Mabuhayy to Lylo SchaEyra's zOne !: January 2011

Hello Everybody.. Welcome to my X zone.. I’m still new in blogging.. I’m not very good in writing as I don't even know what to write on this digital sheet.. I don’t know what to babble about.. Actually, this blog is just for academic purpose only, which is for Critical Literary taught by Sir Kamaraziz Kamaruzaman.. Whom are my mentor.. And I am his mentee..

Okay, Now, let us talk about my EUREKA moment. I’m sure everybody do experience eureka moment in their life. Eureka is used to express triumph upon finding or discovering something. As for me, I would like to share my Eureka moment during working with The Star Publication, Johor Baru as a journalist.

While waiting for my SPM result, I’ve got an opportunity to work at the newspaper company. It was the precious moment that I would never forget.

My first assignment was determined with Meera Vijayan and we went to Ulu Tiram to make a story about an unfortunate single mother have predicaments. Meera help me a lot and give me free tutorial on how to be a good journalist. On our way to the office, we chattered a lot about each of us and I get to know her better. Furthermore, she also shared her experienced when dealing with appalling incident such as commit suicide, murder cases, and others. When arrived at the office, she taught me on how to write a complete article according to The Star format. Same goes with everyday. I went on assignment with the other reporters and cameraman as well. Nevertheless, I found that, they seem does not like me. Whenever I was around, they seem staring at me sharply. I was so confused and felt rather glum. This condition continuously happened for about one week.

One fine day, I have got to go to Kampung Bakar Batu, Johor Baru to report on the burnt squatters with my cameraman, Bro Rahman. At the scene, I met the other reporters from varies newspaper department, and not excluding the television reporters as well. I felt like being alienated and ignored. I just do my job as usual, interview the victims and collected all the information from the firemen department and go back to the office to finish up my storyline.

Suddenly, my boss called me and asked me for hi-tea. After finished my storyline, then we both went to kopitiam nearby and have a talk. He said that he had receive a call from the other press and stated that I was behaved arrogantly with the other reporters at the scene. I was so surprised as far as I concerned, I never being like that before. I was just too enthusiast to finish my story and tends to ignore others. Besides, he also advised earnestly to always keep on smiling instead of my frown facial expression makes the other staff afraid to admonish and greet me. He said that other staffs are frightened of my serious expression and they tend to avoid me and think that I was so angry plus cannot be friend with.

Eureka! Now I know why the other staff stared strangely at me. It was because of my serious expression! My boss advised me to keep on smiling always. He also stated that, ‘it takes 37 muscles to frown and 22 muscles to smile’. From that day, I start keep on smiling to whoever creature that I met. Besides, I always greet them whenever I saw them and as a result, the relationship between me and other staffs getting better. I admit that it was very hard for me to suit with the new environment. I am just a person who is human, down to the earth enjoying life. So, smile always... it conserves energy! :) ..