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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.

Broken thing

Sometimes after a ‘hard’ feeding I look down and see my tortured, broken and tattered nipple.

Poor little thing.

Ko sabar jap ya.. less than 7 months je lagi 😂😂

By the river Piedra i sat down and wept

As a first time mother to a standard 1 student, plus a pre-schooler and a baby, I realized mother's duty is never-ending. Forever and ever after. Inifinity times infinity. It's like when they got married we still gotta take care and hovering over their lives. 

I had lack of sleep since last Sunday because my baby is unwell. 

Every night I have to pack all kids' backpack, sort out Amna's school book according to timetable, sort their clothing, prepare Mateen's milk.

Last night I already broke down and wept. I honestly feel like taking a day off from mommy's duty.

Mateen and I

And I ended up asking my husband for help, and asked him to take over some part of the daily task. DELEGATE is the keyword.

Entertaining my 7 years old girl is also very tiring. I have a 7 years old teenager at home already! Not gonna look forward to the day she actually turns a teenager.

Plus the boyfriend problem. 

I am still feeling pretty much f*ed up from the lack of sleep. But yeah, life has to go on.

Superhuman

When I scanned my house I saw mess everywhere.

How did my mother survived 7 children?

I think she is Superwoman.

While I am a Weakwoman 😮😬🤧

Today’s purchase

Cleansing oil and I have came a long way.

The first cleansing oil I ever purchased was the Shu Uemura cleansing oil. Expensive. It get the things done.

And I tried many other brand as well.

But after I have too many kids too handle (I only have 3 haha) I opted for something simple - cleansing wipes and micellar water.

But i ended up not cleansing my face properly. I wear only light make up, some BB UV cream on daily basis. So normally I just got lazy to even wipes my face with micellar water.

So out of nowhere today I bought this Hada Labo oil. After seeing some instagrammer recommended it. So will i be so religious to use it? Let's wait and see.

My skin has changed from dry and sensitive to oily few months after I delivered baby no 3. Must be the hormone. But it feels kinda weird after 8 years of having a very dry skin suddenly it changes overnite after I had my first period after baby no 3. Berapa banyak after daa.. i experienced jerawat again. Something I don't particularly enjoyed. But having a dry skin is also not very fun.

Let's pray for the porcelain like skin that I have always wanted. 🤪

Love, Q

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Tired.

I feel exceptionally tired today. Probably because i did not get enough sleep last night.

Taip ni pun mata juling-juling dah.

Not gonna whine here. Though there’s a lot of thing to be whine about, but lot of things to be thankful as well.

Life, overall, is not that bad.

2019

Hello.

2019.

I hope you and I will be the best buddy.

You take care of me, I take care of you kind of relationship heh.

XOXO

3rd pregnancy

So I am currently 26 weeks pregnant with our third child.

Trust me when I say getting pregnant at the age of 30s is no fun at all. I feel tired all the time, and I have this condition of laying low placenta, which probably makes me feel even more tired and heavy down there.

I think my belly has grown so big within a week, from not obvious that I am pregnant suddenly now it look like that I am about to due anytime soon.

And I feel the hot pregnancy flush now, like when I am typing this, I am sweating because apparently the air conditioner is not blowing hard enough to cover my needs.

I honestly can't wait to have my long maternity leave - I hope by the time I deliver my baby in May our HR has approved the 3 months maternity leave - if still not approved I wouldn't mind taking a month of unpaid maternity leave.

So lazy lah to work nowadays. Like your mind has focused on only one thing- which is the baby and nothing else matters.

I am now busy planning and preparing for the girls room. The girls are currently still sleeping with us, so it's about time for them to sleep on their own beds and room. Already purchased/ordered the beds and the mattress yesterday, curtain will probably ready by this weekend, wallpaper I'm still searching for a good deal.

Panas hoih. Peluh-peluh taip ni. *Bangun pergi kuatkan ekon.

Sekarang I mengidam Apple Watch dengan wallet LV lah. Ada sesapa nak layankan kemengidaman i tak. hiks

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When you are fasting and you bloghopping and you saw food... 

Slow Juicer

A facebook friend of mine is taking pre order of this thing for RM400 T_T

Why so cheap.. I am so tempted to buy.. Only RM200 deposit. The price in Malaysia is RM1.5K...

I need to sleep on it first..

Personality Test

I took my time answering a test at https://www.16personalities.com/infp-personality and as expected I am an INTROVERT. I am also INTUITIVE, FEELING, PROSPECTING AND TURBULENT. Whatever that means..

5 years in 10 more days

 

10 more days before our 5th anniversary..

18 March 2011

And 20 kgs heavier and 2 princesses later...

It has been a wonderful and annoying 5 years.. Heheh.

Spotify

"Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want"

Good times for a change

see, the luck I've had

can make a good man

turn bad

So please please please

let me, let me, let me

let me get what I want

this time

Haven't had a dream in a long time

see, the life I've had

can make a good man bad

So for once in my life

let me get what I want

Lord knows it would be the first time

Lord knows it would be the first time

Currently listening to this song on Spotify. Aku melanggan Spotify sebab bosan tak boleh pilih lagu kalau guna Spotify yg biasa tu...

Only for RM2 per month.. For 3 months.. Kang dah 3 months aku cepat2 cancel subscription la hehe

Bake

During the time that I baked quite regularly, I found myself gained  a whopping 4 kgs! I baked choc chip and victoria sandwich cake mostly. So now I toned down my baking to almost none haha.

But this I couldn't resist. Would try it some day!