Role model

Recently I was told by my uncle that my former boss has just been appointed the CEO of ECM Libra.  Lately I have been busy to even sit down and grab a newspaper to read.  (bukan suka baca newspaper pun memandangkan malas nak tau sad and sob stories happened around us)...  Tapi bagus baca newspaper ni, banyak knowledge kita boleh dapat....

So terus googled to know more, I found this reliable link: 

http://biz.thestar.com.my/news

Yup... Confirm! ECM Libra Financial Group Bhd has appointed my former boss its new chief executive officer.  Alhamdulillah... I am so happy for her and proud that I had the chance to work very closely with her.  She was my role model at the time. In fact she will always be my role model although we're not working together anymore because she is everything a role model should be...  As a woman, she's pretty and kind.  As a mom, she's loving and as a boss, she's understanding...

She was very generous to all of us including me... Alhamdulillah.  It started with giving me beautiful handbags, although they were not totally new but they were still gorgeous and stylish! For a secretary like me at the time, I could not afford to buy such handbags on my own...  She has never failed to give me pressies during my birthday and took me out for lunch... Pegi mana2 mesti belikan souvenirs... Every year bagi duit raya...  She has never scolded me when I made mistakes...  Despite her kindness and generosity, she remains simple and very down to earth...

When I wanted to build up myself with a better career, I took her advice.  I had to choose my future career path either to be a personal assistant or corporate communication executive.  Her advice was to have a career goal is to really look as far ahead as possible and visualize which would be a best-fit career path for me...  And so I did... Here I am, in the corporate communication field and I am happy at where I am now...  Alhamdulillah... Thank you boss for being such a great inspiration to me and my fellow colleagues... 

Until now I keep a picture of us at my workstation.  This picture was snapped at her fond farewell tea.  Whenever I see this picture, it reminds me of the good memories and wonderful experience we shared...

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." -  John Quincy Adams

Manja or Mengada?

That's me... Manja... Or Mengada?  Some might interpret that my character is "manja" but ada jugak might feel that I am just so mengada, ada pulak segelintir feel that I am "gedik"? Orang sekarang punya bahasa kan, which is quite a harsh word to me... Nevermind,  we can never pleased anyone.

I hate to admit, I am quite a spoil brat.   When the rest of my siblings terpaksa kumpul duit belanja sekolah untuk beli benda yang diorang suka for example basikal, I got it as a gift from my dad.  When my sister had to strive hard, to get the chance to study abroad, my mom sent me to further study in art at UK even before I get my SPM results. But why must I felt that I am a spoil brat? Shouldn't I change the way I think towards positive thoughts? I might not be a spoil brat, but perhaps I was just lucky because I was the youngest girl in the family.

At some of my previous workplaces, I was dimanjakan... I was given only a job that I liked to do, bigger work stations, higher cubicles, flexibility, etc.  I did not ask for all those things... But again, I guess I was just lucky... Hurm... Tapi at my current place, I kena belajar untuk jadi tougher, sebab dah tak ada manja2 ni, cuma tea lady je manjakan semua orang... ;)

My hubby ~ yes people might think that we wives have to be independent.  I am or I can be very independent.  But in this case, I have made a choice, dengan siapa lagi nak bermanja kalau tak dengan suami sendiri...

Back to manja character,  usually it's the way I talk.  Or when I got easily moved or terharu by little2 things.  Ketahuilah that's just me - the real me.  Untuk apa jadi orang lain kalau kita terpaksa berpura-pura macho... Tak hensem pun buat ape nak berlagak macho... 

Sesiapa yang mengenali saya, saya tak pernah berniat nak jadi mengada or dalam bahasa kasarnya gedik  tapi ini ialah saya... Jadi saya takkan marah kalau ada orang yang tak boleh terima character manja saya ini, sebab saya memang lemah, (tapi jiwa kental) chewah... Hamba Allah yang ada kelemahan dan saya terima kenyataan tu...

~ Graceful Violet

Terukir di bintang

Terukir di bintang is one of my favourite songs.  Yuna, that young lady selalu je ada magic touch.  Mungkin ada yang tak minat Yuna.  But, personally I think she's creative and she must have have been given telinga yang sangat amazing. I mean pendengaran yang bagus, sebab dia pilih Aizat untuk replace dia cos dia tak dapat bawa lagu dia sendiri yang layak ke anugerah juara lagu 27 due to prior engagement.  Aizat memang pilihan yang paling tepat sebab suara yang sangat cool dan santai.

Bila dengar Aizat bawak lagu ni, terasa macam dengar Michael Buble's song.  Performance concept yang dia bawa memang sesuai dengan maksud lagu dan melodi yang Yuna cuba sampaikan through "Terukir di Bintang".  Lagu ni memang overall simple and santai, feeling macam naik river cruise in the morning with a cuppa coffee. His image and body language betul2 kena dgn stage set.  Stage set tu, mcm cafe kat Paris! The best part was when he sang the last line "terukir di bintang tak mungkin hilang" muncul gambar Yuna melambai2 full screen kat digital backdrop. That shows, Aizat's trying to express that Yuna is the rising star... The concept was very simple but sweet... Congrats Yuna and Aizat with such an amazing creations!  

Apa ye makna lagu ni? Terpulang pada interpretasi individu sebenarnya.  Tapi mengikut interpretasi saya,  lagu ni cuma satu penyampaian mesej dari seorang perempuan tentang betapa sukanya dia kepada seorang lelaki.  A feel good song about how deep an average person falls in love...  Takkan tak faham, very simple! Hehehee...

"Maha suci Allah yang menjadikan kejadian semua berpasangan dari sesuatu yang tumbuh di bumi, dari mereka (manusia) dan dari sesuatu yang mereka tiada mengetahui."

(Yaasin: 36)  

Here's the sweet lyrics:

Terukir di bintang

Jika engkau minta intan permata tak mungkin ku mampu
Tapi sayangkan ku capai bintang dari langit untukmu
Jika engkau minta satu dunia akan aku coba
Ku hanya mampu jadi milikmu pastikan kau bahagia
Hati ini bukan milik ku lagi
Seribu tahun pun akan ku nanti
Kan... kamu...
Sayangku
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