New Beginning
I feel like almost reborn, relieved, resurrected even. Hopeful for a new beginning.
Been on super crazy, cut throat, vicious, bloody time for the past few months. Which totally explains the long silence. The worst was the fasting month. No breather whatsoever.
For a start, I definitely ran less this ramadhan. Last year, despite having night classes, I still managed to pull out some runs at least once a week. Bigger baby is more demanding than smaller one, also since the maid also has more tasks now, with Qaid being in standard 1. Running less is a good enough proof that things has been pretty tight. And I love ramadhan runs..somehow since u eat less, your body feels lighter, hence better conditioned for running.
Next, I have to cover a colleague who's on maternity. Crazy, cos her workload is a lot on her own, and I have to take it up almost single handedly. When I was on my maternity, my work was distributed among 3 people. It started since mid June, and life is never easy since then...until at about now. Let me save the boredom by not really explaining the work complexity like.all i can say is, I was faced with various deadlines, coinciding with one another and all with its own equal importance. Few instances that my boss said that the colleague owes me big time. But I bet to differ, I'm a woman myself, and pregnancy and having to go on maternity leave is my right. So it's up to the rest to manage it. Lucky, and alhamdulillah, Allah works His charms on me yet again to the undeserving me. Right before Ramadhan I got the complimentary coffee from our in house cafe, Eat@. It's a monthly reward thing that they offer to digizens who has been performing. It's in the form of either complementary coffee for a month or 1 month indoor parking. And the recent one was my third at it. Got the coffee and indoor parking 1 each previously. And not long after that, I got the department's recognition again. It was to a group of us and it was just some aeon vouchers and some seafood lunch, but it's the recognition that counts. Anddd, 1 of the major thing happened which is sudden personal salary adjustment mid year. That seldom happens, or, never happens even. It's a customised, not company wide initiative and I cannot comprehend how did they pull it out. Is it something out of the blue? Was it mandated down discreetly from the top down? Was there a sense of obligation to go out of your zone in order to recognise people's effort? I certainly don't have the answers but had certainly had a good raya with that. 3 different rewards in 1 shot. I'm embracing the fact that Allah will not give or test you with anything unless it's within your limit more now than ever. There's always a silver lining to everything.
Next up, the CIPS exam has to happen within this hectic period. Period. Lucky I started the revision quite early.
Next, the maid's mom was sick and she had to go back all of a sudden. She even wanted to opt for a flight journey back, as if flight is even an option for her. Where she come from, ferry is a much better option. And the mom passed away while she was still on her way back. So it was 6 maidless days. The maidless shouldn't be a problem if we have somewhere to send the kids to, and work is not crazy as described above. I had to take days off and Allah works in its mysterious ways again to the point that despite the work craziness, it was somehow manageable. I used the time at home to study. So it turned out to be a blessing somewhat.
The week after raya should be a good working week for me. It didn't. My raya was filled with sneakily working, when I deem fit. Managed to do 2 evaluations and slides during the raya break. Totally not a fun way to celebrate your raya. Good workin week turned out to be a disaster. Let's not dwell on the work.
Come wednesday, we had the overdue appreciation lunch at Southsea Seafood. So that was fun. During lunch, checked out CIPS result. Pass with 1 and distinction with 1, at a very good mark even. Alhamdulillah. Back at office, a presentation which was meant to be later, made earlier...good thing I had everything in place. And the blessing was, things would be over sooner than it should. So it should be embraced somehow. I was overly delighted when it was over and approved. Almost felt like flying in the air. Just when things cannot seem to get any better, I got an email saying that a package has arrived. It was my much awaited and drooled over Forerunner 220. Been checking on the delivery tracker almost every single minute, and it chose to arrive on that auspicious day. What a delight. And to make it even sweeter, the day was concluded with a maiden run with the new watch. A run is a very scarce commodity the past 1 month, and getting to get it done is a reward in itself.
With all the trouble faced and all the sudden delights, life just seem to be one of the most merrisome ever. Hoping for more positive things to come. And lets not disregard the fact that throughout the hardship, I have been constanly praying for things to be dipermudahkan, dilapangkan, enough ideas to solve any problems. And it's for His wills that things finally fall in place. InsyaAllah.
Been on super crazy, cut throat, vicious, bloody time for the past few months. Which totally explains the long silence. The worst was the fasting month. No breather whatsoever.
For a start, I definitely ran less this ramadhan. Last year, despite having night classes, I still managed to pull out some runs at least once a week. Bigger baby is more demanding than smaller one, also since the maid also has more tasks now, with Qaid being in standard 1. Running less is a good enough proof that things has been pretty tight. And I love ramadhan runs..somehow since u eat less, your body feels lighter, hence better conditioned for running.
Next, I have to cover a colleague who's on maternity. Crazy, cos her workload is a lot on her own, and I have to take it up almost single handedly. When I was on my maternity, my work was distributed among 3 people. It started since mid June, and life is never easy since then...until at about now. Let me save the boredom by not really explaining the work complexity like.all i can say is, I was faced with various deadlines, coinciding with one another and all with its own equal importance. Few instances that my boss said that the colleague owes me big time. But I bet to differ, I'm a woman myself, and pregnancy and having to go on maternity leave is my right. So it's up to the rest to manage it. Lucky, and alhamdulillah, Allah works His charms on me yet again to the undeserving me. Right before Ramadhan I got the complimentary coffee from our in house cafe, Eat@. It's a monthly reward thing that they offer to digizens who has been performing. It's in the form of either complementary coffee for a month or 1 month indoor parking. And the recent one was my third at it. Got the coffee and indoor parking 1 each previously. And not long after that, I got the department's recognition again. It was to a group of us and it was just some aeon vouchers and some seafood lunch, but it's the recognition that counts. Anddd, 1 of the major thing happened which is sudden personal salary adjustment mid year. That seldom happens, or, never happens even. It's a customised, not company wide initiative and I cannot comprehend how did they pull it out. Is it something out of the blue? Was it mandated down discreetly from the top down? Was there a sense of obligation to go out of your zone in order to recognise people's effort? I certainly don't have the answers but had certainly had a good raya with that. 3 different rewards in 1 shot. I'm embracing the fact that Allah will not give or test you with anything unless it's within your limit more now than ever. There's always a silver lining to everything.
Next up, the CIPS exam has to happen within this hectic period. Period. Lucky I started the revision quite early.
Next, the maid's mom was sick and she had to go back all of a sudden. She even wanted to opt for a flight journey back, as if flight is even an option for her. Where she come from, ferry is a much better option. And the mom passed away while she was still on her way back. So it was 6 maidless days. The maidless shouldn't be a problem if we have somewhere to send the kids to, and work is not crazy as described above. I had to take days off and Allah works in its mysterious ways again to the point that despite the work craziness, it was somehow manageable. I used the time at home to study. So it turned out to be a blessing somewhat.
The week after raya should be a good working week for me. It didn't. My raya was filled with sneakily working, when I deem fit. Managed to do 2 evaluations and slides during the raya break. Totally not a fun way to celebrate your raya. Good workin week turned out to be a disaster. Let's not dwell on the work.
Come wednesday, we had the overdue appreciation lunch at Southsea Seafood. So that was fun. During lunch, checked out CIPS result. Pass with 1 and distinction with 1, at a very good mark even. Alhamdulillah. Back at office, a presentation which was meant to be later, made earlier...good thing I had everything in place. And the blessing was, things would be over sooner than it should. So it should be embraced somehow. I was overly delighted when it was over and approved. Almost felt like flying in the air. Just when things cannot seem to get any better, I got an email saying that a package has arrived. It was my much awaited and drooled over Forerunner 220. Been checking on the delivery tracker almost every single minute, and it chose to arrive on that auspicious day. What a delight. And to make it even sweeter, the day was concluded with a maiden run with the new watch. A run is a very scarce commodity the past 1 month, and getting to get it done is a reward in itself.
With all the trouble faced and all the sudden delights, life just seem to be one of the most merrisome ever. Hoping for more positive things to come. And lets not disregard the fact that throughout the hardship, I have been constanly praying for things to be dipermudahkan, dilapangkan, enough ideas to solve any problems. And it's for His wills that things finally fall in place. InsyaAllah.
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