18th March 09

Half past 12 a.m. on the early morning of 18th March 2009 , I was playing the borrowed iPod touch . And I missed to wish me Happy Birthday even though I reminded myself to wish myself when the clock strikes 12 . Anyway , I received my second sms on my birthday wishing me then only I realized that I forgot to wish myself . Haha to immerse in the nice and cute Rolando game .



Huh !!! Got into bed at around 1.30 a.m. And woke up around 8.30a.m , I received my first foreign sms on my birthday from UK . I was very happy upon receiving my his sms . But my the other friend maybe too busy with his vacation Down Under and forgot to wish me . Anyway I understand that .While I was replying his sms, I looked outside it was raining . So nice to fall back into the bed again And I did. Woke up again at 9.30 a.m. I was reminded by my family that there was somebody will knock on the door before you go to school. I was confused whether need to wait at home or go outside for a shopping spree on my birthday . A flash of ideas streaming into my mind and then I realized that I wanted to go to IKEA for some shopping . Then around 10.00 a.m. after keep on asking my sister who will be knocking on my door , she replied that I need to be in the house around 12 p.m. then you will be able to meet him . I was curious about the mystery man will appear at my door, kept on asking but she refused to answer.

Then around 10.30a.m. I received a call from Alex that the ‘mystery man ‘ will appear around 11.30 a.m. But at that moment , I was driving my way to IKEA and all of the sudden ,Alex called . I was confused and felt sorry about the postponement I made to him . The idea of me going to IKEA was to treat myself with a nice breakfast and then shop for something I like .

10.45 a.m. With the limited selection I have on certain food served at the IKEA food court I was done with the practical fried bee hoon and also a piece of chocolate muffin. The price of the bee hoon only costs RM1 and the muffin was more expensive than the bee hoon . All together RM 2.62 with taxes. Anyway while sitting on the table next to the window , the enjoyment to savour the food was very relaxing . With the morning after the rain , it was like the morning has just awakened. Looking at my watch , it was 15 minutes past 11 a.m. I finished my breakfast and then I went to the offer bin corner which is next to the escalator to pick up a mirror which initially cost RM 19 ,now it is RM 5. And went to the marketplace and picked up a replacement plant for my dad and I . A beautiful ‘ginseng’ bonsai with a shaped like a human and the top has few branches and leaves.



Aiya , luckily saved the flowers !

Reached home around 12 p.m. but without the ‘mystery man ‘ in sight . And decided to call my sister for confirmation , but didn’t . I read today’s newspaper and suddenly I heard the door was knocked . And Surprised ! a delivery man with a bouquet of flowers in his hands .The bouquet is full with pink and red colored roses and not to mention my favorite Ferrero Rocher chocolate . I never received a bouquet of roses before from anyone , this is the first time . Initially I felt weird about the whole thing of getting flowers for birthday but later I felt that it is okay and I was too into the bouquet and took lots of photos with the flowers . And I forgot about the time , I only ate Maggi mee for my lunch but it was alright as I was treated with such a surprise!Thanks my sister and my friend for making the surprise a success.

Then, in school . It was not that smooth sailing . For the past few days , we were able to roam freely in our school but today the wind was blown to the other direction . The management wanted to track down the students who are not in their respective classes. As I am the one who wanted to use the internet connection , with the immobility I had I was very reluctant to stay in the class assigned because I can’t use the internet in the class. So i sneaked out the room and went there . Burrrrrr..... I was like a fugitive .

But the other empty class has it .After loggin on to the Facebook , I saw lots of people writing on my wall to wish me Happy Birthday . I was touched by their moves .Even my ex-primary schoolfriends were among those who wished me. I would like to thanks all again for their time and their effort.


After around 9 p.m. I received lots of sms from my friends from ex-schoolmates to ex-uni friends. I was very surprised that some still remember my birthday . Anyway , my schoolmates decided to treat me at the Ipoh White Coffee at Subang Perdana and we went there to enjoyed ice blended coffee and tea. But after a glass , I felt I was going to vomit and hold back .I am certain that next time White Coffee or tea will not be part of my diet anymore. The feeling of indigestion in my stomach and the beverage seems stuck at my throat .




At around 11 p.m. I reached home and ready myself for the night . I replied all the sms greetings and phoned friends . Opps... my birthday was over when I was talking with my mother . Haha what a day of my birthday !

Thanks everyone again for the wishes and effort!

!! 新しMH B737-800 航空機 !! New MH B737-800 aircraft aircraft

I have noticed the new B737-800 in the hanger beside my training school . It was newly painted with the MAS logo on it. I was wondering when will I have the chance to sit inside it. But today I managed to sit onto one of 2 newly introduced B737-800 from Penang to Kuala Lumpur. Initially , I was given a seat number 27 . In the old configuration of B737-400 series which currently serving MAS , I would be in the last row ,behind me is the lavatory .

The B737-800 series which can occupy more seats in the aircraft and also the interior ceiling of the aircraft has a wavy element like a stream of air flowing smoothly above it.

It has few modifications inside the aircraft but that are enough for the passengers to feel there are some differences . According to one of the stewardesses inside the flight , she said there are two B737-800 flying with Malaysia Airlines , what they are doing now is to test the market . This aircraft I was flying with was the lease aircraft from other country.

Selama Famous Porridge

This is the porridge shop.

For all the places , I came to a place called Selama in Perak which is next to Port Weld (Kuala Sepetang) . The distance from Simpang to Selama is around 5 km , which is half the journey from Simpang to Port Weld.



I arrived at the restaurant just in time for my lunch. We had ordered a big pot of porridge which consists of big size prawns and chunks of promphet fish.At the first look , the porridge looks nothing special , but when you savour the porridge together with the soup , you will be surprised that the soup is exceptionally sweet with a kick of seafood taste.

The prawns were very fresh as you will know when you sink your teeth into it. The freshness of the seafood opens up my appetite. Actually I am not really like porridge , but the food really gave me a good reason to like it. Although the place is situated a few kilometers away from the port but the porridge stalls which available at Port Weld are incomparable with this restaurant. Although the price of the porridge is around RM 60 but with the fresh seafood it is really worth the price.


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Celcom USB Broadband

This is the most satisfied broadband I have ever used , maybe it is because I didn't use before broadband with such a high download speed . I downloaded most of my torrent files in just half the time . The package I am using is 384kbps .

In fact with this speed in the TM broadband , the download speed won't reach the level achieved by Celcom . I think most people use this USB broadband would be satisfied with the service given .

Delay'ed' again 2

The usual tidbit and drink served onboard .


Just arrived Penang an hour ago, very tired and sleepy . I don't receive the service which I got when I encountered a delay last time. You can see this entry by clicking www.frienzz.blogspot.com/2008/12/first-time-experience.html

This time around when everyone is so tired of changing from one departure gate A6 to A7 ,then to A9 finally we got a personal apology from the pilot after we arrived at Penang International Airport . He was standing next to the aisle and behind his cockpit door saying sorry to us .I overheard one of the Eurasian lady said to her partner , after she was greeted by the pilot:

Lady: He would probably say good night instead of sorry . But , I won't forgive him totally even he apologized to me just now.

I arrived in Penang quarter past eight. I looked at the arrival display . 3 of the arrivals from KUL were within 20 minutes range .Our flight should be arriving at 6 p.m. and MH 1158 at 7.20 p.m. Now both MH1154 and MH 1158 were delayed . Both arrived within 3 minutes apart from each other . 7.56 p.m. and 7.59 p.m. respectively . Meanwhile MH 1162 was on schedule arrived at 8.13 p.m.

I felt that if there is any problem happens to the aircraft , a mere sorry wouldn't enough . Better to be late than sorry .
In my point of view , the pilot has to apologize to the passengers even though the engineers are responsible for it .



I met my ex-colleague at the waiting hall.



The arrival display at Penang International Airport.

Delay'ed' again

My delayed flight (second from the top)

What a bad day for me again in KLIA . I was in the waiting hall for my boarding instead I was given a transit pass .

I was quite happy to be given a seat in the 5.10p.m. MH1154 flight to Penang but the happy didn't last long enough . As everyone was waiting anxiously at the waiting hall (gate A6) to board the aircraft , an announcement was made saying that there were some technical delay for about 30 minutes . But as the time passes , it was 5.40 p.m. and this time we were informed that the delay will for another hour .That wil be around 6.40 p.m.

I am now waiting outside the gate . I will report if there will be any news here after .


'Delayed" pass

Central Club (Issue 1)

This week , we have the removal and installation of rigid and flexible pipelines. Most of our classmates had did it before us . To be specific on pipelines , there are a few kinds of pipelines in the aircraft :

Flexible pipelines ,

Rigid pipelines.

As the name suggested ,you would probably know the meaning of flexible and rigid . Flexible pipelines usually are interconnected with each other or with the other systems such as : engine . While rigid pipelines are used , where minimal / no vibration or motion occurs. If aircraft is subjected to heavy landing , therefore , the bending and denting of the rigid pipelines need to be replaced .

Good to know terms :

1/6 Hexagonal flat :-

A hexagonal shaped bolt has 6 sided and you need to turn face of bolt (facing you)in order to become the adjacent face of bolt (facing you).This is to ensure that appropriate torque to be applied to the bolt.

Index line(straight line painted along surface of pipeline):-

This index line is used to identify whether the pipeline has twisted or not . If the pipeline is twisted then hose failure or hose coupling leakage could occur.


Underneath the aircraft simulator lays a dozen of flexible and rigid pipelines , initially we thought 5 person working on it are enough .But , we spent almost 2.5 hours beneath the tiny space . Although it was tiring , we learned a lot of hands on experience and technique in installing the pipelines . Different size of bolts make us use different size of spanners.