The Diary of Working Mama..

Motherhood is something I cherish and enjoy it. Bringing kids are not an easy task- the question is how we want to instill good values so at the end our children have the right attitude. Talking about attitude- yes, this is the biggest challenge of being a mama. Of course, at the end of the day, you have to 'tawakkal' what have you taught to your children, but again, some perhaps success rate is essential. At least, before you passed away and leave this world- Again, the Prophet Muhamad reminds us on the importance of "doa anak solleh". Ya Allah, bring up my soleh sons and solehah girl. May Allah protects them! Pics at courtesy of my sis who was away for work in Istanbul, Turkey

I have been reading STAR online newspaper which reported that there are many medical lecturers are leaving the public universities. The main reason is not money, it is workloads and not being appreciated. Lecturing in today's world is extremely challenging, a lecturer is expected to lecture, to tutor, to supervise Master and PhD students, to publish papers in a refereed journal ( it must be SCOPUS, or else, just forget it), to be involved with community service, to actively engage with students and many other tasks. Well, it is not that lecturers are complaining, yes at one point, some argues that you have flexible time. Again, time is not an issue, sometimes you have to work 7 days a week to accomplish your listed tasks. Sometimes, you have last minute task given by your authorities. The main reason I guess why we stay in this profession is due to self satisfaction, the job is not glamour, unless you talk in television. Be it Ustaz or Ustazah Pilihan, that is another story. At the...

looking back for the past five years, it has been a fulfilling years. Blessed with two kids, a boy and a girl, alhamdulillah. After all, it has been an enjoyable process with the kids. Not to say, there has been also ups and downs of being a mama. It can tests your limits sometimes and often I feel I really need to improve for their future.

Today as usual I send my son to his nursery, seeing his little sister, who will be turn two years old this July, makes me ended up with mixed feelings. Apart of me, I admit I feel guilty sending them to Taska/nursery, but being a working mama, I have no choice. Sometimes, I feel like resigning, but I love my jobs. Eventhough it is not a glamour job, but the self satisfaction and self fulfilling are there. Well, my prayers and doa with them always. It has not been an easy way to me either or for them. Seeing them growing cheerfully and healthy makes me thankful always. May Allah protects us always. As today celebrates teacher day, wishing all teachers out there, happy teacher day ! not only today, but everyday! Taking care of my kids while I am away working..speechless..

Masya Allah, how time flies. It is the month of May. This means I have still pending works to do! I have been reading an article saying that you are not living in barakah usually 1) You have so much income, but at the end, it finishes faster, 2) Work never accomplished 3) you have so much work but actually you are busy with other things in life such as facebooking 4) Time is the essence. Masya Allah, perhaps it is true. Ya Allah grant me a bless life!

Masya Allah, how time flies, and as I am typing this blog, many unaccomplished tasks are still not done. For instance, I should developed a full paper last December, but until now, the paper remains as a draft! Once you have started working full time, you realized how difficult to write..compared to your study leave moment- where almost everyday, you manage to write and work on it! I don't blame anyone, it is myself- or what Prof Sherry Turkle said in her book second self- that I have the potential to postpone the work! Well, back to work and stop blogging-