Birthday Bash~

Here is a cake from me to you!

Hey guys! Here I just would like to wish a very Happy Birthday to all my friends and family who celebrates their birthdays in January. Last but not least, to all the readers who coincidentally drop by and so kind to read my blog and if seems to be your birthday, Happy Birthday from me to you too! I hope all of you who who were born in January have a very wonderful years ahead.

1. Papa... 3rd of January
2. Nurul Jannah ( My younger sister )... 13th of January
3. Shakira Alnur ( My youngest sister )... 15th of January
4. Tok Halimah ( My Grandma )... 17th of January
5. Siti Sarah ( My beloved cousin )... 19th of January
6. Kak Fazat... 23rd of January
7. Ms.Heba ( My piano teacher )... 23rd of January

8. Anis Asila ( My best friend )... 25th of January
9. Lubna Tarmohamed... 27th of January

10. Afiqah... 29th of January

Its over!

Well, my exams was finally, officially finished. The one week of pure agony its now over! I had my Arabic continuous writing for the last paper. Woohoo! Its finished... Its finished... Owwoooooo... Hold on young lady~ The results will be coming out soon. Uwww, the results... Owh, I feel scared. I scared that I will get bad marks. I can feel that I will get mostly C's for my results. Huh~ We'll see tomorrow.

Anyway, as I don't have anything to do tonight, I want to do some rearrangment in my bedroom. Right now, my room is erm... o.k... but its not organised. On top of that, since I had my exams, my books are stacking all over the place! Owh, you don't want to see that. I don't have time to put them back properly as I was too busy studying (because I didn't study during the christmas holiday which I supposed to! )

I planned to put my book shelfs near to me so I can reach the books easily while I'm studying ( all of this because I planned to be a VERY systematic students >>> my NEW special programme towards my IGCSE exams <<< Whoa... sounds very ambitious eh? )

Well, I'll better get moving now. I want it to be finished by 10 o'clock though, because I have to get up by 6 the next morning.

Higher education

Earlier today, after having a wonderful mee hoon goreng by Chef Papa, I took an old Malaysian newspaper ( last year newspaper ) on the table. I decided to read it through. I felt too lazy to start my math revision while my stomach still very full! Oh my dear... My tummy looks like a balloon after I had two plates of mee hoon just now. I was really hungry. Huh? Who cares? Hee...Hee...Hee...

Anyway, the newspaper was actually not the main news, its only the special /addition section which you always get when you buy Star ( one of Malaysian English newspaper). So, this section is called StarSpecial as the main title. For this edition ( Wednesday, 16 January 2008), the main topic is about education. I assumed the topic was chosen because it was the beginning of the year, so, its mainly the starting of the Malaysian academic year.

As I continued my reading, I found out that there are so many private universities and colleges now in Malaysia. All of them advertised their schools as there were intakes for February. Huh! Not bad~ Our higher education now is moving forward to the same level as the international and other well-known universities in the world! For example, LimKokwing, Taylor's, and SEGi, just to name a few. I read all the advertisements. Most of them have collaboration with international universities around the world mainly UK and Australia. They offered overseas degree and educations locally. They have this special programme called 3+0. So, Malaysian students now can have the privileged to obtain the best educations in the world for just half the price paid by other overseas students (if they go privately). In addition, the students can also get two degrees at the same time! One from the foreign universities and one from the local universities. Most of the school bodies said that all of the students graduated from their universities / colleges are perfectly prepared for the world of employment. Cool!

In conclusion, I obtained a lot of informations about the higher educations just from reading the newspaper. Thank you so much Star as you provided me with a lot of choices of universities / colleges to choose from. Now, I have a lot of thinking to do. Sigh~

Hmm... I've never thought that one day I have to think of which universities should I choose. And that day came too fast. If before, I always look at my cousins who were preparing themselves to college. This year I will turn 17 and I'm now in my last year of secondary school. Next year, I will turn 18 and I will be in college already ( Or, it can be sooner than that ~ THIS JULY! ) I still remember clearly, in 2005, when I first turned 13, I asked something to my next-bed roommate. She was in Form 5 that year. I called her Kak Azwa ( the Form 5 student which I most closed to ). I asked her whether 5 years in asrama ( hostel ) was too long for her or not. She answered me by saying, " Huh, tak langsung! Kejap jer. Pejam celik, pejam celik, dah Form 5 dah. Hah, macam K.Azwa ni, nak SPM dah tahun ni, " I then took her words and had a thinking about it for awhile. Actually, that time was my very first week staying in hostel. So, I still kinda had the culture shock. But then, I learnt how to cope up with the new environment comfortably. I made many good friends in just two weeks ( I missed them so much! ) Anyway, K. Azwa was right! Its not long after all! Time flies when you just about to enjoy it~ I still couldn't believed that I'm now in my last year of high school. Huh~ The world is getting bigger for me. Meaning that I will be facing a more challenging obstacles in future. Oh, Ya Allah! Give me the strenght...

By the way, after reading the newspaper, Imran called my mummy. I talked with her for awhile. She advised me to focus in my study as I will be sitting for my IGCSE ( equivalent to SPM )this May. She also asked me to perform Solat Istikharah so in hoping I will be getting some sense ( petunjuk dari Allah ) of which path should I choose the best. It is ironic as I was reading about the higher educations before, i.e universities and colleges, but then my mom told me to start thinking about it. Huh, my mom has the Sixth sense!

I didn't continue my conversation with my mom because she has fever right now. As I been told, Shakira and Kak Fazat also sick, only Mak Cik Sunti is o.k~ Poor them... I hope they will get better soon. And Shakira can continue her schooling as usual.

Mock Exam

Its been a week since the first day of my mock exam. Since then, it was a very bumpy ride for me. However, shockingly, I find my English Language and English Literature wasn't bad at all! Whoa... I think, this is the first time I said English is easy. Well, its not that easy. But, its way better compare to Physics and Chemistry. Huh, the questions was really challenging. For me, Biology multiple choice paper was the easiest of all!

I have only one more day for my exam. This Sunday is the last day. I will be sitting for Mathematics, Physics (MC), and Arabic continuous writing.

Well, I better get on with my studies eh? Or, my mummy will not be so happy!

Youch~

Wish me luck guys! :)

A little bit longer...

Thank you to all the people who so kindly to drop by and check out my blog. I'm so sorry it was ages ago since my last update. Hey..Hey...Hey... But not anymore! Lots of stories coming up. I will do the back-date post and I will post my recent activities. So, don't forget to come again and have a peep on my blog! Bye... Have a nice day everyone.

Raya @ Egypt

This was my first time celebrating raya in overseas. Yeah, when we live in other country, then we will appreciate the raya atmosphere in Malaysia. Its quite different here. But still. it was a wonderful experience for me. This year, since there is no lemang, my mom decided to make satay. If before, when we were back then living in Kerteh, we always depends on Pak cik Satay besides the road near the Esso Petrol station. I'm so proud of her because it was her very first attempt but yet it taste really good! So here are some pictures of us preparing the satay.

Here is papa cutting and cleaning the meat first

Papa is waiting for mama to ready the spices

Mama is preparing the spices

This are the spices needed for making satay

Mama is adding some honey

Here is the recipes

Mama is mixing the meat with the spices

Papa and Imran are putting the meat in the stick

Satay without Kuah kacang? Cannot!

And voila! The final product

Doesn't it look yummy? It took us the whole night to prepare it. Phewh... we never thought making satay would be this hard. I mean its not that hard, The ingredients are simple. However, its requires many steps in making it. Starting from cleaning the chicken and take the bones out until grilled it on the fire! Its a lot of work~ Now, every time we want to go and buy satay in Malaysia, I'm sure all of us will appreciate the hardness of the people who made it.

Worth every penny....

P/s: Mama got the recipes from the Internet. Its a new way to be an instant chef I see~

Selamat Hari Raya 2008

I would like to wish to all Muslims in the world, Happy Eid Mubarak. And especially to my families and friends in Malaysia, Selamat Hari Raya, Maaf Zahir dan Batin. I hope you all have a very enjoyable and unforgettable raya ever. Spend this special day with your family and friends.