Thursday, September 15, 2011

(dis?)advantages of....

being di jalan ini...

i always get this remark whenevr s'one i met (or even friends) know that i'm working at a building very near to Jln. TAR - "syok la kerja kt area Jln TAR tu kn. leh g shopping slalu". or sometimes i get to hear this - "selalu la g SOGO ni eh?". owwwhhh...come on!!! let me tell u d disadvantages of working at this area:-

BORRRRINGGGG...
bila dh slalu sgt ngadap places nearby my office, we feel kind of... errrmmm...BOSAN. ye, kami ada SOGO berhampiran. juga ada deretan kedai jual kain, tudung, baju, telekung, songket, etc2. juga ada kedai2 jual mcm2 perkakas/brg2/ materials utk persiapan para pengantin. juga ada port mkn yg sgt byk (gerai2, foodcourt, kedai jual nasik campur, kedai mamak, fast food, kedai jual burger utk pemakanan seimbang cm Bob Harper promo dlm biggest loser, kopitiam glamer, etc2.). juga ada gedung jual brg2 rumah yg leh borong&dpt murah. all in walking distance. d thing is that, ada masa rs cm bosannye time tghari, nk kuar tp xtau nk g mana. kdg2 nk pilih tmpt mkn pn dh xtau ktne lg nk mkn. when things around here dh sprti membosankn, harus la ini jd disadvantage pertama.

traffic... BAAAAADDD traffic...
dh xpelik if starting 15 Ramadhan onwards jln dpn office i ni jammed dr tghri smpi la nk blk kerja. or, masa 17 Ramadhan cz Selangor cuti & semua dtg KL nk shopping for Raya. bila hujan lebat melampau masa dkt2 timing nk blk kerja & hujan still x berenti by d time yg drive to work nk kuar dr parking lot, ini confirm traffic jammed tahap dewa.

perebutan tempat utk mkn...
bila tiba musim yg 3bln Mega sale tu, if kerja masa wiken sure susah nk cari port mkn wpun as mentioned earlier byk bebenor tmpt mkn dkt2 area office i. lunch break yg 1jam tu la nk kna berebut dgn org2 yg shopping kt Sogo/Arked/Mydin/etc2. jd, kdg2 kna cari apa yg cpt & take away je. kdg2 nk take away pn pyh gk cz queue yg nk beli food sikit py pnjg. tp, xkn la asal kerja wiken & org rmi dtg area Jln TAR i nk kna puasa kot, kn?

major event (1) Perarakan...
jln2 dkt area office i ni sll la ter"involve" if ada major events/celebrations. bila tiba je minggu yg nk event/celebration tu, sure la byk jln yg nk hala ke sini kna tutup. ats sbb tu la minggu ni setiap pagi my father & i kalut2 pg nk kuar umah on time cz disweek byk jln tutup utk rehearsal perarakan Hari Malaysia/Merdeka this friday. xleh la kuar umah lmbt sket, sure nt smpi ofis lmbt dr wktu biasa. cnth terbaik, smlm i smpi ofis lg 10minit nk kul8 (wpun ofis hour start kul8.30), jz bcz terkuar umh lmbt sket je. minggu ni kalo de ofismet masuk lmbt dh jd xheran cz leh agak tu sure sgkt dlm road closure.

major event (2) Perhimpunan...
bila ada group2 nk menegakkn pendirian masing2, sure nk buat group besar2 & jemput beramai2 memeriahkn perhimpunan sepjg major roads nearby. cni mmg jd port ke hape? yg being affected of course sesape yg kna bkerja during that specific wiken (perhimpunan cenggini normally buat on wiken). lpstu if masa hari perhimpunan tu la dh ter"schedule" kna kerja, nk cari food for lunch pn susah. takut2 time jln nk g cari food tu tetiba terperangkp dlm d group & org kata kita join skali. krg xpsl je muka glamer masuk paper. pdhl sbnrnye pnt bkerja mencari rezki halal utk wiken tu T__T 

major event (3) Perlumbaan...
ni pn slalu masa wiken gk. tp ni sll xde announcement apa2. tau2 je tiba2 de jln tutup, dh de kon polis yg kaler oren tu tegak kt tgh jln. ni la kes i pnah menapak dr traffic light dpn roundabout Bank Negara smpi ke office on one particular wiken cz polis xbg kereta lalu cz de Marathon. i trpksa la join, tp buat Walkathon sndiri.

Kain - limited selection...
dlm berlambak2 kain yg jual kt kedai2 sepjg area Jln TAR/Jln Msjd India/Jln Raja Laut, i tetap rs selection is limited. knp? kalo dh beli kain kt area2 cni, sure nt tiba2 di satu tghari masa nk kuar ofis g lunch, terjmpa org yg sama pattern baju kurung dgn i. lpstu jd malu. utk yg kerja kt area bangi/putrajaya/seremban/other places further from this area, leh la sng2 beli kain2 yg interesting pd ukuran mata anda. tp in my case, i dh ada several baju kurung yg i dh xleh pki g office just bcz dh terjmp org yg pki bj sama pattern dgn i. plg kronik, masa jamuan raya br ni, de ofismet pki bj yg sama dgn bj yg i ada. nsb baik i xpki bj tu msa jamuan raya cz bj tu dh x valid as baju raya i. lpsni, bj tu pn masuk list bj yg i dh xlh pki g ofis, huhuhu...

i bkn x bersykr with what i hv. mmg bersykr. kemudahan berlambak kt keliling ni. semua pn sng. nk mkn, pilihan byk. nk beli tudung, plh je nk masuk kedai mna kt arked tu. nk ubt gigi, sabun, bskt, etc2, masuk je Mydin tu borong la byk mna yg nk. utk org2 cm anda2 yg jarang2 dtg area cni, mmg la sprti teruja. tp utk org cm i yg dlm 1 bln tu atleast 20 hari dh mmg sah2 dok2 ngadap area Jln TAR, Jln Raja Laut, Jln Msjd India, arked, Sogo, etc2... hmmm... paham2 la kn. multiply that with 12 months, and multiply again with d number of years i have been working in this area. iye... i bersyukur cz byk kedai jual tudung bawal kt area sini, hehehe.... mmg sgt bersyukur =)

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