Holding On to Get There...

Being a postgraduate student, I've retrieved my writing skills. I was a diary person when I was a medical student as I found relief by that methods of feeling ventilation. I still keep those diaries as for my later years reflection and memory (wonder if that can be future document analysis project 😎). 

As I'm currently indulging in qualitative research, I need to polish that skills I left to more enriched and inviting ones. One of the main goal of a postgraduate student is to be graduated on time (GOT). The challenges and obstacles faced are much way complex and troublesome as compared to undergraduate as life become more complicated to most of us as we grow older 😣.

When we were left to our own timeline and schedule, our focus may be side track towards many options and temptations. Each time we want to start doing what we are supposed to do as a student, we may don't have the mood of doing it or prioritize our personal matters instead. We've made list of checklists but jumbled up the "supposed to be done" with "want to be done", which later ends up with "nothing being done".

I found that in this journey of postgraduate study really made myself to ponder and reflect my inner-self. It is important to have a good company and friends, which can always remind and encourage you to hold on and persistent in pursuing your aim goal: GOT. But most important of all is to reconnect and have a good remembrance of your Creator, as vital as the oxygen that we breathe. Sometimes we may be too dependent on human - "what if they say..." "what if they do..." "what if they think...". We will be chasing the dateline(s) and just get the things done half-heartedly. Then we should recall and remind ourselves on what is our main intention in pursuing the postgraduate at the first place. Is it just for the sake of upgrading your career and salary? proving your friends or previous bosses that you are better? These are all only worldly intentions, which we may achieve but won't sustain...as our life beyond this world.

As I drove back yesterday in the midst of traffick jams with sunset in front...the panorama strike me as if picturing my life at present. I may be trailing now, but I can see the rays of lights ahead of me as others also pursuing. I remembered what I've gained from recent Yasmin Mogahed talk: 

Never loss hope in Allah swt. Trust His Mercy, He is The most Merciful and Compassionate to the mankinds...

May Allah guide and blessed me (and all the postgraduate students) with persistence and steadfastness to hold on in this journey of life as I'm getting there....

Revisit My "Pejabat Tanah" experience

It has been almost 4 years since my last post in the blog. But recent events that took place for me dealing with some of public servants in "Pejabat Tanah" has triggered me to start writing as part of my unsatisfactory ventilation.

There are many "take home messages" which I can elicit when you want to perform change-of-name for land locally:

1. You got to read carefully the instructions in the form (as their wordings can be confusing and outdated I suppose) and try to get as much detail as possible from the information counter (as their respond to call is very minimal)
2. Do your own checklists  each time before you want to go to the office as you don't want to get turned back for not completing or bring the necessary document. Every time spent for going to the office and waiting for your turns are very precious as you are doing all these procedures during weekdays. 
3. Ask for clarifications and questions each time before you go to the next stage of procedures. I was unlucky to deal with a very unfriendly customer service in the office. She taught that the customer familiarizes with the procedures as herself and I can say that she can be somehow quite rude in dealing with the customers. Excuse me, I know everyone is tired but that doesn't justify your such inconsiderate manner of talking to your customer.  At least you should assist your customer on what are the next steps should be taken or provide additional information. Not just mere saying your documents are incomplete and come again once completed as a form of clear rejection.
4. Get information on the mode of payment clearly from the office as the ATM machine can be quite distant away from the office. No credit cards transactions are accepted for certain payments.

As I recall my experience past 3 months on changing the name for land, on top of my juggling with education and datelines, I've come out with my own flowchart. Coz I don't want other people to suffer what I've had before, and I don't think a new flowchart will be produced in near time. So here is my own flowchart (but in Malay language at the moment) for those who are planning to change the name of other people's land:

1. Dapatkan Borang 14A di pejabat tanah yang berdekatan
2. Isi borang 14A dengan DAKWAT HITAM BASAH, jangan tanda tangan dahulu (perlu tanda tangan di hadapan Pegawai Pentadbir Tanah. Sertakan:
1. Geran tanah (original)
2. Surat beranak penerima (original)
3. Surat beranak pemberi (salinan)
4. IC penerima & pemberi (salinan)
5. Cukai tanah tahun semasa yg sudah dibayar
3. Pergi ke Pejabat Tanah yg berdekatan berserta pemberi (pemilik asal tanah) dgn bawa dokumen2 di atas untuk:
1. Pengesahan biometrik
2. Tandatangan di hadapan Pegawai Pentadbir Tanah
4. Pergi LHDN yang berdekatan untuk buat bayaran setem RM10, bawa sekali:
1. Borang seksyen 5 (4 copies)
2. Borang 14A
3. Salinan hakmilik berkenaan
4. Salinan IC pemberi dan penerima
5. Tunggu panggilan drp pihak LHDN (lebih kurang 1 bulan) untuk dapatkan jumlah bayaran duti setem
6. Buat bayaran duti setem di LHDN secara tunai/bank draft (dateline: 1 month drp tarikh diberitahu)
7. Dapatkan surat pengecualian cukai pintu drp Majlis Perbandaran daerah (ikut geran tanah) sekiranya tanah kosong berstatus bangunan
1. Bawa salinan geran tanah
2. Isi borang di pejabat Majlis Perbandaran daerah
8. Pergi ke Pejabat Tanah daerah (ikut geran tanah) dengan membawa dokumen-dokumen (dateline 3 months drp tarikh borang 14A ditandatangan, or else denda RM100):
1. Borang 14 A (signed)
2. Surat beranak penerima (original)
3. Geran tanah (original)
4. Cukai tanah tahun semasa yg telah dibayar
5. Surat pengecualian cukai pintu drp Majlis Perbandaran daerah
6. IC penerima dan pemberi (salinan)
7. Surat beranak penerima (salinan)

Bayaran daftar mengikut nilaian pasaran hartanah (seperti yg ditulis dlm Notis Taksiran Pindah Milik Harta Tanah (Peremitan) drp LHDN - secara tunai

9. Ambil geran tanah yg telah ditukar nama pemilik dari Pejabat Tanah daerah (ikut geran tanah) - dateline 7 hari bekerja daripada tarikh penghantaran, or else denda RM100

Seeking His Blessing

It has been a while since I jot down in this blog – almost 2 years already. Many things happened  past 2 years: got job transfer near to my family, got married, getting pregnant and now I’m already becoming a mother.

Alhamdulillah ala kulli hal…. Thanks to Allah for all the good things that happened in my life.

This year Ramadhan is special for me as I choose not to work even though I get no salary. Because I’d like to concentrate on ibadah while handling my baby girl as I’m still breastfeeding.

So far I can say that my baby is not a high demanding type but not an easy type too. We managed to attend Being Me conference held in PICC last june and she slept throughout the morning sessions in the mothers’ room despite all the havocs and crying of other little kids.

Though I can’t attend all the sessions, but I managed to write down one interesting talk regarding 2 types of heart of human being:

1. White Heart (Qalb Saliim)

This kind of heart is not affected by hardship and tribulations. It is filled with taqwa and sabr. The purer the heart, the easier once to obey Allah swt. In achieving this heart, we need to polish our hearts by making regular taubah.

  

Only in the Zikr of Allah will your heart find peace [Quran 13:28]

      2.    Black Heart

In contrary, this is the kind of heart disobey Allah’s orders…Naudzubillah

May this Holy Ramadhan blessed us with hearts which are filled with Ibadah, Istiqamah and Steadfastness….so that we will obtained the obedience toward our only Creator: Allah swt