..

I thought I'd miss this place.. but seems like I won't really miss it that much now..

I just want out!!! :(

..enjoying movies with friends!

Yup.. this is one of my favourite pastimes here.. watching movies! Hehe.. any kinda movie would do :)

Like a few days ago, I went and sneaked out with budak kecik to Megamall to watch to movie Superman. Hahah.. it doesn't quite matter if the movie was good (which is wasn't really!) or not, I still love going to the movies. My past 'movie gangs' were from two different groups. One group consisted of my exhousemates, kak Shima and kak Kathy as well as Kak Yun, Kak Zura and kak Zai, while the other gang was a bit larger with Alem, Lily, Juty, Mozac, Pojie, Yun, Sahar, Spy bla.. bla.. and the list goes on.. Can't really remember all of their names though as the group cahnges everytime hahah.. We once even booked an entire row at the cinema when we went watching Mr and Mrs Smith :)

I missed the second group when those juniors finished their degree and I now miss the first group as kak Kathy has gotten herself married, and kak Shima now works in Intel. But thank God for good ol' Pojie whose still here so I usually go with this lil' brother of mine here..

But it seems like I'm gonna miss our much smaller group in the near future too.. Well, better watch as much movies as possible before I go, eh?

..going to Parit Buntar's Pizza Hut with friends!

This is me, Cik Wa and kak Wahid.. some of close friends during my undergraduate years. I just chose this picture as its the most recent one took in Parit Buntar Pizza Hut.

Anyway, when we first came here, Parit Buntar only had KFC so if we wanted any other kind of fast food, the choices were limited to Megamal Pinang or Taiping. However, recent developments have made it possible to have a Pizz a Hut (and Watsons) in Parit Buntar, much to the suprise of the student from my batch who once said, "Lagi 10 tahun la baru ada Pizza kat sana tu!"

Whaddya know.. we already have one now :)

Well, I've been frequenting this place with Ramlah or Pojie or Yun and its quite a good change when you wanna eat pseudo-Italian food haha..

Guess I'm gonna miss this too..

..desa Lembaran!

Haha.. apa la, Ayu.. Desa Lembaran pun nak rindu ke?

Uishhh.. mesti!!! 3 tahun duk situuuu..

Truth is, I don't have any idea on WHAT to write today (kunun I'm gonna write one thing a day kaaaannn) but this morning I went to help kak Yun for the first years registration at Desa Lembaran. Made me remember my own registration 7 years ago (Alamak! Terase sangat tue..)

I stayed in this hostel during my first year in Tronoh (blok 3A) and final year (SH02) here (2nd year duk Taman Maju). Then during my in-between degrees period (haha.. degree dah abis, masters lum daftar), I stayed here (SH01) another year. This is also the place that holds a lot of memories for me. sometimes, when I come here, my eyes still look at a certain window of a certain room..

:(

..writing hahah <--sangat tipu!

Well, I don't think I'd be missing staying up and doing my writing as it was one of the most stressful periods in my life. The whole time I was doing my writing up, only God knew how strained I was and though I managed to laugh and smile, there were times (especially when I was alone) that I felt like screaming bloody murder hahah..

Thankfully, I had friends who loved going to the movies as much as I do, thus making me always get to have my favourtie time-outs whenever I wanted to.. and yeah, thank you to the World Cup too hahah.. for at least helping me get distracted whenever I was sick of composing scientific writings for my thesis.

And yeah, I'm looking forward to a loooooooooooooong rest before my viva. Probably wouldn't even wanna come to school for weeks haha.. but then, there's still much for me to miss here so maybe, I'd better come jugak la so I won't miss them much when the time comes huh?

Ishh.. sebak la rase tetibe..

MBC!!!

Ok.. this entry will certainly have NO pictures attached! Coz the only TWO people who know (or will know) of the existance of this blog, Yun and Pojie, must NOT KNOW who MBC is haha..

M= my, B=big, C=crush

Hahah.. who is he? Not tellin'..

But lets just say, I've had my moments of silliy smiling and school-girl giggling here. not to mention that he keeps my mind off Shakir, which I'm really thankful for as thinking of Shakir exhausts me now, especially after he gor married :'(

Still, I've got my MBC who DOES know I'm alive unfortunately but treats me like his 'adik' je.. cettt! No lah, I've never directly spoken to him la, segan aaahhh haha <-- Ayu gatal!

I know, once I've left this place, there'd be no more MBC for me.. so yeah, I'd definitely miss him!

..our very own 'Recycle Center'!

Talking about cubes, this is one cube I'll definitely miss.. :( Like I said earlier, I have some favourtie cubes in this room and right now, undoubtly, this is my most favourite one :)

I call it my Recycle Center because of the bottles arranged all around it.. and because of that, I always throw my can drinks in this cubicle hehe.. just to support recycling hehe..

If before, Yun's cube has always been my refuge, this time its this cube. The owner is a very dear friend of mine so whenever I need a smile, I just need to come right here to get one :) In fact, every night when I come back from my tuition classes, I always come here first, just to check if my dear lil' friend is here and if my friend is here, I might just stay here for a while for some laughs.

I had once 'merajuk' with the owner of this cube but then, just a few hours later, I found myself crying of 'exhaustion and nausea' regarding my thesis.. guess where I went to? See, now do you know why I'd miss this cube?

However, in the past fews days, I keep seeing an empty cube without the owner :( I wonder if my friend just wants me to miss this place from now on, instead of when I finally leave this place.. huh?

P/S
Come back.. :(

..the cube I frequented one upon a time ago!

Reading the post on Yun yesterday, I thought of writing about her cube for today's entry.

Haha, I know, some people might wonder, whats so special about the workstation of someone else? But for me, there are a few cubicles in this room that are my favourites.. and this is one of them.

Why do I love this cube?

Well, once upon a time ago, whenever I was upset, I'd come to this cube and take a pen and paper, then write down about what was on my mind. I've always suck at expressing my feelings through talking but Yun understood that I could write it down to feel better so she always had a pen and paper handy. Then, after I've written it all down, she'd keep the 'letter' I've written.

I've cried in this cube, shouted with joy in this cube.. In fact, nearly everything I share with Yun has this cubicle as the witness.. and now that Yun isn't sitting here anymore, it feels so empty.. :(

Haha.. another thing you might wonder is WHY did I only take a picture of the name in front of the cube? Well, lets just say, my messy cube is somehow much more neater than the state of this cube right now :D

..Mahyuuuuuuuuuuuuunnn!!

My housemate Yun is getting ready for her viva this Wednesday..

Well, she's not just my housemate here.. she was my housemate in second year, 'school'mate from my first year right up till now.. dorm mate during our matriculation.. and oldest friend I have here. She's one of those individuals who've seen the worst of me, and who has fought with me VERY frequently that we don't mind our squabbles now and then.

To say we always see face to face is an exaggeration.. but to say that we're close friends, well, in a way, that is true. We're not really the best of friends, but we're very close that we might've really known each other since birth. We know each others bad habit as well as the good in each other. We could stay up late at night through the morning just talking and laughing..

I remember in October last year, I thought she was going back to her hometown for good and was very sad. I didn't want to cry in front of her as it has always been her pleasure to tease the crybaby me, but when she said goodbye, I just couldn't hold back! However, I was overjoyed when in January, she came back for the thesis correction and I've been seeing her here eversince.

Still, now that she's gonna go through her viva, I know this means that the end of our road together is coming near, and I can't help feeling a bit sad at the thought. Ok.. ok.. just hope she doesn't know I said this --> I'm VERY sad at the thought of it and I miss her already though she's still here.. :'(

Yeah.. thats right, I miss her already..

..my own messy cube!

I was trying to rest my eyes from looking to much at the computer screen and looked around me..

*gulp*

Is this my cube?!??

Maaaaaaakkk oiiii, semak nye! The most messy cube in the whole of the postgraduate room, I think! How could I have ever practically lived here for the past few weeks. There were papers (mostly drafts of my thesis) everywhere, stationery cluttered on my bookshelf, soft toys not sitting in their proper places and the list goes on. I can't believe how terrible it looked like, and I just can't imagine what the other postgrads think of my cubicle here.. *ashamed*

But then again.. hey, its MY cube! Haha.. I mean, everyone won't have time took take care of their cube when they're busy, right? Yeah.. I know, lousy excuse!

Still, its my cube.. bile lagi nak merase duk cube semak, kan? Hehe.. besides, when I finish my studies here, I won't be able to indulge in being messy, so, just let me enjoy the mess while I still can ;p

..staying at school till the wee hours of the morning!

For the past few weeks, I've been staying at school till around 5am, EVERYDAY!

Tiring? Yes!

Sick of it? Definitely!

But at least, with the World Cup going on, I get to stay awake for the updates whenever I don't feel like looking at my thesis. Plus the fact that I have an excellant sportscaster haha.. Then sometimes there's Sabir or Han in the room so I'm not really alone la.. except after 2am where they usually go home.. then I'll go back to being bored outta my wits.

Anyway, I was just complaining right now about my lack of sleep and how I'm tired of staying in school doing my thesis EVERY NIGHT when it suddenly occured to me --> after completing my thesis, I won't EVER have to do this again!

Alamak! Guess life would be quite dull after that, huh?

..my Lil' Success!

Sape pulak my Lil' Success ni ye?

Hmm.. lets just say, he's the last of my adik² here.. and in a way, I feel as if he's the closest adik I have here. Though I just really got to know him for only a bit more than a year, compared to the others whom I've been close to for the past 3 years, I DO feel as if I'm closest to him when compared to the others. Maybe its because we're in the same school kot ye, budak kecik?

Why would I miss him? Well, if God gave me yet another brother, I'd want it to be him. He's been a great brother, a good listener (or reader-- dia je paham haha..), a terrific entertainer, a smile-maker when I don't feel like I can.. and he makes me feel like a real sister here! I like it when he shows that he trusts me on some of his issues and I'm happy when he talks about things with me.. well, I'm always worried that people don't think they can talk to me, you know!

He's one of those people I trust from the beginning.. kind'a the likes of Toroque and Yokies (unlike IM whom I had to know dulu, baru really trust!). In fact, on one of our earliest conversation, I told him of a dream I once had of becoming a ****** and I suprised myself when I told him about what I had already done for that dream of mine. I've only trusted 2 people with this secret: the first one is him, the second one is Ana, Adi's girlfriend! Even my family doesn't know about it.. :)

And yeah, he's my teacher in some things haha.. a good tutor tuuuuuu.. and his cube is one of my favourite places to go whenever I feel sick of my own cube and my own work..

Dah la dia ni balik umah ari nih.. Ishh.. Betul la budak kecik.. I'll be missing you! :(

..early breakfasts too

Hahaha.. reading yesterday's post, I shouldn't really forget my 'early breakfasts' huh?

Well, yeah, apart from enjoying my late breakfasts outside the campus, I'm really gonna miss my early breakfast at the staff cafeteria. The early breakfast gang comprises of me, Lie, Ramlah and Husnul.. usually la! Sometimes we'd be joined by Erwan, Ramadhan, abg Fadzil and others but usually its just us.

One thing I like about my early breakfasts is because I can sometimes see MBC haha <--Ayu gatal! But, other than that, I just love the 'breakfast schedule' we share together. This is the time we'd joke around before starting our hectic days (Ayu punye days, hectic ke?).

My favourite breakfast: Nasik putih with tempe masak pedas.. yummy!!!

..waking up late.. and late breakfasts!

Yup.. once I start working, waking up late would definitely be a no-no! I'm gonna hafta wake up early no matter what time I slept the night before.. very different from my situation now, where I can wake up whenever I want to, especially if I stayed up the night before.

Then, apart from waking up late, I also won't be able to have my usual late breakfasts. Right now, I usually have early breakfast but eversince the past few weeks of chasing the dateline, Ive been staying up till the wee hours of the morning AND waking up late. Luckily, I have an accomplice for late breakfasts.. I can always rely on budak kecik for breakfast whenever I wake up late hahah.. (perli dalam diam hehe..) The usual choice is usually either Riyas or Nasik Lemak Kuning, though once we managed to go to McD :)

*sigh*

Better enjoy the late breakfasts as long as I can, huh?

P/S
Btw, sape sangke, disebalik pokok² and kerete² ni, ade kedai nasik lemak kuning upenye :)

..World Cup lessons with my personal sportscaster :)

Heheh.. okay, this is cheating! Its not as if I've been having these lesson all the while now. Rather, eversince the World Cup, I've suddenly had this interest in soccer.. Just a little bit je la.. not a large scale interest.. and I blame this on a few things

1. Obviously the World Cup buzz all around us
2. My fate of having soccer-crazy people all around me
3. My personal sportscaster who's really into football!

Haha.. I never knew, with the right 'teacher' it could be quite fun learning about something I never could really understand.. I mean, whats so fun in watching 22 sweaty men chasing a ball, duh? But at least for the World Cup, I kinda find it a bit interesting.. thanks to my 'teacher'! I had a great class last night, and when I read the paper this morning while waiting for the car being serviced, I realized that I could understand more than half of what I was reading in the papers..

But then again, EVERY person I know is into the World Cup right? Doesn't matter what kinda knowledge they have in soccer, but because of the World Cup, everyone is at least paying attention.. and I guess, that includes me! But then, I blame it on my sportscaster.. ajo orang 'bukan²' haha.. now, I keep abreast with the updates of the scores (score je ye.. takde nye nak tengok!!!) and its all his fault :p

'Nasik beriyani kuah sotong + telur sotong'

Yummy!

This is my favourite dish at A Rahman's, whenever I get the chance to go there. Truthfully, I seldom go there but when I do (for lunch je la), I'll always eat this yummy dish!

Today I had it for my brunch, after getting back from Kim Khoon. I went with budak kecik coz he wanted to service his car and since both of us woke up late ("Kite pegi kul 9.30 ye!".. Ceh, bgn pun dekat kul 10 heheh..) we didn't grab any breakfast as we wanted to beat the queue over there. Luckily, there weren't many cars there.

so when it was ready, we wanted to go get some breakfast. However, the nasik lemak kuning shop was closed but since we were hungry, budak kecik suggested we go to A Rahman's. And thus.. my nasik beriayni kuah sotong plus telur sotong!!!

Yummy!

Hope that wherever I'm gonna be after this, they'd still have the dish as great as this :)

Kedai servis kete Kim Khoon!

This morning I took budak kecik here. He needed to service his car and since it was more economical doing it here (rather than Shah Alam), he asked me to take him here.

So there we were, memasing bangun lamat because of my Football 101 class haha.. Thankfully, there weren't many customers today so his car was serviced right after we arrived.

Well, I usually do my quarterly car service in Penang, at the place where I bought my car. But sometimes, when I don't have the time to go there, I'd just do it here. I like the owner of this service centre as he really takes good care of his customers and he always likes to explain a lot of things about my car to me.

Like the time my tyre was punctured, he explained which 'treatment' was better. And when my car suddenly refused to function properly (air cond, lamps, wind screen wiper and power window ALL malfunctioning at once), he told me what had really happened and even taught me how to make sure it didn't happen again.

Haha.. it might sound funny, but yeah, I'm gonna miss this place. I'll never know how other service centres would treat me, but with this place, I know they try their best to serve their customers :)

.. my weekly nasik lemak kuning!

I love my weekly nasik lemak kuning with budak kecik!

I first ate the nasik with kak Shima and kak Tuty but after that, I never found anyone who'd go eat the nasik lemak with me. Then one day, Sha wanted to go eat there so me and Pojie went with her. It was almost love at first sight for budak kecik and after that he went there frequently. Sometimes it would be 2-3 days straight.. buh dadah ke ape ntah hehe..

However, on my part, I have never missed going for breakfast with him over there every Friday.. well, except one week mase merajuk ngan die haha.. but that was a long time ago, die pun tension apentah mase tu and he was going home pun that week so he didn't come to school that morning.

But after that, I don't think I've ever missed it.. eh jap, except another week where die plak majuk with me.. but then dia tak jadi majuk haha.. but thats another story.. hehe, comel je! So we went to McD :) But the other weeks, except the time he had his Cricket Tournament, I've never missed it.

Not that its extra delicious or something. But I like the piping hot nasik lemak with the just-fried eggs and hot sambal, and its at this time where we can talk about most things.. ngate orang len ke haha.. Yup, its one thing I always look forward to every week!

Ishh.. am I gonna miss this too?!? :(

..playing pranks on Erwan!

Who's Erwan?

Hehe, he's my fellow postgrad here.

Why would I miss him?

Coz somethimes he's so lurus bendul, I could trick him anytime.. and not only me, the whole lot of us in HiTEG would always have a good time teasing him. He's the alim² type and sometimes, some kinda jokes would make him run outside of the room haha.. He's also the lovey-dovey type and has the misfortune of having me stumbling upon his 'treasures' that'll be a sure way to have the whole school know about it.. yup, me and my big mouth haha!

Selalu kantoi with me and always at the receiving end of my teasings!

I remember the first time we at HiTEG finally managed to get through him (before that, he was VERY quiet). We had gone for some data collection and since no other guys were free, I had to bring him along with me and kak Sue. We were a bit uncomfortable as we loved to laugh out loud and all that stuff while he was the quiet type (at that time la). Then, one love song came on the radio and suddenly he asked me to put his phone near the radio. Turned out, he wanted his girlfriend to hear that song haha.. after that, there was no stopping us from teasing him everyday :)

..'hiding' from and 'seeking' my supervisor!

This is the picture of the empty parking space of my supervisor. The course of my day depends on whether his car is parked there (when I'll be hiding away quietly) or if its empty (where it'll be paaaaaaarrrrtttyyy day haha..)

Yup, today I thought, "Gosh, after this, I'm gonna miss menyorok dan mencari Dr Wan"

Haha, those who know me, also KNOW how I always run away from Dr Wan whenever I haven't finished my work, and how I always complain of him missing in action when I NEED to discuss anything with him. In fact, some of my friends 'warn' me beforehand if they see my supervisor anywhere near me when I'm in the mood of hiding!

Hmm.. come to think of it, nowadays, I also hide from my co-supervisor, Dr Farhan hehe.. Lepas ni nak main hide-and-seek ngan sape la gamak nye ye?

..free food!

Yup.. free food! Hahah..

Once, I laughed when I went through the PhDcomics as it commented on postgraduates loving free food, UNTIL I noticed, hey, who doesn't love free food! Especially all of us, whenever anyone knocks on our door saying, "Ade makanan dalam bilik jamuan!", cam lightning je sumer orang pegi hehe..

And what makes it an 'occassion' for us is because we'd go in a big group (usually me, Ramlah, Pojie, Lie, abg Fadzil, Erwan, Choong, Yun, Ramadhan, Rini, Rashwan, Remy, Fared etc), sometimes seemingly like we're so starving and haven't seen food for a long time. Tapi seronok makan ramai² kan..

The best thing is, the 'dining room' is practically beside the postgraduate room, making us always aware whenever a 'feast' is being held.. THEN, we'd patiently wait for someone to offer us a free tea break, or even better, a free lunch haha..

*burppp*

..and good days with the printer!

This is a picture of the printer behaving! *ingat leh tengok selalu ke?*

Anyway, today I was thinking, in a way, I'm gonna miss my good days with the printer too, aren't I? I mean, its not as if it throws its tantrums everyday, kan?

Like today, I needed to print my 'critical' chapter 5 and would you believe it, the printer behaved really good that I'm proud of it! I even patted it encouragingly, just in case it changes its mind :)

So, yeah, I hafta admit, I'm gonna miss my 'days' with this printer!

'Gaduh' with the printer!

One thing I'm sure I'm gonna miss when I leave USM is quarelling with the printer.. and mind you, I'm not the only one facing this problem. Printer ni memang suke gaduh ngan sumer orang.

At times, the printer would be ok but once it throws its tantrums, Ya Allah, nak marah pun ade! No matter what you'd do, it'll refuse to cooperate. You can close and reopen your application, it won't budge. You can restart the pc OR switch off then switch the printer back on, but it'll remain 'silent'. You can also pull out the cable, then re'pasang balik', but the printer would sit there emotionless. Errr, motionless hahah, printers don't usually have emotions but believe me, THIS printer does!

And it always picks the critical time to fuss. For example, when Dr Wan wants me to send something to him, it will be this time that the printer choses to 'mogok'. Arrrrgggghhhh..!