MY: First Day

Another first day... hehehe... this time, is my first day of work since I resigned from my Singapore company.

Originally, I agreed to join on 13 Dec, giving ample time to relax (nak relax lagi ke? tak cukup2 dua bulan eh? :-)) after I come back from my trip. However, the ED of my new company insisted me to join earlier for transition. The existing PM is going for a family vacation. Little that I know he misunderstood the dates for my trip which coincide with the current PM vacation. So right now, he ended up with no PM for the first week of December. 

I don't know how to classify my first day. During the interview, I have informed them I am not interested in SI work any more, but now, I ended up managing one. And worse (I considered it worse), it is the same thing that I did before I left for Qatar. Urrgggghhhhhh........

Since I have accepted the work, I hope to do the best for it. Morever, the ED put high hope on me to lead this project. 

I pray to be able to execute this successfully.....

~ MT @ Malaysia

~~ Kg Attap, Kuala Lumpur

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

MY: Next Trip

I just received my ticket today for my trip up to Northern Hemisphere.... :-) the only problem now is I don't have any winter clothing. Anybody wants to lend theirs? Am leaving this Friday afternoon.

~ MT @ Malaysia

~~ Ampang, Selangor

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

MY: House Warming

My friend, SY invited me to his house warming party this afternoon. Since BH went back to Perak for his cousin wedding, I went to SY condominium with Famil. This was the second time I went to SY's place. 

I found out later that he only invited those people that know he moved to a new place. He planned for around 25 people and ordered the food to cater triple of it. That's SY.... :-)

As a result, lots of left over. I hope he didn't throw the food away without attempting to give them to others. Famil and myself didn't take any since we were going somewhere else after that. 

Thanks SY for inviting. It was a pleasure to see you again.... You look slim a bit although I expect slimmer (ye lah kan... dah jadi unofficial ambassador for one of fitness centers kat KL ni...)

~ MT @ Malaysia

~~ Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

MY: Day Lapan (-1)

My last day of detox. As expected, nothing changes or improved. So, I think I have to agree with majority that I talked to about detox. If you are a Muslim and fast during Ramadan, I don't think any detox programme will work. Fasting itself is a form of detax. Dapat pahala lagi :-)

It is good if you continue with six days fasting in Syawal and even better if we can dedicated ourselves to fast on Mondays and Thursdays. Isn't Islam great?

When that thought came to mind, I checked the website on juvanex detox again. An I reckoned all those success stories are from non-Muslim. And I am not surprised if they are not true. Not to downgrade the product, but for marketing gimmick, anything is possible.

Anyway, bottom line - for a Muslim, forget spending money on this. for non-Muslim, do practice fasting. For all, eat right and know your limit. Stop when you nearly full and eat on scheduled. Actually, these are all the teaching of our beloved Prophet (S.A.W)... 

Islam.. what a great way of life.. 

~ MT @ Malaysia

~~ Ampang, Selangor

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

MY: Day Tujuh (-1)

Suppose to be the last day of detox. However, I skipped one day, so today is Day Six. Still the same, nothing happen.

~ MT @ Malaysia

~~ Ampang, Selangor

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

MY: Day Enam (-1)

As per previous days, nothing on detox. Tomorrow supposed to be the last day. But since I didn't take juvanex when I was in Singapore, today is considered day five. 

~ MT @ Malaysia

~~ Ampang, Selangor

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

SG: A Day trip

I left Kuala Lumpur last night at midnight. Took Transnasional from Puduraya. The coach was not in a good condition, but reasonable for Transnasional standard. Moreover, this is the only bus company I found that meet my criteria:

1) To arrive early morning in Singapore, just nice for me to be in the office before 9am

2) To use a trusted transportation company. 

Other companies/mode:

Aeroline - do not meet #1

Flights - do not meet #1

Other transportations - do not meet #1

Other bus companies - do not meet #2

So, at the end, I settled with Transnasional for RM30.10 one way.

BH dropped me at Puduraya around 11:15pm. The place still busy with people.  The coach was ready thirty minutes before scheduled departure time and we left Puduraya on the dot. It was a bit difficult for me to sleep since the seat was not that comfortable. By 2:30am, we exited North South Highway at Machap for a 25 minutes stop.

Few minutes before 4am, we were already at the immigration check point at SecondLink. The immigration was fast since we were the only visitors to Singapore at that time.

Transnasional terminal in Singapore is Lavender Terminal, nearby the MRT of the same name. I know there is an MRT station there but do not know which way from the Lavender Terminal. Luckily there was an Indonesian guy who was on the same coach from KUL that knows how to get to MRT station.

I was at Suntec City by 6:30am. The Christmas lights in front of Suntec is beautiful at dawn. Singapore is getting alive very early in the morning.

I thought that the few coffee shops at Suntec to open by 7 am or 8 am, however, I was wrong. None of them was open, so I decided to go up to the office at Tower 3 and settle few things. By 9am, I handed over my EP, passport and disembarkation card for dispatch to MoM to cancel my EP. By 11:30am, everything was settled. I returned all items loaned to me and thanked the staff (in fact, out of all staff in the office, I only know two of them :-)) before make a move back to Johor Bharu.

Had a lunch at Raffles City Plaza and took an MRT to Kranji station for transfer to Johor Bharu via the causeway. I reached Johor Bharu at 3pm and due to my own fault, I ended up at Larkin instead of Kotaraya Plaza... This is what happened when you are not familiar with the city and asked a wrong person for direction. :-)

Walked around City Square (in fact I still could not figure out the Kotaraya Plaza despite the signboards everywhere) and nearly fell asleep at Starbucks. 

By 6pm, my friend picked me up and we went for a drink. Later at night, had dinner at Senibong and then some drinks at Danga Bay.

My flight to KUL was next day at 9am. Thanks very much NH and his housemate, ZT. It was a pleasure meeting you again.

~ MT @ Malaysia

~~ Johor Bharu, Johor

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

SG: Day Lima

No detox today since I am in Singapore. I didn't bring juvanex with me...

~ MT @ Singapore

~~ Suntec City, Singapore

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

MY: Day Empat

Still nothing changes... however since I already bought that stuff, better finish them up... if, not rugi lak...

Leaving for Singapore tonight....

~ MT @ Malaysia

~~ Ampang, Selangor

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

MY: Day Tiga

Today is the third day into my detox programme. So far, no obvious improvement. My sleep last night was just same as previous nights.

According to the booklet in the juvanex packaging, taking words by words, user may feel a bit weak at the start of a detox. In the first three days,user may experience unpleasant short-term reactions such as:
- Mild diarrhoea
- Excretion of pungent dark faeces or yellow faeces which floats on water
- Frequent urination
- Extreme fatigue, sleepiness, irritability
- Coated tongue, metallic taste in mouth, mouth ulcer
- Headache, nausea, vomitting

Based on the above, although I do have couple of the predicted symptoms, I don't attribute them to the programme. Frequent urination for example, I always have this everytime I drink water. Apparently my bladder cannot keep lots of water :-) I did experience a metallic taste in mouth, but for a very short time.

So, third day, still don't feel that I am under detox...

~ MT @ Malaysia
~~ Ampang, Selangor

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

MY: Day Dua

Second day of juvanex detox. Still the same. Nothing extra ordinary. So, I am still pessimistic on the effectiveness of the detox. According to Zal, this is either I am clean or too much toxin even juvanex can't help it.

I am still to continue with the detox until completion. According to the label on the packaging, the first two days of juvanex detox are the most crucial. These two days will see you experience all the symptoms of the detox.

~ MT @ Malaysia
~~ Ampang, Selangor

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

MY: Day Satu

While enjoying the cartoon strips in The Star today, I came across this Starscope for Capricorn "Despite it being a Friday, todayis a good day to start something new".

Today, I start my very first detox programme. Juvanex detox programme. In the morning, with breakfast I took two scoop of juvanex and until evening, I didnt feel anything. In the evening, during dinner, I took another two scoop. At this I can feel one of the symptons as prescribed, metallic taste in the mouth. But it was brief.

After dinner, I went to see Zal at his apartment before he left for Doha. Bid farewell to him and went back to Ampang around 2am. In the morning, I was already up around 7:15am, without any alarm. I guess that is the only improvement I experience during my Day 1 of juvanex detox programme.

Now, I am a bit skeptical about this programme. Let see what happen in Day 2.....

p/s: Guna Mac ni, takleh nak upload gambar lak...

~ MT @ Malaysia
~~ Ampang, Selangor

~ To Travel is To Discover Oneself ~

MY: It has been a while...

yeap... it has been a while since I last update my blog. Busy?.. nah... not really.. those people in Doha do not really need my help. And since I have tendered my resignation, my office does really care what I am doing now. I have to go down to SIN next week to return my laptop and cancel my employment pass. Hope everything can be settled within a day since I am not looking forward to spend a night over there. Moreover, everything is on my own...

I am thinking to take an overnight coach or train and reach SIN early morning. Striaght to office and do the necessary. After that, come back to KUL. I spoke with officer from IRAS and Ministry of Manpower and it seemed that everything can be settled within one day.. I hope my office will be efficient enough to complete all procedures on time.

My new employer asking me whether I can star earlier i.e. end of the month. At the beginning, I am planning to start only in December, so give me enough time to rest (I will be on probation for 6 months!), but when I think about it again, I got nothing much to do. So, might as well start early and get paid.

Deep insight me, I hope that I make a right decision. This is a very hard decision to make since I am accepting only one third of what I used to earn in Doha. Pretty tough life I would say to maintain the lifestyle that I have used to. I keep telling myself this is an "investment"... yup.. an investment that I hope to reap the benefits within three years time maximum. I have stayed in Doha for three years and time flies... so I gues another three years will not make any harm to me... finger cross....

My family supports my decision and in fact they are happy with it.. Blessing from both my mum and dad is crucial for me.. may Allah guide me and enlighten my life with His nur.......

MT will not travel (extensively) again, at least for the next three years... I will try to travel domestically whenever I got chance...

Wih me luck, all my friends out there... insyaAllah we will meet again.....

~ MT @ Malaysia
~~ Ampang, Selangor

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

MY: Yesterday

My day yesterday.....

- it took me 30 minutes driving from Ampang Park to KLCC along Jalan Ampang... the traffic was at its worst yesterday evening!!

- reached KLCC, went straight for maghrib at the surau. Joined the congregation that already started praying. After praying and offering the doa, I extended my hand to next persons for salam. None of them actually looked at you with a smile. Are they not sincere? I have been noticing this lots of time in the mosques in this country.

- had dinner at Signature Level 2 food court. Bought myself "Pad Thai" from Rama 9. I miss "pad thai" from Thai Snack in Doha :-). Next customer came and ordered the same. She gave RM50 note and the cashier responded "Tak de duit kecik ke?"... errr... if I were the customer, I would just cancel the order. That kind of question should never been asked to the customer. The onus is on the cashier to go and find the change. It happened to me couple of days ago at La Bahome Jusco Mid Valley.

- and I tendered my resignation yesterday! :-)

~ MT @ Malaysia
~~ Ampang, Selangor

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~

MY: Get Well Soon!

Zal was admitted to Selayang Hospital two days ago for Retinal Detachment. The operation procedure took around an hour yesterday afternoon.

Get well soon Zal... people in Doha are missing you.

I went to visit him with NN and later, Rafi and Boboi joined us. While waiting for Rafi and Boboi to arrive, I had a "rojak" at the public cafeteria. This area really attracts me.. do we really need this?


Later that night, without Zal, all of us have some coffee at Starbucks The Curve.

~ MT @ Malaysia
~~ Ampang, Selangor

~ To Travel Is To Discover Oneself ~