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Saturday, March 31, 2012

House-headache


It has been 2 weeks since the date that we expected the house to be ready for occupancy. Disappointed, yes. There are a lot more work to be done before we can move into our own house. To date, I would say that the progress is at 80 percent. The stairs has yet to be covered, pending tile installation on the upper floor, ceiling painting and refurbishment of the toilet. The main concern is on the insufficient tile; stock will only arrive in April. I hope by April, the contractor means early April. Oh the heavy duty tile installed at the porch keeps on bugging me. I don't think I chose that design. But I decided to shut up since I have no evidence of noncompliance. Janji siap.

The renovation has taken place for almost 4 months now. All should be ready by 15 March 2012. And we have already committed the necessary purchase of electrical appliances, furnitures and cabinet. Due to the delay, we had to bag the salespersons of the electrical appliances (all the way from Seremban) and furniture (cap Bukit Beruntung) to extend the storage period, keeping our stuff at their premises. Finalization of kitchen cabinet measurement, design and costing will be done this weekend. The material will be ABS, instead of my-dream-glass-kitchen; expensive. Kitchen cabinet anganku musnah~

One thing unusual about the house is the colour. Gosh I am so not adventurous when its comes to wall-paint colours. I prefer white. BUT, our crib is mustard-yellowish-coloured, people! And my vision of creamy-themed inside turned out to be yellowish also!  Haha well, I kinda like it though. I am sure you will too; once we fill up the spaces that is. We will find things that complement the colours, no worry.

outside, no budget for roof-painting. Nasib la even byk black-spot pon :D
kitchen area
House-headache, I hope happy ending will colour our life soon. May all place into place, Insyaallah.

P/s: harap physical movement of the whole outfit to outside KL tak jadi. We need you here, ayah...

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Powerful phrases

Doesn't cost you a penny. Doesn't consume much energy. Just sincere thought and appreciation. A note of apology for what turned out wrong.

.Sorry. Well done. Thank you.

Imagine world with sincerity, the spirit of togetherness and the fall of the Yang called ego. Wouldn't we be happier?

Say sorry for the damage done; even if it is a small one.

Say well done for the achievements, make people feel acknowledged once a while.

Say thank you for the kindness and support, the thought lasts in a long run.

Appreciate self, appreciate others.

Beautiful world for you and me :)

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Reflection

Pejam celik, diam tak diam sudah setahun jarak masa sejak aku jejak tanah suci itu. Subhanallah. Hati jadi seronok tiap kali mendengar khabar teman-teman akan ke sana. Terlalu indah perasaan mengenang perjalanan ibadah di rumahMu.



Hati tersentuh. Semalam, semasa sesi tazkirah, bersempena topik perbincangan berkisar tentang sabar, boss kongsi pengalamannya menunaikan haji tahun lepas. Apa yang dikongsi dapat aku bayangkan. Aku sendiri punya ujian semasa menunaikan umrah di sana. Tambah dengan keadaan diri yang kurang upaya, penangan morning sickness. Tanpa disedari, air mata bergenang. Aku jadi sebak. Ya Allah, dah setahun. What have I achieved? Have I been a better person? Have I improved as far as ibadah is concerned? Ya Allah, Ya Allah...aku rindu. Rindukan ayat-ayatMu, rindukan ketenangan hati mendengar bacaan ayatMu. Betapa aku hanyut dalam deras arus masa. You seriously need to pull yourself together, Ja. Application Quran kan ada?

Semat azam lagi. Mathurat sudah lama tak berusik, sehinggalah semalam. Make time Ja, make time. Baiki diri.

P/s: Raudhah, Umar cepat besar ya. Ibu rasa nak ke sana lagi. Kali ni ibu harap semua ikut. Cukuplah lara tinggal Raudhah setahun lepas.

P/s2: Kadang terfikir, mata bulat Umar ni ikut siapa? Mungkin juga terkenan pada baby boy ibu jumpa semasa solat di Masjidil Haram. Ibu tak segan nak tegur, rindu anak yang ditinggal di Malaysia. Abdul Rahim namanya. Juga anak seorang tentera dari Syria kalau tak salah. Peramah ibu dan neneknya :) Siap tunjuk gambar ayah Abdul Rahim. Hehe ibu pon tayang gambar ayah sama, handsome! :p

Friday, March 16, 2012

1 down 3 to go

Time flies. March is approaching to the end. That leaves us with the remaining 3 quarters; 9 months of 2012.

With quarter-end comes quarterly reporting work. Nice. Here goes the workload; data-downloading, analysis and justifying the over/under utilisation of the green note. Perfect. Satisfaction.

Life has been hectic at work. Planning-related work usually is at peak during 1) the beginning of the year when direction, target and KPI are set and 2) middle of the year when the budget cycle kicks in.

Two events were conducted in Q1 alone. Headache. I love event management, seriously BUT not when change of directions is in the picture, resulted in last minute preparation = pain in the ass. Saya lah prepare slide, saya lah buat montage, saya lah compile semua material, saya lah MC dan saya lah facilitate group activity. Pening. Nonetheless, our recent away day was well-accepted by the bosses and colleagues. We received great remarks and that definitely worth the hassle; made my day. Alhamdulillah. Kurang lah ralat tinggal suami dan anak-anak di rumah.

I miss having the trust to run the show my way. Fuh, ko ingat ko boss ke apa Ja? But I had the opportunity to run an event for the Young Executives, based on my flavour. My ex-boss is so cool. Thank you for the avenue and trust given, to prove my worth. I captured the moment here.

Am working on 1 important proposal at the moment. Critical, involving millions of RM. I hope the MD/CEO will not jump over the not so good news. Haish, orang lain pakai budget, orang lain justify the reasoning, orang lain dapat nama. Takpalah, dapat kerja dengan MD/CEO pon dah cukup honoured. Great leader. MD/CEO pernah marah and suruh saya sendiri present case in Board meeting, awak ada? Hehehe

Work, despite of the challenges, it brings so much satisfaction to me. Lagi-lagi bila company declare incentive. Alhamdulillah, ada rezeki isi perut rumah :)

Thursday, March 01, 2012

Another anniversary

sweet office

Hari ini, ulang tahun kelima aku berkhidmat dengan majikan tercinta. Mengikut kontrak, perlu 4 tahun perkhidmatan lagi sebelum pembiayaan pelajaran yang aku terima pada tahun 2002, langsai. Alhamdulillah.

5 tahun ini banyak mengajarku tentang hidup; tinggi rendah langit biru dan merupakan antara faktor yang mematangkan fikiran dan emosi. Jujur, aku pernah berputus harap tak lama dulu. Kenapa lambat dapat tawaran; tak layak kah diri ini? Sedangkan teman-teman yang lebih rendah pointer CGPA nya jejak menara megah itu sebelumku.

Akur, aku terima ini soal rezeki. Hikmahnya, aku ditawarkan jawatan tetap di sebuah syarikat yang juga one of the big players in the industry. Rezeki, aku tak pernah apply kerja itu; penghargaan buat bahagian Hal Ehwal Pelajar universiti, banyak bantu 'market' resume pelajarnya. Tak ramai dapat peluang bergelar permanent staff berbanding secara kontrak. Syukur; bertuah badan. Culturenya sungguh berbeza. Gaji pokok ketika itu pon tinggi berbanding di menara. Alhamdulillah, hujung bulan dapat guna bantu keluarga; dapat bayar itu ini.

Impian untuk terus di EM punah bila mana aku terima panggilan daripada majikan kini, bertegas supaya aku pulang berkhidmat dan membalas jasa baik mereka. Sempat 5 bulan di EM. Berat hati, terkilan pon ada. Kenapa hanya 2 minggu sebelum 6 months waiting period tamat? Kalau aku tunggu dan berharap dulu jawabnya 5 bulan poket kosong tanpa isi. Anak sulong ni punya hajat tinggi, bantu keluarga. Hati ini kupujuk, ada hikmahnya. Percayalah.

Tanggal 5 tahun ini, hati senang untuk mengakui; benar semua punya hikmah. Masakan tidak. Duit belanja majlis bertunang, kahwin, melahir dan membesarkan anak puncanya dari kerja yang satu ini. Belanja kahwin pon dapat aku adakan berkat rezeki dari kerja ini. Alhamdulillah, tak susahkan baba dan mama.

Membesarkan anak-anak dewasa ini tinggi kosnya. Mujur, hal ehwal perubatan semua di bawah tanggungan insurans yang dicarum majikan. Salah satu benefits yang melapangkan hati. Rezeki anak-anak. Kalau tidak, mungkin aku tak mampu ke situ. Kos bersalin normal senang-senang melangkau hampir 2 bulan gaji. Terima kasih majikan.

5 tahun, sepatutnya melayakkan ku untuk promotion ke gred seterusnya. Tapi tak kesampaian. 2 tahun sudah polisi penilaian prestasi dirombak. Aku kena tempiasnya. Maka promotion digantung. Ada rezeki, tahun depan baru dapat. Ini hikmah. Tamparan yang aku rasa merubah persepsi aku terhadap hidup. Aku jadi semakin tenang berdepan masalah; matured. Ujian ini menebalkan semangat positif dalam diri. Ya, benar aku ambil masa untuk kembali stabil. Kesal dengan nasib itu tidaklah setinggi kesalku terhadap respon pihak pengurusan. Pengecut. Buang duit pergi kursus mahal-mahal. Sudahlah pengecut, bias pula. Segelintir, bukan semua. Terkilan sampai peringkat nak letak jawatan. Kejap, kenapa nak buat macam tu? Aku bukan pengalah. Dek kecewa kerja penat seolah tak dihargai, aku telah develop perangai suka shopping mengubat lara. Parah! Hehe

Tak apalah, ada rezeki tak ke mana. Kalau tak dapat kat aku, mungkin dapat kat suami dan anak-anak. Benar, saat aku jatuh, suami sukses dalam kerjayanya. Dua kursus YO dia muncul best student dan best academic recognition. B grading lagi (dalam askar B grading tu payah nak dapat, tak macam kita civilian ni). Exam Kapt ke Major pon dah lulus. Kan hikmah tu? Alhamdulillah.

Aku pernah impikan kerjaya yang hebat. Tapi aku sedar, it does not work one way. Ada faktor-faktor luar kawalan yang ada impak ke mana arah kerjaya seseorang; selagi ada campur tangan manusia yang hasadnya pelbagai. Aku ambil pendekatan ini; terus berikan yang terbaik untuk perkhidmatan, selebihnya aku serah padaNya. Yang pasti, RA.UF dan Zulfadhli adalah semangatku. Ibu is so fortunate to have all of you in ibu's life. Saat diuji, I will take a step back and reflect how I am blessed with so many happiness. Jadi kenapa perlu bersedih dengan secalit dugaan?

Happy 5th Anniversary to us, Petroliam Nasional. May successs follows our way. How I have grown wiser serving you :)

Alhamdulillah.

P/s: Selamat Hari Tentera Darat :)