Are you still there?

Ahem... *clearing throat*

Woahhh... this is a very longggg hiatus! So sorry that I've neglected this blog. It's not that I've forget about it, but just that these past few years, well if you know, that the last post was dated on 31st December 2015! Which is 2 years 1 months and 12 days ago!!! Yeah I know it's such a long period of time of not updating. Well yeah a lot of things have happened in these past few years, I could say that the struggle in life is real! Oh yeah the struggle is real babe!

Okay lah malas dah nak speaking ajet-ajet sangat! Okaylah untuk catch-up balik cerita 2 tahun 1 bulan dan 12 hari ni nanti aku post satu-satu (itu pun kalau aku rajin lah) LOL! Yelah memandangkan sekarang ni dah jadi penunggu setia kat rumah balik so marilah kita buat exercise jari sikit supaya jari tak jadi makin gebu dari hari ke hari gituuu! Cewah ayat tak nak kalah!

Jadi tadi aku adelah tinjau-tinjau balik post-post aku yang sebelum ni. Aku rasa macam aku yang dulu bukanlah yang sekarang ~ Okay tak payah nak menyanyi sangat! Maksud aku, aku rasa macam aku yang dulu pandai jugak ek mengarang? Patutlah aku selalu dapat A dalam bahasa Malaysia untuk penulisan. Okay sila muntah! Yelah-yelah aku bukannya nak masuk bakul angkat sendiri, serius tak Okay cuma aku rasa cara aku mengarang post-post aku yang dulu sangat smooth dan sekarang even masa aku tengah menaip ni pun aku rasa agak akward. Heh.. cam mana ek tu? Whateverlah..

Actually aku sebenarnya pun tak faham apa yang aku nak tulis sebenarnya ni. Anggaplah aku tengah borak kosong and kepada yang sudi baca blog aku ni dan juga post-post yang sebelum ni terima kasih sangat-sangat (tetiba pulak macam sopankan aku ni, faktor usia mungkin? hmm) sekurang-kurangnya aku taulah ade jugak yang sudi nak baca tulisan aku ni. Oh yea.. Aku perasan post yang paling popular dalam blog aku ialah post pasal pengalaman kerja dekat panggung wayang tu. Oh.. Tak sangka pulak aku ramai jugak orang yang akan search dulu bila nak cari kerja ni. Aku ingat aku je yang camtu (maksud aku, kita sama, kita serupa~~ sep sep sikit!)

Okay enough of chit chatting, lepas post ni aku janji (erk boleh caya ke janji aku ni? haha) aku akan update apa yang telah terjadi dalam 2 tahun 1 bulan 12 hari masa kehilangan aku tu. Misteri sangatlah tu kan..

Nah belanja satu gambar dulu.

Ni gambar dari Iran, salah satu event yang berlaku dalam hidup aku masa aku takde ni, nak tau lebih lanjut stay tuned okay!

Till then buh bye..

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Epilogue | 2015

Page 365, Volume 2015.

Today is the last day of 2015. A lot of colorful things has happened in my life this year! How about a throwback of what had happened this year. * Ehemm.. Look like it gonna be a longgg post.. 

Chapter I, January

Celebrating a new year in Australia was such an amazing yet a fantastic event where I've never think of to be able to experience it in my whole life! But Allah the most generous has given me that opportunity. Where actually my sister and me was planning on doing a working holiday thing at Australia but unfortunately, well said that "hujan emas di negeri orang, hujan batu di negeri sendiri, tapi lebih baik negeri sendiri"  so at last we end up being a backpackers and spend two weeks at Australia which is the most valuable experience that I had so far. It was totally amazing to be able to travel in foreign country. Especially it was my first time getting on a plane and visiting other country. I was able to feel how does it felt to live in 4 seasons country where the weather was extreme.. Well if you know what I mean. The summer was extremely hot and the winter was extremely cold yeah.. compared to Malaysia which has never had those kind of weather and it I had thought me to be more grateful for what you have had.

Chapter II, February

Get a chance to be one of the FitMalaysia crew that was held at Seremban.

Chapter V, May

The convocation day!!

Chapter VI, June

Spent more time with Adila.

Chapter VII, July

Making two part -time job in one time.

Chapter VIII, August

Small gathering at Shiela wedding.

Chapter IX, September

Further my study into degree level.

Chapter X, October

Short vacay to Pangkor Island.

Chapter XI, November

Meet new awesome friends.

Chapter XII, December

Last but not least spent more time with le Sweet Buddies.

*****

End of Volume 2015

Thank you for all the people that has been involve in my 2015 year may the cheerful continued in 2016.

Love, zaphyra [ZS]

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Experience | Kerja di Panggung Wayang

Okay so now nak share experience kerja dekat panggung wayang. Kalau nak tau aku sempat la kerja dekat panggung ni lebih kurang 2 bulan.. Okay la kan buat mengisi masa yang terluang and sambil tu aku buat kerja part time dekat tempat lain jugak nak cari duit lebih katakan padahal saja je nak buat kerja giler kan..

My smart tag eh name tag!

So dekat panggung mana yang aku kerja ni? Okay jawapannye aku kerja dekat Golden Screen Cinema tutttt.. Lokasi sebenar dirahsiakan... hahaha saja tak nak bagitau lelebih. First of all kita cerita pasal gaji. Okay rate yang dia bagi kat sini RM4.30 per hour, yup.. tak la tinggi mana kalau nak banding dengan KFC, McD, Kenny Roger, Starbucks, Baskin Robbins and etc etc... Rm4.30 tu kalau kerja dekat bahagian concession (ala bahagian yang jual makanan and popcorn tu) kalau kerja dekat bahagian tiket and steward (ala yang jadi tukang cek tiket kalau nak masuk panggung tu) dapatlah RM4.10 sejam, rendah lagi dari concession, yang ni rate dekat GSC aku kerja tulah dekat tempat lain aku tak sure la pulak sama ke tak.

Kerja dia camne? Buat ape je? Okay masa memula masuk tu je aku kena jaga dapur a.k.a kitchen so kena la menghafal nak goreng nugget berapa minit, meatball berapa minit, pastu nak masak hotdog, corn in cup and prepare semua tu macam mana procedure dia ape semua kene tau and hafal. Nak pulak menyedapkan cerita masa tulah jugak HQ nak buat training dekat situ. Hmm, mampuih  mak nak kene jawab semua soalan daripada incik HQ tu, dah la baru masuk satu hape pun tak tau, senior crew pulak lagi tak boleh pakai diorang boleh biarkan je aku jawab sensorang tak nak back up langsung kalau salah jawab ke apa ke, so disebabkan aku menjawab segala soalan dengan jujurnya and salah pulak tu cerita dia memang kena balik la dekat senior crew sebab tak ajar budak baru dengan betul. Haa baru padan muka! Tulah tak baik kenekan orang lelebih lagi budak yang baik macam aku ni... leull sangatt.

Dekat bahagian concession ni ade 4 jobs yang korang memang kena buat and bertukar-tukar jobs setiap shift (sehari ade 2 shift so kalau kerja full sehari tu akan buat 2 jobs la, takde lah dari pagi sampai ke malam buat kerja yang sama je). Benda yang wajib semua crew concession kena tahu ofcourse lah hafal semua menu and harga makanan yang ade dekat situ (ala macam biasalah kan kerja kedai yang jual makanan memang nak kene hafal menu and harga, standard lah). Lepas tu 4 jobs tu adalah Cashier a.k.a counter (maknanya kena ambil order and duit dari customer), Pick-up (kena siap kan order and bagi makanan dekat customer) kaunter nak order and ambil makanan lelain tau! Lepas tu Kitchen (memasak jelah kerja dia apelagi kan) and lastly Popping (yang ni kerja dia buat popcorn je) masak la popcorn tu sampai lebam! Okay bukan sampai lebam sampai jadi bertih jagung la. Biasanya setiap hari pun kena ada orang yang buat popping ni tapi kalau ada hari yang popcorn penuh je dalam tong tu tak payah popping pun takpe.

So dipendekkan cerita (sebab aku rasa macam dah banyak je aku mengarang ni) setiap hari memang akan bertukar-tukar la jobs tu, hari ni jaga kaunter esok jadi kitchen pulak lusa jadi pick-up pulak, tapi kengkadang tu tak jugak ikut la crew leader nak bagi kau kerja ape haritu. Haa.. lagi satu dekat sini hierarchy diorang banyak level sikit, yang paling bawah ofcourse la trainee, pastu crew (part-time), pastu crew - full time (mostly yang dah lama kerja la) lepas tu Crew Leader (ketua untuk setiap department yang ada, diorang yang akan assign kau buat kerja apa haritu and waktu rehat diorang jugak yang tentukan) and then Admin Asst, then Asst. Manager a.k.a. M.O.D (Manager on Duty) and baru Manager (the big bos dekat situ). Kalau pasal gaji and schedule admin yang akan buat so apapehal pasal gaji or jadual kerja boleh cakap dengan dia. MOD biasanya more to operation la diorang tak campur pasal gaji and jadual crew ni. Lagi dekat sini dia tak control hour, means kalau nak buat over time a.k.a OT boleh je buat, nak kerja full hari-hari pun boleh, nak buat kerja part-time weekend je pun boleh, sebab tu majority staff dia student and mostly budak-budak hingusan belasan tahun or awal 20-an. Sebab tu selalu dapat complaint sebab staff dia semua tak serius kerja memain je. Nak buat camne nasib lah nakk..

Jadi penat tak kerja sini? Okay.. Mana ada kerja yang tak penatkan? For the first day and a few days lepas tu kaki ku bukan kaki ku.. Hahaha. Kaki sakit gila gila gila yelah dah lama aku duduk menganggur and mereput je dekat rumah so tetibe buat balik kerja part-time yang nak kene berdiri je manjang mana tak sakitnya kaki kan.. Tapi lepas dah seminggu camtu okay dah.. dah tak sakit-sakit dah kaki, kerja pun smooth je. Time takde orang boleh duduk bergosip dekat tepi peti ais (sebenarnya tak boleh.. haha) tapi kalau kena kerja time weekend nak-nak lagi time movie baru yang best pulak keluar mmm.. citer dia paham-paham sendiri jelah. Kalau duk kat cashier tu ambik order jelah kerjanya sejam non-stop! Kalau dekat pick-up lagi gilaa kerja dia cedok popcorn jelah non-stop! Hahaha.. Tapi kalau dapat kitchen or popping boleh rilek sikit time busy tapi jangan rilek sangat tolong lah jugak member tengah busy kan dekat depan tu.

Apa lagi ea? Hmm.. Okay pasal uniform, diorang akan bagi vest kuning tu dengan nametag and bowtie, tapi sebab aku pakai tudung so bowtie tu tak payah pakai la. Diorang akan tolak RM50 dari gaji untuk deposit uniform tu sebagai jaminan bila berhenti kerja korang pulangkan balik uniform tu. Pakaian lain kemeja hitam, seluar hitam and kasut hitam tu kena sediakan sendiri. Huhuhu.. Melayang duit aku nak kena beli kemeja and kasut hitam, ingat murah?!

Pasal payment, dekat sini gaji bayar cash 2 minggu sekali, kalau rajin buat OT boleh la cecah RM500 ke RM600 kerja 2 minggu tapi selalunya tak sampai pun aku dapat kurang sikit selalu dapat RM300 ke RM400 je, bukan sebab aku malas tapi disebabkan isu sensitif yang aku tak nak sentuh dekat sini, kang kecoh pulak, tak nak lah! So sebab tulah aku buat 2 kerja part-time untuk kumpul duit yuran. Nak masuk belajar ingat senang ke? Bukan senang nak senang! Sila semat ayat tu dalam hati. Another part-time job aku tu, macam biasa lah my favourite place Baskin Robbins sebab dalam banyak-banyak kerja part-time yang aku pernah buat kerja BR la paling best, walaupun sekarang BR dah kurang best sikit, sebab dia dah kedekut mungkin sebab nilai RM jatuh, okay faham!

Happy Pink day! Abaikan model yang dekat tengah-tengah tu. 

Lastly bila nak berhenti kena buat surat berhenti kerja, yang tang ni aku tak faham sangat sistem diorang ni, aku bukan perkerja full-time yang nak berhenti kene tulis surat bagai kan. Setahu aku kalau kerja part-time kalau nak berhenti, berhenti jelah, selama aku kerja kat KFC and BR tak pernah aku buat surat berhenti kerja, so agak blur sebentar disitu. Jadi aku buat jugaklah surat berhenti tu sebab kalau tak buat nanti tak dapat gaji pulak, macam-macam hal kan. Layankan jelah.

So itu jelah yang dapat aku ceritakan serba sedikit tentang pengalaman kerja di panggung wayang. Banyak jugak pengalaman yang aku dapat, banyak kawan baru yang aku jumpa dekat sana and paling penting pengalaman yang mengajar erti kehidupan sebenar cewahh ayat tak menahannnn.. yang aku belajar dekat sini ialah dot, dot, dot (isu sensitif di Malaysia) kalau nak tahu apa dia boleh pergi try kerja dekat GSC la.. (make sure gsc yang aku kerja tulah, kalau yang lain tak tau la ada isu yang sama ke tak) Hahahaha...

Untill then.. Adiosss..

Ouh.. Aku ade member kerja dekat TGV gaji dekat sane lagi tinggi la RM4.50 sejam weekdays and RM5.50 sejam untuk kerja time weekend.. So kalau rasa nak kerja wayang better pilih TGV or MBO sebab gaji lebih tinggi tapi yang bab isu sensitif tu tak sure la, kene tengok tempat maybe.. Hahaha

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Welcome Back Ramadhan!

Assalamualaikum wbt.

Hai Hai.. Wassup?! Hurmm.. Well this Thursday will officially be the first day of Ramadhan. It also mean all the muslim all over the world will start fasting to please Allah. So the question is are you ready? Actually to be honest I didn't know what will this year of Ramadhan will be?

I got a new job (just got it today! Haha..) Anyway I feel grateful, it has been almost a year that I didn't do anything, ever since I've finished my diploma. It was so stressful to sit at home and just do nothing for almost a year! Just you know that and I hope that you got the feeling.  However, the good side of it, its made me remember my long forgotten blog! Oh I'm so sorry my blog, I didn't mean to forget you, anyway I've give you a full makeover so don't be sad okay!

So for this year's Ramadhan let hopes for a better one! Here I would like to share things to be avoided during Ramadhan (it was from whatsapp group, but I've added some of my own opinion) hopefully it will benefits us all!

1. Don't sleep during the day and pray all night. By doing this you are converting the day into night and the night into day, which is not the purpose of fasting.
2. Avoid being lazy and inactive during the day.
3. Don't waste time playing games during the day. Rather, please Allah by increasing in your worship of him.
4. Avoid (If you could) having Iftar parties. Ramadan wasn't meant to be a food extravaganza. (Or maybe could just doing it in the simplest way, to get more barakah)
5. Don't ask your wife to spend Ramadhan in the Kitchen. Eat something light and quick - she isn't Briyani woman.
6. Spend the last 10 days worshiping Allah rather than trying to prepare for Eid! (Yea, you should've complete your Eid preparation by this time) A day that is better than a thousand months is in these last 10 days. You can't afford to miss this.
7. Don't stay awake the full night. Your body has a right over you, and when it wants rest, then rest.
8. Avoid excessive socialising after Taraweeh. (Just go home and sleep!)
9. Avoid shopping a lot in Ramadhan. (If you don't want to get exhausted and make it as an excuse to not fasting or to skip worshiping Allah at night)
10. Don't eat the whole night. (It'll make you become fatter! Lol. I mean if you did these you will not get the benefit of fasting you know)
11. Don't loiter around at night other than worshipping Allah.
12. Eid doesnt require loads of preparation. Dont fall into this trap! Keep it simple, and it will be blessed. (Yes, totally agree!!)

May we witness this forthcoming Ramadhan with sound health. Ameen.

Common mistakes in Ramadhan:

1. Drinking

Milkshakes made with syrups etc on a daily basis

- Why: It contains high amounts of sugar, additives  and colourants

- Solution: If you have to, drink it twice a week maximum

2. Drinking large amounts of water at iftaar time

- Why: Filling the stomach with water is more strenuous to it than with food. 

- Solution: have a few sips at iftaar then a glass after every two hours.

3. Exercising directly after iftaar.

- Why: the body's blood flow is concentrated around the stomach at that time.

- Solution: Exercise after two hours of eating to ease digestion.

4. Chewing and swallowing food fast.

- Why: chewing food slowly can speed up digestion and help maintain your weight

5. Having dessert directly after iftaar

- Why: they make you drowsy and sleepy 

- Solution: leave at least a two hour gap between iftaar and dessert to stay fresh and awake for ishaa and taraweeh prayers

6. Consuming foods with high amounts of sodium

- Why: Sodium triggers thirst through out the fasting hours of the day

- Solution: instead, eat foods that are high in potassium, they retain water and supress your thirst.

# Bananas are high in potassium. A banana at Suhoor time can control your thirst level through out the day.

# Best sources of potassium for Suhoor time: 

- bananas

- milk

- dates

- avocados

- dried peaches

- pistachios

- pumpkin

- peas

- dark chocolate

# Worst choices for Suhoor: 

- briyani

- kebab

- pizza

- fast food in general

- cheese

- haleem

# Best choices for Suhoor: 

- potato

- rice

- dates

- whole grain bread

- banana

# Drinking lots of water at suhoor is important, but not as much as drinking it through out your non-fasting hours.

Hope that we can get the best of Ramadhan this year. Ameen! Selamat berpuasa everyone! Love you muah ciked! Hurmm.. I kind of wandering how does it feel at my first day of working, since it is my first time working during Ramadhan! 

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Short Getaway | Laman Seni Shah Alam

Hai uolls..

Dah bulan June! Dua minggu lagi nak puasa dah. Cepatnya lahai masa berlalu... Rase macam baru je minggu lepas new year.. K tipu! Lol.

Okay hari ni aku nak cerita pasal Laman Seni Seksyen 2 dan Seksyen 7, Shah Alam. Biarpun tempat tu dah out dated tapi aku percaya ramai lagi yang tak pernah jejak tempat tu kan. Aku yang selalu ada dekat Shah Alam pun baru first time nak pergi ni. Sajelah haritu alang-alang nak pergi ambil gambar konvo dekat Seksyen 7 singgahlah kejap nak melihat-lihat kata orang, menghargai art street la katakan.

Selama ni tengok je orang tangkap gambar dekat #lorongbelakang tu post dekat facebook dan instagram semua gambar cecantik, but... Bila dah sampai dekat sana, indah khabar dari rupa je. Okay la aku admit sapa suruh tak nak pergi masa mula-mula buka dulukan.

Sekarang ni kalau pergi ada part yang bolehlah dikatakan wow.. But the rest is just mehh.. Sebab banyak art tu yang dah missing, takde hilang, aku tak tau macam mana nak describe tapi bila aku google gambar Laman Seni ni memang berbeza dulu dan sekarang. Lepas tu the colour pun dah luntur tak vivid macam dulu-dulu (yelah benda dah lama kau expect apa lagi kan). Tapi maybe akan ada maintenance yang diorang akan buat sebab masa aku pergi tu adalah aku nampak orang cat balik art tu. Laman Seni Seksyen 2 lagi menyedihkan dan sangat aishhh *sambil tekup mata and geleng kepala* nak cakap. Lu pi tengok sendiri la senang.

Okaylah jom tengok gambar. Oh gambar ni aku tak edit ekposure ke contarst ke semua tu aku tak usik, aku just crop mana yang patut je, sebab nak bagi korang tengok rupa yang sebenar, so jom lah cuci mata.

Atas ni semua dekat Laman Seni 7, yang bawah ni Laman Seni 2. Sebab dekat Seksyen 2 ni sikit je art die tak banyak so aku ambil gambar mana yang capture my eye je lah.

Okay dekat gambar ni boleh tengok banyak yang dah jahanam rosak kalau tengok depan-depan lagi nampak jelas. So tu jelah, kalau tak nampak apa bezanya sila google sendiri gambar Laman Seni, 2 tahun yang lepas. K bye..

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