28 September 2009

Backdated Stories

(The article below was written on 10th July 2008, 0945H, in my office at Subang. I write it again in this blog, to share it with my kids …and the rest of the world)

Dengan Nama-Nya Yang Maha Pemurah Lagi Maha Mengasihani
Its been quite sometime since I wrote anything on papers. I missed the glory years where I love to write. Its been wonderful years passing by and a lot of stories to share, and I don’t know where to start, due to my excitement.

Well, lets begin with my journey in this MMEA (Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency)…
1. It all began in 2007 – where rumors of MMEA “employing” a few RMAF pilots to fly their aircraft.
2. Of what I can see, I am the last in the list – that is – IF I ever in the list !
3. A few pilots even have submitted their resume to MMEA, to apply for the job (I even help one of them to write the resume!).

Early 2007:
4. It is said that the names were already final, and again, I am not putting any interest on that matter.
5. After all, in my mind, the pilots selected, should be a senior pilot – aircraft captains …
6. Well, I am not even close to any of the criteria.
7. I am a copilot (still) and I got many seniors above me, who is more than qualified, for the job.

May 2007 :
8. One of my aircraft captains is “happy”, because he is “selected” – but officially, the list is not out yet.

13 July 2007, Friday evening (Friday the 13th !) :
9. I got a call – mentioned that my name is selected officially to MMEA and I have to report to MMEA!
10. But I still have to cx the signal, to confirm !

14th July 2007, Saturday, morning:
11. I checked the signal, and yes, my name is selected to go to MMEA – BUT - with a catch; I have to report to MMEA on 16th July 2007, Monday!
12. Lets just think about it. Its weekend…and nobody (especially the admin) is working on weekends!
13. I am in Labuan. The flight to KL is only on every Tuesday and Thursday!
14. It takes – at least – 24 hours to book for the seat in the flight! (Normal procedures required at least 7 days before intended flight).

15th July 2007 , Sunday, after dinner:
15. After a long discussion with my wife, I decided to go alone, and my wife and kids will follow later.

16th July 2007, Monday, morning:
16. I called MMEA officers, to let them know that I request for a delay in reporting to the agency…they said “No”! I told them, the earliest I can report to MMEA is on Wednesday morning…and they agreed.

17th July 2007, Tuesday morning:
17. I managed to get a seat to KL and my wife and kids will follow on 19th July 2007.

18th July 2007, Wednesday morning:
18. As planned, I reported to MMEA HQ and … nothing ! Nothing in the sense that – after reporting to the HQ, we dont have nothing to do ! Since then, every morning, after “cx in” to HQ, we just sit there, filled in a few forms, chit chat a little bit, hanging around. And it all happens for two weeks ! What a mess !

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For the time being, I think its enough about my early days at MMEA. Lets talk about something else… about my children. I love to talk about my kids, over and over again. Lets re-cap some info about my kids. My eldest is my daughter, Nurdini Adriana. She was born 24th September 2002. Second is my son, Mohd Danish Imran, born 18th June 2004. And my youngest son, Mohd Darwisy Iman, born 14th June 2006 (by the time this article was wrote, I already have my fourth kid, my daughter, Nurdafiny Adlya, born 3rd Febraury 2009).

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I think we can continue about my kids later. What matters for me now is … my dream. Not what I dreamt last night, but what I always dream of – that is “IF I WERE RICH”. Well, you can say that it is everybody’s dream, but for me, the word RICH itself is subjective. One may say –“My income is RM3K per month, I have 5 kids, paying much on bills/rent/school fees/house hold and so forth… but I still manage to go for a holiday with my family…”

On the other hand, someone else may say – “My income is RM10K per month, my wife is working (additional income), I have only two kids…but its not enough! I still have to work hard for the family and I cant imagine, what will happen if I changed my job and cant get same amount of income every month!”

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New day; 11th July 2008, 0900H, in my office at Subang.

Its been year of events since I came back to Peninsular. Flying with new type of aircraft, the VIP tasks, the National Election, the return of our ex-DPM, the “fall down” of present government (5 states won by the Opposition), the Mongolian lady - who bombed to death, a lot of swear of oaths, the sodomy trial, and most important of all is the fuel hike. The fuel hike really concern me a lot. The fuel increased from RM1.92 per liter to RM2.70 per liter in over night !!!

For me, A LOT can be done to prevent this increment. Involvement from Government Link Companies (GLC) should be considered. I am very frustrated, because their (the GLCs) annual report said “…Last year we gain profit of RM 80 billion, but this year our profit is only RM 60 billion…we lost about RM 20 billion” !!??!!??!!

How come they dare to say it A LOSS ! RM 60 billion is a lot of money and THAT is only one example of one company ! What about other GLCs??? Their profit is only for their own employees – for a good 4 to 6 month of bonus! I don’t mind for those employees who get RM 3K to 5K per month. They sure deserve such a bonus ! But what about their boss? Their board of directors (BOD)? They (the BOD) for sure have the monthly income of (at least) RM 10K ! With 4 – 6 month bonus, how much will it be ??? No wonder they cant get “enough” profit (or better I say – “loss”) – even with yearly average income of RM 50 billion!!!
Hope somebody is listening me …

Just to finish off the day…
In today’s newspaper, it is said that our PETRONAS is no. 8th in the world who gained most in Petroleum Industry ! …

I don’t take it as a good news but more to sad and insulting news. What does it mean to be top 10 in the world, but you cant contribute enough to your country rather than to yourself? We Malaysians “suffer” from the high fuel price – but you – the great top 10 company in the world – keep telling us “..ooh, we are losing profit… we are losing money…” B******T !!!

We should be as one team. If we win, we will win together. If we suffer, we should suffer together !

Just imagine this: If all GLCs contribute about 30% from their profit, just to reduce the oil price, imagine how much we can save… !!! The government don’t have to worry about so called “subsidized” money to reduce fuel price , at least until the end of 2008 !

I really hope that somebody will respond over this matter …

Salamm.

25 September 2009

Pesananku ...

Anak ku…

Semalam, 24 September 2009, Nurdini Adriana telah menyambut ulangtahun ke 7. Terlalu cepat rasanya masa berlalu. Disini ingin aku kongsikan sedikit dari pengalaman ku, untuk tatapan anak anak ku …

Anakku,

Ketahuilah bahawa kita adalah dari keturunan yang berasal dari daerah Padang, Sumatera. Masih ramai saudara kita yang berada di sana.
Diceritakan bahawa, Tok Padang adalah bermulanya cerita kita di Tanah Melayu ini.
Diceritakan : Tok Padang adalah seorang yang dihormati di daerah Padang dan beliau juga pernah menjadi Post Master di kawasannya.
Tok Padang juga mempunyai ilmu batin yang diperturunkan dari generasi ke generasi, sehingga ke hari ini. Terbaru adalah Pak Long mu, Khairul Nizam, akan mewarisinya. Ilmu apa yang diperturunkan, wallahualam. Tapi ianya sudah pasti untuk kesejahteraan keturunan Tok Padang di Tanah Melayu ini.
Ketahuilah juga, Tok Padang adalah juga berketurunan darah istana di Sumatera itu. Tetapi, aku gagal menyelami pokok pangkal sirah keturunan istana itu.
Anak Tok Padang ialah Tok Ayah Omar, iaitu ayah kepada Alwi , ayah kepada aku. Berketurunan Mandaling dan Telu, kita di sini, hari ini.
Besarlah harapan ku agar bahasa serta adat, Mandaling dan Telu ini, tidak hilang ditelan zaman.

Anakku,

Walaupun kita berada dizaman serba canggih dan moden ini, janganlah lupa kepada asal usul kita, serta adat serta adab kepada alam semesta, sementara kita masih hidup ini. Ingin ku pesan beberapa perkara :

1. Jika kita hendak keluar rumah (dengan meninngalkan rumah kosong), pastikan Ketua Rumah adalah yang terakhir meninggalkan rumah.
2. Selepas memeriksa semua bahagian rumah (peralatan elektrik dimatikan, tingkap & pintu belakang ditutup, dapur memasak tidak digunakan/ditutup dll) barulah Ketua Rumah keluar dari rumah.
3. Keluarlah dengan kaki kanan sambil terus terusan berselawat (sambil keluar dari rumah, sambil mengunci pintu rumah, sambil mengunci pagar rumah).
4. Jika keluar / balik kerumah pada waktu malam, pastikan semua anggota keluarga, sekurang kurangnya membersihkan diri dengan berwudhu sebelum masuk ke rumah. Ini adalah untuk “menghalang” entity yang tidak sepatutnya, mengikut kita masuk ke dalam rumah dan seterusnya mengganggu kita di waktu malam hari.
5. Selepas itu, sebelum masuk ke rumah, pastikan kita masuk ke rumah dengan membelakangkan badan kita ke arah pintu masuk, dan melangkahlah ke belakang untuk masuk ke dalam rumah.
6 Pastikan juga kita “menghalau” entity tersebut (sambil masuk kerumah) dengan menyebut “PERGI SANA ! JANGAN IKUT KAMI !” atau perkataan yang seumpamanya.
7. Apabila kita berpindah ke rumah baru, sebelum bermalam untuk pertama kali di rumah tersebut, pastikan kita “memagar” rumah tersebut dari entity yang tidak berkenaan.
Caranya ialah :
a. Sediakan air yasin (sekurang kurangnya semangkuk).
b. Semua bahagian rumah yang boleh “dibuka”, dibuka sepenuhnya (contoh : pintu, tingkap, almari dan sebagainya)
c. Dengan menggunakan tangan, “taburkan” air yasin tadi ke SEMUA bahagian yang terbuka tadi sambil berselawat ke atas Rasulullah SAW dengan setiap "taburan". Dalam ertikata yang lain, buatlah perkara tersebut ke sekeliling rumah.
d. Setelah selesai, terus tutup bahagian yang dibuka tadi (pintu, tingkap dll) dan jangan dibuka sehingga keesokan hari.
e. Jalanilah kehidupan seperti biasa pada hari hari selanjutnya di rumah baru tersebut.
f. Janganlah lupa adat meninggalkan rumah yang biasa, seperti : memaklumkan kepada jiran, tinggalkan nombor telefon yang boleh dihubungi dan lain lain lagi.

Anakku,
Tidak banyak ilmu yang mampu aku “turunkan” kepada kamu semua. Jagalah dirimu sebaik mungkin. Perkara perkara yang aku sebutkan diatas tadi, hanyalah sebagai pelindung dan penjaga kepada diri, keluarga serta tempat tinggal kita. Insya allah, segalanya akan diberkati Allah dan Dia lah Maha Penjaga kepada alam semesta ini.

Berkatkan lah dirimu dengan berkongsi adat adat ini dengan sahabat handai serta rakan taulan yang lain. Insya allah, kita semua akan diberkati.

Salam sayang dari Ayah mu,
Walid

25 August 2009

Pengalaman pelik

Salam Ramadhan untuk semua

A few days ago, I managed to visit my long lost friend. We re friends since Primary School !Anyway, dalam lawatan itu, saya mendapat pengalaman pelik yang ingin dikongsi bersama.

Saya dapati kawan saya ni seorang yang agak sibuk dengan bisnesnya. Keluar rumah seawal selesai solat subuh dan pulang ketika hampir Isya’.

Dengan nada bergurau, saya katakan padanya – JADI TAK SEMPAT LE NAK KE SURAU UTK SOLAT TARAWIH…

Dengan nada sinis dia jawab – SOLAT TARAWIH TAK SEMESTINYA DI SURAU, KAT RUMAH PUN BOLEH … saya terdiam sebentar …

Dia mengaku, jarang sangat berkesempatan ke surau utk solat tarawih. Tapi walaupun tak ke surau, dia tetap lakukan solat tarawih dirumahnya!

Tak semestinya solat tarawih tu berjemaah ramai. Ahli keluarga pun mencukupi. Pernah satu ketika, hanya dia dan orang gajinya saja yang solat tarawih di rumah (kerana isterinya uzur) ! Saya kagum ... tetapi pada masa yang sama, rasa pelik, hairan, cemburu dan berbagai rasa lagi datang mencucuh. Agak panas jugak hari tu – terbakar jugak dada dibuatnya ...

Tidak mengaku kalah, saya isytiharkan pada isteri dan anak-anak saya – MALAM NI KITA TARAWIH KAT RUMAH – terus saya diketawakan anak anak saya....isteri saya turut tersenyum senyum dengan pengisytiharan itu...

Dengan dada yang masih terbakar, saya menunggu masuknya waktu Isya’. Setelah selesai solat Isya’, ahli keluarga saya sibuk dgn kerja masing masing. Maklum la, rumah sendiri, budak budak sudah tentu dengan TV nya. Isteri saya dengan anak kecil menyusu. Org gaji sibuk ngemas rumah ... (atau buat buat sibuk???)

Saya cekalkan hati, teruskan dengan solat tarawih, di rumah...

Hasilnya amat memeranjatkan; kerana saya dapat buat kesimpulan bahawa; selama ni, sebab sebenar saya pergi ke surau – untuk solat tarawih – adalah sebab saya MALAS ! Malas nak bilang rakaat, malas nak fikir – apakah zikir antara solat tarawih, malas nak hafal surah surah dalam juzuk 30 dan serba serbinya lagi...

Rupanya Ramadhan kali ini, sungguh bererti bagi saya.... banyak yang dipelajari dari pengalaman pelik dirumah sahabat...

Salam Ramadhan Al-Mubarak untuk semua

04 August 2009

Self Wishes ...

Salamm to all -

Its nothing much this time, just to wish myself : Happy Birthday!

Its first time that I have a blog of myself and its first time for me publishing it to the whole world that today is my birthday ...

To all who wish me earlier this day, thank you very much ...

31 July 2009

... from the office

30 July 2009; 1030H; In the squadron.
Salaam …

It’s been quite some time since I wrote something in my blog. A lot of things happened since then…

1. About my captaincy. It is final that I have to go through again the conversion for captain aircraft. It’s not that hard actually, but it seems that I don’t have the value to command an aircraft yet. Well, the value is subjective. From one point of view, I may not be suitable yet – but on the others view, I may qualified. But he final say will be from my boss – if he says white, then I am white – if he says I am black, then I am black … well, the best is – JUST FOLLOW THE CROWD, NEVER GO AGAINST IT ! I guess, I just have to wait …

2. For the current national issues – H1N1 still an epidemic to us. Latest was a 20 year old woman died of this influenza. Initially it was just a flu – but as time goes by, she can’t breathe in proper condition and finally... she died. Once a common flu, now a threat!

3. Other issues including politicians remarks. Frankly speaking, I am tired talking about these politicians. They will never stop giving bad remarks on others (their enemy) and keep trying to do anything just to fulfill their personal interest.

4. This Saturday (August 1st), there will rally about Internal Security Act (ISA). Both group (pro and cons about this matter) will hold a rally on the street of KL. One thing for sure, I am very much agreeing of the opinion from Tok Ki (a person from Persatuan Pengguna Islam Malaysia – PPIM) that his rally should not be held at all. It doesn’t matter whether you re pro or against it – the rally WILL NOT benefit to any Malaysians. The only result is – police will close roads, there will be traffic jams all around KL, nobody cant go anywhere they want – especially to have a nice weekend with the family – and shops will of course close. Who will benefit from this rally? NOBODY! And again, of course, the politicians will be behind all this!

5. As at the squadrons: Our French Instructors will be back from their holiday this weekend. Which means we will fly again with the instructors, day and night. Currently there are three pilot seconded from RMAF, but their contract to fly the aircraft still in unknown status. Next week, 7 co-pilots from the Army will report to the squadron and by the end of the year more crew will report to the squadron. Traffic jam again…

6. Back at my house: I am still hoping for a maid. Until now (since I am back in Shah Alam), I already had two maids. First an Indonesian woman – worked for me for three month and then an old lady (she was 74 year old!) also for three month. Maybe my wife and I are too good to them. Both of us feel that, we should threat our maid as part of our family – we even ask them to eat together, give them off duty EVERY WEEKEND! I don’t think any employer will do that! But the details on why they didn’t stay long with us, you just have to ask us about it.

7. Presently my mother-in-law is taking care of our children at home. I know that she is not that strong to clean and at same time taking care of my children. I also understand that she is not my maid and I did not expect her to do what a maid should do. All I want is she will take care of my children during working hours, that’s all. BUT – a mother is always a mother. She can’t stand if the floor is not clean; the sink is full of unwashed plates and glass, the toys all around the house, the laundry not hanged outside and so on.

8. But again, despite that she is not strong enough to do all that, she will still doing all the chores by herself – and by the end of the day, after my wife and I back from work, she will nag and nag and nag – claiming that she cant afford to do the chores but cant stand if the work s not done. For me, its simple. If you think you can’t afford to do the chores, DON’T DO IT! It’s that simple. Even my wife and I didn’t expect her to do all the chores!

9. After a lot of discussions, combined with tears and apologies, I decided to be Mr. Mama myself. Every night – and I mean every single night – before go to sleep, after the children are safe in their room for the night, I will start doing the house hold chores. The floor (sweep clean and mopped), the dishes in the kitchen, the garbage bin empty (with new garbage bag), the laundry and make the house ready for tomorrow. It will last about near midnight. And I will sweat all over! I don’t mind doing it because I HAVE to do it! Otherwise…the “therapy” session will start all over again. And I have to do it until I got myself a maid. Hopefully before Ramadan (less than a month from now).

15 July 2009

Respon terhadap pengumuman rebate tol oleh PM

This message was sent to the address below on 14 July 2009, 2300H


Kepada: news@tv3.com.my

1. Terlebih dahulu, sukalah saya mengucapkan syabas dan terima kasih kepada Perdana Menteri (PM) kita kerana mengumumkan rebate tol kepada rakyat Malaysia sempena 100 hari perlantikan beliau sebagai PM tempoh hari.

2. Dan Menteri Kerjaya pula telah memperincikan pemberian rebate tersebut pada 14 Julai 2009. Tahniah dan terima kasih saya ucapkan.

3. Walaubagaimanapun, saya berpendapat, masih banyak lagi alternatif / cara untuk meringankan beban rakyat Malaysia terhadap tol, bukan dengan sekadar pemberian rebate dalam bentuk ”top-up”.

4. Menteri Kerjaya ada menekankan tentang frequent users. Contoh yang diberi adalah :
Seseorang yang pergi dan balik kerja, pada hari yang sama juga pergi dan balik dari mengambil & menghantar anak ke tuisyen/sekolah. Dan pada hari yang sama juga pergi/balik ke pasar. Maka itulah contoh ”frequent users”.

5. Persoalannya: Berapa ramaikah yang (semasa waktu kerja), pergi / balik ke rumah hanya semata-mata untuk mengambil/menghantar anak ke sekolah/tuisyen? Jika itu lah tafsirannya, berapa ramaikah yang layak digelar frequent users?

6. Bagaimana pula dengan contoh ini: Pengguna A adalah frequent users (menurut tafsiran yang sedia ada). Sehari dia mungkin membelanjakan sekitar purata RM5. Maka, pada hujung bulan, boleh lah dikatakan dia membelanjakan lebih kurang RM100 dengan penggunaan sebanyak 80 kali (20 hari). Dan dia layak mendapat rebate sebanyak 20% itu.

7. Bagaimana pula dengan Pengguna B ini. Dia berulang alik hanya ketempat kerja. Oleh kerana jarak agak jauh, dia terpaksa membelanjakan purata, juga RM5 sehari, untuk perbelanjaan tol. TETAPI, oleh kerana beliau HANYA pergi dan balik sahaja, maka dia hanya menggunakan tol sebanyak 40 kali (20 hari) walaupun terpaksa membelanjakan jumlah yang sama iaitu RM100.

8. Bagaimana pula mereka yang kecewa di hujung bulan apabila mendapati mereka tidak layak mendapat rebate tol, hanya semata-mata mereka hanya menggunakan tol sebanyak 79 kali pada bulan itu (walaupun telah membelanjakan lebih kurang RM200-RM300)?

9. Bagaimana pula mereka yang long distance users? Contoh seperti tinggal di KL bekerja di Seremban atau pun yang tinggal di Rawang berkerja di KL? Jumlah tol sehala lebih kurang RM10. Mereka inilah akan menjadi “mangsa” kerana tidak layak digelar frequent users walaupun telah membelanjakan lebih banyak dari mereka yang frequent users? Seperti yang saya kata tadi, masih banyak cara untuk meringankan beban rakyat dengan masalah tol ini.

10. Berikut adalah sedikit cadangan dari saya:

Pengguna tol di Malaysia boleh membeli ”pas bulanan” (dalam bentuk Touch n Go). Contoh: Pas bulanan berharga RM200, tetapi boleh digunakan dimana-mana tol sebilang masa dalam masa sebulan. Pas bulanan ini, samalah konsepnya dengan pas bulanan parking kereta, bas, LRT dan sebagainya.

Kepada pengguna long distance users, mereka perlu dapatkan pengesahan dari majikan bahawa mereka sememangnya menggunakan jalan yang sama setiap hari dengan jumlah tol banyak, setiap kali pergi dan balik. Dengan pengesahan itu, pihak ‘tol’ boleh memberikan rebate seperti yang sedia ada kepada mereka yang layak.

Pihak kerajaan sepatutnya sudah bersedia untuk mengambil alih sebahagian besar tol di Malaysia, terutamanya di Lembah Klang, Jika tidak dapat semua, sebahagian pun sudah memadai – terutamanya tol yang ‘popular’ (kenderaan masih tersangkut dalam kesesakan walaupun telah membayar tol).

11. Hanya sebagai renungan : Apalah salahnya jika sekali dalam setahun, ‘pihak tol’ memberikan laluan tanpa bayaran tol bagi tempoh 24 jam. Contohnya : Pada 31 Ogos (Hari Kemerdekaan), semua kenderaan boleh melalui pondok tol tanpa membuat sebarang bayaran bermula dari jam 12.01 tgh malam sehinggalah 11.59 malam. Semoga rakyat Malaysia lebih ceria untuk hari bersejarah negara itu.

12. Moga dapat difikir fikirkan bersama. Sekian, terima kasih.

16 June 2009

till then...

Salam utk semua

My aunty, came to my house last week. Seperti di sebutkan, saya rasa bertanggungjawab keatas kedatangannya. Entah la - it seems that semua orang cuba mengelak untuk menerima kedatangannya ...

During her stay, sempat jugak kami adakan beberapa sesi "luahan perasaan". Basically berkenaan anak2 nya. Rasanya memang dah lama dia simpan dalam lubuk hatinya tu, tunggu masa saja untuk diluahkan. Setiap anak ada saja "kekurangan"nya.

Tidak perlu rasanya kita kongsi secara detail, apa yang diluahkan oleh Aunty saya itu. Cuma kesimpulannya, dia amat sedih kerana anak2 nya berperangai begitu.

Oleh itu, walau sebusuk mana dia, walau setua mana dia, walau senyanyok mana dia, dia tetap emak kita. Kita hanya akan rasa kehilangannya sewaktu dia dah tiada. Sementara masa masih ada, sujudlah dikakinya, mohonlah keampunan dari emak kita. Segalanya hanyalah sementara masa masih ada. Sementara nyawa masih bertahan. Sementara Allah mengizinkan ... Wallahhualam...

The visit ...

Tuesday, June 09, 2009
1215H – in the office

Salam to all,

Its been quite sometime since I wrote anything in here. Of course, I ve been very busy for the last few weeks. Lets go on with current issue…

1. My aunty came to my house, last Friday. Actually she is living with her daughter for the past few years. Only in May 2009, she managed to go to her son’s house. She demand to come to my place, to meet her siblings… I know that she missed them a lot…

I felt responsible to welcome her to my place. At first, she wanted to stay with her younger sister... but her younger sister cant receive her since she is attending wedding events.

Her next plan is to stay with her other younger sister, but the outcome is the same. Since nobody else can receive her, she said that – its better for her to go back to her home since nobody want to accept her…

As I said, I felt very responsible to welcome her – and finally, to make it short, she came to here and presently staying in my house.

27 April 2009

My dearest kids ...

Its been a very tiring week for me …

With day and night continuous flying, its sure a hectic week for any of us.

My dearest kids,
Currently I am doing the course to be an aircraft commander. Which means I can command the aircraft and fly the aircraft “alone”. But, my dearest kids, its not that easy as it sounds. I think I am too old for this. No, I am not saying that I ll quit, not even surrender, BUT I am just too old for this.

Just for your information,
I am doing all this just because of my father, Alwi b. Hj Omar. He left us all on 1st April 2006. I missed him a lot, and still miss him whenever I mention his name. Again, as I said, I am doing all this (the aircraft captain course) just because of my father. No other reason. Not even for myself. Of course, the pay after that… I will get an increment of about RM1000. But that increment is also not for me. Its for you all my dearest kids. I love you all with all my heart. That’s why I am struggling to give you the best you deserved. Then, you will ask,” If its for your father, and the money for us, what is that for you?” – The answer is simple my child. Nothing. Nothing for myself. I don’t want anything. For this particular moment, all I want is to be with my father. That’s all. I don’t deserve any of this. If one day, they promote me to a higher rank, that is also for my father. I rather work alone in the field, for myself alone. Its enough for me. But for you, my love, I cant do that right now. Right now, what I have to do is to complete the course, get to be an aircraft captain, get a fair pay for that….and give you what you deserve to get. I ll miss you all, my love and I will always love you with all my heart. Take care, for I cant be there at all times whenever you need me. Not like now. When you sleep, you want me to be by your side. When you quarrel among your siblings, you come to me, when you want somebody to wash you, you called me, when I came home everyday, you were eager to tell me what happened to you in school, you even wait for me to do the homeworks given. I ll miss all that, I am sure I will. But for now, let me work hard for you … for your future …

Till then, take care my child – just promise me this kind of life will not repeat again for you all. Take care, salammm.

Your Walid,
Sam

15 April 2009

My Story... so far

Dengan Nama-Nya Yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Mengasihani

1. Biarlah saya mulakan dengan perkahwinan saya. Sebenarnya ianya adalah perkahwinan “pre-arrange”. Isteri saya adalah rakan sekuliah dengan adik saya di UPM Serdang. Dipendekkan cerita, kami melangsungkan perkahwinan pada 23 Disember 2001. Pada masa itu saya masih lagi seorang Leftenan TUDM dan sedang berkhidmat di TUDM Butterworth.

2. Kami selamat dinikahkan di Masjid Pokok Sena, Kedah selepas zohor. Mungkin kerana berkat akad nikah di masjid itu, isteri saya disahkan mengandung 2 bulan selepas kami diijab kabulkan.

3. Anak saya yang pertama, dilahirkan pada 22 September 2002. Antara cerita menarik : anak saya itu dijangka dilahirkan pada 10 September 2002. Tetapi isteri saya masih belum menampakkan tanda2 untuk bersalin. Sehinggalah pada 15 September, saya dinaikkan pangkat ke Kapt TUDM. Selepasa itu, barulah isteri saya menunjukkan tanda2 akhir untuk bersalin. Dan pada 22 September 2002, isteri saya selamat melahirkan anak kami yang pertama, anak perempuan. Ramai yang berkata anak itu mahu dilahirkan sebagai anak Kapt bukan Leftenan. Etahlah. Anak saya selamat dilahirkan di Hospital Seberang Jaya, Butterworth seberat 3.51 kg. Cabaran anak pertama memang hebat. Mana tidaknya, anak pertama lah katakan ... Tidur malam serba tak lena dan tak kena ! Semasa membesar, saya dapati dia cepat ”belajar” dengan persekitarannya. Pada usia 9 bulan, dia sudah memulakan langkah pertamanya. Sebelum 2 tahun, dia sudah mula petah bercakap. Syukur kepada Ilahi kerana memberi kami seorang anak yang ”cekap” pada usia yang agak muda.

4. Hampir 2 tahun kemudian, ada masalah timbul dengan saudara2 kami. Untuk meredakan keadaan, saya dan isteri saya nekad untuk berpindah ke TUDM Labuan. Jauh dari sanak saudara, agar mereka bahagia. Tidak ramai dari mereka yang mengetahui sebab sebenar kami ke Labuan. Tapi, biarlah. Biarlah hanya kami dan Tuhan saja yang tahu sebab sebenar niat kami itu. Tetapi, rezeki Allah tidak putus disitu sahaja. Sebelum ke Labuan, isteri saya disahkan mengandung anak kedua dan kali ini anak lelaki.

5. Kami tiba di Pulau Labuan pada 3 Mac 2004. Pada ketika itu isteri saya sudah mengandung 6 bulan. Suasana di Labuan amat berbeza dengan Semenanjung. Nasib kami amat baik, kerana sepupu saya menetap di Labuan. Beliau sudah menetap di Labuan hampir 15 tahun. Dia banyak menolong kami untuk ”settle down” di Labuan. Agak sukar untuk menyesuaikan diri dengan suasana baru di Labuan. Walaupun masanya adalah sama, tetapi pada hakikatnya bolehlah dikatakan kawasan Sabah adalah sejam lebih awal dari masa biasa. Contohnya; di Semenanjung, waktu subuh adalah 6.00 pagi (hanya sebagai contoh) – tetapi di Labuan waktu subuh adalah 5.00 pagi! Cuba bayangkan – 6.30pagi di Labuan, suasana dah terang benderang jika dibandingkan dengan 6.30pagi di Semenanjung !

6. Semasa kami berangkat ke Labuan, kami tidak membawa bersama kami peralatan rumah seperti dapur masak, TV, peti ais, Astro, mesin basuh serta sofa. Sebab kami sedia maklum, di Labuan nanti kami akan tinggal di rumah kuarters yang sudah serba ”lengkap”. Semua peralatan yang saya sebutkan tadi, semuanya saya tinggalkan di rumah saya (di Sg Petani, Kedah). Dipendekkan cerita, saya terpaksa meminta belas ”ehsan” sepupu saya untuk membelikan kami beberapa peralatan asas yang diperlukan itu.

7. Maka hiduplah kami sebagai “orang Labuan untuk 3 tahun berikutnya… Pendapat saya tentang Labuan? Hmm.. agak susah untuk menyebutnya dalam bentuk objektif. Lain orang, lain pandangannya. Tetapi pada pandangan saya, selagi “mentality” orang Labuan tidak diubah, selagi itulah Labuan akan tetap jadi Labuan. Sukalah saya untuk berkongsi beberapa perkara yang dimaksudkan:-

i. Labuan Botanical Garden – amat indah. Dengan suasana kehijauan ditengah2 Labuan, amat sesuai untuk keluarga berhujung minggu. Disamping trek yang popular untuk berjogging, ada juga “water park” untuk kanak2 bermain air. Kami sempat menggunakan kemudahan water park tersebut. Anak2 saya cukup gembira dapat bermain air kolam. TAPI – hanya sekali saja. Selepas pada itu, saya dapati, water park tersebut telah ditutup dan tiada lagi air di situ. Masalah senggaraan menjadi modal pihak pentadbiran. Saya terfikir pula, belanjawan selama ini, yang disalurkan oleh kerajaan, kemana perginya? Labuan adalah Wilayah Persekutuan. MEndapat peruntukan BUKAN dari kerajaan negeri, tetapi terus dari kerajaan pusat. Hanya tiga Wilayah Persekutuan di Malaysia ini. Kemana perginya ”perbelanjaan untuk senggaraan” di Pulau Labuan ini???

ii. Perkhidmatan feri disediakan untuk membawa penumpang dan kenderaan dari Labuan ke tanah besar (Menumbuk). TAPI – perkhidmatannya adalah ”keempat” (lebih buruk dari kelas ketiga). Yang menghairankan ialah, penduduk Labuan seperti ”suka” dengan perkhidmatan feri yang ”hebat” itu. Rasanya di Malaysia ini, bukan Labuan sahaja yang menyediakan perkhidmatan feri membawa kenderaan. Feri Pulau Pinang contohnya, sudah lama meneyediakan perkhidmatan yang sama – kenapa feri di Pulau Pinang lebih efisien dari feri Labuan (walaupun bukan tahap kelas pertama, tapi masih boleh dibanggakan)? Untuk mengetahui lebih tepat, saya amat mencadangkan supaya saudara terus ke Labuan dan cubalah bawa kenderaan ke tanah besar. Selepas itu, berkongsilah bersama saya perasaannya. Jika saya salah, maafkan lah saya.

iii. Di Labuan, saya berpindah dari Membedai ke Bedaun. Bedaun adalah kuarters baru TUDM untuk anggotanya. Alhamdulillah – oleh kerana ianya baru maka kamilah menjadi orang pertama yang menggunakan kemudahan di Bedaun. Setelah beberapa bulan saya tinggal di Bedaun, saya ingin memasang streamyx di rumah – untuk itu saya perlu memohon talian telefon terlebih dahulu. Tetapi, apabila kami ke pejabat Telekom Labuan, jawapan yang diterima sungguh tak masuk akal: “Maaf encik, Bedaun bukan kawasan liputan kami (Telekom Labuan). Kami tidak ada perancangangan langsung untuk masukkan telefon talian tetap ke kawasan Bedaun”. Saya tidak faham. Labuan adalah sebuah pulau yang kecil. Ianya bertaraf Wilayah Persekutuan. Logik akal mana yang boleh terima alasan seperti di atas? Kalau tak ada line telefon, ADAKAN line telefon ! itu saja penyelesaiannya. Pulau yang sebegitu kecil pun tak mampu diuruskan?

8. Itulah serba ringkas danserba sedikit pengalaman saya di Labuan. Ada lagi beberapa perkara yang ingin saya kongsi bersama, tetapi rasanya cukuplah itu saja sebagai permulaan.

11 March 2009

Sound Bites

Its may be a year full of suspense, drama, hypocrites and may I say "adventure" ... I just want to share list of events that lead to that matters ...
1. I cant help myself but to touch a bit of politics events in Malaysia. I must agree with our former Prime Minister (http://www.chedet.cc/) that in the last election (March 2008) Malaysians vote for Pakatan Rakyat (PR) not because they have strong support for them, but total frustration on how the current government, Barisan Nasional (BN), "fail" to manage the country. Can you trust PKR to lead the country? Will you give PAS the mandate to "amend" our country's policies? How much you will you support DAP to join PAS and PKR to lead us Malaysians? Of course, I can see a big NO to that ! But on the other hand, we cant rely on BN anymore - not after what they have done ! Lets take the fuel hike for example. Just a few days before the election they (BN) said "THERE LL BE NO FUEL HIKE AT LEAST UNTIL THE END OF 2008!" - but a few weeks after that they increase the fuel price from RM1.90 to RM2.70 ! And yes, we can still feel the effect of the increment until today ! I am not surprise if in our next election the candidates from BEBAS will concur the Parliament and Ibrahim Ali will be our next Prime Minister !!!
2. My status here in Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) is still "uncertain". I am still a co pilot and still an Airforce Officer. Series of letters already sent - but still - no firm reply from the Human Resource MMEA. To be command of the aircraft has long been my aim - since I started flying the Nuri. But bureaucracy make things be very complicated. Its must be a very long RED TAPE that they have in the Agency. Yes, I want to join MMEA. To be part of them. But it seems that they are not interested on us. Just let me make it clear. Its THEM who suppose to "invite" us to join MMEA! THEY are the one who suppose to show the interest! The reason is simple. We are the pioneer pilots for MMEA. Lets say we go back to Airforce, who ll fly their aircraft? JUST TELL ME WHO !!!?!?!!?!?!!!!! Of course they can always teach new pilots to fly the aircraft - but they have to teach them right from the beginning - as what I have been learning for the past two years! Start from square one means you have to sign a new contract with the instructors (from France) - sigining new contracts means ... A LOT OF MONEY !!!! Lets think about it together.
3. Sorry, my England is very bad. Its been a very long time since I wrote anything. Any comments will be much appreciate, thanks.