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Thursday 5 October 2017

Dear Friend...

Our lives has changed so much since the first time we meet. It's been a while and I can't recall when was our last goodbye. All I remember are the great moments we had with each other. Moments that at the time feels like it would last forever. Do you remember those dreams that we use to tell one another? Dreams of what we want to achieve and become in life once we get older. 

Have you achieve yours I wonder.
We now are much older. Dwelling on memories when we were much younger. Would you have change anything if you could with the thing that you know now? would you do things differently or would you let it be just the way it is?

I hope that you don't live with any regrets.

I'm looking at your page trying to get a glimpse of your life.In a shameful confession, I compare it to mine. It's a normal reaction of a human being I guess. But do know that I hold a little prayer for you and your family happiness.

We were once younger then today, full with hope and dreams not letting anything get in our way. I just hope that your tomorrow will be fill with hope and dreams and the determination to achieve that dream.

they say " Don't let a good friendship die, just because you forget to say hi." So this is my "Hi" to you my old friend.

I'm still and forever be a friend to you event that it has been a while since we spoke to each other.

Wednesday 17 May 2017

How to start finding a Job...


2 minggu lepas aku habis SPM, aku dapat surat masuk PLKN. Belum puas aku enjoy rasa merdekanya lepas SPM dah kene masuk PLKN. Dah la antara 6 orang member kamcing aku, aku sorang je yang kene PLKN. Lepastu pulak Makcik-Makcik mulut jahat area perumahan lama aku tu start sembang cakap budak-budak jahat nakal je yang masuk PLKN. Gua Nerd kot dulu time sekolah. Tapi itu bukan apa yang aku nak ceritakan kat korang.

Lepas aku habis PLKN. Aku kerja kilang biskut Danone selama sebulan. Then aku bukak business burger dekat Majidee. Business burger tu cukup menguntungkan. Sehari aku boleh dapat RM200 untung bersih walaupun dekat kawasan Kampung Bendahara tu ada 7 buah gerai burger. Tapi untung tu cuma bertahan selama dua minggu je. Biasalah duduk pun dekat Kampung Melayu. Lepas dua minggu aku bukak burger tu, ada gerai burger ke 8 yang bukak kat kampung tu. Jarak dia cuma 15 meter je dari gerai aku. (Aku kira pakai pita pengukur arwah Atok aku) jenis kalau aku baling terompah memang confirm headshot lah. Kalau bukak niaga kebab ke, hotdog sahaja ke takpa lah jugak. Ni perniagaan yang sama jugak dia bukak. Member member kampung aku tu semua ada cadang nak bakar gerai tu sebab yang datang meniaga tu dari kampung sebelah. Tapi aku ingat Arwah atuk aku cakap, rezeki masing masing jangan dengki.

Tapi ni pun bukan apa yang aku nak kongsikan kat korang. Yang aku nak kongsikan ialah cara aku cari kerja sebagai alternatif punca pendapatan. Waktu tu aku baru 18 tahun. Member baik aku Darminar cakap dekat aku supaya try call dan datang interview satu syarikat pekerjaan. Ni swasta, fungsi dia sama je macam Jabatan Tenaga Buruh kerajaan, cuma leboh cepat dan berkesan. Bila kawan aku suruh call dan datang interview macam-macam yang bermain di fikiran aku.

*Berapa pulak kene bayar dengan company ni untuk carikan pekerjaan
*Boleh percaya ke company tu akan bantu carikan pekerjaan
* Kerja apa je yang akan dia carikan.

Memandangkan aku ni agak adventures dan jenis nak mencuba aku pergi jugak company tu bawak sijil sijil kelayakkan yang aku ada. Perkara yang paling aku takutkan ialah berapa nak kene bayar untuk khidmat company tu. Aku stanby RM100 dapat poket time aku pergi tu kalau kalau kene bayar apa-apa.

Company yang aku pergi tu nama dia Adecco. Time tu, company ni dekat Jalan Tebrau depan dengan Crystal Crown hotel. Sekarang dah dekat City Square. Aku masuk dan tanya kat reception tu macamana nak cari kerja. Dia terus bagi aku borang untuk isi. Kemudian mintak resume dekat aku. Aku time tu 18, tak tahu pun apa apa pasal resume. Dia siap ajarkan macamana nak buat resume. Lepas tu dia interview aku dan tanya jenis jenis kerja yang aku berminat nak buat. Lepas semua selesai dia suruh aku balik dan tunggu call dari dia. Aku tanya lah pasal bayaran. Ada apa apa caj perkhidmatan ke. Dia pun explain yang diorang tak charge kita, dia akan charge company yang akan ambil kita bekerja. Aku pun balik dengan senang hati tak perlu bayar apa-apa.

Lepas dua hari, aku dapat call dari Adecco. Diorang ada set up kan interview untuk aku dengan satu company. Aku gagal interview pertama sebab gagap bila bercakap. Lepas 5 interview dengan company berbeza dan berbekalkan pengalaman interview yang lepas lepas. Aku pergi untuk interview jawatan Customer service dekat City Bank City Square.

Aku berterima kasih dekat Adecco sebab diorang carikan aku kerja sampai aku dapat kerja. Siap bagi tips interview lagi. Waktu aku dah bekerja dekat KL dan nak cari kerja dekat JB. Aku bukak Jobstreet dan aku diperkenalkan dengan satu lagi agensi pekerjaan Bright Prospect. Company ni lokasi dia dekat bangunan Public Bank JB. Pun benda yang sama diorang carikan aku kerja sampai dapat. Akhirnya aku balik ke JB dan jumpa kerja yang aku nak dengan company yang mampu bayar gaji aku macam dekat KL.

Aku jumpa pulak satu lagi agensi Pekerjaan EPS Consultant. Melalui agensi ni, aku dapat kerja dengan company aku sekarang dengan gaji double dari apa yang aku dapat dekat KL dulu dengan Jawatan yang agak tinggi dalam company.

Jadi kesimpulan pada cerita aku ni, sebenarnya ada banyak agensi pekerjaan yang berdekatan dengan kawasan korang tinggal. Function dia sama jugak macam Jobstreet. Carikan orang kerja. diorang ni pun dikenali sebagai "Head hunters".

Maka korang yang belum ada kerja tu, tak payah tunggu Job fair baru nak cari kerja. Bila bila masa pun boleh. Selamat mencuba.

Thursday 6 April 2017

Reaching 30

It's been a while since I blog. Got lots in my mine. I don't even write in zines anymore. Life has changed. Responsibility had increased. I use to post poem and short stories (unfinished one's) here.
But, I figure that this blog will serve as my virtual diary.

2017, I'll turn 30 in June. Wow, reached 3 series already. But I still feel like 18. lol . I remember  when I was 23, I had this bucked list that I wanted to achieve before I'm 30.

Some of them were Sky Diving, Bungee Jumping, Hiking, Travel to another country, Own a Superbike, Be a Manager, Get Married, Fly a plane and some other stuff that I can't recall. It was in my old blog that was deleted by someone. I wrote a lot of English short stories there. A lot of my writings are there as well.

What had I achieved so far from the bucket list. Hurmmm... Sky Diving seems to be impossible to do, Could still cross off bungee jumping if I go to Sunway. I may also travel to another country this month (Singapore). I got married last year. Yeayyy for that. Wanted to buy a Superbike but my parents wouldn't let me, so I bought a car instead. Still thinking about it tough. I'm not a Manager, just a Senior Executive which equals to an Assistant Manager which is close enough. Owh, but wait. In a way, I am a Manager. I'm the founder and Art Director of De'Press Art. It still counts right ?

I wanted to go on a course to fly a plane in Subang, but it was too expensive. Seems like there's a lot on my bucket list that is not achieved. But, I' pretty much content in life now. I got a great thing going for me in my life right now and there's not a single regret.

Maybe I should list down a new bucket list. Things to do before I'm 40.