b3 b0rn.. c0nf0rm, b3 si|3nt .. di3

ok. so there’s Eid Fitri .. which was ok all in all.

then it was back to work. there was chaos surrounding some unpaid amount of work performed. which i ended up being smack in the eye of the storm of this matter. an eye-opener though, of what i shouldn’t do in any of my future undertakings

then there was the final module for my pmp. honestly, didn’t allocate enough time prior to go through either books (pmbok & the study guide).. so planned to cram (and NOT burn, hopefully) over the long weekend in order to be ready for my certification exam this friday.

then murphy struck.. both kids started breaking out on thursday in spots. not the fun, colorful type like skeebo (of jojo’s circus fame).. but the red, blotchy and itchy type.

so between feeding the kids medication, ensuring they don’t scratch themselves, reading chapters and trying to summarise from memory what i’ve managed to soak up.. i didn’t set a foot outside of my own compound.

and last nite, had this conversation with kakak after i had requested that she help looking out for her brother while i try to revise a bit more.

kakak (k): mama, how long do you need to read your books?

me: until this friday - once i am done with my assessment and pass it, mama won’t need to read at night.

k: why do you read books at night? why don’t you read in the day like me?

me: coz mama work in the day la sayang.

k: ok.. but then on saturday, you have to take me to butterfly park and sunday, we have to watch high school musical 3, ok?!

what else can i do but agree?

see. told ya.

it’s always the first week of ramadhan that kinda drags.. as we’d be getting used to not munching every other hour.. after that, time just flies… now to make sure the remainder is wisely spent!

anywho, just realised i pretty much ignored this blog (and fb).. what to do.. had a lot of stuff going on at le office. my current project should be nearing its end.. (hopefully soon!) and i’m already half-way in the next project.. this year’s been full of projects which are way different from what i’ve been focused on for the last 6 years. in a way, it’s quite refreshing to do something else, but on the other hand - there’s that 6 years of knowledge that may go to waste. but what de heck.. i’d rot if i stuck with the old portfolio anyways..

speaking of which.. gotta cut down on my usage of ‘wat de heck’.. quite a few times, kakak actually uttered the same sentence when something didn’t go the way she wanted it. it’ll be either ‘what the heck!’ .. or ‘what the………. ‘. then she’ll catch my horrified look (yep, guilty me for being too free with my use of expletives).. then she’d grin sheepishly and apologise. but do it again a few days after.

anaqi is now officially in his ‘Go, Diego, Go!’ phase. sibuk explore everything, pantang grill main door ternganga.. he’d be out and about - without his footwear.. argh!! (never had this problem with kakak as she never liked getting her feet dirty).. last night, while packing the kids to head back home from their grannies’.. he climbed into the car and settled into his car seat all by himself.. but then, one traffic light away from reaching home, he threw a tantrum wanting out of the car seat. aiya ya ya ya!

planning to knock off work monday to friday as my raya break.. but looking at the way things are progressing at le office, i may need to still report to work monday.. wargh. bila nak wat choc chip cookies nie?

it’s still not too late to wish all my muslim friends - selamat menyambut ramadhan al-mubarak!

this year’s ramadhan is a bit less flustering than the year before. this time last year - it had been my first time having to prepare iftar and sahur all by myself (seeing that i crashed with my parents for 4 yrs++ after getting married)

no more rushing to feed mid-preparation (ahh.. i miss those days of anaqi wanting to feed frequently -now - back then, was counting the days when he’d wean himself)

the office allows us to knock off early (so long you’ve completed the 8 hrs or so).. so i am almost always home by 5 (latest 5:30)… tried to get in the office by 7:30am (so can leave at 4) a few times.. but jln jelatek is worse than ever.. now @ 7:05am pun the # of cars already on the road is mind-boggling… so am sticking with arriving @ 8:00-ish and work through the lunchbreak

driving to-and-from work is definitely one ‘dugaan’ … try as i might, a few expletives would either emerge from my mouth or i’d think it.. and there goes a percentage of my goodwill. one constant cause for this is this car parked indiscriminately at the corner of one of the junctions leading to yaie’s crib. thing is before ramadhan, the car was never there!

i’ll leave the diagram to explain.

prepared 2 very sopan-ly worded notes - this is ramadhan month you see - in both english AND malay (mane la tau, x paham bahse nye orang) to express my displeasure. planned to place it on the windshield of the car on my way back to yaie’s but it’s been raining every evening - have the notes still in my glove compartment. dah lah sakit hati tiap pagi/petang, i don’t want to catch a cold or fever braving the rain to place the notes.

so how are you guys faring in refraining from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex during the day (this was explicitly stated in thestar newspaper) ? and in my case, from getting mightily pissed off and muttering expletives for every moronic driver (or parker) i encounter.

i usually couldn’t be bothered to write complaints or suggestions - mostly due to my lack of faith in the system. but as this was a matter that was close at heart, i tried to submit my complaint, just to see whether anything would come of it.

true enuff - it’s been > 1 months since their response below and although the enforcement officers did drop by but yet nothing positive has been done. i even tried to follow up but all the email addresses listed below bounced back!

oh well - time for my next course of action - to forward this to the local assemblyman!

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Tuan,

Terima kasih diatas aduan yang dikemukakan, Aduan tuan akan diambil tindakan segera dan Majlis akan memaklumkan dalam masa 3 hari. Jika tiada sebarang tindakan, sila maklumkan kepada Majlis semula. Sekian.

Unit Aduan
Bahagian Perhubungan Awam,MPAJ

——– Original Message ——–
From: me <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.com.my>
To: hotline@mpaj.gov.my
Date: 29 May, 2008 02:39 PM
Subject: Complaint on Inconsiderate Parking @ Keramat Permai Business Centre

To whom it may concern,

I would like to submit my complaint with regards to a tenant/unit owner’s inconsiderate parking at Jalan AU 1A/4E, Taman Keramat Permai. My family and I regularly patronise the clinic located at No 16 (Ground Floor) on the street and most of the time I would make use of the parking bays made available on the street.

There have been instances whereby we would need to drop off the patient infront of the clinic first as no parking bays are available nearby. This, in principle, should not be hard to do as the side of the street adjacent to the shoplots have been marked as no parking and waiting zone from my observation

However, I have noticed that a specific vehicle will always be parked at the front of the clinic at the inconvenience of others – making it difficult for patients to be dropped off (esp. elderly, critically ill, pregnant ladies)

I was made aware by the operator of the clinic that the vehicle belongs to an owner of upper shop-lot  unit and that either one of that person’s car would always occupy that spot. And if there’s any time that both cars are not occupying the spot – the unit owner would then place chairs/stools to ‘reserve’ that spot for his/her use.

Apparently, the good doctor had sent a letter herself with regards to the matter but was informed by MPAJ that she should instead pay season parking fees for the use of her patients – which is not the issue at hand.

Another point that I would like to highlight is the fact that the no waiting/parking marker (yellow lines) is either unfinished/incomplete at exactly the spot that the unit owner is occupying – this raises doubts as to the reason why the line is not complete. A normal person would assume this is to the convenience of that specific person as without that marking on the spot – no enforcement officer can issue the vehicle owner a ticket for parking offences. Attached photos of the incomplete road markings and the vehicle in question.

I would like to suggest that MPAJ send in their enforcement officers to carry out the following:

·         Investigate the validity of my claim (of the incident)

·         Instruct that  the owner of the vehicle to no longer occupy the spot

·         Suggest to the owner to undertake season parking to reserve a proper parking bay on the street Jalan AU1A/4E

Note:

I have previously been issued 2 ticket for either failing to pay parking fees or having an expired ‘Pay and Display’ ticket at the same street – but I have never noticed the said vehicle WEF9773 (which is parked at a no parking/waiting zone) being issued a ticket in the numerous times I’ve seen it occupying that spot.

enuff said - spotted at the entrance of equine park jusco where i had lunch the other day.

i actually doubled back after passing by the signboard - just had to take a snap.

another one that’s getting on my nerves is  the radio commercial that i’ve been hearing on mix.fm “finally, a home loan that lends you back!! - rhb my1 revolving homeloan” .. am not 100% sure that the sentence is wrong - but it sure made me cringe everytime i heard it!

what think you?