the Bintan trip came and went.. too fast i must say..
had tonnes of fun, overall it was a blast! didnt wanna come back to reality after that. *sobss*
the waves were awesome, the pools were fantastic and the jacuzzi super relaxing.. jus didnt have time for the sauna.. the food at the kelong was good.. only disaster was our attempt at cooking.. shima and i made quite a mess of the fried rice.. overall the trip was great. thats one ting to strike off my wish list.. =D
2008 is cmg with lots of stuff to look forward to..
holiday season and i'm totally in holiday mode..
the interview went well on thurs, but i decided its nt e job i want cos its to do with Sci-fi and fantsay, something i'm nt too interested in. even if its Sony pictures, its nt use doing someting i have no interest in. i think.
rashi's 21st is cmg soon.. my 1 yr anni.. haji and christmas hols, new yr's eve and it 2007 will be ovr.. cant wait.. =)
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Time to look forward..
Woohoo Contemporary Pop Culture is a thing of the past now!.
The research paper is done and all headaches ovr for now! phewww. i'm such a last min person! but somehow i always scrape thru. alhamdulila
Now all i got to do is sit back and wait for 3 days to pass and i'll be in Bintan! yay.. tats one ting to strike off my wishlist. things are better at home, after a long while. thank god for tat. with raya haji cmg soon, if things were as before, then i wonder how it might have been. have some shopping to complete before the trip..
Had a talk with bee's mum ovr the weekend when I was over to do my assignment. The engagament should take place inshah allah begining on 08 - prob Jan. Starting to feel anxious abt it. pray it all goes fine.
Been sending out some applications for positions i'm interested in. Must admit I'm quite selective cos after all, I'm looking for something stable that I'd want to do for atleast a couple more years.. hope something good comes up soon.
The research paper is done and all headaches ovr for now! phewww. i'm such a last min person! but somehow i always scrape thru. alhamdulila
Now all i got to do is sit back and wait for 3 days to pass and i'll be in Bintan! yay.. tats one ting to strike off my wishlist. things are better at home, after a long while. thank god for tat. with raya haji cmg soon, if things were as before, then i wonder how it might have been. have some shopping to complete before the trip..
Had a talk with bee's mum ovr the weekend when I was over to do my assignment. The engagament should take place inshah allah begining on 08 - prob Jan. Starting to feel anxious abt it. pray it all goes fine.
Been sending out some applications for positions i'm interested in. Must admit I'm quite selective cos after all, I'm looking for something stable that I'd want to do for atleast a couple more years.. hope something good comes up soon.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
clueless
my research paper is due on mon and i have nt decided what i'm going to do yet..
transnationalism and gender in the movie Bend it like bekham
oientalism evident in the iconic Singapore Girl
or the representation of gender and identity in a hindi movie like kabi alvida
i am so lost. peroid.
it does not help one bit tat i have so many choices.
true, i'd rather do a hindi movie but tat would be so typical right? should take up more of a challenge.
does not help one bit that my laptop is not working and i have problems connecting to the broadband internet with rashi's laptop. have to get all these resolved out before i start on my assignment today..
arggghhh.
bee's taking his tough F7 paper today. he's nervous and so am i for him. inshah allah i hope he aces it. for his and my good. heh.
transnationalism and gender in the movie Bend it like bekham
oientalism evident in the iconic Singapore Girl
or the representation of gender and identity in a hindi movie like kabi alvida
i am so lost. peroid.
it does not help one bit tat i have so many choices.
true, i'd rather do a hindi movie but tat would be so typical right? should take up more of a challenge.
does not help one bit that my laptop is not working and i have problems connecting to the broadband internet with rashi's laptop. have to get all these resolved out before i start on my assignment today..
arggghhh.
bee's taking his tough F7 paper today. he's nervous and so am i for him. inshah allah i hope he aces it. for his and my good. heh.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Contentment..
CONTENTMENT
Have you ever, at any one time, had the feeling that life is bad, real bad, and you wish you were in another situation?
You find life make things difficult for you, work sucks, life sucks, everything seems to go wrong...
Read the following story... it may change your views about life:
After a conversation with one of my friends, he told me despite taking 2 jobs, he brings back barely above 1K per month, he is happy as he is.
I wonder how he can be as happy as he is considering he has to skimp his life with the low pay to support a pair of old parents, in-laws, a wife, 2 daughters and the many bills of a household.He explained that it was through one incident that he saw in India ... that happened a few years ago when he was really feeling low and touring India after a major setback.
He said that right in front of his very eyes he saw an Indian mother chop off her child's right hand with a chopper. The helplessness in the mother's eyes, the scream of pain from the innocent 4-year-old child haunted him until today.
You may ask why did the mother do so; had the child been naughty,had the child's hand been infected?? No, it was donefor two simple words- - -TO BEG!
The desperate mother deliberately caused the child to be handicapped so that the child could go out to the streets to beg. Taken aback by the scene, he dropped a piece of bread he was eating half-way. And almost instantly, a flock 5 or 6children swamped towards this small piece of bread which wasc overed with sand, robbing bits from one another.
The natural reaction of hunger. Stricken by the happenings, he instructed his guide to drive him to the nearest bakery. He arrived at two bakeries andbought every single loaf of bread he found in the bakeries. The owner was dumbfounded but willingly sold everything. He spent less than $100 to obtain about 400 loaves of bread (this isless than $0.25 per loaf) and spent another $100 to get daily necessities.
Off he went in the truck full of bread into the streets. As he distributed the bread and necessities to the children (mostly handicapped) and a few adults, he received cheers and bows from these unfortunate. For the first time in his life he wondered how people can give up their dignity for a loaf of bread which cost less than $0.25.
He began to tell himself how fortunate he is. How fortunate he is to be able to have a complete body, have a job, have a family, have the chance to complain what food is nice and what isn't nice, have the chance to be clothed, have the many things that these people in front of him are deprived of...
Now I begin to think and feel it, too!
Was my life really that bad? Perhaps... no, I should not feel bad at all...
What about you? Maybe the next time you think you are, think about the child who lost one hand to beg on the streets.
"Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, it is the realization of how much you already have."
When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often timeswe look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.
It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best ofeverything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past,you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
Have you ever, at any one time, had the feeling that life is bad, real bad, and you wish you were in another situation?
You find life make things difficult for you, work sucks, life sucks, everything seems to go wrong...
Read the following story... it may change your views about life:
After a conversation with one of my friends, he told me despite taking 2 jobs, he brings back barely above 1K per month, he is happy as he is.
I wonder how he can be as happy as he is considering he has to skimp his life with the low pay to support a pair of old parents, in-laws, a wife, 2 daughters and the many bills of a household.He explained that it was through one incident that he saw in India ... that happened a few years ago when he was really feeling low and touring India after a major setback.
He said that right in front of his very eyes he saw an Indian mother chop off her child's right hand with a chopper. The helplessness in the mother's eyes, the scream of pain from the innocent 4-year-old child haunted him until today.
You may ask why did the mother do so; had the child been naughty,had the child's hand been infected?? No, it was donefor two simple words- - -TO BEG!
The desperate mother deliberately caused the child to be handicapped so that the child could go out to the streets to beg. Taken aback by the scene, he dropped a piece of bread he was eating half-way. And almost instantly, a flock 5 or 6children swamped towards this small piece of bread which wasc overed with sand, robbing bits from one another.
The natural reaction of hunger. Stricken by the happenings, he instructed his guide to drive him to the nearest bakery. He arrived at two bakeries andbought every single loaf of bread he found in the bakeries. The owner was dumbfounded but willingly sold everything. He spent less than $100 to obtain about 400 loaves of bread (this isless than $0.25 per loaf) and spent another $100 to get daily necessities.
Off he went in the truck full of bread into the streets. As he distributed the bread and necessities to the children (mostly handicapped) and a few adults, he received cheers and bows from these unfortunate. For the first time in his life he wondered how people can give up their dignity for a loaf of bread which cost less than $0.25.
He began to tell himself how fortunate he is. How fortunate he is to be able to have a complete body, have a job, have a family, have the chance to complain what food is nice and what isn't nice, have the chance to be clothed, have the many things that these people in front of him are deprived of...
Now I begin to think and feel it, too!
Was my life really that bad? Perhaps... no, I should not feel bad at all...
What about you? Maybe the next time you think you are, think about the child who lost one hand to beg on the streets.
"Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, it is the realization of how much you already have."
When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often timeswe look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.
It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best ofeverything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past,you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
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