Sharing Session

Recently I purchased one tudung brand by Hanis Zalikha which is Cakenis. Im aware that Hanis has few businesses and one of them is hijab brand but never crossed my mind and I never had intention to buy the tudung ever. Because I think they just sell an ordinary shawl that is so common in the market. Nothing special about the brand. But I don't know why until one day, I have been wanted to try Cakenis so bad, so I bought this plain heavy chiffon set in a box of three. I bought the London set. They've got me 3 colours which are dark purple, grey and brick red. The reason I bought those set was due to the fact that I have been wanted to wear it on my convocation day. For me, the grey colour is very pretty and I need to try it. Oh yup I have quite a number of dUCk scarves which I should wear one of them, but for my convocation day, I don't wanna wear eyelash shawl. I want baby seam so that's why Cakenis caught my attention. That is the main reason how I started searching the good tudung. There is also another set of plain chiffon, which also comes in a box of three. They are Temasek and Birthday set.

I decided to buy Cakenis shawl since I am also a tudung lover. I loveeeee beautiful tudung so much. I always wanted to have a nice tudung. So I finally purchased! The best thing is, Cakenis is also one of the home brand in FashionValet. FashionValet is known for E-commerce business that provides FREE SHIPPING across Malaysia. I have always shop my dUCkscarves at FashionValet so I love to collect the points there.

When the package arrived safe and sound, I am beyond happy with the material of the shawls. Before purchasing, I have read few comments on their instagram; said their material which is chiffon is among the BEST they ever had. (They=customer). It was kinda hard to find heavy chiffon like how Cakenis offer. Not all heavy chiffon has the same good quality. They've got so many different grades and quality. That is why the price varies. Not all heavy chiffon is in a best condition and not all heavy chiffon has satisfied me. But in the case of Cakenis, their heavy chiffon is the best I ever had so far (in a heavy chiffon range, of course)! Seriously superb! The quality of the chiffon, it flows nicely, and the drape is so beautiful. I think I have fallen in LOVE.

London set

Soo beautiful! Loves the details so much

I have been wanted to buy another set of plain chiffon because I now a fan of Cakenis. They said CAKENISAN. Hahaha. However, during that time the only available set is London, Temasek and Birthday Cake, which Temasek and Birthday both got the least likely colours choices. So I would not buy it. My hope is high for Cakenis to launch another set of colour that has a soft and pastel hues. Because that's my favourite!

These are the box design of London and Temasek's collection. Both collection priced RM135 each. So it will be RM45/piece. In my opinion, the price is very much affordable. Not too pricey. Since this is a brand owned by celebrity, so RM135 is still reasonable

Temasek's colours collection. Pretty isn't?

Just by looking at this, please, you can imagine how it will drapes beautifully

This is Birthday Cake collection. Shades of chocolate. But this price is a lil bit different which is RM150

The box is also slightly differ from other plain collection because it was launched because of Cakenis's anniversary, if Im not mistaken since I am new to Cakenis hehe. Sorry if Im wrong.

Back to Cakenis shawl, here I wanna list down some info and what I like about Cakenis, so it will be easier for you guys to do some review and will help you decide whether to buy or not to buy. InshaAllah, hopefully ya.

BEST material - I totally fall in love with the material; heavy chiffon. I don't know how to explain, there is no words to describe it. For your information, I am the one who are very fussy, choosy, picky, particular, etc etc kinda person in choosing the tudung. I will look for so many factors before buying and choose the tudung. Material, stitches, measurement and size, colours, weight of the shawl, as it will affect the drapes, easily shape and what not. When I first received the shawl and try straight away try all of them, it seriously one of the best shawl I ever had, no doubt! Suddenly it became my favourite. You got to trust me. Elok cantik terletak, drapes beautifully, tak jarang, dan kemas. My friends know me very well. Yang sampai tahap kalau nak beli any tudung (shawl/bawal) diorang akan suruh I decide and diorang takkan pertikaikan apa apa sebab diorang percaya dengan pilihan I.
Measurement - Kelebihan Cakenis ni I rasa ada kat measurement dia. The measurement is LONG and WIDE enough to cover chest and aurat perfectly. Trust me. The measurement is around 190cm x 70cm. So memang cukup panjang dan lebar untuk buat apa apa style, sambil tu still BOLEH tutup dada. Mostly shawl 175cm paling panjang pun 180cm. And lebar pun tak sampai 70cm pun. Bagi I lah kan, bab measurement ni Cakenis memang tak lokek and kedekut langsung. I memang sangat selesa if panjang and labuh shawl macam ni. Just nice for me.
The stitches (jahitan) - Jahitan baby seam yang kemas tapi tak la terlalu kemas. Sebab ada je 1-2 shawl yang certain part, jahitan dia tak berapa nak konsisten. Part jahitan memang tak boleh lawan jahitan dUCkscarves yang sentiasa superb and konsisten. Walaupun macam tu, overall sebenarnya jahitan Cakenis ni okay sangat! Mungkin sebab I terlalu cerewet and particular sampai I perasan the small details. But I memang suka jahitan baby seam Cakenis sebab bila pakai nampak cantik elok terbentuk kat muka.
The hooks - I suka dia ada hook! The hooks are very adjustable so beberapa size muka pun boleh pakai. No pins are needed. So sesuai sangat siapa yang sensitive kat bawah dagu tu tak boleh letak pin ke kan. Memang problem solved! Sangat memudahkan. Serious talk.
Comes in a box - The design of the box for each collection is differ. All designs for me are very simple and very nice to see. It is perfectly great to make as a gift too!

As you can see, that's the hook attached at the tudung. There will be three adjustable sizes to suits everyone's face

And then recently, Cakenis just launched another set of collection, which is Cakenis Seoul! I am so excited for this collection this time because of the colours, oh my god, definitely my favourite! All pastels and soft colour. If possible I wanted to buy through FashionValet website bcause I want that free postage + I will get points at FV. But Cakenis only open this collection for stockist and agent at the moment. I want it so badly to the extent I did send email to Cakenis to ask the team if they will put the Seoul Collection at FashionValet.

I present you, Seoul collection guys! These are the colours to die for! As a pastel lover, this is so much my favourite!

Look at the pretty colours! Im so in love! The details are so perfect. Love the baby seam hemming, the metal tag, the way it presented in the box is very nicely packed

The box is too pretty to handle

*all pictures above were taken from Cakenis instagram

I can't wait anymore because Im afraid it will be out of stocks. So I look for a stockist and trusted agent to buy this Seoul collection. Most of the agent/stockist charged RN10 for postage. I don't want to pay for a postage. And then I continue my searching until I finally found an agent that provide free postage. So I just needed to pay the price of the shawls only.

Overall, I am very much satisfied with the quality of the shawls they served. I really hope they keep on producing more beautiful colours because Im now an official Cakenisan! Lol. But to Cakenis team, I really hope you won't keep on producing the same colour with the previous collection. It will be a total wasted if we already have the colours, and you keep repeating that one. You know what I mean right?

I think thats all for now. Next I will be reviewing the Lily cake - satin shawl. It was my favourite printed too!

Till next entry. Assalamualaikum.

Kita selalu ada habit untuk tangguhkan atau melambat-lambatkan sesuatu kerja. Betul tak? Senang cerita, bak kata omputeh procrastinate at its best. Procrastine tu ialah tindakan untuk melewatkan atau penangguhan; menunda melakukan sesuatu. Contoh ambil kat diri sendiri lah ye, tak payah cari contoh jauh jauh. Me myself meamng suka dan selalu rasa malas nak mandi. Nak mandi ni punya lah susah. Orang orang tua cakap, bercinta betul. Maksudnya macam beratnya lah nak buat benda tu. Dari 1 jam, ke jam berikutnya dan berikutnya sampai lah jadi 12 tengah malam ke atas. Selalu sangat dah mandi lewat. I tahu benda ni tak bagus tapi procrastination hit me hard. Bukan malam je, kalau waktu siang pun sama. Bila penyakit malas mandi ni datang, dia jadi betul betul malas. My mum sampai cakap "haaa baguslah mandi sehari sekali je. Jimat air" Kecuali kalau ada hal yang kena keluar, tu memang cepat je lah mandi.

Lagi satu contoh, nak solat tu kekadang syaitan punya lah menghasut. Kalau waktu Zohor, I selalu sangat buat macam ni "kejap lagi lah. Pukul 2 lah. Eh 2.30pm lah. Eh 3 lah. 3 awal lagi" dan benda ni berlanjutan. Kadang kadang waktu Asar pun macamtu. End up, kita akan selalu solat dihujung waktu. Teruk kan? Astaghfirullah.

Contoh lain, kerja dapur/kerja rumah. Pinggan dalam sink tu takde lah banyak sangat, tapi malas yang amat nak cuci. Padahal kalau buat terus tu, berapa minit je dah siap. Tapi bila perasaan malas tu dah datang, haih. Entah nak jadi apa taktahu la. Anak dara apa macam ni? Contoh lain lagi, sidai kain. Malasnya tu Tuhan je yang tahu. Malas sangat nak sidai kain duk tangguh tangguh. Kadang tu sampai 2 bakul kena sidai sebab tangguh punya pasal. Belum masuk part lipat kain baju lagi. Selagi tak ada 2 gunung Everest selagi tu lah mood nak lipat baju tu tak sampai. Korang fahamkan perasaan I?

Dan banyak lagi lah sebenarnya contoh contoh yang kita selalu tangguh kerja kita. Maybe korang pun antara yang suka bertangguh tangguh. Procrastination at our best. Gituuu. Takpe, I faham. Benda ni sangat normal. Perasan tak yang kita selalu suka lewatkan/tangguhkan perkara/pekerjaan yang simple dan mudah je yang cuma perlu masa 5-10 minutes je. Perasan tak? Yang kalau benda tu kita buat, sekejap je dah siap. Contoh mandi. Bukan lama pun. Kalau kita angkat punggung terus bangun untuk mandi, haaa kejap je dah settle. Sama juga macam solat. Kalau kita buat solat tu sekejap je pun, 5 minit je. Kerja kerja rumah yang lain pun macam tu juga. Dan juga kerja kerja simple yang lain.

Kat sini, I nak share tips yang I jumpa kat twitter. I tak ingat siapa yang tweet sebab I tak follow dia. Tweet dia lalu pun sebab ada one of my followings yang retweet tweet dia. Ok tweet dia suggest untuk kita cepat cepat lakukan task kita if task tu ambil masa hanya 5 minit. Maksudnya kalau task tu sejenis yang simple dan mudah, contoh MANDI dan SOLAT, kita jangan tangguh. Terus buat je.

So I cuba apply konsep tu untuk aktiviti harian I. Al maklumlah lagi lagi sempena azam tahun baru ni kan, nak lah berubah and buang habit mandi lewat bagai tu. Kengkonon mandi lewat tu tak baik untuk kesihatan. So I started with mana mana yang perlukan hanya 5-10 minit tu, I terus buat. Tak tangguh tangguh lagi dah. I cuba sehabis baik untuk taknak tangguh. Bila I rasa malas nak mandi, I akan set dalam kepala ok mandi 5 minit je, so I akan terus bangun untuk mandi. And settled! Macam tu juga dengan solat. Bila rasa nak tangguh tu, kena fikir yang solat ni sekejap je 5 minit je. Kalau 5 minit je, terus buat jangan tangguh. So settled! Dan lain lain seperti basuh pinggan mangkuk dalam sink dan sidai baju. Dan beberapa task lain I apply jugak konsep 5 minit ni.

So apa hasilnya? Hasilnya ialah takde lagi dah masalah mandi lewat, solat lewat, itu ini settled cepat. Takde dah masalah sepah sana sini, tak terurus sana sini. Takde lagi masalah asyik aku je sidai kain, kau lah pulak sidai. Asyik aku je buang sampah, kau lah pulak. Takde dah masalah siapa kena buat itu ini. Sebab dengan konsep 5 minute task ni la, kita akan terus cepat je buat. Pap pap pap siap! Haa takde dah mak ayah kita nak bebel bebel itu ini sebab semuanya completely done! Lagi satu bila kita solat di awal waktu tu, kita akan rasa banyak je masa Allah bagi. Bila rasa banyak masa, kita boleh buat macam macam aktiviti. Baru lah rasa produktif sikit. Ye dak?

Gituuu. I takde lah suruh semua dalam rumah ni buat macam tu. Sebab I rasa I je kot bermasalah macamni. So cukup lah I sorang je ubah diri perangai semua ni. Umur pun dah 25. Kena sedar diri hahaha.

Ok lah tu je sharing I setakat ni. I just nak share, cuba lah you guys apply konsep 5 minutes task ni. Percayalah korang akan rasa lebih teratur dan tersusun. Hati pun akan rasa tenang je. Happy je sebab semua benda simple TAPI penting tu kita dah pun buat. InshaAllah. Semoga apa yang I share ni dapat lah bagi manfaat walaupun sikit untuk korang ye.

Salam sayang dari I, till next entry. Assalamualaikum.

Dear 2018, thanks for all the memories, lessons and blessing. Dear 2019, I AM READY!

So everyone must has their own resolutions right? So am I. I just wanna make it memorable here. Let me share my 2019 resolutions here. Some of them is actually 2018 resolutions that has not been fulfilled yet.

Lose some weight - Misi nak kurus ni dah lama dari tahun sebelum sebelum tu lagi hehe. I am so bad at this. I need to do something this year otherwise I will be losing my self confidence. My insecurity level will be so high. I will avoid so many people because they keep asking why Im gaining so much weight. Obviously because I eat, right? Sometimes people are so lucky and blessed with a good slim body. I love my body the way it is. I know it's good if I can lose some weigth. But I still feel grateful and appreciate my body the way it is. It just the people at my surrounding keep saying things that I couldn't change immediately (reduce my weight immediately), hence it does make me down. These kind of people did not understand this just because they are not facing the problem. I really think in 2019, people should stop body shaming and stop questioning why you are so thin, why you are so fat, etc etc. And please jangan lah tegur tegur depan orang. Have some privacy lah kalau mulut tu tak tahan sangat nak tegur. Just jangan malukan dia depan orang. Please have some respect.
Secure a permenant job - I hope 2019 will be the year where I can have my permanent, dream job. I can't wait to finally being able to give duit raya to my mum and dad, my brrothers and relatives. It's time to be serious in having a job if I want to start thinking about wedding preparation. If possible I only wanted to get married when I already have a stable and good carrier. InshaAllah please pray for me.
Less is more - I want to apply this concept in my skincare and makeup routine. I wanna focus on really important and basic thing/steps first. Misi mencantikkan diri is on! If I dah betul betul not skip the basic things, then I will go for advanced. Starting 1st January 2019, I started to try Mary Kay Timewise Age Minimize 3D. Hopefully this range will suits me as I have spent so much many on Mary Kay products! Mary Kay is so expensive. I hope it worth it!
Do a part time, small business - Orang cakap, bisness kecil kecilan untuk dapat side income. I belum fikir apa apa lagi as for now Im trying to apply for a permenant job first. It will comes later. One by one. Slowly but surely. Gituuu.
Kurangkan berbelanja - Trying to do some saving this year. Taknak boros boros kalau boleh. This year if possible I nak kurangkan beli duckscarves! Not until I get a good and nice salary. After that boleh continue. Tu pun tengok lah if bebrbaloi. Sebab sekarang I dah suka Cakenis! Cakenis serious best. I will do the review about cakenis later. Yang penting, I nak kawal diri daripada beli benda bukan bukan. Hopefully berjaya lah sebab Im kinda boros bcs I find everything is cute! #prayformyfuturehusband hahaha! Trying my best to always remember this on my mind "keperluan > kemahuan"
Mandi awal - I selalu mandi lewat malam. So this year I nak try untuk mandi awal. Taknak dah mandi lewat malam macam selalu. I don't like that habit.
Sempurnakan solat 5 waktu - Im trying to be a better Muslim untuk taknak tinggalkan solat dan cuba sedaya upaya I untuk solat diawal waktu. Kalau boleh taknak dah solat hujung hujung waktu. Sebab I percaya, if kita jaga solat, Allah akan jaga kita. If solat kita sempurna, hidup kita akan sempurna. Ya Allah, semoga aku sentiasa berusaha dan rajin untuk menyempurnakan solatku. Amin.
Perbanyakkan solat sunat Dhuha - Semoga tahun ni I lebih rajin untuk solat sunat Dhuha sebab tu pembawa rezeki. InshaAllah. I nak tengok and witness sendiri apa solat Dhuha ni boleh bagi kesan positif dekat I. So I kena lah buat.
Belajar berenang - I tak reti berenang. So I betul betul teringin nak join swimming class. I hope this year I will be able to swim. Because swimming is basic necessity that everyone must know, right? Dalam Islam pun kita digalakkan untuk tahu berenang, memanah dan berkuda. So I will focus on swimming first.
Update blog - Last but not least, I want to be more active in updating my blog. Hopefully I lebih rajin untuk tulis entry. Actually ada banyak sangat benda untuk dikongsi but I didn't make it to express it here. Semoga tahun ni I menjadi lebih rajin.

So in conclusion, my 2019 resolutions basically to be more RAJIN in everything. May Allah ease everything for all of us. May 2019 be more merrier and enable us to become a better person. Happy New Year 2019 guys! Kalau azam 2018/2017/2016 and so on tak tercapai takpe, boleh cuba lagi this year. Thank you to each one of you guys that were always be there for me, financially, emotionally and physically, who made my life more meaningful. I may look dull and boring and not appreciating you all but trust me, I am always be grateful to Him for surrounding me with beautiful, crazy, kind & successful people that I always proud of.

Till next entry, Assalamualaikum.

Assalamualaikum dan Salam Tahun Baru 2019 to all of you!

Alhamdulillah masih diberi peluang untuk bernafas dalam tahun baru 2019 ni. Alhamdulillah keluarga tersayang dan kawan kawan rapat masih disisi. Semoga Allah panjangkan umurku, ummi dan ayahku, adik adikku, keluarga tersayang dan kawan kawan yang disayangi. Semoga kami sentiasa berada dalam perlindungan Allah, diberikan kesihatan yang baik, dipermudahkan segala urusan, dikurniakan rezeki yang halal yang melimpah ruah, dijauhkan dari segala kejahatan manusia dan kejahatan makhluk dimuka bumi ini. Semoga dijauhkan dari bala bencana, kecelakaan dan hutang dan kejahatan manusia. Aminnn ya Rabbal Alamin.

On 30th December 2018, not a very good mood to end my 2018. I was feeling sad and down as my gelang emas has been missing. I don't know kat mana dia tercicir but memang sedih. Sedih gila, I nangis kot. Lepastu nak taknak, I kena redha. Alhamdulillah I redha. Beberapa bulan je pakai gelang tu. Sekejap je Allah pinjamkan untuk merasa pakai. Maybe hilangnya gelang tu adalah yang terbaik

untuk I. Kita taktahu. But Allah knows best.

Mungkin Allah tak redha. I beli gelang tu guna duit sendiri + I topup dengan duit BR1M yang I dapat RM450 awal tahun haritu. Masa dapat duit BR1M tu memang tak sangka dapat sebab tak apply. Lagipun I dah dapat KadS1M RM250. Mungkin data I still ada dalam database tu sebab I pernah apply BR1M tahun 2017 (masa tu dah habis degree and menganggur). "Bila ada sedikit yang haram ke dalam campuran banyaknya yang halal, ia akan tetap menjadi haram". Tetiba terjumpa quote ni. Entah lah mungkin Allah nak tunjuk yang duit BR1M tu tak halal. Allah tak redha so Allah ambik balik gelang tu. Now I redha, mungkin semua ni ada hikmah. I nak fikir positive dan bersangka baik yang Allah sayangkan I. Dia taknak I guna atau pakai sesuatu yang bukan hak I.

Mungkin juga ni ujian dan dugaan. Atau Allah akan gantikan dengan yang lebih baik. InshaAllah. Apa apa pun, kita kena sentiasa positive. Kena sentiasa fikir yang semua yang berlaku ada hikmahnya. Cuma kita je taktahu and belum nampak apa hikmah tu.

Tahun 2018 Alhamdulillah ada beberapa azam dah pun tercapai. Ada juga yang belum (azam nak kurus). Azam nak kurus ni kita bawa ke tahun 2019 pulak ye. Semoga terlaksana lah hendaknya. Gituuu hahaha.

So, recapping my 2018 journey...

Improved my skincare routine. Not as perfectly as planned, but improved a lot. The previous year (2017) tu I malas gila cuci muka. But 2018 I dah semakin rajin (even ada juga cheatday tak cuci muka). Tapi I make used of toner and moisturizer very well.
Got a good CGPA for my MBA. Alhamdulillah. It was unexpected. I target lulus je. Alhamdulillah in all subjects yang I ambik, satu subjek je I dapat B, which is strategic management. Yang lain semua A and A-. It was an achievement for me.
First family day plan went well. First time buat yang kumpulkan keluarga belah Ayah > belah Opah dalam satu moyang. Meaning that, anak beranak setiap adik beradik opah ada. Next family day inshaAllah coming soon.
Ummi dan Ayah selamat pergi dan balik dari menunaikan Umrah. Alhamdulillah.
End of MBA classes.
Performed my Viva Voce, my correction has been completed and thesis submitted!
Celebrated my birthday together with family gathering sempena Ummi and Ayah balik dari Umrah dengan sihat dan selamat. Siap pasang khemah kat luar rumah sebab rumah kecik je. Datang family belah Ummi Ayah terus jadi sempit rumah hehe.
Got a lot of free shawls from donutscarves due to my birthday and contest.
Kejadian takde air kat Shah Alam dan kawasan sekitar selama seminggu. Sampai kena mandi kat MASMED and last sekali tidur hotel bluewave sebab air tangki dah habis. Hahaha
Went to AME 2018 Concert (Anugerah Meletop ERA) under Alif Satar Official Fanclub gituuu because of getting free ticket!
GIFTED first vacation to Cameron Highlands went well! To many more trips with GIFTED
My first time voting experience #PRU14 #GE14 and terus tukar kerajaan. Kahkah
Together cat ruang tamu rumah dengan family #colourbaru #peach
Got a beautiful watch that I love so much, my wishlist, it was a gift from him which he bought at London with my name engraved at the back #fossil
Part time worked for 7 months and got to know new friends which they were so funny that I laughed everyday! Thanks for the memories guys.
Able to graduate on time #MBA and celebrated with family. I appreciated those who came and thanks for all the warm wishes and flowers too. Special thanks to my mum and dad, of course!
Mia 6th years graduation day! So proud of her. My baby girl isn't baby anymore.
Trip to Kuching Sarawak. First time in Kuching! Tried aiskrim gula apong and mee kolok. Sedap sangat nak lagi...
Bestie's wedding day! Being an unofficial bridesmaid to her #GIFTED #OneDown

After reflecting on what an awesome and challenging year 2018 was, I am feeling quite proud of myself. I am so grateful and blessed for a colourful 2018. I don't know how to put my 2018 into words. And there's no great picture to describe it in details. I am so blessed with everything (every single thing) happened to me and to my surrounding. Alhamdulillah. Bismillah as we enter 2019. HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS!

Will update my 2019 resolution tomorrow. It's 2.50am now Im getting sleepy. Goodnight! Thanks for reading. May Allah bless us all.

Assalamualaikum and good day everyone!

Its been a while since my last update here. Things are super duper busy that I don't even have time to write something here. I know its kinda a little bit late to share story as per the title above. But, better late than never, right?

Now its August 2018 already, and I've done with my Viva Voce exam on 26th March 2018.

Alhamdulillah everything went well, all things related with thesis and Viva are settled as my group member and I passed the Viva with minor minor correction! Thanks to the team member and our advisor, Dr Hadijah as she helped us a lot in completing the thesis and oral presentation. We were given one week only to do the correction. I told ya, its minor minor correction. Cewah! Alhamdulillah Allah ease everything for us. The panels are also very nice and all the questions we manage to answer smoothly and confidently.

And the result already came out on May 2018. Alhamdulillah, syukur that we passed the subject (ABR 796) which is thesis writing and oral presentation. We manage to get an A for this code. Alhamdulillah. Thank you for those who always make a dua for us along this journey. Family, friends, lecturers and anyone involved. I appreciate all your duas and support given to me.

So here, I would like to share with you some tips and doa that I recite non stop before the Viva day. This doa was given by my friend who already did her Viva. Doa unutk meraih hormat orang kepada kita ni is very helpful for me, to smooth the presentation, and doa ini juga bagi I dapat melembutkan hati panel or examiner yang dengar our explanation. So that diorang can accept with open heart and also want to avoid from receive question yang we cannot afford to answer.

Bagi I, doa ni juga untuk mengelakkan daripada dihentam oleh panel panel. Ye la sebab I dah tengok presentation senior senior, and diorang memang ada yang kena hentam teruk. Like, teruk sangat.

"This is so wrong. Your research is completely wrong!"

"Your research means nothing as there is no problem at all to be solved. Nonsense!"

"Your chapter 1 already wrong. Meaning that all chapters are also cannot be accepted"

Itulah yang I tengok sendiri macam mana senior kena hentam. Bukan 1 group, tapi beberapa group yang kena. And that's scared me a lot. I always have this negative thinking that my group will experience the same. Cause you know, our group do have some problems from the beginning that makes me feels not confident. I selalu berdoa semoga dapat panel yang baik. Sebab panel pun main peranan.

That's my weakness. I always have this negative minded over everything that is not done yet. Just so you know, this negative thinking kills, and can affect everything that we worked on. So don't be. You should not worry for things that are not sure to happen. You should worry for things that already happened and find the solution for it.

To be honest, I never be prepared enough for the presentation, tak pernah ada semangat nak prepare for Viva as I always think that my group will have to extend the subject. That kind of thinking makes me down, until two days before Viva session, my best friend told me this:

"You kena semangat. Kalau asyik fikir bukan bukan asyik fikir extend, memang takkan boleh buat apa. Sebab you dah fikir extend sebab tu takde semangat nak buat itu ini. Cuba jangan fikir dulu, letak tepi dulu. Usaha dulu untuk pass benda ni. Lepas dah settle tu, pass atau tak, baru fikir kemudian macam mana nak buat. Sebab mana tahu ada chance untuk pass, tapi sebab dah tak semangat and tak well prepared, terus tak pass"

And time tu jugak I terus tersedar apa yang I buat ni salah and not fair to my group members. Betul juga, kalau asyik fikir akan extend, memang takkan boleh buat apa. So berbaki 2-3 hari yang ada, I terus bersemangat untuk prepare. Memang kurang tidur sebab nak practice practice and practice. Cari and fikir all possible questions with answer sekali. Dah la our group kena on the first day Viva, and first group pulak tu! Time tu I fikir positive je, ada hikmah kot. Ada hikmah ni dapat first group.

You know what, first group to present ni bertuah and bernasib baik taw. Sebab panel and examiners punya expectation adalah sangat rendah. So segala kekurangan and kelemahan kita yang minor minor tu maybe bukan masalah yang besar and will be less notified by them. So, untung kan?

Here, I wanna share with you guys some tips that you guys can follow. Tips ni takde la bagus mana, but that's what we did. Anyone nak added up is free to do so in comment section ya :) lets share cause sharing is caring!

Must be well prepared. Practice practice practice. So that bila kita present tu akan smooth je.
Timing is very important. Make sure you practice with your team member so that timing tu ngam. Terlebih masa takpe boleh guna untuk Q&A session. Masalahnya bila tak cukup masa so nanti presentation tu tak boleh nak dihabiskan. So plan with time mana yang kena lama and cakap in details and mana yang tak perlu in details and boleh skip. As for my experience, our group memang cakap laju but clear, sebab takde masa. Tak boleh nak take own sweet time sebab memang tak sempat.
Kurangkan phrase filler. Means that kurangkan cakap "errr" "aaa" "aaa" "aaa" time presentation tu. Well semua ni takkan terjadi if you guys are well prepared.
Slide presentation must be interesting enough yet clear and easy to read. Penggunaan colour untuk font and background slide sangat penting ye. Kita kena fikir juga panel or examiner yang dah tua tu. Senang cerita, jangan bagi diorang put pressure on their eyes for the sake to read our slide.
Jangan tengok skrip. Be prepared. Kalau boleh hafal certain sentences or point, please hafal. Sebab kalau you tengok skrip, markah akan dipotong. Or kalau tak tengok skrip dapat markah lebih. Macam tu lah lebih kurang.
Datang awal untuk elakkan kelam kabut and lupa apa yang nak dipresentkan. Tidur awal malam before presentation day.
Pakai pakaian formal. Ini penting ye. Tapi I rasa semua orang tahu kot pasal ni.

Okay ni I nak share dengan korang contoh slide I buat. I yang tukang edit sebab I suka. My group members pun memang serahkan kat I bab bab ni. I takde la nak cakap slide I ni bagus ke apa, sebab ramai lagi yang cantik. My point here is, pilih background and font colour yang sesuai. As for me, I prefer background putih, with black font. Sebab bagi I, tu lebih jelas and senang untuk orang baca.

Design biasa biasa je. I just google and tengok apa yang I suka then I copy la buat box ke buat arrow ke, manually taw. Bukan download template. I memang copy design tu just colour je tukar and design tukar sikit sikit lah. Takde la sebijik sangat. Tapi I memang tak suka download template sebab I rasa susah nak adjust. A+ for effort hahaha reward diri sendiri. Yup semua slide I buat camtu. Takpelah penat sikit and leceh yang penting I puas. So slide ni tak boleh buat 1-2 days before presentation ye. Kena buat at least 1 week before. Yela nak tunjuk kat advisor bagai bagai. Yang penting, jangan buat last minit sebab kalau tak memang cincai and kelaut. Trust me.

That's all for now. Banyak lagi I nak share. Hopefully I rajin lah nak update. Anything boleh tanya ye. InshaAllah I will try my best to respond ASAP.

Till next post! Thank you for reading.

Kind regards,
Gen Y girl :)

I went to Bukit Jalil Axiata Arena previous previous week for AME 2018! For your information, AME stands for Anugerah Meletop Era. It is a famous program at Astro. The one that their hosts are Neelofa and Nabil. Actually this is so unplanned. There is one day, one of my friend asked me if I wanted to go to AME 2018 on Sunday.

Of course I want! I loveee to get involved with this kind of thing #entertainment. If orang ajak memang always Onzz. My lovely friend, which I called her Kak Nana, she got extra tickets under Alif Satar Official Fan Club. She is one of Alif's fans! So memang akan ada seat pun. And since I have nothing important to do, got no class and all that, so I pun join. And we, the Alif Satar Official FC must wear something black baju and blue tudung. So much colour coordinate haha.

This is the ticket!

So we have to be there, at bukit Jalil as early as 5pm even though the event or show start at 9pm. Its normal lah kannn. We reached there at 4.30pm and during that time dah ramai dah orang kat situ. Ramai sangat sangat fan club artis. Dah macam macam colour kat situ. Hijau, hitam, kuning, oren, biru, merah, pink, putih semua colour ada. Ada Khai Bahar, Haqiem Rusli, Siti Nordiana FC, Neelofa, Nabilicious and banyak lagi. Banyak sangat sangat. Oh yea ada Johan, Fattah Amin, Hannah Delisha, Wany Hasrita and banyak lagi.... Like seriously memang banyak. Zul Ariffin pun ada taw.

#FATTAHKITAPUNYA uolls

Yang ni fan club Wany Hasrita siap ada car sticker. Die hard fan! Kemainnnn

Yang ni Siti Nordiana Fan Club.

Masa dalam dewan axiata arena tu, kiteorang (Alif Satar Official FC) ni kena duduk dengan Siti Nordiana FC. Nana FC ni memang ramai. Rasanya double or triple the numbers of Alif punya FC. And dorang kelakar + meriah + baik gilaaa. Bila part pencalonan Nana, kiteorang yang Alif Satar punya FC pun jerit jerit lol. Meriah la. Ala boleh la..... Just look at the video! Their spirit harus dipuji! Semangat siap nyanyi lagu. Tapi diorang memang sentiasa bersemangat setiap kali nama Nana dia disebut. Memang semangat yang sampai bangun berdiri tepuk tepuk and sorak kuat kuat. Power Siti Nordiana FC ni!

Tapi fan club artis lain pun power power and RAMAI gilaaaa. Just because we did not sit near to each other kot, tula yang tak berapa kuat sangat. But I know, memang kuat kalau kita stay close to them. The crowd were superb! It was fun and happening all the time masa kat sana.

Yang ni pula Khai Bahar punya fans. Ramai juga lah

This one I record before everyone orang got permission to enter the hall. So sooo happening! Here and there ada je fan club artis buat itu ini. It was fun watching all of them happy macam tu :) Too many of them, banyak sangat fan club yang lain yang buat I terfikir diorang ni betul betul serious and very supportive in supporting their celebrity! Nak kata takde kerja, my Kak Nana ni she's also working. Kerja tetap lagi. But she still got time for all these. Our artis ni really have to appreciate fan club diorang taw.

Dekat situ juga ada la few food trucks. Not so many sangat but boleh la. Ada la juga daripada takde. But of course not as many as during closing sukan SEA haritu. I just grab and eat anything yang ada sebab perut pun dah lapar hahaha (perlu ke). Oh yea surau were also provided for both men and women. In fact, dalam axiata arena tu pun ada surau. But we can only use the surau after we get in at 7.30pm. Means the surau can be used for Maghrib and Isyak prayer. While for Asar prayer, got another surau outside. Area stesen LRT bukit Jalil also got surau. So no worries guys! Memang boleh solat.

Kiteorang (penonton) hanya dibenarkan masuk selepas 7.30pm. So in the mean time nak tunggu 7.30pm tu, kat situ ada mini stage and ada artis buat persembahan kat situ. Untuk membuang masa la. And ada pengacara jugak I can't remember who. After 7.30 pm, kiteorang pun dibenarkan masuk. First time masuk Axiata Arena. Sejuk! Best! And nampak la kemodenan and canggih sikit tu. Dalam tu toilet, surau semua okay. Cantik and bersih. Alhamdulillah.

And then the show begins. Best tengok LIVE ni sebab sound system dia puas hati. I have no comment pasal pemenang anugerah malam tu. I memang tak berapa setuju but siapa I kan nak comment lebih lebih. Buat taktahu je. I datang just nak enjoy the show. Malam tu yang I paling rasa goosebump is when Ruffedge buat comeback dengan nyanyi lagu Bila Rindu, Lemas, Tipah tertipu and khayalan. I seriously tak boleh move on dengan persembahan diorang. That feeling masa dalam axiata arena tu lain macam taw. Serious dorang best gila. Balik tu pun I asyik tengok youtube je part persembahan dorang. Memang tak boleh move on! Hehe. Yang lain lain pun best juga. I memang enjoy all the show!

Program tu habis around 12am-12.30am. So lepas keluar tu kiteorang tunggu kejap dekat this one area. We waited for Alif Satar! Of course lah Alif Satar will come to use cause we're his fan club. And yes, he came! We took a picture and all that. Let me tell you something, Alif memang baik gila. He is sooo nice. Really nice to his fans to the extent yang I got melting lol.

This is the only picture we got with the celebrities. Yang lain lain sangat lah busy bergambar dengan fan club masing masing. Yang ni pun sebab we are alif satar official FC kan. So thats why lah nak ambik gambar dapat je. Boleh je kalau nak bergambar dengan artis lain but we have to wait they finish bergambar with their fan club first. But since masa tu dah nak 1 pagi and some of us ada yang bekerja esoknya (Isnin), so we couldn't wait anymore. But okay la. Overall I enjoy with the show. The show okay, not the award and winners of Top Top Meletop tu. LOL

Assalamualaikum to my dearest readers. It's been a long time since my last update, which is January. Now dah April. Its not that I don't want to update a new entry but my Semester 2 of MBA schedule was super duper tight and pack. I literally don't even have time for my long skincare routine that I have been blogged about that in my previous post. Seriously tak tipu. Back to back presentation, test, assignments and final assessment. Non stop until 6 months. So so tired!

If you guys are my new followers or just read my blog, you can click on MBA journey at the top of this page to see and follow how I did my MBA. Happy reading :)

So basically the 2nd semester covers these subjects:

Managerial Finance
Information Technology Management
Operations Management
Managerial Decision Analysis
Strategic Management
Global Business Issues and
Applied Business Research (on-going)

All these subjects still belum dapat result, which makes me nervous and scared like tahap dewa. What I can say is this semester 2 really testing me as a student. So challenging, stressful and tons of works! Everytime I feel down I always question myself "why I took MBA at the first place?" and "why I pursue my master degree, why don't I just work?" Like there is always the big WHY in my head, all the time.

And Alhamdulillah I survived, so far! I bersyukur maybe sebab I duduk rumah dengan parents and still boleh control. And also my friends are very supportive like they support me and give some motivational quotes. I also got a very understanding boyfriend which he always there for me whenever I want to share something. And he always like "doesn't matter how long you are in this journey, as long as you didn't stop halfway" everytime I talked about "what if I have to extend". So grateful to have such amayyyzing people surround me. Alhamdulillah.

So basically semester 2 is about "finishing-your-research-semester" whereby I have to complete my proposal which I made last semester, to make it into thesis and finally hardbound it. Yeappp writing a thesis is another challenging part! Everything is so challenging I don't know how I can tahan. Mygod.

I will post another entry about my thesis writing, inshaAllah.

You know why I said it is so challenging? Because it is very very stressful things for me. Okay all the subjects that I took in the 2nd semester were not easy at all, but they were not as hard as writing and completing the one that is very important in this journey: thesis!

Macam mana eh nak cerita ni. Ok I punya stress tu tahap yang I kena diarrhea and dehydrated for about two weeks. In the first week I tak perasan sangat. I just fikir yang I salah makan. And at one time I macam dah taktahan sangat sebab I makan benda yang sama dengan semua orang makan. Tapi orang lain tak sakit langsung pun. You know, sampai dah takde apa benda dah nak keluar. And to the extent yang I rasa takut nak makan apa apa, sebab end up mesti akan ke bilik air. Then my mum and I decided to consult with doctor.

I pun pergi cek doktor. And then after check itu ini semua ok, tanya itu ini semua normal. Last sekali soalan doktor ialah "awak stress ke?" and YES I AM. I told doctor that my stress level is so high yang I sampai termimpi mimpi benda benda tu. I termimpi mimpi I failed this and that, I termimpi mimpi pasal thesis I, assignment, final, test and so on. I terlalu banyak sangat fikir. And yes, I mengaku I memang overthinking.

Every subject yang I ambik in semester 2 sangat menakutkan yang I tak yakin pun boleh pass. Semester 2 ni lecturers lain macam sikit. Strict yang tahap tak boleh bincang. Haha! Ataupun I stress bila subject tu susah yang I rasa tak boleh nak bawak. Tak pun assignment dia I rasa berat sangat sebab banyak yang non stop (tak cukup rehat, tido hari hari 3-4 pagi) and final assessment dia yang sangat susah. Semuanya tak meyakinkan. Beza sangat dengan semester 1 dulu.

I paling stress pasal research project I tula, yang kena siapkan thesis tu, which names is ABR (Applied Business Research). ABR ni memang buat stress level I 10000000%. Semuanya sebab research I ni pasal qualitative. Tapi yang I belajar is quantitative research. Bila company yang kiteorang refer tu problem dia membuatkan kiteorang kena buat qualitative research, part tu pun dah stress. Sebab no specific guideline untuk buat qualitative research compared to those yang buat quantitative. I think I akan cerita more details on the other entry. Sebab it will be such a long entry then.

Back to the doctor consultation thingy, sampai doktor pesan suruh take it easy and everything will be fine. Doktor cakap jangan stress sangat sebab tak elok untuk kesihatan. Rupanya stress ni tak semestinya hanya sakit kepala je. Bila kita terlampau stress, certain people dia takde rasa sakit kepala langsung pun tapi dia maybe akan diarrhea, muntah muntah, hilang selera makan dan sebagainya. It depends. Macam I bila stress je I makan hehehe. And yes, stress ni memang sangat bahaya as it will alter your gene and menyebabkan penyakit lain pula. So please contol your stress well.

Another symptom yang I dapat ialah rambut I gugur dengan terlalu banyak. Banyak sangat sangat sampai rambut I makin nipis and too obvious. Kalau before this kat area dahi banyak anak rambut now dah makin berkurangan. Bila I notice je benda ni I nangis. I nangis sebab I down rambut I macamtu. Yela rambut kan mahkota wanita kan. It hurts me a lot. But now I tengah dalam proses nak recovery (baru 2 minggu). Doakan everything back to normal and rambut I tebal balik okay :)

Penangan semester 2 ni memang dahsyat yang I tak boleh nak lupa. Banyak lagi cerita cerita tapi I akan cerita one by one on different entry.

Thats all from me at the moment. I nak warm up dulu. Dah lama tak update.

Banyak sangat cerita untuk di update. InshaAllah nanti.

Take care! Assalamualaikum.

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