Jam AVON

Ok siapa nak order ni ? I'll be going to AVON first thing in the morning on Friday ... Let me know ya?

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Lesson Learned #1

After many sleepless nights and feeling worried and everything related to that feeling, with the help of my Dean, my Dean's PA, we managed to persuade the Registrar to reactivate the system to rectify my problem. Apparently, I wasn't the only one who experienced this. However, we were the ones who met personally with the one in charge and waited till she said, "Ok, jalan."

Oh well, i guess it all comes back to how serious you are with your work. The one you earn money with. And with that money you give back to your parents and buy food and becomes your flesh and blood. I'm not saying I am an angel (ni selalu ayat my room mate hehe), but at least when we are appointed to do something, do it. Even if it goes wrong, be accountable for your actions and admit it's your mistake. Cause I learned that if you are honest, people can see your honesty. Biar pun kena tengking or maki hamun. At least you are transparent.

So a big lesson for me... check, recheck and check again..

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Johnny says..

It rained quite heavily just now at around 3. The weather now is abit dark and gloomy. Just like those Sunday evening when you reach your dorm from a 4 hour bus journey from KL (with those food your mom prepared for you) and you have to rush to go for dinner and maghrib prayers before prepping at night. Yeah, sometimes I do miss those days in Taiping.. But other times, I thank God that those days are over.. Being away from home was the most difficult thing for me. Nobody wants to be away from home.

Tup tap tup tap, its Sunday already. How did I spend my weekend? I have no idea. It went by in a blink of an eye. Is that good or bad? April is the longest month for me.. for us UNISEL staff kot. Wanna know why? Only us people know why.

My dad said to me as I was flipping though the AVON catalog yesterday, "waah, rilek je ye sekarang".. and I thought, hmm.. i guess.. I used to walk around the house with some papers or books just so that I don't feel guilty of not studying or reading something.. Now that I'm working, on weekends, I relax. That's the norm for working people.. or is it? Somehow, my heart and mind is feeling abit empty. Perhaps, its time to continue.. my teaching and learning bit..

Maybe when you're anticipating something, there are more excitement and thrill.. When you have reached your destination, and you ask "that's it?", you actually haven't reached there yet.. I guess what Lenny Kravitz said is right... "it ain't over till it's over"

Johnny Walker says, "DO NOT be afraid of walking slowly, BE afraid of only standing still"

You're right Johnny.. Keep on walking

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A reflection of how the society thinks and acts

I spent my Sunday evening at home catching up on some tv shows that I haven't had the chance to watch since... as far as I can remember. So my mom and I managed to watch the last episode of "Kerana Cintaku Saerah" which was on 5pm. The scene when Jibek came with Yaya to Eira's house brought tears to my eyes.. What really made me cry was when Eira took Jibek's hands and asked him to print his thumb on the paper when Jibek didn't know what was really happening. What kind of human is this? A mother, a wife, a daughter.. who has such a black black heart to do such a thing. Although she was driving a black BMW with her plat number EIR4, does not mean anything if she doesn't have her mother's blessing.. sad sad..

I'm not a fan of Malay dramas. They can be too stereotype at times. But sometimes, the message conveyed is a reflection of how the society thinks and acts. How people can hate each other because of fame and fortune. Evil eyes watching you as you succeed in life. People envious of your honesty, recognition and life. Friends who betray you and talking behind your back. People commenting on how you are so lucky when deep down inside they wish it was them instead of you.

I guess we can't run from all these things. In a developing country like ours, we are bound to bump into evil eyes, envious people and backstabbers. But only from protection for Allah, parents' blessings and from our own prayers we can avoid all this..

May Allah protect us..

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Postcards and Letters

I'm still looking for a good and cool template for my blog.. kan ke best if i know how to buat sendiri.. pakai html and stuff instead of picking from blogger's template...

Well, i kemas my room today. and i saw some old postcards that i still keep from my dad, brother and sister, my cousins and friends..

Remember those days when we used to send postcards and letters to say hi and update people about how we're doing? Since cellphones are widely used nowadays, we seldom get any postcards or letters from our relatives or friends kan? Perasan x? All we get are just credit card bills, catalogs, ASTRO bills, phone bills, semua pun bill bill lah kan? Bila time raya je kot dpt card raya... Did you get any this year?

Lame2, postman takde kerja... the indian man yang jual roti pun nnt dah takde kerja.. plus, the ice cream man yang bunyik kan loceng kol 3 petang pun dah takde kerja nnt..

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He says... She says : Part 3

Apesal minah ni gelabah nih?

The elevator door opens at level 23.

Ok ok you can do this. I am at level 23 now.. The "Management Team" level... level 23.. Tinggi gak tu.. Kalau naik tangga, mengah jugak.. Hey focus Zack focus!

"Excuse me, I'm Imran Zakri. I'm supposed to meet Dato' Zamanhuri at 12 pm. I just came from HR".

"Dato' is inside his office, have a seat please?" Dato's PA said while dialing his extension.
"... Dato' Imran Zakri is reporting for duty.... yes... " she looked at Zack, "You may go and see Dato' now"

As Zack opened Dato's door, he saw the girl at the elevator standing right in front of Dato's table looking down as though waiting to be punished.

"Sorry for interrupting Dato'.. My name is... "
"You're on time Imran.." he pulled down his glasses, looked at Zack and at the girl again "do not be like her in future" pointing at the girl. She turned to look at Zack with her blank face and looked down again.

"This is rubbish! Do it again! And no mistakes this time! You buat kelam kabut. Eja semua benda salah. Monitoring Report jadi Motiboring Report. Ape bende ni? I don't expect this kind of work from my office" he threw the whole stack of paper on the floor. Letting the girl picking up each piece of paper.

Tough luck. But she is kinda cute though. Kesiannya. Apesal Dato' ni kejam sangat? Memalukan dia depan aku. Tapi dia memang macam kalot sikit. Is this how working in level 23 is going to be like? Will I be like Dato' one day? Fat, bald and ugly?

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She says He says: Part 2

He walks at his usual pace. Tak... tak... tak... tak... Ok ignore it. I still have my deadline which is at 11.59 am. Report to be submitted to GM every 13th of the month. I hate the 13th. Can't wait to have the usual monthly Starbucks Coffee with Din at the end of the day.

"Enter... and..... Done! I'm done I'm done! Clear the printer everyone!"
Yup. That's how it is every month on the 13th before it reaches noon. As i ran to pick up my printed report i slipped and fell. Gedebuk! It felt like one of those scenes in an American movies like Devil Wears Prada or something...

"Adoi..sakitnyer.."
"Ha cepat la.. dah 11.53! Nnt nk naik elevator lagi, nak lari lagi ke bilik dia.. u have 6 minutes woman!" Myra said as she held out her hand to me. All I could think about was my Caramel Macchiato... Dah tak larat dah.. I wanna send it ASAP and take the rest of the day off.. Ok cepat2..

I stood up and took the warm and fresh printed report and ran as fast as I could (with my new leather shoes). Luckily the elevator was already open when i reached there.

Phew~ "Thanks" There was a guy with his 3-piece suit. I waited anxiously as the elevator door open at level 23... wait... level 23?????

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Anugerah Planet Music 2008

Coming back from Port Dickson, I had a 2 hour nap yang sangat KAW! Walaupun tido kat katil yang best at Selesa Beach Resort for 2 nights, there's nothing like sleeping at my own 3-lapis-toto atas lantai with full-blast kipas. We headed to KLCC at 7 and had our maghrib prayers at 730 when i terserempak with an old friend, Su.

Anyway, here are the pictures. Had a blast! Thanks to Kak Elly who got us the tickets and a tour around the backstage..

Check out the pictures here

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Positive Thinking...

Hey people, i'm back from PD tapi nak testing jap.. bole tak view the pix here?

PD pictures

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my PD course

Hey People,

I'll be going off to Port Dickson for my training / course .. Really need a holiday kot.. cewah.. paid holiday.. hehehe

Pray that i will have a safe journey pergi dan pulang :)

Details when i get back.. and pictures too! hehe

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the domino effect

The Domino Effect. Ever heard of that? Probably when you work, especially yang ada hierarchy2 ni akan merasainya.. One person lambat hantar report, everybody gets the effect.

Ok sebenarnya mcm malas nk blog now. but just had to say that.

Correction on the previous blog, the spiritual part is not weak. what i meant by spiritual is maybe my energy kot. will blog tomorrow when i put on my blogging-cap.

PS: Good luck bb babuji on your first day at work tomorrow :)

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my 2nd week in april

been a tiring week.
just tired.
really tired.
mentally.
physically.
emotionally.
spiritually.

i can just lay down and immediately fall asleep.
and when i open my eyes again, it's 530 am and the baby's crying.
and i'll say in my head "alaaaaa awal lagi... kasi la tido smpai kol 6 bole x?"

5.55 am : Open and close my eyes again just to get another few mins
5.59 am : Walk to kitchen
6.00 am : Pour tea so that i won't burn my tongue when i have my breakfast
Still 6.00 am : Take towel and baring abit more
6.06 am : Walk into bathroom
6.20 am : Walk out of bathroom
6.21 am : Subuh
6.26 am : Dress for work + Make up
6.40 am: Panaskan engine + Breakfast
6.45 am: Reverse kereta
7.10 am: Unisel Shah Alam

Pretty routine huh?

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my 'Morrie'

I'd like to start this post with this...

When you are in difficulty, think of Allah and He will guide you.. Without fail.

I sent a YM msg to Cikyah "I believe in the good". Yes i do. Miraculous things has happened to me this year. Alhamdulillah. and it's April already. Sometimes while driving to work i still think and talk to myself, gosh, is this for real? So i guess THE SECRET was right. if you believe what you want in life, you will get it.

I'm still reading Tuesdays with Morrie. Yup, i'm a slow reader. not because i have difficulty in reading, but i like to indulge and appreciate the words and meaning. i like to imagine and put myself in the book and get into the mood and sometimes play it in my head and really imagine.. the window, the little ray of sunlight through the dusty window, the dusts on the bookshelf, the grey hair, the briefcase, the doors, the garden, the automatic toyota camry, the dawn in winter, the wind with all those autumn leaves falling bit.. everything..

I had my Friday with my Morrie. what he shared with me was something i needed to hear.see, i am very average. i have always been average. my sister once told me that i am plain jane. indeed i am. my sister in law tells me that i am selambe bomba sampai bole gi kedai pakai pajamas je tak kisah pun. yup, that's right. when you've been surrounded by crem de la crem people, it kinda gives you this 'im an average joe' kinda feeling. where everyone walks fast cause their chasing time.. and everybody wants to be a doctor cause it's THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

I guess Morrie was right. We are too confined by the unwritten rules. If amek course ni, nnt senang ke dpt keje? Jadi la doctor, confirm dpt keje.. Engineers are smart people.. Work smart not hard.. all those kinda stuff.. those are myths that the society believes in.. the myths that were implanted in our heads because ITS SAFE and ITS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. the truth is, some medical students don't even dream of becoming doctors.. they want to become astronauts nowadays.. and perhaps do some modeling and open a restaurant in bangsar one day.. and another thing, engineers are NOT the only ones who are smart.. and being smart doesn't necessarily mean they will succeed in life if they are not hardworking.

Morrie told me, "I said to my supervisor.. came here to work hard.. there are times when i am slow.. there are times when i am fast.. but give me time.. as long as i am moving.. i know i will reach my destination"

He also said "don't be afraid.. when you read and you don't understand its normal.. sometimes you read 10 times and you still don't understand is also normal.. but don't ever give up.. as long as you keep on moving.. you will eventually get there.. don't be afraid to bend the rules and think the unthinkable.. you can create your own rule through exploring and experience... don't ever feel that what you've contributed is little.. because sometimes what you've done could mean so much to someone else.. so don't be afraid of trying...and never ever give up"

As I listened to Morrie's advise, it felt as though what he shared was really deep. What he said was something an average joe or a plain jane needed to hear.. It felt like I was recharging my positive energies and it kinda brought me back to Positive-Land. I guess that's one of the life's greatest lesson a student needs learn..

Thanks Morrie for the advise. I hope we can meet again one day and perhaps, I can share with him my journey in reaching my own destiny..

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