Jack's colleague get's a sticky prank on his master's last day of service at my workplace.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Monday, February 27, 2006
Jack Around
Jack's been out out out so there was not much time to blog. Here's the short excerpts on what he's been up to.
1) MPH Sale
Jack brings me and Anah (yippee I got her to come down from Malacca) to empty our wallets at the annual MPH Warehouse sale. Jack then had to lug back our stacks of purchases teeheehee.
2) Ikea
Jack visits Ikea with me and Anah. Then Jack had to lug back that absurd thing we both bought teeheehee.
3) NUPW Hall
Jack checks out NUPW Hall for wedding venue. Me and Car-man got a proper tour of the place and people running them, so this is where we're going to tie the knot. Yippee.
4) Bugs
Jack drives head-on, full-speed into a swarm of bugs and thwacked them all. Jack got a screen full of disgusting semi-liquid splotches. Yuck. Yuck. Yuck.
5) Kuantan
Jack takes a day-trip to Kuantan for the wedding dinner of Car-man's colleague. His colleague, an Aussie, got a duo of musicians performing folk tunes with guitar and banjo and accordion. Funky.
6) KLIA
Jack goes to that place again, this time to get my parents. Together! They were actually kind enough to come down in the same day and same flight this time. Hallelujah.
1) MPH Sale
Jack brings me and Anah (yippee I got her to come down from Malacca) to empty our wallets at the annual MPH Warehouse sale. Jack then had to lug back our stacks of purchases teeheehee.
2) Ikea
Jack visits Ikea with me and Anah. Then Jack had to lug back that absurd thing we both bought teeheehee.
3) NUPW Hall
Jack checks out NUPW Hall for wedding venue. Me and Car-man got a proper tour of the place and people running them, so this is where we're going to tie the knot. Yippee.
4) Bugs
Jack drives head-on, full-speed into a swarm of bugs and thwacked them all. Jack got a screen full of disgusting semi-liquid splotches. Yuck. Yuck. Yuck.
5) Kuantan
Jack takes a day-trip to Kuantan for the wedding dinner of Car-man's colleague. His colleague, an Aussie, got a duo of musicians performing folk tunes with guitar and banjo and accordion. Funky.
6) KLIA
Jack goes to that place again, this time to get my parents. Together! They were actually kind enough to come down in the same day and same flight this time. Hallelujah.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
JACK TURNS ONE!!
Mileage : 28088 km
Jack turns one today. Congrats! All four wheels intact, body slightly dented but still able. Cheers! Here to long life and health (please don't deteriorate into a write-off before I finish paying for you in the next four years). Cheers! Only 8000 km above the standard mileage average of 20k km a year!
Jack's in a bit of a spot though. I've collected his new road tax yesterday but forgot to paste in on.. Oops. Jack will be creeping around silently with his dead road-tax today. Ssssshhh...
Jack turns one today. Congrats! All four wheels intact, body slightly dented but still able. Cheers! Here to long life and health (please don't deteriorate into a write-off before I finish paying for you in the next four years). Cheers! Only 8000 km above the standard mileage average of 20k km a year!
Jack's in a bit of a spot though. I've collected his new road tax yesterday but forgot to paste in on.. Oops. Jack will be creeping around silently with his dead road-tax today. Ssssshhh...
Monday, February 20, 2006
Errand-Monday Jack
Monday. Jack and me do what we usually do on Mondays - run around doing errands that can only be done during certain hours because everybody works the same days and times. Lunch-time errands is out for us Cyberians (there is nothing in Cyberjaya). This Monday, among other things Jack went to check out two more halls for wedding venue.
We have a hall booked but due to certain reasons we're looking at some alternatives. Don't ask, I won't answer. So this Monday Jack went to Thean Hou Temple at Jalan Syed Putra and MPPJ's D'Klana Hall.
The D'Klana Hall was abuzz with activity when Jack and me stopped for a viewing. They were setting up the place for the upcoming MPH warehouse sale. Boxes and boxes of books sprawled acroos the hall while the staff unpacked and got them on the shelves. Eeeeeee...... It was a lot of work ignoring the excitement buzzing in my pores (ok. yes. I'll never be a poet) and actually notice the hall.
What was more disturbing than the stacks of books was the atmosphere. Pre-event setup. So much activity, staff in t-shirts running about co-ordinating. Beyond that I saw the long-hours on the feet, the tapao lunches, the actual event day of people people people. The smile smile smile for the crowd and the 'can you believe this guy' at end-day. The teardown after event, demolish and pack and post-mortem back at office. Sigh...I miss doing events.
Different combinations of eyes nose mouths, different temperaments. Beats the different snippets of code code code I'm seeing daily now. But would I trade back? Haha.. the grass is always greener on the other side.
Anyway this Monday ends. This will be our next to last errand-Monday, I'm back to full-week work next week. Well that's a trade-off, and I hope it is a good choice.
We have a hall booked but due to certain reasons we're looking at some alternatives. Don't ask, I won't answer. So this Monday Jack went to Thean Hou Temple at Jalan Syed Putra and MPPJ's D'Klana Hall.
The D'Klana Hall was abuzz with activity when Jack and me stopped for a viewing. They were setting up the place for the upcoming MPH warehouse sale. Boxes and boxes of books sprawled acroos the hall while the staff unpacked and got them on the shelves. Eeeeeee...... It was a lot of work ignoring the excitement buzzing in my pores (ok. yes. I'll never be a poet) and actually notice the hall.
What was more disturbing than the stacks of books was the atmosphere. Pre-event setup. So much activity, staff in t-shirts running about co-ordinating. Beyond that I saw the long-hours on the feet, the tapao lunches, the actual event day of people people people. The smile smile smile for the crowd and the 'can you believe this guy' at end-day. The teardown after event, demolish and pack and post-mortem back at office. Sigh...I miss doing events.
Different combinations of eyes nose mouths, different temperaments. Beats the different snippets of code code code I'm seeing daily now. But would I trade back? Haha.. the grass is always greener on the other side.
Anyway this Monday ends. This will be our next to last errand-Monday, I'm back to full-week work next week. Well that's a trade-off, and I hope it is a good choice.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Monday, February 13, 2006
Taxing Jack
Jack is approaching his birthday, so its time to cough up cash to keep him legally on the road.
Getting his insurance and road tax renewed was an unexpected adventure. Previously for Baby Knacil was a straight-forward process - on road-tax-die day go Kurnia renew insurance, then go Post office renew road tax. Done in 2 hours or less. Simple.
Jack just had to be difficult. For a start his birthcert is with the creditors, which means I can't renew his road tax directly. Usually insurance companies can liase with the banks to do this for you, so that one less headache BUT....
I renewed Jack's insurance at a branch of P&O Orient in Taipan. Service is excellent, the sole lady in the office is from a past generation of cheerfullness and politeness. It's like conversing with a teacher from those days. She regretfully informed me that since Jack's birthcert is with his creditors in another state therefore they will not be able to help liase with the bank on the road tax. Hai. She was very kindly, giving specific people and things to do to get things done at the creditors branch down the road.
Jack's extra-steps process - one week earlier go to P&O Orient renew insurance, tehn go to creditor branch get road tax renewed (remember to mention inter-branch transaction), then one week later go collect road tax. A bit less simple.
Jack just had to be extra difficult. It turns out the company who dealt with Baby Kancil/Jack trade-off botched some things. Jack's road tax expires on February, but his insurance expires in May (???. I also don't know. Tu lah, tak check). This mismatch is bad because your road tax and insurance MUST match, so the alternative was to extend Jack's insurance 3 months and renew road tax for 6 months so they both are due for renewal in August. Canggih.
Then in August there will be a repeatorama of this process, will less one hassle of mismatched documents. Hai. Another thing, after holding the insurance policy thus far, I just noticed that my address was recorded wrongly. House number 55 instead of 58. Goodness.. so folks, forget the fine print. Remember to read the whole bloody thing.
Ka-ching!
Insurance extension : RM 335.47
Road Tax : RM 63
Road Tax Processing Fee : RM 10
Road Tax Inter-branch courier : RM 5
Getting his insurance and road tax renewed was an unexpected adventure. Previously for Baby Knacil was a straight-forward process - on road-tax-die day go Kurnia renew insurance, then go Post office renew road tax. Done in 2 hours or less. Simple.
Jack just had to be difficult. For a start his birthcert is with the creditors, which means I can't renew his road tax directly. Usually insurance companies can liase with the banks to do this for you, so that one less headache BUT....
I renewed Jack's insurance at a branch of P&O Orient in Taipan. Service is excellent, the sole lady in the office is from a past generation of cheerfullness and politeness. It's like conversing with a teacher from those days. She regretfully informed me that since Jack's birthcert is with his creditors in another state therefore they will not be able to help liase with the bank on the road tax. Hai. She was very kindly, giving specific people and things to do to get things done at the creditors branch down the road.
Jack's extra-steps process - one week earlier go to P&O Orient renew insurance, tehn go to creditor branch get road tax renewed (remember to mention inter-branch transaction), then one week later go collect road tax. A bit less simple.
Jack just had to be extra difficult. It turns out the company who dealt with Baby Kancil/Jack trade-off botched some things. Jack's road tax expires on February, but his insurance expires in May (???. I also don't know. Tu lah, tak check). This mismatch is bad because your road tax and insurance MUST match, so the alternative was to extend Jack's insurance 3 months and renew road tax for 6 months so they both are due for renewal in August. Canggih.
Then in August there will be a repeatorama of this process, will less one hassle of mismatched documents. Hai. Another thing, after holding the insurance policy thus far, I just noticed that my address was recorded wrongly. House number 55 instead of 58. Goodness.. so folks, forget the fine print. Remember to read the whole bloody thing.
Ka-ching!
Insurance extension : RM 335.47
Road Tax : RM 63
Road Tax Processing Fee : RM 10
Road Tax Inter-branch courier : RM 5
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Jack's Perak Tour
Some photos from Jack's CNY dash across Perak.
All photos taken outside relatives's homes,
whom kindly hosted Jack and passengers.
All photos taken outside relatives's homes,
whom kindly hosted Jack and passengers.
Sitiawan
Taiping
Ipoh
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Jack's Weekend
Jack has a nice weekend running about.
He's gone scouring Subang area for a decent hall to hold a wedding.
He's gone for a little birthday party for a close friend of car-man. His friend's little boy's birthday, and we chill with car-man's associates of parents towing little kiddies. Did I feel a bit out of place in this crowd of grown-ups? =)
He's gone for our annual CNY lose-our-money gathering at InnSann's place. Nice catching up, bar that cracking whining incident. =) =)
Hehehehe. Come snigger with me if you get the joke.
He's gone scouring Subang area for a decent hall to hold a wedding.
He's gone for a little birthday party for a close friend of car-man. His friend's little boy's birthday, and we chill with car-man's associates of parents towing little kiddies. Did I feel a bit out of place in this crowd of grown-ups? =)
He's gone for our annual CNY lose-our-money gathering at InnSann's place. Nice catching up, bar that cracking whining incident. =) =)
Hehehehe. Come snigger with me if you get the joke.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Jack is Back
Mileage : 27002 km
Jack comes home! Yippie!
Bro brought him back nicely washed. He took some photos of Jack traipsing all over Sitiawan, Taiping and Ipoh, but he's yet to pass them to me. So for now I've got only one pic of Jack, outside my in-laws house in Sitiawan.
Oh.. don't look too puzzled. Car-man is the son of an old old family friend, so my grandma wanted to drop in say hello to his parents. My grandma and his grandma were chums waaaaay back then in this small little town.
Jack comes home! Yippie!
Bro brought him back nicely washed. He took some photos of Jack traipsing all over Sitiawan, Taiping and Ipoh, but he's yet to pass them to me. So for now I've got only one pic of Jack, outside my in-laws house in Sitiawan.
Oh.. don't look too puzzled. Car-man is the son of an old old family friend, so my grandma wanted to drop in say hello to his parents. My grandma and his grandma were chums waaaaay back then in this small little town.
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