Alhamdulillah...today is the last day of the workshop whch im attending right now. A 3 days wshop tht went sooooo packed.Nevertheless,the knowledge shared by other participants were Subhanallah... amazing!... Although im not quite hands on esp whn compared to those white-bearded whitemen of 34 yrs experience in d industry...
Alhamdulillah...got to know Yati hassan closer during ths course.Also the silaturrahim build wth Kak Lin,Catherine,Roshin (DD process), Kak Sapiah & Wan (prss), meeting frens of good old UTP days,kak nyon and Mazlina...and not to forget Zurita from Ptech.
'Flow assurance from pore to process'... A good exposure covering breadth&depth...
I still feel tht my process eng in da house shud have join this...
All in all...a good course at a good place!
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
May every step i take brings me a step closer to YOU...
Yesterday i safely arrived Westin Langkawi... it was kinda dejavu as i stepped into the hotel entrance. Yah! it's actually the very hotel that i used to be brought to by my parents in 1988... when i was in std 1. The hotel was called Langkawi Beach Resort... and now its called WESTIN hotel.
I remembered the hotel because it was the first 5 star hotel that we went to back then. And we even mistakenly took the "face towel" from the room we stayed and brought back home... :o....ha ha ha...:)
Upon checking-in, i got to know tht i've been assigned not to stay @the main building but at the villa within the hotel compound. At first i kinda reluctant, but there wasn't any room at the main block already. So i just ride on the buggy car that brought me to the said accommodation allocated for me.
Walla!... it wasn't as bad as i thot... its a villa of 5 rooms that caused RM12K/nite for ordinary guest. However, since we are under block booking, and due to room limitations, me together wth other 4 conference participants got to occupy tht castle-like villa... Alhamdulillah... who isn't flattered by luxuries?... but instead of being happy, i felt sooo guilty not having my chirpy kids along... they might be over-whelmingly jumping and playing hide_&seek all around, exploring every corners and i bet they would be daringly "dive" into the fish pond tht surrounds the villa.
...OOhhhh, im fantasizing too muchhh of them,,,
As for my "interest less" self, i got carried away by the imagination of those kiddos until i didnt even bother to walk around it, just straight and lock myself in the cozy room ... hibernating, unpacking stuffs and have a short nap straightening my spine after a hectic journey via "putra lrt-ERL-flight-Taxi-buggy car" journey.
Cutting thngs short... i bravely made an attempt walking down the hill after dinner tht night, intended to burn some calories indulged during the so-so dinner served, while doing soul-searching... again... thot i can do some self reflection during the journey in the darkness, ended up, i can't resist every second thinking of my cutie pies... resulting me buying these pairs of slippers and shoes for my gurls...to mark my achievement reaching the "Jetty Point"!...
To jaja and dedek..., i believe both of you will sooner know how to read... and if u happen to drop by this page, please remember that Umi's prayers will always be wth all of you...
I can provide you shoes to protect your feet but only Allah can provide you guidance to protect your steps...
each and every single step of a woman will determine the remaining days of our life...
Friday, March 18, 2011
what we did just now??!!!
its Friday!... its supposed to be a working day for me. And school holiday for Umar and Fathimah... Its their first term break actually for their Atfal schooling. and its the last day of the break as tomorrow and Sunday are just like their other weekend break.
While most parents in Malaysia coming down to KL for all sorts of school break activities, Umar and Fathimah although living in KL, but were just spending theirs at home wth my maid for the past few days. Nevertheless, they started theirs wth a longggg journey to KB for balik kampung on last Saturday and another lonnnnggg journey on Tuesday...but our KB trip was just a balik kampung trip wth minimal excitement to kids of their age... Despite the long tiring journey, Abi did spike some excitement to them via a short water play while in KB, meeting relatives and being wth their beloved Atuk Dy...that brought some excitement at least...and the rest were merely stay at home activities.
i still remember when i was at their age, i dont really appreciate balik kampung... as far as i remember,i cant appreciate until i grew a little bit older and wiser. than only i understand that kampung experience is just priceless...and nothing can buy time to be wth our late grandma...
post school break, one of my teachers' fav conversation topic was on "how did u spend you holiday"...
Thankful to my parents for they generously spent time and money for us for every school holidays.
Besides routine balik kampung, they brought us to places that gave us more exposure and new experiences. and that made the EXCITEMENT! for all of us.
to name a few, on how we used to spend our school break:-
Tadika - Primary -
1) Stay at kampung wth my grandma together wth my sis. (this was just until i std 3 coz my grandma passed-away when i was in std 3 (13/3/1990)-Alfatihah for Hjh Endah Bt Hj Ahmad.
2) Pesta Buku, Pesta kanak2, pameran perabot (most of them were held at Changkat Pavillion...nothing like current Pavillion, but something like exhibition room and was an -'IN' thing during tht time - and no longer exists today)
3) Tugu negara, taman tasik titiwangsa, zoo negara, zoo Melaka, Taman Buaya, A Famosa, Museum Negara,
4) The Mall sambil duduk makan balls at the fountain (was an IN thng too when someone went to The Mall at tht time...(the one opposite PWTC)...
5) Island (Langkawi - std 1, Pangkor - std 2, Penang - several times)
6) Mimaland (was an IN thing too wth its' longggg tall slides, a play ground that had dinosaurs miniature, chalet tht surrounded by water (something like chalets on tasik)
7) Frasers hill, genting highland, cameron highland, bukit cerakah,sg tekala waterfall...etc2...
(*i wish to blog every of the above separately to reminisce the good old days and how those experiences created values in me)
That were some interesting things and places on how we spent our school hols last time and those memories really made good essays when teachers assigned us topics on "Cuti Sekolah" usually right after we got back to school.
Although those were just small2 thing and nothing compared to some lucky kids nowadays tht being brought to Disneylands around the world at age as early as 4 Y.O., but mine above were all still much much better than those kids whom just have disney channel as accompanion during their school break, and abundance of homework + tuition classes, whom parents busying as always in their tall building offices, and maid as caretaker to spend their holiday at home wth.
Having tht in mind, i took leave today on last minute decision and made an attempt to make my kids school holiday memorable...
here goes the picas doing the "telling" part...
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Worst Case Scenario...
"beristighfar bila pendapat kita diterima... dan bersykur bila ditolak"...
yezza... sounds weird right?... but thats the lesson i learnt yesterday...
Firstly it sounded weird to me... And when i started to understand and look "into it", i can see the beauty of it... its actually means on how life should be going... Expect for worse, play safe now than sorry later...as life always ties back wth life after death...what we do today doesn't ends here...it goes BEYOND...
Most of the time we are very into a PURRRRFECT life... whattt?... handbag haruss GUCCI atau LV, jam haruss ROLEX atau TAG, kereta mesti BM atau HONDA, sampaikan anak tudung pasti Arzu atau Ariani...atau FENDI...(whattt???... FENDI dah keluarkan inner ker?...) i mean to tht extend of PURR~~~FECTION people are currently craving for... until all sorts of income generating job sounds so TEMPTING... and people is generating business network via creating the trend and igniting envy-NESS upon others...so that, human whom always seek for PERFECTION will get easily influenced...
Yeahhh, maybe most of us wud say, wats wrong with it?... some wud say those who says tht this is wrong probably are in high degree of jealousy mode until they dare giving such remarks...
But to me (as in my personal opinion occay, nothing sentiment here please...), i wud say, how i wish the same degree of perfection being adopted to other areas of life... after all, life ain't purely on watches you wear, handbags you carry, or car u drive... its BEYOND all that...So if one is seeking perfection in material, so must be in the areas of Aqeedah, Ibadah and Muammalah...
It is so sad when people tend to take those "invisible" areas of life for granted...people can be so particular about those things of them tht "visible" to others as this portray their so-called "image"... but not wanting to be so perfect on things "not being seen" and forgetting tht thts the area Allah gauge most...
This might not be too relevant from the phrase i shared on "beristighfar bila pendapat kita diterima... dan bersykur bila ditolak"... earlier. But its actually something tht cud help us in polishing our "inner perfection". Things we can practice to achieve perfection for our "inside" and "within"...
Usually, the norm is always, we feel honored when our so-called brilliant ideas are being accepted and it's rather frustrating and we feel not needed when its being turned-down. Tats human, thats us and thats me too... nothing sounds so weird.
But, Islam is actually encouraging us the other way round... yes we can be "ambitious"... its encouraged too... but to certain extend, "tawakkal" has to over-rulled. Especially in areas tht beyond our control, uncertain things or anything involves others.
This is very relevant when we are coming from the point where we share what "we think" and propose, but we cant struggle hard to make it acceptable because something we think is good might not be good to others.
Or if we were able to persuade people to accept us today, thngs might not be acceptable later, and the blame will get back to us.
So i can see the truth in the phrase is actually wanting us to play safe and taught us on how to accept "rejection". It is trying to instill the value that rejection is aint tht bad anyway. Better not being accepted now rather than we being burdened with the consequences of being "unnecessarily accepted" later when things do not work-out as how we want.
So guys, are we ready to live in imperfection?....(living in rejection isn't a perfect life right???...but if its for our own good, why NOT??:))
Tepuk dada laa....
yezza... sounds weird right?... but thats the lesson i learnt yesterday...
Firstly it sounded weird to me... And when i started to understand and look "into it", i can see the beauty of it... its actually means on how life should be going... Expect for worse, play safe now than sorry later...as life always ties back wth life after death...what we do today doesn't ends here...it goes BEYOND...
Most of the time we are very into a PURRRRFECT life... whattt?... handbag haruss GUCCI atau LV, jam haruss ROLEX atau TAG, kereta mesti BM atau HONDA, sampaikan anak tudung pasti Arzu atau Ariani...atau FENDI...(whattt???... FENDI dah keluarkan inner ker?...) i mean to tht extend of PURR~~~FECTION people are currently craving for... until all sorts of income generating job sounds so TEMPTING... and people is generating business network via creating the trend and igniting envy-NESS upon others...so that, human whom always seek for PERFECTION will get easily influenced...
Yeahhh, maybe most of us wud say, wats wrong with it?... some wud say those who says tht this is wrong probably are in high degree of jealousy mode until they dare giving such remarks...
But to me (as in my personal opinion occay, nothing sentiment here please...), i wud say, how i wish the same degree of perfection being adopted to other areas of life... after all, life ain't purely on watches you wear, handbags you carry, or car u drive... its BEYOND all that...So if one is seeking perfection in material, so must be in the areas of Aqeedah, Ibadah and Muammalah...
It is so sad when people tend to take those "invisible" areas of life for granted...people can be so particular about those things of them tht "visible" to others as this portray their so-called "image"... but not wanting to be so perfect on things "not being seen" and forgetting tht thts the area Allah gauge most...
This might not be too relevant from the phrase i shared on "beristighfar bila pendapat kita diterima... dan bersykur bila ditolak"... earlier. But its actually something tht cud help us in polishing our "inner perfection". Things we can practice to achieve perfection for our "inside" and "within"...
Usually, the norm is always, we feel honored when our so-called brilliant ideas are being accepted and it's rather frustrating and we feel not needed when its being turned-down. Tats human, thats us and thats me too... nothing sounds so weird.
But, Islam is actually encouraging us the other way round... yes we can be "ambitious"... its encouraged too... but to certain extend, "tawakkal" has to over-rulled. Especially in areas tht beyond our control, uncertain things or anything involves others.
This is very relevant when we are coming from the point where we share what "we think" and propose, but we cant struggle hard to make it acceptable because something we think is good might not be good to others.
Or if we were able to persuade people to accept us today, thngs might not be acceptable later, and the blame will get back to us.
So i can see the truth in the phrase is actually wanting us to play safe and taught us on how to accept "rejection". It is trying to instill the value that rejection is aint tht bad anyway. Better not being accepted now rather than we being burdened with the consequences of being "unnecessarily accepted" later when things do not work-out as how we want.
So guys, are we ready to live in imperfection?....(living in rejection isn't a perfect life right???...but if its for our own good, why NOT??:))
Tepuk dada laa....
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Botox State of Mind...?!
I remember the quotation on "berfikir sejenak lebih baik daripada beribadah sepjg tahun",,,<--- ooppss, or i might be exhegeratIng here... but it something sounds similar to that...the key point is the importance of putting thots together and be mindful. yup, be mindful and thinking are 2 different things.
the first one is about having your self conscious in every situation. thinking WHILE doing, and do WHILE thinking.
The later is more on the verb of thinking by itself... either you think before doing something (some sort like strategizing or planning)... and can also be thnking after you have done something, its more of self reflecting...
the "job" carry the same action which is "THINKING"... but the practices are different...
1) thinking to tag along other verbs / actions.
2) thinking prior or post an action / situation.
Although same process but of different timing and different pairing, both bring different impact as well...
For this post, i'll be sharing bout the first one, MINDFUL...
i started to learn about "mindful" (my official acquisition of the MINDFUL theory ) when i attended a breastfeeding talk that discussed the "psychological impact of breastfeeding to mothers and babies"... We discussed how "mindful-ness" is very important while breastfeeding babies. Despite the milk that running out from the mom to the baby, the spirit is also transported... there's different in the psychological effect to whom tht be present while feeding their kid (emotionally and physically) as compared to mothers that feed the baby at one hand and buzy texting / FB-ing on the other hand... (Heyyy, who said impossible, me too did that some time...:p)... It is encouraged that while feeding, mothers' to have skin-2-skin touch wth the babies, held them tight, play with their fingures... this somewhat can be very stimulating to the baby (and also mom's milk... dont be surprise...!)... besides that, its the best time also to think of all kind of GOODNESS that u wish for the baby, it kinda DU'A to them and the +ve signals are not just WiFi-ing to the baby but even more effective it runs in every drop of milk the baby gulps... (heyyy, dont we still remember the theory of conduction?? it happens best via touching medium uuhh??! :) )
Westerns are very much into this topic of research currently, while without realizing, Moslems have been practicing this since... FOREVA... in our prayers, we have been taught to "BE PRESENT" all the time while performing solat. (Khusyuk is the term...)
and this practice should be carried out in our daily life.
Other evidence tht shows how mindfulness is relevant is the saying like "take one thing at one time". It somehow encourage us to focus and be present of our CURRENT.
~~~TBC~~~
the first one is about having your self conscious in every situation. thinking WHILE doing, and do WHILE thinking.
The later is more on the verb of thinking by itself... either you think before doing something (some sort like strategizing or planning)... and can also be thnking after you have done something, its more of self reflecting...
the "job" carry the same action which is "THINKING"... but the practices are different...
1) thinking to tag along other verbs / actions.
2) thinking prior or post an action / situation.
Although same process but of different timing and different pairing, both bring different impact as well...
For this post, i'll be sharing bout the first one, MINDFUL...
i started to learn about "mindful" (my official acquisition of the MINDFUL theory ) when i attended a breastfeeding talk that discussed the "psychological impact of breastfeeding to mothers and babies"... We discussed how "mindful-ness" is very important while breastfeeding babies. Despite the milk that running out from the mom to the baby, the spirit is also transported... there's different in the psychological effect to whom tht be present while feeding their kid (emotionally and physically) as compared to mothers that feed the baby at one hand and buzy texting / FB-ing on the other hand... (Heyyy, who said impossible, me too did that some time...:p)... It is encouraged that while feeding, mothers' to have skin-2-skin touch wth the babies, held them tight, play with their fingures... this somewhat can be very stimulating to the baby (and also mom's milk... dont be surprise...!)... besides that, its the best time also to think of all kind of GOODNESS that u wish for the baby, it kinda DU'A to them and the +ve signals are not just WiFi-ing to the baby but even more effective it runs in every drop of milk the baby gulps... (heyyy, dont we still remember the theory of conduction?? it happens best via touching medium uuhh??! :) )
Westerns are very much into this topic of research currently, while without realizing, Moslems have been practicing this since... FOREVA... in our prayers, we have been taught to "BE PRESENT" all the time while performing solat. (Khusyuk is the term...)
and this practice should be carried out in our daily life.
Other evidence tht shows how mindfulness is relevant is the saying like "take one thing at one time". It somehow encourage us to focus and be present of our CURRENT.
~~~TBC~~~
Yeayyy!!!... i made it!...o
Was an I.T. illiterate, but now upgrading myself as an I.T. stup*d... as i finally made my daughter smile listening to our first selfdownloaded song...BRAVO!!!
downloading is such a h*** job for an IT illiterate like moi...
Huuhuhuhu, i heard bout torrent so many times before but never putting an attempt to even know what is it. Until today, i really crave to watch something and i tried exploring movie download. i thot its kinda straight fwd thng, but im wrong... i was looking for itunes downloadable movies that ranges from 99cents up to few dollars (belas2 USD means puluh2 RM)... so i dropped that option and went further down browsing, exploring, and get to know few webs... until i finally downloaded VUZE...
through VUZE i downloaded few movies and albums, anyhow, none managed to be viewed although some showed 100% completed. hurm..hurm...hurm...what is going wrong ahh?... my daughter dedek cant wait to listen her fav "InshaAllah" and the "Toy Story-2", and me being so back dated on movies, im so tempted to watch Confession of Shopaholic (the curiosity of comparing the movie version wth the book i've read)...
Its rather stressful actually doing something 'teacher-less' as im really out of this IT world... need HELP~~~...HUHHHuuuuhuhuhuk...
through VUZE i downloaded few movies and albums, anyhow, none managed to be viewed although some showed 100% completed. hurm..hurm...hurm...what is going wrong ahh?... my daughter dedek cant wait to listen her fav "InshaAllah" and the "Toy Story-2", and me being so back dated on movies, im so tempted to watch Confession of Shopaholic (the curiosity of comparing the movie version wth the book i've read)...
Its rather stressful actually doing something 'teacher-less' as im really out of this IT world... need HELP~~~...HUHHHuuuuhuhuhuk...
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