Bz, very Bz, LLB

For the last few weeks:

I was busy contacting people to help me with the translation process. I have sent many emails to many people.Thank you to those who replied my emails. Really appreciate the feedbacks. Not many falls in this category. Alhamdulillah, I have found the right person and she has completed the first part of the process.

I was also very busy trying to balance everything; trying my very best to become superwoman; to fulfil all expectations. The truth is I am not a superwoman, I don't have any magic spell or a genie to help me around with the houseworks. Everything is DIY. I am just an old lady trying to survive in a journey full of uncertainties. A very tiring (mentally and physically)journey and the best part is I have another 3 years to go....huaaaa....

I thinkl I am a holder of LLB (Looks like busy) when it comes to my writing/ chapters progress!
Chapter 1,2,3,and 4...all in progress...huaaaaa..meaning tak ada yang siap betul betul lah tu..keep on betul sini, betul sana, terpeliot sini, terpeliot sana..bila nak selesai ni....

Storytime

This is another new activity which I need to "fit into" (no compromise!) my busy schedule. Every thursday; 11 -12; Victoria Park Library. Usually, librarian tu akan baca 3 stories then ada session nyanyi and finally session craft.

This week ada 3 cerita about dogs. Then nyanyi lagu apa ntah..( I failed to get the lyrics).. cuma bebudak tu nyanyi dgn penuh semangat kesukanan..Then session buat dog dari paper bag.

On the way back, J-Lo request plak dia nak ice coffee ngan fries kat McDonald.. Jadi pusingkereta-"drive through' le plak beli benda benda tu.. Sampai umah baru start masak for lunch... The two heroes akan balik sekolah le plak..

sambil masak..otak asyik dok fikir about kerja kerja PhD yang masih banyak untuk disettlekan..malam tu "overtime" la Mama dgn kerja kerja PhD plak.. Adusss busynya hidupku ini...

Yang pasti J-Lo happy all day..asyik dok tunjuk dog dari paperbag yang dia buat kat library tu..Siap cakap..next week nak pegi lagi...

Your Destiny is in Your Hands..

Itu Barack Obama cakap. Tapi bila nak masuk phase data collection ni (primary data); risau sgt le plak. Kalau respondents tu still tak nak jawab cam ne.. even selepas pelbagai cara dilakukan.
Dengar citer kenkawan yang dah melalui phase ni , especially yang ambik primary data kat Msia ...fuhhh..seram sejuk jadinya.

Pengalaman sendiri, baru tanya soalan biasa dah melenting. Cuma respon "melenting" dari org "besau besau" ni cam sama le plak bila literature cakap study berkenaan area tersebut susah nak buat kat Msia sebab difficulties in collecting data. .Itu belum nak korek or tanya bab bab yang kita pun tak minat nak tanya kalau bukan pasal study. Patutlah isu isu besar yang masih menjadi tanda tanya tu belum dapat penjelasan yang sewajarmya..

Muga dipermudahklanNya......

Questionnaire Design Techniques

I attended the above course at Bentley Campus. The person incharged has made a good, clear and precise explanation on the common mistakes made in designing questionnaires. Betullah org cakap, proses buat questionnaire ni kena betul betul teliti and banyak yang nak difikirkan. Alhamdulillah, nampaknya whatever yang I buat so far nampaknya berada di jalan yang "benar". The best part, dah dapat source untuk bantu dalam "data entry" bila tiba masanya nanti. Satu lagi proses yang memenatkan. Muga Allah permudahkan perjalanan seterusnya!

Malaysia Boleh....

Ari ni meh kita nulis about apa yang Malaysia lebih dari Western Australia ni plak. To those who are reading this posting, semua ni my personal opinion. No empirical study ye. I would like to highlight 2 things, facilities kat sekolah (primary school only ye!) and banking system.

Sebenornye Yob, facilities kat sekolah rendah kita lebih dasaaaat dari sekolah kat sini. Dari segi bangunan sekolah hinggalah bilangan Computers yang tersadai kat sekolah. Itu belum masuk bab taman taman hiasan keliling sekolah lagi.

Bangunan sekolah sini, mostlynya uzur bebenor, bangunan kayu, satu tingkat. nampak usang je. Kat Malaysia, bangunan kita lebih gah!. tambah tambah kalau sekolah baru dibuka. Bangunan paling korok 3 tingkat. itu belum masuk bab parking lot cikgu cikgu and tempat parking basikal bebudak. Padang bola, canteen . ishhhh...cam langit ngan bumi lah...

Cuma....susun atur dalam kelas kat Msia tu..nampak cam boring sikit.. kat sini ..bila kita nengok ke dalam kelas tu..kita yang tua ni pun rasa cam syok nak dok belajar dalam tu!. Barang barang yang didisplaykan tu sebenornya hasil kerja students. Tapi meriah betul. Penuh didinding and digantung gantung. kekadang nampak macam nak sambut birthday party le plak.

Padang sekolah.. diaorang punya padang simple..Tapi kat sekolah ada tempat mainan cam yang selalu ada kat McDonald tu...Waktu rehat plak bebudak digalakan oleh cikgu cikgu ni pegi "melompat". Boleh ambik bola or alat alat mainan lain. Kat Msia pun rasanya lagi banyak and lagi canggih peralatan sukan yang ada. Cuma rasanya bole guna masa subjek P.E je kot. kalau waktu lain cikgu marah! Meriah sungguh waktu rehat diaorang ni.

Library sekolah lebih uzur and kecil dari library kat sekolah anak saya dulu. Bezanya, sistem library sekolah kat sini lebih kurang kalaupun tak sama sebijik ngan sistem kat University. Maksud saya, susun atur buku, katalog, sistem pinjaman and etc. Ada computer untuk cari buku (tak banyak- tapi ada). Buku buku plak diatur rapi macam kat established Library. Kalau kita nengok dari facilities- Malaysia lebih banyak..Tapi pengalaman masuk library kat sekolah anak saya dulu...serabut kepala otak..material tak dikatalogkan dgn betul.. buku tak disusun dgn teratur..beterabur...

Computers...rasanya tak sebanyak kat sekolah di Msia(cikgu cikgu kat sini tak dapat computer free!) ..tapi Math, Science, English ..kebanyakannya diajar through games..bebudak seronok lah..pasal diaorang suka games..

Taman taman hiasan kat sekolah...Sekolah di Msia ada taman hiasan yang canggih..pokok pokok bunga yang glamor..cuma saya tak pasti adakah ibu bapa and cikgu yang tanam or sekolah keluarkan duit untuk upah contractor buat...Kat sini, tak ada taman taman canggih tu...tapi ada gak pokok pokok yang ditanam.. cuma ia adalah aktiviti persatuan ibu bapa guru... tak dak extra cost bayar kat contractor ..cost beli pokok and baja etc je....

Meh kita tulis bab banking sistem plak..Rupanya banking sistem kita kat Msia 30x ganda canggih dari sini.. (maklumat ni dapat dari manager bank kat Msia yang cuti tanpa gaji kat sini- hasil sembang sembang dia ngan manager bank kat sini).. start dari susun atur / hiasan dalaman bank sampailah keluasan bank and segala mesin mesin yang ada dalam bank. Malaysia lebih dasssaaaat lagi..Lebih glamor..lebih canggih..

Cuma yang membezakannya,,kat sini kalau nak buat urusan bank/ counter..tak kisah lah nak buka account ke nak simpan/keluar duit ke..semua tu bole dibuat within minutes.. di layan ngan penuh senyuman and kemesraan yang tidak dipaksa paksa..

Kat Msia (again my pengalaman le)..kalau nak berurusan di counter bank..siaplah 1/2 hari dok melangut kat bank tu..dilayan plak oleh staff yang tidak memberi seyuman ..cuma ada small "button badge" tersemat kat baju diaorang dgn pelbagai slogan berunsur "kemesraan" dgn pelanggan..

Kesimpulannya Yob, Malaysia ada semua...Malah lebih baik dari diaorang kat sini kalau kita betul betul utilise apa yang kita ada....cam org puteh kata le " the key succeeding in marriage is not finding the right person; its learning to love the person you found"...(ada kaitan ke ngan yang ditulis nih...kah kah kah...)

p/s: sekolah menengah diaorang lain le...siap ada swimmimg pool and gymnasium..

Movie

Last night we went to a movie-Transformer...(I don't even remember the full title)

My two heroes were so excited and thrilled about this movie. Papa diaorang pun cam ok je..He did mention to me "ok gak citer ni".

J-Lo , as usual tried her very best to make herself comfortable during the 2 hours slot. She occupied most of her time exploring the cinema instead of sitting down watching the lousy robots fighting.

As for me, ishhhhh...failed to digest the "story". Similar experience when I watched Harry Porter. Sampai sekarang tak tak paham paham... (knowing the new series of Harry Porter is coming...lagi le rasa cam loya gitu..heeee)..

Back to the transformer. I just didn't know how to appreciate robots as actors!!. I said to my heroes, "kalau Mama muda , cantik and seksi-mama pun bole berlakon dalam transformer coz the skill needed hanyalah jumping, running, and screaming!!.

Anyway, the two heroes and J-Lo seronok betul..sampai umah ..terus tidur...letih le gamaknya.

Redah je....

Keep reminding myself:

" If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience".

- Robert Fulgham

X-File

My second hero got another present from his school . He was so excited telling us as his name appeared in the school's newsletter. This time the present is in the form of a "voucher" to be exchanged kat kedai basikal (org utara panggil gerek).

We went to the shop. waaaaa...first time masuk kedai yang jual gerek and all peralatan yang sewaktu dgnnya. I didn't know about all the various accessories needed to ride a bike/gerek. During my childhood time, riding a bike was just an easy and simple stuff like A,B,C. What you need was just a bike. That one pun optional as you can always borrow (for free) from kenkawan or your abang (my case, we have to share the bike). No helmet, no other things. Off we went/ tour all around the kampung. Life was so easy.

My hubby and I were pening/ confius looking around the shop trying to find something that "worth" to tukar with the voucher. Of course we did not want to pay any extra cost (buying something more expensive than the given voucher). End up , my hubby said " we need to discuss more about this"...kah kah kah..(gamaknya dia konpius bebenor nak decide nak tukar ngan apa)..Till today, that voucher belum tukar lagi...tak apa la..December baru expire...heeeee

p/s: tajuk tu to indicate benda ni still unsolved le....heeee