Jalan-jalan di hari Sabtu

Awi and Haziq are flat tired now. Both of them went to bed early after a day trip to Kuala Terengganu. We met up with Abah, Mak, Adiknor and Razi this morning when they travelled by air to the state capital of Terengganu. Their main objective was really for Razi to be 'officially' introduced to all our family members in Terengganu. I also did this when I got married a couple of years ago but we went around, just the two of us.

Abah showed us the new house for my grandmother, Siti, which is currently being built. Quite a good location and not as big as the current house. There's some complication with the land on which the current house is located on as a result of it having a status of wakaf land. After that, we visited several relatives and we were on our way back at 5 pm, once Abah and Mak left for the airport.

The drive back shouldn't have taken more than 1.5 hours but the police force decided to do a road block, causing a long traffic jam, all for them to inspect everyone's driving license. What a waste of time and energy. Are they seriously going to catch criminals by doing such meaningless roadblocks?

Reached home before 8 pm, to find my auntie and uncle, Mak Chak & Ayah Nik to be at the house. They're on their way to KT from KL and since their son, Hadi is staying here, they decided to stopover. We had dinner at one of their relative's house and I am now back home, fresh after taking a bath and can't wait to go to bed. It's been a hot and tiring day. Can't wait for work tomorrow....

Culture Shock

I do believe that my cousin, his wife and friends are experiencing some culture shock after being in Kerteh for 2 days. All the adjectives have been said, quiet, relaxed, small, no big shops, nothing happens on Friday etc. Kesian lah jugak but that is the reality of living in Kerteh. I guess the place just grew on myself over the years. It did got me to think about the time when I just touched down in Kerteh. Just the two of us with Reza, my old housemate. We moved houses a couple of times before settling down in Panalex housing area. I guess, we took things in our stride and did manage to last until now. I do feel at home nowadays, but I still bitch about the long traveling hours. I'll try to reassure my cousin because things can only get better, right?

Trip to MTBE, Kuantan

For the second time in one week, I travelled with my boss, this time to MTBE, Kuantan which is another location which falls under the responsibility of my boss. At times, I do pity him because the new management had assigned him with quite a considerable heavy task. Looking after a huge area, encompassing about 10 companies which would have about 3000 thousand users. It's not an easy task and I do feel the uncertainty but I really want to see if all of us, a minority group, are able to pull this through. It's such a massive challenge and I don't regret the path that I had chosen. I suppose it gives me a chance to prove myself. Who knows, maybe one day I'll be handpicked to run a large corporation like Wahid (Telekom) and Che Khalib (TNB)? Hehehee, wishful thinking, I guess.

 

Anyway, the trip to MTBE wasn't as difficult I thought it's gonna be. We're supposed to collect data on the company's IT inventory but it turned out they've already done it. Somehow, someone lost the information and we had to dig it up again. Thankfully, the MTBE people were helpful enough and our main objective was achieved within a few minutes. We then proceeded to check out the data centres in the proximity. I have a feeling I'll be visiting those locations many times in the coming months!!

 

During the drive up and down, the boss and I talked on a variety of things. From the interesting (read: sex-filled) court cases to his old colleagues to how to strategise our approach in handling our new clients. He realised that he's no superman but I liked the way he's going to take things one at a time. I could sense his nervousness at taking up the big responsibility but I intend to give my best to ensure our success, as I'm sure Am and Wan will be doing so as well. I still remember the vision that our old setup had in EPEMSB, which is to be the best IT setup in the East Coast. I believe that vision still holds except that it is only left to a handful of us. Thay're many naysayers but I have moved on and it is time to look for the future and work our asses off.  

Testting Mail2Blogger

Blogger has updated their template and features so I've changed mine and this is just to test out its mail to blog option. It'll be easier after this...:)

Overdue Blogging

I just came back from KL, attending my new company's orientation program. Quite an interesting half day event. To me the highlights of the event were the opening remarks by the CEO and one of the founders of the company. They basically stressed the importance of teamwork, loyalty and wanting to be the best. I have to say that I was quite inspired after the session. There's a lot of effort, time and energy that needs to be put in after this. I think most of my colleagues in the East Coast region are ready and will plough on despite the new challenges coming our way.