ISK Refreshed

Ahad lepas ada program ISK - Ini Sejarah Kita. Daku pergi utk mengrefreshkan kembali memory dan melihat adik2 juniors in action. Mantap2 lah mereka ini. Alhamdulillah.










Gambar brothers yg menghayati and daku yg penat sedikit di akhir hari.

Video penutup ISK:



Part 2 here

The graph that made it all clear:
















We are muslims, and this is our history. The rise and fall of the Islamic kingdom, the kingdom of faith. Where are we now on the graph? What should we feel? What should we do?

"ya Allah, masukkan lah kami ke dalam golongan yang membantu agamaMu dan redhakan lah usaha2 kami". Amiin.

Laboratory stories:











First pic: plate2 daku yg mengkonfiuskan dan mentensionkan. uhuh. Took me quite some time to sort these fungal isolates. argh! working with fungi is so frustrating! huhu

Second pic: Galleria mellonella (moth) larvae. Stock baru experiment Fadwa baru sampai aritu. Beliau mencucuk Aspergillus fumigatus ke dalam larvae2 ini utk menguji pathogenicity. Geli benar bila larvae2 ini crawl atas tangan. Kesian juga kepada mereka yg menjadi sacrifice for science. huhu.

Third pic: kawasan meja daku ditutup dgn plastic2 beberapa hari lalu. Ini kerana mereka2 mahu mengecat dinding2. Akan tetapi, bila kami kembali the next day, tiada nampak beza pun. Bau cat aje yg ada. pelik2. The area looked like it got contaminated and quarantined aje that evening. heh.

My deposit:

I made a last attempt to contact my previous landlord to demand our deposits. I got a reply letter from the wife, apparently she was the dalang. uhuh.

Agak bengang memikirkan deposit GBP250 per person kami diambil keseluruhan begitu saya. Mcm tak adil aje manusia ini. uhh. Well, at least now I know why she did not give our money back. I still think the reason is not good enough. geram... bertenang2~

Sweet chocolates:










I received chocolates from miss Pujen twice this week. It was so sweet of her :) Loved the chocolates, mengubati perkara2 yg tak best this week. Thanks miss Pujen. Selamat2 lah membuat kerja2 dan cubalah balik awal sikit. Hati2 bila jalan balik rumah tu ye.

A good name:


Err, takde la good name. Tapi best gak la nama surname dia. haha. Sedikit censored tapi takpe lah :p Gambar diambil dari dlm toilet lelaki.

I wonder, does the person really holds up to his name? hehe. I bet everytime he introduces himself, someone will have a laugh inside. Or is it just me? haha.

Oke now, back to work!

best2 yeah!

Halal atau tidak?

Pentingkah memikirkan halal dan haram? Utk mereka yg tidak mengetahui, mungkin berpendapat ini adalah perkara2 yg menglimitkan kehidupan ideal di bumi. Dia kata "Kalu pikir perkara halal haram, tak boleh buat byk perkara. Tak enjoy lah!"

Ada pula yg berada di atas pagar. Dia kata pula "Halal haram ni oke je. Mungkin lebih baik kalu ikut yg halal sbb nanti badan sihat. Yg haram tu kan selalunya tak elok". Kemudian sambung pula "Eh, pork tu haram ke? You sure? Bacon is so good you know!"

Seorang muslim yg sihat datang daripada byk faktor, antaranya adalah menuruti perkara2 halal dan haram. Dan asas kehendak menuruti these rules of halal and haram adalah berpatah balik kepada kepercayaan seseorang terhadap rules tersebut, in other words, iman.

Dari sini jikalau buat A is same to B and B is the same to C. We should be able to conclude with a good mind that seorang muslim yg sihat adalah seorang muslim yg senantiasa menuruti perintah Tuhannya. Believe that Allah knows what is best for His servants. This is the basic of the basic of becoming a true muslim.


Halal atau tidak nasi goreng paste ni? Tgk ingredient mcm oke je. Tapi takde chop halal la. Itu la yg memusykil kan sedikit. uhuh.



Sedap benar miss Pujen nye tiramisu (gambar bawah). Terima kasih kepada beliau kerana memberi daku merasa. Resipi asal tiramisu selalunya ada wine, tapi boleh aje buat tanpa wine. Ini adalah utk point out bahwa tanpa perkara2 yg tak halal, good things could also be experienced. Buat lagi ye miss Pujen, jgn lupa simpan sebahagian utk daku merasa ye :)










Membina kekuatan:


Sebelah ini adalah rak IKEA. Daku telah menolong miss Pujen memasang rak ini and meja kerja di sebelah itu beberapa hari lalu. It was a good DIY job and I really enjoyed putting it together. It was like a big puzzle. hehe.

Membina kekuatan? Binalah kekuatan daripada bahagian2 kuat yg kecil. Menyatukan kekuatan dgn memahami bahagian2 kecil dan menyambungnya menjadi sebuah structure besar yg lebih kuat dan juga bermanfaat. Hmm, tetiba rasa kena angkat berat. Kenapa ek? (random gle. uhuh)

More:
- Marilah kita beristighfar. Berzikir mengingati Allah dan senantiasa berfikir utk kebaikan.
- Konsep 3B - berusaha, berdoa, bertawakkal.
- byk nye perkara2 nak buat. tetiba tulih blog plak. buang masa betul. uhuh.
- cuaca mmg kurang best kebelakangan ini. Sejuk. dan seperti yg dijangka, Subuh sudah mula menguji kekuatan.


The Book of Prayers (Kitab Al-Salat); Muslim :: Book 4 : Hadith 1702
Abu Huraira transmitted it from the Apostle of Allah: When any one of you goes to sleep, the devil ties three knots at the back of his neck, sealing every knot with:" You have a long night, so sleep." So if one awakes and mentions Allah, a knot will be loosened; if he performs ablution two knots are loosened; and if he prays (all) knots will be loosened, and in the morning he will be active and in good spirits; otherwise we will be in bad spirits and sluggish in the morning.

semangat2! best2 yeah!

... and yes, halal haram bukan pada makanan aje. i know. i know. i know. huhu. may Allah forgive our sins for we are weak.

Bersukan utk kesihatan

Dah lama tak bersukan. Sukan itu penting. Meningkatkan kesihatan badan fizikal. Kemudian dari badan yg cergas, otak pun semakin cerdas. insyaAllah.

Hari Jumaat lepas, daku pergi join tennis tryouts utk bermain wakil Malaysian Students Society of Manchester. Daku sudah berkarat main tennis, tapi nak pegi juga sbb nak merasa indoor tennis court di UK. huhu.











Perjalanan ke Sportcity tennis centre ini agak jauh and mahal. Court sewa pula adalah 6 pound per hour. The court, however, was marvellous. If I have the money and time, I would play here everyday. First pic adalah En Idzehan yg bermain single against Ansyn (MSSM Sports Rep) and second pic adalah coaching tennis. 3 budak belajar bagaimana nak volley bola. Mantap lah coaching.

Setelah penat itu, esok pula daku pegi lab dan juga bermain bola di petang hari nya. Asalnya join utk penuhkan kuota. Daku bermain lah dgn sungguh semampu mana utk sumbang kepada team. Mmg stamina tak mampu sebenarnya, 3 minit dah semput nak pitam.


Dan mahu diceritakan, gambar sebelah sini adalah team daku and the winning team! hehe. agak sengal lah yg daku bersama dlm winning team.
Nama2 winning team: Sufri, Rahim, Najmi, Dr Azri, Naqiuddin, Peng.

Petang tu, selepas menang bola, daku sambung pula bermain tennis bersama en Idzehan. Malam tu penat benar. Esok pagi beliau ajak main tennis lagi, tapi daku membalas "Maaf. Badan tidak mampu pagi ini".

Mmg tak fit la skg ni. Dulu suka bersukan, and my mind pun sharp. I noticed now that without continuous exercise, mmg daku kurang sharp. uhuh. I will try to make effort to do more sports in the future. But for now, write up! huhu.

ya Allah, permudahkan lah urusan2. amiin.

best2 yeah!

Masakan hari ini

Dah lama dah nak try masak resipi ni. Asyik rasa resipi orang. Asyik dgr resipi itu ini. Today, I managed to make one. Masak utk rumah. 5 orang makan. best2.

Ayam Lemak Cili Padi


"Cantik kuning dia" said miss Pujen.

Terima kasih kepada beliau kerana memberi resipi. InsyaAllah lain kali, tuan mengajar dapat merasa. huhu.



Perhimpunan Musim Sejuk (PMS) 2009:



Brother Fathi yg buat. Suara narrator pun beliau. hehe. Mantap lah. InsyaAllah daku akan pergi tahun ini. Dah lama dah tak pegi. huhu. Semangat2!

Side note on vid: I am on the vid but it wasn't a pleasant memory since I remember quite well that penyampaian masa tu agak kurang mantap. Perlukan lagi latihan. Learn from mistakes. huhu.

Sekian. best2 yeah!

Monday - hate and love

If I were to choose, Monday would be the day that dislike the most. huhu. Why? Bukan sahaja sbb Garfield pun tak suka Mondays. Bukan saja yg Monday adalah hari mulanya kerja2 setelah cuti di hujung minggu. Dan juga mulanya kerja2 opis yg berkenaan dan membingungkan. Tetapi sbb selalunya on Mondays, I always manage to make something that is always unpleasant. uhuh.



Monday sucks, anyone else agree? However, somehow Mondays do manage to make things very interesting and fun for me. Making me do things that I most definitely wont forget. I want to hate Mondays, but deep down inside, I somehow knew that I can't hate it forever and that I actually love the day. Funny isn't it. Monday (today), managed to make feel this way. Oh... Monday2...



Gavin Rossdale - Love Remains The Same

A thousand times I've seen you standing
Gravity like lunar landing
You make me wanna run till I find you
I shut the world away from here
I drift to you, you're all I hear
As everything we know fades to black

Half the time the world is ending
Truth is I am done pretending

I never thought that I
Had anymore to give
You're pushing me so far
Here I am without you
Drink to all that we have lost
Mistakes we have made
Everything will change
But,love remains the same

I find a place where we escape
Take you with me for the space
The city buzz sounds just like a fridge
I walk the streets through seven bars
I have to find just where you are
The faces seem to blur
They're all the same

Half the time the world is ending
Truth is I am done pretending

I never thought that I
Had anymore to give
You're pushing me so far
Here I am without you
Drink to all that we have lost
Mistakes we have made
Everything will change
But love remains the same

So much more to say
So much to be done
Don't you trick me out
We shall overcome
It's all left still to play

We - we could have had the sun
Could have been inside
Instead we're over here

Half the time the world is ending
Truth is I am done pretending
Too much time too long defending
You and I are done pretending

I never thought that I
Had anymore to give
You're pushing me so far
Here I am without you
Drink to all that we have lost
Mistakes we have made
Everything will change
Everything will change

I, oh I,
I wish this could last forever
I, oh I,
as if this could last forever

Love remains the same
Love remains the same

Pic of the day:



It was a wonderful day for a walk outside :)






More:
- minta maaf lagi sekali kepada miss Pujen.
- taman rambling adalah di mana daku jalan2 tidak ketentuan bersama miss Pujen yg sweet :)
- byk lagi yg Naqiuddin kena belajar. I am on the learning curve of life.
- terima kasih kepada mereka2 yg tolong memberi nasihat and tunjuk ajar to me.
- supervisor suruh guna je polyurethane suspension yg dikatakan salah content. huhu.
- byk perkara nak buat, sempat tak ni? ya Allah, permudahkan lah urusan2 kami, berikan lah petunjuk.

best2 yeah!

MSSM Raya Gathering

Petang tadi pergi majlis makan2 hari raya MSSM. Ramai benar Malaysians. Semangat semua nak makan2. yeah.




















Daku juga telah register sebagai ahli MSSM. Walaupun mungkin besar tak dapat commit kepada activities MSSM, daku join juga utk memberi support kepada Malaysian Society. Card MSSM this year sgt tebal (pic above). Ada 3 sponsor on the back of the card (side not shown). mantap lah.

Instron:

Selasa lepas, daku pergi ke lab asing yg mana ada Instron machine. Mesin ini digunakan utk tensile tests sample2 daku.


Daku pergi bersama2 lab mates yg lain. Me and Urooj nak test sample polyurethane manakala Mehlika dan Marina nak test sample polylactic acid. All went well, daku kena kembali soon sbb tak cukup sample. huhu. inilah antara perkara2 yg kena buat secepat mungkin. uhuh





Di lab instron ada meja tu display benda ni. Rangka tulang ape tak tau. And a stuffed ferret-like animal. It was a little wierd.










Show and Tell:


Sejadah baru. Dihadiahkan oleh Fadwa, lab mate Saudi Arabia. Beliau dan husband beliau, Muhammad hadiahkan daku 2 sejadah baru. Best2. I like this sejadah. Thank you Fadwa. I pray that our PhD studies will be going on smoothly.



My bad. I mistakenly put nystatin into water instead of methanol. It was a lousy day that day. Was not concentrating in the lab. I wasted a whole bottle because of this. huhu. Now, nystatin baru tak sampai2 lagi - lab work tergendala. uhuh.



Meja daku di bilik. Byk perkara2 sampingan yg tak penting. Sekarang kena menaip sentiasa. So meja mmg akan lebih tidak kemas. huhu.






More:
- struggling as usual with the workload. It does look like that I would not be able to make it. uhuh.
- terima kasih kepada Pujen atas kesungguhan sessi selamat berkenalan. hopefully it would lead to something special :)
- selamat ulangtahun kelahiran Dodo, my housemet. Daku belikan kek utk beliau. tahniah2, selamat tua.
- tahniah kepada abgAdin yg naik pangkat and gaji. tapi malang sekali kena shift malam memanjang.
- kesian pada kakUda yg tak dapat kebenaran kahwin bulan Disember ni.
- Notts games ada buka tryouts for Scrabble and Tennis. huhu. nak join ke tak? mensibukkan diri lagi. haha.
- Syawal dah nak habis. Sudahkah anda puasa enam?

best2 yeah!

Raya 1430

Baru teringat nak tulis kat blog. Been busy buat perkara2. Lagha dan tak lagha. uhuh.

Tadi pegi makan di Jamuan MCOT di Moss Side. Jumpa lah manusia2, lama dan baru di Manchester. It was good fun.

Daku tak menangkap gambar la tadi. I don't know why, but lately, mmg kurang menangkap gambar. I guess things are getting less interesting for me. I find this to be quite saddening. huhu.



Gambar pelajar2 final years di Manchester. Kadir adalah husband Zaatil dtg dari Mesir. Dentistry and Medics rasanya dlm pic ni. Its the only pic I took. Kurang semangat lah. uhuh.



Banyak je perkara2 yg telah berlaku lately. Just tak sempat nak share in this blog of mine.

Malam raya, rumah ke rumah bertakbir:

















Freshers yg baru sampai, makan2 dan bermesra di Zilal:
















More:
- Esok mahu main tennis, ntah boleh jadi atau tidak. Hope tomorrow would not be too cold for playing.
- Cuaca sejuk, sneezing season is here.
- Seronok jumpa 2 org Malaysian di faculty. Sorang PhD first year and the other PhD third year.
- kena menulis sbb first year transfer report is due in end of November. I aim not to hand it in late.
- Innalillah kepada cikgu Yahya. (Is this the correct way to announce this sort of news?rasa mcm agak rude and tak betul je. uhuh)
- supervisor asyik outstation je. harap2 ini tidak sgt mengganggu progress daku.

best2 yeah!

Birthdays

I have mixed emotions about birthdays. I am happy that I am getting older, I made it another year of human maturation. But then, I am sad as I am getting closer to my death and I don't want to die before getting enough preparations for my ticket to heaven. huhu.

Anyways, I celebrated my birthday this year in Ramadhan. Did not do anything much. Just replying wishes and being a little bit more grateful to Allah. I pray to Allah that this year I would be more diligent in my ibadah dan everyday activities.



Gambar hiasan: kek menyambut ulangtahun kelahiran







Below are the birthdays of me and my family members in Gregorian Calender and in Hijri Calender:

My Dad:
23 / 10 / 1954
Saturday 26 Safar 1374 A.H.

My Mum:
29 / 12 / 1956
Saturday 26 Jumaada al-awal 1376 A.H.

My big sis:
14 / 4 / 1983
Thursday 30 Jamadilakhir 1403 A.H.

My big bro:
8 / 9 / 1984
Saturday 12 Zulhijjah 1404 A.H.

Me:
14 / 9 / 1985
Saturday 28 Zulhijjah 1405 A.H.

My lil sis:
24 / 10 / 1991
Thursday 16 Rabiul Akhir 1412 A.H.

*There is a small probability of one day error.

Marilah kita cuba mengamalkan kalender Islam. Make aware of it. Paste it on the wall. Make note of all the important and historic dates. Tapi jgn lah bidaah berlebihan. haha.

Selamat berpuasa enam di bulan Syawal.

Abu Ayyub al-Anshari radhiallaahu 'anhu meriwayatkan, Nabi shallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam bersabda, "Barangsiapa berpuasa penuh di bulan Ramadhan lalu menyambungnya dengan (puasa) enam hari di bulan Syawal, maka (pahalanya) seperti ia berpuasa selama satu tahun." (HR. Muslim)

best2 yeah!