Hadiah Konvo

A week after my convo, we went back to PD, since I am attending a conference at Shah Alam. Sampai di PD kami terus ke kedai, for dinner. Sampai sana, Abang Farid says Congrats & hug me. Tiba-tiba aku teringat zaman kami masih bujang. Every weekend kalau kami ke  kedai, aku selalau balik dengan Abang Farid , most of the time by motorbike. Kadang2 kami lalu area Tg Gemuk, sambil tengok view pantai. We were close at that time. Sometimes bila abang keluar dengan kwn2 dia, aku menempel- main bowling & even kuar makan. Abang selalu layan kerenah aku. Masa lepas SPM, Abang bagi aku hadiah original jersy of  Blackburn, tempah khas dari UK. Sebab aku minat Blackburn masa tuh.. hihi.
So now, for my convo, he gave me I Phone 7!!
Thank you Abang!

Article in Sinar Harian, 22 November 2016

Convocation

My dear husband, my back bone

Right after habis ceremony

My sis in law who always supports me

All of us, 14 people

My wonderful SV

My eldest sister- Along

My life long friend- Kak Zetty. I don't have many friends, but she's one of them!

Bonda tersayang. Kalau arwah Abah ada pasti dia happy

My viva last year was on the 20th November 2015. My convocation on 19th November 2016. Genap2 setahun. Lama tunggu sebab masa aku dapat Senat letter tu dah habis konvo tahun lepas so kene la tunggu next cycle.
Sape yg datang?
Mak, along, Rashdan, Oya, Aman, Paan, Farah, Fatin & of course my husband & children.
Asalnya Auni ada konvo jugak di Muadzam tapi dengan bantuan Allah aku dapat arrange dengan Along Muadzam untuk jaga Auni, handle dia ke majlis graduasi pra & akhir sekali hantar Auni ke UMP Gambang utk attend konvo aku.

Sape yang masuk dewan masa aku konvo?
Husband, mak, Rashdan. Paan & Mursyid.

How do I feel?
Syuuuuuukur sangat.
Alhamdulillah.
pasni bole start second PhD pulak. Seronoknya my PhD journey!!

My eldest son- Mursyid, turning 12th next year. When I started this journey, he was 7 years old. 

Anak sulong Angah- Rashdan

Peluang

Peluang,
Mungkin datang sekali, atau
datang berkali-kali
Sesungguhnya kita tidak mengetahui
Tanyalah kepada yang Serba Mengetahui

Banyak peluang aku pernah lepaskan dalam hidup ni
Sambung Master di Jepun di bawah Japanese Monbusho Scholarship
Kerja di UiTM di bawah Skim Pensyarah Muda
Sambung PhD di UK
& recent opportunity

My hope?
Semoga semuanya dilapangkan oleh Allah pada masa hadapan. Yang pasti, aku tak menyesal.

Asam Rong Ikan Baung (made from buah perah)

This is one of the Pahang traditional foods that I have never cooked and tasted. Last week while Mr Hubby & I were walking at the Pasar Minggu, he noticed ada org jual Buah Perah. So I bought it and learned from google.

Husband kata sedap jugak. So lepas ni nak beli buah perah lagi buat stok asam rong.

I-PHEX 2016 KL

10 August 2016

Lepas pelbagai dugaan untuk join exhibition nih, dipendekkan cerita aku dapat jugak gi. Venuenya kat UTM Jalan Semarak, and I have no idea about jalan KL. I drove alone from Muadzam to UTM, luckily Mr. Waze tak menyesatkan aku. There are 2 hotels in UTM, one is Scholar's Inn which was fully-booked. And the second is BATC, opposite Scholar's Inn. Batc tu is kind of budget hotel, and cheaper than SI.  Tapi tak kisah pun, coz I am travelling alone.

During the IPHEX, I was impressed by others' research and poster. Theirs are much more interesting and high impact than mine. But like my SV said, just try your best and learn from others.

After lunch, I returned to the exhibition place to collect my stuffs. Some other presenters congratulate me and grab some photos. If they don't tell me, I would have known that I won the second place. Only after that I realized that there is a Silver sticker on my poster. Wooww.. Quite surprised because I think I spent almost half an hour to explain my study to the judges and I am not satisfied because I think my presentation was kind of lacks of coherence. When I told my SV, she was so excited and called me. Ni namanya rezeki...Perhaps, next time I kene lebih prepare. This is the second exhibition that I have participated so far and also won the award. Although it is not Gold, but I am so grateful. Alhamdulillah.

During the evaluation

A day after that, I spent a half day, pusing2 KL (of course it means shopping) with my sis-in-law who is working at SME Bank. Safely arrived at Muadzam around 6pm.

My Birthday 2016

This year, hadiah dah dapat masa gi Ipoh in June. But, there is something meaningful this year...

A special birthday card from my children.. Aiseh terbalik plak, dh 3x attach. Ucapan M1, M3 & Auni sama- Happy Birthday Umi , I love you (they do not notice the difference between 'Umi' and 'Ummi'). M2 je lain sikit- May we enter heaven together.

I am getting older. Semoga Allah beri keberkatan usia. Semoga tahun2 yg berlalu diiringi dengan berkat dari Allah SWT.

Ramadhan 1437H

Ramadhan kali ni , hampir semua target aku tercapai. Antaranya:

• bangun sahur lebih awal , around 4am. Dating the Yang Maha Kuasa.
• kejut Mursyid & Mukmin everyday utk sahur, so diorang dapat puasa penuh.
• Khatam.

Ada jgk beberapa achievement yang tak disangka2 iaitu:

• Setiap hari Mursyid & Mukmin tak tidur lepas sahur. Tunggu masuk Subuh, diorang bergilir2 azan Subuh di Surau PU. Walaupun diorang je yang datang surau tapi diorang tak lemah semangat.
• Join tadarrus.

Antara yang tak tercapai lagi ialah:

• Zero Bazar. Although aku cuma gi Bazar 3x sahaja, tapi target nya adalah untuk tak pergi langsung. Yelah kan, dah kerje, memang agak mustahil kalau tak pergi langsung. Cuba lagi tahun depan.
• Khatam Al- Quran lebih dari sekali. Walaupun memang mencabar nak buat tapi aku rasa tak mustahil. 

Alhamdulillah.
Semoga ditemukan dengan Ramadhan tahun hadapan.

My hobby- New Collection

Origano

taragon

Sage

Italian Parsley

Rosemary

Stevia

Tyme

Trip to Perak 2016 & 25th MELTA International Conference

This time, again, I am attending 25th MELTA International Conference @ Casuarina MERU, Ipoh. Sebenarnya tak plan nak attend this conference, but, a few months before I received an invitation from MELTA. Remember in my previous entry I mentioned about the MIRCELE award?  Because of winning the MIRCELE award, I receive a reserved presentation session (with no cost) at MELTA Int Conference this year. So I dont have much to ask from my employer.

28th May 2016.

Bertolak ke PD. Sampai PD around 12pm. Tapi singgah dentist (Haziq Clinic) sebab Mukmin mengadu gigi geraham goyang. Sampai sana, takde customer. Aku & husband pun jumpa dentist jugak. Cuci gigi.

Petang plak kami gi Pekan to buy baju raya dengan Mak. In these few years, we will be buying baju raya from the same shop- Zaidi Collection. Kali ni beli baju raya utk the kids je. Mr.Hubby taknak baju raya tahun ni, so I pun rasa takde mood nak beli for myself.

Around 6,  macam biasalah.. gi kedai singgah makan @ Medan Ikan Bakar MPPD

Emak ku yang tersayang

29th May 2016

Plan asal nak bertolak ke Ipoh lepas breakfast. Tapi Along suruh tunggu dia siap masak asam pedas ayam & siput masak lemak.  Abang F pulak gi pasar tani Ampangan, nak beli roti bai. Tak sampai hati pulak jadi kami tunggu. Around 11am baru bertolak. Otw to Ipoh, teringat Ijah baru report study kat UPSI , so singgah Tg.Malim dulu. Amik Ijah, bawak gi lunch. Kecewa dengan kedai Nasi Ayam tuh.  Orang punya ramai, tapi tak sedap pun. Around 230 pm, continue our journey to Ipoh. Arrived at Casuarina@ MERU around 4pm. I made the booking via booking.com about 2 months ago. I wrongly placed my booking, patutnya I book from 29 May -1 June tapi aku only book from 30th- 1 June for standard room. A week later when I realized my mistake, I try to book on the 29th but the rooms are already full. So I book for King Studio room, which is bigger & more expensive. When I checked-in, I ask the receptionist whether it is possible to get a standard room for tonight so that I dont have to move to another room tomorrow & the following day. Unfortunately, all standard rooms are fully booked. Surprisingly, the Manager came. He told me that he is going to upgrade my room. So we will be staying in King Studio room for three nights but paying the price of the standard room. Wow.. memang rezeki.

The kids of course are happy, to stay in a bigger room, with 2 TVs and a living room.

I also made an early registration for the conference. My presentation session is on the 2nd day.

 Not very long after we settled down, we went to Mydin Mall, which is less than 1km away from the hotel. At night, too tired to go out for a dinner, so just masak nasi & eat the foods yang Along bekalkan.

Casuarina Hotel  @ MERU.
Highly recommended. Good services. Friendly staffs. One thing which is not there- The swimming pool!

Makanan sedap & best di Ipoh, Kuala Kangsar & Taiping, Perak

30th May 2016

First day of conference. We started the conference by the opening ceremony by HRH Raja Zarith Sofiah (Queen of Johor). She delivered a speech which is awesome on how she inspires others. Dalam sesak2 tuh, I managed to shake hand with her, rugi  pulak tak berselfie dengan dia. Tergamam masa salam dia, because she is so pretty and poise.

There were many sessions that I enjoyed and among was the Panel session 1, moderated by Dr. Edwin. I noticed that there were many school teachers from different states of Perak, which is good for them and for the state.

During lunch hour, Mr.Hubby ajak pergi makan Nasi Vanggey. We went there, which is only about 20 minutes. However, Mr.Hubby was very disappointed with the foods. Not as good as what being told in the internet, Kecewa. Gambar pun tak nak amik. 

In the evening, after the conference ends, we went to AEON Mall, coz husband kata I can buy anything for my birthday & anniversary.  Actually today is 23 Syaaban, the date I was born. Auni pun lahir 23 Syaaban. So I bought 'something' from the Mall. Then , we 're heading to Sg.Siput, to the famous .Woop2lobster @ Sg Siput. My review..mm... I guess Red Lobster cooks a far more delicious lobster than this stall does.

Asian Lobster RM80

Grilled Lamb RM15

31st May 2016

Today is our anniversary. 31 May 2003- 31 May 2016. How time flies!

My presentation session went well. I was not nervous at this time around. perhaps, I have made various presentation before & give lecture to my students almost every day (except during semester break & weekends). There were questions, and alhamdulillah I managed to answer them. 

Restoran Simpang Tiga

Restoran ni terletak di bandar Ipoh. Masa conference, ada sorang new friend recommended this restaurant. katanya sedap & bersih cuma agak mahal. Tapi oklah harganya, we spent RM85 for the lunch which was yummy. Ini lah first time datang Perak dapat rasa makanan yang sedap. 

Makanan yang dijual adalah makanan Indonesia & I heard that sometimes ada jual Ikan terbang Bakar. 

Gulai Kikil (Urat) RM9. Pecal RM5. Sambal Tempe RM5

Talapia bakar RM35

Gala Dinner

This is the first time I join dinner during MELTA conference. Sebelum ni banyak kali aku pergi conference nih, I think almost every year. Although aku memang akan stay in the same hotel as the conference's venue, tapi aku tak pernah pun pergi.  Selalunya aku akan rasa tak sampai hati nak tinggalkan my kids & I always feel that I need to be there. Tapi malam ni I changed my mind, Perhaps, once in the blue moon I need to give my time a break.

1st June

Check-out
Heading to Hotel Taiping Perdana Kuala Kangsar through Chemor & Sg Siput

Am Mee Kicap, Kuala Kangsar

This is a small kedai makan. But the mee kicap really good. Nampak simple and takde yang menarik. Tapi the taste buat aku terasa nak gi lagi. Mee tu dicelur. Then ada kuah kicap, I think ada paste udang . Atas tu letak ayam cincang & sambal. Serve with a simple soup. 

Mee Kicap RM5

Am Mee Kicap, Jalan Daeng Selili

Labu Sayung

Ada banyak kedai yang jual labu sayung. We are lucky to come across pemborong labu sayung. Came to my surprise, tak mahal pun rupa2nya. Bekas besar yang boleh isi air tu baru RM15. tapi kete tak muat, so dapat beli 2 je. Girl yang jaga kedai tu rekomen pergi makan Laksa Telur Sarang, Hentian Kekabu yang dekat je dengan kedai tu. Perut dah kenyang sebab aku makan 2 pinggan mee kicap tadi. Tapi singgah jugak kedai laksa tuh. Sedap jugak tapi x sempat amik gambar.

Mee Udang Mak Jah, Kuala Sepetang

My review: So-so...agak mengecewakan.  Kalau tak pergi pun takpe .

Mee Udang Special RM1

Mee Ketam RM13

2nd June

Zoo Taiping
Harga tiket dewasa: RM17
harag tiket kanak-kanak: RM8.50

Anak2 suka sangat gi Zoo. Zoo Taiping ni more convenient & arrangement of the sangkar binatang tu lebih approachable compared to other Zoos. & Lebih redup so taklah panas sangat berjalan.

Restoran Selera Azrorasa, Jalan Larut-Matang

So this is the winner of our trip this round. Kedai nya kecik je, and terpencil. Ikut Jalan Taiping -Kual Sepetang, masuk ke kiri. Then, ada jalan kecik (1 kerete je boleh lalu) about 5km baru ada kedai tuh.
Kene book dulu kalau tak maybe tak dapat tempat duduk. Masa kami datang tuh, ada 1 group besar tengah lunch, and after kami nak balik pun ada another group coming in.
Harganya jauh lebih murah tapi rasanya jauh lg sedap dr semua kedai yang kami pergi kali ni. Kami makan sembilang gulai, sembilang goreng, ketam cili, kailan, ulam, laksa & air. baru RM38

Ketam cili

Gulai ikan sembilang

Remote area but serves so delicious foods

Interested to try their foods? Make a reservation first 013-5184479/013-5332253

Durian Batu Kurau

Taman Tasik Taiping

Yong Tau Fu Belakang Bomba

kat ineternet ramai rekomen kedai ni. So kami pergi on the last night. Sampai sana, tengok2 ada baaanyak kedai jual Yong Tau Fu. Ada 6-7 kedai. So kene la tany agoogle dulu.. Then kami ke gerai yang ada tulis "Since 1983". memang sedap. I never eaten any Yong Tau Fu yang sedap macam ni.

YongTau Fu "Since 1983". RM24

3rd June

kami bertolak balik. Dah penat & puas jalan2 seminggu ni. Perjalanan rasa jauuuuh sangat.. kami tiba di Muadzam around 8pm. 

In conclusion. Puas hati dapat jalan2 dgn anak2 & Mr Hubby this time. Bukan senang nak carik masa yang mana husband & I sama2 boleh cuti & kids tak sekolah. So I really appreciate the moment we had had this time. Money does not matter. We just spent on whatever we want. Duit boleh dicari kan?

Semoga ada masa, ada umur & ada rezeki utk aku & Mr.Hubby bawa anak jalan2 lagi.