Thursday, January 17, 2008

Mari bermain teka-teki


J and H is getting hitched.

J's parents told J to get a house and start fresh with H. H's parents, on the other hand, wants J and H to stay with them, as it is considered as a 'family tradition'.

J wants to find a place close to J's parents' house, D. However, H wants to find a place close to H's parents' house, L.

They both work at the opposite end of the city. Currently, J and H both travels 15km to get to their workplace. If J were to move and stay at L, J will have to face the monstrous morning traffic to get to work. And if H were to move and stay at D, H will have to go through 3 tolls to get to work.



Help them solve this puzzle please......




binx: confuse.....

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Bubbly goodie...






This song just makes you feel all bubbly inside... I like...




binx: now i can't stop singing... help!

Sunday, January 06, 2008

2008 - the new beginning...



5 days have past and I haven't updated the blog... gosh!

- New year celebration

We celebrated new year at the park behind my house, where we watched the fireworks from One Utama, The Curve, KLCC and Dataran Merdeka over a tub of haagen dazs each (i like...). Nuthing fancy... Just perfect.


- New job

I'm back in my old turf as of the 2nd of Jan. It is going to be a challenging year for me as the new job is an entirely new playing field that demands an extensive knowledge of the industry. I really have a lot to catch up within the next few weeks, with all the mega projects going on at the same time. Just hope that I will have time to organize my personal life in the midst of all the hecticness.


- House hunting

We are currently looking for a place to call home. If you ask me, I will definitely prefer to stay close to my family. Plus, I just can't tear myself away from this area, where everything is just 5 minutes away. However, we have to compromise and try to find a place that will be somewhere in between our workplace. Susah nya la nak carik rumah... For one, properties are expensive nowadays! I can't imagine paying RM450,000 for a 2-storey terrace house. That's just too expensive. However, if nak murah, then we have to look for a house jauh-jauh. OH TIDAK!!!

Am planning to check out an apartment later in the afternoon. I fell in love with the place when I was browsing through iproperty.com.my. Hope that it will be 'THE' place so that we can stop house hunting for now and start to furnish the place bit by bit. Will update soon.


- Everything else

Wedding preparation is going on smoothly. So far, the only glitch was the 'D' factor. It is so hard to orgnize a wedding when your parents are divorced. You have to try and jaga hati semua orang so that no one will terasa. However, alhamdulillah the problem is settled (I hope!). Now it is time to concentrate on the bigger picture. The dress, the kain, the hantaran. I still have 6 months to plan it all out. Any advice?




binx: i wanna shop!! need $$$...

Friday, December 28, 2007

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!

Monday, December 24, 2007

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,,.

Monday, December 17, 2007

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...!

Monday, December 10, 2007

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...!