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2012

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Finally i managed to get the ticket for the show. It was B13 2nd row from the screen at 11:15am Saturday morning show. Crazy isn't it? OK don't ask me why i didn't book online as i thought for a movie that has been screened for more than 17 days will not have such a crowd. 2012, AWESOME! Yes, the digital effects were superb to the maximum. Even though Revenge of the Fallen was quite OK in terms of the effect, 2012 has more 'contents' in it. ROTHF is more like watching 'besi bergumpal-gumpal berlawan sesama sendiri' as uttered by friends. The story line is more or less the same as Deep Impact and the Day After Tomorrow; it is about family values and friendship. Kind of ironic as we value family, friendship as when we are facing troubles. While i was in queue for the ticket (read: singular @ watching alone), i heard this few girls behind were saying, "alaa, must get the tickets for New Moon jugak .. jangan la habiiisss" .. i was like, heeyyy

I Googled Myself

Out of curiosity, for the first time ever i Googled myself. Top of the list, i was relieved as it shows my Facebook account. At least i am on the top of the world, say to speak. Scrolling down, a not so good notation of Nazim Ab Ghani; it says "Nazim Among 13 Killed In Suicide Hit". Scary isn't it? As if my obituary had been written in advance. I will not dare to look further on the next page, fearing for something even worse. :) Seems i dont have much to do dimalam Raya Yang Mulia ini .. and i forgot to call my parents and it is 10pm already .. oh no!! .n.g.

Clueless

There will be times in our lifetime that we become clueless and confused. It is too obvious this evening when i took the shampoo and rubbed them on my face (no kidding!!). Then i realized, there must be something, sub-consciously troubled me for the last few days. I still remember when i wrote something like 'Do whatever you think is right today, but never regret when it is wrong the next day'. I did exactly the same thing, except it was 'wrong' a few hours after that. And i still remember when Julia Robert sent an email from her best friend's father in-law to be, and realized it was a stupid and crazy thing to do. Yup, it was something like that. People do stupid and crazy things, i must admit, and i am no exception. That someone probably 'forbid' me from that usual communication we had, until i can get some kind of clues that i have been 'unforbidden'?? This time, i really need to 'Renung2kan lah' onto myself .. :) Selamat Hari Raya

Atom Smasher: the Big Bang Machine

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I read the morning news today with mixed feelings; happy because such a gigantic leap in science has been achieved; sad because a disaster can happen anytime. Imagine smashing 2 proton beams inside a 27-km long underground tunnel, beneath the French-Swiss border at the speed of light. The machine is called Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The idea is to re-create the Big Bang explosion that the scientists believe as the origin of the universe. I do not know the details of the experiment, but it does sound scary. The experiment is conducted by scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) and cost a whopping USD10 billion!! A Big-Bang beneath the mountains of French-Swiss border? I will not go near any of those countries. :) Renung-renungkan lah, dan selamat beramal!! p/s: will try to catch 2012 this week, probably related to this experiment? .n.g.

Babybot - Coming Soon to You!

Babybot shall land on earth anytime soon just like the autobots. If he landed on Hari Raya Aidil Adha, i have vowed not to name him Aidil Adha or such .. (but Aidil Zaquan sounds nice ... but sound familiar as well, hhmm). Nonetheless, be hold you decepticons. As the babybot shall prevail and protect the human kind .. hukhuk ... All in all, hope everything will be fine, insyaAllah .. pray for us! .n.g.

What AP?

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AP is nothing new to me. We bring millions worth of radar and radio equipment and naturally this requires AP or Approval Permit. With a single letter or we call it End-User Statement from the government, it takes less than a week to get the AP. AP is just a piece of paper.To the public, AP sounds like a 'holy' word. Understandably,they always associate AP with imported cars. It seems that whoever can get hold of this piece of 'toilet paper', they can make money by selling it to those who genuinely want to bring in the cars. OK, where am i going with this entry? There are AP holder who sell AP in bulk, especially to car distributor such as DRB-HICOM (Honda Jazz is imported from Thailand) or AutoConnexion (Ford Focus is from the Phillipines). But this same AP holder also sells to small time car importers for 5 APs or more. This is what being practice in the local AP society. When someone comes to you and said he only sell AP for say 200 APs and above. It sounds fishy.

My First Million

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Looks like my first million (RM) is getting harder and takes longer to achieve. Do you know how to self calculate your first million? It must be on your "Net worth", not on how much cash you have. Ok, this is just a basic calculation: Networth = Asset - Liability (Asset = Cash, Houses, Cars, Jeweleries, Art & Collectibles, Stocks, Bonds, unit trusts, EPF etc.) (Liability = Home loan, car loan, credit cards debts etc.) note: you can also add how much you spend every year on households and "bots", but normally you don't. Looking at the above equation, you don't need to be a mathematician to understand that every year the liability increases. Though some assets like houses increase, you still get depreciation value on cars and relative value (up and down) on stocks or unit trusts. There you go. While someone i know is getting a Nissan Fairlady for a ride, i am still far away from my first million. But this is blessing in disguise. I will work

Market Penetration

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Suddenly, my blog hits have reached to a staggering average number of .. yes .. 5 unique visitors per day. Well, it is such a huge success for me as this is an increase of 70% from the previous average of 3 unique visitors per day. If i were in a corporate world, 70% increase means promotion to Senior Vice President .. While i am celebrating this huge phenomenon success on my side (no i cant celebrate the N9 winning feat of Piala Malaysia), i keep pondering on how i can successfully promote my blog. Definitely readers are looking for something new, and sensational. I am not 'cute' or handsome, and definitely a turn off to female readers .. ha ha. The last time i had readers from Australia, and this last 2 days, i have a reader from NYC!! Look at my visitors' map. *so proud* .n.g.

N9 vs Kelantan: The Good, The Bad and the Bengong

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We knew the result. We have seen the game. We have also seen the 'unneeded' exposures to the youngsters. Enough said, we do not need sports when chaos is what we expect. There are two parties involved; the fans and the authorities. First of all, how the hell it was possible for the Kelantan fans to fill 3/4 of the stadiums? As we can expect, when one side felt superior, then they feel like at home. Hence the unruly behaviour that we saw. Was it possible that the N9 knew they gonna win and therefore sold the tickets to the Kelantan fans (with some profits of course)? We have always seen how the finals in Wembley were held, and we could see how the two teams were well divided into two sides of the stadium. The FAM, hired 1500 RELA to monitor the situation. The gates were open as early as 5pm. If they had put 10 RELA at each gate to check every single bags and did a thorough body check, i am quite sure this can be completed before 8pm. Remember Wembley can occupy 100,000 fans

When Someone Screwed Up

It's a RM2.8mil contract to a French company. Do you know how long did it take for me to finalize the contract agreement? two weeks of sleepless night!! And someone that was supposed to format the document took the older version, format that document and converted to PDF. I was preoccupied with something else and didnt have time to check. Consequently we sent the wrong document to Paris. I had to call the Sales and Marketing Director of Sofrelog, an EADS company to apologize on the mistake. Luckily he accepted my explaination, simply because we have been working together for the last 4 years. My lesson today, check every single document before sending out though you have given the right document first time. People tend to screw up as they don't really care. They are not in charge but YOU are! This is my second entry today. That shows how stressed i am today! Well, seems that Chuck Season 2 is a good program to watch now. A Bientot! .n.g.

Crazy or Not Crazy?

Through out my life, i came out with many crazy ideas. Most of the time out of nowhere. The most frequent and famous of all time is from within the toilet. Yes, toilet or a better word should we say the "restroom" (for the sake of younger reader ie. 27 and below). Somehow, for those who don't really know me, they once labeled me as "strange", "weird" and "slow". OK, we are here not to talk about what those people think, but rather on how my instinctively crazy weird idea is somehow accepted by a friend! Yes, i told him to write a book, and he was like jumping up and down on this simplest idea. Strange but true! (so can i say he is as crazy as i am?) What would be more exciting is that i would be writing probably a few lines for every chapters or may be on some arrangement that we have not decided. We'll see then how it goes. So where's the manuscript my friend?!! .n.g.

7th Anniversary

It's our 7th Anniversary today, though i have to keep reminded her that 1st November is always the day based on akad nikad, whereas she insisted that the 3rd Nov is the day based on reception in PJ. Well, who want to be judge here? please put your comment here. "Should the wedding Anniversary be based on akad nikah or wedding reception?" we have not concluded this for the last 7 years people!! help! .n.g.