We Complement Each Other ♥

In Malay:

"Hawa dijadikan dari rusuk Adam
dan bukan dari kepalanya untuk dijunjung,
bukan pula dari kakinya untuk dijadikan pengalas
tetapi adalah dari sisinya untuk dijadikan teman hidup,
dekat dengan lenganya untuk dilindungi,
dan dekat dengan hatinya untuk dicintai."

In English:

"Eve was made of a rib out of the side of Adam;
not made out of his head to rule over him,
nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him,
but out of his side to be equal with him,
under his arm to be protected,
and near his heart to be beloved."

Somehow the Malay version speaks to me more. Love this so much!

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New Year's Eve

I want to share here some sentiments taken from the movie "New Year's Eve (2011)", the speech given by Claire to the reporters and the public when the ball got stuck midway due to a short circuit while everyone was anxiously awaiting the annual ball drop in Time Square, NY. This not only shows PR at its best, but also, her carefully chosen words, bears significance to each and everyone of us. I loved every word of it, and so here it goes.

As you all can see the ball has stopped half way to its porch. It's suspended there to remind us before we pop the champagne and celebrate the New Year, to stop and reflect on the year that has gone by. To remember both our triumphs and our missteps, our promises made and broken. The times we opened ourselves up to great adventures or close ourself down for fear of getting hurt. Cause that's what New Year's is all about, getting another chance. The chance to forgive, to do better, to do more, to give more, to love more. And stop worrying about what if and start embracing what will be. So when that ball drops at midnight, and it will drop, let's remember to be nice to each other, kind to each other. And not just tonight, but all year long. Thank you.

Some people swear there's no beauty left in the world, no magic. 

Then how do you explain the entire world coming together on one night to celebrate the hope of a new year?

Ultimately, that's what a new year brings right? Hope. Hope for a better year ahead.

It's just 3 days to a whole new year. I hope, I truly hope that it will be good one for everyone.

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A Crazy Last Minute Plan

2012, Mar 21

unintentionally attended one of the most exclusive parties of the year, on a weeknight, not to mention having to pull off sneaking out of class early, undressing in the back seat of a car, wearing ugly working shoes with a borrowed dress, and putting on make-up in less than 2 mins with a bunch of people starring at me...

pretty crazy, but amazed i actually did all that after being a retiree for so long. still, had a blast attending the event, all thanks to HT (mastermind) who came up with everything.

ticket to the partay

just before we went in. with HT

with GG

polaroid of us.

they had girls goin round taking photos for guests as souvenirs.

cool bartender mixing up drinks for us.

super like! coconut and black label. smooth. but idk the name.

it's kinda hard to describe my experience at the event. it not helping that i didnt take many photos that night, but just imagine lots of waiters / waitresses waiting on you, serving a free flow of delicate chocolate truffles, signature cocktails, and black label through out the entire night. deco was fab, setup was fab, stage was fab, layout of events was fab, everything was so classy and stylo. only let down was the music, thus making the whole night lack something essential.

still, it was great. and i actually got to go. there must have people wanting in but failed to get passes. lol. i feel like the passes might just have been wasted on me as i didnt party hard enough. apologies for that :P


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Blogging in the Bus !

Am on the road now. Spending at least 2 hours of my birthday alone in bus :|

The result?
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This random post with random pictures.

Me with my earphones on and all wrapped up like wan tan.

Lomo autumn effect ♥

Cccold ! Need to go to the bathroom urgently. Plus super jam now. Faster reach ah!


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Emotional Affairs

no no... i'm not in one. at least not right now, or have not for a really long time... just sharing something i've read cause i think that tonnes of people do fall willingly or even unrealisingly into an Emotional Affair (EA). it's not deadly or anything, but if does have great effect on a person, especially if he/she is in a relationship and we all fail to realise that. effects, mostly adverse, aren't exactly fun to deal with. awareness is what we all lack. read on. pretty good stuff i promise. and it most certainly won't be a waste of your time.

favourite quote from the article:

Don’t believe everything you think.

the mind is a great paradox – it is possible to be fooled by your own thinking.

Click here for the full post:

EMOTIONAL AFFAIRS – The Truth

or visit:

http://www.stopstressingnow.com/2012/02/emotional-affairs-the-truth/


EA.

have you been in one?
or are you in one right now?

do you realise that you're in the danger zone?
or are you 100% aware that you're playing with fire and lovin' it?


whatever it is, i won't judge.


random thought: the person who wrote this must have been pretty involved in EAs to understand so much about them.


happy Friday peeps!

ps:// Avril concert is TOMORROW!!

am so gonna camp there ;D



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Red Wrappers :)

Seeing these chocolates make me so happy !

I remember receiving a gigantic packet of these lil things for my birthday few years back. Haven't had one in ages! And man, do they taste good. *munch munch*

So happens someone from the office bought some back from Labuan. Totally made my day n helped a whole lot in busting the Monday blues :D


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Do you wish you're here with me?

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Teach for Malaysia?!

wow. am still shocked after seeing this.





http://www.teachformalaysia.org/



why the hell do we need this?

we have perfectly qualified, motivated and responsible educators who dream of being teachers in schools but aren't given the chance to just because they didn't attend a teacher training course in a government/public institute of higher learning.

well first of all, it's pretty much bullshit labeling these government funded universities/colleges as IPTA (Insitutsi Pengajian Tinggi Awam) which literaly means PUBLIC institutions of higher education which therefore are supposed to be open to the PUBLIC! Maybe we've got the whole definition of PUBLIC here all wrong. PUBLIC here of course means that the system is FAIR, UNBIASED, TRANPARENT, NON-DISCRIMINATING, and OPEN TO ALL. of course you are free to apply, but we all know that we aren't on the priority list to be enrolled into our chosen vocation if we aren't one of them.

so tell me, where do the people who actually want to be teachers in goverment schools go to if they aren't accepted into teacher training colleges by the government?

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it's obvious aint it. they go to private colleges.


what's so bad about private colleges anyway?
why is there some sort of "access denied" kind of thing when it comes to private graduates wanting to teach in government schools?

it was the government who allowed these insitutions to come to live in the first place. the teacher training programmes run by these private colleges are even accredited and approved by the MOHE and MQA. this definitely qualifies graduates from the private sector to teach anywhere they want in Malaysia! plus, they even allow private trainees to do teaching practice in government schools but reject with a thousand and one excuses when private graduates apply for permanent teaching positions in government schools.


what hypocrites.
(though i have to say that it's a pretty smart move from their side. who doen't want free quality labour?)

even a dumb - barely caring about nation and political issues me knows the reason behind this.

those slots are reserved as a counter measure to protect their people who i'm sure pathetically can't find a job else where.

i can bet that teachers trained by the private sector are able to kick those sloppy public uni graduates in the butt hard and well anytime, anywhere.


another random fact:
i did my Bachelor of Education (TESL) in a private uni along with many others.
all my friends and seniors are either lecturers in colleges or working in other related fields.
none in goverment schools.


funny aint it? they lack teachers, but aren't willing to take in the qualified and trained ones and instead are recruiting from scratch.


then again, back to the whole Teach for Malaysia thingy. what's they use of this if all the government does is to cover up and keep pumping a steady flow of their own loserish people to teach in schools which more than 90% of our nation attend? i dare say that this whole notion though noble as it might be is a mere waste of time, resources and effort. nothing can change the quality of our education system while there's still so much poison in circulation.


just my 2 cents.


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He is Who He is...

he doesn't deny it.

he accepts it.

he does what he does.

he has his own hopes and dreams.

he does everything in his power to make them come true.





when can i be more like him?

i don't even dare to hope or dream.

long way more to go for me.

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You don't want this to happen, do you?

Just sharing peeps.

though the caption in the pic should be "the effects of smoking"??
[good picture, bad tag line]

despite that whatsoever, i'm sure you get the message ;)

note to self:



apply for master programme by the end of Nov '11.

corporate comm?

instructional technology?

publishing studies?



girl, please figure it out by then!


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yes, you're perfect. you're perfect to me.

guysss!!! google the lyrics and sing along !!

love this once i heard it on the radio, and love this version as well! always had a thing for acapellas. yea and this version is clean! recommended to people of all ages xD

why am i up? woke up at 0350 just to post this? complaining that i cant sleep? bet i'll start snoring once my head hits my pillow again.

nights.



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It's the weekend.

so do you think that i had fun?

yea. i most certainly had. lots of it. lemme show you just how fun it was.


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fun right? erghhh.


anyway, i brought home work from the office to be done.
spent my morning meddling around with it and ended up in putrajaya around 6.



besides walking around in the gooey mud, i managed to catch a pair of lovers fondling and caressing each other, making out shamelessly in public! i even have evidence!

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hmph! kena tangkap basah.


and they weren't they only ones.
lots of others had also coupled up and were busy mating away.


jealous much? so intimate oh.


also got to watch the sun set beautifully over the lake :)


not as peaceful as i would have preferred though. the crowd was huge!


actually, the main attraction there were the balloons.
gigantic hot air balloons.
didn't manage to take many photos.
and you know how canggih my camera is. lol.
here's the few i managed to capture.


two smiley faces :)


two unsmiley faces :(


and they actually used the fire canons which were used to heat the air to light up the balloons at night and put on a show where the lights were synchronized according to the music which was played. it was quite a pretty sight.


the balloons lit up like gigantic lanterns


pretty?


love the way they lit up


and we found a better spot to watch all that on the way back.
no crowd and you'd have the entire view of the light show.


that's about it. hardly 2 hours and i already got so tired.
practically had to drag my feet back to the car.
old. seriously. old.

hope your weekend was better than mine!

on the bright side, tomorrow is sunday.
one more rest day. have to fully utilize it.
it'll fly by so fast without you realising and it's monday all over again :/


have fun guys.


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some random statements.

1. I realise that I'm not a good sister.

I'm not there for my lil sis as much as she needs me to and I pay the slightest attention to her. Why am I so stingy in this sense? I'm so caught up in ME that none of my attention or concern goes to her. Always assuming and expecting that she's independent enough.

2. I still don’t know what I want to do.

I fail to answer that question no matter who asks it and when it is asked and I noticed that I get asked that question a lot recently. I feel sorry for myself for not being able to answer that. I’m pathetic.

3. I always have mixed feelings.

Unexpectedly, some feelings always resurface when you least expect them to.

4. I stalked someone awhile ago.

Someone of no importance to me. Someone I’ve almost forgotten existed. Someone who once hurt me. Someone shameless. Someone with the worst possible morale. And it leaves me hanging now. What on earth initiated me to do that? It was probably a waste of my 48 minutes and it now leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.

5. I ate dinner with a bunch of aunties.

Well, their company wasn’t that bad. Had a pretty decent time. They actually humoured me. They complained about kids nowadays not knowing who Mahatma Ghandi, nor Mother Theresa, nor Chairman Mao is. The only significant figures to these kids are Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber. Yea. I admit, kids nowadays are ignorant and are completely oblivious on significant historical figures as such. I am lucky, I’ve got the best of both worlds. And hey, I thought to myself, I’m going to end up like them pretty soon. Just call me aunty.

6. I’m amazed that I’m still up at this hour.

It’s already 0339. This is officially the first time I’ve stayed up so late ever since I’ve started working.

7. Tomorrow's the 14th of March again.

I miss you. Have never stopped missing you. Have been missing you for the past 14 years.

8. Am turning 24 this 24th.

And now I'm wondering why the numbers are so coincidental. No biggie. Just another step nearer to auntyhood. And I never get excited about this day. It reminds me of too many things. Am starting to get a lil emotional now. Am telling myself to stop now.

at least i have an update.

kthxbye.

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有时, 一个人也挺好的.

不需要假装,

不需要隐瞒,

不需要忍让...

一个人时, 我才能当我真正的自己.



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Blogging from work :D

finally had the guts to ask nurul for her pc's password, and here i am, busy clicking and browsing away instead of doing what i have to do ;)

just gonna post some greetings and wishes here and try to find some time before the 31st to post something good about 2010. hee. closure you know?

started this bloggie about a year ago and hey, this year passed by so quickly that i even missed out on its birthday! and i browsed through my truckload of history full of gramdmother posts trying to find 2009's end year post. lol. and of course i couldn't find it, because, i didn't post anything like that at all. i should have summed up everything and stated my new year's resolutions or something like that, and maybe, maybe, i'd be i little less lost this year.

through all my uncertainty and struggles and emoness and conflicts and aimlessness, i had actually made it through an entire year. phew... more on that journey later :D am determined to come up with some vision or mission or goals to help me with next year.

that's all for now,

love you more than i can say ♥

Merry Christmas peeps! My heartfelt wishes to all of ya!

:)



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beautiful, aint it?

this is just so dreamy and romantic, i thought to myself as i gazed starry-eyed out at the almost perfect scene before me. but i didn't go there with the boyfie. i had 2 bodyguards accompany me there instead, thus diminishing the romance factor to almost zero. we laughed and fooled around, chatted and enjoyed our midnight stroll by the river.

we also played with our camera phones and were actually satisfied with what those lousy little things could do. not bad huh? these 2 pics were taken using my seemingly outdated sony ericsson c510. no edits btw :)



i'm not up to anything for now.
just lazing around in mlk.


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LOL

What's that suppose to mean??

i guess that's just what happens to everybody.

Penukaran Pembiayaan Pendidikan PTPTN

www.ptptn.gov.my

they have decided to reduce the interest rate from 3% to only 1%.
so peeps, log in and update your account details.

hope that you guys are happy to hear bout this~