The Man Who Sold the World

My wife, Diyana has safely delivered our baby boy at 12.52am, on Thursday,
17 January 2008 at Az-Zahrah Hospiral, Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor.

Our little bundle of joy weighs 2.65kg and 50cm at length. Both my
wife and my son are healthy. I was there in the labor room witnessing
the birth of my precious first child. I am now a very proud father.

These are most historical pictures in my life. And I am sharing them with the world…

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Last week I had a meeting at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This is my 3rd
visits to Vietnam. My last visit was about a week before my marriage.
This time, I took Malaysia Airlines because I’ve bad memory with
Vietnam Airlines during my first travel to Vietnam.

I arrived Tan Son Nhut Airport in Ho Chi Minh City about 4.30pm. The
driver was already there waiting to pick me up and drive me to the
hotel. His name is Mr. Minh and they pronounce it “Men”.
He then drove me to hotel at Ho Chi Minh City center, Rex Hotel. It’s a nice and beautiful 4 stars hotel……..[ Read more at diyanazman.com ]

Our friend Bani is a pain in the ass. One fine day in late May 2007 he
launched a mouth watering story of his dining experience in a sea side
restaurant in Bagan Lalang, Sepang, Selangor ( Map to Bagan Lalang
). Bani, all knowingly that the Big Fat Ferocious Eating Monster will
drool and dream of seafood that night, had purposely described the
varieties of fish, crabs, clams and prawns that were available there at
very cheap price.

Bagan Lalang is a place unknown to us. So I persuade Bani to take us
there. He said okay, let us all go at the end of the following month!!
So late! A food-crazed expecting mother cant wait that long! But Bani
gave 1001 reason why we had to wait until end of June. Actually it was
only one reason “I am Bani! And I am mean!” only he repeated it 1001
times.

Couple of days before we were set to go Bani changed his mind. He said Bagan Lalang is too far away…….. [ Read more at diyanazman.com ]

Last Friday, Diyana was sick and was on MC. We usually car pool to work
but since I had to go to work alone that day, I decided to drive my old
Proton Wira and left the automatic car with Diyana. I was already late
so I rushed to my car…heat up the engine and drive! However, the car
felt so heavy and its sound was terrible…kepeh kepeh ( sound effect
from Nize ). My first thought was that..it had engine problem because
the car had not been used for the past one week!

So I stopped my car.. looked around and thats when I realized that
the most terrible things had happened to my car. The tyres were
punctured! Not one or two, but all four tyres are flat! Deffinately a
foul play!
Too bad I didn’t have much time to investigate; I just parked my car by
the road side then ran back to my house to take the other car to work!
Along the way to Bandar Baru Bangi, I just could’t stop swearing
throughout the whole 45minutes!!!

After Friday prayer……..

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Ladies and gentlemen, to the many-many people that have been asking
Diyanazman the no.1 frequently asked question, I am now ready to
answer. First I want to thank you for your utmost concern. I am now 8
weeks pregnant. You may now send me the 9 month supply of folic acid
and Anmum, I know you were dying to give me these presents because you
have been asking about the progress of my ovum and Azman’s sperms a
thousand times since the moment we touched down from our honeymoon in
Bali last year. Janganlah malu-malu, hantarkan saja hadiah-hadiah tersebut ye?
Azman and I planned to conceive our first baby after we have had our
mountain climbing adventure because pregnant women don’t climb
mountains duh! unless they want to their kids to grow up and become a
sherpa. Ever since we bought

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Next week my colleague has to go to Tijuana Mexico for a rework. Since
I’ve been there a couple of time, he came to me for some advice
regarding his trip. I considered him lucky because he will go there
with another 3 members, not like me that travel alone during the first
time I’ve been there. His request actually reminds me of the story of
the first time I’ve visited San Diego, California & Baja Tijuana,
Mexico.

My first visit was on 30 May 2004 for technical meeting. First, I
had to go to TV Design Dept in San Diego for introduction presentation
and after that to Tijuana, Mexico for test run. It’s a really busy 1
week trip for me.

My first story was when I was at Los Angeles International Airport. Once I’ve arrived in LA……………….

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Today is diyanazman.com’s four months birthday. So young it is;
like an infant just beginning to grow baby teeth and like a Proton
beginning to get stuck at its all four power windows.

This week has been a really interesting week for all Manchester
United fans. 3 different result gives all what Manchester United really
want !!! Lose…Win..& Draw…

Lose :
First, they have been thrown out from Champions League after losing to
AC Milan 0-3 at San Siro. This happens right after a superb comeback at
Old Trafford by winning 3-2 just a week before that.

Win :
Then, on the weekend, they struggle to beat their closest neighbor 0-1 in Manchester derby match. And finally…

Draw :
Arsenal holds Chelsea 1-1 giving Manchester United their 9th championship in 15 seasons!

During the start of 2006/2007 season, Manchester United seems cautious…… [ Read more at http://www.diyanazman.com ]

………………..The test run finished around 4pm. I got back to my Vaio…and compiled
all the data from the test run. About half an hour after that, my
Japanese advisor came to my desk and talked about an interesting
software that he just newly installed called IP Messenger. He enjoyed
it so much and talked a lot of fancy things about that software. The
truth is.. IP Messenger is such an old software that I already have
uninstalled a couple of years ago. Since he liked it so much, he made
me to install it to my Vaio too.

Once I was done, he sent me a message..

“Hoi, you ba-ka!”

There’re 2 other Japanese behind him at that time. All of them were laughing…

Since I didnt understand Japanese..I didnt know what so funny with that message. so i replied..

“Hoi, you ba-ka Japanese!”

When they saw my message, all of them looked at me differently. The
look on their faces totally changed.No laughing this time! I didn’t
know why, so I explained to them……………..

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I couldn’t believe I turned 25 last Monday. It seemed like just
yesterday I was that ugly, skinny, awkward kid. Who would believe that
kid could go through such an amazing metamorphosis, and bloom into this
ugly, skinny, awkward lady?

My birthday this year was the most memorable and no doubt
unforgettable one, after the one when I was six and my over imaginative
brother, Dodi, who helped my aunt to carry my birthday cake from the
bakery to the car suddenly heard a cry of help thus swung the box over
his head an yell ‘Thunder! Thunder! Thunder cat!!!’ Because at that
time Thunder Cat was among children like Desparate Housewives among
adults these days and Dodi strongly believed that he was Lion-O. My
birthday cake that year was a lump of gooey colorful icing on cake that
had shattered so much there was not a stable piece for the candle to
stand at all.

My 25th birthday cake was equally special; it was…….

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