Monday, December 1, 2008

Soap and Convocation???

I really cannot go shopping. I am curse to not shop. I mean, I love shopping, its kind of a therapy for the lonely soul like me, but like all professional therapies it leave a big hole on your pocket. Usually I go shopping for clothes and item that I really need, whereas for most household items, I just leave it to my mom. She is better at budgeting and knows what to get for the house. I just make available the money for her to shop.

Yesterday, I was so bored, and I decided to go to tesco and buy something for the house. I asked mother what to buy, and he told me to buy some detergent and fabric softener. Well I did buy detergent and fabric softener, including some other items that create bubbles if mix with water and the bill finally amounted to RM154.

Hik hik

That is a lot of sabun I tell you. From shampoo, conditioner, 3 types of facial wash and a moisturizer , a half dozen of toothpaste, 3 types of detergent, 2 types of fabric softener (I need to get the “hanya setengah penutup sahaja mencukupi” too as well), body shampoo, body milk, body soap, hand soap, car shampoo, floor detergent and the list goes on and on.

And also 3 types of odour eliminator 2 for the office (they have new smell, morning rain, I must have that) and one for the car. I smoke so I need a lot of them.

Luckily mom did not ask me to buy things for the kitchen. I don’t know what I would buy.

Enough about detergent shopping. Lets look at some of the pictures of my student’s convocation. I love convocation, although usually we have to wait for almost 4 hours in the convocation hall. Especially if you are a student, in the period of 4 hours, your precious moment and fame only lasted for 30 second, after they called out your name and before they mention others.

But I love convocation, having gone to 3 convocations of my own, 1 for my undergrad and two postgrad convocations and numerous other convocations for the students. Looking at the faces of the joyful students and proud parents are just priceless. Especially if you are a lecturer and need to walk the red carpet for the academic’s procession and how everyone look at you with highest regard and respect as if you are some very important person in the higher institution (reallyyyy???) , and imagining how important your contribution in shaping the society and creating the future leader of the world (yeah, right) , it left you with a high spirited feeling and proud.

Or otherwise call, berangan tak sudah.

I like the feeling. So I rarely miss the opportunity to go to convocation. Just like a painter looking at his art, or a chef eating his own creation, this boys and girls are part of my work, well most of them yes, part of it, of course the the help of a other lecturers and admin staff too, but they are a part of my work.

And they serve nice kueh too.




this is the academician holding room where they served lunch and tea before the procession




this is a picture of tired people but happy



this is the place where parents and students have tea after the graduation. this is only small parts of it. they cater for almost 5000 thousand people maybe.



this is the gerai konvo, where a stem of roses will cost you RM15, and a small bouquet of flowers with 3 wilted roses, and orchid and 2 branch of daun pisang would easily reach RM80. Rich i tell you those capitalist entrepreneurs



This is the picture of the whole hall. Infront of me are the academician, i sit at the back so i can sleep. In front of them are the student, and the back of the students are the proud parents. On the top left are the choir. We are all standing up to sing Negara ku, the university's song and also to respect the prosession of the vice chancelor.

Its a small hall, barely fit all the students graduating, so just the lucky ones get to sit inside the hall or you have VIP fathers. They rest have to stay outside and watch from a big screen outside the hall.




that is my boss sitting before he had to stand up for 4 hours.


that is my boss standing for 4 hours and giving out empty certificate holders.


To get the certificate you have to go to the office and make sure they have paid all the hutangs.




that is my being bored and took pictures of myself. That is my colleague reading books.


this is me again, taking self aclaimed picture.


this is me again, looking like a bloated harry porter in robe,

feeling like i am the one getting the certificate.




Basically i took more pictures than the student.


hik


p/s: looking forward to throw away the squared mortar board, and start wearing a flatter rounded cap. Lamanya nak tunggu. InsyaAllah


Sunday, November 30, 2008

bila rasaku ini rasamu

hee. sy tdow pukul 4:20 ++ am semlm.
and sy bangun utk solat subuh pukul 6am.
tp dgn sgt3 liat! cuz i'm sooo sleepy!
then sy tdow blk & woke up at 7:45am! hee.
sy sudah jmpa baju utk pergi pertunangan kwn sy nnt!

owh ye. i'm washing my clothes right now.
just buka ini laptop sbb maw tgk youtube.
lagu kerispatih - bila rasaku ini rasamu!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfjFfeWiHKE



aku memang terlanjur mencintaimu
dan tak pernah ku sesali itu
seluruh jiwa telah ku serahkan
menggenggam janji setiaku

ku mohon jangan jadikan semua ini
alasan kau menyakitiku
meskipun cintamu tak hanya untukku
tapi cobalah sejenak mengerti

bila rasaku ini rasamu
sanggupkah engkau
menahan sakitnya terkhianati cinta yang kau jaga
cuba.. bayangkan kembali
betapa hancurnya hati ini kasih
semua telah terjadi

aku memang terlanjur mencintaimu


Some nice recipes with Korean Ingredients

The Wine in Korea Blog
Gives us some really nice fusion Ideas (mouth watering to be exact )
A Dalk Galbi Pie and some chocolate dipped Asian pears . Think I might be trying these .

http://wine-in-korea.blogspot.com/2008/11/dalk-galbi-pie.html


The real story of Goldilocks and the three bears

Hi there!

When we were small kids, everyone of us listened to the story of GoldiLocks and the three bears... what? you don't? well, click on the link below and then follow reading the blog:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-goldilocks-popup.htm


Oh... a great story (it sucks...) ... but it's all FALSE! UNTRUE! LIARS! I know, yes, I KNOW the REAL STORY! Goldelicks' escape was not as easy as in the story above... the truth is that Daddy Bear catched GoldiLocks, Mummy Bear took her scissors out of her pocket, and then Baby Bear could eat well that day... but the question is... what did he eat? and the answer is... this!




Here is the proof. Baby Bear ate Hair and Human Ear that day. His parents told him that he ate Rigatonni with Scallops ( Rigatonni con Vieiras ), but we already know the true story... even Ex-Goldilocks knows it...





Thanks MARTA from Vigo !

from the bottom of my heart!


2:55am : 1 dec sudah! hee.

td sudah mau tdow. seawal 10pm. but then.
msg. call. dgr lagu. pusing sane. pusing sini.
pastu lapar. bangun makan kerepek. & on9! haha.
kerepek keladi. sedap! [sambil mengunyah] hee.
td g ambik dkt dapur. gelap dah rumah. tp. lapar.
so kena la ambik jgk kerepek & then....pecut!!!
n jgn pndng belakang. ye! jgn! sikit pon jgn... =D

anyway.
babe! thanks 4 calling again, away from russia. hee.
now i know the true story bout him. *blink*
and sorry ye bnyk gangguan td. huhu. tp i dgr taw!
sume yg u story. i dgr. i tgk. i nmpk~ haha.
thanks again dear. sgt happy dgr kamu gelak. haha.
n td sy pun gelak dgn beria - ria. "seksiiiiiiiiiiiinyerrr"
haha. x blh blah itu Van. kirim slm same die.

ptg td. duduk luar rumah. hirup udara segar.
dgn cik yg bergayut dgn cucu nya.
mama gardening. n me? hee. ape lg.
main kejar - kejar!!! haha... dgn kucing2! hehe.
sgt seronok melihat mereka lari okay?
hik3 [gelak puas hati]
then abah balik dr main golf. n ade la makhluk2 jd gedik.
kucing - kucing tu la! terus lari terkam abah.
n manje2. haha. nmpk i nak lari lg. hehe... ske kaco mereka!
tp sy syg same itu kucing2. huu...
kitty! jerry! gg! dd! ++ 2 new kittens.

hari ni sy sempat main msg dgn nora,iellyas, hadi & anis.
oh ye. mai & adib pon ade hantar msg sweet dkt sy.
thanks mai & adib!
hari ni. sy sempat ym dgn finaz, afiq,
syafiq bucuk, kema syg, nurul.

tepat pukul 1:11am td plak sy call fatin! haha.
ingtkan die x tdow lg. rupenye dah tdow. t hee.
skali borak lame jgk da... haha.
well. girls. mmg bnyk cite! =]
tp x pe. pas sy kaco fatin tu tdow, die g kaco org lain.
die g call bf kesygan die. then die ckp hadi sombonk. haha.
mane ade. due - due pun baek! hehe.

owhh. hadi suruh sy tdow skrng tp...jap eh. lapar.
sy bilang same hadi. kawan dgn sherry. sbb same2 study UMT.
hadi sure happy kalau kenal sherry. sbb sherry sgt hyper.
& happy go lucky person. yg english nye mmg superb!
hee. rakan - rakan. mari la kite berkawan - kawan. hehe.
just maw ckp. thank u ye kamu - kamu.
sbb sudi kwn dgn sy. ikhlas. jujur.
n sy harap. kamu ini. akan terus kekalkan sikap baik.
dan mungkin, menjadi lebih baik.
sy happy punyai kawan - kawan seperti kamu semua.
kalau tiada kamu semua, mungkin. gila jadinya gue? huhu.
kalau x ikhlas kawan dgn sy, blahh awal - awal taw?
jgn perbodohkan sy or mainkan sy.
sbb sy tammo sedeyh2 lg.
n sy tammo hilang kawan.
org kate. x penting bape lame kte kenal org tu.
yg penting. mcm mane org tu layan kte.
betol3. tempoh, bukan masalah.
kenangan yang ada, itu yang bermakna. =]
just. stay d same guys... love all of u. thanks.
thanks. 4 always being there 4 me.
thanks. 4 "delighting me always" [canon]
thanks. 4 showing me, that u care.
thanks 4 everything. most of all. thanks,
4 being such a nice friends. =]
love,
aqilah amin
3:38 am