Saturday, December 31, 2011

rindunye

rindunya pada Dr Sunshine.

rindunya pada Andi dan Dani.

rindunya pada Mak.

rindunya pada Daddy.

Semalam, termenangis ingatkan Daddy. I know its not good to cry bila ingatkan arwah, tapi ter. Maka,terus I minta tolong Dr Sunshine pergi visit kubur Daddy.

Hari ini, hari terakhir dalam 2011.

2011 has been the year that I think I was most productive! I attended a lot of classes (about 60 credits worth ok!! in a year!!), wrote my thesis, beranak, renovate rumah.

i hope to go back in 2012 with a phd, inshaAllah.

Dan, i nak juga berterima kasih kepada ya Allah sebab berikan i kekuatan to hadapi what I have been through. Thank you so much for giving me a supportive husband. And tadi, masa tengah jalan-jalan dengan Aaron, it dawned to me hikmah Allah berikan ai boys, cos its easier for Dr Sunshine to jagakan. betul tak?

Anyway, I am in the midst of writing my final chapter, the conlcusion. Actually, I have been lazy and putting it off for the longest time. Ni,dah nak habis tahun 2011 baru tergocoh-gocoh nak siapkan. tsk. I hope I would be able to finish it today, cos next year (which is technically just esok) i dah kena start on my other assignments. :)

here's to the new year and to getting that phd!!!

sharing is caring #3

Firstly, Selamat Tahun Baru!!!

Ok, untuk sesi sharing is caring kali ni, I nak share dengan uols info terbaru yang I dapat. Apakah??

Pasal persekolahan anak-anak. hehe.

You see, I have been reading up about schools, because I just want to get more information on the types of schools available for Dani to masuk darjah 1. The more I read, the more interested I was on Sekolah Rendah Agama Integrasi (SRAI) which is available in some parts of Selangor. I think there are less than 15 such schools in all of Selangor.

Anyway, kenapa ai interested dengan sekolah ini? Because, it integrates normal school dengan sekolah agama. Hence, schooling hours is from about 8 to 4. Masa rehat pagi tu, lepas makan, ada solat dhuha. Masa rehat tengah hari tu, lepas makan, everyone solat asar. Best kan?

These schools are kelolaan JAIS, I think kategori sekolah bantuan penuh kot, but i am not sure. Tapi yang pasti, dia bukan private school, hence the fees adalah affordable. Nak masuk sekolah ni, ada entrance exam. Mainly because the number of people yang apply masuk are about 400 plus and they only take in about 150. So its really competitive, hence the need to organise for an entrance exam. The application to sit for the exam is usually announced in April and the exam itself will be in May, tahun sebelum anak uols masuk sekolah. Contohnya Dani will masuk darjah 1 in 2013, hence his exam will be in 2012.

I was looking high and low pasal format exam ni, and yang i jumpa dia dok kata banyak soalan yang suruh the kids suaikan, ada tanya maths, english, bm, jawi, arab. Arab?? yikes...terus sedikit panik di situ sebab anak ai tak belajar bahasa arab. Then, 2 days ago, i came across farwina's blog, left a comment and she was extremely kind!!! She shared with me some info.

Apparently, ada buku latihan yg spesifik bertajuk persediaan kemasukkan sekolah rendah agama integrasi. So, sesiapa yang berminat, boleh purchase the book.

Secondly, antara subjek yg budak2 akan belajar is: bm, bi, maths, pjk, bahasa arab K, bahasa arab J, tilawah, hafazan, sains, pendidikan islam, tauhid, jawi, feqah, akhlak, muzik, seni.

Needless to say, I am quite excited. hehe. But at the same time, I am quite worried cos Dani has no Arabic background. So, what I did was to tell my sis to bgtahu ustazah mengaji to teach him baca jawi. I hope sempat laaa by May, inshaAllah.

By the way, walaupun you are interested to send your kid to this school, you should still register him at the normal sekolah kebangsaan. Sebab kalau dia tak dapat tempat kat SRAI, u dah ada back up school for him.

Having said that, pemilihan sekolah totally depends on how you want to mold your kids. Ada argue that sending Dani to a sekolah agama at such a young age nanti buat dia tak kenal other cultures and mungkin tak bagi dia peluang to socialise with the other races. I thought about it as well, but bottom line for me is for Dani to have a good foundation in religion. He is also quite interested dengan hafal ayat and etc, so I think this is a good option for him. I also thought of sending him for some fun extra axtivity, so that he will be able to socialise with the other races. tapi tengoklah. tennis ke, swimming ke. hehe.

Plus, ada je Malays yang hantar their kids to sekolah cina and tamil, so that their kids will acquire a 3rd language (but dani will be learning arabic, so thats a third language as well). Thats cool as well. And ada yang siap research sekolah mana within their tempat tinggal yang the population of Malays, chinese and Indian are well represented sebab nak anak dia ala-ala 1 Malaysia. Pon ok, sebab honestly, I pon nk my sons to berkawan dengan everyone and not stereotype people.

So, pikirlah bebetul masa nak pilih sekolah. I have been researching about this since Dani was 5. Hover kan? wakakakakaa....

Friday, December 30, 2011

melagha

yes. dah tiga hari saya tak buat kerja. kenapa? sebab MALAS!!!

homaigawd. dah nak akhir tahun. tapi thesis tak siap siap!!

saya tinggal nak tulis conclusion jer uols!!! tapi tahap kemalasan tu, ya Rabbi. memang melampaui batas ok.

and, the thing is, i know that i malas!! tapi tetapla dok google apa nak beli for my trip to Paris nanti dan perkara-perkara yang tak berfaedah.

saya sungguh tak sedar diri okeh.


sebab, in january, saya kena prepare utk 1 presentation, 1 paper to submit, 1 exam dan juga nak submit thesis, inshaAllah.

On top of that, January jugaklah saya nak berjimba jimba. erkk...cemana nie??? *pengsan*

anyway, sebab nak happykan diri, i nak citer apa i plan to buy kat Paris, ok?

1. Pisau potong ayam jenama laguiole something like this http://www.laguiole-attitude.com/en/kitchen-knife/39-expression-luxury-kitchen-knife.html

2. sautee pan dekat kedai ini

3. cute kitchen stuff dekat sini.

4. a painting at one of the kedais along seine

5. macaroons

6. eat lots of chocolate croisant from blu sucre

7. cute coasters.

err...tu je that i can think of so far.

okla..maybe i should start doing my work. :)

7. have the best falafel in the world (kata new york times)

Monday, December 26, 2011

my little men

Dani

He is now soooooo into reading and spelling. Sekarang, he insists on chatting (as in typing what he wants to say) instead of talking to me on skype. Mula-mula, he started off with typing some random words like polis, up, down, insert (yes...ni dia tiru apa yang dia tengok dari keyboard computer..hehe). Then, as the week progresses, he started typing out questions (which he has prepared earlier with the help from Along, but dia tulis sendiri and Along tolong check je) like Aaron dah minum susu ke? Mama apa khabar?. And now, after about two weeks, he tries to type out his answers to the questions I throw at him like dah makan ke belum? Makan apa hari ni? I really think that this is a good spelling exercise *matila mama dia kiasu..hehe*

Other than that, Dr Sunshine bought his school bag already. :) Mula-mula he wanted the beg yang roda-roda but we (read: Dr Sunshine and me) thought that it wasn't cool (yes, mak bapak dia yang over! wakakaka) and Dr Sunshine brought him shopping the other day and he chose a non-roda bag. *phew!

Andi

Ha...apparently, this boy is getting cheekier by the day, according to my mom and Along. Katanya, he always cries to get things done his way but thank god my sis nor my mom give in to his cries!! Ada this one night ni, dia mengada and insisted nak baring on my mom's lap. And, because he had a good long nap that day, sampai pukul 1am pon dok nak baring atas lap dan tak tidur2 lagi. Nasib Along woke up and gave him a good talking to, barula dia nak tidur. Needless to say, I reported the kejadian to the Papa and he was told to not do that (bully my mom by sleeping on her lap) again.

So today, masa skype, he went on and on to tell me that he has been a very good boy today.

Andi: Mama...saya good boy tau hari ni. Good boy...
Me: Iye? Andi buat apa yang Andi good boy?
Andi: Hari ni saya tidur kat bawah.Tak tidur atas mak pon.Saya good boy
Me: Ooohh....bagus la Andi. Andi memang good boy. Anak mama memang good boy kan. Very good Andi.
Andi: *muka happy*

Tetapi, Andi is also quite lasak. Tadi dia cerita:

Andi: Mama, hari ni saya jatuh la mama.
Me: Macam mana boleh jatuh?
Andi: Sebab saya panjat grill, pastu jatuh.
Me: Errkk....(dalam hati dok kata..tadi baru je mama cakap good boy)

And, Andi bahasakan diri dia as Saya. But Dr Sunshine is trying to make him bahasakan diri as Andi. I personally think there is nothing wrong with him referring to himself as saya. hehe. its kinda cute actually. :)

Aaron
Oh, anak saya ini sekarang dah boleh membuat tour satu bilik. Masa dia belum expert mengesot, he is easily bored and slalu nak attention from me. Contohnya, he wakes up pretty early, like at 5.30am. Kadang-kadang 4.30am pon pernah. Kalau dulu, lepas dia bangun dan golek-golek kejap and main dengan his toys, sure I dengar dia o-ek. But now, he can go for a long time without crying. I can continue with my sleep (tapi kena make sure la dekat carpet tak de small items which he can put into his mouth and that the place is clean). He will usually start to bunyi-bunyi if he has done no 2 or dah ngantuk. :)

And, sekarang, he can sometimes fall asleep without susu. :) Lepas tu, you know at times babies wake up in the middle of the night? Well dulu automatically I bagi him susu. But now, he wakes up, and sometimes can fall asleep balik by himself. :) Macam tadi, I baru bagi dia susu, n he fell asleep. So I pon start la menaip kan. After a while, i heard him talking. Yes, he woke up and was moving around. I buat tak kisah. Pastu I dengar senyap je. So I turned around and saw him asleep. hehe. Alhamdulillah.

Oh, he has also started eating. I bagi dia nestum thingy. I dah try 2 flavour: pear&muesli and strawberry. He loves the srrawberry and tak suka Muesli. I rasa kan, maybe sebab yg straberry tu is also infused with milk whereas the pear-muesli tu tak. So esok, I ingat nak beli biscuit flavour pulak which was Andi's favourite dulu-dulu. :) Once, I made bubur with salmon but he does not like it!! hmm...maybe sebab salmon tu tak berapa fresh kot. Tapi I dah pesan ikan bilis from my mom. So nanti i can buat bubur ikan bilis.

p.s: after shielding my first two boys from coffee since they were babies, dr sunshine terbagi depa minum toffee nut latte. hmm...they loved it to bits. Aaron pulak dah rasa sikit-sikit kot from the milk. wakakakakak...

Sunday, December 25, 2011

bila satu pintu tutup, pintu lain yg buka

uols,

i did not tell you all that i got an email last week from a reputable journal saying that my paper was not accepted for publication. :( needless to say, i was devatated. yela..ingat nak gak la kumpul2 journal articles so that bila balik nanti, cepat la sikit can baik pangkat. Namun, harapanku hancur berkecai gittew!! I was really dissapointed with myself and at one point, I even doubted my ability to write. over kan??

Tula. Siapa suruh set hopes up high sangat? Tapi orang kata, aim for the moon, if tak dapat moon, can still be among the stars.

Anyway, before this, i ada juga terima email, for a call for paper, to be published in a book. Its a joint effort by some European universities to provide a platform for post grad students to publish their work. But, I did not send in my abstract for that book because I already send that paper in for that journal kan. Maka, tak semena-mena, dua2 ai terlepas okeh!!! Tapi, you know what I did? I tebalkan je muka and send an email to the book editor tu, cakap, can I still submit my abstract even though deadline dah about 2 weeks ago. And he said yes!!!

So, I pon hantaq la abstract of my rejected journal article ittew, sebab dah kena reject kan by that journal.

And...today, I got my christmas present cos I just recieved an email saying that my abstract was among the 20 they selected. Alhamdullillah.

Sungguh pon, it would not be considered as a journal article and only a chapter in a book, I am still thankful and grateful for the opportunity. It will be a collaboration of people from all over the world, and I am pretty excited!!!

deadline for the manuscript is end of april. :)

ok..now back to editing my chapter. it is the last chapter to edit, before I start with my concluding chapter, tomorrow, inshaAllah.

Semoga semua dipermudahkan.

p.s: uwaaaaaaaa...nangis tengok bag MBMJ idaman hati on sale di neiman marcus punye website. hmm..kenapa laaa sini tak se sale macam tu? Apa pon, I am still going to try my luck and visit a local department store esok, usha2..mana tau ada sale kan!!! Plus, need to return a blouse to mng...and shop for some more. i am in a mission of collecting baju kerja as well. hehe.

Saturday, December 24, 2011

sharing is caring #2

Sesi sharing is caring hari ini amat sesuai bagi semua orang, tidak kiralah sama ada anda adalah suri rumah yang tidak menang tangan dengan pelbagai house chores, mahu pon single mingle tapi tak de time nak fix a meal. Apakah??

How to make an easy pease pizza in 15 minutes!!!!!

Just make sure you have this in your pantry!

Tortilla roll or pita roll
Cheese
Spaghetti sos dalam botol (tapi guna tomato sauce pon boleh ajer)
tuna in a can

How to?
Spread tomato sauce/spaghetti sauce on to tortilla
spread tuna fillings
tabur cheese
bake in toaster or oven for about 7 minutes.
siap
MAKAN!!!

senang kan? senang kan? sedap pon sedap. You can use a variety of topping. Kadang-kadang, I rendam fresh udang before hand pastu time nak buat tu, kopek kulit and put it on the tortilla. SOmetimes, I cut up nugget pieces or sausages. Or if you have some left over ayamg goreng, can shred it. Or, pecah telur kat atas pon sedap gak!!!

Cuba try. Senang giller!!! Kalau nak buat for dinner, maybe can serve it with fries and salad. If for breakie, makan macam tu pon boleh.

Oh...there's also a sweet version. Potong pisang, spread gula and cheese (tak payah tomato sauce). SEDAAPPP...i rasa if lepas dah bakar tu letak chocolate sauce sure lagi heaven.

OK. Sila try!!!

Friday, December 23, 2011

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. :)