Letters For My Love

Winter - Week 1 summary.

2010-12-04T12:35:00.003-05:00

Thank god its saturday :)

So far, alhamdulillah, i think classes and work semua okay. and if i keep persistent, all my classes and research will be okay and i will also make $100 per week. hopefully lin okay. just i realised on wednesday and thursday, the days i have to work at the substation, i really get super tired at the end of the day. tapi takpelah, so far boleh catchup with sleep and all.

semalam gi sauna ngan mimi. that was nice. esok insyaAllah pergi lagi the fadhilah and maybe fatimah skali. i know, you have no idea who they are.

lin tdo umah mimi smalam, so today, after makan bihun goreng, lin blk, masak kari ikan sambil buat laundry. sekarang tinggal lipat baju. lepas tu nak mandi, and head to lab utk buat research. malam nanti ada pertandingan dodgeball ikut rumah sukan MySA. so, lin pergi terus lepas research insyaAllah.

tiket disney world ngan universal studios orlando dah sampai. so, we have 4 day ticket to disney world and 4 day ticket to universal studios, takpelah terlebih, more flexibility. credit card je tak sampai2. i'm nearly broke :P bayar dah semua bill. takpe, gaji masuk next friday :) so, i think i habg on. two more weeks of class before i see you for two weeks! lupa nak tanya shasha nak tumpang umah.

anyway, call me when you wake up.

missing you

Lin

Fall Break Ends. Here Comes Winter!

2010-11-29T00:48:00.002-05:00

Hi NOuri,

Penatnye. So many things I did to keep myself busy this break.

Sabtu : MySA raya celebration
Ahad : My house makan2. watched Harry Potter Part 1.
Isnin - Rabu : Kerja. Made 180 dollars :) from 5am to 1.30pm
Khamis : Got lost, nearly got killed driving and thanksgiving with Brian
Jumaat : Men's hockey game. RIT won 6-1
Sabtu : Buat Brian's Christmas Tree, watched Tangled.
Ahad : nothing.. need the rest! :P

That's my whole week!. Now esok monday, kelas starts, I actually feel quite nervous! Rasa cam newbie gila. Like lama gila tak pegi kelas and I'm not sure what I'm suppose to do.

Thankfully, my classes wont be so hard this quarter but I'm also taking 4 credits of research and more than 10 hours of work.
InsyaAllah okay kut.

Ni my winter quarter schedule.

Anyway, pray for me. Haha, pelik, dah third year but I feel so awkward going to class even only after just a week cuti.

need to do my laundry soon,
LIn

Fall Break Starts NOW! ^^

2010-11-19T13:34:00.004-05:00

Hi Nouri,

I cant talk to you yesterday sebab nouri busy sangat study. And I guess you are probably taking your exam right this moment.
So, takpelah, lin tulis kat sini je.

So, anyway, after my exam yesterday, i got really bored. Ingat nak tido since I only slept from 5.30 am till 7 am since the exam was at 8. Tp, last2 endup tgk tv/computer je.

So, lin tgk ape ek.. lin tgk. Survivor episode 10. lepas tu tgk movie, Boku no hastukoi kimi ga sasugu ( I give my first love to you) which is at the time you were calling me when you heard me crying. Sedih!! Tp best gak :)

Then, i watch Lie To Me season 1 episode 5. lepas tu, tgk movie Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion. lepas tu tgk movie, Sad movie, which is nice gak la.

and sambil2 tgk tu main farmville. lepastu bru tido... bru lepas exam pun hari dah bosan kan?

so, okay. hari ni plak.

hari ni, lin pergi jumpa my professor at 10am pasal research. lin mintak nak buat 4 credits. so, dapat, he said okay, lepas tu dia cakap, apa nak kena buat untuk research, which is quite the same with the food microbiology class that he will teach in winter quarter. Lin tak dapat amik kelas tu sebba clash ngan genetics, so takpelah, tak graduate awal, so i will take that class next year.

so, lepas tu, lin stop by kat crossroads, the cafeteria i told you about to look for a job.
so, lin dapat on wednesday and thursday untuk buat subs. Sama ngan my mom :) My mom pun dlu kerja as a janitor and a sub maker.

anyway, lepas tu, lin gi makan ngan brian. sembang ngan dier. and tell him about the problem i had with my supervisor untuk kerja time next week which during fall break..

he (my supervisor) said this :

You wanted to work before and you did not come the days that you were scheduled to work. When you tell me you will be coming in to work I look for you to come to work.

which is? ehhh?

I worked for him 2 years and i only dont show up during exams day and which i would call him first. Fall quarter is the first time lin tak kerja and i told him that i couldnt work.

lagi pun, dia amik cuti summer ngan half of fall sebab sakit kaki diabetes dia. lin nak contact pun susah. So, in the end i decided not to work. and he KNOWS that.

so, ada this other malay girl, budak sophomore who came in to work for him for 1 day and lepas tu quit terus.

lin takut dia mix up dat girl as me. but like brian said, he knows you for already 2 years. tak kut. tp brian pun pelik, sebab klu lin tak datang, brian and my supervisor akan both lin britau. and brian cakap, lin tak pernah plak ponteng unless exam, which i make sure to tell earlier at least one day before. So, brian cakap just biaq pi kat dia, john to hari ni macma bitchy skit anyway.

anyway, so, bile tgh sembang ngan brian, boss kepada boss of john (my supervisor) named terry datang. brian cakap ngan dier, so, terry cakap, he didnt see any reason for me not to come to work during break. so, I GOT A JOB! yeah! so, lin boleh kerja time breakkk!

yeah.. klu tak bosan giler. lin hari ni pun dah bosan tak tahu nak buat apa.. apa lagi seminggu. haishh..

anyway, so lin cakap takpe ke? nanti john sakit hati lak kita didnt go through him, brian cakap takpe. and both senior custodian pun cakap they would be okay. anyway, john wont be here next week! haha. so boleh lah rileks skit.

pelik, i work 2 years ngan dia, dia puji pun selalu, tiba2 ckp lin tak datang kerja? ape ke hal..

anyway, so, lepak ngan brian sampai kul 12. lepas tu, i went to buy hockey tickets for the men's game on the 26th. brian nak gi skali. so, lin nak ajak either mimi atau nico later, so i bought one extra.

blk2, terjumpa blk brian, so i gave him his ticket.

and well.. that leads me to right now. bru balik and wanting to talk to you, but since you are busy, takpelah,

i'll wait for you to come back home.

and here, i buh link of my winter schedule.

Ni, tak masuk lagi 4 credits of research, but lin tak nak bubuh sebab i think I would come in during random times so, give more flexibility to myself.

and akan tambah kerja sebagai custo or janitor, tak sembang lagi ngan john macam mana.
tgk la nanti, so hopefully i get about 6 more hours. so, i will make about 100 dollars per week :) cuti ni pun, kerja 3 hari will make 180 dollars, tp full time. so, yeah, kaya blk, insyaAllah.

Im gonna keep myself busy this quarter :) only have one year and a half more of college, so, i should make the most of it while i still can.

I love you,

Lin.

Must Get Out

2010-11-14T14:08:00.000-05:00

Lin teringin nak buat ni. So, here it goes

RULES :
1. Put your music library on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.

1. If someone says, “Is this okay?” you say
Tok tok tok –Super Junior.. Tiba2 plak ketuk pintu?

2. How would you describe yourself?
The Voice Within - Christina Aguilera

3. What do you like in a guy/girl?
When you say nothing at all – Ronan Keating

4. How do you feel today?
Fly Away – Black Eyed Peas… Betul la, I really want to to get out from this place..

5. What is your life’s purpose?
Re(mark)able - Arashi

6. What's your motto?
Rock DJ – Robbie Williams

7. What do your friends think of you?
Too much Too ask – Avril Lavigne.. Ye kut.. Sedihnye -_-

8. What do you think of your parents?
Fly High - SHInee

9. What do you think about very often
Keep Holding On – Avril Lavigne.. So true.. T_T

10. What is 2 + 2?
There is no Solution – Sum 41 .. Lol that was funny.

11. What do you think of your best friend(s)?
Himitsu (secret) – Nino Arashi

12. What do you think of the person you like?
Emotion – Destiny’s Child

13. What is your life story?
The end of the universe – Jason Lo.. Okaay.. recently I was thinking about Armageddon a lot..

14. What do you want to be when you grow up?
Hate that I love you – Rihanna ft NeYo.. yang ni tak kena langsung

15. What do you think of when you see the person you like?
Haha. A set list of GRE vocab came out. They are ..

apathy = state of indifference
culpable = deserving blame
elucidate = make something clear
picayune = worthless
scathing = severely critical

What does this tell you? haha. sedih tul

16. What will you dance to at your wedding?
What If – Kate Winslet

17. What will they play at your funeral?
The potential break-up song – Ali & AJ

18. What is your biggest fear?
Sand in my shoes – Dido.. Haha. Takut sgt la

19. What is your biggest secret?
This is Where I live – Jason Lo

20. What will you post this as?
Must get out – Maroon 5..

So many hints telling me to get out, fly away and all that. -_-. Memang serious lin tension duk umah/ RIT ni.. macam memang suruh grad awal je..

LIN

RIT Men's Ice Hockey Team is AWESOME!

2010-11-13T12:40:00.004-05:00

Went to my first Ice Hockey game last night. One word. AWESOME!

And the chanting part was also so much fun. Evrytime they introduce the guest team, everyone will yell off "You Suck" simultaneously. That was so much fun.

And everytime we scored a goal, evryone will point to the oppnents goalie and yell off "Its all your fault" three times.

Man, I love this game!

And we won 6-2 ! :)

So much fun. Planning to go with Brian for the next home game.

Datangla RIT. Then we can go together.

Feeling so happy,

Lin

A gift for Dee ^_^

2010-10-30T18:59:00.002-04:00

So, you know, my friend Dee who just graduated last year from RIT. So, she had a baby thats gonna be two months tomorrow!
Yup, she's a merdeka baby!

So anyway, I bought her a rocking chair bout a month back but never had a chance to give it to her. So she came here back to rochester today to visit her brother who is now a sophomore. Stop by for a couple minutes. She actually just left less than 10 minutes ago.

I never was a good friend to her. Frankly, I dont think I ever were a good friend to anyone. Im just socially challenge, i guess.

So anyway, gave her the gift. Hope she's happy. Umar (her husband) and Dee seemed quite pleased. :)

Didnt manage to take a picture of it. Wanted too but never had the time. That's ok though.

Here's the pic of it ripped from the world wide web.
Presenting, Lulu the Ladybug.

I want something like this for our children too! :)

Lin

Trick Or Treat!

2010-10-30T14:42:00.003-04:00

We won 2nd place~!

Trick or treat challege by student goverment. The idea was to collect alist of household items that can be donated to the 663 homeless people in Monroe County.

So we raided 5 malaysian houses, and that all that we need! And we got tons of extra items too!

Turns out, who ever comes back first wins, and with everything on the list of course (the list consist of deodorants, shampoos, can goods and all that). We even got lots of items not needed in the list! Like, lots of shoes and clothes. Malaysians are so generous!

So anyway, we got free tickets to see the mens RIT hockey team. Since they are in the first division , that would be quite a treat.

I have a friend named Phil who NEVER misses a game. So, since I've been here for 2+ years, I guess it about time to go and see the game :)

And since I already have a car under my name... Yup, we will be going!

Lin

Nasi + telur mata + kicap +sambal belacan.

2010-10-24T16:08:00.001-04:00

Memang best! :)

After a year of craving....

2010-10-23T11:38:00.006-04:00

I found consumable CANDY CORNS!! Without gelatin that is :)

It started last year's halloween when i remembered how good candy corn was when i used to eat them when I was small. Unfortunately, most candy corns have gelatins. So i thought I may get some during the trip back to Malaysia.. Tp lupa plaaakk. T_T

Alhamdulillah, found it yesterday at Wegmans!

Yeay Candy Corns!

Only $1.99 per lb!

Want some?

Lin

Read This

2010-10-15T22:04:00.003-04:00

Really nice blog to read

Conteng-conteng

and he made a book too!

BUY IT! (I just ordered mine :))

Lin

Sedihnye

2010-10-07T14:46:00.003-04:00

Sayang,

Bile nak cuti ni, nuni?

Penat dah study, hmwk,study, hmwk.. (and insert exam here and there)

Miss nuni. tp nuni pun busy gak.. Sedihnyeee..

Research buat salah plak tu.. 4 hari bru sedar.. tu lagiii sedih...

Yang oenat dan sedih,

LIn

First Day of October

2010-10-01T21:13:00.001-04:00

Its friday! Yeay! (minus the part I have to wake up early to go to lab because mylab partner can't come later because she has to go to Virginia to meet up with her son who is a marine and leaving for 3 years on monday!) Pheww! Try saying that in one breath!

I was really in a bad mood + headache that morning having to sleep late and waking up early when I could sleep in because my one and only class on Friday is at 10.

More Environmental Microb lab work pics. We're testing for E. coli which is the one in green.

We've been working everyday for the class and today was the second time I dreamt about doing lab work. A nightmare! I keep waking up thinking what was the dilution I was doing in the dream and feeling tired and tensed. Not good.

Then, I went to scan my notes from lab for my lab partner who was leaving and made it to my 10 am class and went and hunted down Insyirah at our research lab.

Our side of the lab under Dr. Lodge

The view outside of the lab. American skies are something aren't they? Their clouds are really

cool.

Then, saw this on the way home:

A view of the moon at 1.30pm

Then, went back home and fell asleep, woke up and left at 5 for MySA general meeting to get our new sports house t-shirt.

After that ate dinner (sushi! ^^) at the newly constructed global village that RIT spend too much money on.

This is Global Village.

Unnecessary fountain with (an electric?) fire place at the back.

Sushi makes me happy.

Insyirah. Its like we were in a restaurant. Not.

Lin

My First Autographed Book!

2010-10-01T19:33:00.003-04:00

(excluding that Malaysian Astronaut that my mom got me)

I took Tissue Culture class during winter of my second year. There was a book that was just published that coincide to the cells that we were working on in class. So my professor suggested the class to buy the book and read it. So I did.

Its like the whole lecture was in the book and more! Its like a story, the background of the person of the cancer cells. A really nice light reading. Not like those biological textbook at all. So, I got hooked.

And the author came yesterday as a speaker and my biochemistry class made it an extra credit to write a summary of the event (though I was already going even it wasnt).

Turns out many who came didnt read the book since during the Q&A session every question is already answered in the book. Well except for one. And the author just simply read her book and talk a little bit. That was still good though because it was really nice to hear her voice reading it.

So, anyway, I brought my book and got her signature.

I'm all giddy because its actually a book that I had read and enjoyed.

Btw, the book is called The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.

Lin

Funny Bike

2010-09-30T23:55:00.006-04:00

I want this! Haha. If this ever got on sale that would be cool! :)

I saw this at this blog thanks to a link from one of Fossil's email.

Nice la. Nak boleh? Or you buy a bike and build that for me. Yeah!

Lin

Puff The Magic Dragon

2010-09-30T19:20:00.001-04:00

So I've been suffering sinus for more than a few months now. Probably since last year since I was complaining from my mom about my nose airway felt smaller and she kept bringing me for resdung treatment which did not work at all.

And I've been wanting to buy a humidifier but keep delaying it for no reason. Its said to help for allergies, cough and sinuses so I guess I am long due to buy this.

So, here is my new humidifier!

Mr. Magic Dragon

Seriously! It works like a charm! Both Insyirah and I didnt cough at all that night when we were coughing like crazy until the point of feeling like throwing up nights before.

And my nose feels much better!

Lin

You Know You're a Biologist when...

2010-09-25T16:56:00.009-04:00

You think bacterias are so cool and pretty :)

I started to like microbiology since fall quarter last year. Now, I'm taking Environmental Microbes which entitles you to go at least 3 days a week on your own time to go and count the bacterias. And usually on weekends too.

So, this is what I usually do on my Saturdays.

The incubator where we keep our bacterias to grow.

Retention pond sample. The yellow ones are pretty, and above it looks like sand..

This is sort of cute looking.

Overlooking Syirah..

This is cute too. ^_^

And this one is very pretty right? Makes you wonder how can a bacteria from a swamp looks so pretty.

So, now you know what I do for my classes.

Lin

Sushi Attempt

2010-09-24T19:01:00.007-04:00

Wanted some sushi today. So, rather than spend $4.99 for 8 small rolls of avocado or $6.99 for 8 rolls of Eel rolls, I decided to make some on my own since I have most of the ingredients at home except eel that I replaced with salmon.

I have no problem of eating raw salmon but since my roommates do, I decided to smoke them first. No idea how smoking fishes really works though. Thus, what I did was just pre-heat a pan and place the salmon on its skin side and pour some water in the pan without covering the salmon and cover the pan. So the water vapor sort of smoke it for me. Haha. This technique is probably called something else or whatever. I don't know since I was never a cooking wiz.

Anyway, I did some avocado rolls and salmon rolls but they are not really neat and the rolls have the tendency to open it self because I was such a Scrooge not to use a lot of the Nori (not you Nouri, but the seaweed). I'll think better next time since I still have lots left.

So this is how they look like. Don't laugh ya?

I think its not bad for a first time though I could do lots better. Those in the middle are the extra avocado and salmon :)

Oh, and I spilled some strawberry tea on the keyboard while uploading the pic T_T Please survive dearest computer..

You Know Who.

Tired Of The Drama.

2010-09-24T09:43:00.005-04:00

Hey,

I dont know where we stand right now and for now I don't wanna know.

So it happens that my phone has a reject application with a reject list. You're in it for the moment. Sorry.

Since you can't stand the drama and i can't stand being angry with you. Lets just leave this for now okay?

Whenever we are both ready with both of us still wanting to be together, maybe, hopefully, we will be back together.

Lin

New Laptop Skin!

2010-09-22T22:12:00.003-04:00

Sayang,

Thanks for the new laptop skin! Now my Macbook Pro is finally protected (minus the calar2 that happens pre-new-skin) :P

Hope you like the mug i bought you!

Comel kan laptop lin skarang?

From,

Lin

Found the passwordd!!

2010-09-22T01:45:00.003-04:00

Sayang!

Haha.

So funny. When I decided to write a new blog la.. tiba2 teringat password ni. ntah aper2. and its almost a year. Well, give or take 3 months :P

Anyway. I dont think you are checking this blog anymore. But whatev. I'll just keep writing till you reply and see how long that will take :)

Todays the 21st Sept.

Feeling sick, missed to classes and Exam tomorrow at 10. Have to memorize 50 bacterias and fungi. At least we're spending time together on skype. Thanks for giving me more spending time.

ILYVM

Lin.

Marching on full speed with motivation

2009-11-30T22:42:00.003-05:00

Nuni,

Winter Quarter starts today! 20 credits insyaAllah if i can take genetics's exam but if not than 16 je la kut.

Had a great thanksgiving break. Thanks sayang. was nice to see you again for such a long time. cupa penat ta rehat for the whole week cuti.

Takpe, 3 weeks than exam and cuti balik hopefully dapat rehat. but i have to really push this quarter.

Im sending you my address after this post, than nak start study.

Love,
Lin

Finals Mode.. ON!

2009-11-15T19:34:00.003-05:00

Hello,

Okay. right after this i'll start studying. well, right after i sort my clothes according to colors and jeans while watching japanese drama then i'll start studying while do my laundry okay?

Ingat nak habiskan film yesterday while i was cleaning my room. tp tak habis. bru sampai setengah. ajak khairin nak amik gambar around campus but she endup sleeping on my bed lepas tu kluar gi walmart.

Dunno when my film akan habis. nanti blk dr exam lin amik la gambar. tp then by friday nak gi PA then after that gi Troy for dee's wedding. So takkan sempat nak develop. so i guess just hold on about the idea first.

Remind me to talk to my supervisor if i can work during the holidays. Im sooo running out on cash. sigh.

Lin

Lomo Day 1

2009-11-13T22:35:00.003-05:00

Nuniiii!

Haha. Its fun but its really making me anxious if the pictures will turn out all right. well i guess, both the action sampler and the diana f+ film rolls will probably be wasted this round but since its my first try at least i will learn a lot from this once i get it develop.

I keep forgetting to adjust the settings, turn the advanced wheel, uncover the lens.. haha..

tomorrow, hopefully i will take my time to go around the campus and take pictures so i can get this for developing by sunday and then see what happen to the films. hopefully i get at least 50% that could be considered good.

I'll upload it once i get this develop yeah? I love you! :)

Lin

Jom convert? and among other things..

2009-11-13T02:13:00.003-05:00

Hi Nouri <3

Nak convert tak? Lin kan dah jarang blog sebab im like on the phone with you most of the time anyway so i dont really have much to write about.

So, nanti when i get the camera, lin buat ni sebagai part of my gallery je la? and then ada d5000 plak nanti. so we can buh kat sini saje2 nak?

macam la lin rajin sangat nak upload gambar.. haha.

exam esok. study skit je. haih. nak kena tdo la. dah kul 2 pun.

apa lagi ek? owh, camera sampai esok insyaAllah :)

nana sangat gedik kan? we're so different i cant believe she's my sister.. geli lar..... nyampah. orang call rude gler tp biler nak duit.. 'akak, boleh tlg beli ni, beli tu, akak kan banyak duit?' ee... benci nye.. nak ngaku iman je adik boleh tak?

hopefully gaji masuk esok. cuz im broke! maranye duit masuk lagi dua minggu. dahla nak gi troy for diyana's wedding. and i need to buy film.. owh, and insyirah will be back in a week form today!

lagi.. erm.. hope you dont mind lin asyik kco nuni buat kerja.. bes la kco nuni.. tp makin lama nuni kurang reaction, dah tak syok dah :P

trichotillomania lin seems to be getting worst.. i cant stop. i think i might have to buy a conditioner kut. maybe because my hair is to dry sebab dah takde moisture in the air menyebabkan the hair kering sangat lagi sedap lin duk main cabut2

Anyway, nak tdo..

Bye nuni

LomoCam!

2009-11-10T20:11:00.002-05:00

Nouri!

Thank you! Ureshii!

Arigatou ne~

Aishiteru