[The Other Side of the Story]

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...

Monday.... It means that I need to push myself to look at my research. I had a very long weekend, took almost 3 days off from doing my routine. So today, I need to get started. I have presentation slides to prepare (including what to present), I should look at the INCED 2008 full paper (in development) and also I have several wedding preparation tasks to do for today (buy chocolates, pick the "baju melayu" from the tailor) plus I need to buy lunch for the family (my bro, my sis-in-law and our cute nieces and nephew are around today). It's all for now. I'll be back with the updates - my progress, the wedding etc....

I have so much things to do. My bro's wedding is approaching, we have less than a week now. The wedding reception at my house is scheduled on the 10th of August 2008 but of course, the other side (his wife-to-be) reception will be held this weekend. And guess what? I have a colloquium presentation just a day after their reception at Bagan Datoh. I haven't prepared the slides yet. I do have the outline (what I intend to present) but still, I need to be prepared. I'm less motivated because my better half is not around till this Thursday. He's attending a photo camp at Hulu Langat. I missed him very much. Here are some of my checklists: Pick my bro's baju Melayu from the tailor Prepare the "hantaran" - total of 9 hantaran Prepare my presentation slides Prepare the full paper for INCED 2008 And the list goes on....

I don't care whether you read his blog or not but this entry is especially dedicated for you. Babe, happy birthday sweet-17 (you'll be always 17, sweetie). May Allah Bless you always and may all your wishes will come true. I really hope that there will be another party this year (similar to last year's at South Bank) but if you happened to organize one, we are very sorry because we can't make it this time (the airfare is very expensive {*sigh*}, we can't afford to go to Brisbane). Babe, You are a wonderful friend, very sweet and thoughtful. We are very lad to be in your circle of friends. We really hope that the friendship that we build remains forever and ever.... Babe, We missed you so much, we missed every moments that we share (especially when we went out for shopping at several places.... shopping, shopping, shopping....). We missed everything that we shared with you.... Babe, Thank you very much for being our friend. My mum also very glad that we have a wo...

Tak tahu nak mula tulis entry nie macam mana, but definitely it has to be in Malay plus English (my English sucks now).... I still miss Brisbane (bila nak mula study - kenangan itu datang tanpa dipinta), maybe sebab life as a student was much much more better there for me (for the past two years there).... But I'm glad that I'm here too, near to my mum & dad, near to my family & everyone that I love. Syukur alhamdulillah juga kerana I managed to get a good supervisor at UUM. Although everyone keeps on telling me that he is a "pushy" guy, I like the way he works. I need someone to push me along the way of doing my PhD. I told him that I do not mind if he keeps calling me - tells me to do this and that - so I know that I have a dateline and I'm working on it. He always reminds me not to feel guilty of what ever happened in the past (regarding my study at QUT) because for him, doing PhD is nasib, ada yang bernasib baik dan ada juga yang akan mengalami masalah...

First bouquet of flowers that I got from my hubby.... It was this year, after almost 3 years of marriage, on one sweet day in February 2008, not on the Valentine Day, and not on my birthday.... I love it very much.... Did I mentioned that I love tulips? Yupp, I do fancy tulips, especially the pink tulips, but any colors of tulips will work for me.... Tulips are sweet.... Very sweet....

Andai ku tahu Kapan tiba ajalku Ku akan memohon Tuhan tolong panjangkan umurku Andai ku tahu Kapan tiba masaku Ku akan memohon Tuhan jangan Kau ambil nyawaku Chorus: Aku takut Akan semua dosa-dosaku Aku takut Dosa yang terus membayangiku Andai ku tahu MalaikatMu kan menjemputku Izinkan aku Mengucap kata taubat padaMu.. Chorus Ampuni aku Dari segala dosa-dosaku Ampuni aku Menangis ku bertaubat padaMu Aku manusia Yang takut neraka Namun aku juga Tak pantas di surga Andai ku tahu Kapan tiba ajalku Izinkan aku Mengucap kata taubat padaMu Chorus Ampuni aku Dari segala dosa-dosaku Ampuni aku Menangis ku bertaubat padaMu ahh...

I miss my hubby very much.... He's not around because he goes to KL to attend "kenduri arwah" of his best friend, Arwah Auzi. Esok genap setahun pemergiaan allahyarham. My hubby & Ly dah janji nak visit kubur arwah, pastu mak arwah nak buat kenduri arwah. So sorry Arwah Auzi, I'm not around this time. I can't forget the last time we met last year, during your wedding. I did not expect that it will be the last time untuk kami jumpa awak, but we were very glad that we managed to give you what you've requested (mana la tahu itu permintaan terakhir). I'm very glad that you were my hubby's best friend for so long and till now, kami sentiasa rasa awak masih ada di sisi kami. Maaf kerana tidak berada di sisi awak mengiringi perjalanan terakhir awak di bumi ini tapi doa & ingatan kami sentiasa bersama awak. Al-Fatihah....

Three of us.... We share the same little office (normally for tutors, the office is shared between two persons).... But since I came, they are willing to share the room with me for a couple of months before I settled down.... And now, none of us occupy the room since we left to further our study. Nana & Dell are currently pursuing their masters degree at UIAM while I'm up here at the north of Malaysia, at UUM. The best part is, I was a tutor for the Project Management subject to their husbands (Arab & Boyak) before I went to Brisbane (I did not teach them since they were in a different tutorial group). Thank you Nana & Dell for everything.... They are wonderful friends of mine, they are amazing and supportive too.... Friends forever.... All the best in whatever you do.... Me & Dell Me & Nana

I made this, a couple of years ago.... I couldn't imagine how I managed to stitch all these figures for my sister's birthday.... I wish that I can make another piece of this again.... Can I???

Finally, my mini project is finished. Check-out the process below: Backstitch to the chosen image (the cake - in the previous entry) Backstitch (the words - happy birthday) Again, the colorful backstitch (the name of the birthday girl) What else? A little present would be nice. I stitched a nice present (wrapped) but nothing inside.... Final touch.... I asked for my sis's assistance to do the final touch up.... It's done and ready to be posted to someone.... Hope that she will like it.... I've started a new project, for myself. It's not that urgent to be finished so I'll take much longer time to stitch this one (hope that it will turn out much much better than this first attempt - since it's been a while without the needle & threads).... However, I made some changes to the colors (I do normally use the threads that I have - leftover from the previous projects). I'll write the update soon, if the second project is progressing well or otherwise, you have ...

I have a mini project to accomplish as soon as possible. However, it can only be done during my leisure time. I need to be quick.... This is what I managed to stitch last nite.... I will update what happened next (still figure out what else should be stitched)....

I have had this problem long time ago, since I started doing my PhD. I find that it is very hard when it comes to define the term "entrepreneur". Digging the literature makes me crazy, there's a lot of approaches in defining the word itself. I'm not that good to pick the most suitable definition but I have to come out with what is "entrepreneur" in my own perspective. Anyone can help me????

There's nothing special happened lately, just a couple of visits from my relatives. I was a bit tired entertaining them but it was great too because nowadays, we can't afford to frequently meet each other. I was happy to meet my grandfather from my mum's side and also uncles, aunties, and cousins (they are from my mum's side too). Although I was fully occupied at that time (during their visits), I still need to spend my precious time to do my own work - to study. I managed to send an abstract to INCED 2008, just in time (the closing date was on the 6th of July 2008) and I forgot to put a title to the abstract. That's really funny because the moment I hit the "send" button, I realized that my abstract has no title. The person in-charge of the conference emailed me yesterday, asking me about it and with Sabrina's help, the title of my paper is "Review on the Characteristic of the Entrepreneurs' Business Model". I need to prepare the full pa...

I have nothing much to say lately. I'm quite busy familiarizing myself to become a student again after 4 months break. I miss my life as a student back in Brisbane... Forget the past, concentrate about the future .... That's what I always remind myself.... Never give up....