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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
It can't be a mid life crisis!
Salam,
I just found out this morning that my immediate boss is leaving soon. I was quite shocked to hear the news. He is still new as he came to the centre early early this year. Now, he said that he has to move on so that he can gain other experiences in other place. Well, he received a good offer from the Ministry of Education to be one of the mentor for English teachers in primary schools.
When I asked him this morning, "Why are you thinking about changing your career". Well, he is already has a good position, good salary every month and nice working environment (according to him). BUT his answer was really intriguing. He said, "I want my CV to look interesting when I have more experience in different places since I have been working for this company for 7 years". "Plus I want more challenges". The first thing that came across my mind when he told me his reasons, was "Is he experiencing a mid life crisis?". He is not that old because he must be in his mid thirties. (not really sure the accurate age). He might even be younger than me because if I have been working since I finished my first degree, I should have been working for 10 years!
Midlife crisis is a term coined in 1965 by Elliott Jaques and used in Western societies to describe a period of dramatic self-doubt that is felt by some individuals in the "middle years" or middle age of life, as a result of sensing the passing of their own youth and the imminence of their old age. Sometimes, a crisis can be triggered by transitions experienced in these years, such as extramarital affairs, andropause or menopause, the death of parents or other causes of grief, unemployment or underemployment, realizing that a job or career is hated but not knowing how else to earn an equivalent living, or children leaving home.
(quoted from WIKIPEDIA)
Most of my colleagues agree that we are going to lose a very kind, considerate and nice boss. I can claim that he is one of the BEST boss I ever had. His approaches to solving problems are always flexible and open for discussions. We don't know yet what kind of BOSS that will come to replace him. I can only pray that I can still do my work as usual without major hitches. Oh....I hate it when things change BUT it's part and parcel of life.
Have you ever experienced any changes in your workplace that you feel difficult to adapt to? How do you handle things?
I just found out this morning that my immediate boss is leaving soon. I was quite shocked to hear the news. He is still new as he came to the centre early early this year. Now, he said that he has to move on so that he can gain other experiences in other place. Well, he received a good offer from the Ministry of Education to be one of the mentor for English teachers in primary schools.
When I asked him this morning, "Why are you thinking about changing your career". Well, he is already has a good position, good salary every month and nice working environment (according to him). BUT his answer was really intriguing. He said, "I want my CV to look interesting when I have more experience in different places since I have been working for this company for 7 years". "Plus I want more challenges". The first thing that came across my mind when he told me his reasons, was "Is he experiencing a mid life crisis?". He is not that old because he must be in his mid thirties. (not really sure the accurate age). He might even be younger than me because if I have been working since I finished my first degree, I should have been working for 10 years!
Midlife crisis is a term coined in 1965 by Elliott Jaques and used in Western societies to describe a period of dramatic self-doubt that is felt by some individuals in the "middle years" or middle age of life, as a result of sensing the passing of their own youth and the imminence of their old age. Sometimes, a crisis can be triggered by transitions experienced in these years, such as extramarital affairs, andropause or menopause, the death of parents or other causes of grief, unemployment or underemployment, realizing that a job or career is hated but not knowing how else to earn an equivalent living, or children leaving home.
(quoted from WIKIPEDIA)
Most of my colleagues agree that we are going to lose a very kind, considerate and nice boss. I can claim that he is one of the BEST boss I ever had. His approaches to solving problems are always flexible and open for discussions. We don't know yet what kind of BOSS that will come to replace him. I can only pray that I can still do my work as usual without major hitches. Oh....I hate it when things change BUT it's part and parcel of life.
Have you ever experienced any changes in your workplace that you feel difficult to adapt to? How do you handle things?
Monday, November 28, 2011
Salam Maal Hijrah & 8 tahun. (BM entry)
Rasanya belum terlambat untuk saya ucapkan Selamat Tahun Baru Hijriyah. Hari ini juga kebetulan merupakan ulangtahun perkahwinan kami yang ke 8. Ia juga ulangtahun kelahiran suami saya yang tercinta. Alhamdulillah, sedar tak sedar sudah 8 tahun kami bersama melayari bahtera dengan pelbagai dugaan, kenangan manis, pahit, masam dan lain-lain lagi.
Seperti biasa saya yang memang ada jiwa seni (konon-kononya), ada satu puisi.
8 tahun
Bukan mudah untuk kita disatukan,
Dugaan, perpisahan dan ujian,
Itu semua bukan penghalang,
Kerana ini semua memang ditakdirkan,
Akhirnya keluarga akur tanpa bantahan,
Mendoakan supaya berkekalan,
Silaturahim antara keluarga juga terjalin,
8 tahun suatu angka,
Bukan jangka yang dikira,
Rasanya cukup mematangkan kita,
Mengenali diri, memahami sesama,
Alhamdulillah, dipanjatkan syukur pada Ilahi,
Semoga berkekalan dan bahagia yang dicari.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Sungguh kurang sopan (BM entry)
Salam,
Jika kita tengok dalam video untuk mempromosikan Malaysia, biasanya akan dipaparkan tentang betapa bersopan-santunnya masyarakat Malaysia ni. Tapi situasi sebenar yang dapat kita lihat setiap hari sebenarnya agak berbeza.Semakin ramai yang makin lupa untuk bersopan-santun dan berbudi bahasa.
Saya nak berkongsi beberapa insiden yang saya dan suami pernah saksikan sendiri di beberapa buah tempat. Mungkin ada yang akan berkata kejadian-kejadian yang saya saksikan itu hanya kes terpencil tapi kita tak patut pandang ringan. Kalau beginilah perangai kita sekarang, tentu tak akan jadi pelik lagi bila kanak-kanak pun bersikap kurang sopan.
Kejadian pertama:
Lokasi: Dlm lrt menuju ke K.L.C.C.
Setiap pagi biasanya kerusi di dlm lrt akan dipenuhi oleh penumpang2 di stesen pertama, stesen Kelana Jaya. Hanya kadang-kadang saya bernasib baik jika dapat duduk. Pagi semalam, di stesen Taman Jaya, ada seorang wanita yang sarat mengandung menaiki lrt. Tempat duduk khas semua dipenuhi oleh orang2 yang tak sepatutnya duduk di situ. Saya perhatikan dulu kalau-kalau ada yang akan bangun memberikan kerusi untuk wanita tersebut. Selepas 2 stesen, saya bangun dan memberikan tempat duduk saya kepada wanita berkenaan. Saya faham dan kasihan padanya kerana saya pun sedang mengandung (walaupun baru lg). Tapi saya geram pada yang lain yang sangat buta hati dan buat2 tak nampak!
Kejadian kedua:
Lokasi: CIMB (salah satu cawangan kecil)
Di salah sebuah kaunter, seorang pelanggan wanita nak memasukkan duit ke dalam akaun. Apabila kerani bank mengira semual duit, ternyata jumlahnya melebihi dari apa yang ditulis di dalam borang. jadi, kerani tersebut telah memberitahu pelanggan tersebut. Tapi pelanggan tu boleh je tak dengar sbb dia sibuk dengan telefonnya. Kerani tersebut terpaksa memberitahunya sehingga tiga kali barulah dia terperasan tentang kesilapannya. Tanpa berkata "terima kasih" dan muka selamba, dia boleh ambil je balik duit lebih tu dan menyambung perbualan di telefon. Kerani tersebut nampak macam nak marah tapi dia diamkan saja sbb tak mahu bergaduh dengan pelanggan kot. Bagi saya, perempuan tu mmg sungguh kurang bersopan sbb dahla dia yang salah, tak cakap terima kasih sbb kerani tu jujur bg duit yang terlebih tu, lps tu boleh buat muka selamba lg guna telefon bila tengah buat urusan lain!
Kejadian ketiga:
Lokasi: KFC (sebuah cawangan kecil)
Yang ni pulak, macam kejadian tak senonoh dan orang2 pemalas. Ni baru lagi terjadi tengah hari tadi. Suami saya dan anak2 baru masuk nak membeli makanan tengah hari. Apabila tengah beratur di depan kaunter, ada seorang bapa datang membawa anak yang berusia 3/4 tahun. Yang si bapa ni sibuk dengan telefonnya bila tengah tunggu gilirannya untuk memesan makanan. Tiba-tiba anaknya termuntah. Dia tak sedar sehinggalah suami saya yang menegurnya. Tanpa segan silu, dia terus je keluar dari situ bawak anaknya. Dia tak bagi tahu atau minta maaf. Kakitangan dalam KFC tu pun boleh buat2 tak nampak. Sekali lagi, suami saya yang memberitahu kejadian tersebut. Setelah beberapa kali, barulah ada salah seorang dari kakitangan membersihkan muntah tersebut. Kalaulah saya kat situ, saya memang dah tak boleh nak makan dan tak rasanya tak sanggup nak makan di situ lagi lain kali. Lelaki tersebut mmg kurang sopan sbb meninggalkan saja temopat tersebut dan kakitangan KFC pun mmg tak bertanggungjawab bila buat2 tak tahu pada mulanya. Padahal itu tempat makan dan macam mana orang nak makan bila ternampak dan terhidu bau muntah!
Rasanya cukuplah tiga kejadian ketidak sopanan (betul ke perkataan tu?) yang kami pernah nampak. Mesti ada yang lain pernah nampak macam-macam lagi kejadian kan. Saya bukan nak cakap saya ni cukup bersopan-santun dan berbudi bahasa. Tapi kita sepatutnya sama2 jadi lebih bersopan santun, berbudi bahasa, berhemah tinggi dan berfikir tentang orang lain. Kalau semua nak pentingkan diri sendiri, tak lama lagi Malaysia ni akan kucar kacir dan tak akan aman lagi. BETUL TAK?
Jika kita tengok dalam video untuk mempromosikan Malaysia, biasanya akan dipaparkan tentang betapa bersopan-santunnya masyarakat Malaysia ni. Tapi situasi sebenar yang dapat kita lihat setiap hari sebenarnya agak berbeza.Semakin ramai yang makin lupa untuk bersopan-santun dan berbudi bahasa.
Saya nak berkongsi beberapa insiden yang saya dan suami pernah saksikan sendiri di beberapa buah tempat. Mungkin ada yang akan berkata kejadian-kejadian yang saya saksikan itu hanya kes terpencil tapi kita tak patut pandang ringan. Kalau beginilah perangai kita sekarang, tentu tak akan jadi pelik lagi bila kanak-kanak pun bersikap kurang sopan.
Kejadian pertama:
Lokasi: Dlm lrt menuju ke K.L.C.C.
Setiap pagi biasanya kerusi di dlm lrt akan dipenuhi oleh penumpang2 di stesen pertama, stesen Kelana Jaya. Hanya kadang-kadang saya bernasib baik jika dapat duduk. Pagi semalam, di stesen Taman Jaya, ada seorang wanita yang sarat mengandung menaiki lrt. Tempat duduk khas semua dipenuhi oleh orang2 yang tak sepatutnya duduk di situ. Saya perhatikan dulu kalau-kalau ada yang akan bangun memberikan kerusi untuk wanita tersebut. Selepas 2 stesen, saya bangun dan memberikan tempat duduk saya kepada wanita berkenaan. Saya faham dan kasihan padanya kerana saya pun sedang mengandung (walaupun baru lg). Tapi saya geram pada yang lain yang sangat buta hati dan buat2 tak nampak!
Kejadian kedua:
Lokasi: CIMB (salah satu cawangan kecil)
Di salah sebuah kaunter, seorang pelanggan wanita nak memasukkan duit ke dalam akaun. Apabila kerani bank mengira semual duit, ternyata jumlahnya melebihi dari apa yang ditulis di dalam borang. jadi, kerani tersebut telah memberitahu pelanggan tersebut. Tapi pelanggan tu boleh je tak dengar sbb dia sibuk dengan telefonnya. Kerani tersebut terpaksa memberitahunya sehingga tiga kali barulah dia terperasan tentang kesilapannya. Tanpa berkata "terima kasih" dan muka selamba, dia boleh ambil je balik duit lebih tu dan menyambung perbualan di telefon. Kerani tersebut nampak macam nak marah tapi dia diamkan saja sbb tak mahu bergaduh dengan pelanggan kot. Bagi saya, perempuan tu mmg sungguh kurang bersopan sbb dahla dia yang salah, tak cakap terima kasih sbb kerani tu jujur bg duit yang terlebih tu, lps tu boleh buat muka selamba lg guna telefon bila tengah buat urusan lain!
Kejadian ketiga:
Lokasi: KFC (sebuah cawangan kecil)
Yang ni pulak, macam kejadian tak senonoh dan orang2 pemalas. Ni baru lagi terjadi tengah hari tadi. Suami saya dan anak2 baru masuk nak membeli makanan tengah hari. Apabila tengah beratur di depan kaunter, ada seorang bapa datang membawa anak yang berusia 3/4 tahun. Yang si bapa ni sibuk dengan telefonnya bila tengah tunggu gilirannya untuk memesan makanan. Tiba-tiba anaknya termuntah. Dia tak sedar sehinggalah suami saya yang menegurnya. Tanpa segan silu, dia terus je keluar dari situ bawak anaknya. Dia tak bagi tahu atau minta maaf. Kakitangan dalam KFC tu pun boleh buat2 tak nampak. Sekali lagi, suami saya yang memberitahu kejadian tersebut. Setelah beberapa kali, barulah ada salah seorang dari kakitangan membersihkan muntah tersebut. Kalaulah saya kat situ, saya memang dah tak boleh nak makan dan tak rasanya tak sanggup nak makan di situ lagi lain kali. Lelaki tersebut mmg kurang sopan sbb meninggalkan saja temopat tersebut dan kakitangan KFC pun mmg tak bertanggungjawab bila buat2 tak tahu pada mulanya. Padahal itu tempat makan dan macam mana orang nak makan bila ternampak dan terhidu bau muntah!
Rasanya cukuplah tiga kejadian ketidak sopanan (betul ke perkataan tu?) yang kami pernah nampak. Mesti ada yang lain pernah nampak macam-macam lagi kejadian kan. Saya bukan nak cakap saya ni cukup bersopan-santun dan berbudi bahasa. Tapi kita sepatutnya sama2 jadi lebih bersopan santun, berbudi bahasa, berhemah tinggi dan berfikir tentang orang lain. Kalau semua nak pentingkan diri sendiri, tak lama lagi Malaysia ni akan kucar kacir dan tak akan aman lagi. BETUL TAK?
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Body Odour: Some of our scripts.
Salam,
In my workplace, body odour seems to be one of the topic that we always discussed. WHY? Every month we receive a lot of international students from different countries. Most of them come from drier countries. So, it's quite normal for them not to take the bath everyday because they don't really sweat. They don't realize that Malaysia is a very wet and humid country. They are not use to sweat and of course they don't realize that they'll stink when they sweat.
Thus today, we had an interesting chat with our immediate boss regarding this matter. It was just a casual sharing about the topic. At the end we came out with several statements to be used when we deal with B.O. problem:
Thus today, we had an interesting chat with our immediate boss regarding this matter. It was just a casual sharing about the topic. At the end we came out with several statements to be used when we deal with B.O. problem:
- "It's very humid here and that's why you sweat a lot. So, please invest on deodorant and take a bath in the morning".
- "Please change your clothes more often. If possible, don't wear the same clothes everyday".
- "We need too reduce this air pollution".
- "Other students have complained about the uninvited smell here. Please do something about it".
- "If you easily sweat, you better do something before it bothers other people".
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Lost a tooth: Am I an adult?
Salam,
Yesterday Fathini finally lost a tooth. The tooth had been wiggling for quite sometime. She was so happy when the tooth fell out. It happened when she was brushing her teeth before going to bed. She already knew about losing her baby teeth as the sign of growing up.
BUT the question that she asked was, "Mama, am I an adult now?". I can't help feeling a little of knot of twist when she related growing up with adulthood. It had made me feeling so "ancient". My first baby is growing up because in about 7 more weeks she's turning to 7! Before I know it, she is already a teenager!
What does this mean now? We (my husband and I) have to prepared ourselves to change our mind set when we deal with Fathini as she is not a kindy-kid anymore. She can't wait to be adult just like us when we were growing up. Only when we reach our adulthood, we start to think that "Would it be great to turn back the clock and be a kid again?".
Have you ever think about growing up so quickly when you were younger??
Yesterday Fathini finally lost a tooth. The tooth had been wiggling for quite sometime. She was so happy when the tooth fell out. It happened when she was brushing her teeth before going to bed. She already knew about losing her baby teeth as the sign of growing up.
BUT the question that she asked was, "Mama, am I an adult now?". I can't help feeling a little of knot of twist when she related growing up with adulthood. It had made me feeling so "ancient". My first baby is growing up because in about 7 more weeks she's turning to 7! Before I know it, she is already a teenager!
What does this mean now? We (my husband and I) have to prepared ourselves to change our mind set when we deal with Fathini as she is not a kindy-kid anymore. She can't wait to be adult just like us when we were growing up. Only when we reach our adulthood, we start to think that "Would it be great to turn back the clock and be a kid again?".
Have you ever think about growing up so quickly when you were younger??
Friday, November 18, 2011
TBR: Dinner and Family games. (Part 3)
Salam,
There was no continuation yesterday since I was caught up with my work. So, today I want to share 2 more events that took place at night (1st day) and in the morning of the second day. I hope that I don't bore you with the series of TBR. hehe
Dinner:
There was a simple dinner event that took place near the water park area. My husband didn't know that there was a theme for the dinner. It was a "black and red" theme. I wore pink headscarf, flowery t-shirt and jeans. My daughters wore red t-shirts (just a coincidence). My hubby went up to the room to change his t-shirt when he found out about the theme. He came back with his black t-shirt.
Basically the event itineraries are some speeches, lucky draw prize giving and a karaoke competition. The food? Again I don't want to tell more because it was too plain. We didn't even care to take photos of the food. When the dinner took place, there was another event not far from the place. There were some games and also karaoke session going on at the Pavillion stage. My daughters were more interested to go to other event. So, after we received the unexpected lucky draw prize, we decided to go back to our room. My daughters were just happy to return to the room especially after we bought some 'glow-in'the-dark' items for them.
The next game was for the women but I didn't participate because I had a slight headache that morning. I just became part of the audience and the cheerleader to Fathini and my hubby. The first for the women took a long time because they had to line up and moved according to the number that on the die (a big one) they had to toss. It took about a good 20 minutes before they could select the winners. Then, few minutes later, they continued with the last game for men. This time they asked the men to searched pebbles with some letter on each one and rearrange the letters to form 3 words. The words were "Tiara Beach Resort". It was not easy for the men to searched the pebbles in the pool as they had to dive in and spot the pebbles. This time my hubby's team didn't win anything because they couldn't complete the words. Lastly, the last game for the women took place. I didn't really pay attention to the game anymore since my daughters couldn't wait to get into the pools.
By 10.30 a.m., the games were over. Thus, we took the opportunity to dip in and explore to another pools that we didn't go to the day before. My hubby swam and enjoyed himself in the water while I was playing with my daughters. Fathini also found a new friend in one of the pool. Her new friend, Alia even asked her if she wanted to join her at the water slides. When Fathini (and Hafizah also tagged along), went up the stairs and then came down through the water slides, I was kind of worried. I still think that they were too small. However, they managed to do it and they had the joyous moment. Well, almost it became one of their joyous moment. Hafizah then cried and said that she was scared.
There was no continuation yesterday since I was caught up with my work. So, today I want to share 2 more events that took place at night (1st day) and in the morning of the second day. I hope that I don't bore you with the series of TBR. hehe
Dinner:
There was a simple dinner event that took place near the water park area. My husband didn't know that there was a theme for the dinner. It was a "black and red" theme. I wore pink headscarf, flowery t-shirt and jeans. My daughters wore red t-shirts (just a coincidence). My hubby went up to the room to change his t-shirt when he found out about the theme. He came back with his black t-shirt.
Family Games (after breakfast on the second day):
The games was one of the most awaited event since it was the best way to get to know other families. Since there were about 100 staffs, we didn't have time to get to know everybody unless we've known each other before.
They divided the games to 3 games for children, 2 games for men and 2 events for women. Fathini was excited to join the games for children. But Hafizah refused to take part. She even hugged me tightly and screamed when I brought her to the starting line. So, we didn't force her since the emcee for the day also said something about not forcing any kids. huhu. When it's Fathini's turn, she happily joined the other kids who were much older than her. The other games were for kids from the age of 6 to 12. The first game was to carry a box to the other line and shake their body and bring back the box with a small ball inside. Fathini's group won the third place. For the second game, they had to pass balloons filled with some water. The group that managed to get the most balloons left (without popping them) won. Again, Fathini's group won the third place. I guess winning was not the main purpose for her and the other children because they were happy as long as they received something at the end.
They divided the games to 3 games for children, 2 games for men and 2 events for women. Fathini was excited to join the games for children. But Hafizah refused to take part. She even hugged me tightly and screamed when I brought her to the starting line. So, we didn't force her since the emcee for the day also said something about not forcing any kids. huhu. When it's Fathini's turn, she happily joined the other kids who were much older than her. The other games were for kids from the age of 6 to 12. The first game was to carry a box to the other line and shake their body and bring back the box with a small ball inside. Fathini's group won the third place. For the second game, they had to pass balloons filled with some water. The group that managed to get the most balloons left (without popping them) won. Again, Fathini's group won the third place. I guess winning was not the main purpose for her and the other children because they were happy as long as they received something at the end.
The preparation before the games and the emcee.
Look at how Hafizah refused to take part!
Fathini and her new friends.
During the games
The next game was for the men. They had to stand in groups according to the coloured ribbon given before the games started. There were about 7 groups altogether. My hubby was part of the orange group. It was a hilarious game and exciting game to be watched because each of them had to put on the sarong, put a ball in between their thighs, held a banner (written with "Charlie Chaplin") and then walked from the starting line to the the other line and passed everything to the next member of the group. We couldn't stop laughing all the way when they were doing the tasks. Some were so clever in balancing everything and some walked so slowly because they didn't want to lose the ball. At the end, my hubby's group won the fourth place.
The men's first game
The next game was for the women but I didn't participate because I had a slight headache that morning. I just became part of the audience and the cheerleader to Fathini and my hubby. The first for the women took a long time because they had to line up and moved according to the number that on the die (a big one) they had to toss. It took about a good 20 minutes before they could select the winners. Then, few minutes later, they continued with the last game for men. This time they asked the men to searched pebbles with some letter on each one and rearrange the letters to form 3 words. The words were "Tiara Beach Resort". It was not easy for the men to searched the pebbles in the pool as they had to dive in and spot the pebbles. This time my hubby's team didn't win anything because they couldn't complete the words. Lastly, the last game for the women took place. I didn't really pay attention to the game anymore since my daughters couldn't wait to get into the pools.
I should just stop this TBR seried here BUT I still have the last part. The last part is not about TBR anymore. It's about a special museum that we went to on our way back. I have to share that next week because I need to upload some interesting phtos related to the museum.
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