Received a last minute call from my boss asking me to go to Bachok. What?!Bachok? Bachok Kelantan?Yes, that Bachok. (Bukan Bachok cerita toyol hijau yang pernah menghantui mindaku satu ketika dahulu). The last time that I ever set foot on Kelantan soil was 11 years back. I really didn't know what to expect from this trip other than duduk melangut tido dalam kereta for 6 solid hours, mengunyah makanan tak berzat and bored to death. If it wasn't because of work I would rather bored to death at home.
The journey was tiring indeed. Instead of using Terengganu highway besides the beach, our office driver decided to take the kelapa sawit route. Jabor kot namanya. For nearly 4 hours, to my right, to my left is kelapa sawit plantation. No other view, adoi sangatla boring. Only after when we nearly reached Kelantan I got to see people's houses. Big beautiful bungalow of the Kelantanese. Sepanjang-panjang jalan tu lah. Memang kaya orang-orang Kelantan.
My trip to Kelantan was to attend a briefing on 5S at Pejabat Tanah Dan Jajahan Bachok. Basically 5S is a method for organizing a workplace and keeping it organized. Yes, they are very vey very organized. You'll be surprised to see some of the pics and see how organized this office are and smells nice too (the office la of course). I did experience 5S methodolgy when I was doing software support at TNB, PJ sometime ago. Back then I didn't really bother but did notice how tidy my place at TNB were and a lot of things been labeled neatly and the TNB bosses keep mentioning the 5S word. Seeing the way PTJ Bachok did it, I personally think that we should implement it here in this office because when dealing with files, my unit is a complete mess. It's like finding needle in a haystack but my colleague are damn good at it. Hehehe.
Heading back to Kuantan on Sunday and this time we took the Terengganu beach road. Yea yea suka. I love beach 10 times better. Bought Losong's famous keropok lekor at Losong (obviously). Pok Ya the driver got lost for a while before we found Losong and we ended up at jalan mati opposite Masjid Kristal. Apa lagi ngeceh-ngeceh la kan. Shopping for my family at Pasar Payang. Sangat geram dan gatal tangan nak beli the beautiful batik there. Macam lawa je baju kebaya batik terletak atas badan patung-patung yang ramping tu. Huwahuwawa. Tapi I'm so out of budget. Lagipun somebody sudah memaksa turun KL this coming wekend. So kena sep bajet sket.
Overall for this work trip: I give a thumb up. Ambo suko. Bulehla lain kali ambo ko Kelate lagi. Jalang-jalang cari makang. Ngeh ngeh.
Bulehla lain kali ambo ko Kelate lagi. Jalang-jalang cari makang. Ngeh ngeh.