New Hope

As Salam..

Lama sudah tak update blog. Nothing much to say. Nothing much to write. Totally busy with working life. And that leads to blog yang bersawang-sawang.. hoho..

Just to write about my life from the past 4 months.. Alhamdulillah, thank you Allah for providing me the life I have been wanted all long..

I just love it. I find myself a sweet comfortability. New friends, new environment, new things everyday.

Hectic? Yep. Totally my work piles is coming up everyday. Challenging but fun. Love it.

I turned 25 years old on 12/12/12. Wow.. and this year 2013. Okay another banner year to come along.

NY Resolution? I just keep it with me.

I hope that everything will run smoothly and better for me everyday.

I hope that I will be able to get over any challenges that comes up to me.

I hope I will become stronger everyday to beat every tests.

I hope this year will be the best year.

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It's Sunday nite..

Sudah lama blog ni tak aku hapdet kan.. Sibuk dengan tugasan kerjaya dari pagi hingga ke malam... Sampai di rumah selesai shj solat Isyak, mmg tempat beradu yang aku singgah selepas itu.. Alhamdulillah rezeki berkerjaya di sebuah organisasi yang benar2 sesuai dengan jiwaku, aku suka dengan persekitaran yang tenang, rakan sekerja yang mesra wlupun tugasan aku berat dan memerlukan stamina serta kekuatan mental yang tinggi..

Terdetiknya nak menaip di blog ni setelah air mataku gugur dan terasa kesedihan yang tidak tahu apakah punca sewaktu aku membaca Surah Yasin setelah selesai solat Maghrib tadi. Mungkin aku merindui kg halamanku, terkenangkan kedua wajah ibu bapa ku, kucing kesayangan ku dan ketenangan yang aku cintai di kg halamanku.. 

Selama 2 tahun aku tinggal di sana setelah tamat pengajian, 2 tahun aku bergelar sebagai penganggur.. pencari kerja yang tidak berkesudahan.. Dalam 2 tahun itu juga, begitu cepat masa berlalu namun pelbagai ujian dan rintangan yang telah aku tempuhi.. Hanya Allah yang tahu penderitaan aku bagaimana.. Rupa2nya Allah mahu hadiahkan aku sebuah pelangi indah setelah hujan dan taufan melewati dalam 'chapter' kehidupanku..

Tetapi cabaran hidup pasti akan sentiasa hadir untuk mendidik dan mengajar setiap insan. Lain orang, lain cabarannya. Lain orang, lain kesudahannya. Setiap cabaran dan dugaan yang dihadapi pasti akan ada hikmahnya untuk digunakan pada masa hadapan.. Setiap hari, aku kentalkan semangat dengan mempercayai kebolehan diri sendiri, bersumber inspirasikan kedua ibu bapaku dan yang paling utama sekali cintaku kepada Allah S.W.T.

"You never know how STRONG you are until being STRONG is the only choice you have".

Workstation aku.. My parents' pix & my fav quote..

Inspire

How Those Little Quotes Lead to Big Success

4 ways to create your own power words

:: by

Polly Campbell

 
 
 
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Each morning, New York author and designer Karen Salmansohn goes to work sculpting motivational phrases into vivid designs that she can then post on her Facebook page or reproduce into products and posters.

Within a few hours, those quotes have been “liked,” “shared” and “commented on” hundreds, sometimes thousands, of times. And, her work is just a fraction of the inspirational messages we are exposed to each day.

Workplace white boards are often scribbled with success-oriented quotes, and social media sites like Facebook and Pinterest have become a buffet of motivational sayings featuring famous figures like Einstein and Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt and the Dalai Lama.

We are a culture that loves its motivational messages, but what is it about these quotes that attracts us, inspires us, and causes us to comment and share repeatedly?

It’s a quick hit of “positive propaganda,” says Salmansohn, author of several books, including Instant Happy, set for an October 2012 release.

“Nobody has time to read a book these days, but everybody has time to read a poster, and these serve as a pattern interrupt,” she says.

Short, inspiring quotes bounce us out of our bad moods and rigid mindsets by reminding us that there are other options and more positive possibilities out there. They show us that we, too, can overcome adversity and prevail.

And if the quote is paired with attractive or aspirational imagery, so much the better! “Reading the happy words with the beautiful visuals is like putting peanut butter on chocolate,” Salmansohn says. “Like little thought snacks to graze on through the day to make sure that your mood doesn’t spike down.”

Lessons of life

Quotes can also provide life lessons, since one of the primary ways we learn about the world and ourselves is by watching other people, says psychologist Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D., associate director of the Motivation Science Center at Columbia University and author of Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals.

“If a respected person says something that gives you a little extra bit of faith, then we think it must be true. It’s part of how we try to figure out what’s right and what’s wrong,” Halvorson explains.

“The quotes then become part of our search for wisdom,” she adds.

The power of suggestion

In addition to making us a little bit wiser, inspirational quotes also contribute in a very real way to our own success.

Research shows that suggestions — whether deliberate and overt or subtle — can have a direct influence on outcomes. So, if it is suggested that you are capable of doing the job, you’re more likely to work hard and persist toward that outcome.

The opposite is equally true. If you don’t think you’re smart enough to handle the situation, you’ll adopt behaviors and responses that will actually sabotage your success.

This power of suggestion works even when conveyed through indirect means such as gesture, tone or touch. So while a critical tone or dismissive gesture may cause us to feel less capable, inspiring statements and uplifting graphics can help us succeed, often even without our conscious realization.

Four ways to create powerful suggestions

For this reason, it’s important to create an environment that includes triggers that suggest successful behaviors.

To do it, try these tips:

1. Consider your principles and values. Each day, spend a few minutes reflecting on your values and the qualities you want to embody. Then, find ways to express them. Often, just thinking about the things that matter most will cause you to move toward them.

2. Go to the visual. Find pictures of people who possess the qualities you aspire to and post them in your office or bedroom, or near your bathroom mirror. But be wary of the opposite effect too. Filling your office with pictures of a lazy and relaxing vacation may prompt happy memories but probably won’t boost your productivity.

3. Pick your power words. “Success,” “achievement” and “motive” are among the words that Halvorson says have been shown to inspire successful behaviors. Pick five words that resonate with you and stick them up around your workspace. Read quotes that include those trigger words. Soon, you’ll stop noticing them, but the messages they suggest will continue to work on a subconscious level.

4. Download the mood boosters. Remember the classic theme from Rocky or the inspiring instrumental from Chariots of Fire? Maybe you’re moved by “Hold On,” the Wilson Phillips hit. Music packs a powerful and suggestive punch. Just listening to a classical masterwork or the soundtrack from an underdog-does-good movie like Rocky reminds us of our own spirit and strength.

Find a song that speaks to you and play it in the background while you work. If you are in a funk, consciously turn up the tunes, and let the lyrics lead you into a better mood.

“We think of goals as being very conscious and deliberate, but the vast majority of what we do is kind of on autopilot,” Halvorson says. “The trick becomes how to use triggers to get the unconscious to get the right things going. There is not a wrong way of doing this; you just want to be deliberate in what you put around you.”

Credit : http://life.gaiam.com/article/how-those-little-quotes-lead-big-success

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Salam 1 Ramadhan,

Syukur alhamdulillah diberikan peluang sekali lagi untuk merasai keberkatan bulan Ramadhan yang mulia ini. Aku harapkan hanya yang terbaik untukku, diberikan curahan rezeki yang melimpah, ketenangan hati & jiwa dan keikhlasan serta tawadduk dalam melaksanakan ibadah2 yang diperintahkan oleh Allah S.W.T. InsyaAllah..

Ketika pagi 1 Ramadhan ini, kesabaran aku telah diuji. Syukur alhamdulillah aku berjaya mengatasi rasa marah dan kelam, sekiranya ku turutkan juga rasa itu pasti akan timbul rasa sesal kerana berpuasa menuntut umat Islam untuk sentiasa sabar dan tabah dalam apa jua keadaan dan cabaran yang dihadapi. 

Khamis lepas, aku ke kedai fotostat, nak fotostat segala sijil2 untuk di berikan cop pengesahan oleh ketua kampung. Stok yang aku ade dah habis lantaran pelbagai permohonan yang aku telah usahakan. Setelah segala urusan selesai, secara tidak sedar, aku lupa untuk menyemak kembali jumlah sijil2 rasmi kepunyaan aku rupa2nya sudah tercicir satu. Harini, apabila aku semak kembali, oh tidak!! Sijil rasmi diploma versi B. Inggeris aku dah takdeeee!! Oh no no no no no no!! Dengan kelam kabut bersiap tanpa mekap, hanya semburan minyak wangi Vera Wang Princess (cewahh), merangkul helmet dan jaket, terus memecut dengan lajunya.  Nasib baik tak jauh rumah dengan kedai tu.

Ngeenngggggg.. vrennggggggg... Setelah handle motor ku sengetkan kiri dan kanan akhirnya tayar motor pon 'berparking' di petak parking. Off motor, tarik kunci...

"Assalamualaikum Kak, haritu saya ade fotostat kat sini, sijil diploma saya tertinggal.."

"Waalaikummussalam..Yeke dik, akak tengok takde pon. Akak dh check ape2 yang tertinggal kat kedai, tapi mmg takde sijil tu. Kalo ade sape2 tertinggal dokumen rasmi akak mmg letak kat white board ni, untuk org tuntut"

"Aduh kak, sijil diploma ni, kalo sijil lain saya tak kisah lagi."

Diplomaku.. 3 thun.. mcm2 terjadi..

Aku kecuwakan..   

Akak itu pon kecuwakan.

Takot aku report kat bos.

Padahal aku terkecewa...

Dah akhirnya pasrah & redha...

Last2 aku tinggalkan details; nama, no hp, alamat, sijil pe yang tinggey.. untuk ape2 makluman di masa depan.

Nak argue lebih takleh dah. Aku cuma risaukan kot customer2 lain nmpk smthing kat board tu depe gi amek ke. Sekarang ni dh ade isu pemalsuan sijil rasmi akademik. Adus masak la kalo sijil aku dh kene curikk..

Ape nak dikate... so memecut lik la ke rumah... Dalam perjalanan, mcm2 pikir. Nak kene wat report kat UiTM Shah Alam lagi ni.. kalo dpt sijil ganti pon bukan sijil asal tapi sijil makluman yang sijil asal dh hilang dan pengakuan ttg this person dah amek dip and dah graduate. Dah tak cantik..

Sampai rumah. tak puas hati ni.. dengan kertas2 di atas katil bertaburan... akhirnya aku jumpaa juga.. ianya 'berpelukan' bersama sijil rasmi ijazah.. Dengan begitu mesra sekali melekat smpai aku sendiri tak perasan sijil tu sebenarnya melekat mcm magnet dengan sijil ijazah yang sama warna, sama saiz, sama kualiti..

Wahhh kesabaran ku adooiiiii... kalo org tak sabar ni mau merepot kat bos kedai tu.. Ayat kasaq "Bos mane? Sy nak ckp ngan bos ttg pekerja yang tak efisyen mcmni"

Oh tapi aku bukan begitu orgnye. Tidak sama sekali.

Syukur alhamdulillah.. Jumpa juga.. Wahh dugaan...

Lesson learned : Sebelum balik, cek sume dokumen dulu ade lengkap ke tak.. 

Paint

Paint. Cat. Salah satu unsur dalam pembinaan ataupun renovation.

Penaik seri, buat sesuatu yang lama nampak baru.

Rumahku kini dalam proses renovation sket di luar rumah.  So aku dan abg aku gi la kedai hardware mencari cat jenis Nippon Weatherbond - Exterior. Selalu beli cat pilih je la kaler pe de kat kedai tu. Tapi kali ni tgk live cara proses cat plak. 

Ok sampai2 kedai, tokey pon layan kiteorang. Lepas tu dier bagi katalog cm biase pilih la warna pe nak. So bincang2, kiteorang pilih kaler Orange Paste, harap2 nnti cat tu sesuai & padan la warna tu ngan rumah.  Lepas pilih, tokey kasi cek kat komputer tgk Orange Paste ni kombinasi kaler tu camne. Harga untuk 5 liter dlm RM140 smthing, tokey kasi murah 5 hengget. Okla. Cat 1st class mmgle mahei.

Dengan menggunakan mesin Nippon Colour Creations;

Warna cat dlm tong ni ialah putih. Ini proses nak bentuk warna pilihan.

Ok kat mesin ni, dier letak dlm 2 sudu besar pati esen cat berwarna jingga ke dalam cat warna putih tu. Ingatkan mesin ni letak satu tin penuh isi cat hahaha. Rupa2nya taruh esen je.  Gambar esen tak sempat nak snap sbb terlalu fokus tgk pe tokey ni wat. Haha. Lepas tu tokey ni tutup tin cat rapat2 dan masukkan tin tu dalam 'mesin goncang cat'. Haha.

Sekali tgk mcm mesin basuh pon de.

Sementara tunggu cat betol2 sebati warna, tokey pon sembang2 ngan kteorang. Eksplen  ttg kaler. Rupa2nye lagi gelap kaler lagi mahei. Huishh... ratusan2 terbang...

Dalam 5-8 minit proses goncang tu pon setel.. Dalam on the way nak gi bayar kat kaunter.. Tersnap lah plak gambar kucing tgh tido dengan nyenyaknye atas gulungan wayar nih..

Cian meow nih..

Lepas beli barang, kiteorang singgah kedai mamak, brader sorang ni nak pekene teh tarik.. Sebagai adik, layankan ajela janji big bro belanje. Huhu.. Anyway, pengetahuan bertambah wlupun simple thing je, tgk proses warna cat aje pon tapi secara logiknye bukan hari2 beli cat dan bukan tiap2 bulan nak mengecat. Haaahaaa.. ;p

Photoshoot

A few weeks ago, aku telah dijadikan eksperimen oleh anak sedara aku. Eksperimen photoshoot yg mane aku posing mcm kayu. Hahaha. Dahle kayu, ngan tak cukup tido (4jam je tido), mekap pun ala kadar je. Jadi kebanyakan gmbr berair mukekan wajah mengantuk, penat. Tapi nasib baik kire a few shot cantik jugakla. Anyway, I'm glad dpt tlg my niece ngan projek fotografi untuk portfolio peribadinya.

She's a girl, bkl menjawab SPM tahun ni, minat sungguh dlm fotografi. Kamera yg dia punye tu ala2 DSLR. Katanya pas SPM nak join kursus fotografi. So nnti dia nak beli DSLR 'sejibik'. Bila2 free time dia ikot jurugambar professional buat outdoor photoshoot to learn a thing or two. Agak mencabar juga buat outdoor photoshoot ni esp nak cari lokasi yang boleh bagi bckground menarik, kontra @ sesuai dgn model.

Test pic. Sekeping je dah, demi dasar privasi.  (:

Anyway, both of us mmg sama2 sedang belajar shoot gambar & edit gambar. Mmg menduga skills sbg amatur yang ada. Kene pandai amek angle sesuai and edit kasi kualiti cun. Bukan keje yg mudah but it's ok, something new to learn. :)

Plethora

Plethora of a love song. Simple music instruments used. Awesome vocals. Lovely couple singing together.

Love this song!