I Dont Recognize Myself!

I took a few fun quizzes the other day..

The first one is about type A personality. I found out that I am a type A person - I dont know if I should like it or not as it makes me feel like I am a freak who cant sit still or find satisfaction in the things that I do accomplish. It also reminds me of the guy who asked our course facilitator if I seem like a type A person (Urgh, I hate that guy - he's the one who planted that idea in my mind).. I really need to find out what the gurus say about type A people..

The next quiz I took is on the "what year person are you?" Turned out that I am a 1982 person - yuck, that long gone? So I retried the questions and tweaked my answers a bit - you know, instead of choosing Travolta I swapped that with Pitt etc etc.. That doesnt seem to help much - I turned out to be a 1985 girl.. Well I decided accept the results graciously and live with the 80's girl-image.

After that it was the feminist quiz - ie are you a feminist? I am not surprised that I do turn out to be a feminist according to the quiz. But please scratch that word feminist out and replace it with liberated instead ie are you liberated? I'd rather be liberated than a feminist - I have global issues to cover instead of being an advocate for women's lib..

I took a few more amusing quizzes that tell me I am not a perfectionist (thank God - type A AND a perfectionist? I dont think I can live with myself!) and that I am a nurturer - when I'd rather be clinging and needy (I so hate to be strong and logical all the time..) I am innovative and have so low a maintenance I could have been a doormat (I suppose I have to learn to be more selfish..) It tells me I should have been a doctor, a therapist or a detective (??!)

And eat your hearts out people - the survey also claimed I am practical, sharp, and very intuitive. I am optimistic and energetic, and I am a problem solver who doesn't get discouraged easily. I am also quite compassionate and caring. I make people feel hopeful. I am highly adaptable and capable. I do well with almost any curve ball life throws at me..

Dont you just hate me..? (I am so in love with myself.. muah-ha-ha..)

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C'est la vie Part III

The traffic was terrible again this morning - we were a bit late than usual - so I decided to take an alternative route. It turned out traffic was bad there also. But at least I dont need to pay for the toll..

Whilst waiting I grumbled about needing a guy who understand my needs.. (and that would be a policeman who knows that I need to be in the office on time.. he-he)

Seem like the guy in question isnt aware of my needs so we had no choice but to wait. We ate the sandwich in the car and snap a couple of photos.. Yeap, this is life.

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The Other Side Of The Coin Called Liberation

Liberty is generally considered a concept of political philosophy and identifies the condition in which an individual has the ability to act according to his or her own will.. Well, that's what Wikipedia says anyway.

I attended a wedding last weekend. A couple of friends invited us to their eldest son's wedding. When I received the invitation I did some mental arithmetic on the groom's age - he cant be any older than my daughter and I was right - he isnt. He is a third year student at a local university.

In these days when most would question how the young couple would survive without real jobs (which of course translates to what else if not money), the parents are more concerned with the spiritual aspects of life and the moral implications represented from the big, bad world (no doubt that social interactions amongst the younger generation is getting ever more challenging to deal with by Muslim parents.)

I raise my hat to the professor-cum-dad and mum of the groom and I thought, what liberation!

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Living The Life Of Purpose

Allah says:
"Did you think that We had created you in play (without any purpose) and that you would not be brought back to Us? So Exalted is Allah, the Sovereign, the Truth.."
al-Qur'an 23 : 115 - 116

Life was created for a purpose, so were the heavens, the earth and everything in between. Man should understand the purpose behind this creation and live for it.

(..from the Happiest Woman In The Hereafter; Dr 'Aid al-Qarni)

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C'est la vie Part II

I guess by now most knew about the poor service we have at our cafe here.

Yeap, poor it is - the line is forever long at breakfast and lunch. You can try going at 10am or 3pm - I'd hazard a guess there'd be no lines then. The pakcik belasah whatever price he feels like at that instant. You wouldnt know what to expect.

Dont hope to get a table during lunch rush. Our consultant ate whilst standing in our pantry..

The food isnt too bad. There is a variety. But what good is that after the long queue, getting mad with the pakcik over the price and you had to wait for a table with your plate in your hand?

Quickie. That's what we call him. But dont get the wrong idea please.. He begotten the name because he disappears at about 120 on Fridays and came back 10 or 15 minutes later.. Duh, on Fridays? All the more reason we arent too keen on the food.

We occassionally have lunch outside but beware - if we are late back we need to pay for the basement parking.

Not surprisingly we saw the Dato'(s) in the cafe today after that e-mail from NUTE. We speculated they are there to check the validity of the accusations in the mail.

Someone tipped off Pakcik Quickie about Dato'(s) presence and he tried to be nice. But we saw Dato' Seri declined and fetched plain water for himself.

Well, this is life.

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C'est la vie

This is the fourth morning that I rushed to work - just so that I could park my car in the basement for free. And this morning I failed - yet again, for the fourth time this week.

I thought I would make it - until I get to TNB at Bangsar and saw the loooong line.. There were always different challanges on each of the four days. This morning the traffic light at Abdullah Hukum was the culprit.

I decided to manage my frustration instead of swearing. I turned on my walkman on my phone and listened to the oldies I recently uploaded. The soothing sounds of Stevie Nicks and Journey are just what I needed.

This is life.

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The Seasons Of Life

Last weekend Eirfan complained over eating out. He said ma why are we always eating out? I am tired of going out. Then out of nowhere he said it has been ages since we've had roti jala.. (duh..?)

And I can see that he is bored at home - that's why he bugs me so much. He quits playing the PS (well, he doesnt play as much as before) and he doesnt watch that much cartoon anymore either. And he asked me questions like do you want to watch Transformers ma - or Meet The Robinson's? Lately he took up stamp collecting and started asking, ma how can I get more stamps? After he tire of the stamps he said ma when are we going to do the gardening?

In fact, he'd nag me over almost everything.

Then I got tired of his nags (although I know he's bored). I said you have to think of things that you like to do. Like what ? he asked. Anything I said, maybe a new hobby like playing the piano or guitar or drums - would you like that? Or you can play the violin or the organ or even the cello (I was getting desperate, ok?) Or read books (he pulled a face then) or comics (I substituted quickly).

In the end we did some gardening which strained my muscles to h*** and that evening I sweated like a cow over the stove and the roti jala (I cant remember when was the last time I made any..)

And to think that he barely noticed that I am around when his brothers are home. I suppose we both miss the abangs.

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A New Year Resolution Nevertheless

Well 1st Muharram 1429 came and gone.

I finally came up with my new-year resolutions – many of them. I still need to refine them a bit – what’s a resolution without proper targets..

Anyhow – ha, ha (already I am starting to laugh) – Delinn & Siti really made me do something so cliché, something that I said I wouldn’t ever do again – yeap, you guessed it – making losing weight my new year resolution!

And, I have the perfect reason why I said it wouldn’t work – I was looking for a note book to write my progress / goals / anything else regarding this resolution. I found a book and I saw the exact things I wanted to write today already written in the book - dated last year!

Let’s hope I fare better this time around. Keep all fingers crossed! Delinn, where is our blog? All the gurus insist we have to have the support group.

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Cinta Nan Satu

Dari Anas ra : Ada seorang lelaki menanyakan kepada Rasulullah saw mengenai kiamat. Kata nya : “Bilakah hari kiamat?”

Beliau bersabda : “Apakah yang telah engkau siapkan untuk hari itu?”

Kata nya : “Tiada satu pun selain mencintai Allah dan RasulNya”.

Beliau bersabda : “Engkau akan bersama orang yang engkau cintai”.

Kata Anas : “Belum pernah kami gembira seperti kegembiraan kami kerana mendengar sabda Nabi saw : Engkau akan bersama yang engkau cintai!”

Kata Anas : “Saya mencintai Nabi, Abu Bakar dan Umar dan saya mengharapkan kiranya saya bersama mereka kerana mencintai mereka, sekalipun saya belum beramal serupa amal mereka”.

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Be Kind, Please

Yesterday I mused over life experiences that seem common but left jarring emotional impact that are just simply unexpected.

I suppose life's turbulent tides will never stop until there is no more you or me. & I raise my hat to the person who coined the phrase "you've got to be cruel to be kind".

I was harsh. But my intent was pure. That's my only salvation.

Can I ask kindness from life to recuperate from this sorrow?

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The New Year Parade

The new year parade..? I know, I know - we dont have parades on new year. But isnt this a parade?

A parade of cars, that is - on new year eve - along all the major roads heading in and out of KLCC..

We had to fetch Iman from the office on new year eve - yes, she was working that evening. They are always trying to meet targets at month and year-ends at her office.

Anyway while we were already in town we decided to catch the fire works at midninght. Unfortunately all major roads heading towards KLCC were closed. So we joined the other cars parked along the ramp on Ampang link to see the fireworks..

It drizzled while we waited - this is KLCC through the car window - looks like Christmas lights, dont you think?

KLCC from under our umbrella

If you like fireworks, remember they leave smoke (lots of smoke, in fact) behind..

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Another New Year

So yeah, it is a new year.

I refrained from making any new year resolutions this time around.. I learned they never work. I deduced that they are inspired by the thrill of the moment ie the new year; and not from the seriousness of the intent - so that's why they dont work.

I suppose the management gurus would have a field day over my statement ie when you fail to plan, you plan to fail..

Nevertheless I think first Jan could be the best time to review the long term plans as well as the current year goals - just like we do our business plans in the office. Maybe I should do that.

...But then again I think I'll just wait for first Muharram instead; with doa and belief that Allah will fulfill my heart's desires - if not now maybe a little bit later..

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