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 :)