If you don't know how to swim, just jump..

The title may seems awkward to one, but most people would say they are offended..

The realization is simple. First you don't know how to swim. But then you want to swim, but you don't know how to swim! Then, how it is going to be?

A - You try to google how to swim, see videos how to swim, as around how to swim and (forward 1 year) you are still searching how to swim. Your toes not even touching the water as yet.

B - You've seen people do it before. You observe it. You keep on observing. Then (forward 2 years), you're still observing.. coz you think that by observing will make you a good swimmer (when you finally swimming) later. Yet, you're not 'swimming' as yet.

C- You've seen people do it. You don't know how. You've thought of the consequences. You've planned (at least) on how to and what to. You're finally touching the surface of the water with your toes. Then you hold back. You said to yourself "I think i need to learn from the best. There are still things that i'll have to learn". Ok, your toes are wet now, do you know how to swim?

D- You know that people can swim. Both big sized people or midget sized, both human form are capable to swim. You are mid sized. Should have had no problem. You state your aim, you should be able to swim too. This is not rocket science. Then you jump into the water. You struggled for the first 5 minutes. Then you stabilize yourself. Now you can float (at least with lots of effort put in). After 15 minutes, less and less effort put in to float as you've gain some experience on what is the best method to stay floating. After 30 minutes, you've already know how to move forward. Then after 1 hour, you can go from point A to point B safely. You went back the other day to practice more, after 1 year, you're as good as Ian Thorpe..

Which one are you? A, B, C or D?

If you ask me, most people are As Bs or Cs. Not many are the Ds. Please make yourself a D. If you wanna learn how to swim, just jump. Make yourself wet. Throw all of your excuses. But above all, evaluate your risk first!

When winning is not everything..

Yes, you won. Yes I win! Yes you lost, oh, I’m lost :’(

The truth is that, it is easy to defeat someone. You can do whatever things you want in order to defeat that someone. You can dig this and that to defeat that person. You can say this and that to defeat that someone you hate. You can pull as many people as you like and start ‘defeating’ that someone which you hate. You may (or might have) shed your tears to gain sympathy. You may quote the best quote in earth to proof that you are good and better and the best and knows everything. All in all, to make sure that you can defeat that someone, you are winning in a way that you thought that is the bestest thing in the word. To defeat. To win!

Seriously, it is not that hard. Anyone can do that with ease. You choose to defeat that person, you’ll do whichever way you possibly could to do that. You may not realizing that what you’ve done may eat you someday or not sooner. You may not know that you can’t hide forever. The truth will reveal itself.

The hardest part is not to defeat someone, but to win someone.

That is the root of all of the relationships that are known to manhood. Either between you and your daughter, or between you and your pet, or between you and your partner..

Take this word of advice and place it in your heart and your brain and execute at once. You’ll win do it.

I was 30 seconds too late..

Wah, what a title..

Long story short, I was 30 seconds too late to take a mobile phone that fell from a moving vehicle (it was taken by the Petronas worker).

It has been a while since I arrived at that Petronas Station. I was waiting in the car, finishing my BBM conversation with aljoagency on the insurance coverage related to our family. My daughter was being admitted and wifey was taking care of her at KPJ Damansara Specialist Hospital. As I was about to finish reading an email, a car passed by (near my car was parked). And out of a sudden, I head a 'thud' sound. A sound of something fell off the car. It was black and small. The way I see it, it was a mobile phone..

Ok, what am I going to do now? Take the broken phone? Left it there? Let the next car run over the phone? Anyone else saw that? Only me?

So, i decided to take the phone. No one else seems to notice that. I take my things on the passenger's seat (I'll have to look left but the phone fell on the right side of the car - about 5-10 steps away). When I turned right again, I saw a gentleman had arrived to the scene. It was one of the workers there. He was a foreigner, identifiable from the first glimpse of his figure and skin tone. He took the thing, and put them in his pocket.

Ok, i was late a few seconds. Let him return them to the counter or try to turn on the phone again and make a call to the owner or some sort. I didn't see him trying to turn on the phone. Maybe the phone had broken. I saw the battery cover separated from the phone when it was on the floor. The man who took the phone, without even noticing that I saw him picked the phone.

Ok, I decided to continue with my business, queuing up at the Maybank line, to bank in some money to my Maybank account. As I was waiting, i saw that same bunch of guys (that was inside the car before) looking around the entire Petronas for that missing phone. I then tried to seek the man (from inside the Maybank) who took the phone. He was there, looking like nothing is happening, trying to do nothing. Then, came a time where the man (in red Man United t-shirt) asked the very same guy (surely he asked "Ada nampak phone jatuh tak?") but from the reply gestures of the conversation, he (the petrol attendee) said that he had never saw that.

WTF??

He (the petrol man) then walk in a fast pace into the Petronas.

My turn on the cash deposit machine is next. Oh, I can't stand seeing this happening in front of my very eyes. I said to that lady behind me, "Kejap ye.."

Then i rushed outside to that frustrated looking guy (he was about to leave the Petronas) and made a call to him..

"Bro, carik phone ke??"
"Haah, ade nampak tak?"
"Tadi ade Bangla tu ambik.. aku nak gi bank jap.. try tanye Bangla tu.."
That petrol man, never to be seen.

When I finished my thing, I went out and see that Manutd man was having a conversation with that petrol man. From far, I can hear that Manutd man's voice.

"Tolong la bro, kerja I semua kat dalam phone tu.. Bagi lah balik.."

When I arrived there, that petrol man looked at me saying..

"Saya tak ambil, ini lah phone saya (while showing me his white Sony Ericsson flipped phone).. Saya sudah kerja sini satu tahun enam bulan.."

I replied "No, bukan phone ini. Itu tadi phone hitam (I would assume a Nokia or a Blackberry).. I nampak you ambil dekat sana (while pointing to that 'dropped' place).."

That Manutd man replied "Tadi I nampak you pergi belakang buat apa? Mesti you sudah simpan.."

Then I said "Takpa, CCTV ada.. " while pointing my fingers to the CCTV..

They went inside. I think my part is done. It is done in a way, but I really need to go back home now. There are some more important unfinished business that I'll have to take care, sorry Manutd bro..

Pity that Manutd guy. His carelessness is paying some price.
What an attitude from a pump attendee. You are supposed to be trusted, not taking advantages of a mishap.

Hope you got back your 'work phone' Manutd man. And hope you'll be responsible for your lying, petrol man. One year and six months, I just don't know how man other people's things have you taken back home. I'll never respect you again.

This drama happened at Petronas + Maybank + A&W Seksyen 3 Kota Damansara.. If you went there, be careful of that particular man.. He looked nice, but actually he is not.

And never put your things on top of the car while fueling up, most likely you'll forget it. Happened to me once. I'll never put anything on top of the car anymore, unless for a second (maximum) only.

Breakfast like a king

What is breakfast like a king? It simply means - eat a lot! Ya.. A very good morning breakfast will provide you the startup energy throughout the day.. It is essential to your brain as your brain need that boost.. Kalau tak makan nanti otak lembab..

So, I lapar and nak pergi makan.. Tata! ;-)


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Plans. Planned?

They said that people who failed to plan, plans to fail.

This is a quote that you'll have to remember for the rest of your life. Everything needs to be planned. From the moment you wake up in the morning to the moment you sleep again when the night comes. But that is daily plan. How about weekly plans? Monthly? Quaterly or yearly? Or even a decade plans?

Note that plan and wish and New year's resolution are all located in different pages though they may somehow sounded familiar. I'd just got my first G-Shock though I wished that in the year 2011. Though it wasn't the one that I wished, it is in the same model range (Military Watches). Maybe I'll blog about that later ;-)

I wished that. But I didn't plan properly on owning that GA-100-1A. I thought whenever I want to buy it, I can get it online. Furthermore I've seen the exact model selling at Giant (watch shop). I didn't realize on the exclusiveness of it. So that what's its worth. When I came back a couple of weeks later, the watch was not there anymore. And to make it worse, it can't be ordered anymore as they are almost impossible to be obtained. Casio had released a new model range (GA-110-xx).. I went to many watch shop, and guess what? I couldn't find the exact model which I want.. It is real exclusive and hard to find..

So that means: I failed to plan, and it also means, I plan to fail on that (without realization). Though it can be bought online (a few pieces still on sale), it is located at the States and might cost me quite some hassles just to get it here. Ok, let it be. I'm now with a 'hard to find replacement' of it.. Hehehe *evil*

Will start to draw plans and work on it. If you only wish for it and in hoping that the thing will appear in front of you, big mistake. In any possible ways, we will have to plan with whatever. And this applies to everything in life. You'll never know when you'll be leaving the world for good.

I cant help myself on being sorry...

Imagine you had just gave birth to a very healthy baby and your baby is just a couple of weeks old.
Imagine a hot sunny day.
Imagine your baby is hungry (or something else) that he/she cried.
Imagine that you couldn’t stop the baby crying by using pacifier.
Imagine that the baby cried so loud.
Imagine you are waiting for the red light among other vehicle.
Imagine you are with your husband are riding a kapcai bike together.
Imagine you are with your husband are riding a kapcai bike together with your baby.

Imagine all the above, are happening in the same time for you, your baby and your husband.

I met with a couple with a baby wrapped in blanket, with a cap that shield his delicate eyes, faced up towards the scorching sun (it was a hot day), with a pacifier but he keep on crying, with his mom trying hard to keep him silent, with his dad looking long up the road, with the cries that made everyone look at the trio.. It would be quite OK if the baby is a one year old son, but i can place a bet, the baby is merely a month old..

I would say that only a heartless person will not feel anything about that condition..

Questions pondered:
[1] Why is the baby being transported in the middle of the day? Why not a later evening or early morning when the sun is not that hot?

Anyhow, lessons learned here.
[1] Always be thankful to Allah of what we have. If we have a car, some of us can barely own a motorcycle. If we have a motorcycle, some of us would barely have a bike. If we have a bike, some of us would barely have anything and have to walk. If we have to walk, some of us would barely have any slippers to shield the feet. If we walk barefooted, some of us do not have a leg to walk.
[2] For whatever reasons, take good care of all the lives we had. In other words, your decedents, your spouse and everything related. If we have a son, take good care of him with whatever constraints that we had. Some of us gaining five figures monthly but couldn’t conceive a baby though with countless of effort being put.

Again, feel sorry for the trio, hope that you guys can manage a better way of transporting the young, as the hot sun can actually made your baby fall sick, in most cases: fever. Hope all went well, hope that the baby will soon give the mom and dad a better life when they are old. Aamin.

How to charge Ipad2 on a Windows PC.

Not Charging. =(

This is what my Ipad2 is showing when i plugged my ipad on a windows PC. It will say it is not charging. However, though it is showing that it is not charging, it actually 'is charging' but will require a longer time (can't exactly tell you how long it'll take, never tested).

Can you solve this? Yes, by using any Mac. Given it an iMac or Macbook(s).
However, there is a thing called Asus Ai Charger.

Asus Ai Charger.
Download and install this and walla! Your ipad will start charging just like whenever it is connected to a Mac.

Notice that the icon is now with a power (lightning) icon, not a word stated "Not Charging" anymore.

Enjoy your i-devices! Yay!