to thousand sixteen

Time to reflect of 2016.

Alhamdulillah, a pretty good year.

Got married to the most beautiful man on earth,
with the most beautiful smile, the purest heart there is.

Got the opportunity to brush up this rusty brain
bit by bit, got promoted in less than a year in the new place,
and the chance to learn new things again.

Falling in love with something called work was unimaginable
before, but this year it's something to look forward to
everyday (put the annoying people aside).

The in-laws are in the perfect terms with mine,
got to stay at each other's places for the first time.
Got to experience each other's cultures and appreciate
each other's differences at the same time.

Alhamdulillah alhamdulillah.

Not to forget the whole clan got to be in Japan
altogether for the first time. Mom and dad got to experience
their first autumn and the siblings got to ski and snowboard,
all 4 of us together for the first time.

Alhamdulillah.

Due to getting promoted alhamdulillah got to live in a place
of my dreams in the countryside, where the sun shines right
into the bedroom every morning and the sunset got to be watched
from the balcony while sipping hubby's home made coffee during
the evening.

Bought and built and painted our furnitures, with just the two of us.
Learned to cook and clean and do the laundry for two together,
and the most important one was to learn to share.

Alhamdulillah alhamdulillah.

Bought our first car this year, a used one, but a very strong one.
One who did (and still) not break a sweat to be used in the hot summer days
as well as in the coldest winter. One who still cooperates when
used to go across 260km once a week to satisfy our cravings of certain
(classified) food in the city.

Of course there are some hiccups along the way, thus making way for
the dark side of us appear uninvited. Here's something I put in a form of
list to take up for a better future in 2017, a better insyaAllah.

Things that I'd like to take up are..(not according to sequence)

Åöend of 2016Åö
  Å®Zakat education for Adam, and Zakat at the mosque
  Å®prepare a schedule for al-Quran reading for Adam
  Å®School bags and stationaries for the needs
  Å®Syria funds, mosque funds (you already have extra to give)
  Å®Transfer data all pic into PC, start with S's 16GB
  Å®Send 5 to mak, after resetting to NEW
  Å®baba's green tea
  Å®Send the kids' suitcases to Narita
  Å®

Åö2017Åö

ÅEDual citizenship (Japan)
  Å®Citizenship right to apply to Chevening both from MY and JP!

ÅEChevening Scholarship for Masters
   "Chevening Scholarships aim to support individuals to achieve
   their professional aspirations.
   The course and field of study should relate to your current
   or future career goals."
   Åôopen every August
Å@ Åômust have unconditional offer by Jul
   ÅôCourses must be either nine or 12 months long
   Åôfor taught master's degrees or selected short courses of
     professional development only.
   Åôfor taught master's degrees only.PhD or DPhil are not permitted
   Åôfor study in the UK only.
   ÅôFull-time
   ÅôStart in the autumn term (usually September/October)
  Å®Society/Club
  Å®Sports/Games
  Å®Awards/Recommendation(Patent Award!)
  Å®Voluntary activities

ÅEBe fit and healthy all year
  Å®eat healthy
  Å®exercise everyday(treadmill on the way!insyaAllah)
  Å®hike, new adventure
  Å®half-marathon?
  Å®badminton, tennis?

ÅEBe thankful to people and surrounding
  Å®Recycle, re-use
  Å®Appreciation delivery for family and friends
  Å®Get in touch during their anniversaries/birthdays/random

ÅETo have a better management thinking (of life-work balance)
  Å®frequent chess game with Adam
  Å®or anyone else
  Å®or online

ÅELily at Futurelearn
  Å®complete one course at a time to train for Master's
  Å®to train listening in English
  Å®to get acquainted with fellow lecturers
  Å®to familiarize English in higher forms
  Å®to train for highest level in TOEFL, IELTS

ÅETo prepare welcome-home financial support
  Å®Buy a house with a loan
  Å®Rent it out for Airbnb
  Å®Management by baba
  Å®Events by mama
  Å®Help from yaya and bibi and boboy

ÅEFund for the future kids
  Å®put an aim of certain amount
  Å®plan a schedule to stick
  Å®declare a milestone at certain points in above schedule

ÅENafkah education for Adam
  Å®prepare some material for Adam to easily understand

ÅEJune income
  Å®for Adam (50%)
  Å®Bosch's book
  Å®for Mak and baba (RM1000 each)
  Å®for the kids (RM300 each)
  Å®
  Å®
  Å®


ÅEFund for Master's life (12 months)
  Å®put an aim of certain amount
  Å®plan a schedule to stick
  Å®declare a milestone at certain points in above schedule


ÅEProfessional carrier
  Å®build a resume from scratch
  Å®update it by timeline
  Å®refer to other's linkedin if in trouble
  Å®create every milestone achieve by date (year, place of event)
  Å®then create a milestone og goals
  Å®create a pathway, set your steps right
  Å®REFLECT it to the resume
  Å®set a fixed date, to regularly update