Tabah dan Sabar

Dalam masa dua hari lagi, kita akan mengucapkan selamat tinggal kepada tahun 2014. Tahun yang penuh dengan cerita-cerita yang menyentuh hati dan perasaan kita. Tahun yang tak mungkin dapat dilupakan oleh sesetengah orang, termasuklah aku sendiri. 

Kejadian-kejadian yang tak mungkin kita dapat lupakan seperti kehilangan MH370, MH17 jatuh ditembak, pencerobohan Palestin, bom meletup, banjir, angin kencang dan sebagainya mewarnai tahun 2014 ini. 

Ntah macam mana kita nak move on daripada semua ni. 

Hanya ketabahan dan kesabaran yang dipohon daripada Yang Maha Berkuasa supaya kita dapat jalani semula kehidupan seperti masa lalu. Ianya tak mungkin sama, tapi moving forward is something that we should do. 

Bertabah dan bersabarlah rakyat Malaysia. Doaku bersama kalian.

Disember Kembali Lagi

Assalamualaikum

Disember kembali lagi. Tu tajuk post kali ni. Ada apa dengan Disember? Apa significant Disember ni kepada aku?

Sebenarnya takde apa pun. Cuma sebab Disember ni bulan terakhir dalam tahun 2014 ni kan. So, time cenggini lah orang nak buat assessment kepada tahun yang diorang dah lalui. All the highs, lows, happiness and pains. This is the time to look back on what you've been through.

So, bila aku tengok balik apa yg aku dah lalui sepanjang tahun 2014 ni, aku rasa sangat bertuah. At times, the tide was so high that I feel like I want to give up. But somehow, I am blessed that He is there along the way to provide me strength and will to fight. Alhamdulillah.

For 2015, I am going to strive harder and push a lil further to make it.

A better living.

A family.

A career worth mentioning to the kids.

Help me, Ya Allah.

Interstellar

Do not go gentle into that good night
Old age should burn and rave at close of day
Rage, rage against the dying of the light

Though wise men at their end know dark is right
Because their words had forked no lightening they
Do not go gentle into that good night

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay
Rage, rage against the dying of the light

(Dylan Thomas, Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night)

Baru lepas tengok Interstellar. So saja nak post poem ni sbb dok banyak diorang baca dlm tu. 

Ok bye.

Perubahan

Aku pernah ditanya soalan ni banyak kali.

Bukan tak reti nak menjawab tapi aku rasa baik aku buktikan dahulu apa yg aku nak capai lepas tu baru aku cakap. 

Perubahan. Itu yang aku nak cuba buat. Mungkin sekarang ni nampak perubahan tu tak berapa significant, tapi aku yakin akan ada progress-nya.

Dan aku harap pilihan yang aku buat ni boleh bantu aku capai apa yang aku cuba buat. 

Dan aku harap aku boleh capai apa yang aku cuba buat ni.

#cubacapai #cubabuat #changes

Ntah Pape

Apparently, susah nak express-kan apa yang kita rasa dalam hati ni thru blogging. Ni dah kali ke-empat aku type pastu aku delete apa yang aku type.

Dalam kepala otak, pikir macam senang je. Tapi bila nak put into words, jadi susah pulak.

Haish.

#10ThingsMyKidsShouldKnow

Hidup bukan nak cari musuh

Hidup bukan nak susahkan orang lain

Ikhtiar untuk hidup, bukan mengalah untuk hidup

Senyum kan lebih baik daripada masam muka

Jangan pandang hina kekurangan orang lain, mereka mungkin lagi berbakat daripada kita

Jaga hati dan perasaan orang yang berada di sekeliling kita

Kalau terlajak kata atau perbuatan, cepat-cepat minta maaf

Kemaafan itu lebih mulia daripada berdendam

Berlaku jujur dan adil kepada semua

Susah-susah dahulu, senang-senang kemudian

Cuba

Kerja aku banyak deal dengan people.

Tak kira lah umur, bangsa, asal, dan agama.

Semuanya aku layan sama.

Semuanya aku cakap benda yang sama.

Bosan.

Tapi seronok tengok kerenah masing-masing.

Bukannya kita dapat puaskan semua.

Tapi at least kita cuba.

Tu yang penting.

Cuba.

Aku seronok dengar pengalaman masing-masing.

Aku yang bak pohon yang baru nak menapak ni. Mestilah tak banyak yang boleh aku ceritakan.

Tapi apa yang aku tahu.

Aku akan cuba.

Somebody that I Used to Know

You met someone.
You get personal with that person.
You got to know the life the person is living.
You got to see what's the preferences.
You know about the person better than anyone else.
You think you know. But you thought wrong.
Someday,
Somehow,
That person is just
Somebody that you used to know.

How's life treating you?

I'm back. Not sure for how long. But hopefully for a long run lah.

Last entry was posted almost two months ago. Lama juga tu. Tak sure lah nak kata too busy or tak tahu nak karang apa lagi. But surely, I have some thoughts that I would like to share. Maybe not now. And maybe not all of them.

Anyhow, how's life treating you?

Is your car doing ok in the morning but breaks down in the evening?

Is your cat feed well?

Are your parents doing ok?

Syukur Alhamdulillah, I'm still breathing, still kickin', still rockin'. (trying to imitate the younger people say nowadays).

Work? Yeahh..... (malas nak comment apa-apa)

Married life? Awesome dude! My wife is an amazing cook. I must say, weekend at home is great when your wife cooks. I'm happy that she found passion in cooking and I think I'll encourage her to cook more often. But we'll see how. I don't want her to get tired pulak lepas memasak. Rest is important. Been married for almost 4 months now and syukur, everything is doing ok for both of us. Couldn't been happier than this. May Allah keep showering us with His Love and Blessings.

Till next time,

Thanks for reading this.

Whaddup?

Assalamualaikum wbt

Pertama-tamanya aku menzahirkan rasa kesyukuran aku kepada Yang Maha Esa atas segala kurnianNya. Hidup dan matiku semuanya di tanganNya. Dialah jua Penentu, Pemilik sekalian Alam.

Entri ni sepatutnya dah lama publish tapi disebabkan kekadang tu malas nak menaip dan belum ada idea sebab tu lama blog ni tak terusik. Anyways, just nak share first sekali pasal posting aku. Alhamdulillah, aku ditempatkan di KWP pada 13 Jun lepas, setelah dilantik pada 7 Jun. Setelah sebulan ber'pooling' aku akhirnya ditempatkan di Bahagian Pembangunan Sosio Ekonomi, Seksyen Sosial dan Perumahan. Jaga Unit Pengurusan Keselamatan dan Kesejahteraan Sosial. Macam deal dengan persatuan penduduk lah kiranya. Hopefully aku dapat timba sebanyak ilmu pengetahuan yang boleh dari otai2 kat sini. 

Nak share jugak yang tahun ni first time berpuasa bersama isteri. Yelah, aku kan kahwin 1 Jun lepas, kira2 sebulan jugak sebelum puasa. Alhamdulillah ibadah puasa ni kitorang dapat jalani dengan baik dan sempurna. Walaupun kekadang tu terlepas solat terawih sbb penat sangat travellling back and forth dari office ke rumah. Memang terasa lah kepenatannya. Tidur pon kekadang tak cukup. Weekend baru lah dapat ganti balik masa tidur tu. Huhuhu. Tentang juadah berbuka, aku pon takdelah nak picky sangat, mana yang ada itulah aku makan. Takdelah aku nak request makanan yang sedap2 kan. Tapi adalah jugak few times yang dapat berbuka kat Nandos (kakak ipar belanja) dan kat PICC (abang ipar belanja). Yelah, pegawai takde duit kan, gaji plak hujung bulan Ogos baru nak dapat. So memang menagih simpati lah jawabnya. Hehe. Takpelah, awal2 ni mmg terasalah kepayahan hidup ni. Jangan give up sudah. 

Rasanya cukuplah entri pasal kerja dan puasa ni. Entri pasal raya nnt aku tulis plak mggu depan. Hohoho

Ok, selamat hari raya aidilfitri maaf zahir dan batin. 

New Status

Hello there!

Dah lama tak update blog. Nak kata sibuk tu idok lah sibuk sangat tapi ada lah few events yg sangat bermakna dan penting berlaku kpd diri kebelakangan ni. Pertama-tamanya nak menzahirkan rasa syukur dan terima kasih kpd Yang Maha Esa atas segala kurnianNya. Di atas limpah rahmatNya, telah aku kecapi pelbagai nikmat dan rezeki.

Syukur Alhamdulillah, tanggal 1 Jun lalu, aku telah selamat dinikahkan dengan Chenta di rumah keluarga di Kluang, Johor. Dengan sekali lafaz, kami sah menjadi suami dan isteri. Maka dengan itu, bermulalah tanggungjawab kami utk bersama-sama membina rumahtangga yang bahagia dan sejahtera. Insya Allah aku akan coba menjadi suami yg adil dan soleh buat isteri tersayang. Detik2 sblm nikah tu mmg takkan dilupakan. Percobaan nk melawak depan tok kadi dan hadirin buat aku bertambah nervous. Aku plak takdelah rasa nervous sngt bila nak kahwin ni tapi bila dah duduk depan tok kadi, tangan plak jadi basah dan jantung berdegup laju. Tapi luckily, Abg Aan ada kat sebelah. Dia suruh banyakkan selawat dan breathe slowly. Alhamdulillah semuanya selesai dgn jayanya dan dgn izinNya.

Skrg dah 26 hari pegang status baru, aku rasa sngt bahagia dan complete. Betullah kata orang, bila dah kahwin ni, kita rasa diri kita ni dah lengkap. Alhamdulillah dgn kehadiran Chenta dlm hidup aku ni aku rasa lebih bermakna hidup ni. Bertoleransi dan bekerjasama adalah sangat penting dlm memupuk hubungan yg erat dan mantap. Insya Allah aku harapkan positivity ni berkekalan hingga ke akhir masa. Dan aku pon rasa seronok berimamkan isteri aku bila solat. The moment bila isteri cium tangan memohon maaf buat aku rasa terharu dan bertuah memiliki isteri sepertinya.

Salah satu lagi nikmat yg dikurniakan oleh Allah adalah tawaran pelantikan sbgai PTD yg telah aku terima seminggu selepas aku berkahwin. Sejak zaman uni dulu aku mmg impikan peluang ni dan akhirnya setelah setahun lebih berkursus kadet PTD di INTAN keinginanku tercapai. Dan penempatan pulak dapat apa yang aku nak. So, lagi lah rasa blessed dan relieved. Dan syukur jugak isteri dapat penempatan yg dekat dgn aku so senang lah pepagi boleh hantar beliau dulu sblm aku ke office. Hopefully isteri tak dihantar jauh lah bila dah selesai penempatan nnt. Tak sanggup nak duduk jauh2 ni. Huhuhu.

Skrg ni, 'pooling' period. So mmg banyak masa spend kat library. Tapi aku malas nak complaint apa lah kan. Just relieved yg ada masa utk rehatkan diri setelah tamat kursus. Tapi yg penat tu adalah travelling time. Dari Semenyih ke Putrajaya dah kena keluar awal utk mengelak traffic. Hopefully adalah nnt jalan alternative utk ke Putrajaya. Kasi senang sikit perjalanan ke pejabat.

I think cukuplah for now. I'll continue later with more entries, insya Allah.

Thanks for reading hopeisabeautifulthing.

Happy 1st anniversary Epik!

Assalamualaikum wbt.

Syukur Alhamdulillah semalam genap setahun menjalani kursus kadet PTD 2013. Bermula dari 26 Mei 2013 hinggalah semalam, 26 Mei 2014, banyak kenangan manis dan pahit, suka dan duka, telah ditempuhi bersama 96 rakan kadet yang lain. Alhamdulillah kami masih di sini. Masih bersama. Mengharungi saki baki perjalanan yang mencabar ini. Berkat doa ibu bapa dan sokongan rakan-rakan telah membuatkan kami berasa lebih cekal dan kuat utk menempuh liku-liku yang mendatang.

Bermula dgn kem bina semangat di KLD, Melaka hinggalah modul skrg, Penempatan Praktikal, sememangnya banyak input yang telah dipelajari, baik dan buruk, diteladani bersama. Sesungguhnya aku bersyukur diberikan kesempatan ini. Maklumlah bukan senang nak dapat peluang sebegini. 

Tapi kalau nak bandingkan apa yg telah kami lalui sepanjang tahun ni dengan apa yg akan kami tempuhi utk tempoh 20-30 tahun yang akan datang mmg takkan sama. Kali ni kitorang akan berdepan dgn lebih ramai orang, agensi, persatuan dll. dlm memberikan perkhidmatan yg terbaik. Kitorang harap kitorang mampu utk melakukannya. Apa-apa pon, sikap positif dan sabar perlu ada supaya kita lebih bersemangat dlm melakukan apa jua tugas. 

Aku tak tahu nak mula kat mana kalau nk sembang pasal pengalaman masuk kursus kadet ni. Tapi apa yang aku boleh share adalah kursus ni offer kau pengalaman yg luas dlm segala aspek. Pengalaman yg takkan kau dapat kat mana-mana. Satu privilege dpt buat segala bagai aktiviti dan rasa enjoy sngt.Pengalaman mencari kawan/geng dan mempercayai kawan/geng pon sesuatu yg menarik jugak. Masa ni lah kita dapat mengenali diri kita yg sebenarnya mcm mana. Macam mana kita berkawan, berkasih, berteman dan lain-lain lagi. Tu semua input yg menarik dpt dikongsi bersama. 

So, kalau korang kat luar tu ada peluang utk go through kursus yg tempohnya panjang mcm kursus kadet ni, korang pergi lah. Timba ilmu, cari pengalaman. Korbankan lah setahun yg ada tu utk something yg akan buat korang lebih hargai kehidupan ni. Insya Allah ada rewards utk korang nnt. Tp hati kena ikhlas lah. Jangan buat sesuatu dgn mengharapkan balasan pulak. Boleh?

Tu je for now. 

Salam 1Epik!

Penempatan Praktikal

Assalamualaikum 

Alhamdulillah hari ni dah masuk hari kedua minggu praktikal di KKLW. Aku ditempatkan di Bahagian Pengupayaan Ekonomi. Bahagian yg create programs utk bantu orang-orang luar bandar utk generate more income. Bersama-sama Razif dan Liya, kitorang pon dengar lah taklimat berkenaan programs yg ada utk dijadikan bahan kajian nnt. 

So far, okay lah berpraktikal ni. Ramai juga PTD seniors kat sini. Banyak pengalaman yg boleh dipelajari. Tapi tulah, sayang sangat sebab tempoh kat sini cuma 8 hari je. Patutnya 10 hari tapi since akan ade Malam KPPA Jumaat ni so tak kira lah. Ada gak yg mengeluh sbb tak puas nak timba pengalaman kat sini. Tapi Alhamdulillah kitorang bersyukur dngn peluang yg diberikan ni. 

Office sementara kitorang kat tingkat 19. Nice view wey. Cantik pemandangan dari atas ni. Sepanjang dok Putrajaya ni tak pernah tgk dari pemandangan camni. Kalau lah boleh ke tingkat 32 tu (ni tingkat Menteri) mesti lagi seronok. Oh btw, Menteri taknak jumpa kitorang ke? Hehehe.Kasi lah chance melawat office Menteri kan. 

Anyways, harap-harap sambil aku berpraktikal kat sini, boleh la kot build rapport dgn seniors yang ada kat sini. Tercapai lah jugak misi skpmi yg nak kitorang bergaul mesra dgn seniors ni. Hehehe. Aku berharap jugak yg aku dapat membiasakan diri dgn bangun awal pagi gila dan bersiap ke office. Ye lah kan, start keje nnt aku dah kahwin, so confirm lah kena bangun dan gerak awal. Nak elak jam lah katakan. Hewhewhew. 

Ok, sampai sini jelah nak update. Misi mencari artikel dan buku dasar kerajaan bermula! 

Thanks for reading hopeisabeautifulthing.

12 days to go

Cuak ke tak cuak ni?

Dup dap dup dap.

Semoga Allah mempermudahkan segala urusan kami.

#arjuna #chenta #gettingmarried

Rapuh

Mesti ku rapuh dalam langkah,

Kadang tak setia kepadaMu,

Namun cinta dalam jiwa hanyalah padaMu,

Maafkanlah bila hati tak sempurna mencintaiMu

Dalam dada, ku harap hanya diriMu yang bertakhta.

Final Exam DPPA Sem 2

Good luck to all PTD cadets who will be taking the final exams starting 12th of May 2014.

First paper: Leadership & Strategic Management

Second paper: Economy Policy and Fiscal Management for Public Managers

Third paper: Human Resource Management and Development

Fourth paper: International Relations

Fifth paper: Planning and Community Development

Best of luck people!!

18 Days to Go

Dup dap dup dap.

Debaran makin terasa nih.

#18daystogo

50 Days and counting

Assalamualaikum.

 

Tinggal lagi 3 minggu nak habis DPPA ni. The pressure is now on our shoulders to complete all the assignments and tasks given. Hopefully ada lah masa nak buat all that kan. At this time jugak, we are preparing for our Minggu Sintesis at the end of our training nanti. But before that, kitorang akan join 2 minggu praktikal kat relevant ministries yang dah kitorang pilih awal sem dulu. Harap2 aku dapatlah join ministry yang aku pilih tu.

 

Speaking about DPPA ni, aku nak menzahirkan rasa syukur yang tak terhingga sebab dapat peluang lanjutkan study. Sejak grad in 2010 dulu, ada je rasa nak further study tapi dek kerana diri tu dah gatal nak pegang own money, aku focus kan kat kerja dulu.

 

Sebenarnya belajar ni seronok. Dulu aku grad dalam Bahasa Inggeris dan Sastera. Pastu kena ambik pulak subjek2 dr pelbagai bidang yang langsung takde kena mengena dengan degree memang aku rasa down lah kan. Selalu je rasa ketinggalan. Tapi seb baiklah aku dok depan dan aku paksa utk timbulkan minat dlm subjek2 tu. Boleh la jugak aku catch up dgn all topics tu. Alhamdulillah results sem 1 lulus dgn Berjaya, walaupon tak cemerlang tapi tulah yg aku boleh banggakan sbb lulus semua subjek kan. Tapi sem 2 ni aku macam tak yakin je. Sebab subjek2 tu killer subjects. Econ policy, international relation, strategic management, semua tu macam complicated bagi otak aku utk terima ilmu. So nak tak nak, aku pon paksa lah diri jugak. Macam mana nak tahu performance aku sem 2 nanti tngk lah results exam. Tanaklah aku fail mana mana subjek. Mesti nak lulus dengan gayanya sedih kalau terpaksa repeat the papers.

 

Anyways, taknak lah panjang lebar cakap pasal DPPA ni. Cuma nak cakap belajar ni seronok dan menambahkan ilmu pengetahuan ko. So, rajin2kan lah diri ngadap buku.

 

OK, till now.

 

Adieu~

Mak selalu pesan..

I have to admit. I’m a mommy’s boy. Always been that way since I was small. Memang sangat manja dengan Mak. Though masa kecil dulu banyak gambar dengan Ayah tapi memang naturally manja dengan Mak. So growing up, Mak always there by my side. There were many stories that I can relate to about how I was brought up. Mak taught me how to be independent and humble. Mak always told me stories about my childhood days. One story that she likes to tell people is how my friends, during my kindergarten days, welcomed me when I arrived at the compound. They would chant and call my name from afar when they saw me and Mak together. Mak would say, “Abang ni, orang semua tertunggu-tunggu bila nak sampai tadika. Bila diorang nampak je abang, diorang teriak macam jumpa artis”. I would laugh at this story all over and ask whether it is true or not. And she will say, “Ni betul lah, takkan Mak nak tipu pulak”. We would laugh together and start reminiscing those days.

Mak has raised me well. Taught me so many things and let me experience life in my own ways, my own methods. There would be times I made mistakes but she never raise her hands to punish me. Instead, she, in her very soft tone, would say the nicest things and forgive me for that. Mak would offer advices and stories to teach her kids about life. Unforgettable stories which I hope I can tell my future kids in the future.

Sebab membesar dengan Mak, kekadang tu aku rasa segan nak share masalah dengan dia. Tapi naluri seorang ibu tu kuat kan, Mak macam ada sixth sense je. Kekadang tu, dia ketuk pintu bilik aku dan tanya macam-macam. She knocked my door twice in a week last two years because I spent so much time in the room instead of watching TV. With a smile on her face, she would approach and tap on my shoulder and ask, “Abang ok ke? Ada masalah apa-apa ke? Senyap je Mak tengok”. Seperti biasa, segan nak share probs, aku pon senyap jelah. Memanglah rapat dengan Mak, tapi ntah kenapa rasa segan kot nak cerita masalah. Tapi since dah nak dekat nak kahwin ni, banyak pulak aku bercerita dekat Mak. Semoga dapatlah banyak peluang utk buat macam ni lepas dah berumahtangga nanti. Miss A kena paham lah kan yg si suami ni memang manja dengan Maknya. Hehehe.

So anyways, the point of writing this entry is to deliver the meaningful messages given by Mak to me throughout these years. There are just so many valuable lessons that can be shared with people, and I want my kids to learn the same values just like I did from Mak.

Mak pesan..

No. 1: Jangan ambil rezeki orang. Mak siap kasi situasi bila cerita pasal topic ni. Contoh kita pergi jamuan makan tengahari, dan ada 50 donut utk 50 org tetamu. Walaupun ada seorang dua yg tak makan donut maka tu bukan hak kita utk ambil lebihan tu. Mak pesan, biarlah kita berlapar daripada kita ambil hak orang lain. Masa awal2 cadetship tu, selalu je berlaku hal cenggini. And selalu jugak lah aku selamba ambil makanan lebih yg orang lain tak ambil lagi. Turns out, ada yg kelaparan sebab tak dapat makan. Immediately, terus berubah dan taknak ada perasaan berhutang dengan orang lain.

No. 2: Jangan tinggal solat dan zakat. Kalau spend the weekend at home, mesti Mak akan selalu kejutkan bangun solat Subuh. Tanpa jemu. Dan kekadang tu, aku pon liat jugak lah nak bangun tapi selalu pesan kat diri sendiri, what if ni kali terakhir aku solat? Takkan aku nak lambatkan solat pulak kan. So aku pon bangun dan teruskan siapkan diri utk solat. Kalau nak keluar pergi alamanda or mana mana ke, Mak mesti nak ajak keluar awal pagi. Awal pagi ni bermaksud dalam pukul 10-11 pagi gitu. Kenapa macam tu? So that by the time masuk zohor, kitorang dah boleh balik rumah. Sepanjang keluar dengan Mak, tak pernah rasanya kitorang solat kat surau shopping malls or masjid kat mana mana. Mesti sempat nak balik dan solat di rumah.

No. 3: Jangan kedekut dengan rezeki. Mak adalah seorang yang sangat kasihkan binatang, esp kucing. Pantang nampak kucing kat mana mana Mak mesti nak tahu kalau kucing tu dah makan ke belum. Kalau dia nampak kucing yang kurus kering kat tepi jalan Mak akan sedih dan mengenang nasib kucing tu. Since kat area rumah ni banyak kucing terbiar, Mak selalu singgah kedai beli whiskas utk diorang. So once Mak sampai rumah je, keluar dari kereta, berlari kucing-kucing tu semua pergi ke arah Mak. Terus Mak kasi whiskas kat diorang, tengok diorang makan melahap gila. Rasanya satu kepuasan buat Mak bila dapat kasi kucing-kucing ni makan. Dan effect perbuatan Mak ni telah terserap ke dalam hati aku. So kekadang kalau aku nampak kucing terbiar ni aku pon belikan whiskas utk diorang. Yelah, kucing ni kan makhluk Allah yang tiada akal, tak mampu nak cari rezeki sendiri. So kita, hamba Allah yang bekerja pagi petang mencari rezeki halal haruslah berkongsi hasil pendapatan kita dengan diorang ni.

Insya Allah kalau umur panjang, aku kongsi lagi pesanan Mak. Mudah-mudahan dapat lah jadi pengajaran dan rujukan buat aku di masa hadapan nanti.

 

EPIK

Assalamualaikum

New entry for the month of April!

By now, tinggal lagi 59 hari je till the BIG day. Currently working on our financial matters and fitting baju nikah n baju sanding. Phew! Hopefully apa yg dirancang akan berjalan lancar dan berlangsung seperti yg diinginkan.

Anyway, entry ni bukan nak focus so much on the preparation. Just wanna share some new experiences that I have gained throughout my one year course as PTD cadet.

First lesson: No matter what you do, don’t do it alone

Here’s why. We have been taught this motto, “One for All, All for One”. And we have carried this motto from day 1 until now. So, regardless of what activities that we do here, semuanya berkumpulan. Ada wolf packs masing-masing. Tak kesah lah apa jua objektif or mission geng tu, you have to join at least one. To make you feel valuable to the group. Right now, kitorang tengah berkursus DPPA kat UM. 10 courses to be taken in two semesters. 5 courses each sem. For each course, akan ada group projects and assignments. Nak tak nak, kena juga bersosial dan berkumpulan. Takdak lone ranger here. You have to be accepted by all. And you have to sell yourself to others in order to get the acceptance. <<< this is important. Kalau tak buat macam ni, sah sah akan berseorangan je. You do not want that for the whole 14 weeks.

Second lesson: Friendship is one important element in life

Almost related to the point above, other than family, you gotta need friends in your life. You can have as many as you want or as a few as you want. Totally up to you. But you gotta have one. Someone who can listen to you. Someone who stand by your side through ups and downs. Well, you know the drill.

Through cadetship here, I have met many types of people. Glad to say that I enjoy knowing all of them. Because when you have varieties of people here, you got to know them personally. Knowing their stories, the burden they have been carrying, the experiences you can get from them. With the boys here, there are a few of them are married and still single. Since I am getting married anytime soon, I have been using this platform to ask questions about life after marriage. So many inputs and knowledge been shared.

Another thing about friendship that I want to highlight is the sportsmanship that we have. Currently we (the boys) are really into football and volleyball. Lucky for me that I play those sports so I can participate in both. At the moment, we have established EPIK FC, our very own football team. Kinda late to be implemented but this is at least what we can do to create beautiful memories among us. Something to cherish when we have finish the training nanti. If we look at it, it also can strengthen our bond or ukhuwah. Who knows in the future we might not be able to see each other. Takdelah kita lupa muka masing-masing nanti. **see the EPIK FC photo below**

Actually panjang je points psl friendship ni kalau betul2 nak elaborate. Nanti ada masa kita kupas lagi pasal ni.

 

Cukuplah ni kot pasal lessons that I have learned here.

Just want to say that I am blessed with this chance. This opportunity.

Despite all the criticisms, cemuhan, provocations, negative comments that have been thrown to us, we are still one. Still together since the beginning.

 

 

< Geng alumni IIUM >

 

 

< EPIK FC >

 

 

< EPIK FC 2 >

 

-EPIK-

Remembering #MH370

 

 

Al-Fatihah. You will be missed.

Rest in peace

 

 

 

#Pray4MH370

#DoakanMH370

I think

I think we've heard enough
But yet, we failed to take actions

I think enough is enough
No words shall not be uttered anymore

I think they should stop
Before the situation gets out of hands

I think,
Therefore I don't act
Yes?

Footie talk

Football season is nearing its climax, especially in Barclays Premier League. Currently four teams are competing for the title. Man City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal are the top contenders for Champions. With few matches remaining in this season, many are speculating and predicting their own winners.

Of course, the winners will have their bragging rights for at least in 2,3 months before the new season starts all over again after the World Cup.

 

The boys here also are not excluded from talking about it. They just couldn't refuse to talk about football every single day. There is always new topic to be discussed. Be it about the managers, the players and even the fans. So exciting to read all the comments; which sometimes I found quite offensive. Though I do not know why are we being so sensitive about it. But then again, it's football. A man's best interest. So layan kan saja.

 

So who do you think will lift the trophy this season? Kompany? Terry? Gerrard? Vermaelen?

 

Your pick.

Sem break 1

Assalamualaikum

Entry kali ni nak share psl recent semester break. Alhamdulillah 7 mac lepas selesai final paper, Malaysian Politics, all 97 kadet ptd diberikan cuti seminggu. Dapatlah kiranya berehat di rumah setelah berhempas pulas menjawab soalan exam. Kononnya lah.

So cuti bermula hari sabtu. Rilek2 saja hari tu. Pagi ahad, bersama-sama Miss A join Brooks run kat Bukit Jalil. God knows who I feel that time. Dengan sakit perutnya berlari, rasa tak bermaya sungguh. Adelah few times rasa nak give up and cari toilet. Tapi ku teruskan jua. Malu lah dengan Miss A yang bersemangat lari kat depan. Berkat dorongan Miss A dan kekuatan mental diri sendiri aku tamatkan jugak larian tu. The longest 5 km ever. Huhu. I breathe a huge relief once dah sampai garisan penamat. Terus berlari dapatkan toilet dan melabur. Haha. Lepas ambik medal, minum 4 gelas milo dan camwhore kat finishing line, kitorang pon balik.

Petangnya pulak, siap2 nak balik Kluang, Miss A’s hometown. Balik sana sebab nak settle kan urusan pernikahan kitorang. So bertolak petang tu pukul 3 kot rasanya. Singgah R&R Ayer Keroh for a while utk fruit break. Lepas tu gerak ke Melaka jenjalan. Aku bawak Miss A ke coconut milkshake Klebang. Saje kasi dia rasa. Kesedapannya masih terasa sampai sekarang. Ok tu tipu tapi seriously rasanya sangat sedap. Dapat pulak makan nasi lemak panas. Pergh! Kenyang. Awal gila dinner. Usai di situ, kitorang pergi pulak Pantai Klebang. Jenjalan jugak pergi tepi pantai katanya. Lama tak ke situ. Duduk atas pasir dok menganalisis orang. One of the things that we love to do. Lebih kurang 20 minit jugak la kat situ. Nak makan lagi tapi dah kenyang. So kitorang ambil bau sajor. Pastu terus gerak balik ke Kluang. Sampai rumah dalam pukul 10 kot. Duduk2 jap pastu keluar dinner dengan parents Miss A. Bersantai-santai katanya, bila makan tu. Hehehe. Lepas tu balik rumah and siap2 lah utk berehat. Aku dapat bilik dia dulu. Kesian Miss A kena tidur kat bilik Yan. So that’s the end of Day 1.

Day 2 bermula dengan breakfast bersama Mel, bff Miss A sejak kecik. Kitorg lepak Railway Station. Rasanya lama jugak tak makan kat situ. The last time aku jejak situ adalah masa dengan Im. Boleh tahan lah roti bakar depa ni. Milo ais pon ok jgak. So bila Mel sampai aku kasi lah diorg catch up dulu among themselves. Kekadang tu aku nyampuk jugak lah. Hehe saje korek rahsia si Miss A ni. Lepas tu kitorang settle kan ujian HIV Miss A. Kejap gila buat. Masa awal-awal kitorg buat kat Semenyih punya lah lama. Adoi. Ni tak sampai 5 minit kot. Maybe tak ramai kot yang nak kahwin skrg ni. Selesai kat situ, kitorg terus ke Pejabat Kadi. Submit borang dan Miss A kena interview dgn pegawai agama. Dia suruh Miss A baca surah al-Fatihah, doa qunut, syahadah dan tanggungjawab isteri. Alhamdulillah lulus dengan cemerlang. Hehehe. Petang nya pulak kitorg ke JPO. Me, Miss A and her parents. Miss A nak cari handbag katanya. So pusing-pusing lah cari. Dari macam-macam brand sampai lah ke butik Fossil. Ada satu tu dia berkenan, so terus dia beli. Pastu ayah dia sponsor pulak RM200. Hihihi. Untunglahhh :P selesai urusan kat JPO tu, kitorang terus balik rumah. Dinner at home and then dok depan tv tngk updates psl kes MH370 tu. 

Ok cukup utk dua hari yg pertama. Kang jenuh plak nak baca semua benda. Hehehe.

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Would you like to have superpowers?

For once, I wish I have superpowers.

I want to read ideas, thoughts and views from other people.

I want to see the future.

I want to control the behaviours.

I want to ......

Well, I'm just lucky that I can love and be in love with someone right now. Hope it will last till the day I die.

For whole my life, remind me that I'm just an ordinary man.

Hello Semester Two!

Assalamualaikum

 

A week has passed and now, we are back here at INTENGAH. To go through another 82 days. Come 6th June 2014, this training will be over.

 

Second semester will begin tomorrow. After checking our results last Friday, we are raring to achieve better than last semester. Well,  I hope I could do better. Together with Miss A, I hope we can aspire and inspire one another to get excellent results.

 

The juniors have joined us today. I don't know how many of them here but it's good lah to see fresh faces. Awe is here so I know at least one person. Hopefully they will be stronger as one unit and united. That's the most important thing here, I guess.

 

I don't intend to write any longer. Enough for now. Last but not least.

 

Welcome to cadetship to all PTD cadets 2014.

 

 

Mencari Law

#nowplaying - Harus Terpisah

 

Masa entri blog ni ditulis lagu tu tengah berkumandang kat surface ni.

 

Bukan nak cakap pasal lagu tu. Sedih yes, lagu tu memang sedih. Tapi sampai bila kita perlu bersedih kan dlm hidup ni? Kena bangun dan melangkah ke hadapan. Setuju tak? Baik setuju, kalau tak, nnt kena cerai. Hohoho.

 

Anyways, exam tinggal lagi 2 papers. Legal System dan Malaysian Politics. Lps tu selesai lah semester 1 DPPA. Cuti seminggu pulak pastu. Cuti tu akan digunakan utk bersama-sama Miss A selesaikan urusan nikah dan sebagainya di Kluang. So, basically won't be around KL lah next week. Hopefully boleh selesaikan apa yg sepatutnya dapat selesai. Mintak2 dipermudahkanNya nnt.

 

Tadi naik penimbang berat lagi. Mcm takde perubahan je. Ke mmg sebab aku tak exercise mggu lepas sbb tu tak turun2 berat. Tggl lagi 87 hari kot, cemana nak kurangkan lagi 5 kilo? Aku rasa aku akan berpuas hati kalau dapat turun at least 3 kilo sblm big day tu. Nampak gaya kena rajinkan lagi berlari dan kurangkan makan. Miss A complained aku banyak minum air manis lately. Padahal seminggu lepas elok je aku minum air kosong the whole day. Haish, cemana aku nak deal dgn habit aku ni eh? Dulu, seblm join DPA, tiap2 pagi b4 pergi kerja mak akan buatkan air milo panas secawan utk aku. Milo tu kira mmg wajib lah hadap sblm buat apa2 kerja. Bila dah masuk DPA, langsung tak dapat milo. DS asyik served kopi dan teh o je. Takpelah, syukur at least ada air. Tapi still rasa tak puas. But now, dah berkurang minum milo. Sekali sekala je, tu pon kalau balik rumah. Mak sampai skrg tak pernah miss buatkan air milo utk anak bujang dia. Huhuhu. Will miss her a lot nnt. So now, since dah kahwin and nak jaga badan, kenalah lupakan milo ni buat sementara waktu. Tak tahulah bila boleh dapat minum lagi. Miss A sah sah takkan kasi minum lg. Boost pon rasanya kena stop beli kot.

 

Kalau kena nervous attack nnt nak makan apa?

 

#nowplaying Melly Goeslaw - Jika

 

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Final Exams Kembali

Besok bermulalah final exam utk semester pertama DPPA @ UM.

Weekend telah digunakan sepenuhnya dengan menghadiri jemputan kahwin rakan2. Maka buku2 pon telah diabaikan seketika.

Jadi, apa perlu buat?

Jom study.

Wish us luck! #dppa #kadetptd #exams

Juniors

Another post coming in.

Nothing much to say. Just want to express my eagerness of having our juniors who will be coming in before end of March. A friend of mine is in that batch. A total of 150 of them. Hopefully we, the seniors, will get along just fine with them.

PTD transform, PTD lead.

Motto yang dok pegang since GI.

Great memories.

Welcome PTD cadets 1/2014

March: Musim Kahwin

Kinda excited for the month of March.

Three receptions of former colleagues to attend. All in different weeks. Good timing. Hopefully can attend all of them and enjoying the celebrations.

Oh, and also, a childhood friend also is getting married. Mabruk!

Wishing for all of them to be happy with their spouses and have beautiful babies.

Till here for now.

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Screw you

Just when I thought it was going to be a good day, shit happened.

Clearly not one of those days I hope to be productive.

Sekarang mana nak cari mood nak study?

100

Just install countdown apps.

100 days till THE day.

Insya Allah, may He make it easy for us.

Warning!

To all new PTD cadets 2014,

If you're reading this post, please mantapkan physical korang.

Rajin2 kan lah lari 2.4 km hari-hari. Baru mantop! Nnt boleh lari dengan seniors :P lol

Pilihan Hati Arjuna

This entry is overdue. Why did I say that? Supposedly this entry should have been written and posted earlier. Reasons for delaying this post? Simply because it’s worth the wait. And might be because I’m observing more and more about the subject of this entry.

Egy Azziera H.

She would want to be known as that.

Don’t call her Eggy, Aggy or even Agy. She hates that. (Came to knowledge about this when I stalked her blog :p)

Have to say, the way we met is something that I can’t ever imagine or thought of. Some would want to meet their life partners while doing something they love such as scuba diving, hiking or anything else. Not when you’re at the staircases watching a helpless beautiful woman trying to lift her heavy luggage. <- I didn’t expect this though. But hey, don’t have to worry on that. He, the Creator, knows best. If He says that I’ll meet the one there, then so be it.

And so, the love story begins.

Now, after months of courting and series of getting-to-know-each-other dates, we’ve decided to make it official. To make it halal. To make her my zaujah. The ummi of my unborn child, Luke and Leia (whatever their names will be in the future). The friend that I can talk to whenever I need someone. The friend that I can lean my head on her shoulder. The friend that will be there for me always, calming me down with her comfort words and touches. And most importantly, the one who will always love me and the one whom I shall cherish, insya Allah, for the rest of my life.

The idea of marriage has never cross my mind before, or least before I meet her. I have this idea of focussing on my DPA for this one year when I accepted the offer. Never slip in my mind to find someone and settling down. But He is the Almighty. He decides that I shouldn’t be alone, again, this year. So I’m thankful for this blessing.

Coming back to the subject of this entry.

She has dark black eyes. Back then, I used to be ‘malu-malu kucing’ to look into her eyes. The nervousness you get when you stare into the person that you like at that moment. The current situation -> she would be the one who lost the stare-into-my-eyes contest. I don’t know whether she did that on purpose or my eyes are too sexy for her. Kidding on that. Fine, next time I’ll let her win. *giggles*

She is determined and supportive. I can only give one example on this. The urge to run, run and run. She would persuade me to go out for a jog every evening, without fail. 30 minutes per day is enough, she said. I still remember the first time we entered the 5k fun run at PJ few months back. We decided to run together. I was trying to prove to her that I could do this 5k run. Though it was very challenging (no proper exercise was conducted due to laziness), I managed to complete it. But what amazed me the most was her never ending supports during the run. She would say, “sikit lagi, sikit je lagi” to me every time I feel like giving up. Knowing me, running isn’t one of my interests. But slowly, I’m started to liking this activity.

She is focussed and meticulous. When she’s given a task, she wants to do it on her own. Her own ways of dealing with it. I remember this one conservation, whereby we were talking about her post as the Secretary of the cadets, she mentioned that she wanted to have her own methods and approaches when it comes to reporting and paper writing. Even when it comes to our preparation for marriage, she has put 160% of commitment and dedication to that. I feel assured knowing that she has taken care of everything. Her quick actions and wits have made me at ease. She likes to do that, I think. Especially to me.

She is thoughtful and generous. Where to start about this? BOOST! She knows that I’m a choc lover. I would require one or two Boost every week for stress reliever. She would, without forcing, buy me these Boost every time we stop by the gas station. I, for one, am happy for having choc to satisfy my needs and for having someone who understand my situation. In another situation, I love having both hot and ice milo in my meals. Often times, she would advise me to avoid having them during meal time. And often times also, I didn’t listen to it (sorry sayang). From time to time, she reminded me about it. “Minum air kosong je wak”, she told me. So right now, I’m beginning to drink a lot of mineral water and less of milo. But she, being so generous, would allow me to drink milo, occasionally. I understand the reason behind this is to ensure that I don’t get illness such diabetes and maintain a good body.

I’ll stop here for now.

Part two pasti menyusul, that’s for sure. Hehehe.

 

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