i got fever..not really a bad one but enough to force me to miss my normal saturday ultimate pickup @ UM...
people has been asking what in the world ultimate frisbee is, and i had to explain things again and again. from now on, after ardwork(well,not so hard actually) i found a Nike advert on ultimate and guess this will be good for people to know that it is not only throw as you like and catch.
well, past few days were..inevitably filled with lots of non-academic, nor anything related to my job in the office. i practically have nothing to write about these past days, except last night, after such a long time...edzuan and me went out for a chat over drink in Akak's stall near his place. yes, it has been such a long..long time since we did that. you know, edzuan is not somebody new to me. we have known each other since the past 6 years, and i can't believe myself that time passed by so fast, so much we went thru after all these years.
i'm glad he is making positive steps in his live. the effect after operation on his brain tumor really took a lot of him. he has changed to a bit of a different person, but thats all understandable, considering how much sufferings he had, and i'm proud to see he is moving up again. i really am.
things that happened today was practically had nothing much to be talk about. went to the office, (finally) taking necessary forms to claim my salary. yes, after working since january, i have not even once claim my pay. don't ask me why. maybe the enthusiasm of job made me look at it as a small thing. telling you the truth, when you9i mean i, in this case) know every single thing you do in the office , even it is as small as xeroxing some forms or faxing some letters to faculties. but deep inside you know how much it will later benefit the bigger scale of people...be it students or staffs...and that particular benefit will later be translated and spread to the larger community, you(or at least in my case) tend to feel obligated to do so, and that later be shown in term of the wants to do more and more so other people will get at least some good of what you do. then the issue of pay seemed to be so small. its not my coordinators never tell us to do so, but i've been delaying it for another task. the more important one. and that nantilah, aku buat attitude cost me what i have now.but worry no more, i have the forms now, will send it tomorrow, first thing in the morning.
evening, i told myself not to play ultimate so i can give a chance for my foot to rehab, but hehehe..(evil laughs) can't resist myself lah. bare in mind that it was just after heavy rain and several layout on the feild was enough to make me looks like the Swamp Thing. but it was fun,tho..to dive and dragged for 4 meters on the ground (i mean, mud). feels like the old kid days of mine was back in memory.
and now, in this i have to say the best cyber cafe in Section 2, Shah Alam i just had avoice chat with my cousin that is currently pursuing her studies in france. god knows which part in france she is in, but for sure...she is there. after such a LOOOOONG time we only chat by text in YM, i just love the wonders of technology allowing us to finally TALK to each other..and its FREE! =) and being one of the most devilish cousin i have, she purpose sent me these 2 pictures just to make me jelous..(tho it wasn't worked that well).but the part i just can't literally accept is..hell she is going to the Germany to watch the WORLD CUP! what else a human being can ask this year? damn! tak masuk lagi cerita2 dia yg membuat aku dengki melampau. ...
pictures that suppose to make me jelous..especially the one below..
i just need a break. i want to go out, watch movie, relax, sit in a corner of a park looking at people and have chance to think about myself. i need to have FUN! it has been a long time since i had one. yes, come to think of it...it has been a long time.
since the past 2 years, the rate of me going out alone to town and do activities without any friend's company has been termendously increasing. yes, i am o.k with that. yes, have more freedom to do what i want when i'm alone. but after a while, i know somehow, once in a while it could be good to have people around, to hang out, to chat, to express yourself, to get together, to do..a lot of things.
i need to get back the happiness of life i hav lost. i want to meet a lot of people again...and want to meet them again and again.
joined a brainstorming session with Malaysia Strategic Research Center (MSRC) on Public Transport in Klang Valley-Problems and Solutions.(or something sounded like that) it was a half-day session where the organizer should be able to sit down in one open table discussion. the people from the government, SPNB (the company that runs bus and LRT systems in K.L) and some more other people releted to the feild. unfortunately, NONE of people from the government turned up, instead, we have Rein Westra from RapidKL (at least, somebody representing a part of SPNB operations), Prof. Hamdan, a lady from town planning unit of UKM, and Teresa Kok, MP for Seputeh.(make it easier for you to recall-she is the whistle blower for the police nude squat video).
discussion went pretty o.k, Dr. Abdul Razak Baginda(one of person i admire-hell, he is GOOD!) controlled the session well, but something that was lacking in the session. he did not specify some kind of scope or solid outcome he was hoping to have. yes, he did say that the outcome will somehow be sent to the people 'upstairs'(that was his own word) and he meant The Deputy Prime Ministe of Malaysia-Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak, who is also the founder and current President of MSRC. only later at the second part of the session he mentioned that the solution wanted were any kind of immediate actions can be taken from the above people.
generally, people ended up 'decide' to somehow 'agree' to the idea that we need a solid (and detailed) national transport policy, need to avoid overlapping roles by various government bodies, and the need to have one strong body to enforce it. yes, true. but the problem is, none of those can be done in this coming short period of time. seemed not many people want to admit that Rapid KL is working hard doing all it can to provide the best to people and somehow, we have just got to e patient in order to have the best. nobody can deny the fact that we are somehow improving in providing the service but in the same time the competition with national car policy, plus the standard of living is getting higher(yes, our country is getting prosperous and more prosperous day by day, its just the matter where the hell the money goes is the question) where more and more people can afford to buy cars. to add to it, the ineffieciency of the public transport has been worsening from time to time gives a reason for people to (or just forced to) drive into the city.
people loves to put the blame on others, never on themselves. i have been using public transport since the day i was born (plus being a city boy that doesn't have rich dad to buy me a car), and now pursuing my professional degree in logistics and transportation area, i personally have a kind of differrent way looking at the problem. its the resistence of people to adapt to the system and admits there will always be loopholes in the system and its ok to have one because nothing is perfect in this world. its how we control the level of damage it caused and turn the disbenefit into something usable is the most important part. WE are the one that need to work for the changes. the moment Dato' Muhammad (he is a retired Mejar in the Army) said people have to learn to create the walking culture and fit themself to the system, the whole hall laughed at him...without thinking what relies behind his words. even the people that deals with public transportation at hand somehow shows a kind of disbelief to the idea, how can you expact any layman on the street to take it as their way of life? just have a quick pause and think...while working towards improving the syste, does these people somehow have faith in what they are working on? because if the answer is no, then its a gate to the end of everything.
last but not least, i personally was dissaponted with the level of participation by (sorry to say-i know these people personally so i somehow felt so dissapointed when they did this) lecturers from UiTM Transport department. As the session goes, only Pak Chat used his right to voice up opinion to express his mind. others were just listening and kept on nodding when other speaks. the reason why in the first place they were calles was they were people that were experts in the issue. they were needed there to voice their mind because they conduct researches on the matter, they know the trend, they know what to expact, they just have it..but decide to keep it inside. i am their student, but i gave a hell care on what people are going to say. i was waiting for any of them to speak before i decice to just to honour them as my lecturers, the ones that have thought me. but looking at the way things went, i know i need to move on my own and make my way thru. i am proud, i raised an opinion and it was a valid one. of course later the discussion went on the hotter issues but the point is, no one can deny the validity of my concern. and i received a personal gesture from Secretary General of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Malaysia. though none of my lecturers said anything..i know, i did a right thing.
and i will always fight for the bettermnet of malaysians...
back in shah alam in the morning..suppose to enter the office but i was too tired for that..ended be in the office at 3pm. and the hectic part starts. its the last day of visit for the zimbabweans, that means we shall send them to the airport. taking air asia to johore because UTM is their next destination. that means..we will need to go to recently opened LCCT (Low Cost Carrier Terminal). and thats where the story begins...
you know, to get to LCCT you got to take the different route. and it is comparatively cost you more distance (and of course, more fuel) to get there. and you might won't like the outcome you will find a zink-walled building..a quarter U shape..with a big 'M' sign from the McD that you will never miss as you drive passing the departure hall. the only thing that made it look a lively were the extensive amount of lights they put on. made it look a bit classy, but still the moment you walk in the building, two things comes to the mind...1- hell, its such a small space if this terminal is hoped to be a hub for low cost carriers in coming years..or in a smaller scope to look at it..the moment Air Asia flies MAS's current domestic route..NO WAY it can accomodate the coming traffic. even with the current traffic they have..lots of complaints were there already. 2- i personally feel this is a kind of opression or maybe a kind of on-going campaign for people not to use low cost carriers to fly because they will also receive low cost treatment from the MAB (Malaysia Airport Berhad) ..and that particular short visit to LCCT just gave me an idea to search more info and write a dedicated posting in this beautiful blog of mine. just wait for it people. it'll be there. just give me some time. an opinion from a transport practitioner, dedicated to a so-called 'development to the betterment of the industry'-my ass.
