Content with the present
20 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
in Thinking positive Tags: Being Happy, Focus, gift of the present, gratitude, happiness, Law of attraction, living in the present, present, Stop looking back, tips to being happy
It has taken me a while to be able to be truly appreciative of what I have, where I am and what I’ve gone through. Life is indeed beautiful when
a) you are firstly grateful with what you have instead of focusing on what others have that you have yet to have in your life.
b) every time you mind wanders back into the past, you are able to pause, stop yourself from thinking about what has happened/ what you had;
c) you direct your thought to what you want instead of looking back at what has gone wrong or what you’ve lost.
The steps above have indeed make me a happier person now. The most important thing of all is;
“to continuosly pray for what you want and believe that the Creator of The Universe, will manifests it for you”
Till then, Stay focused on what you want instead of what you don’t!
Vanilla Coklat
02 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
in Bahasa Melayu, Fun Tags: aiman, Aiman Hakim Ridza, Astrid, Cinta, Drama Melayu, Izara Aisyah, OST Vanilla Coklat, Subang Jaya, Tentang Rasa, Tiz Zaqyah, USJ, Vanilla Coklat
A blog post dedicated to the first Malay drama that I watched consistently in a very long time. Aku memang bukan peminat drama Melayu terutamanya drama bersiri. Sebab selalunya drama Melayu ni plotnya boleh dibaca, dari satu babak ke babak yang lain mengambil masa yang lama dan lepas tu lagu yang dimainkan tak kena dengan babak yang ditunjukkan.
Tapi lain pulak ceritanya dengan Vanilla Coklat. Awal-awal yang buat aku tertarik nak menonton drama ni sebab jalan ceritanya tak slow. Satu babak ke babak yang lain mengambil masa yang cepat. Lepas tu dialog dia boleh tahan lah. Paling penting, aku suka sangat tengok pelakon utamanya, watak Izara dengan Amir. First time tengok drama Melayu, pelakonnya ada chemistry.
Lepas tu, dua watak ni tak lah jumpa terus jatuh cinta. Sebagai penonton, kita boleh nampak proses macam mana kedua-duanya boleh jatuh cinta. Lepas dah tinggal sebumbung, mereka pun mulalah sedar yang masing-masing tak seteruk yang disangkakan, mula cuba berbaik-baik, tolong-menolong, lepas tu jadi kawan dan akhirnya jatuh cinta. Cerita macam ni lah yang best. Selalunya dalam drama Melayu, kita tak nampak macam mana watak-wataknya boleh jatuh cinta. Baru tengok muka dah jatuh cinta bagai nak rak..Tak realistik.
Pelakonnya pun muka hensem dan lawa. Aiman Hakim is soooooo cute. At least, bila dia cakap bahasa Inggeris, dengar macam orang yang biasa bertutur dalam bahasa Inggeris. Bukan macam pelakon lain yang kalau bab bercakap bahasa Inggeris, bunyi “s” selalu hilang. Balik-balik mula dialog dengan “Well”…
Sayangnya, cerita Vanilla Coklat ni, bahagian konflik dia tak best. Aku tinggalkan 2 episod sebab konflik yang direka boleh dibaca dan tak logik..Aku cuma tengok episod akhir je..Tulah dia cerita Melayu. Baru aku ingat best. Sekali, konfliknya jenis recycle dari cerita lain.
Apa-apa pun I’m officially a fan of Aiman Hakin and Izara sebab kedua-duanya berlakon tak buat-buat. Hopefully lepas ni, kedua-duanya digabungkan lagi. Tapi tak tahulah kenapa, muka Aiman Hakim tu macam familliar je..Macam pernah nampak around area USJ kat Subang Jaya ni..Maybe dia tinggal dekat-dekat sini kot..Manalah tahu satu hari nanti terserempak lagi…
Kadang-kadang terasa USJ ni macam Hollywood Malaysia pulak sebab selalu sangat nampak artis. Orang ramai minat sangat dengan Tiz Zaqyah sampai berpusu-pusu tengok dia kalau dia muncul kat mall. Aku nampak dia DUA kali lalu sebelah aku kat USJ ni, macam biasa je. Lainlah kalau Aiman Hakim yang lalu..Confirm aku akan pandang pastu senyum je lah..hehehehe..meminati dari jauh.. 
Nak share lagu favourite aku dari drama Vanilla Coklat.. Astrid – Tentang Rasa…Lagu ni sangatlah sedap didengar..
Stop Looking Back “Berhenti Memandang ke Belakang”
29 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
in Bahasa Melayu, Dealing with change, Memories, Moving on, Thinking positive Tags: belajar menghargai masa kini, berhenti mengingati masa lampau, berhenti pandang ke belakang, berhenti pandang ke masa lampau, Gift of present, hargai masa kini, Kini, Letting go, Letting go of the past, living in the now, lupakan kesedihan lau, masa kini, masa lampau, melupakan bekas kekasih, melupakan cinta lama, melupakan kisah semalam, melupakan masa lampau, Now, past, present, Sekarang, Stop looking back
My topic today would be to Stop Lookin Back. It’s definitely easier said than done.
We tend to look back because we are conditioned that way. When we were younger, our parents will tell us stories that begin with “Once upon a time….”. Hence, that’s how we live our lives. We place high importance in what happened in the past.
We tend to remember past achievements, who we were, who we loved in the past, who loved us in the past, friends that we have had in the past, how skinny we used to be. We blog about the past, we go through our facebook walls, we looked back at past photos and suddenly we feel sad at the thought of losing what we used to have in the past.
One fact remains the same. THE PAST IS GONE and we will NEVER GET THEM BACK.
As quoted in The Lion King, “it’s in the past, it doesn’t matter anymore”.
What matters is TODAY. Who you are is not who you were in the past. It’s who you are today and what you want to be!
I have found myself crying over the past that I could never change, over the people that I have met in the past and could never meet again, over the love I have lost in the past, over the career that I had in the past.
But now, it’s time to change all that. Life begins NOW. No matter how hard I cried, I could never get back the past glory. BUT, the PRESENT is still mine and not anyone’s to take. I am now in the path of re-defining myself and the person that I want to be in future. Old relationships are lost but it’s now time to create new ones. Old career is gone but it’s time to learn new skills and achieve success and glory in this new career. Old colleagues are gone but new colleagues are around me and they really are nice people. Time to truly enjoy the gift of the Present. Life begins at 27 for me! Alhamdulilah! All praises to Allah.
Bahasa Melayu
Jangan pandang belakang. Bunyinya macam filem seram jer kan?..Sebenarnya topik harini ialah berhenti mengingati masa lampau. Memang bunyinya macam senang tapi nak membuatnya, sangatlah susah.
Kita dah dididik sejak dari kecil yang segalanya berkisar tentang masa lampau. Semua cerita yang mak dan ayah kita cerita mesti bermula dengan “Pada zaman dahulu….”. Jadi, kita semua dah terdidik, kalau bercerita, mesti tentang masa lampau. Lagu-lagu pun ditulis tentang masa lampau. Lagu cinta terutamanya selalu tentang kisah sedih cinta yang telah hilang. Jadi, kita pun terpengaruh dan mula lalai dibuai masa lampau bila kita dengar lagu-lagu ini.
Kita selalu teringat kejayaan kita masa lalu, kawan-kawan yang kita pernah rapat, kekasih yang pernah kita cintai, kerja yang telah kita tinggalkan dan sbgnya. Kita check balik wall facebook kita, gambar2 yang pernah kita ambil bersama rakan-rakan, dan lepas tu kita terasa sedih mengenangkan betapa kita merindui saat-saat itu.
Faktanya cuma satu: Masa lampau tu dah BERLALU dan kita tidak akan sekali-kali mendapatkannya semula.
Dah banyak airmata yang telah dititiskan untuk masa lampau yang tak mungkin dapat diubah, kawan-kawan yang telah putus hubungan, masa-masa indah percintaan bersama bekas kekasih, kerja yang telah ditinggalkan.
Tapi, masa lampau tu tetap tak kembali padaku. Sepatah kata watak dalam kartun Lion King “Benda tu dah berlalu. Dah takde maknenye lagi”.
Jadi, aku pun bertekad untuk berubah. Apa guna memikirkan perkara yang memang takde apa-apa lagi?. Yang paling penting adalah HARI INI, SEKARANG!
SEKARANG adalah milik aku untuk mengubahnya. Aku masih boleh menjadi siapa yang aku mahu jadi. Aku masih boleh membuat kawan-kawan baru, membina kerjaya yang baru dan mencari cinta baru dalam hidupku. Aku akan bersungguh-sungguh untuk menikmati masa SEKARANG sebab SEKARANG adalah anugerah terindah.
Hidupku bermula KINI. Alhamdulilah. Aku janji pada diri aku untuk berhenti memandang belakang dan terus melangkah ke hadapan!. InsyaAllah!
January highlights
04 Feb 2012 1 Comment
in family Tags: Babies, Family, January, Life, Love, Scrapbook, Scrappad app
My January highlight would be Baby Arween and my sister’s trip to Malaysia. I got to spend quality time with Arween and it was so nice to hangout with my sister Linda.
My family spent the Chinese New Year holidays in KL. We went to KLCC and other shopping malls. At night, my sisters and I watched movies just like we used to do in the past before Linda got married. Those were the things that I enjoyed most.
Arween may not know it now but just by being here with us, he really helped to give joy to my sister Rosita who recently went through something heartbreaking. I mean how can anyone feel down looking at Baby Arween’s cute face right?
Overall, All praises to Allah for a blessed January 2012. Allah has given me and my family so much to be thankful for. And most importantly, Allah has saved us from those who are in the wrong path.
Focus
04 Feb 2012 Leave a Comment
in Thinking positive Tags: Andrew Matthews, Being Happy, Focus, Focus quotes, inspiration, Inspirational quotes, Inspiring quotes, Law of attraction, positive quotes
According to Andrew Matthews, author of the book Being Happy, what you focus on expands. So, here’s a meaningful quote that I would like to share. I made the poster above all own my own. My own photograph, and I added some effects to make it more interesting. Feel free to share with others but do link me instead of just copy and paste. Thanks!
Pursue your dream
02 Feb 2012 2 Comments
in Thinking positive Tags: Astro, courage, Dreams, Dreams come true, inspiration, ON AIR, Pursue your dreams, Walt Disney
Life often make dreams look so hard to pursue. But if Walt Disney had let life get in the way of pursuing his dream, there may never be Walt Disney and what will our lives be if we never watch Disney movies??
I really could use some courage right now to pursue what I have always dreamed of doing. I have always wanted to be a TV presenter/ VJ but I have always been afraid to go for audition.
Astro is having a new show called ON AIR and I have been contemplating if I should go for the audition. After watching the first episode that aired last night showing the audition, I really feel that I should tryout.
So, I’ve made my decision! This Sunday, I will head to Bukit Jalil and go for the audition. Like Walt Disney mentioned, we just need the courage to pursue our dreams.
Past Crushes
27 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Fun, Memories Tags: College days, Crush, Crushing on you, Facebook, Love, Memories, Past crushes, School days, Schooldays crush, stumble upon
January 2012 has been a pretty interesting month. In this month alone, I found out about my two ex-crushes (if there is such term). I am actually referring to the boys that I used to crush on in the past.
Last two week, I saw right in front of my eyes, my ex-crush from college. I could have sworn that he looked exactly the way he did 9 years ago. Still the same hairstyle, same old backpack etc. He was standing right in front of me. But he did not notice me at all because he was busy looking at his handphone. I thought of calling out his name but I was not in a position to do so as there were too many people around us and not to mention, my boss was there. It would seem so AWKWARD.
So, after I saw him, it prompted me to find out more about him in facebook. I got into my stalking mode..Ohh.. come on..everyone does that right??…
And the verdict is….he’s happily married and he is expecting his first child. I was not that surprised to find out about that as I had a feeling that he’s married. He appeared to have gained some extra pounds and I always thought that he’d marry young and I was right all along. How do I feel?? Well a little weird, but happy for him. After all, it never occurred in my mind to search for him in facebook until just recently. And that’s it. BTW, he was my third crush.
Just today, I saw my second crush appeared in my facebook. OMG!..A classmate from my secondary school posted a picture on our mutual friend’s wedding. And guess what????….She is married to my second crush!!..So shocking because if I remember correctly (after it all it’s been 13 years) we were all from the same class. And these two were never really friends. But I suppose it’s fated that these two met after all these years and fell in love. I let go of my first crush when he shifted to a different state when we were 15 years old. I have never heard about him ever since (except that time when I was 17 and he visited our school when he was in town).
Life is funny isn’t it? You never know what you’re going to stumble upon in facebook…….:P
Maybe next time I’ll share about my encounter with my first crush..and not forgetting, our first real moment together 
