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Left (envelope) : My scribbles during waiting for 2nd session. Right (spiral book) : Accept or Withdraw self-analyze. First interview in 2015 :  The digest and analysis I promised to myself that I’m going to seriously re-launch the job-hunt activities for permanent ones, starting Feb 2015. Very few know the reasons and yet very few too knew what I’ve been doing in these 1 and a half years. Let me get straight to the point. I didn’t apply for the position offered, neither nor not of this company. I had this unfamiliar number calling me since Thaipusam Day (Tuesday) that I didn’t intend to take. Until the next day (Wednesday), another unfamiliar mobile phone number called and later left me an SMS telling me who they are and their purpose of contacting – to arrange an interview session. I have no idea why I’m invited since I’ve no memories applying any position at the company. Nevertheless, I checked the company background, with curiosity. I didn’t get a clue. But when ...

The Odd : Against the World that wants more , not different . Lately I've been thinking so much about myself. Nah, not in the kind of all-about-yourself, self-centered, self-individualistic way but you know, you need to know about yourself first before you figure out what you’re gonna do. And there’s been plenty of medium that leads me to that, praises to God. It’ll be exactly one year that I left my former company on this June 28 th . I've been there for like 13 months, almost 2 years. 2 years that filled with almost everything. Laughter and tears, happiness and sorrows. Tensions and pressures. Love and hatred. But there was one thing that I never did realize until I left. I never knew myself and who or what kind of person or what kind of career path I wanted to be. You know, life and surroundings really keep on pushing and pulling that they blind you from seeing what’s right or wrong, for you. Not for them. Speaking of what right and what wrong, there are things in t...

Satu Nama Tetap di Hati Suhaimi membisu, memaku diri pada mejanya. Fail dan dokumen yang baru dihantar setiausahanya sebentar tadi dibiarkan saja menimbun di sudut kanan meja. Belum pun 10 minit dia tiba di pejabat, wajah yang pucat serta keadaan diri yang kusut masai tidak terurus itu seolah-olah telah seharian mengabdikan diri pada tugas. Usahkan fail hari ini, fail-fail yang dihantar ke mejanya sedari minggu sudah belum disemak, apalagi ditandatanganinya. Entah mengapa sejak seminggu lalu dia begitu. Sebahagian besar waktu pejabatnya dihabiskan dengan merenung potret wanita muda bersama 2 orang kanak-kanak comel. Potret itu telah berada di atas mejanya sejak sekian lama, tapi tidak pernah ditatapnya begitu sekali. *** “行ってくるね。 大人しくしてお留守して頂戴。 Ummiは仕事終わったらすぐ帰ってくるから、ね？” kata Raudhah, ibu muda yang baru berusia 26 tahun itu kepada anak lelaki sulungnya, Taufiq. Walaupun Taufiq baru berumur 3 tahun, namun dia seolah-olah mengerti ucapan ibunya sambil mengangguk-anggukkan kepala. ...