Showing posts with label media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label media. Show all posts

Monday, March 28, 2011

The day my least fave purple shirt turned to out to be my lucky charm....

It was like any other working day...
Except this time, I was actually early for an assignment. LoL.
Due to that, I was asked by the PR company if I wanted to join Tes*co SuperMarke*t Sweep Challenge with two other media and seven top Tesc*o Clubcard members...
Since I had to wait another 30 mins for the main event to start (and nak makan lunch pun macam tak sempat je), I said yes...

You see, the participants had to compete with each other to hunt down 50 Price Cut product items (the challenge is in conjunction with the launch of Tesco Price Cut Campaign) in 20 mins.
The speediest  not only take home all the items in their respective trolley but also some cash vouchers...

There were 10 teams - which consist of a participant and a Tesco staff - and each was given different set of items to look for.
Like yours truly, it was snacks, chocolates and biscuits.
Ada yang dapat household essentials like rice, minyak masak; ada yg dapat pet food, drinks and ice-cream; and ada yang dapat personal care products....etc.

Dengan baju kerjanya, and heels (lucky it was only kitten heels!), pun berlarilah macam nak gila cari barang...
Ok, we have shopped at that Tesco a few times before but, seriously, when u nak cari barang tu, masa tulah tak jumpa kan...
I was lucky to get a very competitive and cekap partner...

We managed to sampai the cashier 9 mins before time habis..
Masa tulah organizers confused siapa yg patut doublecheck and tally our loot...
After like 2 mins, barulah nak kira and found out satu item tersalah ambil..
Apa lagi, i ran as fast as i could to cari the correct oreo cookies, while my partner check barang di counter...

Then, problem lagi, the price of our items tak tally dgn the list..
We just print out the receipt and run as fast as we could (dgn trolley skali) ke info counter...
Muka penat tengah tunggu the judges buat keputusan rasmi
Selepas double check, we found out it was OK and we dapat 2nd price!!
Which is RM2K worth of vouchers! Alhamdullilah sangat!
First place won RM3k worth of vouchers, 3rd place (RM1K) and consolation (RM200). Each of us won whatever in the trolley too...
Which, most of it i bagi to my partner....

Menteri KPDKK, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and CEO Tesco Stores Malaysia, Tjeerd Jegen during the price giving ceremony.... (Picture courtesy of UMMB)

My partner : Holisah who helped a lot during the race

 It was a great, unexpected day indeed!
And I thank my husband who practically forced me to get out of the bed early morning to lari-lari anak around the block. lol...

And finally, dapat juga merasa macam mana participant that game show dulu-dulu (Supermarket Sweep) rasa... :-)

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Oh, what a beautiful surprise!

It was a good-surprise kinda of morning today. Hubby dengan senyuman penuh lebar, bangun awal pagi and pergi kedai beli paper. (He could get the paper for free from the office as he is working today)..

Balik-balik, dengan senyuman lebar tu, dia buka paper and SURPRISE! 



His first picture byline! Byline nama dah banyak kali keluar, but byline bergambar ni  pertama kali!

Even Si Bunga panggil "Abah, Abah, Abah!" when she saw this picture.:-)

Dear Hubby, 

We are so proud of you and reading your piece, one could see your passion in this particular subject (bukan subjek paksa rela which u have to write on something)...Keep up the good work and finally, I can say out loud and in public, "Thats my Husband!" (even bukan di finishing line pun...) :-P

For the full article, please click here

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Addiction.....

I'm currently addicted to this :



I've known about the series years ago, when it first showed in Astro...tapi tak tgk, i think its becoz we didn't subscribe the movie channel masa tu..or i rather watch something else masa tu..

anyway, this time around, came as an accident. Fitri loves war movies, esp. the second world war...it was in the middle of the nite, dahlia dah tidur and i had to fold the laundry...

seperti biasa, fitri will temankan i do my chores and while doing that, he was watching this. suka tak suka, i kena tgk....and terus tertawan ok? tak kisahlah i dah missed beberapa episode pun..

(since i malas nak menaip pepanjang tgh-tgh malam ni, i got this from Wikipedia) : Band of Brothers is a 2001 ten-part television World War II miniseries based on the book of the same title written by historian and biographer Stephen Ambrose.

The narrative centers on the experiences of E Company ("Easy Company") of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, from Easy's basic training at Toccoa, Georgia, through the American airborne landings in Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Bastogne and on to the end of the war[1].

since that day, i would tgk whenever its repeated over the idiot box until one day, i basically racun fitri to buy the box set..heheheh.

gila tak gila, i even surf the net to find out about the real E company (where the series is based on)...! hehehe....

i seriously think this is one of the best series i've watched. and yes, they d have good looking guys (i could imagine fitri's rolling his eyes when he reads that part..) but thats beside the point.

the series connects you to the characters. it showed how the war effected these ppl, and others around..it showed how the war was...(of course dalam ni semua special effects, i think the real war lagi teruk la kan)

fitri has been patiently educating me about the military e.g ranks, the grouping and the strategy...of course, some of it i still tak berapa nak paham...



anyway, this series actually mengubah my minat towards war movies. i really dig it.

of course, kalau locally made movie i akan tgk bukit kepong...yg u je pun yg i ingat. sarjan hassan tak tgk sampai habis....hmmm...maybe i shoud buka semula my old buku sejarah to read about our own war...

jees & apin (i know u guys are waiting for me to say this), my fave character is doc. eugene roe. cute ooo! :-P oh, leut. spiers pun ensem gak (dia yg berlakon jadi bapa siapa ntah dalam gossip girls)

Friday, December 19, 2008

what do you think?

I obtained this from NST Online . Do tell me your opinion about it....
Journalists are bad news when it's time to wed
KUALA LUMPUR: Want to get married in Malaysia? Don't become a journalist.

A recent survey found that media professionals, along with those in advertising, public relations and marketing, are considered the "last resort" when it comes to spousal candidates.

The survey, by market research and consultant group Synovate Sdn Bhd, also included entertainers, actors and musicians at the bottom of the heap.

The company interviewed more than 1,000 men and women, between the ages 15 and 64, from all income levels for the survey, which sought to "uncover attitudes and perceptions of Malaysians towards professions, careers and jobs".

Educators, including teachers and professors, seem to have it good in the love department with 36 per cent approval from respondents, followed by doctors and nurses (29 per cent).

Synovate marketing and communications manager Varian Ignatius said the survey indicated that Malaysians "are somewhat careful" when it comes to selecting a life partner, placing a premium on trustworthiness and good moral values.

The findings also show that 75 per cent of Malaysians admitted that the profession of their potential and future partner is important.

"They also admitted that the most important characteristics that make a profession admirable are those that help people with their health and education."

Varian said similar surveys carried out in other countries found that doctors and nurses were most sought after as marriage partners in France, the United States and Brazil, while 37 per cent of respondents in China preferred teachers and professors.

On salary scales, the survey revealed that some 33 per cent of Malaysians believed that corporate figures such as chief executive officers, top business executives, bankers and accountants were paid too much for their work.

Inversely, 44 per cent of the respondents felt that people with trade skills, such as plumbers, carpenters, builders and mechanics, do not earn enough.

"Malaysians tend to view trade work as hard work which is physically demanding and time-consuming. They believe that such demands require higher monetary rewards."

Varian said the survey showed that 85 per cent of Malaysians were proud of their professions and also felt their parents' views of their jobs were important.

"It is exceedingly important to have a good job in Malaysia. It is perceived to reflect your social status and a high status improves your lot in life -- and that of your family."

Varian noted that the family institution in Malaysia was generally tight-knit, making it normal for parents' views to figure prominently throughout people's lives.

Monday, December 15, 2008

Journalistic interpretation?

I takde kerja and sesaja googled Papa's name...and i found this at Ber*nama's library site...it was taken from their newsletter, Berita Bernama in 1980.


NOMENCLATURE OF UNACCEPTED DEFINITIONS

Journalists -Have you arrived?

At what stage of your career can you relax and say for certain that you have arrived as a journalist? Some say when you have regular irregular heartbeats, ulcers that defy diagnosis, untimely heart attacks, high blood pressure or a conspicuous loss of conspicuous loss of hirsute endowments at the hill-top.

Use the not-accepted Baharudin rating system to test yourself. Under this system, your stories must create some kind of response or aftermath (notice that I do not use the word reprisal as it might strike terror in your dainty hearts).

If your contact rings you up the next day to say you misquoted him completely, this indicates that he took the trouble to read, your report in the papers.

If he goes so far to threaten you with a law suit, this proves beyond any reasonable doubt that your story has touched him in the heart where it matters most.

By all means, do have a few restless nights thinking over your future in journalism but try not to lose appetite over this. You wouldn't want to drag in the medical profession over such a small matter. You could however try to catch hold of ex-journalists who hove gone into the legal profession (try Rashid Ali).

If your contact actually marches into Bernama Head Office with bloodshot eyes and fumes coming out of his ears to demand a retraction of your story, it goes to show how much trouble he has taken to see you personally over your story.

If he shows up with his lawyer, leave the matter entirely in the hands of the news editor, whose past personal experience in such matters will do doubt put him in good stead to deal with the problem.

However, while waiting for both parties to work out an amicable settlement out of court, you could spend the free time typing out your resignation letter.

And, for heaven's sake, as a parting gesture, exercise some principle - do not use office stationary. As an alternative, you could have your resignation letter typed out in advance. Just leave the date to be filled in when the need arises.

Therefore, under the Baharudin rating system, you can say you have arrived when you are leaving. At least you leave with a bang.

By BAHAR*UDIN LA*TIF, who jokes about his future.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

My Papa is a celebrity today! :-P

My colleague, Ham*zah Abdul Ham*id, wrote this article for today's Kosm*o! Ahad..


RENCANA UTAMA

Khabar dari tebing runtuhan

Pemandangan hijau yang dibanggakan selama ini sudah bertukar menjadi pandangan bumbung-bumbung rumah dan kondominium yang semakin rancak dibangunkan.


SOBREY mengharapkan semua pihak bertindak secara proaktif.


'MAAF, kami umpama pelarian," pelawa tuan rumah sambil mengemas letak atur beg-beg berisi pakaian dan dokumen penting di laluan masuk. Sebelum bertanya lanjut tentang barang-barang tersebut, topik perbualan sengaja dimulakan dengan imbasan kisah lalu.

Ingatannya kuat pada pandangan bukit yang tenang dan hijau. Dia juga masih ingat pada kunjungan saudara-mara dan teman taulan yang memuji betapa bertuah si tuan rumah dapat memiliki kediaman menghadap keindahan alam semula jadi.

Bagi Sobrey Jaafar, 59, keputusan untuk melabur sejumlah kira-kira RM200,000 untuk sebuah rumah teres di Wangsa Ukay, Bukit Antarabangsa, 20 tahun lalu, adalah impian yang dibina bersama keluarganya. Pelaburan yang semahunya dibiar menjadi milik mereka selama boleh.

"Kami berpindah dari Taman TAR, Ampang Jaya kerana mahukan persekitaran yang lebih tenteram dan selamat selain menghargai budaya yang terbit daripada kejiranan di kalangan golongan profesional.

"Penduduk di sini mewakili kelompok masyarakat moden. Kemudahan asas penduduk seperti bekalan air, elektrik dan keperluan lain juga memuaskan lantaran diuruskan dengan baik," terangnya yang memberitahu nilai asetnya itu tahun lalu sudah mencecah harga sekurang-kurangnya setengah juta ringgit.


PANDANGAN ngeri dari tempat punca runtuhan di Jalan Wangsa 9, Wangsa Ukay. Kediaman Sobrey sekeluarga hanya kira-kira 200 meter dari tebing ini.


Kata Sobrey, dahulu rumah itu tidak perlu dipasang sistem hawa dingin, kerana udara sudah cukup nyaman dan dingin pada waktu malam. Apakah lagi yang diingati?

"Harmoni. Itulah yang kami paling ingat," celah isterinya, Nazlee Ismail, yang merujuk kepada kemesraan hubungan antara jiran tanpa mengira bangsa dan agama.

"Dulu kami memang sengaja memilih pandangan yang menghadap bukit bukau berbanding hartanah yang menghadap kota raya Kuala Lumpur. Tapi, lihat sekarang ke luar sana," katanya lantas membuang pandangan melepasi halaman rumahnya.

"Pemandangan hijau yang kami banggakan itu kini menjadi pandangan bumbung-bumbung rumah dan kondominium yang semakin rancak dibangunkan saban tahun," sambung bapa kepada dua orang anak ini.


RUNTUHAN kecil di laluan Jalan Wangsa 1 ini juga antara petanda yang perlukan penyelenggaraan profesional.


Pembangunan konkrit itu lama-kelamaan menghakis kenangan yang mereka kumpulkan sejak mendudukinya pada tahun 1988. Di sebalik nada tenang pasangan suami isteri ini, masih dapat ditangkap sekilas bibit khuatir mengenai rentetan kejadian tanah runtuh pada dinihari 6 Disember lalu.

"Kami tidak merasakan apa-apa semasa tanah itu runtuh. Sebaliknya mendapat tahu pada siangnya apabila menerima panggilan saudara yang tinggal di kawasan bawah bukit. Ketika itu, helikopter sudah berlegar-legar di ruang udara," imbas Sobrey.

Tragedi yang mengorbankan lima nyawa itu seolah-olah menjelaskan keanehan yang dilihat dengan matanya sendiri pada dua hari sebelumnya. Sobrey teringat pada kawanan beruk dan monyet yang tiba-tiba muncul berkeliaran merapati kawasan perumahannya, seperti hendak lari dari kawasan hutan di lereng bukit itu.

"Bukan tidak pernah melihat kelibat monyet dan beruk di sini, tetapi saya hairan bilangannya lebih banyak daripada biasa. Mungkin itu suatu petanda," katanya.

Mungkin ketika ramai menghulur belas dan berduka dengan nasib mangsa di kalangan penghuni 14 buah banglo yang ranap di tapak runtuhan, kita terlupa pada keluh-kesah penghuni rumah di atas bukit Wangsa Ukay ini. Kehidupan mereka, secara falsafah dan fizikalnya, berada di tebing curam.


PENGHUNI di deretan rumah di Jalan Wangsa 9, di belakang kediaman Sobrey sudah diarahkan untuk berpindah demi keselamatan mereka.


Kediaman Sobrey misalnya, walaupun bukan dalam 'zon merah' yang diarahkan untuk mengosongkan premis, kedudukannya adalah kira-kira 200 meter dari punca runtuhan. Deretan rumah di Jalan Wangsa 9, iaitu betul-betul di belakang rumahnya sudah pun dikosongkan.

"Kami diberitahu bahawa deretan rumah di Jalan Wangsa 7 ini tidak terjejas. Struktur tanah kami masih kukuh dengan batu. Moga ia kekal begitu," ujar pesara ini yang telah meninggalkan portfolio besar dalam agensi berita negara, Bernama.

Sobrey yang pernah bertugas membuat liputan tragedi kondominium Highland Towers yang tumbang pada tahun 1993, walau bagaimanapun mengakui bahawa kejadian seumpama itu bukan asing di Bukit Antarabangsa.

Kes-kes runtuhan kecil, katanya, sudah beberapa kali berlaku. Cuma runtuhan tanah Sabtu lalu, menggusarkan dia sekeluarga.

"Itulah yang dikesalkan. Setiap kali terjadi perkara seperti ini, arahan menghentikan projek di kawasan bukit dikeluarkan kerajaan. Namun, larangan itu dilupakan juga akhirnya," luah bapa kepada dua anak ini.

Menurutnya, ada tiga sebab mengapa tragedi ini berlaku. Pertama adalah kelemahan penyelenggaraan. Kedua adalah kekurangan pengurusan teknikal, manakala yang ketiga adalah sikap 'tidak apa'.


BEG-BEG berisi barangan keperluan dan dokumen penting sudah siap diletakkan di muka pintu.


Dia melahirkan kemusykilannya terhadap pihak yang meluluskan projek-projek di sekitar kawasan Bukit Antarabangsa yang tidak serius untuk merujuk kepada pakar penyelenggaraan cerun bukit.

Bagi yang mampu berfikir dengan waras, memang letih kalau hal seperti ini berakhir dengan drama menuding jari, bercakap soal sifat tamak manusia dan keengganan pihak-pihak tertentu mematuhi peraturan yang ditetapkan kerajaan. Pokok pangkalnya adalah penguatkuasaan.

"Lagi satu, konsep pengurusan krisis kita sering kali silap. Ia sepatutnya dilaksanakan untuk menghindarkan krisis daripada berlaku. Bukannya bertindak sesudah sesuatu krisis atau bencana sudah terjadi," tegasnya yang mahukan semua pihak lebih proaktif menangani isu tersebut.

Bukan berfikir negatif atau tidak menghormati perasaan Sobrey sekeluarga. Namun, soalan ini akhirnya telah disuakan juga kepadanya - adakah sudah bersedia untuk meninggalkan rumah itu seandainya keadaan tidak menyebelahi mereka nanti?

"Bukan soal mahu pindah atau tidak. Kita ikut apa yang perlu dibuat. Di mana-mana pun kita percaya pada ketentuan Tuhan. Di bukit boleh berlaku tanah runtuh, di kawasan rendah pula boleh terjadi bencana banjir, dan di kawasan rata juga boleh dilanda puting beliung. Iklim dan cuaca juga sudah tidak dapat diduga.

"Kalau diikutkan hati, kami masih mahu terus tinggal di sini. Walau bagaimanapun, beg-beg sudah di depan pintu itu. Jika berlaku apa-apa, kami akan capai dan pergi," ujarnya yang akan terus terkenangkan betapa kejiranan itu dua dekad lalu begitu damai dan menghijau.

Friday, September 26, 2008

Raya di pejabat

This picture was taken yesterday....most of the staff were wearing our corporate shirt, but most of us gelar, baju kilang...(no offense kepada mereka yang mmg kerja kilang). Since baju dia dengan potongan wanita, of coursela i tak dapat nak pakai...

anyway, this is about 80% of the KL staff ...yg takde sama ada cuti, malu nak bergambar or tgh assignment. it is impossible to actually ambil gambar semua orang. ( i wish staff state pun ada, barulah lengkap)

Selamat Hari Raya from us di Kos*mo!