Sunday, March 9, 2008

Your Hobby is your Delite:)

Hmm..at a glance, this may look like a title for my girl's Primary Five composition. Yet, never underestimate the power it can bring to your total wellbeing.

Haven't we heard of this catchphrase - laughter is the best medicine? True, but what if we don't laugh much? Afterall, not everybody laughs when he's tickled. I have been taught to laugh like this ..hah...hah...hah... anything more than this is unnecessary and may affect your memory... some ladies only titter, smile, or grin, to express their joy and laughter. If laughter is not the medicine for all - what can be the substitute?

Try this - HAPPINESS. When we are happy, we smile and share the joy with others around us. This way, we can also make other people happy. Isn't this great?

One way to find happiness is to do what you enjoy - find a hobby. By having a pastime, you will not afford any negligible moment in your life. Once you're done with your tonnes of work, assignments, and duties, get hooked to your favourite activity and the world shall shine once again.

If you're one of those who have been buried in the academic books and research reports, never took time off for leisure, this is the time to think of one and create one. Identify an activity that can take your mind away from the hectic workload - if possible, something of a different nature altogether. If your worklife is dull, find something vibrant and colourful. If life is rather sedentary, try out something active involving more aerobics and energy.

These days, other than reading my books, I relate to the internet pages and resources. This definitely enriches my knowledge and broadens my perspective about current issues. Sitting in the office all day is never a problem because I have intermittent classes as well as visits to the library. But jogging at the university mini stadium or swimming with my children enlightens the day. At weekends, window shopping really lifts my spirit. Given a bit more flexibility to the work schedule, I enjoy going places with the family.

Hmmm...people can do all sorts of things just to have more fun and activity in life. At times when the exam is indeed only two weeks away, hobbies can take away some stress for a while. If your pastime does not involve any possible danger, investment of riches and property, or damaging implications to emotions and personality - why worry? Enjoy your hobby coz it can be your best buddy.

So, what's your hobby? If you don't mind sharing it with this blogging community, perhaps someone may take it up the next moment and you shall get new company...

21 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hye PuAn Zue , Im Am ... who u called as AB .. hehehe .. Well , This is my FIRST COMMENT IN UR BLOG . its gonna b an honor for me to comment ur blog . Firstly , im agree with hobby can stay away our stress b4 exam n it can b our best buddy .. For sure it was excited bcoz hobby can make us healthier . Am i ryte ?? Hobby( good hobby ) can make us prevent from involvin in vandalisme or gangsterisme .. eh ! i forget 2 tell my HobbY .. weeeee.. mY hObbY is playing football n surfing the internet .. Y football ?? Football not only for sports activity n not only 'kick the ball into the goal' but , we can learn the skills n get information about football such as The Football Club Player in England , Spanish , Italian and others like David Beckham , Ronaldo, Roberto Csrlos , Arsene Wenger . HEhehe... We can share with our frens about football and we can make more frens with football !! huhu.. My frens like to share with me about football that u also know him .. Its fahmi , me bestfren from orientation week. He always get news for me about football . I hope he can be such a good manager soon .. huhu .. SO , think hobby is very interesting in our life .. Guys , life is short .. Why Not u fill it with ur hobbies ?? N appreciate ur hooby ok ? ? hehe ... Sorry 'byk merepek' .. hehehe .. Puan Zue , actually i shy to comment here bcoz im not good in writing a comment to people .. But i try .. Impossible is nothing .. Take Care Puan Zue .. May god bless u owez n i was very happy to hv such a nice lecturer like u ... Tq

-Am-

Dr. Zue said...

Hi AB..ooops..AM..hmmm..you're the first to comment on this article. Congratulations:)

Well, I think football is a great sport. You can get lots of friends on the field..and when it rains, you guys can log on to virtual football and stand a chance to win fabulous prizes. At home, we like Ronaldo and Rooney.

Hope you could find it comfortable to communicate with all of us via this blog...real soon..so we can hear more of your interesting ideas. If surfing d net is your hobby, why not extend it to academic blogging, and join this interactive community..c u.

Anonymous said...

I think everybody have their own kind of hobby, either it involve physical or mind exploration,like reading or for someone that love excitement a lot they gonna try bungee jumping as example. But for myself i prefer watching movies or dramas especially from Korea and chinese.it help me to reduce my tense especially when i'm in a bad mood or facing a problem. Besides that i also can learn more about foreign culture and their language , for information i always dream that i can communicate with more than 2 major language, which is malay and english only.Hehe, right now i know some simple word of chinese & korean, im still try to improve it.For some reason , sometimes our hobby help us a lot in build up our confident especially in social matters. Also with all the new information for a readers or an interesting experience while we doing our hobby, it can be beneficial for us to give a very informative but not to bored speech to captured our audience attention. Not only that, a good hobby will prevent us to get involve with unnecessary matters like illegal race that related to a social problem especially to our adolescents. Parent i think should play their role very well, they should develop their children interest till child for an example reading.With that the children will beneficial their leisure time with their hobby only. So in conclusion, please choose a right and suitable hobby for yourself. It good to have a hobby especially when we have same interest with our friend, we can build up our own community. I really want to have a try on bungee jumping at all over the world but i have doubt on my ability and bravery....... :p

Anonymous said...

i tink, some people look at hobby as a waste of time.. maybe they tink tat hobby has no purpose.. for me, hobby is a good way for u to discover ur hidden talents.. talents tat u may not have known u had before.. on the other hand, hobbies can help u making frens as well.. hobby has many benefits and advantages for each individual.. depends.. as for me, i love reading n cooking during my pastimes.. but i love cooking da most.. tis is bcoz my m0m always come out wif all da new recipes she got from the cooking show at astro.. so, definitely im the one who has to help her as im the only daugther left.. hehe.. there are literally hundreds n thousands of hobbies to choose from.. the ideal hobby for each person is depends on how much u enjoy doing something.. btw, congrats to am for ur first comment on pn.zue's blog.. :)

Anonymous said...

HYE....ACTUALLY MA HOBBY IS SHOPPIN..HEHEHE...KINDA GR8 GOIN SHOPPIN BT IT NEEDS MNEY..RITE??DURIN WEEKDAYS AFTA CLAS I'L SLEP...DATS MA HOBBY...SLEEPIN..NTG ELSE...N AT NITE I'L CHAT...DATS AL..I DUN RELI HV A PROPER HOBBY..BT I WON WASTE MA TM..SO FAR I FEEL MA TM DOIN GUD TNGS BT DUNO LA...IN FUTURE..MUS CHNGE RITE, PN ZUE?

Anonymous said...

Im agreed with you pn.zue. Hobby is your best buddy. Finding a hobby is way much better than wasting our time by doing nothing. Sometimes, we do something just as a hobby, but, sooner or later, without we realize, we can get a lot of benefit from that. Let me share something about my hobby. My hobby is making beat/producing. I just start it as a hobby. And i keep doing it and improve it when i got time to do it. And thanx god coz i found that hobby coz now,I have been producing for several hip hop group in Malaysia. I just start it as a hobby but now..its one of my career. So, hobby is good!! It have a lot of benefits. But, dont get over the limit doing your hobby until u forget there's something else that need to be done.. Balance it.

daenz said...

Having a hobby is fascinating. It's such a joy when your at it. I started off stamp collecting. Hehe. I know..I know..boring. But hey for me, when a new stamp is found, is like discovering a hidden treasure in the deep pasts of the ocean. Oh the joy..the smile from ear-to-ear..I can't wait to show daddy my new 'discovery'. Hehe..memories:) Other than that, the stamp resembles each country. So whenever there is a stamp from a foreign country, it gives me a slightest view of how the country might look like. Contributing to my daydream of traveling across the globe to know other peoples cultures. I have stopped collecting many years now but I think I still have my collections books. 3 in total, 1 local stamps, 2 foreign. Probably covered in dust in a corner of my room:p

My long lasting hobby, football. Anything that relates football, I'm there. Play it, watch it, talk about it, forums, games, just name it. Favourite team, MANCHESTER UNITED!! Player? Hmm..C.Ronaldo, Rooney, Messi, CANTONA, oh Woodgate seems awesome at Tottenham, those are to name a few. My playing position, Defender Right or Center, Midfielder Right or Center. My team have won a competition back in the schooldays. SWEET! Its been a while since I played football tho. Now I'm active in futsal. Up for a friendly match anyone??

Other than that, I just picked up a new hobby. Online games. Not the Ragnarok or Pirate whatever kind. Not those flash games either. It's those text-based MMORPG with minimal graphics kind. Like Kings of Chaos or KnightFight. It's not just the aspect of enjoying what the game has to offer alone the counts, it's when you join the forums, be in the community is what makes the game more exciting. You just can't wait for more. Besides that, you get to know new people, all over the world, no matter what age group, because all of you are there for one single purpose..to have fun. ENJOY!

Anonymous said...

hobby for me is something to do not only at your past time, but something that you love to do every minute of your life. i got tons of hobbies that i love, but the most thing i love to do is taking picture. not taking picture of myself but pictures of my friends, family, and even the environment. that's why i always bring my camera to wherever i go. who knows there will be something interesting to snap on. taking pictures give me a real pleasure bcoz when the picture turn out to be great, erm, i just cant describe the feeling that i feel. its a great feeling and that is why i really love photography and there is a saying 'a picture worth a thousand meaning'. how i really wish i can turn out to be a pro in it in the future. making money from your hobby is such a great thing right? so, that's all.

Dr. Zue said...

Hi. This interactive session is becoming rejuvenating. Great writing, everybody;) I enjoy learning about your perspectives on this topic: that hobby is educational (Wani & Din), and income generating (Kaide & Zein). Definitely, my children wish I will someday have cooking as my hobby (Qila?)...but I guess Zein and I share the same hobby here...we love taking pictures...I take tonnes of pictures, and my beloved mom gave me a red (my favourite colour) camera as a gift when I reached twelve. Ever since, I have recorded countless moments which some people may take for granted. On a more personal note, well, my dear parents have passed away, but their pictures keep them alive every single moment in my life. This way, my children never think that they have really lost their grandparents...jez sharing.

Anonymous said...

Salam..To be honest to you this is my second comment to your blog..So im much better than AB..haha..as you know my hobby is of course playing and watching football..i support Manchester United a.k.a The Red Devils..n we all know that Man Utd is the best team ever in the whole world..hehe..back to hobby, playing football can make my mind relax..it can help me release my tension after struggle the whole day in study..beside that, playing football can prevent me to wasting my time..and like am said having a hobby can help us to make more friends and its true..hehe..im sorry coz im not that good to say something..i try my best to write comment in this blog..btw i'll try better next time..see ya..

FaHMiE GrEAt

Anonymous said...

Pn zue,
I have a strange hobby...I enjoy teasing people,especially ManUtd die hard football fans and I don't know why??:)
to salahudin and fahmie great..
did I hear the greatest football team in the world just lost to a kampong team called "Pompey" ???

Anonymous said...

who doesnt't have a hobby? i assume that every single of us does have something that we really love to do and it gives us satisfaction when we do it.hobby is something that will make us happy, definitely, and it must be something that we're good at. for instance, Am and Fahmi love playing football, and i know they're good at it too :) and qila,she's good at cooking,trust me.i've tried her cookies before and it was superb!=) maybe you should give some to pn. zue later for her to evaluate your cooking right?kidding dear.=)


as for me, i like listening to music.any kind of music will suits my soul,depends on my mood currently.if i feel like im on the top of the world, i would like to listen to songs with fast beat like Long Way To Go by Cassie or Whine Up by Kat Deluna.and now i feel like dance to it.;D

but,whenever i feel down or not in the mood,which something that i hardly try to avoid,songs by Natasha Bedingfield - Love Like This, Stickiwitu by Pussycat DOlls or Walk Away by Paula Deanda really makes me relief.


for your information, i have a must song that i have to listen every morning to bright up my day.The Sweet Escape by Gwen Stefani and The Way I Are by Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson are two great songs because they make good music. =)


whenever i enter my room,the first thing that i will do is to turn on my radio and tune in to Fly.Fm because they will play various kinds of songs,mostly my favorite.and sometimes i'll listen to the radio until i felt asleep.haha,such a bad thing to do..you know,you should recite the doa before sleep,and not listening to unnecessary songs. ;p


this is what i do every single day.listening to the music as it helps me a lot in relaxing and maintaining my mood.i just cant leave in a silent world!

EAJ said...

it is a norm for people to have a hobby... but I believe it is something extraordinary if we could use our hobby as a platform to achieve other things such as new social-network read friends, enhancing our social skills and even, make a profit out of it...

as for my hobbies, I love reading and writing blogs(as I have several blogs outthere, seperated from each other...) and also wall climbing with my friends at summit...

not that I am able to express myself in a healthy way and also manage to keep myself fit by climbing those artificial walls, like what I have told earlier, I am able to extend the size of my social network namely friends to certain level...

with this, I manage to make my hobby as something significant in my life and the impact would be much rewarding...

cheers...

Anonymous said...

hye pn zue~!

hobby is a best buddy n im agree with ur statement that hobby can release our stress...

here,i want to share my hobby with u...my hobby is surfing the net,playing netball,bowling and hang out with my friends....


when i surf the net i can gained more knowledge from the website around the world and i can know and meeting people around the world by share our knowledge....
then, playing bowling with my friends can release my stress a lot...im sharing this hobby withy roomate Nur Afifin Nabila...
we love to play bowling together and compete our game...
i Love to play bowling with her!!!
and i Love so0o0 much to play netball....i used to play netball behind your house...so,if u hear some noise behind your house just smile ok?hehehhe....and maybe that's me!!!ngeeee... ;p

lastly...i used to hang out with my friends...ilah,hazimah,fifin,and ida...
we are always together if we want to do anything...we share our problems,happiness,sadness and many more....they make my life happier...they always with me in any situation....

so pn zue,,any of my hobbies same to u?hehehe....but i never forget my responsibilities to study n study and completing my assignment...always pray for me pz zue~!!!and thanks for being such a nice lecturer.....-pease n salam-

.::JoSePhIne::. said...

my hobby is actually singing and dancing... I think I don't do anything particular practical to spend my time, some fitness, friends and so on..
I think I should maybe get some activity to stay a bit busy in a healthy way ... should I?

Anonymous said...

A bad hobby like procrastinate will later on turn into a bad habit which will not only waste your precious time..but also maim your mind. A good habit like sports or reading however will not only make you healthy, but also increase your knowledge and in the long run, will be more beneficial to you.
My ultimate hobby since I was a little tot was reading.And some of my fav authors are Sidney Sheldon and James Patterson. Reading can be a temporary escapade from the real life.So I guess its good if you have been real stressed out but cant go anywhere, so reading can take you to places in your mind.That's how I look at it anyway.Besides that, reading has also helped me improve my english by leaps and bounds, in the sense that I am able to write better essays and converse with a wider range of vocabulary.

prema said...

I strongly agree with ur statement pn zue tellin that hobby is our best buddy.Whenever we are bored,sad or depressed hobby wil help us overcome such situations and also fullfill our leisure time wisely. So im sure that every individu have their own hobby.

In my case,i love listening music.Music is my life. I could not imagine how I would be living if there is no music! I like all types of songs, jazz, romantic, hip-hop,sentimental and even dance songs. When I have different feelings, I listen to different songs. For example, if I am happy, I prefer listening some dance songs and dance together with my buddies. But if I am depressed, I will listen to some ballad songs, which make me feel sleepy, then I will go to sleep and after that be happy again! Music is really a magic and a miracle. Anyway, music indeed bring too much happy's time for us( everytime).. I can't imagine what's will be happen if no music of exist. I remember have a dreams of become a singer when at the age of 6. But I found that it's so difficult to come ture when I grow up and know about it .. Even I can't become a singer. But I didn't change for being music's lover forever...

Music is my life:)

syquina said...

I love baking during my pass time.I usually bake cakes,muffins,cup cakes,cookies as well as pizzas.However I haven’t tried baking pastries yet but one day I would really love to learn how to bake those mouth-watering pies,tarts,buns,etc.Why baking you may ask.I enjoy baking so much because I like the process of it,from measuring the ingredients(using my special equipments),sifting the flour and to beating the batter using the hand mixer.Nevertheless,my favourite part of baking is decorating the cake or cup cakes.Although decorating the cake takes a lot of time and messes up the whole kitchen(p/s:I do things very messy),I still enjoy decorating the cake with different colours of icing.In addition to that decorating cakes needs lots of patience and a little bit of creativity.Furthermore,I get to fill my stomach with those sumptuous desserts I bake at the end of the day.I also get to share my baking with my loved ones.To be frank,it gives me a great satisfaction when my loved ones enjoy my bakings and what more I like it when they praise me :)

~~SHIKIN~~ said...

salam madam zue..

my hobby is laughing..!!hahaha. i'm just joking but honestly i say here that i really love laugh...my hobby is listening to music... to me, music is like expressing your feeling... when i got tension, i will turn on songs that i like and sing a long...
other than that, i also love to surfing internet...

every person in this world got their own hobby, it will be totally weird if they don't have hobby...so, take only one day to do your hobby cause it can reduce your tension...

SNAR said...

salam madam zue...

hobby..hobby..hobby..??my hobby is gaminggg..hoyeahhh.gaming cn help me to release my tension or stress.haha.i playing PC game,PSP,PS2,online game,and also lan game...huk3...4 me,i really3 like to play strategy games.it can help me to think...think...and thinkkkk...heee.

my favourite games r JIN online & DOTA...hve u heard about it b4??both of this game can make us addicted and wanna play...play & play..huhu.

after SPM last year,i ws played JIN online.seriously,i really2 addicted wif this game.i only stop playd tht game when lunch hour,dinner & also prayer timeee..huhu.do you knw y its happen??haha..ths is because my parent didn't gve me chance 4 part time job..=(..they wants me to stayed at home & take care on myself & home.hahaha..i'm alone at home that time,mdm..very sadddd and feel lonely..hohoho.=(..after 6 month i plyed JO,suddenly,my lovely sister and bro wre scolded me because of my false.y??because no preparation lol 4 regsterd to UNITEN..huwaaaa..they gve adviced and also brain wash meeee.(-_-)..feeling down tht time and also down.urghhhh..

nwadays,i'm still playing JO once a while..because,at uniten there ws blocking all online games larr..huwaaaa...sob3..=(..but,i ve plying another game lol..hahaha..red alert,final fantasy,prince of persia,asphalt,and others...hehe.but,not relly njoy like online gamee...huhu..

seriously mam,i playd online game and always topup to make my ID become strong...not only 4 jin online...but,also 4 run online,cabal online and hero online..hahaa....fanatic...XD..only in Jin online i used woman character..others r men char..huhu.4 ur information,my ID name in JIN is JELITA...hihi...

for my madam,i hope my post nt boring 4 u to read..hahhaa...i'm very2 sorry..im really2 fanatic when talk about gameeeee...yeahhh...till then,wslm.XD..

Farah said...

Hye Puan Zue:)
my father loves photography. he captured a lot of photographs when he traveled overseas, and all the photo impressed me a lot. i just discovered that we had the same passion. i love taking picture. taking picture doesn't need an expensive cameras for a better result. it just the way you capture it. I've some collection of cameras, i.e digital camera, Polaroid and Lomography camera. but i love polaroid! because when i presses the button, theres a piece of paper comes out and the image will appear slowly. its fun :)
but the weird thing is, i dont like taking picture of me, i love taking picture of others =P