SS = Start Saving!

A conversation with a friend of mine at the cafe suddenly triggered me while I'm doing my laundry. She told me about some good point about her husband. I know as well. He's my autocad teacher.

She said that his husband, whenever he would like to buy something, he would first look at the price first. Later, he would do the calculation, save money everyday. For example, if let say he saw a watch and he liked it. N the price is aud200 for example. He would then save aud2 per day until the total saving is aud200 which takes him 100 days to keep maintaining the saving. Then he would straight away go to the shop and get the watch.

I am very impressive with his way of managing his money. Another good example is he is planning to watch the Australian Open early next year and then, he told his wife to start saving from the early of his year. He is saving an aud1 per day!

My point here is, he looks at things not in a small scale and then gonna become a bigger one after the accumulation if the total, within certain period of time. Unlike me, I see things as big, and if I like it, I would straight away get it. That is why, I prefer to shop during sale so that I won't feel bad whenever I'm owning the thing that I bought. Owh one thing that is good about me, before getting the stuff, I would think about it many many times so that I won't regret after owning the stuff.

However, the problem with my way of seeing thing is, I need to be ready at all the time. I should maintain my saving at certain amount, after considering about my monthly expenses. As for my friends, he might have to wait for certain period of time before owning the thing that he had be aiming for. Another factor to consider is the availability of the product. If he is seeing the price during sale, I don't think that it would be the same price after 3 months. The product might as well is already out if stock.

The advantage of his way is he could get the thing that he wants eventhough it is not on sale. One additional good thing about this is the excitement he could achieve after the long waits before owning the stuff. I'm sure it is definitely worth it! As for my way, I could enjoy the excitement of owning the stuff immediately and could staright away l
exploring about the stuff. And it is always in trend ( if I get it not during sale :p)

therefore, what I could say about this two ways of seeing things is we need to save money! No matter what ways we are using, saving money will definitely gonna help us in future. My father always tell me this,

" in the year to come, it is the world of money. You need money to survive!"

and looking at what is happening at the moment, my father is absolutely right! And i'm definitely agreeing with him.

Blessing

I woke up in the middle of the night to pay whatever I have owed. With the hope that I could get the old one that I had owned before. But it is not as easy as I thought. I need more practise!

I felt lost. Something is bordering me that I could not explain of what it is. I know I could ind the answer but it has to be done in a proper way. The problem is, I'm not in the proper direction at the moment. I need to look back, turn back and walk back, looking bAck to the old me and find what did I do tha makes me felt blessed.

I just want to be blessed...

Not

There's a time that we would feel bad ourselves, lazy, and not feeling well without any specific reason. In fact, you just wanna going around, to have your own time. Whenever tired, u would just go and lying down on the bed to have a nice and comfy nap.

However, everything would be spoilt just like that if there is something that is not happening according to your own way. The feeling is like when someone come to you and suddenly tell you something that is not funny but hoping that you gonna laugh! Hey, that's not happening!

So this is what I felt. Not feeling good. Don't know what is the cause of all this. I just wanna slip away from the reality and get into my wondrland,,, for a while....

Planning is vital

It's holidays! Easter holidays!

I'm not suppose to be here, updating my blog for every minutes, no, this is not suppose to happen. What I should do at the moment is to start looking for the infos for my design. I need to look up for the common dimension used for stairs, rooms, balcony and all of other convention used in daily design materials.

" you need to start measuring things. Measure every single things that you like. You have a measuring tape right?"

Owh that was very embarrasing. It seems like I don't learn from my mistakes!

That was supposed to be my plan for today, until I found out that my iPod could be used to update my blog. So, here I am. Lying down on my bed with an iPod charged to the laptop, typing down every single thing that came to my mind. Eventhough the keypad was not really user friendly but it still not a problem. N it looks like my typing rate per second keep increasing per blog entry i made! That's really a good progress and I'm definitely loving it!

Oh ya, since this is holidays, it would be boring if it is not being filled with something that is rarely being done during the uni days. I have a few plan and hopefully everything gonna be run smoothly.

1. Sydney Royal Easter Show
this is not my 1st time since I went there in my 1st year. But this time around, I wanna stay there from morning till night. My friends told me that the events are more interesting during night. Many lights would definitely give many different feeling and excitement! Can't wait to experience it, again! Owh, did I tell u about the goodies bags? Yeah, gonna be amazing!

2. Steam boat
we are planning to have this since all of us are craving to have steamboat here. It is hard to get it outside unlike whenwe were in Malaysia. There are a lot of things to be considered especially about the halal- ness of he food and also the price! Services here in Sydney are very expensive and to have a steamboat, that would be more pricey!


3. Autocad class
I still have a few more topic to be learn from abg man and hopefully I could fond time to meet him and finish up everything. Autocad is damn hard but definitely gonna be easier after proper training and certain time of practicing it! I can do it!

4. Design design design
this is a must thing for me to do. The plan is, I go uni for the whole day and start doing my work! Design design drawing drawing architorturing archiChoke! I need to come up with better plan and finish up everything before Tuesday the week after Easter break so that I could take the advantage of meeting Harry after the lecture. I'm desperate for his comment on my work after a very bad presentation yesterday ! 10% were gone just like that!

That's all and pray that all of this plans will be done during this holidays! Happy holidays everyone :)

She is ......

I was listening to the Morning Show of the 2Day FM while doing my design. It was a really good show where people would call the deejays and asking for their opinions regarding their problems. That's not the issue here. What I wanna share is about the problem of one of the callers.

She is going to get married in October and asking the deejays opinion. Yup, it sounded as a normal question but in order to answer the question, the deejays were asking her another question in answering her question.

" Who is having more money?"

WHAT?? >>> this was what I responded when I heard that.

" Me, I have twice of the man's money, " answered the woman.

HUH? >>> Me again.

The deejays : They would like the woman to reconsider back everything because the man might wanna get married to her because of her money. They were also raising up the issue about what would happened if the guy has an affair in other woman in the future and divorcing her. He would get a certain percentage of her money.

??????? >>> Me!

Okay. First thing first.

1. Why did the woman asking the question publicly to the deejays where it could be listened by all of the Sydneysiders?

2. The MAN might be one of the listeners since this radio is one of the famous station.

3. Why money is the main issue here?

My conclusion:

It is the different culture. It is the different way of thinking. It is the different way of seeing thing! between me as a pure Malay who is being influenced by the religion and culture, and the Australian who is very particular about themselves, giving their whole attention about their life in this world, and money as one of the most important things in life!

if I were the Girl, ........................................

okay, I would be asking the same question but not to the deejays! Maybe someone else who is more close to me and maybe my close friends who knows a lot about myself and my future husband.

and if I were the deejays,

THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT MY WAY OF ANSWERING THE QUESTION! it might be one of the option to consider but it is DEFINTELY not the main one!

Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder

Ada mata?
Gunakannya
Ada mata?
Lihatlah dunia
Ada mata?
Nikamatilah ia
Ada mata?
Hargai sebaiknya
Matahari
Mata hati
Mata ini

Terus berjalan

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Etika Hidup

Tetibe aku nk membebel sket arinih *aiyo, mkcik2 la plak*. Etika hidup. Mcm sedap jerk bunyik die. Tp mcm mane ek?

Pada aku, etika hidup tuh adalah cara kita meneruskan kehidupan kita. Cara kita membawa diri kita. Cara kita berpegang teguh dengan pegangan kita. All in all, semuanya cara melibatkan diri kita dan mereka2 di sekeliling kita. Jadi, kalo semua dh terlibat, maknenye, kite kene consider semua yang ade di sekeliling kite, bukan diri sendiri jer.

Memandangkan kita hidup bermasyarakat, wujudnya perasaan saling hormat-menghormati adalah sesuatu yang WAJIB. Antara yang muda dengan yang tua, yang baru dengan yang lama, yang junior dengan yang senior. Cara pembawakan diri kita pon mestilah kene pada caranya. Jangan asyik carik kesalahan org, tp diri sendiri tuh ntah pape.

Gajah kat seberang lautan bole nmpk,
semut kt depan mate, die jadik bute...

Nauzubillah. Mintak dijauhkan aku dari golongan seperti itu. Jadi, dalam konteks ini, kite kene betulkan diri kita dulu sebelum nk tegur org. Org sekarang nih semuanye byk tgk TV, kalo korang bg sekali, berjuta kali diorang bg balik. Baru la korang tau yang korang tuh pon same jer. Sebagai contoh, kalo kita nk tegur penampilan org, jage dulu penampilan diri kita tuh. Penampilan diri tuh bukan hanya sekadar menutup aurat semata2, tp kebersihan tuh pon perlu diambil kira. Jangan lah baju yang dh kepam pon masih nk pakai lagi. Takkanla nak tunggu mak sympu kan rambut? Bela panjang pandai, bile bab nk jage? Aiyo! Botak lagi baek maaa...

Lagi satu, memandangkan kita hidup dalam satu komuniti, apa lah salahnya tunjukkan muke ntok beramah mesra. Takkan tuh pon tak bole? Bile bab2 orang buat makan2 time tuh je ko kluar. Ye la makan free!!! Sape tanak? Tp bile time2 kene buat keje, last2 minit baru la nmpk bayang. Mmg pandai btol jage timing. Mcm mane org nak suke bekerje dgn kita? Lu pikir la sendiri...

Bile bercakap soal kerje plak, jgn la umpamakan diri ibarat

tin kosong

ting tong ting tong! Mmg kuat bunyik nye, tp dalam, nggak ade apa2 dong!Yang kategori nih mmg dah out la, tp nih ade lagi satu kategori. Kategori melambat2 kan kerje. Bile die buat lambat, org laen plak buat cepat. Untungla, die dapat buat siket, org laen bekerje byk la plak bebannye. Mmg care tuh amat bijak, tp consider la about others too. Jgn pikir pasal perot sendiri jerk! ish ish ish

Jgn byk komplen! Tak cukop berkenan btol aku! Kalo bende tuh btol takpe la jugak. Nih nk exaggerate lelebih plak. Tak cukop ajinomoto katenye! Merase la ko dapat penyakit lepas tuh! Seelok2nye, bersyukur la dgn apa yang ada. Kalo semua org ade sifat bersyukur dan sentiasa amanah dalam setiap pekerjaan yang diberikan, InsyaAllah, harmoni hidup nih. Tp, mmg susah nk carik manusia mcm tuh. Lg2 sekarang nih. DUNIA paling UTAMA! Dalam konteks nih, fikirlah sedalam2nya dan cariklah penyelesaian seelok2nya. Kalo nk komplen jugak pon, komplen la dengan cara yang baek, yang tak menimbulkan perasaan sakit hati dan benci. Hargailah ukhwah yang sedia ada.

Menyalahgunakan kuasa! Woooo... berat tuh bunyik die. Kalau dh jadik leader mmg berat tanggungjawab dia. Lagi2 mereka yang lantik diri sendiri! Bertonne2 berat die! Gunakanlah kuasa tuh pada jalan yang benar. Dengan cara yang elok. Untuk tujuan yang baik. Paling aku tak berkenan bile tanggungjawab yang diamanahkan tuh dia biarkan, tp bende remeh temeh yang di luar skop bidang kuasa plak yang lagi diberi tumpuan! Kalo nk buat baek pon, settlekan la kerje yang dah dipertanggungjawabkn kat kite dulu. Nih tak, sebok dgn hal2 yang kononya bole menyatukan semua pihak sedangkan, BOND sesama insan tidak dijaga. Nih ade tips sket,

tawanlah hati, kerana itu kunci menawan diri

Masalahnye sekarang, bukan hati yang nk ditawan, satu kota tros nk ditakluk! Susah la kalo mcm tuh. Sape nk sokong? Pasang poster sorang2 la gamaknye. Ok, mungkin 2 org! Berjayeke? Gune la akal, kerana akal dapat mengawal hati! N ye lagi satu, jgn nk berdolak dalik dalam menyampaikan perkara yang baek. Ayat yang digunakan tuh pon cubalah dipelbagaikan dengan cerita2 yang dapat menarik minat orang laen (di sinilah perlunya untuk bergaul dgn org ramai!). Kalo anologinya boring or mcm org putih ckp, 'wut eva...' mmg masuk kanan keluar kiri la gamaknye!

Hohoho. Dah terlampau panjang dah aku membebel. Semoga dapat la dijadikan panduan buat kite bersame. hehe. Aku akhiri dengan sepotong gambar untuk berbicara,

Jangan jadik bodo sombong!

Setahun berlalu...

L.A.M.E

"Gagal sekali bukan bermakne, gagal selamenye"

LAME!!!(ini perkataan bahase Inggeris buat pengetahuan semua) Selalu je kite dgr ayat kat atas tuh. Berulang2 kali. Takde idea laen ke?
Anyway, yes entry hari nih adalah pasal kegagalan. Kenape? Troskan membace...

Bile gagal mesti kite sedih. Bile gagal, kite mesti tak keruan, Bila gagal, kite mesti sakit hati. Bile dipikir2, ape salah kite? Semuenye kite dh buat. Tp kenape kite mesti gagal jugak? Tak adil! Tak adil! Tak adil! Kawan kite tuh buat siket je kerje, tp die lulus. Kawan kite yang lagi satu tuh asyik tido je, tp die lulus. Kawan kite yg ketiga plak tuh tak penah dtg kelas, tp die lulus! AAArggggghh. Tak adil!

Ape salah kite?

Usaha + DOA + Tawakal = Kejayaan

Nih pon selalu kite jumpe. Lagi2 mase sekolah rendah. Mase ade cikgu pelatih yang dtg mengajar kt sekolah kite. Mesti ade antara diorang yang rajin buat bookmark, tulis 'word of wisdom' nih, pastuh kasik kt kite semue. Jadi bende2 cmnih mmg tak asing lg. Bak kate nenek aku;

" dah jadik sebati dah!"

Mesti korang ckp Chef Wan pon ckp mcm tuh jugak kan? Chef Ismail? (sambil feeling2 membuat kek) Well, this is my blog; the decision is mine! Bole? :P

Anyways, berbalik dengan soal kegagalan. Wahai rakan2 sekalian, memang amat sukar untuk kite menerima kegagalan. Lebih2 lagi kalau kite dah berusaha dengan bersungguh2. Oh ye, sebelum mengaku bersungguh2 tuh, pikir dulu, apakah tahap bersungguh2 kita tuh? Kalau setakat seminggu sebelum final baru nk bersungguh2 sedangkan orang laen dah start setahun lagi awal, kaji balik pengertian bersungguh2 tuh yerk!

Mmg tak dinafikan ade org tuh, sehari pon bole hasilkan kerja yang menarik, namun kita perlu tahu di mana tahap kita. Mungkin org tuh di hari2 sebelumnya, dia dah buat persediaan. Mungkin jugak dia tuh pretend tak buat pape depan org, tp kat blakang, gigih segigih2nya!(owh zaman high school ku; zaril aku tak maksudkan ko) Mungkin jugak dia tuh tergolong dalam golongan minoriti bergelar genius (malu la saye mcm nih :P). Tak payah lah kita nk pertikaikan semua tuh.

Jadi, apa yang kite perlu buat, apabila situasi ini menghinggap kehidupan kita yang aman suatu ketika dulu, usah panik. Cuba berfikiran positif. Revise semula segala yang kita telah lakukan. Adakah usaha kita memadai? Adakah wujudnya keberkatan dalam usaha kita? Adakah usaha kita itu dalam jalan yang diredhai? (bkan sahaja keredhaan dari Allah, tapi juga orang sekeliling)

Sebagai seorang muslim pula, kita patut tahu bahawa setiap ujian yg datang sebenarnya adalah tanda sayangnya Allah kepada kita. Kenapa? Sebab dari situ lah sebenarnya Allah nak tgk di mana kedudukan kita sebenarnya. Adakah pada tahap yang lebih baek, masih di takuk lama ataupun, lebih teruk dari sebelumnya.

" It is not about how we start, it is the ending that matters"

Ye, amat btol! Jadi, takdelah perumpamaan pertama yang dinyatakan di atas (wah, ayat SPM!) LAME sgt. (peringatan sekali lg: minta tolong mat salleh ntok maksud perkataan)

Mesti ade yang cakap, kalo cmtuh, bole la kite enjoy puas2 skarang. Nanti baru lah kita cover balik semua. Peringatan bagi mereka2 yang berfikiran seperti ini,

"korang tau ke bile korang nk mati? jawab cepat!!!???"

Oleh yang demikian, perkara yang paling afdhal adalah dgn istiqamah iaitu usaha yang berterusan. Teruskan usaha kerana kejayaan bakal muncul tiba. Usah berduka kerana kegagalan bukan untuk selamanya. Setiap apa yang terjadi, pasti ada hikmah yang tersembunyi. Buka mate dan cubalah untuk mencari.

Konklusinya,

Usaha + DOA + Tawakal = Kejayaan

Kalau gagal jugak, usah putus asa. Cuba lagi tahun depan!
Eh silap, revise kesilapan, ubah kesilapan, teruskan berusaha, berserah pada yang Esa. InsyaAllah, hajat kita termakbul.

Good luck!