Job Interviews...

1989
1. License Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Program, Malaysian Helicopter Services (MHS Aviation)
2. Waiter, Nam Tai Restaurant

1990
3. Graphic Artist, Fajar Supermarket

1992
4. Sales Assistant, 7-Eleven
5. Trainee, Hotel Istana
6. Trainee, Eden Village

1995
7. Project Secretary, Kumpulan Guthrie
8. Project Assistant, Sitt Tatt Industrial Gases (Air Products)

1996
9. Engineer, Buro Happold

2000
10. Engineer, Kenkyuu Laboratories
11. Site Engineer, Percon Corporation
12. Project Engineer, H.Rosen Engineering
13. Asst. Project Manager, Pollution Engineering
14. Procurement Executive, Crest Petroleum
15. Project Engineer, PT Technic
16. Loss Control Engineer, Jerneh Insurance
17. Project Engineer, Chemkimia
18. Project Engineer, Chiyoda
19. Mechanical Piping Engineer, KNM Steel
20. Asst. Aftermarket Manager, Federal Auto Cars (Volvo)
21. Piping & Layout Engineer, Toyo Engineering & Construction

2004
22. Warranty Manager, BMW Malaysia (Agency)
23. Sales Manager, Cycle & Carriage Automobile (Peugeot)
24. Workshop Manager, Competitive Supreme (MG Rover)
25. Workshop Manager, Cycle & Carriage (Agency)
26. Manager, TAMCO System
27. Quality Assurance Manager, Zebcycle
28. Service Manager, Auto Bavaria (BMW)
29. After Sales Manager, Proton Edar
30. Branch Manager, Tahb Auto (Competitive Supreme)
31. After Sales Regional Manager, EON (Proton)
32. Service Manager, Hino Motor
33. After Sales Regional Manager, EON (Proton)
34. Service Manager, Euromobil (Audi)
35. Service Manager, Sime Cerah (Alfa Romeo)
36. Service Manager, USJ Car Express (Honda)
37. Service Manager, USJ Car Express (Honda)

2005
38. Branch Manager, Volvo Malaysia
39. Workshop Manager, ACM (Hicom)
40. Branch Manager, Volvo Malaysia
41. Manager, Field Service & Quality Assurance, Isuzu Malaysia
42. Workshop Engineer, Cryogenic Industries
43. Advance Quality Engineer, Delphi Packard
44. Sales Manager, Sime Darby Auto Italia (Alfa Romeo)
45. Manager, Sales and Product Training, UMW Toyota Motor
46. Floor Manager, ENEOS Car Centre
47. Floor Manager, ENEOS Car Centre
48. Head of Marketing (Aftersales), Tan Chong Ekspres Auto (Nissan)
49. Asst. Manager - Aftersales Marketing & Promotions, EON (Proton)
50. Sales Executive, Brooklands Motors (MG Rover)
51. Sales Engineer, Adecco Personnel (Agency)
52. Smart Team Leader, Cycle & Carriage Bintang (Smart Car)
53. Workshop Manager, Swedish Marques (Volvo)
54. Business Development Manager, Netstar (Captor)
55. Customer Service Manager, Goodyear
56. Asst. Manager/Senior Sales Executive, Hyrax Oil
57. Project Coordinator, Bredero Shaw
58. Draughtsman, Rubberflex
59. Workshop Engineer, Cryogenic Industries
60. Project Engineer, Petronas LPG (Agency)
61. Area Sales Manager/Product Developmet and Brand Owner, Proton Commerce
62. Service Head, Mitsubishi Motors
63. Project Engineer, UCT Engineering
64. QA Manager, Paragon Converters
65. Dealer Development Senior Executive (Service), Honda Malaysia
66. QA Manager, Paragon Converters
67. After Sales Parts Manager, BMW Malaysia (Agency)
68. After Sales Parts Manager, BMW Malaysia
69. Marketing Executive, Petronas
70. Service Manager, Torino Motor (Fiat)
71. Service Manager (Dealer Development), Manpower (Agency)
72. Database Manager, Motordata Research Consortium

2006
73. Aftersales Manager, UMW Industries

Now and Then (Kiddo)

On Learning

When I was 6 years and 11 months old, I went to school for the first time. Being raised from a poor family, I never had the chance to go to the pre-school. So, during the first week in primary school, I was crying and running after my mom. No lesson learnt at all.

Only on the second week, I had settled down and started learning. Being a dyslexic (I think), it was very difficult for me to learn even for the simple ABC. By the third day of the second week, most of my classmates, who had attended the pre-school, were learning the vowels and how to make sound out of it, but I was still struggling to learn ABC. By the last day of the second week, I looked at a alphabets "S.I.K.A.T." (comb in English) suddenly I could visualize an image of a comb. That was my first word that I could read. Starting from that word, I can read anything. I just looked at the combination of alphabets and then can visualize them. Very strange method and unconventional. There was no "A" aah "Y.A.M." yam.. ayam for me.

I was happy that I can read. After school, I rushed home and looked for my brothers. I told them that I can read. They were perplexed and belittled me. Of course, how can I read only in two weeks at school? By the way, it was only one week okay, remember the crying thing in the first week? So I proved it to them. I took the "Utusan Malaysia" newspaper and start reading.... I still can remember their mouths opened wide :o

Last year, my daughter Fira went to pre-school for the first time. She was 4 years and 8 months old then. After her first day at the pre-school, she told me that she can recite Surah Al-Fatihah. Aahh?! Are you sure? Ok, recite for me...

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيم
الْحَمْدُ للّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِين * الرَّحْمـنِ الرَّحِيم * مَـالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّين * إِيَّاك نَعْبُدُ وإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِين * اهدِنَــــا الصِّرَاطَ المُستَقِيمَ * صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنعَمتَ عَلَيهِمْ غَيرِ المَغضُوبِ عَلَيهِمْ وَلاَ الضَّالِّين

Amiinn.. Wow! I thought. Although not perfect but some basic tajweed and makhraj are okay. Ye lah, may be she learned it from her brothers before.

The next day, when she came back, she recited Surah An-Nas. After that Surah Al-Falaq, Surah Al-Ikhlas and so on... ooh, sure she learned and memorized them from the pre-school, one surah a day, not from her brothers. Now look whose mouth opened wide :o

On Computer

When I was 12 years and 4 months old, I went to a boarding school in Malacca. The school was relatively new at that time, 2½ years old actually. Provided by the Malaysian Army, the facility was quite advance for that era, computer lab included.

On the first day, during the academic block tour, I had asked my newly found friend "Apa tu komputer eh?" (what is a computer?). He answered "Ala, ko boleh tanya dia apa-apa, dia boleh jawab semua. Macam robot la..." (You can ask the computer anything. It can answer everything. Like a robot..). Ooh..??! I said.

Hahaha actually he also did not know.

Now, my 5½ years old Fira, on her own, log into YouTube, watch 'barbie' clips, play online games, etc. All by herself. Wait a minute. My 4½ years old Jimi is watching GTA clips on the YouTube by himself? Yeah..Grand Theft Auto!!

Happy KL Day

Today, Kuala Lumpur or KL, the largest city of Malaysia is celebrating its 37th birthday since the inception as a city on February 1, 1972 alongside with the inauguration of KL into the Federal Territory of Malaysia on February 1, 1974.

Thank you to all 1.9 million KLites, 7.2 million KL metropolitan citizen, 50,000 Putrajaya folks and 85,000 of FT Labuan community for taking your day off to celebrate OUR 37th birthdays!!

Happy Birthday Selamat Hari Lahir Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag Eid Milaad Saeed Selamat Hari Jadi Joyeux Anniversaire Sun Yat Fai Lok Selamat Ulang Tahun Buon Compleanno Piranda Naal Vaazhthukkal Kul Sana wa Inta Tayeb Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu Slamet Ulang Taunmoe Feliz Cumpleaños Shuvo Jonmodin Suk San Wan Keut Tillykke med fødselsdagen Saeng il chuk ha ham ni da Hartelijk Gefeliciteerd Qu ni sheng er kuai le Feliz Aniversário Janam Din ki Badhai Tughan Kuninmen Maligayang Kaarawan Grattis på födelsedagen

Titles

Throughout my 13,500 days of life so far, I have carried many titles or job designations. The longest being a Student, for more than 16 years. Other titles are listed below (sorted by duration):

Student | Assistant Aftermarket Manager | Sales Manager | Project Engineer | Librarian | Publicity Officer | Database Manager | Assistant Project Engineer | Head, Automotive Research & Database Division | Senior Manager | Associate Project Engineer | Quality Assurance Manager | Draughtsman | Senior Auto Parts Analyst | Project Assistant | Project Technician | Service Controller | Graphic Artist | Waiter | Store Assistant | Project Secretary | Quality Control Manager | Safety Manager | Engineer

Wonder what will be next? For sure the last one will definitely be "Arwah" or "Allahyarham". But before that, I wish for "Haji" first. InsyaAllah.....

Places I'm going... (Flags of the Nations)

This posting is the continuation of my previous posting called Places I've been. The Nations listed below are mostly new places that I'm going (or wish, insyaAllah) to visit in the not so distant future.


Domestic

Johor Darul Ta'zim (Johore)
Johor Bahru Revisitation (last visited in 2006)
January 2009, Work Research


Pahang Darul Makmur
Kuantan Revisitation (last visited in 2007)
February 2009, Work Research


Pulau Pinang (Penang)
Penang Island Revisitation (last visited in 2005)
April or May 2009, Work Research


Perak Darul Ridzuan
Pangkor Laut
May 2009, Company's Family Day


Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus
Tiara Beach Resort Revisitation (last visited in 2006)
June 2009, MRSM Terendak 85 Alumni Family Day


Kedah Darul Aman
Langkawi Revisitation (last visited in 2000)
November / December 2009, Family Vacation 2009


Sabah, Negeri Di Bawah Bayu
Kota Kinabalu
Family Vacation 2011


Sarawak Bumi Kenyalang
Kuching
Family Vacation 2013


Sabah, Negeri Di Bawah Bayu
Mt Kinabalu
Family Expedition 2015



International


Queensland, Australia
Brisbane & Gold Coast
March 2009, Family Vacation 2009


Japan
Ichikawa-Shi, Chiba
2009/2010, Work Exchange Program


South Korea
Icheon, GyeongGi-Do
2009/2010, Work Exchange Program


New South Wales, Australia
Sydney
2009/2010, Work Exchange Program


Virginia, USA
Ruckersville
2009/2010, Work Exchange Program


England, United Kingdom
London, Thatcham, Nuneton
2009/2010, Work Industry Visit / Meeting

Singapore
Singapore Revisitation (last visited in 1996)
Family Vacation 2010


England, United Kingdom
London, Nottingham, Loughborough, Liverpool
Family European Vacation 2012

France
Paris Revisitation, Calais, Lyon
Family European Vacation 2012


Switzerland
Zurich, Lucern, Engelberg, Geneva, Montreux
Family European Vacation 2012


Saudi Arabia
Makkah, Al Madinah
Umrah Ziarah 2014


Indonesia
Surabaya / Jakarta / Palembang
Family Vacation 2016


Thailand
Chiangmai / Bangkok / Phuket / Krabi
Family Vacation 2017


Western Australia
Perth
Family Vacation 2018


Brunei Darussalam
Bandar Seri Begawan
Family Vacation 2019


Saudi Arabia
Makkah, Al Madinah
Haj Pilgrimage 2020


China
Hangzhou/ Guangzhou
Family Vacation 2021


Hong Kong
Family Vacation 2021



United States of America
Family American Vacation 2022

Coming up next in this Flags of the Nations series.... A Journey of Lifetime : Road Expedition around the Globe 2028

Places I've been... (Flags of the Nations)

Malaysia
Total of 12,402 days (all years except 1994)


Selangor Darul Ehsan
& Kuala Lumpur
Total of 10,075 days
(all years except 1994)

Melaka Darul Azim (Malacca)
Total of 1,330 days, last visited 2008


Kedah Darul Aman
Total of 442 days, last visited 2008


Pahang Darul Makmur
Total of 204 days, last visited 2008


Perak Darul Ridzuan
Total of 108 days, last visited 2008


Johor Darul Ta'zim (Johore)
Total of 94 days, last visited 2007


Pulau Pinang (Penang)
Total of 86 days, last visited 2008


Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus
Total of 51 days, last visited 2008


Terengganu Darul Iman
Total of 8 days, last visited 2008


Perlis Indera Kayangan
Total of 2 days, last visited 2008


Kelantan Darul Naim
Total of 2 days, last visited 2001



United Kingdom
Total of 972 days


England
Total of 969 days, last visited 2007


Wales
Total of 3 days, last visited 1992



Switzerland
Total of 56 days, last visited 2006


Indonesia
Total of 8 days, last visited 2007


Russia
Total of 6 days, last visited 1995


France
Total of 4 days, last visited 2007


United Arab Emirates
Total of 3 days, last visited 1995


Singapore
Total of 1 day, last visited 1996


Germany
Total of 1 day, last visited 1991