Sawang

Sawang

That is my blog

The slowness of the internet

The malas-ness of myself

The lack of free time

It has been nearly 6 months

We are now here

In our motherland

Back for good (you never know..)

Almost 5 years

Peoples grow

Peoples change

That's what I see

I'm still ordinary

Only with a PhD

Nothing changes

Inside me

Whatever it is

I'm happy

I have my hubby

and KIMI

besides me

Yea..

Kimi now is 3 years old

Ups & Downs

People said life is just like a wheel. Ada masa UPS ada masa down.
Mine is neither..using the wheel as analogy and the clock as the direction, my life is at 3 o'clock.
Maknanya tak Up or Down. I don't know what's the feeling. Rasa biasa2 je.
I have surrender of saying "have so much things to do". I think I need a break saying that.
I always have some objectives to do within a week/ a month.
BEing a researcher, is a researcher even without funding..

2010 and the blues..

Just to inform here that new year means nothing for me and I rarely follow the norm of starting new resolution(s) at the beginning of the year. As for me, it can be anytime and when the idea comes and the spirit is high, it can all started anytime. And what's next? Hard to tell. Continue working at old place? Of course. Arghh..it's gonna be tougher than doing PhD. Not because of the work though. There are mix feelings now. I can imagine how the traffic is going to be from KJ to Kepong and to avoid it, must wake up very early and will leave Kimi in someone else's hands besides his daddy. Can he survive? He will learn, will he? Kesiannya Kimi. Daddy also has to start fresh again. No more seaside and harbour trips, no more botanical gardens, no more reacheable neccessary places that can be visited just by walking (no need transport at all) like our butcher, clinic, supermarkets, mall, train station, park, etc. No more quality time. I don't know. It's just one of the January blues I suppose..he..he..Time to implement and integrate the new knowledges with the old ones at our own labs soon. In other words, time to give back to the country with new discoveries, insya Allah. Time to return to our families, the love ones. Time to have a new ambition, next leap. Time to change to a new blog perhaps.


By the way, lately daddy and myself have our very own small bussiness to do before we go home. It's furniture bussiness and soon will involve in a garage sale...duh..

Our beloved sofa lounge, wardrobes, favourite computer chairs and some other items were sold out like goreng pisang panas..eceh..


One of the sofas..have to let go (itu pun nak emotional :P)

Don't be surprise ..it happens to almost everybody who come and study here. Most of the rental housing properties here are not fully furnished. And you will have to buy all the things you needed to survive 3 years life here and unlike in UK, you don't have to be busied to sell furnitures that you have. However, this is another experience again and will continue to that when settle back in our home in Malaysia. Need to sell some of our furnitures there too. Anyone interested?

Warming up Kimi's style

All these photos were taken earlier this month when we visited Botanical Park (again...for 100th times..he..yes, I'm exageratting). The weather was almost 40 degrees and Kimi had so much fun playing on the field. But before that, let's learn Kimi's way of warming up before he kicked the ball.

1. Starting with head first..rotate your neck slowly for 360 degrees clockwise first, then anti-clockwise..


2. Stretch your legs out. Then, move your body to the left using your waist

3. Then, move to the right (you can eat a snack while doing this..kimi said)

3. Then, lower your bottom a bit and maintain in that position for 30 seconds.

4. Finally, strecth your leg like this ok.


Now, it's time to play football with daddy and mummy..yeah..

Kimi said he had to win so he took the ball away. The end.

What a nice weekend. Happy new year for all of you out there.

Four funerals and one wedding

December has been a significant month for me since first and foremost is that I was born in this month. Next, there are a lot of significant events happened in my close knit family during this month both sad and happier ones.

One of the saddest things that happened was just yesterday (27th Dec.). One of my beloved uncles; Arwah Uncle Ali had passed away due to acute leukemia. May Allah bless his soul dan semoga rohnya berada di kalangan orang beriman dan beramal soleh. He had been sick since last year and the last time we saw him was when we attended my little sister Cik Ayu's wedding sometimes in June this year. He looked skinnier than ever i.e tinggal tulang lah kata orang melayu but he still managed to be so talkative; especially talking about the past. He got a kidney problem at that time that he must performed dialysis like three times per week. He left a wife (my mom's eldest sister - infact eldest among her six siblings) and a daughter. He's such a significant figure in our family since he was the one who would recites the do'a at our dining table before the guys in our family when for sembahyang raya (pray during eid seasons) every year. Infact, when he was still healthy, he would lead a group of peoples to perform umrah in Mekah almost every year but not for the past two years due to his illness. I can say people would regards him as an alim since he was also a bilal (if I'm not mistaken) at the mosque near his home and also my atuk's home when I was a little kid. Now, without him, who would be the leader who will recite a fluent do'a. My husband?

We also had lost another uncle (my mom's brother) and my father in law last year. Last year also I had been notified that my ex-boss passed away in this very month due to some sort of liver cancer. He was my first boss who took me in the current workplace for a contractual officer post and the one the promoted me to persue my PhD degree. All these people that used to be the "regulars" in my life now had gone. I feel like I'm getting use to loose someone that is closer to me and it feels just not right (I had lost my father for 11 years now and that was one of the lowest part in my life until I got married). Even it's sound cliche if we say that "yang hidup pasti meninggal dunia" or everyone will certainly die one day but it is timely to rethink about life after death and have we prepare ourselves towards it (which most of the time we tend to forget)..and say alhamdullillah (thankful) to what we have got plus live life smartly to the fullest for a good cause. Maybe after this, you never know who'll meet the "malaikat maut" or death , maybe me? you? him? another person closest to you. Let's not taking life for granted.

Innallillah and al fatihah to these family members of mine whom had passed away.
Also, happy wedding anniversary to Aunt Nah and uncle Man on 25th Dec.

Alhamdullilah

..as for the moment..

I'd submitted my thesis yesterday!

Will be gone for a cruise today with colleagues - faculty sponsor.

C ya!

P/S: not to forget to daddy n kimi..definitely we will going for cruises this weekend ;)

Counting the days..

Counting the days..have two meanings here:
No. 1: To submit the thesis
No. 2: To be back for good
(btw..this is the first time I write from uni..tengah bosan bangat..)

Rantings on No. 1

I've done my part which I think up to the max already. Now waiting for him to give feedback. Then, I'll do my manual scanning (the most final one ..ohw please give me the strenght - if I'm ultraman..my chest button has started making its alarming sound dah: power dah nak habis); checking if there is any distinctive errors i.e. spelling, formatting etc. Then, printing the mock one - then send back to him (again??? duh..I don't like this..will tell later why). Then, printing like 6 sets of the thesis, binding and send to the main campus.

The point is my "superior" will be going to conference and will be off from this uni this friday. And I have the feeling that he's preparing for his presentation..and still wish that he can use his superior power to correct my thesis by today. He's very particular on grammar..(tak mau kutuk..la..tapi macam enroll dalam postgrad in literature..ah..sorry prof..dia dah publish satu buku in poetry tau - yang related to science pun ada). If..and if (I wish this is not true) ..tak sempat gua nak hantar by this week..the consequences are I got to send it after he comes back from the conference..lagi seminggu lebih la kena tunggu and will delay that thesis to be sent to examiners.

Finally..my main wish is that I hope to get back my thesis from the examiners before I return to my country in Feb. (which if this happens...I'll be veryyyyyyy grateful makhluk on this earth. Insya Allah!

Rantings on no. 2:
haiya..dah nak balik..cepatnya..
-kena pack barang
-kena pikir nak beli kereta apa ..beli kat malaysia sudah
-terpikir camana nak menempuh jam pi kerja nanti
-oh..umah kitorang..nak kena pasang grill..kimi dah pandai panjat
-terpikir camana nak control diet..mesti makan best2 kat m'sia..oh tidak..

Jalan-jalan ke Maroubra

Maroubra beach is one of many beaches in Sydney.
We'd been there last weekend for the first time.
The beach is nice and what we liked about it is the children playground located not far from the beach.
However, the weather was not with us. During midday, the rain was pouring quite heavy for this part of the world.
But nothing can beats nice M'sian foods and accompany.


Maroubra beach


Kimi nak ke mana tu?


Ohw..here you are with Athira

Daddy and Kimi strolling by the beach

It's raining..it's pouring and Kimi imagining himself as captain feathersword

La..la..la..

Daddy eyeing for sharks and vice versa.. :)

Sandy beach

Last pose before we went off