Raya gathering

I was at raya gathering for my dept today. All I can say is they are so square I meant good. No yellow jokes, no gossiping & you girls will be proud of me as I only eat once.(nobody eat much!!!). Even dry jokes are missing here. Now I know whta is goody-2 shoes really meant.

The picture speaks of peace & tranquility...

Dull morning

Today is quite monotonous. 1 student promised to see me today but did not turn up.
I'm still fastinf today. Today is the last of my puasa ganti. I do not know if I can make it for the puasa 6. Hope I do not succumb to temptation & end my fast today. As per right now, my tummy is dancing Samba....

End of Convo

Well, Yesterday which was Monday, was the last of Convo days. You can see many proud parents usherring their children around campus, taking photos at the most outrageous places. ( was I like that?)

It is good to know that about 65% of the kids who graduated during the last convo(march) are alredy employed.Now, the new kids will be facing the reality of life(working, notworking etc.

Actually waht piss me off was that my seminar 20 - 22 Oct) was cancelled because of the convo. The best part is that the secretariat did not inform me and I have already reached the venue only to be told that it was postponed to next week.
I have to returened home to get my laptop and to go back to the offfice. I was so frustated as I was really set to attend to seminar. I went to Jitra, bought myself a blouse, when for lunch then I go to he office. ha!ha!ha!

New Background

I was trying to find a new background for my blog and I found this. It sort of resembles Kedah with the padi fields and endless view of the clear blue sky.

For you info, tomorrow will be my last quiz for my class and I am free. No more class until next year!!!
Now I really have to concentrate on my application to the universities, my GRE test and the never ending proposal.

Recently i have an affinity with blue(as you can see in my baju raya for my family. I used to hate blue.

Is it a sign that I'm changing my preference........

Salam Aidil Fitri & everything else!

Hai friends!!
Sorry to have been 'sleeping' for so long.
First & formost I would like to take this opportunity to wish Selamat Hari Raya to all who celebrate this event.

I was in Kelantan for 1 week. Never had such a long leave for raya berfore. It was really quite enlightening. The children and especially my Kelantanese husband wes realy a tiring oops happy occasion.(That's the only husband that I have he.he)

To all my friends I nak mint maaf and hope that we could always keep in touch always.
Ta da!!

ps. The above is the picture of my family , My father in-law & my two mothers in-law

Pasar Ko'diang

Last weekend I went to pasar kodiang(pasar tani actually).

I tried to belnd in(speaking utara & all sorts). My plan backfired as I brought my Youngest daughter. She was practically saying, ' ibu lembu tuh ada darah' 7 things like' ibu jgn pegi dekat ikan tu nanti kaki kotor' there goes my chance to bargain on the price of goods. Abg Am says it's all my fault as I did not regularly bring my children to the market. How am I suppose to know that the are going to behave like'jakun'

So I told them we r going to the market, & we are not buying our 'fishes , chickens & meat from Giant, carrefore or the likes.(anyway non is available in changlun). SO as my daughter says we have to go to "pasar busuk".

Well, KL kids are so spoilt. Anyway, we brought camera to take pictures of the view to pasar kodiang. (I refused to let them snap pictures in the market itself- malu nanti org kata makcik kerek). But we bought 5 life chicks @ RM2/chicks.(due to the insistence of my youngest daughter). Now left 3 chicks as 2 died due to stress!!(my daughter accidentally sat on 1)

Well, I will not go to pasar Kodiang again this weekend, at least the people have time to forget us..ha..ha..ha

Adapting

Hai evry1,

As the title goes, i 'm really adapting to my new life here. But here I have to dress-up for work, meaning I have to put on my make-up, goes evrywhere with my handbag, that is the only way to differentiate us from he students. Gone were the days where we only carry our purse or pouch during lunch or anywhere. i'm lucky that delinn is here so we can do things together like lunch, library or the only best thing around here to shop at Varsity Mall.(mind you, only delinn & I are the only lecturer who frequent the place).I was advised by my 'penyelaras kursus' to began studying ASAP. This really put some pressure on me. That is why, I'm here in the office today even thouh today is a holiday(maal hijrah).

Well got to start finding for the universities now!!! TADA

My new Life

I'm adjusting to my new life. Now I have to read(non novels) everyday. Now I can tell you who is the Quality gurus & all aspects on quality. What the students don't know is that I read on a Just in time basis( read only what you need to teach in next class ).

I just found out that I have to supervise a final semester student on their mini thesis!!! imagine that.( my own proposal pun tak bergerak lagi). I also have to supervise 3 self development group -SDG. It really keeps me busy...he.he.

Nak jumpa delinn pun susah, although we are in the same floor & building.

We went to Taman Rusa with Delinn & my family(details in delinn's blog).

But to top it all out, I bought a new Mac laptop!!!!. I will get the pictures later.

tada for now. Need to repare for next lecture.

The first hurdle

Last Wednesday, I had my first lecture. I was full of apprehension. I put on my "lecturer face" and off I go the my first calss.

41 students registered but 36 turn up. It is quite a disadvantage as my all my classes is in the afternoon from 2.00 -03.30 pm. It is quite a job to keep the children interested.( they will be yawning away.

I do not know if they understand but the give me polite attention.

I was quite cool exteriorly but I was having butterflies in my stomache(afraid that they might ask a question that I can't answer).
Luckily, everything goes well. My class is a mixture of final , 4th and even 1st semester students.

But surprisingly, the pressure was not as bad as I was preparing a meeting with Mam Or Mdm Z. I really quite enjoy teaching. I think I have made the right decision.
The life of a lecturer is not that bad, maybe it is to soon but just wait & see.

News From Sintok

Hai Girls!

Now I am officially a staff of UUM. Unfortunately I still do not have a room as my roommate is on leave and the could not contact her.
Well enough about that. It seems that we do not have anything to do here (for now).
They are just paynig me & Delinn for going up & down the stairs.
Here is totally a different culture. As my big boss says, nobody will ask you to do anything, you have to do erything yourselves. Imagine that!
Our working hours is from 8.00 to 4.45 from Sunday to Wednesday. On Thursday we work only up to 4.30. But the beauty is that for lecturers is flexible! Now Delinn & I can go for long lunches but we do not have anywhere to go!!

Now I am at the library. I should give myself a pat on the back for finding a book in the library using the system(the library is very canggih one). For your info, during study days, library is for dating only..ha!ha!ha!

I really need to get a good pair of shoes or invest an escalator for UUM. Just now I climbed the flight of stairs to the library, & when I ask the librarian, where are the books for MGT and the answer is 5th floor. HA!HA! I manged to climb or should I say crawl and only to find the particular book is on the 4th floor!. I was ready to scream, but only screm inside as it is the library.
Anyway, this is my life right now. When do you think I would be fit enough to run up the steps?

Bye!

Farewell II

My exit letter

"My Dearest Friends!

The time has come for me to say goodbye as I am now in my final week in TM. Since I first step foot in this company, I have made many friends who are very, very dear to me. We shared many happy moments together, full of laughter and jokes (the clean and x-rated), mischief and all kinds of pranks that we played on another. Of course, there were also a few sad memories when we cried together and consoled one another. I am very glad to have crossed your path and would not have chosen anybody else as my friends. I am truly blessed and thank God for all of you. You have all never failed to give me encouragement and inspire with your wisdom.

Some of you I have known for a long time while some in the last few years. All of you have been a part of the fond memories that I take with me when this chapter of my life closes. But as the Spice Girls put it “Make it last forever friendship never ends. As I move into the next chapter in my life (There is actually life after TM), together with my loved ones – My husband and 4 beautiful daughters, I wish you all the best and pray that all your dreams will come true.

Remember, should you feel down, look for the rainbow in every storm. I will always be your friend and look forward to hearing from all of you.

Lastly, always include me in your prayers. You have been my precious friends and I will always remember you.

Farewell!"

Farewell

Today, I received my exit letter from TM and my last day is 31st May. They really keep me busy until I don't have the time to do what VSS people do on their last week, month or afew months from their last day(doing nothing or hanging out at the cafe ).

Will sent a farewell to all friends that I have known, i think I might miss a few.
For your info my farewell e-mail is professionally written by our professional writer Madam Delaila. So if any one of you needs an exit letter, you can seek her help. WIll publish my exit letter on the blog. She really get carried away. Since she knows me very well, what she wrote is what i want really want to express.

The feeling of leaving TM does not really sink in me yet, as I 'm still busy.
But after reading Dee's e-mail, I'm moved to tears. The wording is really sentimental.
Well, I'm going to miss my laptop ..oops and my friends too( especially the cronys). Really miss the gossiping, the jokes inclusive of Zarina's dry jokes, the never ending stories about the selected people in GEMS. But most of all I 'm going to miss the support that we gave to one another in times of need(which was always in GEMS). We can always vent our frustration and there will always be a friend to boost your morale. I think that the cronys have a special connection to each other & i'm glad they are the last good friends that I met during my last few years in TM.

Hope that the friendship will go on untill we can be 6 old 'makcik kerek'.

Miss you guys already.

Life's irony

I'm adapting to my life or no life here. The pace is a far cry from in GREMS. Everything is due yesterday. No more luncheon with friends. I've already submit my VSS, now it is in process. I was ready to have a carefree life during the approval VSS period, but in my case, I am searching for time to complete everything. ALmost everyday I'm bringing work home. Aargh.

Where's the easy life. When I sit down and think, I think it is like I'm running a race. Towards the last 100 metres you really have to sprint. That's whaT' i FEELING RIGHT NOW.
I hardly ever see my boss as she is always in a meeting of some sort.

Well I think that's life irony. But really miss the crony especially on the gossip.

In a nutshell...

I'ts been a while since I've written. I'm going to have to update everything that happen all in a nutshell.
Ist April, followed Mijah to HR( no letter yet-though instruction given to HR)
Settle in but still new to job & friends.
Have to be in old office as letter not issued yet(got to berpoya-poya with friends).
Somebady really got a bee in their bonnet or should I say tudung. The person is nolonger in the structure but still she wants to create a fuss.
Third week, managed to get the letter. (hope sombody is satisfied)
Feelings in new office:-
lack of companion
perks
get a laptop, & a mangers cubicle. Faisal already visited me!!!

Well that's about it. Sorry I'm really busy.

There only one word to describe today that is I'm really trully full!! Like what Delinn says 'Hari kenyang sedunia'. We had a potluck party that begin from breakfast, morning tea , lunch & afternoon tea.
Wow, I could not eat anything else

Procastinating

As the title says, I am still procastinating on when to send in my VSS letter.
I know I should do it ASAP but it is difficult to leave your 'bantal busuk' or comfort zone.
But I have to do it!!
God, pls give me the strength to do it.

ps: will be moving to Menara with Mijah. Really sad to leave the girls and i am already missing the gossip sessions.

Off to Sintok

I will be going to Sintok for my graduation. At last the moment has come. All the time of juggling between work , classes, assignments, being a mother, wife and all - A master in hand. It will be nice to meet old classmates again. But the best is I will leave on from tomorrow until the weekends. Yeah!!!!

Wind Of Change

I woke up early to put my Vote which is 'RAHSIA'. It is nice to go back to my old neighbourhood for the voting process. Apparently they change my location for the voting(though we have checked earlier) Luckily we do not face much problem to go to the new place which is at my daughter's old school. The turnout was rather bad as there was not many voters around. We managed to complete the duty in less than 10 mins.

We went home (after a few stops along the way)and pray for a miracle!

I think the whole of Malaysia was taken aback on the outcome of the vote. The people has risen to show their preference or protest and it really shook up the existing government.But we must always think positive. This may be the signal for the government to realise that they have to put the people's interest before theirs , as now they realise that It's the peoples choice!!
Takbir!!

Floating to the Fullest

Now I no longer in a hurry to go to work. Took my time to walk from LRT to the office. Iplayed hookey on the other day. I purposely laid some weight on my HR manager by asking him on my status and the next course of action.

What pissed me off was his statement" I kena check dgn Pn %$^#". I told him "Why must you wait for her decision. Since I am no longer in the structure, it is your duty to deal with HR!!"

He said that he have to wait for her decision as according to him Pn %q@% does not agree to float people!! and according to HR mgr
tumultuous who knows maybe they might redeploy.
Hello!! she is the one who did the structure and she pretended to disagee.It is like putting ' pasir kat periuk nasi orang' and then asking, 'awat tak makan'. Another example is like pushing somebody out of the bulding and then asked the "Are you all right?" I told HR mgr that I do not want to be reconsidered for any post here. I prefer to Float in HR.

I got the float.

Well, after the meeting with the 'kerajaan langit' i got the 'Float' which was of course expected. (cause they want only those who perform..oh purleese!).People keep asking me where I'm attached, but I think in their minds is "Is better her than me"...
Anyway, I am officially not a member of the group!

Anyway all I can say is

Good riddence to bad bossess!!

Party! Party! Party!

I am a cameo

Out of boredom I took the "What orange are You"quiz and here is the result

You are understanding and very empathetic.You don't tend to have acquaintances. Everyone is your friend.And all of your friends tend to be friends. You have a knack for bringing very different people together

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Takbir!!!

I went for the election campaign talk in PutraJaya on Sunday. It is good to see a healthy crowd. Everybody was eager with anticipation, waiting for Tok Guru Nik Aziz to arrive at the Dewan Serbaguna, presinct 9. Since there was a huge crowd, some was ask to sit on stage. Everybody decided to stand and I was quite tearful when Tok Guru was lead on stage.
It dawned on me that everybody came here just for 1 reason, "to uphold islam".
Compared to what Tok guru is doing, my problems right now seems so minute.

I was quite amazed that we managed to collect about RM13K.

Good to know that many people do still value Islam.
Semoga Allah menolong pejuang-pejuang Islam.Takbir!!!

Under Pressure

I taking time off from my 'supposed to do my proposal time' to update the blog. I am really feeling the pressure. With the pressure from my friends(they meant well ,though), I am aputting my head into it. Arrgh.....

I am giving myself a week of head banging to get the skeleton ready.
So pray for me.

I got a nice treat on Friday. It is good for friends to get promoted at least I can have a free meal and a good expensive coffee for free:>

Everything happens for a reason.......

After lots of whining, bitching and complaining, I have decided to take my husbands advice; that is to ' terima dengan hati yang terbuka'.
Actually, it is much more healthier. Just forget about those people and get on with your life.
Everything is in the hands of "ALLAH".

It may be a blessing in disguise. The situation acts like a stimulus to me. Makes me buck up and prepare the long awaited proposal.. Wish me luck!!. I want to share an e-mail that a friend sent to me. It is like an eye opener for me and I hope that it will help anybody reading it to have a paradigm change when they are bestowed with misfortune.

Here it is

Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about the one's who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

The wishful queen saying till we meet again!! bye

History repeating itself......

Today I have to whine and shout and $^!$#&$&. I am very outraged when i know the result of my performance. How can somebody be so heartless. I'm starting to think that this is not evaluating performance but this is getting personal. This is the second time but thanks to my level headed hubby and good cronies who really help to calm me down. My husband told me to 'terima dengan hati yang terbuka'. Luckily I have something to look forward to. But at this point of time , I do not think I can forgive her. Now it is up to the No 1, to do the final moderation. I will pray that god will give her what she deserve. Its true waht they say,
"power corrupts ans absolute power corrupts absolutely"

Sorry, only the selected few will understand my this entry. the rest pls bear with me.

This is the difficulty of being higher qualified than you boss(just being bitchy)

I wish things will be different.........

Valentines Day

I'm not a big fan of Valentine's Day but I am very happy as I could board have a seat on the commuter today. Talking of life privilages!!.

My conclusion is people took leave on Valentines Day and I got the benefit.

I really have to get started on my topic. Delinn is back and she will want to know the updates.
I promise my self to start something this week.(hopefully)

Updates fro last entry

A lot of things happened since my last updated.

The major thing is that I finally had my teeth operation on the 30 Jan 08. Wow, it was quite a horrifying experience.( My last dentist appointment was in my ITM days somewhere betwwen 1989-1991).

I was so tensed!!. Luckily I was fooled by the sweet and fragile looking doctor(female). When she starts he work, wow she is worst than a road bully. She gave me three injection for local anesthesia(didI spell it correctly) but I keep on requesting until I have 7 altogether!!!.

Even with all the injections, I can still feel the pain when she pulled my teeth!!. I thank my lucky stars that I did not request to have both my wisdom teeth to be removed. I had soft diet for 1 week and it was torture.

I did managed to finished a Macdonalds burger with the girls. To my surprise, the dentist knows that I had chewed on something hard!! Moral of the story, visit your dentist more often to lessen the pain.

I brought my daughters to the swimming pool near Delinns place. Thanx Delinn for informing me. It was nice as there is quite a playground near the pool and the children can alternately play at the playground and then jump into the pool.

I'm still stumbling to find my topic. Still waiting for the inspiration. Hope i can find a topic soon.

The feeling of giving a 24hr resignation is very strong when I looked at my performance that was given by you know who. How can people be so 'dengki'. This really puts pressure on me to find the topic fast.

p.s. Really envy Delinn and her holidays.

Flirtatious lunch at Rebung Bangsar!

Last Friday, I went with my old friends from BSA to lunch at Rebung. Well, We were geared up to meet the gorgeous Dr Muzaffar(take photo with him) but his assistant misunderstood and the one who came in at 1.30 was Chef Ismial! The best part was he came to our table and offered to take photo with us!! Talk about 'tak ade rezeki'.

But he is very friendly and we notice that he lost weight!!. We managed to get a few tips and me and the girls will try to implement it.

Will upload the picture later.

I am a Violet!!

"You have a shy personality. You tend to hesitate before trying new things or meeting new people. But once people get to know you, you open up and show the world what you are really all about."

Thanx Azah for the quiz. It is about 85% true.

My Ist Blog....

Friends , country men bloggers & cronies !! lend me your eyes !! This is my very first blog...I think I deserve a pat on the back for managing to create a blog.

Please bear with me as I know all of you are old hands in creating a blog.

Eureka! Eureka!Eureka! (but I did not run around naked like Archimedes did)
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