Book Review :100 Ways To Boost Your Self Confidence by Barton Goldsmith

"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time."

- Anna Freud -

Recently, I like to read motivation books that inspires me through daily life. I think as I'm getting older I tend to realize the reality of life.

What I'm trying to say is that I need to be more serious in life. Mostly I'm trying to figure out what I want to do in life or finding my career. Hence this book helped me a lot. I know this book is about self-confidence but from my point of view, it's about having self-confidence in making decision of finding your own path. Trust me, I still don't know what I'm doing now.

I mean yes I'm still furthering my study, yes I have a part time job that pays me well and I love it but and then what? Marriage? Not so fast. Anyway, this is a very good book. The words and sentences are simple and easy to understand. The best part is, it provides simple tips yet they works. Let me share you some that I have tried.

Framed your achievements

Sometimes, you forget that you have done great things in life such as graduating from college, awards and many more. It reminds me that if I had done this before, I could do this again. It really boost up your confidence level.

Give yourself a good shave (face or legs)

It's another instant refresher and in addition when we know we are looking our best, we are naturally more confident.

Wash your car inside and out

If you don't think this applies to you, just remember when your space is clean and neat, you tend to enjoy the journey and feel good about yourself.

Organize your closet and get rid of anything that no longer fits

Throw out the old makes the room for the new. Same goes with your life. Buang yang keruh ambil yang jernih.

Cook a lovely meal

Who doesn't love food? Sharing it with someone you love or respect will make it even more nurturing.

Gracias!

Saga Hill Hike

Hi guys! So late last month my KL Fit Challenge Coaches decided to make outdoor work out. We were allowed to invite family and friends so I brought Nina along. We gathered around 8 am at the club before heading there together since most of us didn't know the way to Saga Hill. We were so excited since it was our first hike in our twenties LOL.

One thing I didn't like was lack of parking space. One was because we got there a bit late than we should and it was weekend.

There were no toilets provided therefore you need to be prepared. There was a small stall which sold bananas and other fruits as well to boost up your energy before you start hiking. I didn't snapped any picture on the way up as I was worried I would tripped and smashed down the camera.

It was raining slightly after about 15 minutes of hiking hence we needed to be careful with our steps. Luckily it stopped after 5 minutes or so and we could see beautiful little mushrooms started to blossom after the rain.  

The route was fine at first but it got harder and harder with so many high steps but I still could bear with it. Nina was so exhausted and wanted to throw up. Might be due to her lack of exercise and breakfast. I was afraid that she wanted to give up. I kept telling her she could do it and didn't want to miss the chance to see the top view. I was proud she made it then!

We were so relieved and happy to make it to the top even though we were only welcomed with just a sign board LOL.

Pictures of people who made it to the top! We called it board of achievement.

Can I just lay down and appreciate a little moment of good day after rain?

A little corner for resting.

We only could peeped the stunning view through the trees but too bad the picture don't do any justice. 

These were the coaches who were responsible of our exhausted morning. Coach Kevin and his wife Coach Jamie.

We stayed at the top for 20 minutes and later headed down. We decided to take another route which was steeper to challenge ourselves.

Managed to finish it in just twenty minutes. Yeay!

Took some pictures while waiting for others.

Thank you for all the crews in making the hike more fun and exciting. We were sweating like crazy and it was a very good work out. For those who are looking for a hike on weekend I would suggest for you to come here as the route is moderate for the starters. The routes are easy making the chances of getting lost are very low. You will always find another hikers on the way up and down and most of them are very friendly and encouraging. Give it a try!

Address :

Bukit Saga, Taman Saga,

 Ampang, Kuala Lumpur.

My 2013 so far

        I know it's too early for me to say that I think this year is a lot better than last year. But my 2013 so far has been very good. Of course I've been through lots of ups and downs. I'm a person who doesn't cry when I feel sad or things don't go right or not the way I've expected. But this year , I did cried a couple of times due to frustrations. BUT it didn't weaken me. Everyone has their own problems in their lives but it's the way they handle the situations make them who they are today. I've decided to list down my ups and downs to see how far I've come and for my inspirational and others too.

Downs

Failed my test
I'd studied hard for my exams and tests this year because I wanted it to be the last and the best for me. I was stressed when I didn't manage to understand what I'd studied . Trust me , when you're trying to do the best of the things you're not interested into was very2 hard. I didn't had much friends to ask about my papers because I'm staying with mama. I only depended on what's app , BBM , Twitter and facebook to ask things I didn't understand. And when the result came out , I failed one out of three papers . I was so upset and cried and didn't understand why it happened to me because I worked so hard for it.

SUKMA
Volleyball is always gonna be my favourite sport to play. However , when I was in lower school I got chosen to play for Kelantan but my grandpa didn't allow me to play because he only believed girl with sport was just not working. He said sports were only for boys to play. He didn't know I had worked so hard to be chosen to become a state player and I had to decline just like that just because he said girls couldn't play sports. Later , I got to play for Terengganu and the match would be held in Sarawak. I'd already got the ticket but the answer was still no. Then I grew up and finally can made my decision but I had to miss SUKMA because I needed to go back to my hometown for a visit to my grandparents. I don't know what else to describe my feeling at that time but I believe everything happens for a reason. So I moved on.

Know the true colours 
This one did changed my aspect of life. I really didn't expect my bestfriend who I trusted the most , who I really cared about , who I was so happy to be friend with is a back stabber. Later I knew , she talked bad things about me and most of them weren't true. When I said bad , it was really2 bad. After these years , she was actually didn't want me to be friend with her because she said that I told lots of lies just to look cool among our friends. Why didn't she just tell me she doesn't like me instead of being nice to me? That's it. Goodbye to a person who used to be so close to me.

Ups

Birthday gift
I never thought my birthday would be celebrated by mama and sisters. They bought me a cake and a meaningful gift. Last time I got a birthday cake from them was in my 18th birthday. Lol. Seriously guys , I always woke up on my birthday hoping something would happened but well nothing happened. BUT this year was different! Thank you mama , Cella and Nina!

Manage to pass
Like what I'd told earlier , I failed one of my tests. So I registered it again. To be honest , I didn't trust myself anymore. I was so upset to study back with little time. But I did it anyway because I just couldn't give up easily. This was when mama and boyfriend and friends had become so supportive and understanding. The best part was when my boyfriend bought me ice-cream when I was so stressed with my study. It was so sweet. And then , the result came out and I PASSED it ! Wohoo! I was so happy and almost dancing in my room. Alhamdulillah and thank you mama and Ejam and friends for everything! I really appreciate what you had done to me through my hard times.

SUKOB
Finally , I managed to play volleyball for my college for the last time. I didn't thought it would be so much fun and we'd won. It was hard at first because our teamwork was a disaster. Maybe due to age difference made it harder to achieve. And then , we discussed about it and puff ( I know it sounds weird) we became like best friends and with great teamwork made it easier for us to win. We managed to prove we are the best and can't be underestimated by others.

New friends
Later I get so many friends from volleyball team both girls and boys. And unexpected friends who really2 helped me through my hardship. Even though most of them are boys but they were really2 supportive and still are. I am so lucky to be blessed by good and caring friends. Thank you !

Unexpected gifts
I really didn't see it coming. I thought it was a joke. But he didn't! He bought me a new phone because I was always complaining about my BB. Actually my Blackberry doesn't always troubles me much but yeah. But I didn't ask a new one. Trust me lol. Thank you so much for the gift and also for buying the handbag. Seriously, you've spoiled me. Haha Oh well.

Relationship 
Since I've spent so much time at grandma's , I became close with my Acik Ayu (aunty) and Acik Wan (uncle). We always do late night chat until morning about random things. Sometimes , we watch home movies together while eating kuaci (sunflower seed). And play badminton every evening and laughing about how "professional" we are in badminton. The best part is grandma is doing well with her better sight after surgery and is recovering. Relationship with my boyfriend is getting better even though we had a fight recently about stupid things but hey it got better and better. I'm just lucky!

Kelantan
I visited my grandparents on my father's side. It didn't turn out good because grandpa always grumpy and overprotective. He still treats me like I'm still a little girl. But grandma surprised me.She had changed a lot. I mean in a good way. She cooked pulut ayam for me because that is my favourite food. She also had given me a little gift before I headed back to KL which I can't mention here because it's too private. Thank you thank you so much Tok Ayah and Nenek. I love you so much !

Thank you so much for reading!

2013 Resolutions

Hi guys ! It's already on 16th day of 2013 and I don't think it's too late to make this year resolutions right? I've read many bloggers post about their lists and how they plan to achieve it. And of course you guys have your own lists too. This really inspires me a lot to make my own list so I only made three resolutions for this year. Here we go !

• Must drink a lot of water during the day and less water during the night.

• Get a job

• and the last and my favourite one is to go to Pangkor Island

 those are all for this year..how bout yours? Thank you so much for reading this entry..till we meet again..bye ~

p/s image from google

Follow me !

Hi there! Just wanna post short update here. Lately I love to take a lot of pictures. Not camwhoring of course but I feel inspire to capture the beauty of life. To know that there are many small things happen that I didn't notice. I wanna see another scope of life , another perspective of world and later find out life is wonderful and everything is beautiful in this world. So I've made my Tumblr account (since I don't have Instagram which is kind of sad ) so that I can share what I had captured with my cheap lens and shorter post rather than here in blogspot. I may not as good as professional photographer but the main point is to capture life. So here's some pictures you can find at my Tumblr.

 

So here's the link of my Tumblr Rai901

Feel free to follow mine and if you have beautiful things to share please feel free to do so. Thank you so much! Love ~

My drawing ~

Hello everyone ! When I woke up this morning I got an email from Nuffnang about Comic Bloggers Gathering & I have to make my own comic in order to join it..and I was like naahh..I won't join it..the point is I can't draw! I don't know why I got completely zero talent while my sister is so very good at drawing ..then I accidentally read a quote saying "You should do the things you think you can not do" & I was like why not??!

Talking about drawing it really brings back some memories when I was in secondary school..all students had to attend drawing class before some of us would be divided and would be attending music class which I was not good either ! So first class we were asked to sketch pictures of fruits..I hate it so much..when the teacher asked to submit it , I lied by telling her I already submitted it..so my teacher was like "really ? I can't find your drawing" and I acted real well so at last my teacher decided to just give B+ for that assignment..I was so happy but I know it was wrong and I promised myself no matter what I won't lie again..plus if she reads this I would be dead LOL haha ~

So this what I come out with..

I know I know..my drawing is really-really bad..I'm sorry you guys have to see this -.-' ..it's not really a comic type drawing but that's all I can came out with..huhu

Sorry for my weird expression..was trying hard not to laugh -.-'

I always love gathering..the best part is I love to meet new people especially bloggers..honestly I get a bit jealous ( a bit okay ) when I read about other bloggers blogged about Churpout and joining other cool events..it's awesome when you can share a lot of things to other bloggers..but I know , new blogger like me would have small  chance..maybe tiny minie chance of it..but oh well I just try my luck here ..till then bye guys..thanks for reading =)

Dying

Hello guys ! Sorry for not updating blog in such a period...it's been a stressful weeks as I got tests coming before exams..the problem is I'm dying to go out and see the world..alright I  mean I need a vacation..I want to run wildly at the beach and have a great dinner with the sea view behind and might be tanning my skin a bit..but I realise that I've got to finish my exam first..so I've postpone my photoshoot ..hopefully the photographer would understand..have you guys seen the Mad Market hosted by Hanis Zalikha just now?? It really kills me inside as I haven't shop for about 3 month I guess..can you believe it?? Haha..anyway..goodluck guys for those taking the exams..let's do our best !

Nitemare

I woke up bout few hours ago..n i cn't continue my sleepg..i had nitemare...i dunno whter it's consider as bad dream..bcuz i dreamt bout meetg like "bunian" peep..it occured in my room in grandpa's house..but this "bunian" peple is a guy...i mean hndsome guy!..hahaha
that's why it's hard 4 me 2 say this is a bad dream..hahah..when he smiled at me, i was like..melting..hahah...but i also dreamt bout banshee!..
argh!..*grandpa..wat hve u done? i'll b back soon 2 vsit u la..hahah


*bunian = elf