So long, PhD!

Salam everyone!

Tak tahu ada lagi tak yang baca my blog ni lagi. hehe

Anyway, i'm back in Malaysia, for good. Alhamdulillah.

coming back for good means -- i have completed my PhD -- yes, passed my viva, without correction on the 24th June. Again Alhamdulillah. 

insyaAllah akan cerita pengalaman viva hari itu di lain hari, di blog lagi satu.. huu

Ramadhan Mubarak to all Muslims readers.

i present you......my baby :)

Winter hols with Family Part 1: Winter Wonderland

me elder sisters and nephew came over for a holiday and they've stayed for 2 weeks
we did so many outings + shopping + makan-makan and therefore all the stories will be partially written in different entries

as they are arriving few days ahead of Christmas, i've made a plan to go to Winter Wonderland, one of the popular christmas destinations to visit in London. I also bought tickets for Zippos Christmas Circus in-advance as the circus is really popular in Winter Wonderland and sold out fast in previous years. It turns out that my decision was right and everyone, especially my nephew really enjoy the circus.  


Based in Hyde Park, there are lots of entertainment in Winter Wonderland such as Ice Age 4 ice rink, Zippos Christmas Circus, giant wheel, selection of rides and games and also christmas markets that offer selection of hot & cold beverages, gifts, toys, winter wear, christmas decorations and many more.
Just see the upcoming photos below if you don't believe me ;p

Winter Wonderland only operates less than 2 months in a year (yes, only in winter season) and for this year, this event has began on the 23rd November and will ends on the 6th January 2013. So, anyone who hasn't been to WW, you have 3 days left to enjoy this winter festival. It's free to enter but prepare yourself a jolly good amount of money for tokens and tickets if you want to enjoy those rides and games. not to forget, the food too! :)

enjoy the photos!

i was on the 7pm news

i'm re-posting this post again as the link that i've attached in the earlier post has long gone! it has been 2 years since the event but somehow it was too fun to be kept for myself  :) hopefully the video will last until forever, so that my anak-cucu-cicit-piut dan seterusnya could watch their mom-grandma-great grandma-and the list goes on once was featured in the the UK news and looking great in her younger days.... buwek..;p

last 2 years, i went for a fungi workshop in London to learn more about fungal identification and never thought that TV people will be following us throughout our lessons to do news cover for evening news on that same day .. so, basically you can see me (and my camera..tehehe) here and there in the clip..

i've recorded them earlier (but it was too heavy to be uploaded in the YouTube, i gave up!) but tonight  i've found the slot in the catch-up Channel4 news website, i will just paste the link so that you guys can just watch it from here

at first, i thought only my husband and i will be the only Malaysians in town to watch news that night, but just when the news was aired that night, mr. hubby received a call from Abg Zamri (our friend) telling that i was on tv.. (sengih again!)..yes, at least there was a person watching me on action (instead of us).. well, i would like you, yes, my precious reader to watch it too.. so here it goes!

what 'little things' that can make you happy?

"sambal belacan awak ni sangat sedap"

Ah, that's music to my ears!!

:)

i'm over the moon!

been eyeing this thing for a long time and mr hubby has made this wish came true, tq dearie!

to make this even more meaningful, we've had our names engraved at the back of the iPad, scchhhwweeet!

:)

tq Nuffnang and TGV Cinemas!

Salam and hi all!

as promised, i wanna share one of the good news i've received recently

it's an advance-birthday-surprise from Nuffnang & TGV Cinemas!! woo-hoo!

i happened to receive none from Nuffnang since i've signed up myself  a few years back, so it was a total surprise for me.. weeeee!

imma happy bunny yesterday and today!.. ;p

as mentioned above, i was entitled to 4 complimentary passes from TGV Cinemas to watch any muvie at any TGV's outlets in Malaysia.. any muvie ok.. dahla banyak cerita hawt kat wayang skarang..!

well.. memandangkan i ni jauh beribu batu, my sister has helped to collect those passes from Nuffnang office in KL yesterday.. and she got 'em!

disebabkan i ni adik perempuan, kakak dan auntie yang baik lagi penyayang (ecececeh...), maka tiket2 itu disedekahkan kepada adik-beradik untuk mereka enjoy themselves this weekend.. sorry, tak dapat join but tunggu akhir tahun ni.. kite pi ramai2 k?? ehem.. bagi 'hint' nampak! hahaha.. my little nephew said he wants to watch Pirates of The Caribbean, so i think my sister will go with his son's choice.. have a good time watching lanun, aiman... :))

walaupun tak dapat meng'enjoy'kan diri dengan birthday gift tersebut, my hubby told me that we are also going to cinema this weekend too... not in KL but in Staines to watch the same muvie!! yeay!! what a surprise! selalu si isteri je yang keluarkan proposal nak pegi tengok muvie.. terima kasih suamiku.. sesungguhnya engkau sangat memahami naluri isterimu ini  yang suka tengok wayang... ;) luv ya mucho!

:)

sekian, berita gembira untuk hari ini..

thank you very much Nuffnang & TGV Cinemas!

i ❤ u lah!!

p/s: berita tak berapa baik.. semalam kene hujan masa on the way ke uni.. balik umah terus collapsed.. kepala denyut2 sampai tak larat nak bangun... papa cook for dinner and they were sooooooo yummy and delicious! lupe jap sakit kepala.. but i think i've recovered this morning.. no headache, no loya2.. tu yang boleh buat entry ni...keke

enjoy your weekend, people!

balik kampung o o o balik kampung!!

yeah!

nothin' on earth could describe how excited we are to take a plane tomorrow morning to go back home

seawal pagi ni qila dah buat online check-in and we already got our e-boarding passes in hand

moga perjalanan kami ini dipermudahkan tanpa sebarang masalah..Amin

:)

pagi ni dapat Christmas pressie dari Evan, jiran sebelah umah

we decided not to open it until we reached home sweet home

pressie dari Marie, jiran sebelah lagi pun tak buka lagi..but we know that she gave us chocolate..hee

we never thought that we are gonna get such priviledges like other ppl who celebrate Xmas

kalau tau diorang akan bg pressies, awal2 lagi kitorang siapkan pressies for exchange

takpe, nanti balik msia kitorang beli spesel punye gift untuk diorang

fair kan?

Happy Christmas for friends and readers whose celebrating!

sukanya dalam hati :)

after working very hard this year, i think i deserve an end-of-the-year reward :)

and the reward is...............................

drum roll please!!!!

been eyeing this for quite some time

at last dapat jugak.. (dengan approval mr. hubby)

tq papa, luv u so much!!

p/s: can start looking for the games after this!! weeeee... :)

~~~~

lupa nak cerita, we had a really good dinner at Kak Maswa's house tonight

she made delicious Tempoyak Ikan Patin & Tilapia masak kicap.. and basically we were the provider of the patin fishes  ( got em' from a friend and asked Kak Maswa's favour to cook for us..hehe, trust me she is so good with cooking any tempoyak meals)

anyway, sorry tak sempat amik gambar the meals, sebab asyik mengunyah..dah habis makan baru nyesal tak amik gamba.. haha

CONTEST MORTAR BOARD : The Beauty In Ugly

i was tagged by Hani~chan to join this competition..and after sooo long without any competition, i feel like to have a go on this.. check it out!

ni adalah gambar konvo saya masa buat degree dulu di Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT). Sekarang ni pun masih lagi di universiti yang sama - cuma tukar profesion je.. hee.. gambar ni sangat bermakna pada saya sebab di samping kali pertama ber'konvo', inilah saat di mana saya merasakan ibu bapa saya teruja dan gembira dengan pencapaian saya. Segala pengorbanan mereka dari segi memberi wang belanja, membayar yuran belajar saya setiap semester dan tidak lupa memberi dorongan dan mendoakan kejayaan saya adalah sesuatu yang tidak dapat saya lupakan dan tidak mampu saya bayar. Mereka lah yang mendorong saya untuk belajar dengan lebih tekun di peringkat lebih tinggi dan sehinggalah sekarang ini... Hanya pada Allah S.W.T saya memohon agar ibu bapa saya disihatkan tubuh badan, dimurahkan rezeki dan beroleh kesejahteraan di dunia dan akhirat.. 

i really miss them now... :(

i was on the 7pm news!!

i'm re-posting this post again as the link that i've provided earlier has gone!

last 2 years, i went for a fungi workshop in London to learn more about fungal identification and never thought that TV people will be following us throughout our lessons to do news cover for evening news on that same day .. so, basically you can see me (and my camera..tehehe) here and there in the clip..

i've recorded them earlier (but it was too heavy to be uploaded in the YouTube, i gave up!) but tonight  i've found the slot in the catch-up Channel4 news website, i will just paste the link so that you guys can just watch it from there

at first, i thought only my husband and i will be the only Malaysians in town to watch news that night, but just when the news was on-aired that night, mr. hubby received a call from Abg Zamri (our friend) telling that i was on tv.. (sengih again!)..yes, at least there was a person watching me on action (instead of us).. well, i would like you, yes, my precious reader to watch it too.. so here it goes!







:) :) :)

my precious gems

...already here with me..
:)

Magna Carta Day, Radish picking & Plate Painting

last weekend happened to be another joyful weekend for me and hubby
di samping pergi sampling dan kemudian hantar samples back to the lab we also managed to attend the Magna Carta Day fair organised by the town society
jadi jalan utama ke Hight Street ditutup dan banyak gerai2 dan stage dibuka untuk jualan dan persembahan jalanan
pelbagai aktiviti dianjurkan di sini sehingga jam 4 petang

like one we have in the first 3 pictures below:

persembahan orkestra

saya juga tidak ketinggalan menandatangani petisyen Greenpeace untuk menghalang tumpahan minyak yang berleluasa di Canada...

.... dan juga sempat bergambar dengan en. badut yang sudi buatkan flower balloon untuk saya..weeeee.. :)

dan untuk makan malam, hubby dah mula picking radish yang dahpun mature di garden..it's good to have meals from our own vegetable garden
:)

and yesterday, we went for plate painting on the afternoon kat tempat yang sama kami buat squished plate at the previous day.. saya decorate satu plate dan hubby pun lukis satu plate
it took awhile for hubby to finish his masterpiece- sebab expert sangat dan terlalu detail
and i managed to finish mine within 4 hours only!! haha

my piece de resistance.. (below)

another good hobby to release my tension while writing for my annual review report... hehe!

back at home already!

have so many things to tell ya after 4 days city break over Manchster, Liverpool and Cheshire
but i will tell ya bits by bits,ok?
but first, lemme wish a very Happy Christmas to those who celebrate it today!

dan saya baru saja dapat tau yang dividen dan bonus ASB tahun ni naik 8.55sen/unit!

weeeee..... Alhamdulillah!

our first snow!

rasa macam budak perempuan dapat Barbie doll, that's what i felt when i saw the snow for the first time.. excited!
it wasn't that heavy-type-of snow
maybe ini permulaan untuk musim sejuk akan datang :)
i was on my way to school to go for a meeting with my sv and i just stop by at the Founders Building to enjoy the scenery..ahaks! sempat lagi
n i straight away called my hubby yang tengah sakit kaki kat umah.. he became excited too and asked me to wait for him at school once i finished my meeting so that we can go back home together..

another good thing happened today was the meeting itself
the best meeting i've ever had with my sv!
we laughed and gossiping while discussing about my research plan for next year
and having hot cofffee throughout the time has spreaded some relaxing and comfy mode all over the room

n mr sweet sv again has made me double happy by giving me a Christmas card.. in fact, i was about to give him a christmas card too.. :) so, happy ending di situ.. :)




that's our 1st snow day's stories..

:)

mode: happy (photos)