My grandfather, Yaacob Abdullah died this morning at 4.45am at HRPZII (HKB). He died due to a perforated gastric ulcer and then combined with heart complications. He is the last of my grandparents to go and amazingly the oldest. According to his IC he is 89 years old, but it is estimated his real age is more than 100.
It started with him being admitted to the Emergency Room of Hospital Machang 2 weeks prior, he complained of stomach pain. The doctor diagnosed him with perforated gastric ulcer and was transferred to HKB and receiving 4 pints of blood during the process. Then he had an OGDS. Was warded for 6 days and then was sent home much healthier.
After a few days he complaints of chest pains and was readmitted to the ER at Machang then transferred again to KB, and had to be hooked up to a machine. Almost 24 hours after being transferred to KB he was pronounced dead.
Adieu dearest grandfather…. the one that always calls me as “Cucu Cik” before cuddling me, even to his last days, not caring that I’ve outgrown his lap….. Adieu….
After waiting and waiting and waiting, the results are in. Both failed miserably! Both of the courier company failed to deliver the item on 24th, instead Nationwide delivered the document on 28th and SkyNet only managed to do it on 29th.
Was very disappointed with nationwide as I know that they managed to send my item on time (next day delivery!), but have not been doing so for the last few times. Their excuse was that the delivery truck to Jitra was late on the 24th so that they couldn’t send it out on time.
However SkyNet’s excuse for not delivering on time is stupider I think.
Shipment Problem 3
Date: 29 Dec 09 9:49 am
Problem Code: PC005
Created By: JTR
Comments: CONSIGNEE NOT AT HOME/OFFICE. DELIVERY WILL BE RE-ATTEMPTED
Delivery has been attempted, the consignee was not present / company closed. Delivery will be re-attempted on 30 Dec 09
I mean come on this is an office, you can’t say that they are not there. So many ppl inside and you say “company closed”?.
I might need to look at other avenues. PosLaju’s claim that they can deliver documents/parcels the next day before 10 am in UUM sounds pretty good right now. Perhaps I’ll use them the next time I have to send something to UUM. The hard part is the fact that PosLaju’s (Machang) cut off is 12.30pm as opposed to Nationwide, you can go as late as 6pm. Though the lady at Machang Post Office did say that I can go to KB’s Post Office as their cut off time is much later.
Conclusion, courier services to UUM is miserable (Nationwide and SkyNet). However it can’t be said to represent both company’s as a whole. Maybe I’ll redo this experiment with another destination? However next delivery maybe I’ll try PosLaju.
Went to Johor Bahru to visit my parents, they are currently living there with my sister. Managed to spent a few days there.
On the way there, took the shorter route and arrived in 10 hours… meaning that we took to the hills and there was nothing but greens all the way there. Slept like a baby when I got there… haven’t had to drive long distances for quite a while 
Our holiday there was not filled with sight seeing, but more like trying to cover as many shopping places as possible. 1st day there, we went to the biggest AEON in Southeast Asia, AEON Tebrau City….. and it was big… but couldn’t really explore the place as I brought along my parents and they were already tired after 1 round. But I did manage to make a pit stop to one of the bookshops and got 3 books… hehe
Second day, my wife wanted to see this famous place that made tableware, she learned about it from her friend, it was 80km from JB so we left early. The interesting bit about this place is that not only they make tableware under their own name, but they also produces for other brands, the few brands that I found was from UK and France. Forgot the name of the place is Claytan and its located in Ayer Hitam. My wife bought a set of for our home. Quite a nice set if I may say so.
In the afternoon we went out again and found our way to The Zon Duty Free, eventhough it says that it is duty free I can’t see any real differences for the price, even when looking at perfumes I think the price is almost the same as other places, then we got out and went ahead to Johor second biggest Aeon, hehe AEON Bukit Indah, they had a Crocs outlet over there, I bought a pair of shoes there, a model that they didn’t have in Kelantan, enticed by the promotion my wife bought one as well… hahah, she also went ahead and bought some clothes for herself.
The day after we went to Larkin’s wet market and bought some Nasi Beriyani spices and also bought some coffee. Then went to buy some clothes for the daughter at Danga City Mall..
I think JB has more shopping complexes per 10km radius than any other city in Malaysia, I mean come on, make a turn anywhere and you get to see another complex. I was told this was to cater to Singaporean shopping habits. Never mind as long as the price is cheap hehe 
On the way back we used the scenic route, the wife wanted to see some beaches, so went back via the coastal towns, we got home after almost 12 hours on the road, the trip back was really more tiring than the way there.
Tiring but definitely satisfying, managed to visit my parents, had a chance to go shopping and just a little bit of sight seeing. It was a fruitful trip 
Now on to other things that I left hanging to go on a holiday hehehe
Adieu 
Had a whole episode of gps craze when I was in Jerek, mainly due to my obsession of thinking of places to travel to. Contributed some tracklogs to malsingmaps and then masmaps, then it went down a notch especially after I got married and the split of malsingmaps to malfreemaps.
Now its back up again, but in another form. Now at my current school, I’m the go-to guy if u want to ask anything about GPS. My colleague at school bought a new gps unit by the name of Lark, it came with iGO installed but the seller told him that it could also use garmin. So I was left with the task of finding out how to install it, after 3 days of tinkering with it, I have managed to make Garmin run on it, but the way to turn it on is still not ideal as there is too many steps to turn it on. What would be cool if turning it on only involves one button!
So that’s my latest craze, and it only have fueled me to again get my dream gadget, a CarPC….
So till next time, adieu
p/s: infos about how to install garmin on a wince devices are available at gpspassion.com and gpsunderground.com, I will not entertain questions about it as I’m no expert.
Went for a short trip to KT on saturday, wife has family over there. So we went for a last shot Hari Raya visit since it is still Syawal.
Pushed off very early and arrived in KT at 10 am.. just in time for a late breakfast… Kak Ming (wife’s cousin) prepared a table full of food.. Nasi Dagang, Popiah, Lopak Tike and lots more…. Really loved the Nasi Dagang…. was told it was the nasi dagang from Chendering.. Spent the rest of the morning at her house… Wife and family simply had loads of fun catching up… (padahal selalu je jumpa)…
Highlight of the day was Alya doing a bit of catwalk wearing Kak Ming’s high heel That really did provide us with a bit of laugh.
In the afternoon, wife and MIL wanted to shop for batik so we went to a boutique owned by my wife’s best friend… Enira’s Batik, located at Bazar Warisan. They had a catching up session while browsing through the batiks at the store. MIL and wife definitely was fascinated with the new batik design… digital batiks… very exclusive as it was. They really did have a field day. Both of them bought enough batik that the owner just had to smile.
Then on the way back we made a few stop… one at Keropok Lekor BTB, currently this is the place to buy Keropok Lekor. Then made one more stop near Penarek to buy some deep fried delicacies… Ikan, Udang and Sotong Celup Tepung… simply delish!
Overall it was a good trip…. and will be making it again if time permits..
Adieu 
I started my teacher’s life at Jerek in January 2006 and after 4 years there, I felt that it was time to move on, so I filled up the necessary forms.
A few weeks ago, my wife and I received letters that state that our application is unsuccessful. So we put aside that part of our life and moved on, didn’t really do anything about it.
Yesterday, I received a letter from State Education Dept. My application was successful, my wife and I will be transferred to Machang, effective TODAY! It was a big shock, we didn’t expect it and was neither mentally prepared as we actually applied to be transferred to Pasir Mas my hometown. But instead, I was transferred to Machang which is my father’s hometown.
After thinking it over and over and over… we both decided that we will go there. So today we reported for duty at our new schools. So far everything has went smoothly. My school is SMK Hamzah, whilst my wife is posted at SMK Abdul Samad. Both are approximately 10km apart. After reporting to the schools we went to visit my uncle who is also a teacher at Machang. Asked for his help to find a house for us.
Decided to rent a place at Machang, we realise Pasir Mas is only 30km away, but don’t feel like commuting again like we did at Gua Musang. At least we won’t be feeling like we are in a hurry to get back home when the bell rings
There’s a lot of things on my heart but it is difficult to be worded… Jerek will always be a part of me… I will always remember the fond memories at Jerek….
Adieu Jerek
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After hearing all the good words about both courier companies and the fact that I also use both a lot to send my documents and also to receive them. In fact when I was in Gua Musang, they would personally deliver parcels to me at night as they already know I won’t be available in the day, that’s what we call personalized service 
But then again I’m cutting the internet at my mom’s house, nobody really use it anyway