Harap Maklum

Sila maklum bahawa apabilasanya saya sedang berasa sedih dan/atau marah, saya tidak mem belog. Tapi macam pernah jugak kan? Hurm. If I'm blogging it out tuh, means I'm over it la biasanya.

Kenapa saya tak mem belog bila emo? Sebab saya tak nak ter maki hamun orang dalam belog saya. Saya tak mahu ada yg terasa hati - walaupun mungkin saya tak state the name. Saya tak mahu mengadu domba. Saya tak suka orang kesian / simpati pada saya. Dan rasanya the ultimate reason is simply because tak ada mood nak menulis bila ngah emo tuh.

Maka. Tuan2 & Puan2 boleh lah faham kenapa saya tidak mem belog for the past (almost) 3 weeks kot. Ada lah tuh. Hmm.. Sedih.. Tapi nak buat macam mana.. :(

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Demikian lah kisah sedih saya. Harap Maklum.

nota kaki: susahnye hati tak boleh luah kesedihan ini huhu

About Housemates

So its official.

Tuesday is Housemates Day!

why?

1. its the only day when the 3 of us would put aside any others events/dates, just to go back home early

2. its the only day all 3 of us will go back from the office at the same time, riding the LRT together

tak tau kenapa harini mcm excited sgt, dlm sesak2 LRT ptg tu (tapi ktorg dpat seat lpas station Setiawangsa), kami dgn x tau malu nye ambik self-portrait pic - credit to Deliza's hp haha

3. most importantly.. its PASAR MALAM day!

tengok 3 minah tak senonoh ni. naik je kereta, lock pintu, makan ice cream goreng dulu! *excited nih excited!*

Oh oh I love the offerings from pasar malam! macham2! murah lak tuh. maka kami org bujang nak berjimat nih mmg suke lah! oh sgt rindu dgn pasar malam kat Taman Maju every Rabu tuh. Berduyun2 budak UTP & UiTM Seri Iskandar pergi cuci mata beli food. dan kadang2 tudung. dan rubic. dan pencil box. dan getah ikat rambut. dan tepung gomak. dan macam2 lagi lah!

So. Iyea people. Jangan ajak saye date hari Selasa, bcos its my Housemates Day! oh & every Rabu saya ade commitment to my division - the so-called Retail Club, where we have evening jogs every Wed after office dkat KLCC Park tuh. So. Iyea, jgn ajak saye date hari Rabu jugak. Hari2 lain boleh consider (ceh ceh!) :p

Oh & btw.

Good Luck my fellow UTPians! for your FINAL finals.
especially the Engineers of Batch Jan'05 - cheers! You're graduating! :D

Especially again to my ex-housemates yg hot, house V5K-T4 - how I miss spending the ribut final exams dengan korg :( walaupun kite tak sama course semua, tapi itulah yg buat friendship kite lagi colorful kan? miss you girls~` xoxo

I Have the Sawan for Discounts & Cats. How?

Mari dengar (or baca) ceritera ku untuk weekend baru ini yang julung-julung kali terjadi.

My parents came over to KL this recent weekend. They had an award dinner to attend, @ Royale Chulan Hotel. I thought hotel korok mane la pulak HLG buat event ni, tak pernah dengar pun. But eh, rupenye aku yang korok ketinggalan zaman. Its a new hotel in the very heart of KL - just opened in March 2009 kot.

Mum & I, with our favorite flower :)

That Friday, my parents came over to KLCC to chill je la. They came Thursday lagi, & the dinner thingy was only 1 night. So the remaining days is to just lepak2 la. Biaser la orang da pencen ni kan. Cool kan tua2 still chillin' (haha)

So. Once its 5pm++, I called my mum asking where they're at. "chai Isetan, Samsonite yew sale!" ujar ibuku in Mandarin. translation: "kat Isetan ni, Samsonite ada sale!" So. Iyea. My family are somehow planning for a vacation this end of the year. But still unconfirmed due to H1N1 & also the travel agent's arrangement. Somehow. Unplanned (as usual). ee chomel nye beg tuh! eh eh siap ade anak2 die lagi~. eee SALE 50% ko0ot~~ and.. I pun TERbeli the luggage bag. & oh siap match ngan 1 travel bag yang I konon2 berimpian nak jadikan beg gym, wah wah!

But seriously. Those 2 bags, after discount, it costed like RM105 and RM75 je! like OMG.. takkan taknak beli ko0ot~! dah la chomel nak mati. haa mula la keluar sawan i bile nampak discounts & sales nih.

The following day (Saturday), we checked out from Royale Chulan, checked in The Legend hotel pulak. We love to stay there sebab its like very accesible & next to The Mall (lagi bhaye actually sbb bnyk lg la shopping gamaknye kan). So. Iyea. That night jalan2 sane, Parkson pulak on sale.. & it was Hush Puppies punye luggage bags oke! Keluar lagi sawan I.. TERbeli lah lagi 1 luggage bag..

Tak faham motif aku beli semua luggage bags nih, padahal tuh luggage bag merah gabak besar kat blkg tu + 2 more bags dah menyemak kat bilik kot. Tapi chomel kaan beg hitam bunga2 nieh~~ XD

Ockay enough about my sawan. That Saturday, we went to our relative's house in Shah Alam. My aunt & her husband is going for Hajj soon. Last2 week dah jadi bibik dah tolong2 time she buat kenduri. Ni saja la bawak my parents along. The next day, Sunday, we invited them for breakfast at the hotel pulak. Datang la Cik Yah & Uncle Jailani with his 6 children - ranging from tadika up to form 2. These are my cousins yang sangat2 baik & well behaved as I storytelled in this previous post la. Ala sayang takde ambik pics dengan dorang.

Even more lucky for us, that Sunday, there was THIS:

International Cat Show! *tepuk tepuk*

Oh oh how excited I was, as I led the scout team of 6. Berderet lah jalan budak2 tuh belakang I while I hold hands with the youngest, Ila, 5 yrs old. Seronok je rase dah jadi adult yang trusted by other parents to watch over their (SIX!) kids. Dah la budak2 ni pun semua stok2 sayang kucing gak. So, the 7 of us pun merayap into the The Putra Place in The Mall, 4th floor tuh. It was like in a big hall la. & there were dozens of 'mini tents' on tables, properly arranged in lines in the hall. People were from all over the world! Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, & mat mat saleh dari dunnowhere. Malaysians too ofcourse. The contestants? From all sorts of breed!

Now let the picturesque do the talking!
Note: Sakit hati GILA tak bawak my Lexie! argh! Sorry for the low-quality pics - taken with my phone's camera je X(
(P/S: Lexie is the nickname for my LX3 camera. sexy tak nama dia? haha!)

the hall where the Cat Show was held in

kitty in fancy zebra-print 'tent'

lady touching up her Maine Coon cat before another round of judging

dad admiring the kucing (aiyo mind the perut haha)

OMG look at this Maine Coon... macam nak lap kaki je kat perut die

kucing ni manje gile nak mati kat tuan dia~ sangat suwiitt~~`

she won the 3rd place for Best Household Pet!

oh oh kucing nii cool gile~

ni pun mcm best jadikan pengelap kaki

sangat diva kucing nih, dengan ekor die yg sangat berlagak2

kitties getting tired over the hectic routine

judge inspecting the kitty. that kucing is like so0o.. Fluffy! macam nak tepuk2 & baling je!

argh comel gile~~`

check pregnancy kot

alala wat muke chomel.. tarik misai tu kang!

oke ni garang...

grrr...

timbang berat kot

this cat won several awards! eventho die macam diva, tapi stil playful. kucing lain2 gemuk tak layan bulu2 ayam nih

macam racoon pun ade kn?

gemuk + berat = bukan izza

lawa gile color die~~

So. Iyea. I later sent my parents off to KLIA. & drove back to my little apartment in Taman Melati. The End of my weekend~

Oh oh! I bought a shirt from the Cat Show! Its for charity la, to be donated for AnimalCare (www.myanimalcare.org), which is an animal protection group - something like SPCA jugak kot.

iyea lame Izza taking pics in the car while waiting in the traffic - peduli apa aku kereta sebelah pandang slack :p
note: janji aku tak selalu ambik gmbar sndri camni tau! ni sebab baju baru je haha

Garang Kah Aku?

Chup. Before that. Lemme story-mory about my sleepover at bestfriend slash 3yrs&ahalf ex-roomate, Syaima's family house last night.

Well. It was ad hoc. That Saturday morning, woke up around 8? Berguling-guling dulu atas katil. Switched on my laptop sambil menyorok bawah selimut. Reached my phone & texted Babe Syai: "So whats the shopping plan babe?" - she already texted me yesterday thats she's back in USJ for the weekend. Pendek cer, within few SMSs, I'm on my way to her house dah lah. Phew jauh (& mahal jugak) nak ke USJ from Gombak nih. Don't ask me I ikut jalan mana - I ikut Jalan GPS. \

Btw, sorry I couldn't make it for the Mocca concert Ben! This is not the reason I rejected your pelawaan~

Sampai2 aje, dipelawa makan lunch. Oh oh bahagia nye makan masakan rumah~ Siap Cik Puan Syaima' kite masak Ayam masak Kematu (kah? lupa nama nya). Pergh. Da boleh kahwin la babe! XD Then kami anak dara pun bersiap2 lah nak keluar. Adik Syai, Samira a.k.a MekYa came along. Sian die nak SPM kan, kakok die pun bawak la jalan2 ehe MekYaa go0d Luck ye SPM! Dah dpat sling-bag kuning tu semangat lah sikit ehe pas SPM Kak Izza blanje berjoli lak ;) Oh oh, & Ayah Syai tiba2 lagi bagitau ada branded warehouse sale dkat Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam tuh. Kami pun er.. 1st time neh, tak nah g warehouse sale. Cuba lah jom!

Selingan: Dulu time dak2 Engineering batch Jan05 intern, housemate2 ku ni asyik je g warehouse sale. Jealous btul tengok drg beli brg berlambak2 sbb murah nak mati - dari kasut2 Nose, bra panties Audrey, cosmetics from Maybelline, Revlon, and macam2 lagi lah! Tu yg mcm berharapan tinggi nak pegi warehouse sale nih.

So this is how its looks like la in a warehouse sale. Oke.. nak tengok2 baju, walaupun ada brands like Giordano, Soda, Voir etc, tapi macam tak terlarat nak godek2 cari bcos mmg dah berterabur sgt. But ada la gak terbeli satu Elle jersey shirt - konon semangat nak bersukan kn mwahaha~ & oh, terjumpa barang comel nih.

tah-daa~ wall sticker. haha. RM3 je pon. sampai2 je rumah, excited lekat2 hihi halfway baru teringat nk ambik gmba before & after hehe

tah-daa lagik! chomell kaaan~~ oke I actually tot it'd be bigger la haha tapi xperla

So. Iyea. I also bought a white mouse (bukan tikus oke. Tetikus utk pc tuh!), a laptop bag (finally!), and tudung. Oh oh what happened to TEMAN-Syai-dan-adiknya-sahaja!?

Later then, we went to Sunway Pyramid. Ahh rindu tempat ni. I used to go here often time intern dulu. I love Sunway Pyramid because its complete! Lotsa shops, lotsa seats, & not TOO crowded! Guess because its abit less accessible as compared to the malls in the KL. Bagus lah! and er.. despite constant reminder to self "I don't need that. I don't need that." & an early warning to Syai to CONTROL me from spending unnecessarily, I bought a high-waisted belt.. *sigh* but ayy, it IS a NEED! for office wear nih. kot.. But. I did managed to un-buy many many many things! so. Iyea! Good girl Izza! XD (org ni mmg cepat berpuas hati dgn diri sendiri haha)

Spent the night at Syai. Had a good catching up time. Had a good sleep. Woke up like 8? 9? 10? Oh anak2 dara inih.. haha. Had nasi dagang for breakfast (oh nyum!). & here I am now, back in my small room in Tmn Melati :)


So. Ockay! Back to the headlines. Garang Kah Aku? Seriously. Because I've been getting that alot recently. Oke takde la just this recent. But it kinda hit me when several guys said that to me. Rasa kelakar pun ada. And why must the comment be from guys aje? Girls takde pun complain I garang. Mengada2 dan manja gedik tu common lah kan kaaan haha!

So. Tu la. I pelik la. Ni testimoni2 garang yg I dapat:

"Awk nih garang jugak eh.." - an undisclosed male colleague

"Izza tu comel. tapi garang!" - an undisclosed male PIPE-er 48 comment to a friend of mine

"Akak nih garang lah" - a male junior in UTP

Apekes?

Seriously. Garang kah aku?

Confession of a Spending-holic

Just a recap of what's been up for the past few days :)

Tuesday.
John came by KLCC. So what does this mean? A rendezvous of course! Yay! Oh oh. Before that. I'm having financial problem lah. Er. Or. More like spending problem lah hehe. Imagine at certain days, like on this particular Tuesday, I'm having breakfast at Old Town Kopitiam (oke la jugak gak, altho I dengan tamaknye ordered Mee Kari pagi2 buta tuh), lunch at San Francisco Coffee's (just to avoid the crowd in foodcourt. As well as to satisfy Effa & mine's craving for pastas!), and.. dinner at Madam Kwan's. So.. Iyea.. RM50 a day just for meals? Someone slap me on the face please...

Anyways. We had a great time catching up with each other then. There were John, Charles, Malini, & Ejan. & when you're hanging out with your besties, you just dont notice the time! We were at Madam Kwan's for like 5 hours! 5.30-10.30pm. You bet, we were the longest staying customer!

p/s: John nak gamba! & thanks for the bangle! :D


Wednesday
Our level, a.k.a. the R-Club, is organizing weekly jogging every Wed evening, around the KLCC park. The recent Wed was a restart, since they had a break during the Ramadhan month. Well. After months of NO EXERCISE, I'm finally kick-starting jogging with my fellow colleagues. I'm like bangga gila nih nak kepoh pasal I jogged 3km++! Well not exactly jogged all the way la. 1km walk to warm up. 1km jog (tak stop okee!), & 1km walk again to cool down. But.. alas.. we went to mamak for dinner. hahaha!

I was expecting body aches all over the following day, but hey! No aches! I'm fit okee! LOL!


Thursday
What did I do on Thurs eh? Erm. Owh. I had a generous helping on sushi! for lunch, at Prince Hotel. Oh oh sedapnye sushi.. Then I attended a meeting for the rest of the evening..

So I went back late. Alone. Jln la g LRT tu sorang2. Naik la LRT tu sorang2. Cuci mata la sorg2. Turun la LRT sorang2. Jalan la gi kereta sorg2. Turun la gi kereta sorg2.. and as I turun tangga tu, I jeling kereta I yg terpacak kat parking VIP tuh...


Again. wtf? Ade along tuang cat kat kereta aku ke weyh? Tapi kalo along kan cat merah. Ade construction ke kt LRT nih? I watched the roof. Takde pon. Dengan berdebar2 nye aku turun & menghampiri kereta ku..

Aku pun calit sejari dekat benda putih atas kereta tuh...

Fuuh... habuk jee~~ Tak tau la. habuk ke water-based paint ke tah la kan. But the thing was not something permanent la. It was calit-able. Means removable la tu kan? So.. Iyea. It rained the next day, kereta I bagai dicuci la. The stain was gone. Pheww~~


Friday
Yay Friday! Sebab ape I love Friday? Because it marks the end of weekdays - the end of working day - the starting of weekend! Yaaay! and also.. longer lunch hour!!! When lunch hour is long.. What do we do girls? Shopping~~!

So. Iyea. I TERshopping with my darling colleague slash BFF-in-the-ofc, Effa. Mula2 saje usha2 G2000 dalam Parkson tu. Ambil2 je try2. Da jumpe yg berkenan, baru noticed: Eh. 50% off lahh~ Dan2 rupanya Parkson anniversary konon ye. Macam tau2 je orang2 kerja baru dapat gaji kan, diorang pun anniversary kaaan~? But bagus la. Discount helps us to save, kan kan? (ke lagi membazir, sebab tamak?) As I was about to pay, salesgirl tu tanya, "ada Bonuslink tak?" - "if takde, tak boleh la dapat 20% lagi discount ni". Whoot? Ada 20% discount lagi on top of that 50%? "Gi la buat Bonuslink card. Free je. Dkat Customer Service kat atas ni" ujar gadis sales ituh. Weeyy banyak tuu 20% lagi! So.. Iyea. You guessed it. Of course I went to buat card dulu! hahaha~

Then. Dah nak bayar ni. Dah queue kat counter nih. Tapi counter nih dekat laa pulak dgan shoes punya section. & Lewre was on 50% sale! OMG.. I just had to get that mustard clog! So.. Iyea. Another unnecessary pair of shoe is bought into collection.. Sigh.. & I just bought another purple flats on Monday! Tolong.. sape nak jage my purse...

(erk terbalik la pulak pic nih. okay imaginarily rotate the image by 180 degrees ye hehe)

Iyea. Those are the shoes that I've bought in the past 2 months. I love Charles & Keith shoes, which explains how I bought all three pairs of em (most top, 3 shoes from left) in one shopping spree. Comel kan the purple flats from Vincci? Bought at RM38 je, with Effa's special birthday discount whee~. & thats the mustard-colored clog (lower, left most) of Lewre I was talking about. Oh I fell in love with it the moment I saw it!

A male colleague asked "Izza, you ade berapa kaki ni?". & I was like err... (boleh lagi kan nak berkira2 kaki ada berapa). Iyea. Macam la kaki I banyak cam ulat gonggok kan? Eee tanak tanak~ but shoes are so0o menggoda~

So. Thats it. The Confession of a Shop-a-Holic yang baru dapat 2nd gaji.

P. S. I. - Good Luck Peeps!

Many have been asking me. "Izza. Nak tips SI.". "Izza, cane nak pass interview nih?". "Izza busok~~". Oke yang last tu takde kaitan.

So. Since musim interview dah start kat UTP tu, I'd like to share my own piece of experience on P's Structured Interview. Seriously, just because I'm currently working in P, doesn't mean I know all the slicks & ticks of the SI ye. If you ask me how I passed, I'd answer "Luck".

Now. You're done with the Online Ability Test. No theres no pass/fail result for that. So don't go waiting for it. You're then asked to complete the Personality Test. Again, theres no right/wrong in answering this test. Its just to see your personality & match with your future (hopefully) working Skill Group - to identify which job best suit you.

So your name comes up on the list of names for the next interview session. Its like the Grand Finale of the Structured Interview system la konon kan. If you got your name up while you're still in UTP, well congratulations. To those who have not, good luck in waiting for your turn for interview in KLCC. No theres no saying when you interview dkat UTP you hebat, and yang interview lambat tu P interview untuk cukupkan syarat je. No. I got a couple of friends who went to interview same batch with me back in UTP, recommended, but still got no placement. Meanwhile, another friend was interviewed in KLCC (since the semester has ended), yet she has been offered a placement already. So people, theres no different when & where you're interviewed - its just a matter of queuing.

Okay. So how is it during the interview? Basically, its divided into three (3) sections. All three will be conducted concurrently, and should take around.. 1 to 1 and a half hour. If the interviewer(s) love you so much, you'll be in there for about 2 hours plus.

Section 1 - Case Study
Section 2 - Role Play
Section 3 - the conventional interview lah

Can't recall in detail of my experience, since I had mine back in March 2009. But. Iyea. As far as I can remember.. About 5-6 of us were called in to the waiting room. There were lots of form to fill. Then they briefed us on the interview structure. Then we were each given a case study. Some of us got the same topic. Guess they got several sets of cases. Mine was Home-schooling. A friend's was Paperless Hospital. Thank God mine was like.. boleh goreng la. Logically lah kan. Home-schooling = bersekolah di rumah = tak pergi sekolah, belajar di rumah. So what do you do once you get your topic? Get your pen & start scribbling ideas! You've got about 15 ke 30 mins to prepare. List out the norms lah : definition, pros & cons, your personal opinion, blablabla. If you got current statistics is even better.

Then they call you in. As I walked in, confident & smiling (tho hands are TOO COLD), I greeted my interviewers. Being professionals, they firstly introduce themselves - a lady from HR, & a senior from marketing. It was said that you're unlucky if you got to be interviewed by someone from HR - whats more a lady HR! They're like so strictly-by-books/rules type. Kononnye la kan. Anyways. While I had 2 interviewers, some had only 1. So, it depends la.

And so. "Tell us about yourself". Try google this in the internet & you'll find lots of tips on tackling this ever-famous question. My answer scheme : I'd repeat my full name again (I know, its ridiculous - they have ur resume there DUH! but it seemed like a habit. biarla.). I'd talk about my current status - ICT, final sem, master in yadayada, minor in yadayada. I'd talk about my education background - I just had to recite that I'm from a Chinese Kindergarten (its kinda like a bonus, i guess). No I did not brag about being an all-time Dean List-er - its well bragged in resume kan kaan?. Then I highlighted that I had my 8-months internship in Accenture. I'd talk about my hobby & interest - jangan la cakap hobi pancing ikan ke main kucing kan, yg konon intellectual la sket punya hobby. If takde, takyah la mention. Then I stopped. I dont know what else to tell about myself. Then the HR lady asked "What about your family?". ow ockay. I thought some career advisor don't recommend us talking about family in interviews kan? But since the lady asked, I cerita la.

Done with then. Then we'll go to the 1st section - The Case Study. "Tell us what you understand about home-schooling?". They'd let you talk forever. They won't interrupt you, until you pause because you're out of idea on what to say. Then only they'll ask questions and try to criticize your ideas, interrogate and irritate you. Just keep your cool & answer logically. Do not try to be funny - its childish and unprofessional.

Then the interviewer announced "thats all for case study, we shall now proceed with the role play. are you ready?". So. I picked a card. A few minutes is given to prepare and set your mind with the new role. Now this is interesting. I got 2 different role play cases - others had only 1. Some had up to 6! Anyways, the number of cards you took doesnt mean much. Sometimes you get to take only 1 card - it might mean they have understood how your mind works, but whether its a good or bad understanding, Wallahualam. If you're offered more than 2 cards, it might be the interviewer is really interested in you, while it might also be they could not understand just yet how your mind works.

Case 1: You are a manager of a multinational company, currently based in Vietnam. Your workers claim that your company is under paying the local employees. They demand for pay rise. They even went to the extent of attacking your shareholders. The shareholders are asking you why such demeanor are happening.

Lebey kurang camni la kan skema soklan die tu. Tapi in a more proper susunan ayat la kan haha. So. The interviewers will be the shareholders - and they're acting seriously! I lak terhegeh tergelak2 wth. So take lessons from me ye, you dont wanna make fool of yourself. The card says you're a manager, so be one. BE IN YOUR ROLE. They'll start integruing & provoke you. Try to calm them. Offer solutions. Think like a manager. I think I did quite badly for this case, which is why they offered me a different case. I think la.

Case 2: You are a manager. The wives of your employees are complaining that their husband's salary is too high, which leads to bad habits. Their husbands would come home late, drunk, and beat the wives and kids. The angry wives demand you to lower the employee's salary.

Cam kelakar kan case ni? I pun agak tergelak time dapat. Anyways. So my interviewers jadi the angry wives (the senior from marketing senyum busuk je - he's a man yg terpaksa jadi angry wife oke haha) Tapi case ni memang best la. We debated for quite some time. I kate jugak thats your personal family matter, & I can't just suke hati lower my employees pay eventho it benefits my company's financial - but they shall be paid as they deserved la kan? Anyways. Always offer solutions. Dont just argue je. I propose la buat family day lah. Bring your wife & kids to office day lah. Splitting the employee's account lah. Even if its sounds illogical, just propose some solution. Any solution!

Then its section 3 - the normal interview lah. They ask you questions, you answer. Mind them might ask "Why do you want to work with P?". Ha goreng la ikut sedap korg. They'll ask whats your work preference. Do have a look at the various skill groups they offer from the company's website. Marketing ke. Finance ke. Admin ke. HR ke. Some specific technical position ke. & they'll also ask your preferred location. Name 3. But basically when they place you, it depends on vacancy. So don't go throwing tantrums when you're not getting as you specified la kan. I wanted admin, HR & procurement kot.. but the senior from marketing said I seem to fit the marketing field. So. Yea. My Skill Group (SKG) is marketing, but somehow I'm doing Planning & Business Development now hurm.. But I'm happy working here anyways :D

So. Ockay. I guess thats all. & owh. Some asked me what to wear, is baju kurung okay? If you ask me. Well. Someone, I cant recall who, advised me before. Its something like.. wearing baju kurung is like showing you're somewhat abit conservative? please, no offence to anyone. I wear baju kurung to KLCC too on Fridays. But for interview. Its best to groom yourself in a corporate look la. So my advise? Wear crisp-ironed shirts & slacks/pant suit. No its not poyo to wear your jacket/suit. Its corporate looking. & P does put weigh on their employees grooming - they always want to appear professional. If you want to land yourself in Marketing especially, pakai la habis stylo ye.

The interviewers are humans too. They can take humor, they can laugh. Try smiling & be at ease. Be friend with them. Ask questions by the end of the interview. Ask like you're really interested. Most importantly, dapatkan restu family. Especially ibu bapa. This is something I've always believe in la. Everytime I nak masuk exam, I would sms my parents. Takde la ayat Islamic gila like "ayahanda, bonda, ku pohon restu mu. ananda hendak masuk dewan peperiksaan ni. doakan ananda ye.". No. I would text something like "Its my 2nd last paper today, wish me luck!". Just to inform la. Same goes to when I'm going for interviews. Always mintak restu parents. Kalau malu nak cakap pun, cakap je "Ma, I really want this job. Pray for me ok".


No this is not some professional's tip. Nor a perfect solution. Its just plain me, sharing my experience. Take what you think is right, & leave behind what you think is wrong.

All the best to my dearest friends! May I see you all soon in KLCC :D

Kisah di Suatu Petang dalam LRT

Ini kisah yg sy alami. baru je. petang tadi.

Rase nak beli new office pants. Deliza dah balik pkul 4pm lagi. pm Cik Syikin, tanya nak join kite shopping tak. Oke cun. So 5.15pm tu tebal kan muka keluar office..

Mmg dah agak target nak beli dari G2000. I got this 1 pair from there & really loved it. Try punya try punya try. Last2... tak beli jugak. Sbb? Salahkan Miss Sheena yg bagi Corporate Grooming lecture to us during PIPE. Girls sure paham ngehehe..

Pastu Shima called. Ajak lepak2 japkat Burger King, with them yg dah nk 'fly'. Shima, Intan & Zawawi to Kerteh. Hanum to KK. Daju & Hezzi to Miri. Ada jugak Bukhari & Faris. Borak2 jap je. Lepas tu balik..

In the LRT.. SESAK GILE la pulak 6.30pm tuh isk.. mau 4x train lalu jugak baru boleh naik.. itu pun mmg agak bersesak la.

Mula2 tu dapat la jugak pegang besi dkat tengah tu. Stesen Ampang Park. Ade la org2 yg maybe dah hilang sabar menunggu kot kan, force himpit masuk jugak. Sebelah ada sorg makcik & beg balik kampung dier. Bawah tangan sy ade sorg makcik cina, mcm rude la pulak rasa. So walaupun sy dngan wedges 4 inci sy ni, di tambah daya imbangan yg lemah, sy lepaskan jugak tiang tu & bajet boleh stabil kan diri..

Lepas je tren tu start picking up speed, sy pun mula ter tak stabil. Makcik yg sebelah sy tu pun dengan tangkas nye terus grab lengan sy. Sy pun senyum mesra blk sambil malu2 kata "takpe takpe~" padahal dah nk tergolek. Makcik tu tetap pegang tangan sy dgn senyuman.

Untuk mengurangkan ke awkward an keadaan, sy pun memulakan budi bicara..

Izza: Baru balik kerja Kak? (disebabkan sy in office attire, tua mana pun org tu, if die pun stil bekerja, sy panggil kakak - this is what i learnt frm the ofc la)
Cik Kak: Ade bengkel~
Izza: Ooh. Ni, dari mana? dengan beg beg nih?
Cik Kak: Dari KB~ Kota Bharu.
Izza: Ooh yer ke! Kampung kite kat Kelantan! Kg Pintu Geng! *terus menggenggam tgn akak tu pulak, excited*
Cik Kak: Eh org Kelantan ke?
Izza: tak tak, ayah la. kite dari Sabah. bla bla bla
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(& the conversation continues..)
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Cik Kak: Sy lecturer. Mengajar dkat UTM.
Izza: Eh? ade eh kat KB UTM? Woooh tak tau puun *mula la perangai jakun sy nih*
Cik Kak: Adee, die cam branch la.
borak borak lagi. & train berhenti kat Damai. Rilek je akak ni masih. ingatkan bukan turun sini. so kitorg pun borak lagi. tapi tiba2..
Cik Kak: oke lah dik, akak turun dlu ye

terkejut sy. dah la pintu LRT ni mana ada belas kasihan. kalau bukan terhimpit orang, theres no way pintu tu boleh di hold/bukak. Akak tu pun berpusu cuba ke arah pintu. Sy pun tolong "excuse me excuse me". Sekali nye, pintu tu tertutup.. Makcik hanya mampu melambai kepada kawan2 nya yg sudah selamat turun. alahai..

Rasa bersalah sgt dkat makcik tu.. Borak2 la ckit lagi. & dia pun turut kat stesen Dato' Keramat. sebelum itu, sempat dia menggenggam tangan sy. Rasa gembira je. Sy pun ckp lagi terima kasih & sambil tersenyum, berlalu pergi..

Sy pun masih meneruskan perjuangan bergelut dlm train ituh. sebelah sy sorg awek gak. kakak la this time. by the time dkat Jelatek, sy pun nmpk dia mcm pegang2 brg dia, ready2 nk turun. tapi tngan sy yg pegang tiang tu halang jln die nk ke pintu. Sy pun "nak turun sini eh? jap ehh.." & tggu tren tu berhenti betul2, baru sy lepaskn tgn. Sy senyum dkat dia. Dia pun pandang tepat pada mata sy & senyum balik sambil kata "terima kasih~"

Hati rasa riang je naik train balik hari ni. Kan bagus kalau rakyat Malaysia semua macam nieh? :D ni tak. biasenye naik LRT semua muka KeTaT je. termasuklah jgk sy kot kn kadang2 haha

Maaf, tak sempat bertny nama puan lecturer. But that 5 minute conversation had been meaningful :) Hopefully dpat jumpe lg~

Maka kawan2. Mari lah kita senyum2 bila naik LRT mahupun driving. Biarlah senyum sumbing pun :D