On starting over & eid preparation...

Maybe not really starting over but sort of. Yesterday, went to Alamanda to buy toiletries such as shampoo, soap etc. I also bought new handbags! Yeap, handbag with 's'.

Today I'm planning to but new clothes. You see, I came back with a 26kg baggage. The staff did check my e-ticket for the baggage weight limit. 1kg extra than allocated by MAS. Luckily, no excess baggage charge. I didn't bring many clothes home. I shipped most of them. Now, I have a limited choice of cloth to wear. I don't feel like wearing the old clothes. They seem a lil bit smaller for me. I guess they shrink in time. =P

The house needs to be clean & tidy up. It's not so dirty since D already mopped the floor but it's still quite dusty especially the kitchen tabletop. Messy, indeed. So, at least for today, hope I could clean up the kitchen. Kalau tak, jawabnya tak berasap lah dapur.

Still haven't bought cookies for raya. Malah, baju raya yg tahun lepas tu pun belum cuba, ntah muat ke tak lagi. Even, I'm not really remember where have I kept them.

Yes, I'm in the raya mode but like I've posted before, it just means makan sedap-sedap. I'm not eager to do the prepation though. Somehow, not like during the spring break, I feel tired this time. Last nite I couldn't even sleep. Maybe the effect of jet-lag. Only fell asleep after Subuh.

Ok, need to clean up the kitchen now. Yawning.

Tara Liverpool!

12:30pm UK time.

I'm on the train to Manchester Airport rite now. Tomorrow I'll have my iftar in Msia, insyaAllah. Even though I can't wait to get back home, but I have a confession to make...

Indeed.

Eh, lupa nak letak tajuk.

Takde assignment, takde keje, takde benda nak study. Alangkah indahnya! Jangan jeles kepada kawan2 yg masih belajar. Your time will come, insyaAllah.

Nothing specific to write but there's so much time to kill. So mari kita ber'random'...

☑ Notice my header? No need to eloborate more. MODE: RAYA (read makan sedap2).

☑ Semalam pegi bank. Really need to be patient with bank service here. Actually I wasn't planning to close my account bcos I do hv feeling that closing bank account here won't be simple.

Dipendekkn cerita, I told the officer that I want to withdraw all my money, but when being asked whether I want to close my account, I simply answered yes.

So my bank account is closed but I'll only get my money on Wednesday morning! She said actually it needs 1 week to close an account & take the remaining balance. But since my flight will be on Wednesday afternoon, so the soonest that I can get my balance is on the morning.

Kad aku pun diambil & dilipat. Aku pun kuar bank. Suddenly it hit me. I don't have much money left. I don't have bank cards, my account is already closed. So I went into the bank again & told the officer my situation. I managed to withdraw £200 with the officer's authorization.

Pelik kan. See... they managed to let me take MY £200 with their authorization after my account is closed. So why not the rest of the balance? But don't be worry for me. I'm sure I'll get the rest of my money on Wednesday morning. Somehow I guess they just enjoy complicate things.

Cerita pasal bank jer dah boleh jd 1 post.

☑ Tak tau lah kenapa baggage penuh & berat. ~22kg la ni. Ingatkan dah pos barang 2 kotak besar, kurang dah barang yg nak bawak balik naik kapal terbang. Hilang mood nak shopping bila pikir takut terlebih berat. Sekarang ni pun dah lebih 20kg. Tension. Tapi hati masih meronta-ronta nak shopping. Oh yer, balik guna economy class yek. No business class macam masa pegi.

Malam tadi, cuba repacking. Timbang dgn tangan apa yg berat sgt tu. Pindahkan ke backpack. Fikir apa lagi benda yg boleh dibuang. Apa pun, kalau nak shopping, hari ni lah hari terakhir but still I haven't make up my mind. Tu yg masih ada kt bilik ni. Kalau tak, dah ke city centre gi shopping.

☑ Atas galakan Mas, aku dah katam 2 anime - Fruits Basket & Ouran HSHC. Memang best dua2 anime ni. Kelakar. For me FB kelakar in a cute way. Ouran plak kelakar in a crazy way. One thing, aku kurang feel kalau tgk yg english dubbed. Lebih suka tengok with english subtitle sebab suka dgr diorang cakap Jepun. Kawaii.

☑ Bilik hotel ni sebenarnya dah book lebih kurang 2 bulan yang lalu. Book single suite room. Sekali masuk, ada 1 queen bed & 1 single bed. Memang tak sangka sebab bilik ni murah. Yg penting ada wifi & lokasi strategik. Tengah2 antara dept & city centre. Biasanya kalau dari bilik dulu pun kalau nak gi city, memang lalu hotel ni. So kawasan hotel ni tak lah asing.

☑ Semalam pegi dept gak. Amik recommendation letter from my supervisor. Walaupun tak de lah terpikir nak buat PhD dlm masa terdekat ni, tapi mintak jer lah recommendation letter.

Ok lah enough with the randomness. I think I want to go to the city now. Kalau tak shopping, cuci mata pun jd lah.

Sama tapi tak serupa

Hi, I'm at a hotel rite now. Bermalas-malasan. Nothing specific to do. TV ada, tp siaran takde. Tak komplen pun sebab ingatkan takkan rasa boring macam ni sebab ada internet. Esok lah komplen. Checked out from the uni accommodation hall ~12pm. Gi hotel, nasib baik dapat check in terus. Lega dapat merehatkan diri dengan tenang.

Sebab dah boring, mari kita bercerita. Ni ceritanya...

Semalam berbuka puasa di rumah supervisor aku. Yeap, my supervisor is a muslim, from Iran. Sebelum ni aku pun tak pasti sama ada dia muslim yg mengamalkan atau tidak sebab tak pernah bg salam & dia tak pegi solat Jumaat, dr apa yg aku nmpk lah. I was surprise when he invited me for iftar. Wlupun dlm kepala rasa ralat, tapi takkan nak tolak plak kan.

Ke rumah orang Iran & berbuka puasa bersama merupakan pengalaman yang mengejutkan. Kawan aku dari Arab Saudi ada bagitau pasal depa ni. Tapi ingatkan tak semua mcm yg dikatakannya. Yerlah, mungkin kerana nila setitik rosak susu sebelanga. Tapi rupanya apa yg diberitahunya itu benar. So tak lah terkejut sangat. Nasib baik. Kalau tak, mesti muka cuak.

Masa untuk berbuka puasa bagi depa bukan waktu Maghrib, tapi lebih kurang 1/2 jam selepas Maghrib. Sah2 dah gelap kat luar tu. Tak tau lah kalendar/jadual apa depa pakai. Aku ada 2 jadual waktu solat yg dikeluarkn oleh Islamic societies kt sini & 1 rujuk internet. Waktu maghrib paling lewat pun ~7:45pm. Ni pukul ~8:15pm baru sibuk nak berbuka. Menurut kawan Arab aku tu, depa tunggu bintang kuar baru buka puasa. Yer lah kot.

Kita selalu dengar pasal sunni & syiah. Apa yg aku faham depa ni fahaman syiah, sedangkan kita fahaman sunni. Yerlah kita berpandukan pada al-Quran & sunnah. Apa pun, baru aku nmpk yg 2 fahaman ni memang lain.

Dekorasi rumah dia pun memeranjatkan aku. Depa tak kisah letak objek manusia dan haiwan sebagai perhiasan. Hiasan rumah dia ala2 egyptian. Patung Great Sphinx of Giza pun ada. Sebab tu aku kata macam Egypt. Ditambah plak dgn lukisan orang yang ntah lah. Btw, depa ni Parsi. So tu lah kot pengaruh Persian.

He did talk about lailatul qadr & quran. Agak pelik sebenarnya. We know the same thing & we believe in the same God. But we have different understanding. Tapi kitorang takde bercakap pasal fahaman. Bagi aku, fahaman diorang salah. Tapi bagi depa plak, mungkin fahaman kita yg salah. Kalau bercakap, mungkin boleh gaduh.

Aku rasa supervisor aku tak tau yg aku, orang Msia tak sama fahaman dgn depa. Dia tak pernah sampai ke rantau ni. Negara Brunei pun macam dia tak penah dengar. Mungkin agak sedikit self-obsess di situ. Dia ingat kan orang Arab jer kot yg fahaman lain dengan depa. Menurut kawan Arab aku, orang Arab & orang Parsi memang tak ngam sebab isu ni lah.

Pengalaman ni buat aku hilang respek sikit kat depa. Dulu, aku penah terima emel memuji presiden Iran. Nampak begitu humble walaupun seorang presiden. Solat di tepi jalan. Tapi depa lain rupanya.

If you are not practising the religion, maybe you don't get the hidayah yet. However, if you are practising it, but in a different way? Patutlah sesama Islam pun kita berperang.

Panjang plak pos aku ni. Apa pun, supervisor aku & family dia amat lah baik. Isteri dia siap pelawa aku utk tinggal di rumah depa sampai aku balik instead of menginap kat hotel. Siap cakap yg dia tak ajak2 ayam. She really means it. Bungkuskan aku untuk makan sahur sekali.

Adakah mereka akan melayan aku dgn baik kalau tau aku fahaman lain? Hmm... ntah lah. Berat sungguh masalah fahaman ni sbnrnya.

Aku nak cakap lebih2 pun tak paham sgt. Ini dari pengalaman aku jer. Apa pun aku tersangat lah yakinnya kita patut berbuka puasa waktu Maghrib & jangan melewatkan berbuka puasa.

Memang kita sama agama, tapi somehow tak serupa. Sekian cerita kali ini.

Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah

Selesai sudah program MSc! Alhamdulillah.

Penat lelah selama setahun, bersengkang mata kerana study/assignment dan penyeksaan mental :P akhirnya berakhir. Tarik nafas panjang2... hembus... LEGA!

Apart of me still in disbelief that it's over. Wow. It feels really good indeed. I guess today I couldn't help smiling or grinning for the whole day.

Eh, tetiba rasa syahdu. Walaupun tanggungjawab sebagai seorang pelajar berat (dah macam karangan BM plak), somehow I have get used to it. It's not great, but it's not so bad either. Apa lagi belajar di perantauan. Certainly, there's something (other than the weather) that I'd miss here.

The graduation ceremony will be held on Dec 8. Lambat lagi kan. Tak bercadang nak pegi pun. Most importantly I have fulfilled the requirements to pass the master program, insyaAlah.

Will write about today more in another post. For now I just want to enjoy the end of the life as a master student. Seronoknya! :-D

I know that somehow I work better under pressure, but...

BUT... (memang sengaja ulang 'but' 2X)

don't ever wait until the last minute to complete a job!

Penat. I am. Really.

Last week, I've been pushing myself to work extra harder. I only realized that I was running out of time on Friday 28/8. Stupid me. I didn't put into plan the time taken for proofreading and hard-binding.

So, that's it. The plan then is just keep working. I had to ignore the backache that the period given me. Even, I wasn't fasting, I just ate muffins for the whole day. Giler lah... & I swear to myself I wont ever procrastinating. Really I did. I think I have learned my lesson.

Alhamdulillah, it ends well anw. Somehow, I do work better, or at least work well under pressure, to be exact under crunch time. I managed to send it to proofreading section by section and did the hard-binding with nice embossed lettering on the cover while most of the students just did it at the library with a blank cover.

Today, I submit the thesis. Horray! Wait, I still have an oral presentation to undergo.

But knowing myself, I know I'll repeat this mistake again. & when I'm in the middle of the crisis, I'll regret for putting myself in that situation & promise all over again not to procrastinate next time.

Simply me.

However, I'll try to change this time. This post is a reminder to me how I've been suffering because of the last minute work. Indeed. I have suffered.

I'll start by preparing the presentation and packing my stuff seriously now. Btw, the oral presentation and collection date for my boxes will be on this Friday. I'll seriously looking for troubles if I don't start both of the tasks right away.

So, here I am, thinking which one I should do rite now, preparing the presentation or packing my stuff.