Exploring Dungun on Historical Holiday : Part 1

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Daulat Tuanku! May Allah Bless His Majesty's Reign

Another historical day in 2007 - on The Installation of His Majesty The Yang Dipertuan Agong XIII - Malaysia's New King & Queen.

...and a very relaxing public holiday and quite historical for me too since it was my first visiting and exploration of Dungun's beaches. A very unique hidden fishing village and beautiful beaches at last was explored by 3 young explorer; Ash, Eddie and I. And also a first time relaxing at this wonderful resort!


It was actually started when brother Eddie was searching for honey moon places in internet last night. Tanjung Jara Resort is one of the best places that we put in list, since we have been listening about that resort - one of the most beautiful resort in Malaysia, and I believe not only in Malaysia because I have met a foreign couple going to Tanjung Jara from Europe last month in KL-KT flight. She is from Finland and her boyfriend - or may be her husband - is from Austria. We sat together on the same row of seats and talked about everything!

For Eddie, surveying for honeymoon was the main reason for visiting Tanjung Jara, but for me there was another reason for going there - to explore the architecture of the award winning resort, designed by one of the creative Malaysian, YM Raja Bahrain, who I believe -as far as I know- very passionate about Malay architecture. Let's see what I have taken for you...

The entrance..

Please follow the direction..

Reception area, viewed from swimming pool area..kaya dengan senibina Melayu. Tampak unggul dan berseri dangan hiasan tiang batu dan ukiran halus menghias bumbung bercirikan Terengganu lama.

If you have watched Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam-an international award winning Malay Horror movie, this resort is one of the location used for shooting, where Maya (Maria) met Azri Iskandar at night. Another international award winning film, Spinning Gasing also was film at this resort.

Aku terpikat dengan senibina batu menuju ke swimming pool..tegap dan kuat. Lambang kepahlawanan Melayu - agaknya.

Wow! So blue, man..can't you see? I love it! Begitu teruja, kalau boleh tanggal baju nak terjun terus..hehehe

Beach view...at 6 pm

Let's go home, mak pesan balik sebelum Margrib!

Good bye...Edd holding room rate and info sheets

Thanks to Tanjung Jara Resort for nice less than 30 min visit. To YM Raja Bahrain, all the best for you. Good Job!

April Trip to Kota Bharu

Last weekend I went to KB, my beloved hometown - as usual - to visit my mom, family, my father and several relatives. It is a must thing I have to do every time I visit my kampung. There are too many things to do within 2 days (sometimes 3 days) weekend. I spend most of my time in my mother's kampung, the place where I was born, 5Km to heart of KB. But I have been doing a lot of things in order to be more fair to my father's side. My younger sister and I have upgraded our father's house and still in progress to make 'our' home more comfortable for our father and ourself. Thanks God for giving me 'not bad' 2 younger sisters. More or less we have the same view, ambition and plan for our self and family.

Ok! let's talk about what I did on last friday in KB..

On Friday morning - mcm biasa je- wake-up, makan-makan, sembang-sembang...ding dong ding dong dah pukul 12 tgh hari. After Friday prayer, I went home, watching TV while sitting on sofa and suddenly all I could remember was a darkness. I slept on the sofa! hehe then moved to bedroom for better sleeping. Sedar-sedar dah pukul 6 lebih...dah tak sempat nak balik kampung Abah!


So mlm tu aku ajak family keluar jalan-jalan 'tengok lampu' sambil ambil angin di taman tapi kebanyakan orang sibuk dgn tugasan masing-masing, so only my sis and youngest aunty follow me to town for shopping. I bought a few things at KB Mall, jalan-jalan and lepak at Facific Bowl for a while before leaving KB Mall. Shops are closed at 10.30pm, but bowling center is opened till 12 am.

The Sultan of Kelantan celebrates his brithday on 31st March every year, and KB city will be decorated with light besides other activites such as 'expo', orchid festival and other art festivals. So, you are quite lucky if you visit KB from 31st March to mid of April! Remember this date please..

I parked my car at Taman Indra Putra, a park with food court and we walked to this 'light world' - the entrance of State Government Complex of Kelantan, which is just beside the park. I was quite lucky because there were 'mother and daughter' buying something at the balloon stall, which makes my photo more complete. See more pictures below please... (I've watched Nanny Mc phee...more please said means more beautiful hahaah)

I felt like living in paradise. So beautiful and I could smell bunga tanjung around here..

Tempayang Awang Selamat?

"Success is not measured on what and how much we have today, but how much we have improved ourself from the beginning of our life" - sekadar pesanan saya untuk diri sendiri dan anda semua, cetusan ilham dari Ilahi.

Mr. Butterfly

Hello my friends! Sorry ya, I am quite busy these days and a lot of thing -important things I mean- happened. I did plan to up-date this blog, but suddenly I have to just forget it until I really in mood of writing, free and you should know that priority in our life is always changing based on situation. Important but not urgent. Urgent but not important. Urgent and Important. Not urgent and not important...
and sometimes I wrote e-mail to my clique with subject ' very important & Super-urgent'. I just have my own style ok! and just to ensure everything is on the right track and position. I just don't know why at works sometimes I feel like I am not really me as I am writing now or after 5pm..tapi ada juga kerja sampai malam-malam tapi masa tu dah tak serious mana...boleh pula kita orang masuk plant petang-petang konon-kononnya plant visit preparing for shutdown in June, tapi tak henti-henti snap pictures, posing terutamanya Shark. Cerita ni berlaku last week when girl and guys masuk plant petang-petang and works while having so much fun . If you guys realise it is really important to know our clique very well and makes them become our friends. Then, our job will be so easy and fun, and we will love each other and works so much. Hey! I'm not talking about that LOVE but I refer to friendship. In other words, we need to use our soft skill to 'ambil hati' and be a part of them.

This afternoon, when I was in training room and doing Role Play to improve skill of communication for professional executive, I acted as 'the director of school' and our team were asked to conduct a meeting and everyone must talk, deliver opinions, suggestion and 'fight' in making tough decision with professional way. I just so excited to impress all the other people and try all my best to professionally and effectively deliver my suggestion and but the hardest part is to make most of team member agree with my opinion. "Wow, sounds like a professional huh...very good!" said my 'teacher', Ms. Yen. ...and I can see that all the 'roses' in front of me were so excited and impressed...hehehe itu baru tunjuk sikit-sikit.

It was not just about talking and talking because everyone can talk and give suggestion but most important thing we learn today is as I said when asked by Ms. Yen is ' we learn about how to communicate effectively, deliver opinion in professional way, good manner and most important thing is to avoid emotional discussion'

'obsolutely' said Ms. Yen

Dulu aku rasa aku ni pemalu, tapi lately macam kurang malu lah dan berani bercakap in front of public and with strangers.

Di antara perbualan sepanjang hari ini yang aku masih ingat sampai malam ni ialah;

'If you were an animal..'

'I want to be a butterfly'

'Why....?'

'So I can fly, view thing in all angle, and butterfly is beautiful, most of the people like it so they will love me too' and I laugh kah kah kah

'Wow..a very good explaination. So you are beloveable..!'

Another dialog is;

Aku baru masuk ke dalam kelas selepas lunch break;

'I like to see his face (lebih kurang mcm tu la ayatnya)...I like his smile, sweet and makes me feel good.' said Ms. Yen

'Thank you..are you sure? I'm not that pretty..'

It's obvious that the class was so effective, interactive and soo fun. I can't wait for tomorrow for another lesson.

Gambar penutup;
Snake in plant's toilet. This pic was snapped when I visited the plant last week at night. This ular lidi maybe masuk melalui lubang air yang terbuka...dia orang bising-bising so aku ni excitednya pergi nak snap gambar ni..giler ke apa? Then biarkan je ular tu keluar - assume dia keluar balik sebab lepas 1 jam aku masuk dah tak ada..moral of story; tutup lubang air dlm toilet rapat-rapat terutamanya bila rumah tepi semak atau hutan. bye!

Chermin Vs Bowling

Gambar oleh: Masri Helme TM

Seperti yang dijanjikan, sebenarnya banyak aktiviti menarik berlaku sepanjang hujung minggu lepas to be shared with you. Sepanjang cuti 3 hari - penutup bulan 3- aku buat apa yang aku suka, yang sekian lama tertunggu-tunggu. Yelah...kalau balik kampung penat, rushing dan letih melawat 'rumah-rumah wajib' sehinggakan kadang-kadang tak sempat nak berehat dan jalan-jalan shopping di KB, walaupun agak terkenal dgn aktiviti membeli-belah.

Actually sebab utama tak balik KB last weekend sebab rasanya rugi kalau tak join farewell dinner - yang bukan hari-hari ada farewell kan? - lagi pun baru je balik KB 2-3 minggu lepas. Weekends in last March were quite 'bussy' la and it makes me think twice to balik kampung. Not really happy to have rushing-holiday, so better stay at Kerteh. Enjoy the peaceful weekend here...so nice.

Seingat aku..

1st weekend tak balik KB sebab on Thurs - 1.3.07 tu I went to KL for Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for rental Diesel Engine or normally called genset at KL. Sebetulnya Puchong, Selangor ye..area yg aku agak biasa la juga. Aku rasa seluruh Selangor aku dah pernah lalu, lawat!
Sungai Buluh, Semenyih, Laluan pantai dari PD ke Klang melalui Banting, Panglima apa ntah semua dah lalu, Rawang, Kepong, kajang semua dah. The most interesting part during this FAT trip was first time flying with Fixed Wing from Kerteh Airport to Subang Airport. Save a lot of time...Check-in 6.30 am sampai Subang 7 am lebih..cepat giler walaupun tak la seselesa flight MAS. Lain kali aku cerita lagi lebih detail sebab anda mesti nak tahu apa jadi dengan Subang Airport sekarang dan apa yang tinggal semenjak MAS & AirAsia pindah ke Sepang.

2nd weekend pun stay Kerteh je sebab Khamis sebelum weekend tu ada Site Visit to Gebeng, Kuantan regarding to Mechanical Seal for Condensate Transfer Pump, so dah nak magrib baru sampai rumah, mana larat nak cabut balik KB lagi..so lepak je dgn housemate during the weekend. Apa aku buat kalau duduk rumah weekend? Tunggu...nanti kita cerita.

3rd weekend: balik kg la..that means aku baru je la balik KB..lupa hehehe. Teringat balik bila tengok Invoice for Teluk Ria Supermarket.

4th Weekend: FAT for engine parts of Generator; Fuel Gavenor, fuel pump and turbo engine at 3 workshops in Johor Bahru. Sebab last minute, no choice terpaksa naik flight from KT to KLIA to Senai Airport, JB. The whole weekend was in JB...Sunday morning baru naik flight lagi dari Senai to KLIA, lepak jap pastu terus ke KT...seronok betul masa fly dari KL to KT sebab cuaca cerah nampak view tasik Kenyir luas dan cantik. Duduk sebelah 'mat salleh' so sempat la bersembang-sembang dan berkenal-kenal. Rakyat Malaysia mesti peramah! ini kan Tahun Melawat Malaysia 2007. Nak tahu apa yg kita orang sembangkan? tunggu next post ek.

5th Weekend: Off course la ada special Dinner as I told you in last post. check it out! and...I was actually plan to go to Kuantan with seseorang tapi tiba-tiba dia terpaksa balik Melaka. Rafael pun dah balik Seremban and housemate pula semua balik Kg, kecuali Fadz tapi sibuk pula nak nyiapkan PPA techniciannya..so bad! Aku ajak officemate tapi sibuk dgn jamming with other band boys sebab nak main esoknya time dinner. So aku lepak la tengok TV sambil tekan-tekan telefon.

"Abg Man buat apa hari ni? Jom pi Kuantan"

"I dah on the way ni...sampai kuantan tel la nanti"

"OK..jom main bowling nak practise"

"OK"

Terus aku bersiap selamba dan bertolak ke Kuantan seorangan dan singgah Masjid Geliga sebab dah masuk watu solat Jumaat. 1st time solat kat masjid tu..parking senang, masjid selesa tapi aku agak tertarik dgn kain rentang yang di pasang di anjung masji yg berbunyi " Terima kasih kepada pencuri yang mencuri di Masjid ini. Semoga anda insaf dan di beri petunjuk oleh Allah"
...aik! ni mesti ada kes kecurian bersiri ni.

Sampai di Kuantan dalam pukul 3pm, 1st thing first beli tiket parking satu buku...Bandaraya KB dah guna Smart Kad ok! pakai cucuk je...Kuantan agak ketinggalan di situ. Lepas tu baru fikir nak makan di mana. Akhirnya try kat kedai yg tak biasa makan. orang tak ramai. Kedai asalnya cantik tapi kurang maintenance dan kebersihan - I mean staff - jemur kain lab merata-rata menjadikan suasana mcm gerai tepi jalan yg satu bintang! Nasi goreng pataya OK. Boleh tahan! Fresh oren nice..pekat!

Aksi bowler yang hebat! Strike babe..

Kita orang main 2 game je, tapi harap maklum heheh...aku menang 2 game. Game pertama menang tipis beza 3 mata, tapi 2nd game beza banyak tapi mata kurang dari 1st game sebab dah mula sakit lengan - pasal lama tak main- kurang fokus. Yang penting menambahkan keyakinan nak lawan 7 April 2007. Tak sangka pula anak murid kalahkan tok guru ni...hilang fokus ke? hahah...ohh ni mesti sebab tak pakai kasut sendiri, bola sendiri kan? Apa pun thanks Abg Man sebab banyak beri tunjuk ajar and sudi pulak luangkan masa memanas badan dgn bebola bowling tuh!

Sementara tunggu tayangan Chermin..teringin pula nak try karaoke 'jamban' - warm-up suara in case kena paksa nyanyi masa dinner nanti hehe..try 2 lagu je. Tapi sound system teruk! Tak sepadan dgn suara emas aku ni..10 min je siap 2 lagu. Aku dah beli tiket Chermin tu awal-awal lagi sebelum main bowling.

Sempat lagi snap pic semasa preview film sebelum tayangan Chermin

Jika anda belum menonton Chermin silakan menonton kerana tidak rugi untuk film yang baik seperti ini. Di jamin terhibur dan ingat jangan bawa aweks...nanti dia menjerit-jerit je walaupun sebenarnya tak perlu.

Sebelum menonton ada 2 sebab yang menjadikan aku teruja untuk menonton. Pertama; kerana lakonan Deana Yusof yang sudah lama aku tunggu-tunggu her next Malay film after Selubung, Abang'92 and Ringgit Kassorga. Tak kira film asing such as Anna and The King sebab watak kecil.

Kedua: Cerita yang aku rasa menarik dan jika dibuat dengan teliti pasti akan menghasilkan film Malaysia yang bermutu. Dan ternyata dari pembacaan, research at www.chermin.com.my, memang ia di garap dengan begitu teliti oleh Zarina Abdullah - Pengarah muda yang berkongsi 'jiwa' dengan Shuhaimi Baba. Maksud aku cerewet dan pentingkan kesempurnaan bila berkarya.


Kesimpulannya Chermin bermula dengan jalan cerita yang menarik dan creative menggabungkan dua abad melalui sebuah cermin antik puaka - sumpahan Mastura yg mengamalkan ilmu hitam. Roh mastura kembali ke dunia moden untuk membalas dendam terhadap keturunan Hassan - Natasha Hudson yang comel dan sepadan dengan nenek tirinya, Deanna.
Lakonan berkesan Deanna walaupun sebenarnya wajahnya terlalu cantik untuk menakutkan penonton dan gabungan hebat bersama Natasha Hudson - film pertama, tapi bakat menyerlah. Ketakutan dirasai penonton - aku rasa - melalui jalan cerita atau scene seram, music, kemunculan 'hantu' secara tiba-tiba, dan suasana rumah kayu di kampung yang banyak hutan. Special effect begitu membantu me'real'kan setiap adegan puaka, cermin pecah yg bercantum, adegan kemalangan dan roh jahat yang berkeliaran merasuk Natasha yang seakan-akan ada split personality. Membunuh tanpa sedar!

Bagi aku Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam adalah yang terbaik setakat ini...cerita hantu yang bijak dan mudah diterima akal kerana dikaitkan dengan tekanan perasaan, dan Shumi berjaya menjadikan elemen musik gamelang sounds scary and bunga harum sundal malam menandakan kedatangan sesuatuuu...

Assalamualaikum. Sehingga jumpa lagi!

March 31st 2007: Happening?

Foto-foto celebriti Malaysia yang pernah berkunjung ke sini

Hi guys! I just come back from Suria Cherating Beach Resort. Ding dong ding dong..Time is moving so fast and now is already 3.30 am, 1st April. April Fool!!! Well, we don't celebrate it.

Okay! Just a reminder; yesterday 12 Rabiul Awal 1428 /31.03.2007 was Maulidur Rasul, birthday of the Last Prophet - Mohammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.

Maulidur Rasul yang jatuh pada pada hari Khamis 12 RabiulAwalTahun Gajah (23 April 571) merupakan hari keputeraan Nabi Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). Baginda adalah Nabi terakhir yang diutus oleh Allah Subhanahu Wataala.

Bermula dengan penghijrahan our CEO to Fertilizer Plant in Gurun, Kedah - one by one of our clique, Managers is being transferred to - I hope - better position in line with their capability and interest. Works for nation!

As usual, at the end of the month I have to ensure all Maintenance works 100% complete in SAP. So, I went to office at 6.30 pm to do final check. I was really in rushing checking the system for 3 platform and Alhamdulillah we met our target.

8pm; I walked quickly out from office to my car and drive to Suria Cherating Beach Resort to attend MAM Farewell Dinner specially dedicated to our 2 MAM's Managers. Tiba di Suria about 9pm.. ' aku dah sampai Suria. Kat mana?' Aku sms Haqim sambil mencapai kasut sport, keluarkan Shirt dari tempat sangkut di seat belakang dan bersiap ringkas. ' Kat tepi pantai. Orang dah start makan dah'

Corridor to Dinner Gazebo

Sampai je kat area pantai kedengaran muzik dari Band. Wow! happening ni. Makin laju aku berjalan..lampu berwarna-warni, angin sepoi-sepoi, clique tengah masyuk menjamu selera. Aku pun apa lagi terus meninjau-ninjau makanan - buffet- yang disediakan selepas bertegur sapa secara ringkas dengan kawan-kawan. Saksikan Gambar-gambar di bawah..

Farewell party?...Hey walle walle hey...

A very beautiful and 'bellyfull' night, eating with jokes, laugh and we breath with music by Seniour and Juniour live band. A good collaboration anyway! I love music, so I appreciate it. Tak sangka pula my boss is very young at heart and talented as well...hahaha very nice oldies rock!

Kamelia...Music by seniour, vocal by young field engineer

This guy suddenly so excited to sing this song and join the 'fathers band'. Before that he has performed with his 'boy band'...boy band? hahaha. Thank you to Razik, Haqim, Adli and drummer - imported from other OPU. Good try!

Konon-kononnya Kak Ogy pengkritik AF5 tu datang, so dia akan ckp "satu percubaan yang berani and good enough for beginning. Tapi kena berlatih lagi tentang penghayatan, cara mengawal pernafasan, pitching kena jaga dik dan akak harap lain kali pelbagaikan jenis music. Pilih lagu yang lebih sesuai dengan kehendak penonton. Apa pun kami agak terhibur dengan persembahan anda. Bagus!"

Okay guys! Let's pictures talk for me...

Sepatah dua kata daripada yang bakal meninggalkan kami...penuh bermakna ucapannya


Nasib baik kasut sejenis dengan other band boys. I made a right decision! at least we had the same 'rock' mood

Sebahagian yang sempat bergambar untuk kenangan sebelum majlis bersurai

Muda-mudi Maintenance Engineer bersama 'siti Sarah' yang menyumbingkan suara pada malam itu :)

Kepada sesiapa yang takut nak datang berkerja di Kerteh ni - takut tak ada life kononnya- percaya lah yang kerteh sebenarnya 'happening' dan banyak aktiviti yang boleh dilakukan - bermula dengan menghargai apa yang ada. Di sini aku mencari rezeki, di sini juga aku makan angin dan explore new environment, new people and new responsibility. Jumpa lagi sebab banyak lagi nak cerita apa yang berlaku di sepanjang 3-day weekend including Maulidur Rasul public holiday..bye