Selamat Hari Raya everyoneeee!!

Selamat Hari Raya to all my readers. Please forgive me for all the wrong doings.

Raya has been fun! Grandmother was back to her house after almost 3 weeks staying with us on Raya eve. So, first day is the usual. Except.. without Datuk around. Our first Raya without him. Al fatihah to Datuk.

Purple vs orange

Went back to Kuala Selangor on second day Raya. Couldn't make it last year because both dad and Love were worried of the fact that I was due anytime. I would say it is a wise decision that I listened to them both.

Third day raya well spent at Batai with the relatives.

Started working on the 4th day of Raya.. macam loser busy marking whole day. But back on leave 5th day Raya for a date with Love.

Wanted to play mini putt at citta mall but it is no longer operational, boo. Ended up watching ant man which was fun!

Loving my raya this year. Very grateful to the Almighty to have spend it with my loved ones. Hope yours went well too, peeps!

Your brain is being rewired for happiness

Grandmother stayed with us for the night as she fell down couple of days ago.

I was not in my best mood. Works are piling up, need a leave badly. How sadddd.. not being able to be next to her all the time.

In office, and googled "hypnotize happy".

Found this... totally worth of your 2 minutes.

Click this link for your 2 minutes happiness booster

Slightly happier now.

Back to work. Be safe, everybody!

Ok, so you're popular..

At times facebook can be depressing.

Like the aftermath of Pilihanraya made me leave the country with no Internet connection, found total bliss.

And these couple of days my news feed is flooded with a "diva" as what he called himself and a restaurant near my in law's house called Menate. Story went like this.. This diva asked which place to go for a steak. And a girl suggested this "Menate" restaurant. He thought the girl insulted him by calling him "menate" as in binatang/animal. And condemned the girl with words that for me the worst I read in my entire life. When he was being explained what she meant, being a sore loser, started to say that the place is not his level. He only ate at Chili's and Nando's (which by the way not even a steak house and not even in Menate's level). Even came out with a viral video condemning that place when pointed out that the chef used to cook for the Queen of England. 

Merepek ok.

Reminded me of a story that I believe I should clarify.

Not long ago, my university invited a famous actress to give a talk to our uni. Title nya, "From zero to hero." Which we all did not understand the relevance. Did not agree as well.

The day came, and this beautiful actress did not turn up. Which we did not bother pun sebab she was being replaced by a very wonderful speaker instead.

The next day, she went hysterical via facebook and instagram blaming our university that she did not at all agree to be part of the whole event. She never made aware of it and basically tarnish our name with her childish status.

The following day, her PA later apologized, saying that the communication breakdown was on their part. The actress deleted all her status. Never apologized. And later after the PA's status became crazy with the netizens anger, the PA just deleted the status as well just like that.

Merepek ok.

Celebrities.. you are not God, for God's sake. We don't expect you to know everything. Menate is a small restaurant, we don't expect you to know. Our uni's invitation might be insignificant compared to your super hectic schedule, we understand. 

It's ok to do mistakes.

All you need to do is admit them and move on. 

The world is round you know. You can at least have my respect. But rather you chose me to boycott your tudung product. Hehe..

K.. post emo dah banyak kali nak tulis, only now tak tahan sgt. Sorry for the emo post guys!

IPN's mental arithmetic class - a review

So I spent my Saturday here..

Been to right brain last year, so I only attended the mental arithmetic ones. Read my review on right brain here.

I was introduced by my dad to mental arithmetic class when I was in Standard 3. He sent me to UC Mas a tad bit too late because I was so used of the old method and thought my congak was so much faster than mental arithmetic.

I was one of the best; if not the best math student in my school. Inherited it from my dad, so congak became a nature to me. I lost interest in mental arithmetic which caused me to skip tuition and spent my two hours in playground having Maggi Ayam instant with my friend instead.

Dear Allah, please let my daughters be so much better than me.

Anyhow, I have always thought mental arithmetic is useful. Was sooo happy attending the class with Puan Lina's aura; please please please go. I had so much fun.

Having said that, let me give you an overview on how to introduce mental arithmetic for your kids.

You need an abacus; train them with abacus first before they can do mental arithmetic.

The most common abacus is split into two basic rows:

the top row for the "5"s, and
the bottom row for the "ones".

Use index finger to slide the top rows and your thumb to slide the bottom rows.

I did this using powerpoint so you guys can have a clearer picture on how to use the abacus. So first, these are all that you need to teach your kids, and currently what I'm teaching Khaira. I tried only once a week with her.

I will update the next step. Till then, doakan for the strength for me to write more often!

"You must have done something right"

I woke up all emotional yesterday, one of my good friend, Kak Husna was about to have her PhD viva that morning and I could not be there with her because I was one of the panels for the internship program's interview held by my parent company.

The turnover of the interview was very poor, 2 out of 9 students came. When asked why, one of the candidates said the email went to her "Junk mail" and defended those who did not come.

"But you are here," one of the panels, Mr. O pointed out.

"I am lucky because I happened to check my junk mail last night," she said innocently.

Then, Mr. O said something that hits me really hard..

"The fact that you are here today must mean you have done something right."

...

At noon, I received a message from my friend saying she passed her viva, and I was super ready to go out and celebrate with the girls.

In the car, on the way to Alamanda, we talked about how it is all rezeki from the Almighty. Once, a researcher received the best FRGS project and so many recognition, but nearly failed for her PhD viva. Us, with funny PhD projects, Alhamdulillah had such easy viva, the irony.

"It is unpredictable, all these," Kak Husna said.

Well Dr. Husna, the fact that you are here today, doing minor correction for your PhD thesis must mean you have done something right.

That simple sentence somehow has a powerful comforting effect towards me.

You must have done something right..

How Allah swt is fair.

A book on Al Fateh for boys

My man doesn't read.

Especially books with lotsa reading needs to be done. I cannot imagine him reading Pak Latip's book on Al Fateh cover to cover.

For those men, who don't read and yet keen to know about Al Fateh, I suggest to read this book.

Thin, with lots of mind maps and figures in it. Very informative, but..

So not my kinda book.

Hehe.. This thin, but took me 2 months to finish it.

Have a little faith - a review

The moment I read the first page of "Have a Little Faith", I realized how much I miss Albom.

It is not easy to find such honest writing as his nowadays. The journey with Albom has always been a fun one.

This book is a true story about the life of Albert Lewis, Albom's childhood rabbi. The rabbi asked Albom to deliver the eulogy for him during his funeral when the time came. Albom was a bit hesitant in a sense that he was too far drifted away from his own religion. But he did it anyway, took his time to visit the rabbi every now and then to get to know him more so he was able to write the eulogy for him. This book is about a journey of a lost man, finding back his own purpose of life, presented in a way that regardless whatever religion you are, it still fits you well, the objective.

Albom's writing in such delicate issue is a brilliant one.

I would strongly suggest you to read this one!!