Do you know where you're going to
Do you like the things that lifes been showing you
Where are you going to
Do you know...
Do you get what you are hoping for
When you look behind you there is no open door
What are you hoping for
Do you know...
* Selamat tahun baru to all !
Friday, December 31, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
A Family Trip 2010
After 2 years terperuk kat Perth ni, we decided to make a family trip to Albany. Located about 410+ kms from our house. To make our journey more interesting , we decided to use the longest way to reach Albany; Perth-Bunburry (isi minyak) - Busselton (check-in)- Agusta-Margaret River-Busselton (tidor 1 night kat sini) -Albany ( tidor 2 nights) - Perth.
Kat Margaret River we stayed kat Banksia Garden. $285 per night dapat umah punyalah besar, siap ngan mesin basuh and dryer. Teramat selesa!. Banyak tempat menarik such as tempat buat olive oil,cereal, cheese, chocolate factory etc. Semua we all terjah, yg best tu most of the tempat dpt rasa food yg diorang buat secara percuma. haaaa...apalagi bebudak ni pun "rasa" lah especially kat chocolate factory.
Kat Busselton, we stayed kat Busselton Jetty Chalet. Memang ok tempat ni . Untuk kenkawan yg plan nak pegi, I think this might be a good option. At $140/night, dapat satu chalet with 2 bedrooms, ada lounge and ada kitchen. Amat selesa.
Kat Agusta, we visited CapeLeeuwin Lighthouse. Dibina in 1895. Ada 7 floors and 186 steps. Malangnya we all tak leh panjat coz Nina baru 4 tahun (under age)-bahaya coz angin yg amat kuat . Kat sini gak we have a chance to view tempat pertemuan dua laut (south ocean & Indian ocean) . Then we visited Cape Leeuwin waterwheel. This waterwheel was built to bring fresh water to the lighthouse masa zaman dolu dolu. Memang cantik scenery kat sini.
Kat Margaret River we stayed kat Banksia Garden. $285 per night dapat umah punyalah besar, siap ngan mesin basuh and dryer. Teramat selesa!. Banyak tempat menarik such as tempat buat olive oil,cereal, cheese, chocolate factory etc. Semua we all terjah, yg best tu most of the tempat dpt rasa food yg diorang buat secara percuma. haaaa...apalagi bebudak ni pun "rasa" lah especially kat chocolate factory.
We all pegi juga "tree-top walk". This area ni penuh ngan pokok pokok yg besar and berusia beratus ratus tahun. They built cam bridge gitu, and we can walk until we reach the highest point (kat atas pokok yg paling tinggi). Memang gayat tapi best!.
Kat Albany pun banyak tempat menarik yg we all pegi. We have the chance to explore the "Brig Amity". Kapal yg dolu dolunya bawa convicts ke WA ni. Bole tengok dlm kapal tu. My three children thrill abih kat sini.
Memang seronok trip ni walaupun penat amat. Mana tak penat travel ngan budak budak and pelbagai kerenah. Kepada kenkawan yang belum melawat ke south -east nih, memang worth le kalau nak pegi.
Thank you Allah!
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Tenant of the month
Ho...ho...ho...dapat hadiah lah. 2 movie tickets kat Hoyts cinema. Siapa bagi? definitely not Santa Clause tapi our house agent.
Reasons for giving us these tickets:Kononnya sebab umah cantik/bersih masa inspection and prompt rent payments. Cantik/bersih during inspection tu..standardlah..kan kami berdua ni kerja PTD (Pencuci Tandas Diplomatik). Nama pun cleaner, mestilah we all tau sudut mana yang Si Agent tu akan check. Cuba Si Agent tu buat sistem "terjah" . Mau pengsan dia tengok creativity Nina "menghias" umah....heeeee.
Anyway, best gak dapat ni..nama pun manusia...asal dpt yg free je mesti rasa syok. Cuma satu je la.. cam mana nak pegi tengok wayang, my glasses yg baru tu belum siap lagi. Sekarang ni, tengok tv kat umah pun tutup sebelah mata. Tak kan nak pegi tengok wayang pakai eye patch plak . My hubby cakap payah payah I "dengar " wayang je lah...biar dia sorang je yang tengok......
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Nina Jolie
Semenjak dua menjak Mama and Papa busy menganalyse data ni, Nina pun asyik berkepit ngan computer dia. Kekadang dia guna 2 computer serentak. Dia lebih bz dari student Ph.D plak. Sian dia. Agaknya dia boring coz Mama & Papa asyik dok mengadap computer. Abg Long bz ngan homework and school project. Abg Ngah? oopsss...sorry Nina tak kamceng ngan Abg Ngah. Main kejap kejap bole la.. lama sikit perang 2 penjuru le.
Satu lagi hobby Nina sekarang ni, tengok you tube (howdini)- cara buat princess cake . Every day berjam jam dia mengadap computer tengok cara buat cake, buat pancake, buat biscuits. Nasib baik internet kat umah ni ambik yang 100G. Jadi , tak le risau allocation abih.
Bila ditanya bila besar nanti Nina nak kerja apa? Dia jawab Nina nak jadi teacher and tukang masak. Nampaknya anak dara Mama nak jadi Cikgu SRT (Sains Rumah Tangga) la kot.
Kekadang weekend dia ajak buat cake. Masalah besar ni. Selalunya Mama ajak dia buat carrot cake. Itu yang paling mudah and itu je yang Mama rasa confirm akan jadi kalau Mama buat. hahahaha.... So far , dia cam ok je. Nanti dia besar sikit, mesti dia boring...asyik buat cake yang sama je... hopefully by that time, Mama dah abih PhD and ada banyak masa nak belajar buat cake.
Kerap juga la, bila dia ajak buat cake, Mama mengelak dgn ajak dia tengok cd. Jadi aktiviti aktiviti malam minggu Mama ialah tengok cd ngan Nina. Cerita apa? bergantung ngan mood Nina. Sejak 2 thaun buat PhD ni , banyak lah cerita cerita cartoon/ animasi yang dah Mama nengok. Setengah tu , dah bole hafal cerita and ingat script. Gamaknya , kalau Mama buat list dlm EndNotes, panjang lagi list Cd dari list articles....hahahaha
Monday, December 13, 2010
Adelaide
Arrived safely from Adelaide yesterday. At first my trip to Adelaide ada 2 big agenda; a) present my paper at the conference, b) meet someone to confirm my analysis/AMOS. Allah Maha Kaya , I have another extra agenda i.e "jalan jalan Adelaide" tanpa dijangka jangka.
Conference
To me yang tak banyak experience pegi conference b4 buat PhD rasanya cam besar and ramai le participants. Cuma ada 3 org je org / students Melayu. hahaha...memang le I tau dah buat kat Ostolia tak kan le nak ramai Melayu cam buat kat Msia, tapi I tak sangka le plak, tak ramai tu hanya 3 org je... My slot on the first day, sebelah petang. Ada 2 comments. Satu tu, I tak risau sgt tapi yang satu lagi tu rasanya I tak leh ambik remeh la..nak kena pikir cam mana nak solve kan benda yang dikomen tu dlm my writing nanti.
Confirmation on my analysis
Mission ke 2 pun berjalan lancar. Alhamdulillah, Allah membuka hati seorang student PhD dlm bidang psychology yang to me amat mahir bab bab AMOS ni. Dia ni buat PhD by publications. I memang "tabik" la dia punya writing skills .Half day gak dok discuss ngan dia bab my model and alhamdulillah dia cakap whatever yang I buat tu dia rasa dah on the right track. Dia gak ada buat few suggestions to improve my writing bila I report dlm thesis nanti. So, this week I plan nak buat appointmnt ngan one of the Profs kat UWA, just to get second opinion about my work. Muga Allah melembutkan hati that Prof to look through my model.
Jalan Jalan Adelaide
Thank you kepada kwnku Cik R (bukan nama sebenar) ha ha ha.....yang sanggup meneman dan membawaku "berfoya foya" di Adelaide. Banyak gak la tempat yang kami "terjah". Yang nak tengok gambar ..nanti free sikit I upload kat FB.
Penghargaan
Thank you to all yang dah buat my stay kat Adelaide such a memorable one. Kepada Mr A & family yang arrange my stay kat sana, Mr S & family yang bagi tumpang umah you all yang memang amat selesa, Mr T & family yang sudi menjemput untuk acara minum ptg yang seddappp sgt. Tak lupa kepada Cik R yang jadi tourist guide cum photographer, and Mr FF yang sanggup look through my model , yang I sendiri pun konpius....hahhaha..... Last but not least to my hubby kerana sanggup jaga anak anak sepanjang my stay kat Adelaide (bukan mudah oooo...nak kena jaga 3 anak and at the same time buat kerja part-time and also buat kerja kerja PhD)..Muga Allah memudahkan perjalanan PhD anda semua.....
Conference
To me yang tak banyak experience pegi conference b4 buat PhD rasanya cam besar and ramai le participants. Cuma ada 3 org je org / students Melayu. hahaha...memang le I tau dah buat kat Ostolia tak kan le nak ramai Melayu cam buat kat Msia, tapi I tak sangka le plak, tak ramai tu hanya 3 org je... My slot on the first day, sebelah petang. Ada 2 comments. Satu tu, I tak risau sgt tapi yang satu lagi tu rasanya I tak leh ambik remeh la..nak kena pikir cam mana nak solve kan benda yang dikomen tu dlm my writing nanti.
Confirmation on my analysis
Mission ke 2 pun berjalan lancar. Alhamdulillah, Allah membuka hati seorang student PhD dlm bidang psychology yang to me amat mahir bab bab AMOS ni. Dia ni buat PhD by publications. I memang "tabik" la dia punya writing skills .Half day gak dok discuss ngan dia bab my model and alhamdulillah dia cakap whatever yang I buat tu dia rasa dah on the right track. Dia gak ada buat few suggestions to improve my writing bila I report dlm thesis nanti. So, this week I plan nak buat appointmnt ngan one of the Profs kat UWA, just to get second opinion about my work. Muga Allah melembutkan hati that Prof to look through my model.
Jalan Jalan Adelaide
Thank you kepada kwnku Cik R (bukan nama sebenar) ha ha ha.....yang sanggup meneman dan membawaku "berfoya foya" di Adelaide. Banyak gak la tempat yang kami "terjah". Yang nak tengok gambar ..nanti free sikit I upload kat FB.
Penghargaan
Thank you to all yang dah buat my stay kat Adelaide such a memorable one. Kepada Mr A & family yang arrange my stay kat sana, Mr S & family yang bagi tumpang umah you all yang memang amat selesa, Mr T & family yang sudi menjemput untuk acara minum ptg yang seddappp sgt. Tak lupa kepada Cik R yang jadi tourist guide cum photographer, and Mr FF yang sanggup look through my model , yang I sendiri pun konpius....hahhaha..... Last but not least to my hubby kerana sanggup jaga anak anak sepanjang my stay kat Adelaide (bukan mudah oooo...nak kena jaga 3 anak and at the same time buat kerja part-time and also buat kerja kerja PhD)..Muga Allah memudahkan perjalanan PhD anda semua.....
Monday, December 6, 2010
The end of my second year....the beginning of my third year
Dah lama sgt blog ni tak diupdate. Begitulah bznya diriku ini. Juggling everything around me,eventhough I know I am the worst jugglers on earth!.
Anyway, my second year of my PhD journey has come to an end. How to describe the journey so far?? well, the simplest sentences are; first year "tahun tak ketahuan", second year "tahun keperitan". heeeeee..
Apa taknya my first year, I cam pening pening lalat je...adjust segala benda dalam hidup. On top of that I have to change my topic, kena go through candidacy within 6 months selepas enrollment then b4 candidacy the graduate school changed one of my supervisors ( my supervisor and I tak de masalah- just they feel that theory yang I apply tak kena ngan background dia). Alhamdulillah, after going through all the hurdles , I managed to go back home and collect my data at the end of my first year.
My second year. Horrible! The core part is because I know nothing about data analysis. Meraban habih. My supervisors plak have limited knowledge about SEM. Apalagi , terkonteng konteng la diriku. Kena plak all other students either guna SPSS or PLS.Lagi lah stress tahab gaban. Alhamdulillah...daripada gelap gelita...akhirnya dah familiar le with CMIN, NFI, CFI, AGFI,RMSEA..Dah tau dah cam mana nak test direct, indirect, moderator, mediator, multigroup..
Cuma ada satu je problem lagi, since both of my supervisors memang blurrrrrr bab bab SEM/AMOS, they suggested I cari expert untuk confirm my work. Selepas mengemail sana sini, ada lah sorang Prof ni suruh I call dia to discuss benda nih.. Tiap tiap hari I doa muga Allah lembutkan hati this Prof nak melihat/confirm on my analysis. Harap harap I dapat habiskan analysis b4 new year menjelang...
Third year, bermula ngan my first presentation kat ANZAM Conference. Esok , I nak pegi Adelaide le.. suspen gak coz I am going there alone. At first, ingat nak angkut semua satu family. After kira duit dalam "tabung gajah" tak dapat le nak jalankan plan A tersebut. Jadi the whole of next week I akan berconference. Meaning, my hubby kena incharge of everything!. Thank you Abg. Muga Allah mudahkan perjalanan PhD Abg juga.
Gitu lah ceritanya.....muga third year ni akan nampak la sedikit cahaya...
p/s: kena siapkan 2 paper b4 February 2011...Satu apa pun belum buat...huaaaa....
Anyway, my second year of my PhD journey has come to an end. How to describe the journey so far?? well, the simplest sentences are; first year "tahun tak ketahuan", second year "tahun keperitan". heeeeee..
Apa taknya my first year, I cam pening pening lalat je...adjust segala benda dalam hidup. On top of that I have to change my topic, kena go through candidacy within 6 months selepas enrollment then b4 candidacy the graduate school changed one of my supervisors ( my supervisor and I tak de masalah- just they feel that theory yang I apply tak kena ngan background dia). Alhamdulillah, after going through all the hurdles , I managed to go back home and collect my data at the end of my first year.
My second year. Horrible! The core part is because I know nothing about data analysis. Meraban habih. My supervisors plak have limited knowledge about SEM. Apalagi , terkonteng konteng la diriku. Kena plak all other students either guna SPSS or PLS.Lagi lah stress tahab gaban. Alhamdulillah...daripada gelap gelita...akhirnya dah familiar le with CMIN, NFI, CFI, AGFI,RMSEA..Dah tau dah cam mana nak test direct, indirect, moderator, mediator, multigroup..
Cuma ada satu je problem lagi, since both of my supervisors memang blurrrrrr bab bab SEM/AMOS, they suggested I cari expert untuk confirm my work. Selepas mengemail sana sini, ada lah sorang Prof ni suruh I call dia to discuss benda nih.. Tiap tiap hari I doa muga Allah lembutkan hati this Prof nak melihat/confirm on my analysis. Harap harap I dapat habiskan analysis b4 new year menjelang...
Third year, bermula ngan my first presentation kat ANZAM Conference. Esok , I nak pegi Adelaide le.. suspen gak coz I am going there alone. At first, ingat nak angkut semua satu family. After kira duit dalam "tabung gajah" tak dapat le nak jalankan plan A tersebut. Jadi the whole of next week I akan berconference. Meaning, my hubby kena incharge of everything!. Thank you Abg. Muga Allah mudahkan perjalanan PhD Abg juga.
Gitu lah ceritanya.....muga third year ni akan nampak la sedikit cahaya...
p/s: kena siapkan 2 paper b4 February 2011...Satu apa pun belum buat...huaaaa....
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