A story of cocks...

The priest in a small Irish village loved the rooster

and ten hens

he kept in the hen house behind the church.

One Sunday morning, before mass,

he went to feed the birds and discovered that the cock was missing.




He knew about cock fights in the village,

so he questioned his parishioners in church.

During mass, he asked the congregation,

'Has anybody got a cock?'





All the men stood up.



'No, no,'

he said,

'that wasn't what I meant.

Has anybody seen a cock?'




All the women stood up.

'No, no,'

he said,

'that wasn't what I meant.

Has anybody seen a cock that doesn't belong to them?'




Half the women stood up.

'No, no,'

he said,

'that wasn't what I meant.

Has anybody seen

MY
cock?'

Sixteen altar boys, two priests and a goat stood up.

The priest fainted.

Do not jump your guns....It's only a humour posting...Not intended to disgrace nor contempt any race,reigion or people...Meant only as an brain stimulant...Laugh it off....

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Little Mohamed entered his classroom in France.
What is your name? asked the teacher.
Mohammad.... answered the kid.
Here we are in France, there is no Mohamed. From now on
your name will be
Jean-Francois, replied the teacher.

In the evening, Mohamed returned home.

How was your day, Mohamed? asked his mother.

My name is not Mohamed,I am in France
and my name is Jean-Francois.
Ah, are you
ashamed of your name, are you trying to disown your
parents,
your heritage, your religion? Shame on you
..and she beat him.

Then she called the father and
he too beat him savagely.


The next
day Mohamed returned to school


When the teacher saw him with all the bruises she
asked:

What happened my little Jean-Francois.

Well Miss, just two hours after becoming French,
I was attacked by two Arabs!

Short notice...

OOOOhhhhh my dear...Been ages since i've scribed anything here....been busier than ever...Guess tomorrow have to find some time to update my status....to review how i've been....

A happy day to begin...a sad day in finish...

What a day it has been....16 April 2009...

We had a charter inspection by Shell Corp. today and we did quite well if not excellent..All ended in high note except for some small hiccups...As the inspection has finish,it means now, I can proceed to my long awaited holiday with my family, for whom I've been away for the past 6 months..Miss my darling wife and my ever fast growing articulate son...Will be with them for a week before bringing them to Korea for two weeks...Hope it will be a fun,lovely trip...It's -3 deg C over there in Seoul..Hope could catch some snow though...

But then by early morning 16th,I received few text messages from my friends...A sad..really sad message...My friend..my ex-boss...my 'guru' in some matters...a well wisher of mine...a religious person himself...a dedicated father and husband to his family...a man whom I put ..with multiple side...Chief Engineer Ahmad Fizal Ani has passed away and lost in his battle against cancer which he has been fighting for the past 2 years...

My deepest thought and prayers for him and his family...

I am compiling a dedication for him and hope I can post it soon..Till then lay in peace my friend...

New Year and things following.....

Happy New Year and Merry Christmas to all out there...........

What a year it has been...and what kind of year is coming soon....God knows?..
So whatever the resolution we are going to take for this new year....it is going to take a new shape and dimension..All the economy...politic..religion and all kind of angles, are going to be affected....for bad or worse..maybe for some, who knows, a better turn around...

So, my this years resolution...

a) To go back home....(it has been nearly six months since i left home ,spending some good time with my wife and son..miss them..)

b) To take a nice vacation and get wasted...(lepaklah what else)

c) To quit one habit, that has been with me, for nearly 15 years....did not realize, it was that long..."Will try dear.."

d) To start finding some ways of making good income in homeland,working on own rather than working for someone else faraway from the family....

e) To bring my parents for a nice vacation...

f)To find a proper reliable maid for the family....

g) To get a professional body certification for my career projection...

h) To save more money............

The list will go on....Thus the only thing I'm going to do now is pray...n pray..n pray...

My education....

Thing that's dear to my heart...

EDUCATION......

Well a big part of the fat reason is,I was given the opportunity to pursue to whatever line of education possible by my father...But alas i squandered it...big time..My dad gave me all that he can...at the best most of the time for the sole purpose of education..for his kids..but most of us didn't use the given chance properly except 2 of my brothers whom, one did expectationaly well in what he pursued and the other brother is chasing his dream at the moment...

As I said earlier..my education didn't end in a well note...My SRP results were good but not much to say on my SPM though...a mediocre by standard..n for that I didn't even applied for any U'.I took STPM without even going for classes..enrolled in a school for that but never even attended the classes for more than few days..But i got a 1 principal for General Knowledge..Guess that result kicked me out of my sleep...made me realize even without going for any classes i got a principal in STPM..what i would have achieved if i tried like other STPM kids...

I enrolled my self in a audio engineering school...but that was no field for me to excel..i was not so good in music production i guess...So after getting myself few "cert's"...I entered an Academy which till now i wonder how?

That's the Malaysia Maritime Academy...Had the shock of my life when enrolled there for the the few month... well, it's a semi military oriented academy...A guy like me who was doing things without anyone's control and freedom ...well it was like being hit by a Lamborghini Diablo at its top speed..I had to parade..had to listen to jokers and have to stand back each time being ragged..no..no...it's not like your typical 'Uni' kind of ragging...Imagine u haven't sleep for a day or two and in the wee morning a guy whose nose is only at your waist length is shouting at ur face ..telling things about ur family(obviously not so pleasant) while you are doing punishment such as "infinity bumping"...those were the days...

But that place made me who I am today....Passed the academy with flying colours...I passed out at 1999 and now 10 years later...I am proud of who I am now...a senior marine engineer officer at one of the biggest shipping company in the world..I have obtained my Chief Engineer license and now just waiting for the perks to kick in....But then it was not an easy journey up...

Maybe an angel dropped some dust on me on the way...And for those out there...having less cert's up your sleeve doesn't mean u can't fly high...Dream and dream higher...But don't forget to chase ur dream always...

Hi...guess still lapsing on story telling I guess....been a though few months ....just waiting to go back home after this assignment...The thought of spending the holiday far away from the family especially from my boy n gal...really strikes a big blow occasionally to the mind....

So the nation of Malaysia is rather moving backwards rather than what the crowd is told about...The rate of retrenchment ,VSS,unemployment is rising...The price of oil is on a downward trend..but our goods price is still market high....

Where are we going to go from here....As my friend put it to me today...as the price of good will start to fall down later..but is the oil price is going to be the same....All oil producing nation are trying their best to raise the oil price by reducing output.....so eventually rather now or later the oil price will start to rise again....so the million dollar question is as the goods price were on the verge of dropping,will it sustain in the hike of oil price again?Inflation is going go up again rather than down...thus another avalanche in the making....

If someone wants to know how bad is the economy...just see the shipping trend....The amount of ships laid out throughout the world is mind boggling...The view over Singapore's coast line at their anchorage areas...the amount of vessels being laid up is increasing vastly...The amount of goods being transported is so less that the vessels have virtually lost their business overnight.Big shipping companies are cutting down/down sizing to a new level unseen in the previously booming industry.....

My thought is now with those back home,whom a lot have been retrenched,contract terminated or continued....So help us god to overcome this turmoil as bad economy in most countries(developed mainly) ,spells a big trouble for our African nation friends...whom some if not a great number depend on the UN food program....

Help us god.....Amen