Events of the last 3 months
It has really been that long huh? Kalau pokok dah tinggi, kalau baby dah boleh gelak...(which is true coz my sister's baby, Najla can hold baby talk with me and she's not even 3 months yet)
My life has been going through phases of change within these 3 months...From my last post on Aisyah's SPM results, she has gone through the stress of applying for uni, choosing, rechoosing the courses and finally being accepted for the 5th course of her choice. Diploma in Artistic Writing...What is that? We were confused and was wondering about it as well. But the fact that the faculty is FACT - Faculty of Arts and Creative Technology, we guessed that the course would be connected to the Performing Arts...my..my... my child is going to be artistically, entertainment, media inclined...Ke mana tumpahnya kuah...(where does the gravy spilt???) Campus is at Puncak Perdana about 10km from home, but it didn't stopped me from missing her whenever she's not home. Been almost 2 months now, and she comes back not just for the weekends but also on normal days when she doesn't have classes...I have to learn to slowly to let go...
New work place, new colleagues, new bosses - it's not without it own set of stress. Plus points - the office is near home, my collegues are cool and my boss totally rocks...I'm learning about a totally new industry - Retail is faster than broadcasting and speedier that fibre optics??!! , the last industry I was working in...unbelievable but seriously....I didn't know that there were a lot of sciences involved in deciding on one item to put in a sales catalog...doesn't help that I hate numbers...I want to make significant contributions to this new place and hope I complete a certain gaps that are missing there. I received this email from a colleague this morning and I quote :
My life has been going through phases of change within these 3 months...From my last post on Aisyah's SPM results, she has gone through the stress of applying for uni, choosing, rechoosing the courses and finally being accepted for the 5th course of her choice. Diploma in Artistic Writing...What is that? We were confused and was wondering about it as well. But the fact that the faculty is FACT - Faculty of Arts and Creative Technology, we guessed that the course would be connected to the Performing Arts...my..my... my child is going to be artistically, entertainment, media inclined...Ke mana tumpahnya kuah...(where does the gravy spilt???) Campus is at Puncak Perdana about 10km from home, but it didn't stopped me from missing her whenever she's not home. Been almost 2 months now, and she comes back not just for the weekends but also on normal days when she doesn't have classes...I have to learn to slowly to let go...
New work place, new colleagues, new bosses - it's not without it own set of stress. Plus points - the office is near home, my collegues are cool and my boss totally rocks...I'm learning about a totally new industry - Retail is faster than broadcasting and speedier that fibre optics??!! , the last industry I was working in...unbelievable but seriously....I didn't know that there were a lot of sciences involved in deciding on one item to put in a sales catalog...doesn't help that I hate numbers...I want to make significant contributions to this new place and hope I complete a certain gaps that are missing there. I received this email from a colleague this morning and I quote :
"If I build a habit of "wanting" something, and then NOT doing it, I am basically reinforcing a life that is getting further and further away from my heart's passions. Change my thoughts, change my habits, focus on my priority. Just do it. Stand up. Be counted. Show up FULL.
Every day in every way I am working to close the gap between where I want to be in life, and where I am now."
Every day in every way I am working to close the gap between where I want to be in life, and where I am now."
How interesting that the same topic of "gap" came out when I met an old friend from my advertising agency days, from years ago. An unexpected phone call and we met for lunch. More than 10 years and he has been married, divorced, changed his name, in and out of business and now more at peace with himself. Conversations became deep for a bit and in retrospective, I looked at my own life. And he said that we are all created to fill gaps in this life...that we are certainly not perfect. We would need others to fill gaps that are missing in ours and we in turn fill the gaps in theirs. Simple and it made sense....And why is it that we need tragedies in our life before we realize most of of these life questions. I pray for wisdom daily so that I don't shut myself out from things that matters.
RUN
Running took a back seat with the new job...After a day's work, all my energy seems to be sapped completely. Faktor usia...ish..ish.. My weekly running quota is left to just long slow running on Sundays. Once, I dragged hubs to almost 20km that left us both drained...lepas geram! I have to get this body clock back to fit in morning runs. In May, we were in Sabah for the Borneo Run which was a fun route through scenic Sabah. Sabah is a wonderful place which we enjoyed immensely. I want to be back for next year's run!! And I finally did my first half marathon in the KL Marathon about 3 weeks ago. What a revelation of what the body can do when the mind is mentally set to at least complete the race. Me, who never thought that I could even run 3km, a year ago. And I was running comfortably albeit slowly among thousands of other running enthusiasts...Nothing beats the feeling of completing your first...be it 5,10, 21...and will I ever do a full marathon? Only time will tell.
RUN
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The "never thought I could do it" medal |
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My favorite medal with the proboscis Monkey |
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At the finish line of SCKLM |
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