Stepping into 26

Another year ends, another year older
Getting bigger but stronger, wiser yet bolder

25 was a year so full of life
As I was on my quest looking for a wife

Alhamdulillah, InsyaAllah, 26 would be the year
For me to say "Aku terima nikahnya"

And while I am knowing my significant other
I learn more about the person in the mirror

I am thankful for everything that I've got
All the rezeki and what-not

So as 25 ends and bids me goodbye
26 begins, another phase of life.


"The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep." 
- Robert Frost

A note to my future wife

Sometimes you just can't help but to see life as a book. Some have nice covers but contain really crappy stuff, but they somehow end up as bestsellers. Some have modest covers but have powerful content, yet they lay forgotten and covered with dust on the racks. One book may tell a happy story all the way, while another tells a sad one. Some books inspire you, some motivate you, some make you wish you could switch lives, some make you grateful for everything you got, while one or two make you think that they are best left unread.

If I were a book, it would still be in its first few chapters (InsyaAllah). They say that the rest is still unwritten and I'll decide on my own how the story would end. I want mine to be a good book. A book for my children and theirs. A book that'll make them go 'I wish he was here to tell me what to write next'. But for that to happen, I'm looking for someone to share the remaining pages with me. To help me write the best stories that may lie ahead.

And for this, I'll kneel and take your hand to ask you "Will you be the co-author of my life?"

Oh my dear love if you were a rose

A million men would wish they were bees

But I can never leave you I will keep you close

I will provide you with all that you please

Rather, as your shrub I promise to be

Mesmerized by your sweet sweet scent

Oh my red rose, my wife-to-be,

I promise to be with you until the end

Drowning in Work

A lot of my readers may be wondering why the past four months have been extremely quiet online, here and on my other social media.

Well folks, truth is so much has gone down the past four months I can barely recall anything. It's all one big blur. Next thing I know, the semester is just about to start again, and I'm left with the question:

..."Where'd my holidays go?"...

Let me fill you in on some of what I can remember from these past two months:

1) End of term - marking frenzy to submit marks on time.

2) Was awarded post of Head of Department, in charge of a mixture of regular lecturers, engineers, technical staffs and part-timers, and not to mention the whole course students. Talk about hundreds of meetings (Government kot, suka meeting).

3) Was given post of Head of Secretariat for the Engineering Technology International Conference while still actively doing what needs to be done back at the faculty.

4) Teaching two new courses with new syllabus to be designed on my own.

5) To KL every other weekend, and go straight back to work the following Monday.

6) Was part of the committee that sets up the offshore programme with GMI, teaching in GMI every other weekend, and go straight back to work the following Monday.

7) Set up department workshops.

8) Involved in three active engineering research projects.

9) Started to prepare for PhD and prequisite stuffs like GRE exams.

10) Go for 18 compulsary courses for job confirmation.

11) Prepare claims that have been backlogged since last year - God knows if I'll get them.

12) And a myriad other things...

Had a tough time? Well, maybe after reading this you'll feel better about your life...

Sounds like I'm being a sour grape here doesn't it?, buuuuut I'm just venting here...

I actually LOVE my job!!! ;)