The end has arrived!

This blog was created with the sole purpose of obtaining marks for my IT paper. I never thought creating and maintaining a blog would be this challenging yet it had been exciting. It required commitment and this is something I given out to too many things actually…  ;)

The class was asked to create at least 20 original posts with a minimum of at least 100 words each. A video must be uploaded and about 12 flags accumulated if these criteria were met, it ensures us marks.

I had completed as instructed with 20 original posts of more than 100 words. I had uploaded a video on dogs way earlier than had been required of us and had collected a total of 15 flags in a day, thanks to help of international friends of my boyfriend and I.

The Times magazine had helped me as it had given me something to write about. I decided to feature a few of the people in that issue partly because I had no idea of what to come up with to achieve the 20 posts. So I read that issue and wrote what I understood from the features done on them in that magazine. Times was the life saver.

As for the future of this blog well I don’t know if I can afford to continue as it requires commitment and a daily allotment of time. Moreover I am not much of a writer. This blog no doubt will help me in various ways. It can help create the discipline and perseverance which I so lack and improve my writing skills. I did not see many comments on the posts as many would have probably thought that I was trying too hard anyway…

Whatever it is I’m glad I have reduced the lists of assignments due. One down and seven more to go..

Cheers

Although Gloomy….Thank God it’s Friday! 

A gloomy Friday morning but I’m grateful that it had reached the end of the week alright. I am however a little reluctant that the end of the month is nearing. For now the biggest burden it the coursework that have yet to be completed.

The year end is also nearing and before you know it, we are ushering in a new year. I wonder if I can consider myself having achieved anything great this year…hmmm

I was planning on taking on a part time job maybe sell unit trust or something so that I can do more than just make ends meet. But my current position with college makes it difficult and actually impossible to juggle an extra job...unless of course I did not have to worry about coursework and assignments and stuff. But for now I have to sit still and try to push towards completing this.

The rationale behind looking for another job?? To perhaps pay the house bill as usual, so more for my mum, pamper myself a little by getting the chance to travel more and saving for a future plan to further my education and oh yeah renovate my little home.

Come 31^st October it would be my first year of owning my own property and I am glad I had made such a move. Come to think of it I have achieved a little this year!

In the coming year I intend to actually do more than some leaps- secure a better job in a bank perhaps, provide more for my mom (if she would only allow me to take her on a holiday..hmmmm) and also to be a better Christian and partner to my fiancé to be.

All only possible through Christ!

Bitter Jams!

Traffic jams are a norm for every travelling individual Malaysian. Jams on roads, human traffic in trains and on buses, what else isn’t there?

I travel to work by car…We car pool simply because if I were to opt for public transportation, I will have to take a bus to an LRT station, then take the train to another station and from there a bus to the place of work…hence I car pool.. As we travel to work we always wonder where on earth do Malaysians get their cash.

Undeniably we are facing inflation as the cost of living increases almost without fail. Cars have a price tag with tax of about 300 percent yet you see only one person in these Beemers or Hondas and Toyotas and there are more cars on the roads than ever before..which boils down to the initial question..Where do they get their cash??

I recently saw a politically inclined video that spoke of these taxes and the high costs involved in purchasing a property. It mentioned that an average Malaysian usually has high debts with little to no savings at all.

To top it all one only becomes the rightful owner of the property after a minimum of at least 15 years or so for houses and at least 8 years for cars. That video spoke of how Americans and Australians can own a house within 3 and 6 years respectively. Us? Well by the end of our working life, we can actually call our home ‘our home’ for real.

So back to the jams...is there ever going to be a solution to this? Even weekends on the roads are just as crazy and what more at 12am or 1am..Do people sleep anymore? And why aren’t they staying at home no more?? Gone are the days where Sundays were family-at-home days (more like family-all-out days) We seriously need a solution to this daily chaos

Terrifically tiring Tuesday

Yesterday had been an extremely long day. I had actually utilized every minute with some activity or another (or at least I think I did). It had been a productive Tuesday so to speak.

The day had started off with work as usual and the initial routine of dosing my boyfriend, boss and I with caffeine. Then I went about checking my boss’ and my email and worked on to do the list of things pending on my To Do List. I had worked on that until lunch.

After lunch seeing how I had completed my office work in the first half, I had decided to seize the opportunity to get down with my college work for real. I had not touched it for I had been too busy with work. And I had managed to start on two coursework and plan the layout for toe presentation.

I had felt accomplished as it had been very difficult sitting starting it due to social and work responsibilities.

After that it was off to college at 6pm for another day of mind-filling lessons (and pressure of the college assignments keeping haunting). After college I had to rush off to cheer my boyfriend and his buddies at his futsal match. The game ended at 11.30pm and then I had one more even before I could call it a day.

I had to attend a small birthday gathering amongst close friends. This was an obligation and hence had not much of a choice. Stuck around until 12.30am and the headed home.

I reached home at 1am while my extremely exhausted boyfriend had reached home at 1.20am.

Had to head off to bed to wake up at 5.45am this morning… with sleep of about 4 hours or so!

What has become of me!

As I sat and waited for him to pick me up to start off our daily routine, I had actually taken a moment to assess myself and wondered why I had become the person I am. I am a competitive soul, though many might think that as a good trait, it is eating into my personality. I used to be a person who would mingle without judging and always tried not to judge a book by its cover. I always tried to make the other person feel comfortable in my company.

Somehow I have lost all that along the way. I have been to places where only the fittest survive and I have seen people take advantage of the kindness of others and repay those good deeds with absolute malice. I am ambitious and driven especially to perform academically, yet I always wonder why do I have to push myself so hard to get that A while other are just born intelligent with the path to success already carved out for them.

I know this is no excuse as to why I have turned out to be a girl that is all out for herself and the ones she loves. I have also forgotten to appreciate the smaller things in life and the little gestures of good deed a person does for me. I place everything on a weighing scale. What good I do, I compare it with what others have done and value mine as being of greater worth. Basically I have become selfish and that is really not me. It’s not the person I have been brought up to be. I need to change this and appreciate the good people do for me and never value it against my deeds  because there is not right measurement for this sort of weight..

Change my heart O Lord!

Reality starts to sink in

I have just realized that I have loads of assignment and presentations due. These submission dates are creeping in on me like an army of fire ants. And I don’t know which area to stand on guard or where to attack first. There never seems to be enough hours in a day and the daily hustle and bustle of work and city life takes a toll on me. By the end of the day I weary and too exhausted…all that calls to me is the bunker of the dumb box…telling me I need to switch of work-mode and go into lazy-mode, because I deserve to do so.

Then there are my weekends…they come and go like they never did come in the first place and the next moment I’m wondering “what in the world did I do that it went so quick?”

The next you know it, the week has passed and the month and soon the year and you’re getting older….but before all that…Yes I have assignments due..haven’t forgotten that..how could I possibly!

Man I seriously need a break!

Times Feature

That wraps up the feature of some of the 100 most influential people in the world today.  They range from thinkers, leaders, heroes and artist. There are many that I had not covered. Jet Li, Didier Drogba, Serena Williams and more, these names speak for themselves and the achievements and fame attained in the process. .

There are however those who silently influenced many –Liya Kebede, the WHO Goodwill Ambassador to maternal health; a child bride, Reem Al Numery in Yemen fighting for her rights; or even Rahul Singh for his relief provisions to the earthquake stricken Haiti.

All these people have impacted a society or nation, be it theirs or otherwise, their efforts and achievements deserve an applause.