first solo trip ke tempat asing

esok will be my first time travelling ke tempat asing with Mr Falafel. I am quite nervous sebab tempat tu, main language is not german or english. Anyhoo, sebab risau, I decided to ask for hotel ppl to pick me up (beza 3 euro je pon dgn ambik taxi kat airport).

i have no exact plans yet tp ingat nk jalan2 jugak n try makanan. which reminds me, i should salin alamat kedai makan ittew.

oklah...nk buat research sikit.

mari kita freak out!

oh nooooooooooooooooooo.....................

suddenly, i realise yang walaupun dah pack 18 kotak of things, i may still have some things which I should have also pack in those boxes. Oh well..menyesal tak de guna, kan?

neway, i have been slacking off since i submitted my thesis. Sekarang tengah mode malas-malas tapi suddenly ter-realise...OMG. I only have about 9 days left before my trip and paper mahupon presentation text and powerpoint satu habuk pon tak buat lagi!!!! *panik* and, i must do my homework on the city like how to get to my hotel, places to visit, things to buy. haih..tu pon tak buat lagi!!!

di samping itu, i juga kena prepare paper for the conference in Japan dan a video for it as well, since I opted for a virtual presentation. *panik lagi sekali* tapi matila..conference fees pon tak bayar lagi. haih. tadi pergi bank tapi LUPA!!! tsk.

lepastukan, i rasa macam nak pergi to one more eu city before i leave. should i go to amsterdam (dan tgk garden kat kuekenhof yang buka sebulan dalam setahun ittew) or pi venice? i am torn between those two lah. I am also planning to go to Salzburg, maybe during the Easter break.

oklah...nak tidur.

esok nak peri return library books, pi photostat some stuff, breakfast at a new place and read an article and prepare my paper!!

lagi satu, i finally went through my vienna guide book and dah start crossing off places i have been to and mark those i want to go.

first up, is to make sure i finish my cafe crawl, at least at the Innere Stadt. I have a list of cafes which I want to try.

Itulah sebab esok nak try pi breakfast at this place. hehe. I also want to try the reputedly best falafel in wien. Tapi, breakfast dulu. Lusa nak pi a sandwich place. hehe.

Aside from that, I decided to take Aaron to the Kindermuseum. Might as well make full use of the facilities here kan? So I have made bookings (yes..kena book a spot uols..dah la only open to crawlers on fridays, at an hour slot) and our first time will be this friday. Cannot wait!!! If it goes well, I shall make bookings for every friday! :)

okie dokie.

oh em gee *pekup mulut*

i have started packing my stuff!

OMG. Banyaknya barang nak pack. Can I just pengsan now??? Pack tu satu hal. Nak menghangkut it all the way to my friends house (with anakanda in tow) satu cerita plak. *pengsan lagi sekali*

I only have a week to do this!!!! Maknanya, lagi seminggu, rumah ai bakal jadi 3/4 kosong!!!

Esok, inshaAllah, I will be sending off 3 bags of clothes (in 2 trips). If sempat, I might also pergi kedai villeroy utk beli 2 serving plates to mix and match kan dengan the 2 serving plates I already bought dekat czech tu.

Some other things which I still need to get adalah
1. botol susu
2. scan pan kinves
3. pie maker
4. ice cream maker
5. coffee capsules
6. coffee cups/ tall glasses(tho this one kalau ada ok..if tak de tak apa)
7. bodum tea maker thingy
8. cake/dessert transporter
9. the coffee press coffee maker thingy

esok, i nak pi drop of 2 bags, leave aaron, and head to saturn to check out ada pie maker or ice cream maker. if ada, beli, and drop it off. then balik rumah to get one more bag. drop that off. then balik and maybe head to lutz to get that tea maker thingy and the dessert transporter thingy.

yes. i is very the gigih. haruslaa...

pastu nak kena pack pulaaakkk!!!!!!!!!! and next day kena transport benda2 lagi.

Sampailah semuanya selesai.

thinking about it makes me TIRED. But what to do. Dah nak tumpang orang kan. Kena la buat, by hook or by crook. Dah la my auntie out of town. If ada, can la minta tolong bawak barang2 naik keta. Dah tak ada, makannay, I have to lug the heavy stuff naik turun tram. Well, have to lah kan.

Still loads of things to pack!!!!!!

*pengsan*

sometimes I wonder, how the hell did I manage to accumulate so much stuff and stash it in my closets??

berpeluh

berpeluh di musim sejuk??? bukan secara literal, tapi metafora ajer.

Today, I finally finished writing my text for my presentation next week. Alhamdulillah. Esok nak print out and edit. Pastu, nak kena prepare powerpoint plaks. Kalau dulu, mesti buat powerpoint dulu, pastu baru pikirkan text. But now, i do my work the other way round. I find that it works better for me.

After that, I need to siapkan my final assignment (hopefully!) for my phd studies. woot woot!!! tak sabarnya nak submit, actually. Tapi tulis tak habis lagi. hehe.

Lepas tu, haritu ai pergi jumpa the lady yang uruskan pasal phd studies ni, mikusch, just to check on the borang I sent to be approved. Actually, I minta approval supaya paper yang i present last may to be acknoledged dan diberi mata ects. i ingat dapat 3, tapi depa bagi 5!!! Syukur sangat sangat. Ini bermakna, ai dah ada 2 extra credits, dan tak perlulah nak sit for the exam (that I thought i need to sit for this month). Selain itu, I submitted another borand, requesting for my contribution to a book chapter be given ects credits as well. I really hope I will get some, inshaAllah (hoping for 4ects!).

Then, I also met my SV. Ingat nak discuss what I have written so far. But he said he wants to see the completed thesis on the 31st. Maknanya, I dah kena print out, macam nak pi hantar binding already. Just for him to see. Ok boss. So, sementelah nak pi edit my presentation text esok, ingat nak edit my chapter 6 as well. I see that I need to add some more stuff for my chapter 6. So, since Dr Sunshine pon oncall esok, maka I forsee myself spending some time at Stabux with sidekick in tow. :)

I also met one of my friend who has completed her phd just recently!! She told me that she submitted her thesis in June and was called for viva in october. But another friend, yang his visa was about to expire was able to get his viva done before he left. So, I am hoping that luck will be on my side and that I sempat viva before I leave. However, if tak sempat, I akan balik dulu. :( Cuma a bit the hassle lah nak kena apply for viva from Mesia. Oh well, inshaAllah, all will be ok.

All in all, I cannot wait to perabiskan my assignment.

On my trip to paris, I plan to write my acknowledgement page.

Selain itu, other stuff I need to do for my thesis are:
1. resume
2. abstract (english and deutsch!)
3. check references
4. double check spelling
5. formating
6. check table of contents

maybe i can get nana to help me when she is here. hih hih.

Tarikh target submit thesis: 3 Feb 2012.

Doakan ye kawan-kawan.

Lepas tu, bolehlah merdeka kejap sebelum viva. huhu. :)

Oh..kawan ai kata, nanti kita akan dapat kertas yang examiner tulis review. Pastu dalam tu akan ada soalan2. Maka untuk viva, kita prepare untuk jawab soalan ittew and also prepare to explain our work. fuh.

Oh..lagi satu, katanya, convo di sini is in January and October. Maka saya sangat amat berharap akan berkonvo October 2012, inshaAllah.

Ya Allah, permudahkanlah urusan ku. Amin.

hari ni,i ada date dengan sv. Harap2 date kami fruitful lah ye.

Anyway, I have already decided on my new deadlines. I only have about 9 days left to complete chapter 5. Yikes!! I have actually analyzed the programs kan, and wrote rough drafts of what I plan to write. Cuma nak menulis bebetul tu aje belum. I plan to start today sebab honestly, I just finished typing my rough drafts.

With the new deadline, I plan to complete everything by the end of Nov. I hope that it is feasable. Please Allah. Permudahkanlah urusanku.

chasing the grade

its been 21 days post op. time flies!!!! Aaron has grown chubby. Bak kata orang kelate, ttubuh.

anyhow, in the midst of all this, i finally managed to submit my assignment, albeit 4 days too late. But I did inform the prof and he said its ok. I hope I would not be penalised, insyaAllah.

I have been thinking a lot, lately. Especially time-time nak tidur or times that I should take the opportunity to tidur (esp. when Aaron is napping). Nak tahu fikir pasal apa? Pasal my thesis. Omaigawd. Am so super risau ok!!! I have been slacking so much. The deadlines that I set for myself dah lari ke laut. I am so super worried!!!!!!!!!! Ya Allah, please give me the ideas to write so that I can write and habis by at least my first draft by october.

Yes, that is what I actually aim for. To finish writing my first draft by October. Tapi at the rate that I am going now....tsk tsk. I just went through the articles and books I brought back, and I realised I have read a lot. Tapi tulisnya tidak la pulak kan. Haiyaaa.....*kicks self!*

I guess I should take it one day at a time, huh? Ok ke if gunakan alasan yang I baru je beranak? err.....

Anyway, sionce my theoretical framework punye chapter tak siap2 lagi, sebab ai tak baca2 lagi pasal modernity, i guess I would work on that first. I am giving myself a week to write on modernity and cultural identity. I hope I can meet that deadline.

Once that is done, I nak kemaskini my theoretical framework punye chapter, maybe i'll give myself 3 days.

Pastu, I should work on my data analysis. Tak tahulaa kenapa lembab sangat nak tulis data analisis ni! Ok, thats it. I must start working already. No more miss alasan. Hmm..I wonder if the husband would allow me to lepak at stabux giant with aaron siang2 so that I can concentrate baca my articles. (macamla kat rumah tak leh baca kan?)

I really must stick to this la. Dah July dah ni. Pasni, August dah bulan posa. Then raya. Then tetiba dah balik Wien. I must finish writing before balik Wien. I must.

ok. enough ranting. I might as well read the article sementara everyone is asleep and tunggu laundry siap.

p/s: penat jadi sahm ni. buat housework, jaga anak, nak buat thesis lagi.

p.ps: went to ambik dani's report card today. Apparently my son is so helpful in class, bubbly, banyak bercerita, bff dgn uncle nizam, quite advanced for his age. And, my mak yang risau tulisan cucu dia tak cantik should see his handwriting kat skolah. I think kat rumah dia main2 because dah bosan kot. ihiks. and, the teacher cakap dia competent in all the hafazans. Alhamdulillah.

p/p/ps: cannot believe i have to chase 2 of my lecturers for my grades. rupa-rupanya, dia tak mark pon lagi my paper, and tak bawak balik pon a copy of that paper. Nasib baik i email dia!!!!

nervous

alamak...tetiba rasa nervous pulak nak balik ni. Bukan apa uols, nervous if beg mak jadi excess luggage. Harap2, idaklah yer.

Lagi satu, nervous dgn how it would be like on the plane nanti. Yela, ni first time nak travel long haul at this stage of pregnancy. Harap-harap la kaki tak bengkak over sangat ye.

I hope everything would be ok, insyaAllah. Pray for my safe return ye kawan-kawan.

:)