Puasa@UK: Hari 9

Hari ni buat eksperimen masak mee goreng seafood sebab dah boring makan nasi. Takde cili boh. Guna kicap & serbuk cili jer. Hasilnya...

Hiks, tak teringat nak amik gambar.

Rasanya... boleh lah. Lebih sedap dr yg dijangkakan. Serius. Ingatkn tak boleh jamah langsung. Cuma masin sikit. Terlebih taruk kicap.

Kata dah boring makan nasi, tapi lepas Zohor tadi gi Tesco boleh plak beli beras 1kg. Walaupun beras sekarang dah nak abis, patutnya beli jer lah 500g sbb tinggal 2 minggu jer lagi. Nampak gayanya sebab nak abiskan 1kg beras tu, terpaksa gak lah makan nasi hari2. Memburukkan lagi keadaan, rupanya aku ada beli 500g beras pada satu masa dahulu. Jd skrg aku ada 1.5kg beras utk dihabiskn dalam masa 2 minggu. Mungkin bleh offer kat kengkawan yg nak beli beras. Lelong, lelong beras basmati 1kg!

Mungkin aku kene rancang menu berbuka puasa selama 2 minggu ni utk elakkan pembaziran dgn membeli bahan konon nak masak, pastu masaknya benda lain, di samping abiskan segala stok yg ada. Macam byk je stok makanan aku. Byk gak lah. Cereal ada 2 kotak. Tapi takde mood dah nak makan cereal & susu, walaupun utk sahur. Memang dah stop beli susu pun. Nampak gayanya cereal tu bakal jd snek, kunyah2 gitu jer lah. Daging burger plak rasanya ada 16 ketul lg. Tu bila plak aku nak makan. Isk, rosak program diet.

Ni lah akibatnya orang yg konon2 jarang ke kedai, so sekali beli tu, beli byk sekali. Tu lah tak kurus sebab tak putus2 makanan.

Teringin gak nak masak dua tiga jenis lauk & jemput member berbukak posa sekali. Tapi keadaan tidak mengizinkan. La ni masak ala kadar je, bukak posa pastu sambung siapkan tesis.

Tadi dengar PM kita berucap kat radio sempena kemerdekaan yg ke-52 tahun. Rasa macam dengar tazkirah kat radio IKIM plak. Tapi, tapi aku tak dengar radio IKIM waktu malam gini. Dengar waktu siang jer. Maklum lah bulan puasa, insaf sikit.

Selamat Hari Merdeka! 2 minggu lagi aku juga akan merdeka drp program MSc ni, insyaAllah.

Serius lah, dah boring makan nasi. Kalau makan nasi dengan lauk ketam ke, sambal kerang ke, masak lemak perut ke, baru ada selera. :-P

Puasa@UK: Hari 1

UK pun mula posa hari Sabtu. Member aku bgtau ada argument yg kata mula hari Jumaat. Klu Msia raya hari Ahad 20/9 & aku start posa kat sini hari Jumaat, maknanya 31 hari lah aku posa! So aku yakin hari Sabtu. Hiks. Memang hari Sabtu lah.

~2am sahur makan chocolate muffin & burger. Lepas subuh ~4:30am baru tido. Bangun pagi pukul 10, cuci muka, terus kuar ke porter's lodge, check kotak dah sampai ke belum. Tak sampai lagi rupanya. So xtvt packing masih belum bermula.

Pastu surfing internet, surfing internet & akhirnya settle down dgn Big Brother 11 (BB11) kat YouTube. Best gak BB ni... (waktu2 mcm ni mmg semuanya best. Distraction). Macam The Sims. Semua peserta duduk satu rumah.

Sambil tengok BB11, draft ASM chart for the Verilog program. Baru perasan ada yang tak kene & dapat idea mcm mana nak design edge triggering.

Cadangnya nak tido kejap sebab malam nanti stay up lg. Layan BB11 punya pasal, langsung tak tido. Pukul 6:40pm baru terhegeh-hegeh nak mandi. Hehee, bangun pagi td tak mandi pun.

7:15pm kuar gi Tesco beli juice & muffin. Baru terasa penat. Actually tak penat, cuma rasa lemah. Jalan pun separa zombie sambil terbayang juadah buka posa di Msia. Tapi dlm byk2 makanan di Msia, ntah camna aku bleh terbayang nasi goreng sardin.

Member jemput bukak posa kat umah dia. So lepas gi Tesco, terus ke rumah member. Pukul 8:30pm bukak posa. Alhamdulillah, walaupun tak makan nasi, makan bubur & kuih muih jer macam samosa, still kenyang (giler). Rupanya orang Arab ni depa tak bukak posa makan nasi. Eh, tetiba terbayang plak samosa daging tu. Sedap.

Hari ni sahur makan biskut 3 keping jer. Tu pun klu ikutkn tak lah sahur sbb makan ~12am, sambil layan BB11. Ingat nak masak Maggie ker utk sahur, tapi masih kenyang. Kalau tiap2 hari macam ni, mmg pasti menjadi program TBL aku.

Ermm... nak makan apa utk bukak posa hari ni yek.

Menjelang hari raya

Puasa belum lagi, dah citer pasal raya. Yer lah, persiapan hari raya kene lah dibuat dr skrg kan. Sama spt Msia, UK pun tgk anak bulan Ramadan hari ni.

Based on the schedule that I got, Imsak will be ~4:15am & Maghrib will be ~8:30pm. Alhamdulillah, bukan peak summer. Klu peak summer Maghrib pukul 9:30pm. Sah kurus klu posa time tu!

So, I'll be back for raya on 16/9, dan insyaAllah sampai kt Msia on 17/9. My flight details:

BD 591 -- 16SEP WED MANLHR -- 1745 - 1850
MH 1 -- 16SEP WED LHRKUL -- 2200 - 1725

Back for raya & back for good. Yeehaaa! Another kesyukuran kerana dpt beraya di Msia. Alhamdulillah.

Nak balik, kene lah pack barang. Tp barang bukan 1 beg... tak tau lah berapa beg. I already ordered 2 large boxes from Malaysia^Kargo yesterday. 1 kotak 35kg. Rasanya cukup kot 70kg. Sebab tu order kotak awal. Klu tak cukup, bleh order lg. I plan to ask them to collect the box to be shipped on 12/9 which is a day after the oral presentation. Oh no, tak mau cakap pasal projek skrg.

Aku ada beli baju raya utk tahun lepas tp tak pakai pun. So kira boleh lah tu. Harap2 muat lagi lah :-P. Kaler biru. Take note D, kaler biru k.

Hampir lupa sbnrnya pasal kuih raya. Takpe, malam raya pun boleh beli.

Untuk rumah, tak sempat rasanya nak tukar langsir baru wlupun mmg dah jemu dgn langsir skrg. Nmpknya tukar tahun depan lah. Tp klu D rajin, cuci lah langsir tu yek =D. Ntah berapa kati habuk kt langsir tu. Hiks.

Ok lah, sekian dulu citer menjelang hari raya.

Selamat Menjalani Ibadah Puasa! Semoga Ramadan ini membawa keberkatan utk kita semua. Semoga kita menjadi umat yg lebih baik. Amin.

Grey punya anatomi

I love Grey’s Anatomy (GA). A TV series that somehow can bring tears to my eyes… hikss. I take the quiz… yippie… I’m Christina.

Ok, from the description I’m nothing like Christina but I really like her strong character. My favorite was Izzie which was before Izzie had an affair with George. So, Christina becomes my favorite then.

What about Meredith? She’s sweet, she’s kind-hearted & she’s like a moderator among them, but she annoys me with her mcdreamy-you-love-me-&-i-love-you-but-ntahapahapa love life.

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Actually, I created the post above about a year ago & it has been in my draft since then. I forget why I decided not to publish it, maybe I planned to write more.

Now that I watch the series on YouTube, I think my favorite is still Izzie. However, I still don't get how she could be possibly in love with George. They don't make a good pair, I don't feel the chemistry. Btw, I read on internet that they might leave GA. Can't wait to watch Season 5, but I have to finish Season 4 1st. 8 more episodes of the season to go. Ok, I'm juggling my thesis & GA rite now. Bad student, I know. Roll eyes.

As usual, this series always come out with nice quotes that make me ponder.

"Forgive and forget. That’s what they say. It’s good advice, but it’s not very practical. When someone hurts us, we want to hurt them back. When someone wrongs us, we want to be right. Without forgiveness, old scores are never settled… old wounds never heal. And the most we can hope for, is that one day we’ll be lucky enough to forget."
- Grey's Anatomy (Season 4 Episode 4)

"In some ways we grow up; we have families... we get married, divorced... but for the most part we still have the same problems that we did when we were fifteen. No matter how much we grow taller, grow older, we are still forever stumbling... forever wondering, forever... young."
- Grey's Anatomy (Season 4 Episode 8)

& I'm pondering about the same thing as before. Yeah, it has been almost 2 years.

I guess it's time to forgive & forget. It's time to grow up. If we have to find a reason to do so, then do it for the good old & coming days. For a better life it is.

Cheers mate! ;-)

6 more deaths, total fatalities at 44

PUTRAJAYA: There were six more Influenza A(H1N1)-related deaths reported on Wednesday, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 44.

Source: The Star Online


☞ Apasal skrg ni hari2 ada jer berita org meninggal kt Msia sbb H1N1 ni? Btw, kt sini klu ada symptom, instead of going to the hospital seeking for the treatment, we're advised to stay at home, call certain number & they'll come to check you.

End of An Affair

6 tahun!

Yer, 6 tahun kami bersama. Akhirnya, dengan berat hati aku mengucapkan selamat tinggal...

kepada...

walletku!

Ahaksss.

Isk, 6 tahun aku gunakan wallet yg sama. Wallet tu pun masih elok, masih boleh dipakai. Nak kata boring pun tidak.

Cuma tetiba terbuka hati nak beli wallet baru. Bukan satu, tapi dua!

Ni lah akibatnya kalau hobi suka window shopping. Tak banyak, sikit pun tershopping gak.

Lebih kurang sebulan yg lepas, aku ke John^Lewis. Tetiba ternampak wallet ni.

Memang berkenan dgn design & saiznya yg kecil. Aku ni tak suka pakai wallet yg besar & gemuk. Kaler merah ada satu je, terus lah beli sebab dah berkenan.

Tapi, boleh plak sayang nak pakai. Sayang juga nak stop gunakn yg lama. So simpan je wallet baru dlm laci.

Kemudian, 2 minggu yg lepas aku ke Deben^hams pula. Nampak wallet ni terus jatuh hati.

Walaupun saiz dia agak besar bg aku, suka giler dgn design dia. Ada 2 compartment berzip. Boleh asingkn syiling kpd 2 bhgn, senang nak mncari masa bayar. Kat UK ni byk sgt duit syiling - £2, £1, 50p, 20p, 10p, 5p, 2p & 1p.

Kali ni takde sayang2 dah. Balik bilik terus tukar wallet.

Well, skrg syiling dah tak byk terkumpul mcm dulu sbb dah tak terkial2 nak mencari especially 2p & 1p.

So now, my wallet is purple in color!

A Sweet Escape

It's a wonderful sunny day...

And nobody cries.
There's only butterflies bees.

P/s: Hati, tak mau sedih2 dah ok. ;-)

It's ugly, but it's the truth.

Dear Sir,

I've been informed that Prof. *** is the assessor for my MSc Project instead of Dr. *** as stated in the MSc Projects Allocation file. However Prof. *** is in different field, where he might not be suitable as the assessor of my project which is more related to digital system.

I hope you'll consider this. Thank you.

The reply:

Hi, I don’t think there is a problem- we all try to be fair. Also we have another assessment panel to moderate the final marks.

How fair is't when the other students project assessor are in the same field? Somebody who could understand their projects, who can judge them by the work & output of the project... not just marking based on the organization, language & contents generally.

Well, somehow the coordinator is the one who mentioned about trying-to-be-fair. So, there's an issue there. By having another assessment panel will solve this issue? Should I be relief then? This so-called assessment panel will have several numbers of meeting so that the result can only be published after a month & that's it. Nothing will change just like our exam marks.

Nak komplen & persoalkan lebih2 pun tak guna sebab penilai tu org penting dlm dept. Dia patut lebih tahu adalah tidak wajar menjadi penilai kepada projek yg bukan di bawah bidang dia. Dah lah tu, aku memang tak suka dia dari dulu. Sombong & berlagak. Dia pernah marah student for a silly thing. Kalau komplen lebih2 he might tell me to push off like he did to the poor student.

Maybe the assessor that had been assigned to my project before is very busy & dept kekurangan lecturer dalam bidang digital electronics, which is true. So, aku & sorang lagi student menjadi mangsa of dept attemp of 'try-to-be-fair'.

Somehow this dept is 'suckier' (more than suck) than I thought.

Rasa macam mimpi ngeri bila supervisor aku bgtau pasal ni. Aku rasa supervisor aku pun terkejut & dia yg nasihatkan kitorang supaya emel the coordinator. Yeah, I got a low mark for my interim report but knowing the assessor, he's being generous already. If only I knew he'll be my assessor, I'll write my interim report like the preliminary report. That's another thing that piss me off.

It's unfair! Indeed.

Nampaknya harapan utk dapat markah yg baik dalam projek - berkecai. InsyaAllah, aku lulus. Tapi terasa kecewa sebab projek ni akan affect markah purata aku & I couldn't maintain it. Seperti dlm lumba lari, aku dah mendahului peserta lain, tapi tetiba terjatuh sebab lane aku ada batu. Or is't just me being unlucky? Yes, I'm being dramatic now.

Mungkin terlalu awal utk kecewa. I couldn't help it.

Untuk menceriakan hati yang lara, aku ke city centre menonton citer The Ugly Truth sambil menikmati core sundae. Nyum, nyum. Citer ni ok tp hanya sesuai utk tontonan org dewasa. Kelakar. Memang menghiburkan. Lupa kejap masalah ni. Suka Katherine Hei^gl. Hari tu layan Knocked^Up pun sebab dia.


Somehow this movie has reminded me that I got a pocket full of sunshine =D by having this song as one of the soundtrack.

I smile up to the sky, I know I'll be all right.

For me the ugly truth is no matter how hard you try, no matter how good you are, no matter how well you've planned, no matter how control freak you naturally are... things don't always turn out as you expect them to be.

Things happen for reasons.

M.A.L.A.S

This is what I feel lately.

Cannot, cannot. Only 5 weeks left (including thesis writing). I should do my best & spend the time wisely. Tak boleh bermalas-malasan.

I got my mark for the interim report from my supervisor 2 weeks ago. Tak tau lah bila nak dapat markah dari assessor. Interim report ni 15% drp markah keseluruhan. Pembentangan pun 15% & final thesis will be 70% then. Dissertation ni 60 kredit, 1/3 drp jumlah kredit. Oh yer, somehow I never mention that here in UoL we don't use CGPA or GPA grading whatsoever. So, I don't have CGPA. Will talk more about this later but now, I wanna talk about my project.

Alhamdulillah. Projek MSc aku berjalan lancar.

*Warning: This post will get too technical.*


The logic analyzer system is working at 125MHz, 16 channels, 256 samples per channel with pattern triggering. The memory depth can be increased upto 4096 or more. Most importantly is it's working. Number of channels & memory depth are just features that can easily be upgraded depending on the hardware.

The GUI is built using VB.Net. I'm very glad that I have experience with VB6 since the options are either Visual Studio or Matlab. Turn out, to switch to VB.Net isn't so difficult. It did give me headache at the beginning but as I get familiar with the language & the differences with VB6, I started feeling comfortable. Now, I think I prefer it since VB.Net is almost as powerful & fast as C.

So the design & implementation is basically done. The issue that I have to work on now is the sampling frequency. I have to investigate why it does not work well for the higher frequency & suggest the solution. I have to do a background study & identify what cause the bottleneck in operating the system at higher frequency. Sigh.

Gotta work on it now. Sigh again. Stop sighing & being lazy!

The Biggest Smallest Loser

Nanti bakal ada The Big^gest Loser A^sia yek?

Aku pun rasa nak buat program TBL aku sendiri. Tapi takde lah nak membuang berpuluh-puluh kg.

Lagipun aku memang sedang berada di dlm mode berjaga-jaga skrg ni. Always alert apa yg aku makan & brp kerap aku makan. Alert jer, tp makan tetap makan. =D

So, kene berazam ni utk memulakan program TBL.

Aku nak capai berat 52kg. Let say berat aku skrg 58kg (wlupun Mas kata penimbang aku tu betul :-P), so aku kene buang 6kg. But for now, aku takde niat pun nak maintain 52kg. Maknanya lepas tu aku akan makan macam biasa balik (krn makan itu nikmat & melantak itu adalah amat menyeronokkan), cuma kawal berat jgn lebih 55kg. Apa punya azam la kan.

55kg tu kira maksimum lah utk zon selamat. So, utk permulaan kene kurangkan 3kg dulu. Bunyi memang sikit. Tapi dr berat aku 55kg, aku nak kurangkan 3kg... sampai la ni tak dapat2. Ha, naik ada lah! Sekarang ni dah kene kurangkan 2x ganda.

Enough babbling & start going on a diet. I wish myself good luck.