Imran Haris
My son is now 30 months old & how time has passed... he's grown into a very curious, active & somewhat stubborn child..but I guess that is to be expected. Sometimes it's easy to forget he's still a very young child bcoz his actions, words, his behavior belies the fact that he's not even 3 yet. He's very tall & stocky for a kid his age..almost as tall as one of his niece who is 6 months older. He can't seem to stop moving..although my wife & I have tried as much as we can to child-proof our home, nothing can seem to stop the all-conquering Imran Haris from getting & doing whatever he wants. Indeed he's been the light of my family..our life would've been awfully bored if there were just the 2 of us.. His behavior sometimes made us treat him like he's a much older kid & there's been too many occasions where I've lost my patience. I really regret my actions... I forgot that I haven't spent that much time with him & teach him the proper ways of life... I'm working very hard to become a better father.. & I've never stopped thanking Allah SWT for his very presence in my life. Syukur alhamdulillah for this blessing...
2013 - my year as KPSU in review
This is the biggest news of 2012 it seems..at least for me. Alhamdulillah, I've been promoted along with 170+ of my friends after the JPA saw us fit to fill the higher posts in the government. But with this blessing came the sad news. I had to leave my office of 6 years, my friends, colleagues, the place where I had spent 6 years of my life. I was transferred to Kementerian Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan which was later known as Kementerian Komunikasi & Multimedia. Although it was still in Putrajaya, it was a pretty sad moment for me. It's never easy to move away from Ur comfort zone...although I've been waiting for the last couple of years for it to happen..when the time came I was really sad ... Actually PSM have tried to keep me in MOF, but when the response came from JPA, I wasn't even considered. It came as a shock to me. My earlier plan was to spend another year in MOF, proly try to do my masters degree in MOF, then after the masters I can leave in peace. But it wasn't meant to be. So I had to take it positively & accepted the decision. Fitting in a new place is never easy. What's more to fit in a place where someone there have had complete control over proceedings in the past 6 years. But again I take it as a challenge & I was grateful that I have such a strong team in place. All I've gotta do now is to coordinate things & dun let things go beyond my control. I was lucky that someone familiar is in my team. My EO was from MOF & I knew her, although not that well. Also, I knew quite a number of ppl here, so it was all good. Apparently the SUB wanted me in BPSM to have a male officer in the lineup, the others was all lady bosses. But this was easier said than done. I've always been independent.. in each & every aspect of my life in fact. In my personal life.. in my training..in my job.. when I was in MOF my bosses would outline my tasks & leave me to do it & they very rarely interfere in whatever I was doing..as long as it's within my responsibility. But it turned out to be, I can't have my own ways in my new office. The structure doesn't allow me to... the environment doesn't allow me to & the culture definitely is not on my side. For that I've been in trouble a couple of times..more often that I'd like to mention here. The biggest problem is that nobody seemed to be able to tell me what's wrong to my face..I mean straight to me. Especially from my superiors. In meetings & whenever I meet some of them personally everything was fine & dandy & whenever I'm not in the office that's when everything is wrong. I'm trying to hang on for as long as I can. I'm considering my options & my way outs. There are a few reasons why I'd like to stay. Let's just hope those reasons or the people, would be strong enough a reason for me to stay. I've always been able to adapt..but this is just not my turf.
Very moderate year in racing
I started the year with a PB in 10K road race in Klang where I clocked 49:33. I'd later repeat that performance in TM Fan Run in Putrajaya in December with a 49:55. But overall it's been a very moderate year. I only did 4 HMs (Seremban, Putrajaya, KL & Penang). & I had to run in someone else's bib a couple of times. I almost did another sub-2hr HM in Penang & I was able to go below 2:10 in all but in Seremban. I've had to train in touch & go mode throughout the year due to my travelling. So I had to pick my races. Alhamdulillah I was able to stay pretty much injury free except for in Seremban. I hope I'd do better next year. & I've also decided to step it up a notch next year...I've been doing this for 5 years now, it's time to go for podium places in my races. I'd stand a better chance once I compete in Junior Veteran in 2 years time.. but I'd like to get some top placings in the open category. My best result this year was in TM Fan run where I placed 40th overall. I've got one more race, the Newton 25K in the final week of this year.
It's been a pretty much mixed year for me in 2013. I've never gone on a holiday for the 1st 6 years of my service, but I felt like I had to take a couple of days off before the year ends.. just to clear my head in preparation for next year. Although there are more reasons for me to stay in the office now but I need some rest. I hope I can write another entry before the year's out. Until then, livestrong.
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