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Saturday, November 14, 2020

FAM by SKZ.. So cute!






I love all Stray Kids songs to be honest. But this time, one of their song, FAM gave me a different feeling. A warm, fuzzy feeling to be exact. Yes the beat is dope, their raps (lyrics) are well thought and executed. It's obviously a well made song (like all other Stray Kids songs), but it doesn't just impress me because it's good. This song is more than that. It's heart-warming and precious.

How can it not, when all the member's names are in the lyrics. And to make it any sweeter, every single members wrote it themselves. Auwww...

Ok enough ranting. Stray kids, you did well, as always 👍

Love ❤ ,

Your noona ahjumma fan in Malaysia.

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Complicated Mess

If you know me, you might know how complicated i am.

1st scenario
i was in osaka and wanted to buy souvenirs.
1 for my mom and 1 each for my 4 best friends.
the total amount spent for my 4 best friends must not exceed the amount i spent for my mom, or i feel like a bad daughter for putting my friends first.
i had trouble calculating everything and stayed up all night during the final night just to ensure this.
i even went out again before heading back to malaysia to buy something else for my mom to comply with the equation (my mom's > (my friends x4)

2nd scenario
a good friend of mine asked me to join her on a trip to korea
i said yes but i told her i need time to collect the money.
meanwhile, there's a talk i would like to attend before the date of the trip.
it will be held in Singapore and i wished i could solo-travel singapore too while attending the talk.
so it means i will be spending my money that is supposed to be used for the korea trip on a mini getaway in singapore.
i feel like a bad friend and decided not to go to the talk.

well, there's a lot more scenarios but i guess it will be a lil bit too personal.
writing those down makes me wonder
am i really complicated?
or just an overthinker that takes things too personally haha

Monday, December 16, 2019

what the heck


i was about to write about my insecurities
my regrets, my unclear future and all those irritating sad stories that nobody wanted to read on a monday morning

then suddenly this song came on and i thought..what the heck.

i'll get through these roller coaster emotions again
like i always do. no point writing about it.
bye.



stray kid's here to the rescue.
Chan must be proud if he knew how his songs (stray kids' songs) helped.
:)

lyrics below.


Sunday, November 24, 2019

Miss Lee (TVN) : 10 bintang!


Kak arra tahu, mesti ramai yang tak tengok siri Miss Lee ni kan?
Satu, sebab siri ni agak slow penceritaannya,
takde lawan2, takde rahsia2,
takde scene terkejut-terkejut macam rupanya anak bos adalah bukan anak sebenar,
takde hantu-hantu yang muncul dengan superpower.
dan kedua, sebab Miss Lee tak ada kisah cinta.
korang memang suka sangatlah kalau cerita cintan cintun merajuk merajuk kan?

Tapi, kalau korang peminat kisah kemasyarakatan,
minat kisah-kisah benar yang berlaku dalam dunia sekarang
dan korang pernah atau sedang berkecimpung dalam dunia perniagaan,
siri ni memang boleh buat kita tertunggu-tunggu setiap episod!


Kak arra memang tengah mengalami masalah syarikat,
jadi kebetulan siri ni ditayangkan di tvn,
memang kak arra terasa macam ada dalam kisah ni!
sejak Miss Lee ditayangkan, hari favourite kak arra ialah hari khamis dan jumaat!

Paling kak arra rasa nak beri tepukan standing ovation adalah pada pada screenwriter pengarah dan producer drama ni.
Diorang wajar kak arra beri sejambak bunga melur selepas kak arra penat tepuk sambil berdiri.
Sebab, diorang berjaya 'portray' semuanya ke layar. Semua situasinya bukan dibuat-buat, semuanya berlaku dalam dunia kita.

Rasa macam nak tanya penulis tu, pernah buka company ke? pernah ada handle pekerja ke? pernah kena pijak dengan pesaing?
Serious, sangat real. Ni kak arra nak listkan yang kak arra rasa sangat 'kena' dengan keadaan sebenar:


1. Kena buli dengan pekerja senior.

Miss lee bukan setakat disuruh buatkan air kopi, malah jadi kuli belikan barang pekerja senior. Moisturizer pun miss lee belikan?!  Padahal bukan senior bayar gaji miss lee tu! geram pulak kak arra hahaha


2. Tumpang duit syarikat beli barang peribadi.

Yang ni dalam company kak arra insyaAllah staf kak Arra x buat semua ni. tapi kak arra tahu wujud, sebab kadang-kadang bila kak arra nk issue resit, pelanggan akan minta lebihkan nilainya, so bila claim pada company, bolehla claim lebih. Kak arra tak pasti hukum halal haramnya kes mcm ni, tapi kalau tengok cerita miss lee ni, siap bawak balik tisu gulung dan peket-peket kopi pra-campuran. kalau kak arra bos situ, menangis bucu katil la kak arra, tambah-tambah kalau company pun tak ada duit. dah nak bayar gaji staf, nak tampung makan minum staf lagi?


3. Pekerja malas

Yang ni kak arra confirm semua company ada. takkan terlepas walau satu pun. cuma tahap malas tu berbeza la..ada malas sikit sikit seperti manusia normal (termasuk kak arra) dan ada yang malas melampau taktau dah nak habaq macam mana (eh macam kak arra jugak hahah). pekerja malas ni banyak sebab, tapi salah satunya sebab tak minat. budak tu suka melukis, kau paksa dia tulis report, mahu tak hilang semangat dia? tapi nak salahkan majikan pun tak boleh juga. mampuihla nak cari pekerja yang betul-betul minat untuk setiap jawatan. dan korang ingat yang kata 'saya minat' masa interview tu betul-betul minat ke? sekadar mengambil hati interviewer je kannnnn


4. Pekerja jadi pembelot / penghasut

Pernah tak tengok pekerja tu rajin sangat awal-awal? bila berkawan dengan kawan-kawan yang malas, dia pun ikut malas. lama-lama nak mengelap rak, nak menyusun barang dalam kedai pun malu sebab kawan-kawan pemalas tu akan ketawakan dan kata nak bodek bos.

'Kepala' pemalas a.k.a penghasut ni sudahla duit gaji tak berkat, dia juga secara tak langsung 'berhutang' dengan bos dia sebab bos dia bayar gaji dia dan kawan-kawan yang berjaya dia hasut for free. Penghasut ni nak kesan dia senang je. minta buat apa-apa, ada je alasan. ok lagi kalau ada alasan ni. yang jenis persoal balik haa yang ni memang buat bos mental. "kenapa kena susun macam tu? tapi customer kata bal bla bla. saya tengok kedai lain tak buat." Cakap kuat-kuat supaya pekerja lain dengar. Lepas tu bangga la sebab 'berani'. Makin disanjungi lah oleh pekerja lain. Makin tak buat kerja lah depa hahaha

Yang jenis ni, mungkin dia rasa bangga dapat 'bagi pendapat' pada bos tapi indirectly dia sedang tunjukkan 'true colours' dia. Hati-hati ya. The more we speak, the more we are showing our stupidity. ok ni kak arra ingatkan diri kak arra jugak (banyak sangat menulis (bercakap) di blog dan insta kan hahaha). Nak bagi pendapat itu bagus, cuma kena 'kena' pada tempatnya. Buat dulu kerja tu, lepas tu bolehlah nak bagi pendapat ke, hadiah ke, kuih ke.

Yang pembelot pulak, selalunya syarikat pesaingla yang akan pasang spy di kalangan pekerja syarikat lain dan offer macam-macam. emm.. kalau kes syarikat pesaing ajak kerja tempat dia dan offer gaji lagi tinggi tu kira pembelot ke? yang tu tak kot, selagi rahsia syarikat tak dibocorkan kan.

5. Ditekan syarikat besar

Yang ni kalau terma kak arra, ikan bilis (company kecil) dengan ikan jaws (company besar). kalau korang selalu masuk mahkamah (siapa yang selalu masuk mahkamah? hahaha) korang akan nampak syarikat yang selalu kena saman tapi tak dpt bela diri sendiri adalah syarikat kecil. tak tahulah apa rahsianya tapi syarikat kecil selaluuuuu sangat kena serbu dengan penguatkuasa. kak arra tahu sebab kak arra manage farmasi dulu, memang tak pernah dalam sebulan tu kalau takde yang datang check. dan setiap kali check akan korek jugak apa-apa nak disaman. itu bab undang-undang la. bab harga, bab supply, yang tu lain pulak.

pernah sekali tu promo susu, kami ni disebabkan customer dok tanya, kami call la supplier mintak supply. kedai besar sebelah kak arra bukan main banyak lagi stok dia. kedai kak arra? habis promo baru depa hantar. adil tak adil? agak-agak sebab apa?

dan korang perasan tak, kdai kecil selalu harga agak mahal dari kedai besar? itu sebab kuasa membeli pada company besar lebih besar. diorang boleh beli 1 jenis pampers sampai 3 lori, confirmla harga diorang dapat harga rendah, so jual pun bolehla letak rendah jugak. yang kedai kecik ni? sekali order setakat 12, mana nak dapat harga macam kedai besar. kenapa beli 12 je? dah kedai besar sekangkang kera nak order 3 lori nak letak mana? pastu duit nak beli tu nak dapat mana? pinjam jiran?


6. Ditipu kawan sendiri demi wang

Miss lee kena tipu dengan kawan baiknya sendiri, hanya sebab duit kan? Kalau korang ada kawan yang baik-baik, alhamdulillah. Ada yang tak bernasib baik, kena macam miss lee. kak arra alhamdulillah, kawan baik-baik semuanya, cuma kak arra nasihatkan, sila berhati-hati ya. duit ni jangan main-main kawan-kawan, ia boleh menyebabkan pak lebai berserban pun lupa dosa pahala.

7. CEO kilang hampir bunuh diri.

Semua orang boleh mengata bos macam-macam. kak arra percaya takkan ada pekerja yang suka 100% bos dia. sedangkan dgn makpak sendiri pun kita bising bila depa mintak buat benda yng kita tak suka kan. inikan orang yang tak ada pertalian darah bergelar bos. dulu kak arra ingat lagi, ada satu stesen radio yang bagi peluang orang lepas geram pada bos. punyalah ramai yang call marahkan bos. bos tak bagi cuti, bos tak bagi rehat, bos bagi gaji sikit. mungkin ada bos yang pentingkan diri sendiri, tapi setakat yang kak arra jumpa (masa p kursus bisnes dll) semua bos bukan sengaja nak jadi bos jahat, tapi terdesak.

Tak percaya? ok xpe, sila jadi bos dan terajui bisnes sebulan dua. cuba duduk fikir gaji pekerja mana nak cekau. masa tu sale drop. nak bg notis berhenti (walaupun bos ada hak) tak sampai hati. so selalunya bos akan kurangkan gaji sendiri dulu.

Orang nak maki company, orang kaitkan dengan tokey. barang rosak, busuk, senget, orang maki tokey. korang rasa bos ada masa untuk sakit kepala? kalau dah semua ni menyerabutkan, dapat tahu pulak staf mengutuk belakang, call radio marah-marah. mesti akan terlintas nak bunuh diri jugak macam ceo dalam cerita ni. serious tak tipu.

Tapi kita tak buat laaaa kan. terlintas je. dan kita pun tahu bunuh diri is not an option. kang tak pasal beban kita pindah kat makpak, kan dah naya? lagipun dah pilih masuk biz, dah pilih nak kembangkan biz dan hire org, maknanya dah pilih untuk kentalkan diri. betul tak?



8. Orang pandang rendah pada penampilan.

Paling kak arra hairan, macam mana miss lee boleh sabar je bila orang perlekeh dia jadi ceo. sabar sungguh! biasalah dalam otak orang, ceo ni pakai blazer, bawa beg kulit, cakap nada-nada berlagak sikit. tapi miss lee..tak sanggup kak arra nak ckp. kalau miss lee baca , kecik hati pulak dia (walaupun hakikatnya miss lee ni lagi bergaya 10x ganda dari kak arra huh!).

9. Anak lupa kesusahan ibu.

kak arra sedih bila tgk scene anak marah mak sebab mak tak ada dengan dia waktu membesar. kak arra rasa macam nak cakap "hey kau dah ada rumah, dah boleh p skolah, boleh beli buku, sebab mak kau kerja masa kau membesarlah bedebah!" nasib baik kak arra tak berlakon dalam cerita tu. satu episod akan berkisar pada kak arra menyekolahkan budak tu je nanti hehe


10. Guna cara kotor untuk dapat kerja, boleh ditendang bila-bila masa

Bila kita tak ada kemahiran, dan menggunakan jalan belakang untuk masuk sesuatu syarikat, kalau syarikat ada masalah dan nak buang pekerja, rasa-rasa siapa kena tendang dulu? yang berkemahiran dan boleh beri pulangan pada syarikat atau yang masuk tak tahu apa tunggu hujung bulan dapat gaji?

SO..... apa istimewanya Miss Lee ni?

3 sebab kenapa MISS LEE kak arra bagi 10 BINTANG


1. Tak seperti tipikal drama yang lain

Kalau korang biasa tengok drama, korang tahu kan, selalunya sesuatu watak tu akan berubah drastik. mcm miss lee ni, kak arra terfikir juga bila dia akan ubah penampilan. kak arra expect dia akan jadi lawa dan bergaya di pertengahan cerita, rupanya tak. so di situ logiknya kan? mana ada manusia yang boleh berubah tiba-tiba.

2. Tak perlu plot twist

Kalau drama lain, confirm akan ada plot twist mana-mana demi nak buat drama lebih menarik, tapi miss lee tidak. ia nampak membosankan sebab tak ada kejutan, tapi itu yang membuatkannya lebih real. memang realiti lah syarikat kecil takat mana yang depa boleh buat? stakat tukar taktik, setakat cuba ini cuba itu. normal. nampak sangat real berbanding kalau tiba-tiba bos ada anak kaya di oversea nak sponsor syarikat dan tiba-tiba syarikat kaya. walau kedengaran menarik tapi jarang sangat berlaku in real life.

3. Ending yang logik

Tak perlu nak semua happy ending. walau tetap endingnya menggembirakan, tapi ada juga yang sedihnya di situ, so sekali lagi, LOGIK.

Akhir kata

Kalau korang belum tengok Miss Lee tapi dah baca sampai habis entry ni, kak arra minta maaf banyak-banyak, terlebih pulak spoiler kak arra bagi. Tapi betul, kak arra tak tipu. Kalau korang owner syarikat, lagi laaa patut tengok, nescaya korang akan rasa lebih bersemangat nak usahakan company dan takkan senag-senang nak putus asa. Selamat menonton pada yang nk menonton ^_^

Last but not least, 10/10 for Miss Lee!

Saturday, November 16, 2019

Starting a business: Can everybody do it?


Everyone thinks they can start a business.
If you are handed a huge amount of money, some may have thought about buying a luxurious bag, or maybe a car, but many would be wise enough to make the money grow, and starting a business will come to mind.

But does everybody have what it takes to start one?

Believe it or not, there's a huge difference between;
opening a store, and opening a store WITH experience.
The probability to give up, depends on how we expect the business to be.
And with experience, we know what to expect

What people see is, business is all about searching for a product to sell, finding a place to sell it, and walla, the business is considered running.
What people CAN'T see is, the struggle to find the right product, and finding the right place.
Not to forget, getting the right potential customers and finally get the sales rolling in.

The biggest myths about business is, you can use the money straight away once you sell your products.
No. the return of invest or ROI is not considered yours until you can turn it into your salary (not all but a part of it). But most commonly, people will turn it into an investment (again and again) to grow the company and make more profits.
So that, my dear readers, is why people who just started their business are broke (so stop asking where their money went).

Because of that, a lot of people get frustrated during their early period of business.
The regrets, the exhaustion, and not to mention the lack of recognition thanks to the family who doesn't understand how a business works.
That's when people started to give up. That's when experience becomes beneficial.
From experience, we know what to do, and what NOT to do.
From experience, we know, we are bound to get frustrated but it's a temporary process.
And from experience, we know when to give up, and move on (before the damage gets too severe).

So how can someone gets experience if they can't even try, you might ask. Who said about making the mistakes yourselves?

"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself." - Eleanor Roosevelt.

Get a mentor. Find a friend in the business you feel like trying. Be knowledgeable before starting. If you are up for the challenge, then all the best to you. If you're not..then maybe you should just buy the car. or the bag.


Thursday, October 4, 2018

mabok : FeLV + kidney failure

i always avoid writing about my cats publicly because of 2 reasons
i will feel sad when i read about it after they die
i don't want to get unwanted advice that might make me regret it in the future (for me not knowing it earlier or knowing it too late)

but not writing at all seems like i do not appreciate them
so here goes.

mabok is one special cat
after he was born he was left by his mother.
we managed to reunite him with his mother
but we soon found out why his mother left him in the first place.

he was not normal.
if you see him walk,
he looks like a drunk cat.
imagine a drunk man walking.
yes he walks like that.

however, he grew up healthy
and a lil too friendly.
he loves to play with other cats
and unfortuntely because of his friendliness
he was diagnosed wth the 'love virus', feLV.
or in other words, leukimia.
in the cat world, leukimia can be transfered to cat from their saliva.
so the more the cat lovs to lic each other, the more likely the will get it.

once mabok was diagnosed with felv, tbe sd part starts.
i have to cae him individually.
it ws heartbreaking to see a ca wo loves company, being alone.
but i haeto, to savet othr cats
andals to gt to monitor him moe cloesy
fyi, cas with felv tendto get sick easily anddthepossibility of them getting better is low.
they ae also prne to get cancer andother deadly disease bease of ther low immune system.

but maok isastrong cat.
he adapt with single lifevfs an enjoys his free timeplaying aroundthehiue
his timetable is from afer asa to night.
he will 'tawaf' arundth house an play with anything he cn find.

wha i will never forget about mok is tha he has a vry loud voice.
andhe will 'meowed' loudly evy tm i caehome  rm work.
my mothr said tha wen im not home, hedosnt meowed.
he'll ssat once he sees mm or haas my voice.

footnote:
this article was written on 4th October 2018, and kept as a draft. and now 18th November 2019, I decided to publish it. However, Mabok is no longer here. Rest well Mabok. Kaklong misses you so much.

Saturday, September 29, 2018

RM20

Its my favourite night of the week!
Memandangkan esok kerja whole day,
Malam ni saya hadiahkan diri saya rm20
Nah, masuk jusco. Beli lah apa nak beli.
Kata saya kepada saya ☺

So dengan penuh teruja saya masuk
Membawa rm20 dalam genggaman.

Ke mana lagi kalau bukan ke tempat favourite saya dalam setiap shopping mall : bookstore!!

Bila masuk book store saya cari bahagian bahasa dulu
Saja la tengok tengok kamus
Saya pun tak faham kenapa perlu tengok kamus
Mungkin masih tak boleh move on dengan cita cita nak jadi cikgu 😅



Lepas puas tengok bahagian bahasa
Pi pulak kat sini
Bahagian travel
Tengok map
Buku travel
Majalah travel
Tapi tengok jela
Sini semua mahal mahal
Memang xkan beli la kat sini kecuali buku offer je sekali sekala sebab dah koyak sikit or buruk sikit


Then last but not least
Ke bahagian buku bm
Bahagian travel juga
Tapi penulisnya orang kita
Bukunya x mahal
Malah lebih seronok baca sebab kisah orang yang lebih kurang kita
So bolehla nak bayang kita pergi ke tempat penulis pergi
Most importantly nak ambil tahu
Hal makanan halal dan cara solat kat negara asing
Tips tips muslim travel
Penting tu, terutama kalau kita solo travelling
Takkan nak tanya kakak jepun tu
Memang dia xkan tahu la mana masjid hehe



Malangnya rm20 saya tu tak mampu nak beli apa2 buku kat sini
Paling murah pun rm25
So window shopping jela
Tengok belek letak
Tengok belek letak

Xpe xpe next time ada rezeki kita reward diri sendiri lebih sikit
Rm25
Tapi kerja pun kena keras lagi la 😅

Jadinya rm20 tu buat beli apa?
Buat beli ni



Bekal untuk kerja esok 😂

FAM by SKZ.. So cute!

I love all Stray Kids songs to be honest. But this time, one of their song, FAM gave me a different feeling. A warm, fuzzy feeling to be exa...