I want to be myself!

Yesterday on my way back home, my daughter Nabilah sat on her usual car seat while playing with my space-water-bottle. She was deeply into that water bottle, I don't know why. Nabilah is going into 3-years old this coming January 2007. She likes Little Einsteins very very much that she can memorise their songs, and what they said. As I was driving on the highway, she told me "Mak, I want Rocket.." Then I said "Ok, who you want to be? Leo? Quincy? June or Annie?" Unexpectedly, she replied with confidence "NO, I want to be KAKAK."

At that age, she does know what she wants to be, herself. Not anyone else even though I knew she likes all of these cartoon characters in Disney.. Barney, Baby Bop, BJ, Little Einsteins, Rolie Polie Olie, Elmo and others.. to name them all, may need me to type all evening :o)

I'm proud of her, indeed I am.

Hooray!

I received an email this morning from owner of One Year of Writing & Healing, an informative site on writing that my article for Freewriting will be published in their December issue. Very unexpected because I wrote the piece during lunch time and sent it without editing, sent it as it is. She offerred to edit my work though. I was thrilled even though no payment will be given to the contribution. Writing for site like this will increase my credibility that my writing is acceptable and I can gain more exposure in term of writing experience. This is second time that my work, outside of my technical expertise, will be published in the net. The first one was for a business owner who sell cruets. I wroter informative articles for him, 20 altogether and was paid every single piece. Honestly, that was the starting point that I began to realize that I can write for any topics provided I was given time to write. My director, after I came back to work last August, did ask me on how I was doing with my writing at State, the payment, and so on. I told him, and was to busy to start writing again, until recently when my work load is too much, I stop and write to ease the tension before resume work again. I bet it is working perfectly. Try it, then you know what I mean. Satisfaction. Thrill. You will never look back again if you are doing what you love to do.

Donation or Scam?

Yesterday I went to Guardian at Warta, Bangi to buy pacifiers for my daughter. On the way, I was stopped by a lady who claimed that she is working for orphanage house (charity organisation). She was trying to ask for 'seikhlas hati' donation whereby they will give a book on some sort of 'doa' and religious story. Being a good samaritan, I looked out for change and gave her RM3, because that is all I have to spare after I bought the pacifiers. To my surprise, she said "If you give me RM3, I will take it but you will not get the book. You have to pay 'seikhlas hati' about RM7, or RM 10 or more, for the book." Ya right, a donation of certain amount is not a donation at all. I don't mind if she said the book will cost only a certain amount less than what is sold in bookshop and I got a resit for donation that I can get tax rebate. But no, she said any amount that I can give, and I got a book, with a hidden agenda to get at least RM7 from everyone she approaches. Very dishonest group of people. She is very very unsuitable for this type of charity work.