Pudu Jail

Read about the fall of Pudu prison wall in the papers today. Just now i read someone's FB talking proudly about being held in remand at the prison for taking part in an illegal assembly...!! Bangga giler dia... ada akai ka? tak suka, tak suka..!! Aku rasa macam dia mencemarkan kenangan bapaku di sana..

Yupp..!! My father spend 3 years in death row in Pudu jail after the Bintang Tiga rebellion. He and friends were charged and convicted for murder and rioting in Raub Pahang. Some people refer to the incident as the 'Batu Malim riot'. Fortunately his appeal to the Privy Council was allowed and he was set free.

He was detained there for defending this beloved country.. going against the Bintang Tiga's army bent on terrorising and driving away the people in their quest to take over this country. He spilled his blood for the nation..!! In my eyes, my father is a real hero..!!

That's my sis with my 85 years young father....

Baby Rayyan

Alhamdulillah... another cucu for me... and that makes ... hmmm.. almost 10.... God..!! How time flies.... Welcome to the world babe..!!

Snipers and professional demonstrators..!!

I never intended to post about the work i do in this blog.. i wouldn't want to accidentally leak anything sensitive or confidential or subjudice.. But what happened on the 13th may in court and what i found posted on someone's facebook and blog changed my mind. I guess i shouldn't be surprised by the completely one-sided view of the fb and blog owner, but.. seeing the person's educational background.. i must admit it was dissappointing..

This fella was going on and on about kesusahan of having to attend court to face a charge of being involved in illegal assembly... but.. HEYYY..!!! berani buat berani tanggung la..!! Apa makna perjuangan kalau tak sanggup menghadapi akibatnya..??? Takde sapa paksa ko pegi berhimpun secara haram dan buat kacau dengan polis k..!! bangga ditangkap kerana prinsip kononnya.... jangan la komplen pasal susah pergi court to face the charge..!! Takder cuti lagi la, kene amik unpaid leave la....

Dalam bicara baru tau pasal kehadiran sniper (penembak tepat) polis dalam satu-satu unit PORU/FRU. Dia ingat prosecutor tak tau.. rahsia bocor konon.. kalu dia perhati betul-betul setiap dvd yang menunjukkan all 3 PORU/FRU troops tu - seme ada sniper yang dok dekat Commander troop.. and seme pegang M16...!! Goes to show how intent they were on creating chaos sampai tak perasan komposisi troop yang mengawal ketenteraman awam yang ko bagi kecoh tuh..!! Yang dorang tau berdemo jer.. Sana demo, sini demo.. dah jadi profession pulak.

Tapi elok la dia tau sekarang... bagi tau seme orang.. Dah tau jangan pandai-pandai bawak bebudak pergi perhimpunan haram korang tu..!! Jadi apa-apa, korang boleh kene charge under Child Act for exposing a child to danger..!!

Anyway, segak jugak sniper ni kan..! Kan..?

5S....!!

Last Friday we were on an office trip to Mindef, the legal dept, to witness and learn about 5S. It was a good trip i think. Now they see what it's all about with their own eyes and can then think of how it could be implemented in our office. It was nice meeting up with all my former officers and staffs as well. Thank you all..!!! Hope we'll have a chance to meet up again...!!

The interlude before the visit was quite nice too..!! We parked at setiawangsa LRT station and make our way to masjid jamek where the ladies had time to purchase some stuffs (including me.. haha).. For some of them it was their first trip on an LRT too..

Laksa buyong bukit gantang

One of my favourite food in Perak. Never missed it if it's on my way. Kadang-kadang sengaja make my way there so i could singgah and have a bowl... It's really delicious..!! Not at all like Kole Kangsar's laksa which is rather light (jernih) and bland. Laksa buyong Bkt Gantang's kuah is thick and full of flavour.. u can even add cili padi and limau for taste.. The laksa is of course hand-made and is called laksa pulas.. smaller than the ones sold dekat kedai. I took nadiah with me to show her the place and she loved it too..!! Next two weeks, i'll be in Kole Kangsar and Taiping.. boleh singgah and makan lagi...!!

Aarrgghh!!!

Here i am... at the office still.. i don't feel good... aching all over... i think i'm going to get a fever... you can only push yourself so far before the body will protest... Apalagi ngko yang memang sakit tapi tak take care of urself..!

Benci laa HQ ni... ntah apa-apa yg nak dibuatnyer... nak dapat 5star, soh orang buat lapuran online bla bla bla... Dorang tak realise ke keying-in data tu makan lebih banyak masa dari menulis....???

Technology, in this case IT does not make things easier.... it takes up more time, more energy.. time and energy better spent actually minuting files and writing reports...

Tak larat seh.....

Lost in Translation

I finally did it..!! went and attended the translation course in ITNM. It reinforced my fondness of the subject. I would really like to do translation work.. well part-time for now.. just to maintain and improve the skill. Who knows, i may be able to do it full time in the near future.. freelancing...working from home... that would be great.. Doing what u like and getting paid for it..!

Met some nice people on the course. Sat with a doctor who was sent by his boss and he is required to come up with medical terminologies later.. Nice chap. A datin who was also a golfer (a good one too, i heard) and her son who went MIA after the 1st week. There was a meeting of a variety of backgrounds and specialities, we even had a young lady and man with Arab language and literature in the group. All in all, a satisfying experience and something i hope to continue soon with real work...!

Updates:
Well.. i've passed the exam...!! Not cemerlang, but only kepujian la... but alhamdulillah... i actually scored not in legal translation but in mass comm..! Maybe i should be a journalist instead.. haha..