Assalamualaikum and good evening,
I suspected that if Allah hadn't decreed me to be a doctor, I would have made a good linguist. But I digress.
There are many schools of thought when it comes to categorizing people based on their general behaviour. I think (without any research) that most of them tend to divide people to four groups. Keirsey system divides people to Guardians, Rationalists, Artists, and Idealists.
The Four Temperaments (which have roots from the teachings of Hippocrates regarding humorism) on the other hand divides people to:
Sanguine: people person, short attention span, confident, loves to entertain, lively, livewire, fun-loving,spontaneous, extrovert
Choleric: Go-getter, charismatic, leader type, energetic, ambitious, irritable
Phlegmatic: laidback, compassionate, peacemaker, witty, observant, lazy, shy
Melancholic: Introvert, ponderer, thinker, fastidious, reflective, sentimental, depressed
The characteristics are not set in stone. Most people will have a combination of 2 or 3 types, but every body will have a dominating character type.
I attended a friend's birthday party today. Parties are a good way of seeing myriad of people interactions. When the party involves a large gathering of people, say more than 20 people, soon you will see during the course of that party, the formation of little islands of congregation. Subconsciously some people who have good chemistry will band together and mingle around.
There will those who'll be the centre of attentions, some who listened with rapt attention, some who are present physically but let their minds wander, some who observed other people, etc etc.
No prize guessing which type I am eh? hehe. I am a melancholist through and through. But previously I thought my breakdown was this: 70% melancholic, 20% sanguine, and 10% phlegmatic.
But after an evening at a friend's party, I reflected, and realized that maybe it's more like: 70% melancholic, 15% phlegmatic, 10% sanguine, and 5% choleric.
I have always marvelled at my own way of perceiving things. Thinking too much and in a convoluted complicated kind of way comes to me naturally, like breathing or eating.
When guys go to watch movies they do just that; watch movies. But I will find myself thinking about who is the director of that movie and how does this one stack up to his previous films, what was the main actor's previous movies, what would be the best lines from that movie that I would store in my brain and quote relentlessly, etc etc.
And when my friends are enjoying themselves at a friend's birthday party, I was categorizing the guests according to 4 temperaments. hehe. Scary...
And then another unique reflection comes to mind... "I am afraid that in this personality of data-amassing, number-crunching, and hard analyzing..there is no place for a soul-mate (read:women) to understand me"
Lho? koq mikirnya gitu sih? (huh? why do you have that way of thinking)
haha.
Just random thoughts in a grey evening.
Wassalam...
p/s: Happy birthday Nani! May ur adventures ahead are filled with vibrant colours of joy! ^^v
Showing posts with label Rants and Ramblings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rants and Ramblings. Show all posts
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
Leading a simple fulfilling life
Assalamualaikum & evening people..
People who know me say: I think too much, I complicate matters, I worry too much.
Guilty on all charges. (^^)
But allow me to be optimistic. Indulge me.
I like to think that I have improved by leaps and bounds over these past few years. Alhamdulillah.
The key to be happy in life is to be grateful.
We human beings are always led astray by our inherent greed & envy. These 2 characters are considered in Christen-dom as part of the 7 deadly sins. With good reason.
If we can cast away our greed & envy towards other people, we will feel better.
Be grateful with what you have, & never think less of yourself. Never think that you are useless and replaceable. For in the grand scheme of things, each & everyone of us is important in this world, and have our own roles to play; our own niche to fill. To each of us; his/her own unique place in this world.
Count your blessings people! And never give up hope! (^^)
"The world is a lovely place and worth fighting for. I believe with the 2nd part"
-Morgan Freeman; Seven-
Wassalam.
People who know me say: I think too much, I complicate matters, I worry too much.
Guilty on all charges. (^^)
But allow me to be optimistic. Indulge me.
I like to think that I have improved by leaps and bounds over these past few years. Alhamdulillah.
The key to be happy in life is to be grateful.
We human beings are always led astray by our inherent greed & envy. These 2 characters are considered in Christen-dom as part of the 7 deadly sins. With good reason.
If we can cast away our greed & envy towards other people, we will feel better.
Be grateful with what you have, & never think less of yourself. Never think that you are useless and replaceable. For in the grand scheme of things, each & everyone of us is important in this world, and have our own roles to play; our own niche to fill. To each of us; his/her own unique place in this world.
Count your blessings people! And never give up hope! (^^)
"The world is a lovely place and worth fighting for. I believe with the 2nd part"
-Morgan Freeman; Seven-
Wassalam.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Being Sensitive to All Human Tragedies Irrespective of Race, Nations, or Creed: Part 1
Assalamualaikum and good morning,
Without meaning to make light of the gravity of situation in the recent Gaza conflict, which in itself is deserving of our unbridled attention, there are other plights afflicting groups of people which we might not be aware of, due to lack of media coverage, because their plights are "not important to the political global landscape".
First, there are the plight of the Rohingyas, an ethnic group of mostly Islam by religion which traditionally lives in Arakan, in northern Myanmar. They are a marginalised community in Myanmar, deprived of their ancestral land and rights for Myanmar citizenship.
Prof. Gabriele Marranci wrote about their plight in three of his articles (in chronological order) : The other, invisible suffering of Burma; Rohingya Odyssey: a silent cultural genocide?; and Rohingya Muslims and injustice: a security issue? . Their plight are not even listed in the list of ongoing conflicts worldwide in Wikipedia.
Excerpts from Marranci's articles:
"Rohingya Muslims are victims of their lack of strategic value, both for their native Southeast Asia and the wider international community. Similarly to the tragic reality of Black Muslims in Darfur, their lives have no economic, or political, value for the rest of our cynical world."
"It is clear that the Islamic concept of ummah has little value when compared to political interests. Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh, as in other Muslim countries such as Indonesia or Malaysia , are no more welcomed than in Thailand. Rohingya Muslims have protested, even recently, and tried to make more and more people aware, especially other ‘brothers’ and ’sisters’, of their intolerable condition. Yet who is really listening to them?"
"...the majority of Muslims, even those so ready to violently scream and shamefully misbehave in the name of a free Palestine, will not whisper even a single word to help these ‘brothers’. How many Muslims have heard an imam mention the name Rohingya during his supplication (Du’a) for Afghanis, Palestinians, Iraqis and even perhaps the Chechen muhajedeen?"
" ...many Muslim governments...still play the ‘Muslim ummah’ card, as in the case of the Danish Cartoons, when it is needed for their political games - but never when ordinary Muslims, like the Rohingya, without political value to barter with, find themselves oppressed."
"...the discussion is not about them, as human beings or to address their issues, but rather about how to get rid of them as quickly as possible."
Next, is the Darfur conflict raging in Sudan. Last year, the conflict managed to grab headlines for a stretch of time, before being relegated to the dustbins of journalism. The conflict is between people of African-Arab descent (specifically the Janjaweeds, allegedly helped by the Sudanese government) and the Black Africans living in Darfur province of Sudan. UN estimated that around 300 000 people had died. Further information can be gleaned from Wikipedia and the BBC.
The Gaza conflict has ceased for the time being, but the Sri Lankan conflict is still ongoing. The conflict is between the Sri Lankan Government (dominated by the Sinhalese) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who fights for an independent state for the Tamil minority. Since the conflict initially erupted in 1983, 80 000 people has been killed. Now, after years of fighting, it seemed that the balance of power has shifted to the Sri Lankan Army, who has occupied most of north-eastern Sri Lanka (LTTE power base) and pushed the LTTE to a strip of land there.
However, about 200 000 civilians (est.) who are mostly Tamils and not affiliated to LTTE are still trapped in the crossfire.
I was drawn to these conflicts, because it seemed to me that the immediate circle of people around me are sometimes selective in tuning their compassion to the victims of human conflicts.
(to be continued...) Part 2
Without meaning to make light of the gravity of situation in the recent Gaza conflict, which in itself is deserving of our unbridled attention, there are other plights afflicting groups of people which we might not be aware of, due to lack of media coverage, because their plights are "not important to the political global landscape".
First, there are the plight of the Rohingyas, an ethnic group of mostly Islam by religion which traditionally lives in Arakan, in northern Myanmar. They are a marginalised community in Myanmar, deprived of their ancestral land and rights for Myanmar citizenship.
Prof. Gabriele Marranci wrote about their plight in three of his articles (in chronological order) : The other, invisible suffering of Burma; Rohingya Odyssey: a silent cultural genocide?; and Rohingya Muslims and injustice: a security issue? . Their plight are not even listed in the list of ongoing conflicts worldwide in Wikipedia.
Excerpts from Marranci's articles:
"Rohingya Muslims are victims of their lack of strategic value, both for their native Southeast Asia and the wider international community. Similarly to the tragic reality of Black Muslims in Darfur, their lives have no economic, or political, value for the rest of our cynical world."
"It is clear that the Islamic concept of ummah has little value when compared to political interests. Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh, as in other Muslim countries such as Indonesia or Malaysia , are no more welcomed than in Thailand. Rohingya Muslims have protested, even recently, and tried to make more and more people aware, especially other ‘brothers’ and ’sisters’, of their intolerable condition. Yet who is really listening to them?"
"...the majority of Muslims, even those so ready to violently scream and shamefully misbehave in the name of a free Palestine, will not whisper even a single word to help these ‘brothers’. How many Muslims have heard an imam mention the name Rohingya during his supplication (Du’a) for Afghanis, Palestinians, Iraqis and even perhaps the Chechen muhajedeen?"
" ...many Muslim governments...still play the ‘Muslim ummah’ card, as in the case of the Danish Cartoons, when it is needed for their political games - but never when ordinary Muslims, like the Rohingya, without political value to barter with, find themselves oppressed."
"...the discussion is not about them, as human beings or to address their issues, but rather about how to get rid of them as quickly as possible."
Next, is the Darfur conflict raging in Sudan. Last year, the conflict managed to grab headlines for a stretch of time, before being relegated to the dustbins of journalism. The conflict is between people of African-Arab descent (specifically the Janjaweeds, allegedly helped by the Sudanese government) and the Black Africans living in Darfur province of Sudan. UN estimated that around 300 000 people had died. Further information can be gleaned from Wikipedia and the BBC. 
The Gaza conflict has ceased for the time being, but the Sri Lankan conflict is still ongoing. The conflict is between the Sri Lankan Government (dominated by the Sinhalese) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who fights for an independent state for the Tamil minority. Since the conflict initially erupted in 1983, 80 000 people has been killed. Now, after years of fighting, it seemed that the balance of power has shifted to the Sri Lankan Army, who has occupied most of north-eastern Sri Lanka (LTTE power base) and pushed the LTTE to a strip of land there.However, about 200 000 civilians (est.) who are mostly Tamils and not affiliated to LTTE are still trapped in the crossfire.
I was drawn to these conflicts, because it seemed to me that the immediate circle of people around me are sometimes selective in tuning their compassion to the victims of human conflicts.
(to be continued...) Part 2
Entering Clinical years...Finally!
Assalamualaikum and good evening,
If my blog page is considered a bookshelf, festoons of cobwebs will be dangling from its corners.
The past few months have been very crucial for me. I was finishing my theoretical years, culminating with the important exam of Penilaian Berbasis Kompetensi Ko-Asisten, aka PBKK for short in Indonesian language. In English, roughly it translates to Med Interns Assesment Based on their Competency.
What makes PBKK more terrifying to us UGM med students was due to its nature of not relying on written answers, but rather your skills and ability to cope with pressure. Basically, you have to perform a series of clinical skills (anamnesis, delivering a baby, suturing skins, etc. ) in a limited time-frame while having your lecturers breathing up your neck like vultures feasting upon carrions.
Well, I did exaggerate a bit, hehe.
Add to the fact that you never know what your exact questions would be until the moment you enter the exam room, e.g. we know that Room 1 is for Emergency Cases, but will we get CPR and ET, or CPR with Splint? How about Integrated Patient Management (IPM)? Will I get the comparatively lightweight TB, or will I get the devious CHF?
So, at the end of the day, it's a combination of hard work and pure luck.
Some will work their a** off for this exam and still flunked it because they get the 'perfectionist' examiners who expect you to do everything to a tee, or because they get the HIV case, or because their nerves just fail them.
Others with less work rate might find the exam plain sailing and pass because they have 'kind' examiners (oh, they are still students...still learning..as long as they don't mess up too much...), or they might get that TB or Malaria case.
Oh, the PBKK was on 24 February, 4 days ago. Results will be out by 14 March.
If I pass it, Insya Allah I am eligible to enter the clinical rotations come 23 March.
If I don't, then I will have to wait another month before I had another go for PBKK remedial.
Yup, that's right, another month of waiting while your friends are practicing at the hospitals.
With a failure rate of between 50 to 60% for first-timers, I am keeping my fingers crossed.
What to do between 24/2 and 14/3 you say? Well, I am currently back in Malaysia now for 2 weeks break. Figured that since in clinical years my longest holidays would be 1 week breaks, I am spending time with my family now. Clinical years would be close to 2 years before completion.
Hope that me and my fellow batchmates will all be part of the first intake for clinical rotations, Insya Allah.
But for now, a break. The calm before the storm.... :)
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Wedding Tag
1) Take a recent picture of yourself or take a picture of yourself right NOW!.
2) DON’T change your clothes, DON’T fix your hair…just take a picture.
3) Post that picture with NO editing.
4) Post these instruction with your picture.
ok, so I might have straightened my hair a bit. It was a tangled mess.
2) DON’T change your clothes, DON’T fix your hair…just take a picture.
3) Post that picture with NO editing.
4) Post these instruction with your picture.
ok, so I might have straightened my hair a bit. It was a tangled mess.1.How old are you?
23.
2. Are you single?
Yes.
3. In what age do you think you’ll get married?
Probably between 31 to 35. Allah may have other plans though.
4. Do you think you’ll be marrying the person you are with now?
I dont understand the phrase "the person you are with now". Friends? Special someones? If it's the former, maybe. If it's the latter, then I am still unlucky in that department.
5. If not, who do you want to marry?
A woman who shares the same goal and vision in life as me. A person whom I can understand & appreciate, and vice versa.
6. Do you want a garden/beach wedding, or the traditional wedding?
Garden wedding.
7. Your ideal motif?
Colour theme is white and light blue. Dashes of peach would be nice. Scent of lilies and lavender.
8. Where do you plan to go on a honeymoon?
Japan, under the sakura trees. Or wherever my wife preferred.
9. How many guests do you think you’ll invite?
around 500 to 800.
10. Do you want an extravagant wedding or a simple wedding?
Somewhere in the middle ground, not too extravagant as to be wasteful, and not as simple as to be meaningless.
11. Do you want the traditional vows or something you’d make up on your own??
Something of our own creation.
12. How many layers of cake do you want to have?
5 layers.
13. Do you prefer having your reception at a hotel or at a simple place?
Simple place. A hotel usually will render the atmosphere to be soulless.
14. When do you want to get married, evening or morning?
Morning. At the break of dawn. Signifying a great beginning of hope.
15. You’d rather have your reception outdoors or indoors?
Outdoors is the preference.
16. Do you like a grand entrance for your groom/bride?
If she consented to it. Probably try to convince her anyway. Would like to make her feel special.
17. Name the song/tune you’d like played at your wedding?
I Hear You Everywhere by Tanaka Rie, Tercipta Untukku by Ungu, Destiny by Jim Brickman & Jordan Hill, Super Trouper by ABBA, I Dont Wanna Miss A Thing by Aerosmith, When You Say Nothing At All by Ronan Keating, You'll Be In My Heart by Phil Collins, Keabadian Cinta by Anuar Zain, Belaian Jiwa by Innuendo, Kau Ilhamku by Man Bai, Rumahku Syurgaku and Selamat Pengantin Baru by Hijjaz, and Cari Pasangan by Rabbani.
18. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Morning person.
19. Do you want a solemn ceremony or a light one?
Solemn ceremony.
20. What age do you want to get married?
Repeat question..Refer no.3..Ideally will be 26.
21. Describe your ideal husband/wife.
A woman who shares the same goal and vision in life as me. A person whom I can understand & appreciate for what she is (warts and all), and vice versa.
22. Do you prefer fine dining or just the normal spoon & fork/knife?
Never a fan of fine dining anyway. Its too much of a hassle. Normal please.
23. Champagne or red wine?
Hehe. Apple juice?
24. Honeymoon right after the wedding or days after the wedding?
Right after.
25. Money or household item?
No preferences. Appreciate all gifts.
26. Who will pay for the bills?
Going Dutch here.
27. Are you ready for married life?
I am not a good judge as to that. Having said that, I think that I have lots of thing in myself that I have to work upon and change, before embarking on the road to matrimony.
28. Do you think you will still be a virgin until u get married?
Definitely.
29. Will you always be true to your wife/husband?
God-willing, yes.
30. How many kids do you like?
4 or 5 would be nice.
31. A new house for a newly wed or an old one?
No preferences, so long as it's nice, cozy, and manageable.
32. Will you celebrate silver wedding, gold wedding, or diamond wedding?
God-willing, yes.
33. What kind of cuisine would you like for your wedding?
Oriental.
34. Will you record your honeymoon in a cd or dvd?
Yes, I will. For future memories.Life of the Morally Grey
Assalamualaikum & good evening,
In the fictive world, writers are wont to delineate their integral characters into clear-cut personalities of good & evil. White againsts black.
Rowling gave us the opposing forces of Harry Potter & Voldemort, Tolkien fleshes out the antagonism of Aragorn & Sauron, Lucas spun a story of Luke Skywalker against the Emperor.
But what strikes me is, us real-life characters, are not easily classified into black & white. More often than not, it is likely grey. That is why sometimes I find it hard to relate to these black or white characters. Because they may at times seemed unrealistic in the real setting. The white characters are sometimes holier-than-thou, uptight, preachy. The black characters are hell-bent on destruction, & being evil for evil’s sake.
Perhaps realizing this, the aforementioned writers did include grey characters in their literary works. Rowling dishes out Snape, an ambiguous character, whose true intentions are only revealed towards the end of the magnum opus, in The Deathly Hallow. Snape’s actions was mainly motivated by his undying love to a certain character. Tragic doesn’t even describe Snape’s story. Tolkien put forth the character Boromir, the son of the Steward of Gondor, who was seduced by the power of the One Ring, believing that he can wield it to destroy the evil that is Sauron. Lucas introduced to us the tragic Darth Vader, who was turned into a monstrous being to save his wife.
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Maybe, because in these grey ones, I see the most correct way to describe humanity. These grey characters stumble in their lives’ path, make mistakes. But at the same time, they sometimes do acts of good. There is always the question of redemption.Which is actually similar to the stories of most of us, right?
Because in the end, Snape eventually helped Dumbledore & Harry to bring about the downfall of Voldemort, Boromir died at Amon Hen defending the Hobbits, & Darth Vader threw the Emperor to his death by the core reactor. These men have sinned, because they make choices that they thought was the best. But they turned out right in the end.
So, don’t be hard on yourself if you make mistakes. At the cost of sounding a bit lame, “to err is human, to be perfect is divine”. What is more important, you learn from your mistakes.
Wassalam. Happy Eid Adha to all Muslims.
p/s: Sorry Dayah. I made your tag later. Been a bit busy now.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Thoughts in the dead of the night...
Assalamualaikum & good nite,
Usually I set a topic to blog about in each posting, but tonite I want to do a little experiment. I just want to set my mind free & see what comes tumbling out of it, trying to do uninhibited posting.
Sometimes I think I am so selfish. I only think that I am the only person with problems in this world, that other people can handle their own problems, but not me. It never occured to me that each & every one of us might be tested by God, in their own way. Simply put, everyone has their own problems to face. Everyone has their own demons that need to be exorcised.
So, maybe I should not be too negative hehe. I think that my previous posts are so full of negative thinking. & only about myself. I rarely talk about other people...or the world. It is always about me. me. me. Never about other than "me".
So much is happening in the world right now. Back at home, Malaysian politics has never been more fragile. So many uncertainties. So many denials. So many hateful, spiteful feelings. So many people who only care about their own interests, their own pots, their own importances.
Globally, there are so MANY conflicts. People kill each other day by day. Humans are such sad creatures. They have brains & reasoning, yet they still kill each other. They alienate each other. They hate each other. They ostracize each other. They hurt each other. The strong oppress the weak. Only because of difference in race, religion, culture, nationality.
Even Meowth from Pokemon has more sense.
"Why should we hurt each other? We all live under the same sky, breathe the same air. If only we realize that we have so many things in common, & not focusing on the few things that we differ in, well, who knows (what might happen)?"
Yes folks, we might be different, you & me, but fundamentally, we are all the same. We all want to be happy. We all want to be loved. We all want to have friends. We eat. We breathe. We die. So, what's all this fuss about you are Chinese, she's a Muslim, & he's a Russian? That's why there are countless conflicts in this world. Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Thailand, Phillipines, the list goes on.
World economy is showing signs that it may be on the verge of collapsing, at least a few weeks back. Rice distribution has decreased in some countries, some of the usual rice exporters has suspended their rice export. China is under fire about the perceived mishandling of the Tibetans, what with the Olympics is around the corner, this is certainly the last thing that the government of China wanted to happen. But there are some views that say that there might be biased reporting about this against China. Since some of the mainstream media are owned by governments & business entities which might have a vested interest in seeing China having bad press, so they might play this thing up. It is said that the riot in Lhasa, Tibet, might have been instigated or started by the Tibetans themeselves, & while there are Tibetans who, sadly, died, cases of Tibetans who hurt or kill Chinese citizens in Tibet might go unreported.
Well, everything is not rosy in the world right now it seems.
Haha the irony. Just realized that I have broken my promise in the same posting. This posting is turning out to be a post full of negativities too. Sorry.
As for the Sabine Chronicles, I have bits of idea here & there, but haven't had the time to write it & to arrange the plot. Dear, dear me.
This post is too long, it seems. So, nitey nites.
Wassalam...
Usually I set a topic to blog about in each posting, but tonite I want to do a little experiment. I just want to set my mind free & see what comes tumbling out of it, trying to do uninhibited posting.
Sometimes I think I am so selfish. I only think that I am the only person with problems in this world, that other people can handle their own problems, but not me. It never occured to me that each & every one of us might be tested by God, in their own way. Simply put, everyone has their own problems to face. Everyone has their own demons that need to be exorcised.
So, maybe I should not be too negative hehe. I think that my previous posts are so full of negative thinking. & only about myself. I rarely talk about other people...or the world. It is always about me. me. me. Never about other than "me".
So much is happening in the world right now. Back at home, Malaysian politics has never been more fragile. So many uncertainties. So many denials. So many hateful, spiteful feelings. So many people who only care about their own interests, their own pots, their own importances.
Globally, there are so MANY conflicts. People kill each other day by day. Humans are such sad creatures. They have brains & reasoning, yet they still kill each other. They alienate each other. They hate each other. They ostracize each other. They hurt each other. The strong oppress the weak. Only because of difference in race, religion, culture, nationality.
Even Meowth from Pokemon has more sense.
"Why should we hurt each other? We all live under the same sky, breathe the same air. If only we realize that we have so many things in common, & not focusing on the few things that we differ in, well, who knows (what might happen)?"
Yes folks, we might be different, you & me, but fundamentally, we are all the same. We all want to be happy. We all want to be loved. We all want to have friends. We eat. We breathe. We die. So, what's all this fuss about you are Chinese, she's a Muslim, & he's a Russian? That's why there are countless conflicts in this world. Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Thailand, Phillipines, the list goes on.
World economy is showing signs that it may be on the verge of collapsing, at least a few weeks back. Rice distribution has decreased in some countries, some of the usual rice exporters has suspended their rice export. China is under fire about the perceived mishandling of the Tibetans, what with the Olympics is around the corner, this is certainly the last thing that the government of China wanted to happen. But there are some views that say that there might be biased reporting about this against China. Since some of the mainstream media are owned by governments & business entities which might have a vested interest in seeing China having bad press, so they might play this thing up. It is said that the riot in Lhasa, Tibet, might have been instigated or started by the Tibetans themeselves, & while there are Tibetans who, sadly, died, cases of Tibetans who hurt or kill Chinese citizens in Tibet might go unreported.
Well, everything is not rosy in the world right now it seems.
Haha the irony. Just realized that I have broken my promise in the same posting. This posting is turning out to be a post full of negativities too. Sorry.
As for the Sabine Chronicles, I have bits of idea here & there, but haven't had the time to write it & to arrange the plot. Dear, dear me.
This post is too long, it seems. So, nitey nites.
Wassalam...
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Not enough time...
Assalamualaikum, good day...I have shied away from blogging for a while these past few weeks. IMO, there's three axis that is crucial for all bloggers...namely, ideas, mood, & time. Let's just say that I am fairly brimming with the former two, but alas..time is not my ally these days.
I have to clear up many deadwoods over the past fortnight, not to mention exams & organizational work, that even if I am currently in a four-days holiday streak, I am still not finished with my responsibilities. But Alhamdulillah, some of the things that I have been meaning to do for days / weeks are finished. (mopping & dusting the room, etc). But it's not all work folks haha. Still managed to enjoy the break a bit, what with some of my friends are March babes! ( happy birthdays to Nadiah, Swarna, Aida, Dayah, & Phaik Hsia!) & there's a slew of birthday bashes!
Simply put, when I have time constraints..blogging have to be put in the back burner, coz I am such a slow typer...take me ages to type a paragraph, hehe. My dream was to blog vignette-style (short & concise), but it seems that I cannot adapt to that style...at least not yet.
Oh yes, the reason why suddenly I am drowning in a lot of work..is because some of this work or responsibilities are actually things that I should have finished months or weeks ago (organization reports, house cleaning, studies)...but because of my laziness & foot-shuffling, they have accumulated to a great extent, that I just can't gloss over them any longer hehe. & Alhamdulillah, in these past recent days, I am getting a bit hardworking, so I am tackling my mounting workload, bit by bit, one at a time, slowly but surely. Hopefully I will be able to finish them all haha. & hopefully I will not be afflicted by laziness again. :) So the lesson, peeps, never procrastinate! Get the job done! haha.
As the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said:
"The two blessings that are usually forgotten by mankind: good health & free time."
Till next time...got to wash the bathroom this afternoon....Insya Allah...
Toodles! wassalam.....
Monday, February 18, 2008
Why am I blogging again...?
Assalamualaikum & good day,
Don't know what drives me to do it, but today I went blog-hopping. Haha, dunno whether such a term exist, but what yours truly is referring to is, I went thru some established blogs in the world of blogging to learn some pointers or too. Well, let's just say it's an Eye-opener.
I realized that I still have lots to learn in this art of blogging.
I like some of the experienced bloggers ways of presenting their ideas..easy to digest..funny..colourful without being garish..factual without being preachy..haha
& I looked at my previous posts..& urgghhh...makes me want to throw up!..haha..not all of the posts anyway...but seriously...haneef, go figure!
Well I guess it takes time & effort..I guess..to be really good in blogging..haha time & effort..2 things that I am notoriously always have in short order..
Oh well, maybe I should examine why I want to blog again...
*I want to sharpen my literary wit (English esp)...since sages always say that we must improve
our strengths right?
& sadly my only identifiable strength in this world, is my *passable* command of English.
*To meet other people, from which I can learn new things..so that we can all be better persons.
*To blow off some steam...so that I will not sunk into depression
*To teach myself the art of communicating your ideas to the people, to the masses..
There! I think that's about it...haha..lofty ideals...the problem with being me is...I always make plans, but never acted upon them...
As John Lennon said,
The world is what happens to us, when we are busy making plans.
Oh, btw, I tried to test my blog on one of those readability test for a 2nd time, (the 1st time around I get junior high school), & guess what I got this time around!? an elementary school status!
My days are complete...
Don't know what drives me to do it, but today I went blog-hopping. Haha, dunno whether such a term exist, but what yours truly is referring to is, I went thru some established blogs in the world of blogging to learn some pointers or too. Well, let's just say it's an Eye-opener.
I realized that I still have lots to learn in this art of blogging.
I like some of the experienced bloggers ways of presenting their ideas..easy to digest..funny..colourful without being garish..factual without being preachy..haha
& I looked at my previous posts..& urgghhh...makes me want to throw up!..haha..not all of the posts anyway...but seriously...haneef, go figure!
Well I guess it takes time & effort..I guess..to be really good in blogging..haha time & effort..2 things that I am notoriously always have in short order..
Oh well, maybe I should examine why I want to blog again...
*I want to sharpen my literary wit (English esp)...since sages always say that we must improve
our strengths right?
& sadly my only identifiable strength in this world, is my *passable* command of English.
*To meet other people, from which I can learn new things..so that we can all be better persons.
*To blow off some steam...so that I will not sunk into depression
*To teach myself the art of communicating your ideas to the people, to the masses..
There! I think that's about it...haha..lofty ideals...the problem with being me is...I always make plans, but never acted upon them...
As John Lennon said,
The world is what happens to us, when we are busy making plans.
Oh, btw, I tried to test my blog on one of those readability test for a 2nd time, (the 1st time around I get junior high school), & guess what I got this time around!? an elementary school status!
My days are complete...
Friday, December 7, 2007
Feeling Lost...with 7 Deadly Sins to boot!
Just finished the anatomy exam for this block...alhamdulillah...
...
Don't know why I'm feeling so listless & lost, sad sometimes ;)...these couple of weeks...
And after chatting with Phaik Hsia, I also realized that I am now afflicted with 4 of the 7 Deadly Sins...I am now constantly feeling Envy-ious of other people, I eat a lot (Gluttony!), feeling so lazy most of the times (that Sloth folks!), and being so arrogant (enter Pride)..
Hopefully I can break out of these character molds soon (Ameen)...bcoz I seriously am hating the way I behave now....huhu....
Let's just hope that the remaining members of the Sins, (Wrath, Greed, Lust)..don't become permanent members of my psyche...
A Twilight Zone-kind of scenario, and scary....
Nevertheless possible...
Hopefully will never happen....
Signing off, wassalam.....
Don't know why I'm feeling so listless & lost, sad sometimes ;)...these couple of weeks...
And after chatting with Phaik Hsia, I also realized that I am now afflicted with 4 of the 7 Deadly Sins...I am now constantly feeling Envy-ious of other people, I eat a lot (Gluttony!), feeling so lazy most of the times (that Sloth folks!), and being so arrogant (enter Pride)..
Hopefully I can break out of these character molds soon (Ameen)...bcoz I seriously am hating the way I behave now....huhu....
Let's just hope that the remaining members of the Sins, (Wrath, Greed, Lust)..don't become permanent members of my psyche...
A Twilight Zone-kind of scenario, and scary....
Nevertheless possible...
Hopefully will never happen....
Signing off, wassalam.....
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Mayb I should be bilingual hehe...
Assalamualaikum...
sorry for the long wait...just finished a round trip to Kelate to visit dear old 'nenek' (love u Granny! hehe), then after that visiting my Sis at MRSM Pendang...
...I am never going on a trip from Kelate to KL by a 4WD...nvr again...
....'pusing sana pusing sini...nak muntah kawe' hehe...
neway...i have been wondering whether I should blog 100% in english...or mish mash it with Malay...coz I read my previous posts...hehe...& I feel unsatisfied...
now that's a big problem dont u think? if ppl r bored wif my blog, fine...but I am bored with my own posts?hehe..trouble's in the air...
how to say...when I read my posts...they seemed stale...not fresh...'skema' hehe...
mayb bcoz when I use english...I tend to use 'bookish' words....
the reason why I dont use Malay with English...bcoz if I use both together..I think I wont do them both justice...(u know..bahasa rojak...I can sense the DBP guys are already wagging their tongues hehe, saying no to bahasa rojak)
but I think I should try to use bahasa rojak for a while...to be fair to all my friends...eventhough it means that my blog cant go global haha (so boastful Haneef..tsk tsk tsk)
...the DBP police r after me now...
sorry for the long wait...just finished a round trip to Kelate to visit dear old 'nenek' (love u Granny! hehe), then after that visiting my Sis at MRSM Pendang...
...I am never going on a trip from Kelate to KL by a 4WD...nvr again...
....'pusing sana pusing sini...nak muntah kawe' hehe...
neway...i have been wondering whether I should blog 100% in english...or mish mash it with Malay...coz I read my previous posts...hehe...& I feel unsatisfied...
now that's a big problem dont u think? if ppl r bored wif my blog, fine...but I am bored with my own posts?hehe..trouble's in the air...
how to say...when I read my posts...they seemed stale...not fresh...'skema' hehe...
mayb bcoz when I use english...I tend to use 'bookish' words....
the reason why I dont use Malay with English...bcoz if I use both together..I think I wont do them both justice...(u know..bahasa rojak...I can sense the DBP guys are already wagging their tongues hehe, saying no to bahasa rojak)
but I think I should try to use bahasa rojak for a while...to be fair to all my friends...eventhough it means that my blog cant go global haha (so boastful Haneef..tsk tsk tsk)
...the DBP police r after me now...
Thursday, July 12, 2007
And so it begins...
Assalamualaikum...
hehe actually I have some misgivings about this..becoming a blogger..
once I said to my pal Kuden, "Kuden, aku ni bleh ke jadi blogger, aku ni kan skema...takut diorang boring baca aku punye blog..serius & x lawak langsung"...to which the reply was, "alah, selambe je, try la dulu..."
so, I said to myself, mayb I should give it a try...hehe..I have dabbled in blogs once..it was a disaster (my views & mine alone hehe).
mayb I felt compelled to give blogging one more shot, bcoz I noticed that my literary wit had dulled a gr8 deal...back during my school days I like to write short stories...er I mean...if the BM or English teacher gives an option, I always like to do "Gambaran cereka" or free style hehe..those were the days..so I just want to make sure that my language stays sharp...
& also my hope that my blog would be an outlet for me to pour of some steam, & also an outlet for me to share my ideas, my thoughts, my musings....
hopefully I won't repeat my mistake with my previous blog...back then I would try to update evry day...until I myself was bored reading the posts hehe...
I will update only when I am feeling like it...not as a compulsory daily activity...
I am also thinking of whether I should use English only or interchange it with Malay also...since I dont want to alienate my friends...any comment hehe?
well I guess I should be off now...for the moment...till then...
wassalam
hehe actually I have some misgivings about this..becoming a blogger..
once I said to my pal Kuden, "Kuden, aku ni bleh ke jadi blogger, aku ni kan skema...takut diorang boring baca aku punye blog..serius & x lawak langsung"...to which the reply was, "alah, selambe je, try la dulu..."
so, I said to myself, mayb I should give it a try...hehe..I have dabbled in blogs once..it was a disaster (my views & mine alone hehe).
mayb I felt compelled to give blogging one more shot, bcoz I noticed that my literary wit had dulled a gr8 deal...back during my school days I like to write short stories...er I mean...if the BM or English teacher gives an option, I always like to do "Gambaran cereka" or free style hehe..those were the days..so I just want to make sure that my language stays sharp...
& also my hope that my blog would be an outlet for me to pour of some steam, & also an outlet for me to share my ideas, my thoughts, my musings....
hopefully I won't repeat my mistake with my previous blog...back then I would try to update evry day...until I myself was bored reading the posts hehe...
I will update only when I am feeling like it...not as a compulsory daily activity...
I am also thinking of whether I should use English only or interchange it with Malay also...since I dont want to alienate my friends...any comment hehe?
well I guess I should be off now...for the moment...till then...
wassalam
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