Kerana Mata (R Azmi)

My dad would be proud of me today.I finally could listen to one of his favourite songs . My parents love listening to old songs together after dinner.Our house is not a mansion so the songs could be heard at every corner of the house.My siblings and I knew we were in torture chamber for at least an hour.We would grumble and complain to our parents.However our complaints would fall on deaf ears as they would carry on their tradition.

Grants, Mr Mus & Passion

In academia, securing grants is essential. By having more money to spend make one's research easier.The money can be used for travelling expenses, conducting data collection and others.The workshop and talk today was conducted by our research sifu, Mr Mus.I have heard him talk about research and grants more than two times. Every time it strikes me that he never gets tired talking about these topics as he really enjoys his work and he is so passionate about his research.I do learn a lot of things today and most of all I learn not to give up and take chances.I realise I want to be as passionate as he is in my area of interests.Thank you Mr Mus for a great job and your wisdom.

Terkenang Masa Dulu

Burn Baby Burn

Never stand in between someone who is relentlessly pursuing his/her happiness.Trust me about that matter. In the age of Facebook , old flames are easily connected and rekindled. A male friend is confused in the matter of the heart. He claims he is extremely contented with his wife and lovely children.However he has a major problem.He just met his first love through Facebook.Somehow the encounter got him thinking about his present contentment and future happiness.Naturally he is confused of his wants.So he seeks help and wisdom from his friends.Should he forget or rekindle his first love? Should he forget his pledge to his wife and children? Should I tell him to follow his heart ?Should I just call his wife and tell her nothing but the truth? Over the years, I learn that it is a folly to stand in between a person and his happiness. How could a glorious present loses to the past failure? How could a man compares a beautiful wife and adorable children with a failing former girlfriend ? Can he turn a failed relationship to a successful one now ?Would he change a successful relationship to a failing one ? What say you?

New Skills?

I am impressed that one of my colleagues is learning how to sew.She is very dedicated as she never misses any of her sewing classes.I know that she is going to be a great tailor.My bff confesses that she loves to learn to cook western cuisine and bake delicious cakes.Knowing her, she will master in all.I have no interest in taking sewing classes as I had attended one  before.I did sew my own baju kurung.I will pay for my tailor to sew my clothes as sewing is time-consuming task and I am too lazy. I am not interested in cooking classes as I rather pay the chef to cook for me. It keeps me thinking what are the skills I am interested to learn.Then it hits me.I just remember this Tuesday , I will be attending a one day research workshop . Hopefully I will be able to improve my research skills.I guess one man's meat is another man's poison.The most important thing is we got to learn new skills or improve our existing skills in order to be relevant.