I'm waiting to depart. I love wireless services. I love my laptop more when there's wireless. I love MAS. Four days in JB has been a blast. I love it! I'm gonna blog about it in the next few days - featuring my lovely buddy, Ainie and Trump and lotsa. But ta. I'm going to board the flight now :P
I know I'm not supposed to tell the world about this but I can't resist it. Hehe. Sorry, you... ;)
After landing at KLIA from my outstation trip, I sms-ed Beloved to pick me up at KL Sentral. When I reached KL Sentral, I sa w a message from him, telling me he was on his way. So I switched on my laptop and was about to start playing Solitaire when suddenly a bouquet of yellow marigolds just fell on my lap.
My first thought was - this gotta be a mixed-up case. I was about to turn around and told whoever dropped these flowers that he had got the wrong person.
I saw him. I gave a yelp. I scooped up the bouquet and gave another yelp. I could turn into a yelping species next.
'Sorry, they don't have sunflowers,' he said apologetically. Forget about sunflowers. Any flowers, even free by-the-roadside flowers from him is priceless! I think I continued cradling the precious flowers and crooning to them like they were a new-born baby. I was so shocked + surprised + on the verge of tears to receive a bouquet of flowers from Beloved.
'Do you like it?' he asked me anxiously. Haha! Was he being adorably nonplussed on purpose? Of course I do! I nodded my head, still speechless, unable to utter any word unless he wanted to hear me yelp again. I think if he popped the question 'Will you marry me NOW?' I could probably agree to it in my state of delirious happiness. Thank goodness he didn't.
That was the first time I received flowers for no reasons from anybody. I know, I know! I'm being pathetically mushy, but who wouldn't appreciate a bouquet of flowers from their loved ones?
Then when I had found my voice, I slipped my hand in my pocket and got out something.
'I bought you this. I thought I wanted to surprise you first, but...' beamed happily at him. He beamed appreciatively at the pure white small teddy bear.
It just so happened that we both had been thinking to give surprise gifts to each other that day. Sigh. Now I sleep with the flowers beside me so before I sleep I would cuddle the bouquet lovingly and kissed each flowers goodnight. Pathetic, Carneyz, pathetic. I know, I know...
Hamparan langit maha sempurna
bertahta bintang-bintang angkasa
namun satu bintang yang berpijar
teruntai turun menyapa aku.
Ada tutur kata terucap
ada damai yang kurasakan
bila sinarnya sentuh wajahku
kepedihanku pun terhapuskan.
Alam rayapun semua tersenyum
merunduk dan memuja hadirnya
terpukau aku menatap wajahnya
aku merasa mengenal dia.
Tapi ada entah di mana
hanya hatiku mampu menjawabnya
Mahadewi resapkan nilainya
pencarianku pun usai sudah.
Mahadewi resapkan nilainya
Mahadewi tercipta untukku...
- Hari yang tension, kenapa asyik teringatkan lagu ni? Mahu mencari damai dan lepas dari segala-gala yang menyesakkan benak.
Ada event lagi di JB, dan kena turun ke sana. Sangat suka outstation tapi akan rindu Bhai lagi. Arre Bhai, jom turun ke JB! Kita trace balik memory di tasik UTM (walaupun ada orang mati lemas di sana baru2 nih) :p
Pencarianku pun usai sudah... -
Just after lunch, while waiting for my food to digest in my stomach, I glanced through my previous blog postings to see how much I have changed over the past two years. The finding is actually disheartening - I've become such a boring person who indulges more on what's happening in my head than what actually took place in reality. Whereas in my past writing I was quite illustrative when explaining events e.g. 'I had a meeting with two persons. We discussed bla3x. At the end of the meeting we agreed to bla2x. I look forward to bla2x...' Nowadays, I write e.g. 'Today I attended a meeting. Bye.'
In the past even when I walked I had planned what to blog whenever I came across something worth to share. Nowadays, I logged on, stared at the blank space, then logged out. Even 'Today I attended a meeting' became too much of a trouble.
Anyway, today I'll attempt to be less boring by telling about my boring job:
Today, I woke up to my very encouraging alarm ringtone of 'Doa Pagi' (Morning Prayer) which had repeated itself for I dunno how long. I set that alarm tone because it is becoming harder to wake up for Subuh prayer nowadays - when I was in JB, I can always depend on my housemates to wake me up for prayer but here in KL, it is self service or DIY kinda arrangement. Sometimes I still can't get used to the DIY arrangement over here.
It was drizzling quite heavily. After solat, I sat down on my comforter, trying to decide whether I should take my bath (cold!) or tidy up my room a little bit (messy), or continue to do my web design (I didn't sleep for the whole nite on Saturday because whenever the Inspiration hit me, I could never do anything until I have 'drawn' it in the Photoshop). Somehow, in the midst of debating which option to take, I had slid down on my side and dozed off, no thanks to the awfully cozy weather and warm comforter. I woke up at 8am, and it was still raining.
I reached office at 9am (the 8.30am new working hour doesn't work on rainy days), made myself a mug of hot Milo and started work while thinking with envy that my colleagues in JB are most probably still snuggled under their warm, cozy blanket (why did I transfer to KL??) since it's Johor's Hari Hol. Envy, Envy. Today I worked on the newsletter. We had finally (thank God) gotten our KDN license and I had painstakingly compiled the contents from scratch. I had completed the cover story which still needs a good photo shot (which I don't have and I'm trying think hard how should I get it). It took me four hours to write the editorial.
Many, many times I wish that I can write like Magic. Magic writes as flawlessly as she speaks. When she writes about food, she describes it so temptatingly delicious when it's just a bowl of mee rebus. What took me four hours to write, she could probably whip up something 10 times better in a friction of that time. Magic, Magic! Oy, are you reading this? Give me some tips on how to write a good article! Thank you!
I had actually given the contents to the publisher and the Creative Director has come back with the layout and pagination of the newsletter. But I'm not too happy with it which is through no fault of her. I did ask her to use her imagination. I need to re-layout and re-paginate it again. She is right. The photos provided are so not exciting. Those photos were taken by me whenever I made my trip to JB so they are very amateurish shots.
By the way, I am not handling newsletter publication per se. The newsletter is published quarterly and this issue is very slow in progress because of numerous problems and we are extremely busy for this quarter of the year. Whenever I had finished editing something, it'll take a few days more for my manager to clear it off pulak coz he has to oversee a lot more other things. For the moment, Magic's articles are still in my boss' PC. I'd be very glad when the printing's started.
When I was re-doing the layout, the Finance GM stopped by to ask, 'So, 007, what are you doing right now?' I grinned when he referred me as Bond's famous ID. The reason is because he caught me closing all work files when he stood nearby. I had been asked by Trump to keep my projects confidential that not even my manager knows why I would frown the whole day deep in thoughts of things I have to work on for the projects. I never really like working on the projects because it's more to what Chairman is doing. While he has the patience to slowly but comprehensively construct his reports, I have not even an ounce of that patience.
I guess I prefer work that requires quick, creative and dynamic thought process rather than complicated, technical and factual report. My favourite project so far is the website. Website is cool, funky, dynamic and (in our case) colorful. Details are updated frequently, and I can always pick up the phone to change / add on something that I think would make the web more fun to browse through.
The keyword in being a web project keeper is FUN. Writing newsletter may be tedious, but the contents must be FUN. Whereas, any design job is a favourite of mine coz I think the work process and the output is FUN.
At the end of the day, I just like to see a job well done and include the FUN factors to keep me enthusiastic.
So now, I've finished my work and I'm going off for jogging again so I'd better sign off now, change and pray Asar before I make my way to Titiwangsa Lake. Ciao!
In the past even when I walked I had planned what to blog whenever I came across something worth to share. Nowadays, I logged on, stared at the blank space, then logged out. Even 'Today I attended a meeting' became too much of a trouble.
Anyway, today I'll attempt to be less boring by telling about my boring job:
Today, I woke up to my very encouraging alarm ringtone of 'Doa Pagi' (Morning Prayer) which had repeated itself for I dunno how long. I set that alarm tone because it is becoming harder to wake up for Subuh prayer nowadays - when I was in JB, I can always depend on my housemates to wake me up for prayer but here in KL, it is self service or DIY kinda arrangement. Sometimes I still can't get used to the DIY arrangement over here.
It was drizzling quite heavily. After solat, I sat down on my comforter, trying to decide whether I should take my bath (cold!) or tidy up my room a little bit (messy), or continue to do my web design (I didn't sleep for the whole nite on Saturday because whenever the Inspiration hit me, I could never do anything until I have 'drawn' it in the Photoshop). Somehow, in the midst of debating which option to take, I had slid down on my side and dozed off, no thanks to the awfully cozy weather and warm comforter. I woke up at 8am, and it was still raining.
I reached office at 9am (the 8.30am new working hour doesn't work on rainy days), made myself a mug of hot Milo and started work while thinking with envy that my colleagues in JB are most probably still snuggled under their warm, cozy blanket (why did I transfer to KL??) since it's Johor's Hari Hol. Envy, Envy. Today I worked on the newsletter. We had finally (thank God) gotten our KDN license and I had painstakingly compiled the contents from scratch. I had completed the cover story which still needs a good photo shot (which I don't have and I'm trying think hard how should I get it). It took me four hours to write the editorial.
Many, many times I wish that I can write like Magic. Magic writes as flawlessly as she speaks. When she writes about food, she describes it so temptatingly delicious when it's just a bowl of mee rebus. What took me four hours to write, she could probably whip up something 10 times better in a friction of that time. Magic, Magic! Oy, are you reading this? Give me some tips on how to write a good article! Thank you!
I had actually given the contents to the publisher and the Creative Director has come back with the layout and pagination of the newsletter. But I'm not too happy with it which is through no fault of her. I did ask her to use her imagination. I need to re-layout and re-paginate it again. She is right. The photos provided are so not exciting. Those photos were taken by me whenever I made my trip to JB so they are very amateurish shots.
By the way, I am not handling newsletter publication per se. The newsletter is published quarterly and this issue is very slow in progress because of numerous problems and we are extremely busy for this quarter of the year. Whenever I had finished editing something, it'll take a few days more for my manager to clear it off pulak coz he has to oversee a lot more other things. For the moment, Magic's articles are still in my boss' PC. I'd be very glad when the printing's started.
When I was re-doing the layout, the Finance GM stopped by to ask, 'So, 007, what are you doing right now?' I grinned when he referred me as Bond's famous ID. The reason is because he caught me closing all work files when he stood nearby. I had been asked by Trump to keep my projects confidential that not even my manager knows why I would frown the whole day deep in thoughts of things I have to work on for the projects. I never really like working on the projects because it's more to what Chairman is doing. While he has the patience to slowly but comprehensively construct his reports, I have not even an ounce of that patience.
I guess I prefer work that requires quick, creative and dynamic thought process rather than complicated, technical and factual report. My favourite project so far is the website. Website is cool, funky, dynamic and (in our case) colorful. Details are updated frequently, and I can always pick up the phone to change / add on something that I think would make the web more fun to browse through.
The keyword in being a web project keeper is FUN. Writing newsletter may be tedious, but the contents must be FUN. Whereas, any design job is a favourite of mine coz I think the work process and the output is FUN.
At the end of the day, I just like to see a job well done and include the FUN factors to keep me enthusiastic.
So now, I've finished my work and I'm going off for jogging again so I'd better sign off now, change and pray Asar before I make my way to Titiwangsa Lake. Ciao!
Malam semalam lepas tengok berita (grr.. kiteorg satu rumah kutuk kekejaman Israel dan ke'hipokrit'an US), member serumah tukar channel ke TV9. Rupa2nya ada final Akademi AlQuran (AQ). Kiteorg sumer terpegun dan terasyik mendengar suara qari-qari dan qariah yang layak ke peringkat akhir ni. Tapi peserta yang berjaya mencuri hati kiteorg sumer ialah peserta terakhir dari Kelantan, Sdr Abdullah Fahmi b. Shukri @ Che' Nor. Bukan setakat suaranya merdu (walaupun adakala pecah dan serak), tapi dalam imbasan, dia buatkan kiteorg tergelak dengan celoteh tentang kudanya yang suka mengangguk ('kuda saya berzikir agaknya'). Dan dia selalu tersenyum masa membaca Al-Quran. Sejuk perut ibunya mengandungkan seorang qari.
Bila ditanyakan 'Adakah anda berasa yakin jadi juara Akademi Al-Quran musim pertama?' Semua peserta termasuk dia cuma tersenyum dan tunduk. Tapi dia sekali lagi buatkan kiteorg tergelak bila dia spontan menggelengkan kepala sambil tersengih. Seperti yang diduga, dialah Juara Akademi Al-Quran!
Apapun, tahniah buat Sdr Abdullah Fahmi :) Simpan elok2 pitih tu, buat belanja gi ke Mekah! Hehe.
P/S: Hopefully ada Akademi Al-Quran musim kedua. Dan kalau ada CD koleksi bacaan Al-Quran oleh peserta AQ, sudah pasti aku nak beli!
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