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Motivational article: Dealing With Expectations

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Dear all, I hope you are all doing good. I know its almost the end of the year and exams are drawing near. As for me, a brand new academic year just started within a month ago. I know there are some unreplied comments, messages. Please bear with me and I will reply as soon as I can.  Today, my blog topic is one that most of you can relate to and that is expectations. If there is a word that I would like to eliminate from my dictionary (one that I rarely mention even) is the word 'expectation'. I feel like that word is slightly harsh or hard in a way. For example, I always think its better to phrase a sentence with " I hope that things will go well." versus " I expect things will go well." Well, I do start thinking if I hear this statement, what is the consequences then if that person's expectations are not met???" Ooooh I start to feel the tension and stress even imagining this scenario. Then I think to myself, why did I decide to write this?

Motivation of the Month

Hi guys :) Hope everyone is doing great and I know I literally haven't wrote for months and probably the last long post was 4 months ago. Since then, I had my final exam for second year, then a very interesting geochemistry lab course, a research project still ongoing, trips to Cambridge and Brighton then Ramadan back home in Malaysia, then the start of my internship, then Raya and back to internship and now today. That sentence summed up my activities for the past couple of months.  This year 2015 I feel so much more mature than my previous years, I feel more adult than I usually have haha, well those teenager days do drop by once in awhile.  Oh dear, as I am writing this now I realise how much I enjoy writing and talking on my blog and how much I have missed it.  Although I have been busy, I think some of you may want to know that I recently received my Year 2 results and alhamdulillah overall 1st class :')  It is not easy getting a first class in my university be

How to Deal With Homesickness

Dear Readers,  I am very happy to write tonight, I know its been months and I've been through a lot of adventure. I believe you deserve to know what I've been up to since I last blogged. Well in mid March I went for my fieldtrip to Pyrenees it was like the Urra trip I had last year but much better :) Then as soon as I returned to London, my mum, brother and sister arrived here for a holiday. I was very delighted and super duper happy with their presence, I always miss them so very much. We spent two weeks going around London, having my mum's cookings again, we went for a short trip to Paris, Cotsworld, Oxford and Stratford. We went for a tour in Wembley Stadium, to Chessington Park, to Olympic Park, Hyde Park, and many more exciting places. It was such a beautiful dream for me and also a good break from studying. As soon as they left to Malaysia, I began studying for my final exam at the end of April which ended last Friday. I was really sad at first. Whenever I saw anyth

Don't Look Down

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My yoga instructor said something today that really made me think. He was trying to tell us to keep our heads and eye up on the ceiling while doing a difficult binding pose. And then he said " Don't look down or else you will fall down". While continuing my yoga session, I was thinking to myself about that statement. It actually means a lot more than we think. Its sort of like a life message. Firstly, it tells us not to look down on ourselves or else people will look down on us too and we will shake our self-confidence by always criticising or belittling things that we do. SO never ever look down on yourself too much. I say too much here because next comes the second meaning of the phrase. Do not look down on people because if you do, people will dislike you over time and you will lose all the means of happiness, being loved and living life peacefully. Some people tend to find reasons to look down on others and it can be due to very simple reasons. Its unbelievable

A Must-Listen Motivational Speech

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Dear Readers, Whether you are a student or working or even simply searching for an inspiration in life, spare 15 minutes of your time to listen to this speech till the end. The story of someone with great motivation to succeed and proves to you if someone homeless could achieve amazing success, so could you. Hope you are all doing good, best wishes from me and have a productive and wonderful week :):):)

Feeling Great About Yourself?

That answer should be YES ! :) My post today will be mainly about motivating yourself. No matter how motivated a person seems to be, how happy or positive she/ he is, there will be down times where they feel like in a pit or like getting away from all the difficult challenges and reality of the world. They feel like living life the way they like to be, away from all negativity and forgetting about any problems temporarily. The quickest way to get there for me is by reading a storybook. Yup, it takes me to another world and I just become completely immersed for a moment and imagine that I am the main character.  Sometimes when I am feeling really down, what I'll do is pray to God and and talk to Him. Then I will speak to those very close to me because I am a very expressive person and just need to express my feelings to let it all out. If it is really bothering I will write it down or find a solution. But if that thing bothering me is shaking my confidence as well, then I will r

How to Overcome Your Fear and Stay Confident

Dear Readers, I know its been some time since I updated wow! When I checked the last date that I posted only did I realise. Its one of those transitions that consume a lot of time like before I returned to UK I was busy catching up with family and friends, buying the numerous things I needed here and getting ready for campus life again. When I reached here it was unpacking, moving to my new place then arranging my stuff, settling in going to uni, to banks, exploring the new place then catching up with friends over here and telling your family all about the new place :) Now that I'm the Yoga VP more work load piles up. On top of that, I'm also the temporary Secretary so enough said. You know what I mean. Official classes started yesterday so I had a full day. Freshers fair was last Tuesday so I was promoting yoga to the newbies and answering any questions people had, trying to recruit members. That was amazing ! I really enjoy public relations, speaking and interacting with a

Being Grateful & Kind Makes You Happy

Dear beloved readers, hope you are doing good and had a wonderful weekend. I definitely did! My brother's pool party and the wedding kept me busy throughout. This morning my brother, sister, dad and I played tennis, it such a relaxing day after 1 week of outings with my girlfriends, 1 week of vacation, 1 week of party planning and now this 1 week will be for pampering myself and catching up with errands. I just had a cup of Nescafe and sat on the sofa when I felt like writing a few motivation words here. Motivation is not a one-off thing, its something that you need constantly like food, air, clean water. When you feel slightly demotivated then you know what you should do. Get your motivation book out, start reading and listening to words of wisdom. A few days ago, I was sitting next to the pool while doing something important on my laptop. The internet connection in my home was not very good at that time so I needed to use the alternative. While I was starting to turn on my lapt

Motivation of the Week

Dear all,  I hope everyone is doing good, I just finished packing for my holiday tomorrow and now feel like writing here. Last week was an outing week I would call it. And this week would be labelled as Vacation week. I'm enjoying my holidays so much, its such a nice break from the hectic uni schedules. I believe this good rest will make me more motivated to start studying again :) weeee Last week was a busy week for me, I had 4 outings 3 days in a row. I'll upload the pictures if I have a chance :) Then on Sunday I was busy attending events from 1230noon till 1030 pm, longest every so far this raya. It was such a happy day :D Today I would like to give a quick motivation. I hope everyone reading this feels more inspired after reading, besides all of us need constant motivation in our lives, including myself. Remember to be grateful for the life you have and bear in mind that things could have been worse. If you are healthy, remember how many sick people there are out

How to Maintain a Good Relationship with People

Dear all, Today's motivation topic is focused on developing and maintaining a good relationship with the important people in your life instead of my usual self-development topic. In this world, yes it is important to focus on your self-motivation, ambition, etc but at the same time, I believe that it is crucial to have a good relationship with people because different people play a different role in your life. Having a good personality, the ability to get along with people and to be beneficial to others is definitely an achievement and something to be proud of. Starting a close relationship with people is not that easy and maintaining it is actually said to be even challenging. But if you ask me, once I become close with someone and really enjoy their presence, I would personally want to maintain a good relationship with them and definitely not lose them. To me, catching up, helping each other, making the effort to see and attend gatherings together and sharing about each oth

Worry Less, Believe in Yourself More

Dear all, its been awhile since I wrote a motivation article. I know this time of the year is exam season for many people. As for myself, I am done with exams for this term :) I chose to write on this topic because I feel that it relates to almost everybody. No matter what stage of life you are in now, there have been or will be a point that you feel worried about something. I once read a quote that said " Worrying is worse than the problem itself". Its difficult to not worry about something, may it be your future, your exams, a project, or anything significant in your life.  When there is something on your mind, it is difficult to think of other things and you will be focused on trying to find a solution for that particular thing. But if you knew that someone would take care of it. There is nothing to worry about and you just need to wait and be patient for the results, how would you feel? Definitely very relieved I'm sure :) Whenever you feel worried, try to have the

Feeling Good About Yourself

Hello guys :) I finished class a little early today and feel like its time to write a motivational post. Was going to write a Valentine's story like I did 2 years earlier but couldn't think of any ideas. I'm glad so many people loved it, I'll need to brainstorm more and do send me any topic requests if you have one. Last monday was the deadline for 2 coursework, I'm so glad that's done. And I can hardly believe it that I just have 3 weeks left of official Year 1 lectures! Omg alhamdulillah that's amazing and time is passing by really fast.  Why I chose this topic is because almost everyone can relate to this. Basically everybody wants to feel good about themselves, that's why you see people with super-fashionable clothes, blue hair, Prada handbag and the list goes on. Different people feel about about themselves in different ways and I respect that. What I do not respect or tolerate are people who make themselves feel good by belittling others. You wil

Make New Year's Resolution -> Believing in Yourself

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Happy New Year 2014 everyone! I can hardly believe its a brand new year because I still remember what I did on Jan 1 2013. Lunch at Chillis, ice cream at Tutti Fruitti then my family and I went to this really nice park and played badminton. Today was a very relaxing day. I played the piano in the morning after a very long time, before that had breakfast with my parents my mum made egg mayo then I chilled and relaxed and had lunch nearby our house. Upon my request and also my brother's, we wanted to go to the same park and play badminton at the same spot as we did last year. Can you imagine the last time we played badminton there was exactly one year ago?! It just felt so lovely that I could at least spend time with my family even for a short period of time. And then we had ice cream and bubble tea. OMG Chatime's pearls finished that we had to go to Each a Cup. Stopped by a computer shop then ate this new Mentos bubble gum that looks like a sandwich and went home by 10pm. I conc

University Life & Motivation of the Week

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Hello everyone, I hope you all are doing great :) Can you believe that yesterday was the last class of term? I am so happy but can't be too happy yet because I have an exam next week, the programming one that I was telling you about. I like to look at pictures and sweet memories. Its amazing how a single picture or something can remind you of so much. When I look at certain pictures, I just can't believe that I was there at times. It just feels so close yet so far. It feels like yesterday yet long ago. Just hard to explain. At times, its amazing how so many things have happened, so many people I've met and so many places I've been to. As I'm writing this, yes I'm looking at pictures on my farewell, pictures at Cameron Highland(one of my favourites) and pictures of my cute sweetheart. My baby boy grew so much over the years and now he lost 2 teeth, lookies! I was at my study desk when this birthday card fell down. I turned it around and started r

Love Tips: Dealing With Heartbreaks

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If its a heartbreak that you're facing, a broken marriage, a failed relationship, a bad ending, please read on. Because I truly care and I may not know exactly how it feels. But what I know is that no matter what happens and you're still alive, God sees something remarkable in you and you just need to keep on going and giving your best no matter what happens. Everlasting love is what everybody hopes for. A happy ending.  Do we all get this in life? I hate to admit the truth I wish we didn't have to answer such a question. If there was real magic, I would wish that everybody has a happy ending and the ideal life they dreamed of.  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * Some of you reading this may feel very fragile and I promise that I will be very careful with my words. I love talking to you guys. Sometimes I wonder if what I write actually matters or what I blog is actually important but your thoughtful comments, the number of page views everyday

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