packing 2

i have packed! now tinggal nak masukkan baju2 yang tengah pakai and also the ones we are going to wear till next week. everything muat and there's still room in my luggage, Alhamdullillah.

i will be bringing back 2 bags and 1 handluggage. 1 lagi bag will be left behind and collected bila i come for my viva, inshaAllah.

i have also completed my shopping list for nephews and nieces. now tinggal nak beli ground coffee, chocolates, mugs and some other souviner. pastu i should be done with shopping. if there's more space, then can bring back aaron's toys. if not, next round lah.

esok nak pergi beli coffee and chocolates and cancel my internet subscription. next week nak usha souviner, handle bank stuff and also cancel my insurance.

i called my uni tadi and they said my faculty has approved my application. however, any keputusan still depends on the meeting CB. meeting will be this friday. doakanla i dapat extend ye uols? if dapat extend, syukur sangat. Boleh la I work on more journal articles. I plan to meet my sv and suggest some future collaboration, inshaAllah.

will be heading to insbruck on wednesday awal pagi. woot woot!! cannot wait. :) belum pack lagi for the trip.will be there till friday.

pastu saturday tu, nak purchase tickets, inshaAllah. then, i have to vacuum my flat, clean the toilet and make some last minute cleaning. the new tenant will be coming on sunday (a msian phd student). now i pening...nak still stay here till end of next week atau tumpang my friend's house? i selesa duduk my house, obviously but then ada tetamu yang basically strangers kan. how ek?

i cannot believe my stay here is about to end. It has been good while it lasted. I could still remember how scared I was when I first came here. My nervousness (boleh ke beranak sini? how to buat local insurance? how to buat residence permit? where to stay? language barrier.) I will really miss Wien. :( Must buy that I love wien tshirt for me. hih hih.

things to do

lagi dekat nak balik, lagi banyak benda nak buat. what else is new? hehe

1. artikel journal BM

this one, dah halfway done. i hope to be able to habiskan ni by today!! please please please. Datanglah idea untuk menulis conclusion yang mantap sikit. lepas dah siap,kena print dan edit.

dah siap tulis and pass to my partner for him to tambah apa yang patut. haih...i think my writing skills in bm makin teruk. no...bukan masalah bahasa ke atau tak tahu perkataan. masalah nak menggoreng dan gaya bahasa. tahu tak, i baru email kat kawan i my piece, dia tengok stengah jam gittew, boleh tambah dan goreng lagi 4 page! apekah? terrer kan? tapi kawan ai juga baru dapat phd uols. mungkin dah biasa menulis dalam BM gittew. macam if dia nak bagi i article in english, i pon rasa i boleh goreng garing2. hih hih.

2. edit again book chapter

i have made the corrections and updated the citations ikut the style they wanted. Now nak kena print again, and reread again. If ok, boleh proceed to email the chapter.

update: seru belum sampai! dah print dah semula. just need to reread it. maybe tomorrow, over a cup of coffee at stabux. *matila konon2 nak diet and tak mo pi stabux*

3. claims for tirana trip

must photocopy receipts,surat kpt, print out flight tix, write cover letter

4. insurance and fees claims
must write cover letter.

update: belum tulis lagi. rasa nak pos dari malaysia lagi murah kan.

i hope to do all this by this week. because next week nak travel, inshaAllah.

ok....got to start now!

i am finally done with my book chapter thingy!! *tarik nafas lega* However, I still one to edit it one more time, then baru submit it to the editor.

Pastu, I have one article to write, this time in BM, for a UKM journal. Ye la uols...sekarang nak kena kumpul artikel pula untuk memudahkan proses confirmation kan. InshaAllah.

anyway, nak tanya pendapat uols as academician.

Sekarang kan, I noticed ada academician yang tulis paper dan include kan nama kawan2 dia sekali. Dan bila kawan dia tulis, kawan dia pon include nama dia. By doing it this way, dorang akan dapat kumpul more journal articles. What are your opinion on this? Bukan apa, ada orang ajak ai berbuat sedemikian. This person kata, dia akan edit and look through the articles and tambah some parts to tunjukkan dia punya specialisation and vice versa.

I am still thinking about the offer. hmm....

Salzburg, by the way, was fun!!!!

i should really do a proper update kan. haih.

speaking of which, i have less than 3 weeks je di sini uols (inshaAllah)! i am currently still in denial. hehehehehe...

ok...1 more article to go...oh...and one book review to correct. i can do this!!!

whoah

Alhamdullillah.

As you may have read, I suddenly decided to apply for extension. I feel like I need the time to prepare for viva because to me, selagi belum dapat grade for my thesis and belum viva, phd belum dalam genggaman. Honestly, I feel so takut!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, bermula yesterday, I frantically emailed my sv and he said that he will only be back in wien mid April!!! argh..terus saya tensi okeh sebab cemana nak dapat surat sokongan kan? Then, dengan muka tak malu (yes...saya rasa saya sangat menyusahkan sv dan juga dah rsa malu gila dengan dia sebab selalu request dia tulis macam2 surat okeh!) minta dia tulis surat ittew dan email to me to which he immediatly buat. Syukur sangat.

Cuma yang ralat, I tak de progress report. But, in his letter, he has in a way stated my progress so I hope that it will be ok.

SInce this is very last minute, what I am going to do is to email the unitlatihan everything in pdf and pastu baru post. This is just to ensure that they know of my intentions and documents ada in hand lebih cepat. I hope urusan ini akan dipermudahkan. I applied for a 6 months extension dengan harapan, if tak bagi 6 bulan, 3 bulan pon, inshaAllah memadai.

Aside from that, I finished writing my paper for the conference. So, esok, lepas uruskan pasal my extension documents, I nak edit paper tu pula. Lepas tu, nak kena prepare the text for presentation, followed by the slides. Kali ni ingat nak guna prezi sebab haritu, my classmate guna and it looked so canggih and nice!!!!

After this weekend, I need to concentrate on my book chapter and 1 more paper for a journal, inshaAllah.

Oh...selain itu, I juga kena beli tiket dan rancang percutian ke Salzburg, and if everything goes well kat Tirana (read: i'm able to handle baby sorang2 on vacation), i might plan a trip to Amsterdam, to visit Kuekenhof. :) I guess Venice will have to wait masa I datang for viva or graduation (altho for my graduation, i dah berangan nak pergi Spain..heheheheh).

Itu saja laporan dari saya.

p.s: i think something is wrong with me. Now, bukan saja rasa lebam. Dapat sakit kepala pulaaakkkkkkkkkk......tapi, Alhamdullilah, bila makan ponstan, hilang.

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.

belum sampai waktu

hello all.

looks like i won't be submitting my thesis this week after all.

i am almost done with the citation thingy. tinggal a few je yang i cannot find the article in my hard drive. and uni library punya website tengah baiki so i cannot access online journals from home. so esok, i plan to go to uni to settlekan the citation thingy, pi pinjam 1 buku to cari citation and lepak kat this coffee shop i have been wanting to go to and edit my thesis.

what is left to do?

1. edit thesis
2. get my abstract translated to deutsch
3. format my thesis
4. last editing before i submit.

who knew, all this nitty gritty stuff actually takes time!! it doesnt help that Aaron is being extra clingy. :( it is almost done. i am almost there.

tapi honestly, i am still waiting for some feedback from my friend. I minta tolong dia to go through my thesis and give some comments. i hope that i would have time to work on her comments ittew. i really nak hantar my thesis. tapi at the back of my head, i fikir i should hantar a SUPERBLY written thesis. sebab kat sini, tak ada dah correction bagai. apa yang you hantar, itulah ur work. tak de konsep correction lepas viva and etc. so i might as well submit something good, kan?

tapi i feel the need to submit cepat because i really hope that i sempat viva before i leave for good.

anyway, i have decided to work on my thesis till friday.

weekend ni, i will have to start working on my paper which i need to submit on feb 15th.


p.s: i think andi misses me la. he has been asking me every day, bila nak datang. tsk. only a few more weeks sayang.

to do

1. citations for chapter 6 (tgh nak buat) and 1
2. check list of references (hopefully can sub kan benda ni to someone)
3. print out chapters and abstract
4. edit chapters and also abstract
5. write acknowledgement
6. print everything
7. edit everything, again.
8. print
9. upload on the system
10. bind and SUBMIT!

plan to habiskan no 1 by esok.
no 3 and 4 to be done tomorrow
5,6,7 by wednesday
8,9 and 10, by friday, inshaAllah

ps: assignment bila nak buat?? uwaaaa....*gabra*

february is here

i met my sv yesterday. Pastu, dia finally skimmed through my thesis and asked me to add 5 or 6 pages in my chapter 1, I guess to make my argument clearer. Honestly, I think I just need to re-structure my chapter 1. Tapi tulah...maka ai akan re-work on my chapter 1.

Then, he asked me to add the page numbers for citations yang I tulis. That, my friends, would need a lot of work because I really need to korek balik buku and articles that I reffered to.

So,my list of things to do is:

1. redo chapter 1
2. write abstract and sent it to be translated
3. update reference (citations dengan page numbers)
4. Print everything
5. write cv
6. write acknowledgement
7. edit everything
8. re-edit everything
9. re-edit again
10.print
11. HANTAR!!!!

i hope to finish 1-5 by this weekend.

on top of that, I still have a journal article to write for an assignment, which, sekarang, credit hournya tak diperlukan pon sebab i am done with collecting credits since my contirbution to a book would be given 5 credits. woot woot!!! but, i would still need to write it la kan. deadline adalah 15 feb.

other than that, I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy and bersyukur yang I am done with collecting credit hours. Betul kata orang, biar terover-over ambik courses and ada extra credits in hand, dari sikit dan alih-alih tak cukup pulak!

aside from that, sv finally contacted that prof from Klagenfurt and she agreed to be the second reader of my thesis. Alhamdullillah.

So now, all is left to do adalah no 1-10, and I will be done, well, at least until VIVA.

I can do this right???

InshaAllah.

belian

- dr Sunshine bought the boy's bed!! its a double decker bed and needless to say, Dani dah chop nak the top bunk. So bawah nanti will be Aaron and Andi.

- My dad's step sis was found dead at her home. She was single and lived alone. She is a very nice lady and will be missed. :( Yang sedih, the police cakap she may have been dead since Friday but since dia tinggal sorang, no one realised. Her neighbour, today,bought her some roti canai but just left the plastic up front. Dah lama tu,dia tengok plastik tak berangkat. She was worried so she told her hubby and her hubby kata, cer pi cek. Dia pon pi la dekat rumah tu and could smell something. So she waited for her son, and son dia masuk inside and found my auntie. :( She fell down and bled kat kepala. I cannot imagine how she must have felt. Was she in pain but tak leh nak capai telefon. Or was she unconsious terus? No one knew. Yang I sedih, my Along said, entah-entah Along pon nanti macam ni. Tsk. I told her, I WILL NEVER let her live alone. If I am not around, I will make sure that Dani will take care of her, inshaAllah. And she said, even mak kata, jangan macam tu. I am sure adik (me) will jaga awak. And when I told this to Dr Sunshine, I am so glad that he told me that Along will obviously live with us, even before I suggested it to him. Syukur to have a husband like you babe!

- I have been the queen of procastination!!! I baru aje nak start buat my assignment and prepare for presentation. tsk!

oklah.

apa pon, if you live alone, please make sure you leave details or phone numbers of your family members dekat tempat yang orang senang nak jumpa.

ok. tu je.

tatuttt

hari ni mengerah tenaga to edit chapter 4 (which is now named chapter three). aiyoo...letih jugak ye, bila nak buat tables of contents semua tu, the numbering etc.

anyway, i tell you, dalam proses editing ni, terbanyak pula benda yang digodek dan ditukar. hehe. o well. i hope it makes sense. pasni nak godek chapter 5 and 6 (which would soon be chapter 4 and 5). i only have till this weekend to finish it. Pastu dah kena start writing my conclusion, by hook or by crook, senin dah kena start!!

Tahu tak pesal apa ai tatutt (andispeak: takut)?? sebab, january 17th, ada presentation dan jan 31st ada assignment nak kena submit and somewhere in january tu, ada exam!!! aiyaa.......rasa nak pengsan pon ada. tsk.

Yang terlebih cuak adalah kerana my friend will be comming from 20-29. am obviously going to entertain her and i forsee that i will not be doing any work!!! so, technically, i only have till the 20th to settlekan my assignment ittew. haiyaaaaaaaaaaaaa. tu belum masuk part presentation. but, i dah rasa mcm nak ambil isi dari my lecture from last summer to be used for the presentation. hehe. but still, i need to write it up, prepare powerpoint. tsk. die die die. maka, tu yang buat i cuak terlebih.yang assignment tu lagila uols!!! tak prepare apa benda pon. soalan pon ala-ala ingat-ingat gittew jer. tsk.

Oh..ditambah pula bulan jan akan jumpa SV dan finally discuss my hopefully finished thesis. So, dalam kepala saya, saya rasa macam akan submit it earliest in february.

Sis might come in february and we might be going to istanbul. hehe.

OKla...i think i should go prepare dinner and start editing sikit. :)

oh oh

yes. sekali lagi berjaya melepas deadline yang telah dibuat oleh diri sendiri. *tepuk tangan secara sakarstik*

today, I finally got to touch up my chapter 1 only to find out that it needs a lot of work. I just finished touching up but am now wondering if it needs to be peppered with more references and lit reviews. Tapi kan, bukan apa. Most of the lit reviews says the same things anyways so what I did was to select a few which said what I thought was needed. OK la kan? Hmm..Lagi satu, I macam nampak tak ada flow but tak leh fikir how to make sure it flows. Ke sebab dah baca banyak kali sampai tak nampak?

Then, I started on my tables of contents, tapi hanya ada chapter 1 aje on it. I thought that I will update it everytime I have done editing the respective chapters. Am up to chapter two pulak esok. Chapter two is kinda ok, except that I need to write a whole new conclusion for that chapter. Sebab apa? Sebab conclusion tu, lebih kurang sama macam my aims and rationales of thesis, which I used in chapter 1. So, I will devote my time to do that esok, and also edit that chapter dan buat penambah baikan. *chewah*

Next, is my chapter three. Chapter three ni, ada benda sikit nak tambah rasanya. Tapi sikit-sikit saje sebab this is one of the recent chapters I wrote which has been edited a few times already.

Chapter four tu, I rasa will take quite a while to edit because I wrote it quite a while ago. Then five and six, also quite recent so should be able to do it quite fast. Lepas habis semua, akan mula tulis chapter 7. I hope to finish chapter 7 by Dec 26. Then, I will have until the new year to edit, update references and etc. Mula tahun baru, I will have to concentrate on my essay which is due on 31st of jan as well as my presentation on 12 jan AND exam tak tahu berapa hari bulan. Dalam pada itu, ada juga plan untuk berjimba dgn bestfrenKT. woot woot. A well deserved break, I think. My sis pula may come in Feb and I am persuading her to agree to pergi bercuti di Istanbul. hih hih.

Oklah. bila pikir pasal holiday, rancak je kepala otak. Tapi bila pasal pelajaran..mak aii..lamabt sikit. tsk tsk.

Oklah. Esok ingat ye diri sendiri. Edit chapter 2 and tulis conclusion dan kalau boleh, start on chapter 3!! Come on come on.

menarik!!!

one of the things that i have been doing these past few days ialah to browse the internet cari conference. And, I just found out that some conferences allows virtual presentations! How cool is that?

You see, I mmg terasa nak present paper buy my biggest worry ialah, siapa akan jaga Aaron during the duration of the conference. There is such a thing as flying nanny offered at my uni, in which a babysitter from the kinderbeuro will ikut kita ke conference tu and help care for our child tapi keringlah poket ai if nk kena bayar fir their flight, food, accomodation n child care charges kan? That sort of stopped me from sending out abstracts n etc.

Tapi, dengan konsep virtual presentation ni, ai tak payah risau pasal siapa nak jaga anak n also the flight tix and accomodation. Its much much easier on my pocket and you are still considered as a presenter walaupun tak de kat sana in real life. :)

So far, I came across two conferences which i am interested in yang offer virtual presentation. So what would a virtual presentation be like? Well, satu tu, dia suruh kita record our presentation and upload it in a specific channel on youtube. Satu lagi tu, kita kena submit poster and if ppl are interested in our paper atau research, they can email to ask the questions.

Best kan??

Ok...I better start writing my abstracts.

p.s: lepastu, nak look at my chapter 6 yg dah seminggu diabaikan. but on the bright side, i finished my book review!! i plan to submit it to a journal as well, inshaAllah. :)

my wedding playlist

I found my wedding playlist while reading through my old blog!!! I have been looking for the playlist for ages. I compiled the list sebab masa tu my bridesmaid nana ditugaskan untuk cari lagu-lagu tu dan burn kat cd supaya masa reception boleh main lagu-lagu ittew!!!

all the songs have special meanings to me and actually reminded me of the times that i spend with my friends, my bf. Semua lagu tu memang ada kenangan. anyway, here's the list....

Mel C's never be the same again: I have always always felt that it was our song. That song came out when we just started dating and its about friends who became lovers. jadi sangat seswai ok untuk jadi lagu tema! (altho haku je la kan rasa macam tu...wakakakak)

You''re still the one by Shania Twain: Lagu ni, reminds me of gang projek yang always there for me, especially during my difficult phase ittew. They supported me all the way! An also because my kisah percintaan penuh ranjau berduri (chewah) and the relationship had to go through one of the most horriblest (if there is such a word) phase. Tapi, I thank god that afz was strong and had confidence in us and pulled me back up. :)

Jangan bersedih lagi, Anuar Zain: Lagu that I used to cry to in the car on the way to work, on the way back from work, or any time i felt like it during the difficult phase of our relationship. Memang kena ok lagu ni dgn iols!!

All my life, K-ci and Jojo: I always consider this my song with my KT girls, my best friends since standard 1. Thank you for being my sisters. *teary eyed*

Because you love me, Celine Dion: afz pernah nyanyi lagu ni for me masa kitaorang dating dekat the weld. (ohemgee, my memory is so kuat okeh..wakakak...another song that he used to sing for me was a better man by robbie williams)

Percayalah, ct nurhaliza: lagu ni selalu pasang masa lepak main that ball game on wani's pc, while waiting to buka or nak pergi dinner. lagu ini juga selalu berkumandang semasa saya rindu gila kat afz yang semasa itu belajar di kelate (padahal every 3 weeks kot jumpa..wakakakak)

swear it again, westlife: lagu ni, reminded me of my first year. masa dgn gang bib. mek. mesyuarat tangga. masa frust dapat tahu adam is dating someone else. tapi tak lah frust sangat pon uols...mak ada bf lain shorlt after that. wakakakak...

manisnya senyumanmu, elite: lagu bila mak karoks dgn gang2 bib. also lagu masa intai ali. wakakkaak...oh..i miss my old roomate, sue and bib.. ingat tak masa kita intai2 ala.....haih..the stuffs kita buat masa 1st year. heheheh

thank god i found you,mariah carey: lagu yang i perasan is lagu i dgn afz. wakkakaka..tapi honestly, thank god he 'saw' me. memang la i found him, tapi if dia tak sedar kewujudan mak nothing will happen, right? hehehe

This I promise you, N Sync: lagu masa rindu2...wakakak..dan juga reminds me of tet. Tet, if ko baca ni, ingat tak lagu ni tet? ingat tak kita suka nyanyi lagu ni kuat2? Lagi satu, kita suka nyanyi lagu bsb dalam toilet. lagu apa ek? haa..from the first daaaayyy...that I saw ur lovely faceeee...honey i knew that we will be..together forever......

I turn to you, Christina aguilera: lagu masa 2nd year...reminds me of the days i used to squating kat bilik wan cin. then lpepak bilik yani kecik and wan rose. then i moved to my own room..hehehe

Gadisku, Search: reminds me of ieja. and..reminds me of my guy friends, ejam, mucher, wark, arwah pau...they made this tape for me and sang this song...i will never forget it!

so in love, all-4-1: sri aman daysss....yc, my, mh, aw, mt, mm. i miss uols.

mencintaimu, Kris D: entah kenapa, this song ada dalam list i. hmm..maybe sebab ni lagu kawen kot...wakakakak

Sunshine, gabrielle: gang lepak sampai subuh, iaitu wan cin, wan rose, grunge, najeeb, norman, di feringghi...lagu ni mmg buat aku ingat kat korang....lagu thong song pon ingatkan aku kat korang jugak..wakakakak..

flying without wings, westlife: lagu ni, afz slalu juga nanyi...this song reminds me of him.

because of you, 98 degrees: ni lagu dgn nana....and also ingat zaman kmk..heheheh...

So, whats your lagu???

renew resident permit

haih. i tell you. i selalu bermasalah lah bila bab renew residence permit ni. tapi sebenarnya i rasa yang membuat masalh ni ialah the particular office which services my district. sebab apa tau. my other friends yang kena pergi ofc at district lain, ok aje. easy peasy je bila nak renew permit ittew.

terbaru, i kena pergi ke kreditsverschutzband office plak dah!!!! i tak pi lagi, but i guess tujuan ke ofc tu untuk mintak statement yg i tak akan bankrap anytime soon, i guess. haih., perluke? i ni, hutang pon non ado ok. penat tau nak kena ke sana ke mari mengendong anakanda ku.

petang ni, i plan to pergi settlekan everything. then,esok pagi boleh pi submit all the documents ke visa office ittew dan tunggu ajer for them to call me cakap visa siap.

minta-mintalah semuanya dipermudahkan.

needless to say, saya berasa letih and by the time i get homei have no mood to look at my beloved chapter 6. huhu. tapi i really must must must do it lah!

apa yg tinggal utk chapter 6?

-finish up intro

- kemaskan my analysis on rural areas

- discussion

- conclusion.

i think today i kena, by hook or by crook, finish up the analysis on rural area so that esok boleh concentrate on doing the discussion. lepas siap, bolehlah habiskan intro and buat conclusion.

Ya Allah. permudahkanlah urusan ku.

p/s: lepas ni kena start reading the book for my book review pulak. *letih*

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.

ku kembali

teringat lagu cheerleader kat skolah dulu:

aku kembali dengan tabah hati

kembali lagi untuk memenangi

nombor satu

kami tuju

untuk sampai kemuncak

itulah ku tuju

anyhoo, its exactly a week since i got back!

I have sat for an exam. I have one more exam to sit for this wednesday and another one somewhere in December.

I also have to write a paper in order to get a grade for one of the subjects I took. Needless to say, haprak pon tak tulih lagi. But, I am planning to take bits and pieces of my thesis untuk dijadikan paper ittew. ok tak strategi? hehe.

I have three and a half more chapters to write for my thesis. Taaakkk jugak start2 tulis. Enjin belum panas lagi. Plus, I am still trying to settle hal-hal document si Aaron ni hah.

So, things to do:

1. Print appendix and attachment form to be signed by SV

2. Photocopy Aaron's passport and birth cert and its translation for meldenzettel, insurance and residence permit purposes.

3. Study for exam (only 2 days away. yikes!)

4. Write two papers

5. Write chapter 5.

Ok, hari ni memang dah plan nak print form dan juga pi fotostat bendalah semua. Selain ittew, nak tak nak, mak kena study lah kan. Tapi interesting thing about this paper is that, dia tak nak kita muntahkan semula facts (or rather theories) that we learned in class. Instead, the lecturer wants me to think of a theme, and how would I apply the teory according to the theme I choose dalam mereka research questions, methodology and etc. So, strategi i adalah to study my chapter one (introduction) and try to fit the theories somewhere. hmm..wajarkah thinking session ini dibuat di Starbucks bersama sidekick i??

Anyhoo, I have a trip to Muchen planned for early November. So, I must finish my chapter 5 before then. I give myself until the end of November to finish writing everything, inshaAllah. But of course, this all depends on the workload of the course I am taking this sem, which I think is pretty interesting and bonus point is, its in English. :)

Oklah, sidekick tengah tidur. I should shower. Then, can keluar pi print2 dan fotostat, and maybe pi shopping sikit. hih hih.

deadline lari

ni bulan june. akhir bulan june, i am supposed to have my data analysis chapter ready. tetapi....idak nampak pon batang hidung data analisis ittew!

I am just beginning to get used to my new routine. Today, despite Aaron being a wee bit difficult, I managed to write a few pages of my assignment. I hope this is a mark of a good beginning. Pelan-pelan kayuh, kan?

I still plan to finish writing in Malaysia, insyaAllah. Harap-harap semua dipermudahkan.

Lepas habis buat assignment, I must start writing on modernity, identity and cultural identity.

After that, I should start working on my data analysis chapter

Then, kena buat discussion and conclusion.

I really hope ideas would come and things would be made easy for me, insyaAllah. Nak kena doa and solat hajat everyday like I used to, tapi still cannot. :(

I think leaving AA and AD at mak's is a good idea. At least I get to work on my stuff at home. I do have my off days, days I just want to do NOTHING, but u know, at least being alone with Aaron gives me an opportunity to work on things, if I want to.

Oklah....I want to finish up my paper. Only about 1K words to go.

patah belakang

rasa macam nak patah aje belakang ni menvacuum satu rumah ni! Yela, semenjak tahu pregnant, i jarang amat vacuum living room sebab i hardly spend any time in it. Ni, bila dah nak balik ni, sibuk laaaaa vacuum satu pelusuk rumah ni, sampai sakit belakang amatz! takpe, i take it as a form as exercise. *nak berpikiran positif gittew*

esok, sebelum mandi nak sental toilet and lepas breakfast, cuci kitchen. Pastu, boleh buang trash, then relax-relax sambil tunggu my ride to the airport. woot woot! Cannot wait lah. :)

Tapi kan, tadi cek email and baru dapat soalan for one of my assesment. i have till july 4th to do it, which means, i only have till mid june la kan sebab buatnya i terberanak, bila plak nak buat??? But, good thing is, the prof gave me a list of questions, and i get to pick one. bad news is, kena tulis 5k words and kena critical. But on the other hand, i am thinking of choosing a topic which is slightly related to what i am supposed to write for my thesis. So, when i write the essay, boleh juga guna for my thesis, kan? Maka, i adalah win win situation gittew. :) *nak stay positif*

So, I will be kinda busy my first month back because i have 3 assignments due. *pengsan*

Lets hope saya bersemangat.

p.s: masa check up today, obgyn said my cyst is back (5cm x 6cm). i tell you, it keeps coming back. Dah berapa kali dah ok i took it out. Its always on the left side. Apa pon, I bersyukur that it didnt kacau my 'kesuburan'. Neway, Obgyn kata, nanti c-zer, suruh dorang bawak keluar. hmm...

Alhamdullillah. Berjaya langsaikan some things from my to do list!

1. meet dean to discuss about credit hours. Must remember to print relevant documents!
2. Buat text for presentation!
3. The other assignment
4. Readings for chapter 3.
5. Insurance stuff belum settle
6. Shop for MIL, FIL and family. Aiyoo..muat lagi ke bag ni?
7. Beli beras. Sebab nanti tak leh bayang nak beli beras with baby in tow during winter. errkkk... (TAK JADI)
8. Kemas rumah, buat laundry
9. Get borang for baby's meldenzettel and insurance.


Pasal jumpa dean tu, well, actually its the faculty's director of grad studies. She is sooooooooooooo young tapi dah professor ok. Takjub i! Anyway, we discussed my situation and she suggested that I start presenting papers and write for journals in order to make up for my lack of credits tu. Its either that, or take classes next sem. Since I am trying my best not to take classes next sem (sebab i am planning to bring baby back with me), I am looking for conferences and lobang to send my papers. I need 1 or 2 conference and also nak hantar at least 2 papers to journals.

Pasal my readings, mintak maap banyak-banyak. Memang tak de masa i nak membaca dan membuat assignments i, uols!!! But, what I managed to do is to photocopy those books that I wanted to photocopy yesterday.

Pasal insurance, got a reply from them and they said that the amount will be automatically debited from my account. Syukur!

Found a shirt for my FIL, blouse for MIL. Esok i nak beli chocolates and cookies plak. Then, kaw tim dah pembelian barang2 dan boleh kunci beg.

Rumah dah mula kemas. Tapi nak buat last round of vacuuming, cuci toilet and clean stove on friday morning. Nak buat esok, takut kecah lagi, sebab jumaat still nak masak.Laundry dah settle. Esok kering kot, insyaAllah.

Hrmm...so, new list:

1. return library books
2. get borang from mikusch and print borang from online
3. photocopy doctor's letter and bagi one copy to travel agent
4. shop sikit barang makan
5. ambik gambar weltcafe and coffeeshopcompany
6. save all files from uni pc to external drive (MOST IMPORTANT)

i hope i did not leave anything out.

Oh...sangat teruja! just 2 more nights baby.

lagi 3 hari

Ohh...saya dah sangat-sangat excited at the prospect of meeting the boys!!!!

Tapi, dalam pada itu, tetiba terfikir pasal my assignment. My main concern is, how to make it sound intelligent and filled with sources. Hmm...Esok nak pi library to photocopy some chapters which I think would help me.

Then, esok juga, nak jumpa dean sebab nak rayu pasal my credit hours. I agak nervous actually, tapi I just hope for the best.

Harap-harap, bolehlah get most of my presentation text done by tomorrow. Tapi tula....part-part nak include theories tu yang ai lemah sikit. Hmm...

And, must also spend time doing my other paper.

Selain itu, sedang menunggu-nunggu soalan essay dari lecturer. Harap-harap dia bagi soalan yang senang.

Ok...list of things to do.

1. meet dean to discuss about credit hours. Must remember to print relevant documents!
2. Buat text for presentation!
3. The other assignment
4. Readings for chapter 3.
5. Insurance stuff belum settle
6. Shop for MIL, FIL and family. Aiyoo..muat lagi ke bag ni?
7. Beli beras. Sebab nanti tak leh bayang nak beli beras with baby in tow during winter. errkkk...
8. Kemas rumah, buat laundry
9. Get borang for baby's meldenzettel and insurance.

Macam cepat aje masa berlalu. Cannot wait!!!!