Masa itu emas

Nota: the other half kat workstation-city campus
Sila abaikan tarikh kat gambar tu ye-camera dah tak function bab date..he.he..(thanx Fadz)

Sekarang ni baru le I rasakan betul betul makna disebalik ungkapan masa itu emas. dari sekolah rendah sampai ke tua sekarang ni, the ungkapan dah common dah..cuma now rasanya begitu mendalam bagi saya.

Since both of us studying, and childcare kat sini yang mahal giler..both of us terkejar kejar mencari or mencuri masa untuk study.Routine kami lain bebenor dari most of the postgraduates students yang ada kat sini coz majority of them sorang je yang belajor..or kalau berdua belajor pun masuk or register lain masa..cam may be sorang a year a head from the other one..Jadi lebih mudah le nak handle bab bab study ni ..

Setakat ni kami hanya mampu hantar our J-Lo tu dua hari je ke childcare..itupun dah cost $124.20 per week..Dah jenuh pegi jumpa centrelink buat rayuan untuk dapatkan discount..cuma jawapan tetap sama..tak layak..Cuma through friends kami dapat tau ada yang kat Brisbane berjaya dapatkan discount..well..kat Perth ni setakat ni memang belum lagi ada Malaysian Postgrades student yang berjaya..Usaha terakhir pada Monday lepas..jawapan yang sama diterima selepas hampir 3 jam berdiscuss ngan pegawai in charge.. end up kami redha..bukan rezeki kami lah untuk dapatkan discount..

Jadi, now ni tengah adjust timetable baru plak... Untuk the first 3 days..sessi pagi till 3 pm..my other half pegi Uni/Library.. then 3 pm onwards giliran teman le plak.. kalau I nak pegi pagi susah le coz my J-Lo tu meragam..and I have to do the cooking, cleaning and banyak le lagi kerojenye..At least kalau I pegi after the second hero balik sekolah I pun rasa lega lah sikit coz semua dah settle.. Lagi pun , I punya day start at 4 in the morning..My other half pegi keja ..I punya study time le tu..coz anak anak lum bangun lagi..Untuk Friday and Thursday, we can go to the Uni/Lib together..

Tempat belajar pun dah adjust..Since now ni both of us still at the very early stage..banyak dok membaca saje..we have decided yang kami akan guna Library kat main Campus yang sememangnya dekat ngan umah...So tak yah ke workstation kat Perth City tu..

The best part for both of us adalah ,kitaorang attach ngan graduate school located kat Perth City Campus,and dapat all the kemudahan there macam library, paper, computer,printers, pen, pencil and semua le... at the same time kitaorang dapat guna all facilities kat main campus gak..hanya workstation je ada kat City Campus..Kat main campus kami still bole guna computer, buat printing etc kat Business School..Jadi kami diberi Allah 2 alternatives le may be due to the constraint lain yang kami hadapi kat sini..he..he..

Progress??..well ..both of us dah e-mail le apa yang kami nak buat..cuma now still waiting for the feedback from the supervisors ..diaorang ada kat New Zealand attending conference..hopefully by next week dapat le feedbacknye and from there we will work out the next step..he..he..

harap harap timetable baru ni lebih sesuai and lebih practical..he..he..

Sebulan berlalu..

It has been a month since we first arrived here. Second hero dah start his schooling at Millen Primary School. He seems to enjoy his schooling (tak ada perangai malas ke sekolah like before..he..he) I am still not sure how much he has learned so far. When I asked what did he do at school. He just said, main..belajar main cards, belajar nyanyi, story telling and menari. May be dah nak cuti.. so sekolah pun dah not in the mood..not sure..may be, next year baru get the clearer picture about system kat sini.

The first hero, still relax at home. He will only start his schooling next year (February)..wow..cuti panjang dia..he will enroll at Kent Street Senior High School. Dia dah sit for English test. Alhamdulillah, according to his teacher he can join the mainsteam class. Kat sini , yang datang and tak sempat masuk primary school , kena sit for english test. kalau ok, then masuk mainstream, kalau tak kena ambik extra english class.

As for both of us, still struggling finding the right time to study. As for now, my other half yang banyak pegi University. I will do my work (or better word appear as doing my work..he..he.) at home. Malam,bila semua dah tidor, baru lah I bole concentrate sikit.

Tomorrow my other half will start his part time career..apa lagi..jadi cleaner..oopss..I cakap ngan dia ..jgn sebut cleaner, cakap lah "floor engineer"..he..he.. His working time will be from 5-7 am..Monday to Friday(siann...kena bangun subuh subuh jadi cleaner). So I rasa , kami kena adjust lagi our timetable..

Supervisors, alhamdulillah, dah jumpa. Second meeting will be on the 9th January..We need to report on our reading and decide on whatever topic yang kami nak buat. Our proposals yang dah buat ari tu rasanya macam nak kena letak sebelah je...he..he..Susah nak dapat data..Basically, sekarang ni, both of us tengah pening le...he..he..Hopefully, by 9th January we will come out with something..hua..hua...

Sunday Market, Family Fun Day and BBQ at Joondalup

Sunday Market

Pegi cari benda benda yang org tak nak tapi kami amat memerlukan..he..he.. dapat le cushions, toys etc.. yang sedihnya sikit my second hero cakap "mama, kat Jitra adik bagi toys kat org, kenapa sini kita kena beli yang org tak nak"..second hero ni high taste sikit,jadi dia still lagi tak dapat terima why should he buy second hand toys..he keep on saying dia ada banyak lagi toys yang cantik cantik kat umah Jitra..aduss...muga he will get use to it soon..End up dia dapat mainan yang paling mahal..$10..Abang Long ( amat memahami-agaknya dah besar kot)dapat games for $2 and Nina dapat basikal for $5.

Family Fun Day
On the way back dari Sunday Market, stop kat Victoria Park ada family fun day.. waaa..best la bebudak tu..macam macam ada ...macam fun fair kat Msia le..but the best part is semua FREE...happy gilerr bebudak tu main segala mak nenek yang ada..

BBQ @ Joondalup
Lepas Zohor pegi la plak BBQ kat Joondalup (jemputan postgrades kat ECU)..makan makan..borak borak...ketawa ketawa..bebudak le paling best..bila dah kumpul ramai ramai depa main cam kat Msia le plak..the two heroes pun happyle..Alhamdulillah...

Dulu Vs sekarang and the next 4 years

Rumah:
Dulu- amat selesa,bilik banyak,toilet banyak, luas,kawasan luas etc
Sekarang-alhamdulilah comel untuk kami sekeluarga,toilet satu(separate system plak tu!)kawasan luar bole le untuk sidai kain and the other half hisap rokok..he..he..
Note: specially for Selinap-Nadzri kena merokok kat luar umah kat sini..he..he..rule OZ not my rule.

Car
Dulu: First hand-3 buah before bagi kat Achu satu
Sekarang: Second Hand-doa muga tak meragam for the next 4 years

Perabot Umah
Dulu: Brand New-masa tinggal masih cantik lagi,semua ada, curtain baru buat-so siapa yang sewa untung la..
Sekarang: Barang letrik je mampu beli baru, perabut lain semua second hand or dari garage sales.

Tugas
Dulu: Ada bibik yang nolong uruskan umah and Mak Jah nolong tengokkan Nina ..ooo Mak Jah Nina really miss you..
Sekarang: sendirian Bhd

Financial aspect
Dulu: rasanya tak risau bab ni..alhamdulillah ada je rezeki masuk and more than enough.
Sekarang: Suspen je...really careful on what and how we spend our money!!

Maintainance diri
Dulu: Lawatan ke Spa and facial dah biasa..maklumlah umur pun dah lanjut..he..he..
Sekarang: Jangan mimpi le!!!

Kerja/Study
Dulu: Stress bab kerja-eg ISO le apa le, students atitude le and all the clerical works yang entah apa apa
Sekarang: Stress gak...huaa...

Conclusion:
Selepas memegang student card, me and the other half meninggalkan segala keselesaan yang pernah kami kecapi dan sedang belajar memulakan hidup seadanya di sini...Muga perjalanan kami sekeluarga di rahmati..Aminn...

OZ....here I am...

Alhamdulillah, dah selamat sampai kat bumi OZ ni.. Thanks to Che Pah and family yang numpangkan kami sefamily for two weeks.(Umah payah bebenor).Thanks also to all kenkawan kat sini (old and new) yang amat amat membantu disaat kami memerlukan bantuan..

After 3 weeks (first comment...nanti may be berubah...he..he), rasanya mudah memulakan hidup di UK as compared to OZ..Kat UK dulu (kenkawan yang ada sekarang pun cakap still sama), kalau sewa umah ..dah ada segalanya...siap bole minta ngan landlord lagi apa yang nak...(my experience le)

sini habuk pun tarak...rumah kosong...semua kena beli sendiri...Kalau yang fully furnshed kat OZ ni jgn harap le mampu nak bayar especially kat WA..harga umah melambung lambung...

Cuma sini halal food mudah...kedai makan yang halal banyak...kat Uni pun ada halal corner...jadi bab ni OZ bagus le..kat UK dulu jgn harap le nak ada halal food in the campus...

well..apa nak buat..here I am..and going to be here for the next 4 years...

Stories and Tips from the Dr(s) and Dr(s) in the making

Since today is my last day in my sweet little office, many came to say good bye. Among them were the Dr(s) and of course the Dr(s) in the making (friends who are still striving through the lonely journey).They came up with stories, experiences and of course tips on how to face the lonely journey.And I...listened to them dgn penuh suspen and kecut perut. Most of them asked me similar questions; what is my arrangement for my 2 year old daughter?who is going to look after her while I am out to the Uni?Have I made some sort of agreement/arrangement with my other half on "sistem giliran" ? and my answers ;I dont know and NO.Huaaaaa......bole ke survive ni???????

Terima kasih kenkawan semua

Semalam kenkawan kat offce buat makan makan untuk saya dan suami. Selain dari itu, diaorang juga tolong kemas office. Policy kat sini, those yang akan ke luar negara kena kosongkan office. Alhamdulillah, dengan bantuan dari kenkawan hari ni office saya dah clear..Penat gak..maklumlah 15 tahun punya barang...he..he..Esok will be my last day kat office. So, kepada semua kenkawan ,saya dan suami nak ucapkan jutaan terima kasih atas bantuan dan sokongan kalian to both of us selama ini. Allah juga lah yang dapat membalasnya. Saya dan suami mendoakan kalian semua diberi Allah kesihatan yang baik dan dimurahkan rezeki.Amin....