KARMA

What comes around goes around.

My journey to get the final degree was a pleasant one. No major obstacles, no hatreds towards anyone - none to my supervisor at all. I would say that the whole process was a smooth one. I got through each process only once. The smoothness and pleasantness of the whole experience I mostly attribute it to karma. I thought to believe in such a thing was not logical but today two of my colleagues believe in it too.

While supervising my undergraduate students in completing their academic projects I made the process easy, simple and pleasant. I told them what they need to do in a nice way , 'Id joke with them and did not ask them to do things I know they are not capable of. I was treated the same way by my supervisor and within the stipulated time I graduated.

Three of my friends have not completed their Phd. One started in 2002, the other in 2003 and another in 2005. I know for a fact they did not make the experience pleasant ones for their students. I know one would spent hours just correcting each and every mistake, the other would only give low grades to students despite their effort and originality and the other demanded things that were impossible for their students.

So my theory shared by others too.

Thoughts

My 2 cent thoughts for today:

I sympathize with the police more than with the boy's family. If the boy had not 'stolen' the car, things would not have happened.

Sometimes I wish I was a prostitute. It's an easier job.

Lee Dewyze of AI is hot, so is Big Mike.

Some thoughts

Blog ini dah bersawang, tapi tak pe takde siapa perasan pun.

Apapun aku nak merekodkan fikiran aku pada masa ini untuk renungan aku masa hadapan. Bila aku renung kembali mungkin aku gelak mungkin tidak. So, ini dia apa aku nak cakap.

Aku heran dengan orang yang tak bersyukur dan yang tak bertanggungjawab dengan amanah yang agak mewah yang diberi. Untuk lebih spesifik aku nak mengata sikit (Ya Allah, ampunkan dosa aku) mengenai kawan-kawan aku yang telah diberi biasiswa untuk belajar tapi tidak habis. Kebelakangan ni adalah dalam 3 - 5 orang kawan-kawan aku begitu. Ada dua yang telah ke luar negara dan tak balik-balik sampai sekarang dan kalau ikut kiraan yang sorang tu dah 8 tahun pegi tak balik lagi. Kalau buat degree atau Phd, dah dua qualifications boleh dapat. Yang sorang tu lagi tak sedar diri. Mula-mula dulu dia tak dapat pun tawaran biasiswa pegi oversea, tapi disebabkan pertalian persaudaraan dan politik maka tiba satu surat dari boss kerajaan tertinggi untuk menawarkan biasiswa ke luar negeri. Sekarang ni tgh enjoy kat oversea tapi macam tak nak balik. Nasib baik dia dah habis, tapi haruslah dia balik sebab dia telah guna duit-duit orang yang membayar income tax.

Yang lain tu sudah kembali bertugas tapi tidak habis lagi. Agak tidak sesuai lah bagi mereka ini untuk menasihati orang lain untuk habiskan pelajaran mereka sedangkan mereka sendiri tidak habis lagi. Sebagai role model mereka tak seharusnya di contohi. Tapi yang sorang tu telah mendapat tokoh pengajar terbaik (aku tidak dengki dengan dia disini).

Apapun apabila kita ada orang bayar untuk pendidikan kita, diberi elaun sara hidup dan diberi gaji penuh, ianya sepatutnya menjadi motivasi atau dorongan untuk menjadi investment yang baik.


One more thought, I'm not penetrable. 3 people tried so far but they can't get in. I don't know why.

Sekian

HOT

The new batch of royalties are hot.

I don't know how people can take it...

It was only the head yet it was painful. How do people do it?

THANKSGIVING

Let it be documented here that I would like to thank Allah swt. for fulfilling the following 'doas' I've made:

1. For making my PhD journey a successful one and a breeze. Only God knows how many times I've prayed to him for these starting way back in 1999, 2000, 2002 in Mekah, Madinah and continued until I completed it last year.

2. For making my nephew move back to stay with his mom. I've made doa for this during the fasting month and one day he decided to move.

3. For enabling me to pay my credit cards, full amount, all time

to be continued

UPDATE - RANDOM THOUGHTS

It's been a few weeks since my last update...who reads this blog anyway. Nevertheless, since it's a journal it is meant to be reflected upon later.

Here are some of the things that are on my mind right now:

I saw a Malay wedding album, on Facebook, of somebody I don't even know but a friend of one of my FB friends. One of the pictures in the album shows the bride throwing the bouquet of flowers to her unmarried friends at the back. I really do not know to react. Should I be shocked or should I be worried or should I not react at all? Anyways, I don't think we should be copying the West. Like it or not our wedding culture has changed. Just 2 days ago my friend told me that at a wedding he attended they now serve Soto, Laksa...hmm.

I have the hots for 3 of the people I work for.

I saw Oprah's Whitney Houston interview last night. It was really good. The woman loved Bobby Brown so much that she was willing to sacrifice her career. Whitney said Bobby was her drug.

I've come the a phase that I wish I was my own boss. I'm tired of people telling what I have to do. I cannot afford to be my own boss.

My new sister in law is a bitch.