Queen of Pirus

False Alarm

2011-08-23T13:51:00.000+01:00

Tengah kusyuk buat keja di universiti, tiba2 dikejutkan oleh kepulan asap tebal hitam yang dilihat seolah-olah betul2 dari bangunan di kawasan kereta di parking. Kelam kabut capai handbag without care to take my other belongings...straight away bergegas2 ngan my mate utk pergi ke parking area.

Bila je sampai ke luar bangunan...baru lah perasan yg asap tebal tu dtg dari kawasan bersebelahan dengan parking area. Alhamdulillah...tanda awal kereta tak apa2. apa2pun tertanya2 gak...sapa yg bakar. Still rushing jugak ke parking area..walaupun hati tak lah risau mcm tadi..at least utk melarikan diri dari kemungkinan2 yg bakal berlaku nanti.

Alhamdulillah there is no second riot..tapi kebakaran tu tak tau lah kenapa puncanya.

Semenjak riot ni...rasa was2 setiap kali nak stay late kat uni & I don't feel safe anymore like before. Harap2 oklah lepas ni..kalau tak susah pulak nanti nak stay lama2 kat uni.

Iftar 2011 & Bazaar Ramadhan

2011-08-15T12:59:00.000+01:00

Jauh di perantauan begini...sangat berbeza suasana bila tiba bulan ramadhan. Walaupun amal ibadat dapat dilakukan seperti biasa...namun suasana tetap tidak sama. Hari2 berbuka puasa bertiga beranak...sekali sekala dpat berbuka beramai2 dengan rakan taulan yg ada disini sikit sebanyak dpt membantu memenuhi kekosongan di hati dan mengubat rindu di hati pada keluarga dan sahabat handai di Malaysia. Alhamdulillah setiap hujung minggu di bulan Ramadhan ini ada aktiviti dirancangkan oleh komuniti disini. Dengan Bazaar Ramadhan pada minggu lepas dan dijangka pada hujung minggu ini dan minggu depan. Alhamdulillah jugak...kami dapat berbuka beramai2 pada hari Sabtu lepas.

Alhamdulillah, amalan pergi ke Pasar Ramadhan dan keluar berbuka di luar sebagaimana yang selalu diamalkan di Malaysia dapat dikurangkan sama sekali..Di Malaysia, selalu tewas utk masak sendiri dirumah...sebab faktor badan yang penat tidak mengizinkan untuk berbuat demikian. Walaupun sedar..menjamu keluarga dengan masakan sendiri itu lebih baik. Alhamdulillah, mampu di lakukan di sini..harap2 mampu juga dilakukan bila balik ke Malaysia nanti. InsyALLAH.

A few PARAM pictures...(picture taken from HELWA facebook)

Iftar 2011

Rusuhan di bumi UK

2011-08-12T14:36:00.001+01:00

Sudah hari yang ke3 baru terperasan ada riot kat bumi UK ni. It started in London city. Bila masuk hari yang ke3, mmg riot sampai jugak ke Manchester. Alhamdulillah, riot tidak berlaku di area rumah, walaupun jarak dari city center lebih kurang 10 minutes drive. Rusuhan aktif berlaku di city center...kedai dibakar, barang2 dicuri and yg paling scary...kereta jugak dibakar. Youngsters yang dilihat terbabit dlm riot ni. Tanda soal ????? siapakah yang provoke mereka2 ni untuk merusuh. Even kanak2 semuda 11 thn jugak terlibat dlm riot ni. Ada news yg buat statement...Britts merusuh utk Plasma TV sedangkan mereka-mereka di negara luar sana merusuh utk kedamaian.

Ada rancangan utk pergi ke universiti lambat pada hari riot berlaku di manchester & salford, sebab hubby has to go to work at 12pm - 3.30pm. And kalau jadi pergi hari tu, pada waktu yang sepatutnya balik ke rumah, riot mmg berlaku di jalan balik kerumah. Sangat2 bersyukur sebab hati rasa berat utk pergi ke universiti pada hari tu. Hari ni masih lagi di rumah...takut ada saki baki rusuhan..walaupun nampak gayanya..nampak dah cool down sejak semalam.

Bersiaran dari Lima, Peru

2011-07-13T05:12:00.000+01:00

Alhamdulillah, safely touch down at 6:10pm (Peru time) today. & alhamdulillah embassy of malaysia di Peru berkesempatan untuk jemput datang di airport. Selesai banyak masalah. Selepas selesai urusan di hotel, terus dibawa untuk membeli phone sim card. Tapi masih belum boleh lagi utk diguna utk menelefon UK...insyallah esok cuba diusahakan. Alhamdulillah jugak..internet cafe...bersebelahan je dengan hotel. So tak de masalah nak berhubungan dengan dunia luar...Tapi internet speed is a bit slow, tak mcm kat UK. Bahasa pun semuanya dlm spanish..tergagau2 jugak tekan button utk translate to english.

I am so fortunate to have the representative from embassy of Malaysia to help me here. Most of the people here don´t speak english and it is very difficult to communicate with them.

It was a tiring day today...12 hours in the flight sangat2 membosankan dan memenatkan. Namun begitu, alhamdulillah sekali lagi, telah selamat sampai ke hotel dan segala urusan yg berkaitan telah selesai..tinggal urusan berkaitan dgn conference and summer school Lepas ni boleh lah tido nyenyak2.

A few words in spanish yg dah boleh faham...Gracias - thank you, Ayuda - help.

Sports Day yg tak jadi2

2011-07-08T19:50:00.000+01:00

The first attempt was on last wednesday and it last only for 1/2 an hour. The second attempt to re-organised Sports Day for the children was held yesterday. It was even worst, not even a second they managed to have their Sports Day.

Last Wednesday they just managed to march at the school field and sit in their group. Each group was named after the city that has/going to organise/d olympic game. Daniel was in London group. Pity them.....they still could not have their sports day until today even though, have practised a lot before the event.

Bersorak untuk pasukan masing2

The last moment of the sport day...they are going back to their classes because raining start to come down.

Minggu yang sangat stress

2011-07-07T15:08:00.004+01:00

Sebelum cuti Summer bermula, kebiasaannya banyak kerja yang perlu disiapkan. Sebelum supervisor mengambil cuti panjang. Beginilah kebiasaannya budaya disini..bila cuti summer bermula, bukan kata student, tenaga pengajar pun banyak yang bercuti.

Jadi, banyak perkara yang perlu disettlekan tentang urusan pembelajaran. Minggu lepas, alhamdulillah sempat selesai sudah interim assessment...walaupun agak lewat, namun syukur ke hadrat illahi telah tercapai jugak matlamat ini. Kalau tak dpt settlekan before cuti summer ni, kena tunggu bulan sembilan pulak lah jawabnya...alhamdulillah satu tugasan telah selesai.

Selesai dengan segala urusan berkaitan interim assessment, minggu ini sibuk pulak dengan persiapan untuk pergi ke persidangan di Lima, Peru. Sibuk mengejar surat kelulusan untuk menghadiri persidangan ini dari Jumaat minggu lepas lagi dan sampai ke hari selasa, masih belum lagi dapat dikeluarkan. Alhamdulillah, semalam selesai sudah tugasan kedua. Memandangkan tiket yang mahal utk ke Peru, surat kelulusan amat2 diperlukan bagi membeli tiket di UC Travel di UM. Hanya ini sahaja cara pembelian tiket tanpa mengeluarkan dahulu duit sendiri. Banyak benda tergendala disebabkan perkara ni...nak buat benda lain pun tak de mood.

Alhamdulillah pagi tadi dpt berita dari BFF mengatakan UC Travel dah issue pun e-ticket..sebenarnya dari semalam dah dpt and dah bukak pun link yg diberi oleh travel agency tu, tapi disebabkan rupa bentuknya sama je...tak tau yg diberi itu adalah e-ticket yg dah diconfirm. So next time, kena check status itenary yg diberi..kalau written confirm maksudnya dah ok lah tu. Alhamdulillah sekali lagi. This morning call directly airlines yg berkaitan to make sure that the ticket is valid...supaya tak nak susah di kemudian hari...alhamdulillah ok semuanya.

So skrg ni tengah sibuk pulak dengan preparation utk persidangan & summer school. Harap segala-galanya berjalan lancar & tolong doakan agar sampai jugak diri ini untuk menghadiri persidangan tu bagi membentangkan kertas kerja dan terlibat dengan Summer School.

InsyALLAH dengan menghadiri persidangan ini, interview untuk data collection juga dpt dibuat bagi establishment of real problem for my study.

Here I come Lima, Peru...negara yang tak terlintas pun akan aku kunjungi satu hari nanti. Harap2 everything goes well.

Persidangan akan diadakan di sini

A few picture yang di google di internet

Plaza de Armas (Plaza Mayor), Central Lima. This is the spot where Francisco Pizarro founded the city in 1535.

Nora Elena Marathon

2011-06-11T14:29:00.000+01:00

People keep updating their status at my facebook about this story....teruja jugak untuk melihat....dah sampai ke episode yg ke 19 marathon sampai semalam. Can't wait to see episode 20. Since skrg ni pun tgh busy with papers & reports....and on this sunny saturday morning, I still need to go to school to finish the paper. Thank you so much to my co-supervisor for his willingness to help me out with this paper even during the holiday. I keep the latest episode for tomorrow insyallah.

I prefer to watch the story when it is almost finish...sebab tak yah lah tertunggu for the upcoming episode and tertanya2 what is going to happen next. Sekali sekala layan cerita cintan cintun ni pun seronok jugak.

I seldom watch UK's drama and most of the time (which is so little) me watching the TV, I prefer to choose investigation channel that shows story like NCIS, CSI and other action movies. UK's drama is totally different with Malaysian drama, their stories are lacking all the 'jiwang'2 part. Itulah halusnya budaya melayu. Cerita2 ni pun mampu buat perubahan pada diri sebenar nya and it is happening to me too. It effects my life over here....rasa mcm segala2nya very practical and straight. Since, I tgh Nora Elena marathon, I can feel the effect of Nora Elena to me and this is when I realised how story can affect people mind. Nora Elena makes my mind slightly not focus with my work sebab ada unsur2 fantasi and jiwang2 disitu...sebab dah lama tak tengok kan....bila tengok balik, terasa kesannya. Mesti ramai kat luar tu yg marah...but that is reality...but maybe only to me and not to others...but the logic is there...though the impact is not so strong. Fikir2 kan lah.

Can I say that penyiaran cerita2 sebegini dpt membentuk generasi Malaysia yang lebih lemah. Saya rasa kesannya. At one point, bagus sebab it entertains me...but on the other side...it makes me not focus.
The type of story/drama shown in that country does shape the generation of the country and the future generation as well (boleh buat research ni). Walaupun ini mmg budaya hidup kita...sekali sekali rasanya tak salah untuk melihat dari sudut keburukan jenis2 cerita yg dipaparkan di TV Malaysia.

However, I still miss the fantasy and the 'jiwang'2 parts existed in malay drama scenes. And after watching Nora Elena, I can sense the missing feeling in me lately...everything is so basic, practical, factual and straight.

My current favourite song

Ramadhan semakin hampir

2011-06-08T18:55:00.001+01:00

Rejab telah tiba 5 hari yang lepas dan bermaksud bulan Ramadhan semakin hampir tiba jugak. Insyallah dengan kelapangan yang ada dan kesihatan diri yang dikurniakan oleh Allah swt, cubalah kita tambahkan amalan2 sunat dalam bulan ini.

Ini juga petanda bulan Ramadhan juga semakin hampir tiba and rasanya mesti byk telah keluar iklan2 seperti buffet berbuka puasa, kuih muih & yang sewaktu dengannya di Malaysia sekarang ni.

I have got this email from Crowne Plaza Mutiara Kuala Lumpur

Almost 2 years we haven't had buffet ramadhan for our breakfasting and we miss it alot.

Salam Terakhir

2011-05-24T11:21:00.000+01:00

Baru 2 minggu lepas sedih dengan berita kehilangan ibu seorang rakan...aku dikejutkan lagi dengan berita kematian isteri kepada rakan sekerja ku. Terasa sungguh sebak di hati memandangkan beliau sebaya dengan diri ini dan mempunya 3 org anak yang masih kecil lagi. Sungguh sedih walaupun bukan ahli keluarga sendiri yg mengadap Illahi.

Sebentar tadi pula dikejutkan lagi dengan berita kematian ibu mertua rakan seperjuangan disini..beliau akan balik ke Indonesia hari ini utk memberi sokongan kepada isteri & ahli2 keluarga disana.

Semoga mereka semua di tempatkan dikalangan org2 yg beriman & Al-fatihah dihadiahkan buat mereka disana.

Al -Fatihah

2011-05-08T02:24:00.000+01:00

Terkejut dengan berita yg diterima malam tadi...rasa mcm baru sahaja bertemu dengan allahyarhammah. Tapi apakah daya...allah swt lebih menyayangi beliau. Al-fatihah dihadiahkan kepada Allahyarhammah. Semoga rohnya ditempatkan di kalangan orang-orang yang beriman. Dapatlah kiranya sesiapa yang membaca entry ini utk sama2 menghadiahkah al-fatihah buat allahyarhammah.

Allahyarhammah adalah merupakah ibu kepada rakan seperjuangan ku yg sama2 menuntut di Salford Uni...besar sungguh dugaan buat sahabat ku itu dalam perjalanan beliau menuntut ilmu di sini.

Catatan ini khas kutujukan buat beliau...walaupun Akak jauh disini dan tidak dapat bersama-sama dalam waktu kesedihan ini, namun doa senantiasa dipanjatkan agar Miza serta keluarga tabah menghadapi dugaan Allah swt ini. Kuatkan semangat serta jangan lupa kesihatan diri. Selesaikan dahulu segala urusan di sana dan kembali lah ke sini dengan hati yang tenang dan redha dengan ketentuan illahi ini untuk meneruskan kembali perjuangan disini.

Courtesy of google image

A refreshing start to my day

2011-05-06T10:25:00.002+01:00

With banana & hot chocolate for my breakfast is always a bliss to me....and I have it today for keeping me full until lunch time.

Doesn't they look yummy.

(picture from google)

(picture from google)

It is really a good combination to have them both in your recipe. Besides than eating them separately like today...I always combine them together as the filling for my sandwich & get it toasted or microwave. The taste of the melting chocolate that blend together with the taste of banana in my mouth really makes me feel wonderful...and they always don't betray me with their taste.

A few health benefits of eating banana:

- Bananas reduce depression: Tryptophan acids are present in bananas and these help in reducing depression and thereby improve your mood. Studies show that bananas are also helpful in reducing stress levels. In this age of stress, this health benefit of banana is truly great. The same goes to the shape of the bananas, where it does look like a smiley lips of a person. I hope this can cheer me up for the rest of the day

- Bananas increase brain power: A survey was conducted very recently among 200 students at a school in Middlesex. They were given bananas along with their normal diet for their breakfast, break and lunch. Research proved that potassium in bananas helped to increase their mental alertness and boost brain power. Remember this health benefit of banana and make your child eat a banana everyday to score high in studies. This is really important for me as I am going to spent 6 hours of my time to do a lot of thinking for my research work.

The Quote of the day - "Chocolate is a perfect food, as wholesome as it is delicious, a beneficent restorer of exhausted power. It is the best friend of those engaged in literary pursuits."
~ Baron Justus von Liebig

Rainbow Colour

2011-04-21T12:54:00.001+01:00

Suddenly I am craving for rainbow cake....when the time comes, I will be baking you Mr. Rainbow Cake.

This is a good one for my future reference.

Siat-siatan

2011-04-19T15:09:00.001+01:00

Dua tiga hari ni asyik dengar org menyiat2 kertas je..kalau pegi kedai2 stationary kat UK ni, mesin shredder mcm satu benda yg biasa di miliki di rumah2...saiz pun tak berapa besar sgt...mcm dlm gambar kat bawah ni

Biasanya kalau di office2, mungkin saiz mcm ni atau pun

mcm ni...besar sungguh..org pun boleh shred guna mesin ni kot

But this one is so coooollll.

Berbalik pada cerita tadi...biasanya kalau ada sapa2 yg menyiat2 kertas kat dlm bilik postgrade ni....maksudnya mereka dah habis study & telah berjaya mendapat PhD...lately ramai yg dah habis & sebab tu kedengaran di sana-sini bunyi2 menyiat kertas. I am happy for them...& hope my time will come soon. But at the same time...i feel a bit sad...terkenang kan diri ni yg akan ditinggalkan & terus berjuang & berjuang...bila lah my time will come.

Bila ramai yg dah pegi, maksudnya akan kehilangan a few friends yang dah hampir 2 years kenal...tapi ada jugak a few new students yg kelihatan kat dlm bilik ni sebagai ganti..jadi tak lah rasa sunyi dan sendiri.

Someone Like You

2011-04-12T00:11:00.002+01:00

Suka sangat dengar lagu ni sekarang ni, berulang-ulang kali pun tak pe

...tergiang-giang je di telinga.

Aku bukan lah seorang yang gemar atau taksub dengan muzik2 terkini...especially dalam usia yang dah hampir ke 40an ni. Uhhhh...sangat takut bila ingat dah hampir dengan usia 40an. Terasa mcm baru selesai belajar utk degree je...huhuhuhuhuuuu. Even waktu muda remaja dulu pun, setakat dengar2 lagu di radio je & tak akan beli kaset punya la...sebab aku cepat jemu dengan lagu2 yg didengar. Unless kalau tersuka sangat....pernah la aku beli kaset Bryan Adam, Amy Mastura and The Corrs. Ada dua tiga lagi singer yg aku tak ingat. See...I am not the kind of person that would spend my money for all this kind of things.

Kalau zaman skrg ni, lagi la tak akan beli. Dengan youtube & online radio yg sgt2 mudah untuk di access. Kalau driving skrg ni suka betul dengar channel Capital FM Manchester...kalau ada sapa2 yg nak dengar, try search kat internet sebab boleh dengar secara online. Since dah jumpa channel ni....byk la lagu2 yg tersuka lately ni & yg diattach kat entry ni yg top dlm senarai my favourite songs currently. Kalau sebelum ni suka channel Classic...tapi mcm mengantuk la pulak kalau drive jauh2 & layan channel ni. I can listen to any kind of songs & I can like any kind of songs as well...from dangdut sampai la ke rock...but not underground, yang ni mmg tak boleh terima at all. Music is so wonderful...doesn't matter in whatever genre it belongs to.

This is also nice to listen to.

The Price of my Laziness

2011-04-03T00:45:00.001+01:00

Huhuhuhuuuuu...because I am to lazy to walk to the Library...I have to pay £9.90 for the library fine...kan lebih kenyang kalau beli makanan. Disebab kan cuaca yg sejuk sebelum ni..once I step into the building where my study room is located...i don't bother to go out anymore...& don't even care about the fine which is keep increasing everyday...but when I need to pay for it....then I start to feel the regretness in myself. kenapa la sebelum fine tu jadi banyak...tak rajin2 kan diri utk menapak ke library ni..huhuhuhuuuu...menyesal dulu pendapatan, sesal kemudian tidak berguna

Pesanan utk diri sendiri: lepas2 ni rajin2 la hantar buku yg dah due ye.

Tak la jauh mana pun...dalam 5 minutes punya walking distance dah boleh sampai. Tapi tetap malas jugak..huhuhuhu

Antara2 bangunan2 yg ada sepanjang laluan ke library tu.

Dah sampai pun.

Food craving

2011-03-22T14:06:00.002Z

Terasa nak makan gulai tempoyak la pulak hari ni....mengidam la pulak. My status update kat fb pun cerita benda yg sama...& secara tak sengaja...my friend kat fb pun termengidam benda yg sama....kesian kat we all..tengok gambar je la utk lepaskan gian...huhuhuhuuuu.

Time emak ada dulu2...almost every week akan makan gulai tempoyak..sgt sedap. Masakan emak la katakan...mana sama ngan masakan org lain. Tapi tak akan dpt ku rasai lagi masakan dia...sebab orang nya dah tak ada di atas muka bumi ni. AL-FATIHAH buat emak tersayang..semoga beliau sentiasa berbahagia di sana.

After a long silent

2011-03-21T09:55:00.002Z

Pity myself for not having time to update my own blog...to write the story of my life over here as a remembrance for myself in the future. I should try to find time to jot down at least, a few lines of sentences everyday in here.

With the unpredictable weather temperature lately....I'm not sure whether me alone or other people as well experiencing the same thing. My body just cannot cope with it....always expecting the temperature to increase so that the chilly air is not disturbing me anymore. Sometimes, I did feel anger come across me just because of this freezing weather, which I shouldn't have too. It is really bad to feel that way...but as a human being...it did happened, which I really regret it. Astaghfirullahhalazim.

I experienced a long sickness period this time...where I have to stay relax and resting at home for nearly 3 weeks. For sure, not even a minute task related to my study can be done at that time...I just can't think. every time I tried to think...my brain will feel the pain....at the end, I just sleep and rest. A lot of things need to be cancel and postpone......meeting with supervisor had to be postponed and meeting with one of the prominent expert in my field (from USA) which is a very rare opportunity to have, need to be cancelled as well....but that is life. Allah swt knows better. I just redha with what is happening to me at that moment....illness does remind me to be more closer to Him.

Alhamdulillah...I am back on track again a month ago...but only manage to write this blog today. The urge to update this blog strike me yesterday...but I only manage to do it now.

I am still here and insyallah will be here again.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

2011-01-05T11:10:00.002Z

Hopefully it is still not to late to wish Happy new year to everyone out there. Hopefully this year will offer a wonderful and prosperous day to every muslim in this world & especially to me, my family, relatives & all my dearest friends.

'Forced decision making is better than resolution'...quoting from one of my friend status in facebook. I agree with him but not 100% agree. It is good to have a resolution at the beginning of the year, so that you can prepare a plan on how to achieve those resolutions

As for me...only one important resolution this year and next year...of course to progress well with my study, Insyallah. No more (not actually 'no more' - it should be 'reducing time') facebooking or browsing internet on matters which is not related to my study. Facebooking is not 100% bad, it gives some benefits to me as well, where I can communicate with my family & my friends back home. Only that, when you spend most of your time with it....you might lost your focus; completely involved or absorbed with fb and discipline is important to control yourself with this side activities.

The best thing about 2011 to me, it shows that the day to go home is near. It is going to be next year...next year...hooray...don't think how many days to go, don't think what ur gonna do until THAT DAY...what is important is NEXT YEAR & NEXT YEAR. "When will you be going home?" & the answer is NEXT YEAR...insyallah.

IN YOUR KITCHEN CABINET

2010-12-28T17:39:00.003Z

What u normally have in your kitchen cabinet?...bukan pinggan mangkuk ye atau periuk belanga...tapi JAJAN @ JUNK FOOD. If i do my shopping..all of this stuff will not be in my list..I am not a kind of person yg suka makan jajan or any tidbits, but my hubby is not like me..he loves jajan so much. Jadi dia lah yg akan beli & memenuhi cabinet dgn jajan ni.

Tapi lately ni..tiap2 petang selalu mcm terasa2 nak makan chocolate...chocolate je pun. yg lain2 tak nak. This also happen to Daniel. Disbbkan kalau beli chocolate...mesti one day dah boleh habis kena makan...What I did is baking a brownies for our tea time or when we feel like eating chocolate.

Recipe brownies boleh refer kat Nigella kitchen (Part 9). Bahan2 yg diguna: 150grams unsalted butter, 300grams light muscovado sugar, 75grams cocoa powder, 150grams flour, 1 teaspoon soda bicarbonate, milk chocolate bar (potong kecik2), 4 telur & vanilla. Senang kan bahan2 dia. What makes ur brownies taste wonderful is having light muscovado sugar in it. I am not sure whether it is easy or not to get it in shopping market in Malaysia...but as for here, u can get it easily in any of the shopping market. Rasa dia ada ala2 gula merah.

Gambar ni 1st time buat brownies

2nd time buat mcm tak menjadi je..dari segi rasa & taste. Rasanya tak perlu letak soda bicarbonate kot..sebab 1st time buat tu terlupa nak letak & i think it tastes better.

Tips: The best way to eat ur brownies is to heat it up in a microwave for about 30 seconds before eating it.....mmg yummyyyyy.

Winter Uniform

2010-12-23T18:26:00.000Z

Winter kali ini mmg terlalu sejuk berbanding dengan tahun lepas. This year the temperature during day time drop till -8.5 celcius which is not happening in previous year. The lowest temperature that we experienced last year was -7 celcius and it is only during night time. But this year, the weather is tremendously different and it is cold and freezing all day. Eventhough, the snow had fallen down almost a week ago....the ground still covered with white icing sugar and the air is cold and freezing...huhuhuhuuuu. There is no sign that the snow is going to melt. Touching the snow, as if like touching salt or sand.

See how white is the school field at Daniel's school eventhough it is almost one week there.

And because of this extremely cold weather, proper clothing is needed to walk outside the house. Last year, I still manage to walk outside without using glove, scarf & legging. But now....all of these is a must to me & I got myself a wellington boot yesterday...hehehhee..mcm kasut pua chu kang. Mula2 pakai mcm malu & janggal..tapi mmg best..sebab tak basah kaki tu kalau meraduk dlm snow yg tebal tu.

My winter uniform:

Mode: Memasak

2010-12-19T01:07:00.007Z

Sejak 3 minggu ni, setiap pagi Sabtu pasti tidak melepaskan rancangan memasak Nigella kitchen. Semenjak terjumpa rancangan memasak Nigella kitchen di BBC Channel..terasa seronoknyaaaaaaaaaa berada di dapur. Rancangan memasak oleh Nigella ni ditayangkan setiap hari sabtu pukul 11:30am & kalau tak sempat nak tengok atau kalau bukan di UK..boleh la tengok secara online rancangan2 memasak dia di bbc.co.uk/food website. Presentation dlm rancangan memasak Nigella ni nampak lain dari yg lain, especially kalau lihat persekitaran dapur dia. Bila tengok keadaaan dapur dia, alat2an yg ada kat dapur dia...teringin betul nak ada semua apparatus yg dimiliki oleh Nigella ni dan teringin betul nak hias2 dapur sendiri dgn lampu2 ikut idea Nigella Kitchen ni.

Ada juga peralatan2 yg beliau guna dlm rancangan ni pernah di lihat dijual dikedai2....cuma kadang2 tak pasti apa kegunaannya...bila dah tengok dia guna, baru la tau kemudahan yg boleh di beri oleh2 alat2an ni sewaktu memasak. Contohnya mcm kat bawah ni..dulu2 ingatkan ni utk potong pizza...tapi rupanya pisau ni memudahkan kerja2 mencincang. apa2 saja boleh dicincang gunakan pisau ni. dari daun coriander hinggalah ke chocolate bar.

Daniel 7th birthday

2010-12-12T15:15:00.002Z

It is Daniel's Birthday On 5th of December 2010...nothing special for him. Just a small birthday party for him...and just the 3 of us. Since he has requested Chicken rice since 2 weeks ago (teruk kan mama dia...lambat betul nak buat), so the main menu for today is chicken rice + chocolate cheesecake as the dessert.

Woke up early in the morning in frustration to see mama still on bed...because I had promised him the day before his birthday to woke up early in the morning on his birthday to prepare for the small party. Straight away asking me about the preparation...& me replying "Mama dah siap dah...but not the food..but something for the party". Senyum birthday boy pagi tu..tanda happy sebab mama tak lupa janji.

Insisting to cut the birthday cake...eventhough we insisted him to take bath first. Jadinya birthday boy potong kek dengan baju tido & tak mandi lagi. And the following picture tell the stories:

Surpriseeeeeee

Konon nak buat ala2 konsep morocco...tapi jadi ala2 carca merba tent

Dah besar anak mama...before (6 years old - Year 1 school photo shooting) and after (7 years old - Year 2 school photo shooting)

The Chicken Rice Shop @ Home

Baked Chocolate Cheesecake

It's snowing heavily @ Manchester

2010-12-02T11:26:00.000Z

Lamanya tak update blog..sgt byk keja lately & rasa tak de masa langsung utk update blog ni. Anyhow,lepas jumpa SV semalam...rasanya I should treat myself today by indulging myself with non-academic information from the internet that I can browse through by the click of my finger. Therapy yg terbaik buat diri sendiri..because I enjoy doing it. Pas tu nak share ngan org2 kat M'sia or anywhere in this world ttg suasana kat Manchester skrg ni.

This is our 2nd winter over here and it is only today that the winter really fall so heavily. Even though north part of the UK already experiencing heavy snow about a week ago, Manchester only got his 1st snow this year on last Monday. Daniel is so excited about it and can't wait to make his snow man this year.

The snow is not thick enough for a snow man and what he manage to is only a snow ball.

1st day of snow

2nd day of snow

3rd day of snow - boleh crawling atas snow..agak2 dlm 3cm thickness.

3rd day of snow - Air yg meleleh pun sempat jadi ais.

Salam Aidilfitri Utk Semua

2010-09-10T00:58:00.000+01:00

Selamat hari raya 2 all.Ampun & maaf kalau
ada kesilapan dari segi tutur kata & perbuatan.Sesungguhnya diri ini adalah manusia biasa yg tidak lepas dari melakukan kesalahan.Kalau ada yg tersilap tu, sebenarnya
tanpa disengajakan dan ianya dtg dari kekurangan diri ini. Harap dpt dimaafkan. Semoga kalian semua dpt beraya dengan gembira. Drive carefully & safely & semoga selamat sampai ke destinasi yg dituju.

Lagu ni ditujukan khas pada semua, nak buat kad raya tak pandai..huhuhuhuuuu.

No harm in Trying

2010-09-01T06:11:00.001+01:00

Alhamdulillah my paper has been accepted for COBRA 2010 and ARCOM 2010. Eventhough the deadline for submission of abstract for both of the conferences have passed, I just try my luck by sending the same paper to both of the conferences.

However, I decided only to present the paper at COBRA 2010 which will be held at Universite Dauphine, Paris. The conference will be held on 2nd - 3rd of September 2010 and I will be in Paris from 1st until 4th of September 2010. The reason that I didn't present in ARCOM 2010 is because the date of conference is near with COBRA 2010 and I don't think I can manage and have the strength to go to Leeds after coming back from Paris. Furthermore, it is in the fasting month and I am sure I don't have the strength to go here & there which is not a problem to me if I am not fasting.

Since today is 1st September 2010....the day to go to Paris has come & I am busy preparing for our 4 days journey to the land of Paris. During sahur, Daniel woke up, eventhough no one ask him to....because of the excitement he already felt & this will be his holiday vacation during his summer holiday. Last nite, he help me to pack for his belongings which I normally did for him...but now, he already know what to choose & what to wear.

Will update on the conference & Paris later.