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.