Zainal : Running into his own hell...

What would you do if you were told that you have a police criminal case when you just entered a foreign country and were warned that you cannot go out until the case is settled. And to make thing worse, you were not given a clear information at all but ask you to report to a police station... what case? which police station? ... for you to find out...

This is the story of Zainal, who was running into his own hell (and now he's out of it lah)... citer ni panjang sangat, aku cuba ringkas kan seboleh mungkin... and buat kind of summary je lah yer...

Part 1 : Day 1 (jumaat) 25.2.08 -Two guys, a girl and where's the police station?

zainal, my singaporean friend yg keje kat dubai, decided to pay a visit to his frens in Doha sebelum balik for good ke S'pore end of this month. tp bila dia masuk ke doha, kat imigresen bg tahu dia ada police case yg dia kena settlekan kat sini.

so pepagi jumaat zainal dan aku dah kelar, tp sbb Doha ni kind of shut down sebelum solat jumaat, nothing could be done. lepas jumaat Ally (a pinoy nurse) joined us to solve the mystery... we needed her, sbb dia blh cakap arab skit2. tapi kitaorg lunch kat kedai pinoy kat City Center lah dulu.

First, nak cari balai polis. after a year kat sini (worst for Ally after 5 years kat Doha) aku tak tahu mana balai polis kat sini... my idea was to stop at roundabout tpt polis jaga traffic n tanya je.. but nanti kelakar sgt plak... but setelah call member, kitaorg pergi satu balai polis ni kat Al Sadd. tapi setelah bertanya-tanya polis tak dapat tolong. and to shock us, the police can even say, kalau dah kena handcuffed kat airport br lah kiranya bermasalah, kalau tak kena handcuffed tak de la apa masalah. they do not have any computer to check pun, and said no problem sebenarnya. but we were not satisfied. but u know, due to adrenalin rush, aku blh communicate skit2 in arabic utk explain kat arab polis ni... apa masalah zainal... hehehe

Then from there, we went to the airport, sbb mana lah tahu kalau2 blh tahu apa sebenarnya case police tu. tp kitaorg disuruh pergi ke capital security department kat souq utk cari info... so kitaorang pergi lah ke department tu... tp sungguh kelakar, office to set 3.30pm utk selesaikan kes lelaki, while 5pm kes perempuan. and masa kitaorang kat situ dah jam 5.10pm. nasib baik ada Ally yg blh masuk n tanyakan kes itu. tp org kat kaunter suruh kita jumpa captain. tp i think sbb dah malam, polis tu malas layan, dia kata dia tak de computer tak blh nak tolong apa2. but advice us to check with the imigration again.

Still we cannot get the answer what's the case... so we decided to go back to the airport again. pergilah kitaorang ke sana. jumpa polis kat sana... tp we were avoided nak masuk ke imigration sbb polis tu tak paham... dia minta zainal produce boarding pass br blh cek... dgn hampa kitaorg balik.. and plan to continue get the info the next day... :-( still tak tahu balai polis mana yg blh bagi kitaorang info.

Part 2 : The question answered... but how to solve?

so the next day (sabtu), we started our investigation awal... all of us terus pergi ke Capital Security Department. Alhamdulillah, today we treated well dan the captain today at least dapat bg tahu kitaorg apa masalahnya.. dia kata zainal terlibat ngan fraud cheque case. oops... then dia kata esok baru cheque department ni buka and then only we can get more details of the case. bila zainal fikir2 semula masa ni, dia cakap maybe ada kaitan dgn credit card dia yg tak berbayar, but he didn't give out any cheque pun. he did try to pay out the credit card in Dubai, but the bank reluctant to accept the money. He's been told to pay in Doha instead.

so nothing we could do that day, except waiting for the next day. As zainal mmg plan balik sepatutnya malam tu, dia postpone ke hari berikut nya (ahad).Ahad, zainal n me bgn awal pagi n terus ke cheque department. and we met few officers but none tahu berbahasa inggeris... but what we know, the case was related ngan credit card zainal, and the amount owed was QR74k!!! and ada 2 charges, one filed in March the other in August... but sbb communication problem we couldn't ask for advice dr polis tu, so we went to the bank branch and asked for more details... and the bank confirm on the charges and asked us to pay... luckily the amount need to be paid was a lot more lesser than the charges, so we settled there... khallas...

ooops, the case didn't end there, we have to go to the collection department to get a clearance letter from the bank.... which after that we were told, we need to go to the Rayyan court house to clear the court filing. by now, i have to let zainal to settle it by himself, as its already late for me to go to office (sorry zainal, i really felt bad sbb tak blh nak support masa tu)...

then (all these according to zainal)... he waited for 2 1/2 hours untuk dpt a lawyer to entertain his case... lucky him, the lawyer can speak english... but to his surprise the lawyer said, his case can only be solved in 2-3 weeks time... but after dia merayu sepuas2 nya... akhirnya lawyer to agree jumpa judge... and surprisingly they buy zainal's rayuan then bg clearance letter in 1 hour time je... ;-) he then been asked to go back to the cheque dept.

tp cheque department tu dah tutup, but the police kat capital security plak buat issue yg katanya clearance letter dr court to have different file number berbanding file number police... sudah... but then dia pergi mengadu kat bank semula, rupanya bank plak cakap they can get those settled but he can only do it the next day and advice zainal to delay his flight for another 2 days (selasa)... (he even need to postpone balik for good ke s'pore)

the next day (isnin), zainal went to the bank and after few ulang alik dr bank and capital security department dia diberitahu, he needs another letter, a clearance from police which only can be obtained the next day selasa

So hari Selasa... aku hantar zainal ke balai polis jam 8am... and Alhamdulillah... at 10am he called me that everything settled.... he can now safely go out from Doha... :-)

Part 3: lesson learnt...

1. kalau ingat ada hutang, don't ever come back to the country (or better bayar hutang (credit card balance/loans) semua sebelum tinggalkan negara)
2. aku rasa macam sekarang ni, aku patut ada sorang kawan arab yg baik yg blh tolong dlm bab2 birokrasi ni. kenkadang aku rasa ada double standard since we were represented by pinoy on the first day. even muka kitaorang pun mcm pinoy, arab2 ni malas nak layan
3. aku rasa mmg dah jadi wajib utk belajar bahasa arab. we gained more respect i guess and blh lah tolong skit2...

anyway, serba sedikit procedure (if u have similar court case)

1. pergi settle semua outstanding balance and dapatkan clearance letter from the bank to be sent to the court utk mintak clearance letter dr court
2. kena pergi criminal court utk dapatkan clearance letter from the court sbb bank dah file charges kat court, so kira nya nak drop charges lah
3. kena clear nama daripada police data then only you can leave the country
4. dapatkan surat clearance dr bank, so that kalau polis negara kita cari, or kalau benda ni berbangkit, we have a proof benda ni dah settle.

although, it was tiring it is really an experience... an indirect experience for me (i would rather it be indirect sbb tak nak lah aku naikturun court... dapat criminal case plak tu)... to Zainal Alhamdulillah.... akhirnya semua nya selesai dengan selamat... and selamat kembali ke s'pore... :-)

*banyak plot2 dan cerita-cerita yg aku ringkaskan dari citer kat atas tu, some is due to privacy, some sbb aku rasa dah panjang benor citer nya :-) kalau nak tahu lanjut, aku buka for Q&A... hehehe

** please correct my posting if any of the facts were not accurately written here.

DeAr AyaH!!!!

SeLaMAt HaRi LAhiR AyaH!!!!...

semoga diberikan kesihatan sempurna... dimurahkan rezeki... ditingkatkan iman... dan sentiasa dibawah hidayahNya...

InsyaAllah...

(mlm semalam tetiba aku terfikir, next year aku mesti buat big celebration utk sambut birthday my parents :-) insyaAllah...)

Doha 9th Music Festival...

*tetiba plak lagu nancy ajram mengiringi blog ni.. :-) sebab kimi ngan aku g concert nancy ajram semalam :-)

last week budak office aku bagi tahu ada Doha Music Festival berlangsung dari 24-29 January (check out news here...)

bila aku nampak nama nancy ajram, terus aku telepon kimi, and he delighted n nak tgk nancy... dan kita org beli lah tiket QR100 25hb (smlm) - tiket paling murah.

concert start jam 9pm. being first timer, jam 8.45 kitaorg dah kat sheraton, takde signboard, we've tawaf the whole hotel then baru tahu pintu masuk ke hall pun belum buka, n katanya jam 9 br buka. then we've been told, nancy ajram jam 1.30am/2am br akan mula persembahan. sebabkan kimi lapar, we had dinner at as shaheen restaurant kat roof top hotel. cantik view corniche dr restaurant ni.

so jam 10.50pm baru kitaorg masuk dewan yg gah dengan patung firaun dan pyramid. It's an egyptian theme this year. sementara nak tunggu pukul 2 tu, ada persembahan dari penyanyi Qatar Saad al fahad dan Iraq Majid muhandess. Dua orang ni vokal dia mantap, cuma i think I prefer pop singer. depa ni nyanyi lagu mcm bersyair... tengah2 nyanyi siap orang blh tepuk tangan which aku tak tahu sbb apa... lighting cantik.. music live... sedap arrangement... tp sbb kurang appreciat dan tak tahu apa depa cakap... we take a minute two nap kejap2. (siap kimi kena tegur ngan minah arab sebelah dia suruh balik umah tido... hahaha) tp among the 2 the iraqi lagi best lah, ada element pop skit, and the crowd stand and dance along

then at 1.40am... br lah muncul nancy ajram mengalunkan lagu2 pop dia... according to khizmie.. its worth the waiting... mmg gaya manja lenggok badan nancy terus buat mata terjaga... hehehe... walaupun agak jauh dan stage besar gedabak... tapi best... dia nyanyi lagu popular dia tp kimi tak dapat dengar lagu favourite dia Shakbat Shakabeet... in fact kalau bayar 200 pun dia kata ok... siap ramai bangun menari... tp, yg tak minat kan lagu pop, ramai yg blah... the good thing abt nancy, dia dapat capture attention kids too.. so ramai lah bebudak pun menari2 ikut lagu along side orang2 tua.. :-) and masa nancy jugak lah ada groups yg jerit Nancy! Nancy!!! memang meriah and happening...

sampai lah jam 2.45 baru abis show... satisfied... n balik ngantuk.. terus doozed off... :-)

Obtaining driving license... (part 1)

At 4.50am this morning, aku dah memang terjaga dr lelap, tp aku malas bangun sbb alarm aku tak berbunyi lagi :-) tp tetiba aku dengar hp aku berdering tp bukan ring tone alarm. It was a singaporean, flatmate-officemate yang call aku. i tot she is still in s'pore... apasal lak call jam 4.50am... bukannya dia pregnant nak beranak pun. rupanya dia call sbb her personal driver tak bangun tidor n tak muncul-muncul utk hantar dia g buat driving test. janji nak datang at 4.30am... tp tak muncul2... so dia woke me up, minta tolong hantar ke driving school...

yeah.... it's 5am... and mmg giler, buat ujian memandu masa matahari pun belum terbit... but lucky me... aku tak perlu melalui semua benda ni.. :-) alhamdulillah...

but for those yg nak tahu pasal obtaining driving license in Qatar... ni ada keratan email yg aku dapat thru yahoo groups Malaysian @Qatar... (since aku tak de real experience aku bg tahu org lain punya experience lah)

I heard United should be good. Alternate pls
go to Karwa ... also good, sbb Karwa ada ajar road etica, slide show driving at
qatar, defensive driving. Karwa very professional, kereta baru,
a/con, customer dimuliakan, trainer pakai uniform & tie lagi, dan kalau
kao nasib baik, dapat trainer Indon ... Kawra can 5 days or 7 or 12 days
...

I've finally enrolled myself in United Driving School
yesterday...Early in the morning yesterday i went to Traffic Dept at Medinat
Khalifa...go to the Drivers License Section...Go to one of the ladies at the
counter and ask for direct converstion but obviously i can't due to malaysian
license or maybe due to i'm not speaking to her boss/director...after checking
my docs,she asked me to go to driving school...I said i've gone but i need the
Traffic Dept endorsement that my license is validated so that i can take the
short course...then she said."Driving School has Traffic Dept...", But then i
mentioned that it's only open during the weekdays and it will already be closed
by the time i reach Doha from Ras Laffan...after much hesitation and thought,
she takes out the Traffic Dept Stamp and stamp it on all my documents
with a note in arabic on frontpage...then i just say thank you
and left...

Later i went to United Driving (behind thursday friday
market, market R/A off salwa road) and show my docs and asked that
reception guy to interpret what the lady immigration has written in
arabic...Obviously he can't understand also so he asked his boss, the boss told
me the note said that "License verified, recommend direct test"...haha!! So
i kindly reject the direct test becoz it's like 95% chances i'll fail
(after hearing some horrible stories from malaysians who've done direct
test)...so he enrolled me to the half course...12 hours including 1 test for
QR900...so waiting list is about 3 weeks...so just have to wait for the call for
my 1st lesson...

many Malaysians andsone Indo had bad experience with
Doha Drivg Schooland Al-Rayya Drvg School.

you cannot convert mesia license here, and we hope in
the near future can convert. You can go to Karwa or United driving
school, take short lesson, 5,7,12 days, and the fee is around
QR1200

To start just register personally at the drv school, and I
know Karwa is very good customer service. Dont ever try to call any
of the drv school, as your call willl not likely be answered
Yes, there
are long queue al ALL drv school ... so, if you can take the lesson during
office hours, then you can beat the queue, and start learning
immediately. This is due to many people here can only take drv
lesson after work, so ada bottleneck lah

you can drive & rent car as long as you dont get the
RP, once you get RP approved, then your mesia & intl drv license =
worthless.

FYI - a few guys got their Msian licence
fullyconverted at Madinat Khalifa Police Station by talkingto the director
there. You may try your luck bytelling good reasons for the conversion. Some
peoplegot partial conversion (test on road only).

ni baru first part i.e. mcm mana nak register utk masuk kelas memandu... nanti aku tulis, macam mana experience org masa test plak...

rain... rain... rain..

sebelum aku citer skit pasal cuaca... aku nak citer last 2 weeks lepas aku cabut gigi, for the first time department aku buat course/training. Kalau kat m'sia, aku g 3-4 courses (updates on technical knowledge) a year... kat sini br sekali. tp punyalah tak betul2 plan... a topic which kat normal courses kat malaysia ambil masa 1 hari utk dibincangkan dan dibentangkan, cuma ambil 15 minit je masa course ni... it's an accounting training, but tak de pun kira-kira/nombor tunjuk in any of the slides.... total theory... useless punya course... tapi takpe lah 3 hari makan breakfast n lunch free :-) dan punya lah beriya pak2 arab ni, siap panggil MD nak bg sijil habis 3 hari course...
ok.. now about weather...

i think most of people dah tahu yang for the past few days betapa sejuk nya area tanah arab ni, mcm berita hari ni kat berita harian, sampai ada orang mati sebab cuaca sejuk. Perubahan cuaca ni agak ketara seminggu dua sudah... like last week it was raining for 3-4 days in a row. the week before it, ada ribut pasir...

cuaca sejuk ni seingat aku bermula dengan ribut pasir hari tu... tp masa tu suhu takat 15-20 degree je... then hujan plak berturut-turut. now suhu dah around 10-15 degree dan ada masa nya sampai kurang dari 10 degree... malam tadi br 10-12 degree tp masa mengopi siap keluar 'asap' dari mulut bila bercakap...

ni gambar tempat yang almost sama... masa ribut pasir sebelah kiri, hujan belah kanan...
about cuaca sejuk ni, tahun ni aku rasa mcm satu fenomena yang berbeza dari tahun sebelum nya. kat Kuwait pun dah cecah 0 degree, kat saudi pun boleh -ve, kat iraq dan pakistan boleh ada salji... mmg sejuk lah....

tp yang aku tak berapa minat masa hujan2 dan sejuk ni... kereta punya lah kotor sebab terpaksa tempuh lumpur dan takungan air... kat sini sistem parit tak elok... merata-rata air bertakung... and nak basuh kereta pun tak berbaloi... sejuk punya pasal, nak breakfast kat corniche pun sejuk sangat... tp kalau sejuk ni remain sampai march pun ok je...

kebaya bandung...

first of all... dah lama aku nak taruh gambar ni... aku nak ucapkan thanks for hadiah (incl birthday) yg aku masih terima sehingga mid last month (fulamak lamanya br nak ucap terima kasih kan) aku dah ucap thanks verbally... tp saja taruh kat blog... thanks azerdills, titien, diba & abe and razi for the hadiah :-) (eh mcm kena je timing korang yg bg hadiah kan)....

ok... last weekend kitaorang agak buntu nak buat aktiviti... so dalam kebosanan tu aku pun try lah masak mee bandung... hehehe... cari je resepi kat internet dan cuba lah... tapi yg kelakar bila aku masak n rasa, baru aku tahu yang sebenarnya aku tak tahu macam mana patutnya rasa mee bandung... hahaha... jadi lah mee bandung aku terlebih manis :-). thanks diba, abe, nije, kimie and adam family for sanggup jadi guinea pig makan mee bandung aku... :-) nanti aku try buat mee rebus plak, korang jangan takut makan lagi yer...

ooh.... restoran malaysia yg pertama kat doha dah buat soft launch last weekend... we (kimi, nije n me) tried nasi lemak (the only food serve for the soft launch. we ordered sambal udang, rendang daging dan ayam percik utk makan ngan 3 nasi lemak.... in total... harga QR110 for those... and QR14 for segelas teh tarik... so go figure abt the price :-).... tp rasa sedap lah, cuma terlebih pedas...

and lepas makan owner restaurant pun sembang2 ngan kitaorang.. and she reveal abt under table money business kat malaysia yang kena kat dia... hmm... mmg lah malaysia ni negara yg mementingkan 'know who' instead of 'know how'.... but actually kat Qatar ni pun sama kan... sigh...

Takziah...

Semoga Azerdills sekeluarga tabah menghadapi dugaan Allah SWT. Berat kami mendengarnya... berat lagi bahu yang memikul... InsyaAllah ada hikmah disebaliknya.

btw, bumi doha dibasahi hujan pagi ni, hujan untuk kali pertama musim sejuk ni. orang kata, bila hujan makna nya perubahan musim berlaku... suasana pagi ni sungguh tenang, nyaman dan mendung...

Dear Mak...

Dear Mak....
Selamat Hari Jadi ke 59!!!....

Semoga ditingkatkan iman, dimurahkan rezeki, mendapat kesihatan sempurna dan semoga hidup lebih mendapat rahmat dan keberkatan-Nya...

Terima kasih kerana sanggup melayan my kerenah so far :-)

Jumpa di Syria bulan Februari nanti insyaAllah... kalau tak kat Syria kat Doha je lah... :-)

Maal Hijrah...

kalau ikut kalendar cuti Malaysia, Maal Hijrah, jatuh pada hari esok... maka seeloknya lepas asar (atau sebelum maghrib) hari ni, bagi muslim kat Malaysia, patutnya baca lah doa tahun baru ni...

dan selepas Maghrib, sebagai petanda bermula nya tahun baru, baca lah doa tahun baru plak....

InsyaAllah... semoga tahun baru ni memberikan kita lebih keimanan, ketakwaan dan keberkatan dari Allah SWT. Semoga tahun ini diri kita lebih banyak beribadat yang khusyuk kepada Nya, bersedekah dan bertaubat... InsyaAllah... dan semoga kita semakin dekat kepada Nya (sesungguhnya kita makin dekat kepada Nya setiap kali tahun bertambah, kerana makin hampir tarikh ajal kita)


Harap-harap tahun ni aku dapat mengerjakan Umrah Ziarah, permission dah hantar dah kat Kedutaan Saudi 2 hari sudah, lagi sebulan baru tahu dapat kebenaran pergi ke tak... hmmm.. apa lah lama sangat nak benarkan orang g umrah ke tak..


eh.. kalau ikut hitung kasarnya, tahun depan, tahun baru hijrah dan tahun baru masihi mungkin berlaku pada tarikh yang sama... hmm... mungkinkah ada doa tahun baru beramai-ramai kat dataran klcc dan seterusnya konsert tahun baru??? :-)

Dah cabut...

Setelah aku demam jumaat malam sabtu sudah dan confirm ngan insurance company yang aku boleh pergi mana-mana dentist, sebab company only covers 50% je... aku decided untuk pergi cek gigi kat klinik recommended by rizal kentz. Dia kata yati (wife dia) buat kat situ, ok je... and on 2nd day lepas surgery, yati dah boleh makan dah...

bila aku g cek, doktor gelakkan aku sebab katanya aku bukan nya 18 tahun, mana lah ada wisdom tooth. tp bila dia nampak bengkak and xray, doktor advice aku untuk cabut gigi selepas 2 hari. dia suruh beli antibiotik and kena makan sebelum surgery.

Setelah 2 hari (isnin, i.e. pagi tadi) aku sampai ke klinik tepat on time. i.e. 10am. the doktor assured me the operation wont be painful. he suggested me to do all 4, but not one go lah definitely... but dia kata blh bagi discount if i agree to buat all 4. but thinking that even after discount pun mahal, and the rest tak sakit pun, i've decided to do only one.

thanks to Dr George Haddad (a french) yg assured me that tak sakit. i was very confident for the surgery, since aku baru je buat surgery mata dulu pun ok je... and thanks to Hannan who voluntarilly ready to take few pictures of the event... and she really loves it... pantang ada break... she's there to click for photos... ooh to make things more exciting even the Dr also extremely love to pose for photos. so banyak lah photo session happening while i was lying on the dental chair. but too bad!!! it was not as painless as the Dr describe. It was damn sakit!!! memang sakit, mungkin sbb kurang anaesthatic but i did request for more anaesthasia while the surgery. siap air mata aku mengalir sendiri menahan sakit. masa tu, i think i should be more patient utk tanggung gusi bengkak and shouldn't have agreed for this. memang giler-giler sakit... maybe lah sebab pressure, sebab Doktor tu kena drill lama gak. katanya akar gigi tu dah tertanam kat dalam dan ada tulang keliling gigi... and the Doctor have to pecahkan gigi tu into 2 sbb susah sangat nak cabut at 1 go...

the continous painful surgery lasted for 1 hour and half... memang sejuk kaki tangan aku menanggung... hahaha... luckily i only agree for 1 tooth... kalau tak... definitely i wont turn up for next tooth... dah lah doktor tu boleh tercucuk bibir, lidah and parts yang tak perlu... ohh that tercucuk tu not that bad lah, tp masa sakit tu rasa nak marah je doktor tu...

anyway, everything all done. dapat 3 hari MC and according to the Doctor, my pipi will continue swollen for the next 2-3 days... i cannot spit, tak boleh makan makanan pedas, no sport, no gaggle for 24 days... and for me, this is for once and last. kalau boleh aku avoid, i wont agree for this surgery anymore. (ok ladies, deliver baby lagi sakit, i know... but i cannot deliver baby ok :-) )

anyway... how much it cost for me to endure this painful. including medicine QR2463!!! really damn expensive and i didn't enjoy it... Semoga tahun ni, Allah memberikan aku badan yang sihat sejahtera... (dah 2 surgery aku lalui in 3 months)

Makan-makan Eritrea style...

my collegue an Eritrean, Fatma, datang ke umah aku masa Eid hari tu... so sebagai balasan, dia jemput makan-makan kat umah dia... she'll cook Eritrean food and serve special Eritrean coffee after dinner.

for those yang tak tahu mana tu Eritrea... ni dia map...

Fatma jemput kengkawan office yang lain.. mostly arabs lah... and aku still sakit gusi, tp mcm mana ntah ada rezeki ok plak aku makan malam tu.. ada satu dish yg attract me the most was satu jenis roti ni namanya injera... color kelabu, buruk... aku nampak macam tuala buruk, ada org kata kulit, but second thought mcm perut lembu je... makan roti tu ngan masak daging berkuah yang pedas dan yogurt masam... delicious!!! and aku tapau balik umah...

oh... ni bukannya new year party... saja jer nampak meriah ngan confetti tu...

anyway, pas ni fatma plan nak buat pot luck, where every one kena represent country masing-masing and cook one dish.... :-)

The bongsu was born today!!!

Selamat Hari Lahir

to my

dearest younger brother, pa... :-)

Study baik-baik... jangan asyik mengadu tak ok je :-p belajar ni sekejap, tp impak dia kadang2 lama... concentrate, discipline, consistent... insyaAllah boleh punya... (jangan asyik bercinta saje hehehe...)

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you know apa aku dapat for new year... i think i had my wisdom tooth erupted... ooh wisdom tooth ni dipanggil wisdom as they grow when the person is around 17-24 (eh.. aku still 24 ke???) at age the person is wiser than a child.

extract from wikipedia : The English wisdom tooth is derived from Latin dens sapientiae. The same root is shared by German Weisheitszahn, Dutch verstandskies, Belgian-Dutch wijsheidstand, Norwegian visdomstann, Danish and Swedish visdomstand, Finnish viisaudenhammas, French dent de sagesse, Portuguese dente do juízo, Spanish muela del juicio or muela cordal, Italian dente del giudizio, Romanian mǎsea de minte, Slovenian modrostni zob, Croatian and Serbian umnjaci, Hungarian bölcsességfog, Czech zuby moudrosti, Polish zęby mądrości, Russian зубы мудрости, Bulgarian мъдрец (meaning wise man), Estonian tarkusehammas, Hebrew שן בינה (shen beena) and Greek φρονιμίτες (fronheemeetes). There exists an interesting Dutch folk etymology that the Dutch word verstandskies is derived from "far-standing" (ver-staand) molar, and that mistranslations of the Dutch word (in which verstand translates to wisdom) are the root for corresponding words in other European languages.

Turkish refers directly to the age at which wisdom teeth appear and calls it 20 yaş dişi (20th year tooth). In Arabic, its name is Ders-al-a'qel (ضرس العقل), literally meaning "The tooth of the mind". In Korean, its name is Sa-rang-nee (사랑니, love teeth) referring to the young age and the pain of the first love. In Japanese, its name is Oyashirazu (親知らず), literally meaning "unknown to the parents," from the idea that they erupt after a child has moved away.

tapi kenapa dalam bahasa melayu, namanya tidak sesimbolik bahasa lain? kita namakan gigi bongsu... which is totally berbeza ngan yg lain... plus maknanya muda plak tu, sedangkan gigi tu dapat masa dah tua...

actually aku tak sure samada gigi bongsu aku ni impacted ke tak, tp aku rasa dia akan terkeluar. tak de sakit apa2. kalau dia terkeluar elok, ok lah. tp kalau impacted mungkin lah kena cabut. sbb nanti infected.
anyone of you can give me medical advice (i mean selain suruh aku g jumpa dentist)... let me know. aku fikir, if the gum felt uncomfortable until sunday, mungkinlah aku g ke dentist (oops reason aku delay, aku tak ambil kad insurance kesihatan kat HR lagi)

Bye Bye Azerdills...

Esok Azerdills family nak balik Malaysia for more than 3 months.... dengan main reason, Mrs Azerdills dah nak menunggu masa bersalin. Baby made in Doha... born in Ipoh lah jawabnya...

since Mrs Azerdills ni mmg rajin nak buat get together... so semalam dia buat a quick n simple gathering sebelum dia berangkat... she will definitely miss the 'fun' and 'happening' Doha for the few months sampai habis pantang... Thanks Dills for the free dinner :-) sedap u 'masak' thai food hik hik hik...

(tak blh plak nak upload gambar makan2 tu... petang nanti tambah... :-) )

Jangan risau... tak sehappening mana Doha ni... so enjoy your time kat Malaysia yer... nanti bawak banyak2 ingredients dr M'sia.. and bawak cd2 karaoke :-).... we gonna miss u in all makan-makan especially breakfast at corniche and mengopi kat beanery... see u in April!!! :-)

*kalau rindu kat kitaorang... tgk je blog ni.. :-)

Kebetulan since dah ada kumpul semua... the group which are now some people call it Group Gambar Raya... :-) pun ambil gambar ramai-ramai untuk ucap kan...

Selamat Hari Lahir M T !!!

Semoga panjang umur dan murah rezeki... cepat tiup lah lilin kek ni....

FAQ 5 : Kerja di Qatar

All these berdasarkan my own opinion...

For those yg sedang mencari kerja kat Qatar (and Middle East mungkin kena gak lah kot) ni ada beberapa perkara yg kena consider dalam your offer or things yg you need to consider...

1. Cost of living... boleh kata berbanding di Malaysia, cost of living (food and living expenses) lebih kurang je lah... cuma food tu ada benda2 yg murah kat Malaysia kat sini blh katakan double... some indications on prices, lebih kurang lah (based on today's date - 2/5/08 - Exchange rate RM0.87 = QR1)
- Minyak petrol (yg ni murah) QR0.70 Regular, QR0.80 Super
- Air Mineral Sebotol 500ml QR1
- Ayam sekg - QR13 (Frozen - QR11 - QR14)
- Telur sepapan (36 biji?) - QR16
- Serai / Daun Pandan sekg - QR40 - QR60
there's a theory pasal cost of living ni... yg katanya we compare based on price of McValue Meal (Big Mac)... so kalau kat Malaysia harga nya (i think) RM9... sini QR18..

2. Belanja paling mahal setiap bulan adalah sewa rumah... for a simple 2 bedroom fully furnished apartment area Doha paling murah pun QR7000 - QR8000. Ok, u can get lucky if you get the same price for 3 bedroom apartment. Villa 3 - 4 bilik lebih kurang QR11k to max... so make sure dapatkan accomodation provided by the company. Kadang2 you have to sign up for 1 year rental agreement... so kalau buat sendiri kena lah stay sini at least for 1 year...

3. Benda yg you can spend on... kereta... roughly kereta kat sini 50% cheaper than kat Malaysia sebab tak de tax... so blh lah sakan berkereta... for those Malaysian yg gaji besar normally drives 4wd kat sini (aku drive Tiida sedan je.... so gaji aku kecik) its good to have 4wd ni.. boleh buat sand dune and yg best nye tak ragu-ragu kalau ada plan nak buat road trip g umrah :-)

4. another thing yg aku rasa n dengarnya mahal... school fees utk anak-anak... make sure include dalam pakej (ni aku tak leh nak komen banyak sbb aku tak de anak)

5. kalau sesapa blh include tiket balik ke Malaysia lebih dari sekali pun ok jugak..

(nanti aku tambah lagi benda-benda yg perlu consider :-) for now ni je)