[The Other Side of the Story]

Special entry to my sister & bro-in law, Fatima & Fizal.... Congratulation for the arrival of the couple's first baby, a cute daughter....Guess what? She can't wait for another day & finally, she was born today - 31st December 2008 @ 5.48 am.... Hope that the arrival of their daughter will bring more happiness & bundles of joy to the couple & to us (the big Aziz & Zailan's family)....

Alhamdulillah, hari nie dah masuk hari ketiga bagi tahun 1430H. Tomorrow, 2009 will begin....Another new year, thank you Allah s.w.t. kerana masih diberi kesempatan untuk terus hidup di bumi-Nya.... Tahun baru, azam baru....Banyak lagi yang masih belum dicapai dalam hidup ini, semoga masih ada peluang untuk memperbaiki diri ini dari semasa ke semasa....Azam? Panjang sangat listnya (do I have the list?)....Anyway, mestilah yang baik2 jer diimpikan kan? ;oD To all my friends, masih belum terlewat untuk wish Selamat Tahun Baru Islam, awal Muharram 1430H & Happy New Year 2009. Selamat tinggal 2008 & kenangan yang agak mendukacitakan (for me la) and thanks for the memories (I got sweet memories too - it's a mixed feelings & there were lots of unexpected thing that happened & I experienced in 2008).... The most important thing is "La Tahzan" - don't be sad, tak kira la apapun yang bakal terjadi since semua itu adalah ketentuan-Nya.... Welcome 2009 - a new ch...

Hidup ini takkan sunyi dengan ujian dan dugaan dari-Nya....Itu tanda Dia sentiasa memerhatikan kita walau di mana kita berada....Apa-apapun, please bear in mind yang Dia takkan uji kita andai kita tak mampu lalui semuanya.... So, apa yang kami harapkan buat masa ini adalah yang terbaik....Seandainya yang terbaik itu adalah merelakan "pemergiannya", kami redha....He knows best....

Skang nie, makanan favourite cuma nasi putih kosong + telur goreng @ telur masin @ ikan salmon....Benda lain boleh la makan cuma tak prefer sangat la....Tapi kat sini mahal la ikan salmon, time2 macam nie rindu plak kat Brisbane....Sabrina, boleh ko kirimkan ikan salmon sekilo & large blueberry milk tea with pearls sedozen? Mesti susah kan, sampai sini dah tak fresh....

Time2 macam nie, banyak plak movies baru yang keluar kat pawagam....Teringin nak tengok tapi tak boleh, huhuhu....Among the movies yang I teringin sangat nak tengok: Transporter 3 (dah tengok Transporter 1 & 2 - tengok dvd jer) Lost & Faun (sorry if there is spelling error, tapi mcm tue lah bunyi tajuk cerita latest from Afdlin Shauki) Cicakman 2 (macam best jer tengok the making of Cicakman 2 walaupun takde la minat sangat aksi2 nie) Bila la nak dapat tengok semua movies nie? Nampak gayanya, kena la tengok dvd jer....

Salam everyone....Masih belum terlewat untuk wish Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha kepada semua sanak saudara & sahabat handai di mana jua anda berada....We celebrated Eid Adha yesterday (Malaysia) and my family went back to Kampung Sungai Kechil, Nibong Tebal (my dad's side) to celebrate it. We performed the prayer at Kampung Sungai Kechil's masjid & then ada ibadah korban & akikah diadakan at my tok's house. This year, 5 ekor lembu & 3 ekor kambing dikorbankan. Alhamdulillah, I managed to korban satu bahagian. Insya-Allah, next year will be my hubby's turn.... I've planned to go back to my in-law's house this coming weekend but the plan have to be postponed to some other suitable time in the future. Semua aktiviti luar terpaksa dihadkan buat sementara waktu, termasuklah window shopping & tengok wayang. However, I managed to watch Antoo Fighters (forgive me for the spelling error, if any) last Friday. That was the last movie (my hubby said). Sam...

Lupa nak bagitau, yang edit photos in my previous entry is my other half @ chepok....So, credit to him ;oD

Posing, posing sakan @ Park Royal Hotel Penang....

Bergetar jiwa di persada bercahaya Pertemuan harapan pertama kalinya Bergetar jiwa menghadapi mimpi-mimpi Sukar dipercaya pintunya terbuka Di sini jua memori tercipta Walau seketika terjalin kasih kita Mungkin di sini kita kan terpisah Kenangan bersama tiada kulupa Mengalun suara sesuri bisikan hati Seiringan mencari haluan berseni Bergetar jiwa menghadapi mimpi-mimpi Tiada pun terduga pintunya terbuka Di sini jua memori tercipta Walau seketika terjalin kasih kita Mungkin di sini kita kan terpisah Kenangan bersama tiada kulupa Yang terpahit jua termanis Semuanya bagiku terindah Kuingati buat selama-lamanya Di sini jua memori tercipta Walau seketika terjalin kasih kita Mungkin di sini kita kan terpisah Kenangan bersama tiada kulupa Mungkin di sini kita kan terpisah Kenangan bersama Mungkin di sini kita kan terpisah Kenangan bersama tiada kulupa Lagu nie dari Shila OIAM. Entah kenapa tetiba tersuka kat lagu nie....Melayan perasaan, teringat memor...

Rasa nak nangis jer, banyaknya kerja yang menanti....Biler dah banyak, mula la tension tak tau nak buat yang mana dulu....Next week nak pi conference, slides presentation tak siap lagi....Supervisor minta revise again my chapter 1 & 2 (as expected) plus several other things to be included. Letih, penat jalan jauh pi kenduri kat JB tak hilang lagi....pastu today pi Penang, bawak adik2 pi hotel tempat ayah ada seminar....Release sikit tension, tapi takkan settle la pressure nie....Nak kena pi servis kereta lagi....Nak nangis.... Nasib baik my hubby @ chepok kata relaks la, dia pun banyak kerja gak....So, teruskan buat kerja, jangan malas2....Esok pagi, mulakan dengan azam baru key....Maya, you can do it (ayat standard untuk memujuk diri sendiri)....

Last nite was the final episode for this season. However, my other half is not very happy with the way it ends....Horatio Caine died? We can't believe that. If it so then, is there any new season soon? Before we went to bed last nite, we still discussing about the ending part of the series. My hubby is the one who feels very frustrated. He supposed to sleep early because he has job to do today but he just couldn't. He keeps on criticizing the ending. He told me that after he finish off his shooting today, he would like to search more about this thing from the internet - youtube etc.... Well, really hope that there is another season coming up very soon.... P/S: I also don't like the way CSI NY ends this season. It looks like there is no conclusion for what happened about the bank robbery case. What happened to the detective? I need a concrete ending....Okay, back to work ;oD

I received an email from my supervisor: Can you put together your chapter one and the one that you've designed earlier (entrepreneur's selection of the business model) and also your theoretical framework. I want to see how it fits. I send him an sms, asking him what exactly he wants: Do you want me to combine my chapter one with my earlier idea and also the theoretical framework? And he replied: Yes P/S: Blur....Can I do it? I've been thinking of sending him my Chapter 2 (not completed yet) tomorrow. Then I have to work on this. Come on Maya, you can do it....

Nak tulis sikit pasal drama Indonesia tajuk "Intan" nie....Aku start tengok cerita nie pun dah separuh jalan, tapi jadi asyik nak ikuti sambungannya. Tapi lama-lama jadi tension jugak, sebab jalan ceritanya slow sangat la....Kadang-kadang, dalam satu episod tue takde pergerakan jalan cerita langsung, asyik-asyik berbalik pada soal yang sama. Bila la drama nie nak habis.... Habis la cepat-cepat, pastu aku taknak ikut lagi apa cerita/drama baru Indonesia....Exception for CSI, season baru pasti dinantikan....Ada sapa2 yang tengok "Intan" jugak? Korang tension tak macam aku? P/S: Dengan drama pun nak tension, apatah lagi dengan real life....

Well, sudah semestinya ia amat berkait rapat....Time cuti sekolah la banyak wedding invitation....I'm off to JB for my cousin's wedding. I'll be away - from Thursday night until Saturday. My hubby will not be able to come with us because he has his work too - shooting for another wedding ceremony. I'll be joining my parents and my younger bro & sis (two of them) in this trip. The solemnization will be on Friday, the reception follows on the next day. We'll try to be there for both occasions, Insya-Allah. Before that, I need to submit another chapter of my work to my supervisor. Well, there's still no feedback from him on my previous work (Chapter 1). I know that he is very busy person, but sometimes I like the way he keeps on pushing me to do my work. Hope that he reads my chapter & provides me with some comments so that I can improve myself. Happy school holiday to my friends (yang jadi teacher la)....Till we meet again, tada....

I just wanna share my difficuty to find articles related to my study from the online library - particularly at universities in Malaysia. Not to mention that the server is very slow, not all of the articles are available in fulltext because most of the libraries did not have full access to the resources due to the subscription package they chose. In return, what we can access is only the abstract of the articles. Honestly speaking, this is one of the pitfalls of doing PhD in Malaysia. I hardly face this kind of problem when I was studying at Australia - everything you can get online, and it is very fast....I know the the subscription fees of online databases are very expensive, but it is very important for our country to improve on this in order to attract more foreign students to study here, to enroll in a research-based programs at local universities in Malaysia. However, I'm glad to have the opportunity to resume my study here in my own country after the "tragic incident...

It's Monday.... Time to work.... It's my sister's birthday....Happy birthday sweet-18, may all your wishes will come true....

Sapa2 ada idea nak masak apa today? Pagi tadi malas nak pergi pasar, so yang ada dalam fridge cuma sedikit udang & ayam (memang sikit sangat la)....Pastu my mum called, saying that my bro & family akan balik so kalau nak masak, kena la masak lebih sikit. Persoalannya, nak masak apa & apa yang nak dimasak (ada 2 research questions tak?)....Pening2.... Kawan2, bagi la idea....

I watched this movie again, for the second time. And still, nangis kat part yang sama. I've read the novel first, so masa baca pun dah nangis apatah lagi tengok ceritanya. Jalan cerita novel & movie ada sikit perbezaan, so for P.S I Love You, I love both the novel & movie. First time tengok movie nie, I went to the cinema with my best friend, Sabrina. Almost everyone watching this movie cried, especially masa part Holly called Gerry's phone number, just to hear his voice (voice mail). Sabrina told me she did the same thing when she lost her brother, the only younger bro for her. Well, banyak lagi parts yang boleh menyebabkan penonton menitiskan air mata. So, I would recommend everyone to watch this movie. I managed to make my hubby watched this movie too (mana dia layan romance movies, sebab tue masa nak tengok movie nie kat cinema dia bagi I pergi dengan Sabrina).... I got the novel - with this cover .... The movie's cover.... Ok, the review provided below is take...

This entry is just for fun - I can't explain properly in writing how several theories are connected to explain my main variable so I want to write something on what I like and what I don't like. Some of it are listed on the right hand site of this blog, but again, it's my blog so it's up to me if I want to repeat whatever I like ;oD I like shopping or "window shopping". It was once when someone I don't like called me "shopping list" - she saw us bought a lot of kitchenware (I bought Corelle on Boxing Day @ DFO, Brisbane) and suddenly a couple of days later when she met me & I was using my hs to recharge/reload the phone prepaid, she said "panjangnya shopping list" and I turned back at her and said "nie coupon recharge hs la" and I knew that my face is changing immediately and people who know me will know that it is a negative sign. My bad habit is, my face can't lie. Kalau tak suka sesuatu, it will show immediately. Te...

I feel sleepy today...I try to do my work but I can't concentrate. Well, let me share a poem from a movie called "SEPI". I love the movie, as well as the poem. Bulan jangan biar siang Biar alam ini kelam Biar ia sepi sepertiku Bisikku pada bulan Kembalikan temanku Kekasihku, syurgaku Tanpa dia malam menemaniku Sepi memelukku

I'm pretty busy....Busy with my proposal, busy entertaining my younger bro & sis (suka gaduh2 dua orang budak nie) while my parents are out-station (this is the second time we need to take care of them - walaupun tak susah mana sebab dua2 dah besar, tapi perangai memang tak mature lagi so agak tension jugak la).... My routines when my parents are out-station: wake-up at 6 am every morning & kejut adik2 (diorang suka iron baju pagi2 buta) perform Subh prayer buat apa2 yg patut for breakfast (tak buat apapun, suruh diorang makan roti & kaya @ minum susu) bagi duit sekolah, RM2 each my hubby drives them to school (ikut jugak pi hantar diorang) after settle2 apa yang patut, I'll start doing my PhD work @ my little office masak? masak untuk dinner jer sebab lunch, adik2 makan kat sekolah fardhu ain diorang & my hubby makan apa2 yang ada jer (makan kat luar @ maggi - am I lazy to cook? Yes, definitely...) malam - watching tv sambil lipat kain + baca artikel tido - nor...

I'm recovering from a minor operation....Although it's minor, but I still feel the pain....I just had a surgery called "laparoscopic surgery"....more info, click here . I'm not ready to share the reason of doing this procedure, but I think you can guess it right. It's part of "usaha" that we can do, and yang lain hanya berserah pada-Nya sebab Dia yang menentukan segalanya. He knows best....

Here are some photos taken during Eid celebration this year. We missed celebrating Eid at Brisbane.... More photos at our flickr .

Almost two months without any entry, I'm very sorry....I don't know why - I have no interest to update my own blog, maybe because of Ramadhan & Syawal, I'm not very sure the main reason for this....However, it's not too late to wish Eid Mubarak & Maaf Zahir Batin to all. August updates - well I tried several times to have a proper entry for it but I failed to do that again and again....There were so many events on August 2008....My younger bro's wedding, my younger sis's convocation, our vacation to Genting Highlands - just to name few....Photos? Well, it is better to view our fotopages and flickr . September 2008 - it was Ramadhan - a month of fasting. I took this opportunity to recite Quran and perform "solat terawih". It was a beautiful month, and I pray that I'll have the chance of meeting the next Ramadhan, insya-Allah. October 2008 - it's Syawal - Eid Mubarak everyone. We decided to celebrate the first "Hari Raya" at my...

Alhamdulillah, aku masih lagi diberikan kesempatan untuk merasai Ramadhan pada tahun ini bersama-sama my other half, my lovely parents & family. Semoga Ramadhan tahun ini akan lebih baik dari tahun sebelumnya. To all my friends, tak kira di mana jua anda berada, selamat berpuasa yer.... August updates.... Insya-Allah akan diberikan seringkas mungkin, when I have time to do that since there are a lot of unfinished tasks. Till we meet again....

Tomorrow's plan: We are going to watch SUSUK - the movie. Although I'm pretty busy with my study, I need to take a break for a couple of hours (always take breaks without doing anything *sigh*). We'll watch this movie at GSC Sunway Carnival. I'll share some info on this movie later on. Hope that we'll enjoy watching this movie tomorrow. Who's going to watch this movie with us (me & my better half)? We'll bring Tawfiq & Adik this time (my younger brother & sister). Anyone else? Feel free to join us at GSC Sunway Carnival @ 12.10 pm. See you there!!!

Beijing 2008 reminds me of this picture.... I met her (Jessica Schipper) at Brisbane International Motor Show 2008. Frankly speaking, I did not know her at all, I just went to the booth because there were lots of people queuing to get her signature. And I was lucky to have one too.... Arrrggghhhh, kenangan yang terindah. Memori itu datang kembali. Brisbane, I missed my life back there.... *sigh*

Still.... I have no time to update this blog. I have to set my priority, I have a lot of important things to do.... I have several datelines.... What else? Blurr.... When I have so many things to do, I have the tendency of doing nothing instead of doing what I'm supposed to do.... Maya, wake up.... Not much time left for you... Wake-up baby.... So, need to stay awake (I feel sleepy right now).... Maya, work hard baby.... Ganbatte....

I'm too busy with my bro's wedding.... I'd love to update my blog but I have no time to do that. I'll update this blog soon, Insya-Allah, with some photos from the wedding reception. There's a lot of stories to share too. Till then....

We love cakes, especially home-made cakes and the cakes from Secret Recipe. And this one, was our 3rd wedding anniversary cake. It was not bad (the taste), although we prefer Chocolate Indulgence but it was out of stock so we bought Chocolate Mud cake (actually, I gave this cake to my hubby as my "hantaran" to him 3 years ago). Everyone enjoyed the cake so much (especially my older brother - the only older brother that I have). Secret Recipe cakes are yummy - delicious. When we were at Brisbane, we missed the Secret Recipe cakes very much. And right now, we can always enjoy the cakes (almost every month - my family celebrate birthdays all the year round except for a couple of months without birthday celebrations - April, June and July). However, for me & my hubby, there's only one month without the cake - April, since his parents' (my parents-in-law) birthday are on June & July every year. And normally, we'll buy the cakes from Secret Recipe. Yummy....

My hubby is not around till this coming Thursday (he is currently attending PhotoCamp - organised by Candid Syndrome). Last nite, he sms me when his evening training session finished. It was very late, around 12.51 am (not very late nite - it's morning already). He said he enjoyed being there, the trainers are superb. Their techniques (in photography) are the best compared to the training he attended before. There's only one thing that he couldn't stand: almost everyone is a smoker. I'm lucky because my hubby is a non-smoker since we knew each other (his mum guarantees me that her son never smoke in all his life). And just now, he sms me saying that he was bitten by "pacat". I told him that the "pacat" likes his blood because it is fresh and contains no chemicals such as nicotine. He laughs at me and said maybe my claim is correct and works in this case (because he doesn't smoke, others are smokers so that little "pacat" did not bite th...

Nothing much to say.... Just now, I viewed some photos from my Facebook account - photos of several friends that we met at Brisbane. But right now, we are no longer keep in touch - except for a few of our close friends. Why? I don't know, maybe because we went back without saying a proper goodbye to them but we had our own reason of doing that. Sahabat datang dan pergi, silih berganti.... Sahabat sejati yang sukar dicari.... We are not a perfect friends but we try to be a good friend to others. But frankly speaking, kawan yang akan menangis bersama-sama kita bukan mudah untuk dicari tapi kawan yang hanya mendampingi masa kita bergembira, senang untuk kita temui. We experienced that before, and we'll be more careful in the future. To all my friends, ukhuwwah fillah. Maaf dipinta sekiranya ada terlanjur dalam berbicara. To all yang pernah 'menyentuh hati' kami dengan apa jua perbuatan sama ada secara sengaja atau tidak, sebenarnya sukar untuk kami lupakan. Allah Maha Meng...