Keeping up with Life

Force myself to write, just an update. These random photos represent my random life towards the end of 2012; nobody give a damn about that Mayan tribes anymore I guess.

It's so wrong to instill what you believe what's right for you to others. Bukan tak boleh but you have to understand that people level of acceptance is different you know. Problem is you will rage when people disagree with you which is normal for average human being. Unless you Judge Dredd.

This is my 100th blog post! Memang not worth of celebration pun.. *cengkerik*

Snapshot from a movie called 'Epic' will be released in 2013. Another reminiscence of Honey I shrunk the kids kinda movie

The Becks. Cannot really blame their photogenicism

Random travel picture. Not mine though. A frozen lake

Yeah, let's observe this

Little Update on Merdeka Day

Let's see what happened for the past of three months:

• Safely returned from Euro trip. Wonderful and awesome. Yes we survived in both physical and financial aspect
• Get injured two weeks before Ramadhan, a terrible one. It stops me from running. Still on the road of recovery. Lucky didn't register for PBIM this year
• Temporarily changed office. Only the office. OFFICE
• Suddenly into Instagram. Boo hipster!
• Problem with landlord or rather landlord gives me a problem..
• Have to pay Ad Valorem duty out of blue
• Manchester United signed Shinji Kagawa and Robin van Persie!!
• Driving back for I'dilfitri and experienced 8 hours+ on the road where usually only took 3-4 hours
• Bought swimming gear but yet to get into pool
• Yuna replied my tweet. Eh

What else been missing? Cukup lerrr

Another Trip

I run no more after Borneo Marathon; expected. That doesn't mean I will give up on running. I just need some times for navigating (re: I Won't Give Up). I was toying with ideas and possibilities. It is amazing when you fear nothing, you just deal with life.

Yes, another travel is on the card (the biggest). We are super excited! Insyaallah we will be going to Rome, Florence, Pisa, Venice, Milan, Madrid, Barcelona and Paris. Wife will look forward shopping and stuff. Me as usual..err football related? But in between we are going to enjoy this trip; the fact that we are together describe it all. Praying that everything goes well.

Strange part is where we both
think we could get expelled from work because of the trip! The truth is we deserved a getaway. So go away negative thought!!

Till me meet again!
MH2609

Borneo International Marathon 2012

Hello there!Life must be good eh? Just another running event that I participated this year (probably going to be the ONLY!)Due to unforeseen circumstances Larian Sultan Azlan Shah was cancelled. Did enjoy my time with family though at Lost World Tambun.

Anyway.. I ran (awesomely) 10km at Kota Kinabalu, non-stop! Nothing much on the running I want to share actually. Haha! Awesome pretty much conclude everything right? There was Miss Malaysia running as well. Ok whatever..Cannot share picture somehow right now.

Wife supports me all the way of course. Bit drama when we are about to go back. Luckily we manage to get into the ferry just in time. We had two swimming sessions a day before, ridiculous delicious pasta (or something like it) tomyam at Dome and little shopping.

Motivation

Make it as simple as possible (?)

New Chapter (HD)

One cannot just wait things to happen. Even if you wait, while waiting why don't do something meaningful? When was the last time you make someone happy?

Keep challenging yourself and never be in comfort zone. After all there are so much to give to the WORLD.

When You Think You Are at Low Point

1. Not to take yourself too seriously. At times of hardship, such as loss or illness, we can easily lose our humor, and even more easily get very involved with the negative aspects of what is happening. We become the center of our universe. Remembering not to take ourselves too seriously brings a lightness and ease to the weight of circumstance around us. Don't forget–angels can fly because they take themselves lightly!

2. Not to identify with suffering, loss, or illness, as being who you are. Many of our participants realized how they had been identifying themselves as a cancer survivor / widow / recovering addict, or whatever it may be, but had not asked themselves who they were without that label or identity. When we do not identify with the negative label, then the positive side of who we are has a chance to shine.

3. It's OK to be you, just as you are, warts and all. We may think we are imperfect, a mess, falling apart, hopeless, or unable to cope. But true perfection is really just accepting our imperfections. It is accepting ourselves, complete with all the things we like and the things we don't like. In this way we are not struggling with or rejecting ourselves. Each one of is unique, a one-time offer, but we cannot know it if we are facing away from ourselves.

4. Feel everything, whatever it may be. When we are suffering, our feelings get huge and can be overwhelming. It is easy to want to deny or repress them. But if we can really honor whatever we are feeling, then it will bring us closer to the happiness beneath the suffering or grief. Acknowledging our real feelings is the greatest gift.

5. Make friends with yourself. Our relationship with ourselves is the only one that we will have for the whole of our lives, and we can be the greatest friend to ourselves. So it is very important not to put ourselves down or beat ourselves up. As Ed used to sing in Elementary school:

I love myself, I think I'm grand,
I go to the movies and hold my hand.
I put my arm around my waist,
And when I get fresh I slap my face!

6. Forgive yourself. Treasure yourself. These are big steps, but each one liberates the heart and sets us free. We need to forgive ourselves for feeling angry, for getting upset, for all things we think we have done wrong. They are in the past and we are not who we were then. We can then begin to embrace and love ourselves, for we are so worthy of that love. And then we can take any resistance or fear by the hand, invite it in, and open our heart to the universe.

7. Meditate. There is an overwhelming amount of research showing how meditation changes the circuits in the part of the brain associated with contentment and happiness and stimulates the 'feel-good' factor. Meditating on love and kindness makes us much, much happier! And the only way to know this is to try it!!

A Little Update

Temple Run insanely addictive! Ok that's crap.

Hello world!
Been a while. Sadly there was no update on London trip (except pics uploaded on FB). It was awesome indeed. C'mon, time spent with wife never fail you! *Ikhlas* Ok maybe next opportunity on that story.

Back into running recently. Good progress. Weekend in Miri as usual. Oh, that reminds me to book advance tickets for the coming months!

#SignOut

How is Your New Year so Far?

Hello 2012. I am supposed to write about how fun London trip was but an unfortunate event occurred. My loyal iPhone 4 was stolen at my workplace! I can be raging all day about this... like seriously. I know at certain point I have to reflect back; semua benda terjadi ada sebab musabab dan hikmahNya.

Let me bitch about it first. It certainly hard to read criminal mind and at the same degree it is hard for me to accept someone is actually on purpose come to work place to steal stuff. Not at my working place at least! Now semua orang kau tengok macam orang jahat. It disturbs me BIG time and I’m not kidding. And the reaction from security guard irritated me the most! Boleh buat derk je until policemen came to witness the crime scene (It’s a crime la kan!). Barang hilang dalam kawasan kerja yang patut kau pantau kot, bukanlah aku nak ganti rugi terus dari korang, tunjuk la courtesy sikit! Dah la tak membantu nak defend diri sendiri tak tentu hala apa hal???

HR told they will investigate the matter. You don’t need to be Haratio pun in this. Paling basic, ambil list in-out dari 0730 to 1230 hours, interview. Like I said before, if this can happened to me I don’t see why it cannot happen to someone else if no action is taken.

Now, you have to admit once you own a smartphone your life automatically attached to it. Your emails, contact, pictures (NO I don’t have gambar terlarang), online booking, personal record etc. My running log certainly will be missed. MAS/ AirAsia booking and check in will be a hassle for now. Social media like whatsapp, twitter, Flipboard, FB etc. Weekly update of fantasy league team; it sounds silly but hey I’m leading the chart and winner doesn’t quit.

With that iPhone, I start to write my blog again. My travel plan simplified. I am so into news and interesting article (what astro?)... Ok i need astro to watch Raja Lawak BPL live but even if I missed the game, LiveScore is always there for me. So booo astro! Together we braved Penang Bridge for half marathon at 3 o'clock early in the morning. Oh, the phone even won me a trip to London (for FREE) and opportunity to meet Tony Fernandes! In less than a year you can see the significance of it. Someone Like You of Adele never be so relevance until this point of time. It still harsh to sing “Never mind, I will find someone like you...” as I’m getting an iPhone 4S. 

Let me be clear, it is never my intention to get every new iPhone model. I still think I will be using the same device beyond iPhone 5 or 6. It just the value you paid is worth the product you get. Ok we don’t have to go to androids, nokia lumia etc debate. People will crack a joke something like “Wah kayanya kau, pergi London, balik hilang tepon terus 4S”. Heck, kalau aku kaya aku pergi bercuti ke bulan terus, Virgin tengah offer. Boleh?

Whatever it is, I still don’t feel safe coming to work. At least for now. And to valid your stupidity (or desperateness) wahai si maling brangset, apple already blacklisted that device so nobody can use it. Semoga tuhan dapat membalas segala perbuatan anda.

Dalam kenangan. iRIP iPhone 4

Note: For the record, dah 3 kali hilang telefon, sekali hilang motor, hilang duit loss count dan banyak kali hilang pemadam, gam, gunting, pen etc (zaman belajar, kes kawan pinjam terus)