'Mistery Drive' aku dan bini tersayang. Tapi akibat tertangguh beberapa hari, aku tulis secara ringkas ajelah.

'Mistery Drive' berkenaan dianjurkan tempat kerja bini tersayang sempena Hari Keluarga yang diadakan di Rivierra Resort, Melaka. Bini tersayang adalah seorang 'marshal' untuk acara tersebut.

Perjalanan yang sepatutnya dari Gebeng turun ke Muadzam Shah, ke Jempol, kemudian naik ke Melaka tersebut terganggu disebabkan banjir. Mula2, kami terpaksa berpatah balik di Muadzam Shah. Masuk ikut jalan Chini untuk tembus di Maran. Tapi, terpaksa berpatah balik lagi sekali ke Gambang, sebelum memandu melalui Lebuh Raya Pantai Timur, Lebuh Raya Genting Karak naik ke KL dan baru ke Melaka melalui Lebuh Raya Utara Selatan. Semua gara2 air yang melimpah ke atas jalan raya.

Ikut plan asal, kami sepatutnya tiba di Rivierra Resort pada pukul 3.00 petang. Akhirnya, pukul 8.00 malam baru sampai. Belum hilang penat, malam tu ada 'Extravaganza Nite' pulak dah, yang mana Shamsul Ghau2 jadi pengacara majlis.

OK jugak la mamat ni jadi 'emcee'.

Beberapa persembahan yang diadakan, aku rasa macam tak sesuai pulak dengan kehadiran ahli keluarga dan anak2 staf tempat bini tersayang bekerja. Antaranya, penyanyi jemputan yang tak glemer dan tak best. Seksi je lebih, tapi tak mengujakan seperti bini tersayang.

:8D~ <-- Ini adalah sebuah emotikon. BUKAN! Bukan abang botak.

Setelah melahap menjamah tiga keping lambchop, empat ketul ayam, nasik, brokoli, jagung steam, filet ikan makanan2 yang disediakan tanpa menghiraukan sangat penyanyi yang tak best berkenaan, tiba2, ada la pulak seorang 'jentayu'² tiba2 muncul dari belakang dewan.

*Erk*

Nasib baik aku terselamat dari dicekup 'jentayu' berkenaan untuk dibawak bergelek dangdut atas pentas. Seorang pakcik yang duduk betul2 dibelakang aku yang jadi mangsa.

Sian pakcik tersebut... nasib baik dia supporting. Kalu tak, sah kena terajang je mamat minah mahluk berkenaan.

Esoknya, ada sukaneka. Tapi, sejurus selepas 'Extravaganza Nite', aku dan bini tersayang dah 'warm-up' dulu dengan acara 'suka aneka' kami sebagai persediaan.

Hua hua.

Hasilnya, kumpulan kami menang tempat ketiga acara Belon Air.

Horei!

Hadiahnya ialah sehelai sejadah untuk setiap ahli pasukan. Huu... insaf.

Kemudian, bini tersayang dapat tempat pertama acara Jalan Atas Bata.

Hip hip horei!

Hadiahnya ialah sebuah penimbang berat badan. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Gendut...

Adeh! Tetiba rasa macam kena cubit dengan bini tersayang.

Akhirnya, acara berpasangan iaitu Lari Kaki Tiga. Kami mendapat tempat pertama hasil daripada 'warming-up' kami semalam. setelah berjaya berlari dengan begitu pantas dan synchronized sekali.

HIP HIP HOREI!

Hadiahnya adalah sebuah hamper yang besar!

Setelah menerima hamper berkenaan, kami pon pulanglah untuk meraikan kejayaan kami di dalam bilik tanpa menghiraukan acara2 lain selepas itu sebab kami dah dapat hadiah yang best.

Sekian...

Oh ye, selamat menyambut Hari Raya Korban dan tahun baru 2007. Harap2, tiada antara kita yang jadi korban.


p/s: Kamu dah tengok filem 'Cinta'? Filem tu best tapi aku tak suka la cerita tersebut. Tak suka. Tak suka. Tak suka. Tak suka. Tak suka...

"Eee... ayang nangis~" aku, kepada bini tersayang setelah tamat menonton.



footnotes:

1. Ye ye, entri ini ditulis dengan gaya bahasa waktu aku mula2 tulis blog ni dulu. Nostalgia hujung tahun...
   
2. 'Jentayu' bermaksud jantan ayu. Istilah ketika di UTP.

Beta!

The English proficiency test was successfully conducted today. I don't think I did well in the test. The questions were quite tricky, but luckilly I managed to answer all despite the fact that I was interrupted a couple of times by a call from a university who would like to send their student for internship at my unit and a personal call from Didi.

The consultant had two things in mind when she prepared the questions - to see the English proficiency level of the staff and to get some insight on the candidates and their respective job at this Company. A pretty clever strategy I would say.

Yesterday morning, I had the pleasure of meeting Dr Abdullah Sher Kawi, who I believed was made famous by his appearance in Akademi Fantasia (AF) as the motivational advisor. Datin brought him to me to discuss on a 'grooming' class to be conducted to the young executives.

(ARGH! MORE WORK!)

Honestly, I didn't like him that much when I saw him in AF, but meeting him in person changed my opinion about him. He has quite an admirable knowledge on making an impression, very observant to personality and behavior, talks a lot and has a lot of passion towards his work. He also guessed my age correctly. Yes, he is the right person for the job, which Datin leaves me to handle... again!

Later in the afternoon, Datin took over the meeting on Family Day which I mentioned in my last entry, successfully changed the agenda I had put up in the invitation mail, and offended a few attendees along the way. Regardless, she managed to put everything in order and by the end of the meeting, a preliminary plan for the event was drafted and an organizing committee was set up, to be lead by Fariz.

YEAY! :D

Datin was aware of the amount of work she delegated to me, though she still put me to head the sub-committee for activities for the event. I didn't mind, as long as Fariz is the leader for the organizing committee. He is extremely capable for this job. Well, if you watched Explorace Season 1, this guy and his wife were the winning couple.

Huhu~.

When I thought everything was going well, an urgent email from Finance Division successfully pissed me off by requesting the presentation pack for the Budget Review Committee to be submitted by the end of the week, which is tomorrow!

Eventhough I had all the figures consolidated since last week, I would have expected them to send the notification at least two weeks in advance like what they did last year. At least, I could have the lead time to clear out my schedule and to plan some times to focus on preparing the presentation. But nooo, that won't be convenient to them. Thus, in return of the favor, I'm going to delay the submission of the package, screw their schedule and pissed them back.

HAHAHA!

I'm going nuts... or am I screwed? Nope, not tonight.


p/s: OK, I'm just kidding about delaying the submission. Well, who in the right mind would want to mess up with the people who hold the money? I trully am pissed though.

Nowhere.

There's a lot of things going on right now. I have quite a few things to write, but haven't found the willpower to do so.

Me and beloved wife (should be 'My beloved wife and I') went to Batu Pahat on Saturday. Her best friend from primary school got married, and since the friend attended our wedding, my beloved wife felt we have to attend hers too. So, we did.

Last week has been hectic. Next week will be worse. My desk planner are full of scribbles of meetings and events I have to attend.

"Scary nye calendar abang..." Arfah commented when she saw it.

Yes, she called me 'abang'. Gave me goosebumps. We've been trying to make her stop addressing not-too-senior staff (like me) 'abang' and 'kakak', but were not very successful. Can't blame her though. She's just trying to be polite.

I'm going to have a meeting with a person from the Education Division on the 19th, regarding an on-the-job attachment program for the people of Mauritania at my unit. Mauritania, not Mauritius. Never heard about it? It's my first time too. I had to look it up on the net and have been studying about the country for the past few weeks.

On the 20th, I called for a meeting with a few representatives from each department to discuss on our unit's Family Day, which is scheduled to be held in February next year. I had to call for the meeting before everyone starts going off for their long holidays. At least, the planning part can be started soon. Datin wasn't very happy though. She wanted to take leave starting on the19th onwards. She didn't expect me to call for that meeting and appoint the committee myself, eventhough she assigned me this task herself.

*sigh*

And on the 21st, there will be an English proficiency test for all executives and support staff in my unit. This will mark the kick-off of the English program I've been talking about for the past few weeks.

It was not an easy task to convince the staffs to take that test. Some of them have excellent result in TOEFL, IELTS and MUET. I was accused of not recognizing their achievement by making it compulsory for everyone to take the test. I countered with 'If you've passed TOEFL, IELTS and MUET, this one will not be much of a problem. If you want to be excluded, please get approval from the Management'. I have to take that test too, you know.

I love using 'the Management' as my shield. Of course, I have their endorsement. Not that I made up their directive and use it for personal gains.

Last week, I had quite a debate with a manager from other department on the topic of HR as the voice of the Management. The manager said that most of the time, HR will act on behalf of the Management, as if HR staffs don't have their own stand on the issue or have the point of view as the other staffs of the Company.

I had to explain to her that as a staff of HR, we have our own set of ethics that we have to follow. Sometimes, we feel the same way as the other staffs, and we do debate with the Management on behalf of the staff before any policy is approved and rolled out.

As the policy enabler, we have to put the Company's interest beyond our own personal interest. Although we may disagree with the policy, we have to put our own personal opinion behind whenever we communicate and enforce the policy to the staff. If we cant handle that, the best way is to resign from the post in HR. If not, we've breached our code of profesionalism.

She bought it. I didn't bluff.

The burden is still bearable. Yet, it's tough being an HR practitioner. We tend to get all the blame. Its just part of the job...


p/s: I'm tired and its almost 4.00 am when I'm writing this. Insomniac. So, a lot of grammatical errors are expected.

Pusingan.

Jumaat pagi. Aku lambat ke ofis. Aku sms Kak Pazila bagitahu.

Petang itu, ketika sessi borak2 kosong di ofis;

Aku: Kak Pazila dapat kan sms saya pagi tadi?
Kak Pazila: Dapat...
Aku: Saya amik wife saya pagi tadi.
Kak Pazila: Takpe... akak faham (mengekek)
Aku: ?
Kak Pazila: Sempat se-round? (mengekek lagi kuat)
Aku: (Senyum)
Arfah: Eh akak ni, Arfah yang malu... (blushing)

Arfah eksekutif baru di sini. Beliau bekas pelajar UTP juga, jurusan IT. Junior aku lah. Anak dara lagi. Kesian beliau.

(Haha)

Sabtu pagi, aku dan bini tersayang menghadiri upacara akad nikah Kak Ayu yang dibuat di masjid. Aku cameraman.

Ketika imam sampai, semua masuk ke dalam ruang solat. Kak Ayu tunggu di luar.

Bini tersayang: (Berbisik) Kak Ayu tak boleh masuk masjid. Salah pilih tarikh ni... (mengekek)
Aku: Laa... Kesian Abang Khairi... (mengekek juga)


p/s: Selamat Pengantin Baru Kak Ayu dan Abang Khairi. Semoga kekal ke anak cucu.

Hadhari?

Aku dipaksa menghadiri Majlis Pelancaran Konvensyen Nasional Komuniti Hadhari 2006 pagi tadi, di Masjid Wilayah. Perasmian sepatutnya dilakukan Pak Lah, tapi beliau tak hadir. Mengecewakan. Selaku orang yang memperkenalkan konsep Hadhari ini, beliau patut memberikan prioriti yang lebih bagi meyakinkan rakyat tentang komitmen beliau.

Tapi, takpelah. Mungkin beliau ada perkara yang lebih penting untuk diuruskan demi kesejahteraan negara pagi tadi.

Kekecewaan aku tak berakhir di situ.

Aku lebih kecewa apabila majlis yang dihadiri beberapa orang menteri dan juga mufti2 dari seluruh negara seolah2 dibuat sambil lewa, dengan beberapa kesilapan teknikal yang memalukan, susun atur tempat duduk VIP yang aku rasa kurang sesuai serta 'timing' yang lari jauh daripada tentatif program.

Skrin turun ketika Menteri Wilayah sedang membaca teks ucapan Pak Lah, dengan bunyi motor yang jelas. Skrin itu berada di belakang tempat duduk VIP2 di atas pentas. Kemudian projektor memancar ke arah skrin, betul2 ke muka VIP2. Berkelip2lah mereka, sambil cuba 'cover' ketidakselesaan.

Sebelum sempat bebola kristal disingkap dan disentuh oleh Tan Sri Dato Hamid Othman, montaj bermula dengan tiba2. Kemudian, dihentikan. 'Frame' Window Media Player jelas kelihatan di skrin. Sesudah montaj habis, tiba2 keluar bunyi selawat. Juga separuh jalan sebab window media player ditutup dengan segera. Nampak 'wallpaper' dan ikon2 'desktop' di skrin, ketika jurugambar merakam upacara penyerahan cek dari penaja.

Program yang sepatutnya tamat pukul 11.30 pagi, habis sebelum pukul 10.30. Semua hadirin jadi 'blur' kejap.

Kemudian semua dijemput ke pameran yang dibuat di koridor masjid.

Lagi sekali aku geleng kepala.

Susun atur 'booth' dengan laluan yang sempit, mengakibatkan pelawat2 yang bercampur lelaki dan perempuan berhimpit dan bersesak2. Sesuatu yang tak sepatutnya berlaku dalam majlis sebegini, apatah lagi di dalam masjid.

Meskipon ingin mempelbagaikan kegunaan masjid, tidak sepatutnya menjadikan masjid seperti pasar. Kalau tak silap aku, Nabi SAW pon tak buat. Bahkan, baginda dengan jelas memisahkan dua institusi ini ketika di Madinah. Buat masjid dulu, kemudian buat pasar. Masjid untuk ummat Islam, tapi pasar untuk semua. Tiada favouritism, tiada diskriminasi. 'First come, first serve'. Maka, aku rasa, masjid tidak sepatutnya jadi pasar, atau tak sepatutnya buat pasar dalam masjid.

Tapi, itu pemahaman aku la. Bukan pemahaman Hadhari.

Hoho.



p/s: Aku sms tanya Kak Ayu nak apa untuk hadiah kawen. Dia jawab nak TV. Haha. Adeh! Tengoklah kalau mampu.

Campur?

Wong, aku tak berniat menukar blog ini menjadi blog bahasa Inggeris sepenuhnya. As I said earlier, only for a few entries... at least until we're through with the English class (Which still haven't kicked-off). Aku sekadar ingin mempraktikkan penggunaan bahasa Inggeris dalam penulisan yang tidak formal. Not limiting myself to official memos or email correspondence. Bukan juga kerana aku hendak menunjuk2 kebolehan berbahasa Inggeris. Or, that I will sound stupid in Malay (I'm still not over this issue).

Aku akan menulis dalam Bahasa Melayu, bila aku rasa perlu, seperti dalam entri kali ini.

Aku baru tiba dari Kuantan, melawat bini tersayang. Di sana, hampir satu setengah hari dihabiskan dalam bilik tidur. Buat apa? Gunakanlah kreativiti masing2 untuk mentafsir.

Tadi, kami berdua pergi menonton wayang. Bini tersayang mahu tonton filem Cinta, tapi, tak ada tempat duduk yang strategik yang tinggal ketika kami tiba di kaunter. Jadi, kami tonton filem Dejavu yang mengarut.

Konsep pengembaraan masa. Mengubah sesuatu pada masa lampau. Garisan masa selari. Meskipun dari segi teori, perkara tersebut tidak mustahil, tapi, dari segi praktikaliti, pengembaraan masa adalah mengarut.

"Unless, there's a Divine intervention"

Menurut teori relativiti, apabila seseorang bergerak sama pantas dengan cahaya, dia akan menghentikan masa di sekelilingnya. Jika dia mengatasi kepantasan cahaya, secara teori, dia menguasai peredaran masa.

Ketika Nabi Muhammad SAW mengalami Israk Mikraj, secara teori, Bura' bergerak lebih pantas daripada cahaya. Sepanjang Israk Mikraj, diceritakan, baginda dapat melihat balasan2 terhadap amalan2 di dunia dan juga bertemu dengan Rasul2 yang sebelum dari baginda. Dari satu sudut, baginda Rasulullah sebenarnya berada di masa hadapan, dan juga telah kembali ke masa lampau. Dengan kata lain, baginda mengalami 'perjalanan merentasi masa'!

Persoalannya, adakah perjalanan merentasi masa boleh dilakukan oleh manusia biasa?

Boleh, tapi bukan secara fizikal. Roh kita sebenarnya bergerak lebih pantas daripada cahaya. Ini bermakna, roh boleh bergerak merentasi masa untuk melihat sesuatu yang telah berlaku, dan sesuatu yang akan berlaku - meskipun jasad kita tiada di situ. Perjalanan merentasi masa ini selalunya berlaku ketika kita tidur, membuatkan kita rasa kita sedang bermimpi. Tapi, kadang2 kita rasa dejavu. Sebenarnya, fenomena inilah yang berlaku.

Betulkah?

Tak tau la. Aku mengarut2 je.

Hehe.

p/s: Kakak aku, Husnul Khatimah a.k.a Kak Ayu mau kawen hujung minggu ni (9/12/2006). Mari ucapkan selamat pengantin baru kepada beliau.