My Love Letter for Him.

Dear You,

The first time we met, I really had no idea you would mean this much to me. 

I never thought you would become so important in my life.

I never thought your existence affects me so much.

I never thought you're gonna turn my life.

Most importantly, I never thought I would fall for you. 

I never thought you make me fall for you. 

I never thought you were the one I wish to spend the rest of my life with.

The feeling comes naturally. I thought I had a crush on you only. 

Or, I like you just because your educational background, your lifestyle or your look.

But at the end of the day, I realized. 

I fall for you just because .. it's you. 

Not anyone else. No specific reason. 

Never a single second I ever regret for knowing you.

Instead, I'm grateful since you've brought a new meaning to my life.

You bring out the best of me,

You bring out the positive side of me,

You show me I deserve happiness,

You show me why it's never work with anyone else before,

You inspire me to do better,

You make me appreciate my life more,

You make me realize I shouldn't be greedy,

It's not just anybody can do so. 

But, it's you. 

By just being yourself.

Dear You,

I know our journey is still long long way to go.

And for that I want you to know, 

Your happiness is my priority.

Your happiness is my happiness.

I want to see you happy.

I will always be here for you.

Loving you as always,

Because I have chosen and loved you,

I still choose and love you,

I'll be choosing and loving you forever.

Being your first love is great.

But,

Being your last love is beyond perfect. 

 

Book Review: IMPIAN JALANAN by Teme Abdullah.

Assalamualaikum and Hi everyone, how are you? Just wonder, what was your activity during this long weekend + public holiday? You can share with me here, or even at my Facebook or Instagram. :)

As I promised through my post on Instagram, I will write a brief review on this book:

Ta daaaaa ...

This is the third book by the author, Teme Abdullah. The previous books are Pelukis Jalanan and Arkitek Jalanan. - I've read these too, so does anyone want me to review them too? 

Ok, let's get back to Impian Jalanan. The main character is Iskandar. So it's basically about Iskandar's life. The book is separated into two parts. The first part is about Iskandar's childhood (merely from Standard Two until Five). He's a boy who is having problems in reading. Ada masalah pertuturan (gagap). So, Iskandar ni memang selalu dibuli. But, his strength is drawing. Subhanallah, his imagination is too strong, so he can draw easily. Ada beberapa cikgunya dapat mengesan kebolehan Iskandar ni, jadi Iskandar diberikan peluang untuk menyertai pertandingan Melukis Poster. Dipendekkan cerita, Iskandar ada kawan rapat yang bernama Arif. Kiranya Arif nilah kawan yang selalu temani dia, yang tak buli dia. Tapi rupanya langit tak selalu indah. Turn out, Arif nilah insan yang sabotaj lukisan Iskandar.

Dalam pertandingan tu, Arif dinobatkan sebagai juara dan Iskandar di tempat kedua. Tapi Iskandar tidak putus asa, 3 tahun kemudiannya dia berjaya menjadi wakil sekolah dan memenangi pertandingan melukis di peringkat daerah. Selain itu, turut ditunjukkan usaha-usaha yang dilakukan Iskandar sebagai persediaan untuk pertandingan tersebut. Masa rehat dikorbankan untuk melukis, hujung minggu diperuntukkan untuk melukis dan macam-macam lagi. Bila Iskandar sedih kerana dibuli, mamanya selalu berpesan;

Diceritakan juga bermula dengan lukisan saja-saja, kemudiannya Iskandar menjual hasil lukisannya kepada rakan-rakan, yang pada mulanya berharga RM 0.50 sehingga yang termahal, RM 5.00.

Ada satu bahagian yang I tertarik, bila Mama tanya Iskandar sama ada Iskandar nak jadi kaya tak bila dah besar? Jawapan Iskandar adalah, "tak, Iskandar nak jadi zuhud." - Iskandar is just eleven years old when Mama asked him, so I'm sure he doesn't really understand what zuhud means. But, I do question myself whether I understand it or not (at this moment). Of course, Mama did explain to Iskandar what zuhud is, in the book. Guys, please read the book if you want to know the whole story ok. 

We move to the second part. This part elaborates more on Iskandar's present life, which is in London and he comes back to Malaysia (for holidays). Dalam hidup Iskandar sekarang, dia tetap ada kawan rapat, bernama Ahmad (since college). Iskandar balik Malaysia untuk perancangan berkahwin dengan Yana. Tapi, perancangan Allah SWT lebih besar, sebaliknya yang terjadi. Yana reject Iskandar sebab Iskandar bukan dalam kalangan berada. Sebab, Iskandar hanyalah seorang lelaki yang bekerja sebagai Arkitek di London pada mata Yana. Selebihnya, Yana tak tahu. Apa selebihnya tu? Yang Iskandar dan Teme Abdullah adalah orang yang sama. And I believe, Iskandar has a strong reason to hide this from her (well, Iskandar did mention why he decided like that). Oh, it's not just Yana, it's TENGKU YANA.

Next is about Iskandar's personal life. Iskandar travel, bersedekah, meluangkan masa dengan Ahmad. Tapi cara dan gaya penceritaan oleh penulis lebih kepada menerapkan inspirasi, buat I berfikir sesuatu dengan lebih mendalam. The book is not just about sharing Iskandar's life, but more to the inspirational words and advice to all of us. I share some of the words with you.

My personal comment on the book:

It's a wonderful book. The author brings the reader to think, to explore and to recall ourselves. The most important is, for us to improve ourselves. I personally "feel" the most when Arif betrayed him and when Yana chose to walk away. Because, the situations happen in life, sometimes. Don't avoid it. This is life, right? Face it gently. 

To close this review, I rate this book to 9.5/10 and recommend to all of you. Happy reading, guys. 

General Tips on Presentation (for Conference)

Assalamualaikum and Hi everyone,

This week is quite tough for me because I am preparing a presentation (practising and digging up more information) to ensure the smooth of it. What is this presentation for? Not my MSc VIVA yet, if you guess it so. :) I will be attending a conference soon, and hopefully it will be the last one for my MSc, in shaa Allah. Please pray for me, ya.

Talking about presentation, so what does actually you need to deliver (as a presenter)? Everything I share here may not apply to everyone of you, because this is totally my experience and from those I've seen and asked.

1. The important point is, you should attract the audience with your presentation. The first minute is crucial to make the audience stay with you throughout the presentation. It's more like, "love at the first sight". Even when the audience are in a quite similar field, but you can't expect them to stay when they don't understand what you're talking about from the start. So, it's important to have a clear title with a brief introduction.

2. Express the words one by one. This could be one of the challenges because you have too many information to be delivered. Your mind works faster than your lips, so you tend to speak faster. Please be calm. You have enough time to speak everything. You have to remember, there would be international audience with different accent. So, speaking clearly will help everyone to understand your work.

3. Speak confidently. When you go confidently, this doesn't mean over-confident. You should identify the difference. As if you will be convinced when someone talks appropriately/confidently, the same goes to the audience. You're presenting your work, the thing that you know overall. So you shouldn't feel discouraged in explaining/describing it.

Presenting in a conference is completely different to debating. So, you don't have to worry. Just deliver what you have prepared carefully and clearly.

After your presentation, there would be allocated time around 5 minutes for Questions and Answers. Please don't be panic. If you receive any question from the floor, make sure you listens and understands the question. Then you can answer. But, if let say you can't answer, it's okay. (We can't expect the presenter knows everything, after all.) Respond appropriately.

"Good idea. I don't realize about it. Maybe I can study further about this after this."

Lastly, enjoy the moment. Attending a conference is not about presentation only, you could learn a lot of other things as well. Be friendly and meet those experts in your field. You will gain beneficial experience/knowledge definitely.

All the best to everyone who will be attending conference.
And please, pray for me too. :)


Quote of Today:

"Successful people are not gifted. They just work hard. Then succeed on purpose."