Snapshots of stories

Kisah di KL

Aku terkejut dog bila baca paper semalam pasal kes liwat DSAI.. tu diahhh takkan another round accusation kot? Takkanlah di saat-saat DSAI sedang mengembangkan karier politik beliau boleh buat kes sebegini pulak kot....oleh itu, kalau ikut aku, memang tak caya lah citer tu.. tapi mana aku tau..aku tunggu dan ikut jer lah kisah ni... di samping harap2 takde lah DNA DSAI kat bontot si Saiful tuh. Dan Saiful tu pulak... kalau betullah ini hanya fitnah..... terimalah balasanNya nanti...tapi kalau betul?? owhh tidak ingin aku fikirkan...

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Kisah chatting dengan Ayu..

Semalam chatting dengan Ayu kat YM memalam... aku takleh nak tido setelah aku bantai tido dari kol 5 lebih sampai 8.30pm! *maklum laa bendera merah tengah naik kan..* Elok pulak aku terjaga tepat-tepat kol 8.30pm untuk citer baru Private Practice.. lakonan Kate Walsh tu dan.. bila aku tengok-tengok.. seolah-olah kesinambungan citer Grey's Anatomy tapi on Kate's part bila dia dah tinggalkan hospital tu.. dia inginkan pembaharuan..

Opss.. termelalut.. so bergebang dgn Ayu.. lawak betul.. macam2 citer keluo.. dari kisah Cik Limah jadi private investigator.. kepada spekulasi kami berkaitan kes DSAI sampailah kepada conclusion kami tentang seseorang yg pernah menganggu hidup blogku dulu...mata boleh tak mengantuk la pulak...Yang best tuh...Cik Limah boleh tepon Balai Polis Changlun semata-mata untuk check kawasan perumahan Ina tu nanti ada baper fasa, baper blok, blok mana ramai penduduk.. waduh waduhhhh mak aku!!! Memang over okay!! Tapi.. memang begitulah dia...tu yg kadang2 kami berdua naik lemas... tapi we know she did that because she has us in her best interest *betui ka ayat aku nih*.. dan dia suka risau over perkara-perkara yg kami boleh fikirkan dan selesaikan sendiri... *so.. Ilham, ko jangan risau-risau banget eks.*...tapi hadoihhh laaa kukikuki aku gelak dengan Ayu semalam citer kisah ni...dan ayat yg aku petik dari Ayu nyer conversation dgn Ina lak..."so korang tau lah mana aku dapat genetik penyiasatan nih" hahahaha!! Hadoihhhh..

Kisah yang terakhir yang disembangkan dengan Ayu semalam.... suffice to say that.... gerak hati Wa, Ayu dan aku berkaitan sesuatu & seseorang itu adalah tepat sekali!. Period.

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Kisah di Sintok

Pepagi tadi aku call si minah itu di Sintok.. selain nak bertanya kabor serta gossip... aku jugak nak perabihkan dollar credit fon aku nih...It seems that she's all right there.. I knew it.. dan katanya dia suka rumah itu the first moment dia masuk rumah tu.. 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.. slightly besar dari rumah aku di Machang dulu.. sewa pon sama jer...so kalau begitu.. insyaallah serasi lah rumah tu untuk dia...all up and running.. walaupon dia kata ada lagi brg2 nak di unpack.. Eloklah tu.. idak la dia keboringan.... dia dah nampak ada 2 cc... kekekeke.. aku lak cakap kat dia.. pegi jer cc tu harini buat lepas rindu dan sunyi....dia komplen jugak pasal washing machine aku tuh... mmg dah 10 bulan lah washing machine aku tu tak berpakai..tetiba tokleh spin lak katanya.. dan seolah-olah dah berkira-kira nak beli yg baru. Aku kata, takyah nak beli baru *ponek ngangkut tak ilang lagi occay!*.. and aku lak pasti yg washing machine aku tu mmg tak rosak.. cuma ada error sesikit jer kot... and also tang spin jer... iskk.. perah jer lah buat mentara waktu.. besides.. takat baju kurung kerja tu bukan payah nak perah pon. Microwave aku tuh.. dah di test dulu kat Ipoh and functions well kata dek mak aku.

Selain itu.. aku lontarkan jugak beberapa das advice on working as academician...serta itu ini lah dalam tinggal sengsorang kat umah tu kan... antara lain advice aku yg menunjukkan aku ni seolah-olah bakal resemble Cik Limah tu ialah.. aku pesan tiap kali masuk keter dalam pagar.. terus mangga okay pagar tu and usah diwar-warkan sangat dia dok sorang kat jiran tetangga...we never know people...ngeh ngeh ngeh.. keduanya.. yg dia lak komplen kat aku.. aku ada pesan melalui mak aku tu suruh Ina buat la sikit kenduri masuk rumah.. just doa slamat lah sikit.. like what I did kat Machang dulu.. lagipon boleh kenal2 jiran..yang ketiganya...pasal hal ehwal masak nih....need I say more? hrm.. apa lagi nak citer pasal minah tu? Tu jer kot.. Lama gak la sembang.. entah-entah ter-over lak aku nyer credit tu hehehe.

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Kisah di Sydney

Hrm.. ingat dak aku citer pasal kontroversi si Amran nak berbadminton haritu? Ropernya tak habes di situ.. hayyakk...kesian aku tengok Amran bermenung di rumah.. dia ni memang not emotional person cam aku ni lah yg sokmo affected jer emosi aku.. dia tidak.. sangat clear cut dan direct orangnyer....dan jarang affected by emotions....tapi...dek kisah kontroversi itu.. dia bermenung dan kind of hilang semangat pulak....jarang jugak aku tengok dia hilang semangat.. sunggoh jarang....tapi of course lah kan..member tuh gelak-gelak jugak la bila aku menyakat itu ini.... tapi at times.. menung jugak dia...aisehhh...

Okehhhh tu jer snippets of stories untuk harini.... ada Johra nyer baby shower nih.. aku boleh lupa pulak nak bawak baby gift dia... ayyooooo!!

The Rock Market

Hari Sabtu kitaorg breakfast kat luar.. kat Restoran Kaki Lima.. Saje jer.. then plannyer right after that nak terus ke The Rock Market yg aku tak sampai-sampai lagi pon...this was the 2nd time aku bekfes kat luar...Gi restoran tu aku blasah lontong yg sekian lama aku tak makan.... erm.. nak buat sendiri tapi takat aku sorang jer makan isk tak berbaloi la pulak...tapi agak kurang kick sket laa.. but boleh la nak lepas ngidam....semangkuk *huge one* $9.50. Dok tengah makan.. tetiba satu geng mypsa mari brekafast hehehe..depa baru balik dari praktis badminton utk tournament 13 July nanti. There were Abg Lan & Zurin, Insan & Lia & Dura, Sazly & Salfarina & kids plus Hisham & wife. The ladies sumer pakat tegur aku..."lama tak nampak, ni nak kemana ni bersiap2 bagai nih" hehehe....kan ke lama dah aku tak bersosial hiks!.. aku cakap ler kat depa.. "baru nak tengok mentari"...Sembang2 kejap then kitaorg gerak dulu.. naik bus jer ke The Rock tu sebab senang takyah pkir parking keter. Bila lalu kat CBD tu.. hayyoo baru teringat the last time aku gi city was masa bawak Ina and Ky dulu... huhuuu bulan baper ekss bulan 2 gitu.

Ramai jugak orang kat Circular Quay and The Rock tu... Circular Quay and Darling Harbour have always been among my favourite places to lepak-lepak.. suka la tengok laut...erm.. stalls yg ada kat situ adalah around plus minus 40 gitu kot.. and more than half of the stalls there sells art & craft products..paintings and pictures ready-to-be framed pon berlambak gak... accessories, leather products pon ada gak...aku tak beli apa pon.... just cuci mata jer buat masa ni....aku mmg suka tengok benda2 craft products ni....tapi nama nak membeli sekarang ni.. belum la lagi...there are still Paddington Market to go to and compare with and also those markets yg jual country craft products..

Tak lama kat situ..dalam kol 1.30 ke 2 gitu kot kitaorg balik umah dulu...then keluo balik gi Southpoint nak beli ikan mulanya... tapi.. gi singgah kedai jual ayam tu a whole lot cheaper than kat TJ Muamallah. Ramai gak postgrads dah habaq yg kat Southpoint ni murah ayam dia... but we never try.. dok ngulang TJ jer. Tapi after yesterday, tuko lah nampak gayanyer ke Southpoint pulak. Balik dari situ, singgah pulak ke Royal Randwick Shopping Centre beli sayur2an sket. Balik umah... sambung layan citer MyGirl kekekeke siaran ulangan... malam tadi around kol 11pm kot habes sumer.. walaupon siaran ulangan.. tetiap kali mesti bergenang air mata gak aku nengok.. sedih and tragis...tapi sib baik happy ending.. kalau idak, takdenyer aku nak ngulang tengok.

Ok tu jer...bawah ni are some pictures taken on that day.

It's winter

Some pictures that signify the end of autumn and early winter

The closure - 2nd semester

The courses

I was prescribed to take three types of research methods courses namely Research Seminar in Marketing, Business Research Methods and Data Analysis. Although I have studied research methods during my degree years, these are more detailed and thorough courses pertaining to methods. On average, there is 1 paper critique to hand in every week for each course and that means I handed in 3 critiques per week. I was also given on average 4 related research articles based on topics that we need to critique and that means for 3 courses, I basically read 12 compulsory articles where all these compulsory articles were debated and opined by all of us. As I think I am pretty slow in doing the critique thingy, so I normally searched and read at least 3 other related articles to support my critique for all 3 courses. So all in all, total number of articles that I digested came close to 21 articles per week. Just imagine how stressed and tensed I got every single week this semester. And these are only course-related materials, not my research-related articles.. I would categorize myself as a moderate student in terms of result as compared to others because in most cases my marks came somewhere in between the lowest and highest. Jack’s class was the most stressful and tense-ful for me as it is so very conceptual but Jennifer’s class was more relax probably because I have always loved learning the analysis techniques. It made me wide awake doing the analysis than reading an article hehehehe. I liked John’s class too as he often brought in his experience of so many years being a marketing consultant to many companies.

The research progress

If it is not for major assignments, I would not have the time to progress with my own research proposal. Luckily for two of the courses, students are encouraged to work closely with their intended research in their major assignments and that’s what I did and I would say, with this, at least my research proposal has advanced slightly as compared to last semester. Otherwise, I guess with the huge workload, the work-in-progress proposal would not bulge from the last time I put a full-stop to it. Some useful feedbacks were received during the presentations and I expect more to come after I get back the written work. These constructive feedbacks provide me with the direction for further enhancement in my research proposal. I would say, to date, the ones that I value most were those feedbacks I got from Mark in the presentation. His suggestions have broadened and deepened the scope of my research.

The life

Ahh…of course.. my life has been hectic too! To me, the days throughout this semester were really a quick day-in, day-out I would say. Every single day was filled with worry that I might not be able to finish up all the readings and hence the critique. *..but I managed*. This is the semester that I mostly had dinner outside @ Taste of Thai as compared to last semester. In other words, this semester, more money is spent eating out and mostly for dinner. This is also the semester that I experienced cooking as early as 4.30am and as late as 11.30pm but most of the time will be in the morning….and I have to admit, this is out of responsibility…I have put limitation to my social activity temporarily. Throughout the semester, I seldom meet friends, seldom go to get together, seldom go to shopping outlets for window shopping except for groceries, seldom go sightseeing and also did not go to Malaysia Hall for yassin at all as compared to last semester. As such, Amran’s social activity is affected as well. Basically, my life has been school and home, school and home all the time. So terperuk occay! Luckily Amran is such an understanding person where he has helped so much with the house chores and also he understands the need for me to work late on assignments. Sexitivity juga banyak diposponkan… but worry not.. we will make up for the loss dan sexitivity warm up telah pon bermula hahahaha!! Gaduh and perang dingin?? Hehhe the least this semester coz I got no time to think of such topic to quarrel with him hahaha. Too busy to be the cheeky me this semester.

The support

This is also the semester that I received so much support in terms of emotionally coping up with the stress from the workload and mostly came from my blog readers. You know who you are and with that, I thank you so much.

Hrm.. what else?? That sums about all, I think.

Selamat Berangkat yach!

Untuk Ina, selamat berangkat ke Sintok esok yach! Semoga beroleh kejayaan dan kegembiraan di sana yach!

Lepak

Harini aku melepak kat rumah jer. Semalam dah settle clear up the mess on my table kat skool.

Dreaming on...

Bila dah free-free ni, udah le mati kutu lak tak tau apa nak diciterkan hehehehe.. tingat lagi masa mula-mula masuk sem ni haritu.. dengan pack nyer schedule.. aku dah membayangkan kemungkinan blog ni akan kerap ditinggalkan sepi.. dek kerna busy la konon... tapi nan ado nyer!!..lagi aku tensi, lagi aku screw up, lagi aku kena press.. laaaagii aku rasa nak menulis sini hehehe.....dan harini kekdahnya... bila jiwa dan raga tenang.....sudahnya blank!!

Tapi kan... masa lepas matriks dulu..nak masuk ke degree.... ada pegi team building organized by Tekom kat Marang sebab scholarship holder dia kan....ada satu slot ni konsultan datang and buat job match ngan personaliti.. kena jawab soklan2 le apa ler... report aku keluo.. dia kata... lagi pressure dan sibuk aku nih... lagi detail keje yg aku buat hehehehe..so maknanya.. elok laa aku kena pressure dan busy sokmo gitu??? kekeke. Lepas tu... end result dia... job scope dia buat kan.. paling sehsuai adalah dalam sales. Sales!! Boleh korang bayangkan??? Eeee... idak le teman berkenan...masa tu laa.. habes matriks.. nak pilih degree.. sumer geng2 jangka aku akan pilih Accountancy..ntah naper.. idak le score pon..ok sikit jer kot dr depa hahah.. tapi subjek Costing dapat D tuh! Nanges sakan tu! The worst result ever..tp tak kena repeat sbb bukan F....

...so aku buat la istikharah 7 mlm hehehe.. and bila aku tetiba amik BBA, terkejut dog kengkawan aku... hehe and masa nak kena attach keja lepas graduate tu... mmg kena masuk bhg sales pon!!..and from there my career path has been in this field or so...hrm.. but come to think of it... memang aku minat sales and marketing pon...aku bercita2 gak bukak business sendiri dulu heheheh food-based la kot...restoran ke.. bakery ke...sb I think that's where my strength is...tapi penat ahh bukak restoran nih...walaupon dalam keluarga belah mak aku nih rata2 business makan...erm.. tapi bila dah dok dalam industry skrg nih... dah rasa nak bukak tuition centre lak hehehe.. berangan jer... *although opening up a business is our back up plan upon balik mesia nanti kot kot Amran susah nak dapat keje....tp insyaallah.. rezeki dia tu lagi murah dari aku nih..if not, idak le kami dapat keter Wira gedebok free gituh*

Tamatlah sudahhhh

Tamatlah sudah Semester 1 2008 dan jugak second semester untuk aku. Anzmac paper pon sumer udah submit electronically. Accept or not tak tau lagi...tapi tanggungjawab sudah dilangsaikan..

Balik dari skool semalam......aku terus ajak Amran ke ..... *teka 1 saat* hehehe.... mana lagi.. Arncliffe lagi daaa hehe sebagai meraikan kemenangan aku untuk semester ni... menang ke? hiks! So aku order jenis burger lain pulak kali nih.. San Francisco.... I was contemplating between Philadelphia atau San Francisco...beza nya cuma Philly tu lamb.. San Frac tu chicken... tapi memandangkan ada cheese jugak dibubuhnya.. I opted for SF dulu this time. Sedappppppppp!! Largeeeeee one as compared to Chicken Schnitzel last time... and tasted even better sebab the filling is marinated chicken, with mushrooms and other veges like capsicum, then mayo then cheese. Seperti biasa, a huge meal like that, I couldnt finish it.. bawak balik almost half of it lagi! And itu charcoal chicken is of course a must! *jugak reason naper tokleh abes itu burger* Amran?? Dia seperti biasa...always stick to the one he likes one.. *takmo try* so still amik Chicken Schnitzel jugaaa...tapi lagi half yg aku tak abes tu, pagi ni aku reheat and dia balun for his breakfast.

The rest of this week I decided I should just lepak-lepak. Kemas2 meja yg macam tongkang pecah ni.... basically do manual filing.. tau jer lah masa kelam kabut ngan assignment, sumer article dikeluokan dari file dia.. sbb involves cross-reference...now nak clear up balik la kekdah nya...tapi akan dilakukan dengan heaven skali! My folders in this PC juga aku nak clear up kan.. seperti yg aku citer haritu.. tunggang langgang aku nyer file merata-rata where for one final version of assignment ada lebih kurang 5 drafts each on average. So nak delete jer draft2 tu sumer. Nak kena contact xoxo balik nih sbb dia ada advice buat briefcasing haritu *masa aku buat entry on ke-tak-organize-an aku tu*. Then start next Monday, back to work!

Plan cuti-cuti OZ... Well...insyaallah akan kesampaian ke itu Snowy Mountain. Syoknyerrrrrrrr.....then occassional weekends.. sure nak gi outing one..perhaps one of the weekends in July, we'll go to Newcastle *mungkin la.. belom pasti*, about 2 hours drive. *Ehh ilham, SM tu more than 2 hours drive tau, haritu aku cakap 2 jam pulak...sbb jauh lagi dari Canberra*. Ingat nak gi Featherdale Zoo *belum sampai lagi ok!* gak one of the weekends..tengok camana....and insyaallah one July weekend juga ingat nak buat makan2 sikit..nak check out dulu whether and when Ustaz Zuhir available....

Huhuuu baru rancangan jerrrr.. taktau le jadi ke idak... yang pastiiiii 13 July adalah hari yang sangat penting!!!!!!! Yerr.. kenapa??? Amran ada tournament badminton for malay Sydney associations...ngeh ngeh ngeh.. ni pon kontroversi gak benonyer awal2 haritu...iskk... Amran kena tarik sana sini ....sebab he is neither a student here nor working in Malaysian organisation here, so he is like tengah2 gitu...tapi dia ni pulak..bila orang tanya nak masuk team mana... dia boleh jawab... "tak kisah, janji main badminton" ...*sebab badminton ni passion dia* aku la hangin dengo nyer..buat jer la decision kan opssss...last last aku buat keputusan boleh??? hehehehe

ok daaa.. nak chatting pulak!! hahahaha

Kisah semalam

Hrm...camner nak start?

Okeh. Semalam aku dah submit the semester's last assignment *yeah the same ol' story*...alhamdulillah.....syukur.. selesai lah sudah semester ini... walaupon results belum dapat... tapi insyaallah aku tak repeat [read: re-do].. score tak score aku tak pasti...hadoihhh jerihnya aku semester ni Allah jer yang tau.. dan memang aku tak putus-putus berdoa moga aku kuat semangat melalui semester ni knowing that those kind of workloads this semester are my biggest weakness...dan.. alhamdulillah.. rasanya.. aku dapat melaluinyer dengan tabah *kalau tak tabah pon kena lalu jugak kan*... Daisy berulang kali cakap kat aku..."you are very tough"...in this context la....dan tiap kali Daisy or other passing-by colleaque yg cakap macam tu kat aku... most of the time aku jawab dalam hati.."sebab aku ada Tuhanku.."

Semalam jugak aku dah submit my draft conference paper pada sv utk dia review...ingatkan kot kot lambat respon nyer...boleh aku melepak2 lelama sikit but no, almost immediately.. basically he agrees with what i wrote.. just that he suggest i add up another para or so on intended methodology so that according to him it'd be good to get feedback in the conference on this as well. Initially, i just submitted part of the proposed conceptual model and arguments....So harini harus aku meng-editnyer dan by right aku patutnya submit balik kat dia harini.

Semalam jugak.....aku terima news.....yang menyebabkan aku dirundung masalah...yang menyebabkan aku tersepit ditengah-tengah... seolah-olah terdapat pagar berduri di segenap penjuru. Cehhhh!!! aku cakap berpuitis???? Apa ke kekdahnya..Anyway, masalah tu belum selesai tapi aku tolak tepi je dulu....malas nak pikior kata orang Perak <-- aku la tu *LOL*.

Whatever it is, thanks soooooooooooooo much Wa... for the tips and advice and tolong bukak jalan sikit... tapi... i decided to tolak tepi dulu buat masa ni.

Wokessss... sambung kirja...

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Mood aku out kejap

Naji's place

Yesterday I had my first experience since I set foot in this foreign land *close to 1 year already* to watch movie in a cinema at Eastgarden. Yeap.. how pathetic is that... Used to be one who loves to watch movie in the cinema in Malaysia than dvds or vcds at home. I have finished finalizing my assignment for today's submission.. although John has extended the submission date until this Thursday but no, I'm gonna submit it anyway today. So.. yesterday we catched a 3.30 show of Kungfu Panda.....wanted to watch Zohan actually.. but.. since they dont have seat numbers here that when we reached there, the queue for the entrance for Zohan was damnnnnnnnn long... berkilo-kilo meter okeh! *exxagerate LOL* panjang laaa..and there are still half an hour to go for the show at that time....so malas nak beratur, I just watched the said movie instead.. probably will come again some other day for Zohan...

After movie, dropped home for a while for Maghrib then went out again to Arncliffe *hope the spelling's right* where there's Naji's Place.. that sells Lebanese western food. Took away chicken schnitzel, half a charcoal chicken and small chips....had to agree with what other postgrads had said that the food here are really nice! Well probably because we don't have that much choice for halal burgers...I was told that besides the normal halal KFC and McD burgers sold at Punchbowl and Lakemba area, this Naji's Place at Arncliffe *just opposite the Arncliffe railway stop* is famous for halal and yumm ones too...and nearer to my place than Punchbowl and Lakemba. There are many other types of Lebanese burgers that I should give it a try some other time.

Went home with full tummy, satisfied and about to fall asleep.. when I suddenly remember it's the final episode of Grey's Anatomy. Huh! sib baik teringat.. mana mungkin ku miss citer nih...dan endingnya... tut tut tut hehehehe.. kat mesia kat mana dah eks? Some citer advance, some citer behind..

Okay that's all for now... gotto finish my conference paper...

Later.

Titah baginda...

I just love what Raja Muda Perak said that I copy & paste directly from the source for my keep....the meaningful message that is.

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Melayu perlu kuat - Jangan sampai terima nasib terpaksa musafir di bumi sendiri – Raja Nazrin
Oleh ABDUL RAZAK DIN

KUALA KANGSAR 21 Jun – Raja Muda Perak, Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah bertitah bangsa Melayu perlu kuat daripada segala aspek supaya terus gagah, berhati cekal, bersemangat waja dan berupaya mendaki gunung tinggi serta bertenaga menyeberangi lautan luas.

Titah baginda, adalah malang jika bangsa Melayu menerima nasib bagaikan dagang di kampung sendiri dan terpaksa bermusafir di bumi sendiri.

“Anak bangsa yang telah berjaya, janganlah berperangai seperti si Tenggang, terlalu cepat bersifat angkuh, terlalu mudah berlagak bongkak, hingga melupakan asal keturunan, hingga memisahkan diri dari akar bangsanya, menjadi rakus, menjadi gopoh, hingga tergamak menebang pohon tempat bernaung dan mencantas dahan tempat bergantung,’’ titah baginda.
Baginda bertitah demikian pada majlis Hari Ucapan dan Penyampaian Hadiah Maktab Melayu Kuala Kangsar (MCKK) 2008 di sini hari ini.

Raja Nazrin bertitah, kejayaan anak bangsa pada masa sekarang adalah atas pengorbanan, keringat, kesusahan dan usaha generasi terdahulu.

Titah baginda, bangsa yang dapat meneruskan kelangsungan dan mengekalkan tamadun agungnya adalah bangsa yang tidak memutuskan diri dengan akar sejarah, malah senantiasa menghargai pengorbanan generasi terdahulu.

Baginda bertitah, MCKK menjadi kampung cerdik pandai Melayu yang terpilih daripada kalangan yang paling cerdas berasaskan prestasi pencapaian akademik.

‘‘Di sinilah asuhan, di sinilah bimbingan dilakukan dalam usaha membina modal insan untuk meneruskan kelangsungan bangsa di bumi warisan turun temurun.

“Permata-permata bangsa ini diserahkan untuk digarap, dicanai oleh barisan para pendidik. Garap dan canailah permata-permata bangsa ini supaya dapat menyinar cahaya kepada bangsanya dan negara.

‘‘Bisikkan kepada mereka akan petua orang- orang tua bahawa kiambang adalah kiambang, biduk berlalu bertautlah ia.

‘‘Pesankan kepada mereka jangan terlalu cepat bermusuh dengan kawan dan jangan terlalu ghairah bersahabat dengan musuh kerana sejak zaman dahulu lagi, terlalu banyak musang yang berbulu ayam, terlalu banyak sokong yang membawa rebah.

‘‘Ingatkanlah mereka akan sejarah bangsanya yang bernegara berlandaskan adat rakyat bersultan, negeri beraja,’’ titahnya.

Raja Nazrin bertitah, untuk itu, negara perlu melihat kedudukan MCKK daripada kaca mata penilaian yang berbeza dan tidak wajar disamakan dengan mana-mana institusi pendidikan lain.
Titah baginda, berasaskan akar sejarah penubuhannya, identiti MCKK daripada segi bentuk, tenaga pengajar, kurikulum dan kokurikulum harus mempunyai keunikan.

‘‘MCKK perlu senantiasa disuntik dengan nafas baru agar kekal dihormati sebagai institusi pendidikan menengah yang terunggul di negara ini.

‘‘Beta insaf betapa pentingnya kualiti, betapa mustahaknya taraf pendidikan di kolej ini ditingkatkan bertaraf dunia agar tradisi melahirkan barisan pemimpin yang berwibawa dapat diteruskan.

‘‘Dan keupayaan menghasilkan wira bangsa yang hebat berpencak di gelanggang dunia dapat dilaksanakan,’’ titah baginda.

source: www.utusan.com.my, 22 Jun 2008

Sabtu yang santai...

Harini hari yang santai untuk aku.....

Ingatkan semalam nak berlepak-lepakan di luar... takde idea actually...memula terpikir lak nak gi makan seafood kat Sydney Fish Market....tapi celik-celik mata pagi tadi... teringat pulak pada conference paper yang half way through yang mana Isnin ni adalah target aku untuk menyiapkannya so that boleh submit pada sv untuk dia review *dia 2nd author* memandangkan Jumaat ni due date submission. So, kekdahnya tadi.. punyer le leka aku menyambung kerja2 conference paper tu.. sedo sedo dah dekat nak kol 10! breakfast belum buat..tapi disebabkan rumah masih sunyi....tu yg boleh leka tu....Baru kalut nak buat breakfast.. dok pkir nak buat mee goreng ke apa ke...last last aku buat mee kari.. terus untuk sehari nyer makan...setel! Lepas makan semua.. sambung balik keje then stop around 2 lebih gitu, 70% draft siap. Jenguk2 kejap kat assignment yg nak di submit Senin ni.. dah siap since semalam tapi.. still read untuk kali ke berapa tah and still ada jumpa ayat2 berbunyi pelik serta typo-typo bodoh. So draft utk yg ni dah kali ke-5. Yer..gitu kekdahnya... supposedly final of the final dah. Tapi esok nak baca one last time and then that's it, Senin email!

Lepas tu aku relax2 jer....nak keluo erm... masa tu dah kul 3 lebih gitu.. tau jer lah shopping complex jap lagi dah nak tutup.. maleh la pulak terkejor2 gitu.. tak enjoy...so sudahnya aku baca magazine.. magazine yg berlambak yg aku beli kat book fair haritu. Erm.. lama dah aku tak baca buku2 citer or mag nih. Tiap kali nak pegang buku citer...aku rasa bersalah sbb artikel menimbun tak berbaca hehehe yer..masalah beno nyer aku nih kekekekeke...tapi.. tadi relax dan tenang jer aku baca magazine which udah lama aku tak berperasaan gitu bila baca bahan2 santai kegemaran nih hehehe...idak kalu skip memanjang..

At the same time.. aku start browse dah Internet.. cari-cari tempat yg aku mungkin nak gi berlepak-lepakan.. tapi cam no idea la pulak erm....sekarang ni dah terasa kurang stress dan berat kepala.. yer lah.. dah tinggal 2 ni jer lagi.. masuk Isnin tinggal 2 jer lagi yeahoooo.. then cecah 27hb pulak.. setel!!!!

Ok daaaa.... nak ke Coles jap sat sat lagi nih.

Endnote problem and birthdays

**Mari makan kek dan minum teh**

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I had problem yesterday regarding my Endnote.. suddenly all my citations came out like cacing kerawit, all kinds of coding came out! And you bet, coming not from an IT background, aku panik tahap gaban smlm! Mana idakkkk...tetiba word document keluo tah haper2.. tapi bila aku view and print out.. everything come out nicely.. so I thought must be something with setting ni... and at first I thought was Endnote nye problem.. tapi bila taip website url pon keluo coding seperti..{hyperlink www bla bla bla}. Huh.. aku kata ni sudah laa word nye setting la kot.. tapi tak reti teman! Aku takdak lain, ingat virus jer lahhh kan (aku bayang dah si ina gelak guling2)..aku takde lain.. keluo pelik jer kat pc screen ni harusss la virus kekekeke..

So aku pon berkejar-kejaran lah mencari bantuan kecemasan.. aku contact Ina tapi iskk Ym tak jawab, reban Joe takdak, henfon tak angkat! meroyan aku kejap!.. then Ady lak jadik mangsa.. mana tau programmer otai ni tau kan tang tang nih... tp tak jalan sbb.. ye lah maybe dia tak pakai endnote kan...then tingat baik aku cari member2 yg study nih.. sure pakai endnote.... carik Ky kat Ym....pon dia tak penah encounter gak masalah nya.. sudahhh aku risau...aku gi bilik Daisy tanya dia kot kot dia penah encounter.. idak jugak...aku siap re-start tu PC aku kot kot PC aku weng hehee

Sudahnya aku explore sendiri.. dalam kerisauan *sambil chatting occay! kekeekke*..aku main klik2 jer endnote nyer button tu tetiba ada satu instruction ni dia boleh copy all without the code to another word page. Owhh jadi laaa buat masa nih.. sbb.. aku nye keje yg dah siap nak submit senin nih and conference paper, Jumaat. So tu yg ok sikit.. although this probelm still occupies my mind all along. Aku buzz xoxo, no reply.. sah sah tengah meronggeng.. apa kes nak online lak hahahaha.

Kekdahnya, si xoxo respond malam tadi which aku dah tido.. and pagi nih...and she is the one who SAVE me!! Thank you sooo much!! Ni kat bawah ni attachment yg xoxo hantar kat aku pagi tadi and how to solve the thing. Thanks again!

of birthdays...

To Ayu dan Eva ~ Happy birthday girls! semoga dirahmati Allah selalu...dilimpahi rezeki..dan semoga doa-doamu termakbul...thanks for those encouraging words..thanks for the friendship.. may our friendship last forever....Eva, i taktau sungguh ke harini besday you....ikot apa yg abang you cakap jer tapi wish jer la eks hehehehe.... kek untuk both of you i dah hidang kat orang masa orang mula masuk umah nih hehehe ok kannnnn ehehhe

p/s: Probably tokleh nak enlarge the picture. Dia kata tekan Alt and F9 serentak, then word tu display normal balik.

Assignment feedback

Semalam aku ada secebis kesedihan..... tapi kejap jer.. dah namanya secebis kan hehehe...

..erm.. aku dah dapat balik assignment data analisis yg aku baru jer hantar Jumaat lepas... yer lecturer kat sini cepat jer kasi feedback.. within a week mesti dapat dah....lagipon bila dah habes musim exam ni.. lecturer2/professor2 sini memang akan keluar negeri or keluar negara present paper, buat research, collect data dan sebagainya.. so slalunyer masa semester break mmg sengap soh la school aku nih....so sebulan Julai ni aku expect mmg akan lengang.. ramai kengkawan yg dengonyer nak bercoti.. balik negara memasing kejap.. ke sana dan ke sini huhu...tapi aku mmg nak pulun sakan nyer ngan keje aku tuh..aim nyer laaa hehehe jadi ke idak taktau la kan hehehe

Anyway, berbalik pada kisah assignment aku tadi nih.... aku hanya dapat 70% jer..iaitu cukup2 makan jer...sedih la jugak.. frust la jugak.. sebab aper... hat weekly assignments dia tu mostly aku boleh dapat much much better than this... tapi hat major project ni lak takat cukup2 makan jer....tapi.. aku tingat aku ada cakap aku taknak re-do work kan...janji lepas kan...and aku terpikir.. kalau aku tak terjumpa la thesis tu awal pagi tu.. harus la aku kena re-submit assignment nih kot.. meaning fail lah tu. Untuk courses postgrad sini nih, final project dia kalau deemed unsatisfactory.. lecturer akan suruh re-submit within 4 weeks. Then amik markah yg plg tinggi...oklah kan... dah aku melalui proses2 ni... harap2 bila aku habes blajar sok and masuk alam pekerjaan balik.. hopefully aku practice what's good la kan...there are things we are bound to learn along the way...i used to be a firm and plain straight nye jenis..

Anyway, berbalik pada kisah assignment tadi heheeheh.. lepas aku dapat balik assignment tu, aku dok diam sengsorang <-- frust la konon.. then aku gi menyebok2 tanya kolig aku yg lelain camana feedback depa... erm..ada yg 75, ada yg 80... but what surprised me was.. ada 2 org kena re-submit. Terkejut beruk aku dengonyer.. uwh.. tak sangka lak.. and dan dan tu jugak aku insaf kejap and mengucapkan syukur sesangatnya pada Allah atas markah tak seberapa yg aku dapat... kiranya...walaupon tak score, tapi aku tak perlu re-submit... so I get to move forward.. Alhamdulillah...

So, sekarang ni...aku tengah gaduh nak memikirkan topik utk submit paper ke conference pulak... haiyyoohhh..of course it has to do with my research.. tapi tang mana tak tau lagi...hat yg nak submit senin depan, setel dah and letak tepi.

Okess tu jer. Oh ya oh ya..congrats to xoxo for her success in the proposal defense.. Alhamdulillah....only just tiny weeney bit of correction jer kena buat... ok laa tuuu...gi enjoy kejap wehhhh!!

Changes we make in life

Hrm...baca ina nyer entry tadi (entry semalam), noticed she sounded so sad and also her friends.... i know how she feels and i guess her friends know that too.... hrm... tu lah.. kadang2.. we need to sacrifice for a brighter future.. and i guess when we are about to step on the other side of the line, we'd be wondering whether it is in fact brighter or not on the other side as we dont know yet...well...... my advice to ina...we just have to have faith....have that faith..feel sad all you want as you are leaving all your good friends there.. good friends who have shared your ups and downs, your happiness and sorrow....coz if you dont feel the sadness, that means they are not even close to being your good friends then...if i were you, i'd be going to all the farewells they had plan to organize.. coz.. sad you may, but you will treasure the farewell moment even more than the sadness.....*been there, done that, felt that* [so mana2 yg dah pakat nak kensel farewell tu, teruskan plan heheheheeh].

But...just remember.. you are stepping into a whole new environment.. this is the change that you want and decided.. so i trust that you believe this change will bring better future and happiness... coz this is what you asked for.. and for me personally.... when we ask for something and it is granted by Allah then i suppose that is the best for us perhaps....otherwise it wont happen....and if it didnt happen like what we had imagine it would.. then there are things that God want us to learn about...just believe in that...

Insyaallah.. with the right niat for such changes.. things will turn out just fine...and believe me... ko tak akan putus kasih nya ngan geng-geng reban and kolig di KL tuh!!! trust me on this!! Jangan aku dengar sebulan 2 kali ko ulang ke KL jer udahlah yer!!!:P

Compared to ina, i think i went through more turning events than her... the least that i can think of is the location of stay...dengan tak pernah jejak Kelantan seumur hidup.. tetiba terdampar keseorangan *without prior friends* kat situ... but on the very first day...the day that i set foot there, i remembered saying to myself..."i will survive" and thank God, i did, loved it and the memories there are among the best in my life..

Okess.. later..

Cross datelines + multi tasking

In between completing my three more pending work, at the same time I am also searching the web looking for companies who host their own online communities or chat/blogs/boards that talk about specific product or product categories or industry whatever doesnt matter..be it travel, food etc etc but it has to be Malaysian host ...

With all these multitasking *not to mention the emotional distraction at times*, only God knows the limitation I am facing...

So, if any of you readers know or had come across any websites that feature the above mentioned criteria, please drop a line here.... thanks so much in advance!!

p/s: blogs that talk about politics and their intended influence are mushrooming and appealing... but I am not so keen on them...

Just pictures..

Some pictures forwarded by eva to me... nice ones! Thanks eva.. appreciate these kinds of pictures.. keep on sending!

Mood

...the mood that is as cold, wet and gloomy as the weather outside.


..it's that time once in a while when depression and feeling down knocks my door.


Later.

This and that on a cold Sunday..

1.
I was just about to bebel about my phone and mobile internet provider as it has been a week or so I have been trying to access to their website to check on my Internet consumption but failed. I subscribed for the 2GB capacity per month only as most of my working time are spent in the school..thus unlimited access. Home are for contingencies. Anyways, I was just about to bebel about Three just now for the failure when suddenly the page suddenly appeared hee hee. Another GB to go.... but... upon checking my mobile phone usage.. only I realized that I have only used 2 dollars to date.. 118 dollars to go for another half a month. *Ada la kes tepon2 mesia buat perabihkan capacity nih kan dpd burn terbazir*


2.
As I am an unpredictable person to people who knows me all too well....yesterday, after working/editing on my assignment.. I suddenly got bored....so..so.. I went to Correlle's outlet.hehehe.. Spent $200 plus on items I have been eyeing for... Basically, just top up some items and add corningwares to the collection.. that's all. Went home with a sweet *perahsan* smiling face and went straight to Thai Singha in Coogee for lunch cum dinner. A hugeeee one, I would say!!*Cikpah, the plan is still on and just wait and see whether I grab anything else on that day thee hee hee*


3.
I was THIS close to fell down in my bathroom this morning.. really! but thank God..I didnt.*tapi tersirap darah sunggoh la...puhh semangat!!* Coz I think.. if I fell down on that cold slippery floor just now.. I would have landed hard! erghhh alhamdulillah.. the thought make me cringe inside though because.. obviously the door is locked and second thing is.. takmo sakit sakit, patah patah buat masa ini..nauzubillah..I have once fell down hard on my back on a slippery floor as well *it was raining at the time..at my house in Ipoh*..I landed flat on my back and the back of my head strucked hard on the cement. Blacked out for a few minutes *sib baik tak weng kan kekeke*....and the next thing I know.. I was still there lying on the floor with wet face *the rain*. I remembered that incident tersangat-sangatnya... because... at that time.. I was hurrying and rushing to walk my mom to the bus stop.. to accompany her waiting for the bus to go to work...masa tu my mom dah jalan dulu, berpayung as time was running out.. I decided to go slighly later sbb masa tu sian sangat kat my mom jalan sorang2 dalam hujan berpayung utk tunggu bus ke tpt keje... and.. till now.. my mom dont even know that I fell on that day thee hee hee...*tapi kesan kat papan punggung ni.. sampai ke hari ini yach!*


Ok tu jer.


Note: Tetiba takde icon utk justify my writings.. so tak berapa chantek eks

Work-related again *u can just skip this entry if u've had enough with these kind of entries*

Specially for xoxo.. I know u're reading this... I have actually forgotten when is the exact date for your defense that you told me earlier *was too occupied with work*...anyway..just so u know that...I pray for your smooth sailing and success on that defense.. all the best! Come back to me with good news yeach! Also to CikPah.. just in case I may forget.. all the best in your exam! My plan on the 21st is still on yach!

Hrm... my friends who are doing PhD and enrol about the same time as mine are progressing really well.... I mean.. towards their one year period.. they have either defended their proposal or about to defend theirs....thus, they will be moving forward from then on..... and I heard that the journey after defense will not be as trying as before the defense.. *shrug* I dont know.. but when majority says that.. I guess it's true.......they also said that after the defense, writing-up part will be another trying period as well....

My colleague here are organizing two outings to celebrate the end of semester and the end of their coursework! One will be this Monday night..somewhere at Bondi Beach.. Well.. Daisy didnt invite me in the beginning knowing that I still have tonnes of work to do.. but she came yesterday and probably just as courtesy invited me along.. especially when she got to know that Song (my classmate) will also be going....I just tell her that I am not that sure yet as I have tight schedule for next week even after Monday's submission. The next one will be on the 28th of June. Hrm.. the organizing committee emailed all students for the gathering and it will be held at Coogee Beach Palace Hotel bistro & bar. Well..... Warat and Ting specifically came to me the other day asking the date that I'd be totaly free after all these assignment submissions...I can't decline anymore.. I did ask about the kind of food that the place have and they said they have seafood...erm....I agreed to go anyway... see how on the food thingy....it's the get together that matters, isnt it?

So, ok... it is cold today in contrary to few days back...and since it is the exam week... it is pretty quiet around here... so gotto close the door as I am all alone here..

Later.

Adakah ini hikmah...atau sebaliknya? [updated at 4.15pm]

*Tak sempat nak hapdet..merasalah hapdet tajuk ajer macam Bat kekdahnya (miss u!)*


Lepas submission kang aku citer berkaitan tajuk.. things that come my way a minute ago!

daaa

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[updated at 4.15pm]

Hadoih laa... lelah sunggoh!! Tapi akhirnya siap jugak assignment data analisis aku yg sunggoh kontroversi. Kenapa kontroversi? 1. Sebab aku buat lambat :) 2. Sebab ada komplikasi pada data dan 3. Ada soklan (research question) yg mahukan kami buat analisis yg tak disentuh dalam kelas. Tapi.. siap gak laaa...(45% tu weh!). By the time aku hapdet blog ni mlm smlm kat school, aku dah dead tired dah...mmg ah..kalau analisis ni penat terlebih sikit dari yg lain2. So lom habih tp aku balik umah. Balik umah lepak2 segala.. then tidoq. Dari petang smlm sebenonyer aku tetiba risau banget yg aku akan fail assignment ni (due to the complications tu lah)..... nauzubillah!! Aku takmo re-do assignment nih iskk..takmoh takmoh...tapi semalam tu aku stuck sunggoh cemana nak proceed...operationalizing the final part is one thing... interpreting it is another story...hadoih laaa.. so sampai ke pagi ni aku susah hati..ingat nak sambung buat kat umah smlm dgn stay up, tp nan ado kekdahnya!

Datang pagi tadi... jari jemari aku tetiba tergerak nak bukak satu thesis ni.. thesis ni telah disarankan pada aku masa aku present kelmarin ( alaaaaa yg aku ketor tak hengat tuh! takkan kome dah lupa kot? hehe) sebab katanya (one of the panels tu la) yg tajuk thesis ni ada kaitan ngan research aku... so..aku kelmarin sejurus selepas presentation tuh mmg aku carik sesiap dah thesis tersebut dan simpan utk aku refer later2. Pepagi tadi sblm sambong balik ngan keje data analisi tadi tu.. aku bukak le kejap thesis tu.. saje je.. nak tau gak tang mana yg dikatakan ada similarity ngan my intended research ni... tetiba!!

Tengok kat part analisis tu... sebijik sebijan dengan soklan dalam data analisis aku nih!! Yang nihhh yg aku dok pening kepala nih.. yg aku takot fail mlm tadi nih!! Huhuuuuuuuuu... pertama2nya sure la aku mengatakan...."alhamdulillah" kan kan kan hehehehehehe. Sebijik kau!!!! Aku pon apa lagiiii terus laaa nelaah part yg aku pening tahap gaban tuh (yg tak diajo dalam kelas tuh)... huh mmg nasib baik.. mmg nasib baik sungguh.... baca dia nyer thesis and how she proceed, baru la aku paham sepenuhnyaaaa.... tapiiiiiiii jgn pkir bukan-bukan ekss...aku tak tiru tau hehehe serius!! *Guide's promise* kekekekeke...idak laaaa....memang aku guna ayat aku sendiri laaa... nak tau naper aku tokleh tiru sebijik sebijan??? sebab.. sebab.... lecturer assignment aku nih.. adalah supervisor thesis tersebut heheheeheh nak matii guna ayat sebijik sebijan camtuh.. *eh tapi aku memang tak main copy2 keje org tau!*

So.. itulah dia yg aku tanyakan di tajuk aku tu..... pertembungan antara aku ngan thesis tersebut di saat saat aku stuck tahap gaban tuh tadi.. hikmah ke.... atau sebaliknya (sebab aku follow sebijik sebijan steps yg dia buat) heheeheheh.. tu jer hehehehe... and also.. aku patut bersyukur jugak yg aku buat presentation tu lebih awal dari submission of this assignment.. and also thankful pada Mark yg bagi suggestion tuh.. dan jugak pada diri aku sebab bertindak awal dgn terusss gi carik thesis tu utk disimpan.

Okeh... last but not least, have a nice weekend everybody! as much as I would like to enjoy and release the tense and go to Corelle that's on sale now.. I just can't. Coz I have another paperwork submission this coming Monday huhu.. hadoihh laa... tapi yg ni masa aku prepare utk presentation harituh mmg aku dah buat write up sesikit.. nak kena edit. Hrm.. tadi sv datang and reminded me for the third time to submit a paper to A****C which is due 27th June. My last submission is 23rd. Kome bayangkan ..heii jawabnya.. Julai lah baru aku leh meronggeng!

Ok daaaa.

Penat nyerrr...

*sigh*

Sorry lah eks pada yg dah kujanjikan kata-kata manis *LOL* untuk hapdet harini... tak larat sangat nih.. penat minda.. penat badan... masih bergelumang dengan analisis data.. ada complication kat data tuh.. maka .. kami sumer2 classmates tadik.. ke hulu ke hilir bertanya memasing... nasib baik memasing tolong-menolong.... share information...ni belum setel lagi..*biasa laa selagi tak due time [2pm esok].. selagi tu idak le finalize keje nyer kan?*....bak kata seseorang tu...."standard la kak ija..[keje last menet]" kihkihkih...

Apa2 pun.. nak balik dah ni. Ada menda nak story mory sini.. tp ni jer dulu lah.

Oh ya.. welkam to Teesh and BokD ke blog yg tak seberapa nih...hehehe

Aftermath of the presentation

I intend to describe in lengthy of my performance and feedback that I got in the presentation yesterday. But before that, thanks for the best wishes and support I got yesterday prior to the presentation. I must admit, I really freaked out for this presentation and if you ask me.. this only carry 5% of the marks...I am sure there are such smirk out there in readers' face but..I have my own reasons for being so takot for this presentation. So, thanks everybody..sib baik ramaiii laa yg rajin melayan karenah2 freak out aku nih... and for those encouraging words too...

The presentation

Well.. I should say that my presentation went just fine. I think I did my best presenting my work. And I also think the audience kind of got what I intended to tell them. There are certain parts that I think I went pretty quick as I was the last person and.....I dont know.. somehow on the literature part I basically just went through without detail explanation. I spent more time explaining the conceptual model I proposed.

The feedback

Erm....what I can say is the model that I proposed in my work gets to stay. Alhamdulillah. That means.... I kind of see that the model that I presented was more like a backbone or basic model. They *the panels* seem to accept the model but with numerous feedback on improving it to enhance my model. Kind of, their comments extend the breadth and depth of my proposed model that according to them should make my work even richer. O course I appreciate it so much as it provides me with further direction to go. So, kiranya, my basic work stays and I will work from this point onwards...syukur...The details of the feedback will be written in the other private academic blog. I should email the panels thanking them tomorrow. Didnt do that yesterday. Were just too tired with the aftermath.

Supervisor

Surprise surprise, my sv came and stayed till we finished with the presentations. There are occassions when he perhaps disagree with the points or ideas suggested by one of the panels so he did the justification. I just kept quiet. So, I take it as on that particular point, my sv is not so keen on me to pursue. Other than that, he seems to agree.

The work

I should say I have been concentrating more on the first part of the work - the conceptual model as I think this is the heart of any researches. And I was really looking forward for further enhancement and constructive comment. The second part of the assignment -methodology... I actually started this part from scratch only 2 days ago... *yesss very der last minute one!* and this is due to thinking that I still have another 2 weeks for the submission for this part...so in the presentation.. my approach was more like open to suggestions....the choice of words in presenting methodology was more like.."thought...intend...alternative..." you know.. words like that....and therefore.. I went really brief on this one although I provided them with a table of few literatures that show methods that prior studies did. I thought I would receive or will be attacked the most in this part... but nope! not at all. Most of the comments were on the conceptual model.

My feeling?

Somehow, deep down I dont feel quite satisfied with my performance. I dont know why. If I were to take it for the sake of my phd work.... then..the feedback I got is excellent!! Really! It provides me further direction and some light...But.. if I were to take it for the sake of assignment, I would think that my assignment is still weak and not robust enough. Hrm.....

Okay.. that's about all. I should print out the feedback I got and discuss this further with my sv.. but probably not tomorrow coz I have another data analysis assignment to be submitted this Friday.

Once home, I straight away go to bed just now... but dont know why woke up at about 1.30am just... couldnt sleep.. so I thought I'd better put those on my mind into this entry.

Presentation day

Harini aku nyer presentation..


Turn aku last skali,..getar jiwa rasanya..


Tapi.. aku dah buat yg terbaik dalam paperwork aku and..


Hopefully present satgi pon segalanya berjalan lancar..


amin...

Birthday pictures...*not mine!*

The food...Yanie and family murah rezeki coz many who came brought along cakes, pie T, kek batik, apa lagi.?? many more.. aku tak bawak apa pon.. bawak hadiah jer kihkihkih

Itu caramel.. Yanie sudah citer laa kisah disebalik terjadinya peach caramel itu hehehe

The crowd...

The ever so sweet birthday boy with his mommy

Abg Hasan, wife and kid entering the house..

The guys lepak2...

The guys lepak2 again with a periuk of keropok that are not even ushered to us ladies...!!

Go home time....*masa ni baru pikiaq.. "lorrrr tadi ingat nak dok kejap jer, nak gi skool".. nan ado kekdahnyer! *

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Am at school now.. it is cuti celebrating the Queen's Birthday. My supervisor came!!!! He came here a while ago and tegur me.. and thank God, thank God!! I can get to show him my finalized work and get his comments!! Thank God, I came today.

Nota kaki:

Gambar dicurik dari Cik Pah nyer facebook :P

The process

Erm....betapa la aku ni tak organizenyer.. huhuu.

Aku mmg ada satu external hard disk baper Gb tah 120Gb ke 80Gb ke tak ingat hahaha menunjukkan sangat laa aku lama tak pakai menda tu.. harap beli jerrrrr.. huwahuwahuwa <-- lain sket cara gelak hari nih..

Idak ler.. harini aku wat keje dari rumah ajer.. tak gi skool sbb satgi ada besday party Darwisy..so alang2 malas la keja sekerat2 kat skool tu kan... waste time jer.. mentara nak siap2 then gi skool.. then dok kejap.. karang dah nak balik gi umah Yanie pulak.. so aku kat umah ajer la....Pastu.. tau jer la bila buat keje ulang alik ulang alik kejap dari laptop kejap dari PC skool ni kan....kejap2 save kat PC skool... kejap2 save kat laptop.. kejap2 save kat pendrive .. kejap2 save kat kepala hehehehe..for sure akan save jugak ke pen drive tu kan...pulak tu.. laptop aku nih Vista.. WIndows 2007.. tokleh bukak kat skool.. so end up save version lama lah tu kan. Takde la masalahnyer.. tapi.. bila dah tuko2 jenis version save nih dgn kejap2 save kat pen drive, kejap2 save kat PC skool.. weng weng jugak la kadang2 jadinya... so,, ada la file2 yg ada kat sini takde kat sinun, ada kat sinun takde kat sini, ada kat sini, ada gak kat sinun, takde kat sini, takde gak kat sinun <-- haa yg ni sah sah la tak buat lagi kan??? hahahaha.

hehehehe so tu lah yg aku encounter nyer kejap2 tadi..isk.. ada file2 yg nak pakai laaa ni tp dok ada kat skool pulak.. ada hardcopy tp no softcopy.. but kosser sangat lah aku nak taip balik sumer kan.. takpelah..harusnya balik dari umah yanie kang, aku singgah skool sat amik file2 tu dari PC. Ni lah kekdahnyer...tapi....sib baik jugak.. most of the time.. keje2 yg aku buat tu aku emailkan ke 2 email utama aku sbg back up...ntah.. kadang2 kot kot la tokleh bukak ke haper kan.. aku riso beno la kalo jadi camni esp masa nak present.. masa nak present nih, aku nyer tabiat dari dolu2 lagi.. korang tengok laa baper byk kekdahnya aku wat back up. Sebab salah satu alasan student gemor bagi upon submission ke presentation ke is.. file corrupted, file kena virus.. ee nauzubillah.. aku takmo menda2 ni jadi. Okes. Tapi ada 2 file yg aku nak nih.. part introduction takde la pulak dalam email aku tuh. Harus jugak aku ke skool satgi.

On my work ..... hikhikhik.. bole laaaaa progress laaa jugak.. boleh dikatakan.. erm... 70% siap laaaa...now nak patch work la nih. Aku mmg buat keje2 gini nih topic by topic.. as in.. intro, conceptual model, methods. So actually ketiga2 part nih aku dah buat laaa..tu lah tinggal nak compile and modify flow kot. Thank God jugak lahhhh aku ni jenis buat keje patch by patch ni.. meaning... bila aku tgh baca tentang VC.. aku tulis tentang VC.. bila aku tgh baca tentang online purchase.. aku tulis ttg online purchase..mmg sedari awal2 lagi aku tebiat nya cam ni. And now aku bersyukur sgt2 sbb... menda2 tu dah ada.. tinggal lagi hapdet and modify. Erm.. aku haritu ingatkan just nak prepare for the presentation sake jer.. maknanya amik point jer lah kan.. tapi akhirnya tidak.. aku buat write up terus. Then cedok dari write up ke slides. So esok2 mas nak anto write up sok, hehehehe 70% dah siap laa tinggal final edit huhu.

So, untuk kengkawan yg planning utk sambung PhD *in this context*.. start lah menulis ttg apa2 ajer possible topic that u guys might have interest in.. u will never know when those writings will help u up. Simpan jer dalam softcopy writing tuh. Aku citer pasal PhD jer la.. sbb perjalanan PhD ni panjang dan sangat dalam..so.. kalau harap kepala otak aku ni jer nak ingat.. mmg harapan tinggal harapan laa.. colleaque2 aku kt sini tak tulis lagi.. depa2 sumer baca2 jer.. depa kata later nanti baru nak start writing up all... hehe tapi aku dendiam aku tulis jer topik by topik.

Anyway, perkara kedua nak bagi tips pada mereka2 yg berniat nak pursue... semasa anda membaca artikel2 itu.... jumpa jer part methods *contoh* yg korang mungkin nak adopt on.. harusss la korang lekatkan sticker kaler kaler kat situ. Len kali senang nak cari.. yer kalau artikel setakat 30 ok lagi.. tapi kalau 50, 100?? camno? huhuhu.. jgn jadik cam aku.. kejap2. .." eh eh.. rasa macam pernah ku baca ini cara.." atau.." aku nak guna method a and b.. mana pulak laaaaa reference dia.." haaa gitu lah jadiknya kat aku yg esp tgh kelam kabut skrg ni hahahaha.. so that's what i did. Beli stiker kaler2 masa mula2 start enrol PhD kat sini tapi dah nak setahun baru guna tanpa was was hahahahahahaha!!

Oppppsssss wa tak kisah janji jangan terlambat ajer kan kan kan..

Biar lambat, asalkan menjadi...

Biar lambat..tapi selamat...
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Biar lambat dapat boypren/girlpren.. tapi bila dah dapat tu, berakhir di jinjang pelamin...takyah nak experience adegan2 frust menonggeng..


Biar lambat kawen...tapi bila akhirnya kawen, panjang jodoh ke akhir hayat..


Biar lambat mengandung...tapi bila dah lekat tu, selamat sehingga bersalin.. takyah nak experience gugur2 banyak kali..


Biar lambat defend proposal...tapi bila skali defend tu, itulah dia d proposal ....takyah nak experience major or minor revision...


Tu jer untuk harini.

Kawanku nan sorang tu

Tension aku dgn kawan aku nan sorang nih... dok puluh kali tanya aku pasal data analysis assignment.. aku dah berbuih mulut dah cakap kat dia, belum bukak... belum tengok soklan pon.. sebab aku tumpu hat lagi satu yg nak kena present nih... takkkkkkk paham pahammmm!!!!!

Kang kalo aku ngajo ajaran sesat kanggg haaa lain lak jadiknya.. tapi.. udah kukatakan aku lom tengok, tak dan nak tgk.. dok perosah aku ngan soklan yg sama.. hisyyyyyyy

..tring..tringg...

bunyi loceng beskal..


beskal yg aku sedang kayuh....


sambil mengayuh, sambil pandang ke depan dgn kusyuk skals...

takmo tengok kiri dan kanan dah.....


tak sempatttt dahhhh *rasain lorrr eh ehh mana datang lak bahse indon nih?*


err...apa aku bebel ni weiiiiiiiii???? *takat bunyikan loceng beskal jer lah eks*

daaaaaaaaaaaa

Presentation schedule

As mentioned earlier, yesterday was the last class for this semester. No more paper critique!.. Still have pending assignments to go though.. but as long as no paper critique..is already a comforting note for me hiks! Two of the assignments I am yet to progress with concern with my proposal.. so ok la.. and the other one got to do with one data analysis.

So, as a way to 'celebrate' my last class today... I chatted online all along after class.. watched DH till the end of season 4..watched Sindarella...and the next thing I know.. it's about time to go home already.

I think I may need to stay up and put in extra hours on my work as all these assignments are due for submission about the same time.. just a matter of days in gap. But... see how laaa... staying up has always been a big thing for me.. and if u guys wanna know, I no longer wake up early to finish my work these few weeks..but.. alhamdulillah still manage to finish them on time *agaknya sbb tu tak buat keje pepagi sepi'i dah kot*.

Neways...got news yesterday thru email.. Jack has scheduled the presentation for all of us and he put me in the last, last slot. Tension sehhhhh.. I have never liked to present the last.. have always preferred the first to go.. or at least, 2nd. Coz I think like..when it's the time for the last person to present... panels sure dah penat ke boring ke haper kan... but....asked Ilham yesterday and he gave good points on being the last presenter... thanks eks ko nyer opinion tu.. at least...that's kind of reassuring lah jugak for me because I started to freak out already yesterday....so hopefully..I'll do just fine on that day. In contrary, Johra shouted out when she got to know that she'll be the first one to go hahaha.. hadoihhh laaa... but.. to switch with her.. erm... dont think so coz I have never preferred to change the first option of what I was initially given... normally, I'd just take it.

Ok. till now. Actually, I thought of hibernating and focus on my work.. but.. dont think I can. hehe knowing myself.. besides... what's there to loose with just writing up few minutes of entry than not at all. Doesn't make a difference to me.

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10.15am

Alamakk ter-touching lak ngan this email from John. Actually, I have forgotten all about him at the moment as I know he wont be around on the presentation day. But I received this email just now.. not sure if he email others as well.. I think he emailed me coz last time I emailed him seeking for his opinion and professional constructive feedback on my work....however, this time.. as I am just too occupied *and also havent got my work done yet* I didnt send any news to him.. obviously.. although these few days the thought of just saying hi to him did occur...but I didnt.. owh..I soooo luv him!

Here goes:

H******

As you know, I will be unable to attend your presentation next Tuesday. I do apologise. I have a long standing commitment to be at the London Business School.

However, I am happy to be of assistance electronically. If you want me to review your presentation feel free to email it to me. I will be in Europe Saturday to Monday, but I could endeavour to get you comments on Monday night.

If you have any questions as you prepare your MARK 7219/8995 report (due on June 23) or would like feedback, please do not hesitate to contact me or send me draft material. I will endeavour to give you a prompt response.

Cheers

Announcement

Friends... today I would like to inform you guys that..... that... that... in 20 minutes time.. I am about to attend the LAST class for this semester yeay!!!!! *lompat2 kangaroo*


tapi......


tapi......


Ada lagi la presentation and submission.. tak kisah laaa... this is my 'part-worth' excitement due to the last class huhuuuuu

Daaaa

Mixed feeling

My output for today's submission was hampeh and bad! (to Jack's eyes, I suppose) It did occur to me that Jack will definitely not agree with my presentation hence write up as I put up all positive points on the content of article I was supposed to critic. The article talks a lot about the emergence of service perspective as being dominant now compared to goods-dominant view. And I am working on something to do with service, of course I would highlight the crucial role of this turning point kan... In contrary, his expertise or research interest is in product (tangible) assortments.. of course he will not agree with this article. I think he mentioned the word 'bizarre' all too frequent kekekeke... tapiiiiiii aku admit in my critic and hujahan dalam kelas that I tend to agree with this article due to the fact that it is so much in line with what I am working on and he also acknowledged that this article will be of interest to me hehehe..And I also admit that this article may be a bit too biased on services and makes it look as if there are no room for tangible products in the future hehehe

Tolak itu ke tepi... I got back my assignment for last week.. class dia ni jugak laaaa.. nak tau dakkkkk aku dapat 9.5 upon 10 tuh!! Terkejut beruk aku sat tgk markah.. tapi depan kengkawan kelas ni tadi aku maintain kewl la kannnn takkan nak lompat2 katak lak kan... tp dalam hati bernyanyi rianggg.. opsssss alhamdulillah syukur...now, it is not the marks that concern me most here coz there has been just too many assignments that I did this semester that sometimes marks does not bother me already now. But what important is, I wanna see my improvement in my analitical skills, my critical skills as these are my weakest points...in academic context, I mean. So..... considering there are fluctuations in marks that I got and most often I managed to get just the average of around 75-80.. and when this time it soared high, ok la tu kannnn...

Apa-apa pun.. alhamdulillah...

Nak ngadu kat blog aku nih!

Susahnyer laaaaaaa artikel aku (dan 2 other) utk esok niiiiiiii..

Issue yg berat, dah la berat..bercampur aduk lak tuuu... satu pasal service, satu pasal new product satu lg lain heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

Dan.... di saat ni, aku macam blank la pulakkkk tak tau nak komen or kritik artikel aku ni.. maybe sbb aku pro artikel ni.. aku setuju ngan idea2 dia.. habesss apa aku nak cakap dalam asainmen aku nih??? iskkkk hadoihhh laaaaa

Aku ingat this time around, awal la sikit aku leh siapkan kritik aku nih.. tp... stuck la pulakkkkkkkkkkkk haiiyyyyoooooooooo

Tengok asainmen lain la pulak.. iskkkk tapi aku aimnyer tadik nak perabihkan yg ni dulu... iskk ilang mood dah aku nih. Balik awal lah hr nih.

Mid-year stage

It's already June!!!!! Mid of the year already. What's there in store in June normally?? yeap.. mid year sales!! *LOL*

No.. seriously.. it's that time of the year that requires me to re-evaluate myself, my performance and my achievement thus far....and being a student in this line of study makes the re-evaluation step even more significant.

I'll only write-up on my progress personally once I have finished with the courses this semester.. 23rd June will be my temporary independence day huhuuuu.

daaaaaaa

Later.

Saturday outing and Sunday reporting

Yesterday we went to the Sydney Fish Market as planned and had large 2 seafood platters. Actually I wanted to have 3 platters!! but then... udah kenyang..Didnt have grilled crab, I bought raw ones home instead...just had lobster and some other seafood. Bumped into Abg Hasan and wife who just reached there when we were about to leave. Bought some seafood for the next 2 week's menu. Me here have always been like this. If I go to Paddy's or SFM, then the next 2 weeks will be only seafood in my menu. If not, will go to TJ Muamallah and for the next 2 weeks, it will be ayam and ayam lagii.. gitulah kekdahnya...Seafood and ayam does not campur hehehe.. not due to kesihatan reasons, yach tp due to malas and senang reasons hehehe.

After that, we dropped by at Royal Randwick Shopping Centre, sajer jer... wanted to buy some veges...then stoppped by our home kejap... after that ke Eastlakes pulak.. nak membeli cabai kering hehehe.. I have been looking for dried chilli for weeks already kat Randwick Oriental ni, but takdak. The one that they have are the cabai burung yg di keringkan which is a big no-no to me coz sure pedas amatz and not to my liking! So in Eastlakes, found the one I wanted and bought more than 5 packets of them. kihkihkih. Then after that, lalu ikut Kensington, to cari Lite's phone card.. this is like the IDD card which is not sold at many convenience outlets, I mean this brand. Only ada at this one particular kedai jer kat Kensington tu. I have tried few other brands but so far Lite is the one that satisfy me most as it is cheap yet high in value (comes in 1000 minutes), in relative to others, harga atas lagi dari Lite, but low in value ( minutes dia kurang dari 1000). After got that, balik.

Balik buat apa hadeks2?? Kemas2 and stock away groceries plus lauk-lauk yg dibeli.. then on laptop, on Internet, bukak artikel dan juga bukak blog kekekekekeke....After that masak lala.

At the moment, am working on my last, last, last paper critique...to be presented and submitted on my last class...Walaupon begitu, Jack has decided to give me one difficult paper. Cesssss... something to do with the evolution of marketing from zaman Industrial Revolution to Service Marketing era. Although I like this and related with my area, I find that this article is very conceptual, very theory and therefore to me agak rumit utk di kritik.. tapi aku teringat last time in Jack's class, Jack ada discuss on the importance on knowledge and skills to implement the management infomation system (MIS).. rather than the sophistication of collecting market data and processing them. It is the intelligence of interpreting them yg penting....so I guess Jack would agree with this evolution and kind of article.... hakhakhak pepandai la amik hati Jack kali ni ...bagi positive points ajer lah... citer pasal strengths dia jer....huhuuuu dah last class kan kan kan.

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[updated at 11.30am]

Dah tau naper Jack bagi article yg ni kat aku hehehehe.. article ni ropernye core basic utk research yg aku intend nak buat ni laaaaa kihkihkihkih..ingatkan dia saje nak nyusahkan aku wahahaha (acah jerrr)...tp..ropernya mmg akan jadi key LR aku ler.. as I am gonna stress more on services huhuhuuu.. TQ Jack, i lap u!!

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