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Salam sumer..

Dah lama tak update. Congrats to Ijal & Ani who just recently wed. Sorry I totally missed the date. But I’ve got something sorted for your reception at Ayah’s (thanks for Nisa’s help).

Also.. congratulations to Sue for being offered a job and will start the new journey very soon. Good luck, babe!

Arghh.. feels like going home to Malaysia. I want to meet everyone.. new family members who I’d missed (congrats to Ija/Han for newcomer Hanis and to Pait/Pern for newcomer Faridah). Even Hazeeq always wanting to go back to Malaysia coz once I’d promised I’d give him a brother and a sister once we get back to Malaysia. Har har.. So sorry guys, I don’t plan to get pregnant here in UK, especially now. There’s so many things to do here and though different people have opposite view abt it, I believe people have to respect one’s decision.

Ohh.. about Sufiah.. recent update. I want to apologize if my previous post hurt anybody’s feelings. But just to let u guys know, her family (Halimahton & co) has set up a blog to explain their views on the matter. Quit interesting. Probably you guys want to check them out before you made ur final judgement on the matter.. http://hyusof.com/.

Last two weeks, on 29-30th March 2008.. we went to North East England & Scarborough. The journey started at 10.00 am. We rented this Ford Focus Style make of 2007, 1.6cc. Oklaa.. not so bad. Comfortable for long journey.

First, we went to Kirklees Light Railway, in Huddersfield. Cute. 50 minutes return journey where we started the ride from the main station, through farms and countryside. So.. know what it taste like riding a steam train.

Next, we went to Eureka! Museum for Children, in Halifax. Hazeeq was so excited and the visit is worth all the penny! There so much thing to discover, and even for adults we would be fascinated at how little we know about things surrounding us. You need to spare minimum 3 hours to allow your children to take advantage of all the exhibits there.


We then arrived at the hotel, Green Gables Hotel in Scarborough. The suite is huge and comfortable. We have the lounge, kitchen, bedroom with 2 singles and 1 double and a spacious bathroom. Even the cookery was provided.

The next day, we went to the Scarborough beach. Scarborough is famous for its beautiful coastline. Cantik sangat! Though Malaysia has beautiful coastline as well, England has more ‘raw and wild’ kind of seaside. We can see people on yacht and motor skis not very far away from the beach. But well.. we might be too early for the beach. Hazeeq can’t take off his jacket and bring himself to build a sandcastle :-(.

After checked out, we rushed to Sunderland. There we want to experience what it’s like to shop in a car boot sale along the coastline. The view is really stunning. But the price of goods there just as expensive as the view! He he.. Anyway, if you want to go to North East England, Sunderland might probably be the best place to stop for fuel filling coz it’s really cheap, even when compared to Sheffield. We also stopped there for lunch and relaxing.

On the way back to Sheffield, we stopped to take some pictures of the Windmill at Sheraton. It’s a bit modern but the view is beautiful.

And before we arrived at Sheffield, we also made a bit of detour to the Humber Bridge in Hull. Kinda Penang Bridge in Malaysia. We stopped there to take some pictures before arrived at our home around 10.00 pm.

In general, for just the three of us, we spent roughly less than £300, inclusive of accommodation, car rental, entrance tickets and fuel. We thought of going with some friends but no one interested and I am only available that week before heading for more busy weeks ahead before the conference. More pictures can be seen here.. and don’t forget to clevk on the ‘View as slideshow’.

Just before the conference in June 2008, I thought of visiting North East and North West England. We might celebrate Hazeeq’s birthday on the journey. As of my research, now I have completed 4 tests with analyses. And in this coming weeks before 1st June(where I’ll be heading for a conference in Holland), I’ll try to finish 2 more tests using different database(WOMBATS) and prepare for seminar presentation just before heading for visit to the North West & North East. Fuihh.. busy! Important dates :

14/04/08 - Start new tests for data collection
17/04/08 - Presentation in the Journal Club
01/05/08 - Presentation in the Seminar
03/05/08 - 05/05/08 - Visit to North East & North West England(Hazeeq’s birthday on the 4th)
19/05/08 - presentation for English Speaking class.
01/06/08 - 05/06/08 - Presentation in the ICCS conference, Holland

All this time, I need to complete the tests and more papers reading for the conference. And plus all the preparation before the presentations. Ehh.. do I really capable to go for the visits? Errkkk… :-|

See you next time.. cheerios!

What would you say?

Stories about Sufiah really shock many people, especially Malaysians.

First, the News of the world said : …

“Maths prodigy who won an Oxford place at 13 is now a £130-an-hour HOOKER”
URL : http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/3003_hooker.shtml

Next, the mom said : …

“I refuse to judge her and I want her to know my door is always open..”
URL : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/06/nsufiah106.xml

Next, the ex-husband said : …

“My view is that people can blame childhood to a certain extent, but there also comes a point where you have to take responsibility for your own actions.”
URL : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?xml=/portal/2008/04/01/ftgenius101.xml

Despite all once close-to-Sufiah people comments, she said back: …

“I have no regrets..”
URL : http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/0604_hooker.shtml

Well, NOW, I would say : …
“Let’s move on.. she’s now 23 and she doesn’t see herself as a Malaysian(despite being offered some financial assistance in earlier days when she was claimed as one of brightest child in Britain). She doesn’t deserve all this attention to herself. Save our prayer (and energy) to others who need it most.”

The funny thing is, today.. I looked in Wiki to see what they would say about Sufiah Yusof : …
“Sufiah Yusof aka
Shilpa Lee (born 1985) is a prostitute and former math prodigy from Britain.”
URL : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufiah_Yusof

~she : Huargha ha ha. All that you want, Sufiah.. the price that you have to live with. I wish somehow you will gain your strength back and made your way as part of normal community.

Beberapa blogroll terkini

Wahh.. ku kira aku sudah meletakkan rasa jeles terhadap beberapa individu yang tidak segan menjadi insan dan diri mereka yang sebenar.  Anugerah ini kutujukan buat Afdlin Shauki dan Abdullah Jones bersama blogs mereka.  Begitu sibuk pun, masih ada masa untuk menulis entri.  Rasa kagum sebab they are not scared being the person the people they want to be and yet, share it with others.  I wish I can be as discipline as they are in writing entries.. and I wish I can as brave as well ;-)

Check out their entries in my list of blogrolls.  Ohh.. thanks to Anita Kema coz from her blog, I met these blogs.  Cherios!!

Salam,

Ni cuma satu entri yang lahir dari seorang insan biasa, seorang warga Malaysia dari kelas ekonomi sederhana.. tidak berniat untuk memperlekehkan kewibawaan kepimpinan kerajaan Malaysia, sekadar mengharapkan satu pembaharuan yang menyeluruh daripada segenap lapisan masyarakat.  Harapnya adalah pak menteri atau pegawai berwajib yang suaranya akan lebih didengar oleh pihak atasan  yang terbaca entri ni.. atau sekurang-kurangnya menyentuh hati seorang warga Malaysia yang prihatin dan bbertindak memainkan peranan bermula dari dirinya sendiri :-)

I first came to UK on 15th January 2007.  Beberapa hari saja lagi akan memasuki angka genap setahun.  Saban hari I mengikuti perkembangan di Malaysia dari akhbar online ataupun siaran berita TV3.  I realise kedatangan I ke bumi UK ni atas kepercayaan dan amanah negara tercinta, menggunakan wang rakyat yang telah membayar pelbagai cukai kepada kerajaan.  Sebagaimana rakyat lain, dah tentu I juga berharap pelajar Malaysia yang lain akan sentiasa ingat bahawa mereka perlu pulang ke MY untuk melunaskan tanggungjawab dan janji yang telah termeterai.. bukan sahaja ini antara kita dan Tuhan, tapi sebenarnya lebih kepada rakyat MY sendiri.  Sedangkan dengan Tuhan yang Maha Pengampun lagi kita berdosa, inikan pula jika berhutang dengan manusia yang pelbagai ragamnya.

Bagaimanapun.. trend kebelakangan ini di mana ribuan pelajar Malaysia yang enggan pulang ke tanahair untuk berkhidmat setelah menghabiskan pengajian menjadikan I tertanya-tanya di mana silapnya.  Pada mulanya I beranggapan bahawa mereka ini hanya manusia biasa yang ada pelbagai alasan sendiri untuk menghalalkan cara.  Dan seboleh mungkin I tak mahu jadi sebahagian dari rakyat UK kerana I begitu cintakan MY.. dan tak sanggup rasanya untuk menerima habuan dan pandangan serong rakyat mereka seolah-olah kita pengemis yang menumpang senang di bawah bumbung negara orang.  Ini berkenaan harga diri negara sebenarnya, takkanlah kita sebegitu daif seperti negara yang dilanda natural disaster.. kemarau dan banjir taufan ataupun gempa bumi kerana alhamdulillah setakat ini, kita terlindung daripada petaka begitu besar dan kaya pula dengan sumber semulajadinya.  Dan MY juga bebas dari peperangan, kecuali sedikit kekalutan politik yang memperbesarkan isu yang sebenarnya terjadi di mana sahaja di ceruk bumi ini untuk kepentingan masyarakat tertentu dengan motif yang jahat - isu racist.  Di mana sahaja perkara ini menjadi lumrah.. hata di bumi Uk sendiri - tentu tak dapat kita nafikan yang setiap manusia lebih selesa dengan dan ‘orang’ mereka sendiri yang akhirnya akan membentuk kelompok budaya berdasarkan pelbagai tingkat keselesaan.  Contohnya, British lebih selesa dgn EU people jika dibandingkan dengan Asians kerana pertindihan beberapa aspek  mereka dalam budaya.. tapi lebih selesa dgn British juga jika dibandingkan British dengan EU people dan seterusnya.      Tapi di MY pada hemat I, tidaklah sampai ke tahap masyarakat majoriti menafikan hak untuk hidup kaum lain.  Malah begitu bangga sekali untuk menyatakan bahawa kita sama-sama meraikan perayaan besar setiap kaum dengan pelbagai sambutan dan cuti tahunan, tidak seperti di UK yang hanya ada Christmas Day sahaja(dan kononnya bumi ini tidak racist langsung, jika itulah ukurannya).

TAPI, pelbagai isu kebelakangan ini sungguh menyesakkan benak I.  Sebentar tadi my husband baru sahaja balik bertandang ke rumah kawan yang kawannya pula datang beratndang dari MY dengan tujuan yang satu - mencari peluang untuk berhijrah ke UK!!  Ohh.. begitu sesakkah keadaan di MY sehingga ada yang bertindak sedemikian?  Tidak layak rasanya I mengkritik sesiapapun secara peribadi di sini.. tapi jika tiada angin, masakan pokok akan bergoyang?  Dan sahabat ni bukanlah calang-calang orangnya.. seorang kontraktor yang punya perniagaan sendiri dan mempunyai sebuah pusat jualan kereta jenama mewah BMW.  I sendiri malam ini tidak lena tidur memikirkan persoalan ini.. dan kemudian terbaca pula laman Utusan Malaysia tentang berita terkini yang menambah lagi kekusutan ini..

1.  Malaysia negara Islam berjaya

Ohh…  kalaulah benar pernyataan ini dalam segala genap pelusuknya.. alhamdulillah!  Tak dinafikan rasa heaven sangat di MY, segala ceruk ada saja masjid dan tempat solat untuk Muslim.  Pakaian Muslim tidak dilihat asing.. apa jenis perayaan pun tidak menjadi begitu pelik hingga Muslim boleh solat di atas jalanraya sekalipun waktu setiap Jumaat dan Hindu akan diberi laluan untuk conquer jalanraya bila jangka waktu perayaan mereka tiba.  Begitu memahami, tapi apa juga jenis agama yang menyesatkan akan dikekang pihak berkuasa hata tiada kejadian pelik seperti misteri Ms Elizabeth Smarts di US dan pembunuhan ala sacrifice/pemujaan.  Ramai kawan di sini dari negara Islam lain di sini juga memandang tinggi keharmonian yang MY nikmati(tapi non-Muslim tak peduli sangat sebab mereka tak appreciate apa yg kita nikmati di MY).

Tapi apa cerita?.. kerana kawan yang baru datang bertandang tadi melontarkan kegawatan biasa yang dia sendiri alami sebagai kontraktor yang berurusan dgn pelbagai agensi kerajaan.  Pengalaman mendapatkan tender membekalkan meja di Majlis Agama Islam WP, seorang pak haji dgn kopiah di atas kepala minta RM7K di bawah meja untuk pastikan tender tersebut dimiliki.  Hmm.. no wonderlah byk saja kejadian paip pecah.. banjir dari bumbung bangunan kerajaan.. lebuhraya hampir runtuh dsb :-(  Hai.. kalaulah mungkin kita mulakan dgn diri kita sendiri.. bersikap teluslah.. jauhi rasuah dalam pelbagai segi.  Cukuplah dengan ucapan terima kasih sebagai penghargaan dan selebihnya kita mohon kebaikan itu akan sampai pula ke segenap keturunan kita dlm bentuk keselamatan, keharmonian dsb.

2 .  Pemenang peraduan tertipu siasat sendiri

Dah pernah baca tak cerita ni?  Dua daripada tiga orang pemenang peraduan yang dianjurkan oleh Utusan Malaysia ditipu seorg lelaki sebagai RM3,10o.  Hadiah kemenangan mereka ialah pakej tunaikan haji.  Lelaki yg menipu tu kata bayar RM3,100 je lagi untuk bawa seorg lai rakan tunaikan haji bersama mereka.  Yang manusia-manusia mulia ni pun berilah duit tu simply selepas lelaki tu beri nama, no akaun dan no IC.  Iyelah,  mungkin kita terfikir.. macamana pulak orang lain tahu no phone pemenang kalau mereka ni tak kena mengena dgn penganjuran peraduan tu, kan?  Bila laporan polis dibuat, depa tunggu saja tindakan polis yang sehingga hari ni tiada khabar berita.  Tup tup.. hari ni salah seorang mangsa dapat trace alamat penipu tu simply juga dgn masukkan no IC yang mereka sendiri beri kpd polis.  Sebenarnya penipu tu bukanlah cerdik sgt dgn tinggalkan jejak sebegitu mudah hatta yg tak certified pun boleh jadi penyiasat.  Tapi apa cerita pulak dgn badan yang dah certified utk jalankan penyiasatan ek?

Fed-up sungguh dgn anggota polis yang tak de inisiatif nak memajukan diri sendiri.  Sudahlah tekenal dgn makan rasuah.. buat kerja pun acuh tak acuh je.  Syabas kpd Ketua Polis Negara dan pelbagai pihak yg berusaha nak pulihkan imej polis, tapi kalau anggota polis tu sendiri yg tiada kesedaran.. susah nak kata.  Tak keterlaluan rasanya kalau kenyataan ni saya keluarkan berdasarkan pengalaman sendiri.. selagi kes tak libatkan mati dgn seluruh gesaan masyarakat meminta tindakan.. selagi itulah tiada tindakan ;-) Kalau satu masa dulu orang kata, selagi tak libatkan dato’ dan VVIPs, selagi tulah tiada reaksi.. tapi sekarang pun nampak makin teruk.. sedang kes yg berprofil tinggi pun begitu celaru sekali bila diajukan bahan bukti di mahkamah. Isk!  Yang terpikir di kepala ni.. bukti diada-adakan dgn pelbagai peringkat disuap pelbagai pihak yg menjaga periuk nasi masing2x.. isk.. isk..

 

3.  Kes kehilangan kanak-kanak lagi

Tak guna rasanya menuding jari ke mana-mana pihak.  Ibubapa mangsa sendiri pun pasti menyesal tak sudah dgn kejadian yg menimpa.  PM dan VIP lain turut menghulurkan simpati.  But please.. masyarakat kena aware dgn transformation budaya dan persekitaran yang pantas.  Kalau dulu kita percaya anak kita  bebas bermain kerana semua orang kampung kenal ’siapa anak siapa’, tapi kini begitu ramai org asing di sekeliling yang tak tahu dari mana asal usul keturunannya.  Parents, hendak atau tidak.. make sure anak tu dihantar ke tempat yg ada org yang boleh dipertanggungjawabkan dgn kewujudan anak tu.  Kalau di sekolah.. kena hantar/jemput sampai ke kelas yang ada cikgu dgn gate besar sekolah diawasi oleh pengawal keselamatan yg pastikan tiada kejadian melarikan kanak-kanak dlm kawasan sekolah.  Kalau ke rumah kawan anak.. kena hantar sampai rumah kawan tu dan aturkan dgn parents anak kawan tu pula bila masa nak jemput atau hantar anak tersebut.  Dan kalau terjumpa anak yang berkeliaran di tepi jalan tanpa pengawasan.. kena alert dan hantar semula anak tu balik ke rumahnya.  Tapi masyarakat yg tak biasa lagi dgn budaya camni mesti rasa tersinggung konon kita pula yg cuba mengajar mereka.  But really.. some young parents need to be told by elders and hopefully this kind of education can be spread and continue to be part of our new culture.

4.  Peningkatan kos sara hidup

Makin naik gaji kakitangan kerajaan.. ada saja kenaikan harga barang.  Tak cukup dgn harga brg.. disorok pula barang keperluan.  Dari tepung.. gula.. minyak.. beras.  Lemas rasanya.. sebagai pengguna, kita menjadi mangsa yang ditekan dan diancam pula dgn pelbagai helah.. roti canai akan pupuslah.. dsb.  Setakat mana method pengawalan harga brg berkesan dan melindungi rakyat?  Sedang FELDA sendiri gagal dlm kes menipu peneroka dalam mengatur kos yg perlu dibayar kepada peneroka.. dan yang mereka tipu ni buka golongan berduit.. tapi mereka yg terpaksa berjerih bawah matahari dan hujan untuk mencari sesuap nasi!

Sekolah pula minta pelbagai jenis yuran setiap kali buka persekolahan.  Lain kawasan lain pula angka yang diminta.  Bila rakyat mengeluh dan kerajaan campur tangan.. barulah sekolah akur yang yuran tersebut bukanlah wajib dan mengikut kemampuan keluarga.  Well, baguslah kerajaan pun prihatin dan campur tangan.

Harga minyak akan naik lepas pilihanraya, kononnya.  Tol perlu dibayar.. tapi herannya.. jalan masih juga sesak.  Sesak dgn pengguna, maknanya banyaklah jumlah kutipannya.  Tapi saban tahun, tetap dinaikkan juga.  Macam hutang kad kredit pula.. tak pernah putus kecuali kita mampu bayar sekaligus.

Kesimpulan

Sebagai pengakhir kata.. entri ni hanya untuk melepaskan lelah di dada.  Tak berniat menyinggung atau mengajar sesiapa.  Hanya satu ingatan peribadi kepada diri sendiri dan pembaca yang prihatin.  Jangan kata I sempurna.. as human, takkan mungkin akan sempurna.  I sendiri pernah hilang anak.. pernah diculik beberapa jam.. pernah ambil tak tahu dgn keadaan sekitar(tapi tak pernah sekali mengambil rasuah dlm apa segi sekali pun)… bla.. bla..  Tapi sempena tahun hijrah baru ini, mungkin kita sama-sama perlu mengubah diri.  Apa sahaja yang berkaitan dgn amanah.. terutamanya bentuk material seperti wang.. perlu diambil serius.  Kita bertanggungjawab terhadap diri sendiri, keluarga dan masyarakat.  Dan segala kebaikan yang kita lakukan tu akan kembali semula kpd kita atau keturunan dalam pelbagai bentuk yang tak terbilang.

Sekian, wassalam.

Yang belum tidur lagi di Sheffield hari ni,
~shereen
1.21 am

Malas

Ooohhhh.. the lab should be opened today after 10 days closing for Christmas & New Year.. but I’m soooo lazy.  I woke up at 8am and there is still time for Fajr(Subuh) here.  I was half hearted to go to the lab today.  While I was thinking hard about it, received a call from a friend.. saying she’s too lazy to go as well.  So, I decided to let her feel a bit relief that she’s got a friend to do so ;-)
After a small but good kitchen cleaning, we went to a GP practise at Walkley.  There were so many people there and we found that we were uncomfortable there - the people were unfriendly, even the patients look at us with smirky smiles.  After got a registration form, we went off to book an appointment for Hazeeq at a dental practise (at Walkley as well).  Similar.. the door were locked at 11 am, with a nurse talking at the phone looking annoyed at us.  I’ve seen this so many times before.. in supermarkets, restaurants, shopping malls, in public service especially.  Some of the people are very nice and yet they are just humans.  I feel alot easier when I’m dealing with University’s service, though.   I wish they know how hard to be a foreigner in this country, and I bet it is anywhere.  Can’t wait to go back to MY.  The funny thing is.. not like in MY.. public servants will be less friendly to locals and more than they should do to foreigners (depends on their skin color, anyway) ;-).  But hell.. I still miss MY.
After being treated like that, we went to Crookes’s practise.  Not so many people there but they are very helpful.  A bit loud when talking (well.. Mizi is not deaf, pardon you.. just not a native English speaker)… but friendly enough that we felt comfortable.  Alright, took the registration form and decided to come back later after filling those at home.
Off we went to Crytal Peaks, a shopping mall in suburb Sheffield area.  Still many people wandering around.. some work places and schools will start only next week, I presumed.  Bought files to store my journal papers.    Ate lunch at a pizza place ground floor then headed home.
Mizee went to work, so he left us half way to take the bus.  At home, I make use of the files bought earlier.  Finally.. I’m relief that I feel a bit organized now.. part of my 2008 resolution.  Around 7.30pm, went to work.  Erkk.. not very much punctual there, but will make up tomorrow ;-)
Eh.. dah baca Utusan recently? About Chua Soi Lek mengaku ‘melakonkan’ adegan seks ngan pompuan muda.  Dia dah minta maaf ngan family dia.. and depa pun dah terima.  Suspen je.. ingatkan politician Melayu.  Macam2x.. memula baca takkan lepaskan jawatan.  The next day.. lepaskan semua jawatan lak.  Do Malaysian cares, actually?

2007 re-visit

Mintak mahaplah.. sempena tahun baru ni nak update sekali lalu important events yang we all kutip(curi - thanks to mereka yang berkenaan) daripada kerja-kerja menggeledah blogs/fotopages entries. FYI, it’s 5.11am but still can’t sleep-so, decided to take this up further. Enjoy!

13 March 2007 - Sheffield Games

Annual event of Sheffield Malaysian’s Association (Undergrads) which will invite Malaysians from all over UK to Sheffield for sports & food fest. We managed to combine energy with Jan/Saiful’s family to set up a booth. Enjoyed ourselves, Mizee pledged to do it again this year ;-)

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Hari Raya Aidilfitri - 23 October 2007
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Jurisdiction in Islam

Read an article. I am not an expert to guide you on which side one should take - but worth thinking about. Most interesting part is :-D :

“Remove the people who are causing the problem, and put in the ones who are qualified to deal with it. Remove the unqualified, because they are misguiding society.”

The article.

Today I’m thinking  of embedding Google Calendar in my blog, so that families in MY can look what is happening to us here in Sheffield.  And also I could remind myself (and everyone else, maybe) of some important upcoming events.  Looked for some clue, and found it here : Helen Nerdy’s blog (thanks gurl!).  I’m going to try it.  Good luck to all..

New Year 2008

Salam.. long time no news ;-)

Updates ek?.. 12.00 midnite.. kat luar tu berdentam-dentum bunyi mercun. Depa sambut New Year biasa je. Tadi Mizee sibuk calling sana-sini tanya if they’ll be holding any special occasion like what we had in KL before - lots of firecrackers.. but hampeh.. semua kata tak de. Betul pun.. just like few minutes bombing and then everything went silent again. Hmm..

Me?.. I’m busy adding important dates for Hazeeq’s school term, searching for solah time in 2008 and printing them together. Tak macam MY, setiap hari nak kena check schedule solat sebab a day after another boleh berubah up to 4 mins. Oh ye.. sekarang kat Sheffield, kul 5.45pm dah pun masuk Isya’.

Tadi petang baru je brain storm tentang schedule baru utk 2008 - buat daily planner & resolusi utk 2008. Ayah ni mesti nak tahu apa Kak Long buat sepanjang hari. Wuihhh.. very tight schedule tau. Memang tak de ruang nak memasak pun. Alhamdulillah la ada Mizee yang suka memasak ;-) . Oklah.. the schedule (weekdays) till September 2008 goes like this :

05 am - 06 am (1 hr ) : Solat, bersiap & journey to work
06 am - 08 am (2 hrs) : Kerja
08 am - 09 am (1 hr ) : Journey to work
09 am - 05 pm (8 hrs) : Research Lab
05 pm - 07 pm (2 hr ) : Ambil Hazeeq & balik Crookes & Journey to work
07 pm - 08 pm (1 hr ) : Keje
08 pm - 09 pm (1 hr ) : Journey to Crookes & Rehat
09 pm - 05 am (8 hrs) : Tidur

Resolusi 2008 :

  1. More discipline - try as hard as I can to follow the schedule. Use weekends to catch-up delays.
  2. Be a better person - don’t talk rubbish.. if no good words to say, don’t say it.
  3. Stay healthy - get enough sleep for long term health & youth ;-). It’s more economical in long run.
  4. Financial - be more financial-wise. Organise money as you planned.
  5. More balanced - spend weekends to teach Hazeeq spelling, cooking experiments, update blogs, kerja komuniti etc.
Sekejap je - 15hb Jan ni genap setahun I dah kat bumi UK ni. Woittt.. in 2 years time I should be submitting my theses and wait for viva. Kalau betul gayanya.. elok 3 years kat sini I submit my theses, then apply for extension for another 6 mths utk tunggu viva & writing for correction. Barulah I faham sekarang kenapa orang ramai yg minta extension - sebab mahal nak mai sini balik just to submit their correction or come back here for viva. I really pray that everything will be smooth for the whole family, ameen. Doakanlah Kak Long dapat sudahkan semua perjuangan ni within the time limit, ek? Rasa tak sabar sungguh nak balik MY :-)
Missing Malaysia,
01.19 am
Fir Street, Sheffield.

 

Weekend with family

This weekend is like the rest of weekends - spent with family.

On Saturday, I woke up late and had branch at around 11.30am. Then we went to City Centre to window shopping and to find something for Kyle’s birthday later this evening. From 99p-TJ Hughes-Yafai Store. At the end we bought something at TJ Hughes. Went back to our home to wrap the present - Hazeeq was so excited about wrapping it in Christmas theme. He even wrote something nice as birthday wishes on the wrapper(yes, we forgot to buy a card). Around 3.30pm, we went to Jungle Mania where the Kyle’s birthday party was held. Hazeeq showed Kyle the present he bought. We left him there and promised to come back around 6.15pm. Me and Mizee went to Meadowhall Shopping Center - one of the largest shopping mall in UK (or is it the largest?). The idea is to aim for some catchy items for the next Boxing Day (hehehe). On the Boxing Day I have planned to conquer the Meadowhall. As soon as Mizee got home (around 6.00am), we will go to Meadowhall and shop for some things. Hey, I’m a shopper with aim, alright ;-) That is what I intend to be and the window shopping thing we’ve done today is one of the preparation, k? (hehe). Well, for those who doesn’t have any idea about Boxing Day, it will fall on 26th Dec every year where massive bargains will be offered to clear items for that year. People used to queue outside the shopping mall as early as 4am and the shops will open earlier than usual around 7am. So, I’m not that hype.

On Sunday, I cooked Ayam Masak Merah and Nasi Pilau (a bit like Briyani actually, Pakistani’s dish). Took about 3 hours to cook (yes, I’m a lousy cook) - but looks delicious, isn’t it? All PMPMS AJK have to cook about 2kgs Pilau Rice and 2-3 whole chickens. Add up them together, we will have enough food for everyone for tonight’s ceremony. There were a ceramah agama given by ustaz from London, a Malaysian plus some programme to introduce new Malaysian families to the rest of community here. Anyway, only Mizee + Hazeeq went there. I was not going coz afraid it might be too late to arrive home. I need the energy for the next day. So.. as what I promised to myself - won’t do anything to jeopardize my study here, eh?

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