Macam-macam

In this post I would like to talk about many things..

Firstly..Nadhirah...got fever...and now rashes..may be it is an allergic reaction..I still have to figure out what was the cause...so sad to see her so quiet, weak and cry frequently...One night, she woke-up many times because she felt uncomfortable. Then the next day, I struggled with editing my report. It was so hectic and full of tension to be in this situation. What a pity for Ikram because he had to face this situation...sabar ye...utk mak dan anak sekali...Thanks to my husband for helping me in this situation..

Secondly..PhD...I'm now entering my first 6 months for my second year..slow progress...why? because the direction of my research is not very clear..I got some data but it didn't work with the proposed method...a few weeks with full of trying...I tried and tried again...but...no positive results...very frustrated..very....But at one time...after discussing with one of my group member, I suddenly got some idea (Alhamdulillah)...why not try like this...and it did show something.....I make a report and sent it to my supervisors. After editing the report based on my supervisors' comments (during Nadhirah was sick), I sent the report to process engineers.. and now I'm in a waiting moment...Do they like the idea...does the idea work? Hopefully, they will give a positive response so that I can go on to validate the idea...Positive response means the direction of my research is clearer and many things is awaiting for me to do after that.. I must be very very busy....Doakanla berjaya....

Thirdly..fasting..last year I was not fasting...Got a baby a few days before Ramadhan..Nur Nadhirah Nabihah...This year..yup! fasting...Hopefully my fasting will be up to one level..this level hopefully:
Puasa paling istimewa, menurut Imam al-Ghazali, iaitu puasa yang ditambah lagi dengan puasa hati daripada semua keinginan yang rendah dan fikiran keduniaan. Inilah puasa yang paling tinggi darjatnya dan puasa semacam inilah yang dikehendaki Allah, BeritaHarianOnline.

Fourthly..Bread pudding...My favourite...if there is bread..90% there will be bread pudding..

So today is the latest version..put some cashews..


Nadhirah was looking at the bread pudding...she has just relieved from a fever teething (I think)..Now, she has had rashes...Get well soon adik...Miss your keletah..

Lastly...Selamat Berpuasa semua !!!!

Poster dan gigi

What is the relationship between poster and teeth?
Well they are the topics that I would like to talk about in this post:
My posters and My daughter's first tooth..


-Engineering Postgraduate Poster Competition 2008

One of the main reasons I entered this competition is that to visualize my research.
A Prof said during a prize giving ceremony for the competition:
" Poster is a brief description of your research"

Another Prof said:
"Try to balance between figures and words..
Do not use small fonts...sometimes it is very hard to read..
Use a good combination of colour"
This is general advice that I got after the competition.

Before the competition I went to course about:
"How to make a good academic poster" at SLC.
It was a very good course as the facilitator showed me some examples of good and bad posters.
After went through some editing processes based on comments from my husband (thanks cunyu!) and also my supervisor, here is the result:

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It was not really an artistic work. It was just a poster that I want the audience could understand the main idea of my research. I think I know what make other posters were better than me. They visualized every sections of the poster. I only put more focus on the result section. I should try to visualize other sections as well.

When the mood of making poster was still there, I was thinking to submit a poster for auis poster competition for Ramadhan. I had started to collect information even from journals from science direct. I'd found journals about effect of Ramadhan for smokers, for diabetes, for sportsman etc...Then I remembered some info from an Ustaz who said that Ramadhan is a month of changing ourself. 30 days of fasting and doing only good things are actually the best way to change our 'tabiat'. Tabiat is not easy to change but with 30 days of training, it is possible for us to stay in a way that we want to change. A good training too for smokers. I forgot the source of the info but I used the concept of transformation in my poster. However, as the info must be accurate, I couldn't finish the poster with so limited time. So this was the result on the due date (15/8):




:) tak sempatla...tu jek yg mampu...


-Gigi saya

Now, My daughter's teeth.....
After waiting so long (when Nadhirah nearly one year), finally her teeth have come out...
Can you see them? Have a look...:)




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Tengokla..saya dah ada gigi..:)

Happy Birthday to ME!!

Yesterday was my birthday...

The day when a cute baby (perasan jek) was born 29 years ago..at my atok's house in Pontian.

On this day, my elder brother (4 years old) got his first naughty sister with so much desire and thinking.

We did a lot of activities together since my younger brother was born 4 years later.

Since my parent's house was built in front of my atok's house when I was 9 years old, we used to play many kampung and non-kampung's games with our cousins like:

teng teng

Belon acah

polis polis

rounders (used tiang katil and bola tenis ayah)

football (satu pasukan gan abg)

Badminton (siap ada liga lagi)

getah

.......etc lupa dah nama...

Well, it was before my brother went to a boarding school (MCKK) and since then the liga for badminton was not really work as my brother was the mastermind.

How about schools?

Sek Tengku Mahmood Iskandar (II) was my primary school. This school is quite popular not only because of the name (using kerabat diraja name) but also its performance. Well, I quite active in sports (netball, volleyball, bola baling ) like my father and netball is my favourite sports until now. Our school was netball's champion for ten consecutive years (if I'm not mistaken) during that time.

Well, moved to kampung also make me moved to a nearer school which was sek men ren kayu ara pasong, Pontian. My father was also a teacher there. Less active in sports make me bigger than before. One acitivity which I do remember until now was a story telling competition (in BM). I represented my school with title "Puteri raja berkahwin dgn labi-labi" he..he..Until now I still remember accurately the story.

........Time goes by...and now I've already had two little children. Mcm tak percaya dah jadik mak orang....lagi tak percaya tgh buat PhD.... PhD nie kadang2 membuatkan mak orang nie rasa nak balik zaman kanak2 dulu...ingat main dan main jek..he..he...

Well, hopefully this year, saya akan lebih menyayangi diri saya, keluarga dan sekeliling. Sayang for me means if I do sayang myself, I should fulfill my rights like do anything because of Allah. I should fulfill my resposibilities as a wife and a mother if I do sayang my husband and my children. Hopefully, all the sayang that we give to others will make us lebih disayangi-Nya..InsyaAllah.




Pictures of Ikram and Nadhirah...

1) Saya tgh makan..yum ..yum..

2) Saya suka senyumla.....;)
3) Ikram dan wool adiknya..
Happy birthday mak...