December 2005 Archives

This entry is not about any particular recruitment agency, but more on what I've been doing for the last few years in my free time.

I don't know when it all started, but it has become sort of something I do just for the fun of it. At first I believe because I was always on the look out for small jobs that can be done and finished within a week or so. Then afterwards, as I was more focused on my own need and studies, I started matching up clients with the freelancers. (if I can use the term). Redirecting those prospective clients to the freelancers who could do just that.

Nowadays it has become sort of second nature, whenever people talk to me about this or that particular thing that they wanted done, I could always remember a friend or acquaintance who could do just that. Or had an expertise in that field. Most of the time the job is IT related so to speak. As this was my side income when I was studying in USM. It also occured to me that I no longer like to do this odd jobs myself, eventhough I know I can do some of them. This is because I don't want to think of it as a side income and then kill my interest in it for good.

This is what I like to believe as the benefit of having a large base of contacts, and yes I do try as much as possible to never delete a phone number from my handphone. You never know when that particular person is in demand for a simple job tweaking a website design So if you need a man for any job (not any la ) just give me a buzz, I might just know the man to introduce to you

late addendum: Not every introduction goes through well, some failed, some went OK.

Adieu

p/s: I don't charge an introduction fee but a little "mutual respect"** would always be appreciated.
**Check out The movie Fast & Furious for the meaning of mutual respect

This past few weeks have been a good week for me, except for an incident that caused me to go ballistics. But that incident have been settled and done with. Nothing of it to speak anymore.

Anyway, the postings for the KPLI rendah was announced yesterday, and a few friends msged me of where they got their postings, seems everyone is happy with the posting results. A friend who wanted to go to Sabah got it, another who is following her husband gets Terengganu (which is where her husband is). So congratulations to you guys Have fun at your new schools.

I also want to say thanks to all the well wishers. It was a nice birthday this year, and I hope there will be more to come But on a sadder note, my grandpa have just gone down with a fever, seems I'll have to ferry my parents back and forth to my kampung for the time being. I hope he gets well soon

Adieu

The vicious cycle of not knowing exactly what to do each day has to stop I say. This is the downside of having too long a break, you start getting bored. Especially if you are the type who doesn't have lots of money, which in this case is me. Have to be a lil bit strict on the budget.

So yesterday, just to fill in my day, I tagged along my sis as she went of to do her routine inspection of the mall. KB has only one mall, that is KB Mall Went there around 10. Before we went off to KB I went on a wild goose chase trying to find a network access topup card for my sister's celcom. Apparently my sis's prepaid is so outdated that out of 4 shops that I tried, only one had it and then again the shop gave me an e-pay slip. Seems that not many ppl are still using that plan.

After that did we go off to KB Mall. Our first stop was at the Reject Shop, my sis wanted a new pair of pants to be worn when she's on call. I was just trying to find something suitable to replace my old jean. It had this gaping hole in the worst place ever. I settled on a pair of cargo pants. On to our next destination, that is Pacific. Supposedly the only hypermart in Kelantan. Is it? There my sis bought a ton of yogurts, which to my raised eyebrows she said "One week stock!" Haha yeah right! I bet she won't be able to finish it in a weeks time. Bought some veggies and the likes for my mom.

I also bought an air freshener for the car and as an afterthought I bought a chamy, was thinking of giving the car a good wash as it has never been washed since coming back from the dealer, but forgot to buy some car shampoo. Great! My sister then told me one of her friend is still in the hospital after giving birth, she was planning to visit her. I'm not the type that is comfortable in hospitals, so I agreed to wait in the car. It was quite boring waiting for her in the car, so I started to tinker a bit with the audio system in my sis' car. Tuned it a bit to make it sound better. But then again it is the stock clarion that proton installed, so it didn't do much good. Then we went straight home after all that. All in all yesterday was another plain day, but it was a break in my monotonous life.

Today, just to keep myself from getting bored, I managed to clean up my room, rearranged a few equipments. Maybe I'll get a small bedside table to put my laptop on. I believe there's an extra one somewhere. Feels weird sleeping with the laptop beside the pillow. I guess that will do for today, wonder what I'll do tomorrow. All this waiting just to know which school I'm going to be posted is making me a bit antsy.

Till next time adieu

This week has been amazing! First it was my birthday, and I sort of bought my own present this year My family doesn't really celebrate birthdays so it was up to me to do my own celebration. So I went off and bought my own present, I'm now the proud owner of a Toyota Vios 1.5G (the one on the left there ), which I picked up on my birthday The dealer even noticed it and said happy birthday when I picked up the car. And I also got another good news on that day.. let it remain a secret for now

Then today, I was shocked because I got a phone call telling me that my grandpa was warded, so I went down to the ward to find him fit as a fiddle, was even walking around the room. Which really put me at ease. It was just a minor complication, he was having chest pains, most probably caused by his lungs. My grandpa used to think of smoking as a passionate hobby.

To top off a good week, at noon today, I got a message from my classmates telling me to check my posting. They seem to have the info that you can check the result of the postings now. For which I have been praying to get Kelantan, and guess what? After all those talk about no posting to Kelantan, I got it!... Yep, I'll be posted to Kelantan. Gonna go to the State Education Department next week, to check the school that I've been posted to.

To those who is still in the dark, u have the option to wait a bit until the official release on the internet Or just go ahead and give BPG a buzz. The number is on the website

I'm gonna go ahead and celebrate by having lunch Hahahahah!!!

Adieu

addendum: Posting info for now is only for KPLI menengah, KPLI rendah is still unknown.

In just a few hours, 2.30AM actually, I will officially be 26 years old according to my birth certificate. For most of my life, my birthday night is the time that I would actually try to be alone and reflect on what I have achieved. The exception would be the party with my batchmates at USM, the only time I wasn't alone.

Let's have a look back into my past, what have I achieved in this past 26 odd years. Generally there was nothing special about me. I never went to any nursery, but instead I went to a kindergarten at SK Lemal at the age of 5. After that I sort of hang around my mom's school when I was six. At 7 I enrolled in the same school as my sister, SRK Sultan Ibrahim Satu. The premier school of a sort at that time. Spent a few fun years there. I didn't do well for my UPSR though, for which I was told by my father to walk back home by myself. It was the first time ever that I had to walk some 3 km from the school to my house. It was an experience and it told me that my father would not tolerate failure from me.

Then I was sent off to an arabic medium school. SM Ugama Arab Pasir Mas to be exact. The only time in my life that I remember that I can speak 3 languages. Then disuse caused a memory relapse. I did quite ok for my PMR, shared the top spot with 17 other friends from my school. Even got a few invitation to award ceremonies. Then I went off to a boarding school, there I met great people, got a few best friends. It was there also that I was sent off to Japan to attend the ISS (International Science School) at Tokyo Univ. It made me so proud that I flunked my SPM. Which to my surprise, my parents took it quite well.

Luckily I still managed to get into matriculation at Kolej Mara Kulim, there I almost flunked myself again, all because I let myself fall in love with a girl. But I survived the ordeal, managed to get myself to USM. Although I didn't get the course that my mom really wanted me to take up, that is medicine. Which was lucky coz I don't have the aptitude to be a doctor. But I did get my 2nd choice that is Applied Biology, though I did want to change my course into Computer Sc, but never did follow through that idea. For five years I struggled with my studies, extending my study for 2 years where I should have finished my course in 3 years time. But I did enjoy myself learning to juggle my studies with my active university life, what with participating in programmes organized by the univ and taking up posts in 2 society. One was the Persatuan Mahasiswa Pahang, which sounded weird to some ppl because I was from Kelantan The other being the Pembimbing Rakan Sebaya, a stint that was short lived because I don't see them having activities that were beneficial to ppl at all. During all that I was also taking up part time jobs, helping lecturers with their research or taking care of a cyber cafe for a friend or being a temporary teacher.

I guess all that enriched my university experience unlike most other ppl who just breezed thru univ. After 5 long years I finally graduated with an honours degree in Aquatic Biology. Then while waiting around for my convocation, the school that I used to be a temporary teacher called me in to fill in a post. That sort of cemented me in the education world. Having had some experience that caused me to be determined to become a better teacher I applied for KPLI. And that's where I was the whole of 2005, studying to become a teacher at MPIK (Maktab Perguruan Ilmu Khas).

Eventhough I believe that my 26 years could have been better but I would never have changed one bit of it. Because, I believe it is all those experience that has caused me to become who I am today, and eventhough I have not come far in this world I am still proud of myself

Now let us see what the next quarter of century will hold for me

Adieu

Time flies when you are having fun, the past year has been a magnificent year for me. Eventhough the course is a really challenging one with it tight schedule and neverending assignments, but the people that went through it with me has made the experience a really rewarding one.

I would really treasure all of those moments together, all the bad joke and even worst punchline (especially from me), the hours spent doing groupworks, seeing the whole gamet of personality in front of me everyday. From the class jokers, to the quiet ones, from the one always serious in class to the one that can never keep quiet. It has all enriched my life

The class trips was really fun, the almost routine pilgrimage to Jaya Jusco Maluri, the few movie trips, trips to fast food joints, the open houses. Everything was cool I guess those places have never seen a large group of cikgus hanging around

Most of all, I would remember our last few weeks together, the days spent in the auditorium, making jokes and quirky comments behind the lecturer Sadistic cartoonist killing everyone and me being dubbed as Super Rahman who is always reading an e-book. The endless supplies of food by the moms, from a simple muruku to ghee balls.

Seriously I can't remember when was the last time that I had so much fun with a group of people like this, the experience is truly amazing, and one that I will always treasure.

To everyone, if you ever read this (I know a few will chance upon this ) Know that this year has been one of my best years.

I say adieu, till we meet again

p/s: The lecturers were also great, but it was you ppl whom I spent most of my time with.

Dear blog,

It has been a year since I started neglecting you, thank you for behaving wonderfully this year. No panic attacks of finding you offline for no reason at all. No mysterious coding errors. You know this year has been a busy year, with me taking up the terribly packed course. Fear not, as my course have just ended gracefully (I hope!!). You can look forward to a renewal of our relationship

Yours mentally
Mr. Rahman