17 Signs You Might Be a Workaholic

Are we workaholic person? I search about this topic as it really fits me. I want to know do I a workaholic person. So, these are the signs that we might be a workaholic:

No. 1: You’re the first to arrive in the office and the last to leave

No. 2: You work through lunch hour. Every lunch hour

No. 3: You don’t have any real hobbies

No. 4: You get stressed when you’re not at work

No. 5: You can’t get no satisfaction

No. 6: You devalue personal priorities

No. 7: You don’t take real vacations

No. 8: You don’t take real vacations

No. 9: You report for duty even when you’re sick

No. 10: You don’t feel well

No. 11: You’re too accessible

No. 12: You’re hiding work from loved ones

No. 13: You micromanage

No. 14: You’ve never told your boss “No.”

No. 15: And you rarely tell your friends “Yes.”

No. 16: You constantly overbook

No. 17: You don’t ever call yourself a workaholic

More info at http://money.usnews.com/money/careers/slideshows/17-signs-you-might-be-a-workaholic

             

How to Make A Decision?

Bismillah and Assalamualaikum.
Today I learn something new in my class about "How to Make A Decision?". I think it is very important to be discussed because most people had difficulty in making decisions in their life from trivial things like which clothes we should wear until making a big decision such as to get married to a stranger that we already knew them a couple of months or maybe years. From the articles, I read in class, there were three ways on how we going to solve our confusion in making decision:

1. Be Logical
We should be rational by figuring out the factors or reasons that influence our decision. For example,

Problem: We always took a long time to choose the best clothes every morning.
Reason: We did not want to wear the same stuff,
Solution: Why not we start planning a little bit earlier on the weekend or at least the night before we start our day.

Another example,

Problem: Have no idea to eat for lunch
Reason: Getting bored eating same food every day
Solution: Find a nice and different restaurant or probably we could plan our meal by cooking on your own or make a schedule on which food we going to eat that week.

It might sound silly, but I just given you a general idea on how to make a decision by logical thinking. It could be easy to follow or not for certain people. All depend on YOU!

Next..

2. Be intuitive
Follow your gut! Sometimes we tend to follow our feeling in deciding something. But, BE AWARE! It may make you more confusing and totally lost if because the chance for you to decide a right thing is maybe 50 percent or less than that. It is not a specific number, but, I would say it is quite difficult to solve problems by following our heart that might lead you to worst result. However, it is not a big deal if we want to choose this way.

Finally..

3. Take a chance
I think most people use this in making a decision. For example, we start our education in kindergarten, then went to primary and secondary school, further study to foundation or diploma, pursue study for Bachelor's Degree, get married, have a family, decide to take Master and Ph.D. and the list goes on.

I tell you what when I ask my friend about their planning after completing Diploma. They said, "I don't know. I just follow the flow." Personally, I would say most of us do not have a life planning instead of just follow the fate that been set for them. I am not saying it is  a bad thing because sometimes it could be good, but sometimes it totally not good. Like I said just now, it all depends on YOU!


Actually these are my personal opinion and suggestion about "How to Make A Decision?". You might agree or disagree with mine. I just give my own view based on the articles I learn today. But, it's okay. Everyone has their own perspective on a certain issue. You can share your thoughts by drop your comment in my entry.

                                  

I need to relax!!!

Bismillah and Assalamualaikum.
Since I join IELTS preparation class this month, I had a busy day. I need to wake up early in the morning. Then, I must get ready to go to class that start at 9 until 1.20 pm. At 2, I go for work until 6 pm. Then I back home, taking a bath, dinner, prayer and straight away going to desk and start studying. Finally, I will go to bed at 11 or 12 pm. So, the routine repeating for next day. It's quite tough. Sometimes I feel exhausted and relly need rest. But how I could find a suitable time as now I struggling with IELTS exam for next month? So, these are few ways for me to catch a little bit breath:

1. Cut off from social media accounts
I ever heard from another blog saying that we must stop ourselves from checking any social media things when you going to start your early day because it might make you feel mess up with all those stuff. So, YES! I DID THAT! And I found that after I decide not to check my Facebook, Instagram Whatsapp, Gmail and so on, I feel more calm and have a peaceful mind. So, instead what I do? I will just recite a dua', zikr, motivates myself to be a better person and improve my spoken English by talking to myself (okay, that sounds a little bit crazy, but I did that.. haha). I will back to social media when I finish my class or work.

2. Get a sleep booster during break time
My class will end at 1.20 pm and I went to work by taking a train at LRT station. It took 15 minutes to reach my destination. So, I used that time to sleep for  a while to boost my mind that already exhausted because consumed too much lesson previously. Make a dua' to Allah hopes that our sleep has been a reward as a good deed because we already lost our energy to learn Allah's knowledge.

3. Doing hobbies
I really enjoy reading other people's blog, reading books, sharing useful information to friends through Whatsapp, doing house chores, walk around, watching tv or Youtube and the list go on. I used to do all these when I feel tired and need little space to energize myself into a normal state. It is okay if you really need to relax. Islam is not torturing you to work 24/7 until you couldn't walk straight like a drunk person. Just make sure you do beneficial hobbies that may not only gain your energy back but you also gain reward from Allah S.W.T.

4. Sleep early
I usually sleep at 11 or near 12 pm. I think this is important because we already work hard during the daytime. Allah had given us a night to rest so we must use this privilege. Have a good sleep so we can get ready for next day with a great mind, high spirit and be enthusiastic!!

All in all, these are my style on how to get off my stressful and busy day. You might have something else that more interesting to unwind yourselves from all toughest day. If you don't have any, just try to come out with something amazing!

                                      

Lesson from from Al-Asr- We have ENOUGH TIME!!

Bismillah. This is my first post in English. At first, I feel doubtful to post my article in English, but I take it as a challenge as now I am busy preparing for my IELTS exam next month. I feel tensed but never mind. It's a normal thought.

In IELTS exam, it divided into four parts that are Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking. What makes me got anxiety to all these part is how I can plan time wisely especially for reading and writing part as the time given is one hour only!! I already do lots of exercises and feel not confident to abide with the time.

But, Allah The Most Grateful has answered my uncertainty by verses from Quran that is Al-Asr:

In the name Of Allah The Most Gracious and The Most Merciful

I swear by the time,   (1)
Most surely man is in loss,  (2)
Except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each other truth, and enjoin on each other patience.  (3)

Why is Allah telling that human is in the loss unless people who doing good deeds? I am not good in explaining deeply about this verses. If I saying the wrong explanation, please correct me because I never learn in details about Hadith and Quran.

We keep telling ourselves that we don't have much time to do this and that. In my opinion as an ordinary worshipper, Allah gave us time to do beneficial things. If we fill our time with something unnecessary such as gossiping, watching television, playing games, Facebooking, Whatsapp and so on, when  are we going to finish our important works? We need to keep priority at the top of our list. Thus, we WILL have enough time to do lots of things.

So, how I am going to use Allah words to help me in my exam? Of course, I must arrange my time effectively by setting a target. How much time do I need to brainstorm the idea? How much does time require to finish the essay and spend a time to check any error from the essay? A lot of practices should be taken. I hope we can use our time productively, InsyaAllah.
                         

                           

Resepi Mihun Sup Simple

Assalamualaikum. Alhamdulilah, hari ni dah hari ke-6 puasa. Puasa sunat kerrr?? No no noo. Puasa ganti. Ehem2. *tersipu malu* Masa kerja petang tu, kawan dok tanya farah masak ke untuk buka puasa nanti? Saya dengan yakinnya jawab mak yang masak. Tapi, tup tup bila sampai rumah je, tengok mak dah terbaring kepenatan. Penat kerja gamaknya. Pukul 6 tu dia bangun tidur, bagitahu yang dia tak masak lagi. Saya cakap takyah masak la. Biar saya je yang masak sebab yang lain dah makan. Kesian pulak dia nak masak semata-mata untuk saya. Sendiri puasa, sendiri la masak kann. hehehe.. Saya pun masa tu tengah mengidam mihun sup. Jadi saya pun macam biasa akan belek buku resepi Chef Hanieliza. Panjangnya bebel. mesti hangpa tak baca pun intro ni. Yalah, niat nak cari resepi, bukannya nak dengar kita bebel kann.. uhukss.

Bahan-bahan untuk menyediakan mihun sup:

Bahan A
1. Mihun. Rendam la dengan air panas ikut banyak mana hangpa nak dan tuskan.
2. Ayam@Udang@Daging@Bebola ikan. Nak letak semua pun takpe. Lagi meriah sup kita.hehe
3. Sayur sawi, lobak merah dan cendawan
4. Daun sup dan bawang goreng sebagai hiasan
5. Garam, perencah maggi cukup rasa, lada hitam atau lada sulah
6. Air
 
Bahan B (untuk tumis)
1. Bawang merah.- hiris
2. Bawang putih- hiris
3. Halia- hiris
4. 1 inci kulit kayu manis
5. 1 bunga lawang
6. 2 buah pelaga
7. 3 bunga cengkih

Cara membuatnya:
1. Tumis bahan B sehingga wangi
2. Maukkan ayam, udang, daging dan seangkatan dengannya
3. Seterusnya masukkan sayur-sayuran
4. Tambahkan air ikut banyak mana anda nak
9. Masukkan garam, perencah dan lada hitam@lada sulah
10. Tunggu sehingga mendidih. Selepas siap, taburkan daun sup dan bawang goreng
11. Sedia dihidang bersama mihun tadi. hehe

Haa. tak sempurna kalau makan mihun sup takde cili pedas tu

Bahannya ialah,
- Cili padi
- Kicap manis
- Cuka
- Garam
- Gula

Caranya>>>>>> Campurkan kesemuanya. Siap!! :)

Selamat Mencuba!! ^_^

Inilah hasil air tangan saya.. ;)

Resipi Ayam Goreng Berempah sempoii~~

Assalamualaikum. Alhamdulilah sekarang boleh merehatkan diri selepas bertungkus lumus memasak di dapur. Woottt2. Menu hari ni ialah ayam goreng berempah dan ikan masam manis.  Farah nak kongsikan cara mudah dan sempoi a.k.a ikut suka hati je nak masak macam mana nak buat ayam goreng berempah. Walaupun hentam kromo je buat, tapi yang paling penting sedap! Nyum2. :')

Bahan2:
- Ayam
- Satu sudu rempah kari ikan
- Satu sudu lada sulah
- 5 ulas bawang putih
- 1 inci halia
- 3 batang serai (farah tak letak pun serai ni. Sebab takde dlm peti sejuk. Ahakkss. Tp ayam still sedap arr. Hehe)
- Garam
-  Daun kari. Suka hati la nak letak berapa banyak pun daun kari ni. Lagi banyak lagi harum mewangiiii, selamannyaa.. Ooohhhhh ~bak kata akim lagu mewangi tuu~ kahkahhh

Cara memasak:
1. Basuh ayam dulu bersih2. Lepas tu letakkan rempah kari, lada sulah, garam dan bahan yang telah dikisar iaitu bawang putih, halia dan serai.

2. Masukkan daun kari juga. Dan gaul ayam tu dengan sebati.

3. Perapkan ayam selama setengah jam.

4. Siap untuk digoreng!

Inilah hasilnyaa.. ^_^

Sebenarnye ayam tu kurang rempah. Kene banyak gunakan bawang putih, halia dan serai. Tapi boleh laaa.. Sedap la juga. Hehe. Selamat mencuba uollss. ;)

Review: Nexcare Acne Patch

Assalamualaikum. Saya ni sebenarnye di dunia realiti mempunyai masalah jerawat di muka yang agak tak berape nak serius tapi memberi tekanan jiwa yang agak serius. Huhuhu. Orang kata, "jangan picit!! Nanti tinggal parut". Jadi, untuk elakkan tangan ni gatal memicit jerawat bernanah di muka ni, maka adik saya cadangkan penggunaan acne patch.

Cara gunakan senang je. Korang tempek je acne patch tu kat jerawat yg ada nanah. Biarkan semalaman, insyaAllah esok pagi korang akan dapat lihat di bende bulat tu ada nanah yang dah keluar dari jerawat tu.. Haa, lepas ni boleh la pergi beli acne patch ni di guardian atau watson. Saya jarang beli dah sekarang. Malas nak tempek kat muka. Ahakss.. Adik saya selalu beli yang 36 patch tu dengan harga 15.80 dan diskaun selalunye dapat rm11.80. 

Selamat mencuba! ^_^

Anak Dara Pemalas ~ boleh cuba resepi ni~

Assalamualaikum. Hamboiii, rajin pulak kita nak update resepi hari ni ye. Tapi, sharing is caring kan. So, kenelah kongsi pada yang memerlukan. Lagi2 pada anak2 dara kat luar sana yang malas sangat nak masak (termasuklah orang yang share resipi ni :-P ). Meh sini kita nak share resepi Sup Daging yang tersangat-sangat la senang. Sekarang ni zaman dah maju la uolls.. Semua bende di hujung jari. Rajin tak rajin je nak mencari dan cuba. Cume resepi ni kita bukan dapat dari hujung jari la. Kita dapat dari resepi Adabi sendiri. hehehe

Rempah ratus semua dah siap dalam ni haa.. beli je kat kedai. ahaksss

Cara masak sup daging dah siap ada kat belakang plastik tu haa.. senang kan nak masak? takyah pening2. hehehe

Lepas ni korang boleh terus pi kedai, carilah paket Sup Bunjut Adabi ni kalau tak reti sangat nak masak sup ayam atau daging. Sonang jo. InsyaAllah. Saya dah cuba, anda bila lagi? muah cikeddd. hehehe. Selamat memasak.. ;)

Resepi Mudah Ayam Masak Merah

Assalamualaikum ^_^. Lame sangat tak update blog sebab tak tahu nak cakap pasal ape, ahakss. Hari ni saya rajin nak kongsikan resepi ayam masak merah yang saya belajar dari nenek saya sehari sebelum raya haritu. Saya panggil nenek saya ni tokami. Senang je nak masak ayam masak merah ni. Bagi anak-anak dara yang baru nak belajar masak pun insyaALLAH boleh la nak try sebab tak renyah mane pun masakan die. hehe

Gambar ni saya amik kat tenet. tapi lebih kurang jadi macam ni la ayam kita. hehe :)

Bismillah..

Bahan-bahan yang diperlukan tak banyak pun:

- Ayam. mestilah kene ada ayam. dah name pun nak masak ayam masak merah kannn. hehehe
- Bawang merah. bawang ni ikut banyak mane ayam yang kita nak masak. kalau sikit je, mungkin tak banyak la kuah yang kita dapat. kalau takat nak makan untuk 4 orang camtu, 3-4 ulas cukup kot. ikut ampa laaa
- Bawang putih same jugak, selalunya saya kalau amik 3 ulas bwg merah, saya akan doublekan bawang putih. mungkin dalam 6 ulas cmtu. hehe
- 1 inci halia
- Cili boh
- Sos tomato
- Air. kalau tak nak tambah air pun takpe. banyak sangat air takut cair plak kuah merah tu.hehe
- Garam dan perencah secukup rasa Maggi.

Cara memasak: (mulakan setiap langkah dengan bismillah ;) )

1.  Gaulkan ayam dengan kunyit dan garam. Goreng ayam tu dulu sampai jadi mcm ayam goreng tuu. ada orang tak goreng ayam tu, mereka terus masak je. tapi kami suka goreng dulu, sebab nak kasi ayam tu garing. hehe

2. Sambil2 tunggu ayam tu garing, kita kisar dulu bawang merah, bawang putih dan halia.

3. Lepas ayam dh siap goreng, kita ambil sedikit lebihan minyak goreng ayam tadi untuk kita tumiskan bahan kisar tadi.

4. Masukkan cili boh dan sos tomato. Tunggu sehingga pecah minyak.

5. Bila dah pecah minyak, barulah kita masukkan garam dan perencah secukup Maggi tuu. adjust2 la rasa tu untuk dapatkan rasa yang ampa suka. hehe

6. Akhir sekali, masukkan ayam. Gaul sebati kuah merah tu dengan ayam.

7. Alhamdulilah. Siap! Sedia untuk dihidang dengan nasi putih panas! nyum2..

Selamat Mencuba ^_^

Panjang angan-angan

Telah bersabda Rasulullah SAW:

"Dua hal yang paling aku cemaskan atas engkau; panjang angan-angan dan mengikut hawa nafsu. Sesungguhnya panjang angan-angan itu dapat melupakan akhirat, sedang mengikuti hawa nafsu dapat menjauhkan diri dari kebenaran." Aku menjamin tiga orang dengan tiga hal; orang yang gila dunia, orang yang rakus mengumpulkannya dan orang yang kikir harta benda, dengan kefakiran yang tidak akan kaya sudahnya, kesibukan yang tidak ada sudahnya, serta kesulitan yang tidak pernah ada jalan keluarnya.

Al-Mujahid berkata, "Abdullah bin Umar berkata kepadaku: Diwaktu pagi janganlah kau bicara pada dirimu tentang waktu petang hari, dan jika waktu petang hari jangan pula bicara pada dirimu tentang waktu pagi. Gunakan hidupmu sebelum matimu! Serta sihatmu sebelum sakitmu. Engkau tidak tahu apa yang menimpa esok!"

Rujukan: Terjemahan Kitab Mukashafah Al Qulub Imam Al Ghazali

Mengumpat

Ghibah (Mengumpat) dan Memfitnah

Allah SWT mencela orang ghibah bagaikan memakan bangkai:

"Janganlah setengah kamu mengumpat yang lain. Sukakah salah seorang kamu memakan daging saudaranya yang telah mati (bangkai)." (Surah Al-Hujurat: 12)

Rasulullah SAW bersabda:

"Takutlah ghibah. Ia lebih buruk dari zina. Lelaki berzina lalu taubat, Allah menerima taubatnya. Sedangkan Allah tidak mengampuni orang yang ghibah sebelum orang yang diumpat memaafkannya."

Telah bersabda Rasulullah SAW:

"Siapa mengumpat bermaksud menghinakan saudaranya, Allah meletakkannya di jambatan Neraka pada hari kiamat. Hingga bebas dari apa yang dikatakannya."

Juga beliau bersabda:

"Ghibah itu menuturkan keburukan saudaramu sama ada badan, nasab, perbuatan, ucapan, agama, dunia, bahkan baju selendang atau tunggangannya."

Hingga setengah orang dahulu berkata, " Jika kau katakan pakaian: pakaian sifulan kebesaran atau kekecilan, itu termasuk ghibah. Apa lagi kau sebut sesuatu yang menyakitkannya."

Dirawikan bahawa perempuan pendek datang kepada Rasulullah SAW untuk suatu keperluan. Setelah dia keluar, Aisyah berkata, " Wah, pendeknya dia." Segera Rasulullah berkata, " Engkau telah mengumpatnya hai Aisyah!" Telah bersabda Rasulullah SAW:

"Jangan kalian berghibah. Dalamnya ada tiga keburukan: Doanya tidak dikabulkan, kebaikannya tidak diterima dan akan ditimpakan padanya keburukan orang yang diumpat."

Beliau bersabda dalam mencela tukang fitnah:

" Manusia terburuk di hari kiamat ialah bermuka dua. Iaitu tukang fitnah. Dia datang pada mereka dengan suatu muka dan datang pada yang lain dengan muka yang lain. Siapa bermuka dua di dunia, di hari kiamat berlidah dua dari api."

Dirawikan dari Jabir bin Abdullah Al-Anshari ra: Angin ghibah itu telah menghembus di zaman Rasulullah SAW tetapi sedikit. Kini banyaklah ghibah dan meluas baunya hingga sulit dibezakan. Ini ibarat lelaki datang ke rumah tukang samak. Ia tidak tahan di situ kerana bau busuk.Pada hal penghuninya makan minum di situ dan tidak mencium bau busuk kerana hidungnya telah biasa. Demikian halnya soal ghibah di zaman kita. 

Berkata Ka'ab ra: Kubaca sebahagian kitab, "Siapa mati bertaubat dari ghibah, ia orang terakhir masuk syurga. Siapa mati biasa berghibah, ia orang pertama masuk neraka."

Rujukan: Terjemahan Kitab Mukashafah Al Qulub Imam Al Ghazali