Archive for January, 2007

SHORT + BLOGS = SHOGs

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Yeah.. I’m introducing a new thing. SHOGs. It’s short blogs. Since I’ll be reporting for work this Friday, I reckon I won’t have much time to write long blogs. So I christen these series of short blogs as SHOGs. But when I can find the time off from work and watching DVDs, of course I’ll write in the usual length.

It’s 10.45pm, I’m gonna go watch the 11.30pm show of Blood Diamond with Kak We. The TGV site couldn’t be accessed and can u believe that NST Journalist sister of mine didn’t remember that we can actually check the showtimes in NST? For God’s sake, she brings home free copies everyday! Memang retard. Off we go now. See.. it’s a SHOG ;p

The Call I’ve Been Waiting Nervously For..

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

I was in the middle of my final interview with Schlumberger when I heard my phone beeped once. When I got out of the door to the lift (after wishing Good Luck to the handsome boy interviewing for Field Engineer ;p), I checked my phone. A missed call from a number I thought was my annoying agent’s. I didn’t bother checking my voicemail.

I went to Mekna’s to see her wedding pictures. On my way there, I felt like listening to my voicemail. And heard it. Shit. It was from Boustead HR Manager asking me to return her call. I called from Farouqi’s house. She was out for lunch. So I browsed through the beautiful wedding pictures. Then I got a call. Tot it was JD but somehow the number look familiar…

Wendy from Kurnia called. Told me they’ve decided to hire me but the CEO’s not around so the offer letter is not signed yet. So it’s not 100% confirmed yetlah coz takder CEO’s consent, but they wanted to let me know about it first.

We went to Soto Shah Alam for lunch (found out my tyre punctured kena paku kat mane ntah) and while I was queing to pay, Boustead’s HR Manager called. Boustead wants me too!!! Alhamdulillah… I was overwhelmed laa jugak coz I received two offers within less than 30 minutes. So i told her I’ll give my answer by Friday.

I’ve spoken to my friends and Mama about it, but the decision I’m gonna make is solely mine. I’m not going to Schlumberger even if they want me because I can’t see any career advancement for accounting/business grads there. I mean, takkanlaaa nak buat "International Staff Payroll" for one year? Eventhough Slb said they can supersede whatever I’m being offered by other companies, I’m not only looking for a fat paycheque, I’m also looking for a job where there is future for career advancement. I don’t want in two years time, my resume will just read "payroll".

Memanglaaaa it’s different kind of payroll since it’s international staff we’re talking about here, involving many countries. But still, it is just that. Payroll. Nothing else. And transfer between divisions depends on "vacancies" and whether your boss will let you go to other divisions or not. How assuring is that?

Whatever it is, praise be to Allah for blessing me with these. I can’t ask for more when I see for myself how my friends struggled to even get an interview. And now I’ve received two job offers in one day and I already feel bad I have to turn one down.

My poyourness during interviews has been paid. So far I’ve never failed a job interview. Alhamdulillah.

Schlumberger interview - AGAIN

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

I was watching one of my favourite TV show - NCIS. They just discovered who murdered the petty officer when my cell rang (it was about 10.25PM). It was Zehan from Schlumberger (it’s pronounced "slam-ber-jay", not "slamber-jer" like most people think). Asking me to attend the second interview. Oh darn. Missed the ending of the episode. I should’ve ignored the call, she sure would try again, yelaa.. sape expect nak dapat phone call tgh2 malam for interview?

I’m running out of interview attire, so i picked my hush puppies cream-ish pants, kakwe’s cream jacket and a light pink tank to wear with the jacket. Okaylah tue.. They did not mention a second interview when I went on Friday. Isk. And everything in their website is about enginnering!!!! How am i suppose to know more about the company????

It’s 3.30am now i better sleep now and just be myself tomorrow. And set aside at least 8 bucks just for parking, if not more. Huehue.. Buenas Noches.

MY BEST FRIEND’S WEDDING PART 2 - The Unforgettable Night

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

Cumpleanos feliz, Cumpleanos feliz, Cumpleanos feliz, Cumpleanos feliz…… this is "Happy Birthday to you" in Spanish (but I can’t remember whether this is the correct spelling or not, I’ll edit later if i have to).

No.. am not crazy.. title above is correct, but today is Mekna’s 25th Birthday (gosh!! we’re a quarter of century old this year.. oh man…!!) so I wanna wish her. It’s also Mek Dek’s and Nipah’s birthday. Oso yeye’s (ejay’s fiance). So slamat! slamat!!! Aku masih muda… still 24.. huehuehue…. (and Na, I just found out that you’re not included in Dog year, coz Dog year started on 25th January 1982, nyeh3…)

So this 2nd part will be about Mekna’s last nite out with the girls as a single girl (or should i say woman?). We invited a number of people but only 8 managed it. After much contemplations, we decided to have dinner at Bora Ombak. The theme that night was "slutty sexy" but of courselaa slutty sexy standard kitoranglaaa.. bukanlaaa standard heritage row… ahakz.

i gotta write thank you emails so i’ll update later later kay. tomoro gotta go buy plet number for my sister’s new car, lusa got futsal tourney. So… paham2 jerlah ek.. till then.. mwahhh!!!!!

Where were we? Oh ya.. Bora Ombak.. We ordered ala carte. Spaghetti, Grilled Salmon.. nothing too fancy. But it took more than one hour for everything to arrive at our table!!! Gile betol laa.. We were so pissed and Maylin even cancelled her order. Then when we were about to pay, their cash register broke down and they have to write down everything and calculate it manually!!! Macam buat maths masa skolah tue.. It took ages for them to do it and another century (yeah am exaggerating but it was that bad okay!) so we told the Manager we’re not gonna pay the 10% service charge. We weren’t being stingy or berkira but come on laa.. u don’t deserve a 10% service charge for that kind of lousy service.

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So we left. Mek Tett left with Nipah and Me and Ili sent Maylin back. The rest agreed to meet us at Alexis GE Mall later. We met up at Alexis and when I took my seat guess what happened? The waitress (or waiter, can’t remember) SPILLED iced chocolate on the table and it sloshed kena MY clutch, my jeans and my buddies yg duduk nearby. I automaticaly said "What the hell is wrong tonight?!!" and I think Ili said "Oh My, we’re Jinxed!" and Mekna said "Is this some kinda bad sign?" (I might misquote a little bit, pardon my memory but it was to that effect laa).

We had our drinks and ate the yummy-licious brownies with vanilla ice-cream. Esoh’s treat. And btw, Siti got her ice chocolate free coz it was hers that got spilled on us. About 12.30am we decided to leave and head to Heritage Row. Ili went drove off alone and the 5 of us (Me, Esoh, Mekna, Siti and Najah) got into Esoh’s car.

The moment we got in the car (Najah in front with Esoh, Siti sat between me and Mekna) Mekna’s sister called her, so she was on the phone. I took out my compact powder but I suddenly noticed some rempits passing our car slowly. So I slipped my MAC back into my clutch coz I didn’t want to get unwanted attention. But things got weirder.

More and more rempits coming around the car (we were heading towards the KLCC traffic light near Yap Kwan Seng) and all of sudden our car was SURROUNDED by countless rempit. Esoh locked the car at the nick of the time. One of them tried to open Mekna’s door. It was starting to get crazy.

They were in front, left, right and behind us. We were TOTALLY surrounded by at least 50 (i’m seriously not exaggerating here!) rempits. We  could barely move. To make things worse, the light was red so we had to stop. One of them banged Esoh’s window really hard I almost thought it was going to break, and believe me, NO CAR dared to move at the traffic light eventhough the light has changed to green. Fortunately there was a car in front of us, so when it moved (very slowly) we followed the car slowly (we wanted to go straight but since we were forced to go the extreme left, we had no choice) and when we found the coast in front was clear, Esoh sped off.

We wanted to call for help but we didn’t know whom to call. And all those people in the cars at the traffic light could only watch okay. Boleh tengok jer… tak berani nak buat pape.. memang there’s nothing they could have done pon coz semua orang takut gila rempit amat banyak(tak layak diguna the word ramai sebab ramai utk manusia, diorang nih setan, lahanat dan yg sewaktu dengannya). We managed to lose them.

We refused to let the psychopaths ruin our night so we went on with our plan to go toDatnite_019
Heritage Row. First stop was Bar Savanh but they were playing house which was not my type of music. We went to Wine Room to listen to the live band. Not as crowded as Savanh.. but i like it that way.. We went back and forth between Savanh and Wine Room and later we went to Cynna. Alaa. malas laa nak update.. having running nose nih dah kol 4.30 pagi. Sambung later kayh. huehue.. gudnite..

 

My SISTER is out of town

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

I’m alone at home, listening to Nickelback and doing my laundry (there are 5 separate categories so go figure how long will i finish all of that bunch of clothes). I’ve both NIP/TUCK seasons 1&2. Picked up season 2 from JD at his office after the MAERSK assessment test at Holiday Villa (the IQ test was quite easy but as usual i took my own sweet time I forgot they only gave 12 mins for 50Qs. Darn).

Kak We went to Johore to help the flood victims (actually NST sent her there to cover the story) so I was left alone last night (usually i’m the one doing the leaving but in this rare occassion, i’m the one left behind), was on the phone with JD for hours then continue YM-ing with Nadd (my senior in ZS) until 6am (we stopped coz she was lagging), I wanted to wait for Subuh but the next thing I know, i woke up and it’s already 11am something. Shit. So much for the new Maal Hijrah resolution.

Talked to Wan on the phone about my future plans (actually wondering what future lies for me ahead) then showered and prayed. Decided to do some housewife-ly chores today. So I sorted my laundry to be done.

I wanna write about the girls night out but i need to check with Mekna first about what needs to be filtered. Ahak. So i’m logging out now to take care of my laundry and watch NIP/TUCK. Adios.

I KNOW I SUCK

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

Yeah i know i know.. been promising a sequel to Mekna’s wedding.. but still havent posted any.. sorry lah peeps, been busy with job interviewslah…

Yesterday got two, today was suppose to have one, but i was in the state of minor gering-ness so i called MSC (not multimedia super corridor ok) and postpone the thing tomorrow.

I already have two other first stage interviews this Friday with Maxis and Maersk but then my agency called me and managed to talk me into agreeing to attend another Schlumberger interview (yesterday was for different post) and cancel Maxis.

Isk… dah penat dah pegi interview.. I hope Boustead and Kurnia bosses will give their approvals soon. I hope I will get either or both coz they are very good listed companies. Then I can choose the best for me in terms of job scope, location (it’s important ok, i’m moving to Bukit Raja in March, and fuel price will rise again this year), salary (duhhhh..) and benefits.