So cold...

Cold... Oh so cold this place is... What was once thought the fire which gave u warmth was an illusion hiding a blizzard which coldness pierces through the heart. Oh so cold this place is...

You've gotta be proud to be a Malaysian... No. 2

You've gotta be proud to be a Malaysian because Malaysians have very high IQ... or at least we perceive to be. Y? Malaysian's are practically always right... or so it seems...

Scenario :

At the receiving counter of the drive-thru of a certain fast food joint.

Service provider: Sir, here's your order, thank you, please come again.

Customer: *Checking... checking* Hmm.. there seems to be a mistake, I ordered an "A" flavoured XYZ, not this "B" flavoured one.

Service provider: (Without looking at the order, flinching nor hesitating, looking straight into the eye...) No sir you ordered a "B" flavoured one.

Customer: No, I'm pretty sure I ordered an "A" flavoured one.

Service provider: No sir, you ordered a "B" flavoured one.

Customer: Nope it's "A" (Now annoyed)

Service Provider: (Looking annoyed, turn to the monitor and oh... what did he notice, it was "A" flavoured. Turn to friend who prepared the order) Eh, "A" flavoured lah... (Took an "A" flavoured XYZ and exchanged it)

End... yup no "sorry sir my mistake" nor anything which looks at least a little apologetic. That's a Malaysian for you. Be confident in what you do because you know you are always right! But of course, this is only one of the many, many, many situations.

Bentong

Hah... Finally, I am in Bentong now. A district Hospital is not much but I must say, the satisfaction after waiting 2 long years to get into a hospital... or rather out of the rural area was great!! I do miss Pelangai though for the nice people and great collegues, especially my neighbour, Mr. Pare. Great guy, and his wife, great cook. Well, I must say I do not mind visiting them comparing to staying still in Pelangai. For one important reason, I am learning more in the Hospital. For the very moment, I think what is more apropriate is that I am starting to learn stuffs again which I might have forgotten.

To be wishing for K.L. now would be rather late. My compulsory service will be due next year at exactly 18 September. Should I quit? Hehe... it depends....

A transfer

Yup, after a year and a half of waiting, I'm finally getting my transfer. Where to? haha Bentong... Yup, still in Pahang and what more, still in the Bentong district. But this time it'll be a whole lot better. Cause it's a Hospital. I'm finally going to learn new things (pray that I'll be able useful enough) and my brain don't have to keep rotting here.

I'm really excited and can't wait to go over to Bentong Hospital. Yup, I'm still here alright... still in Pelangai and why? causes my friggin letter is still not issued. Sigh... but I guess I'm glad that I'm getting a transfer anyhow. The new pharmacist is already here and I've already started to teach him about his responsibilities here. Lucky him, just a few months ago, they decided to put another assistant here. So now there are a total of 2 assistants and 2 pharmacists at the moment. Besides that, Pelangai now has internet connection. At least it won't be ass boring as it was and there are more houses here for rent.

Damn... where is that letter??!!??

You've gotta be proud to be a Malaysian... No. 1

You must be proud to be a Malaysian because we have no problem looking for a rubbish bin. Everywhere you'd be able to find a rubbish bin and better still, if you're Malaysian, literally everywhere is a place to dispose of your wastes!!

Scenario 1:

Just the other day, driving along some busy road. The car in front of mine, had it's front passenger side window wound down and out came a plastic bag. The sort you see people sell fruits in. Yup, just right there while the car was moving in the middle of the road. Thus, I told Jenny sitting beside me how civilized our Malaysian citizens are and how there care about the cleanliness of their beloved country. Before I could finish my comment, the window on the drivers side began to wind down and tadaa, another piece of crap was produced...

Scenario 2:

This happened quite a while back. Also whilst driving, but this time, a whole plastic bag full of what I assume is waste flew out from the back seat passenger window on to the side of the road. If I wasn't mistaken, the culprit was a child. So this how they are taught huh??

Well, I thought it's bad enough that people are not using the designated bins in certain places where they just throw things into the drain or the road side. But doing it from a moving car!!??!! Man, you've got to be proud to be a Malaysian. Furthermore, seeing as how this is being set as an example for our future generations, I just can't imagine how proud they'd be when their time comes...

Transfer

Another year is about to come (my working years I mean). By this September, I would have worked is this place for 2 years! Plenty have changed here, for the better of course. But still, I don't think I'd feel any regrets leaving this place. My application for transfer had already been sent and I double checked, it had reached the hands of the Human Resource department in JKNP. Now, fingers crossed, I just hope that Ms. Wee will allow me to transfer to Bentong Hospital. She, at least I could trust in helping me out. Unlike the comfortable arses sitting up at Bah. For 2 years had my appeals and applications been either turned down or worse still KIVed till no end. I guess this is the way to shoo away the 80% they estimated annually. Great job!!

Really really hoping hard to get to Bentong Hospital. At least let me have a half a civilisation than to none...

Shoutout!!!....

Sometimes I get questions like "Why do you keep everything to yourself? Why don't you tell it out? How are you going to expect people to understand you when you don't tell?" Well, the answer is just simple, it doesn't make a difference. No one will be interested enough in another's problems. Say you'd like to hear what I have to say. But then, do you really listen? Halfway through, you'd be too bored and will try to end things by giving unnecessary solutions. Then get annoyed if I don't take it into consideration.

If someone is willing to listen, they listen slowly. Not when they feel annoyed that you are keeping something to yourself. They'll listen to you actions and how you act. They'll pay attention and ask of your opinion before making any of their own assumptions as the best solutions. They not just say "Oh, you are just paranoid and impossible!" How does someone expect you to tell when they keep giving you such feedbacks? Then after that they'll blame you for not telling, for keeping things to yourself, for holding it in.

There is a limit to how much you can hold in before it's too much... Everyone is just too selfish to care about another's problems. They have their own problems too, but are not willing to put that aside when they are trying to listen. So that's why, "Why tell? No one's listening..."

TAMRON AF 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Dill VC

I recently just got a new lens. Actually after a looooonnnggg survey here and there. I wanted a longer telephoto lens and so have to surveying. At first, I was aiming for the Canon 18-200mm lens but it was a bit expensive, around RM2900. Then this new lens came in just at the right moment. The TAMRON 18-270mm and with a cheaper and more affordable price. Even then, it's still not cheap and I don't grow money on trees, so I continued surveying with my target set.

The first price I got was from a online shop and they quoted it for RM2590 and it's online. So I went lens hunting shop by shop and until last Saturday, David and I went to this place in Pertama complex and the salesperson, a super effective sales uncle in my opinion, gave me his best price of RM2250. Well, that's the story on how I got it then...

The new toy

The "tai phau"

The TAMRON 18-270mm is a really wide range telephoto lens. With wideangles at 18mm and zoom up to 270mm it gives me more convenience in a single lens. The picture quality is good too. Besides, this lens allow me to take 1:1 macro pictures and thus, it's perfect for an amateur like myself. Now, I can take the picture I've always wanted too... the moon...

With VC, a crucial technology for a telephoto lens

The only downside of this lens is that it's heavy (well, inevitable), the focus is slower than a Canon lens but for me it's still reasonable (maybe when I go into wildlife pictures I'll see the differences) and the focus is quite noisy.

But, now I can take this kinda pictures!!! Compare with the moon picture of the "Smiley in the sky" What a huge difference!!!

The Moon