Tips Memilih Wedding Photographer/Videographer

Assalamualaikum, hi dearies!

For those who are getting married (Congratulations!) and seeking photographer/videographer, these are the tips that I can share with you based on my experience.

Tips for choosing wedding photographer/videographer:

1. Know your budget.

2. Check for their work on Web, Instagram, Facebook, any social media. Use you stalking skills!

3.  Editing skills. Penting tau.. tapi jangan la jenis yang over edit sampai muka macam kartun. Kalau tak reti edit pun bahaya, nanti kesian la gambar yang hitam berminyak takda sapa nak cerahkan :p

4. Read the reviews from their previous client

5. Make price comparison with the items and package offered

Contoh: album berapa page, types of finishing for the album cover – leather/kaca/etc, coverage photographer/videographer dari pukul berapa, etc)

6. Mileage - transportation cost. Included ke tak and how much?

7. Video - berapa minit?

Important for you to discuss with them your expectations. Kalau boleh untuk video tak perlu berlakon (kena salam banyak kali ke) let it be natural. Pelik tau bila berlakon ni, jadi tak cantik.

A good photographer can take nice pictures even with a bad surrounding/condition if they know how to apply the right angle and camera setting.

Make sure before the photographer print out your album, you CHOOSE and CONFIRMED first your pictures, and also the arrangement. In my case, I didn’t get the chance to choose the pictures for my album which end up ada gambar yang tutup mata dan tak clear. It’s even sadder because when I check the softcopy, they actually got a lot of other better pictures!  I just don’t know why they choose the wrong pictures. Maybe they didn’t check before printing? L Sad but past is past, I don’t want you guys to experience the same thing okay? J

Maybe your budget is very tight and you want to choose the cheapest among all your existing choices but, bear in mind that don’t ever compensate price with quality. Ada yang offer murah tapi gambar tak cantik, ada yang mahal tapi output superb.. Banyak aspek untuk di consider but still, depends on you. Any decision that you made - make sure jangan menyesal dikemudian hari.

Like my uncle said – “mahal ada sebab, murah ada sebab.”

So choose carefully ok?

I hope this helps, and you’ll get the best wedding photographer/videographer ever. J

p/s: minta maaf untuk penggunaan bahasa rojak, well I poured everything straight from my heart~ no filters. Hihi

Interview Experience-Internship and Hello IBM! :)

Assalamualaikum.

Ohh internship. Practical training. Lepas dah hantar resume banyak-banyak sampai tak ingat tu, adela few companies yang bagi feedback. Attend interview, takpun on-call interview.

My interview experience. Hmm. Lets start with the first - DIGI. The interviewer was a female, chinese, nampak garang tapi baik. Ok je :) First she ask me to introduce myself, the next questions were about my family, my activities in uni, what is my role- an active student or passive, pernah jadi project manager ke tak, what kind of sport I'm good at, what did I learn, my favourite subject, explain why and fav sub during school times, why choose digi, why choose telecommunication industry, compare telecommunication industry with other industry..etc etc. The rest she do the talking- explaining about the company, HR in digi, and about telecommunication industry. Office digi hq cantik! Elaun 500/month. Tapi sebab jauh sgt dari rumah plus mcm susah nak sewa rumah kat area situ, bila dikira balik transportation cost... tak jadi praktikal kat sini. 

Next company is OCBC Bank. Elaun 40/day, tapi job description takde kaitan dengan HR. Sesuai untuk student finance. Ni lah first time masa interview I need to complete personality test. Banyak jugak. Then I didn't bring my certificates sbb ingatkan untuk internship bawak resume dengan mini transkrip dah cukup. Rupa-rupanya kena jugak bawak sijil aktiviti kat uni, time sekolah dulu dengan result spm. Firstly, macam biasa, introduce yourself sampai dah takde modal nak cakap apa. The interviewer said "that's it??" and I reply "why don't you ask me question. I'll answer." Berkerut muka interviewer tu. Ada 2 orang, both female, a malay and a chinese. The next question is "why u still attend this interview although u know that the job description got nothing to do with HR?" Aku cakap, sbb nak challenge. Yes, because I really want to challenge myself. Nak experience attend interview jugak sebenarnya. Then discuss about schedule since aku perlukan masa untuk jumpa advisor regarding to my project paper. One of the interviewer said this is the first time intern candidate mintak masa untuk project paper sebab sebelum ni takde sorang pun intern kat ocbc bank kena buat project paper. UiTM je kot. Ntahla. Tapi kalau betul, alahaii bestla uni lain korang takde kena buat project paper time internship.

Then on-call interview from Taylor's Group by Mr Keith. Hoii nasibla masa tu aku tak tidur petang. Time dia call pun suara fresh je takdela memberi gambaran negatif kat interviewer "eh tak senonoh budak ni tidur petang." Basic questions, tp yang ni best sebab mr keith pun friendly and it is an on-call interview which senang, tak payah travel. Nak travel pakai duit ye. Masa lagi, nak pegi sana sini. Elaun Taylor's Group 1000, kat sunway. One of the question he ask me was am I an introvert or an extrovert? Boleh pulak masa tu lupa sekejap extrovert apa sampai bukak dictionary. 

Last interview was with IBM. Haaa...! ni yang paling best walaupun aku sampai lambat. IBM kat Cyberjaya rupa-rupanya ada dua tempat. Mula-mula tersalah tempat. Lepastu lewat dalam 10 minit, and interviewer pun dah pergi lunch dulu. Rasa cuak dah sebab macam bagi bad impression kat interviewer. Tapi so far ok je.. A female interviewer, chinese dan sangat friendly. Warm, selalu senyum. Interview tu macam sesi berborak dengan member, less formal. Kita rasa selesa :) Basic question, tapi takdelah suruh introduce yourself ke. Dia semak resume, terus tanya pasal aktiviti kat universiti, your role and participation, family, pointer, etc. Then she explains about IBM and HR function in IBM. Allowance 800/month. I choose IBM since it is more HR related plus I'm staying with my auntie. Senang, dah ada accommodation. 

A little addition about IBM. Masa apply IBM firstly kena jawab online test. IBM's CAT. Jenuhlaa jawab soalan test, dengan tak ada scientific calculator lagi. Pakai calculator kat fon je. Mana yang tak tau aku hentam dengan pasrah. Dahla memang lemah math, soalan banyak math. Lepastu lama pulak tunggu, takde feedback. Aku apply IBM around bulan 9 2012, tapi betul confirm dengan IBM, pegi interview bulan 1 2013. Menunggu dengan penuh kesabaran nampaknya. Di saat nak berputus asa tiba-tiba dapat ilham untuk email resume sekali lagi. Lepastu dapat call suruh ambik test CAT ni. Memang takla aku nak amik lagi... Then pihak IBM check, dorang cakap ok, panggil untuk interview kat Cyberjaya. Alhamdulillah interview ok, and I've been offered internship placement with them. Hopefully semua ok. Takutt. Cabaran ni! So.. hello IBM! :)

So far based on my experience, I can conclude that:
1. English is IMPORTANT.
2. Be active. Get involved with activities kat uni, sebab itu yang interviewer akan highlight before they ask about your pointer.
3. Your CGPA. Usahakan 3 pointer ke atas.
4. Be confident. Walaupun pelik-pelik je soalan ditanya tapi jawab dengan penuh confident walaupun korang tak sure betul ke tak.
5. Senyum. :)


So that's all I think. Hope it helps.
Semoga berjaya. :)





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Taman Santai Strawberi Genting

Assalamualaikum.

Beberapa hari lepas dapat pergi tengok strawberi dekat genting highlands (Yayy!!) and this is the first time tahu bahawasanya terdapat strawberry garden dekat genting, biasanya cameron highlands je tahu. Masuk adalah percuma. Tapi strawberry garden ni takdelah sebesar kat cameron tu, kalau sekadar nak lepas rasa tengok strawberi pun ok dah. Last time aku pergi strawberry garden masa kecik-kecik dulu, tak ingat darjah berapa so sebab dah lama tak pergi I was kinda excited :D and yeah, I love strawberries.

Here is the place. 

Tak dapat naik pun :(

Strawberry greetings!

My strawberries!

I cut you!

"Hi!! Cute, am I?" (^^,)

Lepas dah petik strawberi haruslah ditimbang. Aigoo memang mahal la strawberry kat sini. Kat cameron lagi murah. Lepastu masam sikit.. Manis lagi korean strawberi dekat Jusco.

Lepastu pergi jalan-jalan sekitar taman strawberi ni. Here got also honey bee, vegetable and flower farm, and mushroom farm. Sedih jugakla sebab takde roses :( and mushroom pun tak banyak. But I love mushroom crackers. Original flavor. Sedap!

Petik fresh lepastu cicah sambal belacan. 

Passion fruit/buah susu/buah markisa

Sebelum balik naik genting sekejap, enjoy the view. It has been ages since I'm up here.

And lastly here is the cutest strawberry I'd found :

Did you know that USA is the largest strawberry producer in the world? source : here
Korea is the largest producer in Asia.
And in Malaysia, it's Cameron Highlands of course.

Wish I could visit Cameron Highlands soon. And any other large vegetable/fruit plantation. :)




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Syarahan Perdana - Transformasi Minda Penyelidik Muda by YABhg. Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

Assalamualaikum.

On 22th February 2012 I got the chance to attend this program : Syarahan Perdana - Transformasi Minda Penyelidik Muda by YABhg. Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad (baru sekarang nak post entry?..) at Dewan Agong Tuanku Canselor (DATC) UiTM Shah Alam, place of my future graduation. It feels good to be there, rasa semangat. :) The talk start at 9.30am and our ayahanda-Datuk Sahol is wearing purple-polkadot tie! I love polkadot :D (?)

I just want to share some of the notes that I jot down in my diary so here it is :   

(recording of the talk)

1. Mereka yang membuat penyelidikan mempunyai minda terbuka. Setiap apa yang kita ada masih boleh diperbaiki, dimajukan lagi. Orang-orang Barat lebih terbuka, sedangkan ilmu sains dipelopori Ilmuwan Islam, dan orang Eropah sanggup mempelajari bahasa Arab untuk mendapatkan ilmu-ilmu tersebut. Tetapi selepas menerima ilmu dari orang-orang Islam mereka terus meneroka ilmu-ilmu tersebut.

2. Orang Eropah suka berperang. Bagi orang-orang Cina, bahan letupan hanya untuk menghalau naga dari menelan bulan, bagi orang Barat, bahan letupan digunakan untuk melontar peluru dengan lebih jauh dan sentiasa diperbaiki dari semasa ke semasa. Dengan teknik lontaran ini mereka dapat melontar roket menjejak bulan. Kita pula hanya fikir, bahan letupan mercun untuk sambutan hari raya..

3. Mindset amat penting bagi penyelidik muda. Mereka perlu mempunyai minda terbuka tentang apa yang digunakan oleh kita. 

4. Setiap sesuatu yang ada boleh diperbaiki lagi. Kita bukan berperang untuk menakluk negara lain, tapi kita berperang untuk mempertahankan diri kita. Mempertahankan umat Islam seperti yang dituntut agama Islam sendiri.

5. Sebenarnya kebolehan kita sama macam orang lain, yang menjadi barrier adalah            'limit of our thinking'.

This is just some of my notes from the talk. Kalau nak dengar lebih lanjut, I'd already attach the recording. Apa-apa yang negatif tolak tepi. Take the positive thing peeps! :)

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Energy Booster.

Assalamualaikum.

The results are out. This post were a bit late I guess. All I can say is : Alhamdulillah syukur.. :) This is certainly out of my expectation, yes considering all those hassles during the whole semester, need to deal with my emotions and a lot of things but Alhamdulillah still managed to pull through. Dapat je email (aih, tulis bahasa melayu pulak?) tengok result, menjerit (Alhamdulillah!!) dan cepat-cepat pergi kejut dear mommy. Muka blur kena kejut but still managed to smile and said congratulations :) ..and then went back to sleep. Aiya. Not forgetting to text ayah the next day, and I was surprised when he replied saying "I'm proud of y".. 

Thinking of this message make me feel like want to cry.. It means a lot to me. This is the first time ayah saying this to me, although I got good results for pmr, spm or other things he didn't mention anything like this so I was quite sad thinking that its not, never enough.. stupid thing I did? Terdelete mesej ni! Oh youu how stupid you how come terdelete?! takkan nak suruh ayah resend balik....? can't forgive myself for this.......*sobbing (T______T)  

To mak and ayah, this is for you :')

Yes this is for my parent. I can't think of anything else melainkan my parent. I'm happy enough when they are happy with this small gift.. Wait till I give you big ones! My graduation day, InsyaAllah.. They are my energy booster. My chocolate bar. :)

Got three more semester to go.. Sekejap je lagi. Sabar sabar.. dah nak habis ni. I must keep on track, must grad with good grades because it is a GIFT (and someone also promise me roses for graduation, hehehehhhh) and also to get exemption from ptptn payment, turning the loan into a scholarship. Hope it's still valid because paying ptptn after graduation is so not cool.

Sentiasa berdoa yang terbaik..
Jangan cepat putus asa.


Who cares they call you nerd, weirdo, or whatever they want to, whatever they did to you

it makes you stronger!

you know yourself better, keep moving 

you are the one who get to feel the satisfaction. 

In the end it's you.

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Amnah's wedding. (11th Feb 2012)

Assalamualaikum.
*excited mood

(edited by me)

I'm so happy for my dear friend Amnah Mohamad and her husband, Mohd Zhafrie Johari. May Allah s.w.t bless their marriage forever.! I'm just so excited..(orang lain yang kahwin but I'm the one who gets so excited, lol) I want to say sorry for arriving late.. Bayangkan, the wedding ends at 5pm tapi saya sampai pukul 4.10 petang.. Takpelah janji sampai and I got to meet the beautiful bride! but without present.....pergi majlis orang ni tak complete kalau takde hadiahhh, so I owe u, am! Naik sem I bagi, simpan duluu. Thanks for the chocolate cake, sedap sangat! Memang kenyang la makan.. :D

Am looks so different and preeetyy~~ 

Wish you a beautiful marriage, dear :)

Wish the best to both of you! Selamat pengantin baru.

p/s: Curi gambar dari facebook am, sorry! Heheh

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Chocolate Strawberries.

Assalamualaikum.

Two days ago I decided to made chocolate strawberries as a gift to someone's birthday, after taking a long time to think of the gifts! Strawberries are easy to find and the most important is it suits my budget. Getting the idea of making chocolate strawberries make me excited somehow~

 

Besides chocolate strawberries, I also added some cupcakes and candles (for me, tak lengkap birthday celebration kalau tak ada cake and candles :p ) So here is the cute cupcakes I bought from the cupcake stall :

RM3.00/piece but managed to get 5 pieces for RM 10 :D

First thing first, rinse the srawberries and leave it dry. 

Korean strawberries bought from Jusco. Sweet! 

For the homemade chocolate I'm using Van Houten cocoa, and toblerone white chocolate. I think next time cadbury chocolate would be better. :(  To quickly and easily melt chocolate without burning it, I use double boiler method.

Dip and dip~

Putting candles

Ikat cantik-cantik.

Final result :

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1 Malaysia Book Voucher.

Assalamualaikum.

Yesterday (27th Feb) was a tiring dayy for me as I spent around 4 hours inside MPH Bookstore Mid Valley. Purpose? To spend 1 Malaysia voucher and I was thinking of using just RM 50 but....... 

Here you can see a lot of people carrying red basket and queing to pay using the voucher. Macam pergi pasar. Arrangement buku and other items terabur gilaa so if you want to buy certain book, tak payah la guna mph search service sebab kemungkinan untuk jumpa buku yang anda mahukan di rak buku tersebut as what stated in the data adalah sangat rendah.

Important to note that not all the items sold can be bought using the voucher. Only books and stationery. Ramai yang tak tahu so after a long que they need to pay some of the items by cash, or simply not buying. And if you spent exact RM100 you'll get additional RM5 voucher from mph.

After 4 hours :

1. Chicken Soup for the Soul : On Being a Parent. 

- is it too early for me? I don't think so. Need to prepare cause I'm planning to settle down early :p

2. Fiksyen 302 by Ramlee Awang Murshid

- can't resist to get the book from one of my favourite author.

3. Oxford Learner's Pocket Thesaurus

- Really need a new dictionary, old one had worn out. (been using it for three generation - my mom, sister, myself)

4. Stabilo stationery set

- For my little brother, 12 years old with the hope he'll excel on his examination and writing skills? 

sweet sorry. 

Last but not least, thank you government for giving this book voucher. Do give us students more voucher next time! 

Do have a sense of appreciation, peeps.

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Ramadan work experience.

Assalamualaikum.

Ramadan.

Ramadan dah berlalu tinggalkan kita. Dalam kemeriahan sambutan Syawal adakah kita akan diberi kesempatan untuk berjumpa dan merasai lagi Ramadan pada masa akan datang?

Sejujurnya saya sedih. Saya tidak begitu memanfaatkannya... Hanya beberapa kali dapat bertarawikh, berbuka bersama keluarga, hanya dapat bersahur bersama, kemudian bekerja sehingga 10 malam. Masa banyak dihabiskan untuk bekerja, bersabar (banyak kali terlepas marah) melayan karenah manusia. Nampaknya banyak juga puasa yang perlu diganti  (=___='') *note-ABC, bukan sengaja! Untuk merasai suasana tarawikh di masjid (kebiasaannya family bertarawikh di Masjid Wilayah, Kuala Lumpur) saya buka radio IKIM selepas berbuka..Tanpa mengira sama ada customer suka atau tidak. Kadangkala akan membuat recording radio untuk memudahkan bersolat tarawikh sendirian di rumah. Mak, adik-adik semua dah tidur. Sendirian. Sedih.

Buat pertama kalinya mengambil keputusan untuk bekerja di bulan Ramadan-mencabar diri (konon). Pengalaman bekerja - penat tapi menyeronokkan, pada awalnya. Semakin lama bekerja semakin cepat nak cuti...memang penat. Berbaloi ke? secara positifnya, berbaloi sebab saya tak menghabiskan masa dengan tidur sahaja di rumah. Sekurang-kurangnya melakukan sesuatu yang berfaedah. Tidak perlu mengeluarkan belanja untuk membeli makanan sahur kerana hari-hari banyak lauk dibawa pulang, air sebotol (teh tarik, bandung, cocktail, dan bermacam jenis air), kuih, kek, puding.. sampai semua dah jemu. Aktiviti ketika bekerja? Hari-hari (kecuali sabtu dan ahad) serving, potong daun pisang, potong kuih, potong buah, puding, buat teh tarik, cocktail, cendol, dan apa-apa jenis air, refill makanan, dan macam-macam kerja.

Cream Caramel-deco orang malas.

Teh Tarik (first made, tak termasuk refill)

*sekali buat guna 5 tin susu pekat+2 tin susu cair+20 sudu penuh teh.  Kalau 3kali refill?darab-darab..

Fruit Cocktail (Lime+Lychee, Assorted fruits and jelly)

Ais Batu Campur@ABC

Cendol lemak berkrim disukai ramai.

Amature-style fruit deco. (=_=)

A, A, Armadillo~

*tak termasuk betik, orange.. Sekali potong sebiji tembikai besar, honeydew, betik. Kalau refill? Malas sangat. Sebelum potong biasanya kulit tembikai saya cuci dengan sabun labour sebab ada bau ikan. Tak suka! Kalau ramai budak-budak kecik datang mesti kena selalu refill tembikai. Bila tanya ''kenapa banyak makan tembikai? Adik-adik memang suka tembikai??'' Mereka jawab, ''Tak suka tapi sebab tembikai ni bentuk love''(lepastu buat muka cute). Rasa nak gigit dorang ni. Comel :)

Lompat Tikam. 40 bowl per day mesti siapkan depending berapa ramai cust.

Apam comel. XD



Some kuih. Ada banyakk lagi. Hari-hari tukar.

Ulam-ulaman..Ohh petai! (Gilapetai)

Condiments untuk nasi kerabu. Tauge!! Saya suka tauge!

Bau-bau ikan bakar~~

Buffet line.

TomYam. I love it when the chef cooked by himself! The best ever.

Bawang jeruk.Telur masin.Another nasi kerabu condiments.

Rojak buah!! Seriuss sedap.

Chef yang baik hati. :)

Im glad so gladd. Bersyukur juga dapat merasa bekerja semasa berpuasa. Tapi penat-penat kerja pun berat tak turun-turun, naik je. Hmmm. Oooopss what a loooooong entry. 

Until then.

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