Job security

Yesterday morning we had an ad-hoc meeting or sort of discussion among us and with one of the managers.

...lots of things we discussed..among others are:

1. Generation gap...Baby Boomers, Gen X & Gen Y...expectations of baby boomers towards the Gen Y.

2. It's not about who can do the job..we are all good in our job...what make us difference form the others is the extra miles that we're willing to take...

3. Talking about the extra miles...how much pressure, test, "ujian", challenges that you are willing to take..according to the manager of ours, the Young Ones tak tahan ujian...eeerrrmm...we are all human being...

4. Our job in the company is like a contract - it's renewable every year...sort of no more permanent employment...this year you are still an employee, but next year, you may be on the way out of the company..

Point no. 4 is hitting me the most...with the current situation, I totally agree with that...

Fikir2 kan...

Genting Trailblazer 2009

First time running in Genting Trailblazer...last year I was here but as the Team Manager to KOMAites...this year, I ran in adventurous event, partner with Uyun.

Flag off for adventurous was at 8.45am. Ramai jugak yang masuk adventurous ni..awal2 larian lagi aku dah terpisah dgn partner aku Uyun, aku nampak dia berlari laju..cuba untuk mengejar tapi hampa...lajunya dia...tak pe lah..biar dia ke depan dulu...nanti boleh team up kot.

Trek nya mmg mencanak, licin pulak tu sebab dah beratus2 orang lalu..mental nyer la..dah la jalan sorang2, tgk org lain ada partner...alahai sedih pulak aku sbb aku tak terkejar partner aku yang laju tu...Trek sungguh tidak tahan, bagi aku kalau mencanak, jalan tak lecak dan licin aku masih lagi boleh mempercepatkan langkah...

The only part that I enjoyed was masa downhill in the first hour of the race...sebab Ratu Downhill boleh berlari...lepas daripada itu, trek yang menurun pun jadi licin,berlecak dan kena hati-hati sangat.

After the downhill track yang aku sakan berlari tu, ada dua orang peserta tegur aku;

"Akak ni selalu trekking ke?" .. hehehe..aku jawab "ha'ah, memang trekking, naik2 gunung..ni masuk trailblazer ni pun sbb training utk CUS"...rupa2nya dua orang tu pun mountaineers jugak..dah grad G7 dah...aku pun hairan mcmana dorang bleh terfikir nak tanya aku ni trekking ke tidak..pas tu pulak dorang tanya aku ni dari group mana..dengan bangganya aku cakap aku dari group KOMA..."hah? KOMA? nama panjang nya apa?" dorang bertanya..."Kelab Orang Minyak Adventure" kata aku..."ooohhh...ingatkan KOMA yang kt hospital tuu..." kih kih kih...

Sampai di final stage of race i.e obstacles aku team up dengan ima & dayang..kami bertiga berusaha menyudahkan ujian terakhir sambil Cikgu Haron berada di tepi trek memberi kata2 semangat dan ketawa sekuat hati..poyo punya Cikgu! hahaha...but that final part of the race was fun..kena merangkak lah, memanjat la...ish..uyun menunggu aku di halangan terakhir untuk sama2 cross finishing line.

Akhirnya, jam 1.35pm, aku & uyun berjaya menamatkan larian sejauh 14KM dalam masa 5 jam...rekod yang tidak membanggakan lansung... :-( tetapi sekurang2nya aku berjaya berlari sejauh ini...dalam hutan dengan uphill yang banyak sangat..

Here's some of the moments captured...for more pic...

After running 14KM off road..menambah koleksi medal running aku..

Partner aku..sorry uyun for disappointing you..

Till we meet again next year at Genting Trailblazer 2010....

Cuci The Musical

Went for Cuci The Musical last night with my fellow brothers & sisters of KOMA - DF, Huda, KAO, Amir, Ijoi, Dila, Dayang H, Nurin, CK & wife (Sarah). The show was superb!! 2 thumbs up...

I enjoyed the show till the end even though I fall asleep after the intermission...hahahaha...was so tired plus with the coldness of IB.Forgot to bring the shawl.

Congrats to Cuci The Musical team...

just before the show start....

They are simply amazing!!!

funny as usual...

isn't she gorgeous?

Two beautiful ladies... :-)

2nd G7 -- XPDC Gunung Yong Yap

Phewww lega...abis dah second G7 aku..Gunung Yong Yap..

15th Oct 09 (Thursday)

2000 hrs

- Push off from KLCC untuk pick Angah Fariz

- Singgah makan malam di Restoran Jejantas Sg Buloh.

- The rest of the convoy dah sampai di RnR Tapah and RV with Kuantan's people.

- WRA tidak RV bersama di Tapah kerana sudah kelewatan, maka perjalanan diteruskan sahaja lansung ke Kuala Kangsar.

2230 hrs

- First convoy arrived at Dilla's@K.Kangsar.

23.45 hrs

- WRA arrived at Dilla's.

- Everybody is busy packing/re-packing their bag

16th Oct 09 (Friday)

0100 hrs

- Off to bed.

0530 hrs

- Rise & Shine... :-) Almost everybody dah bangun and bersiap2.

0630 hrs

- Breakfast with Bihun goreng & Roti Canai telur mak Dilla yang best!

- Packing for lunch - Ayam goreng pedas yg superb...hehehe

0710 hrs

- Push off from Dilla's to Lasah - meeting point with our guide.

0745 hrs

- Arrived at Lasah.

0910 hrs

- Push Off from Lasah to Kuala Mu by 4x4

- Ada another group yang join this Yong Yap trip - kawan2 Abg Sham, guide kami.

1200 hrs

- Arrived at Kuala Mu.

- Lunch di tepi sungai Kuala Mu.

1300 hrs

- Start trekking.

- Wallawei!!! lepas shj merentas sungai...terus mencanak!!! semput aku masa setengah jam pertama tuh...nak pitam pun ada...hahaha..nasib baik ada buddy aku Cikgu Haron yg banyak kasi semangat and motivate aku sepjg perjlnan.

- trek memang mencanak almost 80% of the trek untuk sampai ke Kem Agas (camp site).

1800 hrs

- Arrived at Kem Agas.

- Cari tapak untuk khemah and centralised camp. Alhamdulillah hari masih terang.

- Turun mandi & bersih kan diri. Lepas bersiap, memulakan tugas memasak. Lapar dah nih... :-)

- Lepas makan, sesi gospen & gospan kejap then aku zzzzzzz...

17th Oct 09 (Saturday)

0530 hrs

- Rise & Shine... it's The Day!

- Masak for breakfast and Lunch.

0745 hrs

- Start trekking to the peak. Original plan was 0700 hrs...tapi biasalah kalau dahramai2 ni kan..

- Mak aaaiiii trek nyer! mencanak giler...tolong weiii...aku tak larat...kalau tak kerana buddy aku i.e Cikgu Haron, harus aku dh give up and buat U-turn..hehehehe...

1210 hrs

- Yeaaaayyyy!!!! arrived at the peak...Alhamdulillah...

- Makan2, Gigam2, Rehat2 di atas sana.

- The other group tu ada yang grad G7 kat Yong Yap...wallaweiii salute laaa..especially yang lady tu, Ana...though dh anak 4 still manage to complete the G7....tahniah!!!! tak sangka, ingatkan dorang semua tu students, tapi semua dah kerja..hehehe nampak muda..

1345 hrs

- Start descending to camp site.

- kalau tadi naik mencanak...hah! amik kau kali ni turun tak hengat laa..

- After 1 hour plus walking, kaki aku tak larat dah...can't take it anymore sampaikan aku terpaksa bagi tau guide & jiman yg masa tu kat depan sekali kata nk rest kejap. So rehatlah atas kayu tu utk 2 minit..then teruskan perjalanan.

- Non stop from peak to camp site.

1615 hrs

- At last sampai camp site. Half an hour early than the expected time arrival. Abg Sham kata from peak to camp site will take us about 3 hours, but we made it in 2 hrs 30 min. Some of us arrived later than that.

1700 hrs

- Rehat kejap then terus turun mandi manda. Hari masih awal, so lama la sikit.

- Selesai mandi, masak pulak.

- Dinner awal, by 1930 hrs dah siap makan semua dah...apa nak buat? sesi gospen, gospan lagi lah...tapi kejap ajer sbb aku pun zzzzzz awal...

18th Oct 09 (Sunday)

0530 hrs

- Rise & Shine...yeaaayyy...hari ni dah nak balik KL dah..

- Macam biasa, bangun masak untuk breakfast & lunch.

- Selesai masak, mulakan proses mengemas untuk pulang lah...

0830 hrs

- All set to go!

- Baca doa sikit semoga di permudahkan perjalanan keluar kami.

0850 hrs

- Start trekking untuk keluar.

- Trek macam biasa lah yang mendatar ada, yang mencanak giler pun ada..tapi tak lama lah...but most of the times, menurun lah... :-) my game lah!

- Trekking position macam biasa, aku berada di hadapan belakang Jiman & Dr Ramli (guide). Belakang aku, Coco. Kesian jugak si Coco ni sebab dia ni mana biasa follow step aku yg slow giler...tapi dia terpaksa jaga aku sbb buddy aku Cikgu Haron kat belakang pulak. Sebab slow sangat beberapa kali la si Coco ni tersadung, tergolek2 jatuh...

- Half way through, Tess yang selama ini berada di posisi belakang, berada di hadapan aku. Kesian dia, energy level dah low, motivation dah low. Jalan pun selalu terjatuh. Aku berada di belakang dia, bagi semangat sikit.

- Dekat2 nak sampai tu, group yang lagi satu memotong KOMA dengan memecut laju menuju ke Kuala Mu. Kesian dorang, agaknya dah tak larat nak follow step KOMA...hehehe..sorry...

- Bila dah nak dekat sampai, dah bunyi sungai aku & coco memecut turun. Tess aku rasa selamat bersama kawan2 yang lain. Lagipun dah nak sampai.

1235 hrs

- yeaaayy!!!! sampai di Kuala Mu.

- Kawan2 lain sampai lebih kurang 15 minit selepas itu.

- Aku dpt gelaran Ratu Downhill...hehehheehehe iyer la..time uphill semput, time down hill..hah memecut turun, tinggalkan buddy.

- Kata Aiman, aku kena improve uphill aku...betul tu...mmg kena improve especially bab2 breathing control.

- Kami rehat, makan tengahari, mandi manda di sungai kejap sementara menunggu 4x4 sampai.

1345 hrs

- 4x4 journey begin...waahhhh seksa lagi lah selama 3 jam..

- Arrived at Lasah 3 hours after that.

1715 hrs

- Since kat surau Lasah tu tak boleh nak mandi sbb air tak der, maka kami decide to make a move straight away back to KL and RV dengan semua di R&R Tapah.

1830 hrs

- Pesawat WRA arrived at R&R Tapah.

- Rest while waiting for the others to arrive.

- Badan aku dah mula sakit2, kaki dah sakit. Hah! amik kau...

1930 hrs

- Most of the KOMAites arrived at Tapah.

- Had our dinner.

- Kawan2 Abg Sham yang tadi pun ada jugak, lepak sama2, borak2 jap.

2045 hrs

- Bye! Bye! time to make a move to KL.

2300 hrs

- Sampai Ampang!

-Yeeaayy! sekian sahaja perjalanan Gunung Yong Yap..berbagai cerita, berbagai rasa, pengalaman baru & jumpa kawan baru.

Here are some of pic...drop by in my FB for more pic... :o)

Di rumah Dilla, tengah bagi2 barang masak & centralised

First briefing by Abg Sham.

Buddy aku -- Cikgu Haron

hah! 3 jam duk dalam ni dgn off road nya...wallaweeiii...

mampu tersenyum walau kepenatan..

salah satu pemandangan ketika pendakian menuju puncak.

Ladies Power! tapi kurang sorang...CPS tak der...

Kawan2 baru....

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