Friday, 30 March 2012
Monday, 26 March 2012
So you want a day off huh?!
So this is you, each day of work huh?
And this is your week...
So you want the day off :-
Lets take a look at what you are asking for :-
There are 365 days in the year available for work.
There are 52 weeks in the year, in which you already have two days off per week, leaving 261 days available for work.
Since you spend 16 hours each day away from work, you have used up 170 days, leaving only 91 days available.
You spend 50 minutes each day in coffee breaks which accounts for 25 days per year, leaving only 68 days available.
With 1 hour lunch period each day, you have used up another 46 days, leaving only 22 days available for work.
You normally spend two days per year on sick leave.
This leaves only 20 days available for work.
We are off for 5 holidays per year, so your available working time is down to 15 days.
We generously give you 14 days vacation per year, which leaves only 1 day available for work, and I'll be damned if I'm going to let you take that day off.
SO !!!
You are one lucky fella! Don't ever forget that!!
Sunday, 18 March 2012
Sepetang Aktiviti di HomestayU1 * - Mama dan Mia

Lintas je Persiaran Surian dah pun sampai IPC Shopping Center
Tak sampai pun 5 minit berjalan kaki
Mula-mula singgah di Brands Outlet
Masuk pula Ace Hardware
haa.. adapun yang mama nak.. stickers dan paip mesin basuh
Mia mengajak pula ke kedai buku
Jom ke Popular kat 2nd floor
Seronok membelek-belek buku
Tak sah keluar Popular kalau tak tersangkut satu, dua buku
Waa..cantiknya bag ni..kat kiosk depan Popular
Harga boleh tahan juga, menghampir RM100
Tapi takde pula warna merah yang Mia suka
Takpelah..kita cari kat lain
Masuk pula Harvey Norman..mama nak cari waffle maker
Kemudian melangkah ke Ikea
Tak lama, terus ke bahagian fabric, beli apa yang plan
Kita rehat dulu...ambik snack
Hotdog + air untuk Mia cuma RM3, mama pula suka karipap RM2, icecream RM1...murahnya...
Melintas jalan menuju The Curve
Metrojaya,
Living Quarters,
Debenhams, dan banyak lagi..
Masuk kedai Girls
Ada pun bag yang Mia berkenan
Pandai Mia..pilih yg ada diskaun
Tak larat nak keluar masuk semua kedai, kaki dah lenguh
Kalau hari minggu, suasana lagi meriah dengan flea market
Mama... tu KidZania... Mia tak sabarlah
Kan kata nak kumpul duit sendiri.. dah cukup ke...
Kata nak datang dengan Afiq, Nadira, Aisyah...
Iyalah ma...
Kita ke Tesco kejap yaMama nak beli sikit barang..itu dan ini..
Opps.. troli dah penuh, camana nak balik ni, kaki dah penat menapak
Kejap..mama call..
Hello ayah.. boleh jemput kita kat Tesco!!
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Experiment Bodoh Dengan Air Asia
Pada suatu hari, hampir setengah hari aku berada di rumah seorang kawan... beliau sedang "modify" tempahan tiket AirAsia (destinasi penerbangan dalam negeri, tetapi menyeberangi laut).
Aku tahu dia telah tempah tiket-tiket tu. Sebabnya, dia mengomel yang dia telah "TER"tempah bagasi yang sebenarnya dia tidak perlukan.
Aku : "Kau nak bawa kapal harta karun kesana ke sini ke sampai tempah bagasi 20kg each tu?"Dia : "Bukanlah! Tak ada barang pun, cukup sekadar hand-carry aja"Aku : "Habis tu?"Dia : "Entah macamana aku TERTEMPAH, pergi dan balik pulak tu. Pening!"Aku : "Itulah.. lain kali kalau nak tempah ticket AirAsia, jangan tergesa-gesa. Kau kena perhati betul-betul sebab AirAsia ni agak pelik sikit tempahannya. Seat VIP telah di "defaultkan", jangan main taram aja. Melayang RM30 tanpa kau sedar. Tang insuran pulak, entahlah.. click cancel to say no? Entahlah! kat sini tick to say "yes", kat situ pulak un-tick to say 'no". Tak boleh ke "tick" to say "yes" all the way macam biasa-biasa orang dok buat? Banyak aku dengar komplen pasal web tempahan AirAsia ini yang begitu confusing.Aku : Dia akan refund ke kalau kalau "modify" to cancel bagasi kau tu?Dia : "Entahlah, tak ada cakap pulak kat sini. Tapi bagasi ni memang boleh di modify kan.Aku : Modify to cancel the luggage?Dia : Ya.. modify to down-grade dari 20kg to 15kg.Aku : Cubalah.. pasti dia refund kut? Tapi aku dengar ramai orang komplen nak dapat refund tu bukan main lama. Jangan pula kau pergi telefon AirAsia tanyakan refund kau sebab orang kata telefon charge tu sampai RM2 seminit kalau kau call AirAsia.Dia : Mahalnya!!!
Aku : Ya lah, AirAsia tak mahu kau menyibuk - so much for customer services.Dia : Ok! dah! Aku dah modify. Down grade dari 20kg ke 15kg. I keep satu ..... remain 20kg. Sambil tu aku nak select seat, kalau tak beterabur dia letak sana sini...Aku : Ada refund?Dia : Emmmmm......tak ada pun? Nanti sat....Aku : Kejap lagi dia hantar email confirmation kan? Tengok berapa refund nya...
Selang beberapa ketika....
Dia : hah.. email dah sampai..... sat......... uuuuhh???!!! tak ada pun? Kejap..kejap!... HUHHHH!!!! Apa kebendanya "SPOILAGE" RM30 ni???!!!
Aku : Ha! ha! Ha! That's AirAsia for you!!!! Maunya dia nak refund anything!!!! Tak apalah!!! Hari ni kau dah buat EXPERIMENT BODOH!!. Dah bayar extra kg tapi bila down-grade, hilang kg, hilang duit!!! hahaha!!!Dia : CELAKA!!! Suruh member kau blogkan menatang ni. Bagi tau orang jangan pi dok buat EXPERIMENT BODOH dengan AirAsia macam nih!!..
Aku: Ok! Ok! Nanti akan tuliskan sendiri dan minta member aku tu blogkan. ha! ha! ha!
Friday, 24 February 2012
Hagia Sofia - Istanbul, Turki
Hagia Sofia adalah sebuah gereja besar Kristian ortodoks yang dibina di Constantinople (Istanbul), sekitar 532 hingga 537 AD oleh Justinian, seorang maharaja empayar Bizantin.
Apabila Turki Uthmaniyyah menawan Constantinople pada 1453, Sultan Muhamad Al-Fatih telah mengarahkan supaya gereja ini diubahsuai menjadi sebuah masjid.
Hagia Sofia, sejak tahun 1935, telah dijadikan sebagai sebuah muzium oleh kerajaan Republik Turki. Bangunan ini sering dianggap sebagai bangunan yang teragung dan tercantik di dunia.
Pada 2011 seorang-dua jurugambar yang sangat berpengalaman (heh! heh!) telah mengambil foto-foto yang dipaparkan di bawah ini. Anda harus berjiwa seni yang "out of this world" untuk melihat dengan jelas foto-foto yang telah diambil dalam cahaya yang samar-samar ini dengan menggunakan kamera yang begitu canggih. Cuma jurufotonya terlebih canggih dari kamera.... kalau harapkan foto original yang tak di "terang" kan oleh software photo edit, berpinarlah mata nak nampak imej-imej dalam foto-foto tu.. maklumlah.. jurufoto propesyenal..
Enjoy!!
| (HAGIA atau AYA SOFIA - Di luar pintu masuk utama) |
Ini bahagian dalam, ruangan depan di mana diberitahu tempat / penjuru khatib membaca khutbah. Perhatikan gambar yang berada directly di atas penjuru membaca khutbah itu.
Gambar tersebut yang lebih jelas... setelah di zoom kan..
Kubah ruang tengah yang gambarnya diambil dari bawah....
Gambar di salahsatu tiang besar / penjuru yang memaparkan imej "angel" (lupa namanya) dalam agama kristian - "malaikat" dalam agama Islam. (Orientasi gambar ini sepatutnya "berdiri")
Dongak jangan tak dongak!
Ini gambar di bahagian atas di salah sebuah pintu keluar dari Hagia Sofia
Tak puas tengok gambar-gambar yang propesyonal ini? Berpinar mata?
Hah.. cuba tengok youtube ini pulak:-
Salam.... Peace....!!!
Friday, 17 February 2012
Pernahkah Anda ditipu semasa membeli belah di Beijing China?
Siapa yang tak kenal dengan Negara China. Negara yang kedua terbesar di dunia selepas Russia, tersohor dengan tamadun dan sejarahnya yang hebat. Teruja untuk mendaki tangga di Tembok Besar China menjadi pencetus ke Beijing di tahun 1999, antara negara terawal yang aku kunjungi.
Membeli belah di sana memang kesukaan ramai, terutama yang pandai tawar menawar (tapi tidak bagi aku, kerana tidak ada skill tawar menawar). Aku telah diingatkan oleh pemandu pelancung tentang sikap peniaga yang suka menipu, antaranya;
Itu kesah 13 tahun yang lalu. Ingatkan dah berubah, Tapi bila sepupu aku baru-baru ini berkunjung ke Beijing, dan bercerita yang sama yang dia terkena tipuan cara #2 di atas (wang tidak cukup).
Hai.. teruk sangat perangai mereka!!
Membeli belah di sana memang kesukaan ramai, terutama yang pandai tawar menawar (tapi tidak bagi aku, kerana tidak ada skill tawar menawar). Aku telah diingatkan oleh pemandu pelancung tentang sikap peniaga yang suka menipu, antaranya;
- menukar barang yang kita beli dengan barang lain yg rosak atau kualiti lain semasa memasukkan ke dalam bag plastik. Tip: pegang barang yang hendak dibeli dan bayar.
- wang yang kita bayar dengan cepat disembunyikan atau ditukar dengan nilai yang lebih kecil. Kemudian dia katakan wang itu belum cukup. Tip: bilang wang depan penjual satu persatu, seelok2nya bayar cukup-cukup dengan harga barang.
- bila membeli buah, baik kita sendiri yang memasukkan ke dalam plastik, kerana peniaga suka memasukkan buah yang tidak elok. Tip: pilih dan masukkan sendiri dalam plastik apa yang hendak dibeli.
Itu kesah 13 tahun yang lalu. Ingatkan dah berubah, Tapi bila sepupu aku baru-baru ini berkunjung ke Beijing, dan bercerita yang sama yang dia terkena tipuan cara #2 di atas (wang tidak cukup).
Hai.. teruk sangat perangai mereka!!
Thursday, 9 February 2012
BALI - The "Supek Gege" Tip
It was two General Election ago when we visited Bali. GE 11? Mid March in the year.... errrr..!!! Never mind!
Ok! Ok! Duly admitted that we were not in the country when GE 11 was held. Come on! Not entirely our fault. We booked our stay for a week via some time-sharing thingy. There was this MATTA fair. We braved ourselves through hours traffic jam and finally got ourselves into the MidValley mall.. (of course after headache looking for a slot to park the car).
We got the cheap air tickets BUT........... not the earlier date we desired on the return flight. Not available they said. Considering the trouble we went through, oblivious (at that instant) of the Hari Mengundi, we went ahead to buy the tickets.
When we were to extend the stay of the already booked apartment, only did we realise that we would be missing the Pilihan Raya Umum ke-11 !!!
The first thing we did the next day was to call up MAS. Gosh!!! The tickets as per our desired return date were available and they told us to go to MAS counter at KL SENTRAL to adjust the return flight. Now who was the bloke who said the return tickets weren't available on that date?!
Cutting the story short. MAS counter clarified that the tickets were "MATTA coded" (my word, hope you get what it means) therefore please pay RM.. (if not mistaken RM600?) for each ticket if we like to change the return date. Wow! Not very long after .... off we flew to Ngurah Rai Denpasar Airport, yet for another surprise.
We did not actually miss PRU campaign mood since, around that time, Indonesia was also having their PEMILU Presiden.
The next surprise was..
...our holiday was right smacked into the HARI NYEPI celebration. Click it and read for yourself what NYEPI is... We were told not to venture out from our apartment area on NYEPI day.. whole day.. or we could be arrested by the Cultural enforcement police. But as foreign visitors we could go to the swimming pool within the compound. You see, all are expected to remain in the house with no light at all .. through out the day and night.. ok.. small candle light was excusable we guess.. the day before, there were guys fixing/sticking all the windows of our rented apartment with papers so that no light could go through.. One is expected to observe silence in the house in total darkness, all through out the NYEPI day..
Enough with that, so what the heck is this "Supek Gege" thing??!!
ha! ha! the foreigners/tourists at the place we stayed gathered among ourselves at the cafe, sharing holiday tips while getting to know each other. One of the tip was, this "Supek Gege" tip, the tip when you shop around pekan KUTA. If you were a hard-bargainer, when finally you bought something at Pekan Kuta, they will give you plain black color plastic bags to put your things. If you are a moderate bargainer, then you will get plastic bags with some pattern, not plain. If you are "easy" meaning you hardly bargain, just pay the named price, you will get light coloured (pinky red? or yellow? or white/transparent?) plastic bag to carry your thing. That way, the traders would have some "enlightenment" when first opening their price to you i.e. by looking at the plastic bags you carry. Of course the first trader you visit will not like to be the first!
We can't remember exactly the colour code of the plastic bag and we are also not sure whether they are still practising this "trick" today. It was quite some years ago.
Oh yes.. the GE 11 was in the year 2003? And we came back a day after the election day... and we never went to any MATTA fair since then... till to-date!
One more thing....
"Supek Gege" is actually loghat Klate.. "supek" means plastic bag and "gege" means noisy. Hold and try to shake your pasar malam's plastic bag a bit. Sound a little bit "gege", isn't it?
Ok! Ok! Duly admitted that we were not in the country when GE 11 was held. Come on! Not entirely our fault. We booked our stay for a week via some time-sharing thingy. There was this MATTA fair. We braved ourselves through hours traffic jam and finally got ourselves into the MidValley mall.. (of course after headache looking for a slot to park the car).
We got the cheap air tickets BUT........... not the earlier date we desired on the return flight. Not available they said. Considering the trouble we went through, oblivious (at that instant) of the Hari Mengundi, we went ahead to buy the tickets.
When we were to extend the stay of the already booked apartment, only did we realise that we would be missing the Pilihan Raya Umum ke-11 !!!
OMIGOSH !!!!!
The first thing we did the next day was to call up MAS. Gosh!!! The tickets as per our desired return date were available and they told us to go to MAS counter at KL SENTRAL to adjust the return flight. Now who was the bloke who said the return tickets weren't available on that date?!
Cutting the story short. MAS counter clarified that the tickets were "MATTA coded" (my word, hope you get what it means) therefore please pay RM.. (if not mistaken RM600?) for each ticket if we like to change the return date. Wow! Not very long after .... off we flew to Ngurah Rai Denpasar Airport, yet for another surprise.
We did not actually miss PRU campaign mood since, around that time, Indonesia was also having their PEMILU Presiden.
The next surprise was..
...our holiday was right smacked into the HARI NYEPI celebration. Click it and read for yourself what NYEPI is... We were told not to venture out from our apartment area on NYEPI day.. whole day.. or we could be arrested by the Cultural enforcement police. But as foreign visitors we could go to the swimming pool within the compound. You see, all are expected to remain in the house with no light at all .. through out the day and night.. ok.. small candle light was excusable we guess.. the day before, there were guys fixing/sticking all the windows of our rented apartment with papers so that no light could go through.. One is expected to observe silence in the house in total darkness, all through out the NYEPI day..
Enough with that, so what the heck is this "Supek Gege" thing??!!
ha! ha! the foreigners/tourists at the place we stayed gathered among ourselves at the cafe, sharing holiday tips while getting to know each other. One of the tip was, this "Supek Gege" tip, the tip when you shop around pekan KUTA. If you were a hard-bargainer, when finally you bought something at Pekan Kuta, they will give you plain black color plastic bags to put your things. If you are a moderate bargainer, then you will get plastic bags with some pattern, not plain. If you are "easy" meaning you hardly bargain, just pay the named price, you will get light coloured (pinky red? or yellow? or white/transparent?) plastic bag to carry your thing. That way, the traders would have some "enlightenment" when first opening their price to you i.e. by looking at the plastic bags you carry. Of course the first trader you visit will not like to be the first!
We can't remember exactly the colour code of the plastic bag and we are also not sure whether they are still practising this "trick" today. It was quite some years ago.
Oh yes.. the GE 11 was in the year 2003? And we came back a day after the election day... and we never went to any MATTA fair since then... till to-date!
One more thing....
"Supek Gege" is actually loghat Klate.. "supek" means plastic bag and "gege" means noisy. Hold and try to shake your pasar malam's plastic bag a bit. Sound a little bit "gege", isn't it?
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Kota Air Venice, Itali
Perjalanan dari London Stansted Airport, UK dengan pesawat Ryan Air ke Venice Treviso Airport. Kemudian menaiki bas ATVO, kira-kira 1 jam ke destinasi berdekatan station keretapi di Mestre. Dari situ berjalan kaki ke Arcadia Hotel, di kawasan Cannaregio.
Siang hari yg panjang di mana matahari terbit jam 5pagi dan magrib pula jam 9pm. Bahang cuaca panas memaksa kami keluar berjalan seawal jam 10 pagi. Tidak betah tinggal dihotel yg tiada AC, kerana diberitahu oleh pihak hotel bahawa tidak dibenarkan memasang AC untuk menjaga struktur binaan bangunan.
Venice kota air yang mempesonakan, beserta struktur arkitekturnya yang unik dan ngah sangat mengasyikkan pandangan. San Marco ialah tempat tumpuan pelancung di mana dataran Piazza San Marco sentiasa sesak dengan pengunjung, tidak mengira masa dan musim.
Menyusuri
lorong2 kecil ini seakan berada di permainan maze monster yang tidak
ada penghujung jalan keluarnya. Peta mesti ada di tangan sebagai
panduan, itupun masih tersesat lagi.
Jika bercadang menaiki gondola untuk menyusuri terusan air, lebih baik menyemak standard harga yg ditetapkan supaya tidak tertipu. Harga rasmi yg ditetapkan untuk menaiki gondola ialah 80.00 euro selama 40 minit (max 6 org) pada waktu siang hari.
Pasal makan, anak-anak sangat suka dengan pizza cheese. Pizza Margarita atau Formaggi menu kesukaan, dan hingga kini teringat-ingat keenakannya. Harga tidaklah semahal berbanding negara eropah yang lain. Restoran Kosher menjadi pilihan kerana sukar mencari restoran halal. (gambar; starter di restoran kosher)
Asas perbelanjaan: Tiket RyanAir RM1,300 (3dewasa 1kanak-kanak); Hotel RM645 (3hari 2mlm); tambang bus 10 euro/person; makan ? (tidak dicatat).
Tarikh lawatan Jun 2010.
Monday, 23 January 2012
Selamat Datang - Welcome!
Tujuan HomestayU1 dibuka adalah untuk menyediakan kepada para tetamu sebuah tempat penginapan (... tidur dan rehat) setelah seharian melakukan akviti membeli-belah atau pun sekadar menjenguk pusat-pusat membeli-belah yang ternama yang ada di kawasan Bandar Utama.
Lokasi yang berhampiran dengan pusat-pusat membelah ternama (siapa yang tidak pernah mendengar tentang pusat membeli-belah 1-Utama kan?) membolehkan para tetamu berjalan kaki sahaja untuk sampai. Tidak perlu bersusah-payah memandu menerusi jalan yang sesak (pada waktu-waktu puncak serta waktu-waktu sambutan) dan mencari tempat pakir kereta sebelum membeli belah.
Blog ini juga akan memuatkan artikel-artikel berkaitan dengan tips perlancongan, percutian, aktiviti-akviti menarik di sekitar Bandar Utama dan juga lain-lain artikel dari masa ke semasa.
HomestayU1 is to provide shoppers a convenient place to stay (... to rest, freshen-up and good sleep) after whole-day shopping activities, even though just "window shopping", at well known shopping centers available in the area of Bandar Utama (who hasn't heard about the 1-Utama Shopping Center, right?)
The shopping centers are just walking distance from HomestayU1, saving the guests the trouble of having to drive through traffic jam (during peak hours and event days) and looking for an available spot to park the car.
HomestayU1 hopes that it can serve the guests a convenient place to stay who have been longing to spend all the time to conveniently shop or "window shop" at famous shopping centres available in Malaysia.
This blog will also be updated with travel and holiday tips, event and attraction in the vicinity of Bandar Utama as well as other blog articles from time to time.
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