Tennis

For the 1st time in my life, I watched an international tennis match live, all thanks to my boss! Hehehe... She got a few premium tickets for last night's quarter-finals (at Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil). Me having nothing planned last night, I went with her and a colleague of mine. :) Oh, it's an ATP World Tour series - PROTON Malaysian Open 2009.

The match was between F. Verdasco from Spain and R. Gasquet from France. It was a really, really good match. Loved every moment of the match. It was a definite plus point as both players were good looking and really nice to watch! ;) Anyhow, a few photos from last night (Verdaso wearing the orange shirt, Gasquet in white)...


My boss is unable to go watch today's semi-finals match. Thus, lucky me, I got her 2 premium tickets! :D Yay! Thanks, Kak Zen! Can't wait to go... The match is at 2.30pm.

At the moment I'm waiting for my friend to get here, and we'll be going off to Bukit Jalil together. I wonder whose match I'll be watching... Davydenko vs. Soderling or Verdasco vs. Gonzalez?? Regardless, I'm sure any match would be great to watch. :)

Oh, 1 more thing, I'm actually in one of the photos on the website (accidentally :p), behind Verdasco and the little boy taking a pic with him (http://www.malaysianopentennis.com/news_030.html). Just to show how good the seats we got last night (and for afterwards... hehehe)...

Masters???

Erm, how do I elaborate on this? The truth is, I've dropped the programme since last semester. :( Too much hassle, with the administration... not with my supervisor. My supervisor and I have an understanding of how to work things out together, in terms of my research work and all. However, administration issues made me become demotivated. Heck, after about 2 semesters (going to 3) of going back and forth to settle matters within my department, I decided to call it quits. I do not like to quit on things I've started on, but regarding my Masters, at that time, it was best to stop for a while.

Maybe the issues had a reason for happening. The unjust termination, missing documents, me not making copies of the approved and later missing documents, quarrel between the lecturers, etc. At the same time, work was getting a bit way too much for me, and I really was moving slowly (though steadily) with my research work.

Yet, fear not, I still have a deep passion within me, to proceed with further education. Hehe... Maybe it was destined that I quit my Masters last semester, to have other chances in life. I will hold a Masters degree one day. :) Currently, I'm looking into several universities which offer Masters degree in Materials Engineering. At the same time, also surveying for any scholarship chances, to help me out with my proposed study. If not in biomaterials, I am definitely interested in advanced materials such as composites. Engineering Management sounds good too, right?? Hehe...

OK, getting back to work right now. ;)

Quality Time

On Sunday, I spent time with my sister. Yay! It's been such a long time since we've gone out together, just us two sisters. The last time was over a year ago... before she was bed-rested for 2 mths and gave birth to the triplets. So, it was really nice to spend quality time with her. The triplets are left at my kampung (Lunas, Kedah) for the week, so they could spend some time with my parents. :)

About our Sunday outing, we only meant to go to the optometrist, to make a pair of glasses for my sister, and do some groceries shopping. However, we ended up (window-)shopping and chatting from morning till late afternoon. ;)

I managed to buy some nice items, too... items that I've been wanting to buy for some time. They are...

Ready-made window curtains. They were sold at a pretty low price, the pair costing me only RM 70. I couldn't help but to buy them! :p (well, the curtains in my room really needed to be changed, anyways. Hehe). I like simple designs. Since my room is already quite a mess and filled with this and that, I thought a simple, light checkered curtain would suit it nicely.

A couple of cotton prints, for my next handmade project... My sister likes the one on the left most, with the yummy strawberries...

Also bought some other items (zippers, tiny ready-made flower ribbons, bright colored ribbons, soft foam, etc) before the Hari Raya break, for my upcoming handmade projects. We'll see later what I'll make from them, ya. :)

I'm currently waiting for my orders / reservations for some really, really nice DIY stuff to arrive, most probably next week. Ordered them over a few Malaysian-based blogshops. Can't wait!

MMMMONDAY! :p

After such a long holiday (1 full week!), getting back on track at work seems to be such a burden. Hahaha! Still, work is work...and neverending at that too. :p These few days, the office seemed extra cold (well, the air-conditioning was somehow set at 21 degC...bbbrrrrrr...). :p

Anyways, here's a few photos taken during last week's break. Huhuhu...so busy playing with my nieces and nephews, and entertaining guests, that I didn't manage to snap more photos. Didn't even have a photo of my self and other family members in our Raya garbs. :p The photos were taken using my mobile phone camera, so not the best of resolutions. ;)

The triplets watching TV... guess who is who. (Even I can't recognize which one is who, looking at their backs. Hehehe...). The boys just had their hair cut by my brother-in-law the week before, since their hair was becoming too "disorganized". The boys also seemed to get their fingers tangled with the curls, during their "hair-grabbing" sessions - play time, fight time, I-need-to-grab-on-something-while-I-try-to-walk time, etc.... Hehe...

Little Fahmi and Mak Usu (I am the youngest from 3 siblings = bongsu = usu, as I am tenderly called by my nieces and nephews)... I managed to snap a quick self photo of him with me, before he "ran off" to play with his brothers. :)

The Hari Raya break was definitely memorable. Not a day left doing nothing. :)

Ok, this post has been pretty long (well, a bit long with the photos! Hehe). So, next post will contain other stuffs. ;)

Back from hometown

The Aidilfitri celebrations was simply wonderful! I loved every moment of it. It was hectic, packed with lotsa beautiful memories... :)

But, for now, I gotta go to bed. It's late and I gotta work in the morning...back to routine life. :p

Friday!

It's Friday... & so close to Hari Raya! Yay! :) I'm actually at the office, but everyone's already in the festive mood (well, those still at the office, anyways. Hehe). The office feels so quite, and the ones who are still here today aren't really here actually - only body at the office, but heart, mind, and soul somewhere else. Hehehe...

Oh, 3 (my previous, extremely short post...hehe)... My nephews have just turned 1 yr old on 4th September. Yay! The pic was taken on the 6th, where I spent my weekend with my sis and her family. The boys are growing up so fast, and getting boisterous too. ;) Well, we all love them to bits. :

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Before I go to bed... :D

Long Way to Go...

Again, I've been inactive for such a long period of time. Huhuhu... work, life in general has been pretty full, & I have yet to "brog" (brag+blog!) about the many interests I mentioned in my long ago previous post. :p

Wondering where I should start... Somewhere, but where?? :p Life's been so-&-so for me, the many ups & downs. The usual, & some unexpected, turn of events. Argh! I can't seem to find the right words to yap about. Huhu...

All I can say is, right now, I enjoy making my own handmade jewellery, whenever I can squeeze in some quality time of my own. Hehe... It eases me, making little creations of my own. The latest one... ta da! ;)


The "ingredients" were pretty simple. A pair of: silver-plated earring findings, light blue doughnut China crystals, purple teardrop-shaped plastic beads, silver-colored metal charms; & some craft wires to link them all together nicely and dangling. ;)

Gosh, it's getting close to midnite. I'd better be off to bed. Need to sleep early & wake up early to "bersahur". Can't believe the blessed month of Ramadhan is coming to an end. A sort of sorrow fills me up. Will I be able to meet the next Ramadhan? Only God has the answer.

Work!

It's a beautiful Saturday morning...and I'm at the office! :p Huhu... There's a bit of a testing issue at the lab, so I'm here to help settle things. Anyways, the test is mine, so it isn't much of a bother to me to come in today. Was a bit lazy to get up and get ready for work this morning, but never mind, I can still sleep in tomorrow morning. Haha! Anyways, I'm gonna be out of office on Monday and Tuesday (training), so at least I can get some work done today. :)

Oh, there's actually quite a few things I wanna blog about, but I'll "conjure" them all up for another time. :p There's Alpha Lipid, Prudential, beading and jewellery making, my Master's program plan, etc, etc, etc. Haha!

Mama Minah!

It was my mom's birthday yesterday. She's at my bro's house at the moment. Getting ready to go there just about now. :)

Will be back to update this blog, hopefully during this weekend! Haha... We'll see... ;)