Short Trip to Melaka - Wonderland Theme Park

Oleh kerana weekends akan datang sehingga awal Ramadhan agak busy, aku buat keputusan untuk ke Melaka untuk memenuhi sebahagian dari aktiviti cuti kahwin. Yes, aku dah kahwin (kepada sesiapa yang bertanya). Idea bidan terjun, buat keputusan sehari sebelum bertolak.

Jadi kami bertolak pagi dan tiba di Melaka selepas tengahari. Petang terus pergi ke Wonderland Theme Park di Ayer Keroh. Excited datang sini dengan harapan taman ni lebih baik dari yang lagi satu. Sampai sahaja kat sana pengunjung sangat sangat lah...... tak ramai. Ini first time dapat park kereta secara legal paling dekat dengan kaunter tiket. "Taman ni buka ke tak?", aku tanya sendiri sebab sangat banyak parking kosong. Harga tiket RM26 on weekdays dan RM30 during weekends. Ada 16 rides tapi 2 rides tutup (under construction). Melangkah masuk ke theme park ni memang lengang habis. Aku rasa staff theme park lagi ramai dari pengunjung. Good thing is we can play all rides without even queue but... not all 14 rides are made for adult. Total cuma 7 rides je yang aku boleh naik. Paling thrill Kamikaze ride, surf sambil meniarap atas alas span. Ride lain guna pelampung... dah biasa dah. Overall aku satisfied dengan park ni, each rides built nicely with cement not just steel, safety concerned at each rides dan kualiti air yang bersih. Kalau ada resort sure aku suggest taman ni untuk dept. dayout May lepas.

Quotes from Rocky Balboa

Malam tadi selepas tiba selesai unpack dari tugasan di Muar, saya terus duduk di kerusi rehat dan buka TV. Sempat tengok berita pasal Pemilihan MCA di Nightline(TV3). Kemudian ada movie Rocky Balboa. Sebenarnya saya tak pernah tengok latest Rocky sequal ni. So saya layan je. Baru sekejap tengok dah melekat. Memang layan juga cerita ni.

Dalam cerita ni, Rocky dah ada anak tapi tak jadi boxer pun. Rocky agak sedih dengan anak dia sebab jarang luangkan masa bersama. Anak dia jarang bersama Rocky sebab dia rasa his fathar cast a big shadow on him. Mesti la, bapa dia legend, Rocky Jr. kerja office je. One day Rocky decided untuk aktif semula dalam boxing dan malam tu anak dia datang untuk menghalang niat Rocky. Quote Rocky masa scene ni very touching and inspiring.

Rocky Balboa: You ain't gonna believe this, but you used to fit right here.
[taps on the inside of his hand]
Rocky Balboa: I'd hold you up to say to your mother, "this kid's gonna be the best kid in the world. This kid's gonna be somebody better than anybody I ever knew." And you grew up good and wonderful. It was great just watching you, every day was like a privilige. Then the time come for you to be your own man and take on the world, and you did. But somewhere along the line, you changed. You stopped being you. You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you're no good. And when things got hard, you started looking for something to blame, like a big shadow. Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain't you! You're better than that! I'm always gonna love you no matter what. No matter what happens. You're my son and you're my blood. You're the best thing in my life. But until you start believing in yourself, ya ain't gonna have a life. Don't forget to visit your mother.

Sepanjang sejam movie, babak ni lah yang paling memberi kesan pada saya. Harap kata-kata ini dapat memberi inspirasi kepada semua.

See things differently

I never thought things you see everyday could be so interesting. It remind me how I see and perceive things and issues everyday. Something so boring can be attractive in different ways. So don't judge it till you have looked at all possible ways.

Twitter and blog word cloud

This is my twitter word cloud from wordle.net... nice.This would make a great t-shirt print.



Followed by my blogpost word cloud.
Why? Just want to kill my time working on Sunday.

I received nothing I wanted

Poem ni bos saya bagi. Tak tau mana dia dapat tapi it is really nice poem. Poem ni buat saya termenung dan berfikir mengenang perkara-perkara lalu yang telah menjadikan saya hari ini.

Orang lain semua senang kita je yang susah, orang lain boleh kita je yang tak boleh, orang lain betul kita je yang salah, malang betul nasib kita. Inilah yang kita selalu rasa. Dan kita akan minta semua baik ini untuk kita tapi semua yang dihajati tak kesampaian.

Kadang-kadang apa yang dihajati bukanlah apa yang kita perlukan. Sesungguhnya Allah maha mengetahui lagi maha luas pengetahuanNya. Hayati dan renungkanlah puisi ini.

I Received Nothing I Wanted

I asked for strength,

And Allah gave me difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for wisdom,

And Allah gave me problems to solve.

I asked for prosperity,

And Allah gave me brain and strength to work.

I asked for courage,

And Allah gave me danger to overcome.

I asked for love,

And Allah gave me troubled people to help.

I asked for favour,

And Allah gave me opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted.

I received everything I needed.

My Prayer has been answered.

Oracle SQL: Get last element from delimited list column

I tried to get last element from a delimited list column using Oracle SQL. Googling around found this http://www.psoug.org/reference/substr_instr.html?PHPSESSID=3bc7776a557faacca6d4ea23faba88b9, which got an example for this issue but only suitable for fixed list.

I made some modification so it can be use for dynamic list.
select
substr('abc,def,ghi,jkl',INSTR('abc,def,ghi,jkl','/', -1, 1)+1, length('abc,def,ghi,jkl')-INSTR('abc,def,ghi,jkl','/', -1, 1)) last_element from dual

Do share if you have shorter/better way :-)

Activiti sepanjang hari 31 Jan 2010

Hari ni hari Ahad. Dikala kebanyakan orang masing layan bantal golek, saya bangun jam 9:30 pagi. Boleh dikatakan agak awal untuk saya bangun seawal ini dihujung minggu. Tujuan bangun awal adalah untuk pekena sarapan nasi lemak di TUTA dan seterusnya ke bank. Ambank buka hari Ahad tau.

Selesai mandi, saya dan Epul terus lincah ke TUTA. Kebetulan Epul pun mahu ke Skudai. Hampir jam 10:30 baru sampai. Nasib baik nasi lemak tak habis lagi. Nasi lemak ayam goreng dan teh o limau ais jadi menu saya sarapan yang tak berapa nak pagi ni. Dah lama juga tak pekena nasi lemak ni. Masih sedap menjilat _ _ _ _ (ikut imaginasi anda). Macam biasa kalau lelaki lepak, mesti gosip pasal kerja, politik dan hal semasa... hebat kan? hehe. Selepas itu saya terus ke bank dan Epul ke Skudai. Urusan di bank tak lama cuma lama menunggu. Saya kena datang semula ke bank sebab dokumen tak lengkap.

Selesai urusan di TUTA, langsung terus ke cyber cafe member di Mutiara Rini. Macam tadi juga, sok-sek sok-sek lelaki. Saya singgah sekejap sahaja selepas tu terus balik ke rumah. Jam 1 tengahari.

Sebenarnya sebelum ke TUTA untuk bersarapan. Saya tepaksa jumpa Zali untuk pinjam charger bateri sebab malam ni ada event di Persada dan bateri flash tak charge lagi. Zali pula ajak ambil gambar di Wedding Exhibition Kotaraya. "Zali, pukul berapa nak pergi Kotaraya?", "Pukul 2". Wahhh... saya terus kelam kabut sampai rumah. Bateri nak charge, baju melayu nak gosok (untuk event malam), barang kamera pun baru nak kemas. Zali dah terpacul depan rumah saya jam 1:30+, jam 2++ baru kami keluar.


Fuhh... kami tiba di Kotaraya jam 2:30 petang. Just in time. Ketika itu empunya booth yang menjemput kami sedang siapkan model-model untuk memperagakan gaun pengantin mereka. Banyak booth pengantin di ruang legar dan ramai juga photographer yang datang. Kebetulan jumpa pulak brader masa ikut course dengan Azam Neurmaya dulu. Tak sembang banyak pun, masing-masing tengah sibuk setting kamera. Jam 3 acara utama pun bermula, sakan ambil gambar. Selesai di Kotaraya jam 5. Malam ini ada satu lagi event, PTP Annual Dinner di Persada. Alamak cukup ke bateri flash untuk malam ni?