December 24 2014, 5.53 pm


There was a time when I'm totally out of choice. So I simply lock the door and and sat in a corner. And stay silent for months. Waiting, waiting, and waiting. No answers from anyone.

Okay. I lied. I have attended an interview before, in Wangsa Maju. But there's no answer from them.

Waiting, waiting, and waiting.


And then someone wants me to meet her in her workplace. It's a new factory (but an old company), and they need lots of new workers. She asked me to work for her, as a supervisor. She is an assistant manager of a department. So I simply went there, asking for a secured job.

And they said something like working hour is around 7 am - 7 pm daily, Monday to Saturday, with not-so-high salary, etc. And I just accept it, because I have no other choice. Seriously, getting a job is extremely difficult nowadays.

And then there was this one call from I-don't-know-who.

"You're invited for an interview this Friday." - This call is actually from a company which is quite near to the one that I went for interview. I simply go there and fill the form, with no intention of getting hired there. Somehow, they call me for interview.

And there was another call. "You're hired as a production engineer. So please came in on this date, and you will need to sign your offer letter"

Whoa!

I went for supervisor interview, but it turns out that I was hired as an engineer.

And there's also another call a few days later. The company that I went for interview in Wangsa Maju called me, asking whether I'm still looking for a job. I replied "I'm hired for a company and will start working next few weeks"

And that was my story of getting hired.

In the meantime, my job is not really involve with what I've learned in UTM. Because my job scope involve with chemical/mechanical/manufacturing engineering. The only thing I need to focus is to monitor the parameters - temperature, flow rate, machine speed, etc. In a simpler words, it's not my dream job. But, whocares? As long as they gave me money, I will work hard for them. Besides, It's just 20 minutes form my home. Das ist ein Katzensprung.

Somehow, the story does not end there.

Someone asked me to submit my resume to her. She was a friend of my mother. Not really a close friend, but a friend. She says that she's looking for an electrical engineer (or electrical engineers) in Subang, I think. But once the job there is done, the workers gonna serve the main company - which is outside of Selangor. The good thing is, I can demand for higher salary. The bad news is, it's in Sarawak.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

There was time when we're out of choice. But there's also a time when we're full of choices.

Maybe, it's my time for "the time for full of choices" and no more "the time when you can't make any choice". But, I still can't make any choice. I'm thinking of submitting my resume sooner or later, but there's no guarantee that they will call me. Or even if they hired me, I I'm still unsure whether I should work for them or not.

And, if I leave now, what will happen to the other production engineers? What will happen to the company? Are they ready to accept this news? 


It's my dream job.

And it will be in Sarawak.


Make your choice. Are you ready to be strong?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

~Natural Cure~

December 14 2014, 6.40 pm

I've finished Tomb Raider 2013 for PlayStation 3 today. It is a truly a great videogame. It tells the story of Lara Croft, the young archaeologist  on her journey to become a survivor.

The story revolves around her decision to explore a certain part of of the Pacific ocean using a new route, which leads the whole exploration team to be stranded on an island. And her decision leads to the death of lots of people, and she feels so guilty to everyone. As she tried to protect and save all of the survivors, collecting relics and documents, using bow and shotgun, she becomes who she's meant to be - a tomb raider.

I spend the whole week to explore most part of the island. Looting from enemies, animals and plant to get experience and buy the skills .Getting salvages and upgrade the gears. I think the best part of the whole game is in the last stage of the game, where she tried to save Samantha.There's a lot of Solarii army and also the Stormguards that protects Queen Himiko. (And there's lots of bloody scene, which is why this game is not suitable for children)

There are three types of Survival Skills available -Survivor, Hunter and Brawler. Survivor helps Lara to survive and getting more experiences, tracking items on the map, getting more salvages, etc. Hunter is suitable for those who loves to make killer headshot and long range battle, while brawler is for short range attack.

The best weapon in the game is the final bow, which is the Competiton Bow. It can penetrate many solid surfaces, and suitable for one-arrow killer headshot. Plus, we can combine it with Napalm Arrows or Explosive Arrows.(Her signature weapon, the two pistols/handguns are only available at the end of the game, but we can't use them throughout the story mode after we finished the game.)

There'll be the sequel for this game next year, with title of 'Rise of the Tomb Raider'.

*****

I'm thinking of three videogames I wanna play in the future - Arkham Origin, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag and also Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark for PS3. And also Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire for Nintendo 3DS (but I don't have Nintendo 3DS. Huhu.)

That's all for now. Thank you for reading.

Oh, minggu depan cuti seminggu! Woohoo! Seminggu la bertapa depan tv tu nanti. Eheh.

~Natural Cure~

December 18 2014, 4.48 pm

I've started playing Tomb Raider 2013 for PS3 last week, but i haven't finish it yet. The latest gear that I got this morning is the grenade launcher. installed to the rifle. But my favorite weapon is  the bow (because it is silent and can be charged before release the arrow), followed by the shotgun (I use it for short range attack, instead of the climb axe that Roth gave to Lara Croft). And yes, this is the main reason why I didn't blog last week. Eheh.

Anyway, hari ni Selangor cuti. Engineer muda sorang ni pun main Tomb Raider dari pagi. Tapi tengah hari kitorang satu family keluar tengok wayang. And we decided to watch Big Hero 6. Jujur saya cakap, saya memang tak tau cerita ni pasal apa. Beli tiket pun atas dasar nak cepat-cepat masuk pawagam dan keluar awal. So cerita tu je la yang ada before 1 pm. Best gila kot cerita ni!

Bagi saya, cerita ni sedikit sebanyak membuka minda penonton tentang kemajuan teknologi pada masa depan. Dan cerita ni jugak menekankan kepentingan kreativiti dan sumbangan idea-idea gila daripada inventor/engineer/scientist kepada dunia.

Baymax is quite cute. Hoho. Saya boleh ketawa sekuat-kuatnya kat pawagam masa Hiro dengan Baymax lari dari villain yang pakai kabuki mask tu. Waktu Hiro 'sumbat' Baymax kat dinding dalam warehouse tu. Tapi waktu Baymax dapat kostum kedua dia, he lokks so cool! Idea microbot yang boleh pecah dan bercantum balik tu ala-ala transformium dalam Transformers: Age of Extinction, Benda ni macam nanobot la jugak. Nama bandar cerita ni San Fransokyo, gabungan nama San Francisco dan Tokyo. Nama watak-wataknya pun ada mix American dengan Japanese. Maksudnya ada percampuran budaya la antara barat dengan timur. Tapi klimaks cerita ni memang sedih la jugak. Sebab Baymax terpaksa korbankan diri dia untuk selamatkan Hiro. Hiro pulak waktu tu dah mula sayangkan Baymax.

I suggest that semua engineer dan juga student untuk elektrik/elektronik/mekatronik/mekanikal tengok cerita ni. Banyak benda korang boleh belajar dari filem ni.

That's all for today. See you again, insyaAllah.

~Natural Cure~

November 30 2014, 8.59 pm

Hari ni genap setahun tinggalkan rumah lama dan mula tinggal kat rumah baru.
Actually, hidup kat area pekan ni rasanya lagi best daripada duduk kat kampung sana.
Nak masuk highway pun cuma berapa kilometer je dari rumah.
Nak tengok wayang pun 5 minit je tempoh perjalanan.
Bas awam pun ada lalu setiap 15 minit.
Tempat shopping pun dekat.
Stesen bas pun lagi dekat.
Senang citer memang best la hidup kat sini.

Tapi kadang-kadang rindu la jugak kat Kampung Delek sana.
Kat sana boleh dengar bunyi komuter lalu. (Stesen Kampung Raja Uda)
Boleh jugak dengar bunyi kapal bunyikan hon dia (sebab kampung saya dekat dengan pelabuhan.)
Sebulan sekali, saya akan balik sana untuk ambik duit sewa rumah naik bas awam.
Boleh nampak setiap jalan yang saya pernah lalu zaman sekolah dulu.

Dah dekat 7 tahun sejak tamat paper Biology Paper 3 waktu SPM dulu.
My friends and I dah janji nak stay in contact even after zaman sekolah tu dah habis.
Sebuah janji yang termeterai di luar pagar Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Telok Gadong.
Tapi apa yang berlaku hari ni, semua orang pun dah ada haluan sendiri.
Apa yang dah jadi kat diorang, saya tak pernah ambik tahu.

Anyway, hari ni jugak kami sekeluarga ke Alor Gajah Melaka.
Kali terakhir saya ke selatan, saya rasa tahun 2013.
Waktu konvo UTM yang ke-51.
Dah setahun jugak la tak lalu Negeri Sembilan dengan Melaka.
I think Melaka ni negeri yang orang suka buat rumah atas bukit kot. Haha.
Tapi tak sempat merasa asam pedas diorang.
Singgah tepi jalan tadi pun beli tudung saji rotang, dodol dan asam. Lepas tu balik rumah.
Tak berjalan sangat pun. Tapi kira ok la sebab dapat bercuti sekejap naklepaskan stress kerja.

I think that's all for now. Thank you for reading.

Assalamualaikum.

November 23 2014, 9.32 pm

So I'm officially 24 today.
And my mum said 'dah matang'.
And we ate the mango cake that my elder brother bought.
And also the preserved mango (jeruk mangga) that my little brother made kat tempat kerja dia..
Memang hari mangga sedunia la hari ni.


Kalau takde aral melintang, kalau takde angin lintang,
kalau takde belalai air mahupun belalai darat,
insyaAllah lagi 5 tahun.
Ada rezeki, mungkin dicepatkan lagi.
Doakan ye.


Cerita untuk minggu ni:

Tempat kerja dah dapat greenlight untuk ISO. Woohoo!! Tapi certificate tu akan ada selepas 6 minggu la macam tu.

So, congratulations to the four engineers (including me), kakak production coordinator kitorang yang sama-sama kerja sampai 9 malam last week, dua orang senior dari plant lama yang banyak bantu kami, dan juga our production manager yang sanggup tolong salin balik data-data bulan Ogos tahun ni. Kalau takde diorang ni, memang kitorang semua takkan menang tangan untuk settlekan documentation for ISO ni.

Minggu ni jugak menyaksikan drama air mata dan panas baran kami semua.

Bayangkan, kitorang dah kerja hari-hari sampai 9 malam (Isnin-Sabtu), dengan masalah kenderaan masing-masing yang meragam, tinggalkan anak-anak dan suami kat rumah (tapi saya takde anak dan suami la), dengan harapan kami dapat selamatkan syarikat kami. Big boss juga ada cakap "you orang kena kerja Ahad ni. Boleh ambik cuti (replacement) hari lain".

Dan bila kerja dah siap, tiba-tiba bos cakap (sebenarnya, orang atas dia yang cakap.) "Kamu tak dapat cuti sebab kamu takde overtime". (Kerja executive memang tak boleh claim elaun untuk overtime.)
Dalam bahasa mudahnya, ayat tu sama dengan: "Kamu buat semua ni ikhlas semata-mata. Tak boleh mintaak cuti atau pun claim duit, sebab ISO documentation ni is just for special occasion only."

Korang panas tak dengar statement ni?

Depan saya dan 2 orang senior saya, kakak coordinator kami menangis.

Kami korbankan banyak masa dan tenaga nak menulis dan menapis data-data tu. Alih-alih kami tak dapat apa-apa.

Jujur saya cakap, memang saya dah pasang niat nak sabotaj tempat kerja tu. Biar bagi tempat huru-hara dan tunjuk kat auditor yang tempat tu bukannya utopia yang perfect segala benda. Kitorang yang tolong diorang, lepas tu diorang boleh pulak cuci tangan. Kami bukannya claim duit pun. Kami nak masa rehat kami je.

Malam tu, akak tu hantar mesejkat saya.Katanya hal cuti tu dah boleh claim. Ini pun atas jasa manager kami yang jenis berdiplomasi dengan admin. He's the real hero in this story. (Yang kelakarnya, orang atas dia pun tak boleh fight for us.)

I hate to say this, but racism tu sebenarnya wujud dan masih menebal kat Malaysia. It's the truth yang semua orang kena terima kat Malaysia.

Saya pun tarik waktu cuti saya ke hujung bulan depan. Nak rehat puas-puas time Krismas nanti (kalau diluluskan la)

Next week (starting tomorrow) buat kerja-kerja engineering yang tertangguh 2 minggu lamanya.

Oh, next week is 30th of November. Which means next week akan genap setahun pindah rumah baru.

Dan hari ni jugak dah genap setahun saya 'lenyap' dari Facebook. So, saya antara living proof yang manusia ni boleh hidup tanpa Facebook. There are good things about FB, tapi ada jugak yang sisi gelapnya. Macam hari ni keluar kat berita, tiang railway for MRT yang katanya senget la, merekah la, apa la, semua tu disebarkan oleh engineer cap Facebook dan Whatssapp. Yang hakikatnya kita pun tahu diorang ni taklah sebijak mana pun. Rjin sebarkan rumours tanpa soal selidik. Yang tolong sebarkan pun serupa je. Jangan jadikan "saya tolong kopi dan pasta je, bukan saya yang tulis cerita ni" alasan untuk cover kesalahan korang. Wahai netizen, keyboard warriors dan pengguna sosial media sekalian, belajarlah untuk jadi cerdik ye. Bukannya ikut flow semasa yang diorang claim benda tu mainstream.

That's all for now.
Assalamualaikum.
~Natural Cure~

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