Thursday, July 26, 2007

Che Maznah Bt Kassim

This article I wrote for nothing is a tribute to my ‘late’ secretary! Opss…she didn’t die yet…but she took up the a course in KPLI somewhere in Kedah. I don’t blame her since…her study allowance is bigger than her basic pay as my secretary…I would have quit too if I was in her shoes. Plus…she deserves more than the company can give her especially since she already has a degree!

Ok…her name is Che Maznah Bt. Kassim, Pasir Mas born … a place I heard is full of pretty… fair… and “gebu” girls… that’s what my friends back at school used to say la… but for me , ok2 only la…

If I remember correctly… she started work on the 1st of September 2005 … so she has been with the company for the past 20 months.. what I do clearly remember is she calling me ‘Bos’… hahaha! After telling her not to a few times, she finally learn my name.

What can I say… this lady is a hardworking woman… always punctual and very committed in whatever she was asked to do… the only thing about her is she can be quite slow…SOMETIMES… HAHA!

Anyways, I bet I have yelled and had been sarcastically to her… but that’s normal… but most importantly the work ethics between us is always preserved. Not like the staff of my only customer.. they have too strong sense of belonging that they think that they can treat their suppliers however they feel like it… as though the company belongs to their ancestors… ooppsss… we’ll do our fair share of bombarding this customer in a later time…

I am almost 100% sure that she will never read this … she doesn’t even know I have a blog… but at least I wanna have this in black and white… I have already offered my sincere apologies if incase I had ever offended her and I had already forgiven her for her mistakes… but I don’t think shes ever offended me in the first place…

So… back to Maznah.. erm… I think that’s it, haha! She’s quit already maaa… no use saying too much…'Barang yg lepas jgn dikenang...jika dikenang merosak diri..." lets all heed what the late P. Ramlee said… Maznah has already been replaced after one week by someone I still have a problem remembering her name… but I call her Ayu. Very hardworking but abit ‘lembab’ and very the shyness… but i'm giving her the benefit of a doubt to pick up and learn … the most important thing is that she tolerates me…

So to my ‘mantan-setiausaha’ who will be called ‘Cikgu’ in a years time….All the best… now I can wish you Happy 'Guru'Day on the 16th May of next year! Haha…!

Aboo

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Thursday, July 5, 2007

A Page for Yon...


25/6/07...5.45pm



I received an unexpected call from a very close friend of mine during my college years... its been years since I've seen this guy... Mohd nasrun is his name, although I prefer calling him Yon. "I am at UMK at the moment. You finished work day? Lets go out for a drink..." I had just reached home that time but agreed to meet Yon at JKR Panji. 15 mins later as I was about to make my way there, I called to see where Yon was. he said he was about to reached. I told him to wait cause ill be there in abit. I reached there 5 minute later to find him standing by his Wira Aeroback in the drizzling rain. he hasn't changed much... still like the old days... however he did put n some weight... got same 'gaya' la!

"You still playing badminton? haven't changed much have you? still rugged as before with the torn jeans and all..." we were the undefeated doubles back in our years in college. 'tertutup unit USM', 'Antara Unit Kolej', 'Tertutup Kolej', 'Antara Kolej Se-Malaysia' ... You name it, we've got the gold for it! but the toughest match had to be the one against Posto and Siok of UMS Unit. We won- of course! but to much disappointment and anger of the UMS supporters who showed their rage till inside the court! but i still remember being held up high by Sleme... felt like i won the ALL-England!


We then headed to a restaurant near Pulau Melaka bridge for a drink. from there we could see the Madrasah initiated by the Kelantan's Menteri Besar.

"You still smoking like hell huh? You should think about stopping ya know, its bad for your health". we talked mostly about what our friends were up to. it turns out that many picked teaching as a profession...among others was Kashfi, Haris and Matli . Yon also mentioned that many ofour friends were married... and some even have kids already. Soon to be called dad would be Nazri... Congrats!! 2007 is indeed a '1st baby' year perhaps due to the mating season last year! But CONGRATULATIONS anyway! Yon himself had his baby on last May 5. His son is named Iz Rizky, mainly due to the fact that his dad is influenced by Indonesia. his baby was definitely a blessing cos now Yon's wife has a reason to ask for a transfer closer to Sintok... So Yon doesn't have to make his weekly trips from Sintok to Penang which I could only imagine be very tiring for him...

"So whatcha doing here in UMK? planning to lecture here?" I asked. he said that he is here to meet a fellow lecturer who is setting up his department at UMK, just to say hi, nothing more. according to him, there are many senior lecturers who are asking for a transfer to UMK so they can come back to Kelantan, so the younger lecturers have to give in.

I failed to mention that Yon is a lecturer at the faculty of Technology Management in UUM... and I have to add that he is the youngest lecturer there! He is also currently counting the days to be sent to US to persue his phD!! ...Waaahhhh!!!

What interest me more during our conversation that evening was his criticism towards my old job as a journalist. : Iisn't it better now that you have a job like this, better pay... can buy your own brand new car summore! At least your living up to your engineering degree. Rather then what you used to do... you were constantly down my back last time for money whenever you were broke... God knows how much money you owe me... worst still, God knows ow much you owe others! have you settled your debts yet?"

Yup...I'd have to agree that my previous job had a crappy pay, but it did also come with a sense of satisfactory that i can never get back. then the next interesting question came: "You happy here? I know you like to enjoy and all..." I replied " I like it here. its peaceful, not hectic like it was in KL... here I get to wake up at 8.45am when my work starts at 9am.. no jams to worry about"

"So when are you gonna get married? the rest of us are busy making children!" Came the bonus question. "Marriage? Haha, no where near that! not thinking bout it at the moment! all my money is going into my MBA to OUM... that would eat up another 2 years. "So where you planning to work after your Masters?" "Dunno yet. Anywhere. Bank maybe... or even lecturing like you. Government paying well what now!"

Hmm... guess this is it for ...'A page for Nasrun..'. I could keep on writing forever but I can't be blogging during office hour... thats just not right! plus I might bore ya. anyway, guess this is enough to show that I still remember you and the money I owe you...Errr..RM250!

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