Saturday 31 December 2011

Penghargaan buat Ella

Terima kasih KakChik@Ella. Sebab you la i kat sini tau..dalam dunia blogger

Dulu i tak minat..tak ambil pusing..dan tak terfikir
Dulu i cume dengar je pasalnya..tak jengok pun
Sekarang..seronok duduk dalam dunia blogger..

Banyak sebab kenapa i berasa beruntung kenal dengan Ella.
Sebab Ella la i kenal dengan Nani dan keluarganya, juga KakYon dan keluarganya.
Sebab Ella la i start jadi blogger.
Sebab Ella la i g bercuti tahun ini...long overdue cuti.
Sebab Ella la i pandai manjakan diri g spa.
Sebab Ella la jugak i pandai guna SKII...hehehe...

Banyak sebab lain kenapa kawan dengan Ella ni seronok. I memang tak ramai kawan yang rapat especially kat rumah i...i ngan Ella memang ngam!

Dan sekarang..i have best buddiz: Ella, Nani and Yanti! Soon..KakYon..ok kan KakYon?

Thank you so much Ella for everything.
May our friendship remains the BEST!

New Year...are we prepared?

The year 2011 is just about to end tonight, and new year is surreptitiously and boldly about to make its appearance midnight tonight...aaahhhh....what does that mean?

I am looking at myself. Wondering what have i been doing all this year of 2011? What have i achieved? Have i succeeded with my past resolutions? Did i have any...hmmm..thinking hard if i had made any. Funny why i should be thinking of something which is about to be considered history in just a few more hours. Should now be focussing on something new...new year...

First and foremost in my mind right now is to start filling 'that' application form...its long overdue...and i am eligible and who knows, i might be joining that group before the end of next year?

Next, plan my work schedule well in advance so as to achieve the targets...this year, i have not managed to complete the task due to many ad-hoc events but that kind of events are expected in my line of work.

Ahhh..this is the hardest...next year, i MUST write at least two papers and present my work somewhere...and i plan to present overseas...

These are all i can think of right at this moment.

What about you my friends? Yours could be even more colorful than mine i suppose...whatever they are, let us hope we are able to work better this time around. Let us prove to ourselves that we can be the person we want ourselves to be...

Wishing you SUCCESS and more FRUITFUL year to come...WELCOME 2012 and GOODBYE 2011...

Wednesday 28 December 2011

Apabila sedang marah

Marah ni macam penyakit kan? ke memang penyakit? tapi yang pasti, marah memang menyakitkan.

Semalam i dah marah2 pasal parking spaces untuk ofis i dah diambil staf lain. banyak kali kena..hingga buat i terpaksa selamba je blok keter-keter sesapa yang parked kat designated parking spaces tu. Ada orang tidak menghormati hak orang lain..itu fikiran i. Ikut hati yang sakit, nak aje i biarkan keter i blok keter-keter yang ada kat designated spaces tu..tanpa meninggalkan nombor untuk dihubungi. Lama i berfikir, akhirnya..i mengikut fikiran yang kurang jahat, dan tinggalkan nombor telefon i kat cermin keter.

Sesampai di workstation i, terus karang friendly email kepada users blok bangunan tempat keter i yang tengah parked cun kat belakang keter-keter tuanpunya yang 'tak reti membaca signage designated spaces for....'. huhuhu...setakat hari ini, tak tahu la berapa orang users terbaca friendly email i tu...dalam email i tu kan, i siap pelawa sesape yang berkenaan supaya 'come and join our office if you feel you deserve the parking spaces..'. Sounds good , eh?

Paragraf kedua tu, hasil perlakuan orang sedang marah...

Kita selalu terlupa kan apabila hak kita diambil orang, samakah perasaan apabila kita mengambil hak orang lain?

Fikir2kan la sama2...peringatan buat Rozzana juga yang kadang2 hilang cool and melenting..aduhhh...

Alamak!

hehehe..apa la i ni...nak try bukak page follower n nak try follow blog dia..tersilap tekan...i jadi follower blog i sendiri..tak senonoh betul la...cam ne nak undo ye? Ini la padahnya bila bukan network savvy ni...

Tolongggg...

Oh ye! Nak citer pasal malam tadi yang kelakar giler...

Malam tadi kononnya nak buat surprise besday celebration untuk best friend, Nani. Plan memang baik...everything should have run smoothly and the surprise should have been worked well. Tapi...miscommunication punya pasal...ada la sikit slack...tak tau la kalau Kakchik@Ella akan citer apa2 pasal ni.

It was fun though and i think Nani was very happy for what we had done. She seemed jubilant last night.

I think our relationship and friendship are getting even closer...which is for the best...Ella, Yanti, Nani and me...hopefully best buddies forever!

Tuesday 27 December 2011

Aduhhh...akibat terlalu dengar arahan!

Hehehe..bukan apa...saja je i nak citer sesuatu yang telah berlaku baru2 baru ini pada i.

Last weekend, Sabtu, 24 Disember 2011, hari persandingan anak Nani Rostam, alaaa..blogger famous tu...mesti you all kenal kan. She is one of my closest friend. Kawan baru i yang jadi close. Kenal dia pun melalui KakChik@Ella. Okay, what happened on that day?

Hari tu hujan. So sesampai i kat kawasan rumah Nani, guards arahkan i park kereta i kat atas padang dekat rumah Nani. I minta la nak park kat atas jalan raya je disebabkan masih banyak kekosongan dan i pulak datang paling awal. Huby i pulak tengah panggang kambing golek kat rumah Nani. Sebaik aje i masuk kawasan padang, i dah terfikir, tanah lembik, pasti kereta i susah nak keluar ni...True enough! Sebaik i park, i dah terasa tak sedap hati. Huby pun datang dekat kereta bila dia perasan i parked kereta kat atas padang. Dia try maneuver kereta keluar tetapi aduhhhh...malang sekali. Tayar sangkut dalam lumpur. Makin minyak ditekan, makin hebat tayar tenggelam. Alahai...

Terpaksa la keluarkan kuih2 yang Ella pesan dalam hujan...hilanglah cun sekejap dek hujan...hehehehe...

Sepanjang i berada dalam majlis, kepala dok berfikir,' cam ne nak kuarkan keter ni?'

Malam sebelum majlis nikah, i pergi ke rumah Nani bersama Ella dan berkenalan dengan Kak Yun, kawan blogger Ella...seronok jumpa kawan-kawan Ella. Dan pada majlis langsung, berkenalan pula dengan suami Kak Yun, Abang Salleh, anak dan menantu dia.

So, selepas huby selesai tugas dia, kami bincang cara nak keluarkan kereta. I dengan tak malunya terus je tanya Kak Yun jika dia atau suami tahu mana2 individu yang ada tow truck. Tetiba, seorang hamba Allah, jiran Nani, menawarkan khidmat membantu. Dia kata dia ada tali, ada 4WD. Boleh tolong tarik...Ya Allah...betapa murahnya rezeki..

So akhirnya, kereta i dapat dikeluarkan dari lumpur dengan bantuan En. Ismail, jiran Nani yang baik hati. Terima kasih banyak En. Ismail. Tak sempat i nak berkenalan dengan wife dia. Mudah2an Allah beri ganjaran baik buat En. Ismail sekeluarga. Membantu tanpa mengenali siapa i dan huby i..

Apa yang menarik, Abg Salleh..turut membantu bersama dengan menantu dia..alahai lupa pulak nama..(maaf ye..) dan Abg Salleh siap dapat penangan percikan lumpur di baju dan seluar dia. Kesian Abg Salleh...hehehehe..anyway Kak Yun and Abg Salleh, thank you so much. Its a real pleasure knowing you both!

Begitulah kisah apabila membelakangi gerak hati dan ikut arahan! So kira-kiranya...gerak hati tu biasanya betul..kan3x?

Monday 19 December 2011

Malam Minggu Yang ROCK!

Yay!!! Ni nak citer pasal konsert rock BEST yang i p tengok tahun ini...Konsert Fenomena Search 2011. Selama ini i memang teringin sangat nak ke konsert Search, alangkah bertuahnya i, kali ini konsert buat indoor so dapat lah i pergi...

Apa yang seronoknya?

Yang seronoknya sebab....i memang peminat kumpulan Search. I minat lagu2 Search...i minat suara Amy Search. Dan lagu kumpulan ini adalah lagu rock pertama adik i kenalkan kepada i tentang muzik rock. Mula2 dengar memang perit telinga...tapi lepas tu i fell deeply in love! Best!! Pada masa sama adik i kenalkan i dengan Scorpions, Whitesnake, The Queens...

Ramai betul yang hadir ke konsert. Semua orang rata2nya ikut Amy menyanyi. Amy was amazing that night. Walaupun umur dia dah 50an rasanya, tapi stamina dia...aduhhh..dan suara dia...boleh bertahan selama konsert berjalan.

I pernah tengok konsert Awie n Wings kat Istana Budaya...tak ingat apa nama konsert tu, bagus juga...suara Awie was good tapi dia nyanyi dengan kawan2...still i rasa, Amy is the BEST!

By the way, i ke konsert dengan hubby, Ella@K.Chik, Aiman n Aishah (adik KC). Kul 2.30 pagi baru sampai ke rumah...

Friday 16 December 2011

Pengalaman adalah guru terbaik kita

I rasa hepi sekarang sebab, aras konfiden i sudah meningkat. Dari seorang yang pendiam, hanya memerhati, mendengar dan menerima..i dah jadi seorang yang agak vokal. Alhamdulillah...i jadi lebih konfiden setelah i menamatkan pengajian i di peringkat tinggi. Mungkin rasa konfiden ini datang kerana bukan mudah melalui pengalaman belajar sehingga ke tahap yang i dah berjaya capai. Mungkin kerana pengalaman semasa belajar itu, yang mana i harus lakukan semua sendiri mengikut carta masa i ... nak habis cepat kena disiplin, kena pandai menterjemah hasil kerja orang lain, kena pandai bertanya dan berbincang, kena buat itu, buat ini..memang..semua ini memberi i pengalaman yang cukup berharga...

Dan memang la pengalaman itu guru kepada semua jenis pelajaran...wisdom comes with experience.

Rajin2 la kita semua menimba pengalaman ye kawan2...

Selamat berhujung minggu...!

Now...every1 can FLY!

huhuhu...sounds good eh that tagline? indeed it is...and the tagline really sells...


Well, we can salute Tony Fernandez and his team for their perseverance in facing all the tribulations of the business world and still emerge as a strong low-cost airline. I read their reviews in conjunction with their 10th anniversary...beautiful report. A story of success along the way. It really is an evidence that if we dare to dream high, we work hard to achieve it, we can realise the dream. hey! that is not easy...perseverance, good team work...believe in oneself and the team! I tell you, this is a feat many dreamt of but very few capable to reach. Caya la Tony!!


But, after three recent experiences of boarding Air Asia, i feel, i need to write about some weaknesses that seems so much less taken care of. I see the concept behind the operation but...it still fails in some aspects.


Firstly: since they are providing services to millions (their claim!), the operating space is such a sorry state (a feud between Tony's and MAS). So many people at any one time (but of course! Everyone can fly!!!). The view is like you are in a bus terminal. I think that is fine. But...they really don't have systematic way of doing it. There are some counters for check in but...many times, only few open. Imagine, even when you arrived 1 hour before boarding or check in time, you cannot reach the counter before the check in time closes. Why? So many people...and a long queue. Even when you had done online check in, when you are late, you still cannot get the boarding pass using the self-check in kiosk. So friends, please print your own boarding pass at home. But the drop in baggage counter? You still have to queue, and i tell you, it is not a fast service!


Secondly: to board the plane is quite a distance and so you have to walk. It is good...exercise...but...think about the elderly, women who are pregnant, families with kids...okay, so the safety measures are basically taken care of...the flight attendance or airport personnel guides you all the way. Still, i feel sorry to especially the elderly. Few actually walking with assistance of the stick! Cannot the airport personnel make it easier for them? Perhaps provide a short distance vehicle? Or allowing these people to board first? And when it rains....


Thirdly: in the process of allowing passengers to aboard, it is announced that those with 'hot seat' tickets are allowed to board first...its like those who travel business class in other conventional flights. But...people don't follow this instruction. So, it does not matter, anyone can be first even when you pay a little bit more than the rest. I wish, at least the the elderly is called out first. Hmmm..too bad eh? But, seats are numbered so there is no occurrence of people fight for good seating place. I think the first time i did try Air Asia, back in 2008, there was no seat number making me feel like i was actually taking the bus.

Foodwise: of course! you have to buy. Since i was seated in the 'hot seat' area, i was served food but...same food all the times. 3 times...same food. Aduhhh...

Oh yes...lastly: many occurences of delayed flight. That's pretty normal especially when weather is bad. BUT....they don't apologise! and we can be kept waiting questioning, queueing, when we can see that the informative screen keeps blinking flight so and so is now boarding time...And Asian are known to be having manners!

Well... Air Asia makes money, business is fluorishing so well. They can afford to sponsor EPL team and F1 if i am not mistaken... Should we feel proud of them? We should...they are Asian, they are Malaysian...and Malaysia Boleh...kan?

At the end, we get what we pay, right?



Fly everyone fly....and don't forget the continous offers and good deals which appear in the websites in such a short period! And don't forget the hidden cost as well...Happy Flying!!

Monday 12 December 2011

Someone Like You

Have you listened to Adele's song? She has great voice. And this song in particular, caught my ears as of many other songs. Why do i like this song? Well it has lyrics that are realistic. It says about a relationship that did not reached its pinnacle. People can be in love but while in love, the other half may find another who probably is much better, provide better happiness, giving more than what we can offer and has offered, thus, he or she choose that person who comes later but gives more meaning.


This may happen even in marriage. We may have been married for long but one day, our other half suddenly fell in love with someone else. Of course that will hurt especially when we are very much in love with our partner, being true to our love, loyal and very caring. But i feel that sometimes, things just happened right?


So Adele's song that says:

Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead...

is very true.

What's the point i am driving at now?

The point is that, we have to be prepared for any consequences....we have to be brave...when unimagined things happen...be patience for God probably has a better design for us...God never tries one who is weak...

But i do appreciate, it is not easy to replace one whom you have loved all your life and yes, it hurts a million times when the person we love is the only one we hope to be with until the end of our life and thus....it is not easy to find...Someone Like You!

Ustazah Pilihan...eeeii...

Aduhai..bukan i jeles kat pemenang program TV9 tu. I tak de rasa jeles langsung. Cuma i fikir, tak patut ada program macam tu untuk perempuan. I suka program Imam Muda, macam sesuai..tapi Ustazah Pilihan ni..macam sama pulak dengan program Ratu Cantik ...walaupun asas pemilihan bukan cantik tetapi lebih kepada unsur keIslaman kononnya. Apalah makna menunjuk kepada orang ramai seluruh negara kita ni pandai membaca Quran, dan kebolehan lain, boleh buat sama macam yang lelaki buat?  Menunjukkan rupa, kebaikan, kebolehan bercirikan Islam...entah..i tak setuju. Bagi i, tak perlu nak dicari bakat seperti itu sebagaimana program realiti lain. Konsepnya macam tak kena dengan Islam dan perempuan. Seperti tak sesuai...Tapi, nak komen banyak pun i sendiri tak pernah nak tengok program itu, sebab i tak setuju...Tapi orang lain mungkin setuju kan? Well...once again...Rozzana always stay within her own world...outdated perhaps?

Friday 9 December 2011

Alangkah seronok menjadi burung

Itulah yang pernah i beritau seorang sahabat...i merasa alangkah seronoknya menjadi seekor burung. Bebas terbang ke sana sini. Mengikut lumrah alam sahaja. Keseluruhan hidup hanya tertumpu pada Maha Pencipta dan melakukan apa yang telah diprogramkan untuknya.

Burung...menghiasi alam semula jadi. Memberi keceriaan waktu pagi dan petang. Tiada kerisauan melainkan untuk mencari rezeki yang sudah pasti halal untuknya.

Burung...bebas hinggap di mana sahaja. Tiada larangan dan halangan. Menurut apa yang telah tertulis dalam sejarah hidupnya.

Tapi mungkin ini hanya di fikiran i sahaja kannn...mungkinkah burung ingin menjadi manusia??

Dia buah hatiku

Nur Kamalia Amni, lahir pada 24 Oktober 2005, minggu kedua Ramadhan pada tahun itu. The only child delivered during the fasting month. Dia anak yang hampir i gugurkan sebab masa tu i tidak bercadang untuk pregnant lagi dan tak mahu anak lagi. Masa tu, i sedang bertungkus lumus ingin menghabiskan semua kerja-kerja penyelidikan i. Masa tu, i tak mahu ada gangguan yang akan melewatkan masa i untuk tamat belajar on time. Bila i bagitau husband yang i mungkin sedang pregnant, dia tak percaya. Almaklum...hehehehe...hati2 la katakan...tapi once again, accident happened...

So bila pregnancy i confirmed di klinik, i dengan selamba bagi tau doktor yang i tak nak baby tu. Sebelum tu i dah beritau husband yang i tak sanggup nak pregnant lagi. Husband i pada mulanya memang terkejut dengan permintaan i tu, tapi akur bila i bagi alasan i tak larat sebab i nak habiskan jugak studi i. So, bila i maklumkan pada doktor tentang keputusan i tu, husband i tak kata apa2.

Allah Maha Besar dan Maha Mengetahui...atas nasihat doktor, i tak jadi gugurkan Kamalia yang pada masa itu hanyalah sebesar biji kacang tanah saiznya. Alasan doktor tu, i muda lagi...i tak ada masalah semasa pregnant, i tak ada masalah melahirkan dan yang utama, kata doktor tu, 'manalah tau puan, anak puan yang inilah yang paling membuat puan bahagia nanti, yang paling pandai...paling baik...'. Mendengar ayat terakhir doktor itu la, i akhirnya menerima hakikat yang i kena mengalami pregnancy untuk kali ke 7.

Dan Alhamdulillah...Kamalia memang beri i pengalaman mengandung dan melahirkan yang berbeza. Tak mahu keluar walaupun i dah berada di labour room lebih 5 jam. Semua kerana..technical error. Water bag tak pecah. Round neck cord la... Masa pregnant pulak, dia dalam keadaan placenta previa. Memang cubaan betul....tapi inilah dia Nur Kamalia Amni...the apple of my eyes...The one that bends all my thumbs! 







Saturday 3 December 2011

Wife and Girlfriend


 Sharing with you friends what i received from my international friend:


Wife and Girlfriend


Wife is like a TV,
Girlfriend is like a MOBILE.
At home u watch TV,
But when u go out u take ur MOBILE.

No money, u sell the TV,
Got money u change ur MOBILE.

Sometimes u enjoy TV,
But most of the time u play with ur MOBILE.

TV is free for life,
But for the MOBILE, if you don't pay, the services will be terminated.

TV is big, bulky and most of the time old,
But the MOBILE is cute, slim, curvy and very portable.

Operational costs for TV is often acceptable,
But for the MOBILE it is often high and demanding.

TV has a remote,
MOBILE doesn't.

Most importantly, MOBILE is a two-way communication (u talk and listen),
But with the TV you MUST only listen (whether you want to or not).

Last but not least ..
TVs don't have viruses,
But MOBILEs often do!

Hahaha...i really like this. So guys! Who is preferable to you? My girlfriends, what do you think of this?