mckk8286.com

Hi Sheryl,

I used to work near your office. In City Square to be precise. But I've now joined up with an old friend in Taman Universiti in Skudai. Insyaallah, one of these days we can meet up for tea but I'm so bad dlm bab-bab meeting up ni only cos my office is no longer in the city centre and once I dah masuk opis ni sampai lewat petang like now and then I try to rush back home to make it a point to have dinner with my wife and daughter. After that, apa lagi, jadi mangsa tengok cartoon with my daughterlah. Sampai I nak ke atas surf the 'Net pun dia tak kasi.

Usually I have tea with friends in the morning after I finish Court and kalau habis lambat, I terus sambung lunch (that's the good thing about being a partner, our time is flexible sikit). I usually balik terus ke rumah kecuali kalau ada committee meetings or functions or any other programe with friends / colleagues / clients (usually they request for me to meet them outside the office). Anyway ... I digress and who wants to hear my boring life story anyway.

Seriously though, I am quite a fun-loving person (as my friends will probably tell you - help! anyone) and I still love ocassionally going out on the town - hanging out, listen to music, sembang-sembang, clubbing (yeah, believe it or not I love to dance although I don't drink) cuma biasalah sekarang kita kena kurangkan sikit - to show a good example. :roll:

So after all that long-windedness, what I wanted to say was sure nanti one day we do tea and maybe if I go out with friends you may like to join us. What type of things do you like to do (apart from tea)? My friends like to go to Bongo or Karaoke and once in a while we have a Johor Bar Committee dance (although have to say, this year's social sub-committee has been quite bad in organising events). Disco kat sini I tak berapa tau and jarang pegi cos most of them quite ah beng and ah lian.

Gawd ... I can't believe this. A whole topic dedicated to me. Heehee :lol:

CK, my wife was working before (she has a degree in Technology Management) tapi she quit to stay home and take care of my daughter. These days she freelances and when she's not working - yeah, she joins the homemakers club.

I'd be wary of putting the phrase "not working" and "homemaker" in the same sentence :D

Well, your parents house is not far from mine, might come down next weekend..... I'll give you a call first, kalau jadi, maybe we can meet up :)

apart from that i also go for bowling at daiman. U know that place feruz? Clubbing not really here in jay bee.. been to NY, Cool Club, Bongo or juz lepak over a cup of coffee at newsroom, putri pan. singgah selalu sometimes ada gaks...
U selalu hang out kat mana? Or maybe if u happen to be in town during lunch hour, we can go to Taat House.. the food is quite nice too. Hv u tried before?

FERUZ is so popular now!!
i left the forum for less than 48 hours and there are so many postings to read, and this one specific topis on Feruz.
Perhaps I should also share some thoughts on this "topic" :)
To start with, Feruz is Feruz. The one and only. We were classmates, played the same ball, in the same society (not all, but one or two i can't really remember precisely) - but what I do remember we were in Enlish Language Society (was it called ELS or something else?) and the unforgettable memory was when we decided to stage a play. Feruz, being in Set A English class (we were to sit for a test when in Form 1 to determine the mastery of English Language so that we were placed in groups of Set A to Set E depending on the proficiency), was in charge of writing the script and directing the play. We had a few others to play the roles. Unfortunately, but not without anticipation, the play did not materialise and was never staged even though a few rehersals were done just for a mere reason that there were no one to carry the female roles. Thinking about it now, we could have been more creative in doing a play of only male characters. Well i suppose the writer (Feruz that was) were so into soaps like Dynasty and Dallas at that time. We were also in Japanese Language Society, but no, Feruz was not an office bearer, the president was Dr M, and there was King and Abu too.

As life writes itself, Feruz has been in and out of love, during and after college. Accepting as well as rejecting love. That was of course until he found Zalina. As most of many other collegians do (except me), Feruz went on to further his studies abroad in the UK and we lost contact for several years. It was only in 1996 that someone gave me his number that I was in contact with him again.

Perhaps some people are meant to be in our lives forever, when some others are just passing through. And as we grow older, as we continue to change with age, there is one thing that never changes, and that is the one called friendship. Because to me, it is the experience of growing up together, not only with Feruz, but with all the other 121 Arietans, that makes me feel completely alive, where every sense is heightened, every emotion magnified, because we know that even though we may not be near with each other, we have one thing in common - we are all left with memories that we treasure for the rest of our lives.

And here I dedicate to not only Feruz, but to all my friends regardless of which house they belonged to, which society they joined in, which class they studied in, which dorm they slept in, - the treasure inside for you to see is the treasure of friendship you've granted to me. It's the ball which is a circle, no beginning, no end, it keeps us together like our circle of friends, and now that the ball is in your hands, don't drop it.

Tad, Oh My God that's so touching! Thanks :cry: :cry: :cry: Whenever I think of friendship I think of the film Beaches (not Bitches ok :lol: ) starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey where the 2 friends really accept each other with all their faults and even though they may fight, their friendship never falters. That for me is true friendship.

By the way, it seems that I've been branded as being too "emotional" by some ppl. Well, I don't really think of myself as emotional. Rather I try to speak from the heart. I try not to be pretentious - what you see is what you get. I think (hope) that most ppl I know would say that how I am in the forum is how I am in person. Even when I was at school I don't think that I really cared whether I was popular or not (hope you guys agree with me). I try not to pretend to be someone I'm not or say something just because I think that's what they want to hear. After all, I'm a lawyer by profession not a PRO (Tad, you're a PRO too. Maybe you can teach me how to be less "emotional").

So I hope ppl can accept me and know that I too can accept you for who you are, so you don't have to pretend to be someone you're not either. As for what I write in this forum, most of it is in earnest, sometimes I say things just for a joke but, trust me, there's no malice.

Hi Sheryl ... well it seems that you do keep pretty busy. I take it you go out with your housemates? Org bank juga ke?

Yeah ... like you I have to travel a lot - most clients like it when you bring the documents etc to them rather than them having to go to you - just that extra touch of service hehheh.

Bowling eh? I like bowling but I must admit that I'm a really crap bowler (really bad). Dulu masa kerja kat City Square, we all pegi bowling kat Komtar. Kat Angsana pun ada and of course, the original - Holiday Plaza. How come you selalu bowling kat Daiman? Dekat rumah you ke?

DNP Plaza disco supposed to be good tapi kat JB ni manalah ada disco yg trendy sgt mostly ah bengs and ah lians lah. NY Club and Bongo are about the best. Dulu we all selalu jugak ada Johor Bar Committee dance but this year's committee been quite bad - tak organise apapun. Kalau ada dance, you're welcome to join us.

Yeh...I've eaten at Taat House - not bad, the Penang food quite authentic tapi with my mom being from Penang, I'm actually quite spoilt with her delicious cooking - she makes the best Kari Ikan Nasi Kandar, Char Kway Teow, Prawn Mee Soup and Laksa Penang. So I ni always critical esp when it comes to Laksa Penang - I've never yet been able to find any that surpasses my mom's (sorry bukan angkat bakul ya) but Taat House's not bad. Talking about makan, I can recommend the best places in town to eat the following : nasi ayam, soto, mee rebus, kari laksa, satay, sotong kangkong, mee wantan, seafood etc. etc. etc. Maybe they're not upmarket or trendy but surely menjilat jari beb. :wink: :wink: :wink:

At the mo', I'm quite busy with work (esp these next few weeks - got one particularly big case to attend to) but, hey, keep in touch ok.

Feruz,
why i always go to daiman bowl? I stay in pelangi indah, so it's quite a short drive frm my place to there. Nope, i dun hv any hosemates for time being.. always i go out with my collegues or my ex collegues.. not much friend here in jay bee.
sure, i'll be glad to join u guys if there's any dancing session so that i can put on my dancing shoes! i juz lurrve dancing lah...
Yeah, sure if u happen to be in town or whenever u r free jz let me know ok?
Btw feruz, is ur firm deal with our bank's customers? (juz wanna find out)
thks ya..

woohoo dire straits! why don't we all do the walk of life, to go see the sultans of swing? baru la boleh kata we got money for nothing, get your chicks for free.

anybody can say we got to install microwave ovens, custom kitchen delivery?

I just got house loan agreement charges from lawyer. IMHO, the miscellaneous charges are too much (printing RM40, photocopying RM40, etc etc), which I don't agree much.

Feruz, what you think? Can I dispute these? There are like 20 line items. What say you?

Ok will PM you. Btw, the total cost is less than RM2K, hehe, takde la RM1million house mcm Siti Nurhaliza tu. But just thought I'd like to dispute certain things :)

Gosh! I wasn't taking notes of what we discussed. Lupa langsung. I better get a portable keyboard.

Ferus met me at UTM Skudai as it was near his office at Taman Universiti. We then droved to Taman Uda and makan kat Remaja. I immediately called Rizal, and he popped by in a flash. Syed Riyad couldn't join us as he was already on his way back to KL. Called Adi Radlan, but the line was not too clear to have a conversation.

Feruz told us that his wife is a good friend of Doyok's wife since they were (or perhaps still is) working together at Johor Corp (the very company where Feruz met his other half). Chon-Chon is also in JB, but don't have his number.

Sapa lagi kat JB, huh? Next time kena plan for a proper get-together.

Photos from Micro TT with Feruz.....

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: Can I just say this - those photos have got to be the WORST photos of myself I've ever seen!!!!!! In one, I look like a tortoise and the other my face looks like a labu!!!! My goodness, all I can say is GET THEM OFFFFF!!!!

Camus, whatever happened to all that technology. Airbrushlah sikit gambar tu. :cry: :cry: :cry:

Hey feruz... c'mon of coz i won't laugh at u although i dah kena gelak ngan jimy on the other topic tu.. huhu.. well, accidents does happen right?
hehehe... do post lah ur pics tu.. nak gaks tengok u.. mesti nice kan?
I juz bought one black velvet so called bell bottom from somerset bay yesterday.. that one for christmas collection. Nice tau!

Feruz,

sign up kat http://www.photobucket.com/ they will let you upload pics there and you can reference them here

CK,
Pastu i bleh send to my agency kan? Who knows they want a talent for new ads right? 8)
Ohhh.. la la....!

Camus,

why you kena announce you bawak TAD? Nanti abu baca..... sure dia bengang :lol:

Rasanya besok...... tengah pening lepas baca topic horoscope...... and got finish a few things first.... :)

wow feruz...gorgeous

Kich what do you mean by having trouble amalgamating bla bla... :)
do you mean to say that the face does not go in proportion with the body?

yeah, that's exactly what i meant, TAd. pictures taken from different times of feruz's life, must be.

I don't have to clarify or justify anything. That is a picture of MY face not anyone else's (not Orlando Bloom or Heath Ledger or Brad Pitt) and the picture of me at the Gold Coast is ME at the Gold Coast not my face attached to someone else's body.

There's nothing to justify. If anyone wishes to see more pix of me I'll be glad to post more to show that it is me.

I know this has got nothing to do with the topic at hand ... but it does bring my topic back to the top. :twisted: :twisted: :D

Courtesy of the 'Net, just in case anyone's wondering whether PGL is in the running for an Oscar.

Tak nampak pung kelibak Puteri Gunung Ledang.

maybe tak nampak kelibat Puteri Gunung Ledang sebab clouded by Puteri Tujuh

U r in tmn tasek? Cool.. i hv a customer there... S M D Auto S/B if u happen to pass by the shoplots lah.
No prob, i can always make my way there to see u if i happen to be around that area. Hey, we are friends right? Hehehe..

Still deciding whether to saty put in jay bee or move to key ell for 2005.. might be looking for much better prospects in my career...
Offeres, yeah.. did received 2 good offeres so far... but have to think it very wisely. I dun want to feel regret by the end of the day... coz this is talking abt my life, my FUTURE...

Hey, do sms or call me whenever u r free ok?

By the way, for those who have trouble amalgamating my face and body, here is a (rather) old photo of myself to amalgamate with my new photo. Well I think I still look the same (few more wrinkles maybe but that's it really). :? (Angkat bakul ni.)

Enjoy and amalgamate away.

Ta-ta

London, circa 1992

Gold Coast, circa 2002

wow, you sure look different in the two pictures, feruz. probably has a lot to do with the dress sense too hehe.

Kichi ... whatever do you mean? Do you mean I have a better or worse dress sense now? Having said that, you must remember that ppl dressed differently back in 1992. Tu belum lagi I tunjuk gambar masa 80s with the big hairdo and carrot jeans. Not to mention those shirts ... ohhh! Those shirts! How could we have worn those???? :cry: :cry: :cry:

I think Tad has some photos of me from the 80s kan Tad?

*************************************************************
CK ... I think masa tu I definitely had more hair plus I think these days the hairdos are more natural and minimalist. We don't use as much hairspray now as we did before kan? I'm sure you had the big hair too (a la Dynasty) masa 80s dulu kan?

Tapi all in all I don't think I've changed that much. I've definitely grown bigger although some ppl say I've lost weight since my daughter came along. More wrinkles for sure although I don't think I look that old for my age. I think I have a better dress sense now although I've always been a shirt and trousers person even since coleq. (I think many Arietans will confirm that I've always been thought of as a "square" and I've never been that trendy.)

Circa 1992 Tower of London

Heehee I think I've laid myself bare for ppl to scrutinise takut orang boring pulak. Orang lain taknak post gambar lama ke?

Ps - oh by the way you all perasan tak that in both pics I still carry my rucksack the same way. :twisted:

Feruz,
Rasanya masa school days dulu lagi gemuk kan?

Hehe, Feruz, yup, the hair spray, the big hair, the big earrings, the vest, the net stockings, the 3-inch makeup...what else...thank god, all pix from the '80s semua dah simpan taruk dalam store!!! Good riddance! :)

feruz, neither good nor bad. your dress sense is rather neutral. but of course, the 80s were just about the worst in recent fashion history. however, i've been reading (and seeing) about a recent comeback from the 80s. one of the most obvious would be the off-shoulder tops.

Would love to take a look at those photos again Feruz, unfortunately they are buried deep in the boxes in the store at our KL apartment. To wade thru the boxes (some of which, btw, remain unopened since I got back from the States in '95!!!), memang tak kuasa! So, sorrylah ye, tak dapat la post the vintage pix :)

Heehee teruk kan aku ni? :oops: Website ni dah jadi macam my personal photo album for me to post all my photos (not to mention photos of ppl that I like macam Kylie and Marg). Tak kasi can langsung orang lain. Nanti one day I nak post photos of my daughter Farah Aaliyah pulak heehee (boring je nanti org lain).

*************************************************************
Sheryl,

I think mmg my firm buat some work for your bank. Macam ni nanti I kena gi marketing for work kat situ pulak (heehee). We need more banking litigation work.

In answer to your question, I rasa you should pursue your dream to do mass comm if that's what you want. I pun dulu went back to the UK with the intention to do an MBA but decided to do Media Studies instead.

But if what you want is just a career on telly etc. I don't think you need to have qualifications for that. All it takes is the opening. Tengoklah quite a number of ppl on tv bukannya grad mass comm but other majors (eg Zalina Azman or Bettina Chua Abdullah). The trick is to be diligent - attend as many auditions as possible (berlakun ke, hosting ke or even reality programmes), talk to ppl in the industry (like Tad) and try to get them to inform you of any opportunities. And of course, you also need an understanding boss who will allow you to take time off for them.

Heehee naik ke atas balik topic ni. :twisted: :twisted:

Comelnyaaaa rambut diaaaaa....

Hmm.. my son has curly hair but my daughter have straight hair..... kalau dua dua ada curly hair takpe jugak!!

Feruz, a tip to take kids' photos: squat down to their height so that they don't look too dwarfed. :)

Thanks for the tip Camus although I don't think I'm a squatting person. Will try it out though.

Jimy,

Memang ada plan nak tambah insyaallah. Ayooo jgnlah cakap Aaliyah macam artis. Dahlah bab-bab menyanyi and berlakun tu mmg pandai betul. Kalau script cartoons kat certoon network and playhouse disney channel tu dah hafal dah. Josie & the Pussycats lah, Scooby Doo lah, Winnie the Pooh lah, Bob the Builder lah, Jetsons lah, Powerpuff Girls lah even Sagwa pun hafal.

Feruz,
Ur daughter is really cute man! Err.. bila i bleh jumpa dia ek? :lol: bleh bagi present gitu!

Re abt marketing, yup.. sure u can come to my office at any time convenient to u. But pls gimme a call first laa, as i'm afraid i might be out to see customer or something kan. Hope to work with u int he future.. well bankers need lawyers and lawyers need bankers too, am i right?

Re mass comm, i tried to go as many auditions as i can lah. So far all the auditions are in key ell. Weekends boleh laa. Hopefully, i can do more acting in 2005. I tgh tunggu TAd answer for any auditon coming out frm his projects. Hopefully ada chance laa... i dun mind trying.. and hopefully my boss won't mind me doing this kinda thingy also..

Hehehe post gambo tu susah sikit la...how about I change my avatar once in a while. Hehehe... :lol:

Heehee. How old is Yasmin? (I think hari tu you dah cakap tapi I tak ingat pulak.) Aaliyah ada trick utk suruh I tukar samada dia kata, "Daddy, sit down!!!!" atau dia kiss I banyak kali sampai I can't say no. Kalau dia tgh tengok Cartoon Network or PHDC, dia siap tak bagi I tidur suruh tgk dgn dia. "Daddy wake up, nanti [whatever she's watching now] habis!!!!"

Sheryl, good luck with your career in the arts.

BTW, AJL last night was really crappy. Pls pls pls pls come back Siti Nurhaliza.

020202...what a nice number combination :D

But JimY, she'll only be 10 in 2012!!!! :)

jimY,

tu you belum tanya CK Yasmin's IC no lagi.. later Yasmin will have a cool IC no, hehehe.

Feruz,

your sis Farah Aida duduk kat UK ke la ni? what is she doing there? maybe you can post her pix also later :D