Lumianated. I mean frustrated

Until now a month plus, still didn't get my device back. What kind of service la Microsoft. Malas nak elaborate 😑😡👎🏻

F1 World Champ

Never be a hard core fan of F1. Schumacher was the greatest driver I ever know. Until Nico! He came to KLCC to celebrate being the 2016 World Champion driver shortly after the last race of the season at Dubai, thank god it wasn't Lewis! Playing a second fiddle to Lewis for this entire time and now the spotlight on him. Totally deserved it. Mr nice guy too. And good looking. Ok you got it right.

We are the Silver Arrows team so yeah, kena celebrate together lah- what's the free shirt got to do if not this kan?!

Nico Roseberg. 29th Nov 2016. I know bad selfie. 

Nico 2nd December 2016. Announced his retirement. Boom!

Shocked but need to respect his decision. Baru follow iG dia 😅

Full Marathon

Ok I did it. Sort of. Completed the race, yes, full 42km, no. No regret.

Wife told me just before the race

1) don't fall down

2) it's ok, there will always be a next time

That's the version I remembered lah. 

Before flag off, it's raining and emcee keep repeating "for runners safety whoever didn't finish by 2.30am, ambulance will pick you up".

Somehow these reminders matched each other. 

I'm targeting 7hrs kinda run since the longest I prepared was 10k, itupun a week before. To be honest I don't really care about the timing or PB, as long as I completed the race. It has been the same from the first time I completed my 'marathon'. Was it a 10k or 7k? Hmm can't recall. And I need FM at night to make sure subuh tak ke laut; most local FM started at 2-3am if not 4-5am. 

So I ran. 5km, 10km.. I was like ok we can do this. Keep running. 

Personally amazed I reached 30km mark, da! It was never before!! Not with breeze tho but energy gel did help. Major let down (read excuses) organizer or rather volunteers started to closing down water stations, lack of gel panas, sponge etc etc etc. I wasn't exactly the last but your mind started to corrupted you when your body physically tired. That's the fact. Sleepy head and I don't know where else to step on, semua sakit. Put a mental note, "Urghh neraka nanti camna weh.. Ni baru dunia!"

About 2 o'oclock and I'm on 35k like that 

ambulance passed by.. After another round, abang driver tanya "Naik?". Without knowing I have choice to say no, next thing is I already inside the ambulance. I asked one of the staff (4 of them all muka tired and uninterested) "Dah start collect ke?". Ntah, was the answer. Ok whatever. Consider that was my reward and apologize from the organizer for poor event management. In fact siap tersengguk dalam ambulance! Yeah mengantuk like that. 

Balik hotel makan mee and kuewtiaw. Burp. Wifey was kind enough to teman even probably she was kinda disappointed I didn't  really run entire 42km. Maybe she felt I am not happy that I didn't get what I want. Truth is, I'm more than happy to return to my family still breathing :)

End up the morning subuh tu almost gajah I think. Will it be a next FM for me? Not now to decide. We have London in 2017 to be excited about. Wohoo

Getting There

It's all getting enough rest from now on. 

Or at least mentally prepared 

Support System

I strongly believe my wife is the bestest ever. She's been there when there's low and up in my life. 

It occurs to me that I don't appreciate her as much as she deserved it. The least

I can do is to write a post. 

I love you sayang. 

Where it Begins

Revisit where it started. The place more neat and well maintained now. 

So it reminded me from the white nike shoes, excel sheet, Internet reading to the apps and what/ where am I now.

About two weeks more!

19 Days to Go

Ouch.

My kaki cannot tahan anymore and naturally push it out. Sort of. That little spike been inside my ibu jari kaki for like 5- 6months!? Looks like tulang ikan to me but didn't expect that sharp and long! I thought initially dah bawa keluar the main part that day so I resumed my life as usual. Macam Rambo sekejap tarik keluar. Urgh. I hope that's all lah!

Didn't change a thing tho. Another reason to complete this full marathon!

To the Finish Line!

When I started running and feeling yeah I can do full marathon.. It feels ages ago.

I was like let's do 5 half marathon first, run oversea race, do that lasik thingy first.. Bla, bla..

But heck no. None of the above happened and I'm gearing up for my FULL MARATHON! Muktamad. 

Some people might thing I already did FM couple of times. That's not my problem. Back to reasoning above, sometimes you don't have to wait something to happen. Or make a condition for it to happen. There's no perfect time for anything. Just go for it lah or regret not doing it.

Wow. So motivated ni!

I don't know how it will turn out later but gotta try eh. Mentally prepared? Not yet. Just give all you can. Key word, discipline.

Till next time, adios

New Zealand 2016. North Island

Aaaa North je? Ok I get that a lot and that's it. Is not that we are not considering at all, in fact to choose going to New Zealand already went through number of challenge sessions. Need to convince the other half why NZ. Point is, NEW adventure, something we never did before. And now with Amni. It has to be all about her in a way la kan. 

We decided not to join group of convoy (jimat di situ), airlines apa nak naik, whether we want to fly straight or transit and mode of transportation at NZ. I don't have much time, lets cut it short.

Day 1 (KUL-MEL-AKL)
Flying to Auckland via Melbourne. By the time we were at Tullamarine Airport it's already like 2 in the morning. Just resting, solat and get ready to board. Amni took little longer to sleep, lucky we got to use airport stroller and she's ok with it. 

Day 2 (Auckland)
Arrived at Auckland. Checked in Gateway Airport Hotel. Stroll the area a bit but end up dinner at hotel's cafe (sedap). Oh internet is so important, don't forget to purchase simcard at the airport (recommended: Vodafone). Anyway most campervan park did offer limited free data (e.g. 100MB per device per day).

Day 3 (Matamata, Rotorua)
Picked up motor-home or caravan! It took longer than expected (briefing, technical glitch and what not). First thing, groceries shopping! 
Then terus drive to Matamata; The Shire Rest- Hobbiton! A long the way.. fuh! memang hijau mata memandang. Ladang-lembu-kambing-blue sky-repeat. 

Next Rotorua, checked in. Tak reti nak plug in power! Tak reti is too much, technically dah plugged in, connection tak berapa betul. Siap tukar tapak. Huhu..Mujur ada jiran Australian tolong (don't shy-shy to ask). Anyway got to enjoy mineral pool there, macam melekit dalam suam-suam panas- I supposed that to help you recover or rejuvenate or something. 

Day 4 (Rotorua, Taupo)
Nothing specific set on this day, what I had in mind was that geothermal thingy which makes the city famous for. Also the Maori culture village lah (didn't go, time don't permit).. So we visited Hell's Gate (hell kedekut, dia pagar the whole area so you have to pay la to see; we are smarter than that), beautiful lookout point Blue & Green Lake; passed through Buried Village aaand Redwoods at Whakarewarewa Forest! Semua unique in their own ways. Haha tak do justice langsung tulis gitu

Day 5 (Taupo)
We got to enjoy the beautiful scenery of lake, mountain and water falls (Huka)!

Then 5 hours drive to Wellington. No RnR like here but the journey was something I like. Lalu gunung-ganang (so impressed to see Mt Ruapehu/ Mordor! for the first time), desert (tanah tandus; kang kena bahan budak wechat)- people asked sure boring kan lalu sini? Weh, not really. Area ni jadi tempat army punya training ground (no trespassing!) and the billboard ad there quite funny. 

In and out small town pun best. We stopped at Bulls bought some kebab and stuff, eat somewhere-somewhere later. Ada satu town tu got airport dowh, padahal kecik je and tepi jalan, we didn't see the runway. 

Nak menyampai ke Holiday Park, Wellington sekali kena lalu bukit-bukau- sebijk macam fellowship of the ring. Dah la gelap time tu. Memang nampak cantik la town from up there but we didn't prepare for that. Serious ah Tomtom. 

Tengok, cerita drive pun boleh panjang lebar, nak elaborate details lelain.. ok focus.

Day 6-7 (Wellington)
Obviously a big city (really?). Being capital city of New Zealand just imagine Putrajaya. Bit challenging to drive there. But the weather! Fuhh.. Berbaloi beli baju tebal Amni. Hehe. I think its more due to the wind and drizzle. Highlights here a cable car, masjid visit and Weta Cave! We went there twice because it just worth the visit. 

Oh highlight yang penting is TAK JUMPA kedai makan halal yg letak flyers kat Holiday Park-sekali dah tutup/ tukar owner! Sejuk oi.

Day 8 (Ruapehu)
Driving bit relax from Wellington, stopped at Otaki. Lunch best, coffee best, yogurt ice cream pun best!

We stayed at Mt Ruapehu, jungle feeling. Fun fact: Evacuation reminder due to eruption; earthquake and flooding. Fuh. Got yellow and green area for assembly point.

Up there, the best coffee ever! Probably with the weather. Acah-acah main salji sikit, naik chair lift. Lumia battery kong! Urgh. And forgot to fully utilize gopro; ok bukan forgot just tak berapa nak manage. 


Day 9 (Waitomo)
Glowworm cave. Could have done better if we know earlier the arrangement. Amni cannot go in, so mommy kena sacrifice. Wuuu T_T

Lunch at cafe Huhu. Apalah kan maksudnya tu. Huhu.. Sedap jugak. 

Ada pernah cakap tak sedap ke sepanjang trip? Makan bukan kerisauan langsunglah NZ ni. Nak bayar banyak mana je. Seafood dia beli raw masak sendiri pun yummy. By the way, harga barangan kat sini insyaallah consistent mahal- tak kira la town ke, tasik ke, bukit ke, pump station ke, hulu banat mana pun coffee dia standard je harga. Way better dari kau beli coca-cola weh!

Day 10 (Balik)
Huhu...

From time to time will update kalau rajin. Teruskan sokongan! (self-monologue semua ni)

Hi Amnj 1YO

Hi Amni. Too tired and little time to write here. Banyak nak story mory. About last 2 weeks we celebrated your 1st birthday.

When you can read this, don't forget to ask about two things:

1) Outing buat passport

2) When mommy away to Bintulu

This was my dinner on the first night mommy away. I cooked instead buying fast food like the next day (because I'm a working father)

Not Happy

This is just unfair. Time. Rest. Family. Teruskan berjalan di dalam terowong, moga berjumpa Cahaya di hujung sana. Just follow the light

Salam Ramadhan. 

Gruesome Tiredness

You still wanna do many things but your body can only take so much. The changes in the office gave me mix of feeling. I feel like a Jedi going to a dark alley and the force is so strong that you cannot turn back. 

Should consistently reminding myself to keep silent whenever the body and mind not in a good state. The moment my mouth open... I will crash everything. 

Dear god give me strength #doadimediasosial 

Civil war meet expectations. Nothing more nothing less.

Manchester United hampeh ya amat losing to West Ham at Upton Park (last EPL game played before they move to Olympic stadium). If van Gaal can take the pressure why cant we right?; yes he got paid much better but remember who is the champion this season? Money is not everything. Secret donation dialu-alukan!

Senyum sikit. Stress tak ubah apa-apa pun

2016. April

Both mommy and abah bit anxious while waiting for this month. Oh this is office related kinda stuff. Nevertheless none of it matters now. Time to move on. We are just glad both of us staying and still working at KL. 

We've been through so many kenduri and family bonding session. It's about the right time to focus on our little family for the rest of the year; e.g. Baju Raya color apa (eh sorted already except for you Amni), where to go (mommy dah rindu Europe or to be exact London- abah got to check on Airbnb), personal goals like completing full marathon and getting back to running for mommy, saving and generating income. In short actually it is to survive 2016.

Let's not forget Civil War end of this month! 😎

Amni and her favorite toy. Stay pretty princess, in and out 

Progress. 6mth

Hey Amni. You know what- your first clear word is ABAH! And it doesn't make mommy love you less.

We LOVE you to the max

Extra

That feel. Being at home. Both cinta hati are sleeping. And I'm not playing FIFA.

Kenduri not over yet. Memang kena physically prepare la this thing.

Catching up sleep/ rest is a must the week

Cuti sekolah. Balik kampung

1991.

Hari berganti hari. Seperti kebiasaan sementara menanti cuti panjang begini, aku sibuk mencatat buku nota untuk countdown. Bukan itu yang hendak aku ceritakan. Ok kita fast forward cerita cliché macam ni. Aku duduk bersama datuk dan nenek di kampung memang suka semua ahli keluarga balik, bosanlah nak tunggu raya baru meriah. 

Budak sekolah, bila dah berkumpul ramai-ramai sepupu-sepapat aktiviti bersesuaian main galah panjang, bola sepak, kutip sekerap getah, combat pakai senapang kayu handmade, polis sentri. Itu kalau semua asal kampung lah, bila dah pelbagai background ni, diorang prefer main nyorok-nyorok. Aku main apa pun memang champion. Ini fakta. Sebenarnya aku dah pesan dekat Ajin pun bila Pak Ngah telefon confirm kan famili diorang balik tempoh hari; bawa balik nitendo. Tak juga bawa balik, hampeh. Kena la aku layan karenah 'budak-budak bandar' ni. Sepupu aku boleh tahan ramai, insist nak main aci nyorok hari tu. So aku volunteer 'jadi' dulu; aku kira diorang sembunyi. Kawasan rumah Atok memang luas, tipikal rumah kampung-pokok merimbun, belukar, parit, pondok, reban ayam. Senang cerita memang sesuai untuk game ni.

5-10-15-20... Seratus! Sambil mengira kedengaran tapak kaki bersepah sini sana. Adalah dalam 15 orang menyorok. Budak bandar, memang budak bandar, kurang pandai berdikari- nak menyorok pun berteman. Memang masak la. Aku memang familiar sangat dengan rumah Atok pun. "Hairil sep, Jijah sep, Emal sep, K'on sep" secara pukal aku 'matikan' diorang. Satu per satu aku sebut. Semua yang dah mati kena duduk depan beranda tunggu game habis. HQ tempat sep pokok kelapa depan beranda. Aku berdiri membelakangi HQ sambil mencongak head count- dah 16 orang. "Hmm boleh istihar menang.." getus hati kecil.

"CEPAT! CEPAT! CEPAT LARI! SEP! SEP! SEP..!!!" yang dah mati berteriak. Aku berpaling- nampak budak dalam 8 tahun berlari menuju ke HQ macam nak claim BR1M (tangan depa ke depan)- ok masa tu belum ada lagi tapi faham-fahamlah. 

Ikutkan keupayaan fizikal, aku lebih dari mampu dan sepantas Gaban untuk sep dan matikan dia. Masalahnya.. Aku tak kenal siapa nama dia ni dan anak siapa! Aku tahu dia memang saudara mara sekaligus melayakkan dia bermain. Akhirnya aku akur dan buat-buat terpaku di kedudukan sama sampai dia sep dan menyelamatkan yang lain- aku KALAH. Pasrah, next round aku cakap Wan pesan beli bawang kat kedai so tak boleh main dah. Dalam perjalanan tanpa tujuan (konon ke kedai), aku cuba recall siapa budak hingusan yang mencalarkan reputasi gemilang-Aripin kampung boy. Tak puas hati, balik aku tanya Atok.

Rupa-rupanya; Muhd Ikmal Aizi B Zainal Ghani- anak Mak Leha! Ini yang aku geram sangat. Mak Leha ni berapa tahun dah tak balik kampung-last aku tengok anak dia ni baby-baby lagi, itu pun nenek yang jaga time Mak Leha pantang bersalin. Memang la aku tak kenal! Atok cakap dia pesan kat anak-anak dia balik la kampung cuti ni, nak buat tahlil doa selamat. Dalam kepala Mak Leha dia ingat nak bahagi harta pusaka. Puaka betul! Dek kerana haloba dia, aku yang terpalit derita. Budak kecil, benda-benda ego, reputasi macam ni jauh lebih bernilailah. Ish.

 

Random

I don't believe in hidup kaya raya harta mewah melimpah ruah instead jadilah hidup yang sustainable dan mencukupi. Am so afraid of breaking point tbh.

Microsoft Lumia

Huggggeee step taken! 

Bukan senang. Susah nak justify ni. Not a good time tho. Argh apa benda ko buat ni. Last year (dah setahun pending!) when my iPhone failed on me-tetiba crash and lost everything especially  pictures, all gone!- almost nak beli Lumia mid-range dah. About 2 years ago I decided my next phone cannot be androids (never was a fan). And apple kalau harga melampau rip-off; true enough, dengan spec up sikit (I mean just a cosmetic makeover) they overcharged. Don't get me wrong iOS to me still up there. Blackberry not that convincing; case closed.

Then what? I've heard (and read) that time Microsoft is about to launch their own flagship-not to be associated with Nokia. Tinggu punya tunggu.. Tadaaa! Lumia 950. Kenapa bukan 950XL re: rip-off.

Ringgit not helping either.

It's up to me to make the most of it. So tak guna la menyalak kat sini (bajet ada haters) cons of Microsoft devices sebab semua dalam poket gua beb. Instagram beta? Tak sampai 2 jam pegang dah 2 post dalam account (huh) more than 2 minggu lepas punya post.

Fun part? Learning new OS. Tiles. Beauty of HD. Desktop friendly. Windows 10. Ok kira justify lah kan! :) 

Malas Nak Explain

Siapa ada pe'el seperti di atas, kita geng! Bukan something yang nak bangga pun, sekadar sifat yang termaktub dan bersebati dalam diri. Boleh ubah dengan usaha dan ikhtiar. Tapi sejajar dengan penibgkatan usia, benarlah bagai dikata, hendak melentur buluh biar dari rebungnya (ada orang buat betul ke?).

Nak explain kenapa malas nak explain pun kau dah malas. To me, everyone is man enough to understand stuff. Which is not true. Ada masa dan tempat kena explain dan kadang-kadang guna je common sense. 

Right before ending of university's life, most of my friends plan to further their career in education line which means becoming a lecturer or teacher. I feel so kesian to my future-non existent students that I decided not to pursue the same. And I'm ok with that. Speaking of U, dulu ada one time one of the lecturer ni tanya opinion on something, aku punya la explain tapi dia reject cakap salah. Bila dia rephrase balik, exactly apa yang aku dah explain sebelum tu. I was like whaaaaattt... Itulah kisahnya. Keep lah your opinion to yourself- until online social media born (!) and booming.

Guess I am not a good explainer and most of the time I will be misinterpreted. 

Temerloh & Kuantan

2016 secara umumnya bermula dengan suram jika bersandarkan keadaan ekonomi semasa semata-mata. Maka kenalah creative sikit. Rancang perjalanan domestik! 

So over the weekend, we decided to go to east coast, Pahang Darul Bauksit. I am so pissed to observe the aftermath, mind you it just a friction of it. Anyway 3 main objectives are to visit a family, attend a wedding and meet friends. So much to-do-tick-person I am, glad all are covered. Sort of mission accomplished. Clap. Clap. Clap.

Good catch up with old friends even though it was a short session. Perhaps for the next visit kena puasa seminggu and spend more that 1N so barulah boleh enjoy Kuantan food fest.

Chop, chop! ManUtd menang 1-0 kat Anfield :) [fake smile]

Reminder

Yesterday while playing with Amni she giggled (a lot!). My happiness is like that 

Being Famous (for FREE)

Another life changing experience. Saja nak repost; mainly because it reappears in FB 'on this day'. For the whole journey experience you can just read from previous post (in 2011). Ok, article ni memang best, menggambarkan seluruh pengalaman hampir tepat. Bila isteri kau review nothing can go wrong kan. We actually wrote bit longer but yeah the editor did his job lah, cut something a bit, add important message and all that. 

Famous sangat ke? Mula-mula melayang jugak, lama-lama lebih kepada commercial vehicle for them je sebenarnya -which is fair to them. Masuk newspaper, blog, tv (cerita je, bukan aku), magazine and so on (padahal itu aje). Dia dah bagi kau free flight ticket, hotel free (nasib Tune hotel tak commissioned lagi time tu), VIP seating, before/ half time/ after meal- not bad lah. 

The rest korang zoom in la article ni #janganmalas. Sadly QPR relegated, promoted and relegated again since then (dan tiada penampakan nak naik liga 😓).

New Year, New Me

Hello world. It's weird to wish happy new year when you are going to 2nd week of January already. Ah, pedulikan. Blog sendiri kot. 

Seakan mendapat suntikan (botox) baru, rasa nak blog balik. Di kala semua orang rakus dengan social media di alam maya yang lebih in; baca: bersepah budak-budak baru nak up. Sekilas pandangan baru sahaja menjeling bilangan post yang lalu; 2008 tahun yang gemilang, namun ibarat trend harga minyak semasa, bilangan post jatuh merudum. Kehambaran blog ini memang dijangkakan. Namun 2016 bakal menjadi medan kebangkitan! Ni dah tahap azam la kiranya ya. Alah, janganlah berkira sangat.. Support ajelah yok! 

First revival blog ni berkisarkan keazaman anak muda menceburi bidang larian- hidup kesepian di pulau Borneo. Cuba sedikit sebanyak mengupas permasalahan semasa, perkembangan sukan bola sepak (it's the opposite for ManUtd actually) dan kisah pengembaraan meneroka dunia. Ada ke patut 2013 takde post langsung. Hmm

Untuk berlaku adil, marilah catatkan sesuatu untuk tatapan masa depan. Best juga menyelusuri ruang waktu lampau. Boleh la Nur Amni jadikan rujukan macam mana la behavior abahnya di alam maya. Be a good girl ok sayang. *Mmmuahciked*

Sebenarnya baru upgrade Unifi, setelah berkali-kali di called. Untunglah promoter tu dapat komisyen. Baiklah untuk penulisan akan datang, senarai topik seperti berikut (tidak mengikut sequence):-

Perangai supervisor di kaunter (fast food, restaurant etc.)

Kenapa 2016 kena kurangkan FIFA

Survival di Labuan & lesson learnt (dah banyak rant dalam Twitter, hahaha)

Kehidupan di kota metropolitan: realiti & sangkaan

Umur 30an. Jadinya kenapa? 

Hal ehwal semasa-Pentingkah pendapat kau?

Gadget & teknologi- bila kau nak ada duit beli semua 

Travel: yang tersurat & tersirat serta hutang yang berselirat (jika berkenaan)

Siri bercakap dengan Jin. 

Ok, nampak sangat dah merapu. Teruskan berharap kelangsungan blog ini!

Amni, this is not you. Source: Internet