"Saya tak boleh kerja dengan Bangla"

We hired a new worker with us yesterday and today he told us that he didn't want to work anymore because,

"Saya tak boleh kerja dengan Bangla"

Ya Allah, so maluuuuuu and sedih. It felt like a knife went straight to my heart when I heard that. Why would anyone ever think that way?! Especially as a Muslim, you are NEVER to degrade anyone based on their religion or race - Islam teaches us love, and being discriminative is highly frowned upon.This mentality is just not acceptable!

These people from Bangladesh are the people I have mad respect for. Most of them are being disrespected and mistreated but they still preserver anyways.They have 2-3 jobs, stay far away from home just to collect enough money for their home. That's true love there.

We've had other problems with other part timers but nothing hurts me more than this. How inhumane can someone get ? And to have the guts to type that out? What did you think we were gonna say, "Its okay, we understand?!" This isn't something new to most Malaysians - deep inside most of us we have the difficulty of accepting "changes" or "differences" - but you have to tackle that within yourself ! I hope that throughout the growth of this business, we are able to bridge this gap - to tackle this issue of 'discrimination'

Dear (ex) part-timer, it is absolutely frustrating that there are still people among us that are as discriminative as you. But I am glad that you left, because people with your mentality aren't the kind of 'good vibes' I wish to promote in my working environment.

I wish you all the best - I genuinely hope that one day, you'll sort that discriminative mind set of yours and spread love to every single human being you meet

The Tiffany

Almost every girl has their secret obssession on something (well, guys do too, either shoes or tech or even just expensive restaurants), 

But its that one thing that you secretly smirk a smile and leaves your heart smiling,

You know what I mean, you know that feeling ;)

But, mine has always been Tiffany ! 

Gosh it sounds like I'm such a 'high-maintenance' girl but honestly I'm not. I've been in the UK for 3 years and have had 5 pairs of shoes average, I own only 3 pairs of heels (black, black and nude), I have only 4 make up products (eyeliner, primer, foundation,  powder) and okay I really don't have to explain/defend myself but really I'm not that 'high-maintenance' - average makes sense kot but most of the time I spend using my own money, I've been shopping with my own money most of the time (my parents, siblings, friends and cousins still do belanja me once in a while) since I was 18 when I first got my first ever pay roll from my first part time job, Starbucks  :) 

SO anyways, back to my love for Tiffany,

I got my first Tiffany when I was turning 16. Sat for my PMR exam and got 8A's, then my parents asked me what I wanted for my results, I told them I couldn't really think of anything and that I was already happy as I am - yes, I totally was a nerd and still am. A few weeks after the results came out, my parents left for Dubai and Abu Dhabi. I suddenly got a call from my mum,

"Eisha, you want Tiffany bracelet tak?"

"Ma, its okay, its so expensive ! And I'm too young to get one, I don't deserve it! Its okay ma"

"Okay, but if mama insists on getting you Tiffany, would you be okay with it or would you prefer Thomas Saboo etc?"

"Okay, yea ma, sure"

Then I thought she'd end up not getting me anything, which I'm totally cool with. But when they came back from their trip, my mum told me she's got a surprise, and it came a beautiful blue box, 

The bracelet in the picture isn't the one that looks like mine, my mum customized my first Tiffany bracelet by choosing her own locket which was 'limited edition' in Dubai and bought it with a Tiffany silver bracelet, the pendant/locket had the word "Love" on it, and I love it to bits till today :)

It was a Tiffany bracelet ! (I know it's not much of a surprise anymore but I never thought I'd ever have one) - but I fell inlove completely 

I wore it everyday - and since I couldn't wear it to school, I remember I came back everyday (or when I got to boarding school, time outing) putting on the bracelet first after taking my uniform off.

Coming to College, I was initially in Taylors ss15 doing SAM, but I scored a scholarship to pursue Law in the UK (JPA scholarship) - and  my mum told me she wants to reward me,

I told her its fine, I was already happy as I was. But she insisted if I should get a Tiffany necklace,

And I thought it does sounds like a good idea :)

Ever since I got my Tiffany bracelet, I never bought any other bracelets. And even if I had to go for a really formal event or had to dress up for, I wouldn't even take it off. Even for sports and futsal times! I realised that I was one of those people who doesn't change accessories once I've got one good sentimental one - quite a sentimental person kan? I never thought I am too ! 

We went to Pavilion, and when I took my first step into the Tiffany shop that day my eyes were lit up by the beautiful Tiffany blue colour of the shop, and after spending hours there, we settled on a beautiful necklace, and we got this one.... 

 

Moving on to today, I never took my Tiffany necklace off ! Whether I'm swimming or travelling or  hiking, I will always wear it. Even in my sleep :) and as I am writing this post ofcourse 

My Tiffanys' have been with me through everything,

My first solo trip to Macedonia,

My brother's graduation, 

and so many more lah !

But its been years since I got my last Tiffany, and my heart started to ponder on the possibility to get one soon again, thinking what the next achievement in life that I might be able to get a Tiffany,

And I told myself that since I'm graduating this year and will be turning 23, I thought that the perfect gift for myself would be to is being completely 'Financially Independent'. I do have a business and have part time jobs, most of the time I spend using the money I earn but when it comes to travelling with the family and going out to eat, my parents still pay for me. and they wouldn't let me 'treat them' unless I started working, so yes,

Tiffany Earrings it is <3

Also cause my ears get irritated by non-silver products at times so I thought it'd be a great investment :) I'd wear it till I get old and wrinkly, the same with my other Tiffany accessories (the necklace and bracelet) - the only reason I find excitement in growing old besides having a family haha

Okay so I suddenly came across this, and the first thing I had in mind was, that this would be the ring I'll wear the moment I find my "other half", the love of my life :)

And as cheesy as it was, I instantly thought of engraving it either with our names, coordinates of where we met, our favourite quote or goals in life or pretty much something that means so much to the both of us !


Writing this blog post is a huge step for me,
If you ever see me owning those Tiffany earrings, it means that I'm 100% financially independent,
and if you see me with those Tiffany rings,
You'd know that I've settled and fell completely inlove with my one and only! - hopefully soon hehehee


Till then :)

Papa, my (secret) Movie buddy

Though most of the time he usually invites my brother to watch action movies, sometimes he'll invite me too *totally feel special then* hehehehe but really we have the same taste in movies !

Whether its a 3 hour documentary to Mahatma Gandhi, 2 hours of "WarCraft", the Mission Impossibles, 007 Bond, Star Wars, Captain America, all the action movies...you name it! We're always down for it - and somehow I'd like to prioritise watching it with my dad rather than anyone else cause little did he realise, it was secretly "our thing" to me :)

OKAAAAAY, the secret is out now cause he probably would be reading this blog post since its got his 'name' as part of my blog post title. 

There were times we went to MBO Subang Parade at midnight to watch the movies, with my mum too ofcourse. My mum doesn't mind watching action movies. Maybe she does it out of love to spend time with the fam or she does secretly enjoys the movies too, but my dad will always check out the movie tickets and sometimes even books for us ! Okay to think of it, most of the time when we watch action movies at our basement mama usually ends up sleeping so....you figure it out haha

Upon arriving at the cinema, he'll be the first to queue for the tickets, and the others would queue for the popcorn. Once the movie's done, he'll always have a 101 things to criticize the movie......which he ends up telling us (also himself defo) that it was all for a movie, to keep things more exciting :) Sometimes the conversation drags till our journey home ! Totally depends though, if my brother tags along with us especially, gosh they will talk about the possibilities of the story lines and plot twists for ages !

He's watching Fast and Furious 8 tonight with my mum in KL and honestly kinda makes me miss watching late night movies with my fam :)

6 months of "Tuna oh Tuna!"

Its coming to 6 months since I first started working at Subway and the Subway I work at is not Halal so the only options I have been having is either just the Veggie Sub, Tuna Sub or Veggie Pattie Sub !

For the first few shifts I had wanders and slight drools during shifts looking at the delicious Steak and Cheese subs I was serving customers, and recently.... they introduced this,

BBQ BEEF BURNT ENDS !!!

Just look at that delicious Sub ! That tender beef cooked for 10 hours..... gosh I was so tempted that I kept pushing one of my colleagues to taste it to tell me how it tastes like !

Well, she told me it was just 'okay' and another colleague told me it looks like dog food.... great team work guys, makes it easier for me to resist my temptations :) 

It does look good, like most other food served in those 5 star restaurants etc, but the idea of consuming it just disgusts me. Also, I've been so disgusted thinking of ways how the many ways they could kill the animals before selling it into stores. They could have made the animals freeze to death, or shoot them allowing them to slowly die, or electrocute them allowing them to feel ultimate pain before dying ! and the blood that stays in them when its not halal though.... err, no way I'm consuming that ! Gosh, there's so much more reasons why I would rather eat Halal then not to !

Funny thing is yea,

I've been working there for months and I have lost complete temptation of trying to eat the non-halal food there, I got used to it ! And eating Tuna is alright to me ! Though meatball does seems tempting but I rather have it cooked my own way and served with pasta and cheese and herbs and imagine every bite of meatball with fresh tomato sauce rather than marinara sauce that's commercialized.... 

But 6 months of working there means I've been eating so much Tuna ! I have 3 shifts a week on average with Subway and it could mean that I have been eating..... 

THIS MUCH TUNA !!! 

Okay maybe just one big fish or probably half of it.... but it only makes sense !

When I go back to KL I think I wouldn't eat Tuna for years until I have to again next time ! 

But yea, I realised that if you put your temptations infront of you so often, you tend to get so immune to it that it doesn't matter anymore ! 

So,  (alhamdulillah), here's to 3 years of eating Halal meat abroad no matter what the circumstances are :) 

*celebrate all the little things in life that matters*

Lawyer or Entrepreneur?

Last weekend I went to my first Career Fair with 15 copies of CV in hand, looking for companies I would have interest in, and the moment I was there my friends that I haven't seen for long were asking me questions like,

"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be doing business full time?"
"If your passion is doing business and you have an income from it, why are you applying jobs for any of these companies?"
"You could try a few years working at one of these companies, but do you really want to?"
"I wouldn't apply for other jobs if I have a business that is growing and is sustainable, why are you applying for jobs?"

After wandering around, I only started submitting my CVs having to tell myself on the 3rd round of walking around the fair,

"Come on, you came all the way to London wearing your 3-inches heels carrying an overnight bag, you have to give this a try, you wouldn't even know if you suddenly would enjoy working for one of the companies here"

And so I did, went around asking if they are employing anyone with legal background,

and submitted my CV to TNB, UEM and a few other firms I felt that I could relate my interests with. Also a few banks as I kinda like Econs and ofcourse, anything in relation to learning the art of money!

Through my experience at ZulRafique I realised that I grew interests in the corporate side of law as I spent the whole month plus of my internship in it, so I knew that I wouldn't mind working anything in relation to it.

Visited Lincoln's Inn in my first year and I don't remember much memory of the place or the event today so it could possibly mean that I genuinely had no interest in being a lawyer that goes to courts ("practicing law") or maybe it was too early in to figure out, so I should probably give it another try?

But then a year into law school, I started venturing myself into the world of business. Having to go through growing my business as I was doing my internship, I didn't know what I was doing. I was working to grow the brand after I was interning my 9-5. And I did not complain, only having my mum knocking on my door for subuh and suddenly hugging me saying,

"I haven't seen you the past 24 hours. I want to spend time with you, you're going back to UK after this"

I will always remember that morning, hehehehe it was cute Ma.

But people have been asking me recently, how is it that I do work with my final year and balancing it all out? Never thought that "If you love something, you wouldn't think of it as a job but as a passion" would apply to me, but I felt as if that statement was the one that I could relate to most. 

I loved how there was a profit out of every idea I executed ! I love how Entrepreneurs have to walk the talk in order to achieve the goals for their business, meeting new people with their own success story have never been more exciting ! I like how my creativity and energy can be fully utilised for something that I could see growing and the art behind entrepreneurship have never been more interesting. I even reading books on successful entrepreneurs and prominent business figures. Beyond all that, I love how people love our cookies :) (There's just so much more to love about doing business la easy to say...)

I never complained that there was too many tasks to do for The Skinny Bakers (but I didn't complain much either while I was interning in the law firm), and I figured that I love the art of learning !

I think I loved learning so much that I became adaptive and I look forward to everything I do in life! 

Okay, getting out of bed can be a struggle in the morning still sometimes, I'm not that pumped/excited everyday.... BUT it means its harder for me to decide what my passion is ! Knowing what I feel would be worth working for everyday cause I love learning from everything I do. 

Here's the BIG question I've been getting from almost everyone recently,

ARE YOU GOING TO BE A LAWYER OR AN ENTREPRENEUR OR ARE YOU EVEN CONSIDERING BOTH?

And as curious they are with the answer is as curious I am to find out myself !
So don't be surprised if there's no exact answer to it, cause I'm still figuring it out :)

I've been praying that He would guide me through and to the right path, but have been working hard on every opportunity given to me now, whether its excelling as a law student or working on growing my business.

But ofcourse I am only a month plus away from graduating so I'll spend more time on getting my law degree, you get my point tho riight ;)

I've got plans here in Europe and UK till end of this year before I can return to Malaysia to find out which path I'll take on,

And I guess,
Only time can tell :)


Any thoughts?