"A recent study reported that as many
as 80% of the people in the workforce don’t enjoy their job. And nearly 75%
don’t know their true passion,"
Once in a while, IslamicThinking publish stories in their twitter timeline. Their latest #storytime session really touches my heart tonight and I would like to take this chance to share with you and hopefully be a good reminder to all of us.
A professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see and asked the students,
Prof: How much do you think this glass weighs?
Student: 50 grams! 100 grams! 125 grams!
Prof: What will happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?
Student: Nothing
Prof: Ok.What would happen if I held it for an hour?Student: Your arm would begin to ache
Prof: You're right! Then what would happen if I held this for the whole day?
Student: Your arm could go numb, you might have severe muscle stress & paralysis & may have to go to the hospital!
Prof: Very good! Now did the weight of the glass changed while I was holding it?
Student: No.
Prof: Then what should I do?
Student: Put the glass DOWN!
Prof: Exactly! That's the same with life problems. Hold it for a few minutes in your head, they seem okay. Think of them for a long time and they begin to ache. Hold it even longer and they begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do anything.
It's important to think of the challenges (problems) in your life, but EVEN MORE IMPORTANT to have trust in Allah S.W.T. To 'put them down' at the end of every day before you go to sleep.
That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh and strong and can handle any issue, any challenge that comes your way!
So at the end of the day, remember to PUT THE GLASS DOWN and put trust in Almighty Allah SWT.
Tranquility is the sign of strong faith while worries and stress is the sign of weak faith.
taken at wonderpixs studio, 22nd nov 2011
They say that the best way to make money is through your passion & talent.
So, what is your passion?
We are all molded from young to find a known profession to make money and gain stability from, that we were asked to put our passion & 'ridiculous dreams' aside. We were taught to take that safe route.
You want to be an international football player? You want to be an astronaut? You want to be a singer? You want to be a writer? Are you sure?? Are you really sure? Why don't you be an accountant instead.
As we grow older, most of us forget those dreams. Surprisingly, I noticed many who follow those dreams are those unique successors who seem to be having the time of their life - making money from passion!
So when people ask me "What is your passion?" - I stay quiet and wonder. I may have lost it or I'm still searching for it. How can anyone NOT have a passion? But many, like me, stay quiet and wonder to the same question.
When looking at those with talent and passion, and choose to NOT do anything about it, I can't help but wonder, WHY ARE YOU WASTING YOUR TALENT?!?
So, what is your passion?
We are all molded from young to find a known profession to make money and gain stability from, that we were asked to put our passion & 'ridiculous dreams' aside. We were taught to take that safe route.
You want to be an international football player? You want to be an astronaut? You want to be a singer? You want to be a writer? Are you sure?? Are you really sure? Why don't you be an accountant instead.
As we grow older, most of us forget those dreams. Surprisingly, I noticed many who follow those dreams are those unique successors who seem to be having the time of their life - making money from passion!
So when people ask me "What is your passion?" - I stay quiet and wonder. I may have lost it or I'm still searching for it. How can anyone NOT have a passion? But many, like me, stay quiet and wonder to the same question.
When looking at those with talent and passion, and choose to NOT do anything about it, I can't help but wonder, WHY ARE YOU WASTING YOUR TALENT?!?
There's always that life-changing event that you look forward to in life.
When I was in high school, I was excited to enter university. I knew it was gonna be the time of my life - freedom - which I agree, it was. The only pressure was just exams. Other than that? I was organizing events. I went to musicals and concerts and hung out with friends whenever I want. Life was free and easy.
Then I was ready to start earning money, to be able to achieve my material dreams in life - travelling, shopping, investments, business. Which also came in the same package with credit card bills, fuel, paying for my own meals and all these other responsibilities - daughter, colleague, employee, sister.
Now comes this other event that I'm really looking forward to: marriage. I'm all excited to get married and I also wonder, how much exciting can it be after? Will it be just like all these other events? After one, then another - maybe the next event to look forward to is having kids? And then your son's first day in school? Or is this THE START of this second phase of journey in life? Like, all these while, it was you + other responsibilities and then now, it's going to be you + him + other responsibilities? Like life is separated into two: your life before and your life after marriage? Is this the beginning?
I want to be married to Mr. because I want to share this other journey of my life with him. I want to be able to take random air asia flights and travel with him, quarrel, cry and laugh with him, get to know Allah better with him, save more money with him, have free pillow talks with him, and when ready, to have cute beautiful babies with him! Heeeee ;)
When I was in high school, I was excited to enter university. I knew it was gonna be the time of my life - freedom - which I agree, it was. The only pressure was just exams. Other than that? I was organizing events. I went to musicals and concerts and hung out with friends whenever I want. Life was free and easy.
Then I was ready to start earning money, to be able to achieve my material dreams in life - travelling, shopping, investments, business. Which also came in the same package with credit card bills, fuel, paying for my own meals and all these other responsibilities - daughter, colleague, employee, sister.
Now comes this other event that I'm really looking forward to: marriage. I'm all excited to get married and I also wonder, how much exciting can it be after? Will it be just like all these other events? After one, then another - maybe the next event to look forward to is having kids? And then your son's first day in school? Or is this THE START of this second phase of journey in life? Like, all these while, it was you + other responsibilities and then now, it's going to be you + him + other responsibilities? Like life is separated into two: your life before and your life after marriage? Is this the beginning?
I want to be married to Mr. because I want to share this other journey of my life with him. I want to be able to take random air asia flights and travel with him, quarrel, cry and laugh with him, get to know Allah better with him, save more money with him, have free pillow talks with him, and when ready, to have cute beautiful babies with him! Heeeee ;)
////// Note: I've written a Part II (post-wedding) of this post here
Here's the thing about wedding make up - or make up generally. It should compliment and touch up your face. It shouldn't make you a different person.
I visited a booth at a wedding exhibition held in Shah Alam Convention Centre (SACC) last 2 weeks. This guy was showing me pictures of how magical their make up effect is - "We can make you look like a model!". True enough, some of the pictures they showed were shocking, like really magical! The girls look soooo pretty! I even thought this Malay lady was a Chinese - thanks to the effect of foundation - yes somehow we naturally want to look fairer, while the fair ones wants to get a tan. But really, that is not what I want. I want to look like myself - maybe a bit fresh looking, less oily face - but certainly to look like the original me. I don't want darker/lighter skin or fake longer eye lashes.
I've been recommended to a lot of make up artists here in Malaysia. Ayang Kamell, Sue Cantik, Ezral Nordin - all with different specialties.
Ayang Kamell is popular for his eye make-up:
Here's the thing about wedding make up - or make up generally. It should compliment and touch up your face. It shouldn't make you a different person.
I visited a booth at a wedding exhibition held in Shah Alam Convention Centre (SACC) last 2 weeks. This guy was showing me pictures of how magical their make up effect is - "We can make you look like a model!". True enough, some of the pictures they showed were shocking, like really magical! The girls look soooo pretty! I even thought this Malay lady was a Chinese - thanks to the effect of foundation - yes somehow we naturally want to look fairer, while the fair ones wants to get a tan. But really, that is not what I want. I want to look like myself - maybe a bit fresh looking, less oily face - but certainly to look like the original me. I don't want darker/lighter skin or fake longer eye lashes.
I've been recommended to a lot of make up artists here in Malaysia. Ayang Kamell, Sue Cantik, Ezral Nordin - all with different specialties.
Ayang Kamell is popular for his eye make-up:
Sue Cantik is known for her make-up and also her tudung skills:
But all I want is just is to look as natural as possible. No dark eye make up. No fake eyelashes. No super thick foundation. All I want is this:
And then, you may ask, so why do you need to put make up on if you want to look natural then? Haha. That's just a question that only a girl can answer.
So anyways. Normal professional make up charges can be around rm800 - rm1500. Ayang Kamell quoted me rm800 for engagement make up. Sue Cantik charges rm1000 for per session of make up - engagement/wedding. Shahidah charges me rm1000.
I told myself, that I didn't want to spend that much for an engagement.
For engagement, I managed to get a friend's (Fiza) cousin, Nadia Anuar, to do my make up. Her usual charges are around rm450 - but because I told her I don't want smokey eyes effect and that I have short hair so no hair styling is needed, and also that I want very very light make up - she charged me way cheaper, Alhamdulillah :D
I have also secured Sue Cantik for my solemnization. I also need to inform her on how I want the make up to be - I've been told that she's really good - so insyaAllah she can suit my taste. I just wanna make sure that my tudung looks good too!
As for my reception. I'll probably stick to Nadia Anuar. I'll look at how the engagement make up goes, if all good, I'll stick to her. Just simple light make up. I don't want to be spending too much on make ups.
Hoping that everything will turn out good! :) :) :)
"Princess Kate does her own make up! You should do yours, yourself too! Free je..." said Mr.
Ceit! Make up - something men will never understand.
In Selangor, it is compulsory to take HIV blood test before getting married. I'm not too sure for non-Muslims, but it is compulsory for Muslims.
There's no pass or fail results. You can still get married if you are tested positive, but its just to inform the soon-to-be married couple of the situation so that pre-caution measures can be taken to avoid the disease spreading and blooming.
Any government clinics in Selangor now have a special dedicated HIV Blood Test counter, which is only open certain hours in a day. Mr. tried to call a lot of clinics around our office area here in Seri Kembangan but it seems that they don't take appointments and you will have to queue in line for your turn. He finally managed an appointment with Klinik Kesihatan Kelana Jaya and after registration, we waited about 5 minutes for our turn and then another 10 minutes for our results - Alhamdulillah, both results were negative :)
The test kit is like a pregnancy test kit. A prick on your finger for a drop of blood - and then the blood is placed on a kit (as seen below). Wait for a few minutes, a line will be seen to indicate the result.
You should have seen Mr's face when he received the results paper. "Abang, saya dah boleh kawin lah ni kan?" he asked the nurse. "Boleh dah.. bila nak kahwin ni?"
"Sekarang jugak ni abang saya nak kawin! Dah dapat result ni, sekarang gak saya kawin!" LOL. Malu saya, org lain pandang tsk tsk.
So anyways. The key is: find a government clinic that takes appointments! Don't waste time waiting for your turn. It can take an hour or so. Of course, I recommend you the Kelana Jaya clinic.
...if you get what I mean...
When we give donations to the poor, do we understand how being poor really feels like?
When we see mothers with feeding their children by the roadside of Jalan Masjid India, have we wondered how it feels like to live in the streets?
We complain so much! Money is never enough. Food is never tasty enough. The weather is just too hot.
We never take the time to ponder, and appreciate what God has given us - something that the less unfortunate wish and pray for.
Mr and some other friends are on a mission this weekend. They wanna experience the life of the poor for a day. They wanna live in the streets for a night.
Come support and join them! They'll be leaving Bukit Jalil area around 9pm. If interested, pls contact him at 012-331-5322.
When we see mothers with feeding their children by the roadside of Jalan Masjid India, have we wondered how it feels like to live in the streets?
We complain so much! Money is never enough. Food is never tasty enough. The weather is just too hot.
We never take the time to ponder, and appreciate what God has given us - something that the less unfortunate wish and pray for.
Mr and some other friends are on a mission this weekend. They wanna experience the life of the poor for a day. They wanna live in the streets for a night.
Come support and join them! They'll be leaving Bukit Jalil area around 9pm. If interested, pls contact him at 012-331-5322.
Don't just talk! Walk the Talk!
..I've been procrastinating to start the experiments for my Master's Mini Thesis - and then last weekend I woke up in the morning and told myself, "Argghhh...Let's just do this!"
So I started off with preparing the materials:
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...and then I realized that I didn't know how to make a hole on the PVC pipe! There's a driller there but I'm not sure how to make a hole that can fit the pipe perfectly!
I saw some construction workers who were on their break from our house renovation work, and asked for their help instead! Teee Heeeee ;)
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| "Don't forget to focus, you'll need to report this in your thesis!" |
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| Cut the pvc pipe using a pipe saw. |
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| After fitting in the elbow and 15mm pipe in the hole, make sure you silicone the connect area to avoid leakage. |
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| And then it's done! |
So, that's how "I BUILD" my own BSF - thank you Wak Indo! :D :D :D
Maybe, they should get the Masters certificate instead...Hmmmm....
