MAKANSUTRA PART 1

FOOD Seduction.. aka Kamasutra MAKANSUTRA!! Who would not go wild thinking of food especially during fasting month and when there is only a few hours left before breaking fast... unless someone is not fasting :-p There is no better topic to talk during fasting month than food!!! So lets talk food. Yesterday, this friend make me salivate for steak!!! at Menate Steak!! (Menate is a Kelantan pronunciation of Binatang) and now I cant stop thinking of steak!! cisss.. menate.....


We were introduced by Menate steak by my training partner Dr Malek Aziz in Ampang... We had our regular team meeting and Dr Malek Aziz chose the Menate Steak to protein-load!! huh.. we were loaded alright. Last Saturday, my other partner Daing Daniel Fitri went there again.. quietly!! secretly!!!!

SPEEDING COST LIFE AND MONEY!!

12 August 2011. Driving on PLUS Highway from Singapore back home to Kuala Lumpur was a pleasure with good road condition, good road lighting and smooth traffic but it was raining heavily and upon reaching kilometer 280, the nightmare begun. A superbike that was speeding on my right overtook my car and about 100meter later, a shocking green PROTON SATRIA abruptly swerved recklessly infront of my car into my lane to overtake a car and hit the speeding superbike causing the biker to be thrown out, landed unto the road divider and somersault before falling on the road tarmac right infront of my car. I had to emergency break, skidded and manage to turn to the left from the 3rd right lane to avoid hitting the biker on the ground. I saw the biker thrown out of his bike with his head hitting the divider and landing on his back after a 360 degree somersault before falling chest down and was either fainted with a bad head concussion or probably dead but he was not moving.

The green Proton Satria then fled away. I could not stop to help the biker without holding back the traffic, so I chased after the Proton Satria instead to get the car registration number and after a few minutes of chased, I managed to spot the car and. With one hand on the steering wheel, the other hand captured the car picture with a BB handphone. The car registration number was BEU 2636.  

Hit & Run Green Proton Satria BEU 2636

COBC: SKETSA IN AUGUST...

We're coming towards the end of BOOTCAMPING during Ramandhan and although we ACE training last year, this year was unprecedented.... I broke momentum for almost one month in training!!! Almost one whole month without bootcamp and any form of exercises... ok la I lied.. sikit sikit ada la... To avoid breaking that training momentum, the CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP had open-up a special BU-ZULU session from 6:00 to 7:00pm which caters especially for those muslims whom are fasting. Thusfar, the session had attracted a healthy number of muslim recruits from the earlier Alpha and Bravo session and as well as the attention of Otaiis whom suffered from 'COD' Chronic Oversleeping Disorder aka.. cannot-wake-up-before-session-disorder.

There were so many dramas.. so many stories, so many voices and so many rumours. One of the great story was from Afik kutcher whom went to Sydney Coogee Beach CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP to be trained by CHIEF BRABON himself!!! This is the advantage of being with the CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP... if you are a recruit at the COBC, you can attend any one of the fifty ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP Worldwide....

THE LAST OF THE MOHICAN

There were ten of them and the eldest became a Dato'... Datuk.... Atuk more than 10 years ago and all had successfully scored many many goals with some as many as 7, except for one of the ten. Some of them grew exponentially bigger but he sustained his size. The last of the Mohican Mohamad ended his bachelorhood at the age 45 on 22 July 2011. Azhar Mohamad, my mother's only bachelor sibling open a new chapter in his life when he took Alina as his wife. Azhar Mohamad was my primary source of inspiration to get into the Corporate Sector when I was doing my General Certificate of Secondary Education O'level. Being raw and fresh out from the Bone Marrow transplant (BMT), most school does not have the experience to handle 'special needs' student and I had to opt for either private home study or defer my study until I was able to be out of isolation and attend normal schooling. Azhar Mohamad was my room mate at home in Ealing Broadway during my whole two years stay in London when he was doing his Association of Certified Chartered Accountant (ACCA) while I underwent the BMT and  recovering form Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML) some 20 years ago. Sharing a room with a straight A's student and second class Upper graduate, my lifestyle changed from a party teen to the nerd that Azhar was. I completed both my GSCE (O'level or SPM equivalent), A'level (Form 6) and went into CML permanent remission (or known as "CURE" in a layman term) in less than 2 years as I turned 17 years old while my friends in Malaysia was about to seat for their SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia). Azhar Mohamad of course, passed his ACCA on first seating!!! Wowww... I wanted to be him!

This actually reiterate the importance of people that we associated ourselves with during teenage. I practically follow Azhar's daily schedule of waking up at 6am, go for a jog, comeback home watch news, have breakfast and study.... two hours later, break, read the paper and study!! then break, lunch and study!! Then break and study.. then break and study and break and study... goodness in contrast to my pre-london lifestyle of girls.. party.. girls.. party.. girls... party. So there are always the good side of any downturn. CML actually shaped up and changes my life.

I first bought and played the stock market with Azhar Mohamad at the age of 16 years old. We bought the British Midlands electricity board that went for Initial Public Offerings (IPO) and made I think triple (or was it double) our investment. Buying IPO shares at that time was affordable with only a denomination of 100 shares per lot. When I graduated with an honours degree in Economics from the University of Buckingham, I quickly call Azhar Mohamad and asked for the best platform for the best exposure into the corporate sector and Azhar Mohamad whom at that juncture, was attached to the Securities Commission, the God of the corporate sector said, without a doubt Corporate Finance (CF) at the COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL MERCHANT BANKERS BERHAD aka CIMB. Immediately I declined the offer from Malaysian International Merchant Bankers Berhad (MIMB) and practically went begging to get into the CF at CIMB and was accepted before I can legally vote at 20 years old but was paid almost half of what MIMB offered. A good exposure and experience is worth more than a short gratification of high paid remuneration but this is a story for another occasion. For now..... not surprising for Azhar Mohamad, he married an accountant and an ex-colleague from the Securities Commission. When he is determine to get something, he will get it.... and finally he got Alina. I do not know after how many years of courtship.

A LIFE TOO SHORT, A REGRET TOO LATE. FARUL ARIFFIN

Just three days ago, I lost an aunt and attended her funeral in Gombak. It was a hard news to swallow but attending a funeral of an 84 years old aunt was not as disturbing as the news I received from a blackberry private message this evening. I was having a steamboat seafood dinner with Ly Rattana while waiting to meet with AngkorOne.com CEO, Steven Path at the Family Soup dining in Phnom Pehn.

"Yaz I saw on fb of a friend that mentioned a dear friend passed away... 'Farul', I hope its not your friend that had the leukemia as you", reads Melor Edina Pahamin's BBM private message to me. "Huh??? Dont Joke!! Can't be my Farul?" I replied in shocked and insisting a mistaken identity but immediately facebook-email'ed Farul Rafiq Mohd Farid, sms him and even called his dad Datuk Farid Ariffin (but reached the voice-box instead). I did not know what to ask, so I just sms him and said.. "Farul, testing.. if you receive this, pls reply thanks." expecting a reply from him, I waited anxiously... and was lost in a sudden flashback of Farul's cheerful smile and the many moments we both shared when we were battling leukemia.... we were in our mid-teens then.

It was at the Government house at Hyde Park in London, 1992 when we were first introduced by Farul's father whom was then, the Deputy Minister of Health. Farul arrived from Malaysia to undergo the Bone Marrow Transplant procedure at the Hammersmith Hospital, where I had just completed mine. Somehow, we just clicked... and became close buddy bypassing the normal hierarchy of friendship but that is how Farul was... he was friendly but secretive and mysterious in many ways but our bond was build on ties that no one else could understand. We shared common aspiration to make the best out of our supposedly short span of life which we both outlived our own expectation. We shared similar emotional cycle from being angry, rebellious, then self pity and felt numb before being able to accept (if ever) that we actually had leukemia.

إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'u

(Islam forbids indulgence in intemperate grief for the dead. It requires that all affliction be borne patiently. On hearing of the death of a relative or a friend, or of any other affliction, a Muslim is enjoined to say: In-naa lil-laa-hi wa in-naa I-lay-hi raa ji-`oon (We are Allah's and to Him we shall return). These words are a source of unlimited solace and comfort in bereavement. Hence it is forbidden that one should indulge in regular mourning or ostentatious grief.)

Barely two hours into the holy month of Ramadhan, my Aunt, Hajjah Bidah Abdul Razak, aged 84 years old peacefully left at 1:30am. Hajjah Bidah Abdul Razak was the eldest in a sibling of five. Second, was Mahadi Abdul Razak whom passed away in 1998. The third was Noordin Abdul Razak. Fourth, my father Pahamin A. Rajab and the youngest Hashim Abdul Razak.

Bidah Abdul Razak or more fondly known as Mama by us all, left behind two daughters Norliza binti Ahmad and Norizan binti Ahmad. Mama's husband Ahmad bin Yusoff or more fondly known as Abah passed away in 1992. Mama whom resides in Gombak was a very caring Aunt. She pampers all her nephews especially me, Ervin Nordin and Arman Mahadi during our childhood. Mama was pretty Rawk and hot when she was young. I first began smoking cigarette with her.. aged 13!! Of course after getting consent from gangsta-Uncle Hashim aka Ayah Su. Actually all of father's sibling are gangsta with temper of a dragon (worst than a lion). Once, a robber armed with parang burglar Mama's house while they were asleep and Mama fist-fought the three armed robbers until the robbers fled. Mama was badly bruised but she would not let anyone get away without a fight.. She even fought with a Cobra once when the snake entered her house. That is the female version, imagine us male.. how we were brought up!! Fighting is almost a feast since childhood.

The last three surviving children of Salamah binti Awang (from left) 

Pahamin A Rajab, Hashim Abdul Razak, Noordin Abdul Razak

The last three siblings Pahamin A Rajab, Hashim A Razak, Noordin A Razak.

I last met Mama at our anniversary dinner just last week on 23 July 2011. She was struggling to walk out from her car to the eating place. I held her hand and walked her towards the table and again assisted her to the toilet. She was always smiling even when she was not well.

3rd GEEWIN TAEKWONDO COMPETITION 2011

Aaraf Eid Pahamin Armin Baniaz 8 years old from the Garden International School, Kuala Lumpur entered his fifth Taekwondo competition on 30 July 2011 under the DDF Taekwondo Academy at the 3rd Gewinn League at Wisma OCM and won GOLD medal for the first time.

Aaraf Armin has been under training with Master Daniel, President DDF Taekwondo Academy in Ampang since he was 3 years old and is now holding a Pom 2 belt. In 2011, DDF Taekwondo Academy send 10 student and won 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 bronze. Aaraf Armin only won bronze last year (Click: Gewinn Taekwondo 2010). This year, DDF Taekwondo Academy won all 6 Gold in all the category contested.






Those that competed this year under the DDF Taekwondo Academy were
(1) Mohamed Ibrahim Zaki age 14 years old, 40kg weight (GOLD)
(2) Muhammad Luqman Nul Hakeen aged 12 years old 30kg (GOLD)
(3) Ng Jian Chao aged 7 years old 24.8kg (NIL)
(4) Muhammad Afeeq Bin Mohd Azam aged 14 years old, 60kg (GOLD)
(5) Aaraf Armin aged 8 years old, 42kg (GOLD)
(6) Ahza Syahmi aged 17 years old, 57kg (GOLD)
(7) Erni Qistina aged 16 years old, 55kg (GOLD)
 

LEFT: Muhammad Afeeq Mohd Azam, Mohamed Ibrahim Zaki, Erni Qistina, Ahza Syahmi, Coach Erni Syazwani, Muhammad Luqman Nur Hakeem Aaraf Armin, Master Daniel

BFM 89.9 THE BUSINESS STATION, EVENING EDITION WITH CAROLINE OH, UMA, ARMIN BANIAZ PAHAMIN & JOHN CHUAH

BFM 89.9 The business Station extend an invitation for me to be LIVE on EVENING EDITION on 22 July 2011. I quickly accepted the offer and invited John Chuah as one of CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP 's longest recruit as a testimony.

BFM 89.9 is located 10 minutes away from my house at 5.01 Wisma BU8, 11, Lebuh Bandar Utama, 47800 Petaling Jaya. Both John Chuah and me arrived at Wisma BU8 at 6pm for the 6:30pm LIVE @ Evening Edition.

Typical of us at COBC, while waiting, we camwhore abit...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY PAHAMINS.. VERY LAMB'ILICIOUS NIGHT

23 JULY is a historical date when the Pahamins officially ended their single, wild, bachelor-hood and became hot, crazy and fabulous couple instead. This year, 2011 is mine & Melor Edina Pahamin 11th year anniversary, Chempaka Emalin Pahamin's 16th year anniversary, Teratai Edithy Pahamin's 6th year and my parent's 41st year anniversary. Only Rose Emini Pahamin & Amnan Bazli Pahamin that are still single mingle.

Much has been said in previous blogs on our past anniversaries, so this year will be more precise and specific. Click: 2009-Anniversary, 2010-Anniversary.

Pahamin Rajab & Zainab Mohamad @ 1970. 

They akad nikah at my Grand mother's house at Padang Pak Amat, Pasir Puteh Kelantan and held their reception ala kampung style at the same venue for 2 days and 2 nights.

25 years later....

Azhar Sulaiman & Chempaka Emalin Pahamin @ 1995

They akad nikah at our house in Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya Selangor and held their reception at Dewan Merak Kayangan, Jalan Gurney Kuala Lumpur

PASSION WITH REASONS!! BOOTCAMP FOR LIFE!!

Sarge (COBC) Dann, Armin Baniaz Pahamin & Dr Malek Aziz

Why joined the CHIEF's ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP (COBC) instead of other bootcamps around? I can give you a whole list of reasons from testimonials on weight lost, to body conditioning and motivation but one of the main reason was because of a fabulous, fun, qualified and experienced team that will not only motivate but will drive you crazy forward until you achieve your desired goal... while having fun!!

For more details on each and every instructor, please read all about them on www.bootcampmalaysia.com. At the COBC, instructors pride themselves for working out with the recruit instead of bossing them around. We do not scream despite being a military-inspired bootcamp. Military DNA is found in the discipline, team-work and workout regime. We are military inspired because our program was designed by Australia ex-infrantry soldier that was custom made for civilian. Motivation & Passion is the key factor for our believe in  "BOOTCAMP FOR LIFE".

BATTLE OF PLATOONS: THE RESULT

Upon completing all the 6 challenges, it is now time for the result!!! There were two more results that has not being made known!! The result for the Spirit of Platoon and the Long Course Store Moves aka Treasure hunt result which will determine the Overall Champion.

Before this two results were announced, the platoon that was leading by points were the Spartans & the Legends with four bull-dog stickers each. The Legends was left behind by 1 bull Dog Sticker. The first five challenges were all about stamina & fitness. Only the fittest and the fastest recruit/platoon can win the first 5 challenges but the two unannounced results that is the determining factor for the first Battle of Platoons Champion is very dependent on team work effort. The CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP is all about motivating and inspiring team members. No matter how weak or slow a team member is, we are ala a soldier at war, duty-bound to support, motivate and would never leave anyone behind. At war, a soldier entrust their life to their fellow comrade. As such, instructors & admins as the observer to all three platoons had the discretion to crown the first Spirit of Platoons and the first Champion in the inter-platoon battle based on overall preparation, points, time and comrade-ship.

BATTLE OF PLATOONS: PART 6- LONG COURSE STORE MOVES

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Part 6 or the final episode of the CHIEF ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP Battle of Platoons that was held at Pusat Komuniti, Damansara Heights was the 'Long Course Store Moves' or the Treasure hunt. This involved all the participating recruits under each platoon namely the Spartans, the Highlander and the Legends. Because the challenge requires the participation and cooperation of all recruits in each platoon, the points given for the winner was as high as 5 points!! The ultimate objective was 'team work' unlike the first 5 challenge that gave points for the strongest or fittest team members/group.

Each Captain had to draw and chose a map. No platoon was given the liberty to choose the route. There were three maps prepared with Map 1 being called the StarScream, Map 2, the Chopper and Map 3 Superman. Each map was assigned with a pair of instructor whom only had 2 main responsibilities!!! First, to ensure the safety of recruits on the road and Second, to PUNISH recruits if any RULES were broken. Starscream had Corporal (COBC) Nawal and Lance Corp (COBC) Letch as the observer & punisher, The Chopper had Corp (COBC) Tom and Lance Corp (COBC) Ody. The Superman had Corp (COBC) Chun & Lance Corp (COBC) Wan.

BATTLE OF PLATOONS: PART 5- THE DRAG KING!!

The fifth challenge at the inaugural Battle of Platoon recently held on 17 July 2011 at the Pusat Komuniti, Damansara Heights was the Tyre Drag!!
Every platoon was requested  to divide their team into two teams of 10 pax for the tyre drag relay. The team must drag the tyre from one end to the other and carry the tyre back to the starting position and tap the other team to relay.

The Captains were brief of the rule and everybody were ready to rock and roll!! If there was an instant where a passion can be so emotional, it must be during this Battle of platoons!! To see everybody's struggling face and effort, was so... indescribable. See for your self.. I am never prouder at our recruits than to see that moments captured today.

The team Kapitan briefing their team members and select the best recruits for the event. Not all recruits were able to participate.

BATTLE OF PLATOONS: PART 4: RUN FOREST RUN!!!

Part 4!! Battle of Platoons that was held on 17 July 2011 at the Pusat Komuniti, Damansara Heights saw the three locations Bandar Utama, Subang Jaya and Damansara Heights competing in a friendly challenge to determine the first Champion of the inter-platoon battle. The Alpha & Bravo platoon at Bandar Utama was merge into the Spartans which saw James Fong, 4 times voted the Spirits of Bootcamp elected as the Captain. Subang Jaya Alpha and Bravo platoon merged as the Legends was led by Captain Thomas Ong and Damansara Heights Zulu aka The Highlanders elected Imran Sheikh Iskandar as the team Captain. There were six challenges prepared and every challenges were presented with one blog. This is part four of the total seven series Battle of Platoons blog. The fourth Challenges was the Running relay.

Before the running relay challenge began, each of the team captain were interviewed.

BATTLE OF PLATOONS: PART 3 THE TUG OF LOVE.

Battle of the platoons was held on 17 July 2011 to commemorate the first year anniversary of the CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP (COBC) in Malaysia.  COBC is a licensed program from Australia from the oldest military-inspired bootcamp under Chief Brabon, the founder and managing Director for the ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP, Australia.

This Part 3 blog, is a picturesque blog of the inter-platoon battle that required alot of coordination and team work for the Tug of War!! Yes!!! The Tug of War!!! The Captain of each platoon must prepare two teams of 10 recruits and every team will compete on bout-chart basis!! There will only be 1 winner and the winner will collect 1 bulldog point for their platoon. The platoon with the most bulldogs will be crown the first Champion and win the CHIEF'S TROPHY!!

Note: betting fees was just increased.. place your bet now!!! :-p (Joking)

While giving recruits some breathing space and a short break, the instructors were busy preparing the battle field. The instructors selected to make the event a success were Sarge (COBC) Dann, Corp (COBC) Chun, Corp (COBC) Nawal, Corp (COBC) Tom, Lance Corp (COBC) (P) Wan, Lance Corp (COBC) (P) Ody and Lance Corp (COBC) Letch.

BATTLE OF PLATOONS!! PART 2: LAST MAN STANDING

The first battle between platoons that was held on 17 July 2011 saw many surprises. Spartans won the first battle but there were still 5 battles to win before winning the war. The next challenge was the Thruster Cadence!! Again, the whole 100 ++ recruit were divided into their respective rank namely Ranger, Seal and Delta. Each rank combines all recruits from Spartans, Highlander and Legends.

For the first battle: Plank-Hold, click HERE. CLICK on picture to enlarge.

"This is how you do the thrusters", explained Sarge (COBC) Dann!! There is only 1 rule!! My rule!! On my command, every recruit MUST FOLLOW my key One.. Two.. Three.. One.. and anyone that is either slower or faster than my cadence and especially those that compromise on the form, will be eliminated. The instructors were instructed to eliminate by tapping those slow/fast and without form.

The last man standing will win point for their platoon. There will be one point for each category Ranger, Seal and Delta!!!

BATTLE OF PLATOONS - PART 1 PLANK HOLD

Battle of platoon is CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP, Malaysia (COBC) inaugural event to mark COBC's first year anniversary. From now, the Battle of Platoons will be an annual event fought on every COBC's anniversary. The battle of platoons was conducted to determine which platoon is the strongest in a friendly, enjoyable and slightly competitive manner".

The CHIEF'S first Battle of Platoons was held yesterday on 17 July 2011 at Damansara Height base camp and a war cry was sent out 2 weeks ago. It was a battle between 3 platoons namely, Bandar Utama Spartans, Damansara Heights Highlander and Subang Jaya USJ Legends. To instill the spirit of camaraderie, BU-Alpha platoon and BU-Bravo platoon was merged into the Spartans, UJS1-Alpha and USJ1-bravo merged into the Legends and Damansara Heights Zulu made up the Highlanders.

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Pre-battle: the Spartans!

The Legends

The highlander!!

SUPER GRADUATION, SUPER ANNIVERSARY, SUPER HEROES PARTY!!!

Its JUNE 2011 graduation party cum ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP, Australia 25 years anniversary.. cum CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP, Malaysia 1 year anniversary.. Waaah!!! so many cums!!! but that is what we are.. I mean.. err not the cum but the exercise orgasm we achieve every month!! and being 1 year old.. naturally, its a multiple orgasm!!!

So to celebrate this err.. multiple orgasm, we invited all the super heroes and super heroin in the universe to the Soul'ed Out Cafe in Desa Sri Hartamas for a grand celebration!!! and at 7pm, wicked witch Farhanah Bamadhaj began registering the guests..

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Wicked Witch Farhanah had to register all guests to make sure Dr JASON Malek did not butcher anyone and fed the guests with the guest's own meat. Eewww...

Everybody had to wear a nametag just in case we do not recognise each other after losing many many kilos of weight!

DOOR GIFT is given on a first cum first serve basis!!! 

HAPPY 63rd BIRTHDAY ZAINAB PAHAMIN

Two weeks in United States of America, a month in London and finally she touched down at KLIA on 11 July, her Birthday!! We secretly whispered to her personal driver to drive her straight from KLIA to Bangsar where all her gorgeous children (except Sista Docta Teratai Edithy & hubby Sharul Asari) were waiting to welcome her back and sing the Birthday song. Zainab Mohamad... Zainab Pahamin my mum!! ..... turned  63 years old today and Alhamdulillah she is still healthy to live her joy in travelling.

At 63 years old, what would be the most understanding and the kindest women wants in life? What is her biggest achievement? What is her dream? What does she wants that she has not achieved?

Zainab Mohamad dream came true when she successfully gather all her children (and in-laws) to live under the same roof and compound. To live together with her children, grand children and maybe one day, with her great grand children was once only real in Hindustan movie or Hollywood drama Dallas. To gather all her six children and their spouses under one roof was a challenge but to live harmoniously with each other is another god's gift. Such is the role of the Chief Executive of Pahamins family. She is very generous with her love and care. She endlessly pampers and mothers us all and have it her way, she would want to still cook for all her family members. Although all of us have grown up and she does not need to but she still does our weekly grocery shopping. oops.. shame on us.