Mindblowing Power Of Microsoft Excel. A Post That is Shorter Than The Title Given To It

Found out a local college using only excel to manage student records.

Cari Paedo

During the time when h1n1 was such a huge thing (still is, except that it got it mutated into bigger numbers), I was one of the fathers who end up on the road trying to find a hospital that could fit in one more sick child in their place.

My first is prone to fever those time and because of how he is during fever (can get sawan one), we always get worried when temperature isn't what it's supposed to be. It just so happens that during the worst of h1n1, he got one of his worst fever.

I remember that time, it was days after i took my oath with my sheikh.

From the government hospital, we were told the place was full. They wrote up a letter to a hospital of choice (I named a panel hospital) and off we go to KPJ kajang. I didn't know where it really was and taking directions at night was really hard. By the time I was in the proximity of the hospital, I was already in a horrible mood born out of worry and misdirections.

So we got to the hospital and I went in first with the letters to the counter.

"Kat sini ada paedo? Paedo?"

The nurses looked at me with a blank face and the more dignified side of my brain gave me a nudge and a poke to help me realize what I was looking for. But with a straight face and knowing these Malay nurses (racist jugak aku ni) doesn't have a clue at what I just asked for, I showed them the letter with a rather annoyed face.

And for this God in His wisdom slapped me with a lesson on humility.

The nurse read the letter, returned my annoyed look with her own and handed me back the letter. "Salah hospital la. KPJ lagi depan sana".

Ouch that hurts. dignity, thou shall not recover.

Dah la cari paedo, hospital pun tak betul.

parenting. haih.

My Son,

"Consult your heart, even if people give you rulings, give you rulings and give you rulings!"

- Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w)

"Oh my heart, trust in Allah, for He is the Giver and the Withholder And be content with what Allah has ordained, for to Him you will surely return

Knowledge is with Allah, and good is in what has come to be

Oh my heart, rise and rest, for the troubles of this world surely will not last Look, observe and comprehend, that which is ordained will come to be 

In submission you will find peace and know that what will be will be And he who makes strong his heart, will find in this world serenity"

- Khalid Belrhouzi, The ballad of the content

We have high hopes for our kids. Even before they are born. Sometimes even before we're old enough to know how to make kids. :)

There is a certain helplessness you feel. A certain anguish. A certain fear. Those certain feelings come when what you dream seems to be made harder. Seemingly closer to impossible. It's an oddly intense feeling. For the dreams not meant for yourself. For the hopes you have for someone else. For someone you really care about.

It's just a small dream, a simple hope. All you want is that everything to be just fine. Tapi kalau ini pun macam jadi susah nak attain... you do feel your energy leaving you so quickly.

But we just gotta keep on dreaming, keep on hoping. Besides, it's not us that calls the shot. Be and it will be. Kun fayakun.

And often, it is the strength is given to the other person, our kids, the one whom our hopes and dreams are for. they surprise  us. They show us something that even we don't see coming. They pull off stuffs even we cant imagine.

Even that I have as a dream and hope.

Be fine, son. And always remember: Daddy loves you.

Sleep tight.

Aqiqah

I attended an aqiqah yesterday, celebrating an almost 50 days year old cute baby girl. I knew her mom from my first blog iteration. I just realized that it means I have been blogging for 8 or 9 years now. From everyone being single and studying and now all with kids.

Time sure flies.

We never really met before. Chatted quite frequently those days (ngumpat another blogger) but after awhile (and being inactive on a yahoo account) kinda stopped talking. And then add add kat FB, didn't talk much still. And then she married and voila... anak 50 hari dah.

I got to snip a few strands of the baby's hair (this would then be weighted and the same weight of silver value will be donated) and pray her a happy life. It's just weirdly awesome that I went back to Cyberjaya smiling all the way.

life eh... time sure flies.

Insanity

I got my hands on this brutal exercise thingy called insanity. As the name suggests it is quite insane for my standards (couch potato). Very fast and makes u sweat like you've walked a mile under the desert sun.

Not that I've ever walked a mile under the desert sun but I imagine the sun is the same anywhere on earth.

It's roughly 20 minutes and I managed to get to 10 mins. Yey! _almost_ HALF!!

after that I was in the toilet puking every liquid in my tummy and felt like I was going to be mc'ed for the rest of the week. When I was feeling a bit better, i took a gulp of much needed drink and went for another bout of puke. Sambung buat2 pengsan dekat lantai again.

One would assume after seeing light at the end of some odd tunnel, a person would avoid another session altogether. but being the macho and.. oh u know.. just being me, I'm going to try it out again tonight. Hopefully after 60 days I look alive.

IF... if I don't decide to fall back to pilates. Which sounds so much pleasant after last night.

Closer

I forgot that I can email posts to the blog.

I used to do this and for me it's one of the best way to blog for
personal sites such as this one. Emailing seems to be at a personal
level (I don't use email much for work). It's like writing to someone
you really know. So kinda adds to the feel. A motivation of a sorts too.

I do know you. In a way more than your friends does. Perhaps... without
you knowing... I know YOU.

(insert PRamlee's creepy song here).

Oh... to my bloggers friends who haven't written in a while, why don't
you drop me a hi sometimes. Tak baik diam lama2 woo.

Terang Lagi Bersuluh

Properly lighted and then you highlight summore.

and oh.. this post has an abrupt ending.

I was at a barbecue yesterday and the host was using this new bought in UK made in China delivered to Malaysia Via Ship gas grill thingabob. Newly bought and on it's virgin grill (sounds like a scene from hensel and gretel kan. hehe).

It took awhile to figure out how the thing works and we managed to get it to 'just working'. We had no control over how intense the fire was and it was the first time anybody used a gas grill. It was also dark and the light outside was not as bright as we like.

Over the fire there's a cover with several holes to help focus the heat or something. We were worried the fire would go poof and create a scene from the movies where everything would dramatically go boom. So we tried looking several angle to make sure the fire's still there.

So datanglah engineer ni dengan lampu suluh nak try intai api tu ada ke tak.