Travel to London/Paris

My passion in travelling shall be shared with my wife. Yes, that's my goal. The first thing I did was to bring my wife to the place known for their history and romanticism. And there we were, travelling to London and Paris back in 2007, exactly 4 years back... Buckingham Palace, London My wife is MU supporter, but here I was trying to influence her to be Gunner like me :) Du Louvre museum, Paris The famous Eiffel Tower...

Happy 4th Anniversary

On 25th December this year, we celebrated our 4th Anniversary as Husband and Wife at Atmosphere 360 KL Tower. How Time Flies….Our little family is growing. Insya-Allah, Aqeel will be a big brother and we will have new addition into our family middle of next year J. As my wife said, ‘tak semua manis itu madu dan tak semua pahit itu jelik’ or translated something like this ‘sweetness is not all good and bitterness is not all bad’. Well, we are...

Sekolah2u Revisited

I haven’t been in touched with my entrepreneurial side for a long time. It seems I’ve been very comfortable with my position and the urge to be more adventurous gradually fading away. Couples with various commitments nowadays, it looks like my entrepreneurial goals will always be a secondary goal. But I’ve been awaken recently from The Edge article on Web 2.0 start-up who has made it to Sillicon Valley thru fund raised via venture capital in Malaysia....

SAP Consultant ..wondering what they are?

Besides Con + Insult people (that’s what we think about ourselves, just kidding J), it’s pretty grey area for people out there to really understand what we actually do. As I explained in my previous post, we are a hybrid between IT & Business. We try to enhance business processes in SAP context, the ultimate target is to eliminate unnecessary manual processes and improve efficiency and productivity. So you could have more time to be productive/decisive rather than wasting time doing manual and routine jobs. I hate to say this, at one point...

Wassatiyah/Minimalist/Keserderhanaan

As a Muslim, the concept of Wassatiyah should be practiced in our life. It means simplicity and balance, it doesn’t mean you can’t posses material and wealth but it focuses on how you should consume and manage it according to your own needs and affordability. Can you afford it? Is it necessary? In western world, the word ‘Minimalist’ more or less shares the same meaning as Wassatiyah (in material possession perspective) or in Malay ‘Kesederhanaan’...

Hari Raya 2011

It has been 4 years for me celebrating Hari Raya as a family man and this Hari Raya was quite special for me. Essentially, the meaning of ‘Family’ truly sparks in this year celebration. We travelled from one place to another to visit our relatives from my side and wife’s as well. On the first two days, we were in Seremban (my side) and the next three days we were in Kota Bharu (wife’s side – well, her family lives in KL now but still got relatives in Kota Bharu). Travelling back from KB to KL was quite an experience, it took 14 hours + massive...

Krugman's Economic Analysis

I love Paul Krugman’s analysis on economy and yes, I’m a regular reader of his column in NYT. Such a good insight on current economic issue and the latest article by him is another masterpiece on assessment of US’s wrong policy of debt deficit reduction. It’s not a debt deficit reduction that should be pursued, but job creation it’s the utmost priority to fix the ailing economy. In order to create the jobs, as the private sector hold back the spending due to uncertainty, government should take the role to spend to keep the engine running. Without...

Travel to New York City 2003

I flew from LA to NY via American Airlines to visit one of the celebrated city in the world, New York baby! It's a five hours flight (no surprise there since it was from one end to another). Unfortunately due to budget constraint, I could not stay in Manhattan itself but further away from the city. To be specific, I stayed in rather notorious city called New Jersey. But I certainly have no complaint as I was enjoying New York so much! Statue...

My workplace - IOI Resort

While IOI is known for their plantation business, they are also one of the main player in properties segment. One of their best development is a resort style city known as IOI resort city http://www.ioiresortcity.com. I'm blessed to work in this wonderful and peaceful place. It's 20 minutes away from my house in Bangi and yes it's traffic jam-less and toll-less every single day, the thing I value the most. Parking is abundant and another worry-less issue for me. The resort itself is green in concept with many facilities available. Two hotels...

Losing doesn't take away your elegance ....

You are still the greatest for me no matter what.. Age is catching up on you. Not losing tamely to new Ali, but you fought like a true champion. Salute! See you again in US open.....

Travel across Europe 2006

This was one of my favourite trip in my adventure all over the world. It covers around 3000 - 4000 km road trip circling around cities in western Europe. Our adventure started from London to Berlin with RyanAir. Then, we drove around 800 km to Zurich bypassing briefly in Munich. From Zurich, we went to Jungfrao region in central of Switzerland to witness the awesomeness of Alps. Then, we drove north to Paris for 800 km journey. From Paris, we...

SAP BW/BI Training

I’m really excited that Dato Lee has approved my training for BW/BI. I will attend two courses for BW/BI, next week and mid July at SAP Malaysia. The courses are pretty expensive (around 20K for both) and thus required board of director to approve. As I said in my previous post, BW/BI is my next target in order to enrich my skills/knowledge broader. We have exciting BW/BI projects coming up for all Loders Croklaan companies all over the world. Presently,...

Bit of Perspectives from Republican & Democrat struggles

I couldn’t help thinking and reflect about what happen in states now to our beloved country here. In one side, democrat is championing the ‘socialist’ agenda to American, which I think pretty similar to what government here prescribes the NEP to bumiputera. On another side, republican remain upholds their capitalist agenda, which in my opinion, forcing the non-bumiputera to live their life the capitalist way in order to succeed. For me, there are good and bad sides for both ideologies. On one hand, while socialist in theory seems a good idea, nevertheless...

San Francisco & Vegas trip 2005

California is such a beautiful state with a mild mediterranean weather. It's also one of the richest state in US. Nevada on the other hand is pretty much a desert state. But out of nowhere, there is a sin city called las vegas. A truly happening place with lots of wonderful landmarks. Our journey started from Los Angeles and as we were trying to be American for a while, we rented an american car called Dodge ;). Beverly Hills..... Alcatraz San...

SAP Contractor (MDV)

Another contract job for me. This time, the client is Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad (MDV - http://www.mdv.com.my). MDV is financier for emerging technologies companies in ICT & Biotechnology sector. The office is located at Bank Pembangunan, along Jalan Sultan Ismail. My assignment is more or less the same as before, the automation of loan management approval process via SAP Workflow. I noticed the SAP Banking module is getting more popular...

Trip to Down Under

I always wanted to bring my wife and son to Adelaide and my wish was granted. Our journey started from Melbourne and it took 700km to reach Adelaide. With our modest car, we made it and it was beautiful as always. While I was greeted by one fella ‘what the hell you doing in Adelaide?’ indicating the remoteness of the place and nothing much to offer in terms of tourist destinations, but this place will always be special in my heart. But heck, it is...