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Salamz sume...

Sorry for not updating the blog for quite a long time. Lot of things to story, yet just a little time can be spent and the biggest losers of all... gambar takdak ar. Dah lama camera tersimpan dalam laci. So, bile gambar takdak, maleh la nak upate blog ni. But suddenly, this afternoon Sal bumped into her old friend at Hippo Play School, and she let us know that many of their friends are actually wondering why our blog is not up to date. He he... so kene le update.

So, first thing first, this is the story of our son, Iman Raziq. Well, I think everybody knows that he is studying in the Kindergarten at Kensington Public School. Last month, we went there for a half yearly report. Macam amek report card la ni. Alhamdulillah, his teacher (Ms. Robinson) told us that Iman has improved a lot. He can now read, understand and write English very good. We are really happy to hear about that. And what makes us proud even more when as the youngest of all in the school, Iman's achievement is amazingly much better than some of the others..Yeah, Hooray!!! Belah kanan ni gamba Iman dengan cikgu kesayangannya... pergh

Dan lagi satu, last month we celebrate Iman's 5th birthday. Ada la buat majlis makan-makan. Antara jemputan yang hadir termasukla Pengarah MSDA, dan pegawai-pegawai konsulat. We've also invited some of our friends, but due to the limited spaces and budgets, sori la ek, tak semua kitorang dapat jemput.

Next, our daughter, Iman Nuryasmin. Well, instead of leaving her under our friend's care during the day, we've decided to send her to Hippo's Play School, instead. This school is located in Botany, next suburb after Mascot. I managed to get good rate (usual rate is au$70 per day), lepas merayu jugak la. Alhamdulillah, Yasmin pun dah suka pegi school.
Inilah gamba anak dara ambo. Sapa la bakal menantu ambo nanti iye en. Farid Jaafar...ehem.. Cakap omputih pun dah makin laju nih..mahal, mahal!hahahahah!

Sal, she just moved to a new office building. Building ala2 korporat gitu... bukan keparat tau! Sudah semestinya, tidak ade langsung ciri2 school..macam pegi keje pun ade jugak... hehehe... Dia tgh happy tu... mana taknye, sampai je kat office dia pagi tadi, ade la plak hadiah atas meja... jeng jeng jeng! hadiah tak la mahal, tapi sape yang bagi tu yang mahal! haaaa... Supervisor dia bagi 3 fridge magnet hasil daripada dia berjalan ke Melbourne dan Polska (Europe country rasanye nih, ntah). Baik tak baik ler... Mcm daddy2 gitu!

Me, emmm... tade cite baru. Cuma last week, I shaved my hair all by myself. Just by using pisau cukur, I managed to botakkan kepala, sebab baru teringat kene baya naza sebab berjaya menamatkan pengajian master yang lepas. Tapi amek masa sejam juga ler. Punye la tak nak pg kedai, mahal tuuu...AU$15 sekali potong. Harga ni kalau kat Msia dah buleh dapat cuci ngan urut sekali. Hehe... anyway, licin beb. InsyaAllah, lepas ni ada juga cite-cite nak biar rambut tumbuh panjang. Teringat masa zaman muda-muda dulu...

Oh ya, satu lagi peristiwa bersejarah, I've changed my supervisor. Sebabnya, supervisor yang lama tu terlalu sibuk, takde masa untuk menyupervise dan tajuk yang diberi juga agak terlampau kecabarannya. So, my current supervisor is Dr. Hui Wu, cukup baik dan beliau banyak membantu. In just less than a month, he already helped me to get a problem to solve. Alhamdulillah.. harap sumanyer will go smooth as planned! Aminnnnn...

So, until next time... selamat menyambut Ramadhan. Dan tak lupa, selamat menyambut kemerdekaan Malaysia yang ke-51. Merdeka... merdeka... merdeka...!

Guess who...

Ahad, 22 Jun 2008, rumah kami di Kensington menjadi tumpuan semua pelajar post grad dan pegawai Malaysia di Sydney. Kenape? Jeng jeng jeng...

That morning, my house was chosen as the host for one of the biggest event organized by MyPSA this year, the visit from ... cube teka sape?

Even tough Sal is not feeling very well, she got flu + sinus + asthma + fever + cough, she still did her best to prepare her specialty, sup tulang. Thanks darling...

And for the kids, well they enjoyed so many food since people who came in did bring pot luck. Yummy... such a tiring day and busy weekend since it was the final exam week. Wish me luck in my exam...

30th anniversary

21st May 1978, at 8.30 am, a baby boy was born in HKL and was given a name Sazly by his beloved father, Anuar. Yesterday, 30 years later, that baby is now a father of two gorgeous kids (a smart, handsome son and a beautiful daughter) and a loving husband to the most prettiest women ever found in this planet, Salfarina.

His father, Anuar and his mother, Su Fatimah, have always been so proud of him. Just before he came here to Australia, they told him that they never had this thought that he will become the first in the family to pursue a PhD and that never imagine this little grubby face boy will make his family feel so proud of him as he is today.

Only last night, this boy couldn't control his tears from coursing down his cheeks. He never left his family for a period of more than a month. But now, he hasn't seen them for more than 7 months. All this while, they only communicate through phone calls . It was his 30th birthday yesterday, celebrated first time in his life without having the family or friends around.

However, he got his very own family now. They still celebrated the day together with full of joys, and laughters, still sang him the birthday song although deep inside his heart he really misses his parents so much. But yet, he feels so grateful, that God has given him chance to live until today, and the chance to gain so many successes in his life. With all of his dearest by his side, who perfectly understands and supports him.

Yesterday, he blew a cake, with one hope, with one wish... A promise to take care of his family, including his parents, no matter what, no matter how, and to make sure that everybody felt so proud of him. Happy 30th birthday to me...

A Trip to Blue Mountain

Salam ceria...

Sabtu lepas (17/5/08), me and my family had a day trip to one of the most beautiful and historical place in NSW, so called the Blue Mountain. Well, it was an adhoc move since we wanted to escape from all the workloads in the whole week.

We started our day as early as 6 am and prepared the meal for the trip. Sal made the delicious sardine sandwiches, jagung bakar and daging burger. The one hour journey began with a train ride from Sydney Central to a town called Blacktown. Kene turun kat Blacktown sebab jalan keretapi tgh direpair, so kene naik bas la plak. Know what, a journey from Blacktown to Katoomba (Blue Mountain) takes about 1 and a half hour. Mak aihh... lenguh badan weh. But as soon as we reached Katoomba, we were so amazed with the scenic views of the town. Ditambah pulak dengan kesejukan cuaca.... brrrrrr... brrrrr...kejang!

To ease our visits and sightseeing activity, we took an explorer bus that goes around blue mountain in every half and hour. Well actually the explorer bus is a double decker bus, which was specially brought from London to here. Dapat la jugak naik, takde la hebat mana pun, best lagi bas mini/rapidfire kat Malaysia... :-)

The most beautiful attraction here is a place called "three sisters". Ada sejarah dia, tapi tak reti nak cite...

As you all can see, there is not so many pictures of myself taken, since I was the cameraman. Lagipun, gambar orang dah kurus memang selalu tunjuk last-last. Ni la klimaks dia... Well everybody, see you in my next entry. Love always...

Atas permintaan ramai, this is the new me:

kebizian... bzzz bzzz buzz lightyear

Mmmmm... lama tak update blog ni. So many stories to tell, yet so few time can be spend on this blog. huhu...

What had happen to us in this couple of weeks? Well, I can only summarize it and sorry cause there is no new picture in it. Hopefully I can put some picture in next entry.

New place to stay
We have moved to a new house which cost us a lot more cheaper (from $360/week to $260/week) and a lot more comfortable (3rd floor apartment to single story house). So, this is our new address:

3/70, Kensington Road,
Kensington, NSW2033,
Australia

Thanks to everybody who has helped us with the removals especially to Abang Ridhwan (UIA) who had carry all the heavy stuff and Kak Suhaila (UiTM) who made us a lunch (sedap kuey teaw tu). Thank you soo much...

Research progress
I might have some problems doing research since I take 3 courses this semester. So, most of my study time is given on the courses rather than research, which obviously not a good idea when doing a PhD. My supervisor had warn me about my lack of progress in doing research. Haiyaaaa... Sudahla kelas banyak assignment.
As for Sal's, she had a very good progress in research. Yesterday she was having a committee presentation and Prof. Ross Jeffry said that she is in the right track and having a very good progress. Emmm... good for her.

Badminton Tournament
A very good news, at least for me. Last Sunday was the final day of Badminton Tournament in UNSW. Well, the tournament is just opened for the Malaysian student/staff/PR here in Sydney. Guess what, me and my partner (Farid - bukan Farid Jaafar yang dirindui) had won the overall champion of mens double. Alhamdulillah... at least I know that I'm good at something.

Weight management
Another good news for me. I managed to reduce my weight since the first day I came here. My weight was 105 kg when I step my foot here in Sydney. Now, based from the yesterday reading, it is only 85 kg. Mak aihhh... ini mesti banyak makan hati buat research... Apapun, It's good to know that I've achieved something here, hehehe...

Emmmm... rasenye tu je la dulu kot. We usually went to bed around 10 pm everyday since it's quite cold at night. Even Sal, Iman and Yasmin got a flue and warm fever. Semoga cepat sembuh yek manja-manja papa...

Farewell to Hasnul Hadi and Hasnul Huari

Salam,

I know that its been a long time since I did my last post. It has been started to be the busiest day of my life, with all the classes, tutorials, assignments, papers to read, presentation, bla... bla... bla...

But what is the saddest thing is that, my brother in law, Hasnul Huari who has been staying with us for almost 3 months have to go back to Malaysia. Well, what can I say about him other than he has been so good while staying with us. He made our house so cheerful, with all the laughter and he really know how to play with Iman Raziq and Iman Nuryasmin. He got quite a good result in the SPM and we hope that he can further his study in the future. Really miss him especially for the kids. Now I have to bring them to playground every day instead of him... hehe...

Hasnul Huari flew back with his brother, Hasnul Hadi who came to visit us for a week with his girl friend, cikgu Sham. Even tough they were staying here for just a week, but the impact is so big. They really made us miss them so much. Man, I don't know what to say. People always come to our place and stay, and we have to suffer missing them after send them back to airport. Still waiting for our time when somebody will send us to airport to fly back to Malaysia. Hopefully, by the end of this year, if we have extra money then we can go for a month holiday in Malaysia.

To all our friends and relatives out there, if you have extra money and want to come for a holiday here, don't worry about the place to stay since we accept you with open arms. Stay here for as long as your holiday. Cheers...

La ni tak boleh nak tulis panjang-panjang, assignment dah start. Ponin kepala eden nak buat.

Jangkitan virus dan badminton tournament...

Uhuk...
Last week, Sal's was infected with a virus. She got a fever and sinus. Alhamdulillah, she's getting better now. Unfortunately, the virus get infected to the whole family. Yesterday (Friday), I got a fever, and coughing all day long. I took 2 pills of panadol, 3 times daily and hopefully its getting better before Sunday because there is a badminton tournament on Sunday. Well, as I'm writing this post, it's getting better now. Our kids, Iman Raziq and Iman Nuryasmin, they were so strong. Alhamdulillah syukur nikmat, they both free from virus infection, only got a flu. it's maybe because the weather is getting so cold, since its going to be Autumn... Sorry to my honey and the kids, I'm not well enough to bring you anywhere this weekends. Dok umah je la ek...

Oh! about the badminton tournament. I am the chairman of badminton league tournament summer 2008 here. FYI, we (Malaysian students, staffs, and PRs) play badminton here on UNSW Gym every Sunday from 11-1pm. Ustaz Zuhir gives the idea for organizing the badminton tournament. Me, who had some experienced in organizing the tournament, especially Liga Badminton FSKTM, volunteered to organized. Well the format is almost the same (main liga juge) but with some adjustment. There were 4 categories this time for all the players compete for the prizes. There are overall champion, plate, bowl and spoon categories. The tournament will start this Sunday. Wah... kan best kalau ade Azlan Ahmad, Azrul Hazri, Alfian, KTW, Farid, Nabil, Azri and everybody else... Selalu kalau buat tournament atau practice, korang semua mesti ade. uhuk...

Apapun, list below is the players for the coming badminton tournament:

1. Sazly / Farid (bukan Farid Jaafar my x-rumet tue...)
2. Mohd Shah / Azmi
3. Amran / Aziz
4. Imran / Ramshah
5. Insan / Azlan (bukan Norazlan Ahmad UPM iyee...)
6. Hassan / Jumadi
7. Ustaz / Megat
8. Prewin / Affan