Writing Novels

I just looooveeee reading novels. My favourite genres ranging from romance, adventure, and thriller. You'll find loads of Julie Garwood's, JK Rowling's, and Dan Brown's at every corner of my house. And my ofice. And my bed (guilty as charged). It's an addiction, though my liking for romantic stories are going downhill in the fastest mode. However, other genres are hiking up, so I love novels just the same. So this get me into thinking, since I love it so much, why don't I wrote one? Yeah, why not? How hard can it be? Now, honestly, I don't know what to write. Yap. What genres, what kind of stories really appeal to me and would be catchy enough for others to read? I'm not looking to be the next Rowling, no no no. If I'm lucky enough, bingo! But not that kind of expectation. Definitely not.  The thing is, sometimes I am blooming with ideas, and some other times I am very much empty-headed.  The air-headedness strike me mostly when I'm sitting down, ready to write down ideas or something. The ideas always come at the wrong time, especially before sleeping. Click! That's it! I'll have small notebooks @ bedside, @ the office, in my pockets etc.  And I'll keep writing down any ideas that crossed my mind. Vamos!

Aummmmmmmm!!!!

So, what about it then? I'm talking about Harimau Malaya, our football team, whom at the mo' is playing against Indonesia in Jakarta for the second leg of the finals in AFF Suzuki Cup 2010. Since we made it into the finals this year with impressive play, I must say that almost every single Malaysian is an avid fan of football. You don't believe me. Check out your fb now. Mine's flooded with goaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllllll scream just a few minutes ago when Malaysia scored. Not to mention all the gatherings @ mamak stalls with big screen, everyone's eyes fixed on it, plus the unusual serenity in front of my house tonight! Usually, thera are so many people wandering around, driving, and riding in front of our home but not tonight. Everybody's watching the game, the EPIC finale live on TV1. 

It's an epidemic, and boy it's a good one. Finally, I don't have to give lame excuses on my choice of favourite sports =)

OMG!

Yeah... the title speaks for itself. It's been what, three solid months that I've been away from my blogs. But then again, here I am. Well... I've been busy. And there's so many things that happened to me and my family. Well, my sister lost her lappy, her stupid friend nick it under her nose. Yes yes... tragic. But mine's more tragic! I lost my lappy due to a flood that happened on Nov. 1st 2010. It was horrible, and yes, second time after 2005. This time I lost my lappy, thanks to my ignorant sister. Sorry I have to say that but you were~ but all in all, it has happened and I lost my lappy. Not a happy mo' for me. Now she bought herself a new one and here I am typing away! heheheh~ well... to be honest, I'm not no much in need of a notebook anyway, 'tis just a way of life nowadays. but there are several things on my wish list for 2011. Here it is:-

1. FAD
2. New notebook - preferably an ASUS or VAIO
3. A new handphone - still a tug war between iPhone4 or Blackberry
4. A full set of new wardrobe
5. Knee length boot
6. A full set of new books to pore my nose into!

Well... so far, that's that. I am actually now more into books than gazing up to my computer/laptop. And, my current raves are reading historical figures or events. I'm reading now books like Mein Kampf and Napoleon, plus about our beloved prophet, Muhammad S.A.W. I'm going to find more books about him and about wars of the world. I don't know why, but I find them far more enjoyable than reading novels these days. Signs of aging? Nah..... just getting mature whilst still looking fabulous as usuals! Hahahah~ well, there's my intro after three months. I will put up some more of my writings in here later on. Oh, btw, I'm on my annual week-offs this week. How time flew! I hate it that it's Wednesday already. Dreaded for work. That's why FAD is on top of my wish list for 2011. I need FAD so badly, only Allah knows how much! Alrighty... I have to go now. Till then, have a great and blessed week everyone! Ta-ta! =)

Hoooo yeahhhh~

Fellas, good day to all of you. Well, this place is full of cobwebs at the moment, meaning I was off this blog for quite sometime. Firstly, I was really busy at work. Secondly, it is also Ramadhan, the holy month. That is important. Well, thirdly, I'm on a mission. It's not impossible but tiring. Just wish me luck okay?

In the meantime, I'd like to take this opportunity to wish all of you my readers, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, maaf zahir & batin. May this raya bring us more joy & happiness, and togetherness amongst our family and friends. I'm counting days btw, haha ;-) 

See you!!! =)

Adolf Hitler : A Surprising Historical Facts

What you all nice readers will read is an email I received from a friend in Saudi Arabia and I would like to share it with all of you. Please do read with an open mind and heart. This is translated in English.

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With all the utmost respect that I have for this magnificent man, Adolf Hitler, may there will be another alike himself in this era~

I was having a conversation with one of my family members who was finishing his PhD thesis and I was shocked to learn that his thesis was about Adolf Hitler, the leader of the German Nazi. To him I said defiantly, "Is there no other Islamic leaders in this world that leads you to choose this nincompoop to be a subject of discussion?"

Surprisingly, he just laughed heartily and asked me what do I know of Hitler. 

I answered him that Hitler is a heartless murderer who kills massively and putting German above everything else. Then he asked me of my source of information and I told him my source is most definitely television.

With that he said, "Alright then, the British has done worse than that. The Japanese during the Imperialism were the same as well. But why the world only punishes Hitler and puttting all the blame on the Nazis as if they are still around to this day whilst we forget the damage British did to Scotland, and Japan to the world, and South Africa to their own blacks?"

I was quick demanding answers from him. He continued," There are two main reasons:-

1.  Hitler's principle about Jews, Zionism, and Israel's nation build-up. Hitler launched Holocaust to demolish the Jews because he believed that the Jews will destroy the world one day. 

2. Hitler's principle about Islam. Hitler has learned history of previous great governments and people, and he stated that there are three greatest civilization in the world, which are Persia, Rome, and Arabs. All three had conquered the world once upon a time and Persia and Rome had both expanded their civilizations until today, whilst the Arabs more inclined towards their disputes against each other. He saw this as a problem because Arabs will ruin the great Islamic Civilization which he viewed as one of the greatest at one time.

Due to his admiration for Islamic Civilization, he had printed papers on Islam to be spread to the Nazis army during war though their non-Muslim.

He also had given chances to the Muslim German troops to conduct prayers wherever they are, plus his troops had prayed in Berlin square and Hitler during that time waited until they finished their congregational prayer to deliver his speech.

Hitler also frequently met the Islamic scholar to gain their opinion and learn from them about Islam and how the four caliph run the administration...

Hitler with Syeikh Amin Al-Husainiy

He also requested these scholars to get close to his army to pray for the non-Muslim and give moral support to the Muslims to kill Jews.

A Nazi putting up Mufti Al-Quds on the wall

All the information is from historical researches done by my family for his PhD thesis and he has asked me not to add anything so that it will not give him any difficulty whilst presenting it later on. He does not want me to add any material found on the internet because I am not a historian myself. But all the photos here have been spread for quite sometime and anyone can access it via internet.

I too, tried my best to gain additional information from the internet and luckily I have bumped into some interesting facts:-

1. The influence of Al-Quran in Hitler's speeches.

When the Nazis arrived in Moscow, Hitler wanted to deliver a speech. He commanded his advisors to find a great preamble, from whichever religious books, philosophers, or even poetic lines. An Iraqi writer who resided in German has suggested a verse from Al-Quran:

(اقتربت الساعة وانشق القمر) meaning: The Judgement day is closing by and the moon will be slashed into two...

Hitler was so awed by this line and he used it as his preamble and part of his speech content. It is true that decipher experts have interpreted the verse to be meaning of greatness, strength, and given a deep meaning. 

This matter was mentioned by Hitler in his book, Emin Kampf which was written in prison that explained most aspects of his actions were based on Quranic verses, especially on his actions towards the Jews...  

2. Hitler sworn in the name of Allah the Almighty

Hitler has included the swore in the name of Allah the Almighty in his army's chief pledge, upon finishing the Germany Military Academy.

"I swear in the name of Allah the Almighty and this is my sacred oath, that I will obey all orders of Germany Military chiefs and their leader Adolf Hitler, the highest arm leader, that I will always be ready to sacrifice my body and soul at any time for my leader".

3. Hitler refused to drink beer (liquor) at the time when he was nervous about Germany's condition that was quite shaky and problematic. His doctors suggested him to drink beer as his medication and he refused, whilst saying," How could you sent a person to drink liquor when all his life he never touches that thing?"


Yes, Hitler never takes liquor in his lifetime... his usual drinks was tea using special bag...


It is emphasized here that this writing is definitely not to uphold Hitler's doing, but it is simply to reveal what is hidden by the West.


May all of us will be benefited by this.


*This article was sent to me from a friend. I have translated it from Malay to English for international benefits*

RIDICULUS people~ odd enough

OMDG!!! When was the last time I was here? Yikes~ the cobwebs are scaring me but no worries, here I am, cleaning up and updating. 


So, whilst I was away, I was really busy. And still am. This week will probably be one of the busiest week of my life. The KIK convention is coming up and next weeks gateway plan is ongoing, plus weddings to attend and overtime to do. Phew! That alone will eat up all my time and the others, well~ I was off to dream lands most of the time. heh ;-)


What to write? Okay, here goes: have you ever felt so annoyed because your life is mostly revolves around ridiculusly ridiculus people? Well, I have and still am feeling it! There are a few categories of these people, let's see some of them.


First: The Ladies, married and unmarried.

Well, the married ones if you mingled with them, will be talking about mostly about their husbands, children, etc. But their utmost favourite will be gossipping. Yes, typical gossip. This person is like this, that person is like that, bla bla bla. You get the picture. And yeah, gossips are never about good deeds, they are all about the negative stuff about other people. So, if you join this group, the topics are as mentioned. As for my reaction, WTH??? Don't you people has better things to do with your time or better things to talk about? Puh-leez!!! Gosh, honestly, I'd rather befriended the idiotic Patrick Starfish than any of these ladies! And as for their perception about me, haha~ never better. I'm the dark horse hehehe ;-) I love being the subject of their gossip simply because I'm so comfortable being myself and didn't mind at all not being accepted by them. And the fact that I'm still single, with good sense of style (they said so! and I think so =)) made it all much worse for them. Keep up the gossips, ladies! Waiting eagerly to hear it *eye-rolling impatiently"*

 Second group: Overhyped, overemotional, overreacting teenagers.
Okay, I've came across the second group for quite a number of times. They are everywhere, be it in my family or friends (yeah, odd isn't it) or even those you met occassionally, a.k.a strangers. This groupie is definitely the most annoying of all. I mean, yeah, I've been there and done that but seriously, they are so annoying, I felt like my bones are shattering with anger everytime confronting them. The thing is, most of this lot are blatantly stupid. They don't know what they are talking about yet, they claimed so. Whatever! The fact that now this lot is polluting facebook is thoroughly disgusting. One of their most disgusting habit is to show off and showcase their relationship. They will go as far as claiming their bf or gf as their husbands or wives. And at 14 too! I mean, come on! WTH??? Can these people focus on their life, a.k.a studies? That is their main concern and should be their only one. The fact that they are so undeniably selfish too, are a bit disturbing to digest. Yes, they are. They believe they rule the world and they are the rightful owners to every bloody word utter. Gosh, could this get any worse? I definitely blame tv. Yeap, take I-Carly for example. They are a rude bunch of teenagers who dissess and laugh and do bad jokes to their parents. This is not OK, and it must be curb. Why can't our tv stations screen out all these bad tv series?


Peers 101
Well, peers can be good and can be bad. Some of my favourite peers and friends are those humbled in nature. Just plain humble and down-to-earth. These are the coolest people on earth! The ones I really detest are those stuck up, arrogants gits! Just because you have a job doesn't mean you can show off all you like. The sad thing is some of them are even the older generation I can hardly called peers but they are in job scope. Whatever. Seriously, I really had enough sometimes. It's like being away from these people are the best thing ever!

I better stop here. ^__^

Adoration, one of a kind!

This week I’m requesting for a public opinion on this subject matter: what do you think of love when age gap is huge and you and your “lover” is somewhat related? Okay, I think the latter is probably more eye-catching than the first, aight? Well, for a start, no, this isn’t about brotherly love or father-daughter stuff. This is relative. Your relative. To make a head start on this discussion, I view it firstly as pure mortification! Alright, maybe that’s more than a tad too far for a first reaction, but you get the idea. I somehow feel ashamed about it. Though I must stressed that I’m not the one venting the “love”, but somewhat I felt guilty enough for triggering it or causing it in the first place (believe me, it was unconciously done). So, am I still living in this shamefulness hut? Nope, not anymore. Nor did I confuse myself or getting myself riled up for no reasons at all. You know what, at the peak of this craziness, I nearly thought I was in love with this person! Gosh! That’s absolutely non-sensically mental! When I give it a thought now, it’s just so lunatic, I refuse myself to even think further. My whole heart, body, soul, and mind just rejected the whole idea of thinking about it even! Just imagine how much they loath it.

            Now, the key question that keeps popping in my already full-filled head is WHY? WHY ME? Yeap, that big Y. I mean, it felt so weird just even thinking about it? How could it happened in the first place? What did I do to cause such a ludricous feeling to occur? Each time these question arises, I am left speechless. I am just being myself, and if it happened, surely that person must have adored me. I mean, seriously, this is hard to digest. Someone adores me? Me? This me? Moi? Okay, that’s enough and that’s clear to everyone that I didn’t take this adoration very easily. It’s better that I don’t know anything about it rather than knowing it. My freakish-ness or shall I put it, clumsiness whilst realizing this matter of fact, is simply unbearable (even my own self couldn’t handle it!). Alright, coming back to this akward situation. This fellow actually did something I was hoping that special someone will do for me. I don’t want to go with the details as I assume that person might be reading this blog too (I hope not, yikes!). Well, put it this way, if this person is not somehow that gappy young and related to me, this relationship might have taken a different direction and who am I to object? Hang on, I will object. You know why? Reality is, I don’t really adore this fellow that much. Especially that long sulking attitude this person had. Seriously! I don’t need that, I don’t want to waste too much time trying to win back his attention, whatever mate! I want someone matured enough to justify my actions and accepts my weaknesses and I to him. If this is one sided effort, my hands are already up and away, waving goodbye to you~ life is complicated enough, there’s no need to further complicate it.

            Now, I am happier~ I learn a lot from this mishap. I guess if you’re just not into it, don’t encourage it. You’re just confusing yourself and not to mention, the trouble you could get into. So, here I am still in search for the one. Or am I really doing that? Honestly, no. I’m not in search. I’m just too happy being single to change it. =)

UTP- always in my heart =)

I think I ought to write something about UTP for the upcoming 11th anniversary of my batch admitting to UTP (6/6/99-perfect number don’t you think?). well, coming from me, this girl who wouldn’t miss her weekends at home for the whole 5 years in UTP (1999-2004), I know my friends esp. my fellow classmates and dorm/apartment mates would get cross-eyed. Suhaila? Writing about UTP? Seriously??? Alright, I know it’s odd enough but I’m going to do it anyway. Where’s the fun or harm? Heh~
    First off, let’s talk about what I loved/missed most about UTP. As I am a food lover, I do enjoy good food at an affordable price. Now tell me, which place would probably supply us with that? Universities food courts, of course! The reason is very simple, the power of subsidy! Though I must stressed that USM café sold much cheaper and better food than UTP, Pak Ali’s café wins amongst the ones available, hands down. The best thing about Pak Ali is that, this fella started out by just selling in a small hawker stall in the old cafetaria house (gosh, I have forgotten the name of it!). He only sold fried rice plus ayam masak merah and ayam madu. I still remembered it vividly! I was one of his regular customer. Until we all moved to V4, he also made his way there. And acting like a true enterpreneur, he expanded his business both inside and outside the campus (in case you’re wondering the owner of Jarum Emas, he’s the very same Pak Ali I’m rambling about now~). And the food selection is ever growing, especially during lunch time. Not to mention the cheap price tags! I love the fact that he is ever so lenient with his regular customers, never hurting the students feeling by being prudent or just a sickeningly rich arse. He stayed true to his ground, and always friendly to us. I simply love Pak Ali! During my MSc. in PE days, he was the one supplying our tea. And thus sometimes, I even got to hitch a ride with him. Plus the extra bottles of mineral water hahaha~ you get the whole idea. Well, thus I must say, the first thing I missed and loved the most about UTP is Pak Ali and his café. If I were to visit UTP again for leisure, Pak Ali’s Café is the first in the list!
    You must think I’m a tard geek and nerd when you heard the runner up for this list. Alright, I must admit, I missed and loved the most about UTP is the classes. Yes, you heard me. I miss all those classes and I loved them all. This will justify my weekend getaway at home. You know, in my opinion, UTP without the classes filling up the time will be like a dead-old-abandoned cowboy town. I really do miss those classes no matter how clueless they get sometimes (like CPIC-chemical process instrumentation & control, seriously I couldn’t get the hang of it, but B+ I got! Hehe~). I loved the fact that I’m waking up every morning heading to the classes. The busier my day, the better I felt. I still remember having to rush to my gamelan practices after classes. And not to mention when we were going to play for the inaugration convocation of UTP back in 2001, the nights were filled with practices though third year in chemical engineering was nowhere easy to handle. But honestly, I enjoyed every bit of it! If comparing those days to now, it seems that I had more than 24 hours now. Seriously! Those days were so packed, you’ve just got to manage your time well so that you’ll get enough sleep, which is always a priority to me. Hehehe~ Some of my favourite classes were Analytical Skills & Critical Thinking (wayyyy back in 1st year 2nd semester), Separation Process I & II (gosh, Dr. I-have-forgotten-his-name-but-one-heck-of-a-genius and his assistant, Pn. Anis Suhaila-their exam questions were bloody tough! The only paper I cried after the exam~ huhu~), all my Environment specialisation courses (Environmental Law & Reg., Air Pollution Engineering, Water & Wastewater Engineering, and Solid and Hazardous Waste Management), and C++ Programming (yes, I loved Dr Huq~ the best!). Oh, I do hates my math classes but I loved my lecturers all the same. I was so lucky to have such a great selections of lecturers who have taught me well in all my classes. I learned a lot from all these great classes and you know, we UTPians always have an edge over other university graduates be it locals or abroad. We really do! I don’t know if you guys notices this or not, at least I can say we can face any kind of challenges with optimism, and head-on. Absolutely no-fear. And since I’m currently in government agency, I can tell you that I am probably in 2020 as compared to the others. All thanks to UTP and the lessons I learned from there. I am so blessed, proud, and humbled at the same time. Alhamdulillah~
    Well, classes aside, one of the thing I enjoyed the most whilst in UTP was the in between munching, be it either in USM cafés or V4 café or the old café in wild wild west. These were crucial times to catch up with the latest gossip going round the campus, in whichever field of choices. Girls, boys, lecturers, pak guards, mak guards, you name it. Sometimes I felt guilty hearing them but I was usually one of those last persons knowing the juicy stuff so…. nope, not that guilty! Hehehe~ but yeah, great times. Sometimes we just rambled on and on about how tough that semester was and how this class make no sense at all, how that lecturer sucks at teaching, how we have not done our assignments or lab reports, etc. etc. But the times spent there were blissful, to say the least. We were definitely entitled to these breaks for we were engineering students! Did I mention how tough our programme was in the first place? But yeah, you get the whole idea of it. I recalled enjoying the wonderful American Breakfast platter, or the very first chicken chop haha~ yeah, the western café in USM food court was the first in the campus, thus the menu were famous. Oh, not to mention Nasi Goreng USA. I can’t quite process where the USA-ness of it but I do remember the colourful keropok that goes with it, yummy! Though the environment was nowhere colourful or eventful or picturesque even, I still rate the munching times in between classes were one of my best mo’ in UTP. And I am most definitely missing it. The topics nowadays were so blah! I mean, seriously, are people so disconnected to the world once they work or what? Or at least it seems that way where I am. If you’re unmarried, people keep on popping the million dollar question-when will we hear the wedding bells? Or if you’re married, you would be spending your muching time or gossip time with stories of your husbands or comparing whose children are smarter or cuter, you get what I mean. Duh duh duh~ very damn boring! WTH??? Gosh, get me out of here! So, if you could catch me in my office, I would be in my room, busying myself with my work, or playing solitaire, or my current rave, reading. I could finish any 500 pages of book in two weeks time, just by reading them in between my free time at the office. No, nothing of the sort of speed reading but tell you what, I’m bored to death at work. Seriously, I miss all the gangly gossips I used to enjoy listening to, if not participate in. Bring back those days!
    You know, I guess I’m one of the lucky students in UTP as my batch is the one that experience UTP in three different phases. My mates and I used to stay in the Metana block and it rated third in my most missed/loved stuff about UTP. I really loved and missed those wonderful times I spent in Metana common room. When we moved to V3/V4 apartments, we were all separated in our own houses. Watching favourite programmes such as WWF/WWE on Thursday nights or movie marathon on Friday night till dawn were never as fun as they were in Metana common room. First year was the best. I still remember hearing the Propana boys singing the National Anthem loudly when the clock strikes midnight. My fellow mates would do a comeback by singing Petronas anthem after that, hehehe~ just for the fun of it. Oohh ohh~ and remember the guys who used to skate boarding non-stop at night? Or even played the longest ping pong games ever? Mannnnn! I missed those times! I was never scared of staying up because I know these guys were awake the whole night, most especially on Friday nights. Common room was probably the best gathering place in UTP. Lunch time, dinner time, after dinner, you name it. It was always entertaining, eating whilst watching tv or chatting up or even gossipping. And I recalled studying last minute for Engineering Math I (Calculus I) paper and it went black-out! Talking about bad luck~ but still, alhamdulillah, I managed through the “ordeal” hehehe~ As for now? No more any of those fun times. Though we only use hanger’s wire as our tv arial, the pure fun and joyfulness of the moments spent together there are irreplaceable. Good times, bad times, happy, sad, the Metana common room witness them all. And yeah, those chit-chats on the steel staircase, priceless! Hang on, does all these memories indicates that I’m so lonely? Muahahhaha! No-lah, I’m just reminiscing good old times in UTP, my used-to-be most hated place, no kidding. Funny how memories can mock you. But they are definitely memories to be cherished, no doubt.
    Final say, Encik Ahmad Fadhil, a.k.a VJ, when are we having our grand reunion? My vote is we do it in UTP. Make it like our convocation. The weekends there, perhaps games, concert, treasure hunts, etc. etc. At least get ¾ of our batch to come over. Puh-leeeesss!

Well, I better pen off now. I hope to hear your most loved/missed mo’ in UTP. And perhaps we could have the “walking down the memory lane” book on that hehehe~ who knows? I’ve yet to come across one. Even if there is, it would never be as brilliant as ours, trust me. We are so blessed to have our bachelors degree there. It’s one heck of an experience!

Recaps on few weeks off!

First of all, I'm very sorry for the long lost of me during the past few weeks over my own blog. Okay, I was really busy, fall sick, attending and hosting a million events (a million? more of exaggeration~), and another week full of auditing events. Phew! I never thought I could be this busy! I mean, with my current job. But well, I'm enjoying myself despite being tired most of the time. That's life, I guess.

Well, there's nothing much to tell. It's really has been a few busy weeks. I was planning to do reviews on two books I have finished and now I'm starting on a new book. I wish to read the novel first and then go into the war history.

You know, I've finished reading this good book written by a brilliant writer, Farish A. Noor only to learn that he is a liberal who once had said nasty things to our beloved Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. I hurts me just thinking about that. But then again, I enjoyed the historical tour he had given me in his book. And I'm getting the second volume. I don't want to be judgemental, but certainly I'm against what he said about the prophet. He has no rights to do so.

Well, I better be off now. I need to relax and stay off from laptop. Haha~ see you guys next week or later!

Friday at the nearby Jetty

The last Friday was probably one of the memorable ones. =) On that particular Friday, my sister and her collegues went for lunch in one of a famous restaurant in Penang. While indulging in her lunch, she suddenly spotted a good-looking Firefly pilot also having lunch there with his overly-done-make-up stewardess. My sister told me the story while I was driving us back from Penang to Jitra. Along the way, I couldn't quite process if I were in her situation, what would I say to the handsome pilot? Now now, this is not about hitching a ride with him or hooking up, but seriously, to start a conversation. To be a friendly person I always am. But when it comes to the local guys, I think a lot before striking up a conversation with a total stranger. And stranger still, I did not find it hard if I were to start a conversation be it with guys or girls local or foreign, if we were in the same course or seminar, something of that sort. But if outside of all that, in the streets, in stores, in restaurants, I lost it totally.

Maybe I feel that when I'm having my "me-time", I just don't give a damn about anything else around me. Seriously. Most especially when I'm eating hahahah~ that's one of my favourite time besides sleeping. Back to my sister's story, well now, if I were to strike up a conversation with this pilot guy, what should I say? Hmm~ I'd say,"Hey, I see you're a Firefly pilot. Good Lord, what a coincidence! I happens to be a pilot too!" He would say,"Really? That's great! Which company you worked for?" I would then say, quite confidently,"Ohh~ you pilot Firefly yek, I pilot gak, pilot Feri Pulau Pinang! Kelas you, you bawak orang jer kan? I siap bawak keta, lori, moto, orang, sebut apa jer sumer I bawak! Nih you, stewardess, you serve aper atas flight? Takat air oren ngan muffin jer kan? I siap boleh serve nasi lemak lagi! You nak aper sumer ader. Kalau time I lalu kt laut tu, semua bot2 nelayan tu jgn cuba2 berani nk challenge. Kalau kapal besar pon tolong sket yer, parking kt sebelah tu. I have a schedule to catch. So, bila nk naik Feri I?"

So, what do you think? You think he'll like me for my honesty or what? Hehehehehehehehe ;-p

CaNtIk la sangat..................................

Cantik~ cukup sinonim dengan wanita. But seriously, penting sangat ke untuk cantik? Cantik kalau diri sendiri nak feel good okaylah but if you just did it because you want to show off, or because your boyfriend started complaining, I think it's unjustifiable. Honestly, beauty is skin deep, it's more than just a pretty face. Kalau muka cantik, attitude zilch nak buat apa? Tapi serious cakaplah, orang zaman sekarang ni memang sebahagiannya tadak bahasa. Apatah lagi dah ada keja elok sket, apa lagi, jalan naik ke langit la jawabnya. Satu perkara la, kalau orang tu asalnya susah tiba2 dapat kesenangan, dia memang umpama kaduk naik ke junjung. Walaupun bukan semua macam tu, tapi pengalaman peribadi sendiri tengok ramai sangat macam ni. Dalam my own office pon, kalau yang degree accounting tu, mentang2 la gaji dia lebih sket, kepala dia pon ada besar lebih sket! Wait, hang on, bukan lebih sket, lebih banyak! Kalau nak dibandingkan dengan hot air baloon tu, besaq lagi kepala depa ni~  weheehehehehhe!

Bukan apa, di hari Ahad yang cerah dan indah ni bukanlah berniat nak kutuk sesiapa, tapi tak tahan la bro~ kalau hari2 mengadap orang2 macam ni dikhuatiri kita pon akan jadi macam depa. So, mintak simpang la Ya Allah! Mintak dijauhkan dari makhluk2 ni. Anyway, back to the main topic. Cantik~ first let's focus on physical beauty. Nak cantik ni kena rajin esp. kalau kita ni memang "kureng" sket la dari segi paras rupa. Kena la melabur sket, beli facial care, make-up, baju, kasut, handbag, etc. Pendek kata dari hujung rambut (or tudung) sampai ke hujung kaki, everything must be taken care of! Susah woooo~ bukan senang. Duit kena banyak. Kalau tak banyak sangat, kena la berjimat cermat. Ikat perut. Okay per, buleh kurus sket. Heee~ tapi definitely not for me la. I'm a food lover, so, I'd rather spend my earnings to enjoy good food than dieting for the sake of appearances. Not that I say appearance doesn't matter, it actually does. You must take care of your looks because whether you like it or not, First Impression Counts! Bukan ajer time kita nk pi interview, tapi hari2 kita pi office or keluar sekalipon, we must take care of our sense of dressing. Ya lah~ Islam pon menuntut untuk kita menjaga kebersihan dan penampilan what~ So, jangan selekeh2 okay?

Tapi satu hal la, most lelaki la kan, diorang tak kisah pon bab2 penampilan ni. Though nowadays, men are more open to this subject and half of them are already termed as metrosexual, still mostly tak kisah langsung bab2 menjaga penampilan ni. Selekeh, ketiak busuk, rambut berminyak, baju dia mak aiiiiii~ macam setahun tak basuh! Yucks!!! Eeeeee~ kalau ya pon tak mau dicop metro, takkan la sampai tak buleh nk pakai odorono dan tukar baju. Dahhhhh~ nanti dia bagi alasan dia keja tengah panas la, itu la ini lah. Kalau kerja construction tu aku pahamlah~ takkan la nk suruh dia wangi 24 jam! Tapi yg keja kt opis ni, bau sama cam yg keja kt tengah bendang, apa cer? Ni sah baju tu tak sidai tengah panas pastu masam la jadinya. Gosok pon idak, hiiiii~ Tapi la kan, point aku sebenarnya, walaupon deme ni selekeh bebenor, pompuan suker gak kat deme~ untung2~ baguih betui jadi jantan ni, busuks and selekehs macam mana pon still ada org suka gak. eheheheheheeh~ tapi kalau pompuan macam tu, perghhhhhhhhhhh~ mampus la kena kutuk bagai nk rak! Double standard kan?

Dah2~ bab kedua, cantik dari segi lain2. Dalam erti kata lain, bijak dan berbudi bahasa. Bijak ni tak semestinya keluar universiti, tapi ada akai la. Mcm contoh di atas la, tau la gaji besaq, takyah la nk belagak. Bukan aku pinjam duit hang pon beli keta ke hapa ke~ tulah contoh2 orang keluar U, tapi BANGANG tahap dewa! Orang yang bijak ni, dia cool ajer. Lagi satu cool tu bukan maksud org mulut byk cam aku ni tak cool (aku COOL tahap dewa kay~ ;-p) tapi cool ni bermaksud pabenda pon yg dia ada, dia tak kecoh la. Down to earth, baik hati, hormat orang tua, tak berpura2 (aku benci sial sekor artis betina nih! kalau nk tau tanya adik aku~), dan tau serta kenal diri dia sendiri. Tak payah la nk belagak kalau keje gomen tu~ taulah awak ada pencen pon! menyampah aku! Aku bersyukur la sbb belajar kt UTP, member2 aku mostly anak lord, pastu pandai tahap dewa, pastu keje perghhhhh~ sumer engineer belaka! Tapi tak pon deme2 tu over, or belagak sombong ngan apa yang diorang ada. Diorang cool ajer~ tak kecoh pon. Nk dibandingkan dengan mangkuks2 ayon kt my organization now, mmg takleh banding la. So, bangga la kawan ngan deme2 ni. Malah depa ni sgt2 memahami aku waktu aku melepaskan jawatan di PCSB dulu. Dan diorang tumpang happy aku venture new world, siap tanya lagi, mcm mana nk apply? Cool or what? Bangga siot kawan ngan depa2 ni~ mmg humble. 

So, di akhir kata, nak cantik tu takpa, tapi jangan sampai memakan diri. Dan pesanan untuk diri sendiri dan juga generasi muda sekarang, belajar2 la untuk berbudi bahasa. Aku rasa kegersangannya tu ketara sangat dah wey~ mmg budak2 sekarang ni kebanyakannya kuang hajar laa~ nak tunjuk keras kepala memanjang, apa kata ko pegi tunjuk kekerasannya kt dinding? Kita tengok sapa menang sapa mampus dalam kebodohan! Hiiii~ dah~ malas dah nk beleter~ sampai kiamat pon tak abih~ 

Back to hibernation~ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

What's Up with Reading?

Okay, sounds cliche I know. But seriously, Malaysians and the last-time-I-heard poll says miraculously, read only two books a year. So, I am thus, odd since I read more than two books each year and alright, I admit it, addicted to books? I am. Seriously. Why? Because it's fascinating! I love reading. I wish I could have all the time in the world to read. Reading thriller-suspense books from authors alike Dan Brown, is really exciting, bone-chilling, and not to mention, mind boggling at the same time. But all in all, I love it. Even one of my own boss, Tn. Azman, shares the same passion as I am. He also, an avid reader and loves John Grisham and Jeffrey Archer. I used to like reading romance novels, but I now totally hates it. They are nothing but the same. The only thing I enjoyed whilst reading those is the 19th century-era potrayal in the story. I love vintage and I definitely love old-scene movies. But the whole body of those novels are just nauseating. They do feel like that if taken too much. So, stop to those. Haha~

Right. Now, what am I reading at the moment? In one of the blogs I'm following, a friend is reading two historical-based books and I'm currently reading one of them. It's called, What Your History Teacher Didn't Teach You Vol. 1 by Farish A. Noor. So far, I'm hooked. Prior to this book, I spent about a week to finish another Dan Brown's thriller-suspense novel, The Lost Symbol. Though I still think The Da Vinci Code is the best to date by Mr. Brown, I also love this new number from him. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

At the moment, I have another two books at hand to be finished. Two children's books, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator and 13 Curses. I don't know when this will commence but soon I reckon.

Now, if you ask me why Malaysians in general do not enjoy reading as much as I do~ well, I reckon it's because it is not in our culture. Our parents hardly read books to tell us to sleep, nor do they read themselves in their spare time. I'm not blaming them but all good habits must start from home. Someone must start doing it. I do admit that my parents also didn't do all the above mentioned, but I must thank my mum for her discreet ways to encourage me to read. She keeps on buying books and stashed them to me. I was introduced first to books amongst other things. The only thing she will buy me unconditionally is books. So, MUM, thank you! I owe you this one, too. Amongst so many other things~ =)

So, do my siblings enjoy the same habit? Well, not really. My elder sister is, but my two others not so. Especially my youngest sister. heheheh~ she'll get cross with this! I keep on telling her about good books. The only books she ever purchased (as in novels) are Paddington Bear Takes the Train and Angels (the one made from the tv series starring David Boreanaz). Uhhhhh~ come on! At this point, I think even the statistic is good enough for us. Well, two books per year is better than nothing! I believe it is a responsibility for "bookworms" alike myself to inculcate this positive habit to others, especially to my own family members. Lu, you're my next project! hahahahha!!!

Alright then, I must resume to Mr. Farish now. 

p/s: he's quite a good looking bloke at "that" age hahahahahahahah~

Hibernate

Well, it's time to hibernate again. Don't worry, I'm not a polar bear, still am human hehehe~

I'll write more but this is hibernation period.

Adios!

Letih berpanjangan

A'kum dan salam sejahtera. Wow, 2 minggu off from internet!!! Dasyat tu~ the longest so far I've been away from the world wide web. So, how's everyone? Great I hope. Well, as for myself, I'm very-very tired. Why? The past two weeks I've been attending two separate courses at two separate places. Last week in Malacca and this week in Langkawi. Can you imagine? Penatnya jgn cakaplah. Tapi yg best dlm penat2 tu sempat shopping "kaw-kaw" punya kt Langkawi. Hahaha~ Biasalah... tak penah pi la katakan~ iyer, aku tak penah pi Langkawi. Ni lah kali pertama seumur hidup. Perasaan? Tak suka naik bot. Rasanya this is the first and the last kot. Ntahlah~ tak menarik pon~ yg best beli coklat ngan pinggan mangkuk ajalah~ lain2 tu tak minat.

Sebenarnya, tujuan utama menulis di ruangan blog ni sbb nak penuhkan ruang. Hahaha~ taklah... nk update sebenarnya. Yalah kan, kang bersawang pulak blog ni. Well, otak mmg fried. Nk komen pasal kursus, haaa~ nnti aku citer. Tapi semua kena tukar nama la~ kang diorang tau pulak aku mengutuk diorang (uikss, dah terlepas cakap~ tak suspen dah la lepas ni hehehe)

Tapi ada satu peristiwa menakutkan bagi aku. Ada la sorang makcik ni, umur dah setengah abad, tapi ranggi. Tang ranggi tu aku tak kisah sgt, ya la.. pakai seluar jeans, free hair, bagi aku boleh diterima lagilah. Tapi yg paling aku tak tahan dia ni kuat merokok. Aku ni kira ortodoks sket bab2 ni. Bila aku tgk dia mengembut aja, aku rasa mcm dok tgk ibu ayam. Heeee~ takut! Dia ni baik ngan aku tapi, aku tak tau la pulak apa niatnya. Semalam room mate aku nk balik umah dia, sekali makcik ni paksa aku tidoq kt bilik dia. Pergghhhhh~ aku ketaq lutut la. Mcm2 benda dah menusuk otak aku ni~ takut!!! Ya la~ org la ni bukan buleh pakai sgt. Yg aku heran, dia paksa aku tuuu~ suruh tidoq jugak2 ngan dia. mak aiiii~ berdiri bulu roma aku!! nasib baik room mate aku kelentong dia kata dia tak jadi balik, padahal dia sedap dah dok kt umah dia. Aku pulak kunci segala pintu, tingkap, siap selak lagi. Punya takut kt makcik tu. Heeee~ ngeri aku! Alhamdulillah laa~ semuanya dah berakhir. Aku pon dah selamat balik umah. Pengalaman yg menakutkan tapi moral of the story, jgn betui bendui sgt. Mesti pandai berlakon. As in mesti belajar cara kawal emosi dan fikiran supaya org takleh baca apa ada dlm hati dan otak kita. Very important.

Dahlah~ aku pon dah letih ni. Mail box sampai 400++ email. Giler byk kena delete! See you guys next time!!!

Follow Your Heart

Okay, today I want to write about some successful individuals who had tough life before them but now they are a huge success in their own business. The first one is a guy called Tony Hsieh, and he's the CEO of Zappos.com, an online shoe business. What??? You've never heard of him? *eye rolling* okay okay, here's his picture:-

and here's a little excerpt of him from Wikipedia~

Tony Hsieh (English pronunciation: /ʃeɪ/ "shay") is the current CEO of online shoe and clothing shop Zappos.com. Prior to joining Zappos, Hsieh co-founded and sold the internet advertising network LinkExchange to Microsoft for $265M in 1998. Hsieh graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Computer Science. He is a second-generation Taiwanese American.^[1]

On July 22, 2009 Amazon.com announced the acquisition of Zappos.com in a deal valued at approximately $887.9mm.^[2] He is said to have made at least $214 million from the sale not including money made through his former investment firm Venture Frogs.

So, now you've known him. Here's the second guy. His name is Gurbaksh Chahal. You would've guess, he's originally from India and he's Sikh. He had a very challenged childhood in school cuz you see, he wore his turban when he was young. So, he fought all that and became mature and wise at such a young age. Here he is:-

And here's his Wiki's file~

Gurbaksh Singh Chahal (born July 17, 1982) is an American entrepreneur, best-selling author, TV personality, motivational speaker, and self made multi-millionaire. By the age of 25, he founded two advertising companies worth $340 million, more recently appeared on several TV shows and published a memoir.

So, now you're wondering, why I choose these two? Basically, they are normal people like us. We are the same basically. We are not celebrities. We come from the same kind of families, who appreciates values and have simple kind of lives. Our life can be challenging and tough at times, but we managed through. So, what makes these guys different than us? Well, they are very, very successful! Money wise, life wise. What do I mean by life wise? They are happy and passionate about their job. It's not even like a job after all for them.

Take Mr. Hsieh for example, I saw him in an interview on Oprah Winfrey show, he said he's very passionate with customer service and that's what drives him to do this business. And he doesn't even have his own office! He sat in the same kind of cubicle just like every buck of his 800+ workers and pleasing his costumer is his number one goal. What a simple, down to earth millionaire! What pleases me the most, is how he makes his office environment to be so happy and family-like. They are so happy working, there's no strict working hours like we're using now. He's truly an inspiration.

As for Mr. Chahal, the bit that I learn from this guy is that he was in a difficult situation, yet he took it so positively that he admitted to himself being different from everybody else and he channelled the energy to find what is his strength. It turned out to be a positive thing after all, why he's a millionaire by 16 years old! Fancy that~ but he did point out that he missed out his teenage years being so engrossed with the internet business he developed and then sell out at hundreds of millions of dollars. But then again, "No Sacrifice, No Victory" (again, the Witwicky motto~ gosh so many Transformers line here hahaha~)

The main reason I choose to post this is because when I learnt about these two people, it actually tells me the simplest thing about life. Follow your heart. Choose to do what you love. It is really that simple. I know, I know sometimes you don't get what you want but you can always work towards it. You must have loads of things that you love. For example cooking. Maybe you can start your own baking business or something. That's the kind of idea I'm putting in here.

In case you're wondering, mine is writing. I always wanted to write and here I am having my first blog. And I really hope to make it a success. It's not about the money. It's about doing what you love. And I'm so glad I did it. Here's hoping the same to you~ :-)

Morning Ritual

See those? Yeah, they are my morning ritual. I'm sure everybody has one. Every morning I need to get my dosage of internet, and these webs are my top three. It's not like my life will be over if I didn't get to open them but you see, it's like a craving. Like an addiction. Like an obsession (maybe that's a bit too far, but still~ a possibility). I just had to check my emails (even though it's just deleting facebook's notification) but still~ I must do it! No matter what. It's simply like those who needed their caffein or tar indulgence every morning, I must have my Vico and internet. Hahaha~ sounds familiar? I bet you guys feels the same way too~ maybe in a different way.

Gone were the days where newspaper is a must. I used to be in that position before. Every morning I must read a newspaper. Tak kisahlah surat khabar cap apa, semua boleh. Utusan, BH, Kosmo!, HM, semua belasah. Janji masa breakfast mesti baca newspaper. Sambil baca sambil makan. Dah tabiat agaknya. But since the birth of the internet, and the fact that I'm quite not a big fan of the news published in our mainstream newspapers, I have thrown away that habit. So now, it's Yahoo!mail, fb, and eurosport taking over my morning. Hehehe~

Actually, I always have the habit of doing something whilst eating. Be it sitting down with my family, chit-chatting between the munching, or if I'm alone, I'd watch tv or vcds or read something. In short, I can't just sit and eat without having something else to do. I guess I developed this when I was young. Being in between wasn't that easy~ haha~

Having said that, I've done my morning ritual. Gosh! Just look at the time~

So, how about you? Care to share your morning ritual? ;-)

Between your dreams and reality

Okay, so this is my first post in my blog. Oh my God, I have a blog!!! Oh God, oh God, Ya Allah *breathe in, breathe out*. Phew~ okay. Back to business. So, today I want to talk about dreams and reality. My dreams. My reality.

Dreams
When I was very, very young I wanted to just sit at home and wiggle my feet while watching tv. Yes, that's my dream occupation. Odd enough but that's the truth of it. When I started school, my teacher asked all of us to write down three dream occupations. Three!!! Can you imagine how hard it was for me? I had none! Well~ the one that I had was hardly called "occupation", it's more like leasurely occupation. Duhhh~ I was in panic. What am I supposed to do? You know what I did? (I can hear a chorus of NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO). I fancied myself a picture dictionary, and I flipped through to the occupation page. It has all sort of occupations there. So, I filled in the damn form, and voila!!! All set and done. Hehehehe~ I fooled my teacher.

When I was 11, I finally see what occupation was all about. Getting money ($$$$$$$). So, the closest thing to my school is a clinic and the highest paid job there was a doctor. Truly inspired by this and watching Dr. Doogie Howser (did I spell it correctly?) I set my target then to become a world-famous doctor (cheeewaaahhh!!).

Come form 4, 16 years old, studying science stream, being introduced to Mr. Biology. First impression? Not good. Hated it and still hates it! What the heck? Cell dividing? Who cares anyway? Well not me~ No thank you. So, what happened to my dream of becoming a world-famous doctor? Puffttt! Kaput!! Dream gone~

Come form 5, 17 years old, I need a new dream job. Quick. Fast. Why? Cuz I need to apply into a good university. Come on brain!!! But I had none. I talked to my favourite teacher, Mr. Ooi Beng Huat, who was my Chemistry teacher (my favourite subject, btw) about this matter. He's the one suggested Chemical Engineering for a degree. And boy, do I owe him. I may not be an Engineer in practice but I am happy that I took that course in university. It is certainly the perfect course for me.

REALITY
Now, reality check. When I graduated, I pictured myself working as a chemical engineer in a plant in PFK, Gurun, Kedah. However, that's not the case. I was forced to become a petroleum engineer and failed to do so. I hate it. I have no passion whatsoever in it. So, kaput! Pfffttt! Dream gone.

Now, I'm in a completely (like 360 degree turn) different fields. But one question that I asked myself every morning when I woke up, am I happy? And everyday, my answer is the same, YES, I AM. And that is good enough for me. In reality, even though my dreams are not my reality, most important thing is that I am happy with my life. And that's all that matters. :-)