Lately I have been attending a marathon of meetings at our vendor’s in Balakong because Tuner has mechanical part issues. The meetings normally start at 9.30am and finish around 6.30pm everyday and we only stop for lunch for about an hour. These stressful meetings have been my routine for almost everyday in 2 weeks time.

I have lost count on how many cups of coffee that I already consumed per day during those meetings just to keep me awake. But after 3 days, I feel very sleepy and even the strongest caffeine couldn’t help me anymore.

One day my concentration is completely zero and I have no choice except closing my eyes and zzzzzzz……i guess it was not my lucky day,after a while, I wake up abruptly because I have a dream of “jatuh longkang”. Can you imagine that? Everybody in the meeting was laughing at me until one of the managers said..

“He has a 2 months old baby at home”.

With only that short explanation….everybody said…” Ooooooo…you can take a rest. We understand” and believe it or not…my sin of sleeping during the meeting has been forgiven as easy as that!! Oh my God!!

Ever since that day, I have repeated the same excuse just because I needed a nap. And..nobody complains!! Hahaha.. I am working among very understanding and considerate people..

I never thought of exploiting my baby for my own good before but..it just happened and I think it is not so bad!

When it is 5.30pm, I now have another fatherly trick to use… I have to pickup my baby from the babysitter. So, I must to go back early!! See you guys tomorrow!

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Since I have been transferred to Tuner department, I didn’t know any headquarter members from Japan until last week when one of our Mechanical Designers arrived! So, there will be no more Murata-san this time but Miyazaki-san. He is around 40 years old and at first, he seems like a very strict and serious person. But he cannot hide the real him from me because I just know how to bring it out! That is why, after just 1 day of working with me.. I managed to expose the real him!!

He is actually a very funny guy. He laughs a lot and shockingly he is Metallica fan just like me!! He played guitar and even have his own band when he was younger. Not only that, he also knows a lot about other famous bands such as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple etc quite well! I never met any Japanese that enjoys heavy metal before. This is the first time. Since I never heard Metallica song in Japanese accent before, I asked him to sing one song for me. Then he chooses to sing “Sad But True”. Fuuyyooo…he is really one cool Japanese although he was actually ruining that song pretty well!!

While working with him, we have to drive to our vendor almost everyday for 7 days. It also means that free expensive western lunch for me everyday. Haha!! At one time, while driving back from Malacca, my handphone was ringing with Space Cop Gaban’s theme song. He was quite shocked and asked me how do I know Gaban / Gyaban / Gavan? I told him Gaban is very popular in Malaysia about 17 years ago. He told me that in Japan, Gaban gained popularity about 25 years ago and he wondered why there is almost 8 years of gap!! Here is what I told him…

It is normal for Japanese to retire in Malaysia because in Japan, not only that the cost of living is very expensive but there are also too many monsters around, stepping on big buildings and killing people! Same goes with Space Cop Gaban, after retirement from the Space Police Force, he chose to retire in Malaysia and now maybe he can be found in Mont Kiara with Ultraman Hayata and Masked Rider! It is actually a sarcastic joke but he loved that joke so much and he couldnt stop repeating it and laughing all the way to back Bandar Baru Bangi. He kept on singing the Gaban’s song and offered me to translate this verse..

Wakasa Wakasa tte nan da
Furimukanai koto sa
Ai tte nan da Tamerawanai koto sa
Gyaban! Abayo namida
Gyaban! Yoroshiku yuuki
Uchuu Keiji Gyaban!

This is the translation that I got from him..

Young…young…what is young
No regret
Love.. what is love..
Never hesitate

Gaban..good bye tears
Gaban…thanks for your bravery
Space cop Gaban..

To me the song sounded like a rock song but the lyrics is so much of a love song…
EEmmmm….no difference with our own rock bands at that time.

Now I wonder…. if Gaban really does exist and retired in Malaysia, he must be the first person our Angkasawan should seek for advice..

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At last……the decision has been made!! My fellow DY designer in Sony Corp Japan, Murata-san, has been transferred to LCD TV panel engineering department. It’s a huge blow for him…because his whole life has been dedicated to the development of CRT TV. He has a couple of US pattern registration under his name that makes him untouchable to most of DY designers. Thats how good he is…it will never change the final fate of CRT TV !!….

Then, how about me? Am I going to be the last survival in the history of Sony Trinitron DY designer? Yeah..it should be like that. I don’t know if I should be happy or sad about that. I have been sitting at my desk with nothing to do for almost 6 months now. The only thing that I managed to do is surfing the internet and off course..blogging! …I have no problem with that though.. But since I changed from an active worker to a sluggish one, my weight has increased tremendously to 70kg…I realized that I have to take action as soon as possible before it’s too late…I don’t want everybody to be confused about who is actually pregnant??..me or Diyana??

However, since then, my boss called me for a meeting and he told me that 2 departments; TV Tuner Design and TV Design have approached him for my service. He asked me to choose and I decide to be transferred to TV Tuner Design.

All has been finalized…and starting from 1 August 2007, I am no more an endangered species. My DNA has been manipulated and a couple of microchips have been implant into my brain to make sure I can survive in this new digital world. As the species that has been genetic manipulated, I am a little bit nervous about my future. I can’t walk yet …can’t talk yet and can’t write as good as before!…. I have to learn everything again about walking, talking and writing…Fuuhhh….

And….I’m so sorry with WWF because DY Design is now extinct!!

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