CC 2 : A Thousand-Mile Run in Mind

salam uols

disebabkan kesibukan yang katanya melampau2 tu

makanya iols agak jarang jugak lah meng-update blog

memang sibuk ye… since keja kat opis baru ni

almost setiap hari iols balik around 8pm

hanya adalah sekali-sekala tu yg iols balik awal skit

skit aje pun – bukannya sharp 5:30pm or 6:00pm

kat opis ni ada flexible time actually

if masuk keja pukul 8:00am – then boleh balik at 5:30pm

kalo masuk 8:30am – then balik at 6:00pm

since ada flexible time ni – even lambat seminit dua pun 

HR akan issue pink slip

which – staff kena be carefullah jawabnya

since benda ni effect – appraisal utk confirmation and in the long run

effect jugak hujung tahun for bonus, if any, and increment in april

so far – iols tak penah dapat lagi pink slip ni

and hopefully would never lah ye

tak menyusahkan – hanya tak menyenangkan aje

hik hik hik

ok.. back to the topic plak ye

tak dapat jugak rasanya iols nak bebel lama2 ni

heheheheh

kalo nampak CC tu – ertinya iols nak berkisah pasal toastmasters ye

CC ertinya Competent Communication

stage awal dalam toastmasters

ada 10 project (yg selalunya iols tulis CC tu) dalam stage ni

Project 1 (CC1 ) – iols dah buat dulu – Ice Breaker

sessi memecah ais atau lebih senang – sesi beramas mesra :P

Project 2 (CC2) – Organize Your Speech

iols buat minggu lepas

masa membebel sama aje 5 – 7 minit aje ye

so – draft your speech - organize your speech and then deliver your speech

mesti ada pembukaan – body – closing atau conclusion

body atau content atau isi – kena ada main point and sub point

kalo dua main point – then ada lah sub2 point jugak….

let’s take a look at my speech plak ye

as usual – full sentences ye… since nak masuk kat blog

tho masa iols draft speech – mostly point aje…

CC No. 2 – Organize Your Speech

Title : A Thousand-Mile Run in Mind

Joseph Addison once said, “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” 

I don’t like exercise very much. But I love reading very-very much. 

Imagine this. I make my brain do some remembering, digesting and analyzing all the information or stories in the book that I read. That’s hard, mind you! I tell me brain, “Come on…! Don’t give up! Just few more chapter to finish!” 

It’s a thousand-mile run in my mind. A tired mind after reading – completely exhausted, drained and worn-out. It is an exercise right? The quote is totally right for me, then.

Why do people read? Is it a must or mandatory in our life to read? What kind of book do we read? How do we know we would enjoy reading the book? The questions are endless.

I’m not going to tell you that your book would be enjoyable. I can’t do that since I don’t know what you are going to read.

But I can tell you this. Yes, reading is mandatory. A must in our life, as we grow up and grow older. 

Just imagine a plant – a tree. What did the tree needs to live and grow? It needs four basic elements: air, water, nutrients, and sunlight. Without these basic elements – it won’t live. It will eventually die of malnutrition and starvation.

So did us, human. We need those basic elements too. Subsequently our mind needs a basic element to develop, to grow so it will able to live. How do we feed our mind? Can we, say, feed fried chicken to our mind?   

“Hey Brain up there!  Here’s your lunch – fried chicken. Is hot and spicy ok for you????” 

We can’t do that, can’t we??

If we can’t feed fried chicken then, how do we feed our mind?

We feed our mind through reading. The fundamental component for our mind to flourish. There are millions of books being published yearly. 

Info from Book Statistics : yearly global publication is around 2 millions

And in Malaysia – we have more than 18 thousand books published in 2011

So many books to choose and to read. 

Try to develop a good reading habit. A simple 5 steps to follow thru :

1.  Pick a reading material – It doesn’t matter what kind of book you read. Be it a novels, bibliography, journal or even a magazine about gardening or car. As long as you take the first step, the rest of the phase will follow naturally.

2.  Do it daily – set a target period. For a beginning 15 minutes per day will do. And you can increase the time you devote for your reading gradually.

3.  Don’t give up. The most important step. It may feel like a big burden to spend 15 or even 30minutes in the beginning. Don’t quit halfway. You need to encourage yourself. Everybody needs an encouragement and little push in order to achieve what they did. 

4.  Don’t pressure yourself. If you find yourself stressed while reading, just stop reading for a while. Reading is supposed to be fun. Read for pleasure and not because you a force to read.

5.  Know what you are reading. Read the summary when you buy the book. At least you have an idea what you are going to read, and to give the first insight whether you will like the book or not!

6.  Read a book review first. This is optional. But I did it sometimes. Browse for info or additional info – read opinion from others about the book that you want to buy. 

Just before I end my speech, be positive in what you read.  Be persistence and patience. Encourage yourself not to give up. I am sure… soon it will be an enjoyable occasion for you. What more, you will love it too… just as I do!

normally – in toastmasters meeting – akan ada theme for the meeting 

and word of the day

last week the theme was  - never give up

and word of the day was – endure

so you have to try to use the word endure to in your speech

guna lah sekerap yg boleh

even your speech pun – kena adapt dengan theme yg di beri

theme selalu di beri a bit earlier – dalam seminggu before the meeting

but word of the day tu – on the day itself baru kita tau

jenuh lah kan – nak olah speech katanya uols…

so normally – akan lari skit le dari apa yg iols draft

not that much – tukat skit2 lah bila bagi speech

so that bleh inject word of the day tu

hoccay – tu aje kot yg iols nak bebel ni…

ekekekeke

ekceli – iols ada satu entry tertungak

iols patutnya issue that entry last month

tapi sibuk keja tak hagak2 katnya

maka tertangguh – abt trip ke Langkawi tu lah

so – next time lah ye… masa nan hado mende nak update

iols up kan citer tu

keh keh keh

last week – iols tak berapa sihat sangat

dah few dah kekdahnya iols meyong berhari2 

makan ubat – ultracet dan panadol tu setiap hari

finally – hari isnin – 30hb march – iols pegi klinik lepas keja

around 9:45pm – iols sampai kat klinik sbb iols balik lambat

consulted the good doctor – my bp tinggi tak hagak2 ye uols

176/140 uols… no wonder lah meyong tak hilang

then doctor bagi ubat – also ubat darah tinggi lah

tapi utk menurunkan pressure yg tinggi tu

kat klinik jugak iols telan ubat tu – sbb pressure tinggi sangat

esoknya – pi keja jugak ye… gigih banget katanya!

iols gigih nak pegi – sebab pagi ada meeting

tak pegi – iols ada issue kena update

so pegi jugak lah – then tengahhari ada toastmasters

since iols ada speech nak deliver

kegigihan meningkat lah kan

hak hak hak

by 3:30pm – iols memang tak larat dah

dalam ekon yg sejuk mengigil ni pun iols bleh berpeluh2

mintak kat encik boss nak balik awal

sampai umah – lepas mandi bagai

iols tido uols… pukul 4:30petang – sampai kesubuh

adoiiii! macam hapa ntah le….

wednesday – memang tak larat nak pi keja

i was swaying on my feet

nak berdiri tegak pun tak boleh kekdahnya

around 10am – pi balik klinik

then dapat mc utk 3 hari dengan surat doctor utk pi hospital

balik umah – sambung rehat jawabnya

memang rehat ye – tak masak langsung

kesian kat my kids…. 

gi Pusrawi – macam biasa lah – ubat jugak

doctor suruh gak masuk wad – iols tak nak

mengenangkan keja berlambak kat opis

lagi pun – iols baru sangat keja sini

tak kowser nak mc – cuti berlebih2an ni…

tu yg tak nak admitted tu….

so – next 2 weeks – kena pi hospital lagi sekali

doctor nak tengok ada perubahan tak kat bp iols

since doctor bagi ubat lain plak

currently – iols stop lah makan ubat yg selalu iols makan tu

and – iols buat gak scan jantung bagai

alhamdulillah – so far ok lagi.,.

harap2 – with new medication

iols ok semula lah – thos meyong ada gak ni

esp today – iols ada discussion ngan engineering division

tho short discussion – nak memahamkan depa ni pasal interfacing mapping

rasa macam discussion tiga-empat jam

terus iols meyong kekdahnya

uwaaaaaaaa!~

ok – stop for now ye… iols kat opis ni….

nak sambung keja semula

now dah 6:50pm – iols target nak balik pukul 8

so…. kena cergas lah siapkan sebanyak yg boleh ni…

salam and adios

muahhhhhhhhhhhh n muahhhhhhhhhhh!~