Friday, September 28, 2007

Another day, another thot...

As of now, it has been a quite fruitful day for me. I started the day by updating a site that needs to be kinda launched tomorrow. As all of you may notice, I am very lah not creative mahupun good in words, hence it was a challenge for me. But I think for tomorrow's thingy, it has been approved so I guess I can take rest now. Hahaha.

After completing that, I got to meet few staff of mine for their coaching session. We have this session once in every two months. This session is for one-to-one, heart-to-heart discussion with the staff regarding their performance, highlighting issues and planning improvement activities. I suppose the 2 sessions today did give me some points to improve too! It also gives more chances for me to get to know them better.

As promised, my backlog updates on the next item:

1.2 Family & Friends

25th August 2007 - Our family was blessed with the birth of my nephew - Muhammad Ikmal Hariz Bin Muhammad Kamal. He weighs 2.7kg (and a lot heavier now!!). Of coz, at this point of time, he is the center of attention from everyone! Hariz is so putih melepak, when he menggeliat, every inch of him is in RED! hehe.. Anyway, the mummy menjalani pantang in Kelana Jaya, hence I got to kacau him everyday after work. But it is not that easy when everyone is fighting to get rights to hold him! Tak pe lah, Mak Long will kidnap you when you are bigger kay Hariz, kita jalan2 sampai Genting ke mana ker.. Hehehe

The younger sister is in Gombak kampus now. So, the Kelisa is officially used by her now to commute. My brother and sis-in-law is planning to continue study in UKM. Hence, they may stay in kelana jaya to commute to Cheras. So, the house is meriah kembali with people. Everyone will be in - its my parents' dreams come true!

I learnt that by having friends from different background and profile, it will spice up your life! And I mean it in a positive way laa of coz. I am having fun learning to know new people. But of coz, the close ones remain special in my heart. Even if they don't still feel the same way towards you. I guess sometimes, you cannot win it all. You tried and tried to make things better between you and your friend, but hey friendship works 2-ways, they need the other side to respond. Entahla, berserah sahaja kepada-Nya. Friendship ni cam Jodoh gak I guess, kalau dah tak de jodoh, nak buat macam mana kan? But, deep inside, I will always pray things will get better day to day.

I think friends are important assets to me. I 'll have this lonely feeling when I am not around one. Alhamdulillah I am blessed with good friends, best friends, and bestest friends in my life. They always support me and also guide me. To my appointed Advisors out there, you know who you are, and you are always needed by me! Hahaha.. Thanks from the bottom of my heart. To my friends, I love you all and Hanya Allah dapat membalas budi baik anda semua. The best gift I can offer is my prayers to all of you.

Ok, rest time, break time.. Till we meet again......

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Sacrifice..

I dunno what got into me this evening. I guess some reflection from a conversation I had before this. It was just a simple declining statement towards an offer. But it made me think again and again. Why is it so hard for us to sacrifice for a person we say we love? Sometimes, I just need to feel appreciated. Hati manusia ini rapuh, orang yang sabar pun kadangkala menagih simpati untuk meminta agar hatinya dijaga sekali sekala.....

Maybe I am not that important to you, or top your priority list. Maybe, just maybe....

Okay.. I am tooo farrr behind in updating

Hi guys, yeah enough already with that stares. I know, I have been very lazy in the updating department. But, I guess nowadays time just flies too fast, without us realizing it. "Demi Masa, sesungguhnya manusia itu dalam kerugian....." I guess it's not about how much time we have, but the fulfillment of the time, how you use them or waste them.

It took a while for me to start writing back. Some of my dearest frens pon dah bertanya-tanya, is there something wrong? hehe Sorry guys, I guess I have been drifting away with things in my life: work, family, friends, personal, love, hobbies, national news and interest, blah blah blah.. (Alasan semua tuh...). So I will start this posting by segment lah kot...Please bear with me.

Item 1.1 Work

Yeah.. work.. Nothing's new in work department I guess. One of the most significant thing in work is that one of my projects been KIV. I hate that word. Not that we do not have the budget, it's just that do we want to spend it now. At first, I was quite frustrated with that decision. mana tak, dah siap tender semua, tinggal appoint and jalan project ajer. So, what I did? I took leave for few days and travel North. Beli teket Air Asia semua.. lawak betul. Pegi sambil menenangkan fikiran and carik inspirasi bak kata orang. I left everything work-related at office and did not think about it during the whole trip.

Did it do me good? Yeah it did. When I got back to office, I have this new refreshing feeling. Got new dimension and ideas to work out the whole thing again. I did some small discussion on it, and got some pat on the back for it. It feels really good. :)

Other than that, there's this one high-profile project that I am doing rite now. It kinda need me to work cross-functionally with other departments and do communication on it. For me, it is a very good opportunity to actually do people networking and also show what we can offer. I was always a strong believer in teamwork and also treating people and observing people. There are a lot of things that I have learnt in this process and Alhamdulillah I am blessed to be given this opportunity.

Next on the menu - Managing People. I am learning and still learning in this area. It is a big chunk of my current responsibility, having 10 staff reporting to me. But, honestly , I love my team. The strong point of my team - we are 11 unique individuals blessed in variety of talents that binds us together. We won best team in our last teambuilding. I was VERY VERY proud. Target: Best section 07/08. Ameen.

However, today, I am kinda of blurrr.. Dugaan bulan Ramadhan ni. Like Najib said yesterday, Ramadhan sepatutnya kita lebih produktif. Ok-lah Najib, I am trying to be one, by actually updating my blog after nearly thousand centuries. hahahaha..

In summary of the work thingy, I guess after nearly 6 plus years working, I have learnt a lot of things. But I know, that is only a small part of working life. Banyak lagik kena makan garam. But I am blessed coz I have great support system and the most important point: YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR JOB FUN!!

Ok guys, sign off. C u later in my next item update.