Thursday, October 20, 2011

Bowl for Charity.



Where have I been? Been neglecting my own blog for weeks. Came back with a copy-and-paste article and gone again.

I wasn't going anywhere. But I barely had time to check this blog. Not even to take a quick glance over it. I was tied up with my schedule, my work and a charity event. Well that event is what I wanna talk about in this entry.

Sejujurnye banyak kisah-kisah yang berlaku yang aku nak kongsi tapi sebab dah lama terabai, cerita pun dah membukit, so aku amik je la yang paling senang nak cerita dan mempunyai beberapa keping gambar :P

Sebenarnya tak lama dulu aku, somewhere in July, I decided to join a charity team kat tempat kerja aku ni, atau lebih dikenali sebagai Humanitarian Aid Team (HAT). So rasanye korang pun boleh tau la kan basically apa yang team kami ni buat. Melawat ke rumah-rumah kebajikan, berikan bantuan pada yang memerlukan, kumpul dana, dan lain-lain lagi lah yang berkaitan dengan tugas kebajikan ni. Ada event yang berjaya memancing tumpuan media cetak jugak lah.. Ni antaranya..

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Tapi rata-rata event yang diorang buat ni memang aku tak dapat join sebab selalunya kunjungan ke rumah kebajikan ni diorang buat pada hari Sabtu.. dan hari Sabtu aku takde, pergi kelas di Shah Alam.

Event yang aku nak cerita ni ialah event terakhir yang kami buat setakat ni iaitu HAT Charity Bowling Tournament. Yeahhh.. bowling tournament, bukan melawat rumah kebajikan haha. Tujuannya adalah untuk mengumpul dana bagi aktviti seterusnya. Mungkin bagi yang tak pernah terlibat dengan charity events macam ni wonder untuk apa dana tersebut kalau setakat melawat je kan. Biasanya kami bukan pergi dengan tangan kosong, ada sumbangan yang diberi, samada pemeriksaan kesihatan secara percuma (since tempat keje aku ni penuh dengan medic/nursing/physio students), ataupun sumbangan dalam bentuk alatan atau kemudahan yang diperlukan, bergantung pada keperluan sesuatu rumah kebajikan tu.

Kalau ikutkan bowling tournament ni pun aku tak boleh nak join sebab tarikh asalnya jatuh pada hari Sabtu, tapi entah cemane diorang putuskan untuk tukar hari Ahad. So aku agak sibuk lah dengan kerja belakang tabir ni since aku handle promotion. Mula-mula agak mencabar sikit nak cari penyertaan sebab sambutan agak dingin. Dua minggu sebelum tournament, kami hanya berjaya dapat 6 team sahaja. Bulan Oktober ni banyak aktiviti lain dan students pun ada yang sibuk nak exam, mungkin dari segi tu dah impak jumlah penyertaan. Tapi Alhamdulillah berkat kegigihan komiti, dalam masa dua minggu tu, kami berjaya dapatkan lagi 16 team. :)

Hadiah yang mendapat banyak tajaan dari doktor-doktor pakar di kolej.

Juara longkang dapat real pin okey!

Aku pun masuk bertanding please. Walaupun tak hebat langsung kan, masuk je lah. Ranking peribadi, aku hanya berjaya dapat no 15 daripada 40 orang peserta perempuan. Hahahaha. Tapi team toksah cite dapat nombor berapa. Hahaha. Ibu pun masuk jugak tau! Supportive kan dia? :P Team dia dapat no 7 dan ranking ibu ialah no 8. So lagi hebat la daripada anak-anak dia (adik aku pun masuk!!).

COO merasmikan kejohanan boling.

Nak tiup semangat punye pasal.

Alhamdulillah event berjalan lancar dan habis seperti yang dirancang. Kalau aku organize event, aku paling tak suka ada delay yang terlampau panjang. So aku make sure semua bermula on time atau at least delay dalam 10 ke 15 minit sahaja. Aku rasa berkat aku spam email ofis untuk mengingatkan diorang tentang punctuality telah berjaya sebab peserta yang seramai 88 orang berjaya hadir on time. :)

Group photo: Winners and crew.



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By the way, merujuk pada entry bulan lepas, Celoteh ala bundle, department kami menang first place untuk deco raye tu. Weeeehehehehehe..

Okay lah nanti pos cerita lagi satu. Daa.





Monday, October 10, 2011

Romancing the Unromantic Stone




This is to remind us of the boyfriends, girlfriends, hubbies, wives, or even friends and family members whom we sometimes take for granted.


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My husband is an engineer. Since I met him, he was always an unflappable rock in my life. I knew he always had his feet firmly planted on the ground, and it seemed that no matter what else went crazy, he would be the one constant.

Three years of romance, and two years of marriage later, I got tired. He was the most unromantic man I know. He never bought me flowers, he never surprised me, and nothing changed in our marriage.

After some time, I finally found the courage to tell him that I wanted to leave him. He just sat there, speechless. My heart froze ... what kind of man was I married to that didn't even know what to say to make me stay?

After a while, he spoke, "What can I do to change your mind?"

"I will stay if you can give me a good answer to this question," I replied coldly.

"If I asked for a flower that grew on a cliff, and you knew that getting it for me means certain death, would you get it for me?"

His face grew troubled.

"Can I give you an answer tomorrow morning?" he asked.

Hearing that kind of answer, my heart died. I knew that I could never be happy with a man who couldn't even give me a answer straight away.



 
The next morning, when I woke up, he was missing. In the living room, under a warm glass of milk, was a note. My eyes grew misty as I read it ..

"Dear, I have my answer. I will never pick the flower for you if it meant certain death. But before you leave, I hope you can give me a chance to give you my reasons ....

You will always sit in front of the computer and type about for the whole day, but every time you will end up in tears cause your formatting will always go all over the place... I need my fingers, to do the formatting for you, so your tears will become smiles.

You like to travel, but would always get lost ... I need my eyes, so that I can bring you to the nicest places on earth.

Every time you leave the house, you would always forget your keys ... I need my legs, so that I can run home to open the door for you.

You never knew how to take care of yourself... I need my hands to help you get rid of the pesky white hair you hate so much when you grow old, to trim your nails, to feed you.

So you see, that's why I can't pick the flower for you. Until I find someone who loves you more than I do, I will need my body to take care of you.

If you accept my reasons, then open the door, where I will be waiting with your favorite muffin."

With tears streaming from my eyes, I opened the door, and there he stood, with a extremely worried look on his face. He still had nothing to say, but just stood there waving the packet he had in his hand in front of me. And then I knew for a fact that I will never find another man who will ever love me as much as he does.



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Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean that they don't love you with all they have ...




Saturday, September 17, 2011

Celoteh ala bundle.

Lama tak berceloteh panjang dalam blog ni. So in this entry aku nak sum up lah few things yang berlaku recently.. (not so recent, last month punya cerita pun ade hehe)

1. My birthday

Alhamdulillah dilanjutkan usia untuk tahun ni dapat lagi menyambut hari lahir yang ke dua puluh tujuh. Ye tiada penyorokan umur berlaku dalam blog ini kerana tiada manusia yang semakin muda dan tiada kehidupan yang semakin menjauhi kematian. :D

Well, (uhuk uhuk).. ni kali ketiga birthday aku jatuh pada bulan puasa so seperti tahun-tahun lepas, aku tidaklah berhajat untuk meraikan ulangtahun ni dengan upacara menghembus lilin dan memotong kek. But, I did receive a surprise from someone special.. Just like last year. Tapi kali ni lagi special lah pasal aku dapat macarons, cuppies and marshmallow salut cekelat sekaligus! Hahaha... Amboi, amboi.. mentang-mentang aku seekor overweight unicorn.. dia duk pakat kasik aku makanan saja naaa..





Anyway thank you ye encik. Sangat menghargainye. Maklum la aku teringin nak makan macarons sebab kat Ipoh ni tak jumpe pulak. Biase la mase duk Selangor dulu takde pun mengidam nak makan apa-apa. Sekarang ni semua benda yang takde kat Ipoh la yang aku duk mengidam. Seb baik takde mengidam tenuk goreng kunyit ke kan..


2. Hari Raya

Harapnye masih tak terlambat sangat lah untuk aku mengucapkan Selamat hari raya pada kawan-kawan semua, yang jauh yang dekat..begitu juga pada semua yang membaca blog aku ni (tapi yang omputih-omputih tersesat masuk blog ni mintak mahap la ye). Mohon maaf pada semua jika ada terkasar bahasa, terdiam seribu bahasa, mahu pun tertulis benda-benda yang menyinggung hati kalian. 

Raya kali ni disambut serba sederhana sahaja, kecuali part baju kurung tiga pasang mungkin sedikit terlebih dari kebiasaan tapi itu pun sebab ada orang hadiahkan kain pasang. Oh bestnye. Thank you!!

Aku tak keluar sangat kali ni, prefer to stay at home je. Budak-budak pun tak ramai yang datang. Mungkin sebab cuaca yang tak menentu. Tapi aku memang suka tengok suasana hari raya pertama di luar, nak-nak aku duduk kampung kan, so suasana raya tu sangat terasa bila tengok sana-sini orang pakai baju raya. Pemandangan yang dapat lihat setahun sekali je. Yelah ada yang isi minyak pakai baju Melayu bersongkok dan sampin, ada yang beli ais pakai baju Melayu, naik motor, kereta semua berbaju raya lengkap, berhenti kat trefik light, motor kat depan penuh dengan baju Melayu berwarna-warni.. Begitu juga orang-orang yang lepak kat kedai mamak.. yang berborak di tepi jalan.. macam-macam lah.

Ok stop melalut. 

Last year, aku kehilangan iphone 3gs pada raya ketiga. So raya ketiga tahun ni, saye duduk di rumah sahaja! Trauma please. Siap ada orang pesan jangan keluar rumah. Haha takut badi le tu kan. 




Dia punyee posinggg!!!



Ofis aku ada pertandingan Raya deco. Ape lagi bukan main lagi bebudak ni pulun decorate ofis. Memula taknak masuk bertanding. Tapi bila dah separuh jalan rasa macam best pulak, join je la bertanding.

Menang atau tidak hanya akan diumumkan pada Selasa ni. Taktau le kan boleh menang ke tak. I'll let you know soon.

So ni antara sudut-sudut yang dihias. 







Meriam buluh pun ade plis!! 



3. His birthday

I have one special friend whose birthday falls on September 11. LOL. Epic. Aku send hadiah kepada beliau pada hari Khamis, pakai pos Laju so Jumaat dah sampai. Birthday dia hari Ahad. Terpaksa send awal la kan. Member punya excited nak bukak hadiah pada malam birthday pukul 12 tu sampai menggigil. Hahaha. 

One of the gifts. Saje publisiti nama sendiri plis. Haha.

Leteran dalam bentuk sopan.


Anyway, happy birthday dear you. Hope this year will bring you joy and happiness and more fat please. HAHAHAA.. Please take care of yourself. Appreciate all the beautiful things around you. Count your blessings, not your problems. :) Be thankful always and less worried on every thing! Hehe.

Good luck and all the best!





4. Hari Raya Haji.

Alkisah pasal hari raya haji pulak..

Memang takde pape la kan sebab belum raya haji lagi.. haahahahah ape deyyy~

Ok sekian dulu, daaaa..









Friday, September 16, 2011

Hi there.


I need new friends to :


  1. Go vacation with me 
  2. Spend quality time together
  3. Talk with me for hours
  4. Have someone to laugh and cry with
  5. Watch movies
  6. Go swimming
  7. Go to gym
  8. Play badminton
  9. Go bowling
  10. Be my inspiration
  11. Be my shoulder
  12. Curse me when I do wrong
  13. Go shopping


I already have friends who can do all these things with me but they are not near me. Miss you guys so much. :(

So now,
Would you like to be my friend? Hihihi..