Masterpiece

Me - Shock & speechless..
Afnan - Smiling proudly looking at her masterpiece!






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Tiba-tiba aku terasa bahang keperitan belajar. Dari semalam lagi, aku cuba nak sampaikan apa point yg aku nak sampaikan tp tak kesampaian. Sabar lagi, hari ni cuba lagi, tapi gagal jugak. Sanggup lencong sana lencong sini, cakap benda2 yg takda kaitan ngan aku, tapi bila aku nak cakap je, lencong lagi, aku pun sabar lagi. Tapi bila at last dia cakap tak payah tunjuk la ni, rasa nak luruh jantung aku.. Dari semalam aku nak cakap tapi tak dapat2. So sebenarnya dia memang tak mau dengar la ye. Aku cuba kuatkan semangat, aku tak mahu air mata jatuh pasal, nak save la nanti2 la, not now... (tunggu viva or masa graduation nanti la).. Aku perlu kuatkan semangat. Hati kena kuat.. Ya Allah, kuatkanlah semangat hamba mu ini…

Jadi, apa perlu aku buat? Nak ikut cakap ke? Aku nak cuba tgk ni dari sudut yang positive.. Aku perlu.. Mesti.. Ok la, dia mungkin rasa its am of guidance, and its probably is. Betul2.. Hands on punya orang kan..

Ok la, I refuse to be negative today. Jadi sejurus aku tekan publish, aku akan bangun dari kerusi, dan pergi buat secawan coffee.. dan buat apa yg dia suruh buat. Harap2 semua berjalan lancer, dan petang ni boleh dapat input yang positif..

Ya Allah, hanya pada Mu tempat aku memohon bantuan dan perlindungan..

Jssnns

Of surprise..

I could not resist to comments on today matches..
Firstly on Brasil vs. Holland. I assumed that everyone thought that Brasil would breeze through the match, especially with the opening (though offside) goal from Brasil. The official goal came within minutes. But from then on everything went downhill for them. No technical skills shown, not a trace of the infamous Samba move at any point. What was there was in fact exasperated players who did not communicate with each other, tackling their opponents carelessly which by the end a player was handed a red card. I have a theory; as they came in as favourite team, not only as the match winner but the world cup winner, they were stunt by the Dutch equilising goal. They probably thought that no one should have been able to, so shocked that they never recover! I personally did not think the Dutch played any better, probably thought they would be lucky not to be humiliated by something like 4-1 like you-know-who.. So after their 1st goal, everyone was esthetic and their spirit soared which enable them to score the winning goal.. Another thing is that Afnan keeps saying 'Kaka habis.. Kaka habis..' heehee. And I found out that kaka is poopy in German.. So the whole time, Afnan was not saying such nice things.. heehehe.. Anyways thats that.
Regarding the Ghana vs Uruguay which U won from penalty shoot out, lets just say Ghana could have won on numerous times, but I guess they just dont the luck! the dramatic red card on the last minute of the extra time, the missed penalty and lastly the dramatic shoot out.. Uruguay keeper is really good in predicting the shooter movement prior to the kick, hence 2 brilliant saves.. Coincidently I thought his face looks like Aliff Aziz.. Or is it just me?


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14 months..

Yesterday, 1st July 2010 marked the 14th months of my study and our stay here in the UK. Lama dah.. Tak sabar nak balik..
Anyways semalam meeting ngan sv sangat stressful. Stress sampai klua meeting je trus ajak hubby mkn kt luar.. We tried the red sea restaurant kt harehills. The meals not bad, but of course xboleh lawan jazera.. But its red sea special smoothie is yummy; a mix of avocado, mango and strawberry.. Did not think avocado sedap sangat but i thought its really good.. Making a mental note to find avocado and try it at home..
Enough of the food, the price is alright i guess. But hubby had red sea shewarma, but i thought if he wants that meal, get it from Shawarma..


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Of loneliness..

Lonely la sangat.. This is the second day break from world cup.. Sunyi sangat.. Selalu kt office tu baca diorg punya live update kt website fifa. Yg update every minute tu. Did not think it was appropriate to watch the 3 pm telecast.. Heheehe.. Then i would go home to prepare for the 7.30 match.. But these 2 days has been less than exciting, making me thinking about shopping je.. Anyways, i have got my shopping list ready with the ciput budget huahua.. Gap jeans are on sale at £7.99, there is a store selling office wear that's selling coat and matching pant suit at £10 a piece. Now that is bargain! I am going to need it for my conference (tp paper mcm kn reject dek sv ku saja.. Huhuuhu).. Erm apa lg.. Oh ye dadhibais ngan day to day kena seround lg b4 the VAT increase.. Now where am I to scrape enough money to get by???


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Of football and such..

Just finished watching Spain vs. Portugal match. After witnessing the adrenaline pumping Germany vs. England game last week, this match was only 15% as interesting. How can I, the kaki-bangku-never-played-any-sportwoman, said that? Well, beside being the self-professed kaki bangku, I did took note on how the game are played. The attack formation is of particular interest. Really! From tv we get amazing views from amazing angles. For example, the German (except for their 2nd group game) always have at least 3 if not 4 forwards/strikers waiting in parallel when they were bringing the ball down.
Another interesting that I have observed that most teams have wing players; to play on the right side of the field or the left side. Thats very typical, and how do you know who would stay on which side? Interestingly enough, its based on which foot the player use to score a goal! I just realised that!! Hahahaa... Kaki bangku betul..
Anyways, like I said, that's mediocore. The Germans last Sunday did not even attempt tu push wingers, instead they cut through the middle of the field, allowing goal scorers a clear shot on the goal!! Such a beauty!!
It was entertaining and spectacular even if I am watching it from home..
There you go, that's my favorite team this World Cup.. I remembered that prior to the first group game the silly itv commentator went as far as saying how would the German survive without the likes of Ballack; labelling them as underdogs, being so young and all. Yup, except for a couple senior players like Klose and Podolski, Germany team consist of under 21 squad, but that squad won anyhow.
Cant wait for this weekend match Germany vs. Argentina!! Whats all the big fuss about Messi y'all. Tanya skit bp byk dah gol? heheehe.. Look out for Mesut Ozil y'all!!!
Enough about football oredi..
Daa..

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Sale @ http://ruwaidarasid.blogspot.com

We have finally set up (and have the courage) for our sale blog..

http://ruwaidarasid.blogspot.com

hehehehehhe.....

malu, malu..

Tapi bila pikir bukan orang nampak kita or kena pergi rumah ke rumah.. ;p

Do drop by y'all..

Of what I have been up to..

Not much actually. Earlier this week on monday, i had intense urge to watch the world cup but thankfully that urge passes as i buried myself in work. A friend said that usually after passing their transfer, people usually go off on a holiday of some sort, but yours truly here is the exact opposite. ;p
The reason being is that after being soooo worried about transferring I think that I have finally, for the first time this past year, feel confident a bit about my work and what I am doing. That's at a risk of sounding sooo poyo, but its true. I was in cloud nine; could not see my future - masa depan terasa sangat gelap; could not see the light at the end of the tunnel, but all that burden of weight felt like its been lifted off of my shoulders. It felt like I have achieved something.
Anyways, last week I was sorting out the various forms that needed sorting; second 6 month report for UMP, KPT, transfer report for graduate office - all of which still need sorting.. Have to get it done tomorrow..
This week I did some simulations - for a case study and another of the effect of process conditions. The results have been plotted, but am stuck at intrepeting it all. Its useless unless you know what it is, right? Lets hope I could get it done by tomorrow before the weekly meeting..
I heard horrific stories from other PhD students whom supervisors; maki2, marah2, tengking2, sindir2, tukar2 tajuk/skop, to name a few. So far i have only been sindir-ed a couple of times that I can recalled of, and I was able to brush off. I do know that that's obstacle/test from Allah to those He knows who can handle it. As He knows that I would not be able to survive if I had mean svs. Yup, I probably would not have think twice to run back home; yes, pathetic I know.
Anyways, the PhD momentum is at full swing and hope it can be sustained!!

Of My First Year Transfer

First of all YAYY!! For the proper title to my post today.. I don't usually have one simply because I usually started writing and forgot all about and only realize it when I have published the post. Anyways, I am not such a 'bunga-bunga' writer and I feel weird/awkward saying flowery things. So, here goes.. Erm, I don't think so..

Well, what I want to say is bertapa bersyukurnya saya, Alhamdulillah sangat2 sebab dah lepas first year transfer. Ada pelbagai istilanya di sini; upgrade, transfer, first year assessment and it all meant the same thing. Ada sesetengah university di sini require phd students to register as an MPhil (Master of Philosophy) student, whereby at the end of first year tu dia ada assessment before reregistering themselves as 2^nd year PhD (if I'm not mistaken Uni of Bath buat macam tu). Other uni like Leeds, call it Provisional PhD. Sama je, sebab in Leeds kalau tak lepas 1^st year akan dapat Mphil jugak (among other things which include nothing ;p mintak simpang ye..)

Anyways, in Leeds, the most familiar term is 'Transfer' which refers to first year transfer which upon passing you will be a second year PhD student; like yours truly ni dah masuk 2^nd year.. (lompat..lompat..).

Seriously, I sometimes feel like I don't deserve it all.. It's too much and overwhelming.. What have I done to be in such mercy?? But I looked back and keep telling myself that what I need to do is to improve myself, that's all that I can do..

I passed my transfer with ease I would say. And not without doa from my dear hubby, my parents, and friends.. Thank you all, and most importantly thank you Allah for letting me pass this 1^st hurdle (as in years), 2 more hurdles to get through.. The examiner main question was all inter-related in a sense that he wanted to know as to why I am doing what I am doing now, and how it would fit or contribute to my country. After that its mostly his suggesting for improvements and plus he gave me a further 3 papers to read that he thought were related to my field. I cringed a bit, realizing that my literature review were not extensive enough.. But the main thing is that I passed..

Well, that's it for now.. Meeting with sv again this afternoon.. Wish me luck.. ;p

MamaAfnan