morning at no.3

it's cold and windy outside..

speaking of hujan batu di negeri sendiri.. well i dont think so..

its been raining hail here.. :)

must be wondering what's the picture is all about.. well i'm baking a honeynut squash

for the little man..

hihi

love the colour.

anyway.. some tips on how to bake honeynut squash..

cut the honeynut squash into half

lay it facing down .. (oh oh.. dont forget to scoop out the seed)

put a wee water in the baking tray..

It's crazy how you can go months or years without talking to someone but they still cross your mind everyday.

:) okeh.. saya bangun lambat hari ni!!! demmit.. itupun bukan saya yg bangun.. nasib baik hubby-baby terbangun.. 48 mins after 8 ahahahahahaha aduh.. gi keje tak mandi okeh! ahahahahah

ok. now i miss aps.

anyway.. ok what a way to start my thursday.. hey its friday tomorow! and next week will be my second pay day! hiks hiks.. sgt suke..

:) anyway, things are doing good here in the office.. atleast at this moment. I am liking my work.. maybe syok sendiri.. tapi mungkin tidak.. hihi..

i still remember the time when i presented a paper on harmonics in a colloquium.. arwah doc came to me and told me.. he like the way i present the previous paper on lightning better and he told me.. a hungarian professor came to him and told him that he got one brilliant lady working for him after i presented the paper. (hahahah a way of telling me that i did not present the paper the way it should be)- ngeh.. and he only told me about that after sometimes.. way to keep your people on ground kan.. and way to push up your confidence again kan..

my arwah doc is such a fantastic man. full of wisdom.

al-fatihah. i will keep you in my prayer next to my grandparents.
one brilliant lady engineer. amin. i hope it will keep me on the ground and push my confidence to the star.

child - is it a thing? or is it life itself..

:) i am a little obsess with my baby. for me.. kaliq is my life now.. having a child is my life now.. so whatever i do.. kaliq's will be in it.. whatever planning i have in my mind.. places to go.. new ambition.. etc etc.. kaliq will be in it.. thus i never take him as something that happened in my life.. he is a part of my life.

hahahah apa makcik merapu? well i still cant get the statement from one of my friend wrote on his wife's FB wall (they are both phd candidate).. a 3 year old need to learn to eat by herself.. as they have limited time to compensate to all her need? hurmmmm

i may get the statement wrong.. but limited time to compensate a child's need? what is that?

i have ambition.. i have needs.. i know what i want to be.. and i am working on it.. but i never said that i will need to put a little diversion on that.. to compensate for my child's need.

kaliq will be in my life journey.. he will sit on my lap while i'm reading, he will eat from my hand while i have conversation with my hubs, he will sleep on my lap while i'm watching TV.. he will want to eat by himself.. not because i dont have time to feed him.. he will eat by himself because he wants to.. he will.. he will want to walk by himself and live by himself... but as long as he still need me.. i will be there.. as much as i can..

i will do my PhD.. sooner or later.. and i hope the title of PhD candidate will not put any idea in my head on compensating my precious time to my child's need.

* i realised that many PhD candidate (especially the young ones) doesnt have this appreciation and respect towards others.. hahahah ilmu yg ada bukannya byk sgt ... tak sampai setitik pun dgn ilmu Allah.. tapi nak beza2kan org.. hihi oh come on..

citer pampers si kaliq

skrg ni hati berbunga2 nak balik umah.. nak golek2 ngan baby-kaliq.. depan tv.. makan kopok sepah2 sampai daddy-kaliq marah!! ahahaahahaha

semlm gi beli kaliq nyer milk kat boots.. :) ngan napkin.. skrg byk pulak kaliq ni pakai napkin.. dulu takdelah byk mcm skrg.. ataupun dulu kaliq cuma salin lampin 4 kali maks sehari.. kalau mommy teringat nak tukarkan.. gara2 mamipoko yg terlampau best!! masa pakai mamipoko tak pernah bocor.. tapi sejak pindah kat sini... terpaksa resort to something else.. yg ada kat tempat kambing bertendang ni pampers n huggies and local brands.. (local brand pon nampaknyer boots je..) ..

almost everyday abdul kaliq nasri kebocoran. sian anak mummy.. what to do sayang.. kita dah tak duk mesia dah..

anyway.. setelah mencuba segala napkin yg ada.. yg jenama boots mengalahkan si pampers n huggies! bolehlah.. tapi still tak se best mamipoko hiks hiks..

lampin 32/pieces.. dlm 4 pounds.. kaliq minum aptamil milupa langkah 3.. yg ni 8.99 satu kotak.. tahan seminggu.. so all n all.. nak pelihara anak kat uk ni oklah.. takdelah teruk sgt cost nyer..

kire kalau kaliq pakai 6 paket pampers + 5 tong susu.. less than 80 pounds la sebulan.. (jgn ngada nak darab 5 lah! kekeke but still oklah kan.. kalau darab pon.. dulu mamipoko sepaket 30++hengget pastu susu 67.. dlm 500++ utk isi perut kaliq.. n utk kaliq buang balik apa yg dia dah isi..)

tu citer pampers n belanja kaliq kat sini.. boleh la.. nak survive.. salary lebih kurang cam kat mesia.. kekekeek yg ni best kalau darab 5.. kalau tak darab.. ekceli biasa2 aje..

TAPI.. toksah tanya pasal upah nursery.. mahal gile.. kalau kat mesia pon dah rasa mahal.. cuba hantar kat sini.. kekeke kat rm5K .. tapi rezeki kaliq.. dia akan membesar kat rumah..
seperti yg mommy n daddy rancang... dah setahun baru gi skolah jumpa org carik kawan..

bila baca status kawan.. yg dua2 tgh buat phd.. 'tak boleh nak mintak mama suapkan selalu.. we dont have time to dispence on you'.. i feel kaliq is in good hand.

:) insyallah.

ok. sambung keje.. lagi 3 jam stgh utk pulang ke rumah!! yay!!!!!!

bebelan lunch hour: confession of a workaholic-shoppaholic

kekekke the only thing get me connected to the world in this office is through the blog..
cant access any social networking site .. ahahaha (padan muka)

my era of berpoya-poyaing during work is OVER! hiks hiks.. well.. with the amount paid.. i dont really care.. really.. hiks hiks..

life here in glasgow.. is somewhat challenging.. i am starting to hate the weather! hahah same 'ol same 'ol.. then came to the part where i could not get malaysian cooked food that easily.. no more.. boleh-tak-kita-makan-nasi-goreng-usa je mlm nihh.. then i miss my old house.. although its not that extravagant.. but it has everything.. i miss kaliq's cot the most.. ahahahah skrg co-bed with budak debab.. dah la tidur lasak.. one night his feet on his father's face.. next my face.. urgh.. tido macam sapalah budak bertuah ni... we never teach kaliq to co-bed with us.. so it is kinda difficult.. (hopefully we can buy new bed soon)....then dressing up to work.. alahai.. ni bab paling lemah.. i usually wear track bottom je gi office.. ahahahaha i dont really bother to dressed up ke mende.. bgn mandi capai jeans.. capai t-shirt.. gi opis.. now kena pakai smart-casual.. OK! letih ok pakai smart.. sebab kena gosok baju.. ahahahaha (urghh aps has spoiled me) ...other than that nothing else to whine about..

to balance all out.. my house is a walking distance to the major shopping street.. in fact it is in one of the major shopping streets.. hah (grrrrrr geget2 jari) .. gila.. i want to have em all..
i want to buy everything.. put them all on the floor and stare at them for hours and hours..
then i have starbucks.. which is only 3 mins from home.. miahahahahah heaven terbang2 bau coffee pagi2

workwise.. i like it here.. less work more pay.. kekekek but more tedious work.. blueerrghhh means i need to do more reading.. bluerrghhh but i like it(i make the bluerrghhh sound just to sound cool.. but the true fact is i am a nerd.. bak kata budak2 kat uni dulu skema.. )

anyway.. i am making the same new year resolution.. to be debtless (at the moment i have cleared 3 debts.. going to clear 1 credit card soon.. yeah!!) so to achieve that.. i want to sell tie rack scarves over the internet.. ada sapa2 berminat ke agaknya? hihihi just to make things clear.. dulu2 i have spent more on what i have earned .. dulu masa mula2 kerja.. so dah 3 tahun duk cover balik things that i have wasted on hiks hiks.. (adik2 yg membaca.. berjimat sebelum terlambat.. haks)

ok mau solat.. (oh yeah.. opis ni ada bilik leh solat..and ada few muslims.. ) so ok lah kan.. amik wudhu kat bilik mandi.. ada dua bilik mandi kat sini.. (so takyah nak naikkan kaki kat singki macam kat uni dulu pastu matsaleh duk stare pehal minah ni basuh kaki kat sinki.. ahahahahaha)

anyway.. hubby me n kaliq are happy.

skrg nak mabuk tgk movie.. kitorg ada byk sgt movie nak tgk.. weekend.. akhirnya.. rafiddi's leh watch football at home..

oh oh.. ni lagi satu.. ASTRO supersports are wayyyyyy better than sky sports n espn sini.. cam bluek.. (ahahaha mcm tak caya je puji astro-si-lintah-darat-tu)

ok later world.

i miss malaysia sooo much.. minus the traffic jam..

why be happy when you could be normal

Stop whining. Quit making excuses. Get down to doing not just the good things you've always wanted to do, but also those you have to do to make others and yourself feel good about. -yy

myself and hubs always sees ourselves as normal people with yuppies debt/day-dreaming-a-lot/failed business plan/work stress/couple quarel

the thing is.. as long as we learned from the past mistakes and not to do it again (hah! sometimes you need to be kocked twice before not doing the same mistake for the third timedue to pure ignorance and narcissim) i think we all going to be ok.

i learned one good lesson not to procrastinate too much (hahahahah mind the too much) as it will result a very poor quality of work..and i learned that time will wait for no (wo)men

be normal, try new things, never give up.. is a key quality which will eventually gives you happiness.

we are at the turn of a new adventure.. its time to be debtless/make new debt/travel to places we always dream aboout/raise a child(rens)

are you ready b?

autumn walk at kelvingrove park

autumn... definitely nothing to do... the day is shorter.. urghh the weather the cloud everything sums up the complete meaning of somber and gloomy!




anyway... decided to take a stroll at the kelvingrove park (ahahah at 3pm stroll in the park) hihihi - autmn walk.. means you walk into a a boring wood.. with no lively colour! .. tgh jalan2.. ada plak woof2 nih jalan kat kaki... aaaaaaaa.....

nothing much to do actually when you lived in glasgow and clubbing is not your culture.. ahaks... and it get worst when.. the day are shorter and shop closes at 5.

anyway... life is somewhat good here.. altho i have to admit.. it is not as easy as 7 years ago when i was here... being a student back then was easier.. ahahahahah nothing much to worry..

but i still feel a bit more relax here.. i do not need to travel.. drive my car to work and all.. my house is just 10 mins away from the office.. i do not have to worry about the traffic jams.. hiks hiks..

ok now.. when there's nothing else to do.. it;s a good time to loose the baby weight.. and kaliq is not breastfeeding anymore.. :)

wanted to loose 6.8kg!! let's do it!!

aha! the long awaited entry!

have to put this entry down or i will definitely forget what happened that day!

8/10/2011 t'was the date we moved to Glasgow.

hihihi... the house is in a MESS!! kaliq was sick - and cranky.. and i havent had enough sleep.. and to make things worst we havent finish packing!! urghhhh

i was about to gave up actually.. but hey! i have signed the work agreement and etc etc kekeke and i have to start working on the 10..

and sooo... we started the day early.. hubs went to sent tv, books and all valuable item that we intended to keep. i actually cant remember what we did that day! hahahaha

all i know hubs did not asleep that night.. cleaning and clearing few things.. urghh...

i started packing at 3pm that day as i recalled.. ahahahah gile nak pindah permanently and we only pack on that day itself.. hahahahaha mmg kerja gila.

anyway... things are getting hairwired.. mom kept calling asking where the hell are we.. and i have not finished packing!!!

oh oh got to work now! i'll continue later...

btw, picture above shows baby-kaliq sleeping in his babycot on the emirates flight..

he is natural a traveler!!...

:) life has just started here in glasgow.

ok it has been almost a month since we moved here...

alhamdulillah getting most of the things sorted and i am at my 5th week in the new office.

so far i am really liking it! :) although i have to admit it is difficuolt to adjust to the new working environment.. i have completed 1 task and start doing another study... not bad for a new starter eh!...

:) kaliq is liking the weather.. hahah that lil boy of ours is born to be malay-cottish i guess.

hari raya was last sunday! and wan and ki had made a lamb. akikah for kaliq.. alhamdulillah.. :)

so another lamb... insyallah next year boleh buat sekor lagi.. the akikah was performed in mekah.. hopefully kaliq's aqiqah will accepted by Allah.

glasgow is getting colder everyday!!! urrgrhhhh brrrrrrrrr.... its freezing!!!

from KL to glasgow Pt.1

the decision wasnt spontaneous at all. it was in the planwhether is it possible or not.
well.. waddaya know.. it's all blessing from Allah.never thought that the interview will be soo calmly briefly smoothlydone. 3 interviews in a week.. monday, wednesday and thursday.. and voila.
we have earned our ticket to glasgow.
the process of getting from KL to glasgow is not easy at all.although the first part - gettin the job was miraculously smooth..
for me, the toughest obstacles was the VIsa and of course fund.
there's a relocation fees.. but it will only be paid when i join the company..and so... to move a family of three do require such a genormous amount.
hiks hiks.. the tickets alone costs 5k+, visa 6k+, gettin a house 5k+..so do the math!
anyway.. it's all worth it.. and all praise to Allah for showing us the way.
and appplying for the VISA.. it took me endless night and day.. just to go throughthe forms bit by bit..
will write about our journey later..

hello from glasgow

ok! this is not sooo the usual me of not posting since 2006!!!

but i just cant get into my blog!! ahahahah a mishap on the blog design that i have chosen..

i just cannot find the sign in button!! sheeeeesssshhhhhhkebab!

anyway.. sorry moms.. all the item on the garage sale entry has been sold month ago!! and sorry for not being able to update the status.

ah well... I am in glasgow.


good to be back.