Sub-Woofer - more than meets the eye..

This entry is to let you know that if you ever lost your handphone at home, you might find it in the most unexpected places.

In my case, I lost my CDMA phone. For a month, I've looked for it high and low and still couldn't find it.

Hmm...I know Zidani loves to play with the handset. So I imagined myself being him...Where would I place or hide the handset...

Tadaaaaa... As suspected..looking through the hi-fi subwoofer's cone, I saw not only the missing CDMA phone, but plenty other things inside the subwoofer's enclosure!

I unscrew and remove the woofer's cover. I took out the handset, a fork, a spoon, a toy car, plenty of sweet wrappings, a plastic bag and a chop stick.

There you go, if you have kids at home, if you can't find something, you might want to check the inside of the sub-woofer's enclosure! You might find more than what you're looking for!

Genting Trailblazer 2008

Lord Of The Ring: Battle of Arwarna

This is a story of an epic journey by a company of brave men, elve, hobbits and dwarfs. My name is Frodo. Yet again, this journey took us through the oldest terrain of middle-earth, putting our adrenaline for adventure to the ultimate test. We were forced to travel through 14,000 metres of muddy and rugged terrain, daunting obstacles and gruelling forest trail. At the end of the adventure, each one of us are to be rewarded with the impervious Medal of power, forged with mystical elements by the elves.

The adventure began at the shire of Arwarna. Legolas picked me up and Gandalf from the land of Ta'gh Tun Ta'smail in the early morning and flew together to Arwarna. For us, the adventure had already began when our dragon Avanzaghul flew through dark, cold and foggy sky. At times, we only depended on Legolas elves instinct, steering the blinded Avanzaghul through the clouds. We reached our destination safely greeted by rain and chilling winds.

the geng before the epic journey...

At Arwarna, the three of us joined Aragorn, Mary and Pippin whom arrived together after travelling from Shahwerlam. The lands of Arwarna that morning was filled with men and other humanoid races. They were not the only fellowship in this quest for the Medal of power. The rumour about this medal spreaded quickly across the land and so there we were, finding ourselves standing in the middle of the muddy plain, among orcs, dwarfs, elves and humans, all hunting for the same glory.

The morning was cold, slightly windy and it was raining. The rain made the terrain even more difficult to traverse. But this is the adventure that we have been anticipating for since before the holy month of Ramadhan. Our spirits were high and we couldn't wait to start the journey. It was 8.30am, and my stomach was already hungry! We were about to start the race and my hobbit stomach started to think about honey-cake and Lembas ! How am I going to survive the journey when my stomach was already growling....Yes we can!

L to R : Pippin, Aragorn, Gandalf, Legolas, Frodo..p/s Marry took this photo..

We were flagged off from Arwarna by the Council of Elron. The trek to Mordor is narrow and dangerous. There were too many human and humanoid at the beginning that we got separated. Myself and the white wizard Gandalf led the company, Aragorn the king ran behind us together with Legolas, looking after our back, while Marry and Pippin not too far behind the pack.

The journey initially took us through the beautiful countryside of Arwarna. We ran through the land of 9 Holes famous for creatures firing white balls into the hole from far. The route was relatively easy but some of the uphill stretch was a killer. It's strange though as we did not see any Balgol'fer that morning.

Hobbits, elves, orcs and men...all running!

After passing Arwarna, we began the journey through the forest. From the forest entrance, we tasted some samples of what the whole forest trail had to offer. It was really slippery and muddy. Mostly downhill, we needed to balance our way and be mindful of where we were stepping. We also had to be aware of other competitive orcs, elves and humans as we made way for them to run by.

The jungle trail was tough. At certain stretches, we literally slided down the hill as the slope offered no grip at all. We grabbed on to anything that we could, roots, ropes and people, just to keep us properly balanced as we climbed up and down the muddy and steep slopes. Our shoes were caked with mud and it made it difficult to even walk! Luckily we wore this glove of Jakhsema to protect our hands from getting cuts and bruises.

The river crossings allowed us to wash down our soiled and muddied shoes. The waters of Arwarna certainly had a cooling effect to our feet although it made our shoes and socks waterlogged. We carried our own water back pack so we didn't have to drink water from the stream. I pity those who didn't carry their own water supply. Trail running under humid condition can be very dehydrating.

at one of the river crossings...

Before reaching the long house, we had to excruciatingly trek uphill for about 30 minutes. They call this "the long stairway and you might get leg cramps before the water station"..heheehe. It felt like forever until we finally reached the long house where the only water station was located. By then, we have travelled about 11k-12k metres. So myself and Gandalf took our time, washing down our thirst and prepared ourselves for the final assault to Mordor. We knew that the final section of the journey would be daunting. So we walked all the way, reserving energy to face our final obstacles.

Aragorn and Legolas, climbing the gates of Mordor...haahahaa

As we reached the gates of Mordor, the sight of the finishing line gave me a mixed feeling of relief and agony. I had to battle through the obstacle course to prove my worthiness for the medal of power. So we waded through muddy waters, climbed an almost vertical wall and conquered some speed bumps (at this point, I was really tired, so climbing the small hill was like conquering a mountain). Only the Dark Lord Sauron could put up this kind of tortures obstacles.

The sequence when Smeagol got ahead of us....hahahaha

hehehh eeeh....sukenye smeagol (L)

Yes, we finally did it! Yes we did! We crossed the finishing line in about 2 hours and 45 minutes. We finished at 58th placing out of 139 pairs. Yes we did! Not bad at all! I was so glad that we finished the race.

Medal of power...tulen bang!

Gandalf started taking pictures straight away while I was looking forward to go the caterer's tent. The bananas never looked so delicious in my life before! I never felt so dirty and hungry at the same time. So Gandalf headed to the shower room first and I helped myself with the food.

L to R: Gandalf, Frodo, Legolas and Aragorn..at the finishing line...

While eating, we waited for the others to arrive. Legolas and Aragorn had a tough journey and they did well covering our back, battling Saruman's orcs. We re-grouped and rested and hoping to see Merry and Pippin soon.

Apparently, Marry and Pippin were still negotiating with the Ents, the humanoid tree...hehehe

Unfortunately, by the time we left Arwarna, we still didn't get to see them. We were quite worried actually, so Aragorn decided to stay behind and waited for them at Mordor, while Legolas took us back home to Ta'gh Tun Ta'smail. I telepathically talked to Aragorn later in the afternoon and I was glad to know that Marry and Pippin are safe.

It was an unforgettable journey. Definitely will sign up again next year. To me it was even tougher than the Gasing Hill challenge. Maybe it's because the race started quite late at 8.45am. Usually by this time, I'm usually about to finish a race or enjoying my hefty breakfast. Instead, I was standing at the starting line of a 14km rainforest race!! hahaahha

Cast

Frodo Baggins.....Mafiz Seth

Gandalf.......Dr. Mafeitzeral Mamat

Aragorn....Wan Azrizul Azad

Legolas......Wan Edrin Wan Abd Rahman

Merry....Halim

Pippin.....Ruslan

Photography

Various Sources..I didn't have a camera with me

Studio / Location

Awana Genting Highlands Golf & Country Resort

"Our dreams and hopes are with you.."

That was the message given out to us by the client's Board members today. They've set a very high expectation for us to deliver, and it's going to be very very challenging. I would say it's more of an organisational transformational project rather than just delivering frameworks and support system capabilities.

The client is the biggest Telco group in Indonesia and we are working together as a partner to take the company up the value chain in a customer/demand driven way. The CEO himself directly oversees the project and he shares our vision of positioning the company as an accelerator to the country's economic development.

It's going to be tough but yet exciting. There's alot to absorb and learn in a short time period. We're going to be busy getting our hands really 'dirty'. But nevertheless, it would be an enriching experience working together with the other team members. I'm personally glad to be part of the project.

it's in the detail...good example of customer centricity in the hospitality industry...

On your mark...get set...GO!!

In less than 48 hours, I'll be taking part in the Genting Trailblazer adventure race. I haven't trained as much as I wanted too, partly due to the flu and cough that I contracted from my kids. I'm still having this chesty cough and I hope it will clear off before the race.

I'll be partnering with Dr M while Azad is pairing with Edrin. Our spirits are high and I just can't wait to start the race. Actually, I already have a story line to blog about the GT race later! So I'm very anxious to finish racing and blog about it! hehehehe

Check out the challenging 14km rain forest course below:

Klang New Balance 12km Run..

The Klang 12km run is meant to be a prep run for the upcoming Genting adventure race. Unfortunately, we had to skipped another prep race, which is the 10km Mizuno run due to some technical mishap. So we participated in one full race event and followed through with our own training regime before D-day (which includes attending open houses and makan kambing panggang yang lazat lagi berkrim).

Nevertheless, we enjoyed this Klang race. I would say it was refreshing as we ran through an unfamiliar territory. The route was relatively flat and not that torturing compared to the hilly Bukit Tunku course. Borriiingggg...(macam bagus..heehheeh).

gambar pose skema...future shot would be different..i promise...

I felt quite comfortable running at a consistent pace, although I did try to speed up half way through. But I didn't know the actual distance to the finishing line (organisers should think of putting up more informative markers; like distance, not just direction). So I conserved energy instead of me'rempit' tak tentu hala. Kalau nak rempit mesti kena tempat sebab lepas tu confirm terus pancit macam samprit.

I improved on my timing. By my standard, to cover 12km in about 1hr 20min is quite good. It tells me that I'm just 6 minutes away from breaking the sub 1 hour mark for a 10km race. I share Dr. M's target of finishing 10km in under 60 mins. Maybe we could achieve this in about 2 more races, InsyaAllah.

the one with the lucky draw prize...a gym ball

I got lucky that day. I brought back home more than just the finishing medal and certificate. My number was called up for the lucky draw! hahaha...haiya..sini pun boleh 'kena' ka?

To top it all, before going back home, we stopped by a restaurant in Shah Alam and had a hefty breakfast! Just like old time...roti canai banzai!

after the roti canai session...hungry for more!!

MNP is finally here...

I'm sure many of you have seen some if not all of the marketing campaign by Celcos on Mobile Number Portability (MNP). From this month, MNP basically allows you to switch to other cellular operators without loosing your current number with a maximum fee of RM25.

For the celcos, it's definitely a new competitive landscape where they try to entice and win over competitor's customers. It's certainly more challenging for them to ensure customer's loyalty. I'm really interested to see which Celco's are suffering the most from this MNP.

Source: ACNielsen

Many predicts that Maxis will loose most customers by virtue that they hold the biggest market share. Digi might gain as they are clearly the most innovative in their offerings. For the customers, we are definitely the biggest winner as the industry is getting even more competitive.

I, as a customer would like to ask this question though. Why am I still being identified using digits? With MNP, it seems that they want us to be known as 012/013/016/018-xxxxxxx until forever. Don't you feel like you're being bar coded and you have to carry it for the rest of your life? I don't want my operator to know me by the number. They should know me by name.

If you look at the Internet, when you register to an email service, instant messaging or community portal like Facebook, do they give you a prefix number to identify yourself? No. You are being identified by a name given by you. You can be known as Cicakman, Ironman, Max Payne or whatever, just like instant messaging.

With IP network or NGN, we will no longer be known by the number. It will be like the Internet but in a more secured environment. I personally feel the introduction of MNP service is 2-3 years late in Malaysia. Because, with prevailing technology, the IP network promises so much that makes MNP somehow looked trivial.

Perhaps its a case of better late then never. By having MNP, the regulators expects competition to strive. Hence, prices should go down and the citizen will be happy about it. I just hope the operators will start looking at other value added services and not just engaging in price war on minutes and sms.

Price war is good for the customers only in the short run. In the long run, with lower revenue income, it reduces the operator's capability to re-invest in new technology which ultimately reduces the country's global competitiveness.

MNP shouldn't be use to further commodities the industry and this spirit has to be shared by all players. If commoditisation continues, we will devalue the industry far into the future. And this is not good for operators as they are being squeezed by customers, demanding for lower price.

As for me, until an operator can truly identify me as Mafiz Seth, I'm not switching sides. And believe me, it's not far away for this to happen. It's closer than you think. If only the 'Truly Mobile', 'Truly Malaysian' operator awakens....

New Belkin wireless modem router in the house...

Bought a new modem router during the weekend for the house. Belkin's modem comes with a lifetime warranty.

According to the sales guy, if you have a technical problem with the modem and it's verified by their call centre support, you can straight away get a replacement.

That's good I think. My previous Aztech router modem only has a limited 2 years warranty. We'll see how long this new modem can last this time.

Ground Floor...

I was in the lift going back home from the office. I was tired and felt so sleepy. The lift stopped at one level and a young Malay guy came in. He was looking up and down at the control panel to look for his floor number.

Me: En nak pergi tingkat mana?

Malay Guy: Tak ada butang 'G' sini. Tingkat Paras Bumi dekat mana??

Me: Oohh... tekan Tingkat 1

The cab stopped at his floor and he went off.

After that, all the way to my car at the basement, I was laughing like mad..hahahaha...'Tingkat Paras Bumi'..hahahaha.. skema.

I don't know why, It's uncommon to say it that way kan?..I find it very funny..hahahaha..

Roasted Lamb, Chicken, Modem?

I've not been blogging for a month. My modem at home is roasted. Ingatkan orang bakar lemang je Raya2 ni.... Modem pun hangus...

The only way to update my blog is from the office. But I haven't got time to do it! Tak tau bila nak beli modem baru...

Syawal 2008

Salam Aidilfitri everyone! I hope everybody's back from their hometown feeling happy and satisfied. I know everyone's tired but I guess it's part of the Syawal 'ritual' isn't it? It may drain you physically but spiritually, we get to strengthen our family ties.

This year, we celebrated Aidilfitri in KL, Muar, Kluang and JB. Until yesterday, we still haven't visited some of our close relatives. We have been visiting about 2-4 houses per day. The boys didn't actually followed us all the way. Most of the time, they were with their grandparents.

Traffic wasn't bad at all when I was driving south. I guess many had travelled back much earlier before Raya. But I can see there's a growing trend where people celebrate the 1st raya in the city and travel back to their hometown the 2nd day.

It's a unique celebration for us this year. Ayu's mother tagged along with us to celebrate in Johor. So I guess she had her 1st taste of Hari Raya celebration the Ismail clan's way. Unfortunately we didn't get to see the fireworks 'organised' by my relatives in Kluang. I heard they spent close to RM700 on fireworks! And I miss the sound of meriam buluh in Muar!

There's another 1st for me actually. I climbed Gunung Lambak in Kluang on the 3rd Raya! Hahaha. We stayed at this eco-resort in Kluang everytime we went there to visit my grandmother. This is the 1st year I decided to hike up the mountain and it gave me a different perspective of Kluang town from the top. I just never thought I would do this during Syawal.

At least I get to test my Solomon running shoes and it felt really good. I ran down through the jungle trail and it felt like I was riding a mountain bike! The shoe gave me the stability and grip the moment I needed it. I think future trip back to Kluang will include Gunung Lambak trail running. Manyak syok wooo. After the good workout, we went to Kluang station for breakfast!

Tired? Yes. Bloated from ketupat rendang? Of course. Poket kempis? Pasti. But there's nothing to complain really. It's all an investment to inculcate this Raya tradition for the sake of our future generation. So invest banyak-banyak! Selamat beraya everyone!

Kamcheng Iftar 2008

We had our Kamcheng Iftar at Azad's place this year. It was a good gathering and I certainly enjoyed the company. Food was aplenty and very the delicious I tell you.

I think our future gatherings will get even noisier and more 'kecoh' every year. Not because of Kamcheng's habits but because of the kids. They're all bigger now and getting closer to each other. Kids will always be kids right? Havoc! Let them be. Oh yes, and Kamcheng will always be Kamcheng! Let them be? Mmbbuaaaahhhh

Shareholder's Value Vs Customer's Value...

WARNING: Long blog entry ahead!

I'm currently reading this book written by Clayton M. Christensen from Harvard Business School. It was first published in 2000 but I just bought it last month.

'The Innovator's Dilemma' is a book about how outstanding companies can do everything right and still lose market leadership or worse, disappear completely. The author tells others how to avoid similar fate.

My timing of reading this book couldn't be any better. At the moment, the world is shocked by this latest financial meltdown in the US.

AIG, one of the worlds largest insurance company is being bailed out or took over for $85billion by the Americans while Lehman Brothers, the US investment bank has been declared bankrupt. I'm still in chapter one so this new spate of events would certainly push me to finish up the book.

The question in everyone's mind now is what really happened? What could have triggered this meltdown? It sent shockwaves to the world's stock market and it wiped out billions of dollars of share value overnight.

This latest financial tsunami had also created uncertainty in the investment world while many will be unemployed and many will be out of business (if you think about the SMEs supporting this industry).

More importantly, just think about the end customers. The company is in the business of managing risk and uncertainties. If they can't demonstrate this intrinsically, how can they assure their customers in the first place?

Was it a case of financial mismanagement? Lack of governance? Lack of prudence? Or was it just a case of being too greedy?

My take is simple. It's another fine showcase of capitalism rearing it's ugly face. Creating shareholder value is the main mantra for any public listed companies. The goal is always to create huge profit margin and reward the shareholders with high dividends.

Buy & Sell...I only see shareholder's value here....

Business models are engineered towards this target and KPIs are linked together to create shareholder value. It's true that products & services are developed to satisfy customers but ultimately, for a listed company, annual PBIT, EBITDA etc take precedent.

I ask you know these questions. Does any of these indicator points out to customer's value?? Does it mean all customer's expectations are met? Does high profit margin means customers are happy? Does it mean their standard of living has improved? Has poverty been addressed? Has it helped the needy and the poor? The answer is no.

Today, although we are slowly seeing companies adopting CSR reporting but still it's all done suspiciously for the sake publicity and popularity.

In the next couple of months or years, people will be looking high and low for the root causes. Many books and white papers will be written on this and everyone will be talking about structural failures.

Capitalist will always champion this 'survival of the fittest' model. To me survival of the fittest is the law for those living in the jungle. They don't want to see others to progress as it might eat up their 'territory'. If this continues we might see many more colossal collapses in the future.

So how do you expect this model to sustain when the rich gets richer and the poor gets poorer. The current capitalist model 'robbed' money out of people's misery. Our main motivation is always to create shareholder's value, most of the time, creating more wealth to the wealthy.

I believe that profitability should be a product of something more important which is customer's value. I would treat profitability as a by product. If you can continuously create and grow customer's value, profit will trickle through naturally. From stakeholders down to the lower organisation, meeting customer's needs and their affordability level should be the number one KPI, not profit.

When the customer's value (business of lifestyle) grow, so does yours. It's a logical way to ensure business sustainability. It's not only logical, it's socially viable as well. The aim is to help the customer's achieving their business or personal goals. That's the keyword, help. Not to overburden them with high interest rates when they really need to borrow money for example.

Don't exploit and commoditise their predicaments in the name of higher profitability. Don't just talk about business expansions, dividend policies, restructuring and passing business centric resolutions. What's more important is to discuss on the outcome towards the customers.

Even looking at newspaper report on this financial turmoil, it's all about structural collapses, investor's confidence and economic impact. Basically issues that affects the capitalist themselves. Nobody really reported on consumer's confidence and the impact of this event towards them. This is the problem when everyone cares only about their bottom line. I think everyone from stakeholders down to the line managers is answerable to customer's value first.

Customer value creation is not a new concept. It has been developed and practised for more than a thousand years ago. It's actually what the Islamic financing and business concept is all about. I think people will start to realise the advantages of adopting Syariah principles and Islamic economics. Not only the finance and banking sector should adopt it, but other industries as well.

The timing of this latest event couldn't be any better. Ramadhan is the month in which the Qur'an was revealed. God is telling us something here, especially the business community.

It's time we reflect back at the priorities, evaluate business and economic model as a whole, seek guidance and set new targets. And this new target should include generating equitable wealth and social dividends, a win-win concept that emphasises on honour, just and fair value not just maximising profits. So grow customer's value first, profit will follow suit. As they grow, so does your shareholder's value. It's common sense.

"HSBB - Premium Boradband Service"

Great to read about the signing ceremony between the Gov't and TM today on High Speed Broadband (HSBB) investment for Malaysia. The network will allow citizens to connect to the Internet at 10Mbps to 100Mbps.

You might wonder what can you do with such speed huh? It's like having a Ferrari! But do we have good drivers? People might argue it's a chicken and egg thingy. TM and the government is taking the supply driven approach though. I say we have to work on both the chicken and egg.

the world is spinning in your hands...

It's even interesting how this topic has become political. The opposition had mentioned before that the high speed broadband project would be one of the mega projects to be shelved once they are in power.

Ironic isn't it? It was this 'new' media that helped them to get their political mileage and shelving the project doesn't sound right. Perhaps they realise how powerful this medium is and thinking that bigger bandwidth to the citizens poses a threat to their future position. I don't know, this is my opinion.

I'll blog more about it in the future. There's plenty to talk about really if you think about how we can create value with this new 'Ferrari'.

Gigi Tinggi...

Finally, I got my permanent teeth crowning fixed. It wasn't a long procedure at the clinic. The dentist just needed to ensure proper fitting before he permanently cement it down.

But now, I'm still adjusting to the restored teeth. It feels good really, but the problem is, it altered the shape and size of my teeth.

So as a result, I have to adjust how I chew and grind my food properly! Now I'm like practising eating all my favourite food, just in case they taste any different. But so far so good, chocolates and strawberries are still number one! I hope samprit and sarang semut are way up there as well!

9/11

9/11 gives different meaning to many people. To myself and Ayu, it's actually our wedding annivesary date. Alhamdulillah..It was 10 years ago on this day that we went through our Nikah ceremony.

Marriage feels like a marathon and patience is your stamina. No matter how good your preparation is for the race, it's all in your heart & soul.

Hhhmm, 10 years huh? I'd be lying if I say that it was all blissful and smooth sailing. Sure we had our problems and issues but hey, who's perfect right? Thanks to Allah, we've made it so far!

Happy 10th anniversary to us!

Proton MPV...

Read about the upcoming new edition to Proton's current stable. This time it's an MPV. It's a new segment for them to venture into, so I hope it will be good.

They're having a naming contest for the new MPV. The grand prize winner will get a unit of the latest model. Read more about it here.

It's so funny to read some of the suggestions that I decided to blog about it. These are some of the good ones:

1) Proton MPV Trinity (Matrix Family) - hahahaa

2) Proton Leewat - Oooppss

3) Proton Middle age men who has lost fun in driving cars

4) Proton Muatan

5) Proton Bunting

6) Proton Juara SE - hahahah..this so funny

7) Proton Harap - WISH in malay

8) Proton Sumo

9) Proton Fuyoh

10) Proton Abang Savvy

And many more creative answers, just check out the link above. I wonder how foreign manufacturer name their cars and I think it's much easier if we just use digits or simple alphabets. These however would be some of my suggestions for Proton:

1) Proton Banjir - just like roti canai banjir. The car would be 'flooded' with more people right?...hahaha

2) Proton XL

3) Proton Murahno

4) Proton Carrier

5) Proton Ceria

6) Proton RaMy - Ramai

Let's hope Proton will give a name that matches the MPV's styling theme and function.

Candy Bar Vs Box Of Chocolate Vs Lollipop Vs...

It's interesting to look at how Celcos put up their proposition on post paid plans. Whether on billboards, television or printing ads, we can see different approaches undertaken to....read more at..

http://xconnectpoint.blogspot.com/2008/08/candy-bar-vs-box-of-chocolate-vs.html

A Retreat...coming soon!

I'm planning to take the family to this place after Syawal. Cool place for a weekend holiday and it's located not far from KL. I'll blog more about it in October/November!

Gila-gila adventure...

I have to admit. I've been bitten by the adventure race bug! Hahaha..as if I seriously go out and race! Takpe, niat sudah ada...

But reflecting back how I've been browsing the internet, day dreaming about being part of the elite Trans Titiwangsa-Eco Challenge race finishers. Dreaming about taking part in the 21 km Mount Kinabalu International climbathon , scaling up and down the mountain under 4 hours and 30 minutes...perghhh.. I could only imagine! hahaha..dream on Mafiz!

Aiyooo...what has gotten into me? And I've been shopping too! Thanks to the upcoming genting race, I bought myself this new pair of Salomon trail running shoe! huaaaaa....kasut dah ada, back pack dah ada...I'm all geared up. Next is to justify these purchases! Run Forest run! Lari kat mana eehh??

Takpe, niat sudah ada, style kena jaga! hehehhe

p/s: lucky I'm not a women, if not I'll be blogging about every new pair of shoes, handbags, make -up.. perrrghhh

Salomon Trail Comp 2 specs here

"The lightweight trail running shoe for fast training and competition.

Innovative SCS cushioning to ease the suffering"

"Hello? What happened to you laa?"

Caller: "Hello, I got a missed call on my mobile, may I know who's on the line?"..

Receiver: "This is Dr Maha...what happened to you laa?"..

Caller: "Oooohhh Dr, how are you?"...funny how the patient ask this question to his Dr yeah? hehehe

Receiver: "You are so busy aahh? Outstation ka?"

Caller: "Yaa laa Dr, but I'm still around, and your temporary teeth crowning is still around too!"...trying to be innocent..hehehe

Receiver: *laughing* "So when are you coming? Fasting month the clinic is open until 8.30"

Caller: "Ok la Dr, how about this Friday?"

So the Dr set a schedule for me this Friday. Hmm...I was supposed to see my dentist about a month ago to fix my crowning. But I skipped the appointment for some reasons.

My temporary crowning is long overdue for a permanent replacement. But the cost of that thing is soooo expensive!! So I was quite reluctant to see him so soon after the last visit.

I never felt this disappointed replying a miss call before. Tapi takpelah..This coming Raya, saya ada gigi baru! Gigi raya! Hahaha