bear w me. i am recalculating.

i dont like it.

but it happens anyway.

its there when its there.

cant deny it.

it has the wisdom.

one thing i treasure of discovering.

for one im struggling to be equipped with.

it went far.

yet can only get so far.

its not right, clearly is wrong.

one sharp end.

i can take it.

take it like a man.

but i found ur shadow.

or actually another,

but why it carry ur shadow i wonder?

its only fair to be fair for the both of us.

Under Construction

hello folks.

i will briefly lay out the steps taken in transforming a flat land into a remarkable building that will enhance the overall view of the neighbouring flat land.

What?

okay this is not an architectural blog. im building just another building which might not be very aestheticcally pleasant to your eyes! or atleast to my eyes. i never liked my clients taste of facade colour scheme applied. haha!

i will try to be as elaborate as a contractor can be. so please bear with this brief one at the moment.


- setting out

get the boundary by whatever means provided by the client. the border stone landmark or coordinate to peg (marking on the earth, using small sticks, often with a nail on top)

1) border point (s)
2) building points
3) piling points (if any)

barricade the area so nobody will come and making any mess that my lost the pegging points.

if the point of reference happens to be far away form the site, make one temporary reference point where the coordinate and level is known. often marked with level

its important to retain this point throughout the projects until completion. so u might want to concrete the base and barricade this point as well. place it at the location with least possible interruption.

- foundation

there are several types of foundation

shallow foundation - footings

deep foundation - piling

nahh few more types of footings and pilings there is.

the most commonly used one is the piling where u pile to set.

upon completion, carry out an as built survey so we can assure any offsets is within the allowed eccentricity.

- pile caps & stump

start with transferring the gridlines from the plan drawing onto the ground.

make sure the pegging/temporary fence for the gridline reference is sturdy enough to stay at least until the casting of ground floor column. not too far surrounding the building but not too close to not to interfere with workers and machines.

cut off the pile head until the designated level.
one rule is finished floor level, minus the slab and beam, stump, pilecaps. study carefully on how much the pile is supposed to be casted inside the pilecaps and the starter bars from the pilehead.
the excavation is slightly lower than the pile head level by whatever length to be casted inside the pilecaps, concrete cover and also the lean concrete.

- ground beam

- ground slab

- ground floor column

- first floor beam & slab

- first floor column

- roof beam

- roof truss installation

- roof cover installation

- bricklaying

- door & window frame installation

- plumbing

- sanitary lines

- electrical wiring

- air conditioning wiring

- plastering

- floor finishing

- doors, windows & ironmongeries

- ceiling installation

- painting

- sanitary wares

- electrical fittings

- aircondition installation

- painting

- sundries

- drainage

- apron

- fencing & gate

- turfing works/ landscape


these are the words u have got to put in the work programme, site diaries, progress report.

i'll update whenever i feel like.

branded stuff; yay or nay?

heres the quick update fr the previous post. i couldnt get my complete supplies in just yet, i coulnt start the project just yet. bleargh. and oh, some items do not suitable for the projects too. but it shall be put into a good use one the following stage should i get this whole thing actually started.

hiccups. but im in it to win it. insyaAllah :)

ok back to our topic title.. do you prefer branded goods or just anything, regardless of the brand, as long as you feel like you could get it. i mean, of course, if we could afford it all. doesnt matter if we dont, but the overall shopping criteria that is. am i mumbling useless words in here? lol

heres the thing. i appreciate quality, the engineering behind and good and fine workmanship. so, yay for brand to me. 

i tried not to be a victim of capitalism (mehh) and avoid paying the premiums for the marketing these brands have, so sometimes i'll be sourcing for unpopular no brand goods and tried to call myself a bargain hunter. while it cost me less than that of well known brand of similar items, it really challenge my tolerance for quality and reliability too. 

knowing my wide range of interest of hobbies, i rely on my equipments a lot. my Nikon was amongst me first big purchase. i opted the brand than the infamous counterpart, Canon,  simply because it feels right in my hand. the way it fits when i grip it. its a neverending comparison between these two (other brands was rather new at the time) so come decision making time, i tend to inclined to these hidden and unexplainable cues and happily exchange my hard earned money with. 

with the limited resource and unlimited needs and wants it kind of and eyesore for me for those who doesnt appreciate the good goods they have. now im going to sounds like a boring aunty here. i owned a cheap rucksack back then. and i happen to mingle with richkids a lot back then. so obviously their rucksacks are those top in the line and they didnt even pack it well to make it serve the purpose well. i mean, its like they are carrying this four figures priced pack for a few hourse hike and they didnt pack and buckle up properly and they complaint how they got back pain later on? seriously??? even my el cheapo packs can be set up to be more comfortable than their badly used packs.

alright the reason im writing these because i just watched a video on this rich blogger, a daughter of some rich parents, showing her jewellery collection. one whole island wardrobe, few customised drawer to nicely display each and every necklaces bracelets bangles and rings with dedicated velvet trays and all. and you wont believe me where she stored he watches. she got one nice watchbox too, with slots of ten if im not mistaken, but some of them stored in jewellery box, like u do with ur pins!

maybe her watches are expensive enough it wont easily get scrathed and dinged but.. poor watches. they have their pride telling u time, ticking every second even without u wearing, but u put them inside that tiny box like tuna in a can? 

these are also why im a very bad at fashion, clothings, shoes and anything in that department. i dont want to spend so much but i look into the quality if the fabric feels right, if the seams are tight, if the cutting fits my body right. and more often than not, these doesnt come as cheap. the cheap ones is not as good. so i end up bot buying, and keep using the ones i already hv until i cant wear them anymore and forced to be replaced and forced to buy cheap not quality pieces. thats pretty much the cycle. 

sometimes i feel like i could design my own clothes, my own shoes, so i can reserve my comments how badly constructed things are and still be able to dress well. 

but one thing for sure, whatever weightage that governs my decision making acquiring anything i owned, i commit to it. once i have it, i wl appreciate it sometimes a little too much. one of my hiking pants has torn so much but i find a way to patch it up and proudly wearing them again n again because i just can. talk about a deep sense of attachment, i am no lack in that.

*flips hair*

till then, hv a nice day peeps :)

back in business, insyaAllah

yeap. penJelaJahJuJur is thinking of going back into the business.

going back. not going into. gahh i almost forgot i did had some kind of business back then.
albeit a questionable succession achieved. LOL!
but hey, i didn't flop the whole thing so it was rather ok thing going.
it doesn't pay very well, but what i appreciate the most is the convenience it serves people and me, too. a big plus point too when you love what you are doing and the ringgit that comes is bonus.

but business is business. we still have to serve people well and get the profit in return so it has to be taken care of very carefully, the people's expectation, trust, and the ringgits.

i had had my lesson.
my first business was selling prepaid reload. online basis. thats about it. people want, i give. and record. and thanks to my roomate back then, insisting me to chase them customers for payment. it was rather passive kind of marketing but using solely my student loan as the capital, i wasnt very happy having outstanding payment to receive anything above a couple of hundreds.
as a shy person, asking for payment is like wearing some funny mask on my face.
i dont handle my customers well even. it got into personals as well. as my buyers was just among friends, close friends, the conflict was rather childish but lets just hope i outgrew the attitude at this age. very paiseh.

so now, new chapter. new business. gotta have a lot more brainstorming but i got the initial steps taken in the parallel manner. paperworks, paperworks.
going to take sometimes before the actual product launching.

how do i get the idea..

it was 'hey, i need this stuff'
and then 'hey, i could make this'
and 'hey, i could sell this.. and.. profit!'

(note: read it in rather scientific manner like a scientist discovered something new. mythbuster much)


please pray for my success, people.

Thank you :)

Tempat tempat membayar zakat

Disclaimer: tulisan ini untuk rujukan peribadi, andai salah mohon diberikan teguran andai bermanfaat, silalah share sharekan :)

Zakat fitrah, zakat harta, zakat pedapatan, zakat perniagaan, zakat emas, zakat perak, zakat wang simpanan, dan lain lain

Bila rasa diri dah besar, mempunyai kemampuan, dan cukup nisabnya, wajiblah keatas kita mengembalikan apa yang dipinjamkan kepada kita kepada yang hak.

Dan, sebagai seorang yang jahil dan moderate keyboard warrior, hal zakat ini biasanya digoogle atau dijadikan issue untuk disembangkan dengan rakan rakan.. Jadi saya disini mengumpulkan findings yang perlu direkodkan sebab kesan dari banyak termakan semut dan tengok benda benda tak sepatutnya, saya banyak bebeno lupa.

ZAKAT FITRAH- ini setiap sebelum raya Aidilfitri.

Rate zakat ini ialah mengikut majlis agama islam dan biasanya berlainan mengikut negeri, dan juga nengikut beras yang dimakan.
Kadarnya ialah tiga cupak atau 2.7kg, kiraan kasarnya, tetapi ikutlah rate negeri masing masing.

Dimana?

1. Booth booth zakat banyak terdapat di bazar ramadhan, shopping mall, masjid. Amil yang dilantik dari Pusat Pungutan Zakat tempatan.
2. Sistem SMS - limited to sesetengah telco yang offer dan negeri yabg dilibatkan.
3. Online - google sahaja pusat pungutan zakat/majlis agama islam dan pilih yang tertentu, biasanya akan dinyatakan bagaimana untuk transfer secara online.

Sebaiknya dapatkan resit dan simpan jika anda bakal dikenakan cukai atau memang dah kena cukai supaya boleh claim balik.

ZAKAT LAIN LAIN - seperti yang dinyatakan diatas,

Rate zakat ini ialah spesifik bergantung kepada jenis zakat yang diwajibkan. Misalnya zakat pendapatan ialah 2.5% atau gunakan sahaja kalkulator (google: kalkulator zakat) guna yang myeg atau e-zakat.com.my. ada dua jenis pengiraan, yang simple atau dengan deductions (income -(self+parents+epf) x 2.5%). Boleh buat monthly atau lumpsum annually.
Zakat emas dan perak pula ikut gram dipakai dan gram disimpan. Please please refer to kalkulator zakat juga.

Saluran pembayaran juga seperti diatas, kecuali dah takde booth, amil amil bukak meja dekat shopping mall dan bazar ramadhan/pasarmalam mahupun masjid.
Sistem SMS juga afaik tiada. Jenuh kalian nak topup empat ribu semata mata nak bayar zakat tiga ribu lima ratus? Contoh ye, contoh.
Biasanya zakat kategori ini ialah lebih banyak daripada zakat fitrah.

Utamakan orang paling rapat dengan anda. Ingatlah, sedekah terbaik ialah kepada orang yang paling rapat dengan anda. Begitu juga zakat. Asalkan penerima yang layak menerima zakat itu bukanlah orang tanggungan anda yang itu ialah dipanggil nafkah dan termasuk perbelanjaan terkecuali zakat. Kelebihannya ialah dapat melaksanakan kewajipan berzakat disamping mengeratkan silaturrahim sesama kita.

Asnaf asnaf ialah terbahagi kepada beberapa kategori seperti yang telah anda pelajari disekolah dahulu, sila rujuk rujukan lanjut untuk penerangannya. Jadi setelah yakin anda berjumpa personally asnaf berkenaan, berilah zakat anda kepadanya dengan niat zakat lillahitaala.

Jika anda inginkan resit pengecualian cukai pula, takkan lah nak suruh Mak Limah jiran sekampung anda keluarkan resit pula, maka anda boleh menyalurkan kepada pusat pungutan zakat tempatan

atau

badan badan NGO yang dipastikan dengan adil mampu menyalurkan hasil kutipan kepada asnaf yang layak. Alternatif ini ialah untuk anda yang pasti dengan cause ataupun aktiviti NGO tersebut dan ialah berdaftar supaya resit dia laku besok nak claim cukai.

Membayar kepada pusat pungutan zakat kerajaan atau bukan kerajaan ada kelebihan masing masing. Namun satu perkara yang menjadi pilihan orang ramai ialah kerana badan NGO ialah amat proaktif dalam mencari dan mengesan asnaf walau mereka terpinggir dan tidak banyak karenah birokrasi mahupun kena isi Borang A dan B berserta lapan lampiran lengkap dengan chop ketua kampung JKKKKK apa bagai.

Memetik kata kata seorang family friend 'bagi duit untuk orang susah tu senang, tapi kalau dapat pergi sendiri jumpa dan bagi sendiri, satu kesan mendalam pasti hadir dalam diri kita'

So contoh contoh NGO yang boleh menjadi tempat kita keluarkan zakat ialah yang berkaitan fakir, miskin, muallaf, orang yang berjuang fisabilillah dalam negara atau negara miskin/bergolak.

Perlu diingatkan sekali lagi, utamakan mereka yang paling rapat dengan kita, atau seperti tips pelabur pelabur pasaran saham

Diversify, diversify, diversify.
Laburlah dengan baik untuk pasaran akhirat kita.

InsyaAllah.