Quarterly review...

pejam celik pejam celik... dah sampai penghujung suku tahun pertama bagi tahun 2008... macam baru je bulan Januari... rupanya dah nak jejak bulan April... Doha pun dah mula panas dah... tgh hari dah kena jalan tunduk dah, sbb tak tahan nak melawan terik matahari...

so dah muhasabah diri? setakat mana kita setelah abis first quarter ni??? me? tak tercapai lagi matlamat / objective tahun ni...

1. nak belajar bahasa arab. I have attended 2 1 hour class weekly kat office... but sbb ahli kelas yg tak menentu, dan cikgu yg asyik mengantuk je dlm kelas... tak improve apa2 lagi... i think today or tomorrow i'm planning to sign up for a real class.. kena bayar lah skit.. insyaAllah...

2. berjalan pun aku belum buat apa2 lagi... cadangnya nak g umrah, tp masih belum ada rezeki lagi huhuhu.. mula dulu susah utk aku dpt visa.. now visa dah blh dapat, kengkawan plak tak dapat cuti... tu lah orang kata tak de rezeki lagi... insyaAllah soon... tp rasanya weekend ni nak jalan jauh skit... insyaAllah.. ;-)

3. keje tu masih macam tu lah, kalau ikutkan aku tinggal dalam 5 bulan sebelum tamat kontrak, ntah sambung ntah tidak... kalau tak, hmmm... apa nak buat ek? kalau sambung, nak lagi ke duduk doha ni??? hehehehehe... i wish this would be my last summer here, and paling teruk pun, i'll stay for another winter. (harap2 n berangan lah ni)

blog ni pun, lately makin menebal sawang nya... malas plak aku nak update, sbb aku nya aktiviti pun dah slow... sama lah banyak nya sawang kat umah aku sbb aku malas nak kemas... hehehe... aku pun dah jarang tgk blog masa kat office, bukan sbb byk keje... tp masih lagi sibuk2 tgk pasal politic... soon... reda lah demam pilihanraya ni...

btw, memandangkan konflik dalaman Umno dah makin teruk, dan kelam kabut politik kat malaysia, bg menunjukkan sokongan aku terhadap BN dan Umno khususnya kimie ngan aku cadang nak tubuh wakil Umno kat Doha ni.. dengan nama Badan Umno Doha... atau singkatan nya BUDoh :-) lawak je ok. (uiks, aku br jumpa, khir toyo pun ada blog ok)

*hmmm.. i have another approximately 7 months before bertambah tua... my parents dah pun taruh deadline, but still no takers... huhuhuhuhu (sound so desperate kan... hahhahaha)

ad-hoc...

Azerdills yg aritu balik KL now dah balik doha :-) hooray.... and bg meraikan ketibaan semula, aku pun ajak lah few ppl g makan2 kat ponderosa... tot of having a small group je... alih2... :-D ramai plak yg turn up... which includes Mat Le's family and Adam's family... better... the more the merrier :-)


jarang dah kumpul ramai2 ni.. so alang2 i buat a surprise birthday potong kek utk org2 yg dah makin tua kat doha ni... (actually mmg dah tua pun)... Adam's birthday on 28th and Nije on 20th... sbb kan ad-hoc n tak plan... tersilap plak.. i should also celebrate birthday Che' Le yg dah lepas 15 mar huhuhuhu... tak lengkap my surprise birthday celebration utk org tua ni.. hehehe...

it was fun kalau makan2 kat restoran ni.. kids can still play around... sembang2 ok je.. and the best part lepas makan tak perlu nak cuci.. hehehe.... and the good thing makan kat sterling restaurant chain now, dia bagi coupun QR3 for setiap perbelanjaan QR10... so mlm tu kitaorang dapat 70 keping coupon QR3 = QR210 for the bills we paid (QR700) boleh lepak2 n minum kat coffee beanery for free pas ni.. hehehe....


again happy birthday to adam, nije.. and also che' le.. :-) (they are all more than 30 years old - ada yg dah almost 40 pun hik hik hik...)


p/s - thanks for adam for the pics :-)

Am bored...

For those yg rajin jengok2 blog ni... sure dah bosan sbb dah takde citer menarik... semuanya berpunca sbb aku pun agak bosan lately... hehehe.. (read : malas) maybe next week ada citer menarik...

dah tak de aktiviti menarik nak ditaruh kat sini pun... so selalunya aktiviti normal bg aku dan kengkawan kat sini ialah layan internet... sekarang ni demam pilihanraya.... apa buat... baca blog n suratkhabar online.... sampai aku dah muak pasal pilihanraya, sampai rasa dah penat baca benda2 itu ini pasal politik malaysia...

ooh... but all those muak tu blh hilang.. when u cari benda2 kelakar kat utube :-) and i found this :

sempena demam american idol 7 and akademi fantasia 6... see this :-D

Ego Arab...

Tanah arab would have the highest bangunan pretty soon...

"DUBAI, 13 March 2008 — Gulf states, flush with proceeds from record high oil prices, are racing to build the world’s tallest tower.
The Kingdom has just joined the fray with a plan to build a one-mile tower in Jeddah, according to the London-based Middle East Economic Digest (MEED).

- Saudi....
Riyadh-based Kingdom Holding Company, which is controlled by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, will invite bids before July for contracts to build the tower in Jeddah.
Called the Burj Al-Meel or the Mile-High Tower, it will be located on the northern side of the Obhur Creek and the Red Sea. It will be spread over an area of more than two million square meters.

- Kuwait...
Kuwait has unveiled a plan to build a 1,001-meter tower. Its height is a reference to the classic work of Arabic literature, “One Thousand and One Nights.”

- UAE...
The emirate’s Burj Dubai, Arabic for Dubai Tower, overtook Taiwan’s Taipei 101 tower as the world’s tallest building when it reached 512 meters in July. Burj Dubai’s height is now over 600 meters.
Although its final height remains a closely guarded secret, developers Emaar Properties have said the one-billion-dollar skyscraper will be more than 700 meters tall and have more than 160 stories.
Dubai’s other property development major, Nakheel, has announced it will build Al-Burj or The Tower, whose projected height has not been revealed but which, according to local press reports, is planned to overtake Burj Dubai.

read here for more details.... arabnews

then... based on The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat yg baru habis congress kat dubai... these are the 20 tallest building by 2020. read more here...

1. the top 3... semua kat gulf area... dgn paling tinggi Al Burj (1km) dan Mubarak Tower (1km) dan Burj Dubai (800m)... cuma Burj Dubai je yg sedang dalam pembinaan, the first two masih peringkat proposal

2. Proposed Doha Convention Center Tower no 10

3. Selain negara arab yg ada 8 bangunan daripada 20, UAE je ada 5, negara lain yg byk proposed bangunan tinggi Korea (4).

4. no 17, bangunan kat mekah binaan saudi bin laden almost 500m. lagi tinggi dr petronas twin tower. Petronas twin tower no 20 dalam senarai...

tp tak sedar ke pak pak arab ni....

Akan tiba suatu masa di mana orang-orang kaya akan pergi haji untuk
bertamasya, orang yang berpunya untuk kepentingan bisnis, orang bijak untuk
pamer dan orang miskin untuk mengemis. ( Diriwayatkan oleh Anas r.a. )

Tidak ada [hari] pengadilan hingga gedung-gedung yang sangat tinggi
dibangun. ( Diriwayatkan oleh Abu Hurairoh r.a. )

As-sa'ah (Hari Kiamat) tidak akan tiba – hingga manusia berlomba-lomba membuat
bangunan yang tinggi ( H.R. Bukhari )

Goodbye Dom...

Dominic (dom) and Jesse have decided to leave Doha for good... depa dah dok sini ada lah setahun dua... and they were as always part of kengkawan aku yg selalu join the makan2 and also ada gak organise makan2 :-) and for sure they were one of our regular member during our mengopi session kat kopi beanery.... hilang lagi satu korum kitaorang

actually dah seminggu dom meninggalkan kitaorg... tp aku br nak update kat blog ni.. minggu sudah kita org buat farewell kat chilis... it was a simple gathering sambil2 buat surprise belated birthday celebration for yeen (who will also leave us soon... sob sob sob)

setiap kali org tinggal kan doha... aku akan feel down... aku mula lah akan sibuk sampai bila lah aku akan ada sini... ke mana plak aku pas ni.. :-( hopefully it wont last that long (this feeling lah) anyway, it's future... no one knows... if we knew our future, then there is no future...

to dom... good luck!!! (hopefully i can see u in sydney!)

Mak & ayah trip...

As aku cakap ari tu.. aku membusykan diri plan the weeks my parents were here... so banyak aktiviti diorganise sampai penat depa :-)

aku dah citer the main stories kat hari tu... (round-round Qatar)... so ni gambar-gambar nya...

1. BBQ @ simaisma

2. Sand Dune


3. Trip to the North

4. Birthday Maisara & Muzzil

and sampai hari ni... aku masih lagi dalam proses nak menghabis kan makanan yg my mom dah siap masak :-) still good lagi... kalau tak elok pun bedal je... thanks mak n ayah for coming all the way to Doha... at last sampai jugak...one thing yg aku betul2 realise masa depa datang sini, they are now dah tua... mmg pun.. my dad dah 60+ my mom dah nak masuk 60... age is catching them... especially my mom. although its unfair for me to judge that way sbb dia sakit hari tu, tp 60 mmg lah umur dah tua ok... aku sangat berharap depa sentiasa sihat dan dapat berjalan merata dunia mengikut hajat hati insyaAllah... hopefully they have enjoyed their time here...

and for sure, among other thing yg disampaikan masa depa kat sini... tanya aku bila lah aku nak kawin... bukan tak nak kawin... tp macam mana nak kawin kalau tak de calon isteri!!! :-) any takers out there???

Perak DUN...

aku cuma tertanya-tanya... adakah barisan rakyat i.e. DAP, PKR dan PAS sama status nya ngan BN... i.e. kalau depa menang separately consider coming to 1 party like what happened to MCA, MIC, UMNO etc in BN...

sebab for Perak DUN... we have 28BN, 18 DAP, 6/7 PKR/PAS... actually kalau tak kira as 1 party.. BN yg lebih banyak seat... as compared to the rest... but they cannot rule the state sbb depa tak de majority....

therefore, it could probably kerajaan campuran with all parties govern the state.... is this possible? betul ke mcm ni???

PRU 12 .... Finally.....

It's 1.30am already... and this is the result i saw in Utusan Online....

it is a shocking result which i really can't believe it... but that's what people really want in Malaysia... and Perak under campuran... with DAP leading... hmmm.....

anyway, we (my parents and I) have organised a makan-makan sambil dengar keputusan pilihanraya thru internet... i.e. RTM (jgn terkejut ok!) my mom cooked mee rebus, laksa and skit nasi putih n lauk pauk... tak ramai datang... around 20 je... but 20 good friends yang enjoy finishing the food and enjoy celebrating the PRU12 result!!! :-)

the following adalah result yg interesting :-) some comments on the result:

1. CONGRATS to my friend Nolee who won her seat at Tualang Sekah... this is her very first time bertanding and won!!! Congratulations... alhamdulillah... dia mmg bekerja punya orang :-)
2. Samy Vellu and Sharizat both lost... result ni among yang paling awal kitaorang tahu.. congrats Nurul Izzah!!!
3. Zainuddin Maidin kalah... hahaha... i do not know why... but i really wish dia kalah :-)
4. Congrats kat Dato' Lo' Lo' and Pas overall
5. From these 2 results, we can see how a bebas can actually decide
a. The only calon bebas yang menang
b. The majority kurang dari undi Tok Mun... ok lah tak lah kebetulan kot, if only semua vote Tok Mun vote Mat Sabu, jadi lain lah (ala.. tok mun tak dapat pulang modal)
6. Although KJ menang... tp at least Mukhriz menang gak... so Pemuda bukan mutlak milik KJ (how i wish dia pun kalah gak!)
7. Camner PKR blh menang Parlimen when semua DUN org BN kat Pahang P83, N14, N15, N16? wow...

org melayu cakap dulu... yg dikejar tak dapat... yg dikendong berciciran... itu kot yg jadi kat BN ni..

so what's next... will Pak Lah resign and listen to the crowd say Pack-Lah... then Najib naik jadi PM and lepas tu jadi mcm zaman Dr M (this is what Dr M wants kot... hehehe) or Pak Lah remain n voice out to ppl... see i am transparent.. i let ppl speak... i let the ppl rules... i will work for ppl... so i should stay...

Borak Politik...

Aku sebenarnya teringin nak cakap pasal politik... tp aku rasa aku ni bukan ahli... and if i ever talk about politics pun aku akan actually akan tulis semula apa yang aku baca from other blogs, online newspaper etc... so none actually come from my research or genuinely my ideas...

your vote is totally depending on which side of the story u read the most... kalau baca byk sangat opposition nya article... then ke situ lah vote nya and otherwise... but having limited channel in the media for opposition to voice out mmg lah advantage besar kat our current government...

talking about restriction in media... last few weeks even negara-negara arab pun ada sign some documents on restriction in media... (which Qatar n Lebanon tak agree lah)

Arab states slap regulations on TV channelsWeb posted at: 2/13/2008 1:45:3Source ::: QNAcairo • Arab countries, at the initiative of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, yesterday adopted a document which imposes ‘regulations’ on Arab satellite television and bars offending their regimes. Over the opposition solely of Qatar, information ministers of the 22-member Arab League voted in favour of the document.The meeting was called at the request of Egypt, which hosts the Arab League and serves as base for several Arab satellite channels.It calls for the stations "not to offend the leaders or national and religious symbols" of Arab countries.The Cairo document authorises signatory countries to "withdraw, freeze or not renew the work permits of media which break the regulations". It stipulates that satellite channels "should not damage social harmony, national unity, public order or traditional values."

so of course masa kita ada power we'll try as much to stop people talking bad about us...

apart from that... i think there's a serious issue on the roll of SPR... yang sepatutnya jadi org berkecuali... dan ketelusan undi pos... banyak email aku dapat pasal undi hantu like a number of ppl stay at the same address, berpuluh2 org berumur lebih 100 tahun etc etc... again.. it depends on which side u wanna listen to...

the vote is yours... if BN did say to Kelantanese, try 1 term with them and you may see the difference to Kelantan... we could also apply it the same for Malaysians to give 1 term to the opposition, and see how much they could change... hehehe... or shall we listen to Pak Lah that if we decided as such, ia akan membahayakan negara... hmmm...

anyway, i cannot talk much about current PRU12 as i cannot vote from here... which ever party or who ever person yang aku nak pun... therefore if u do not cast your vote... it makes no difference... :-

Round-round Qatar...

so... apa lagi nak buat kalau ada orang datang visit doha... round-round and makan-makan lah... :-)

the first 3 days my parents decided to stay home... cuma ada bawak depa g makan kat luar n beli ikan kat corniche - they were surprised ngan harga ikan2 n ketam yg murah!!!... lagipun depa nak rehat setelah balik dari 10 hari trip Jordan Syria... mmg nampak penat pun...

then come weekends... khamis malam jumaat we held bbq by the Simaisma beach :-) awalnya aku cadang nak mengetam... tp sebab cuaca tak mengizinkan, cancel... mak bapak aku mmg teringin nak mengetam. mlm khamis tu sejuk giler!!! very windy... ramai jugak yg join... tak silap aku sampai dekat 10 kereta join the bbq... loads of food...

on Friday, pepagi aku bawak ke pasar sayur and ikan... nak tunjuk kat mak aku yg mostly semua benda ada sini... then lepas solat, sand duning!!! it was always fun sand duning... my parents enjoyed it, but my mom a bit tense sbb rasa mcm roller coaster ride katanya...

hari sabtu... aku bawak depa buat round trip to north... which covered Umm Slal Mohd, Fuweirit, Madinat Shamal, Zubara dan AlKhor... it was very tiring 7 hour driving trip... but at least depa dapat tgk places in Qatar yg kecik ni....

i guess 3 full day itinerary was a bit too much for my mom... on Sunday, dia dah tak berapa sihat... selsema.. cough n demam.. due to extreme sejuk during BBQ then dust n sand during sand duning dan later streanous road trip... macam torture dia lah plak... it was still ok on Sunday, but Monday mcm nak getting worst, so Tuesday aku bawak depa ke klinik... now she's recovering... :-) and ready to enjoy the coming weekends.... sbb mak aku sakit... tak de lah aku buat makan2...

(later aku letak gambar ok!)

now keje kat office agak busy... plus am so excited for this coming pilihanraya... will blog something on it later, kalau sempat.... anyway... i wanna wish (although dah terlambat

HAPPY belated BIRTHDAY

to my best fren in KL.... razi...

dia lah my family lawyer and legal advisor etc... thanks very much, for doing my chores and always readily giving a helping hand to my family... i am really grateful to have you as the bestest friend and also can be considered as a brother :-) semoga tahun-tahun akan datang make u wiser and healthier dan semoga semua yang dihajati tercapai... anyway, 32 is a really cool number plus being single won't make me feel that i'm too old to be single... hahahaa.. sesapa nak kenal razi... let me know!!! :-) tgh mencari calon dia tu.. hahaha