somehow i have the urge to update hehe...been a good Monday yesterday. period. i'd like to opt out those which i wish can be done better but nonetheless, the day went well and i am glad.

reason being we finally got the new staff we've been needing and so i have started with introduction to the team, process/work and alhamdulillah i can see the lightbulbs turned on especially on her face and when she asks me questions. that is the best feeling any trainer can have when your trainee gets the idea. syukur. hoping the journey for our young 'padawan' will be fruitful and smooth. amin...

anyway, on 10th January there was this big song competition where popular songs competed and judged by professionals and only one song was crowned song of the year. the winning song is Pergi sang by Aizat, music by Pete Teo and lyrics by Amran Omar. fyi, the original song was fully penned and sang by Pete Teo and it is called 'I Go'...and the song is used in a local movie, Talentime and sang in the movie by Aizat. I must say i am very very very proud of our local talents. what better way to promote them other than on my blog

here i include the song being sung at the competition in full and live version. and the english version and lyrics follow below...and I LOVE the sound of the chinese musical instrument, erhu.

So long, fare thee well
The dancer and the dancing days have taken leave and fell
So turn down this bed of stone
Quench me with the deadly nightshade from the rose that you belong
The long December rain is falling now
Running down on streets to nowhere
Music is my life - you're my sweetest nightingale
But I can't hear it here no more
And I go...
Hush now, don't shake or break
Words have fallen silent like soldiers to the grave
No matter what they do or say
Lay me on the sleepy meadows by the tracks upon your face...

ok that's all for now. hope you all have a great week ahead and be good, be safe and BE HAPPY! *hugs*

well, it's up to you to read or not but since you already got here to my blog, you might as well read hehehe...

a little update on life, work, etc.

the lady Aishah whom i interviewed and whom we offered a place in our team declined. well, it is not meant to be and i found out my 2nd choice was already taken by my colleague who needs a replacement for his team. still not meant to be...so i have 2 candidates whom we are KIV-ing and i have one new candidate which we have set interview today at 5pm. wish me luck. hopefully more great people with great work ethics, ownership, initiatives will come our way and grace us with his/her presence.

these days i've been having to cover work for my staff due to sickness and study leaves. i was given a comment that i always am understaffed and that i always am doing what my staff supposed to be doing. i was stumped by this comment coz even if i am the assistant manager, i would still to do processing work when the time comes - eg. high volume, not enough resources, etc. i wonder why that person made that comment. we are after all one team, we support each other, though i do think i would give and do more of my shares of work but as long as work gets done, teams are happy, everything will be great and dandy, right? hope so ...

i'm not really bothered by the comment. the day was still a great day and i managed to complete most of the tasks! yay!...and yea i was reading over and over again this phrase to calm myself...read/chant: I promise myself to be strong and nothing can disturb my peace of mind...

oh did i mention i have a series of I promise myself quotes/chants list pasted at my workstation...good thing it was there today heheh...

on a cheerful note, i have met up with my old school friends where one friend  whom i have not seen for the last 16 years! she still looks the same and still very beautiful! of course she said that i still look the same. though back then i didn't have a pair of glasses on everytime...hmmm...probably my face hehe...or smile perhaps? hehe...here's a picture.

 and a more happier note! i got myself a compaq laptop at the recent PC fair...and just look at it! i'm in love with it...with its sleek design, included with Windows 7 which is awesome! i am still exploring the new windows 7 and the laptop...so i am hoping all goes well when i finally transfer my files from my old pc (it will be handed down to my brother once my dad get it upgraded accordingly) and start using it fully...life's cooler with compaq! hahaha...what's a tagline eh...  oh yea i am blogging from my new lappie...heheh...

OMG! before i forget, i just wanna say that i've finished watching Fringe season 1 and it was amazing!!! i know it is somewhat scary but it is also exciting...and also full of information on fringe science that is! hehe...i already started watching season 2 and now at episode 6!...pretty cool stuff! go and try see few episodes and if you are like me, you'll get hooked!

ok it's time for me to get some sleep before work starts, interview @5pm and long service award @6pm and hopefully more great things will come my way *sings* tooooooooooooday!...and you guys make sure have a great week ahead too ya! *hugs all around*

p/s: it's that time of year where we exchange gifts in the Secret Santa program! i cannot wait to see what i will get this year...should be great! oh yea, i'm giving a cool brown Kipling pouch & crystal bracelet...good eh?

hola!

appropriately titled if i may say so myself...hehe...as much as no traffic coming through this blog, i am reminded of the reason i have this blog in the first place which is a place for me to write. readers are just a bonus.

hope everyone is doing well in the past month as december is just around the corner and that would means year-end sales, xmas, shopping and holidays! ok ok this entry is not about the upcoming attractions but more to reflect of the past events...by past i mean from my last post up until today

and in odd particular order...here they are:

topic: work

• work has been keeping me busy since forever and i am even busier since we are shortstaffed. as such, we finally got the greenlight to fill our 1 vacancy. interesting thing with this was even after deadline date for candidates to apply, there was still interest and HR received few more applications. wahhh...i'm amazed. another thing is that, another team in our dept also have a vacancy and yet, no one applied?! i hope my team and i did something right to get the best pool of people.
• also, it has been around 1 year and a half since i last interview people. and i must admit my skill has been a wee bit rusty hehe...nonetheless, i think i did well and maybe i'll be accredited soon! oh yea, one of the sessions was aishah (me) interview aishah (candidate)...something cool worth mentioning hehehe...
• been spending good 10 hours or more at work, a day!...sigh. i do need a vacation! don't you think?

topic: gadgets, iphone

• my keyboard is somehow faulty. the left shift key and middle enter button are not working...i have no idea why. perhaps i can find out the reason when i read the booklet which comes with the keyboard. right now, i'm bearing the issue and still have a smile smirk on my face
• recently managed to blackra1n my iphone...and even made it sn0w! hahaha. somehow i feel a wee bit intelligent but of course, i had help...what can i say, i'm still learning...hey
• bought my first paid app from the app store. will definitely make sure i use the app a lot, since it is the missing function i need when taking pictures. i actually have the free version but silly lil ol' me didnt sync the phone before making it rain and snow. this is the lesson i learnt
• oh yea, youtube app isnt really working so far. i'm sure i'll find out how to make it work, soon!
• also, i'm getting myself a new laptop for my personal use when next year comes around. most likely going to check out laptop deals at the pikom pc fair this weekend with my sister and hopefully my dad too. 

topic: random

• my ex been IM-ing me if he sees me online, either on fb, msn or yahoo. just to catch up from the looks of it. and latest is he is planning to take photography course @ a local uni next year or something like that. sigh. even if i tell myself i'm okay, i know deep in my heart i cant really forget my first love. at times i feel like i cant escape! keep seeing his name, places he's from/working at either on tv, newspaper and the movies (2010, especially! but since the place blew up in the movie, i cant help but smile and laugh on the inside hahahaha)
• recently, went to the a very resort-like wedding in KL and i gotta say that is the wedding of the year, right there! hehe...and speaking of wedding, during Eid the wedding/marriage topic was brought up. safe to say, i didnt get hit with the question as much since my 24-yearold sister will be getting married next year on my bday, 10-10-10. well, that's the date they are planning to have the ceremony, inshaAllah it all goes as plan. amin.
• and yea, mom been saying that next year all her 3 daughters will be married off! errr...should i be afraid? haha...and oh, i think she has a plan somewhere in her mind (i think-lah) that one of my friends' mom likes me. enough said.  

ciao for now. xoxo...gossip girl. oops! xoxo, aishah

salam to all...

Just want to wish everyone a very happy EID MUBARAK, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Maaf Zahir & Batin. somehow this Raya isn't as exciting as Ramadhan was for me this year...wonder why hehe...nonetheless got to meet my relatives again...alhamdulillah, everyone is growing up, growing taller, growing mature, some already working, some still studying, some reproduced, etc...hehehe...

of course, still forgot to take pics @ grandma's house. think it was a blur probably coz i was somewhat sleepy  but all is good...got some pics taken @ home my relatives came over to visit us! all on fb already...

in other news, i'm loving this song from first listen! thanks to miss littlewhitemushroom! and i have it dl-ed already hehehe...try and read the lyrics, pretty true coz life is meant to be lived and why not live it like you're dying? i.e. making it worthwhile, making up and mending broken relationships, having fun, making it a good life...etc. now the question on my mind is the video concept for this cool song...hopefully it'll be something cool...

that's all for now. i am back @ work tomorrow and hoping all was well in my absence and that all goes well in my presence...i am sure it will ... and i got some cleaning up done with the house pre-Raya and my room post-ramadhan and got rid off some junk and kept some unwantedtosee stuff...

oh yea that's it. see ya! *sings - gotta live like we’re dying**

Live Like We’re Dying
Kris Allen

Sometime we fall down and can’t get back up
We’re hiding behind skin that’s too tough
How come we don’t say I love you enough
Till it’s too late, it’s not too late

Our hearts are hungry for a food that won’t come
We could make a feast from these crumbs
And we’re all staring down the barrel of a gun
So if your life flashed before you, what would you wish you would’ve done

Yeah… gotta start
Looking at the hand of the time we’ve been given here
This is all we got and we gotta start thinkin’ it
Every second counts on a clock that’s tickin
Gotta live like we’re dying

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
To turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we’re dying

(Continued after the jump)
Well if you plane fell out of the skies
Who would you call with your last goodbyes
Should be so careful who we live out of our lives
So when we long for absolution, there’ll be no one on the line

Yeah… we gotta start lookin’ at the hand of the time we’ve been given here
This all we got and we gotta start thinkin it
Every second count on a clock that’s tickin
Gotta live like we’re dying

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
to turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we’re dying

Like we’re dying oh…
Like we’re dying
Like we’re dying oh…
Like we’re dying

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
to turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we’re dying

You never know a good thing until it’s gone
you never see a crash until its head on
All these people right when we’re dead wrong,
You never know a good thing till it’s gone

Yeah… we gotta start lookin’ at the hand of the time we’ve been given here
this all we got and we gotta start thinkin it
Every second count on a clock that’s tickin
Gotta live like we’re dying

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
to turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we’re dying

Like we’re dying oh…
Like we’re dying
Like we’re dying oh…
Like we’re dying

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
to turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we’re dying

hey everyone, wishing you all a very happy Friday wherever you may be...

back to the real world, life has been back to normal...well somewhat normal with additional tasks of checking up, monitoring and assisting Manila from KL...and finally i finished with my team's mid-year appraisals and catching up individually with my 11 staff - past and present...heheh...glad that's done and waiting for my own from my boss...*sigh* i sure hope i get good remarks and rating so i will be motivated and excited to come to work as i always am...hehe...

and fyi, this week we started having training on our new tasks from our 2 process specialists from London...yup you heard right! we trained people in Manila on some of our work and then get additional work from UK...yippee! hahaha...seriously i am feeling drained up to a point of falling sick and i had to take half day on Wednesday and have f ull rest at home...and that did wonders coz i am feeling much better, after eating rice porridge, vitamin C, water, medicines and several hours of sleep of course!

more news about work once i get few things confirmed...watch this space

enough about work, let's talk about music...i've been listening to few local artistes namely Estrella, Yuna and the latest in my favourite list is Zee Avi. see and see their music videos below of my fave songs by them...and let me know what you think...

Estrella - Stay

Yuna - Dan Sebenarnya (and the truth is...)

Zee Avi - Kantoi (slang word in malay means exposed or busted for doing something wrong!) and Poppy