Harizal Alias

This is the fourth time a Central Banker appears on this column. A friendly guy who can't stop smiling, this KL-born gentleman prefers to spend his leisure time with enjoyable and relaxing activities such as reading, listening to good music, watching DVDs and karaokeing.


What is it like to be a Malaysian?
Minus bad customer service at public offices, bad public toilet conditions and traffic jam …I think I should so lucky being a Malaysian.

What would be your perfect meal?
My mother’s cooking.

What do you love most?
Privacy.

What is your greatest disappointment?
None so far.

How do you define gender equality?
Men and women share the same responsibilities.

Which is more tiring, singing in the kitchen or the bathroom? Why?
Bathroom… I guess.

What is the most embarrassing thing you did in the past?
Can’t remember any, now.

If you could meet some from the past, who'll it be?
Adolf Hitler. Suka misai dia ha ha ha.

Do you have any irrational fear?
No.

Which song you think shouldn't be composed?
All Britney Spears songs!!.,.because they’re all annoying.

What is your most annoying habit?
Kekadang blurr…

You are more akin to Tom Cruise or Madonna?
Madonna.

How are you going to live with RM1 for all year long?
Can. Borrow the rest from your friends…

What will you look like at the age of 100?
Malas nak pikir, rasanya tak lepas umur tu.

Do you believe in love at the first sight?
Yes… I have experienced it.

What is your best achievement?
Falling in love.

Which person has most influenced you?
Nobody. I never had role models in my life. Wish to have one.

What is the best part of Malaysia that you liked most?
Masjid Wilayah area

Any comment on abortion?
HARAM!!!

What will be your epitaph?
Apa tu?


Personal Details
Name: Harizal Alias
DOB: 27 October 1972
Email: harizal@bnm.gov.my

Azhan Mohamed Yasin

This sweet-looking guy from Kuantan was my classmate when I did my IB Diploma at the MARA College Banting. This quiet and shy ex- drummer of The Couple is currently attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at the same time, is seriously planning to "build a mosque".


What is it like to be a Malaysian?
Malaysia Boleh!

What would be your perfect meal?
Pajeri nenas, telur dadar, ikan kering.

What do you love most?
Music and women, if I may say so.

What is your greatest disappointment?
Being celibate.

How do you define gender equality?
There’s no such thing as gender equality.

Which is more tiring, singing in the kitchen or the bathroom? Why?
Dua2 tak letih.

What is the most embarrassing thing you did in the past?
Peed in my pants!

If you could meet some from the past, who'll it be?
Frank Zappa, he’s a genius.

Do you have any irrational fear?
Lots of them.

Which song you think shouldn't be composed?
All the songs from those boboys, spins, spans, spuns whateva.

What is your most annoying habit?
Don’t have any, I think.

You are more akin to Tom Cruise or Madonna?
None of them.

How are you going to live with RM1for all year long?
Can you?

What will you look like at the age of 100?
Berkerepot.

Do you believe in love at the first sight?
Well, yes. It might not occur to everybody but there are people out there who’ve been together because of that.

What is your best achievement?
To be where I am now.

Which person has most influenced you?
My brothers. They influence me thru music.

What is the best part of Malaysia that you liked most?
Bukit bintang?

Any comment on abortion?
Against.

What will be your epitaph?
Man with few words.


Personal Details
Name: Azhan Mohamed Yasin
DOB: 01 November 1977
Email: azhanmy@kln.gov.my

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Why God send you here?
To be ALIVE.

What would be your perfect holiday?
Hmmm…. Holidaying with lots of money in my pocket ….then, I can do everything and everything and buy lots and lots of souvenirs !!

What do you loved most?
Music, freedom of expression .

What is your greatest disappointment?
Not knowing my grandfathers.

How do you define gender equality?
I don’t believe in gender equality.

Which is more tiring, singing in the kitchen or the bathroom?
Kitchen I guess, coz u have to do the chores plus singing.

What is the most embarrassing thing you did in the past?
It would be embarrassing for me to tell it here!

If you could meet some from the past, who'll it be?
Any of my ancestor, so that I can know my roots.

Do you have any irrational fear?
Yes, lots.

Which film you think shouldn't be produced?
Horror films !!!

What is your most annoying habit?
Can’t think of one at the moment ……

Who do you prefer to be your mentor?
Rasullullah s.a.w.

How are you going to spend RM1,000,000 in one hour?
Buy a great house by the sea.

What will you look like at the age of 100?
Gorgeous …. I hope.

Do you believe in love at the first sight?
Nope.

What is your best achievement?
Being myself.

Which person has most influenced you?
Parents.

What is the best part of Malaysia that you liked most?
The oceans/islands/forests.

Any comment on smoking?
Totally against smoking.

Why people said Men from Mars and Women from Venus?
They think too much on this for lack of better things to do.


Personal Details
Name: XXX
DOB: 10 July 1976
Email: ja_ga@hotmail.com

Luqman Najib Halpi

He's really one of the best friends I ever had. He'd always be around me, at good times and bad too. We went to the same college and university, took the same courses, namely International Baccalaureate and ABIS, and lived under the same roof for the three-year period we spent in Manchester. Recently married, Luqman Najib Halpi... an auditor at Ernst & Young and a pal from Bumi Kenyalang, Sarawak.


Why were you born in Malaysia?
because I was destined to be Malaysian

What would be your perfect meal?
if I can finish the food

What do you love most?
things that I like to see and feel and taste

What is your greatest disappointment?
unable to get the things that I like to see and feel and taste

How do you define gender equality?
equal in their own nature

Which one is more tiring: singing in the kitchen or in the bathroom?
kitchen

What is the most embarrassing thing you did in the past?
Pakai helmet terbalik

If you could meet someone from the past, who will it be?
still thinking until I got that chance

Do you have any irrational fear?
maybe

Which song you think shouldn't be composed?
no preference

What is your most annoying habit?
still thinking

You are more akin to Tom Cruise or Madonna?
none of them

How are you going to live with RM1for all year long?
mintak jauh sesangat

What will you look like at the age of 100?
cute

Do you believe in love at the first sight?
yes

What is your best achievement?
managed to get what I dreamt for

Which person has most influenced you?
my mum

What is the best part of Kuala Lumpur that you liked most?
the most calm and relax. What do you think?

Any comment on abortion?
not good.

What will be your epitaph?
emm… I can determine ka???


Personal Details
Name: Luqman Najib Halpi
DOB: 20 March 1977
Email: luqman-najib.halpi@my.ey.com

Normalis Mahmud

She's talkative, which she successfully satisfied one of the minimum requirements to "ngam" with me. A mother of three, she loves to read and talk - another similarity between the two of us. She used to be a big fan of rock music but now, all her time are being occupied with works, works, works and of course, her three little bags (read: kids)...


Why God send you here?
I’m the chosen and lucky one.

What would be your perfect holiday?
Having able to buy whatever I want for children, family, husband and of course myself and see that my husband and children enjoying themselves very much in the swimming pool.

What do you loved most?
My family especially my kids.

What is your greatest disappointment?
I’ve never regretted in whatever I’ve done. Semuanya ketentuan Allah. Who are we to say anything on that.

How do you define gender equality?
Everybody have their own strengths and weaknesses……its up to oneself to judge…….

Which is more tiring, singing in the kitchen or the bathroom?
For me it would be in the bathroom since my hands will be “dancing” on the wall and floor too.

What is the most embarrassing thing you did in the past?
Too embarrassing to tell lah!

If you could meet some from the past, who'll it be?
Nabi Muhammad s.a.w.

Do you have any irrational fear?
'Snake and mouse…….gelilah!

Which film you think shouldn't be produced and what's your favourite?
Sorrylah ……not updated in that area.

What is your most annoying habit?
Secret…….lah.

Who do you prefer to be your mentor?
Nabi Muhammad s.a.w.

How are you going to spend RM1,000,000 in one day?
I will not decide since I might be spending on unnecessary things…

What will you look like at the age of 100?
I don’t think I will last that long.

Do you believe in love at the first sight?
Yes… but I also think that the feeling might change when you see “the thru colour…..”

What is your best achievement?
Whatever I’ve done so far…..for me whatever I have now is my best achievement…..alhamdullilah.

Which person has most influenced you?
My late father.

What is the best part of Malaysia that you liked most?
Tak habis round Malaysia lah!

Any comment on smoking?
Absolutely XXXXXXX.

Why people said Men from Mars and Women from Venus?
Everybody have their own perception.


Personal Details
Name: Normalis Mahmud
DOB: 18 May 1972
Email: Normalis@bnm.gov.my

Nizam Zakaria

I started to know him in the chatroom, back in 1997 or early 1998. At that time, he was in the United States of America reading his first degree. I would describe him as a happy-go-lucky guy, with a good sense of humour, who loves to travel and write.


Why were you born in Malaysia?
I wasn’t born in Malaysia. I am a Singapore born Malay.

What would be your perfect meal?
A scruptious meal with low fat content.

What do you love most?
Literature, movies and the arts.

What is your greatest disappointment?
Not doing enough to ensure mutual happiness with the ones I love.

How do you define gender equality?
Gender equality is when both sexes can live together without gender eguality being an issue to bog them down.

Which is more tiring, singing in the kitchen or the bathroom?
In the kitchen…

What is the most embarrassing thing you did in the past?
I did so many embarrasing stuffs in the past. So many, it’ll be too embarrasing to tell!

If you could meet some from the past, who'll it be?
Nelson Rockefeller

Do you have any irrational fear?
Fear of spiders

Which song you think shouldn't be composed?
Right now, it would be Les Ketchup.

What is your most annoying habit?
Biting my own nails

You are more akin to Tom Cruise or Madonna?
Madonna of course, dahhling!

How are you going to live with RM1for all year long?
By not spending it

What will you look like at the age of 100?
Hopefully, I wont live till the age of 100!

Do you believe in love at the first sight?
Definitely not. You cannot tell if he’s well hung just by looking at his face, can you?

What is your best achievement?
By becoming a writer and inspiring so many people through my writings

Which person has most influenced you?
A Samad Said

What is the best part of Malaysia that you liked most?
Petaling Street

Any comment on abortion?
It is wrong, but a woman should have the last say about her decision.

What will be your epitaph?
“Lagipun. Rama-ramanya telah lama meninggalkannya.”


Personal Details
Name: Nizam Zakaria
DOB: 03 January 1974
Email: gasingnet@maxis.net.my