last week

1) Ahhhhhhh..last week!!! This is last week..

2) Monday: Nothing special. Just the routine i guess. Come to work. Read current issues. Do work. Ask for work. No more work. Play facebook. Go home. More facebook.Dinner. "Quality time". Sleep.

3) Tuesday: Tuesday was a fabulous day. But morning was rather moody. Kelam kabut in the morning because have to fax some stuff as soon as possible. Then, have to rush to Bukit Beruntung to send some files to the guys there. The fun part starts. Need to go to the Kuala Kubu Baru Fire Department to arrange a training for the lorry drivers. Appointment was delayed. So we decided to go visit the Ampang Pecah Dam. Yeah. Sight seeing at last. really peaceful and cool place. Afterwards, someone told us about a waterfall nearby. We smiled. Off we go to the waterfall. Took a breeze of fresh air there before went for lunch. After finished with our appointment, I went back to Subang. Aunty Ita invited me for lunch aka dinner at Serai restaurant in the Empire Gallery Mall. After that, i went home. Hardly stayed at the office doing work. :-)

4) Wednesday: Got news that the director was confirmed H1N1 positive. Great. I'm coughing!! Went to work as usual. People in the office started to panic and go all out cleaning everything with anti bacterial dettol. I was forced to go to the clinic with 2 other guys. Doctor said i was fine and nothing to worry. Joined a meeting with the Top Exec. After the meeting, felt my body temperature rising, feeling dizzy, and a massive headache. Was forced to go home early. I resist. Do some work. Cannot handle it anymore. Decided to go home. Arrived home and straightaway off to sleep. Rest.

5) Thursday: Woke up and my body temperature was really high. No energy. Went to the hospital. Doctor did 2 tests. Dengue and H1N1. Needles!!! I hate needles. Admitted to the hospital ward. Rest and rest and rest.

6) Friday: Confirmed H1N1. Somemore rest and rest and rest. Boring. Feeling better though.

7) Saturday: Finally, released from hospital. I'm well. But still coughing. Have to stay home for a week. Boring!!!

8) Sunday: Boring!!! Nobody at home. Everyone enjoying activities outside without me. Rather sad staying at home all alone. :-(

bowling

1) Had a rather pleasant time playing bowling during the company bowling retreat last Saturday.

2) Event was held at the Sunway Pyramid Mega Lanes. Started with brunch where we ate nasi goreng, mee hoon goreng, fish balls, popiah and some sandwiches.

3) After we had brunch, the game begins. I was put in Group A, together with HOD of Operations, Abg Amran, Kak Linda and Abg Nanny.

4) We played two games. Both of whom i scored rather terribly. :-(

5) 126 for the first game and 117 for the second. Blaghhhhhhhh !!!

6) Well, i lost and we lost. But we'd had a good time playing together. Darn it. I hate losing. :-p

hairy-mairy

1) Cut my hair yesterday.

2) At an Indian barber in Taman Tun Dr Ismail.

3) Feels kind of good after got it cut.

4) How long will it stand?

5) Let's hope soon.

6) Not gonna cut until someone starts blabbering about my hair. :-)

lamenting those who failed to rise to understand divine secrets

I became a strange person,
No one comprehends my state,
I chant and I alone listen to myself,
No one understands my language.

My language is the language of birds,
My homeland is the country of the beloved,
I am a nightingale; my beloved is my rose,
To be sure, the colour of my rose never fades.

Rumi

Badminton

1) Yesterday i went to watch the Thomas Cup Badminton Quaterfinals between Malaysia and Denmark at the Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

2) Really had a good time. We won by just a difference in 1 point. Mohd Hafiz Hashim turns out to be the hero contributing the last vital point. I was quite relieved and so happy considering a string of bad performances against Japan two days ago.

3) That's not the only reason i was happy. Malaysian consists of various different races. We have Indians, Malays, Chinese and many more. I was so happy to see us united cheering for our team despite our differences in race, religion and political views.

4) We Malaysian are very passionate about our badminton. Thomas Cup is like the World Cup of football. When it comes to badminton, i'm happy to see us together screaming, dancing, cheering and clapping supporting our players. Probably this was one of the time I feel the sense of togetherness amongst us Malaysian. No matter who you are, what your race or religion, let's cheer for our team, the Malaysian Badminton team. :-)

5) I smiled when i saw a Chinese 'aunty' dancing around celebrating various points won by the players. Beside her was a Malay guy cheering and shouting off his throat happily. I think badminton really brings the nation together united as one. I love this sport!

6) Will watch the semi-final tomorrow cheering and dancing! Yeah!

yesterday

1) What did I do yesterday?

2) I started the day by of course by Subuh prayers. After that, begin my attempt making cup cakes for the first time. How'd it turn out? Miserable...... The cup cakes became hole cakes. Maybe because i can't predict how the cup cakes will rise up. So, the cup cakes overflow outside the cups when it risen. Start of a rather problematic day. :-)

3) So, what's next? While waiting for the cup cakes to cool down, went to pick up my cousin Sarah to buy flowers for our Mothers day lunch. Our whole big family was having Mother's Day lunch. No problems for flowers. Problem comes in the shape of guests inviting uninvited guests over. Hence, "Full House Cafe" is cancelled which was our first choice location. So we decided to go to "Meatworks" which is kind of manly and unsuitable for Mother's Day celeb. Brilliant.

4) None the less, the lunch was rather fun with mums around. Us cousins chip in money for the dinner. Mums got presents and flowers during the lunch. After a hectic day full of plans that does not go well, it was worth it to see the smile of each of our mum's face. :-)

5) Head home after, went to everybody went to my cousins house. Uncle from JB came with 2 of my little cousins. Najwa, who was sick before this saw me and came running towards me. She hugged me. Was very suprising. Najwa was sick before this and was in the hospital some time December. I went to JB to take care of her for 2 weeks. Rather 'terharu' she remembered me and came running to hug me. Heeeeee :-)

6) Well, that concludes a rather hectic yet memorable day. Till then. :-)

Mothers Day

1) Nooooooooo, I'm in trouble. What to plan for Mothers Day? No idea.

2) Sister used to plan everything for Mothers Day. But, sister's now gone to Japan. Guess its up to me now huh. Can't rely on the little sister who just likes to cry everytime. :-p

3) Hmmmmm, ok. I've got nothing. Think I'll browse some recipes. Making cup-cakes just as a friend suggested. Lacking of ideas here. Ahaaaaa. Think i'll ask the smallish sister to make a card. Thats it, cup-cakes and a self made Mothers Day Card. Even better than a bunch of flowers. Is it? :-)

4) Mum's in Cairo. So I can take my own sweet time. :-p

5) Care to chip in some ideas?

I've got no talent. Not!

1) I found this article rather interesting. The title is "The Physiology of Leadership". Got it from Forbes Leadership column. Oh ya, just downloaded Forbes and TIME application into my blackberry. Kinda cool. I'm a gleek. :-)

2) Here's the article:

I was excited as soon as I saw the title of Daniel Coyle's book, The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How(Bantam, 256 pp., $25). In my own first book, Decide to Lead, I put forward the idea that leadership is not a trait you're born with but a skill you build, through a series of decisions you make as you respond to defining moments in your life. I based Decide to Lead on my research into the lives of some 100 great leaders in history. Coyle goes further, providing a scientific basis for the concept.

He built The Talent Code on scientific discoveries involving the neural insulator myelin, which some neurologists now consider the holy grail of the acquisition of skills. He argues that human ability, whether to play baseball or play Bach or lead a team, develops when chains of nerve fibers repeatedly carry tiny electrical impulses--when signals travel though circuits. When we practice doing something the right way, swinging a bat or playing a note or speaking to an audience, our myelin system responds by wrapping layers of insulation around the relevant neural circuits, each layer adding a bit more skill and speed and memory. The thicker the myelin gets, the better it insulates, and the faster and surer our thoughts and movements become.

According to Coyle, this observation tells us several important things about how we see and nurture talent. First, myelin is universal. Everyone can grow it, most swiftly during childhood but also throughout life. Second, it is indiscriminate. Its growth enables every kind of skill, both mental and physical. Third and most important, it provides us with a vivid new model for understanding skill. Skill, seen through the eyes of myelin theory, is nothing but cellular insulation wrapping neural circuits and growing in response to certain signals.

The idea that all our dazzlingly different skills grow by the same cellular mechanism seems strange and surprising. But the author supports his argument by describing this universal and uniform mechanism as an essential part of the evolutionary process. Just as elephants differ from amoebas but both use the same cellular mechanisms to convert food into energy, so tennis players, singers and painters don't seem to have much in common yet all get better by obeying the same rules of the talent code--in short, by growing more myelin.

Coyle looks at three basic elements of the development of talent: "ignition," which basically means motivation, "deep practice" and "master coaching." Each is valuable on its own, but their convergence is the key to developing skill. For each he offers practical real-life examples. For example, for deep practice, he writes about how Brazil emerged as a world hotbed for football even though until the 1950s it was nowhere on the world football map. He credits deep practice as developed by Brazilian youth when they indulged in a sport called "futsal"--football in a room, played with a ball half the size but twice the weight of an ordinary soccer ball. Futsal gave Brazilians deep practice and increased myelin effects to directly strengthen their skills on the football field.

Deep practice is a conscious activity, involving a cycle of distinct actions. Ignition is a hot, mysterious burst of passion, an awakening, and it is indispensible for firing up a person's motivation. Master coaching means guidance and feedback from a disciplined, committed coach. The development of great skill relies on the help of teachers who have the ability to nurture talent.

3) Found this quote ‘Every child is born a genius’ by Albert Einstein. 

4) So? Don't wait talent to come. Nurture it! :-)

Caffeine-O satu boss....

1) Read an article from ForbesLife entitled "Cheatsheet: The Dark Side of Caffeine".

2) I don't drink coffee. Caffeine isn't my problem. Well, coffee isn't the only source of caffeine. How about the drink you always drink so to make you not sleepy and look cool? What's the name again? Redbull? Mother? Liftplus? Ring any bells? Well that kind of drink contains more than 400mg of caffeine. Much more than coffee which contains roughly 100mg of caffeine per cup. Haha..now you realise how unrealistic you are being, Rosalinda. 

3) Caffeine is often found in beans, leaves and fruits of some plants. It acts as a natural pesticide for them, paralyzing and killing insects that try to feed on them. Having said that however, on humans it is a stimulant on the central nervous system and has psychotropic effects. In other words, heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration is increased.

4) Caffeine is rather addictive. Well, that explains why I sometimes become rather addictive to Redbull. Oh, and other people towards coffee. :-) The more you have, the higher your tolerance levels and the more you need. Take it away and you will feel: Drowsiness, inability to concentrate, irritability, depression, anxiety, flu-like symptoms, motor skills impairment and more. Aaaaaaahh..no wonder.

5) Carry on caffeine-ing? Over-caffeine-ing can result to muscle-twitching, insomnia, headaches and heart palpitations. How much is much? Even a slight overdose of 300mg can give you "caffeine-jitters" and all sorts of painful side-effects. PS: You can die from an overdose of caffeine ie: coffee. It's true. Go see the article if you don't believe me!

6) So? Take low doses or seldom drink it. Water is good. It's also cheaper. Studies show that you are more likely to scream at your wife, not hand in work in time to your boss or forget the lies to your big presentation. Well, well. We don't want that to happen aye. Oh, and do not allow someone who is carrying a baby ie pregnant get anywhere close to the 'thing'. Certainly, not good for the baby. :-D

7) From now on, I, Rosalinda Ayamor, will not drink overdose caffeine. No more Redbulls. Well, how bout once a month? NO!!! Not anymore. Moving forwards to a healthy lifestyle. Word ~ :-)

glee

1) Had a Glee marathon last weekend. At last finished watching all episodes :-)

2) Glee series taught me quite a lot about life. Songs are old school. But sounded rather amazing.

3) Love these songs sung by them:
- Lean On Me
- True Colours
- You Can't Always Get What You Want
- Endless Love
Though some are rather 'jiwang', but some are very inspirational indeed.

4) Glee touched my heart :-D