My First Freelancer Review!

So, last week I entered a Voice Artist contest on Freelancer. I submitted my first 2 takes and was planning on submitting a new, and improved take this week before the contest's closed, but I received an email stating that the winner has already been selected. I'd be lying if I say that didn't put me down - but I decided to move since that's the best thing to do. 5 minutes later, I received an offer for my entry - turns out I was a runner up for the contest! 😆

I am unsurprisingly happy eventhough I first signed up on Freelancer in 2017, I never did do a job on it, and never bothered to try. But I don't know why I've been ecstatic about giving it a go for the last week and this is pretty much my first achievement on Freelancer! 😆

I've been asked to narrate a company app's video before this and it was then the video maker told me I'd do great as a narrator or a voice artist. I was happy he said that but didn't think much of it since I was busy with Qual Case at the time. And now, he're my 2nd go at narrating/voice acting!

Plus, this is the first review I've received on Freelancer. Truthfully, I've never bothered to bid for projects on Freelancer because I had no review, hence I was sure my success rate was zero to none in bidding projects. But now that I have one (even if just one), I'm getting more confident to bid on more projects!

Can't wait for more future projects! 

Psstt: If you or anyone you know needs a voice artist or narrator, hit me up! Pricing is negotiable 😁

Recipe: Lempeng Campak Cawan

Okay. So, this is a recipe I came up with at 6.30 in the morning when my mum asked me to "masak pancake untuk Naufal kaklang". Since he's having his 2nd last day of PT3 today, I figured why not?

I say I came up with the recipe but I didn't actually. It's a modified recipe from my mum's old one as I've forgotten that one. Dulu resipi main campak2, sekarang modified jadi campak from cawan 😁

Ingredients:

2 Cawan Tepung Gandum
1 Cawan Gula
1/6 Block of 250g Butter (Melted)
1 Telur
1/5 Teaspoon of Salt
1 3/4 Cawan Air

1. Gaul sampai sebati
2. Panaskan kuali, letak 1/2 tablespoon of butter
3. Tabur bagi flat and rata
4. Flip2 sampai golden brown
5. Makan

Ummm. Sedappp 🤤

Redha

Yesterday, I read a post about Redha. This guy lost his job and started doing  Grab and other minor work (if I'm not mistaken) just to earn a living. And one day, after Subuh prayer, he sat down and said "Ya Allah, jika ini ketentuanMu, aku redha" and right after that, he received a request for a trip to the airport (high Grab earnings, yay!), and soon after his days were filled with 20-30 requests - he earned more with Grab now than he did with his previous job. That's beautiful, I thought. It really was. And I'm happy for him, of course, but I don't think I've ever thought about redha and how I see my life.

Haze? Doesn't affect me as much as I'm normally indoors. Getting told off? Well, that's normal coz I like doing things my way. I don't think I've ever felt complete acceptance of what's happening in my life - because I don't really think much of it.

But this morning has been a real test to me. I don't always cook for my mum's and my brother and sister's lunchbox but when I do, the dishes I cook normally taste great. (Confidence is a must!)

But this morning, I don't know what to say. It was all going fine until the last part of cooking Nasi Goreng. This salty sour sauce (which I didn't realise was not closed properly) spilled on my cooking. I was enraged! My Nasi Goreng! It's gonna taste badddd! I managed to keep my cool at that time. I told myself, this was a test of Redha. It really was. So I cooked a separate batch just to cover the flavour but it  wasn't enough - and so I went ahead to get 3 eggs to add to the dish and guess what? One of them fell on the floor and cracked. I tried to keep my cool, I really tried. I said to myself "Redha, Bihah, Redha". But I lost it. I actually cried over that cracked egg. Seems so simple but I cried!

My youngest brother, who was the only one downstairs, sitting on the couch at the front actually asked "Kaklang, kenapa kaklang?" "Kaklang, kenapa kaklang?" I couldn't even respond coz it just seemed so silly. But I really believe it was a test of redha and I failed it - miserably. I was even sobbing while cleaning up the cracked egg on the floor and thinking to myself how I couldn't even pass that simple test.

I have a degree in Finance, and a business to run and yet this morning, I felt worthless, useless and any kind of 'less you can think of - Over a cracked egg. How redha do you think I was?

Maybe, Redha is not as simple as we think. It's not as simple as saying "wow, that's beautiful" when you read other people's post and hope that you'll get to experience that kind of feeling. Coz I was given the opportunity to have that feeling - but I failed - miserably.

Hopefully, I'll be able to get this feeling of redha soon - no matter how many eggs I crack or how many cookings go wrong. Hopefully. Pray for me.

In case you're wondering - the Nasi Goreng turned out fine (I think, from what my brother said) - pic below

Ps: I've just realised how long of a post I've written and I don't feel like reading and checking my writing right now. So yeah, if you see any mistakes grammatically or spellings - feel free to let me know. In any case, that's one thing I redha - my mistakes on my own post 😂

Pss: I watched One Piece : Stampede yesterday - it was amazing!