Marking Season….

So I was doing my thing when suddenly the electricity went dead on this part of Likas, while the other part of Likas it was like Christmas on November, I had this theory that they cut the power on purpose because this part of Likas is usually the rebellious one, you know the non-mainstream part of Likas while the other was like pro you know what. Or I could be imagining things.

Anyway I was marking my marketing papers which is due next week, so now I had to go to the nearest Starbucks to make me feel good and finish the job. I had finished about maybe 10%.

I had to admit that the answers were, lets just say flattering though I’m still in a joyous mood as long as I can get a hold of my favorite Macchiato and I’m outside of that island I’m good. Though my paternal leave ended last friday, I decided to extend my leave to a little bit further say until this friday yup Raya Haji, which explains why I dodge calls from the office because that would distract me from my current activities and that any news from Labuan is just depressing.

Ok then back to work and a Happy Raya Haji to all.

Hello World

Last Thursday 12th of November 2009, I decided to head back to Labuan, because it has been what 2-3 weeks since I didn’t came in to the office. So to make the story short on Friday, which is my exam paper is to be held I got a call from the wife at around 3.40pm ‘ish’. Just one sentence, “It’s time, I’m on my way to the hospital…” end of conversation.

So there I was a couple of miles away while my wife is packing up to go to the Ranau Hospital to deliver our third baby,it took me at least half an hour to get my sense right ie to think clearly what to do next, first I went straight to the car drove back home pack things up , locked the doors and went back back to the office, called Mr Tam, but he didn’t answer the phone, probably he was busy marking his papers, then I manage to get a hold of Mr Sof, with his Type -R Honda he drove me to the Labuan Ferry Terminal so that I can get a ’speed boat to Menumbok. By the time I arrived at Menumbok I got a text from the wife that she’s at the delivery room and the ‘opening’ is about 4 cm. Manage to get a ‘taxi’ its was actually an MPV turned taxi who chartered passenger to KK, convenient though given my current circumstances. So off I go on my journey thinking or rather hoping that I could manage to get to the Ranau Hospital on time for the delivery, but about 6.57pm ‘ish’ the wife called and told me that she had just delivered a healthy baby boy, and that she is tired but safe so is the baby and that this would be our last child…well the last part is still debatable, but I agree with her for the moment sake.

Anyway, a couple of hours later I was in Ranau, but, it was a no visitors were allowed to enter after 11.00pm so I eventually met my wife and the newly born at around 6.00am the morning after.

So now we are one big happy family but still I need to finish up my marking for the exam, which is still in Labuan.

p/s Oh and we decided to name this little one if I got my Arabic correctly,Ammar Ghazi as in “Membawa kemakmuran dan Pejuang/Penakluk”.

Holiday Seasons

Okay I admit, I skipped tonight’s tarawikh, not proud of it but I was so tired that after sungkai and maghrib, I accidently dozed off in the living room.

So today I chaired 2 tiring meetings which is related to the school programs scheduled to be held soon after the raya break, I believe the meetings were rather disorganized, part of it is because I did not manage to address key areas.

Well let me just say that it was no fun of chairing a meeting, I mean you had to make a really firm decisions and people are depending on you to make one.

But what’s interesting is that I had a birds eye view of the situation in office, that despite the rhetoric that we say publicly or during a formal function, we were actually humans with different agendas which actually tried to make ends needs. I don’t think any team buildings or motivational seminars will be able to change SSIL, it is so deeply embedded that any changes will only be repelled viciously. As much as I am uncomfortable of saying this, you know that it is true, that we are actually divided with our own groups.

So enough of that, Raya is around the corner, and if you don’t know me, I am not that excited for it, well that spirit in me ended way back when I realized that Raya is fun only if you were a kid, and this year, Amalia my baby daughter will be celebrating her first Raya, so we will make it as fun as possible for her.
So that’s it people. Salam.

Arrived in Ranau, safe and sound. Happy vibes along the way, weather is always cool and I’m now blogging from a perfect spot in the whole house facing the beautiful mount Kinabalu. This is what life should be,calm and cool.

Sleeping now.