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let's learn another 10 new vocab

2010-04-01T10:35:00.000+08:00

1 April 2010

1) Wheedle

persuade/influence
I wheedle him for our next honeymoon trip

2) Gibberish

speak with no meaning
keyword = ish, rubbish
just ignore him. he talks gibberish

3) Squander

spend money in wasteful way
I squander my 2 years of saving on 2 weeks in the mall

4) Libelous

write badly about something in magazine/news
the judge asked the magazine to retract its libelous statement in print

5) Belie

hide something, usually emotion
her calm face belied the terror she was feeling

6) Baffle

unable to understand
keyword = baffle, puzzle
she was completely baffled by his strange behaviour

7) Wane

weaker
his strength and popularity start to wane

8) Burlesque

stupid
how to pull off the burlesque look?

9) Simper

smile (annoying way)
she gave her teacher a simpering smile

10) Taciturn

saying little, talk less
He is a taciturn person

learn 10 new vocabs a day

2010-03-24T12:23:00.001+08:00

Wednesay - March 24th, 2010

1) Cacophony

meaning = harsh sounds
keyword = phony which reflects to Sound
example = a cacophony of birds

2) Intrigue

meaning = komplot jahat
example = the intrigue must be stopped

3) Incumbent

meaning = penjawat
example = the minister and the incumbent were present

4) Typify

meaning = menjelaskan, mencirikan
keyword = type, ciri
example = the song typify her

5) Self-effacing

meaning = merendah diri, modest
keyword = face, muka
example = the royal is self-effacing

6) Compendium

meaning = short but complete story of a book
keyword = compend, complete
example = hands on the compendium, instead of your full thesis

7) Judicious

meaning = bijak
keyword = antonym kpd judi, judi adalah perbuatan tak bijak
example = he invests judiciously

8) Abeyance

meaning = terbiar
keyword = yance, yard, backyard yang tak terjaga
example = just hold the issue in abeyance until further notice

9) Depraved

meaning = rosak akhlak
keyword = desperate, depraved, terdesak adalah perbuatan yg agak tak elok
example = the old man is cruel and depraved

10) Deprived

meaning = serba kekurangan
keyword = totally different dgn depraved, w/pun hanya twist satu abjad, so must be something yg baik
example = she came from a deprived family

The year of death

2010-02-27T17:50:00.003+08:00

Life is short. It is certainly true with this old cliche. Since last year, I've seen so many deaths around me. But due to my work in Penang, I didn't have the chance to see on my own the rituals. Most of them were young at their age and suffered to some illness. However, some of them died abruptly with no reason. Allah loves them.

The lists below are the names of the person who had gone from our life, may the departed soul rest in peace, and Allah, The Almighty forgive and bless them.

1) Arwah Maksu - my 3rd grandmother - died suddenly early of last year. She had no illness at all and died during the night when all the creatures fall asleep, including her. May she rest in peace

2) Arwah Makcik Zah - my sister's mother-in-law - died due to suspected blood cancer, they said that during the operation the doctor accidentally cut the wrong capillary, causing the blood to flow endlessly. May Allah bless her soul and pay each and every pains she suffered with pahala.

3) Arwah Tok Ayah - my grandfather - after a year of Arwah Maksu (his wife) and a week of Arwah Makcik Zah's, my Tok Ayah departed peacefully at his son's house. His departure was unexpected and suspected to be caused by heart disease. He left behind 16 children from two wives.

4) Arwah Maksu Mekchik - a good neighbor of ours - departed suddenly at her house after Isya' prayer. I still remember a week before her death, we had our good leisure time, along with my cousin and grandmother. I offered her my Mamee and she ate it. That was the last. No medical report on her death, but her daughter said she might be suffered of heart disease. May Allah bless her soul

5) Arwah Kak Salma - a cousin to my father - early of this year, she died at ICU Kubang Kerian due to diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure. But high BP was suspected to take her life away. I met her for the last time during her daughter ceremony. She used to be a quite fat woman, but after the diabetes, she looked very thin and seemed like only the skins wrapped the skull and the bones. She passed away with husband's forgiveness. I got a chance to see the body during "the bathe" ceremony. Her face looked dull and pale. And it really pinned to my heart. May Allah shows His Mercy

6) Arwah Tengku Intan Karina - a cousin to my auntie - died immediately in a car crash at Kuala Terengganu. She was so adorable, with fair skin and a pair of chinese eyes. I met her a day before at Pantai Bukit Keluang, but I didn't notice her. I was so shocked with the news. She was hit by a **** drunken chinese guy. She was with her friend in Iswara and the **** chinese in Waja. Her friend is in ICU, same goes to that chinese guy. The **** guy was admitted to the ICU not due to the accident, but due to the injury caused by mat rempit who saw the tragedy. Poor TIK and her friend. The news was in Harian Metro as a frontpage on 17/2/2010. TIK, you will be remembered and missed deeply by the family and friends. May Allah bless your soul.

7) Arwah Ahmad Zakuan @ Sibir - a good friend at USM - died yesterday (27/2/2010) at Turkmenistan, where he worked. Suspected to be poisoned by the gaseous of damaged heater in his room. His friend noticed the body was departed when he tried to wake his up during shift replacement. Arwah was a good friend, last met was at USM Transkrian. He was good at software and hardware, so we all frequently ask for his service to repair our computers. He charged very minimal. He was very kind during his lifetime. May Allah bless his soul

To all of us, do ask forgiveness from your husband, parents and foremost, from Allah The Forgiver. Life is for us to do all the good tasks, to follow the rules, to live peacefully and to forgive each other. May Allah give us a long life to perform the good deeds. May Allah bless all of us. Amin

Yay! After 3 weeks struggling

2010-01-14T14:27:00.001+08:00

Alhamdulillah, after 3 weeks at UMT , I managed to apply 4 usa's univ, which I really pray that at least one of them will accept me. It's quite tough since I need to accomplish GRE and score well, compared to UK which only requires IELTS only. I had tried GRE sample question previously and it was DAMN hard! You can try one here http://www.greguide.com/Free-GRE-Practice-Tests/Problem-Solving-GRE-Practice-Test-1.html

I'm currently preparing for my ielts. My placement is confirmed at BC, Penang on 6th March 2010. I really really hope I can do well and everything goes smoothly. One of my friend over here scored band 8.0! KPT requires 6.5 however.

I wanna talk about Ganu. This weekend is going to be my 1st weekend at KT. My auntie's house is near to Ganu aiport and takes around 20mins to Bandar KT, and looks kinda boring to having a weekend over here. KT has Mydin Mall, the biggest mall which I BELIEVE don't have any boutiques like Liz Claiborne, Levis, Guess where we can easily get in Penang. My friends said, she annually shops clothes, shoes, bags at KL. Well, looks like I'll experience it too in next 3-4 years.

Lunch over here also expensive. I thought KT is a low cost city but I'm totally wrong! A piece of chicken cost RM3.50, not inclusive of nasi or veggies. I think in Penang with RM3.50, I could get a complete meal. And you can get even cheaper if you're Intellier (it's cheaper than outside). And a cup of hot milo costs RM1.50. At Intel, a glass of fresh juice costs you only 90 cents! I never thought such price at KT. But I'm lucky because my auntie cooks for me at all time. Ahaks!

I'm so grateful =)

After a week

2010-01-05T09:21:00.004+08:00

Still struggling with the title. I really have no idea of what to do for my Ph. D. Yesterday after 30 mins discussion with KJ, he said "anything will do, as long as it is hydrogen fuel". So I think I will try to explore the application of hydrogen fuel, not focusing on fuel production.

So for this week activity, I will prepare my best CV and approach Prof from Oxford, Purdue, UCL, Penn, Albany and some other uni from US. The idea is to get the title from them, if they got one. So let's pray along with me, hopefully God bless me and help me, open their heart to at least reply my email. Amin

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updated: 7/1/10

After having a long tought about above, and after everydays surfing on their website, I don't think I'm qualify for their graduate admission. I will expand my horizon (huhu) 7 hari mencari cinta.. to united states plak. Hope Allah will help me. Amin

New Year at Penang

2009-12-29T11:35:00.000+08:00

I am soooooooooo excited. Just can't wait for the weekend to come and greet me =)
Actually I plan to go and meet hubby after 2wks at UMT, but you know, love can't wait. And I damn miss him so much. We plan to spend the weekend at Bukit Merah Laketown Resort, but I think I've had it enough. Since time is the biggest limiter to us, I think I'll propose to Jerejak Resort or budget hotel at Feringgi? or just have a Penang island trip like we always do when we're bored?

The sad part is, I need to bring my books and journals along with us. And the most "trulest saddest" is I don't have yet the title to propose. Argh! I miss my former Prof, he will definitely help to find one

My new career life at UMT

2009-12-27T15:24:00.003+08:00

I woke up lazily this morning. I just don't know why I was reluctant to go and register at UMT today. Is it because I'm missing my hubby which lives 300 miles away from me? Or is it because I missed my "hectic" life as a process engineer?..I leave the question without any answers..

After registration at Pejabat Pendaftar today, I drove to Fakulti Sc n Tech for another registration. I met with my Ketua Jabatan (KJ) and had a nice conversation with him. He was ex-MRSMKT by the way =). He was so excited with his research and offered me to further my study under him, which then I declined and said that "kalu bleh nak merantau sbb saya ni tak penah lg blaja kt obersea". He smiled and nodded.

He asked me " dah ada tpt nak study ke?". Well, of course I got none. I have one inside my head i.e. Oregon State University because previously I thought I'll be asking to pursue in wave energy. However, it changed today. KJ told me " kalu bleh p la yg 5 top uni yg UMT prioritize.." then he continued " Oxford, Cambridge, UCL etc". I almost get a heart attack when I heard those words came out from his mouth!! Well, I'm not that smart brilliant genius Isaac Newton to study at any of those unis, I'm just average person who has a dream to live outside Malaysia (for 3-4 years only). Not like spending my whole life doing research and tries to explore something beyond my imagination. After that great shock, I smiled to him and said " I'm thinking of USA instead of UK, since USA also currently establishing their wave energy. Eventho it's kinda tough there, but to strengthen my fundamental, it's a good advantage for me". He continued " US pn ok, tp try to look into hydrogen fuel, not wave energy..or you can go to Denmark. I have counterpart there, I can refer you to him" Denmark? I have been there once, lovely but costly. Your RM10 values about 20 kroner which made by nickel and can buy 2L mineral water :). I just smiled and said that I'll be thinking about that and propose to him several names of uni.

I was located at Tutor/Fellow's room and surprised to see that 5-6 persons in that room. All of them will fly next year furthering their Ph. D just like me. And they are younger than me so they need to call me Kak Yana (duhh!!) But I'm so grateful that I have industrial experience which taught me how to deal with pressure and be aggrasive. Only experience teach you that. Pray for my success and my journey here goes well and smooth. InsyaAllah

Thinking of buying a Pavilion?

2009-12-03T11:19:00.002+08:00

My friend is about to sell her laptop - HP Pavilion entertainment PC, comes with touch screen, remote control, webcam and other various attractive features. But the question is - should I buy it?

If UMT did not provide me the laptop, definitely I will buy it. But if UMT provides me, then what will happen to this HP? Sell as 3rd hand items? Hmmm at 1.7k I think it's worth buying

foot note: Amendment- my friend is selling at 1.9k .. and I need to think it twice!

Annual Dinner 2009

2009-11-17T10:17:00.012+08:00

I was so excited for the party.. so I bought myself a new pair of hi-heels from ELLE, new colourful pareo from Kamdar, full with glitters in pink colour tudung at BJ which cost me only RM20, and selendang on my shoulder RM10.

The party was fantastic, jam-packed with hilarious of great kepoh MC named Michelle Goh. However, the food was so-so. The crowds lined up for the food so I went for the dessert first instead of the main course. I luv their cheese cakes but I just cannot fill up my stomach with all of them. I served myself with a small amount of nasik and lasagna. As I said, the food was really so-so. I wonder why my previous dinner teambulding here was fabulous. I spent 2 hours eating, and eating and eating.

The event started at 7.45pm and finished at 11pm. The performance was extraordinary, especially the dancers. I just can't take my eyes off you huhuhu...so seksis! Unfortunately, I was so sad because I didn't get any lucky draw prizes for the night, hmm I'm always not lucky... very rare and can be said NONE to get a lucky draw prizes...

But it's ok..eventho I'm not lucky for the lucky draw, I'm still lucky because I got 2 big good news at the end of the year.. or should I call it "2009 - my dreams came true year"?

BTW, what are the 2 good news?

work STILL in progress

2009-11-04T15:01:00.008+08:00

kinda funny when your boss asked you to do a little favor for him, walhal that task must to be taken care by you.. it is your daily job!.. hmm.. left another 1 and half months before my resignation, but why my boss treat me like that? you know what....I am WAYYYYYYYY happy...huahuahua... I hate it when I have to wake up and remind myself that I still have that period of time to kill away..all I want to do right now is prepare myself to ....

I guess, I'm not supposed to disclose it yet .... though I'm looking forward to leave you Intel, deep inside I'll be missing you, especially all the experience, joy and friendship you offered over past 3 years. I will definitely treasure it .. seee I missed you already =(

another Monday blues

2009-11-02T16:52:00.004+08:00

Monday - kick off..so damn lazy to wake up this morning while abg still soundly sleeping (arghh jeles kena bangun pagi)..put up a shirt, jeans and tudung which requires no ironing at all (to express my laziness on Monday)..no later after that, I just remember that I fast today! you go girl, 3 days to go..without wasting my time (well, my wedding-gift-watch showed 8.08am), I head off to work hastily, carrying a ~3kg laptop on my back..

I daily use the Queensbay route to reach my workplace, where I can obviously see the majestic of in-progress Eastin Hotel on my left side.. long before it existed, I can feel the pleasant and calming morning fresh air, accompanied with uplifting musics on the radio and sometimes the talkative FaFau and FBI on Hot.fm...except last quarter..the construction workers started to dig out and put in all the drains, and dusty cements and those sludgelike sands when rains pour down..created very unsanitary and muddy environment...and they put us on jeopardy when they closed down 2 out of 3 lanes..and when the bottleneck comes into the picture..it will slow down the traffic..luckily not many car drivers choose to use that isolated route...so I'm still can get a good spot to park my black car eventhough it was 8.15 am =)

I feel headache

2009-10-31T00:02:00.001+08:00

Today is friday and hubby is out for work..feel terribly headache and definitely sleepy..after a while I then see the watch on my white wall..omg..it is 12pm!!..no wonder..