Monday, December 31, 2012

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!

Thursday, December 27, 2012

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

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

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 ;)



Tuesday, December 18, 2012

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!

Sunday, December 16, 2012

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!

Saturday, December 8, 2012

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

Thursday, December 6, 2012

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. 

Monday, December 3, 2012

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.