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

i am on my last weekend in Manila and counting the days til i am back in KL - my home sweet home! OMG i can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

seriously, i am missing my home, my room, my bed, my car and of course, my family, my friends and my favourite food which we can only get in KL with HALAL certified stamped!!!

fyi - i am so tired today and that it is not even funny! hope you guys are having fun this weekend...see ya!

p/s: i'm so gonna miss the shopping and halo halo! i wish i get the chance to explore more of the Philippines in the future

hey everyone,

hope you guys are doing good, wherever you are...

i am sure you guys been wondering how i've been now that i'm in Manila...well, of course I am fine! trying my best not to miss all the food i can eat in malaysia hahaha...

seriously, everything is an adventure since this would be my first time being in the Philippines. from the flight - it was bumpy! and damn cold! - to getting to the hotel and especially conducting training! i have trained few people in the course of my career but this was something else. classroom training was a bit nerve-wrecking but since i have the knowledge...i think it kinda went pretty smoothly. of course, there is always room to improve in the future.

the Filipinos here are pretty friendly and have been very kind...to be honest, the team here in Manila is pretty much the same make up as my team back in KL and it is kinda scary...but it was such a good thing to have as it made me feel more welcome and more at ease with them. we joke around, we laughed, we talked (well they mostly ask lots of personal matters...apparently if they feel comfortable with you, they will ask and share personal details with you...that is how friendly and welcoming they are! - it totally took me by surprise!)...and yea they love to sing! hahah...they've been coaxing me to sing but i said to them, in good times...hahah...the thing is, i would normally sing or humm around people i am comfortable with and usually at my work station and not in front of public or karaoke-ing! so we'll see how this will turn out...

i kinda have to go now as we have system testing before the actual work training starts next week...until then, feel free to browse my pictures on facebook or here!

wishing everyone a good week and weekend ahead, be safe, be healthy, be happy and smile always...

much love from Manila, Aishah...