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Romantic moments

built to last

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super business. it almost felt like my Uni days, when i had to rush from one meeting to another, went to classes back to back and attended discussions and hands practically full of assignments, readings and tests. one difference though. back then, somehow, we still had time to spend with friends!

mosque nearby is up and ready soon. very soon. went to have a look with the board last sunday. with the heavy rain and constructions here and there, the board managed to point out defects and whatnots. my only concern was the classrooms. as soon as i saw the rooms, my head was reeling with which level this class should be, how many students can fit in, where’s to put the whiteboard, shelves, table and chairs. the rooms look big enough but can’t say for now because it was bare. once furnitures’ in, it’s going to be a different story and somehow i’m worried. :/
although, i’m loving the place!! get ready to lost your way in the mosque, there’s so many doors and corridors!

and there’s still loads of things to prepare, my goodness!!! as soon as i stepped into the office, apart from the morning messages 😉 i’ll be turning on the pc, check mails and always, list down things to accomplish within the next 8 hours. and people, bear in mind, we’re not really allowed to surf at other leisure sites like blogs and facebook for instance. yes, we’re cautious on those, but really, i don’t even have the time to surf these sites now. my window tabs will include three different email accounts, dictionary.com, and googlesearch for when i need to research for my teens curriculum’s articles. i used to have headaches reading articles from the screen, but i’m really getting the hang of it by now.

also catching up on reading. i refuse to deny my right to read! haha.

slumdog millionaire is a million bucks richer now. it’s worth a watch. a child growing up in hardship and getting through it with, surprisingly fluent english (of course, it’s just a movie, film- no need to get critical about this, aright). and that every question in ‘who wants to be a millionaire’ has an answer in Jamal’s memories and experience, that’s pretty smart, to me. but i couldn’t understand why Anil the host had to call the cops. jamal and his brother salim were portrayed as muslims, although confused by circumstances and life hardship – i won’t dwell on that now.

mono: castles are built to last, aren’t they? even the rain form a memory and flowers non-wither last longer, although, dried roses will always remain fragrant in my box of heart 😉

all nice in blue

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hectic week has left me exhausted with a sweet ‘i-can’t-describe-what-it is’ feeling. 😉

to ma*hir, my closest friend since primary school years. the thing about closest friends is that you don’t know how and why you end up together, why our friendships maintained till this day, and between you could be two stark different people. and of all friends who’s been married for now, ma*hir’s wedding seemed unbelievable. for one thing, it’s become a common anticipation among our classmates, since ma*hir and aa.shiq had been together for the longest time, since sec 2? sec 3? albeit the hiccups now and then in relationships, they got through it all. i’m so proud of you la babe!! :)) (and i’m so glad i had a heart to heart talk with you last monday night).

it’s a beautiful wedding, purple dais and bride n groom in white and gold, mahir’s dress looked like galadriel’s dress(!) during the nikah, and nice pastel colours, an English country theme on Sunday with a touch of bhangra! it was definitely something to be remembered! instead of the normal kompangs accompanying the groom, they had the bhangra!! i’m so happy for you la ma*hir & aa.shiq!


and somehow i got smitten by these handsome boys~

squeezed in some time on thursday night with the zharif babes at a non-zharif fullerton starbucks albeit with a sun sunny boy serving free crunchy and warm blueberry muffin and melt in your mouth choc cake. had the best laughters over jokes and facebook. thank you babes!

blue petals a sweet lullaby for as long as it can, but the memory of it stays. it seems like being with you, everything is a first for me.

happy eclipse

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sumptuous lunch at seoul garden @ Taka meant alot to me, although i stayed with them for about 2 hours? i have never left them halfway, i’ve always managed to stay throughout in any outings we had. but yesterday was an exception. both meets are important to me. i couldn’t choose. i know the girls would understand, right??

2 hours of laughters and sharings were more than enough. happy colours II in my thoughts and memories.

and then i got to catch a glimpse of the eclipse. amazing and priceless for two reasons.

i’m catching up on a new ‘batch’ of articles, so my mode of writing is more on that, not the bloggering type, pardon me.

-truly blissful-

waiting game

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i feel like this is the longest january i’ve ever gone through.
seriously, i’ve been through so much in the span of 18 days!! it’s still january~

i’ve had good days…
i’ve had busy busy days which is good because it preoccupied my mind from glancing at my ericko-san too many times a day…;)
i’ve written a number of articles…
i’ve even got angry at a head of a strategic unit and practically showed it…
i’ve taught a total of 4 classes so far and enjoyed them much…
Lord, it’s been days fulfilled.

although
i’ve not understand, still, why tears and blood must be shed. only donations and Al-Fath read with hopes and thoughts that this will give them the strength.
i’ve not understand, still, at this age, you have to have sore feelings to your friends over a small misunderstanding…i thought we’ve grown out of those? the rare times i mass-messaged, there never was a reply from a particular friend. so tell me, who forgets who?
and, heh, i still hate taking buses 🙂

on repeat mode: waiting game by yellowcard.
no particular reason.

and then, i’m happy. you know why.:))

home is here

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my first class starts today! will be teaching teens year 4 at the mosque and somehow i was prepared for it. excited and ready to roll!! haha. i think sitting in the office doing paperworks and brainstorming has taken its toll that for once, i’m moving around and talking and sharing and whatnots!!

have i told you that i love what i’m doing?? that the sacrifice is almost worth it sometimes. tomorrow will be another day of teaching. although not exactly something which i looked forward to at the start of this year, but somehow i was able to comfort myself and have a shift of thinking. i’m the few people who can do this. so let’s do it seri! hehe

anyway, last friday, went to see my youngest sibs Nuri and Khidhir performed at their school’s CCA Openhouse. they represented their cca-NPCC. and their big sister here is just so proud of them!! they used to be little babies and now they’re up there all uniformed and holding mark-four rifles, aka, fake rifles doing some precision drill squad. truly happy to be there and you of course. for sharing one of the most important part of my life.

and when their teacher praised them for their commitment and being active participation in their cca, commenting that it must be because of the family’s good upbringing, i had a split thought of doing su*jud Syu*kur right there and then! hehe. it’s just that, truly, we are a simple family, unrich and not exactly born of academics nor having some blueblood or whatever it is. and we’ve had our hardtimes, i’ve witnessed it all. and somehow, i’ve realised those hard times have shaped us- me and sibs to be more grateful of what has been laid before us and to do the best in everything we do, and i know it has been God’s work all the way, i just feel we’re blessed and protected. that’s all i can say.

i won’t trade for anything. despite the flaws each of us have, i don’t know how i’d live without them. without my nuri’s adorable teasings and my siti’s wittiness and how she could talk sense straight to the point, and my haliffi’s concern in ignorance, and my khidhir the apple of the eye, still a baby although he has grown so tall. of course, ratu and romo. his silence and her chatter.

oklaa, no need to be so mellow right??? haha. i’m contented at the moment. truly.
please remind me to get down to earth, because i’ve been up high in the sky for quite awhile there. There’s so many things to do Seri!! let’s get moving~

moving forward…with a jolt

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i was amazed that the mos*que is so full of life and people moving about and phones ringing every other minute and not to mention crying and shouting children because it’s their first week of school!

my mind working non-stop from 7.30am to 5.30pm and although i was supposed to have lunch at 11am all the way to 2pm, i just can’t stop~ especially when you’re in the writing mode and your mind is just flowing with ideas and words, you really can’t afford to risk stopping and having a hard time to get to the same momentum. -teach- might understand that.

it’s not even a whole week of the new year and life has moved on like there’s no tomorrow! and i mean it. even after all those hours at work, you still feel like there’s not enough time. Lord, what are we rushing for??!

in times like this, you really appreciate when you have to get up and face Him- have some time to drag yourself from work and calm your mind after all those chaos. just for five minutes. that’s all it takes…or maybe more..

still in the mood to put up a positive outlook, because really, things are going so well. only…’3rd rock from the sun’ came tumbling down on me today in the midst of me doing a report for one mos*que. (be prepared of getting confused because at the end of the day, you can’t even know which mos*que i’m actually talking about haha!!)~

back to what i was saying, i had just practically stopped myself from writing lesson plans and articles, and start on something else, which was the report i was saying. and more or less an ’emergency’ call came up. one mos*que is in desperate need for a youth trainer that could i cover for at least one whole month until they get someone new? WHAT??? isn’t there anyone else? apparently none.

the irony is: i left that mos*que last november because i thought i want to concentrate on two other mos*ques~ what the??

add up to that, i somehow got this feeling that one project is coming my way. let’s not forget the whole new*med thing which is literally endless!! i have only 24 hours a day. sobs.

but all in good time i pray. Lord, please give me the strength physically and intellectually to do this. Please i pray.

and just in case you haven’t had time to google for that evanescence song i mentioned to you, here it is.(but you most probably have googled it)

http://media.imeem.com/v/5ODR2ONJNt/aus=false/pv=2
Evanescence – Anywhere – Evanescence – Anywhere

to my loyal blog readers, you might say: Not this song again??!!!
heh, honestly, i can never get enough of this song!!
so bear with it! hahah!

ok…another long day tomorrow~

the way to start the new year

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pretty much sweet rush.

after a whole month preparing a proposal of sorts for a mosque last year, i presented them out in front of the board of committee and thank fully, unthreatening faces and supportive questions gave me more motivation and the knowledge, i Just might have to do this! their agreement for me to move forward and proceed to carry out the operational part was all i need. “and so it begins” 😉 i’m turly glad the presentation’s done with only with one concern: things got to start moving and i have to do them right. please help me Lord.

and apart from that, my name was in the organizational chart in the current mosque i’m working at, which was, WHAT?? (that’s my initial response in my head anyway). although something more impactful was the fact that the GM himself introduced me to the mosque staff last saturday during an ac*tion plan meeting. i didn’t think he would notice i was even there~ this small thing done by a leader surely brings up the motivation i tell you!! :)) good pressure but also nerve wrecking because it means “they’re watching~”

however, all this hype just makes me want to work. haha~

ps: gracie the dugong is adorable, seriously she is. and that a sea angel is a tiny winy swimming snail. amazing.

yes man the movie is worth a laugh and thoughtful outlook on life.
only the third day of the year and it’s a pretty good start!;)
a nice surprise and is maybe a good enough answer for now?

on repeat mode: Songs Collection the CD. i’m totally loving it!!

pps: i know my post is pretty much disorganized and i’m just blabbering really. but dat’s how my mind is at the moment.

tribute to 2008

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before the day ends, let me welcome 2009 with an embrace. after welcoming 1430, 2009 seems like any other day, to me, at least.

i received so many messages last night that it almost got me irritated, because it somehow disturbed my sleep :0 but don’t worry, i don’t start the new year with grudges, haha.
thank you for the messages of hopes and prayers for 2009 for all of us. may all the best, and only the best for yourselves. :))

my 2008 has been a good year. truly. and it’s december ender is even better.
first half of the year was hectic for i took up a number of projects which pretty much revolved around Alive education, coming up with lessons and articles, some serious reviewing on Alive and had the opportunity to share my amateur experiences with new teachers. it’s what i’ve always wanted!

being a trainer myself teaches me a lot about education. simply put: i love what i’m doing! i’m determined to gain more knowledge on anything education: teaching/training/curriculum/planning/etc etc. there’s so much to learn from more experienced educationists!

one of the best achievement i had: DRIVING LICENCE! it’s almost like a ticket to freedom~ haha. and being able to drive my family around is such a good feeling really. this year, i want to drive more!! :))

and then i got a whole bookshelf for myself, i mean, my books! after so long stashing them away in the closet, they look so nice on the shelf! ok, i know it may sounds weird being excited about a bookshelf and books, but i can’t help it. :))
buy more books and read more!!

after a year and a half being a *TEMP, i can say i have a proper job now~ although still quite vague of my status, for i’m working AT one mosque, but really, am working FOR another mosque. neither here nor there, but at least, it feels like i’m having a real job now. when you’re a *temp, you tend to take things for granted. but now, i can’t afford to make mistakes. do pray for me. 2009 definitely sounds exciting and hectic already!!

and please let’s not forget the Bali trip!! what more can i say?? most friends might already know how we have been feeling about it, what’s with the countdown-ing to the trip and the many many post-bali pictures all over facebook and multiply and whatnots.

2008 is truly memorable. i’ve gained so much. so many people have made a mark in my life, especially on my knowledge and spiritual quest. and ender december was not only about getting a permanent job or bali trip but also something to do with what i used to termed ‘blue knight'(?) 😉

2009, here i come~~