Life is great…!

Oooh Gosh, I am getting old!!!!!! lol

I never had this aging problem before. It just never occurred to me. First time, while on a vacation in Phuket, Thailand, I just realized that I am 23 years old now!!! Never before I thought about my age so critically as in that moment in Thailand…

Suddenly, I seemed to myself all grown-up… Strange feeling. First thing I thought was to analyze my achievements, accomplishments, and my maturity level…
Still confused…

Will have to think again…

As my Big Bro suggested, I am here until my visa expires, which is 17th of May. Two more months to go… Two more long loooong loooooong months to go.

So, decided not to waste my time, doing nothing while waiting for May to come, so applied to many internships on JobStreet website. Just got registered, and applied for some intern positions, and the next day one quite big consulting company contacted me for an interview.

Quite fast, huh? Pleasantly surprised…

So, today I got up at 7 something, got prepared, and went for my interview, which was scheduled for 9.30 Saturday morning…Aghhh!!!!!!!!

What can I say, nice office building, nice HR person, really nice company… Would love to be recruited there, hehe

In overall, everything went quite smoothly, I was not nervous at all, which is quite unusual for my type. Maybe I was still sleepy? lol

Now, fingers crossed, waiting for the answer. Though it was implied that my 2-month internship availability is too short, as it takes almost half of it to train me, blah blah blah, and I am gone in 1 month…

Whatever lah, will see…

Hello World,
I haven’t posted for so long… Ages!

So many things happened… Actually I decided to drop blogging on my personal blog, but now somehow I feel like sharing…

So, just to catch up, all happenings in brief:

- I went to Phuket island, Thailand for 2 weeks.

- My sister gave birth to cute, and healthy baby-boy named Ahmad in Gleneagles Hospital, KL on 27th of Jan 2009

- My parents came to Malaysia from Kyrgyzstan

Hmmm, i cannot think of anything else to write now, though in overall there is so much experienced…

Have to add my ‘mood swings’. One day, I am packing my things to go back to Kyrgyzstan, the other day I am looking for internships here, blah blah blah…

My current mood is on ‘going back to Kyrgyzstan’ side…Hehe

At last, I am back to KL(Kuala Lumpur) from KK (Kota Kinabalu) Sabah!

I came back on 22nd of january actually, wanted to post here immediately, and suddenly I realized I forgot my password…!

Luckily I have high-tech brother Zam, who restored the password for me.

So, stay tuned!!!

I am flying over to Sabah on 27th of November inshallah!

I am really excited about my new job: meeting new people, making friends, exploring Sabah and surroundings… I have not been to Sabah yet, so I am really anticipating this whole new experience…!

I haven’t posted for so many days… I was busy, and so into real life, no time for virtual…

My room is in a mess, I am not bothering myself even with arranging my clothes and stuff, because I will be going away soon… So my mood is already ‘Sabahan’…. lol

…is sooooooooo much fuss for me!

I really have a headache, ‘in advance’, I should say, like 2 days before the planned date. I think about menu, groceries to buy, scheduling everything so that my food is ready when guests arrive, cleaning up the house, etc etc etc…

In addition, u know all about my ‘poor’ culinary skills, right? Yeah, exactly, after hours and hours of sweating in kitchen, here u r, the lousy food… Not really the type that u’d proudly present to ur guests…

But the irony is…- I really enjoy having guests at home! I really do!

Yeah, that seems to be ‘torturing’ my guests with my lousy food, but hey, they don’t really mind my food, right?

Well, anywayssssssss, please, be my guest!!!

Today’s guests were my turkish friends studying here in KL. I wanted to cook smth like their food, turkish style, but then decided not to, as they already eat that everyday. So, I cooked:

- 2 different ’samsy’: beef & chicken with ‘paratha’

- ‘borsh’ with lamb

- olivie salad

- tomato/cucumber salad

In addition to that I wanted to cook ‘blinchiki’, ‘manty’, and to fry some fish on top of that food. But, as u might predict, didn’t manage… My ‘culinary’ Operating System was overloaded, lol!

Many many thanks to Chynara, she helped me out a lot in the kitchen.

My poor turkish friends, thank u all for behaving politely & trying to seem like u were enjoying the food, I do appreciate ur efforts…! But I know my ‘anti-culinary’ skills, so, never mind

‘Yine beklerim…’

Coming back to Malaysia after our adventurous trip to Singapore, Malaysian customs decided that I have been too long in Malaysia ‘without no visible reason’, and put the stamp in my passport with this: ‘To refer to Putrajaya Immigration Office for visa clearance till 13/11/2008′

So, as law-obedient citizens, we went to Putrajaya on November 13. Nur took me there on his car. Had to get up at 7, and we were in Putrajaya Immigration Office sharp at 8. Filled out ’social visit pass extension’ form, submitted, and waited…and waited…and waited….

And after some time I got my visa, not just stamp, but a whole page, just like my brothers’ work permit visa. Looks cool, will add the image later.

So, I am legally here now…hehe

Профессор философии, перед лекцией заходит в зал и раскладывает на столе несколько различных вещей. Когда начинаются занятия, он, молча, берет большую, пустую, банку из под майонеза и заполняет ее большими камнями.
Затем спрашивает:
- Банка была полна?
- Да! - соглашаются студенты.
Тогда профессор достает коробку с маленькой галькой и высыпает ее в эту же банку. Он слегка поболтал банку и галька, конечно, заполнила открытые области между камнями. Он снова спросил студентов:
- Банка полна?
Они рассмеялись и согласились, что банка полная. Тогда, профессор достает коробку песка и высыпает ее в банку. Естественно, песок, заполняет все остальное пространство.
- Теперь, - сказал профессор, - я хочу, чтобы вы поняли, что это - ваша жизнь.

Камни - важные вещи - ваша семья, ваши друзья, ваше здоровье, ваши дети. Если бы все остальное было потеряно, и только они остались, ваша жизнь была бы все еще полна.
Галька - другие вещи, которые имеют значение подобно вашей работе, вашему дому, вашему автомобилю.
Песок - все остальное, это просто мелочи жизни. Если вы, сначала, насыплете песок в банку, то не будет места для гальки и камней. То же самое и в жизни. Если вы тратите все ваше время и энергию на мелочи, у вас никогда не будет места для вещей, которые являются важными для Вас.
Обратите внимание на вещи, которые являются критическими к вашему счастью. Заботьтесь, сначала о камнях, это действительно имеет значение. Установите ваши приоритеты. Остальное - только песок.

P.S. For English version, click here: Life Philosophy

Apart from my friends now, I realize that I have lots of friends… Really good ones… And I missed them all: hanging out with them, our jokes, time spent together…

But, my friends are getting married one by one… That’s why I feel kinda sad now. It’s not that I don’t want them to get married, no! It made me realize that I am a grown-up now, grown-up for real!

Time for my friends to get married, quite normal… This means that now we have somehow separate lives, feels like our friendship is slipping away… We will be friends of course forever, but now each one of us will have a separate road to life… Not together as we used to be…

And this makes me sooooooo sad…

This is Asel, one of my best friends, and she got married recently… Jaka is going to get married within a month or two. And Di will also plan to get married some time next year… As I don’t have such plans, I will be the only one single…

Thank God I have Nazira, Tanya, Elnura and many many more friends who are not married yet. Not yet at least…

We easily get used to everything we have/own, and after some time we take it for granted… We just don’t simply notice all good things that life offers, or don’t value what we have.

So, the following link is the PPT SlideShow that Nesrin Abla sent… Deep meaning, and refreshing:

FARKINDA OLMAK

We tend to compare our life to those who are better off, forgetting those that are far far worse. And this way, we are never satisfied with what we have, it’s never enough… And in a struggle for more, we get hurt emotionally: depression, stress, envy, anxiety, etc.

Life is too short, why waste it on negative stuff, just try ur best, and be thankful for everything…

Yeah, life is great!!! 

P.S. I was referring to myself, reminding what I have, what I own, what I deserve actually…

And I am happy, and thankful!

Elhamdulillah!