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that greenday song
Yeah, wake me up when september ends?! It has become such a popular statement that it was getting frustrating when almost everyone i know put that up as their status updates. For one thing i did not want september to end! Literally in the reality.
Because my october is such a chaos! Of course there is nothing i can do about it aye. Metaphorically im running throughout october! And no stopping till end of november. Time flies so fast.
One thing after another starts from the registration period. And now speeding through for the edufest, which, why was i in that in the first place? But going through the motion all the same with all those freaking changes happening all the time. We all did our best and now is to pray and hope it all goes well. Because really, we all went through so many sacrifices. It was not part of our jobscope meaning these are actually extra hours put on and some hours had to be taken away from our daily responsibilities, it is no doubt voluntary at some costs. While i enjoy the experience and the challenges, going to different mosques for the meetings, it is taking some toll on me, and perhaps the rest of the committees too. But all the same, i pray everything goes well and yes the weather to be on our side.
And so this month is also korban month. So hello me, the awkward post for an awkward mosque event (head of edu = coordinator of korban) no where near my line of work. Haha. But it is what it is as long as there is no other officer who can do a good job as me 😉
The bittersweet news for this year’s korban is only 16 mosques was audited and allowed to do korban. My mosque wasnt one of them so we got to ‘rest’ a bit this year! Not totally for me because we have to send a bit of help to another neighbouring mosque. Technically im still working for this korban but a whole load taken off because the other mosque will be doing the major work.
And simultaneously between all these is the registration matters i have to settle. And it frustrates me that some teachers still made mistakes even though handling certain levels for the current students, like double entries in two classes, heck, even in the same class u will see two same names! I cannot stand this kind of work lah. I have to double check every single names now, when i have told them tonnes of times to be careful and dilligent about these! There’s about 800 names i have to go through. And they are taking a tad too long to settle all those unreturned forms and the loss of forms and part timers not doing exactly what we asked them to do and what nots!
the next person who’s going to say my job is just sitting around in front of the pc…damn right i am doing just that! So dont compare my job with yours. Just because you move around doing things doesnt make your job any harder than mine.
And sorry to say the office is becoming a place of ‘my job is more difficult than yours’ everyone trying to ‘proof’ he or she is doing more than the rest? What do you guys think ive been doing all this while? Play games?! And while most of you are having a nice family time at home on weekends, i face battles on them days so you dont see what happens around here. You dont see the kind of students i have to deal with, heck, the kind of teachers i have to deal with! But that’s another story for another day.
Breathe in breathe out. October november please be kind and may Allah grant me health for these two months for i really cannot be sick in these hectic times.
I guess i have to tuck in now. My off day tmrw but i’ll be going back to work for a meeting supposedly for the parttimers but i dont know who’s coming and who’s not and it frustrates me because we MADE time for them. Im having a huge headache at the back of my mind and hopes it goes away in the morning.
Our aLIVE display. Amidst the business, we didnt get to take pics of the crowd. But this.is.our.hardwork. Kudos to the asatizah. (Taken with Instagram)
dugaan duniawi
this month doesnt seem to be my month, tech-wise.
i found out my hard disk, in which, i had thousands of docs saved inside there, songs, pictures and charmed series was broken somewhere inside the hardware. my husband tried so many things but was unable to revive it. thus, i had to go for professional help to recover my documents.
and today, of all days, after all these times, my precious iphone had to crack on me.
and it was utter carelessness because i was holding so many things, i was trying to dig inside my bag for the stupid ezlink card. and my iphone slipped off my hand. ultra shocked when it cracked, in malay, retak seribu! and the only thing that is holding it together is the screen protector.
but i realised, i have been a bit clumsier these days, i almost tripped myself while going down the stairs at mrt station, i always tripped over this wiring thingy at the office, and my colleague noticed i had a red bloodshot in my right eye, which i cant remember how i got it or what caused it. and forgetting where i put my specs, despite having three pairs of them.
brain exhaustion or what?
on the bright side, i am looking forward to a short trip to phuket with dear for our 2nd anniversary!
of course, this month has been so good, how can it not be? it’s my wedding month! 🙂
and then there’s the royal couple visit, the uss visit with my teachers. it’s been good.
alhamdulillah. 🙂
royal groupie
it had been a very interesting week i must say. i have become a groupie.
but it’s all because this could be the only chance i had of ever meeting the royal duke and duchess of cambridge, in my homeland nonetheless! some people might say why the heck i go all the way and why the fuss…but i couldnt think of all that. i just felt doing it, what’s more all this while i’ve been ‘stalking’ kate middleton online and loving her by the day with her gorgeous gorgeous dresses. i had to do it! don’t care what people say! 🙂
since the day news came out that the royal couple are going to have their asian tour due to the queen’s diamond jubilee, i have been waiting day in day out for news of where they might be visiting when they visited singapore. so when details came out, i’m desperately excited about it! they were to go places such as gardens by the day, botanic gardens, queenstown and kranji war memorial. being a newbie groupie, i thought i had to park myself somewhere in queenstown the whole day just to get a glimpse of the royal couple. but thankfully no.
it was made known to the media their whereabouts, even ‘recommended’ areas for the public to see them! i’m doubly excited! having known they are going to be at the gardens by the bay at 10am on 12th sept, i know that’s my call. haha.
took a half day despite having an administrators’ meeting and my mosque being the host somemore, i couldnt step back and let this opportunity go. it’s only for half a day, and the meeting will take a whole day. i had to take this chance!
and i did. my beloved babies Nuri and Khidir accompanied this crazy sister of theirs. ‘dragged’ them early on a wednesday morning, battling the morning train crowd, with take away kfc breakfast just because i want to be early. but alas, when we reached gardens by the bay, there’s already a crowd! quite a surprise though because apparently there are many others like me who wish to see the couple live! it’s heartwarming!
and so the wait begins and i got excited by the minute! but of course they had to be fashionably late but despite it all, it was worth it!
i got a good spot i must say. i mean, gardens by the bay had put barricades around the supertree area and after a good hour’s wait, the couple came in a buggy with their entourage and already people started screaming and shouting their names. so the buggy passed exactly where i’m standing and kate was waving her hand with that bright smile of hers! but alas, the buggy went quite fast and i could only got a glimpse of her and couldnt even get a nice picture!!
and i thought that’s it, but seeing the crowd further up were shouting and cameras all up above everyone’s head pointing to the couple, i thought no, i cannot stop here. i went all the way up and rightly so, the couple are still hanging around there shaking hands with the crowd! i braved the the hustle. i really did!
- that’s how close i got to the prince
i’m like pushing my way in this crazy sweaty crowd holding my iphone tightly and not daring to take out my camera. i was scared ok! but i got as close as i can to get a look at the prince!! he was such a polite man! one disappointment for me was when i got that close, kate was nowhere near! she must have been escorted away already. but seeing the prince is good enough.
and that was it, the prince was escorted away and the crowd dispersed and i had to go back to my normal life. i didnt regret doing it, i enjoyed it and it was a nice experience. i will continue to love this royal couple of my generation.
well, i was my mother’s daughter. she was head over heels with the late princess diana. i remembered those magazines with diana in it, newspaper cuttings about her, i grew up watching her flipping through those magazines over and over again. i remembered too well how angry she was at prince charles during those turmoil days of the royal life and definitely that night we all found out diana was killed in an accident, she cried and mourned for diana, although at that time, i was sad more for my mother than diana’s death. i didnt think i could have developed this interest when diana passed away, but kate middleton has re-ignite that love and interest. heh, my mother was all supportive when i told her i wanted to stalk the royal couple when they are here.
it was nice while it lasted. the royal couple is now moving on with their tour. i am back to normal routined life, but for that half day, i am happy.
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beautiful post ramadhan
indeed a beautiful reformed ramadhan and syawal which i hoped i get to maintain till the next ramadhan.
a night of touched heart and soul. a day of gratitude and prostration. a habit revived.
and visits to my elderly uncles and aunts in which i found the need to visit. for they remind me of my grandparents despite their flaws and past mistakes. who am i, as their niece to judge?
and will forever be missed my beloved grandparents. never. never forget.
Semoga sentiasa mawaddah 💗 (Taken with Instagram)
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