2012 Recap

"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. "- Bill Vaughan

January - Started working at Bureau Veritas (M)

February - Penang!

March - Passed BOSET and obtained OSP 

April -  Morib with Favorite People and First Offshore trip to Balik Papan

May- Bandung Trip with favorite friends!

June- Melaka!Sending off younger sister to KMM

July - Sending off Ayah to Pakistan and breakfasting @KLIA

August - Rayaaa! Without ayah and the married couple. Oh so incomplete.

September - Double surprise from bestiesss! <3 and Company Annual Dinner

October - Broga Hill Finally

November- Terry Fox Run and Family Trip to Genting 

December -  AFF Suzuki Semi final Malaysia Vs Thailand. Too bad we lost. Family day @ Port Dickson

Thank you 2012 for a great year and let's get excited for a better year ahead.

May next year brings more accomplishment, strengthen our relationship with family, friends and the most important one, Allah. 

Staying up midnight or not, I still wanna see the new year in.

Be a better muslim is all I need. 

Happy New Year people!

Braces

I've been wearing braces for a year now. and I have at least another one year to go. Huarghhh! Dari dulu memang nak pakai braces tapi masuk asrama la pegi UTP la pegi US la delay delay and delay Alhamdulillah after back for good baru got the chance.

If people ask me..Sakit tak pakai braces? i would firmly answer, SAKIT! kahkahkah. Sakit yang mula2 rasa, time pakai molar band. To create spaces between teeth. Tapi just a first few days la, then bila dah stagnant tak sakit sangat or maybe i dah imune.idk.

4 teeth extraction was nothing seriously! haha kalau sape nak pakai braces tapi takut cabut gigi, you are totally wrong. Cabut gigi tak rasa ape2, the dentist will numb your tooth with injection of anesthetize. Cuma rase kebas and tiba2 dah ilang je gigi haha. Lepas cabut gigi, I still can talk endlessly tapi mungkin bahasa kurang difahami sebab ade kapas. And mama sampai suruh diam because the more i talk the more blood coming out but I just didn't feel any pain.

During the bracket installation pon tak rase sakit, cuma penat nganga mulut lama je. But mine was better because the dentist put the upper bracket first, a month later baru install the bottom one. So from the first check up to the bracket installation ada la about 2months. And the rest of the months, until now. Only orang bergigi besi knows how does it feel kekekeke.

Basically, after dah pakai braces you'll have monthly appointment with dentist. Depends on what procedure you're on, sometimes 2 bulan skali. Everytime checkup the dentist will tighten the bracket. and it'll become so tense. Boleh rasa la gigi tu bergerak, macam kadang rase nak marah, bile gigi berlaga sikit je pon emo gila, smpi rase nak cabut mulut letak tepi, and blablabla. So a few days after checkup, bersedia la untuk emotional war. kahkah. Makan pon memang main telan je la. Tapi tapi tapi if people ask, pakai braces boleh kurus ke? haaaaa the answer is BOLEH, but not for me! kahkahkah. Sebab sakit2 gigi pon I still eat anything yg I can eat, a few days je sakit, from then tunggu je la a few weeks until next appointment, makan dengan normalnya.

Tapiiii, after a year which is now, the dentist started to put the unitek elastic on the bracket. Macam getah bungkus makanan tu tapi 1/3 of the diameter, so kecik and ikat dekat gigi. OMG this one memang sakit tak tipuuuuu. The pain was not only for a few days like usual, tapi getah tu kene tukar everyday!! so memang takkan stagnant la sebab getah tak sempat kembang, dh kene tukar :( Bile bangun tidur je macam huarghh sakitnya.

- Dulu boleh makan apple sebijik sesuka hati, skrg either cut it small or mintak mama gigitkan kahkah. Outside my house, memang tak makan apple la :P
- Sayur pon dh kurang makan unless at home,sebab sayur2 senang stuck everywhere sooooo you know how bad  you look like when you have greeny2 thing stuck at your bracket? you just don't wanna get into trouble. Makan dekat rumah selamat!
- Bracket saya pernah tercabut and terus missing in action sebab makan kopok lekor kahkahkah. Most probably dah selamat masuk perut, and you have no idea how embarrassing I was when I told my dentist about it.
- Getah pernah putus dalam mulut sebab makan sotong. Yup putus dalam mulut yang mengejutkan sebab kena pipi dan sakit. tapi lebih over terkejut dan ketawa dari terasa sakitnya.
- Everyone knows how much I love sleeping, like I can sleep everywhere anytime, even for only 2 minutes, but this braces thing haihhhhh. sakit sampai tak boleh tido. Fadhe tak boleh tidur? so weird so weird. but yeaaa it's killing me nowww. Rase macam gigi tengah gerak, and telan air liur pon sakit and rase sengal2 kalau lidah terkena gigi pon macam aduiiiii. and that's the only reason of this midnight post.

Oh please dont keep me staying all night T_T

Tapi bila orang tanya Worth it keee with all these pain? For me, it's worth the pain kekeke. Sebab gigi saya memang categorized as OKU in dentistry.

Before, After and tempat mengadu kesakitan a.k.a teman berbesi. kahkahkah

Wordy Thursday

He always has something to say. hahahahaha. Ongedekgedek betul

First salary

"There is no way I can justify my salary level, but I am learning to live with it "

- Drew Carey

I came across this one article about how people spend their first salary? Banyak gila rupenye cara orang abeskan gaji first. Some people buy the most expensive thing they have been wishing for, some people spend most of it on food, pegi kedai mewah2 makan semua jenis makanan yang teringin, some people book flight ticket for a vacation, as a reward for themselves for getting the job, and not to be missed, some people just do not know where their money goes, but it was just GONE!

As for me, my rule of thumb is simple, Do not save any of it! kahkahkah or in other words, just spend all of your first salary and at the end of the month, the money you have should be the same amount with what you had before started working. Why? Because, in a few years from now, saving your first salary wouldnt make you any richer  though :P Yang penting ialah the consistency afterwards, itu yang counted hehe. But my rule of thumb might not applicable to some people yang first salary diorg byk sgt and is like my saving for the whole year kekekekee, so macam struggle jugak la nak spend all kan :P

When I got my first pay, Firstly, I would keep aside some amount for commitment (food, transport etc) + very little amount for emergency. And the balance is forrrrr happinessss! hehehe. yup,in this context money can really buy happiness ;)

My happiness is of course people I love! Family and favorite people, who were there for me through thick and thin. And one way to celebrate is makann! Treat people I love with foods! Well, food always bring us together kan. Then, I give some amount to my parents and siblings. Another rule I made is, biar sikit takpe asalkan semua dapat merasa. hehehe. Pastu spend some for the kiddos and adiks! Buy something and plan an entertainment day for them, bawak tengok movie, main bowling, spend time at arcade games etc. Joy of my salary!

I just dont feel good spending my first pay on me alone, i don't know why. Maybe for me, I still have countless paycheck to reward myself with whatever I want. InsyaAllah. So what's more important is to make people around me happy! and that way, I would be happy too! hehehe. And bulan bulan seterusnya baru la I allocate some for saving, donation, vacation, and blablabla. But that doesnt mean we only treat people on our first salary, kalau bile2 ade rezeki lebih, lagi often lagi bagus ;)

I believe there is no specific way on how you should spend your first salary. It totally depends on you. There is no right or wrong way, just spend wisely and be happy! After all, only you know what you want the most ;)

Shawl day

After I don't know how many months, I am back to wear shawl to the office. Sebenarnye dah lama tak pakai sebab malas, It just took so much of my time in the morning nak lilit2 pastu serabut2, baik spend mase tu utk tido kan? hah dasarrr kuat tdo. So pagi tadi ramai la orang mentertawa dan menegur dan seangkatan dengannya. Well, obviously pakai shawl ni muke bulat gila macam .....?? But one of my colleagues really made my day. He's a chinese guy who's like so funnyyyy yet innocent. So here goes my shawl day

Ong: wahh Fadhila, u nampak lain.
Me: I knoww, mmg i pakai tudung lain pon
Ong: Kenapa? U cut your hair? Cantik tak new haircut?
Me: *^%!($@asdfghjkl* Excuse me, How was that related?

And everyone else was burst into laughter.

I don't know but his idea of relating my tudung with cutting my hair? Oh maybe sebab pakai tudung bawal selalu mcm kembung2 and shawl nampak macam botak ke? But I found it funny! hahaha. And before went back, he again teased me,

"Eh Fadhila, are you getting married? That's why you potong rambut right?"
"Whatever Ong! it was not even related! Ong gedek gedek"

Yes, I sometimes call him Ong gedek gedek. HAHAHA. If you know what sound is that? hihihihi.

Another 2 weeks and I should call it a year. #OhMyJob!

Not a Monday Blues

I have this never ending love-hate relationship with my job. As much as I hate it, I still decided to stay. Anyway, something had happened last week that led me to do something bad. Rebel la kononnnn :P and I decided to take one day MC padahal tak sakit. It wasn't that bad but still...*sigh* (don't try this at home). Duduk rumah on weekdays, dengan sehat nya, bangun lambat, tak payah pikir kerja yang serabut, it was such a great escape. Tanpe rase bersalah.

And the next day was a normal working day, woke up early, waited for the train, grab roti for breakfast, until.... I sat on my chair, did the everyday routine, nak bukak online news but then.. something was missing, I just realized that the laptop was not there! macam I felt so satisfied dapat tunjuk rebel tak datang kerja semalam konon2. skalii hahhhh nak rebel sangat, balasan cash dapatttt. You know what's worse than Monday blues? I left my laptop at home! pfffttttt.

For those who still remember, I did this once while still working with my previous company. So it was like..a year ago? And I did it again last week. Rushed home to take my laptop, otw back sent sms to Along, Mama and roomate just to laugh at myself and to tell them how stupid I was. Rase nak ketuk kepala banyak2 kali. Pergi kerja tak bawak laptop, abes tu baik tak payah pergi kerjaaa. eeeeeeee. Thank you thank you, memang dah lama tak buat morning exercise pon kan.

On a side note, one-year-ago-me is not much different with the-current-me, despite the additional 1 to the age, and maybe a bit more mature, I still did the silly but not so funny thing like that. A year from now, if it happens again, memang sah laaa i am forever younggg (sedapkan hati). Oh work is great!

p/s: Second round BBW?-completed!

Big Bad Wolf 2012

Since tengok iklan Big Bad Wolf on facebook few months ago, memang dah set mind, I must GO! and I did! tapi we ONLY spent about 2hours. hahaha yes, 2 hours were never enough. Tapi best la highly recommended. And and and it was not overrated ok! memang the price was very very cheapp and super savingg and the greatest deal you can get in town.

Date: 7-23 December 2012

Time: 9am-9pm

Venue: Mines Convention Centre (MIECC), Sri Kembangan

Most of the English novel was only 8$ compared to the normal price average about 40$ kan? I can get 5 books at BBW for 40$ compared to only 1 book at Kino! hehehe so lepas ni a few months tak payah pegi Kino :P :P finger crossed!

For the first time in my life, I saw people bringing boxes everywhere. Siap ade yang bawak luggage from home ok. and bawak dolly cart pon adaa. And tak kurang jugak wife2 yang membebel suruh husband cepat sbb lama sangat bershopping. haha selama ni perempuan je shopping tak beringat kan. and also ayah2 yang suruh anak cepat2 finalize buku from 3 boxes, filtered out jadi one box only! haha If more, tak boleh balik. macam2 ada.

We managed to catch some fish! I was so greedy feel like buying all the kid's book. murah gilaaa. I brought a few Dora's for the kiddos! hehehe. Satu 3hengget jeeeee. How to say NO?

All these for 67$!

Watch this and get the vibe!

Little sneakpeek at Big Bad Wolf 2012 and BBW Photos

p/s: BBW seround lagi? ngeh ngeh ngeh. I am all out! :D

Matters Of the Heart

(source: google)

"The doctors warned that I could have no visitors, and Hasmah decided she would enforce the doctors' order herself. Many people came and insisted they had to see me but Hasmah was very firm, allowing only a few to peep at me as I lay sedated in bed. Dr Robaayah offered to give her a sedative that first night, but she determined to stay awake to make sure no one came and bothered me"

"I also went on the treadmill and cycled, sometimes up to 10 kilometres a day, which Hasmah thought was overdoing it. In fact, I was to find out later that she even asked for my horse to be trained not to gallop too fast"

"Hasmah later said that she thought she would lose me that day. To make room for me and Dr Nasir in the car, she sat in the front seat and could only reach back to place her hand on my knee in an effort to comfort me"

"At one point, when my frustration got the better of me, I wanted to pull out all the tubes from my body. Hasmah scolded me, saying that so many people had worked very hard to help me"

"To raise my spirit, several visitors were allowed to see me. Hasmah also tried to encourage me. She brought in one of her favorite pictures of me, pointed to it and gently said that she brought this man to the hospital and fully intended to take him home"

Matters Of the Heart

A Doctor In The House

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

p/s: As I read through this book, I would try to share a few words from him that make me deeply inspired. One of the main character is his wife, Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah. 

December

And I finally took the one less traveled by

Alhamdulillah for the opportunity. 

One month before new year. 

And two months beforee my Krabi trip! Yehoooooo!

Feel good to end the year. hehehehehehe

p/s: "The only way out" is just an option. I always forget that I also have the option to stay, and close all way out. 

Road not taken.

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

This might be the toughest one. 

May Allah shows me the right path. Aminn. 

Grill

"Sesuatu yang terjadi tentu ada hikmah daripadaNya"

In life, I've always asked myself, why this thing happens to me? Why it has to happen now? and the list of the whys goes on...especially on the bad things. It was a human nature to ask/blame/regret first before reflect yourself and look at it from the positive side.. No matter how optimistic you are, if something bad happened, the first thing in mind would be the why, then you will slowly realize that there must be a reason why it happens. But sometimes things just don't making any sense for...ever.

When I'm feeling down, I always replay this story again and again. It happened about 10 years ago. But the lesson learned is a lifetime guarantee. It is still fresh in mind.

During  that time, we lived in a corner lot terrace house. Just the normal terrace house, with a garage which fit only for one car. One day, my dad wanted to reverse our car out from the garage, but he mistakenly put the gear on D, pressed the gas pedal and banggg! it hit the sliding door grill. Car was okay but the grill was badly damaged. Luckily, the gap between the sliding door and the grill was quite big so it didn't broke the glass. It happened jussttt a few days before Eid. We didn't blame ayah. But you know as a human, deep inside we just can't run from the whys.

(source: Google)

The metal grill was bend, but the lock was still functioning. It was just that, it needed some technical skills to open the grill, which only we knew! haha. we had to lift it up a bit, turn the key, push the grill hard  then slide. Only mama had the capability! :P I knew the secret but at my age, it was a very complicated task, so let's save that disable grill for mama. Because it was nearly raya, so we planned to repair it after came back from kampung.

On the 2nd day of raya, while we're at kampung, ayah got a phone call from one of our neighbours. They suspected that our house was robbed a night before. Because they saw our pagar dawai hijau was cut. You know corner lot house, selalu keliling ade dawai hijau tuu. We rushed home. While in the car, we prayed hard, hoping that nothing happened to our house. Dah la raya guna duit banyak, grill pulak cacat, kereta calar2, and now a robbery? When we arrived, we checked the house in and out, in and out, but found nothing was missing. and there's no hint that the robbery was succeeded. Then we found a few marks on the front grill, police suspected that the robbers were trying to open the grill with their metal tools but failed. Maybe normally their skills worked, but this time, sorry, only we know how! hehehe

(source: Google)

After sometime, one of the policeman saw another dawai hijau at the back was cut, between our house and the neighbour house. Apparently, the robbers changed their mind because they couldn't get through our magic grill, or maybe because our grill costed them more time and effort, so they moved to our neighbour house. They lost a lot of valuable things including the gold necklace, money, electronic appliances etc. Poor them :(

It was not that I am happy with it, but we would never know if the robbers managed to get into our house as well, they could kill two birds with one stone. That incident hit me hard to accept that Allah jadikan sesuatu mesti ada hikmahnya. If only Ayah didn't hit the grill, we might had lost more than the cost of repairing the grill itself. At some point in life, things will be making more sense.

And after all, Allah is always the best planner.

Terry Fox Run 2012

"No effort is too small to be recognized. One small step is a beginning of all hopes" 

- Poh Lin Lim (Terry Fox Run Malaysia, 2012)

We made it to the Run!!! Yeayyy! I've always wanted to join this type of events. Finally got the chance. We signed up to be a volunteer for Standard Chartered Marathon a few months back, but guess what? Turned out the number of applicants are 10 times more that what they needed. With no experience and all, of course we got rejected.

But this time, we were part of the runnerssss! hehehe. For people like me, It was good to start with charity run like this. No pressure, no competition, you're free to walk or jog or run at your own pace at your own speed. And at least selambat2 mana pon takde la jadi the last person to the finishing line kan kekeke.

I know nothing about Terry Fox until my best friend invited me to join this event. I was so glad. Many thanks to her ;) Then I started google about him, and the more I read the more excited I became to be part of the Terry Fox Runners. I am more interested in sharing about the running day itself than the history of Terry Fox. Please google to know more about this Marathon of Hope.

It was a great experience for me. The runners inspired me a lot. Some of them were cancer survivors and cancer fighters, some of them running for their father, mother, relatives and some of them just got inspired by Terry Fox. I am so touched to see a lot of families participated, they tagged along their kids and ran together,  they carried their child piggyback all the way, some of them even brought infant and walked with stroller with them.

 If other people can do it happily, why not me? I don't even have a child. and as far as I know, I have no physical limitation or any health problem. Bawak badan sendiri dengan lemak2 degil jeeee hihihi. Sambil berjalan sambil berlari sambil bersyukur banyak kali, Alhamdulillah for a good health, Alhamdulillah for the opportunity and the leisure time I had, to contribute the least I can. I was so happy to be part of Terry Fox Run. It felt so good to be surrounded with the fighters and the inspired people like them. A good start and I would definitely join again next year.

Ya Allah, Kau kurniakanlah aku kesihatan yang baik dan kelapangan masa for more charity events like this. Amin.

9gag

I dont usually share this type of post. But this timee, irresistible. I found it soo funny. it made my day and I hope it'll make your day as well! Enjoy. hehe.

CHINESE MAN SUES WIFE FOR BEING UGLY, AND WINS This is not new news, but it bears repeating. Northern Chinese resident Jian Feng divorced and sued his wife for $120,000 and won! The story goes that Mr. Feng was deeply in love with his beautiful wife until they had a baby girl. Feng was horrified at how ugly the baby was and demanded to know who his wife had cheated on him with because the baby resembled neither of the parents. It was only then that his wife confessed that she had received intense plastic surgery to look radically different. Feng divorced and sued his wife under the terms that she had gotten him to marry her under false pretenses! Not only did the woman pay $100,000 for the surgery to make her pretty, she had to pay $120,000 to a guy who apparently only loved her for the looks she paid for.

Wife dia lawaaa gila kan? hahaha but their children's eyes? Plastic Surgery- you can't hide it forever

p/s: Now i wonder, if braces is one type of surgery... Oh well I hope my future husband (whoever it is) knows that I'm wearing a braces! And don't put the blame on me if our children's teeth...... ...kahkahkah

Rain

KL is raining almost everyday. I'm really bad at Geography, but as far as I know the Northeast monsoon brings heavy rainfall only to the east side. And KL is err more to Eastern side I supposed? Tapi bukankah hujan itu rahmat Allah? Alhamdulillah.

Believe it or not, I finally hit the track back, after God knows for how long, since graduated kott? Fuh. Running shoes pon dah expired. I tried to be consistent, but who are we to change the weather? On the third week, I planned to go to the park on Saturday, woke up early in the morning, just like the normal working days, basuh muka gosok gigi, (I don't usually take bath before jogging hihi), getting ready... and..It was suddenly raining.heavily. it seemed that the rain was not gonna stop for a while. lebat sangat.I was so frustrated. As if the rain is the reason I couldn't be consistent, the rain spoiled my perfect plan, the rain ruined my mood and blablabla. Bad mood. Waiting for the rain to stop, getting all stress out when the rain was getting heavier, countdown,countdown and countdown.. in the end what I got was just a wasted Saturday morning. *sigh*

On the next morning, it was also raining. But this time, i was not gonna wait like an idiot anymore. I don't have the power to stop the rain, but I have 100% control of myself. I can change the way I think, I have full control over my emotion, I have the chance to upgrade my plan to a better one. On a simpler note, there are a thousand things I could do other than stopping the rain.

So I sat at the balcony, I can still see KLCC from far, but not as clear as usual.. I read a book while having a cup of warm tea. Felt so good. and relax. about half an hour passed, hujan tak stop lagi, tibe2, rase nak mandi hujan. Yes, sangat tibe-tibe yang mengejutkan. Every drop of the rain that fall urged me to come closer. So tempting. Not like usual, without any thinking, not even changing my cloth, I just walked out to the end side of balcony, extending my neck as giraffe as I can, looking at the rain that fall, trying to catch as much drops as I could and..... I got really wet in no time. Ahhh...It was sooo refreshing. felt like ages since I last dancing in the rain. Time kecik2 dulu suka la, sekarang ujan sikit menggelupur carik payung, puteri air sangat haih. End up, my younger sister and two cousins joined me as well. We were singing, shouting, like nobody's business. I hope we didn't bother the neighbour since the rainfall melody sounded more comforting than anything else.

The next few days, in the evening, my car broke down when it was nearly maghrib. Me and mama had no option. we had to walk home about 20mins. maghrib and hujan, so obviously taxi was impossible.  Instead of being stressed, we were happy to walk. Luckily, we had an umbrella in the car. But after a few mins of walking, Mama said "tak payah la payung angah, tutup je. alang2 dah basah jom kite mandi ujan. mama pon dah lama tak main hujan." I closed the payung. and we walked home with joy. you know that feeling? You have no idea how much I enjoyed that moment ;) hehe.

Now, rain can never bring me down again. God gives me rain, I could throw the umbrella and dance happily. you should try this :P

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain" literally...

This is not rain.  but I just miss those moments :( 

 Sometimes we tend to focus more on the uncontrollable, without realizing we take for granted things we have full power on.

Broga!

I finally made it to Broga Hill! selepas di kutuk2 oleh rakan2, "apa ni orang KL xpernah naik Broga?" "takde life la weekend2 buat apa Broga pon xnaik2?" dan kutukan seangkatan dengannya. hehe. Thanks so colleagues yang sudi ajakkk! :D :D

Sape tak tau Broga kat mana lgi loser ok? :P Broga is at Semenyih area, about 45mins from KL. Datang pgi2 mmg ramai gilaa orang ok. ramai gilaaaaaa yang sampai nak naik puncak pon kne queue. ngeh3

Tak sempat sunset, sunrise apetah lgi, suntaned je dapat kahkahkah. A great weekend yey!

Pergi 11 orang, Pit Stop 1 tinggal 9 orang, Pit Stop 2 tinggal 7 orang, sampai Puncak Broga 5orang je! haha. ehem2 I'm one of them ok? 

Engineer vs Teacher?

"No matter how high a bird can fly, it still has to look for food on the ground"

My cousin is a teacher, in fact I have a few aunties who are also teachers, primary school secondary school, semua ade. One day, all of a sudden  my cousin asked me this cepumas question when I was eating,

"Angah susah ke kerja jadi engineer?" 

To be honest, I don't know how to answer this, unless if she asked about my work specifically, then it should be easier to answer, but to generalize the engineer's job? I don't know. I was about to answer "STRESS", yes loud and bold, but then I realized semua kerja pon stress kan? So I quickly change my mind,

"Uhmm, depends la kot. ade yg senang ade yg sush, depends on field and company. Nape akak tanya tibe2?"

Then she told me about this one young engineer, who posts about Engineer vs Teachers in her blog, successfully increased her blog traffic, got a lot of comments and got so many hits in one day. tibe2 terus jadi famous blog die. Why? Sebab die telah mengkritik cikgu sewenang-wenangnya.I'm not gonna put her link here but if you search Cikgu Vs Engineer InsyaAllah akan jumpe even she already deleted all her entries. Because Google did a good job by caching her old entries, so a few bloggers managed to post her hot entry on their blog. 

Freedom of speech. So she has the right to write anything.. blog dia suka hati die la kan? But as an engineer, I feel so embarrassing reading her entry. I don't know what is the right term to use, mungkin 'lupa daratan' atau 'kacang lupakan kulit' atau 'si tanggang'? you told me. 

But one thing we need to remember... Tiap kali berdoa..

" Ya Allah, ampunkan dosa2ku, dosa kedua ibu bapaku, dosa GURU-GURUku, ahli keluargaku.............." 

Tak penah dengar lagi orang berdoa

"Ya Allah, ampunkan dosaku, dosa kedua ibu bapaku, dosa ENGINEER-ENGINEER......".. or maybe not yet. 

That shows how much our teachers mean to us...Mulianya kerja seorang guru, to be honest, I feel jealous, because I didn't get as much prayers as Teachers do. maybe we should include engineer in our doa then? T_T

Typing

I think i'm a bit weird in some way. I have troubles with the most simple thing. Matters that no one thinks they would have problem with happened to be "my biggest problem" ever. I feel like sharing one of those, just to find out who would be on the same wavelength.

I started typing on laptop/computer's keyboard since I was a kid. Be it playing games or randomly type anything. Just to give some ideas that typing is not a new thing for me. If I'm not mistaken it was my freshman year when I started to live with people who have laptop with them all the time, one of those day, I suddenly realized that I don't type like anybody else. Oh well, too sad to be truth, I use only one finger to type, so with 2 hands, I only use two fingers! sounds so cacat. but it's indeed true. But trust me, it's not that I never try to type like normal people, I still remember I spent my spring break during freshman/sophomore year practicing using all fingers to type. Or I could say using the right technique, but I ended up fail. and wasting my one week break just like that. Feeling sad... and never try it again.

Guess whattt? I found this photo on facebook a  few months ago. It really madee my dayyy! :D

OH OH I AM NOT ALONE! :D

People would never know I have this so-called big problem because I type as fast as normal people, or evennnn fasterr than them. Unless they're right beside me, then they will know because the kelentang kelentung sound that I produced from typing. kahkah. Tak percaya? Tanya kawan kawan saya hihi. sampai diorang tanya, "wehhh ko menaip keee mengetuk laptop??" *Of course they're exaggerating.durhh. like i really make that sound?*

p/s: This is not the only "weird" problems I have, later I will share my big troubles with spelling. NO NO, it's not the common spelling mistake like other people do, mine is nothing like them.

Surprise!

"A faithful friend is the medicine of life - Apocrypha"

Last weekend was not more than just a dream for me. Sweet, short and unbelievable. But too bad, It was over when I started to realize it was all real. Got a phone call from roomate on Friday morning saying she was on the bus and will arrive at Pudu in 20 minutes. Sambil mamai2 baru bangun tdo, I asked her more than 10 times, "ko tipu keee", "kalau tipu taknak kawan sampai bilaaa22", because I was so shocked, I was not expecting her to come all the way from Penang just to be here. Clueless. Menggelabah. Mandi cepat2 and fetch her at Pudu.

The next day, I expected another friend to come, she said she will come no matter what. So, I drove to LRT station to pick her up. But guess what? they got me twice!! Surprise after surprise, she was not alone. She brought another favorite friend with her, who came all the way from Kelantan. fuh fuh.  smile from ear to ear. nonstop talking and laughing. dari pagi sampai ke malam. double the food, double the happiness. I was so happpppyyy! :D :D

I just don't know how to put this into words. But they make me happy more than anyone else could. It's true, "happiness comes when you least expect it" :)

Thanks for lying me the wholeee weeekk. Thanks for the never ending dramaa. And Thanks for the well-planned surprise! hehehe. My life would not be as great without you guys :')

And that was the best surprise I have ever had...

and a good recharge session indeed :) 

Birthday!

Alhamdulillah for another year.

Alhamdulillah for a thoughtful family

Alhamdulillah for the most sporting colleagues 

Alhamdulillah for the forever awesome favorite people

Alhamdulillah for all the wishes. the celebrations. the gifts. and the du'a 

Twenty-X, healthy, fat, full-time employed, love sleeping, ugly betty and happy! 

I won't ask for more :)

Iftar

"Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang bersedekah baik laki-laki mahupun perempuan dan meminjamkan kepada Allah pinjaman yang baik, nescaya akan dilipat-gandakan (ganjarannya) kepada mereka; dan bagi mereka pahala yang banyak." 

(Qs Al Hadid:18)

Selama ni tengok dalam TV  je majlis berbuka puase dengan anak2 yatim, orang2 tua  dalam bulan Ramadhan. Tak pernah terfikir pon berkesempatan nak sama-sama meraikan mereka. Atau mungkin tak pernah cari kesempatan tu? Tapi this year kesempatan tu datang sendiri.. Alhamdulillah.. Terima kasih kepada organizer berusaha anjurkan Majlis cmni. 

 So yesterday, we (ex-Vandy) had Majlis Berbuka Puasa bersama Anak2 Yatim dri Baitul Ehsan, Taman Maluri. Bermesra dengan anak2 yatim sambil menderma dan yang paling penting merasai kehidupan mereka yang mungkin sesetengah dri kita tak pernah terfikir, jauh lagi merasa termasuk saya. Kalau selama ni berbuka puase dengan kawan2 nak pikir makan sedap, nak pikir borak2 update2 cerita je, jadi sesekali ade majlis mcm ni memang peluang yang sangat saya hargai. Mungkin kita dah banyak kali jadi tangan yang menerima, dengan rezeki yg Allah bagi, dah tiba masanya kite pulak jadi tangan yang memberi.

Adik2 ni umur saya rase between 7-17 years old. Tapi yang ramai around 8/9 years old. Lepas buka puase minum air and kuih2, diorg terus kemas2 siap nak solat Maghrib, tanpa disuruh tanpa di arah. Pantas semua penuhkan saf depan skali. Kita yang dh besar2 ni pulak baru nak amek wuduk, baru nak bersiap2. Ade 2 3 kali saya terdengar kawan2 ckp, eh lajunya diorg dah siap2. Segan pulak kite kakak2 kan adik2 pulak jadi contoh. But no one said the older is always right. hehehe.

After terawih, we had one sharing session with the owner/founder's wife, let just call her Ummi. Sape2 yang dengar Ummi bercerita mesti tersentuh hati. MasyaAllah mulianya hati Ummi. Di sebalik dunia yang makin kejam ni, masih ada orang sebaik ini. May Allah bless and protect her and her family. So saya try untuk share kepada sape2 yang x berkesempatan nak join, as someone who was there yesterday.

Mula2 Ummi bercerita macam mane die ambil adik2 ni. Sebak je dengar. Selalunya Ummi kata, die akan pergi ambil sendiri adik2 tu kalau ade orang mengadu pasal masalah2 diorg. Ade yang kene halau dgn mak ayah, ade yang ayah meninggal mak pekak and bisu, ada yang ayah bru meninggal jadi tinggal dengan ibu tunggal 6 beradik... macam2 kisah ade.Ade yang Ummi jaga since 5months old, Ummi susukan, jaga dri kecik sampai dh besar.

Yang paling saya ingt, ade seorang adik ni rupenye warga Myanmar. Adik A ni sangat mesra time makan duduk dengan kitorang sekali. Tak sangka die penah ade kisah buruk dalam hidupnya. Ummi ambil die from Myanmar lepas ade orang report, die dibesarkan oleh Nenek umur dalam 85 tahun, ayah mak dah meninggal, duduk pulak di perkampungan ajaran sesat. Ummi kata, Alif Ba Ta semua tak kenal. 4 hari 4 malam perjalanan Ummi ambil die dri sana.

They need at least 10k per month, untuk belanja semua adik2 ni tak termasuk makan lgi..without any dana yang tetap. Seorang sahabat tanya, macam mana Ummi dapatkan duit banyak2 tu? Ummi kata, " Ummi pon xtau, tapi Alhamdulillah setiap bulan Allah cukupkan"

Sahabat lain pulak tanya, Apekah bentuk sumbangan yang Ummi paling perlukan untuk rumah Baitul Ehsan? Jawab Ummi "Tak kira apa2 bentuk sumbangan Ummi terima seadanya". (dalam hati saya, alaaa mulianya manusia T_T malu dengan diri sendiri, saya yang xberapa susah ni pon kalau orang tanya confirm demand bermacam2)

Yang paling tersentuh hati, even Ummi sendiri pon kene berusaha setiap bulan nak sara semua adik2 ni, tapi bila ade rezeki lebih, die akan cari rumah2 orang susah sekitar Maluri, hantarkan bantuan seperti makanan. Muliaaa takkkkkkkk? Dah la memang mulia, tambah2 lagi mulianyaaa T_T. Saya dekat rumah ni sampai xtau nak makan ape bukan sebab takde makanan, sebab banyak sangat pilihan. Lagi2 kalau pegi Bazaar.

Semoga Allah bagi kesedaran kepada kita semua supaya sentiasa bersyukur dan mengingati kesusahan orang lain. And I hope I'll get more chances to join such a blessed event like this.

P/s: Kepada sesiapa yang berminat mungkin untuk menyumbang atau pon bertanya soalan directly to Baitul Ehsan, sila email to baitulehsan.maluri@gmail.com.

Ikhlaskan hati...

Do we care or are we just bystanders who hope the problem would go away?

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Bandung Review 3 -Shopping

Jangan terkejut. Anda tak salah page. hehe Tbe2 datang mood bosan dengan layout blog. Dengan hasil pertolongan roomate, and yey! dapat background baru :D

I just realized that I owe one super late post about Shopping in Bandung. and it was about 3 months back. FUH! Memang sah hilang ingatan :P Itu pon teringat sebab last few days my colleagues ajak pegi Bandung. again? HAHA. But I haven't decided yet.

Pasar Baru.

For Malay women, Pasar Baru is Jalan TAR version Indon..A MUST-GO! Whoever go to Bandung, but miss Pasar Baru, please? book another flight ticket now. or else you can't mark Bandung as your visited place just yet :P Baju kurung dengan telekung memang murah tak tipu. Kadang2 less than half dri harge dekat Malaysia.RM3 for bawal 1 tone? great deal!

Tip #1 : Please spend at least one day for Pasar Baru. I repeat. AT LEAST. Makan kenyang2 before start shopping because you'll never get the chance to grab your lunch at any time. Busy pilih kain
Tip #2 : Pasar Baru must be the 1st shopping place you go, because most likely you'll spend more than half of your cash there. Outlet lain accept credit card.
Tip #3 : Please, nego before you buy anything! and speak with Indonesian accent is not just to show respect, but for much lower price. (For us, only Yas do the talking, we just do the billing part. HAHA)

Jalan Riau

There are a lot of outlet along the street. Just prepare enough money and you're good to go :P Most of them are brand outlet yang memang byk brand best2 seperti Zara, Banana Republic etc but with a cheaper price! Jalan Riau is more to blouses, elegant and formal wear. Sesuai la utk kami yang nak carik baju ke kerja konon2nya. hehe. Ade a few outlet yang highly recommended tapi the only one yang saya igt is the Secret. maybe because of the name, Secret? haha.

Jalan Dago

Almost the same like Jalan Riau, outlet along the street. Tapi Jalan Dago banyak baju2 tshirt and pants. blouses2 kureng la. If you plan to buy Aeropostale tshirt and Ralph Lauren poloshirt with low price, memang sesuai pergi Jalan Dago. But, me and my Bandung tripmates didnt enjoy Jln Dago as much as we loveee Jalan Riau. hehe

Rumah Mode

We went to Rumah Mode on the way back from Tangkuban Perahu. Rumah Mode is one big outlet yang ramai gila orang i dont know why. Actually it was not very big, but bigger than any other outlet at Jalan Riau and Jalan Dago. According to Yas, orang Malaysia memang suke gila shopping kat Rumah Mode, and she is indeed true. Memang ramai and bukan Malaysian je, semua tourists la suka. Tapi semua baju tak kene taste saya. But guess what, I found one Tommy poloshirt exactly same like mine, which I bought at US. Tapi saya untung a few bucks la sebab beli time sale kat US. meaning if no sale, Rumah Mode is cheaper.

Kartika Sari

Hahhh Ini bukan outlet ye. Tapi still under shopping becauseee most people shop like nobody business. Semua stok beli berkotak2 haha. So for those who never heard of it, Kartika Sari is a brownies shop. Ade a few branches at Bandung, famous with varieties of Brownies, just say it. Tapi favorite saya brownies bakar yang biase. kalau makan dengan ice-cream lgi sedap hihi. and ade another brownies shop yang famous called Amanda. Cheaper than Kartika Sari, but less choices, and Marble choc brownies is higly recommended.

Lega rase dah bayar hutang. hehe. Have fun sape2 nak pegi Bandung, and remember, bring a lot of cash! You never know how much you could spend, until the last day of your trip, what is left was - pocket no coins! hehe.

Ramadhan Kareem!

I hope it's still not too late to wish Happy Fasting & Ramadhan Kareem to all. This Ramadhan is slightly different from last year, and definitely not the same with the previous years. From full time student to full time penganggur to full time employed and dedicated worker!

Ayah will be leaving us for Pakistan for one year. and the most saddest part is he will depart tomorrow, on the 9th day of Ramadhan. That means this is my mom's first raya without Ayah since married, which was like 27 years ago?I was missing for 4 years and finally it was full-house last year but not for long. Since Ayah will be celebrating raya at Pakistan and considering my older sister is now married and has other commitment, it gonna be only 4 of us. How empty raya would be this year? 

I know life would be sooo different starting tomorrow and I just don't wanna think about it for now. I don't know how mama would handle this. But do we even have option? NO. 

Being away from us and leave the place we called home. To the place where bombing is everywhere (God forbid) and "safe" might be a hardest thing to get. For me, It's not safe at all! But does he even have option? NO. That is what Ayah called as Responsibility.

Let go the love of her life for a year, to a strange country. Be an independent housewife and take over the responsibility of taking care of the family. I just admire how strong my mom is in handling this.  But does she even have option? NO. That is what Mama called as Sacrifice.

And me? A hopeless daughter who is not helping at all especially when it comes to emotion. I complaint a lot and got really stressed when I was asked to go to Kertih for a day trip on the 4th day of Ramadhan. It's not a strange place, no bombing, not using different language, and not even for a year! Tapi  merungut nyaaa.. MasyaAllah macam kene pegi Africa setahun berperang, and tinggalkan anak 5 orang yang kene bagi makan  kat rumah. Haihh. and now who am I to complain? When my so called big problem is not even 10% of my parent's? I need to grow up. Like for real.

I hope I could make mama strong because all she needs is support. And May Allah bless and protect Ayah and his journey! Aminn..

Best moment

"Time is like a balloon, you better enjoy it while it lasts"

I had always wondered how does it feel to walk out from the arrival hall when no one is waiting for you. Because all this while, there will always be the familiar faces waiting for me at the arrival gate. Airport dan saya memang tak sah kalau takde drama involved :P Especially time blaja kat US dulu. Everytime my family sent me off , klau tudung tak basah menangis memang tak sah ngeh3. Tapi bila diorg pickup pon sedih jugak. EH?

I am not saying I travel a lot. Others might hardly be home.But at least there are times that my parent need to send me at KL Sentral as early as 4am in the morning. And at least I know it takes 28minutes ride from Kl Sentral to KLIA by ERL with RM35 single ride ticket. yes, without googling :p

Since I travel 'almost' alone everytime, the excitement of flying is slowly fading away. Of course la kan dlu travel nak bersuka ria, sekrg nak bersengsara. kahkahkah. But anywayy, kalau dlu parents tak hantar or amek kat  KLIA maybe setahun merajuk kot :P sekarang I just dont care anymore. in fact I dont ask them to. mengada sangat travel 2 3 hari nak suruh orang anta orang amek.

But as time passed by, that airport moment is just not there anymore. and back to my question, now I know how does it feel to walk out from the airport without seeing the familiar faces. The sigh of relief that I had previously when I saw my family waiting for me has now changed. Now everytime landed, the only thing I has up in mind is to quickly get to the lower level and catch the earliest ERL! Get ticket, choose the best seat, train moves. pheww. That is exactly the moment I breathe a sigh of relief. Because I know I am one step closer to home, and thousands steps away from work and boss? KAHKAHKAH.

That is why it is important to appreciate every single moment in life. Kadang-kadang benda kecik yang kita tak sedar tu, lama-lama kite tak kan dapat rase dh. Boleh je nak suruh parent anta amek kat KLIA ke ape, but the situation is now different. Bukan la pasal airport je, but that 'usual' practice sometimes is not applicable or not practical anymore. When I look back, I'm glad that I had once enjoyed that sweet airport moments in life.

And now I appreciate and enjoy the opportunity of travelling alone, because in the future, I might not getting this chances anymore. hehehe.

p/s : Can't wait to see my favorite people this weekend! :D :D I seriously need to recharge. Mentally exhausted and hopeless. Kene appreciate mase dengan kawan2 mana tau esok lusa diorg dah takde mase utk kite kan kan?

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I was at Balikpapan last 3 days. Stayed at the same hotel like the last time, Novotel. This time, so lucky, the view was nice! mengadap swimming pool and laut. hehe.

Kalau nama orang kampung, memang kampung. Duduk bilik katil besar sorang2 complete with aircond, internet, breakfast,tv, own working space and view cantik pon tak brape nak seronok. Kalau dengan kawan2 and family tu bilik kecik sempit2 tido tak ckup ruang pon happy over over. Now can you see what life means to me? ;)

Bila malam, terpakse la roomate teman skype sampai tertdo hihi mengada tak? and so this time, all was perfect except for the bathroom! the blind in the bathroom yang nak tutup cermin tu rosak. it was stucked at the top. maka saya pon segan nak mandi T_T.

Yes, I was staying alone and I know no one can get into the room even if they had the keys because I locked it from inside. But the fact that I can watch tv while mandi and the bed is just next to the bath tub make me felt more awkwarddd and insecurely sexy? HAHAHA. Too transparent OH! And me being me, darah melayu penyegan tersipu2 mengalir dalam badan, still rase segan HAHAHAHAHA. Nama je duduk US 4taun tak american lansunggg.

It was not the point here. Back to story. sambil berskype2 cerita la dekat kawan tu pasal that sexy bathroom. (alamak dah kantoi kawan skype tu sapa. please everyone, assume that you didnt know) So I sent her a few pictures to make it more imaginable.

pastu kawan pon cakap. "Ala masalahnya bukannya ade sape2. haha. Ohh ade. Ade camera ade SISI TV eh?" with confident and never turn back punya ayat la. KAHKAHKAH

seriously CCTV=SISI TV? Gelak tak ingt dunia! HHAHAHAHAA

Thanks roomate! You're the best ;) (assuming you didnt know who is my roomate)

p/s : end up, saya berjaya ikat blind tu dekat palang2 tepi bathtub. Jangan risau. saya mandi dengan securenye hihi