nama baby

untuk uols yang dah ada anak, who was the one who gave your baby his/her name? adakah u ols sendiri, your spouse, your parents or your siblings or lelain?

For me, it has always always been Dr Sunshine. I only came up with Ahmad, and tu pon because Dr Sunshine nak nama anak-anak dia begin with A.

Nama Dani came about when we were lepaking on the bed, and were talking about our baby's name and he was looking at the baby book and came out with the name: Ahmad Dani. At first I was like, are you sure? Nanti dorang kata kita tiru nama that indonesian band punye lead singer plaks. Tapi Dr Sunshine kata, alaa...bukan kita tiru pon. Err..ok. Tapi masa tu, nama Dani tak ramai lagi guna, and a lot of people called my son Daniel or Danish, despite his name being spelt with onlt 4 letters! haih.

Andi pulak, came about when I wasn't even preggers. LOL. Tiba-tiba je, Dr Sunshine came back from work and said that if we were to have a boy, dia nak namakan Andi. OK. And, unlike popular belief, the name Andi did not come about by twisting the spelling and letters D A N I. aiyoo...berapa kali laaa nak kena bagitau orang, because i keep getting this: "nanti no 3 kalu girl boleh bagi nama dian or dina. kalau boy nak bagi apa?". Penat ok i nak explain kat orang!

No3. Well, nama no3 pon dah ada even before i was pregnant. LOL. And, i memang tak de chance langsung lah nak bagi nama ni. Kononnya, since I was previleged to be pregnant and have the baby with me at all times during my pregnancy, the husband should be given the honor to name the baby.

Honestly, I don't mind at all. Because, I absolutely love the names my Sunshine came up with. :)

Only 16weeks left uols!!!

I really wanna go home. InsyaAllah, in 10 weeks. Cannot wait to be with my boys.

p/s: i am so glad that Dr Sunshine adores his sons. Hari ni dia pergi kursus, dan nama-nama yang ditulis pada fail kursus itu adalah nama anak-anak dia. bagus...biar peserta kursus yg lain tahu dia dah berpunya..hehe. Ingatkan ai je doodle nama anak-anak kat buku. heheheh..

p.p/s: Andi was not in a good mood a few days back because rindu the papa. The papa didn't see them for 3days/2nights. On the second day, he was all moody and that night, he woke up at about 3am asking for Papa. haih...memang my boys manja dgn my husband. Tidur celah ketiak every night, so of course la rindu kan.

p.p.p/s: On Monday, Dr Sunshine went to pick the boys up from my moms. Tapi kebetulan ada roda2, one of their most favouritest tv show ever ever kan. Tapi Dr Sunshine was like: jom balik jom balik... Tahu tak apa Andi kata? Sabaaarr....sabar papa. wakakakakkaka....

an exciting assignment

I went for my advance cultural studies class today, in which the very young, rugged and handsome english professor (i am so lucky to have good looking lectureres this semester!!!) gave out two assignments. One was a presentation and one more is a paper. Pasal paper tu, ai tak mo citer banyak, because, tho it is quite exciting for me (cos I would get to incorporate a theory I plan to use and at the same time do some content analysis, which hopefully could be utilised for my thesis). What I am excited about it the presentation.

Since I won't be presenting (because the presentation slot is just a few days before my due date, my lovely prof told me that i can just compile the things which I plan to present in something like a protfolio, and I would be assessed based on that. Since it would be 30% of the assessment, agak penting jugaklah kan. The assignment is on: a report on the impact of globalising processes on a specific aspect of life and culture in Vienna.

He told us to be creative, and suggested that maybe we could do something on music or food. So, i thought long and hard about it (oklah..not that long pon) and was thinking of doing about food. I must admit that I was somewhat inspired by Kayla's documentation of Nasi Lemak (see here) and how she mapped it out. However, since nasi lemak is not sold anywhere here for the lack of Malaysian restaurants, I thought that I would do something on Chai Tea and how it has been globalised!!!!

So, I would first need to cari history of the chai tea, cara tradisional nak buat and maybe compile some pictures. Then come the exciting part! Sampling chai tea all over Wien. hehe. And observe how it is made. Oohh...saya sangat excited. Cuma sekarang, nak kena start cari cafes yang menjual chai tea lah kan.

If, that proof to be difficult, I was thinking of doing something about chinese food, or to be more specific, noodles. Tapi I thought that it would be quite hard to pinpoint that noodles came from china (sebab ada yang cakap it originated from Spain and Italy). Hmm...if not, then maybe Tom Yam, because tu memang sah sah dari Thailand.

Tapi, my first choice would still be chai. hmm...mungkin from now on, every Sunday I must make sure I go out to search for Chai Teas. hehe. *matilah alasan nak keluar minum2*

Apa pendapat uols??

inspired

selepas membaca blog oyis yang pergi exercise, i felt inspired. Truth is, I have planned to start my morning walk months ago, tapi never got around it! Tapi, bila baca blog Oyis, I decided that what she said was right. The most important thing is to start the habit. So today, I forced myself to go to the park next door and went brisk walking! Ye la kan, if I can develop the habit to go to uni everyday to do my work, sure exercise ni pon boleh kan? kan?

Memang betullah. Once you have put on your gear, there is no turning back. Turun tangga, dan pergi terus, tanpa toleh-toleh belakang.Bila dah sampai park, whether you like it or not, kena berjalan jugak. Plus, rasa bersemangat to see others running. Tapi I tak lari, I only brisk walked. Although, I think I would like to start running again after delivery nanti.

Anyway, dengan ini, I must start sleeping early, I guess. Sebab, in order to go for my brisk walk, and to uni later kan, maka, kenalah bangun awal.

I hope this will work!

hormonal imbalance

ok. Bagi sesiapa yang mungkin tak tahu, when you are pregnant, you tend to be emotional, or cepat marah or tiba-tiba menangis. Or, maybe its just me. hehe. Tengok cerekarama pon boleh nangis-nangis. Apa kes? wakakakaak.

Anyway, this week has been an emotional week for me. Mostly because I miss my Dr Sunshine and my babies so much. It has been almost 6 months ok tak jumpa dorang! This has been the longest ever ever I have been apart from them! Ever. Even when Dr Sunshine was studying in Kelantan and me in Penang, we always always manage to jumpa every three weeks. Paling lama pon was a few months kot.

Anyway, bila dah sorang-sorang dan rindu dan penuh emosi ditambah pula dengan hormon yang tidak stablil, mulalah macam-macam kita fikirkan. haha. I tell you, it is NOT healthy. Especially lepas tengok cerita Mesej Terakhir tu. Tapi you know what? Allah is Great. :) So far, everytime I start feeling down, I will try to istighfar, and doa-doa sikit. Amazingly, soon after, i will always get texts or phone calls yang membuatkan i melt like butter and left butterflies in my tummy. :)

Long distance relationship is not easy. So, my only senjata is doa and LOTS of it.

So, thank you Allah, for granting my wishes. Alhamdullillah.

splurge

hrmm...semenjak pregnant ni, i find that i mentitikberatkan hal-hal kecantikan.

sometimes i feel guilty to be spending so much on this beauty products tapi i guess its reasonable la kot since i have never bought myself any facewash, toner, cleanser whatsoever since muda remaja. I only started using olay total effects when i was here and tu pon sebab muka kering giller. tapi haritu, my olay habis, and when i went to the shop to get a new bottle, terkejut tengok harga yang about 4 kali ganda lagi mahal dari harga that i could get in KL masa time offer. Maka, dengan itu, terus bertukar brand. Dan dengan tak semena-mena terbeli brand yg agak pricey. tapi tak pe. dapat feeling-feeling mengekalkan kejelitaan wajah. wakakakak. tapi if that cream habis, i want to try a new one pulak...yg mmg spesifik untuk anti ageing or something to that effect.

lepastu, i semakin sedar dengan keadaan perut yg semakin membulat. maka dengan itu, telah membeli some cream specifically to combat cellulite. that cream tu, i beli pon sebab baca si daphneiking guna. hehe. gullible kan? baru-baru ni, cream tu habis, so i bought another brand, atas saranan sales assistant. hmm..pada pendapat i, cream baru tu, mcm best sebab sampai malam pon wangi je perut i!

then, lotion. i memang guna lotion, tapi dulu2 beli whatever was on sale. however, masalah kulit kering tak pernah selesai, malah gatal2 adala. so, masa masuk spital dulu, tgk rumet pakai lotion biotherm, terus pasang cite-cita nak beli. i have been using it, and so far so good. cuma la ni dah habis, so nak kena beli lagi. tahan lama tau satu botol tu, a few months juga. so i rasa pembelian ini amat justified.

then, untuk penjagaan tumit dan tapak kaki. its always kering pastu ala-ala crack plaks. beli cream scholl tu, mcm tak jalan je. so, satu hari tu, pi muller and beli vaseline petroleum jelly. every night akan pakai sebelum tidur, pastu pakai socks. Alhamdullillah, things have improved. and best of all, vaseline sangat murah!! less than 2euros!!! so, nak lumur banyak-banyak pon tak rasa sayang.

tu je la pon rutin kecantikan. i memang tak pakai make up. or cleanser or anything yg berkaitan. so, even having this routine (of putting creams on my face everyday lepas mandi and sebelum tidur) and lumur cream on my tummy and also tapak kaki is a significant step for me.

next step, mungkinkah make up? *gulp*

semester baru

woh...minggu depan kelas will begin. ok..actually, jumaat ni dah start kelas.

My schedule is packed to the brim. I only have thursdays free. The rest of the days, ai ada kelas. ada juga kelas yang overlap, jadi nak kena jumpa lecturer minta kebenaran keluar awal untuk kelas itu. harap2, pensyarah memahami.

anyway, this semester, I will only be taking 1 class in deutsch, lelain adalah bahasa Inggeris. phew! Walaubagaimanapun, jadual kelas ini has yet to be approved by the head of my school's grad students guy, PG. ye. sy pepandai je pilih kelas, tapi at the end of the day, he will be the one who decides that the credits for the courses i am taking will be counted or not. Since dia sekarang kat Israel on fieldwork, maka I will just go to the classes first, and try pujuk2 dia masa jumpa dia nanti. How i am going to pujuk him? I have no freaking idea, but hopefully dia akan mengasihani seorang ibu yang mengandung.

anyhoo, classes i am taking are:

Advance Cultural Studies 11

Forschungpraktikum

Global English and International Communication

Advance Cultural Studies 1

Critical Theory

Intercultural Negotiation Patterns.

Total credit hours: 33

Saya sangat risau sebenarnya. Kenapa? Sebab fact is, I would not be able to attend the classes till the end of sem, so, saya mengharapkan budi bicara lecturers to allow me to skip a few lectures. Also, some will have written exams at the end of the course, so I am hoping that the lecturers would let me sit for the exam next sem (ye, sini boleh suka hati nak sit for written exams at your convinience...yang penting, register for lecture).

Also, I takut tak boleh nak bawak all this subjects. I think its a lot! Tapi Dr Sunshine telah memberi kata semangat and told me that I could do it! And i believe I can!!! So, insyaAllah, I can.

The thins is, I really need to fulfil my credits by this sem, so that the next winter sem can be utilised for making my thesis corrections and betul-betulkan draft dan prepare for viva. Thats my plan. Tula sebab bertungkus lumus pulun ambik macam2 paper ni. Lagipon, I plan to bring baby along with me, so I plan to work from home aja. As of now, I haven't figured out if I will ask my mom to come here and help jaga baby, or it will just be me and the baby.

I am currently re-working on my methods chapter. Cannot wait to have it done by april. Lepas tu, ingat nak start on analysing my content analysis data. tak buat2 lagi you!!!

But, looking at my class schedule, I am pretty sure I would be bogged down with assignments and readings as well. Good thing is, I am pretty excited nak pergi kelas cultural studies tu because the lecturer is a professor from England. And, I am also excited nak pergi kelas critical theory because I have got a feeling that I can write a paper for this subject, which I can use for my thesis later. Forschungpraktikum tu, ambik sebab sv punye kelas.

Dalam banyak2 subjek kat atas tu. Global english dan juga intercultural nego patterns tidaklah sangat berkaitan dengan bidang research i. tapi i decided to ambik because i need the ects uols!!!!

Also, I am REALLY hoping that PG akan memberi ECTS untuk paper yg I akan bentang dekat conference in KL dan juga untuk privatisimmum. If dia bagi, then I would gladly drop the two papers which I am taking as a back up.

Sila doakan plan saya berjaya.

jadual saya

semenjak dua minggu lepas, i have been quite diligent in going to uni. the thing is, walaupun i ni student phd, my school does not provide a phd suite, office or even photocopy service whatsoever untuk student-student phdnya. Maka, we are free to do whatever we want, without feeling obliged to go check into the office once in a while or etc. Instead of finding it liberating, I find it not good for me, at all. Dengan sistem ini, I don't know any other PhD students who are in my field, and have no chance to interact with them. Walaupun I attend classes, I still tak jumpa-jumpa jugak orang yg boleh dibuat gang atau boleh dijadikan rakan untuk bersembang about phd work.

Anyway, that is not what I want to tell. I nak bagitahu yang sekarang, I have sort of established a routine. Although initially, I was so liat nak follow the routine, I am now quite used to it. What is my routine?

Everyday, I force myself to go to the computer lab (provided for all uni students) to do some work. Biarlah mcm tak de kerja, I akan cari kerja. Mula-mula, it started with my plan to finish up a paper which I have submitted today. Lepas tu, I still kept going, despite having finished that paper, to find some other thing to do. Like, work on another paper, cari journal articles and etc. I only spend about 3 to 4 hours at the computer lab.

However, I do have my cheat day. My cheat day will usually be pre-decided because before the day comes, I will make sure I have enough reading materials (journal articles, books, copies of my own paper to edit). What I normally would do is to go to my favourite stabux (in kartnerstrasse), and lepak sana, while reading my materials. I usually would spend a few hours doing that.

Now, when i get home, I dont touch my work anymore. My time at home is spend with skyp-ing, reading blogs and catching up with tv series. Nowadays, i like to browse through pregnancy related blogs and food blogs. hehe.

I really hope to be able to keep up with this routine. Risau juga because classes will commence next week, so I will be really busy (classes everyday except thursday!). I am planning to take 6 papers, but I am not sure if that is too ambitious for pregnant me. hehe. yela, my target is to finish my coursework by this sem, so i must do what i need to do, kan??

o well...let's hope semua berjaya.