BIRTHDAY MONTH

February has been good and relaxing so far. Not much since i just stay at home, not doing anything but house chores. Today marks a month i'm staying at home. Jobless, gaining weights but i wouldn't have it any other way. And oh i even went for cupping (read: bekam). I did it on my face for sinus and on my head because i somehow suffer from a regular not-so-severe headache. Bearable but still, when it happened, it hurts just as bad. Hence, the bekam attempt. The bekam doctor literally had to shave part of my head according to the size of the cup for cupping. And because of that one round part of my head, the next day, i went to the hair salon and shaved my whole head. I know. I know. Hahaha. 

Tbh, shaving my head has been in my plan for years. I've always wanted to do it especially when i was just chilling at home like during the semester break. But my family especially my mom forbids me strongly. I saw many of woman celebrities shaved their heads. Not to seek attention but if we can color our hairs any colors we want, style our hair as we want, then why does being bald is never a positive option? I mean, hair does grow back. But i do understand the part that we women are nicer and prettier with longer hair. But whatever, at least me experience being bald is checked. I guess this may be once in a lifetime chance so i'm going to be happy with it while it last. Lol. 

 My contract with my previous room was supposed to be 6 months until end of March but since i have no business in KL no more so i moved out 2 months earlier. The deal was, if i moved out before the contract ended, i need to help the other tenants find my replacement, or else i won't get my deposit money back. I thank God for the help of the online medium, i managed to find my replacement in time, and get my deposit back. I also didn't have to waste my money paying for the room rental. Alhamdulillah for that. 

And not many knows about this but my families and neighbors. We had a dog at home for about almost 2 years. Not really a pet but more to a dog that we kept and fed everyday. She was very tiny, smaller than a cat when she first came to our house out of nowhere. My sister fed her and she never leave ever since. We called her Doggy. Since our house is at kampung area with large backyard so Doggy just lived at the back, outside the house. We love her dearly. But about last 2 months, there was this one white dog came around and made our Doggy pregnant. Doggy gave birth to 7 cute puppies. However my mom was not happy with that. Since we know too well about our barrier as Muslim with dog. 1 dog at the backyard may be okay but a total of 8 dogs (?) God knows.

So i browsed for pet shelter at Seremban and thank God i found this one shelter that rescue dogs. The shelter called My Kebun and managed by one kind-hearted Chinese lady named Grace. We couldn't send Doggy and her puppies to the shelter with our own car because of religion matter. Thus, Grace suggested us to hire a pet taxi to drive the doggies to the shelter. Tbh i didn't know pet taxi was a thing before lol. The pet taxi driver was an Indian lady named Sathia. She was also a very nice lady. Very easy to work with and very friendly. She lives in Kajang and can drive your pets literally anywhere. She was once drove a pet from Penang to KL. If you want her contact number in the future, you can simply hit me up.

Alhamdulillah so far Grace has taking a very good care to Doggy and her puppies. Tbh i was really sad sending Doggy to the shelter since she has been with us since she was a puppy. And i believe she was already at her forever home until she was pregnant. Grace told me that the puppies will soon be adopted but not Doggy. Because people prefer to adopt puppies instead of the adults. Somehow Doggy will be neutered very soon. I was thinking to take Doggy back home once she was neutered and when her puppies are adopted and can survive without her. I mean, we are so used hearing she barks everyday. And i know she misses home too because dogs will be dogs. It is sad to think about the idea that she will live until she dies at the shelter. If nobody adopts her, i will surely going to take her home again. I miss her everyday. My forever baby Doggy. 

Aside from that, my birthday, as usual, since the past 26 years was on 17th February lol. Nothing special happens on 17th February only the fact that it was my birthday and i am finally one year older than before. My family never really celebrate birthday like others. But we do show some love on each others' birthdays. My mom asked me what do i want for my birthday. I told her that i just wanted some money. Hahaha. And guess what? She ignored that. Haha. Alhamdulillah for another year in life. May Allah ease my 2019 and may it be way better than my 2018. Amin YRA. 

 I also got my job interview result yesterday. But my result was kinda not confirmed yet. Two of my friends that went to same interview got the same results which the positions were not meant for them (for now). And my interview result really differ from both of them. I did asked one of my friend who already work at the workplace. She told me that when she got the job, she also got the same interview result as mine. I also did call the office etc. All i have to do now is pray and wait for the call from the rightful officer or another email for confirmation. I really hope that i will get good news from this one. May this job is meant for Afiqah Norazizi and may Allah ease her career. Amin YRA. 

SHE WAS A BARISTA

I wrote it on my previous post that my very recent job was my part time job which was as a Barista at Starbucks. Truth to be told, Starbucks was never really in my list. I did browsed for jobs for me to work for about two or three months while waiting to complete my studies and get myself a better, relevant position. I was thinking about working as, perhaps, an enumerator, telemarketer or maybe a sales assistant of anything. But since time was racing and my options are reducing, i started to consider to work as a server. Hence, Starbucks.

I remember what one of my closest friends said to me when i was at first about to decide to work at the nearest Shell station which at Shell Desa Sri Hartamas (simply because it was the nearest lol). He said "Shell kan kau dah pernah kerja. Lagipun Shell, McD semua tu tak best lah. Kerja lah Starbucks ke". So yeah, i guess i was really buying his advice hahaha.

So, just like other F&B companies, working full time at Starbucks requires us to work 8 hours a day and 6 days a week. The working hours are on shift basis. You don't just work during the morning everyday and the 1 day off every week is also not on the same day every time. We need to wait for the weekly or monthly schedule and just be happy with the schedule. We literally work the hours when everyone else is ready to go out and have a good time.

As for myself, since i was a working student, i get to choose my off days for me to go to the campus. So basically yeah, no off days for me since i went to the campus each time. Lol. Almost everyday i put on my Starbucks shirt, apron, black hijab, black pants, black shoes and get ready to go into work. The best part was, i don't have to stress about what outfit to wear each day because it was the same outfit every damn day haha.

I consider myself to be blessed to work at an expatriates and working areas where the customers are more sophisticated. Time is gold for them. So, they basically just came for their cup of unsweetened coffee and leave for their jobs. No offense, only two person that i have in mind for being irrelevant to my service. One was a Malay guy and the other was an Indian guy. Hm. Sorry not sorry.

I am somehow proud that i was once a Starbucks Barista. I did wrote on one of my previous posts that if we want to be a Barista at Starbucks, we need to attend two classes (total of 9 hours). I love Starbucks culture so much hence, when i saw imperfections here and there, i do understand it was because of us as a normal human being. I mean, the same SOP can be implemented everywhere, but in the end, the one that made it differ from one another is human itself. Ykwim?

I've always been a coffee drinker. Well simply because i drink everything but plain milk and liquor lol. My first experience with real coffee was when i was working for Costa Coffee machine at Shell. I still remember at that time, there were only 10 Costa Coffee machine in Malaysia. Like, legit. Unlike now, the machine can be found at almost all of Shell stations in Malaysia. So yeah, i kinda proud of that too. Hehe.

Working at Starbucks makes my knowledge of coffee grown immensely and my tastes has grown as well. In fact, we do have Barista Learning Journal and Coffee Tasting Book for us to learn more about Starbucks, coffee and everything. I don't want to brag, i mean, i know i just worked at Starbucks for a very short period of time, but if you give me any secret cup of latte, cappuccino, dark, medium or light roast of coffee, i can hastily tell which is which. Like, try me.

It took me about 2+ weeks to finally memorized all of the Starbucks recipes and cup markings and it somehow, made me happy of myself because my Store Manager told me that most of my coworkers took about 1 month to really memorize it all. Tbh, it was kind of pressure at first to memorize the exact this and that. I was even at first having difficulty to differentiate between tall, grande and venti cup lol. But in the end, i am happy to have all of that knowledge.

Another obvious perk is the easy access to espresso. For every shift of working, we can get any 2 drinks and 1 Starbucks meal for free. On our very first day of working, we had this one voucher of 50% off for us to buy any of Starbucks tumbler so that we can easily use it daily for the 2 free drinks. Those who know, know that Starbucks tumblers are one of a kind. The tumblers are to die for and they are seasonal. So goes with the Starbucks cards. Hence, new beautiful designs coming out every time. I already bought myself 2 tumblers, 1 card and okay, enough Starbucks merch for now lol.

Back to the espresso, you name it. I've drink all of the drinks on the menu list including the Teavana teas. Of course, the all time favorite is the frappucino. But the more i drink, the more i realized that in the end, i just love a cup of Americano with very minimal amount of sugar. Or Malaysians called it as Kopi O. Because duh, i don't like milk. I wonder how i am going to drink plain milk everyday while i am pregnant in the future. Haha. Okay calm down. Bye.

As for the cons, since i am not a public figure and this is just my personal blog, i wanted to confess that i actually quit my job. I am supposed to work until end of February but i have decided to quit my job on early of January. Two things i exactly know i learnt from working at Starbucks were one; people will always have something to say about you whether good or bad. It doesn't matter what is going on or what is the issue.

And two; it doesn't matter if i am the eldest, the only person that have a Degree while my coworkers are only around 18 to 22 years old, a school dropout, failed their SPM or whatever, i still have to respect them because at work, they still know more than i do. They are the seniors. Their knowledge are more than mine. I am still nothing. I started as zero. While contrariwise, from my very personal experience, in my pov, being a senior at one place doesn't simply marks you as someone better and give you the ticket to speak your mind every time, to curse, to be rude even when you know that that someone is older than you.

Nobody cares if you grew up in such an insensitive community that being harsh and cursing to people are normal. Work is work. You expect people to respect you as a whole but you don't even pay them your respect (?) I can't even fathom like seriously. I mean, god knows how quiet and how introvert i was at Starbucks. I just came to work daily, do my work and do what people told me to do, i didn't joined my coworkers when they were gossiping about whatever and when the time is up, i go back home. Repeatedly. I guess, perhaps, that's why some of them thought that i was just a weak lamb because of my quiet character. Hahaha okay lesson learnt.

End of December and early of January were seriously my hectic weeks because of my dissertation. I was going back and forth from KL to Shah Alam almost few times a week. I worked on night shift while during the day, i went to the campus. I tried my very best to be rational and keep it all together. But when i realized that respect is no longer being served, i already had so much on my plate, i know i worth more and there's no use for me to argue or stand up for myself because some people's senses are just unattainable even with the simplest words, hence, i quit. In a proper way of course.

I don't have problem with all of my coworkers tbh, only two person. The others were just as nice. I like them equally. But these two were crazy toxic. And unfortunately on that week, i was on shift with both of them for the whole week. Bad luck Brian. Lol. I met my Store Manager, who was the best Manager ever. She was very understanding about the situation because of course, she knows all of her coworkers attitude very well, every each of us. And she also do what she gotta do. Haha. I even got few harsh text messages from the you-know-who right after. That was the part where the block function work wonders lol. I mean, i'm already too far to care.

In the end, every workplace has good and bad things about it. For better or worse, i am still very thankful for all of the experience that i have gained from the very short period of time. We are always being blessed with so my kind of things and for here, these are my blessings. I know my bad experience was nothing compared to other servers out there. I mean, when i was working at Shell, i saw how the Banglas being mistreated by rude customers, shouting and chaos here and there, and now, me having a bad experience with the coworkers is also checked. Hahaha. In the end, we should know that people did not demand for a crown on their head. But literally just a dash of respect would be sufficient.

Despite the one major negative, i actually love being a Starbucks Barista. I love ending every shift smelling like coffee. I love seeing people expressing their love with short wishes on the paper cups. I love the idea of the hundreds of coffee recipes. I love working with a respected company that is well known. I mean, even Starbucks puns are worldwide lol. And i was even planned to get the Starbucks Coffee Master certificate that requires us to learn until the root and history of coffee.

As you can see at the store, most Baristas wear a green apron. Red apron pop out during the holidays. And black aprons are for Coffee Master. And maybe there are other colours. Idk. And yes, i was once wishing for that black apron so bad. But maybe not now or maybe me and black apron are just not meant to be. So yeah, working at 4 Starbucks stores (Plaza Mont Kiara, Arcoris Mont Kiara, Plaza Damas and Petronas Sri Hartamas) for only 1 month and a half have been very rewarding. I might come back in the future to be a Barista once again. Or maybe just come back for a cup of coffee, when i have extra bucks. Lol. Mommy's broke but you know what? Too blessed to be stressed xx

MASTER'S DEGREE: CHECKED

FINALLY I AM DONE WITH MY MASTER'S DEGREE! ALHAMDULILLAH!

Master studies has literally the shortest period of time which is one year and a half for my course (but i did it for two years since i extended for one semester). My Degree was two years and a half, Diploma was three years and high school was five years. But it feels like Master has the longest period of time. Not to be dramatic but i feel like my whole life is about completing my Master's Degree. I wonder how long PhD would feel like. Probably a lifetime (?) Haha.

Some people may think that Master's Degree has no big difference compared to Bachelor's Degree. But as someone who was struggling and see how my friends struggle to earn a Master's Degree, idc, i object this opinion strongly. However, no matter how tough my Master journey was, there is no way that can change my view on how hectic my Degree was. Because Degree was indeed a tough one. Both were tough. Well, nothing is easy in this world right? Everybody is struggling right? Still, my point is, the difficulty level for all stage of education are incomparable. Never compare. Really. Don't try. Because i've been there and i was proven wrong. 

In a nutshell, since 2 years has been 'so long'. I'm glad that i managed to experience being a working student which i am very proud of. I was at first working at Shell for 4 months. Then, Semester 2 was a crazy one. Every seniors already warned about the second semester, so, being a full time student was the best option. Allah is the best planner of all. I got a dream job offer during the second semester, which was market research company, very related to the course that i was pursuing. Afterwards, during the third semester and earlier of my fourth semester, i worked there and even rented a room in KL.

I quit my job for some reasonable reasons earlier November, then went for few job interviews, being rejected each time because i was still a student. And finally started to work at Starbucks until mid January (i will blog about my experience with Starbucks later on). Going back and forth from Shah Alam to KL and KL to Shah Alam was literally a routine. Haha. On December, i almost missed an important job interview. I was really thankful that i checked one by one of my emails before i deleted them all at that moment. And i went for that job interview on last 18th Jan. I really hope that that job is for me. But after all, Allah is the best planner. So i will just have faith in Him. And pray for the best while expecting the worst.

Tbh, my dissertation was a grade A pain in my a$$. I feel sick on the inside for one year straight because of it. No lie, it was my major anxiety. I never really showed it to anyone but myself. I can look very happy eating nasi kukus ayam berempah but on the inside i was actually thinking about my dissertation. It was crazy sick that i even once dreaming that i already submitted my dissertation. The dream was so real and when i woke up from that, there were actually more to complete and i was devastated because of the 'sweet' dream lol. Hence, the moment i submitted my hard bounded dissertation was truly a dream come true. Alhamdulillah.

I was once listed out all of the subjects that i've learned throughout my Diploma until Master's studies. It was about a total of 60+ subjects. Which is a lot. The funny thing is, i know this may sound cliche, i said it before or whatever, but the more i learn, the more i know how much i actually don't know. I never feel like i am the best just because i am now finally managed to finish my Master's Degree. I do feel better about myself because of this. But still, not the best. Not even among the best, yet. I saw in one of Scha Alyahya's Instagram photo caption: View the unread books as a reminder of how little you know.

Knowledge is power. But in the end, what matter most is to seek knowledge and recognizing Allah's blessings. Because the only thing that will benefit us on the day of judgement are those things that were done for the sake of Allah.

So Alhamdulillah, the hectic weeks are all behind me (for now). I am currently at my hometown for about a month, breathing fresh air, relaxing and be happy with life. Hehe especially my sister is also with me since she is on her semester break. Going to enjoy this while it last. 

PRODUCTIVE, BLISSFUL WEEKENDS

Last weekends were one of my most productive weekends that made me happy and glow for even days after. Let me jot it down here just so i will never forget.

On Saturday, my bff, Sarah came by for sleepover at my house here in KL to, you know, spend some time and see KL since we both are clearly not from KL. Haha. As you know, i'm from Rantau, Negeri Sembilan. And Sarah is from Puncak Alam. I was actually expecting her to come around 3pm but she managed to finish her business earlier so she was here around 1pm.

We first went to Publika and Sunway Putra Mall to eat and buy some things. And since we had more free time than we planned, plus we already booked tickets for Ralph Breaks the Internet movie at 9.30pm in KLCC. To kill time, we decided to go to Muzium Negara and Jalan TAR as well. Haha so random. And the most epic moment was when we arrived at KLCC. We were at the the ground floor and everybody was looking at the higher floor from below, and we both were like, what's up there? We saw totally nothing. K what's wrong with these people? Hahaha.

There were even security guards asking everybody to move and not stopping at that area. We were clueless like crazy and so Sarah checked her Twitter since we all know that news on Twitter spread faster than the wildfire. I already get rid of Twitter for months so i can't do the checking. Come out that there was actually someone who was trying to commit suicide and jump from the highest floor of the building. It means that the many people were looking at him (some were recording video) and maybe waiting for him to jump. But thank God, the man was saved by the firefighters and the suicide case didn't happened. I truly can't imagined if he really jumped and his dead body was on floor with bloods and fractured bones and all. Omg. May Allah bless that guy!

Btw, Ralph Breaks the Internet was super cute. Especially the part when Vanellope was singing about the Slaughter Race that made her an official Disney's princess. It melts my heart like crazy. You guys should really go and watch it. I promise it won't disappoint any of you.

After the movie, before we went home, Sarah and i went to Family Mart since Sarah never really had the chance before to have a taste of the famous Oden. Even when we already had our dinner at 4 Fingers, KLCC. Lol. But it was a great time though. I don't remember the last time we spent a day together like this. I also have no idea when is the next time will be.

On Sunday, we had our semi-annual birthday lunch at Flora Terrace, KL. Sarah found this place online like no other. We even bought unicorn cake for the birthday girls. I'm so glad that i found the cute, delicious unicorn cake on Instagram with such a good price. The unicorn cake fits the restaurant theme so well. We had a very good time and everybody was so happy. Like, what else really matter than the happy faces right?

During the night, i spent my time with my another best friend of mine, Ainul Fariha at Nexus Bangsar South. She was actually had to work in KL on Monday. And since she's from Malacca, so her company rented a nice, big hotel room only for her alone. So she invited me over to update to each other about our lives and for me to accompany her as well. It's nice actually to only spend time at the hotel, doing nothing and only talking to each other. Because, we tend to share more about everything compared to when we go here and there.

I supposed to have another job interview on Monday morning at Kota Damansara. However, on Sunday night when i was spending my time with Ainul, suddenly i got a text message from Starbucks manager, asking me whether i'm still searching for a job or not. I said yes because yeah, i'm still jobless. She invited me over to Starbucks Plaza Damas (Hartamas) for the details. I told her about my condition as a student which i need to have days off to go to the campus. And providentially, unlike other companies that rejected me because of it, she said that Starbucks is very okay with that condition. I cancelled my plan to go to the interview at Kota Damansara. I gambled it hard praying that i will get this part time Barista job at Starbucks. And Alhamdulillah, i straightly got the job during the interview. And i already started to work at Starbucks yesterday. It is a fun job tbh. I can't wait to learn on how to make the variety of coffee with such flavors. Little did i know that if we want to be a Starbucks Barista, we have to attend a class. The training itself takes two weeks and we even have books to study. Wow #TIL

Knowing myself, i really love working and learning at the same time which i know that i will not just wasting my time doing part time job at such company. And i did learnt something right away during the interview which, typhoid vaccination is compulsory for all F&B handlers in Malaysia. Tbh, i never know about this at all before. Lol. And yeah, i took the injection yesterday at DBKL, Cheras.

So, i will work with Starbucks until end of February 2019. Because the minimum period to work there is 3 months. I think it's good for me since i will finish my Master's Degree on January 2019. So i will assume my working at Starbucks until February is actually a good break for me before i'm back browsing for more relevant jobs for myself. Plus working at Starbucks didn't affect my dissertation and campus schedule at all. Which is great. I feel so relieved because i've been unemployed for the last 21 days and now, i'm back being someone who is not jobless. Hahaha. May Allah ease! 

IT FINALLY MADE SENSE

It’s Saturday and I feel like I should spend some of my precious time here since I don’t feel like doing anything at this moment. But I’m going out tonight to watch Fantastic Beast 2. Well tbh, I never really watch or a never a fan of Fantastic Beast nor Harry Potter. It’s so weird when everybody is talking about Dumbledore, Hogwarts invitation and stuff while I’m at the corner of the world know nothing about them. Lol. And everytime I tell people that I never watch Harry Potter, they will for sure be like, “No way you must be joking”. Regrettably, I ain’t.

I already watched the first movie of Fantastic Beast at home recently (glad that someone recorded the movie at home). It’s because my man told me to watch the first one first before we go and watch the second one so that I won’t ended up sleeping in cinema for having no clue at all. And obviously tonight movie is his choice of movie. But since I’m up to anything. So, I guess I shall be fine though.

And yesterday was my man’s 25^th birthday! Happy birthday! Hehe. We are also going to celebrate it tonight as well. I bought these lovely cupcakes for him. Been holding myself back from eating it hahaha. I can’t wait to eat them. Oh he didn’t know about these cupcakes yet. So I’m gonna set this post to be posted around 7pm today so that he won’t have the time to accidently read my blog and know about the cupcakes before me. Yeah I’m such a genius #flipseverything

Excitement aside, yesterday was also my dissertation progress presentation to the fellow panels. The presentation was during the evening. And during the morning I spent my time meeting my supervisor, Dr Sayang (yes her name is Dr Sayang. I sayang my Dr Sayang hehe). My relationship with Dr Sayang has been very well this semester. She asked about my work life. And I told her that I already quit my job, currently jobless and browsing for another job opportunity so that I can earn by myself at least for next month of December.

I also told her that I’m kinda depressed for being jobless. Even though I have no serious money issues but still, I’m not happy with my recent situation. I already got few job offers but they rejected me because of my constraint as a student which in a month, I will need to have about 3 days off for me to go to the campus to finish my dissertation. I never thought that asking for 3 days off per month is too much to ask. I mean, we have about 20 working days in a month. And I will not only be around for only 3 days. Like, I can be at work for the rest of 17 days. And it’s only for 2 months until January 2019. But come out, it is actually not adequate to some companies and so they moved on to another candidates.

And Dr Sayang advised me to not continue working until I finish my dissertation, the only hurdle for me to get my Master’s Degree. The date of our dissertation submission is on the 28^th December. Dr Sayang counselled me to free my mind from anything now and only focus on my dissertation. And I can get my feet back to work on January. And she also mentioned that isn’t this the perfect time for me to quit my job and at the same being rejected by other companies? Which it might be a sign for me to forget about others and only focus to one.

I swear suddenly everything made sense after she said that. And yeah, I buy her advise and I’m not going to browse for any job and stress about me being jobless at this moment no more. Unless if I get any offer from the previous applications then I might have to consider it for my future after my Master’s Degree. But if they are not consent with my situation as a student, then it is what it is. I still have another big thing to accomplish. I have about 6 weeks until my dissertation submission date. I really hope that I can get through my dissertation this time so that I can walk into 2019 happy and worry free. And yes! I can do this!

MOVED OUT AND MOVED IN

This is a long due post tbh. I just got the chance to post it today for some reason.

I moved out to another room last 30th September. Not far from the office which the office is at Plaza Mont Kiara. In fact, way nearer, compared to the previous place but came out, the traffic is a bit worse lol. Oh btw, it's no longer my office anymore because i just submitted my resignation letter yesterday. It's for the best. InsyaAllah.

 So, previously, i was renting and living with the owner of the house at Sri Putramas 1 Condominium, Dutamas. She was a single mom living alone in such a comfortable, modern house. So there were two rooms that were vacant and she rented the rooms to us. One room was my room. And the other room was a room for two other tenants (used to be three person in that room).

But suddenly she decided to bring her family to live in with her. Therefore, all of us, the tenants were required to move out. She has another unit at the next building because literally that's what she does for a living; renting rooms. The two other tenants moved there as suggested. But i refused. Haha. Because the unit was not as nice and comfortable as the unit i was living in. So i decided to find another (better) place to stay and voila! 

Alhamdulillah. The room is much bigger than the previous one and the rental rate is also cheaper. It is located at Bukit Prima Pelangi which is very very near (almost walking distance but i drive lol) to Mont Kiara. There are 5 girls about my age including me living in the same unit. Which is more than okay for me. Especially when the girls are also very nice, clean and easy going as i am. Oh, did you see the small (fairy) bulb lights? They are so cute right? I know hehe. Yeah i bought that only to decorate the room because the room is generally three times bigger than my previous room. So i need to add some things to make me feel occupied.

 And i have wallpapers! I was thinking of buying a tapestry and hang it on the wall but then i was like, nah, not going to spend on this room no more. Lol. So i browsed photos on Pinterest and cut and paste the photos on the wall using glue stick. I love the outcome so much (sorry for the bad lighting).

The wardrobe locker at my room was originally looks like the top of the grid photos. The right side of the locker door can't be closed anymore because of the loosen screws that can't no longer be fixed. The inside of the locker also looks kinda old and poor that made me not happy and ugh i just can't. I know i can't look at it forever. And i have to do something. So yeah, i did a wardrobe locker makeover as well. Haha.

For the inside of the locker, i just used normal wrappers to wrap all of the inside area. I swear it took me 2+ hours only to cut and paste the wrappers. For the outside of the locker, i used sticker wrappers, which is easier to cut and paste. It's good that they have wooden designs for the wrappers so the locker literally looks like a brand new. The white color at the center of the locker is a cabinet latch. It helps to shut the locker close. And i bought all of the items at MR.DIY.

It doesn't hurt to reminisce every now and then right? So this was my locker during my high school year, 2010. Yes i wrapped my locker. Not only me, but most of the girls in my high school did wrapped and decorated their lockers. It's obviously not necessary at all. But you know, sometimes it's the little things that make you happy and feels like home. Kindly ignore the untidiness. Lol.

And yeah, moving out is tiring i must say. Especially the part when to load our stuff here to there. I even have my Cuckoo water filter to move with me which i need to set appointments with the technicians bla bla. And i have 6 months contract for this current room. The actual plan was to stay here at least for a year. But then, idk anymore. I rented a room here because my previous working place was at Plaza Mont Kiara. Since i'm no longer working there and officially resigned yesterday, there is a very huge probability for me to move out once i get a new permanent job somewhere else. Where i move to a place nearer to my working place. Because i don't like traffic jam. And i want to save my money from petrol and Touch n Go for as much as i can. I wonder how may times i will move out and move in here and there until i finally settle down lol. But one thing for sure, as long as i'm not married, i will always go for the room for one. Because somehow i really enjoy being alone. I used to afraid of being alone, eating alone when i was younger. But now being alone is one of the best thing ever. I'm so going to enjoy this while it last.

P/S: I went to a job interview yesterday and it somehow went very well. I really hope that i will get that job and work there at least for a month or two or until i finish with my Master's Degree. Amin! Last two weeks i did went to one job interview for the same position that i was with my previous company which is Data Analyst. The interview went well actually but the particular position was just not meant for me. And i already refused to go to one job interview and rejected one job offer. It's been a hell ride of emotional roller coaster these past weeks. I am officially jobless at this moment. Today is legit the day 1 of my unemployment. I supposed to enjoy this because i'm still studying but somehow i feel like suffocating for some reason. But whatever it is, i do believe that what is meant to be will always be. It's only a matter of time. InsyaAllah.

HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER

It's funny how 2017 was one of my best years in life and suddenly 2018 feels like no more. Well it's actually not fair for me to say that 2018 is not listed as one of the best years since it's only October. But on the other note, hello, it's already October please. Lol. But before i compare to all the worse things that might take pretty too long to write. I probably should list out first the good (major) things that happened in 2018 so far.

Earlier this year, during the beginning of my (supposedly) final semester on March 2018, i started my job as Data Analyst at a market research company at Mont Kiara. I was actually already got the job since December 2017 but i started to work on March 2018. The story behind how i got the job is one of the most exceptional ones that i never want to forget.

It was during our previous semester around November 2017. We had an assignment to visit any research company that related to our field (statistics) to see how they do the analytics, run the company and whatnot. In my group, i was the one who was assigned to email and contact all of the desired companies to visit. A total of 4 companies if i'm not mistaken including the company that i'm currently working at today (i'll address my company as RS). The companies that we planned to visit was all of the companies suggested by our lecturer. Somehow, we got to visit a research company at Bandar Baru Bangi. Because it was the only company that was available to visit at that time. It was a good experience. Really.

About weeks later, during my evening class at the lab, i got an anonymous phone call. It was Datin Dr R from RS. She is the owner and founder of RS. I was shaking really bad to hear from her. I remember the time when my lecturer was praising her because of her career. She apologized for she can't accept us for a visit because of the company schedules. And out of the blue, she asked, was the email sent to her was written by myself or did i googled, copy and paste all of the words? I answered honestly that it was all my own words alone. Because it is! And just like that, she offered me a position at her company, she asked my CGPA, asked me to submit my resume and told me to meet her at TPC, KL for an interview. Of course, the interview was a success so here i am today. Alhamdulillah.

Previously, i went back and forth from Shah Alam to Mont Kiara for work and studies. But now since it's only my dissertation left. So i rented a room near Mont Kiara. Mont Kiara is one of the most luxurious and costly places in KL. It's the place for expatriates (the rich ones). Even many of Malaysians celebrities live around here. I am glad to have the experience to live and work here. But honestly, real talk, this is so not the place for me or any freshmen out there. Haha.

The next best thing that takes place in 2018 was my brown sugar. Hehe. Our first met was on the 24th March (thanks to Instagram Story archives for the date lol). Actually we've known each other for a long time but let's save the story for the other day. And we took our vow to stick with each other until the end of the time on the 10th April (thanks to my bff's boyfriend's birthday that occur on the same date which i better not to forget lolol). I've always thought that i'll be single forever but thanks to my brown sugar for the twisted plot in my life story. And yeah, i know he's reading this. I hope he is happy with this one paragraph about him since he always tells me to blog about him and his charm. Hahaha boo!

And since many good (and bad) things must come to an end. Aside from my extension of semester because of my dissertation this year that led me to a major breakdown, so goes to my career with RS. I believe that my time with RS has up and it's time for me to move on for the betterment of my career. There's nothing here for me anymore. 8 months with RS has already taught me everything that i need to know about the industry, i have met a lot of influential people, went to a lot of places and learnt a lot of things and i would never trade these with anything.

And yeah, i will submit my resignation letter anytime for now. Which lead me to being jobless from November onwards. I am currently actively seeking for a part time job for maybe a month or two. I don't mind about the job scopes because i do it only for the income. I have obligations. Thus, monthly income is a must. I did applied for permanent jobs that related to my skills but i know that the recruiters would not going to call me in a blink on an eye after i submitted the applications. So yeah. Let's pray that Afiqah Norazizi will not going to be jobless for the whole November until December until January until February until forever. Amin YRA!

I think it's about time for me to face unemployment right? All my life i never stop moving from one stage to another (better) stage. And suddenly i realized that at this moment, there's nothing in front of me to look forward anymore. But i am still thankful because i am still pursuing my Master's Degree until January 2019 (InsyaAllah Amin!) which it's not that i will just be a couch potato and do nothing at all. But still, it gets me like no other.

 However, i know that this is not the end of my life. It is just the beginning. I was lucky enough all this while because i got a job that i never asked for. The actual plan was to find a job after i finish with my Master's Degree. But Allah the Most Gracious gave me the job just like that, out of nowhere. Hence, this is the part where i become even with the rest of my friends, which i need to apply for a job, wait, pray and hoping for the best. And this too shall pass. InsyaAllah.