Open House '08

Assalamualaikum...

Maaf, takde gambar kali ni, sibuk layan tetamu punya pasal sampai lupa nak 'pukul' (loghat Kelate) gambar.

Kami sekeluarga telah mengadakan 'rumah terbuka AidilFitri' pada hari sabtu 18/10/08 yang lepas. Ramai jugak la yang hadir. Rakan-rakan radio amatur pun ramai. Menu - nasi kerabu, macaroni goreng & laksa. Kuih-muih raya pun ada la jugak.

Tuan rumah awal-awal lagi dah standby kat v40, kot-kot la ada rakan ham yang sesat atau tak tahu jalan. Memang 'terbukti berkesan'.

Lebih kurang 11am, 9W2BDZ & 9W2LKB sampai. Fadzlee sampai dulu, dah nak kenyang baru Zamri sampai. Petang tu takde rakan-rakan ham yang hadir. Rakan-rakan dari tempat kerja & jiran-jiran saja.

Sebelum waktu maghrib, tengok laksa yang disediakan macam kurang berkualiti, jadi tuan rumah pun keluar untuk membeli laksa mentah yang baru. Semasa keluar pun, standby jugak kat v40.

Keluar je dari rumah, kedengaran panggilan dari 9W2JIZ, bertanyakan arah nak ke rumah. Tuan rumah pun tanya, berapa kereta yang nak hadir ni. Berita yang awal-awal diterima ialah 8 orang. Rupanya tuan rumah salah dengar. 7 KERETA? Sebuah kereta ada lebih kurang 3 orang, 7 x 3 = 21. Cukup ke laksa aku ni? Terus beli 3 bungkus laksa mentah dan bergegas pulang. Mujur kedai pun dekat je.

Sampai rumah, dari jauh dah kelihatan ramai rakan-rakan ham yang sampai. Antara yg hadir, 9W2JIZ, 9W2CYN, 9W2GTR, 9W2EEE, 9W2OCC, 9W2AQS, 9W2BCT, 9W2GTI, 9W2CLS, 9W2KLG beserta ahli-ahli keluarga mereka. Seronok tengok rakan-rakan ham datang ramai-ramai.

Dipendekkan cerita, macaroni goreng tinggal sikit je, nasi kerabu pun hampir licin, laksa terpaksa direbus lagi. Semua yang hadir pulang lebih kurang 8.30pm. Alhamdulillah...rumah terbuka berakhir dengan baik. Selepas 2 tahun tak mengadakan rumah terbuka AidilFitri, yang diadakan kali ini ternyata tidak menghampakan.

Rasanya, tradisi 'rumah terbuka' ni haruslah diteruskan dan digalakkan. Ya lah, kita yang tinggal di bandar ni, peluang macam ni lah yang patut diambil untuk menziarah rakan-rakan dan berkenalan di samping mengeratkan lagi hubungan sesama kita.

AidilFitri tahun depan? InsyaAllah...

-73 de 9W2AZX-

"Please Do Not Litter"

Assalamualaikum...

How many of you have not seen this sign, anywhere? Well, maybe not the exact sign, but signs similar to this, with a well known message - DO NOT LITTER - or -JANGAN BUANG SAMPAH MERATA-RATA -.

And, how many of us have seen places where these signs are clearly visible, but there are rubbish everywhere around the place?

It seems that a lot of us either do not know how to read this sign or just being plain ignorant. I've been to ATM machines (no place mentioned, you can see it everywhere in Malaysia) where there are transaction slips all over the floor, and the trash bin provided is either empty or not even half full!

The other headache is throwing rubbish out of the vehicle. Do they think that someone is following their car with a rubbish bin, ready to collect their litter? Rubbish!!!

I use the ELITE highway to go to work. Too many times i've seen drivers paying their toll, asking for the receipt and then, THROW the receipt out of the window! If you don't want to keep it, then DO NOT ask for the receipt! Or you can use Touch&Go or Smart Tag.

Please, please, my dear friends, DO NOT LITTER & HELP TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY CLEAN!

I've been to Kota Kinabalu a few times. On 9th August this year, a few ham clubs there joined the local authorities in a campaign named "Kempen Anti Kutu Sampah Laut" at the beautiful Tanjung Aru beach, meant to go around the town of Kota Kinabalu, collect rubbish and at the same time, spread the DO NOT LITTER awareness to the citizen. I was there, observing. If they can organize a campaign like this to help keep their community clean, why can't we?

To the Kota Kinabalu hams, congratulations! To others, what are WE doing to keep our community clean?

-73 de 9W2AZX-

minyak dah mahal la...

apa nak cerita?
malam tu i lined up for more than 2 hours, just to find that diesel punya pump takde kenderaan yg berbaris nak refuel pun...apa raa...
tepat 0005hrs, i managed to refuel full tank with diesel. drive balik pun slow2 je, takut terlebih tekan minyak, apa nak buat...