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Hello stranger.

JOB

I have been working with the current bank for almost 4 years now. Since 2024 after my boss left, I have been trying to land a new job.

Guess what, after 8th job interview I landed a new job. Well hopefully.

Because from 5 job interviews I attended this year, I pass all of it, but.. of course it's with BUT kan:-

2 companies promised letter offers, I even went for their medical check up. Company A retracted and said management direction changed where they need to hire someone with slightly different background, Company B went silent because they decided they cant pay me. Mind you that these 2 companies even conducted background checks where they have called by ex boss and even current boss. IDIOTS! Company A is local investment bank and Company B is my previous company.

Company C: I passed the 1st interview. 2nd interview was with the CFO from China where I failed the interview quite badly hahaha. This is our national car manufacturer by the way.

Company D is the biggest Takaful player. This is less than 2 weeks ago. Also passed the 1st interview, now waiting for the result of 2nd interview.

Last but not least was Company E, a Japanese bank, where I immediately got hired. But paper works and HR thingy are still in process. So let's hope I got hired for real this time haha. This was the easiest job interview ever!

WEIGHT

I have been trying to lose weight since foreverrrr. OMAD, Intermittent Fasting, Calorie Counting to say the least. My weight fluctuated. In 2021, I managed to lose almost 10 kgs with IF / OMAD, of which I successfully gained it all back.

Earlier this year I also managed to lose 7-8 kgs with Intermittent Fasting and brisk walk, and gained 2-3 kgs back.

And now I am on the currently famous med GLP1, the Mounjaro. Already lost 5 kg after 3 weeks. 

Doakan saya kurus seperti supermodel, dan sihat. I am already 40, and I don't want to be fat and unhealthy. I am fat already, let's pray that I'd be healthy. I wanna build my muscle and strengthen my core so that dah tua nanti tak susah nak bergerak.

KIDS

My eldest now is at Form 1 in 1 religious secondary school in Selangor. My second is in standard 5, going to take UPKK exam next week. Youngest is already in Standard 1. They said time flies when you have a good time. Did I have a good time?

Until then, toodles!

Hello strangers!

It's already 2025.

No zombie apocalypse (yet)

Still alive and not dead (yet)

Still fat (yet) 

Anak still 3 (yet) phew

Still working in a bank. Went to interviews, 3 succeed, 1 kecundang at 2nd interview (senior position), another 2 went silent after medical checkup when I have been promised letter of offer. But whatever.

Turned 40.

Still pretty (lol)

Just purchased my first MacBook Air, so that I don't itch to buy new iPhones. My 13 pro still working fine.

I am now a mother to a 13 years old, an 11 years old and a 7 years old.

Post Covid

Sabtu lepas aku start demam dan bila hari Isnin aku buat RTK, confirmed Covid-19.

Sebelum suami aku pun turut sakit petang itu, diikuti dengan dua anak perempuan.

Tapi Covid in kids, alhamdulillah sangat mild, walaupun belum divaksin.

Bila dah sihat, badan tetap rasa tidak sihat. Mood masih gloomy. Teringat waktu kena denggi 4-5 tahun yang lepas, walaupun dah ok, tapi mood rasa gloomy, badan rasa penat. Walaupun post Covid was not as bad as denggue, but still.

I was supposed to WIO yesterday and today but managed to get myself to WFH since I am still coughing. But I think it's the gloomy feeling overpowering everything.

Tetiba rasa I hate my job. Even though bosses and colleagues semua ok je. Ok sgt, cuma belum biasa dengan environment and culture.

Plus, ntah-ntah ni semua long Covid symptom.

Entahlah labu...

Update on life

 After the 8th job interview, I finally landed a new job.

At a bank.

Dari bank ia dtg, kepada bank ia kembali. LOL. It's a phrase that people use to describe their  monthly salary, that I can now use for my career.

When I was working with a development financial institution, I purposely change my portfolio, coz I don't want my career prospect be limited at only in financial institutions and industry. I have decided that I don't want to work in bank. 

But I guess God has something else in mind for me.

Trust Allah, always.

I have tendered my resignation with the current company. Will report duty at the bank after the new year.

KL (and the traffic jam), here I come!

Definition

Success.

How do you define success? 

It has been on my mind lately. Does success define by how well you do in your career? Or how big is your take home pay?

Or perhaps success is define when you managed to raise up your kids. Well mannered kids, well educated kids?

I remember a question asked by the interviewer during a job interview I had last year, with the Malaysian owned O&G company.

"What is the one thing that you want to achieve in life?"

And there I was, dumbfounded, not expecting a philosophical question like that. He didn't want to hear the job related answer. 

I, nervous as heck, it was my first job interviews after more than 5 years, for a company that I'd killed to join, couldn't give the answer he was looking for.

And obviously, yeah, I did not get the job.

2 interviews and 3 online interviews (due to MCO) later here I am, still working with the same company I have been with for the last (close to) 7 years!

And that is why the question of success has been on mind lately. Kinda take a pause in my job searching for now. 

I know Allah has a better plan for me. That I am exactly where I supposed to be now.

Bitter

I think years and years of life are making me a bitter person.

and social media, too.

I guess age doesn't make me wiser.

Silap

Today I purposely choose this one particular cafe coz I feel like having their superb teh tarik.

And guess what

I accidentally ordered milo tarik.

Slap forehead.