during one of the gazillion meetings i attended last week, i met with an i.t. officer from a federal ministry who is in-charge of the ministry’s website and all the departments under that ministry.

he looks young and was smartly dressed. i was there because he wants to find someone to do a re-vamp of his office’s website.

anyway he told me that recently he cannot update their website. so i asked him what was the problem? this is how it went :

officer : sejak kami guna streamyx, ndak buli suda sia update sebab dulu kami guna dial-up bah.
me : oh.. connection problem mengkali.
officer : ndak. sia buli masuk website lain.
me : oyaka? so apa error message kao dapat?
officer : bukan. ndada error message.
me : jadi? kenapa kao tidak dapat update?
officer : sbab dulu waktu kami guna dial-up, sia guna FTP untuk transfer file, tapi sejak guna streamyx ni, sia ndak tau suda apa mo pakai.
me : (dumbfounded).

at this point i wanted to tear up all my education certificates and kiss his feet, while begging him to show me how he got the job.

if you aren’t a webmaster, then you won’t know why i feel intelligent being in the same room with this guy.

what happened is like someone who doesn’t know how to light his cigarette cuz the brand is different. it sound as stupid as this

officer : dulu.. sia slalu isap itu dunhill bah - tapi sejak sia beli salem, sia ndak dapat bersigup suda.
me : oo.. kenapa pulak?
officer : sbab dulu sia pakai lighter kalau dunhill tapi untuk salem, sia ndak tau suda apa mo guna.
*background music : kuang kuang kuangggg*

to protect this human species and keep them alive in the world for the other intelligent webmasters to have a good laugh, i will not name the ministry nor the officer.