biggest loser asia memory

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Oleh JULIA ISMAIL
julia.ismail@kosmo.com.my

GOLONGAN berbadan besar melihat penyertaan dalam The Biggest Looser Asia menjadi peluang keemasan untuk membantu mereka menurunkan berat badan.

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"MEMANG menyakitkan bila ada budak-budak memanggil saya gemuk. Tapi apa boleh buat, mereka hanya kanak-kanak.

"Kadang-kadang saya sengaja menjadikan diri sendiri sebagai bahan lawak kerana daripada orang gelakkan kita, lebih baik kita gelakkan diri sendiri. Ia kurang menyakitkan," kata Norlitha Ahmad, 28 yang menghadiri uji bakat rancangan realiti televisyen (TV) menurunkan berat badan, The Biggest Loser Asia, baru-baru ini. Bertempat di Fitness First Centre, The Curve, Mutiara Damansara, seramai 250 individu bersaiz 'comel' tampil menghadiri uji bakat itu.

Enggan mendedahkan kepada Kosmo! berat badannya yang sebenar, Norlitha menyimpan hasrat menggunung untuk mengurangkan berat badannya, sekurang-kurangnya mencecah 100 kilogram (kg).

Mengalami masalah obesiti sejak kecil, Norlitha sudah bosan didiskriminasi. Sukar untuk mendapat pekerjaan, wanita berjiwa kental ini sentiasa percaya rezeki ada di mana-mana sehinggalah dia diterima bekerja sebagai penolong pengurus di sebuah bank.

"Sebelum ini, walaupun berat badan saya selalu ditertawakan, namun saya tidak begitu mengambil kisah. Tapi, bila mengenangkan orang gemuk lagi besar risikonya untuk mendapat penyakit dan umur saya pun sudah 28 tahun tapi masih belum berpunya, saya yakin inilah masanya untuk berubah," katanya.

Tambahnya lagi, selepas menonton The Biggest Loser Amerika Syarikat yang popular itu, dia mula bersemangat untuk merubah nasib. Dia sudah mula membeli pakaian senaman, berjoging dan sebagainya. Beratnya mampu diturunkan sebanyak 5kg.

SHAUN MEASDAY

"Saya percaya, kalau ada lebih 'desakan', saya mampu mengurangkan lagi berat badan saya. Itulah sebabnya saya menghadiri uji bakat ini," ujarnya merujuk kepada pertandingan berlumba untuk mengurangkan berat badan itu yang mementingkan aspek berdisiplin.

Lebih membuatnya semakin bersemangat ialah sokongan yang diberikan rakan-rakannya. Kira-kira 20 orang rakannya hadir memberi sokongan jitu padanya pada hari uji bakat dengan menaikkan kain rentang dan mengenakan pakaian sedondon berwarna merah.

"Kalau ikutkan hati, saya malu untuk tampil di sini. Ya lah, tampil ke sini seolah-olah mengakui yang kita gemuk. Tapi, saya beruntung walaupun dalam kekurangan begini, saya masih mempunyai rakan-rakan dan keluarga yang begitu menyokong saya. Sokongan mereka sentiasa terbayang di mata saya," katanya terharu.

Bagi Kalaivani M.S. Pillay, 33, yang mempunyai berat badan 140kg, ejekan mengenai saiz badannya ialah perkara biasa tetapi dia merupakan seorang yang sentiasa berfikiran positif. Namun, guru bahasa Inggeris itu sedar, berat badan yang berlebihan harus dikurangkan. Jika tidak, ia akan menimbulkan masalah kesihatan kepadanya kelak.

"Saya tak mahu mati cepat dan saya inginkan kehidupan yang sihat. Saya mengimpikan masa untuk bersama keluarga, melihat segala perubahan dan menikmati kegembiraan," katanya penuh makna.

Kalaivani sudah berumah tangga selama dua tahun, namun masih belum dikurniakan cahaya mata. Mungkin dengan menurunkan berat badan, masalah itu dapat ditangani. Kalaivani mengakui, keinginan untuk memiliki anak memotivasikan dirinya untuk menurunkan berat badan. Suaminya, Krishan Kumar sentiasa memberi dorongan yang tiada sempadan.

KALAIVANI mendapat sokongan suaminya, Krishan Kumar.

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Kalaivani berkata, dia bukanlah jenis yang banyak makan, tapi mungkin waktu makan yang tidak menentu mendorongnya memiliki berat badan berlebihan.

"Saya ada tabiat suka mengunyah di depan televisyen menyebabkan saya susah untuk menurunkan berat badan," katanya.

Menyentuh tentang masalah obesiti dalam kalangan rakyat Malaysia, Kalaivani berkata, gaya hidup masyarakat Malaysia yang kaya dengan makanan turut memainkan peranan.

"Makanan berada di mana-mana, harganya murah dan dibuka sepanjang hari. Cuba bezakan berapa banyak gim yang kita ada berbanding dengan kedai makanan yang dibuka 24 jam sehari?" soalnya.

Bukan sahaja berkenaan kesihatan, Kalaivani juga berkata, berat badan berlebihan telah memberi masalah besar kepadanya untuk mencari pakaian.

KOO telah berhabis sehingga RM20,000 sebelum ini untuk kurus namun masih belum berhasil.

"Kebanyakan baju bersaiz besar mahal harganya dan bukan semua tukang jahit pandai menjahit baju orang yang berbadan besar. Kadang-kadang bila dah siap, baju itu tak selesa dipakai," katanya.

Bagi Melinda Koo, 31, dia telah berusaha sejak pada zaman universiti lagi untuk mengurangkan berat badan. Antaranya dengan mengunjungi pusat-pusat melangsingkan badan dan telah berhabis lebih RM20,000.

Tidak cukup itu, dia juga telah mendaftar sebagai ahli sebuah gimnasium di ibu kota namun, segala usahanya tidak menampakkan hasil.

Sukar mencari saiz pakaian, Koo berkata, pernah satu ketika dia dihalau oleh pengawal sebuah hotel gara-gara memasuki kolam renang dengan memakai baju T dan seluar pendek.

"Kawan-kawan seusia semua telah menamatkan zaman bujang dan saya sering menjadi perancang perkahwinan. Kemudian, menjadi perancang untuk majlis anak mereka pula.

PESERTA perlu menjalani ujian tekanan darah dan kandungan lemak dalam badan ketika uji bakat.

"Saya ingin merasai pengalaman yang tak pernah saya rasai sebelum ini kerana itu saya perlukan bantuan untuk menurunkan berat badan," katanya yang mempunyai berat badan 112kg dan mempunyai 67 peratus lemak dalam badan.

Koo mengakui bahawa dia mempunyai tabiat pemakanan yang buruk dan gemar makanan yang bergoreng.

"Macam mana saya berusaha sekali pun, jika saya tidak mampu mengawal pemakanan saya, usaha saya akan menjadi sia-sia.

"Saya tidak mahu masalah ini membelenggu hidup saya selamanya," kata Koo.

http://www.kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2009&dt=0810&pub=Kosmo&sec=Rencana_Utama&pg=ru_01.htm

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Six Generasi Baru graduates shared their success stories during a press conference held at Limkokwing University.

“Generasi Baru” refers to the children of rural land settlers who participated in the Malaysian government’s land development schemes known as Felda (Federal Land Development Authority).

“I’m grateful to Tan Sri Lim Kok Wing for raising the level of education among Felda settlers,” said Noraini Binti Arbain, a 2007 Limkokwing University Generasi Baru graduate.

Noraini, who currently holds a job at RTM’s Klasik Nasional FM as a deejay, further said that she is not only more independent but is also more confident.

“Limkokwing University of Creative Technology has helped me achieve my ambition and aspire for better things,” added Noraini.

Limkokwing University aims to provide high school leavers with an opportunity to obtain tertiary education at a world class university.

“I used to be a factory worker and am very lucky to have come here and be exposed to a new environment. I have also gained tremendous confidence in meeting people,” said 25-year old Siti Roslina Che Kamarudin, a 2008 Limkokwing University graduate in Interior Design.

Roslina is now a technical assistant in the project and design department in Kumpulan Hamodal, a real estate company.

Mohd. Fazli bin Fadzilah, a 22-year old Diploma in Graphic Design graduate, is grateful for the opportunity provided by his stimulating experience here at Limkokwing University.

“Not only was I lucky enough to further my studies at this well-known and recognised global university, I was lucky to have the opportunity to meet people from around the world and to improve myself.

“I had zero graphic design and management background; I am now a Branding manager for ‘Karnival Jom ke Felda’. I advise Felda school leavers to grab this opportunity offered to them.”

Generasi Baru is an initiative by Limkokwing University to assist second generation Felda settlers by providing them with the opportunity to obtain higher education across various disciplines.

Since the first intake in 2005, Limkokwing University has produced almost 2000 Generasi Baru graduates from 14 different programs with a success rate of 80%.

Through their three years experience here at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Generasi Baru graduates have acquired the knowledge, skills and most of all, the confidence to take the next step in building their careers. Even with a handicap in the English language, these initially shy bunch now possess the confidence to meet people and communicate their ideas.

The Generasi Baru Transformation press conference was chaired by the University Vice Chancellor, Dato’ Parid Wardi; Vice President of Network Development & Student Services, Dato’ Nazaruddin Abdul Jalil; and Vice President of Special Projects, Dato’ Fajura Juffa. A moving video of past Generasi Baru graduation ceremonies and valedictorian speeches was shown at the beginning of the press conference.

Dato’ Fajura renewed calls for other 15,000 Felda school leavers to grab this golden opportunity to further their studies and take advantage of the Global Classroom Programme to gain knowledge and skills from the global exposure.

http://www.limkokwing.net/media/news/grateful_students_thank_limkokwing_university/

kenangan lama :)

Cacat bukan penghalang

Oleh Raja Syahrir Abu Bakar

NOOR Azam (empat dari kiri, berbaju biru) bergambar di hadapan bengkel barunya dengan para pelajar yang menyertai episod pertama Gegar U II di Kajang, baru-baru ini.

KUALA LUMPUR 2 Julai - Di mana ada kemahuan, di situ ada jalan, itulah prinsip hidup seorang lelaki orang kurang upaya (OKU), Noor Azam Md. Noor, 35, sejak dahulu lagi.

Dengan semangat itu, beliau yang sejak lima tahun lalu mengambil upah membaiki televisyen serta peralatan elektronik lain di ruang garaj kereta kediaman bapa mertuanya, kini beroperasi dengan lebih selesa di bengkel baru.

''Dengan bengkel baru ini, saya boleh membesarkan lagi perniagaan,'' katanya ketika ditemui semasa penggambaran siri rea- liti televisyen, Gegar U II, di Kajang dekat sini baru-baru ini.

Noor Azam yang mengalami lemah fisiologi kaki sejak lahir merupakan salah seorang peserta rancangan itu bagi kawasan Lembah Klang. Ia diterbitkan oleh Astro dengan kerjasamaUtusan Malaysia dan Yayasan Budi Penyayang.

Menurutnya, bengkel baru yang diterima daripada program tersebut bakal memudahkan urusan hariannya kerana terletak bersebelahan dengan rumah bapa mertuanya.

''Selain itu, saya juga kini tidak perlu terlalu risau tentang risiko kehilangan barang-barang elektronik yang dibaiki kerana bengkel itu memudahkan penyimpanan serta lebih selamat," ujarnya.

Sebelum ini, katanya, beliau kerap mengalami kecurian barang elektronik milik pelanggan yang dibaiki kerana sesetengahnya terpaksa diletakkan di garaj akibat ruang simpanan yang terhad.

Menurutnya, sekalipun beberapa rumah saudaranya berdekatan, kes kecurian tetap berlaku terutama pada waktu malam.

Beliau yang dihubungi hari ini berhasrat mendaftar dengan Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia (SSM) dan mengambil beberapa pembantu memandangkan bilangan pelanggannya semakin bertambah.

''Saya mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Utusan Malaysia yang mengenal pasti dan memilih saya menyertai program ini. Terima kasih juga kepada Astro dan Yayasan Budi Penyayang," katanya.

Sementara itu, Penerbit rancangan itu, Saiful Shahiran Saiful Azmi berkata, sikap positif Noor Azam yang rajin berusaha membuatkan beliau dikesan dan dipilih Utusan Malaysia dengan kerjasama Persatuan Orang-Orang Cacat Anggota Malaysia (POCAM).

Mengenai rancangan itu pula, katanya, selain peserta yang menerima sumbangan, ia turut disertai oleh lima orang pelajar universiti awam dan swasta seluruh negara bagi setiap episod.

''Para pelajar ini diwajibkan menempuh beberapa halangan seperti sukan-sukan lasak, sebelum layak membuat kerja amal membantu peserta yang dipilih menerima sumbangan pada satu-satu episod," jelasnya.

Para peserta dari kalangan pelajar yang membantu Noor Azam adalah Mohd. Fadzli Fadzilah, Nurulshahizan Rahmat, Mazni Janiah Jamat (kesemuanya dari Universiti Lim Kok Wing, Cyberjaya), Nur Shamimi Kamarulzaman dari Universiti Pengurusan dan Sains (MSU), Shah Alam, Selangor, dan Marzalina Ghazali dari Universiti Industri Selangor (Unisel).

Bagi salah seorang peserta, Nur Shamimi, beliau merasa bertuah terpilih menyertai program Gegar U II kerana ia memberi banyak kelebihan seperti mengenali pelajar dari universiti lain dan menambah keyakinan diri.

''Selain itu secara peribadi, saya memang suka menolong orang dan dengan membantu Noor Azam membuka minda saya bahawa kecacatan bukan penghalang untuk kita berusaha dan mencipta kejayaan," katanya.

Gegar U musim kedua itu disiarkan dua kali setiap hari Selasa pada pukul 5.30 pe- tang dan 10.30 malam selama setengah jam di saluran 104 Astro mulai esok (2 Julai).

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2008&dt=0703&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Dalam_Negeri&pg=dn_19.htm

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pergh!!! kali ni tajuk post bob makin ganas!!! oh tidak! bahaye nih... kira dah tahap kritikal gak ni... haha!!!

okeylah... biar bob jujur je lah... kenapa bob sibuk sgt nak cerita tentang cinta ni... mcmni..

sejak akhir2 ramai member2 bob yg sibuk bercinta... bukan mcm dulu... ckp je pasal cinta semua ingat cinta tu sekadar suke2 je... tp skng ni dah serius.. maklum la... masing2 dah tua... ramai kawan2 bob yang mencari cinta sejati lah... cinta sampai mati lah... so sbb ni la bob nak kongsi ilmu sikit ngan korang.. walaupun bob tak sedia lg nak bercinta secara serius.. tp bob dah blajar sikit2.. maklum la... tambah ilmu la katakan... hehe..

cinta? ape yg korang tau pasal itu cinta? tp sblum tu bia bob kasi tau korang ape tu sifat cinta.

Sifat Cinta
Cinta itu suci,mahal dan tinggi tarafnya.Sifat cinta itu sempurna.Jika tidak,cinta akan cacat.Itulah cinta sebenar cinta. hurm... korang paham tak? kalau tak paham buat2 paham sudah... sbb bob malas nak explain bnyak2..

dan seterusnya bia bob bgtau korang sejak bila sbnanrnya kita belajar dan tau ape itu cinta..

hurm..

Cinta Wujud Sejak Dilahirkan
Rasa cinta sedia wujud di dalam jiwa manusia sejak manusia itu lahir ke dunia.Cuma manusia akan melalui tahap-tahap kelahiran cinta bermula dari cinta kepada belaian ibu,membawa kepada cinta kepadakekasih dan akhirnya setelah puas mencari cinta suci,maka akan cinta kepada Tuhan Wujudnya cinta itu tidak dapat dilihat tapi dapat dirasa dan cinta sebenar cinta itu suci murni serta putih bersih. ha! ni kalau tak paham jugak mls dah nak ckp dah... lantak korang lah!! hehe

haha.. yang seterusnya... bob amik sikit perkataan yang selalu kita dgr.. "cinta itu indah" haaaaaa korang paham tak ape maksud kejadah tu? kalau tak tau.. meh bob bgtau sikit.. ti ni pendapat je la ye..

Cinta Itu Indah
Walaupun kewujudan cinta tidak bisa dilihat,tetapi cinta itu indah dan cantik.Cantiknya itu tulin dan tidak ia bertopeng.Bukan saja ia cantik malah suci murni,bercahaya gemerlap dan putih bersih. ni mmg gune mcm bahasa purba sikit.. ko pandai2 la korang pk ye... hehehe

tapi ade jugak yang cakap cinta itu hidup... tapi dia hidup mcmana? macam bob gak ke.. kne makan nasik... isap rokok? hehe...

Cinta Itu Hidup
Cinta adalah ibarat manusia,boleh berputik,lalu mekar serta boleh layu dan gugur.Cinta itu punya deria dan perasaan.Cinta mendengar cinta,berkata cinta,melihat cinta.Cinta ada segala-galanya.Sayang, benci,cemburu,gembira,sedih,tenang,tertekan,ketawa dan menangis. Cinta itu hidup sampai satu ketika ia akan menemui mati.Tapi ramai orang berharap agar cinta itu kekal selagi dia masih hidup dan tetap hidup walaupun telah mati. haha ganas tak ayat nih!!! mati woooo! mcm citer kongsi aritu bob tgk "lu langsi lu mati" wakakaka!

dan seterusnya korang mesti penah dgr perkatta "cinta suci" ape yg suci sgt... suci ke kita semua ni... hehe.. saje gurau.. jgn marah ea.. hehe nah ni cinta suci korang..

Cinta Itu Suci
Sebagaimana yang banyak dikatakan orang,cinta itu suci.Sucinya cinta bukan bermakna ia tidak mengharap balasan. Cinta mengharap balasan cinta.Sucinya cinta bermakna ia tidak bernoda dan tidak pula berdosa Itulah sifat asal cinta,ia suci bagaikan anak yang baru lahir.Mereka yang kenal erti cinta akan cuba mengekalkan cinta itu sesuci mungkin. Mengekalkan cinta suci bermakna menjauhkan ia dari godaan nafsu yang tidak ada batasan.Kerana nafsulah cinta suci jadi bernoda dan berdosa. hahah! hambik ko... pesanan bob kat korang skng ni... suci2kan lah diri tu ye... wakakaka!! panas.. panas..

huhu... kali ni cinta persona pulak... haha.. ade sape kat sini penah drive proton persona tak? amacam sedap tak bwk kereta tu? hehehe tp cinta persona mana sama dgn cinta yg mempersonakan... meh bob kasi tau sikit n kasi korang paham sikit ye... sikit je.. hehe

Cinta Itu Mempesona
Cinta itu bukan saja indah,tapi mempersonakan.Ia bukan kerana cinta itu nakal sifatnya tapi kerana ia suci dan bersih.Ia adalah sebagaimana anda melihat pada anak kecil yang comel dan bersih.Dia senyum pada anda dan merapati anda.Anda terpesona kerana bukan saja ianya comel,tapi kerana dia adalah insan yang tidak berdosa.Kerana sifat cinta yang mempersona ini selalunya manusia itu berbuat silap bila bercinta.Apa saja yang dilakukan oleh kekasihnya…mempersonakannya dan nampak cantik serta betul walaupun itu adalah satu dosa dan akan menodai cinta itu sendiri. Itulah juga yang menyebabkan orang yang bercinta itu walaupun seorang yang bijaksana,akan menjadi bodoh kerana pesona cinta.Akal itu mampu dikalahkan oleh nafsu.Nafsu itu tidak bisa dikalahkan melainkan jika anda sentiasa ingat kepada Tuhan Maha Pencipta. senyum2 je lah ye... dan bersyukurlah kepadanya kerana kita masih lagi ada masa untuk mencari kebaikan dan belajar dari kesilapan ye... hehe

oklah... ni tajuk yang last yang cikgu bob akan ajar kat ulos... kalau sblum ni korang rase panas.. ni meh bob tambah sikit... tp jgn sampai terbakar pulak.. hehehe sbgai pasangan couple yang biase2 je mcm bob ni... kita mesti selalau dpt soalan dari pasangan kita... "kalau u cintakan i ape bukti" hehe biase kan dgr soalan tu... tp meh sini lg sekali bia bob bg pandangan apekah itu bukti cinta..

Apakah itu Bukti Cinta?
Cinta perlukan bukti.Ramai orang percaya bahawa bukti cinta itu ialah mengorbankan atau menyerahkan apa saja yang kekasih anda mahu.Mereka percaya jika itu tidak berlaku,maka cinta itu tidak tinggi nilainya.

Sebenarnya anggapan itu tidak tepat.Jika anda beri semua yang dia mahu,apakah yang tinggal pada anda? Benarkah dia cinta pada anda bila dia mahukan pengorbanan anda?

Cinta sejati tidak memusnahkan atau merosakkan diri kekasih yang dicintai. Malah ia menjaga agar kekasih tetap suci dan selamat sebagaimana sucinya cinta itu sendiri

“Janganlah hendaknya kecintaan anda terhadap sesuatu itu membuatkan anda menjadi lupa dan kebencian anda terhadap sesuatu itu membuatkan anda menjadi hancur”
- Saidina Umar Ibnul Khattab -

hurm.. rasenya cukup la sampai sini bob membebel utk kali ni.. dan bob akan doakan kepada semua kawan2 dan rakan2 ataupun sedare mare yang dok sibuk bercinta tu... bahagia dan temukan cinta yang betul2 cinta.. dan kalau kawin jgn lupe ajakbob k.. make sure ada lobster baru bob dtg,,, i love u all.. muah!!!!

kawin!!!?

pergh! sumpah kali ni tajuk post mmg agak kelakar dan lawak.. huhu..

kawin ape tu kawin? tp ramai gak yg ckp.. "kawin dah.. nikah belum" haha.. paham2 je la ayat tu ye... hehe..
korang nak tau kenapa kali ni bob citer pasal kawin... haaa mai dekat sikit bia bob bagi tau.. kalau korang nak tau semenjak dua menjak ni ramai member2 bob yg dah selamat berumah tangga... maknanya kawin la... tapi majoriti perempuan... eh kawan bob ni bnyak perempuan ea? hehe biase la... tp bob bukan playboy k... cume mesra rakyat je..

ok, kita sambung balik citer pasal kawin ni... cakap pasal kawin sbanrnya mmg dah banyak majlis kawin yg bob dah g... tu pun sbb atas dasar kerja... so bob mcm dah tak heran tgk pelamin... tgk org akad nikah... tgk org bersanding... tapi cume satu je yg bob tak dpt lg.. bob nak makan LOBSTER!!!! warrhhh!!! sape nak belanje saya lobster ni... hehe.. yela.. cube korang tgk kat kawasan sekeliling korang.. nak kata hampir tiap2 minggu ade orang kawin... makan... ha!! sebut pasal makan ni mmg bob nak komplain sikit.. kenapa org kawin suke buat nasik minyak takpun nasi beryani.. tau tak semua makanan tu berlemak... sian bob.. hampir tiap2 minggu terbatal niat nak berdiet.. sbb tu la sampai skng ni asyik maintain je.. wakaka!!

kawin oh kawin... best ke? kalau best ape yg best? ... sedap ke? kalau sedap ape yg sedap? (wah soalan panas tu!! hehe
senang citer mcm ni la... jujur bob katakan yg bob dah muak dan kurang gemar dengan soalan "bob ko bila nak kawin"? tu soalan yg bob malas gak nak jawab.. tp kekadang bob jawab gak la ngan loyar buruk bob... hehe.. biase kalau org tanye "bob bila nak kawin bila?" bob akan jawab "kalau tak hari sabtu, maybe ari ahad" hehe.. tp tak tau lg la bila... wakaka!

sblum tu meh sini bob bagtau kat uols kenapa bob kurang gemar bercerita pasal kawin ni..

1. ni sebab yg agak utama jugak la.. BOB TAKDE AWEK LAGI... kenapa tak cari? sbb bob takde masa dan takde duit nak buat modal cari awek.. ataupun nak bagi sedap dgr sikit.. belum berselera lg nak awek ni... kalau nak happy2 boleh la kowt.. kalau nak serius.. biarlah dia dtg dgn sendirinya.. :)

2. kadang2 bob rase bob belum mampu lg nak kawin sebab akaun bank bob belum boleh melayakkan lagi utk bob bergelar suami org ataupun berkelayakkan untuk menjadi bapak org.

3. kalau di lihat betul2 bob ni ape pun takde... rumah belum beli lagi.. tp tgh dlm proses... kereta? setakat pinjam kereta bapak ade la... so sape nak kawin ngan bob? haha

4. bob rase bob ni mmg memilih.. walaupun bob ni tak hensem atau pun kacak bob tetap gak memilih..(so what?!) dan setakat ni belum ada lg keteria2 awek yg betul berjaya bob pikat... kalau ada pun org lain dah rembat.. tapi takpe.. ape nak risau akhir zaman ni perempuan lagi bnyak dari lelaki ape.. so bob ada banyak pilihan.. hehe.. nak tau bob nak yg mcmna? haha.. tu rahsia.. wakaka..

hurm.. rasenya tu je la kowt sbb2nya... tp ikutkan banyak lagi yg bob nak tulis.. tapi disebabkan tadi ada boss dtg tmpat bob tu yg hilang semua idea.. cilakak la boss ni.. aku benti keje kang baru tau!! (hehe)

ok la korang bob dah tak tau nk ckp pe.. boss ni mmg babik betul la... ptg stim gua je!!!
ok guys.. nnt kalau rajin bob membebel lagi... bubye.. love u all!! muah! :)

johor

helo!! wahahaha!! sumpah dah lama bob tak menulis ataupun tak mengupdate blog ni... papehal pun bob nak ucapkan terima kasih kepada semua yang sudi bace ataupun terbace blog ni... yela.. takat blog mcm ni sape je yg nak bace kan... lgpun bob bukannya nak jadi blogger... saje je tulis sikit2 luahan hati kat sini... terpulang la korang nak bace ke... taknk ke... lgpun bob bukan selalu update pun... hehe

okeylah.. papehalpun bob mmg dah lame sgt tak update blognie... kalau tak silap taun lepas baru bob update... tu pun sbb ade citer best yg melanda kat bob... hehe siapa yang sempat bace... dapat la tau apecher yg bob dah tulis... yg tak sempat bace tu... sory la ye.... takde rezki kowt...

hurm... sedar tak sedar dah dekat 4bulan bob kat johor ni... last day bob kat kl kalau tak silap 16januari... ada la beberapa pekara yang menyebabkan bob terpaksa balik jb ni... mmg bob rindukan semua kawan2 yg ada kat kl... kat sana la bob belajar banyak pekara....

belajar mcmana nak hidup...

mcmana nak cari duit...

belajar erti persahabatan...

mmg bnyak la.... kalau nak cerita pun mmg malas... hehe...

mugkin korang tertanya ape yg bob buat kat jb kan... hurm... biase la... lps le bob balik dari kl... bob cume sempat seminggu je mengangur.. sbb bob dapat kerja ni... alhamdulilah... ada jugak rezki untuk bob bekerja... walaupun sebagai DJ Presenter kat shooping mall...

mmg pelik bg mereka yg kenal bob sblum ni...

ada bakat ke bob ni nak jd DJ?

hehe... sbnarnya bob bakat ape pun jadi.. asalkan dapt duit... boleh beli nasik.. tul tak? hehe

bekerja sebagai Dj ni nak kate mencabar tu takde la mencabar sgt... boleh la... cuma bosan sikit je sbb duduk membebel sorang2.. pk pk balik mcm org gila pun ade... dok cakap sorang... hahaha...

tapi semenjak dua ni bob dah mula da satu perangai pelik... sblum ni takde la mcm ni sgt... nak tau ape perangai pelik yg bob dah buat... haha

BOB SUKA MEMBACA!!!

oh tidak! bob dah suka membaca buku! sumpah pelik.. haha...

maybe sbb bob dah bosan sgt kowt.. maklum la kat jb ni takde la ramai sangat kawannya.. kalau ada pun semua keje... takde masa sgt nak melepak... awek?! lagi la takde.. sebut pasal awek mmg mcm malas pulak dah nak pk... penat la... asyik bob je yg cari awek... bila pulak awek nak cari bob... rasenya bob nak tgu org masuk meminang kowt... haha. baru stylo!!

ade takde pun bob habis kan time cuti samaada tgk wayang sorang2 ataupun tido je kat umah... maklum la... seminggu cuti sehati je.... mmg la takde masa....

ikutkan hati bob mmg nak berhenti keje... dah la bosan... gaji pun tak cukup... rasanaya rugi ade la...

kerja! kenapa mesti kene kerja... tu la kan... skng ni dah hampir 4 bulan bob bekerja... dan untuk pengetahuan korang bob tgh planing nak berhenti kerja... APE NAk JADI NI BOB!!?

ape bob nak jadi? hehe.. tu bia rahsia dulu... sbb bob mmg dah ada beberapa planing nak dibuat kalau bob dah berhenti keje nnt... harap2 la semuanya berjalan lancar...

okeylah uols... sbnarnya skng ni bob tgh keje... saje ngular jap.... sambil berblog... haha..

nnt kalau bob rajin bob tulis lagi ye...

bubye.. love ulos!!!

10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job

Just for fun I recently asked Erin, “Now that the kids are in summer school, don’t you think it’s about time you went out and got yourself a job? I hate seeing you wallow in unemployment for so long.”

She smiled and said, “Wow. I have been unemployed a really long time. That’s weird… I like it!”

Neither of us have had jobs since the ’90s (my only job was in 1992), so we’ve been self-employed for quite a while. In our household it’s a running joke for one of us to say to the other, “Maybe you should get a job, derelict!”

It’s like the scene in The Three Stooges where Moe tells Curly to get a job, and Curly backs away, saying, “No, please… not that! Anything but that!”

It’s funny that when people reach a certain age, such as after graduating college, they assume it’s time to go out and get a job. But like many things the masses do, just because everyone does it doesn’t mean it’s a good idea. In fact, if you’re reasonably intelligent, getting a job is one of the worst things you can do to support yourself. There are far better ways to make a living than selling yourself into indentured servitude.

Here are some reasons you should do everything in your power to avoid getting a job:

1. Income for dummies.

Getting a job and trading your time for money may seem like a good idea. There’s only one problem with it. It’s stupid! It’s the stupidest way you can possibly generate income! This is truly income for dummies.

Why is getting a job so dumb? Because you only get paid when you’re working. Don’t you see a problem with that, or have you been so thoroughly brainwashed into thinking it’s reasonable and intelligent to only earn income when you’re working? Have you never considered that it might be better to be paid even when you’re not working? Who taught you that you could only earn income while working? Some other brainwashed employee perhaps?

Don’t you think your life would be much easier if you got paid while you were eating, sleeping, and playing with the kids too? Why not get paid 24/7? Get paid whether you work or not. Don’t your plants grow even when you aren’t tending to them? Why not your bank account?

Who cares how many hours you work? Only a handful of people on this entire planet care how much time you spend at the office. Most of us won’t even notice whether you work 6 hours a week or 60. But if you have something of value to provide that matters to us, a number of us will be happy to pull out our wallets and pay you for it. We don’t care about your time — we only care enough to pay for the value we receive. Do you really care how long it took me to write this article? Would you pay me twice as much if it took me 6 hours vs. only 3?

Non-dummies often start out on the traditional income for dummies path. So don’t feel bad if you’re just now realizing you’ve been suckered. Non-dummies eventually realize that trading time for money is indeed extremely dumb and that there must be a better way. And of course there is a better way. The key is to de-couple your value from your time.

Smart people build systems that generate income 24/7, especially passive income. This can include starting a business, building a web site, becoming an investor, or generating royalty income from creative work. The system delivers the ongoing value to people and generates income from it, and once it’s in motion, it runs continuously whether you tend to it or not. From that moment on, the bulk of your time can be invested in increasing your income (by refining your system or spawning new ones) instead of merely maintaining your income.

This web site is an example of such a system. At the time of this writing, it generates about $9000 a month in income for me (update: $40,000 a month as of 10/31/06), and it isn’t my only income stream either. I write each article just once (fixed time investment), and people can extract value from them year after year. The web server delivers the value, and other systems (most of which I didn’t even build and don’t even understand) collect income and deposit it automatically into my bank account. It’s not perfectly passive, but I love writing and would do it for free anyway. But of course it cost me a lot of money to launch this business, right? Um, yeah, $9 is an awful lot these days (to register the domain name). Everything after that was profit.

Sure it takes some upfront time and effort to design and implement your own income-generating systems. But you don’t have to reinvent the wheel — feel free to use existing systems like ad networks and affiliate programs. Once you get going, you won’t have to work so many hours to support yourself. Wouldn’t it be nice to be out having dinner with your spouse, knowing that while you’re eating, you’re earning money? If you want to keep working long hours because you enjoy it, go right ahead. If you want to sit around doing nothing, feel free. As long as your system continues delivering value to others, you’ll keep getting paid whether you’re working or not.

Your local bookstore is filled with books containing workable systems others have already designed, tested, and debugged. Nobody is born knowing how to start a business or generate investment income, but you can easily learn it. How long it takes you to figure it out is irrelevant because the time is going to pass anyway. You might as well emerge at some future point as the owner of income-generating systems as opposed to a lifelong wage slave. This isn’t all or nothing. If your system only generates a few hundred dollars a month, that’s a significant step in the right direction.

2. Limited experience.

You might think it’s important to get a job to gain experience. But that’s like saying you should play golf to get experience playing golf. You gain experience from living, regardless of whether you have a job or not. A job only gives you experience at that job, but you gain ”experience” doing just about anything, so that’s no real benefit at all. Sit around doing nothing for a couple years, and you can call yourself an experienced meditator, philosopher, or politician.

The problem with getting experience from a job is that you usually just repeat the same limited experience over and over. You learn a lot in the beginning and then stagnate. This forces you to miss other experiences that would be much more valuable. And if your limited skill set ever becomes obsolete, then your experience won’t be worth squat. In fact, ask yourself what the experience you’re gaining right now will be worth in 20-30 years. Will your job even exist then?

Consider this. Which experience would you rather gain? The knowledge of how to do a specific job really well — one that you can only monetize by trading your time for money – or the knowledge of how to enjoy financial abundance for the rest of your life without ever needing a job again? Now I don’t know about you, but I’d rather have the latter experience. That seems a lot more useful in the real world, wouldn’t you say?

3. Lifelong domestication.

Getting a job is like enrolling in a human domestication program. You learn how to be a good pet.

Look around you. Really look. What do you see? Are these the surroundings of a free human being? Or are you living in a cage for unconscious animals? Have you fallen in love with the color beige?

How’s your obedience training coming along? Does your master reward your good behavior? Do you get disciplined if you fail to obey your master’s commands?

Is there any spark of free will left inside you? Or has your conditioning made you a pet for life?

Humans are not meant to be raised in cages. You poor thing…

4. Too many mouths to feed.

Employee income is the most heavily taxed there is. In the USA you can expect that about half your salary will go to taxes. The tax system is designed to disguise how much you’re really giving up because some of those taxes are paid by your employer, and some are deducted from your paycheck. But you can bet that from your employer’s perspective, all of those taxes are considered part of your pay, as well as any other compensation you receive such as benefits. Even the rent for the office space you consume is considered, so you must generate that much more value to cover it. You might feel supported by your corporate environment, but keep in mind that you’re the one paying for it.

Another chunk of your income goes to owners and investors. That’s a lot of mouths to feed.

It isn’t hard to understand why employees pay the most in taxes relative to their income. After all, who has more control over the tax system? Business owners and investors or employees?

You only get paid a fraction of the real value you generate. Your real salary may be more than triple what you’re paid, but most of that money you’ll never see. It goes straight into other people’s pockets.

What a generous person you are!

5. Way too risky.

Many employees believe getting a job is the safest and most secure way to support themselves.

Morons.

Social conditioning is amazing. It’s so good it can even make people believe the exact opposite of the truth.

Does putting yourself in a position where someone else can turn off all your income just by saying two words (“You’re fired”) sound like a safe and secure situation to you? Does having only one income stream honestly sound more secure than having 10?

The idea that a job is the most secure way to generate income is just silly. You can’t have security if you don’t have control, and employees have the least control of anyone. If you’re an employee, then your real job title should beprofessional gambler.

6. Having an evil bovine master.

When you run into an idiot in the entrepreneurial world, you can turn around and head the other way. When you run into an idiot in the corporate world, you have to turn around and say, “Sorry, boss.”

Did you know that the word boss comes from the Dutch word baas, which historically means master? Another meaning of the word boss is “a cow or bovine.” And in many video games, the boss is the evil dude that you have to kill at the end of a level.

So if your boss is really your evil bovine master, then what does that make you? Nothing but a turd in the herd.

Who’s your daddy?

7. Begging for money.

When you want to increase your income, do you have to sit up and beg your master for more money? Does it feel good to be thrown some extra Scooby Snacks now and then?

Or are you free to decide how much you get paid without needing anyone’s permission but your own?

If you have a business and one customer says “no” to you, you simply say “next.”

8. An inbred social life.

Many people treat their jobs as their primary social outlet. They hang out with the same people working in the same field. Such incestuous relations are social dead ends. An exciting day includes deep conversations about the company’s switch from Sparkletts to Arrowhead, the delay of Microsoft’s latest operating system, and the unexpected delivery of more Bic pens. Consider what it would be like to go outside and talk to strangers. Ooooh… scary! Better stay inside where it’s safe.

If one of your co-slaves gets sold to another master, do you lose a friend? If you work in a male-dominated field, does that mean you never get to talk to women above the rank of receptionist? Why not decide for yourself whom to socialize with instead of letting your master decide for you? Believe it or not, there are locations on this planet where free people congregate. Just be wary of those jobless folk — they’re a crazy bunch!

9. Loss of freedom.

It takes a lot of effort to tame a human being into an employee. The first thing you have to do is break the human’s independent will. A good way to do this is to give them a weighty policy manual filled with nonsensical rules and regulations. This leads the new employee to become more obedient, fearing that s/he could be disciplined at any minute for something incomprehensible. Thus, the employee will likely conclude it’s safest to simply obey the master’s commands without question. Stir in some office politics for good measure, and we’ve got a freshly minted mind slave.

As part of their obedience training, employees must be taught how to dress, talk, move, and so on. We can’t very well have employees thinking for themselves, now can we? That would ruin everything.

God forbid you should put a plant on your desk when it’s against the company policy. Oh no, it’s the end of the world! Cindy has a plant on her desk! Summon the enforcers! Send Cindy back for another round of sterility training!

Free human beings think such rules and regulations are silly of course. The only policy they need is: “Be smart. Be nice. Do what you love. Have fun.”

10. Becoming a coward.

Have you noticed that employed people have an almost endless capacity to whine about problems at their companies? But they don’t really want solutions – they just want to vent and make excuses why it’s all someone else’s fault. It’s as if getting a job somehow drains all the free will out of people and turns them into spineless cowards. If you can’t call your boss a jerk now and then without fear of getting fired, you’re no longer free. You’ve become your master’s property.

When you work around cowards all day long, don’t you think it’s going to rub off on you? Of course it will. It’s only a matter of time before you sacrifice the noblest parts of your humanity on the altar of fear: first courage… then honesty… then honor and integrity… and finally your independent will. You sold your humanity for nothing but an illusion. And now your greatest fear is discovering the truth of what you’ve become.

I don’t care how badly you’ve been beaten down. It is never too late to regain your courage. Never!

Still want a job?

If you’re currently a well-conditioned, well-behaved employee, your most likely reaction to the above will be defensiveness. It’s all part of the conditioning. But consider that if the above didn’t have a grain of truth to it, you wouldn’t have an emotional reaction at all. This is only a reminder of what you already know. You can deny your cage all you want, but the cage is still there. Perhaps this all happened so gradually that you never noticed it until now… like a lobster enjoying a nice warm bath.

If any of this makes you mad, that’s a step in the right direction. Anger is a higher level of consciousness than apathy, so it’s a lot better than being numb all the time. Any emotion — even confusion — is better than apathy. If you work through your feelings instead of repressing them, you’ll soon emerge on the doorstep of courage. And when that happens, you’ll have the will to actually do something about your situation and start living like the powerful human being you were meant to be instead of the domesticated pet you’ve been trained to be.

Happily jobless

What’s the alternative to getting a job? The alternative is to remain happily jobless for life and to generate income through other means. Realize that you earn income by providing value — not time – so find a way to provide your best value to others, and charge a fair price for it. One of the simplest and most accessible ways is to start your own business. Whatever work you’d otherwise do via employment, find a way to provide that same value directly to those who will benefit most from it. It takes a bit more time to get going, but your freedom is easily worth the initial investment of time and energy. Then you can buy your own Scooby Snacks for a change.