Congratulations Boy & Ezah

At long last, Alhamdulillah.. the wedding ceremonials between my brother and his wife are over. Everything went smoothly and as planned. Again, Alhamdulillah.

And as promised, I am back. Hopefully I’d gain the momentum back as let’s face it, facebooking is now much much handier than having to write a long post. Huhuh..

Just to start off, here’s to the newly wedded couple. May Allah bless both of you with happiness both dunia and akhirat *Amin*

My handsome brother with his beautiful wife

Still here

Just in case you are wondering, I am still here. My brother’s wedding is just a week away (the nuptials), so you can imagine how I’m caught up with the whole hu-ha.

Also, was busy organising the side activities for the e-Government exhibition at The Mall recently.

Will get back as soon as the whole thing simmers down.

Da…

Challenges of life

There are times in life when you feel that everything and everyone is against you, and regardless how many times that might have happened, you will always be caught off guard.

That is me at the moment. Although it doesnt seem as serious or dramatic, I am at the other end of the circle, somehow things are not going my way at the moment.

Peer pressure, family pressure are not only for school kids, it does happen to the so-called adults too.

The glass is starting to crack, anger is fuming, and at times the tears just rolled.

I am feeling low at the moment, hopefully it will wash away as I am not that person who easily burst but perhaps that is a result after a collective acts and actions which doesnt sit well on me, and that I’ve kept it inside for so long.

And more so, I’m not the type to really say what is in my mind regardless how people think I am quite the blant type.

Here’s to wishing a blessed day, Amin.

Dan Kami jadikan sebahagian dari kamu sebagai ujian dan cubaan bagi sebahagian yang lain, supaya ternyata adakah kamu dapat bersabar (menghadapi ujian itu)? Dan (ingatlah) adalah Tuhanmu sentiasa Melihat (akan keadaan makhluk-makhluk Nya)”

(Surah Al-Furqan: 20)

Bliss, sadness, happiness, tears

Thanks to Aneh, I just realised that the last  entry was made was on May 16, and today is the 27th…. *yikes*.. coincidentally, today is my youngest brother’s 23rd birthday.. not so young there anymore huh bro..

So what’s been happening?

Apart from the upcoming wedding, which is actually taking half of my free time, work at the office is almost, figuratively, killing me.

So much things on my plate that perhaps I am seriously underpaid. Huhu!!Apart from having to go through the daily routines, another part is also having to face the so-many attitudes that I’m almost immuned.

Almost… I said..

It is hard to ignore but I’ve learned that ignorance IS bliss at times as we cant really please everyone, and not everyone can please us either. That’s the game.

So now I’m concentrating on the works that needed to be done, and try to find time how to accomplish everything by the deadline given.

But then again, despite me constant whining, I still love my job. Perhaps that’s my workhalic-ness kicking in.

During these times, Alhamdulillah… Allah is still guiding me, constantly reminding me that there are others who are experiencing more difficulties than I am, and Alhamdulillah…the husband and my family , and my “adik, and alai-alai” are always there for me.. Alhamdulillah

Ya Allah, ku harap limpahan rahmat-Mu. Janganlah Engkau jadikan Aku bergantung pada diriku sendiri walaupun sekelip mata. Dan perbaikilah semua urusanku. Tiada Tuhan selain Engkau.

Multi tasking

It has been a whirlwind at home as my brother’s big day is approaching fast. As an elderly sister, I don’t have the heart to leave him manage everything, so we have settled pretty much almost everything.

That aside, work is also shaping up pretty hard on me. There’s just so much work to be done. An agency has requested a workshop, then came another. So to date I have two workshops to think of. My writings are also struggling with me juggling so many things at one time.

But despite all these, I still love my job, still love my life. Alhamdulillah.

“Wahai Pemelihara kami, janganlah Engkau mempertanggungjawabkan kami jika kami lupa, atau membuat kesilapan.Wahai Pemelihara kami, janganlah Engkau membebankan kami sebagaimana Engkau telah membebankan orang-orang yang sebelum kami.Wahai Pemelihara kami, janganlah Engkau membebankan kami melebihi apa yang kami ada kekuatan untuk memikul, dan maafkanlah kami, dan ampunilah kami, dan kasihanilah kami; Engkau Pelindung kami, maka tolonglah kami terhadap kaum yang tidak percaya (kafir).” (2:286)

(extracted from here)

Happy Mother’s Day

Despite it being weed and annoying grass, you cant help but think how serene it looks, swaying with the wind  under the sparkling sun.

The thought of a huge field filled with flowers puts my mind at ease. We dont have such huge field here in Brunei, perhaps our weather permits that. I have always dreamed of visiting Holland when the city is well spread with colourful vibrant tulips, dont you think that is absolutely beautiful?

Work is very hectic at the moment. I just received a request to hold a workshop so I’m considering if I should do it. At the same time, processing some other stuff too. At the moment, a leave sounds really enticing.

But then I’m reserving that for my bro’s wedding which is this July. It is less than two months away and as you can imagine, we are now sorting out the wedding invites, doorgifts, colour codes for our attire (my family have the knack to wear same colours during weddings…huhuhu).

So yeah…

In Brunei though, there are a couple of things going on which coincidentally, today is the last day. The Ministry of Development’s Customer Day; and the District Office’s local product fair which are going on literally just opposite to their buildings. The MOD’s Customer Day has been receiving rave reviews, lots of games and stalls set up while the DO’s local product fair is also receiving good reviews, plenty of local-made stuff ranging from food to furniture. So if you have not had a look, do go as today is the last day. Both are taking place at their respective main building in Berakas.

And before I forget, Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mothers out there. To my mum, though I rarely say I love you, you know that I do. You are the best, my life, my saviour *hugs*

The Golden Warisan

What an accomplishment by Mr. BR I have always been an avid reader of his blog, always filled with lovely entries and refreshing information about our very own Brunei.

To come up with a compilation of his entries is for me, an educational bonus for students out there and even us those who are already working. If only a book like this was available back during my school days .

To Mr. BR, congratulations and thank you again. I will try to send you the books I’ve mentioned as soon as possible. Can’t wait for Volume II. Hehehe…

Wrap up

Back. Home sweet home. It’s actually been two days Only now I have the energy to update despite my feeling under the weather. I blame this on the lack of sleep.

So the conference went well. Seventeen speakers with a variety of experience and background. Now I’m trying to figure out how to improve my department’s portal, how to turn it into a more e-citizen centric.

I just realised I need to sliced narrowly and target who my audience are and only then the portal can be designed accordingly. Not gonna be easy but perhaps as a starter a poll will be uselful. I know that an online poll can be very vague, but hey, that is a starter.

It is amazing to see how much the WWW have progressed, more open sourced softwares, free applications are out there which can give threat to the conventional websites.

We should be walking hand in hand with progress, which I know will involve more money and time. What was years of progress can now be seen in just six months or maybe even less.

Facebook, Twitters are just some of these Web 2.0 applications that can be used. But how do we use it?

Anyway I leave you with these pictures taken by my handphone. Haha!!!

Will be off to my nephew’s two years old birthday party in a jiffy.

Have a good weekend.

There were more than 30 of us that took part in the conference.

Some of the papers tabled.