IKEA is EXPANDING!
Ok, inhale and exhale.
Do you think you have what it takes to be part of the IKEA team? Well, apart from having leadership skills, team player, efficient, organized, what do you think the qualities you need in order for you to be part of this company.
IKEA is expanding the wing to Cheras and they're now in the midst of finding the right individual. They're having an open interview around KL, so if you're interested, go chase them. You'll never know if you could land yourself the best job in the world with the best company :-)
Visit the YouTube page for more info on where is their next interview or hop on to their Facebook page for more updates and news.
As Malaysians, we know how is it like to celebrate Aidilfitri in our own motherland but do you know how does it feel on other side of the world?
Being an experience amateur traveler,*cause I still can't leave my lotion behind*, celebrating Syawal in a foreign land could mean, celebrating only with your spouse or family members. The number of Malaysians who stay abroad can be counted by fingers *although the numbers are increasing*, so expect less guest coming over to your place.
Countries like Australia, Europe don't celebrate Aidilfitri except the minority, therefore you rarely see people clad in their baju kurung or baju melayu walking around the town after visiting their relatives. It's odd and mat saleh may find it interesting. There are no public holiday for Syawal, it's either you go to work or you take your leave day.
One thing for sure, when celebrating Syawal in oversea is you make new friends. People with the same nationality as you whom you have not met. Places like Malaysia Hall will host Aidilfitri celebration every year and all Malaysians within that particular area will come together.
However, as for myself, having a mum as a Singaporean could be slightly different. Celebrating Syawal in Singapore is merrier compared to Malaysia. We start the day in the afternoon and visit relatives until the wee morning. I was a rich kid back then and with the currency exchange, I could buy the whole Trump Tower *ok kidding*.
Aidilfitri is celebrated for a month in Singapore. You can still see people in their traditional wear even after the holidays are over. They still go for house visit after working hours. That semangat, I tell you.
When I was small, I had an uncle who worked as a trailer driver. He would pick us up in his 16 wheel trailer (if i'm not mistaken) and we'll go to relative houses until the next Subuh. Imagine that. By the time we got home, we were flat out but we still continue again that evening.
Things were a bit different in the old days but as time goes by, Syawal is celebrated according to trend but the spirit still remain the same. But, one thing for sure, no matter what, I'm still #proudtobemalaysian
(Wearing semi instant shawl Sara from By Alexa Blue)
(Wearing semi instant shawl Sara from By Alexa Blue)
It's the 2nd weekend in Syawal and I'm going beraya at my childhood cousins' tonight, Hinting him on 'Masak apa mlm ni?'. Hoping that his other half may take the bait that I'm craving for lontong #nopeanutinthestomachyet
To those organizing open house today and tomorrow of perhaps next week, post on your invitation that you'll be serving Magnum ice-creams, the whole kampung will definitely be there including me although we're strangers. But for Magnum, #anythingalsocanla
Juan bought a box of Magnum mini for me last week. Honey comb crunch to be exact, the whole box gone in less than a week! I have been finding honey comb flavored ice-cream for a very lonngggg time. Hail to Magnum.
One is NOT enough for one *in my case* so I suggest you buy 2 boxes. For open house, buy in bulk or better still, buy the whole Magnum factory...Hahaha. No? Not funny?
Do you know that they have white chocolate almond flavor to *swoosh to the supermarket*.
Visit their Facebook page for more product details and offers.
'Oohh, you want my ice-cream? Sorry habis liao, come dig from my stomach'
'Hah, you're too late people. This is the last one and it's mine'
Seek a true friend, for a friend seeks the benefit of a friend, Do good to the people for the sake of God or for the peace of your own soul that you may always see what is pure and save your heart from the darkness of hate.
I've known these bunch since high school. 2 years down the road, our friendship is turning 20 years. I wonder how we could keep this friendship alive when most of us are now busy managing families, juggling work and babies plus we all stay in different states yet we all still have time for each other.
Although we visit each other every Aidilfitri, it never felt like we have not seen each other for a year. The laughter and the talks that we have has always been the same except this time around, it was more about breastfeeding, milk, bottles, rashes, solid food and other baby topics. It was interesting to see how our lives changed from being a high school wrack into mothers.
It has been a wild ride for the past 20 years. We fought and argued too, just like other people. I used to wonder how my parents managed to keep their friendship for more than 30 years but now, I know how they did it. It's about tolerance, appreciation, keeping the right company. It's more of a give and take relationship. Just like marriage.
I was the wildest one and the most problematic among my friends but they have never once judge me. The worst they did was nagging and that's it. Although I have different sets of friends (even some of them I regarded as close friends), I have yet to find the qualities that these people have. The society that we live in today are very judgmental and fake, therefore the good qualities that you want to find in a real friend are hard. They're like diamonds,
I realize that at one point, I was drifted with the city friends that the real friends I have did not receive any text from me, even the simplest 'Assalamualaikum'. I felt so bad that I started to do some 'filtering' on friends that I should keep close to my heart. A spring cleaning that I do mentally including on my social media.
As your age is catching up, you want less drama in life, you started to ignore the negativity from your external surrounding. You just want to be in a group that lift your spirit up, be there when you needed them.
If you were to look into my Instagram account, you would say that I'm much in love with my home town. It is true.
I never really appreciate what I had back then, When people asked me, where's my origin, I was little embarrassed to say that I come from this little town called Perlis. But now that I'm away from the place that I grew up for more than a little 10 years, I started to realized how this little kampung of mine had impacted me in a way where humble is a very important element in our life. A characteristic that you find very less in city people.
Living in the city is about spending your time on the road traveling to your office, having take-outs, hanging out at your favorite cafe and becoming a hipster is part of the norm when living in the city. People changed in order to blend in but some still maintain their originality. You won't realize what the metropolitan can do to you.
As you travel along the North-South highway, you'll notice that your left and right side are covered with paddy field. So green and lush. It brings you back to your old days, isn't it. Driving back from a big city and it's like you're being teleport back to another dimension.
Things are done differently in a small town. Everyone knows each other and news spread like wildfire. Today you gave birth to a baby girl, the next day, the whole town will know about it. People in a smaller town often have that soft spot in them. Being far away from our relatives, all we have are our neighbors, me, Juan, my dad and my mum, Dianah is always on the go so she's rarely around *she inherit my dad's traits*
Never feel ashamed on admitting where you come from. For me, every places that we come from has its uniqueness. It all depends on how you see it. The place that we come from basically shape us into becoming into who we are today. So never forget your roots :-)
(Wearing Poplook Tabitha Slinky Maxi Dress)
(Wearing Poplook Tabitha Slinky Maxi Dress)
So, it's Friday. It also means the first day of Syawal!!!
Are you back in your kampung yet? Or still on the highway driving back to your hometown? As for me, I'll be leaving to my parents' this afternoon.
Would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
Maaf Zahir dan Batin yer.
Syawal is in a few days time and I'm very sure that some of you are busy making and preparing kuih, or rushing to buy your Aidilfitri outfit too. Well, I have settled mine months ago except Juan have not found his baju Melayu yet.
For this year, I have prepared myself a maxi dress and as usual from Poplook. It's never easy to find clothes with my size, petite. Let alone shoes *I wear size 3*. For shoes, I shop at the kid section *kid you not*. To avoid embarrassment, I normally asked Juan to ask the shopkeeper what's their smallest shoe size. It's easier if I were to shop in Vincci, I'll just get the staff to hand me any size 3 shoes or sandal, lay them in a line in front of me, then from there I choose the ones that I like most *fefeeling chauffeur gitu kan* I think because of my petite size, people hardly take me seriously *sigh*
Syawal preparation are as usual *not that I started baking*. The first Raya morning will be at the in-laws, then we'll be leaving to my hometown the same afternoon. Traffic will not be as bad as the night before *you'll cling to your steering wheel and cry*. I bet that happen all over Malaysia as everyone are rushing back to their hometown.
That WAS the initially plan. But changes has to be made. Working with others is not the same like having your own company. It's not that flexible. A colleague of mine had asked me to cover the 1st Raya as she and her husband with their kid will be spending the Raya holiday in KL. She's a non-Muslim and I will not reveal her race *don't want this to be a controversial thing*.
Ok, I'm trying to keep my cool here. I'm not trying to rant but I was REALLY looking forward to spend the holiday with my parents. I rarely have 4 days of holiday and I rarely take the time off from work. So I'd thought that I could take the Raya holiday as opportunity to spend my time with both parents. So when I knew I had to come back to the office on first day of raya, what do you think?
I keep my mind on the positive side. Taking my father's word 'You do good, you get good things'. So that was the first news I receive pre-Aidilfitri :-(
Wearing Kipling sling bag, By Alexa Blue printed cotton shawl (coming soon)
That WAS the initially plan. But changes has to be made. Working with others is not the same like having your own company. It's not that flexible. A colleague of mine had asked me to cover the 1st Raya as she and her husband with their kid will be spending the Raya holiday in KL. She's a non-Muslim and I will not reveal her race *don't want this to be a controversial thing*.
Ok, I'm trying to keep my cool here. I'm not trying to rant but I was REALLY looking forward to spend the holiday with my parents. I rarely have 4 days of holiday and I rarely take the time off from work. So I'd thought that I could take the Raya holiday as opportunity to spend my time with both parents. So when I knew I had to come back to the office on first day of raya, what do you think?
I keep my mind on the positive side. Taking my father's word 'You do good, you get good things'. So that was the first news I receive pre-Aidilfitri :-(
Wearing Kipling sling bag, By Alexa Blue printed cotton shawl (coming soon)
