Wednesday, May 4, 2011

16 hari

1. Done with handout for my presentation. Harap-harap group members berpuashati dengan apa yang ai hasilkan. Malam ni ada discussion over skype. Sigh...discuss dalam keadaan gelap gelita.

2. Now, kena tumpukan perhatian kepada assignment! Esok dan lusa rasa nak duduk dendiam kat stabux sambil membaca selambak artikel. Harap-harap misi berjaya! Bila dah terasa boring, ingat nak jenjalan sambil ambil gambar untuk assignment chai tea.

3. Sabtu, I plan nak betapa kat comp lab pulak, nak type out the draft, insyaAllah.

4. Ahad, I nak pi merewang ke Schonnbrun. Semoga ai larat bawa perut dan tak membuatkan orang lain rasa menyesal keluar dengan I, since I now tend to walk slowly thanks to the frequent pain dekat tummy.

Kalau uols perasan, I am actually trying to keep myself busy with work and more work. Sebab dalam hati dah excited sangat amat at the prospect of meeting the boys!!! And I am sure I would not be doing anything the first few weeks that I am back (oh, except for the conference. Alahai..kena siapkan powerpoint and text juga!!!! Must not forget. Maybe can work on this on the plane?)

OK. Nak pergi kelas. Alahai....tak larat ok nak jalan pi kelas.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

17 hari

Saya sangat sangat bersyukur!

1. Dapat email dari program director yang menyatakan subjek yang i ambik tu OK. Well, I actually wrote him a lengthy email, first stating the subjects I took for the respective requirements, and second, to state my kerisauan upon finding out that i might have taken the wrong papers to fulfil the requirements. He replied, right below the part I listed all the subjects I took with OK. Tu je. OK. Part I cakap risau semua tu, idak lah diendahkan. Jadi, I take it as, the subjects I took fulfilled the credit requirements. Syukur, Alhamdullillah. So, insyaAllah, I don't have to take any papers next sem and can just concentrate on pembetulan thesis, preparing for viva and tulis journal articles (well, itu harapan ai).

2. I got another result today. And, Alhamdullilah, I passed!! This was a killer subject for me, sebab kena buat eksperimen bagai. On top of that, the theories which were taught and that I had to apply was persuassive in nature and it was honestly my very first time being exposed to these theories. ECTS (atau bagi uols yg sistem lain, this would mean credit) nya adalah 12. So, this is quite a huge deal for me! Syukur, Alhamdullillah.

3. Done with chapter 2, thanks to Anne. Thank you Anne, for getting me that particular day's tv guide. If not, I wouldn't have gotten in done. Walaupun melebihi deadline, but it could not be helped!

4. Currently reading the translation of a chapter of a german language book (thanks to googletranslate) sebab nak kena prepare for a presentation. Have a group discussion malam esok, so kena habis baca, summarize and prepare the points I want to say by esok!

5. Will still be in the dark these few nights because of the bulb in my room yang un-changeable. Am waiting for my Auntie's husband to help come and fix it. Am thinking of going to stabux tonight to do some work. Have been lazing aje for the past 2 nights and ini tak boleh jadi!

6. Hope to start on my assignment this Thursday. I have lots of articles to read!! *pengsan* I really really hope I would have a draft of what I plan to write before I go back (which is only 17 days away) because I know, balik nanti sure busy buat macam-macam benda yang tak berilmiah seperti makan dan shopping

7. Have started taking pictures for my chai tea assignment. :) Tapi can I just say I feel so malas to elaborate on globalisation theories and etc which is related to the said assignment? Anyway, must think of the idea for my video. Cemana agaknya nak buat video berilimiah (yang ada mention theory bagai) yang juga FUN dan tak boring?

8. Oh..I give myself a week to work on the draft for my assignments. After that, I must start reading on modern social theory and start writing my theoretical framework chapter plaks. Haiyoo...dengan identity lah, modern social theory lah, encoding decoding lah, harap2 i sempat meet my own pre-determined deadline of june 1st.

9. Nak pergi shopping, tapi belum berkesempatan. Mungkin minggu depan. Alahai, beg pon belom bawak turun dari atas almari.

OK. Nak continue membaca sebelum the boys sampai rumah. :)

Friday, April 29, 2011

kenapa semakin dekat hari bahagia, semakin banyak kerja yang harus dibuat?

1. Chapter two almost done. Tergendala sebab apa tau? Sebab ai dengan "pandai" ter-misplace satu paper cutting which contains the tv guide yg I nak analyse. *sigh* But other than that, I have finished. Perasaan geram dengan diri sendiri tak perlu dikata. Now meminta ehsan kengkawan untuk mendapatkan keratan tersebut. Lepastu, boleh buat graf dan explain sket-sket and DONE!

2. In the midst of trying to read about gruppendiskusionverfahren. *nanges* Have to read and prepare a presentation. It is a group presentation. Kalau ikut hati, I tak nak present ikut buku ni, tapi lecturer dah suruh, maka terpaksa. Must get it ready by Wednesday. So buat masa ini, googletranslate adalah besfren saya!

3. Hal kredit masih belum selesai sebab semua yang i try jumpa, semuanya masih bercuti! haih. Maka ai jadi sedikit stress.

4. Summary interview utk lagi satu group work belom buat. I plan nak buat esok! After that, ingat nak pi try skinny frap at stabux sambil baca text german tu dengan bantuan kamus. Atau mungkin ai bawak je sekali laptop so that boleh guna perkhidmatan googletranslate. hih hih.

5. MUST start reading for my theory chapter AND for my individual assignment. I hope to get it done soon. My personal deadline for my theory chapter is end of May. Sempat ke uols?? *pengsan*. Deadline untuk assignments ai adalah 27june. *pengsan lagi sekali*

6. Tak sabar nak balik!!! tapi berpeluh-peluh ai bila mengenangkan jumlah assignments yang i kena buat. Kena study juga because balik je dari beranak, I ada 3 exams to sit for. *pengsan* Maka, the bulk of my luggage would be BOOKS and NOTES. I dah bagitahu Dr Sunshine, balik kali ni, i tak beli cenderamata untuk sesapa. Mungkin hanya chocs. Bukan apa, ai tak larat nak pi shopping dan juga tak larat mengenangkan nanti i kena usung bag berat naik turun train untuk ke airport. *nanges* Oh, tapi wajib get something for MIL and FIL dan anak-anak sendiri. hih hih.

Oklah. Nak solat, tengok Greysanatomy dan sambung baca buku untuk presentation.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

buat kerja

1. I found out yesterday that I was supposed to take other subjects to fulfil some requirements, instead of the ones I have already taken. At the moment, saya tengah amat risau. I am trying to merayu supaya the credits I have taken to be considered. Harap-harap berjaya because if not, I would have to take 2 classes next sem. Siapa nak jaga baby? *nanges* Untuk menyedapkan hati, i dah email ketua program last night tapi tak dapat reply. Esok nak pergi jumpa dia. Harap-harap dia tak cuti sebab sekarang ni kan musim cuti kat uni. My last resort would be to write a letter to the dean to request for my credits to be considered. Saya harap percubaan ini berjaya.

2. Hari ni, ai tried to finish up my chapter 2. I am almost there. I just need to proofread what I have written and add some info and tulis conclusion. I hope to get everything done by Saturday!

3. Kawan saya ajar untuk kerap ucapkan Ya Fatah sebab katanya maksudnya adalah membuka (or something to that effect) in hopes that ia akan membuka jalan saya yg sekarang tengah hiruk pikuk!

4. Kawan yang sama juga menasihati saya supaya baca Astghfirullahulazim sebanyak 70 kali selepas solat Subuh. I tried that this morning tapi belum sampai 20 kali I dah tertido. *oppss*

5. Ada hikmah rupanya saya tak balik masa easter holiday. Yela, if not, I wouldn't have found out about the wrong subject thingy. Now, insyaAllah, I would have time to rectify the matter. I really hope semuanya dipermudahkan, insyaAllah.

6. Saya masih belum langsaikan hutang group assignment. Oh..banyaknyaaaaaa benda nak kena buat!

7. Must remember to bring camera to uni tomorrow to take pictures of the menu boards of cafes yg menghidangkan chai tea latte.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

bila anak tak sihat

I got a text from Dr Sunshine at 3-ish am malaysian time, saying that he hasn't had the chance to sleep because AA was feverish and wanted to be cuddled all the time. Apparently, after minum susu, AA walked out of the room looking for Papa who was watching a football match in TV. He cuddled with him sambil tidur. Lepas game habis, they went inside the room and at 3 macam tu, AA vomitted dalam pelukan the papa, and habis kena papa, AA, bedsheet, pillow and blanket.

Maka, at 3am-ish itu, my Dr Sunshine had to mandikan AA, himself and wash the bajus yang kena muntah and all the blanket, bedsheet,pillowcase and terbalikkan the tilam, while my boys slept in front of the tv. Sigh.

At times like this, I wished I was around. I wished I was around to help Dr Sunshine with things. You see, selalu, if kids sakit, it is always the moms yang take care of them. But it is a whole different story with my babies.

I tell you, a lot of people told me how strong I am to live alone in a foreign land, pregnant and etc. But I think, my dear husband is the person who should be taking the credits. Not only does he juggle his time between work and studies, he also has to single handedly take care of two boys. Yes, I admit that he has help from families, at those times that he goes for locum atau nak pergi main tennis or futsal or snooker. But at the end of the day, he always brings the boys back. Lepas a long day at work or OC, dia masih ambik the boys from my moms. He will bring them to the playground and pergi dinner. Then balik and play with them. Normally, he would be online, almost every night to talk to me. In between, he still has to manage the house chores like doing the laundry and kemas rumah (which can be quite sepah since we have 2 boys..hehe), buat susu, put the boys to sleep, do his assignments. I tell you, he has sacrificed a lot for me and I really am grateful for that. Maka, balik nanti, I promise myself that I will try to be the best wife there is.

Anyway, after getting the texts about the muntah incident, I called him up and I told Dr Sunshine, there's only 25 days left, and then I can help him out. But of course he said, "ala, if you balik and the boys muntah, it will still be me who will be doing all this because tak kan lah i nak bagi isteri i yang sarat mengandung buat semua tu. I tell you, my husband is so baik and loving. I must have done something good in my life to deserve a great man like him.

However, I still feel guilty. Guilty to leave him with all the responsibility of taking care of the boys. For making him have less time for himself. He told me not to feel that way but I just cannot help it.

It is times like this that I wish I would be finished with my PhD cepat-cepat.

Ya Allah, thank you for giving me the best husband in the whole wide world.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

babysitting

Tadi, ai babysat my boys while the papa tidur kepenatan. Maka, sempatlah ai buat spelling with AD dan juga main jual beli/ gerai makan dengan AA and buat counting juga. :)

I tell you, its amazing what we can do with technology.

Lepas tu,I asked the boys to kejut the Papa but Papa sangat penat dan tak bangun. Mujur not long after that my lappie's azan bunyi...dan teruslah Papa bangun.hikhikhik.

Hmm..ai rasa, next time ai am on babysitting duty, ai nak start tunjuk the boys flashcards lah. hehe. Bukan apa, ai saje je nak ajar dorang lite-lite. So far, AA bolehlah kira sikit-sikit, tapi ai must say, AD was far more advanced when he was AA's age. Cuma, AA ni very extrovert and tak pemalu, maka harus saya tekankan di sini, every child is special in his own way. :)

Semalam, we ol tanya AA, mana adik? Dia kata tak ada. Then we said, adik ada dalam perut.And dia pon angkat baju dia and tunjuk perut dia...seolah fenfeeling adik is in his perut. Then we said, adik is in my perut. hehe.

And, AD keep on saying i am fat! *nanges*. Tapi I know, fat yang dia maksudkan adalah sebab perut ai besar dan ada adik kat dalam (because he said so). Maka, tak jadi nak emo. wakaka

26 more days.

Friday, April 22, 2011

tak larat

Semakin hari, rasa badan ni semakin berat.

Semakin hari, makin rasa tak larat nak bawak badan ni. Maybe its the age thing? Because when I was preggers with AA, I was up and about. But then again, when I was preggers with AA, i wasn't as active as I am now. I mean, I only had to go for my Deutsch classes which was held at one place ajo. Macam sekarang, segala ceruk nak kena pergi just to go for classes. Maka, perasaan penat itu mungkin justified?

Nasib baiklah pregnancy kali ni rajin nak makan vitamin. Kalau tak? Mungkin double penat??

Hari ni, kaki start lenguh2. This is my first. Apa pon, I bersyukur that I could still solat like normal, albeit bila nak bangun dari sujud tu agak slow motion. hihi.

Oklah...28 hari lagi. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.......

p/s: perasaan rajin buat kerja, sila datang boleh tak? please??