my henna

This is what i did on a really boring saturday afternoon... besides taking a nap.. you see, its the time of the month again... the gaji time.. and last week we got our gaji.. walaupun ayat ni takde relevant pun tapi i wanna go out sangat2 but im just very lazy because last week dah kencang gi wedding.. i have my green eyed contact lens to show off tapi mcm malas nak pakai.. you see, it the time of the month.. the lazy time...

selain daripada itu, activity blogging pun telah diadakan and sessi tukar2 color telah berlaku.. previously the blog was black in color and now i've changed it to maroon-pink kinda..

can't wait for ikhwan to come back from london so that i can hear his stories yippie!!!

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my favourite Korean movie

was up last night watching "Seducing Mr. Perfect".. omigod.. tolong laa! Daniel Henney looked super-gorgeous..

great movie.. definately a must-see especially people who are sucker for love stories like me!

A scene from Seducing Mr. Perfect

This is nyummy Mr. Daniel Henney...

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my G-stringS and my big R

life has been quite hectic and chaotic but silent for the past few days.. weddings.. again weddings.. so kena beli baju banyak so that ppl won't be like "did she wear that on dot dot dot's wedding?" of course there's the occasional, "hey dah lame tak jumpa you.. you buat apa skrg?" and there's always this "you bila lagi?"

so life at home pun mcm biasa la.. we have a new maid.. she's quite quiet and does her job like... non stop.. i hope this one is okay.. and then there's the chikedees that i take care of.. you see i'm like a part time mother now.. going back home, playing with babies and i kinda sensed that they sometimes see me as their mother which feels nice at times.. when they sorta gesel2 their head on my shoulder nak suruh dukung.. and when they wait at the doorstep at 720 everyday to see me come home..

however, those chikedees telah merosakkan my G-string.. yes.. you guessed it.. my guitar strings now are broken.. or putus or rosak or whatever it is you call it.. bottom line is, now dah tak ley main.. and again i have to go and buy a new set of strings now.. takpe takpe its okay.. it's only like rm22... or rm50! adoi.. nasib baik laa chikedee...

been reading some blogs and some new resolutions.. dalam kepala ada laa a few..

=MY BIG R=

1. To cook at least ONCE a week ON A WEEK DAY atau hari yang bekerja
- ok so far ni dah diimplementkan.. so far so good..

2. To mcm meng-make up make up kan diri sedikit sebanyak
- ok ni pun dah start beli beli dah.. they other day went to AVON to buy this SUPERB liquid eye liner and it work wonders!

3. To buy at least 1 pair of baju a month
- ni sebenarnya dah lame dah diimplementkan hehehe

4. To save up $ to go to Europe specifically Germany to see BB
- ok working on it

5. To learn one word a day
- ni liat sket.. hehehe

6. To find a specific field, cari betul2 university to further my studies
- working on it...

Ok i guess that's it kot for my big R.. we'll see in a year's time and tgk how far i will go at the end of 2008...

Have a happy new year... welcome 2008

Missing my BB :( and hav been listening to these songs to mengubat rindu :-
23 - Jimmy Eat World
The Way I Am - Ingrid Michealson [kat youtube atas tu]
Cancer - My Chemical Romance [kat iPod atas tu]
Close To Me - Long Vacation's Soundtrack
I'm Like A Lawyer With The Way I'm Always Trying To Get You Off (Me & You) - Fall Out Boy

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my 2007

Gosh, 2007 went by in a blink of an eye.. sedar2 today dah 21122007.. tomorrow's nadia wedding (my oldest childhood friend and probably one of the few friends that i consider my bestfriend who has been with me through thick and thin).. i'm happy for her.. but sad at the same time.. sad coz lps ni it won't be the same anymore :( but i can't be sellfish kan? I wish her all the happiness in the world :) Congratulations Nadia!

So let's sum up 2007 shall we?

January
- We started the new semester. Mondays and Thursdays was Prof Aziz's class, Computing and Multivariate Analysis. We learned our lesson from the Sampling paper not to piss him off during menjawab periksa.. so we studied really hard.. tried to read his mind and presented every assignment as simple and as clear as possible for him to comprehend.. we also learned that Statistics is actually not that hard as it looks like..
- Started on my Dissertation. I have decided to take Dr.KI as my supervisor as I think i can learn a lot and i feel that i can work with him.. As to my surprise, bende yang I paling tanak skali dpt.. which is, i ventured to Bayesian statistics.. but it turned out alhamdulillah ok :) of course the programming (winBUGS) is not as complicated as SPLUS but nak crack the code to bole crack the head..
- My nephew, Muhammad Rafiq Danish was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA Type 1). What is SMA? It's a deadly disease. and we were devastated. when i found out, i cried the whole night just looking at his pictures.. how to save a life?

February
- Struggling with my dissertation. Ikhwan flew back. yay! we had a great time together :) went to movies and just hung out most of the time.. everytime i had the chance, i will drive to gombak after class to see him..

March
- Debaran makin terasa.. during this time, we had study group almost everyday.. and everyday after class we will be tepu coz class dah 4 jam, sometimes 5 and later nak buat study group mcm dah takde idea.. but thanks to my friends who never fail to bagi semangat, so we did our study group regardless... pushed ourselves to the limit..
Ikhwan flew back to germany :( phone i pun rosak.. damn it

April
We had finals. For me and naiemah, we took only 2 papers.. but the rest of the 8 credit hours was for our dissertation.. and mase ni tengah kelam kabut siapkan dissertation.. a lot of frustrations though :( malas nak elaborate sini..

May
the month where i started blogging with the title "MY... ".. Rafiq's condition became worse.. and there were times when i just couldnt concentrate with my dissertation.. because of alot of external factors.. but it was my birthday that month so i tried to make the best of everything.. my dissertation presentation went well.. and during this time, i was struggling to finish up my writing.. started to apply for jobs and going for interviews.. time was running out.. cause i had to look for $ to support myself..

i got a nice slick pink motorola v3 for my birthday from ikhwan.. Thanks baby :)

June
Went for interview with RAM which sucked big time.. (hate those yuppies) yeah of course i don't wanna be a yuppy.. been there done that cewah.. malas tol.. i've decided to live a simple live.. semangat nak jadi lecturer semakin kuat.. applied for a lot of jobs... many many jobs.. went for several interviews.. even company cekai2 pun pergi.. just to practise and improvise on my communication and confidence level..

Struggling to finish my dissertation.. lepas submit jer.. i was admitted to the hospital.. coz i couldnt bangun pun for almost 2 weeks [lesson learned : lain kali makan ubat! especially anti-biotics! ... eewww yuck!] stayed there for like 4 days? insurance covered.. plus i got mcm elaun kesusahan to cover for the administration fee.. [see.. its not really free..]

July
Got my results and yay i am a MSc. Statistics graduate! only Allah knows how i feel.. although i mmg agak frust coz my dissertation dpt B+ jer.. when i worked my asses off especially the programming bit.. tp takpela.. takde rezeki.. good for me though, i was on a roll for interviews.. went to UNISEL's interview immediately after i got out of the hospital.. so i was coughing away tp fortunately mase mock teaching i nailed it ! alhamdulillah ... 16th july went to Penang for USM's Fellowship Program interview.. which unfortunately i tak dpt jawapan till now (tak dpt la tu) but it's okay, coz mase on the way back, which in the bus from Penang to KL, i got a call from unisel soh amek offer letter.. i got the job! ahamdulillah :) and for that, i strongly believe that if rezeki u takde kat satu tempat, ada hikmahnya.. :)

August
Start a new job, new life.. DUNIA BARU u... hehe.. nice laa.. i enjoy teaching.. till now pun.. a lot of weddings in between. my Convocation took place on 16th August 07.. and at the same day, i got extra RM 250 from Prof. Dr. Zul, when i worked as his RA.. coolness so i treated my parents and shaz for lunch at Equatorial Hotel.. savvy..

September
Mama papa pergi umrah.. so for 2 weeks i stayed at Akamal's house.. ade la rasa homesick kadang2.. a lot of weddings.. Cikyah hung out at my place... Rafiq's condition became worse when mama papa gi umrah... he looked like he was trying to say something... but just couldn't... September 11... me & ikhwan's 2nd year anniversary :) he was still there tgh kemas2 nak balik ... hehehe
Ramadhan came on 13th September... Mama & papa arrived from Mecca on 14th and Ikhwan arrived KL on 15th.. just nice :) however, ramadhan bulan ni mmg sedey.. coz on 17th September 2007, Rafiq, my nephew, passed away at 730 shortly after we buka puasa.. we were all with him when he passed away.. and the saddest part was, me & kakfarah just went shopping for his baju raya.. and on the same day, baru je tempah baju melayu untuk dia nak pakai utk raya.. his baju is biru.. just like mine..
Rafiq is in heaven now...Allah took him on a holy month.. and just after mama papa came back from Mecca... He is indeed.. terlalu istimewa... i told ikhwan on 30th september.. bulan ni ada best ada tak best.. coz Rafiq was no longer with us... may he rest in peace.. Al-Fatihah...

October
Spent a lot of time with Ikhwan.. Raya pun best tahun ni coz this was the first raya we spent together.. he came over to my house and i went raya to his house.. hence, the meet-the-parents session took place.. everything went well, i guess alhamdulillah.. he balik on 23rd october..

November
Bz with exams and finishing up coursework for students..

December
WEddings... and weddings through out the month... started the new semester with a kick.. hopefully it'll go well this semester and in 2008...

So basically that is the sum up of the year... will blog about my new year's resolution next :)

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my students' SMSes

Its normal when students develop a certain level of trust with the lecturer.. so mcm ada harapan nak jadi 'buddies' with your lecturer.. yeah sure sure.. that's no problem.. tp as an academician (wah, really aa?) who's guided by ethics and professionalism (fuiyo), i have to abide by the rules. yang depa dok sms sms tnya results dapat berapa.. risau mase pekse ngantok takbole jawabla.. blank masa pekse and stuff...

So the question is.. why now? why when i have already completed my marking, dah verified the results, sent to the senate for approval, keyed in the results... why bila dah habis semua baru nak sms tnya results?

and then nak minta 'up'kan results.. why? what for?? kenapa taknak struggle sebelum periksa? kenapa taknak come and see me and discuss your problems before the exams? ni tak, pekse kol 8... kol 6 call tanya mcm ne nak baca normal table... mane tak angin??

"miss, saya tak paham la mcm ne nak baca normal table.. miss takde ajar pun?"
kepala hangguk ko! habis mcmne org lain bole je buat?? brani nak blame me for not teaching in class.. tu yg aku hangin tol... you sendiri tak blajar, kepala melayang mase class, or even attended the class.. you wanna tell me I DIDNT TEACH U?? yeah rite..

walaumcm mana pun, i love this job..

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my DISK KNIGHT nightmare!

Horrornyer bila computer kena virus. yup. mine was effected with this horrific - ghostly - rase marah marah - nak baling baling computer - virus.. it's called DISK KNIGHT.. yeah sure it enables some sort of protection through ur USB drive but somehow dia mengimplant kan dirinya sendiri dalam computer and it becomes excrutiatingly painful to keluarkan (ok, i might be exaggerating coz of my lack of skills dlm bidang2 IT nih).. however, after many attempts and sleepless nights (actually just last night, tido kol 1230), i managed to membunuh akar umbinya hanyalah dengan:

1. Restart PC in safe mode
2. Check "Show hidden files"
3. Go to C:\WINDOWS
4. Delete a file called KNIGHT yang ada logo pedang
5. Search for files with nama "knight"
6. Delete
7. Go to Control Panel > Add and Remove Hardware
8. Cari virus berhantu nama Disk Knight
9. Remove
10. Restart

EZ Breezy! and beres.. betapa senangnyer... takpayah la nak tukar tukar Reg Edit tu and install Sophos 30 days trial (coz bende tu je yg bole detect DISK KNIGHT ni).. hopefully takde dah.. so far alhamdulillah i check takde...

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my 3 days in a row update - DAY 3

omigod.. susahnyer nak siapkan 3 day update nih! malas2... been very the lazy to update my blog.. plus, i tgk org2 kat tepi tepi ni takde pun mengupdate.. adoi hai.. so blank wif ideas...

anyway, day 3 we got our gaji.. woohoo!!!!! so i bought some pants and blouse for kerja..

(trust me, when i had this 3 day update idea in my head, it wouldnt be as boring as it is right now.. but i am just sooooooooooo lazy)

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