Talk vs Action

Perasan tak..kalu dalam ofis kita, ada 2 distintive type of worker, the first type is jenis yang banyak cakap, tapi tak tahu buat kerja/deligates je keje kat orang lain. Another type of worker is yang jenis buat kerja tapi but unnoticable to the management. Yang mana rasanya akan cepat naik??? Selalunya orang yang banyak cakap ni memang senang naik, esp dalam big company. Kalau dia memang jenis yang banyak cakap and at the same time do the work, it is ok lah kalau dia being promoted..ni yang jenis banyak cakap (or borak??) tapi bila time buat kerja, selalu excuse atau bagi kat orang lain suruh buat, kalau orang macam ni yang naik, memang tak adillah bagi yang lain....arghhh..nak marah sebenarnya nih....selalu management tak notice orang-orang yang buat kerja even lebih masa untuk pastikan the outcome is good. Sedih...

Memanglah company nak lahirkan all-around workers, dah worker pun tahu pasal tu, tapi kena give time lah...takkan nak expect fresh grad nak perform macam staff yang dah kerja lebih 10 tahun dalam bidang tu. Tambahan lagi, kerja kat company nih, nak dapat position yang kita suka dan relates to our background, is a matter of luck lah...kalau tak, kena lah buat kerja di luar bidang...just look at me, engineering grad, but end up doing procurement and logistic, memanglah sekarang ni rasa dah suit to the job..tapi bila fikir balik, macam sedih plak, kawan2 seangkatan, dapat perform their best in their field...ada yang dah dapat 'Ir'...diiktiraf professional lagi tu. Nak patah balik, and start from below, macam dah agak payah la...rasa macam membazir experience dalam bidang ni...hmmm..something to ponder and need deep toughts...skarang ni i have 2 option : continue what i'm doing right now or further study.....hmmm.....

Visit and visit and visit…:)

On Friday, I’ve SMSed Ain to wish her happy belated birthday (Happy Birthday Ain – 21st June). Then she replied and asking if she can have dinner at my home. So, kami pun berpakat nak balik together from KLCC since Ain ada kat area Kg Baru and she’s driving. The plan was to meet her in front of Tourist Center (I still don’t know where it is..) at Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, near KLCC. Disebabkan tak tahu kat mana location Tourist Center tu, aku just tunggu in front of Megan Avenue. Kesian Ain, jalan jem teruk gak kat area situ, biasalah hari jumaat kan…sumer orang balik awal….dari Jalan Yap Kwan Seng tu, kami ikut Jalan Ampang, then Jalan Jelatek. Singgah solat sat kat Petronas station depan LRT Setiawangsa. Then terus ke Damansara Damai. Around 7pm baru kami sampai kat rumah, before that, singgah sebentar di pasar malam. Tak sempat nak masak, just beli lauk2 segera…dalam nak makan 3 orang tu pun, boleh tahan banyak gak lauk yang kitorang beli, siap ada satay, nasi dagang, nasi kerabu, nasi goring, apam balik, yong tau foo…..ehehehehhe..itupun, macam teringin nak tambah lagi. Malam tu Ain tidor kat rumah, lagipun, lewat gak kalau dia nak balik. Malam tu, aktiviti kitorang just borak2 cerita lama, tengok album gambar dan yang pentingnye habis tengok VCD Shrek the Third, :). Esok tu, pagi2 Ain dah keluar untuk ke satu program di KL.

Sepanjang Sabtu tu, kami tak pergi ke mana-mana, just stay at home, kemas rumah, basuh baju yang bertimbun tu. Hari Ahad tu, Hanim call, kata nak lunch kat rumah. Dia ada kat Damansara Damai sbb nak selesaikan urusan tentang rumah yang dia beli kat Damansara Damai tu. Dia datang satu family, geram betul tengok Aina and Dini...sihat betul, :) Lupa plak nak ambil gambar diorang tu.
Petang tu, Siti and Saad, my cousin, datang ngan anak2 dia from Shah Alam. Hmm..terkejut betul tengok Airil..kaki kiri dia berbalut…rupa-rupanya, terkena air panas...kesiannya...siti kata ngeri masa tengok doktor gunting kulit yang melecur tu...semalam kat rumah, airil yang selalunya bising dan riuh, senyap jer dek kaki yang sakit.

Sama tapi tak serupa

Nampak ke persamaan nya...huhu...

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A burnt toast

Nice story to share (received from one of my collegue)……..

"When I was a little girl, my mom liked to make breakfastfood for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night inparticular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work.
On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage,and extremely burned toast in front of my dad. I remember waiting tosee if anyone noticed! Yet, all my dad did was reached for his toast,smiled at my mom, and asked me how my day was at school.
I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do rememberwatching him smear butter and jelly on that toast and eat every bite!When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my momapologize to my dad for burning the toast. And I'll never forget whathe said: "Baby, I love burned toast."
Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him ifhe really liked his toast burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said,"Debbie, your mommy put in a hard day at work today and she's realtired. And besides, a little burnt toast never hurt anyone!"
In bed that night, I thought about that scene at dinner...and thekindness my daddy showed my mom. To this day, it's a cherished memoryfrom my childhood that I'll never forget. And it's one that came tomind just recently when Jack and I sat down to eat dinner.
I had arrived home late...as usual...and decided we would havebreakfast food for dinner. Some things never change, I suppose!
To my amazement, I found the ingredients I needed, and quickly beganto cook eggs, turkey sausage, and buttered toast. Thinking I hadthings under control, I glanced through the mail for the day. It wasonly a few minutes later that I remembered that I had forgotten totake the toast out of the oven!
Now, had it been any other day -- and had we had more than two piecesof bread in the entire house -- I would have started all over. But ithad been one of those days and I had just used up the last two piecesof bread. So burnt toast it was!
As I set the plate down in front of Jack, I waited for a comment aboutthe toast. But all I got was a "Thank you!" I watched as he ate biteby bite, all the time waiting for some comment about the toast. Butinstead, all Jack said was, "Babe, this is great. Thanks for cookingtonight. I know you had a hard day."
As I took a bite of my charred toast that night, I thought about mymom and dad...how burnt toast hadn't been a deal-breaker for them.And I quietly thanked God for giving me a marriage where burnt toastwasn't a deal-breaker either!
You know, life is full of imperfect things...and imperfect people. I'mnot the best housekeeper or cook. And you might be surprised to findout that Jack isn't the perfect husband! He likes to play his musictoo loud, he will always find a way to avoid yard work, and he watchesfar too many sports. Believe it or not, watching "Golf Academy" is notmy idea of a great night at home!
But somehow in the past 37 years Jack and I have learned to accept theimperfections in each other. Over time, we have stopped trying to makeeach other in our own mold and have learned to celebrate ourdifferences. You might say that we've learned to love each other for who we really are!
For example, I like to take my time, I'm a perfectionist, and I'meven-tempered. I tend to work too much and sleep too little. Jack, onthe other hand, is disciplined, studious, an early riser, and is amarketer's dream consumer. I count pennies and Jack could care less!Where he is strong, I am weak, and vice versa.
And while you might say that Jack and I are opposites, we're also verymuch alike. I can look at him and tell you what he's thinking. I canpredict his actions before he finalizes his plans. On the other hand,he knows whether I'm troubled or not the moment I enter a room.
We share the same goals. We love the same things. And we are stillbest friends. We've traveled through many valleys and enjoyed manymountaintops. And yet, at the same time, Jack and I must work everyminute of every day to make this thing called "marriage" work!
What I've learned over the years is that learning to accept eachother's faults - and choosing to celebrate each other's differences -is the one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing,and lasting marriage relationship.
And that's my prayer for you today. That you will learn to take thegood, the bad, and the ugly parts of your married life and lay them atthe feet of GOD. Because in the end, He's the only One who will beable to give you a marriage where burnt toast isn't a deal-breaker!
Have a great day! May God bless your marriage."

Weekend....

This weekend was kind of quite weekend….nobody visit us except for my brother, Azul, yang datang in the middle of the night just to deliver keropok lekor losong, which he bought a week ago. Perghhh..nasib baik still ok lagi, memang teringin benar nak makan kopok losong nih….yummm…
So, aktiviti kami hujung minggu as usual, pi jalan-jalan lah…duduk berdua nih…memang bosan dok rumah…we went to Sentul Koi Park, at Sentul. Nak masuk tempat tu, memang grand….almaklumlah, park tu kat tengah2 kawasan perumahan ala-ala resort nih…setakat ni, it is still open to public without any fares. But still, ramai yang tak tahu kewujudan tempat ni. The park is dedicated to ikan Koi lovers….Chinese memang suka bela sebab bawa ong. The design and landscape of the park is Japanese style…memang cantik…ada a few tasik kecik with lots of red and orange colored Koi fish…at the end of the park tu, ada banyak akuarium where they display all the Koi dari kecik sampai besar, so, kita boleh pilihlah yang mana kita nak beli..tapi boleh tahan harganye, dia kira pakai timbang berat.

Dalam park tu juga, ada sebuah Japanese tea house. Boleh order gak makanan Jepun kat situ. Tapi, both of us, tak minat makanan Jepun except me yang skarang nih tgh cuba-cuba makan Tepanyaki...(teringat Ain masa datang KLCC tempoh hari, kita makan Tepanyaki..next time, kita makan benda lain lak yer..) We spent around 45 minits dalam taman tu...after that, we go straight to Taman Tasik Perdana. Cadangan asal nak masuk Bird Park, tapi disebabkan bayaran dia agak mahal, we just went to Memorial Tun Abdul Razak and Planetarium Negara. The interesting part masa dekat Memorial tu ialah kami berpeluan berjumpa dengan pelukis S Amin Sahab…memang best..masa tuh, dia tengah menghasilkan lukisan yang bertajuk “The 1km World”…lukisan tu panjangnya nanti 1km, dan terkandung lukisan mengenai empat-tempat yang dia telah lawati..memang menakjubkan bagaiman dia melukis dengan menggunakan imiginasi saje…sedangkan gambar yang dilukis is a real environment.

Dari situ, kami ke Planetarium Negara….yang ni memang mencabar..nak sampai ke pintu masuk planetarium dari tempat parking tu, macam panjat tangga kat Batu Caves…letih betul…tapi nasib baik, masuk just kena bayar RM1 each. Kat planterium, lebih tertumpu kepada perihal angkasa lepas dan sains. Kalau kanak-kanak, memang suka…ada satu part about “Black Hole”, yang tu best and another part about gravity.
Hajat di hati, dari Planeterium tu, nak ke Muzium Negara, tapi dah letih memanjat tangga tadi..terus aje kami balik ke rumah.

Cuti-cuti Kuala Lumpur Ep.3

Sambung lagi cerita....balik dari Taman Tasik Titiwangsa, kami pun jalan-jalan cari makan pulak...kononnya nak makan kat Kg Baru, kedai yang orang dok cakap best sangat tuh...alih2, aku sebagai penunjuk arah ni pun tak berapa ingat selok belok kg baru tu..tup--tup dah sampai area Maju Junction...haa..camana tuh...so, tukar plan lagi...kitorang berenti makan kat Maju Junction aje lah..not bad gak makan nasi kat situ, untuk 6 orang dewasa, ngan lauk pauk hidang yang banyak, just kena RM21.
Tengah makan tuh..as usual, around 1pm tuh, hujan pun turun dengan lebat. K Ana memang dah plan nak balik terus ke Ipoh lepas makan, even dia dah siap bawa barang-barang dia. So, on the way ke Tol Sg Buloh tu, dia dropkan aku n Sinah kat rumah. Angah yang memang agak rapat dengan kami, mula lah menangis...tak bagi kitorang turun dari kereta, disuruhnya ikut balik ke Ipoh....sebak kejap...after saying goodbye to anak-anak buahku yang bertiga tu...they set off to Ipoh. Itulah saja masa yang dapat diluangkan bersama. Terkilan sebab tak dapat bawa diorang sume main layang-layang kat Kepong tu...:( Takpe, next time datang KL, insyaAllah kita pergi tempat tu yer....pesanku pada diorang semua.

Cuti-cuti Kuala Lumpur Ep.2

Sambung lagi cerita cuti ni. Lepas kami semua ke Jusco, abang suggest kitorang pergi tengok ikan koi at Sentul Koi Park, Sentul. Dari MRR2, kami melencong masuk Highway Gombak-Sentul. Tapi disebabkan kenderaan yang terlalu banyak, abang terlepas simpang masuk ke Sentul. So, terpaksa tukar plan lagi. Kami terus ke KL Sentral, memandangkan kalau nak balik rumah pun, jalan ditutup kat Jalan Duta (tanah runtuh). Kat KL Sentral, kitorang pergi makan kat The Chicken Rice Shop.

Emm....perut memang lapar masa tu...so, kitorang order set yang besar dgn tambahan a few. Along yang dari tadi senyap jer..rupa-rupanya, dia letih and loya, terus termuntah kat situ. Kesian betul...penat betul jalan KL ni. Lepas dah muntah tu, barulah ceria sikit. Agaknya dari dalam kereta tadi dok tahan muntah kot. Lepas makan, terus balik ke rumah. Tu pun budak-budak tak tidur lagi, tidur lewat around kol 1 camtuh.

Keesokkan harinya, kitorang pergi ke Taman Tasik Titiwangsa. Saja jalan-jalan nak tengok Eye on Malaysia. Kami pusing satu taman tasik, kereta tak banyak sbb hari Isnin kan..orang keje. K Ana nak bawa yang kecik2 tu naik kereta kuda, so, kami pergi lah area tempat kuda tu. Alahai...nasib tidak menyebelahi kami, sbb by the time kami sampai, tempat tu baru je ditutup for lunch. Hmmm...kitorang parking je kat depan area Eye on Malaysia (EOM) tu, dan lepak2 tepi tasik je...ramai sangat orang yang beratur nak naik EOM tu. Kat tepi tasik tu, sessi bergambar aje ;ah jawabnya...:)

Cuti-cuti Kuala Lumpur Ep.1

It’s have been 10 days since the last time I post. Ehehehe..lama gak bercuti. So many things happened during this 10 days, I would like to share it here, tapi nampaknya, kena pecah2kan to a few episode kot, Happy reading!

Visit from K Ana and family from Ipoh (Friday-Monday, 1-4 Jun 2007)

K Ana, my eldest sister, datang for cuti-cuti Kuala Lumpur sempena cuti sekolah ni dengan Abg Saiful (abang ipar),Mohd Nabil (Along), Atiqah (Angah) dan yang kecik Syakir . Anak-anak dia yang beriya-iya nak datang KL, since kat rumah kitorang ada kolam renang dan diorang sumer mmg suka berenang…yang lucunya, k ana kata, even 2 minggu sblm nak datang, Mohd Nabil, Atikah n Syakir dah siap kemas baju renang diorang. Memang bersemangat betul!

Penuh jugaklah rumah weekend tu, adik2 yang kat KL pun bermalam di rumah. Riuh sekejaplah rumah tu, dari kebiasannya sunyi, ye lah duduk berdua..tiba-tiba jer penuh satu rumah. Tak banyak aktiviti yang boleh dibuat sepanjang diorang satu family kat KL, almost 3 hari tu KL hujan selebat-lebatnya dari tengah hari membawa ke malam. Plan nak pergi tempat orang main laying-layang kat Kepong pun tak dapat. Angah n along asyik Tanya jer “Bila nak pi main laying-layang, mak ngah?” Kesian betul tak dapat bawa diorang ke sana.

Kalau ikut rancangan, first day tu nak pergi Aquaria, berkelah di Taman Tasik Kepong, (tempat main laying-layang) dan malamnya pergi ke Jusco. Yang dapatnya, pergi Aquaria jer since lepas keluar dari Aquaria tu, hujan turun selebat-lebatnya. So, mee goreng yang kitorang dah bawa bekal utk berkelah tu, terus di bawa balik kat rumah dan berkelah di rumah!


Di Aquaria KLCC (it’s our first time gak masuk nih!), yang masuknya hanyalah both of us dan k ana anak beranak. Ju, Wan, Sinah & Fatihah tunggu kat luar, since tiket masuk agak mahal dan diorang pun tak berminat sangat. Kami bawa Aqil (anak buah) masuk sbb kanak2 bawah 3 tahun percuma. Harga tiket utk dewasa RM 28 dan kanak2 RM 22. Mahal kan?? Hampir sejam lebih kitorang kat dalam Aquaria tu. Overall, from my opinion, tak berbaloi sangat pon masuk Aquaria tu. Better lagi Waterworld kat Langkawi, puas hati. Kat dalam Aquaria tu, dengan kebanyakan tempatnya yang agak gelap dan laluan yang agak sempit, ditambah pula dengan bilangan visitors yang terlalu ramai, memang rasa nak keluar jer....tapi yang lebih memenatkan ialah dok berlari mengejar Aqil yang terlalu lincah kat dalam tu...fuuhhh..memang tabik spring kat mak ayah dia yang dapat dok bertahan dengan dia..memang nampak sangatlah kitorang dok mengejar dan ikut dia berlari ke sana-sini. Yang boleh dikatakan menarik kat dalam Aquaria ni is the 90 metre moving walkway underwater tunnel, yang ni mmg buat kami terpegun sekejap. Even Aqil yang lasak tu pun boleh senyap je dok tengok ikan2 dalam tunnel tu. Besides that, biasa je.

From Aquaria KLCC, kami terus balik ke rumah. Sampai rumah, semua kelaparan.....nasib baik ada mee yang dah digoreng tadi..yang kononnya utk berkelah, :) Malam tu, lepak je kat rumah sambil tengok TV. Tak boleh keluar mana pun, still hujan lebat.

Esoknya, hari ahad, pagi-pagi lagi, diorang sume gi mandi kat kolam renang. Syakir n aqil pun seronok sangatlah main air, sampai kering kecut tangan. Yang lawaknya, masing2 terkejut bila tenok tangan jadi kering kecut tu. hehehehehe. Tengah hari tu tade plan gi mana-mana, just nak lunch kat rumah adik kat Sg Besi. Kami makan makanan kampung...masak lemak rebung and ulam-ulaman. Azul pun ada, dia sampai after kitorang sume dah habis makan. Dengan motor besarnya tu lah, rupa-rupanya dia accident semalam..hmm...Elok habis makan jer, hujan pun start turun, mula-mula perlahan, alih2 dah lebat dah. Melepak kejap le kat rumah Sayang. Hujan renyai jer, kami terus keluar. Our destination is Jusco Maluri. K Ana nak cari baju mengandung dia...dalam dok sarat mengandung tu, larat lagi nak jalan2.
Ikuti sambungan seterusnya esok.....dah letih dah menaip nih...:)