Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Uni of Canterbury, NZ - Day 1

Ok ni update express ni sebab dah draft kat word kat umah..skali kat pc kat uni ni tokleh bukak laks apehal tah.
Neway, depart from sydney hari ahad haritu pagi..sengsorang jer sbb amran tak dapat cuti. Masa check in everything ok jer..smooth and breeze alhamdulillah..siap dapat express card agik masa kat kastam tu by emirates..tah camana tah tp ada la buat small talk ngan mamat ticketing tu hehehehe..atas flight requested for muslim meal..tp depa still suruh choose makan apa so i picked fish..so macam bukan muslim meal jer gayanya..and with that 3 hours journey, layan movie salt..
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Landed on time...atas flight dah nampak snowcapped mountain..tp sbb aku dok kat aisle tak dapat nak amik gambo dari atas..duk skali ngan couple new zealand...sampai2 jer, pon easy and cepat kat imegresen tu...sbb tak bawak apa except muesli bars jer..kak sherry pon dah nunggu, so terus jer ke umah dia. Aku stay kat umah dia for 3 days ni sbb sengsorang and also sbb penakut hehehehehe....
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So semalam day 1 conference kat uni of canterbury ok la..jumpa geng2 school of marketing kat situ gaks and make some new friends....masa session conference tu mmg berpecah we all ni sbb ikut masuk bilik with topic mana yg berminat....aku lepak kat consumer behavior and retailing nyer track sbb my line harini baru ada...
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Okeh...nanti sambung...weather sini summer..tp belah pagi sejukkk sbb windy kuat jugak..sib baik bawak jacket...oraitttt

Friday, November 26, 2010

The classics of Uni of Syd






Pegi sini ahad petang haritu just for photo shoot session. Building yg berumur 150 tahun. Not my uni though, mine is a bit more modern in the architecture, not as beautiful as this one. Will go for a photo shoot session there later.
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Okeh..sunday ni i'll be off to NZ for the conference and travel. Wish me success and safety yea!

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Going downhill

Kembali bersiaran yachh!
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Okeh....alhamdulillah for the past 2 weeks, kejer yg aku mengejar telah selamat dikejar..apa yg nak kena submit, telah selamat disubmit...apa yg perlu dibuat, telah selamat dibuat...
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Last week aku dah submit pada sv my final draft of thesis.....juga dah notify the graduate school of my planned date for the submission of the three hardcopies..semoga semuanya lancar..
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Raya haji was very simple the other day...asalnya plan takder nak beraya pon..just nak lepak school jer...tp last minit, tumpang member ke mesia hall for solat raya..then ada la jalan raya 2 buah rumah..makan2 makanan raya..ramai yg kejer hari raya haji haritu..ramai gaks yg ada meeting ngan sv lah, ada kelas and so forth...about half day jer beraya then chalo balik umah. Ingatnya nak sambung ker school laks lepas2 tu, kensel..sbb kekenyangan amat hehehehe
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In a few days time, aku akan terbang ke new zealand laks for the conference ..slides sumer dah siap...baju2 dah all packed up...so sehari dua ni tinggal nak praktis2 rehearsal2 sikit ngan timing apa sumer utk presentation tu..hopefully boleh buat dengan baik..
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Looking back, october and november have been hard on me...with tonnes of work and very tight schedules and datelines... tp, jerih2 pon, siap jugak....seksa2 pon, sebenarnya banyak perkara yg dipermudahkan dan dilancarkan buat aku alhamdulillah...kena banyak sabar, kena kuatkan semangat, kena ignore perasaan malas dan meluat..dan teruskan jugak perjalanan..doa dan yakin jer...insyaallah pelan2 akan sampai jugak ke destinasi...dan rasa2nya aku dah dalam fasa going downhill dah skang ni...mungkin dah takder uphill climb yg curam2 sangat dah buat masa ni...come be happy with me for this small bit of achievement..

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Work wonders

Aku la ni tengah final touch up kejer on every chapters aku ni, setelah dapat feedback from editor. Aku anto kat dia dah quite sometime dah tp baru2 ni jugak dapatnyer...sabar jer nunggu. Tp not bad gaks sbb just in time utk aku habeskan kejer2 yg aku tengah buat haritu. Setakat ni takder pending dah except this current work ni lah. So dari kemarin dia start anto chapter by chapter. Not bad la service dia ni. Not only dia correct grammar, sentence structure segalanya....Banyakkkk jugak dia bagi komen2 yg ask for clarification on my work tu. Dah macam nak jadik sv ketiga laks...and i accept that with open mind...Dia pose banyak soklan2 yg aku kena clarify and or work things out...suruh aku cari points kasi stronger argument aku sana sini. Dia siap look for alternative terms, give suggestions lagik on certain points that i wrote. Maybe tu kejer editor or proof reader kot...tp i initially thought i had wanted him to just look at my grammar and sentence structure jer. But he did more than that , more than what he was asked (and paid) for and i consider that good fate for me gaks, alhamdulillah. Price sbb aku nego2 ngan dia haritu disamping bagi comparison ngan org lain nyer charge, i managed to get the lowest. Eh i think nanti aku nak tanya dia lah, kalau dia agree...aku nak recommend dia ni lah kat sesapa kengkawan aku yg nakkan edit and proof read service.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Serendipity

Semalam jumpa sv, and tetiba dia drop his big news. He's going for a vacation! hehehe apa kaitannya ngan aku kan? ada kaitannya, sbb dia nyer vacation tu start mid of dec till towards the end of january. so dia kata semalam, aku kena antar full thesis kat dia in 2 weeks time! tu diahhh berderau darah..panic attack kejap sampai tergigil rasa cam nak nanges pon ada! walaupon kejer tu basically is there already, tp bila dengo 2 minggu nak kena compile put things together in final draft before really submit it almost knock the air out of me yesterday. ketor ketorrr semalam.
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Dok tak lama, dapat incoming call from agent umah aku ni pulak dah...tu diahh...nak angkat tepon pon takot, took me few seconds to stare at the name appeared on the phone, took a deep breath, sempat doa2 sikit, baca bismillah and answer the call. I just went frank with the agent last time, told the truth and said my request. And yesterday, the landlord has agreed to let us stay for a while longer without bonding us on a new rental contract, alhamdulillah...all i need to do is put that in writing of when's our last day in that house is gonna be. ilang sikit separuh stress aku pasai kes awal tu, alhamdulillah... so rasa2nya issue ni selesai i presume, insyaallah.
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Semalam hujan lebat sangat ngan kilat dan guruh. Kat sini, mmg jarang sangat tengok hujan yg lebat2 macam tu.....sampai aku ni yg tengah makan kat luar rasa tak sabo2 nak balik umah, feel secure dalam umah sendiri dalam guruh2 kilat2 nih. Tengah dok makan sambil dalam kepala dok bermain2 boleh ker ni boleh ker boleh ker.....tetiba a thought crossed my mind. You know what, i have been asking/praying for this work thingy to successfully get done and over with as soon as possible.....and baru aku terpkir, aku rasa dengan keberangkatannya sv aku nak holiday tu menyebabkan aku kena press dan plan jadi lintang pukang dan kena siapkan keje ni in 2 weeks time, but...actually i felt like my wish is answered. Kalau tak kerna dia nak gi cuti2an ni, harus aku leha2 prolong lagik sbb masa masih ada and i thot aku pon masih kabur bila masanya. Mungkin ini hikmahnya dapat berita mengejut dari sv tu....rasanya inilah dia nya....insyaallah. So dalam perjalanan balik umah semalam, aku pon terus jadi tenang balik...
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Over the last weekend, takde apa yg best sangat activity...entahlah these past weeks takder menda sangat pon yg interesting to tell...as usual gi cari movie lama2 yg nak tengok dan lepak2 sikit during weekend..tp macam tak de apa menarik perhatian sangat...so just bought and watched citer wanted angelina jolie, ghost of past girlfriends, silence of the lambs. Tu ada citer the butterfly effect ngan death race lom tengok.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Today

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It is today!
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Monday, November 1, 2010

Look forward yet not looking forward

As much as i look forward for the coming months to speed up and get this work thingy done & over with, i can't help dreading the need to squeeze myself through this tightly-scheduled November. Nevertheless, as hard as it may seem to be...just chin up and brave the dayssssss......
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Anyways, some updates;
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1. The thing i had wanted to achieve over the past 2 weeks were accomplished, alhamdulillah..
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2. Had a therapeutic shopping experience with a bunch of fwens at noritake warehouse sale last saturday..and yeap, some but not much damage done to the pocket huhuuu..
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3. Had a wonderful feast and mingling session at kak gee's house on saturday..
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4. A friend and her family from wollongong came by yesterday and we catched up on stuffs. They came to visit their friend who's admitted in the hospital here. The guy (who's a student too) lost his leg due to a bug infection. It was said that he was stung by the bug at gold coast, (that he did not notice of course) at a zoo he visited, afterwhich was in and out of fever. And when eventually his leg was swollen, it's already at its worst. Apparently, the bug has eased its way into the guy's leg and slowly eaten up his flesh cell...and can't be saved by then....
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So...take care yea everybody..