MyWiwi: What I Have Done So Far ...

Hey guys! 

Nothing much here, just wanted to share some of the photos of my kesayangan, Wiwi. Hahaha. What I have done so far, more towards aesthetics and less into the technical bit of the car. However, I'm looking forward to plonk in a MIVEC engine in the near future (if my budget permits!) 

Replaced the original Wira fender signal lamps with the Mitsubishi one (flat faced)

Replaced the inner garnish for the side mirror, since I upgraded to autoflip side mirrors, taken from Evo 4

The flat-faced fender signal lamp 

Top view, right fender 

Top view, left fender 

The CK4 Side mirror, It is a tad wider than the stock Wira, which was based on the Evo I, II, III

Changed the door trim from the MDF board stock one to the ones taken from Mitsubishi Lancer Libero, got a good deal along with the motors for the rear doors for only RM550!

Newest addition - Cromax side windows! Siap tinted cromax lagi...so it is darker, but still adheres to JPJ standard (passed Puspakom)

Life As a Working Adult

Kadang-kadang, susah nak percaya yang aku ni dah masuk dunia kerja, dah tinggalkan alam universiti. No more lectures, no more tuang kelas lepas tu pi breakfast kat Sardon, no more bersesak-sesak dalam bas komuter USM, no more main pool kat Pekaka...no more this, no more that. 

Terasa lain sangat, sampai asyik teringat yang aku ni dok buat internship instead of working in the real world. 

Salam and Greetings, 

Haaa deep tak mukadimah aku tadi? Acah-acah novel Melayu bak hang! (padahal tak pernah baca novel Melayu lulz). Sedang dalam proses menyesuaikan diri dalam dunia baru ni, observing and learning all the time, so that I would not appear as an awkward noob. 

Last time, I prayed that I will get a job which entails a lot of travelling, and this is what I got now and I am very thankful to Allah for that (Alhamdulillah). What I had in mind was that I will be working in Journalism, covering stories around town i.e. not staying in an office from 9 - 5, or even being an assistant researcher as my first job in Penang. But what I got now, working at TalentCorp / Talent Corporation Malaysia is better than expected, sampai kekadang tu terasa lega dapat duduk office tak pergi ke mana-mana..hehe. 

*travel bukan suka-suka ye. Penuh dengan kerja tau (virtual office)...korang jgn ingat aku travel suka-suki melancong se-Malaysia okayyy

So far I have traveled all over the country and met a lot of people from all over the country. Sebelum ni tak pernah jejak Kelantan, Sabah & Sarawak..sekarang dah! And kalau tak silap just within my first month, I had my first airport transfer - took a flight from Labuan to KLIA, and then hang out for a few hours there, before taking another flight to Kelantan; all for work purposes mind you. Such experience!  

Teringat lagi, dulu-dulu masa belajar, nak ada RM100 dalam poket pun susah...sekarang ni lebih dari tu pun senang-senang je. But I had to trade that with not being able to go kai-kai to shopping malls on weekdays..plus, I sleep earlier each night...tak tau kenapa, bila dah kerja ni nak tido lewat pun susah. mengantuk wehh. 

Now that I am earning my own money, I am more careful in spending it..takde dah beli benda tak pikir 2x sekarang. :3 Setiap ringgit itu merupakan titisan peluh hasil kerja okayyy...padahal office aircond. 

I am still learning and will continue learning to make myself better. Dah lama tak menulis ni rasa gian pulak. Haha. Nak DIY Wiwi pun dah macam takde idea. Hari tu baru tukar autoflip mirror kat kedai, sebab nak wiring tak reti takut terbakar kereta. Projek lepas ni rasa macam nak tukar enjin dari 4G13 ke 4G93 1.8L SOHC (still better and cheaper than getting a new car altogether!) but I'm still considering it heavily. 

And so, for my beloved juniors (gittew) here are some useful pointers: 

• English tu penting untuk dapat kerja 
• Tak semestinya kerja bidang yang kita belajar 
• If you go to career fairs, try to ask something better than "Syarikat ni buat apa ye?"/"What is (insert company name here) all about?" - seriously? Do your own research first! Google syarikat tu on your smartphones! You may think your question makes you sound smart, but it is not..sorry. 
• Masa interview, jangan cakap buruk pasal orang/company. Heck, no negative words at all! Research them on their website, lagi elok if you go and find news about the company (if any) and then present them during interview
• Limit your resume to two (2) pages only. No pictures of yourselves as people are judgmental, unless specified that you've to put it there. 

Spoiler: Kalau ada rezeki, aku datang balik USM bagi career talk masa #EKSPEN2015

Itu sahaja. Jumpa lagi di masa hadapan.

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I Hate Goodbyes

Assalamualaikum and Greetings!

This is the first post I am writing after I have completed my undergraduate life. How time flies, three years has passed. I have been saving this post in 'drafts' since yesterday...so I think this is the best time to publish it.

First, I would like to thank my friends for always being there for me, for always giving me advice on things, for helping me when I needed them the most, for those crazy and stupid things we always did, thank you all. I love all of you. A special thanks to the McWankers United (me, along, ag and khye shern), for having me and for being more than a friend for me, each and every one of you. All the best for all of us and may our plan may be realised one day.

Being the host is not easy as it seems - 'cos I'm a Penangite. Yes, my house is just near USM, and I chose to be the last one to leave...and to consider the fact that I'm there to witness my friends, one by one to leave USM, is heart-breaking. But I know, we must move on, onwards and upward, as Ag put in his farewell poem.

As I am writing this post in my nearly empty room, I am hit with the sudden realisation that things will never be the same again, even if we were to meet again someday here. The feeling is like, when I go to my friends' rooms and realise that they won't come back to their rooms anymore - brings tears to my eyes. It is time, to move on to the next chapter in our lives. So, before leaving the place for good, I made it a point to go to each of my friends' rooms and take pictures (I asked them to not lock the room before they leave) - to preserve the memories that we have in each and every one of the place.Ag and Bob's room is quite disturbing since their room has lots of junk stuff. It is as if they're returning and will be gone in a short while only as it is messy as always. hahaha

I learnt a lot from my three years in USM. The learning experience extends beyond classroom activities tutorials and assignments - I made memories with friends, and the level of priceless-ness (if there is such a word) is more than the feeling of finding free gems in the bushes in Clash of Clans. Tonnes of memories were carved in my heart, in this place.

 I learned about life itself, about finding my true self, about love, meeting people from all walks of life with their different worldviews. I failed here also (in certain aspects), but in here also I find the strength to pick myself up and achieve more successes than failures. These are all priceless for me... I will remember the lessons learned to the next phase in my life, thank you. I will remember each and every one of you, forever in my heart.

We knew back then that this day will come someday. And now that we find ourselves in it, we were hit with the sudden realisation that we are not ready for this day. That each of us are all caught up with our own business; to settle work-related stuff, minor subject paper, getting a place to stay for work - a far cry from our dreams of doing things right before leaving, the things we had planned before we part ways. We were never ready to leave. We always thought that there will be tomorrow, there will be the trip to Qb to makan at Habanero's (yes, we call it Habanero's 'cos at first we thought that it was a person's name).
 The fact that we were caught unprepared for this, made parting ways even more difficult and sadder. Tears filled up our eyes each time we meet, knowing that it will be long before we can ever meet again.

I don't know why, but I find that the song 'The Funeral' by The Band of Horses fits this and I associate this song with the feeling that I'm having right now and the song is on repeat as I'm penning this post.

I hope that we will always keep in touch and may the bond that we built will forever stay strong with us. May the memories stay with us as we revisit them one day. 

"Goodbyes are not forever, 
Goodbyes are not the end, 
They simply mean I'll miss you
Until we meet again ! "

Until then sweet farewell my friends... 

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