3 July - My bestday

it's that time of the year again... yes..my bestday...aka..my birthday.

yes, am feeling blessed and grateful that i can see another birthday.  another part of me feel a little bit sad.. cos it means.. a year older.. a year looking different; my way of saying it.  But, a year older means a year wiser.  true, i am somewhat wiser in my thinking, in my daily work..in ways i deal with people.  i find that certain things don't matter, certain things do matter now. My confidence level do climb to another level.  alas... i am feeling that i am now turning into an introvert.

my pace has somehow slowed down when i realized that the '5' series is just around the corner. truthfully speaking, my walk to my office has slowed down, i want to stay at home more.  but now i could not afford to.  There are just too many commitments.  Pity hubby if he has to see to all our commitments. so....like it or not..i still have to walk to that office until.... a time when i no longer need to. *sigh*.

then there is the thinking of how our life would be when we no longer can work....aargh!!...the most worrisome of worries..our medical bills..!  no.. will not think about it now.

am giving thanks to my God for as of now i am still healthy, have a job, have a normal family.  age is only mind over matter.  if you don't mind, then it doesnt matter.. hihihihi....

Thank You Lord for another birthday and hope to see many more to come.

till then
Mizz T

Counseling... Psychology .....

Last Friday, 7 November, i signed up to attend a basic counseling skills workshop organised by my Uni.
Boy....!! was it tough.!  During one of the role play activities, i ran out of questions to ask and felt stuck. We are not allowed to ask the 'why' question.  And got me to wander if i really can do this. ahakss...

Anyway,  I'm kinda inclined towards counseling.  I deal with people (being a recruiter in HR) everyday at work.  Staff coming to see me with all kinds of issues and problems.  The hardest part i felt of being a counselor is the listening part.  I tend to interfere too soon.

The two most important rules that i learnt if you want to be a counselor is;
1. Be a good listener
2. Intend to help

Yess... it sounds easy right?  In practice it's not.  So now, the urge to take up a degree in Psychology is getting stronger.  I feel that it is very relevant to my everyday life; at work, at home, with people.

I leave it to the Lord.  God willing, I will be able to take it next year.

Till next time
Mizz T

Bila Tupai nurun ke kebun...

Bisi sekali last year, Endu Tupai di bai mak ngau aba ngabas kebun seduai di Peniko.  Laban ka ngangkut bala sida papan kena ngaga langkau.  Mentang mentang si Tupai bisi Ilax, nyamai meh kena berangkut.  Sebagai upah nyer, alu ngangkut pulai segala macam sayur especially my peberet timun betuk. yess...peda timun sempat ku gumpul.  Tok lah first time meda this timun in its natural state.  Selama tok meda ba tamu aja.  Deh..indai..kasih mai... Adeh.... pedis mai asai bejalai ba kebun...enda teleba.. :)

                                                                       buah timun Iban.

2012 The year of reunions

I'm talking about re uniting with school mates & class mates.  Some are of the same batch, most are of different batch.

It was always exciting when it comes to reunions.  Some of them still look like when I last saw them.  Only the hair has become less (I'm talking about the boys.  hehehe)   Others have change (a lot)... others have matured beautifully....

Whatever it is, I always look forward to see them especially those from Tanjong Lobang College or Kolej Tun Datu Tuanku Hj Bujang, Miri.  TLC has always been dear in my heart.  May be because I was a boarder there for two years.  So the experience is not only limited to classrooms but dorm life as well.

March 2012.  I manage to meet up with two senior sisters; Annie and Roni. (Annie was in Lower 6 and Roni upper 6 when we met in TLC.)  We met at Shukie.  Roni works in KL; Miri is her hometown.  Annie lives and works in Limbang.  The funny thing was none of us knew where Shukie is.  But somehow we found the place.  The micro re u was full with food and laughter and of course photo taking.  Asai ngai pulai...

May 2012   I went to Kuching for a training.  Lo and behold.... I had a mini re u with school mates from TLC again.  We all congregate at James Brooke cafe.  Thanks to Unjil, who organised this.  (the guy in grey shirt).  A wonderful experience ... food?  ok lah... can do.  hehehe.  My first meeting with Flowrese after 30 years.

August 2012  Re union again.  This time on a quite a grand scale.  The principal (Cik gu Adi) came.  He always come for our reunion.  Semoga Tuhan panjang kan umur nya for more reunions to come.  Gloria came from Kuching.  Some friends came from KL.  There is one who came all the way from USA.  wow...  We had a tour of TLC during daytime;  I was wishing to myself that if I can come back to kolej again, I will study hard this time.  hahaha.. dolok...wow.... lawan tokay punya orang..

When I joined the 2010 re u at Kolej, I did not take any picture in my old classroom.  This time I made sure I did.  voila!!..... this is me in my old classroom; form 4 Sci E with my classmate and best buddy Thony.  yeah..yeah.. my best buddy happen to be a boy.  hehehe..  wah...cannot describe the nostalgic feeling I had that day.  I have one regret which I still carry to this day... I had potential, I'm not stupid but I did not study hard... I played around a lot... Thank God I passed my MCE.  My best buddy did get a degree though. (jeles me).

That night we had dinner at Imperial Hotel.  These are the people who came.  All dressed up to the occasion.

September 2012   Another wonderful surprise.  Received a text from my classmate Tumar.  Saying that she's coming to Miri for a workshop.  I asked her to meet me at my work place. The first time I see her after 30 years.  She came in a Police uniform.  I request her to do that.  Wah... unbelievable!!.. my classmate is now Assistant Superintendent of Police.  She's based in Kuching.  Am so proud of her.  We chat in my office lobby and she gave me the hp no of another classmate who is now Superintendent of Police at Bukit Aman.  Aduhai!!...banyak nya kawan aku jadi Polis.  hahaha

September 2012  I went to KL to attend a training again. And guess what??... I met up with my 'real" classmates.  Meaning those actually in the same class with me in 1983.  That was 30 years back.  Look at them now.  The one standing next to me is the Superintendent of Police.  hehehe... So good to meet him and the rest.  Semua pegang jawatan besar yuuu... I feel like an ikan bilis. The one in purple shirt became Mr Sponsor.  (Gaji enda ambih empa).  apa lagi..tak da crita lain..crita pasal kisah kat sekolah dulu lah.

So.. you see... why I said 2012 was the year of the reunions?? 

I thank God that he has given me the chance to meet up with friends.. be it childhood friends/ classmates/ school mates.  And it has also help me to make more new friend with school mates that I never got a chance to meet while at TLC.

Hope to see many more reunions to come.

Cheers

Mizz T

Aba terima bintang....

Non of us siblings knew about it.  That's how secretive Dad can be.  On 17 Jan 2013, while browsing through FB as usual, Tupai was pleasantly surprise to see a picture of Mum and Dad at Sis Kesulai home.  And the caption on the picture was "Entua terima bintang" posted by my brother in law.

Nya..neh..alu begau kami se madi laban nyak. Alu tag mengetag pangan diri ba pisbup.

See... bukan main lobing maya take photo.  Smart gitu my Dad.  We are all so proud of him.  He deserves it.  He did a lot of contribution to his people at Kampung Bersatu from the day the kampung started with no basic amenities to now with almost everything available; clean piped water, electricity, balai raya.

My Dad is a firm, strong and brave person who does not hesitate to speak out his mind and never gives up.  I hope to inherit that character.  hehehehe....

Bintang Aba