3 days til new year...

This year had turned out great for me. However, it didn't started out with a bang.

Patience was part of my 2007 dictionary of life, without which I would not have been where I am right now. Trust me, it DOES pay to be patient. You just have to believe in yourself and keep moving forward. Insyaallah, the reward will come, sometimes in many different ways.

2007 is (was) the year that I had jumped from being an English assistant (with a RM5/hour pay) to being a low-paid exec then to being an assistant manager in less than 9 months. And now I'm jumping again, to a better position and pay (and working environment, insyaallah) in another company. I owe it all to 'Patience' and 'Perseverance', the two words that I have been chanting like mantras throughout the year.

2007 is (was) also the year where I have put a full-stop to my CIMA exams. I've finally passed the exam after struggling with it for the past 4 years! Repeating the same paper for the last 5 sitting was not fun at all. Especially when you found out that you've failed the paper with a marginal fail time and time again. However, now I can proudly say that I am an ACMA, and I didn't call it quits even after failing 4 times in a row.

This year had also been the year when I've finally changed my status in Friendster (hahaha) from 'single' to 'in a relationship' (poyo... yeah i know!). It has been a great year, relationship wise. I do hope that the happiness will be carried forward into 2008 and many years after that, insyaallah.


So, that's my recap for 2007. What about yours?




binx: happy new year everyone!

Malam Bulan Dipagar Bintang...

Malam bulan dipagar bintang
Makin indah jika dipandang
Bagai gadis beri senyuman
Pada bujang idaman

Duhai kasih ingin dimanja
Dengan cumbuan mesra
Untuk pelipur lara
Penawar dik asmara

Mmm.. mmm...
Mmm.. mmm...

Malam bulan dipagar bintang
Tambah seri cuaca malam
Murni sungguh ciptaan Tuhan
Bulan bintang lampu alam

Andai kata bintang menyepi
Bulan tidak berseri
Malam menjadi sunyi
Tidak berseri lagi

Title: Malam Bulan Dipagar Bintang
Lyrics: P Ramlee



It's a bright night outside. The sky is clear and the full moon is shinning.

It makes the night complete... It leaves me with a warm and fuzzy feeling to go to sleep with....

Goodnight everyone (or should I say good morning?)



binx: me no work,,, me sleep,,.

2 more days to freedom

1st of all.....

WHY IS IT SO HARD TO REPLY TO ALL YOUR COMMENTS??? IS BLOGGER GOING BONKERS ON ME?

Anyways, thanks for all your comments.. I shall try my best to stick to the next job for at least a year... hehehe...

So, with all the hoopla going around, I have managed to get my boss to approve all my outstanding leaves until my last day. Hence, I have been taking days off since last week! As of today, I only have 2 more working days and my last day is next Wednesday....

What have I been doing since then?

- Went up to Genting with my future BIL and SIL for a day... It's the school holiday and I thought it was the best time to start the "bonding" process. Bila lagi kan? hehehehe...

- Went hunting for materials for baju kawin along Jalan TAR with mom... phewh... Nak tercabut kaki ok... Tuh pun still have yet to find THE kain...

- Been receiving calls for interviews from another Group of companies. Since I shall be on leave tomorrow (Tuesday), I have scheduled 2 interview sessions with 2 different companies. Even though I have received the offer from Company X, everyone kept on advising me to attend the interviews just to test my market. I know it is greedy of me to do so.. but what the heck.. :)

Things to do tomorrow:-

- go for interview #1 at 10 am in Subang
- lunch with Mrs Wacko (*sob* *sob* she's leaving for the States soon *sob* *sob*)
- go for a full medical check-up for Company X's
- go for interview #2 at 5 pm in KL

Do you think I can manage to do all those in 1 day? We shall see...




binx: happy birthday, mr judge!! love ya lots, dear...!

Nothing's gonna change my world....

Have you seen 'Across the Universe' yet?
If you haven't, go watch it soon. Especially if you are a Beatles fan... The soundtrack is so cool!

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I received an unexpected phone call from Uncle Singh, my previous mentor from Company X 2 weeks ago. He knew that I was with the Orang Cina Bukan Cina Bank and had offered me a job with the old company (under a different subsidiary). He was very persistent and it was really hard to reject his offer as it was a very interesting offer. So I had accepted it instantly.

I have submitted my resume the next day and was told that 'my application' was accepted by the CEO of the company. I didn't have to attend any interviews as the boss, a.k.a Uncle Singh knows me well enough to know that I am fit for the position he had offered me. Plus, I have already worked for the company for 3 years before I decided to venture else where... So, they already know me pretty well.

The next thing I know, I was having a one-to-one conversation with my current boss, letting her know of my intention to leave. Surprise.. surprise.... According to her, the department head had planned to have a 'chat' with me the next day to discuss about a promotion. It seems that my boss had given me a very high performance rating and even the AVP and VP had vouched on it. Hence, since my team is going to be involved with lots of new project next year, they needed to have a co-section head... and that person was suppose to be ME! Imagine that... I would have created a record for being the 1st Malay to be a section head for the department... and the 1st person to jump from the AM position to a Manager position within 3 months. I would have been at the same level as my boss and would have a 40% salary adjustment.... cool eh?

However, I had to reject the offer as the other offer (from Company X) was far too tempting for me to let go.

Orang cakap, rezeki orang nak kawin.... Alhamdulillah...

So I shall be back in Jalan Raja Chulan as of 2nd of January 2008. No... I won't be working under Aunty Beast & Zorro... I won't be on the same floor as both of them... Let's just hope that I don't even have to liaise with them at all.




binx: i want a DS Lite too...!

500th post & 3 years of blogging...!

It has been 3 years!

I didn't think that I'd last this long.


I have come a long way since I started this confession blog. And I have poured most of my life stories here for the past 3 years just to express/share them with someone. Oh how I miss updating this blog.................. Damn firewall @ the office and unstable streamyx @ home!!!

Will definitely update more often soon, as I shall be regaining my internet freedom @ work again in a month's time (more details in the next post). Until then, I shall try to update every other day, if the connection permits (streamyx sucksssss).

To readers who have been following this confession space, thanks for hopping by.

How Now Brown Cow?

Location: Old Town Kopitiam, Central Market
Time: Lunch


K: *yawns* I am sleepy lar.. I slept quite late last nite

J: What you do, lar?

K: I was out with my girlfriend lar... Lama tak jumpa

Me: No wonder I didn't see you during the morning briefing.. Lambat ek?

K: Yeah lor... *big yawn*

J: Eh Binx, come let's give him a slap...

Me: Ok.. (getting into position)

J: 1... 2... 3...

*piakkkk*

K: (with a shocked expression) HOI...!! Sakit lar...

J: (rotflol) Woi.. you are not suppose to really slap him.. Dah lar kuat... Main2 aje lar...

Me: ooopppsss...... Sorry lar dude.. I didn't know.. I thought betul2...
Me: I bet you're really awake now... Am I right? *sheepish smile*

K: YOU'RE A COW AND A HALF!!!!


How was I suppose to know that I was suppose to acah2 aje?

So now I'm a cow and a half.... How does that work?





p/s: my sis is starting out a cool project.. do check her blog out.




binx: I miss blogging really bad... Streamyx sucks...

There's a whole in the world tonight...

If at first you don't succeed
Dust yourself off and try again
You can dust it off and try again

-Aaliyah - Try Again

Last weekend was my graduation day. Finally I have "the" scroll in my hand. The surge of joy of obtaining it is just too hard to describe. It is a great feeling when you have finally completed something that you have set your mind on to accomplish for a very long time. Now I am satisfied with myself and I can move on with other things that life has to offer.




One good thing that came out of last weekend was that I had managed to rub shoulders with the CEO of one of Malaysia's renowned company. Apparently he was my mom's classmate during her university years. And the best part was that he had handed me his business card and said "Send me your resume!"... :D

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Which would you prefer, someone who sulks and angers easily or someone who tries to stay cheerful and makes you smile most of the time?

It is hard and I AM trying my best...




binx: moving on...