Outdated Foto - Weekend Trip (Down Under)

About a year ago around this time, I was attending a telecommunications workshop in Melbourne, Australia. For this year, 2 of my colleagues here will attend the same event, so, somehow it reminded me of the good memory I had there. I still have some of the photos I took during that trip. It's a nice country to visit. Of course, Malaysia is the place I wanna be...always...but for a short change, Australia is some of the foreign land I would like to visit other than the land of rising sun (Japan) and New Zealand. Those are my favourites. I've been to Japan in year 2000 for about 3 weeks and I have a foster family in Toyama Prefecture. However, I've now lost contact with them. The main barrier is not only distance but the language as well.

These shot was taken at a seaside of Bellarine, Australia. At that time, me and few fellow Malaysian attending the same course were on our way back from a trip to Ballarat. We stop for lunch here. We ate the nasi goreng which I prepared using ingredients we bought from Asian Grocery near Saville at Russel Street. From here, we took a ferry to Morning Peninsular. Then, drove back to Melbourne. It was during the ferry ride, I met with a Singaporean lady and she alerted me to look for dolphin. She told me that sometimes few dolphin would swim close to the ferry. I am just lucky as I spotted one dolphin. When I called my friends, it was nowhere to be seen.

I hope this would not be my last visit to this country.

Tragedi Bulan September

It's September already. How fast! I don't even have one story for August. Poor August. Not that there's nothing happen throughout the month...too many actually, I don't have time to sit properly and spell them out. For instant, the 'balik kampung' event and some updates related to driving/road traffic experiences. Uh-oh...I did get one unlucky "stretch mark" on the car this month...I was overly "close" to the guard house divider one fine morning and when I realized it, it was way too late..so, scratchhhhhh....the sound reached my ears and I managed to stop just in time to prevent further unwanted marks. I did get some stern advice from hubby...of course, I tried to remain calm and 'cute' at that time...so, I managed to survive the lecture session quite successfully.

Serious Thinking???

I think I really need to think a lot about my job and where I am heading to. I need to track my progress as I sense my lack of enthusiasm lately. I need a spark and I just don't know why I need to practicaly persuade myself to stay focus on my job and deliver whatever expected out of me as a manager at this regulatory division. I feel as if...I've had enough of it. It's kind of boring, kind of empty...am I going through the job-satisfaction crisis ??? Somehow I am not surprise at all. It's not about the salary and upgrading any longer...this, is beyond that...it's something I've been searching for ...as long as I can remember, yet I am not really aware of it until lately, when everything started to shake the very fundamental of me being a white collar worker...heh...heh..he...I should have written some merdeka day contests slogan...may be I can win some... at this rate I am going, things are possible.

It's All Depend On You

Lately people start noticing my new 'me', they said, I am slimmer than before. Ha..ha..ha...really? Yeah, I lose some unwanted kg's...but not as much as I hope to accomplish. When people start asking me on the method use, normally I resorted to safe answer like, you should go for healthy eating and acceptable exercise regime. I did not blurt out all the truth like...you should register yourself at slimming centre...nayyyy, they would not do the extreme. Unlike me...he...he...he...

Hemmm...I've been with this slimming centre since April this year. My very first and I hope the last one too. You see, since my latest child (now 2 yrs old) was born, I can't seem to reduce , not even a 100 gram...and looks like they tend to grow. I've tried to control eating, then, it stop increase, but , that's it. No reduction. Just static. My motivation was low and it did not help to create a good incentive/reason to really embark on one 'real' slimming program. At that juncture, I started to think that, perhaps I need professional help to kick off with this. So, I started surveying all the slimming centres available in KL and finally, pick this 'one'. I am not going to give it any free avertisement here so, it will remain anonymous.

To tell you the truth, the slimming centre can only assist you and recommend you on how to shed your extra weights. They have in-house nutritionist to advise on healthy eating, how much portion you should take of certain foods, what to eat, when to eat...bla...bla...bla...and they have all the equipment/technology to help burn your fat and accelerate your metabolisme. How much you can reduce and at what rate, really depend on you. So, basically, you paid the slimming centre to tell you what you should do (back in your mind you already aware of the facts) so that you can start losing your weight. And if you fail to reduce, they will accuse you of not following the diet plan and that you are undiscipline. So, it really is not a big deal signing for one coz the result would very much determined by you. Of course, if you really follow the recommendation, you will lose your weight faster. The issue here is whether you are determined enough to do it, plus the high fees that you need to provide.

The fee is quite high for moderate income earner like me. But, the reason I am into this is due to the fact that "once I paid the fee, I feel committed to do it to recoup back the value of the money invested'. This is sort of motivation to me. I "have" to do it. And it work to me compared to the conventional method like, stop eating rice, fasting throughout the week bla..bla..bla...coz I can change the rule whenever I like. Since they monitor my weight , I have to ensure I don't add the losing weight back for I hate them lecturing me on the need to stick to the diet plan. It's suck! Overall, all this keep encouraging me to just do it once and for all. Plus, I now know more on healthy eating and healthy living. So, my focus does change as well, from wanting to get slim to wanting to have a healthy body. Once you realized the impact foods/nutrition have on you , then, you'll understand what to eat & to avoid. With that, I am now a healthier woman and happy as well. I will continue with this healthy practice throughout my life and will encourage my family & friends to do the same.

Relection On My Driving Skills

Hari yang penuh emosi. Naaaa...itu hanya slogan Sinar FM untuk setiap bual bicara pagi Jumaat. Aku okay aja, not my usual me though...kepala ada berdenyut-denyut sikit since last night. Stok Panadol dah habis, so, tahan ajelah. Tengah malam tu mengigau gak cari balm Gamat tapi tak jumpa coz rasa cam nak pecah kepala jer. Pagi nie, quite bearable, so probably will not resort to Panadol. Bukan apa, bila dah terlalu bergantung pun payah juga. Tak baik untuk kesihatan. Kalau boleh tahan, tahan ajer lah.

Lama tak citer pasal skill pemanduan Aku. Setakat hari ini, alhamdulillah lancar. Bila kat jalan tu pun, otomatik jer segala sense-sense yang perlu diaktifkan, so, dah quite immune to gelagat pemanduan orang lain, in fact dah boleh predict certain-certain behavior. Tu yang many times manage to avoid the likelihood of an accident. Tapi yang tak tahan tu ialah pengguna-pengguna yang kebengongannya mencecah tahap gaban. Buat la sehabis baik macamana pun, kalau orang lain jenis tak peduli, kita tak boleh nak buat apa-apa. Yang tu Aku serah pada Tuhan lah. Kalau benda nak jadi, jadi juga. Ada sekali tu tengah lancar memandu, ntah camana ntah keta kat depan tu tetiba jerk mati enjin dia...peghhh...nasib baik aku memang dok jaga jarak dan lagi sempat perasan dia berhenti. Kalau tidak....Yang ramai ialah elok-elok dok lane dia tetiba coihhhh...masuk lane kita...fu yooo...memang terbakar, kalau kita sempat perati tak pe lah, kalau masa tu kita tengah pandang belakang ke, apa ke...cam no? Aku memang jarang sangat bagi hon...mungkin sebab tak guna sangat, so, tangan tak le otomatik tekan hon kalau apa-apa. Boleh menyumpah dalam hati jer lah. Mamat motor pun satu, ke tepi ke tengah macam tak ingat dunia. Hish...takutnya. kang tak pasal lak terlanggar dia ker...atau kita terlanggar orang lain sebab nak elak dia...huuuiiii...mintak simpang malaikat 44!!!

What A Boring Day!

Ya ampun....bosannya hari ini. Pertamanya, ramai yang bercuti. Office hari ini bak dilanggar geruda. Sunyi dan sepi. Bukan di tempat Aku sahaja, malahan di kebanyakan department pun macam itu juga. Lebih menambahkan perisa, banyak kedai makan dekat tingkat 3 tutup. Ah...memang menguji betullah. Kerja yang ada berbaki minggu lepas semuanya dah langsai, memang laju sebab tak ada gangguan. Seronok juga, tapi tak boleh selalu macam ini. Mati kutu dibuatnya.

Memang ramai yang ambil kesempatan bercuti hari ni, malahan ramai jugak yang sudah memulakannya semenjak hari pertabalan KBDYMM Tuanku Mizan ,Yang Dipertuan Agong ke-13 pada Khamis, 26 April lalu. Manakala esok dan lusa adalah hari cuti umum bersempena Hari Wesak dan Hari Pekerja. Hemmm...meriahnyaaaa!!! Nasib baik Hisham tak tahu nak appreciate benda nie lagi, sebab tu dia tak kisah pergi sekolah hari ini padahal kereta cikgu dia kosong sebab banyak mak bapak balik kampung, so anak-anak bercuti sama. Abang pun cuti juga. Cuti lepas geram..ha..ha..ha...dapat pulak tu. So, hari nie dia jadi bapak mithali kat umah..ekekekekeke...Dan Aku.....hishhhh...tak produktif langsung hari ni. Macamana nak buat kerja, kalau orang yang kita biasa berurusan pun cuti belaka? Sabar ajerlah.

Mak dan ayah rupanya dah ada dekat KL nie. Sampai semalam jam 9. Bermalam kat rumah Ram. Tengoklah apa plan Ram. yelah, dia punya plan tentulah lebih happening berbanding kitaorang nie, almaklumlah pasangan baru. Kami ni nak jalan susah sikit, kena betul-betul plan tak boleh nak impromtu. Kalau dah ada anak-anak macam itulah. Tapi ingat memang nak ajak Abang pi rumah Ram malam ni. Dah berkali dia ajak tengok rumah dia lepas kawin nie, tak sampai-sampai jugak. Padahal bukanlah jauh mana pun. Itulah, sibuk kerja, sibuk dengan hal masing-masing...tak adalah nak cari excuse, kena terima kenyataan ajerlah. Apapun elok juga kalau dapat pi nie, rasanya tahu jalan. Bila dah confirm tahu, next time boleh pergi lagi. Kalau mak ayah nak ikut balik pun bagus juga. Esok lusa cuti. Bolehlah bawak jalan sket...setakat kat shopping complexes jer lah kot pasal Aku memang ada plan nak beli benda sket. Tengoklah macamana.

Take A Break

Don't know what hold me from updating this blog frequently. Guess I lack the "consistency" and other "x-factor". Hemmm...anyway, I just got my convocation photos last week. Hope will be able to be back soon.

Here's some more. Taken after the ceremony.



Bergambar dengan Abang di luar Dewan Muadzam Shah yang penuh sesak.

Yang nie pulak, somewhere dekat the campus's main entrance. Dulu-dulu tak ada benda ni semua.



Kalau ada member-member lain, boleh gak la buat posing gila-gila sikit...tapi setakat sorang nie...alahai...cover! cover!