nak professional kena ada email professional =)

Dear Sir/Madam,

RE: APPLYING FOR THE POST OF BLOGENGINEER

I, Maria Elena, am hoping to get a job at your establishment as a Blogengineer. Please see the attached resume for your perusal.

You can contact me at 6789998212 and greenismyfavecolour@gmail.com.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Maria Elena

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ok, this is just a mock cover letter! all the details are just made up but if you can draw your attention to the email, sounds silly isn't it?

andddd that's why i want to share this tip!

i know it's convocation season now which means all you fresh grads will or already have started looking for jobs!

that's great!

so about the email~

i pernah had the task to filter resumes to help my boss in my old company.

and a few potential employee he immediately rejects because of the email address. if he finds it too long, too complicated and weird, dia tanak tengok pun the rest. coz well, usually we put our emails at the top kan.

it's first impression.

according to his philosophy, if this person who wants to be employed, can't even have a real email address, how would he know this person is matured enough to work with him?

well, that's his philosophy. whether i agree or not, dia dah boss kot. means dia lagi tau pasal kerja dari saya yang noob ni kan. then, who knows brape ramai lagi yang thinks like him kan?

so that's why, it's really important to have a real email address.

and i strongly recommend myemail because your email address will be based on your name on your MyKad! if you don't understand why, well it's because you have to register with your real name and IC and then your email will have to be authenticated by JPN. ha, amik tu. serious gila!

myemail ni pun actually very good for those yang dah ber-family, working professionals and those yang nak start business because its got unlimited inbox size, dia punya e-billing system is very systematic and safe because they have tracking features that will make sure you receive the bills, save the environment because you're not using papers kan and so much more!!

you can check out other ways to optimise your myemail at Facebook too! =D

in conclusion, get one important thing right, which is your email address! and when you get on to the interview, then that's a different type of first impression!

good luck!!! =D 

Wedding Videos Mania

Mania la sangat.

this manic, i don't know how it suddenly blossomed into our lives, but now girls everywhere are swooning over the 'fairytale' wedding.

remember what's-her-name? anak Naza tu.. (in case you haven't, watch it here)

remember how the video circulated in Facebook and the girls were like "omgadahh cantiknya wedding ni", "baby, i nak wedding camni", "sooooo romantic wannn ahhh, i waaaaant!", etc etc?

oh and there were others that went "apa nak jadi dengan orang melayu, nak follow follow budaya mat salleh", "gila apa ke pompuan ni", "8million?!?! lebih baik derma duit tu kat Palestine", etc etc.

whichever your reaction was, i tak kisah, but no doubt you all watched the wedding video.

and more and more videos of that 'perfect-fairytale-romantic' wedding are circulating. and honestly, i nak muntah.

here's nadia's,and nana's.

ok fine, they ARE freaking beautiful and DUHH it looks perfect. but i can't help but smirk at these videos.

it's like a showcase of wealth!

i've been to soooo many weddings, and have been bridesmaid to most, so i know i am credible to talk about this, thank you very much!

weddings don't have to be so elaborate, so expensive, so extravaganza, so glamorous and so over-the-top, because wedding is just an event for friends and family to celebrate the union of a man and a lady. it's just the time to "show off", kan? ala, i'm a girl. i know.

so what if you can't afford to have men in skirts to carry you on tilam to bersiram? so what if you can't have a hall made of roses? so what if your wedding is simple and small? so what if you don't wear designer dresses?

it isn't about how it would look on you and your family if it's small. it's you, isn't it?

it's how you would feel about your wedding.

if you're worried people would say "kesiannya, wedding kecil je", or "tak cukup budget kot", or "kedekut siol", etc etc.. i say THE HECK WITH THEM!!

it's our wedding and if we love our family, love our future partner and their family, love our friends, then all that talk is not going to affect you.

go and celebrate being an official Mr or Mrs! not celebrate being rich or showing it off.

memang la nak show off, but i'd rather show off the L.O.V.E than showing off the moolah loaned from the bank.

betul tak?

think realistically. wedding is meant to be once in a lifetime. make it matter! don't make it LOOK like it matter. the videos were made beautifully (kudos to videographers!), but in reality, its different. very very different.

so if you want a perfect, fairytale wedding, you can, but don't put these people as a benchmark. it's not a competition! it's not a trend!

make it your fairytale, not by wealth, but by (as corny as this sounds) love. 

and make your future wedding a fairytale in reality, not just in videos and photos.

=)

economic affairs

gaji tak masuk,

scholar dah halfway to gombak..

but then at times like these la i want to splurge.

ugh.

Spend-a-holic

i am not a shopaholic

i am a spendaholic

i buy clothes i wont wear

i buy food when im not hungry

i buy books when i dont feel like reading

i buy presents when i dont have anyone to give it to

i buy shoes when i have tons already

i buy

i buy

i buy

thank you Petronas

for giving me monthly allowances

for making my spendings

possible.

i love u Petronas.

i do

i do

i doooooooo...

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went to Bijou Bazaar today with ernie bernie and bellabelon.
it was F.U.N!!
i bought dresses, and i dont remember when i started wearing dresses.. pelik tul.. but they're cute! and cheap!
i also made an awesome investment (thank you Econs) on these cute shoes! its a bit of oxford-y and sandal-y and its high heels!! comel gila! only RM50!!! oooohhh.. saya cinta kasut baru saya.. umm.. apa lagi ek.. well we all walked around lines of clothes till we all got dizzy and tired. but it was F.U.N! fun fun fun! we girls love clothes. and spending. heehehee!!

-i need a spending advisor.