ORDINARY SUPERHERO

Stress, Stressful, Stressed and Stressed Out (dan segala yang sewaktu dengannya). I think that pretty well summed up the current state of my mind. It's all about work, work, work and WORK. Since the internal rationalisation, my workload and my responsibilities have increased three-folds. And the pressure at work is tremendous. Even my wife said that I looked stressed every time I come back home. Well, who wouldn't? But don't ask me to quit and find other job. I don't think I am goood at doing anything else. I still like this 'lawyering' works - despite all the occupational hazards it may have.I still like the challenge of exploring new boundaries, doing something that may not have been done before etc. etc. So I am looking forward to this coming short CNY break. I really need it. Happy New Year to any of my kind visitors who celebrate the new lunar year. For those who will hit the road, please take extra care. InshaAllah I will be in Port Dickson with the family...

I came back to office from a meeting at about 8.00 p.m. on Wednesday the last day of January and was greeted with this message in my mailbox: En. S, Happy birthday. Kita orang ingat nak surprise En S dengan birthday cake hari ni, tapi dah pukul 6 lebih En S tak balik2 lagi dari meeting. Kita orang tak leh tunggu. Happy Birthday. Jangan lupa bawak balik kek kat dalam bilik En. F. I felt sorry to the staffs of my department who took all the troubles to plan for the surprise. But it was really, really pack and hectic day that day - and the next two days thereafter. I was one year older on 31st January (Wednesday), next day (1st February) went to Batu Pahat and spent the whole day in Senggarang distributing donations to flood victims only to reach home at almost midnight. Later at about 1.40 a.m. (Friday, 2nd February) I got a call from kampung that my 2nd eldest brother finally lost his battle with the big C. Immediately woke up the kids and drove back to Kelantan. It was a very physical...

What! Another resolution? You may ask. I have been struggling (or failed miserably - depending on how you look at it) with my new year resolution and now want to have another one? Well, why not? Depending on which school of thought you belonged to or believed in, from what I'd read in one of those articles on this resolution thingie, it is advisable to have more than one resolutions. So that at the very least you could achieve one of those that you have resolved. And be proud of yourself. If you only have one, once you could not achieve it, then you failed big time. And be a loser for the rest of your life. The experts were also divided on the question whether it is better to resolve quietly and keep it to yourself or to go around and tell every other person that you know or in this case, tell the whole wide world about it. The former gives you the advantage of nobody knows whether or not you have keep up with your resolutions. Well, no brainer. Nobody knew whether you have any re...

Waah, how nice blogging in the comfort of your private garden. You can smell the freshness of the newly-cut grass. Especially if the grass was cut by none other than YOURSELF. Proud of myself. There is a sense of accomplishment. Blogging and grass cutting..... 2 in 1. Pictures later. I'm still trying to figure out how to beam the pictures from my handphone to my computer via gigi biru (bluetooth). Have a good day!

Salam Maal Hijrah untuk semua. Sebagai peringatan, jangan lupa baca doa akhir tahun petang ni lepas 'Asr dan baca doa awal tahun selepas masuk waktu maghrib. Untuk tahun yang baru berlalu, semoga kita bersyukur dengan segala nikmat yang telah dilimpahkan kepada kita sepanjang tahun yang berlalu; kita beharap segala amalan kita diterimaNya. Untuk tahun yang mendatang, kita berharap umur kita dipanjangkan dengan penuh keberkatan; dan semoga kita, keluarga kita dan harta benda kita sentiasa dilindungiNya dari segala bala bencana, perbuatan khianat, hasad dengki dan dari segala keburukan. Amin Ya Rabbal 'Alamin. Note to self: Kena try balik awal hari ni. Ada ceramah maal hijrah kat surau dekat rumah. InshaAllah.

Day: Sunday Venue: Mark & Spencer, KLCC Yang, Ayang tak curiga ke suddenly Abang beli baju-baju macam ni? Mmmm, curiga jugak. Kenapa? Ye lah, dah lah selalu balik lambat, makin hari makin sibuk kat ofis. Mana lah tau kan..... He heh he ..... mana ada. UPDATED @ 2.45 p.m. You can never fool an OTAI (Old Timer) or more specifically, you can never fool someone who has been in journalism for more than 20 or 30 years. I clocked in office early today to prepare for myself for a presentation that I have to make at a client's office. Then I thought I have a little time to try to write something in my blog. And Kak Teh was the first to comment on my desperate attempt to update my blog. She said ".....yang abang tanya ayang tu apa pasal? rasa bersalah ke? heheh! aiyayayaya! ya laaa, mana ada....!:). good attempt to update ." Yes, Kak Teh, I admit. I am guilty. That was my desperate attempt to keep up with my new year resolution . So much so that I had to resort to writing a...

Okay, before you accuse me of forgetting my new year resolution, let me apologise. I have not forgotten nor have I abandoned my resolution to blog more often. The truth is, I am busy, no I am very busy....errr actually super busy. Yeah, you may say, 'What's new about it?' Others are busy too. The truth is, I have been strecthed thiiiin (dah lah memang kurus!) after the internal rationalisation of the 3 departments at my office. Suddenly from supervising a department of 6 lawyers and about 12 clerks, now I have to supervise 5 more lawyers and another dozen of clerical staffs. Not a good ratio isn't it? Some of them I'm still struggling to remember their names. Since the beginning of the year, I have been having two to three meetings a day, every day. It's not like I did not try to blog. I actually have not one but four entries in draft form that I managed to write half-way, but never got them completed and uploaded. Most of the time, after coming back home late i...