Sharing is Caring

I just want to share something with you guys. An e-mail I received from a dear friend.

POINTS ON HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE

Personality:
1. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
2. Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment
3. Don't over do; keep your limits
4. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does
5. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip
6. Dream more while you are awake
7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
8. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
10. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present
11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you
12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.
Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
13. Smile and laugh more
14. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree

Community:15. Call your family often
16. Each day give something good to others
17. Forgive everyone for everything
18. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6
19. Try to make at least three people smile each day
20. What other people think of you is none of your business
21. Your job will not take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:
22. Put GOD first in anything and everything that you think, say and do.
23. GOD heals everything
24. Do the right things
25. However good or bad a situation is, it will change
26. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up
27. The best is yet to come
28. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful
29. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it
30. If you know GOD you will always be happy. So, be happy.

While you practice all of the above, share this knowledge with the people you love, people you school with,
people you play with, people you work with and people you live with.
Not only will it enrich YOUR life, but also that of those around you.
by Randy Pausch

Being Normal

I rarely complaints out loud in my blog. I'm seeking permission to do just that today. Pardon me, forgive me but I need to be a normal human being just for awhile.

I've been feeling so tired for the past few days. I sleep at night with thoughts about work almost every night. Its so difficult to do any positive visualization when I have all sorts of problems congesting my mind.

Being the office manager is such a headache. I desire having reliable staffs. No nonsense staffs. Dear God, dear life, give me the strength to go through each passing day.

I just want to sleep. Rest. Think about nothing but happiness in the future. Think about love. So many things in my mind right now!!! If only I could just dump a portion of my memory somewhere.

Work is giving me too much headache. M losing my sleep and appetite thinking of work. Is it too challenging??

Last but not least, let me count my blessings.

Thank you for giving me faithful sisters. They are the most reliable person in my life!! and I love them to death. Thank you for allowing me to work in a very supportive firm. They forever encourage me, advise me, supports me, love me, teach me and care for me. Thank you for giving me the wisdom and courage to tackle each duty that I've been entrusted with. Thank you for the never ending guidance from Allah. Thank you for protecting me and always keeping me safe from harm. Thank you for giving me the strength to wake up every morning. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to breath and live yet another day. Thank you for giving me kind hearted friends who always care for my well being. Bless them with happiness and health also wealth. Thank you for giving me such wonderful nephew. He gave me great joy and happiness. Bless him with a wonderful life, health and happiness. Thank you for the feeling of love that I feel each and every moment in my life from everyone and everything that surrounds me.

God Bless You!

Writing Down Your Worries Can Boost Performance??

I read about this topic here.

I have yet to test the theory but i think the theory might not work for me. The basic rule in the Secret teaching is "Thought Become Things". So, if you write down your worries, you are thinking of your worries and according to the Secret's teaching, your worries is going to materialise coz your are thinking about it.

by Mr. Google

So, what do I do when I worry about something?

I distract my self by doing something that makes me happy. Like reading in a bookshop or listening to music or drive around or workout in the gym, or eating ice cream. For the time being, the best remedy I found is, talking to someone. Sometimes, we really think that we had a rough day at work or our work is so hard or our boss is such a badass or whatever when in reality, there are others who has even worse job then ours. I find it soothing listening to other people's problem when I my self is jammed with problems. When I listen to their problem which most of the time is worse then mine and when I could find solutions for their problems make me realise that my problems are solveable so, I have nothing to worry about.

Oh well, lain orang lain cara rite? Just be happy coz we live only once, why waste it by worrying?

by Mr. Google again

Paleo Diet Day 2

Update sekejap on my diet before sambung keje. Takut malam kang sampai umah je dah malas nak online.

So, hari ini dimulakan dengan air sejuk dan 2 biji probiotik from Biolife. Mudah-mudahan dia akan improve my gut punya condition.

Sampai ofis biasanya aku akan buat coffee. But since aku suspect my intestinal is inflamed, aku akan cut off all forms of caffein termasuklah tea. Kalau ikut paleo diet, coffee and tea without sugar is fine. Since aku ni inflaming, kita puasa la kafein kejap. So, sampai ofis aku minum air suam and makan 1 ripe banana. That's my breakfast. 

At 12pm, aku keluar lunch. My plate include small portion of white rice, stir fried beef with black pepper, fried cat fish, cooked pineapple and soft boiled okra with sambal belacan. 1 portion of water melon pastu air, limau ais kosong (withhout sugar). Paleo rasanya menu ni. On the way balik ofis, singgah jap kat kedai runcit untuk beli banana. I am going to have them for snacks later today. 

Malam ni plan nak masak sup. Tapi tak sure lagi rajin ke tak. Kalau tak rajin (most of the time penat bukan malas), kita makan buah-buahan je. Seedless grapes ada lagi satu bekas, cherry tomatoes beli semalam, tak sentuh lagi and banyak pisang. So, tonight my dinner is set even if too tired to cook.

More updates to come

Peanuts Is Not Nuts?

Disebabkan 2014 aku nak jadi health conscious, nak ikut paleo diet etc so that I can successfully heal my body, aku read a lot. One of the things yang paleo dieters tak bleh makan is peanuts tetapi at the same time diorang suruh makan nuts.

So aku jadi confius kejap. Peanuts is not nuts? Biar betul? At this moment, aku ada 1 can of Koh-Kae Peanuts perisa BBQ. Sedap tau kacang ni.

Aku pun buat la quick search. Nak pastikan aku boleh  makan ke tak peanut ni if aku nak follow paleo diet strictly.

Secara ringkasnya. Peanuts is legumes and nuts is actually tree nuts. Kacang yang tak boleh dimakan oleh paleo dieters adalah kacang tanah, kacang soya, kacang kuda etc. Tree nut is basically a fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed, where the hard-shelled fruit does not open to release the seed. Contoh macam almond, walnut & hazel nut. Susah sebenarnya nak differentiate. Jalan mudah, avoid them altogether. heheh...

So, kenapa peanuts or legumes is one of the not to eat food in paleo diet? Boleh baca kat sini kalau rajin. Kalau  malas, aku explain briefly kat bawah:-

1. Legumes ni kurang zat nutrisi. Unless korang eat them mentah2, bila kita masak kacang2 ni semua, zat dia dah takde.
2. Dalam legumes ada phytates. Benda ni menghalang badan kita dari menyerap mineral.
3. Legumes mengandungi Lectins. Lectin adalah sejenis bahan yang dikeluarkan oleh tumbuh-tumbuhan untuk mengelakkan diri mereka dari dimakan. Kalau makan, akan mendatangkan masalah dekat usus. 
4. High in protease inhabitor - Protease adalah enzim yg tolong hadamkan protein. Protease inhabitor prevent protease from doing its job. So, kalau makan kacang, protein dalam badan tak dapat digest properly and again mendatangkan masalah penghadaman.
5. Legumes have carbs. So bagi mereka yang nak kurangkan berat badan, tak elok makan legumes ni banyak2
6. Legumes juga mungkin mengandungi phytoestrogen - Plant-estrogen, sejenis hormon. So, if makan banyak legumes yg ada phytoestrogen ni, estrogen dalam badan kita boleh meningkat.
7. Legumes contains saponins- try la google kalau nak tau saponins ni apa. In short, banyak saponin dalam badan, akan rosakkan usus. 

So now I knoe kenapa aku ni bermasalah kat bahagian usus lately. Aku banyak makan kacang and aku suka minum soya bean. so, one step at a time, aku akan bagi kacang koh-kae atas meja aku ni pada bos aku. Dia memang suka junk food. Pastu, I will not drink or eat legumes based product. At least not until I am fully recovered.

Updates on Day 1

It was a quiet and restful new year yesterday. No celebration for me as I was too tired. I didn't even wait till its midnight. I think by 10pm, I have already fallen asleep. I was woken up by the sound of fireworks and I was like, "what's going on?? Owh, its new year" Back to sleep.

I woke up at 4.30am. Checked my phone. 3 new SMS. The first was from Mr. VW (very wrong). He wished me happy birthday and happy  new year. I have no idea where he was. 2nd SMS was from KC, my dearest fren and the 3rd was from my awesome boss. After replying to all their text, I watch some tv and get back to sleep.

I did woke up a bit late. Made my self an omelet with 2 eggs and head out. I get to do a bit of grocery shopping, went to the pharmacy to get some supplement & I also had a nice lunch. Was thinking of going to the mall but the traffic leading to any mall was a nightmare. I decided to shop at a nearby grocers instead.

For dinner, I had a bowl of seedless grapes and cold water. I am really going into this whole paleo diet thing. I just want to heal my inside so that I look more radiant on the outside. My 2014 mission statement is , Let's Be Happy By Making Better Choices.

Day 1

Happy new year everyone. Happy birthday to  me!

Yes today is my birthday. No celebration just many warm wishes from those who loves me the most or those who are closest to me.

2014. A new year. A fresh start. I start of my day with a promise. To heal my self and to keep my self healthy. My aim is not to loose weight, I just want to be healthy by making better choices. So, I am going to start a short term goal. Starting today till 10th January I am going to do the following:-

1.  stay off simple sugar i.e sweets, chocolate, ice cream & carbonated drinks
2.  eat fresh fruits instead
3. drink water
4. stay off processed food
5. eat more greens and home cook meals
6. no fast food, no junk food

So today, as the 1st day I started with an omelet and water. I went to the pharmacy and bought probiotics. I has bento and shashimi at Sushi King for lunch. Then I went grocery shopping. I bought the following:-

1. potatoes
2. baby carrots and cherry tomatoes for snacks
3. ground meat
4. chicken
5. grapes
6. lemons
7. eggs  

I am going to make meatballs and refrigerate them. I also intend to make potatoes salad as I can keep it refrigerated too. That way I can safe some cooking time. Sometime, after coming back from work, I can get so tired and end up eating instant noodle which is bad!

I will update this blog as regularly as I can.

Melaka

Hari ni baca NST, one of the headline was Melaka Monorail Breaks down. I was like, ini dah kali ke berapa da dia break down. Paling embarrassing bila report tu kata ada 3 Australian tourists stranded in the monorail and they have to be brought down using skylift.

Malu sungguh! Melaka telah dinobatkan sebagai world heritage sites by UNESCO. Kat dunia ada 33 sites dapat recognition ni and 4 of them dari Malaysia and Melaka is one of it. Bila dah dpt such recognition, attention patut bagi lebih sikit la to the development and preservation of the site. Setakat nak maintain monorail yang 1 tu pun tak boleh handle ke? Macam mana KL & Selangor boleh maintain several train lines without any such incidents pun?

Aku paling suka melawat Melaka. Salah satu sebab kenapa aku suka ke sana is because masa kecik dulu, bila family aku balik kampung dekat Batu Pahat, my parents will make it a point untuk singgah jalan2 kat Melaka. Banyak la childhood memori dkt Melaka tu. From Taman Rama-rama, to Taman Rekriasi, to Mini Malaysia, semua dah pergi.

My last visit to Melaka was 2 years back kot. Stayed at one of the hotel near Chinatown/Jonker Street. Menarik la tempat tu. Many things to see, a lot of food to try and the people, all very friendly. Hopefully tahun depan dapat melawat Melaka again.

Ink-Vomit Session

Ink vomit session is simply writing without thinking. Just write whatever came across your mind without thinking long and hard about it. Right now I feel lousy, tired and bored.

I feel neglected and taken for granted. I should make the brave and wise decision but apart of me just refuse to take that leap of faith.

I'm wondering why I am typing way faster in English. I guess my former supervisor was right. I am not really a Malay. I have a mind of an American. LOL

My mind is influenced by the book I read. Growing up, I enjoyed Enid Blyton series especially all the books that have magical creatures in it. I also enjoy the detectives series. In high school, I start picking up Malay novels. Not many tho. Mostly written by Ahadiat Akashah. There were also novel series about student life in boarding school. Asrama Tengku Ashikin or something like that.

I read a lot of novels in my Uni years. Mostly thrillers and then I changed to romance. My Aunty Zie introduced me to Danielle Steele. I'm not a huge fan tho. I prefer Nora Roberts. I am fascinated by her fascination towards Irish folklore. Catherine Colture is a good writer too. I enjoyed all the period novels. Castles, knights, princess and magic. Romance is the key ingredients.

Nowadays, I am too busy playing candy crush, watching reality tv and sleeping. I just bought 2 new novels. One by Nora Roberts and the other is a compilation of short stories by several famous authors. Bought them 2 weeks ago. They are still in the plastic bag. Boohoo..

This is the end of my ink vomit session. Till next time

Social Media

Honestly, hari ni aku sangat sangat takde mood. Boxing day's blues. Boleh?

Random topic for the day. Social Media - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Straight to the point. Bagusnya social media ni bagi aku adalah kerana ia mendekatkan yg jauh. Kawan2 yg bertahun2 tak jumpa rasa dekat je bila kita dok baca updates dorang kat wall kan? Walaupun dah lama tak jumpa, tp rasa sentiasa ada je dekat dgn  kita. Lagi satu kebaikan social media ialah berita-berita yang dikongsi tidak ditapis. Kita dapat berita dari pihak kerajaan & juga pembangkang. Pepandai korang la nak percaya mana satu kan.Social media juga boleh jadi medium untuk menjana wang. Ramai kawan2 aku dok promote shakelee la SD2 la, jewelries la, handbag, kek etc. Bagus org2 cmni. Bisness minded.

The bad: Banyak sgt keluhan, negetiviti yang dikongsi kekadang membuatkan aku rimas. Lagi satu, perkongsian gosip and khabar angin dari sumber-sumber yang tidak reliable, membuat aku rasa geram. Kutukan dan tohmahan tidak berintelek dari kawan2 yg berpelajaran tinggi, membuatkan aku tertanya2, berpelajaran ke tak mereka ni?

The Ugly: Pembaziran masa yang berleluasa apabila jadi candy crush and other games addict. Nasib baik la company aku dah forbid application candy crush ni. Kalo tak tak jadi keje aku dibuatnya.

That's it. The good, the bad & the ugly. Lu pikir la sendirik!

My Typical Weekend

Seboleh-bolehnya, weekend is my time to unwind. If tak balik kampung, aku suka duduk umah and do absolutely nothing.

Apart from tengok tv, amik laundry and masak untuk makan sendiri, catching up on my candy crush is my favorite past time activity. Kekadang if mood mengemas dtg, aku akan kemas umah sikit2. Tapi lately ni memang malas tahap cipan lah!

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Hari ni aku bangun awal. Sebab mmg dah terbiasa bangun awal. Buka tv, aku rasa 10 min je. Then lelap balik. Tgh ari baru bangun. Arini cm ingat nak puasa je. Malas sgt rasa nak masak. Aku buka fridge nampak aiskrim potong perisa durian, aku buang kayu dia letak atas roti walah! Dats my brunch for today.

from Google

Then  aku layan movie Pitch Perfect untuk kali ke-3. yang aku suka about that movie, lagu2 dia. Acapela yg marvelous! Saper belum tengok, sila tengok yer...

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Abis Pitch Perfect, aku warm up my own vocal cord plak. Layan lagu maroon 5 and bruno mars kejap. Pastu kol 6 keluar amik laundry and beli planner utk bos kesayangan. Siap hal kat luar, balik umah masak, makan, tgk tv sat. Bosan xde citer best, now mengadap komputer. Dah dkt 3 jam kot. Main candy crush. Ada level baru la plak. Now tersangkut kat level 421. Adoi....

Now, baru ada mood nak update blog. Sementara tunggu live kat candy crush di refill.. hehe... Esok tatau lagi nak buat apa. Most probably cari kedai basuh kereta. Kereta kotor giler!!! Argh... Malasnya...

Nicest Boss Ever

TGIF!

Still in the office. Happily updating my blog. Baru je siapkan keje. Bos still in the office siapkan keje dia. Aku dah boleh balik dah sebenarnya. Tp dia selalu tunggu aku siap keje baru dia balik, so aku berniat nak balik bersam-sama la jugak. Provided that dia tak lambat sangat la. Aku skip lunch arini. So now lapar giler...

Talking about my week. Minggu ni agak hectic. Work starts to pour in from so many departments. HR, Finance, Sales, Service, MD Office. Stress jugak semalam. Nak lagi aku tengah period. Uish, cakap main lepas je semlm. Mengikut hormon betul. Luckily boss sgt penyabar. Syukur sgt dpt bos baik.

Talking about my nice boss. Isnin lepas, dia bawak aku keluar lunch. For the first time since aku start keje kat sini, last Monday baru dia belanja aku lunch. Rupa-rupanya, presentatiion yang aku buatkan untuk dia mendapat pujian hebat oleh MD and other heads of departments. I was just doing my best je. It feels so good when your good work is being acknowledged.

All Time Favourites

I can be considered as a creature of habit. I love to have coffee every morning & every evening during the weekends.

I will cook and eat my own chicken soup when I am down with cold. I will also cook chicken soup if I have no idea what I'm going to eat that day. To me chicken soup is so flexible. Sometimes I eat it with rice. I love eating it with macaroni as well and chicken soup goes very well with beehoon. Just add some chilli padi and soy sauce and walla! A masterpiece. Mix it with some maggie curry seasoning and you will get curry chicken noodle.

This looks like the soup that I normally cook at home.

My favourite food would be something hot and soupy like chicken hor fun or soto ayam or laksa or curry mee or miso soup.

Whenever I am feeling down, I will clean the house.

When I feel abandoned and lonely, I will hangout at a coffee shop with my laptop and books. I will day dream and write on my blogs but most of the time, I will kill time just by surfing the net and playing online games.

I prefer to celebrate my birthdays with my family because they always remember & they never let me down.

Most weekends, I love lazing around doing absolutely nothing at home. I will spend half the time sleeping and watching tv. Get something to eat and sleep some more. There are weekends when I never even left the house for 2 straight days. Just give me internet connection, cable tv and some food. I will survive :)

I love any tv shows that have cats or dogs or both in it. Dogs whisperer, must love cats & world cutest is my favourite show at the moment.

p/s: I'I am just grateful to always have what I want in life & I always get to do exactly what I like doing.