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Yeah! That’s me. Though I’m already 36, I still love toys, especially action figures. I don’t actually play with them but I love putting them in different poses and then place them on display for a week or two, before changing their poses once again.

Usually I collect those 1/18 scale action figures such as those from GI Joe but lately I’ve been buying some large sized ones. These are called Playscale or 1/6 scale figures and my latest addition is the Hot Toy Superman/Clark Kent 2 in 1 figure. It’s an action figure based on the Superman Return movie. I wasn’t able to get the first edition of the figure (and the price for that edition keep going up) so once I heard that Hot Toy, the manufacturer was releasing a new one, I couldn’t stop myself from ordering one.

Well, it arrived on Thursday but I had to restrain myself from tearing out from its packaging. I finally laid my hands on the figure itself yesterday and it was sure worth it. Here are some pictures of it, in and outside the box.

I’ve also made an order for a Batman Returns 1/6 scale action figure, which is also a second release. It is scheduled to be released before the end of this month. It is also a 2 in  1 item so it would really look great to have these two standing next to each other with their alter ego besides them. I can’t wait.

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Assalamualaikum and hello.

Some of you have known that I had become one among the many victims of the flood that hit Kelantan last December. I was also among the lucky ones since the flood that hit my housing area quickly subsided before it had the chance to go higher than the floor of my house. An inch more and it would have. For the safety of my children, I took them to my cousin’s house to spend the night. It became two nights so that we could be sure that the water was really receding.

Here are some photos taken the day after:

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Assalamualaikum and hello.

I haven’t had time to come and update my blog as often as I like to ever since school is open. Been terribly busy with work. Poor excuse but it’s the truth.

I’ll be back later in the week for more updates. That’s a promise.

Thanks.

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Assalamualaikum and hello.

Today is the first day of school here in Kelantan and also in the Terengganu and Kedah. Along and Kak Ngah are both back in their school uniform and Kak Chik joins them this year by entering the pre-school class at the same school. Wish I had taken a picture of her in her uniform but wasn’t able to since I myself was busy getting ready for work.

Had a rather long assembly this morning at school. It has been almost two month of holiday and the admins have quite a handfuls to say to the students so it wasn’t really surprising. Also, finally got the first timetable for this year’s school session. Couldn’t really blame Ustaz Zaidy on the delay. The school got 7 new teachers and 4 of them had reported in only yesterday. There’s no way he could have expected that. What perplexed me though is out of the 7 teachers, we got 2 Early Childhood Education teachers and 1 Special Needs Education teacher. The last one is rather obvious since there are kids with learning impairment in Kemahang who missed out school  but the first two are not. Early Childhood Education teachers are normally reserved for pre-school classes at primary schools, not a secondary school. Probably all the posts at the primary schools have been filled and as a last resort, they had to be placed in a secondary school. Whatever the case, we welcome them into our fraternity.

Till the next entry.

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Assalamualaikum and hello.

As I have posted earlier, based on the SMS that I’ve received, I should have scored Aras IV for my overall result. Well, it’s official. I’ve just received the official result slip (which you can also get from your administrative office by now). I’ll just post my slip here for you to see.

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Assalamualaikum and hello.

Angah has a graduation ceremony today. I’m so proud of her. Her pre-school teachers had recommended to the school to accept her into Year 1 next year even though she’ll only 6 years old then.

Here’s a number of pictures that I managed to snap:

That’s all for today and thanks for visiting.

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Assalamualaikum and hello.

For those who sat for the August PTK, you can check your result by sending an SMS. You’ll get back your result also through an SMS. Here’s how:

To get your August result:

1. Type PTK <space> Your IC Number and send to 39003
2. Your result will be sent to you via SMS.

To get your overall/best result:

1. Type PTKBAIK<space> Your IC Number and send to 39003
2. Your overall/best result will be sent to you via SMS.

You’ll be charged 15 sen for sending and 30 sen for receiving.

Alhamdulillah, I managed to score Aras IV for my Umum paper. I’ve already scored Aras IV for my Khusus paper in last year’s PTK (Aras III for Umum) so my overall result should be Aras IV for both papers.

Till the next time, adios.

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Assalamualaikum and hello.

UITM Kelantan is currently opening application for lecturer posts to be placed at their campuses in Machang and Kota Bharu. To those who are interested, please go to UITM Kelantan’s website to download the application form and advertisement. The posts are:

• PENOLONG PENSYARAH DM29
• PENSYARAH GRED DM41
• PENSYARAH GRED DM45
• PENSYARAH GRED DM51
• PENSYARAH GRED DM53 (PROFESOR MADYA)

I have to pass though I’m really interested. Got my reasons but I have to keep them a to myself first until I get confirmation

Adios.

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Assalamualaikum and hello.

The Ministry of Education has posted next years school’s calendar. I post them here for your perusal so that you can better plan your family vacations or other special events that may involve your children or family members that are tied to the school for the whole year. I’ve also included the Public Holiday schedule for both states and national level.

The first two is the school calendars for schools in Kelantan, Terengganu and Kedah (Kumpulan A) and the rest of schools in the other states (Kumpulan B). The next two images are the public holiday according to states and also Persekutuan. As usual, click on the calendars to view them in large mode and click the Close X button to return to normal viewing.

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Assalamualaikum and hello.

I received a phone call yesterday from someone from Kota Bharu. He asked whether I know anyone by the name of Ahmad Shahril Haji Husin. I don’t know anyone by that name so I told him as such. He explained that he had received a letter in which there was a piece of paper with a photograph of the supposed Ahmad Shahril as being a person who had failed to pay up his debt. It also had his IC number and a list of people who are allegedly related to him. My name was in that list, complete with my handphone number and I was described as the brother to this Ahmad Shahril. Oh my! The caller told me he called me up because one of the listed name is his own brother though he and his brother also didn’t know this Ahmad Shahril. Well, I thanked him for letting me know about the letter and not to worry about it. I thought that was the end of it.

Later that day, at 6 pm, a cousin of mine called. He told me that he had received 8 (yes, eight letters) in his mailbox. All contained the same thing. A piece of paper with the picture and name of Ahmad Shahril Haji Husin and the list of ‘relatives’. I immediately went to his house to have a look at the papers. I looked at the picture an sure enough, it wasn’t somebody I know. As I read through, I noticed that 3 of the alleged relatives are actually related to each other, including myself. There is the name and cellphone number of my brother-in-law and also the nickname and phone number of my cousin. It dawned to me right then that the person who called me earlier about this was in fact the older brother of my cousin, whose name was in the list.

You can look at the letter by clicking the image below. I’ve blurred out some information.

Now, the questions are, who is this Ahmad Shahril and more importantly, who had sent these letters? Why were our names listed in the letter? There are a number of odd things in the letter. I was named as Ahmad Shahril’s brother but our dad’s name is totally different and I don’t have any half-brother. My cousin’s nickname was given instead of his real name (and this is only known by family members). The contact number of my brother-in-law given in the letter was an old number. We (I, my bro-in-law and my cousin) don’t know any of the other 3 names mentioned in the letter.

Are we a victim of an Ah Long’s scam? Should I make a police report in case anything happen in the future?

Addendum:

My dad had received 10 copies of the same letter. It seemed that whoever who had sent these letters had use this particular method, he first writes down the name of the recipient followed by the actual address of the recipient, and then for the next 10 letters, he uses the same recipient but only changes the number of the house.

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