my current obession

semenjak dua menjak ni, things running smoothly. though i am quite bz with the new semester, but so far so good. like he said- kita harus 'bijak' mengurus masa. well, i assume that i am not bijak enuf coz i can't manage my time 'bijak'ly. i am not really into multitasking though. i can but i prefer not to. however, so many things had happened either with or without expectation. the latest is about my missing friend. alhamdulillah, he was already found and what can i say- life is full of unexpectations. k, enuf with that matter.

sedar tak sedar, i've been in this profession nearly 2 years-particularly in shah alam. and since then, i can say that i hardly enjoy my time as in having a specific self moment with whatever that makes me to appreciate life better. sometimes, we do need time alone by ourself a.k.a muhasabah diri. it's a good practice though. i always do that while driving alone to work back & forth. since new year ni, banyak jugaklah perubahan2 yang i try to make in my life. what i want to be and do this year is to appreciate myself better, to be thankful always, and simply enjoying my single woman life. so, basically, i have started gardening which is actually the last option if i were to be given choices to choose. tiba-tiba lak this year, my hormones and neurons change bit by bit. how? turning myself frm the things which i at the beginning are no so fond of. dalam erti kata lain, pada mulanya i 'kureng' dgn benda tu, tp tiba-tiba skang i bleh terima plak.

n sekarang ni, tanpa i perasan, i have started to fall in luv with reading. i am really not into reading (lagi-lagi semenjak i graduated). the last time i read(itu pun agak terpaksa) ketika i was still in uni. my term of reading is actually specified to reading books-like novels, motivational books, etc. however, currently i was in my journey to finish up 4 novels of stephanie meyer. i have done with twilight and new moon(hhoorraYY!!) and now i am in my way to read up eclipse and of coz not to be forgotten breaking dawn which is the last sequel of the first novel(twilight). i am now have begun to realize how fun reading is! it is sort of like a therapy. though everday i have to come across reading (where i do study before the classes), i found that by reading novel n etc will not actually burden up my mind for continuing reading. dulu, i sangka reading cud not bring much benefits except for adding ur knowledge, but now, i have realized how it actually comlement those activities. i tak tau nak decribe mcm mane, tp i suka lah baca buku! hahaha.. my statement will sound awkward but to me it is not. sebabnya, i ni asalnye org yg tidak gemar membaca lansung. jadi perubahan ini adalah perubahan yg amat positive. umur nak masuk 27, baru nak terhegeh-hegeh suka membaca. hahahaha...(",)

tetapi, ada org yg x suka tgk saya membaca. nak tau siapa???

tentulah bondaku. karena, i akan hanya duduk diam pada satu bahagian di ruang tamu. dan tiba-tiba di dalam diam i sedang membaca, i akan ketawa, bercakap, menangis, bersungut n marah2 seorang diri. itu adalah akibat drpd focus pembacaan - maka itulah hasilnya.

since i have mentioned that i am currently reading novels of stephanie meyer and my fond of reading, another thing eevetually had occured frm that activities. i am now so deeply in luv with the character in the novels. i am in luv with edward cullen. mostly the gurls wud understand why i am feeling so. the guys wud however sort of criticize the character. ye la, if the guys pun in luv with the character, sah-sah la dia agak gay. huhuuhu...no comment!

so, basically i am so happy with my life and i appreciate everything that had happened and will happen. di sebaliknya pasti ada hikmah. (",)

ahha..this is my edward cullen! isn't he charming!!?? however, i like the character in the novels much more than this guy coz he just acted as edward in the muvee. anyway, dia handsome pun.

p/s: edward cullen is a VAMPIRE- which is more tempting. hhmm.... ~nyum-nyum~

PLASTICS, LIKE DIAMONDS - ARE FOREVER!

Last year, I’ve been transferred to teach different program. From American to Australian Program. Teaching in both programs brings different experiences. To cut it off, one of the subject that I taught was Issue Analysis. This subject is basically encourages students to analyse and at the same time to think critically on any issues discussed. Among the issues, one stood up (to me). It is an environmental awareness issue. The specific subject (matter) was plastic bags. We were actually discussing various aspects of plastic bags. Therefore, I would really love to share our discussion (me & Aussie 7) on the said subject.

In everyday life, PBs are part and parcel of it. Nearly every day we will be given PBs upon purchases. For my family, those PB will be stored for future usage (one of it- jadi plastic sampah. *How irony it is). But, the question is- do we really care and know where the PB will be thrown? And what would happen to the thrown PB? Hhmm....

Allow me to introduce PB briefly. According to Knight (2008), average plastic shopping bag is made from polyethylene- a thermoplastic made from oil. The person who created the first man-made plastic was Alexander Parkes in 1862. Basically, plastic have only been around 146 years but unfortunately no one can be sure how long they (plastic) take to break down. However, environmentalists, scientists and manufacturers somehow agree that the process can take anything up to 1000 years. Can you imagine it?

Ok. Let me share with you guys one fact. First, look around you. Nearly everything was made from plastic as it is most widely used material in the world. The basic components of plastic are molecules derived from crude oil or natural gas called monomers. (Please be dictionary-friendly for better understanding). To make a plastic, many monomers are joined together like paper clips in a chain to form a very long polymer molecule. (Ok, this is the most important part) – The polymers in a plastic are so tightly intertwined that they create a surface that cannot be penetrated by water or the bacteria that normally do the job of breaking down matter. So, can you see now? How would the PB break down if they were created not to be broken down easily?

Now, I would like to introduce to all of you to Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). This GPGP is actually a huge dump of plastic debris floating in the Pacific Ocean. The first person who had found this GPGP is a sailor named Charles Moore who was actually on his way home to Los Angeles from a yatch race in Hawaii. Based on subsequent research, it is determined that there are actually two (2) patches of GPGP. They are Eastern Garbage Patch (EGP) and Western Garbage Patch (WGP). The EGP is believed covers an area twice the size of Texas, between California and Hawaii. On the other hand, the WGP is off the coast of Japan. So, according to Moore, he estimated that more than 100 million tons of plastic are swirling around in the two patches. About 20% is thought to have fallen off ships; the rest has come from the mainland countries of the Pacific Rim. (You guys may Google the image of GPGP for clearer picture.)

And now, it is believed that this issue had been threatening the ocean life ever since. I think it is enough said coz I don't think it could be explained here. So, in return I'll paste some pictures that I really believed had affected myself personally after the discussion had over. And this pictures are the result of my effort in analyzing the issue in-depth. However, in the next entry, I will share with you guys about one of the town in Europe who had amazingly support and made the effort in curbing this enviromental issues. Therefore, it is hope that we could contribute with and/or by any means in supporting our awareness of this global issue.

p/s: enjoy the photos and THINK!

So, how they are threaten? Look it yourself.

This photo (above) particularly, shows that how plastic bag(s) is look alike a jellyfish. And the victim is: TURTLE

And this is the most touched photo for me. How could the bird survive!? By no means it could pull the plastic by itself, right!

So, lets do something for the earth. I've started a lil bit. Still, it is an effort.. Join me! (",)

REFERENCES:

1) Fraser S 2008, 'What a Dump', Current Science, vol.94, iss. 2, p.6

2)Knight 2008, 'Plastic bags, Marine Conservation Society, viewed 9 October 2008, http://www.adoptabeach.org.uk/pages/page.php?cust_id=41

and speacial thanx to my aussie 7 2008 specifically aishah, afina, iqbal n luqman!

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~pengalaman yang baru di tahun yang baru~

Today is the first day I enter my Malay Studies class. I could say it was 'quite' horrible. The students were all fine n fun. Eh, lupa nak inform u guys. I am actually been offered and so-called instructed to teach commerce students a different code from my so-called expertise which is English (at least that was what my degree is). So, nak dibuat citer..I kena mengajar subject 'malay studies' ni sbb the lecturer who is supposed to teach this code is taking a leave to finish up her PHD. So, I lah yang menjadi pengganti dia together with another colleague.

One thing to share is I tak tau la plak yang students kita boleh amik this subject and at the same time, subject ni wujud. Sebabnya, subject ni adalah satu subject/code yang sebenarnya disediakan oleh SACE Board (yang dulu dikenali dengan SSABSA-Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Autralia) khas untuk pelajar Malaysia. Kalau diikutkan kefahaman I la kan...students commerce selalunya akan ambil this subject. For science students lak, kalau result physics diorg kureng, maka they will be advised to enrol themselves in this subject.

Yang agak kelakarnya, bila I dapat curriculum statement yg sah2 disediakan oleh SACE Board tuh. This subject according to the curriculum statement is Malay Background Speakers Level Stage 2 and here(malaysia) my class is named Malay Studies. Takdelah kelakar mana pun, cuma ada satu part in the curriculum statement is actually explaining that the students must know to use the grammar in their studies. It is stated there: "Students will already have a significant understanding of the function of grammar in Malay through prior knowledge or study." Masalahnye skang, I rasa statement tu macam sesuai jek jika ditujukan kepada I. Dan penyataan 'will already have' tu amatlah tidak sesuai.

I sebenarnya dah lama tinggalkan bahasa melayu yg sebenar. Yang I guna selama ni hanyalah Bahasa Melayu pasar. Tapi xpe..I am looking forward this opportunity in a very bright side which I would be gotten the chance to memperbaiki my true bahasa melayu. Meantioning about Bahasa Melayu, this code/subject however is not actually or 100% about the language itself. It is more towards like literature. You read novels, you watched certain movies, analyzing, evaluating, criticising and stuffs.

Soo..what had happened just now was..
I entered the class and began speaking Malay. MasyaAllah..berterabur BM I. Bila masa mengajar B.I, sibuk nak cakap melayu. Tp bila kena speak malay, sibuk lak nak cakap omputih. Maka, satu incident telah berlaku di mana I explain to the students that in a year, they have to read 4 novels. Sem ni kena baca 2 biji novel. Then I realized and wondered..and I began asking-"Guys, novel 2 biji ke 2 buah?" Hahahaha...saje kasik students I pakat gelak dgn soklan cepu emas I tu..(soalan ini bertujuan mencari jawapan yg betul tau..bukannya I tanya utk test students). Neway, xpe..sbb some of the students ex class I last sem..n the rest sure tau I camne..maklumlah I agak glamer dlm bidang ke'lagho'an bersama students nih.. After all, I found it to be a lil bit akward but xpe..I have another year insyaallah bersama diorg ni utk 2 sems. Tapi, I kena berguru ngan si ishan la..coz dia pun dah further masters in that field. Cuma..dia asyik ponteng class jek..ni yg risau nih..hmmm...Mcmne tok guru??

Apa-apa pun...Good Luck to myself! (",) Kawan2..sokongilah daku..
p/s: by the way, jwpn kepada soalan di atas adalah 2 buah novel.

HARI BARU, TAHUN BARU, DIRI YANG BARU.

Assalamualaikum everyone!

Saya rasa tak terlambat untuk wish u guys out there "Selamat Tahun Baru Hijrah (1430) and Masihi (2009)! Tahun ni adalah tahun lembu - if we refer to Chinese Calendar.

Sebenarnya saya bercuti panjang 2 minggu yang lepas. Maklumlah, cuti tahunan saya ada 30 hari dari June 08 - June 09. So, for the first half year (June-Dec 08), I've to make use of 15 days leave and another 15 days from Jan-June 09. Being in a profession as a lecturer, cuti tak boleh sewenang-wenangnya. I can only apply my leave(s) when the students are on holidays. for normal days of semester, I couldn't do so. Therefore, I've taken my leave yang panjang from 20th Dec 08 till 4th Jan 09. That's the reason for me not to updating my blog at all (ye mr thinker). Cuti buat cara cuti la kan??? hehehehe...

Sepanjang cuti saya yang lama tuh, macam2 saya buat. Hantar mak ke airport (mak balik kg! yeehaa..), meronggeng & membeli-belah di shopping complex(ES) selama 3 hari berturut-turut bersama cik Hada n cik Nafisyah (habis duit saya), watched movies, mengecat bilik, mengemas bilik, bertukang dan yang terkini - hobi baru saya: GARDENING.

Menyentuh ttg isu bertukang, saya telah menyambut New Year di rumah bersama cik Nafisyah (x sambut pun). Ketika manusia di luar sana sedang terkinja2 melaungkan kata2 azimat (& ada hamba allah tu menyambut NY dengan menikmati hidangan "western kegemaran" beliau-hehehe), saya pula sedang sibuk bertukang di rumah. Dan ketika bunyi mercun kedengaran, saya pula dok memegang hammer dan mengetuk paku. Wahh...sungguh ironi kehidupan ini.

Ha..tiba2 ada gambar pokok bunga. Inilah hobi terbaru saya. -g.a.r.d.e.n.i.n.g. Ntah kenapa tiba2 saya agak menggatal nak bergardening. Tapi, saya gardening setakat membela pokok bunga gantung sahaja. Rumah saya tiada tanah untuk bercucuk tanam. Datangnya inspirasi gardening ini adalah kerana saya terlihat nursery pokok bunga di TESCO & pada yang sama saya terlihat sejenis pokok yang dahulunya dijaga oleh arwah bapa saya. Maka, saya pun tanpa berlengah lagi membeli 3 pasu bunga itu. Tapi, saya lupa lah namanya yang sebenar. Tidak silap saya, PETUNIA. (tidak silap saya lah).

Apa kaitannya hobi terbaru saya dengan NY?
Saya ada terbaca satu column horoscope di dlm sebuah majalah. Diramalkan saya perlu lebih mendekatkan diri dengan alam sekitar dan memelihara pokok bunga adalah sesuatu yang bertepatan. But mind you, I am not into gardening after I've read the column. It is just a coincidence. Huhuhuhu.... (",)

Therefore, Happy New Year 2009! Moga segala-galanya berjln dgn lancar dan dirahmati!

Wassalam.

bEsT nYeR!!!

Nak tahu apa yang best!??

Hari ini I pi keje, jalan tidak lansung Jam! I keluar rumah pukul 9.02am, sampai di shah alam pukul 9.12 dan tlh mem'punch' in pada pukul 9.22am. Amazing sebab I dapat sampai di office dgn sekejapnye! Kalo tidak, I keluar umah pukul 9am n I akan sampai office pukul 10am walaupun jarak sebenarnya tidak lebih dari 30min (itu pun jika anda membawa kereta seperti sang kura-kura).

Tetapi, kegembiraan I tidak berterusan. Karena, keje sedang menanti I. huhuhuhuhu... malasnya nak keje...dah 2 bulan i menggoyang kaki karena students telah bercuti.. Apa2 pun, nothing is exactly like what we had wished for. This is r.e.a.l.i.t.y.

Cuak tak kena tempat. Kecoh!

Last week, i have received a wedding invitation card via post mail. I was quite surprised with it since I'd always been informed beforehand the arrival. The first thing I did was to look at the envelope as there'll usually has the name of the bride n groom. It was stated there "Hardi & Harnita".

Tak tau nape but I did not rush to see the card inside. What I did was to think hardly, who was it from. Was it from Hardi or Harnita? I am definitely sure I have no friends named Harnita except one which I just get to know her as she is a colleague of mine. Hardi- one guy named Norman Hadi but he's married last month.

Tiba2 teringat kat my ex coz one of his name is Hardie (different spelling from the card tho). So, I cuak giler coz ingat dia yang hantar kad kawin ni. Dalam hati, "berani nye mamat sekor ni hantar kat aku kad kawin! Dah lama hidup ke???? Mangkuk tul.. x pernah nak bagi aku hidup senang!" Masa tu hati i la yang berkata, bukan I.

So, i decided to look at the card. Daku pun koyakkan envelope dan dgn hati yang berdebar2 daku melihat nama pengantin lelakinya itu. Tertulis - Nor Azrul Hardi. Bengong! It's bobarb! (bdk benl uia) Kecoh giler aku nih.. Memang bobarb ada mintak address nak hantar kad kawen nih ari tu!!! Farrah..farrah...cuak tak bertempat! Udah2 ler ngan Hardie mek'on sorang tuh...

Hahahahaha... Maka, aku pun blushing depan mak aku.. (",) Hehehe.. Malu....

Journey -Part 2-

Kampung di penang dah byk berubah. Dulu, rumah sedaraku btul2 terasa kampung. Tapi sekarang – sgt mengecewakan. Tak caya, lihat gmbr nih. Ada ke dpn rumah kampung ada tembok besar china.. Suatu masa dulu, dpn rumah sedaraku ini ada tanah yang agak besar. Ada pokok mempelam, pokok cermai, pangkin utk lepak2 waktu ptg etc. Now, smuanya dah takde.

Tapi xpe, kitorg tetap buat pengembaraan mengaih buah cermai. Nyum-nyum ~masham~.

p/s: itu bukan aku.

Ini pemandangan kampung aku dari apartment level 20. Itu la kampung aku. Sebenarnya kampung aku ni betul2 tepi laut. Kira korang buka baju terus boleh terjun mandi laut la.. Tapi, itu dulu. Sekarang laut tu dah ditambak dan dibina apartment n flat and also expressway penang.

Dan ini post kak ilah *angan2 menjadi gadis kampong muslimah* (“,)

Parts yang aku nak share with u guys are the moments we went to shop for jeruk and also makan tokua renang. This is what my sis and others call it. U guys tgk jek la gambar2 ni yek. Tiada kata yg dapat menggantikan saat2 nyum-nyum kami

Ini adalah antara jeruk2 yang dijual di PASAR CHOWRASTA. Kalau u guys nak gi beli jeruk2 nih, u guys beli kat cina bawah tangga nye shop. Theirs are the best! Antara favourite aku adalah salak jeruk. Balik KL ari tu, suara aku hampir hilang dan menyerupai suara jantan yg macho - akibat mkn buah salak jeruk yg berlebihan. ~nyum-nyum~

Haaaa..ini lah yang sedap nih... Since aku kecik, kalo balik penang, mesti tak miss benda nih. This food is called as TOKUA RENANG. *kakakSku la yg ckp* Pastu kan, pekena lak ngan cendol mamak nih...memang ~nyum-nyum~ Gerai ni is situated at lorong kat area2 pasar chowrasta tu la.. Opposite MyDin but previously panggung Cathay.

Ini gerainya. Dan di bawah ini adalah gambar2 model yang diimport untuk publisity gerai ini. Ahakss...

Lihat adik comel ini (namanya boboy). Itu adalah cendol beliau yang kedua tau. Lazat sungguh gamaknya. Maklumlah cuaca panas.. Dan gambar sebelah ini adalah tourist jepun yang sedang mencuba tokua renang tersebut. Sungguh ayu cara pemakanan nya kan? Ahakssss..... (",)

Our journey after makan tokua renang+cendol bersambung. Aku tak pernah lansung pi Bukit Bendera. So, aku pun pi la. Masa tuh depa kata Bkt. Bendera tutup untuk renovation n modification but we just try our luck n heading there. Kira rezeki gue la coz Bkt. Bendera hanya dibuka separuh.

Sekian... Ada lagi citer menarik.. Nanti gue ada mood, gue tulisin ya.. (",)

Journey -Part 1-

My entry this time would be about my journey back to my late dad’s hometown – Jelutong, Penang. The reason we (my mother, sis-k ilah & I) went to Penang was because my relatives would be going to perform their hajj. Usually there’ll be a kenduri doa selamat conducted by the person who’d be going to Mecca. Thus, in conjunction of both events, there we were – Penang.


I have planned my journey quite well – enuf days for me to settle my work. Just right away before my journey, I have an event to conduct in INTEC. However, as usually heard, “kita hanya mampu merancang, tuhan yang menentukannya”, my event has to be postponed for some reason. I was quite tense at that moment coz I would not be able to be at the event on the date/day that it was suppose to be postponed coz I’ve taken my cuti masa tu. So, I pun biarkan perkara itu kepada my boss of the event- kesh. But before tu, I dah settlekan smua keje I (thank god my responsibility was to handle things before the event).


Maka, gembiralah I untuk pulang ke kampung halaman arwah my dad. Rasa-rasanya dah dkt 4-6 years I tak balik penang. Seingat aku la, family aku tak pernah balik ke kampong untuk raya (either penang or kltn). Kadang-kadang tu sedih gak. Sebab tu aku dulu teringinn nak belajar jauh2...so that, masa raya aku bleh beli tiket bas untuk balik raya. Tapi doa aku tak dimakbulkan.hehehe... sampailah sekarang nih..sebabnye aku pun keje dkt2 umah gak..kira syukur Alhamdulillah.


So back to my journey to penang, it was a nice n calm 4-hour driving experience. Weather tak panas lansung hari tu..sungguh redup mengiringi kepulangan kami..hahaha.. and about 4.30pm kitorg sampai di penang dengan selamatnya.


-to be continued-

Dilemma Cik Far.

Tepat pada jam 4:11 (mengikut jam kereta saya), tiba-tiba saya merasai sesuatu perasaan. Perasaan ingin termuntah, muak, loya (mind you, not because of that, yeah!?), sengal, bengang dan mcm-mcm perasaan negative yg lain. Ketika itu saya di dalam perjalanan pulang dari opis setelah seharian tiada kerja hendak dibuat. Perasaan ini adalah akibat drpd rutin memandu (driving).
Korang tak pernah rasa bosan ker memandu kereta? Walaupun kereta automatic, saya rasa sgt bosan hingga nak termuntah. Nak kata kereta saya busuk..saya ada letak bau haruman berjenama 'glade'. Kalau x percaya, cuba tanya cik nafisyah - top list penumpang kereta@peneman pergi dan balik kerja@sahabat karib saya.
Saya rasa saya dah cukup muak memandu kereta. Mungkin juga kerana asyik saya sahaja yang memandu. Ye la..nak harapkan sapa lagi. Cik Nafisyah??? Jangan harap! Entah bila la agaknye saya dapat peluang sebegitu. Huhuhuhhu....
Secara jujurnya, saya memang sangat bosan memandu dan juga berada di dalam kereta setiap hari. Tiada sehari pun saya tidak melabuhkan punggung saya di dalam kereta. Tolonglah saya. Saya amat di dalam dilemma.

Sekian,
saya yg bosan memandu. :-(