Morning Sickness??

Literally... Yes, Technically... Nope. Yes, I’ve been having morning sickness the past one month and nope the Bride is not pregnant (yet??). Uncomfortable tummy every morning got me slightly worried. After doing some self examination, I tried some deworm and some bacteria tablets. That helped increase my appetite but there were still the occasional (probably most morning) that I emit some bile juice here and there.

Then I Jangkit the Bride’s powerful flu. Went to the doctor and apart from giving medicine for the flu, he confirmed that the bile juice is the result of too much phlegm... Probably due to extensive cuddling with The Bride’s handsome cat, Sir Romeo Dearhart… (Truly handsome he is. with no balls and fluffy fur.) Such a pity… We were getting along pretty fine.

Now I have about two weeks supply of medicine… darn it… oh well, I hope my sins can be washed away together with the germs/ virus in my body…

Oh oh! Have to go now. 1 meeting and an engagement to be attended this morning.

Time flies… you can never get it done!! (Get it?? Ahaks… try timing how fast a fly can fly) on second thought, a fly is probably the laziest word ever invented for a creature in English.

“Bzzzzzz… Bzzzzz….”

“What’s that flying thing?”

“I don’t know.”

“Get away from my food you flying creature!!!”

“It’s flying right? Let’s call it a fly”

“Great idea!!! Who would have thought of such an ironic name for this flying creature!!!”


Oh Well, Blog Adjourned!!

Banyak Kerja?? Buat je lah!!!

Ooh! AaH! I have been keeping myself really busy lately. I just moved office and had to change my designation post. I was involved in the June 2008 transfer order. It’s not a promotion but merely a lateral transfer. I’m happy!! Bigger room, Courtroom attached and a whole load of shit in my new closet!!!


One of my many many problems is about the arrest warrant (Waran Tangkap). Whenever you get a ticket (summon) from the traffic police, you can see at the bottom of the summon there is a date fixed before the Magistrate of that locality. If you don’t pay your summon by a certain date, you will have to appear before the Magistrate to answer the charges meted against you. If you fail to make it on that day, an arrest warrant will be endorsed with your name on it. These arrest warrants enable the police to arrest you and make sure that you come to court. Understand the procedure so far?

Everyday, my court will get at least about 300 applications for the Court’s endorsed arrest warrant. Each warrant must be endorsed by a court’s seal and signed by the Magistrate or the Registrar. Then the details (such as the dates and the charge sheet number) must be filled up before it can be returned to the Police for them to go and catch the person named on the warrant. If this is done properly, the police can either put that chap in jail or release them on police bail. When the next date comes, the accused will have to come to court to answer the charges framed against him.

One of the problem is this. I had about 30,000 of arrest warrants not completed as of 2nd June 2008. It dated back to July 2007. Shit!!! When I started to probe into the reason for this crap, I finally knew the reason for such backlog. MALAS!!!! MALAS MALAS MALAS!!!!

“Ini bukan kerja saya”

“Bos dulu tak suruh pun buat benda ni”

“Saya tak berpendidikan tinggi dan saya juga tidak dihantar berkursus untuk buat benda ini. Jadi, macam mana saya nak tahu benda ni penting?”

“Saya dah cakap dah kat bos sebelum ni, dia tak ambil tindakan pun”

"Masa saya masuk sini, saya dapat 2 almari kerja backlog. Adil lah kalau bila saya keluar, saya tinggalkan backlog pada orang baru!" (Masalahnya kau tinggalkan 5-6 almari punye kerja!!!)

Wah, enjoy aku mengamuk and belasah semua alasan-alasan bodoh ni. All full of crap and Bullshit! Dah tahu tak boleh cope, carila solution nak settlekan problem. Bukannye selitkan semua kerja dalam almari!!!

Another problem is this. As of 2nd June 2008, I found, neatly stacked on one of the shelves, 28 inquest files, dating back to 2005, waiting for further actions. What the Hell??? Hello??? What was my predecessor doing with those 28 files?? Waiting for me to complete it??

Let me explain a little about inquest files. An inquest is an Inquiry conducted by the Magistrate to determine the cause of death of deceased who passed away suddenly. Should there be any reason to believe that there are any elements of foul play or criminal acts relating to the death, an inquest should be conducted. If there is already a criminal trial going on base on the death, an inquest is not required. What the Magistrate need to do is to READ THE FILE, and make a ruling whether there is a need for an inquest or not. That’s all!!! Klaau tak perlu buat inquest, kes selesai. Kalau perlu, Magistrate cume perlu bagi tarikh aje. Then bila tiba masa, you conductla inquest tu. APE SUSAH??

Can you imagine, (hypothetical case), after 3 years, a widow (who probably have married someone else and that someone else pun may have already died) who have just recovered from her first husband’s death, is required to be a witness for the deceased’s inquest? Why after 3 years?? Because the file was left in abeyance. Irresponsible? You tell me...

I completed all the necessary orders for all the 28 files within 17 days amidst all the other nagging problems, daily trials, summonses, sentencing, meetings, guest visits, courtesy calls, makan time and many other daily activities. So don't try to pull my leg with lame excuses...

Ni baru 2 problem… I think that’s enough for now.

Blog Adjourned!

Any Appeals??

I guess i can share this with you all. This incident happened in my courtroom sometime ago. Since courtroom proceeding in general is open to public, there is no secret about this anymore.

It was a traffic summon case. This chap was being fined for driving in the emergency lane on one of our many highways. To keep matter simple for himself and for everyone else, he pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to him. I made sure he understood the charge and its consequences again before I asked him if he would still want to plead guilty. He remained steadfast to his decision.

I then asked him for his discount speech. I call it the discount speech because the procedure is that after an accused person pleads uilty or is found to be guilty by the Court, he will then beg for a lenient punishment.

"Anything you would like to submit reduce your punishment?"

"Yes Sir. Actually, on that day, my wife was about to give birth and I was rushing home to fetch her and to send her to the Hospital."

That got me wondered. Isn't that an emergency? I shrugged off that thought giving the benefit of the doubt to the enforcemen officer who actually fined this chap. Maybe this chap didn't explain his circumstances to use the emergency lane. Maybe he did explain but the officer didn't understand (sometimes we mumble when we are too excited or tense...)

I pushed aside all of the maybe's above and asked the chap:

"Did you get a by or a girl?"

"No Sir. The baby died due to some lung complications"

I didn't expect that coming. That statement caught me off guard. I thought hard for a while then I decided to just grant a caution and discharge upon the chap. This means, the chap need not pay any fine as he is only cautioned and discharged from any punishments.

Blog Adjourned!

Any Comments?

I was informed by someone who is cyber close with my Bride that no comments could be made to my humble cyber pondok. I have tried and managed to send two comments to my previous post. So i guess it should be allright now.

Technology and its glitches will forever remain best buddies till the end of time...

Blog adjourned!

Are you a quitter???

Quitter!!

Yup, you can call me a quitter. I have managed to block the slightest idea to stop smoking for the last 8 years. I was a smoker when I first met my Bride. Believe me, being the health freak she is, this particular habit was never approved but somehow I still managed to live as a nicotine addict throughout my relationship with her as my girlfriend and fiancée.

Ask any smoker and they will tell you that smoking is bad for them. WE KNOW!!! Everyone knows. We just love living in denial.

“I only smoke a little so it does not harm me too much”

“Second hand smoking is even worse!!! It’s better to get first hand smoking”

“I can still afford it for now so I’ll continue to smoke”

“I’ll quit when the time comes… (yeah! Like when??)”

The best line to shrug off any suggestions to quit is this one. And I have personally used it successfully many a times!!!

“My dear friend… 100% of non-smokers die anyway…”

You will definitely get them mum for at least a single minute while you puff away with a satisfied look.

To tell you the truth, I know (and I can personally vouch it) that to quit smoking is not as easy as it seems to non-smokers. When I wanted to quit, I gave myself 2 options. And I declared this openly before my friends and my bride. (At that time she was my girlfriend). I said that I will quit either when I start working or when I get hitched. I knew I couldn’t do it myself so humbly requested The Big One Up There to lend me a hand and give me some inner strength… I was like thinking “I know You know that I know that this is bad for me… but I love it. I also know that You PROMISED that if I want You to help me, I have to sacrifice from something bad that I really love for Your sake. Now I’d like to put my ciggies as the big sacrifice. I’ll quit but please please please give me strength I to do so…

Then I started working… I was still smoking…

Then I got engaged… I was still smoking… by this time, my Bride became my constant reminder of my open declaration. I knew I had at least one year to quit. So for one whole year I psyched my own self that I wanted to quit. I was so good that after a while, I couldn’t stand the smell of my favourite ciggy brand. I switched to lights… after a while, I couldn’t stand even lights, I switched brand… before I started to enjoy the new brand, I told myself that this bad but tasty habit has got to go. I even lost my appetite to eat and began blaming the poor poor ciggie. So on the night of 16th February 2008, Manchester United won 4 – 0 against Arsenal, (oh that was such sweet victory!!!) I took my last two sticks. Boy did I enjoy those magical bye-bye puffs…

Come 17th February, I was shivering on my chair in my chambers. For two weeks had running nose, sweaty palms, felt sleepy all the time, moody, EVERYTHING JUST WASN’T RIGHT!!! I was constantly chewing my nicotine gum. (ada dua jenis, satu 4mg and the other one is 2 mg. I only took the 2mg). I took three per day. After much research, I understood that the average time you can get the nicotine buzz from a ciggie is around 7-8 seconds roughly. You will only get a slightly lesser buzz from the gum after chewing for about 10-15 minutes… so timing, my dear friends, is the main component in enjoying your nicotine gum without a ciggie.

Nicotine patch is just not for me. If you wear a nicotine patch, u get the necessary nicotine surge round the clock. If your about to quit, u just need the buzz when your craving affects you. No need to allow your body to be acquainted with nicotine continuously. The idea is to get rid of it from your system… tak perlu manjakan diri terlalu sangat…

I made it very clear to everyone I know that I have become a quitter. Some gave me moral support… yes, thank you. Some just laughed and offered me a stick. No acceptance ever took place. Some just didn’t know how to react… I told my support staff after about 3 weeks. To me, that was one of the greatest test ever. If I start smoking again, my staff could be given the opportunity to even think that I am a weak person. Wooooo… scary mental circumstances analysis…

Eventually, (after about 2 months plus) the withdrawal syndrome became controllable and SLIGHTLY bearable. I still get the tingling sensation of a single puff but have never succumbed to such short term pleasure.

It’s weird… to fill the gap that I have when I was smoking with no new habit was strange. Now it’s not that bad anymore. This got me thinking… can a drug addict ever kick the bad habit away? If quitting ciggies can be this bad… no wonder there are so many junkies out there.

So if you’re a smoker and you want to quit, remember, It’s all in the mind… if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter!!!

Blog adjourned!

Mat Maintain!!!

Bini saya kata saya mat maintain bila saya tulis blog... hahaha, nak buat camne...

Hijrah Remaja 2: My Personal Legacy…(Part Two)

I met the Boss quite a number of times after the first meeting but there was no news of the new season of Hijrah Remaja. We would occasionally meet up for some drinks and to catch up with each other. We became good friends.

It was not until the end of 2005 that he told me that the idea of making Hijrah Remaja 2 would crystallize sometime soon. I then went to meet him and after much discussion, it was agreed that I would be the next host and the assistant producer for Hijrah Remaja 2. My job scope as the assistant producer was actually to be involved in the making of the skeletal script and topics for the whole season. I then roped in my cousin as the script writer. Senang sikit nak buat kerja dengan orang yang dah lama kenal.

At that time, it was not decided as to who would be my co-host. My Boss asked me if I would be comfortable with Waheeda. I told him that I don’t know her personally and that I am okay with anyone. It was later agreed that Waheeda was going to be my co-host. Some people say that I tempel (borrowed) her popularity to gain my own popularity. That WAS the idea for the SHOW but not for my personal fame. I wasn’t hoping to be famous from the show but the show must have some x-factor attached to it. We believed that Waheeda’s popularity would serve as the main attraction for people to watch the show. Responsibility was then laid on my shoulders to design and conduct the show so that the viewers would be glued to the show till the end.

Throughout the beginning of 2006, I was very busy with the preparation of the show. I was in my final year in law school. We managed to complete the skeletal script and got the approval from Jakim just before production. The Boss also took me out on a shopping spree for my wardrobe. First time gua shopping melampau gila!!! (He said that I could keep the clothes if he is happy with the show… and I still have the whole wardrobe with me!!! Hehehe)

Recording begun early 2006. It was a ten day shoot with a three day break for Chinese New Year. We managed to cramp in 27 episodes during the 10 day shoot. These ten episodes were sold to Astro. Astro bought all rights to the show. The show was aired for the first time sometime in April 2006 and went on till the end of the year. I was also involved in the post-production of the show. That was a fun experience! The Boss also managed to set an interview with Media Hiburan. That was fun too!!

And now, with the new Astro Oasis Channel, the re-run of Hijrah Remaja 1 & 2 are currently aired weekly. This may be the reason why I am still being asked by strangers everywhere if I am the host for Hijrah Remaja 2.

I was asked once, what was the most difficult thing about hosting the show. It was to be humble and not to get my head too big. Arrogance and conceit will destroy all of my sincerity. The problem is, I know that sometimes (or maybe most of the time), I am arrogant. I still have that arrogant disease in me even today. I still remember my daddy’s advice to make a new vow (or niat / intention) that I want to make the show solely for the Big One Up There (and getting paid for it too) when driving to the set every morning. Hence the reason why I usually answer that my twin brother was the actual host (if you don’t understand what I mean, just go and read the first paragraph in Part One of this post.)

Blog Adjourned…

Hijrah Remaja 2: My Personal Legacy…(Part One)

I have been asked many times if I was the host for Hijrah Remaja (currently aired on Astro Oasis). Most of the time, I would answer just smile and nod. Sometimes, I would say that the host was my twin brother.

The story behind the show was an experience that I can never forget. It left a very strong mark towards my personality.

It was back in 2004 when I received a phone call by some girl who asked if I would want to be a member in a youth talk show called Hijrah Remaja. At that time, I was a second year student in AIKOL (Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws) at the International Islamic University Malaysia. I was given many topics, mostly related to religion and society. Being lured by her promise that the issues to be discussed were not difficult and I was going to be paid some cash per episode, I agreed instantly. I was a student and any form of independent cash was always welcomed. J

The host for the first Hijrah Remaja season was Farihin and Wardina Safiah. I did four episodes. I can only remember three topics. They were Drugs, Bully and Young Pilgrimage to Mekah.

After the recording for one of the episodes, I was approach by a man who introduced himself as the producer for Hijrah Remaja. He shall now be known as “the Boss”. The Boss said he saw the recording that I just did and he wants to know if I’d like to join him for some other projects. He asked me to give him a call and to visit him at his office someday.

Some months after that, I gave the Boss a friendly ring and a meeting was set in his office. It was one really really long meeting. A tiring one too. You see, I have never heard of his company before. It wasn’t because it was a small time company. Contrary to that, it was quite a big company. The man I met was M. Nasir’s manager! I just didn’t know that the company exists. Since I didn’t know about the company, I was trying very hard to dig up as much as I can about the company. At the same time, the Boss was also trying to learn as much as he can about his new guy. He told me, after about half an hour through the meeting that he wants to make a second season of Hijrah Remaja and this time he wants some youth to be the host. I got the hint that he wanted me to be the next host but he was not sure 100% just yet.

My nose began to kembang kecut at the thought of becoming the next host. Who would’ve thought that after just four episodes as a normal youth member in Hijrah Remaja, I would become the next host? I guess I was just bloody lucky to be at the right place (to be part of the first season) and at the right time (to be making the recording when the Boss was there to personally spot my talent).

I’ll leave it here for now.

Blog adjourned!!!

Best Bride...

What can i say... i have the best bride ever...

Details to such a complinent is not necessary.

She is da bomb!!

Me love her very much!!!!!

YAY!!!

Sentence???

Sentence. By itself, one would usually understand it to mean a phrase or a statement. However, if you mention the word “sentence” to a criminal court officer (a criminal court officer includes an officer who handles criminal courts) it would connote a different meaning. It means punishment or penalty or some legal consequences that may reduce one’s money or even validly curtail one’s personal liberty.

Ask any new Magistrate (or even a seasoned / senior magistrate) and they can vouch that sentencing is not an easy thing to do. Sitting alone on the bench with every single eye in the court looking at you is one thing. You don’t even have any freedom to fart sitting up there. The moment you tilt your body to one side, almost half of the public gallery and the lawyers would tilt their body with you.

It also doesn’t help that the person whom you are about to pass sentence is also there, waiting with his eyes filled with so much sorrow and remorse literally begging for your leniency. Although sometime you can tell that they are not that sincere but this “emotional presumption” is not a valid consideration in deciding the necessary sentence. This “emotional presumption” carries no legal reasoning in it. It’s useless and only serves to cloud your mind from fair reasoning.

You can go to any criminal procedure classes and learn the art of sentencing. I have been there and I can personally claim that I did quite well in that class (or so I thought I did!!). However, it would still not prepare you to face the pressure and tension that you face when you are all alone on the bench and about to pass a prompt sentence. It’s a challenge that can only be gained through experience. One heck of an experience that could cause a bloody turmoil in your stomach. Aiyooh!!!

There are so many issues, points, reasons and factors to consider in such a short span of time. This is more suitable for traffic cases where most of the accused persons plead guilty. Test him to see if he really wants to plead guilty. Tell him the maximum sentence and ask him if he is willing to face it. “RM 2000 + RM 1000 = RM3000. You mau and sanggup bayar RM3000 ka???” Most often than not, the moment you ask them this, their faces would turn red. You can see thousands of questions and factors being considered in his brain before you hear a weak and soft “yes Sir, I understand and am willing to plead guilty”. Then again, the minute you hear them say “yes”, it’s your turn to turn red and think of thousands of factors to be considered in assessing the appropriate sentence.

Some may say that it would be proper to postpone the sentence to another date, take the documents into your chambers and decide alone with God and not have any eyes staring at you while you contemplate. That’s a good idea when you’re still new. But after a while, whether you like it or not, you will have to deliver a prompt sentence. This is especially so for traffic offences.

The mitigating factor is what you need to rely in passing a lower sentence than the maximum sentence. I usually opt for a fine and have yet to deliver any imprisonment sentence. It’s not that I am lenient or soft hearted but I have yet the conviction in my heart that any jail term is necessary for my current cases. The amount to be fined is solely upon the discretion of the Magistrate. Hence the reason why I always vary my fine according to the mitigating facts and the charge sheet itself. This way, people cannot figure out my pattern. It’s important to remain mysterious. There are too many culprits just waiting to take advantage of a same pattern. Wooh!!! Scary!!!

Man! This is getting so boring and heavy! I’ll leave it here for now. I can just imagine what my bride would say when she reads this post. “There he goes again… talking about it like every one else share the same passion”… hehehe…

Blog adjourned!!!

The Contagious Smile

Something really funny happened yesterday. I completed my matters about 1 pm. I messaged my colleague inviting her for lunch. Apparently she still had two matters to attend to. I happily trotted to her court room and sat at the public gallery.

There I was, sitting behind two accused that were being charged for some crime. Each one of them were charged for a separate crime, so when one was standing, the other was sitting. There was no one else with me at the public gallery and everyone else in there was quite engrossed with their own matter.

I began to make some funny faces to my colleague. She saw me slouching and yawning and making some funny faces and she couldn’t keep a straight face anymore. She let out a small smile and it grew to a very wide grin.

SUDDENLY… one of the accused person thought she was smiling at him and began smiling back at her holding his hands together on one side of his thigh, tilting his head to the other side!!! I was so shocked that I nearly laughed out loud (LOL haha)!!! My colleague up there was so red that I thought she might explode any minute. Then the accused sitting next to the “perasan” accused turn behind and saw my shocked face. He then nudged the “perasan” accused to stop acting the way he was acting.

OH MY GOD!!! What a drama!!! You see how contagious a smile can be??

Oh well, blog adjourned!!!

In the beginning of 2008

Gedebuk and Gedebak, believe it or not, we have already passed the middle of 2008. What a better way to celebrate it with the Prime Minister "sadly" announcing the increase of the petrol price.

Well, I do not plan to dwell on that "sensational issue" for my first post. I’d like to share with you all how interesting my first part of 2008 was.

It all began in January 2008... It wasn't the most anticipating time of the year. I was recovering from a tibia bone fracture that I got from playing futsal. It certainly was and is the worst injury I have ever gotten before. I was working as the Senior Assistant Registrar in the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

Come February 2008, I received a letter informing me that I have to attend a one month induction course together with national service in March order to be confirmed in “the service”. Went cold turkey to stop smoking. Had running nose for three weeks due to lack of nicotine.

March 2008 flew away without much hassle (except for the ciggy cravings). I was at the training centre for the whole month. Quietly feeling so bloody excited because of my wedding the next month.

April 2008 marks the most important time of my life. I got married to my ex-girlfriend and ex-fiancée. The special and beautiful girl whom I had been hoping to be my bride since time immemorial finally became my bride. I’m so happy…

May 2008, the first time I celebrated my bride’s birthday as her husband. It feels different. It feels wholesome and blessed. Mei was also quite a turmoil month for me. I was informed that I will be transferred. A new officer was attached to my chambers as my understudy in mid-May when I had no idea where I would be heading.

In June 2008, the letter finally came and I was officially confirmed as a Magistrate in Kuala Lumpur. Oh, i also managed to get my bride's help to set up this blog... *clap*clap*clap* to the bride!!!

There you go… a super brief synopsis of the beginning of 2008. I have purposely omitted the details for some other time. Oh well… till next time…

blog adjourned!

testing 123

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

(my wife posted this for me and i am eternally grateful to her for it)