adieu

Blogging is great. But it has been slowly slipping away. I'll leave a piece of me here. And seek refuge in better space. Farewell now bloggy ((:

fast one

since the last entry, natas fair and europe trip have taken a back seat due to unforeseen circumstances. boo to that :(

BUT the new car is out! yes yes..and let's just say that i would like to call it my snowy pet bads. cause its huge and long macam badakz siiih. oh and its white. its cool but why has it got to be so B-I-G. sighhh..now i have a headache trying to park all the time. sheesh.

i'm going to miss my conveniently small jazzy baby :(

you've got it

I can't believe after all those difficult and formal interviews I've had, I got a job with the easiest and informal interview session ever. He said it was going to be a quick five but I think it didn't even last a speedy three! Alhamdulillah...even though the pay is just enough to go by, I see helping out the community as a more rewarding experience. (My hiring manager thought I was over qualified for the job...but when it comes to helping needy people, I believe there is no such thing as being over qualified!) My stint starts this coming Tuesday, yay!

Let's see the many things worth looking forward to:

• Work
• Volunteer & mentoring
• Computer class
  
• Ramadhan
  
• Convocation
• Brooch-making business
• New car
• Hari Raya
  
• NATAS fair!
  
• Europe trip
  

not long forgotten

Hey blogger! Been contemplating an update but the lazy me always postponed any ramblings. So much has happened in a few short months. Last semester in school ended with the most stressful exam ever. The last stretch reminded me on those A level days and how bad I wanted to ace this time. Alhamdulillah, results proved my hard efforts paid off. All those long hours alone in the library did do good. Now, I've kind of miss the study/exam stress. NOT that I wanted to go through all that again any time very soon.

2 months into my holiday, I've had awesome time going on a graduation trip to Gold Coast & Melbourne and countless fun catching up with friends on outings, dates and meet-up sessions. My maiden experience of going abroad without my parents was a true eye opener. I felt blessed and lucky being given the opportunity and trust to be independent and responsible on a foreign land. Losing my new phone despite trying all efforts to be vigilant was one of the challenges that shook me and made me hope my parents were around to comfort me and tell me what to do. Their absence was a blessing in disguise as I learn to calm myself down and get through that lowest point on my own. I am thankful for having patient friends too as company. That trip was the first but it is definitely not going to be my last. I hope I'll be blessed with the rezeki in the future for many more opportunities to travel the world to appreciate and awe at God's beauty.

So now what's my next step? Besides going for many interviews as a head start, I'm enjoying my computer classes very much, as of the last lesson. I learned new cool stuffs that are definitely beneficial. I am also looking into learning a new language. French perhaps? We'll see. I am still looking for a breakthrough, a sign to my ultimate next step. I have contemplated certain options but as of now, those options are still open and I am welcoming new ones too if they come by. I have a long way to go. The beginning of the next phase of my life has yet to start. I am still transitioning ((:

leaving on a plane

Before flying off, I catched one of the best movie I've watched so far. This is awesome!


And I'm super excited for the grad trip down under! Be back on the 3rd (: (: (:

making memories

The aching body only started to take effect today as I woke up in the morning and the ache is getting worse, I'm walking like a robot around the house. But heck, it was all worth it thanks to my team of kelam kelabut! As Suli and me were talking about it on the way home, the dynamic of our team is great. We had some old khakis to "rekindle" bonds with and new ones like Shazana and Lin to nourish the love with. And though we can be crazy hyper at times, singing cheers out of tune together, we can also be dead piss off with each other during crunch times. It doesn't matter though because at the end of it all, we bear no grudges. In fact, we laugh it all off, our merepek actions and reactions. I'm also grateful because if not for events like this, I would not have the chance to get a go at dragon boating and find my hidden talent in archery ;-p

And Alhamdulillah, we all made it to the last pit stop without any major injuries nor being the LAST team to arrive. That first entangle hands game that we got to finish FIRST boosted the spirits up of the likes of dear Farhanah who thought we would be the ones to be eliminated first. But surprise surprise, we finally came in 4th (out of 10) and won the BEST FIT team, for being able to fit in Taufik's car!! Yes, all EIGHT of us (minus the driver himself) hahahahahhh...

again

It seems like the cycle never stop. I'm hoping it will. Someday it will, god willing.

diversity

Things are starting to pick up and I can feel the hectic-ness of this coming few weeks already. I have tests every other week and not to forget an assignment to finish during that same period. My assignment is on company evaluation. I don't know why the lecturer chose to assign the same company to every single group rather than having a variety of choice. But in any case, we are suppose to evaluate CapitaMall trust. The very company building many of our malls here such as tamp mall, j8, imm, atrium@orchard etc. Interesting but challenging at the same time. The very industry segment it is in i.e. real estate investment trusts (REITs) is not something many people are familiar about.

This brings me to the point of educational segmentation in the tertiary stages. In primary school, we learn the same things across the board but as we move further, the specialisation of courses makes me feel that I am not in touch with the world as a whole. While I am well versed in many financial terms and aspects of our financial being, I am not as familiar about say health sciences and sociology. If I talk finance to people who do not take finance, the jargons I use seem so alien and foreign to them. Same goes the other way round to me when I hear about engineering concepts or soci theories.

So the solution? A dear friend said its networking. I think, how true. It is the best and efficient way to know people from many different backgrounds and learn new things of all the different aspects of life. At the same time while they are affecting me, I too hope that I can affect them by making them more financially aware and literate. Alhamdulillah I feel blessed having friends who are potential lawyers, doctors, teachers, asatizahs, policy-makers, researches and many many more. (:

too much

I'm quite infuriated and pissed off with the system. This I can't control anymore. Who in the hell give my 10 year old Primary 4 brother EIGHT pages of Math and SIX pages of English homework PLUS an open-ended comprehension all in a day's work to be submitted on the next?!

This is way too much.

If you are my friend and planning to be a teacher in the future, never EVER make this mistake. Else, I'm having a word with you. Please take serious note. This is no joke. A 10 year old is just a kid for goodness sake.

good doesn't come easy

Lately I've been confused with the things that are happening around. Things that I see, things that I read, things that I heard. Reflective thinking is tiring. It goes in circles. When I thought I found the answers, it's gone the next day. I think what Ain says is true. I need more yakin too. That everything is not without hikmah.

By the way my dad is in ward. Too tired...way too tired. Pray for his speedy recovery and good health friends.