Away

Just to inform you guys that I will be away to New Zealand from the 17th to 30th of November. So, I will not be updating my blog till then. I'll update with the details from NZ when I get back.
Till then~

Looking for that someone

I just finished watching a movie with my friends which was Ayat-ayat cinta. An Indonesian film that really touched me. I am sooo falling in love with Fahri. His character is so pure. I wish I could find someone like him..hehehe

For those yang tak tahu, ayat-ayat cinta is a tale of a virtuous Muslim protagonist who overcomes all obstacles of life maintaining pure ideals. Fahri bin Abdillah is a poor, intelligent student who wins a scholarship to complete his graduate degree at Egypt's esteemed Al Azhar University. Very disciplined and dedicated by nature, Fahri embraces his life in Cairo, completing his studies and translation of religious books with full enthusiasm, exactly according to pre-determined targets. Only one goal is left unattempted: the pursuit of marriage.

For Fahri is innocent and pure, and doesn't believe in the concept of relationships prior to marriage. He is inarticulate and shy around women. All his life, only two women have been close to him ? his mother and grandmother. Life changes drastically in Egypt for he suddenly finds himself surrounded by four beautiful, distinctly different women.

Maria Girgis, a shy, open-minded Coptic-Christian neighbor who is attracted to the teachings of the Holy Al Quran, finds herself falling in love with Fahri (a fact she only reveals to her diary). Nurul, a student at Al Azhar like Fahri, is the Muslim daughter of a renowned Indonesian cleric. Fahri feels unworthy of her and thus ignores his feelings for her, leaving her confused and guessing. Noura, an abused Egyptian neighbor, develops strong romantic feelings for Fahri, who in turn simply sympathizes with her situation. His romantic rejection destroys her and eventually leads to a false accusation of rape. Aisha, a German Turkish student in Cairo haunts Fahri with her beautiful eyes. Following an incident on the metro where Fahri defends her against narrow minded bigoted Muslims, both immediately develop feelings for each other.

As the story unravels, Fahri face daunting decisions and forces us to marvel at his undying loyalty to the true ideals of Islam as he ultimately makes the choice of a lifetime.

This movie really touched me deep and its like a reminder to remind me of the things that I sometimes neglected in my daily live. Living far from home surrounded by non Muslims with less guidance can sometimes made me forget the purpose of life. For those who haven't watched this movie, i really recommend you to watch it and hopefully it has the same impact on you as it had on me.

~If there's no Nile, there would be no Egypt~
Hopefully one day, I will find my 'Fahri'

Freedom: but why am I not feeling it?

FREEDOM, HAPPY, ENJOY!!!

This is what I should be feeling after I finished my exam this morning but that is not the case. I was having a hard time studying for my two last papers which was Organic Chem and Pharmacology. Not only that there was such a lot of information to digest but there was also a lot of memorizing. Since school I know that reading and memorizing subjects are my weakness. I just can't find my way around it and it still seems to be the case.

Besides the studying and all I still find the exam hard, I just can't recall the information from the back of my brain. I don't know if its due to the lack of sleep or I just haven't study hard enough. Maybe both. Well last night I had the chemistry paper which ended at 8pm and in 12 hours which was 8am this morning I had my pharmaco paper. I just don't like the way they set our exam timetables. But I guess I should be thankful as some of my friends who took both the papers that I took and still got immunology tonight. Life sucks I know, the world is never fair. I'm just thankful that I don't have to face the same things as them.

Now that its all over, I just hope that everything went well and hope that I pass both the papers so that I don't have to retake it or worst case scenario repeat the course again next year. I wouldn't want that to happen. For the time being I just need to get back to reality and carry on with life. Come on it's 4 moths of holiday might as well enjoy it. Pen's off. nite~

Alhamdulillah

I'm really thankful for what I have achieved in lfe so far. Eventhough sometimes I get drifted apart from Him, He still gave me chances to obtain/achieve meaningful things in life.

Yesterday I received an email saying that I got the UQ Summer Research Scholarship. At last..I really2 hope that I got this scholarship. At least it will cover my living expenses after I am broke coming back from New Zealand. So once again I will be in the lab this summer holiday at the School of Pharmacy doing research on mangoes..(yes people the mango as in the fruit that most of us like to eat.). Who would have thought that mangoes wll have anything interesting in it besides of its good taste(well I didnt).

This summer will be my second research project after the one that I did in IMB. I'm really looking forward to it. I just love working in the lab. Eventhough the real life working environment is not as what I though it was but I'm prepared for it and hopefully I will not regret it later on.

People outside the science community will think that people in white coats working in the lab do not have a life and are loners but they are wrong. I meet lots of people from all around the world by working in the lab. They also have many activities that they do together its just up to us if we want to join them or not. But its a good place to mingle with people if you know how to.

Seriously I am grateful for the opportunity given to me so far. UQ is the best place as it has various research institutes that I can apply to do research. Now I just want to find the field that I like working in and hopefully I can do my honours in that field. I'm still trying out various field and I really hope I'll find the one that sutes my interest. Now, I'm really having a taste of what my future career will be like and I'm loving it to bits..hehe

(bunyi nerd giler k post nie..hehe)

Just another one

I know its been quite a while since i last updated this blog. Truthfully, I've been busy with uni stuff. Class dah abes since 24th of October and before that there was tonnes and really mean tonnes of assignmnets to be submitted. Due to my raya holiday back to Malaysia everything seems delayed. Well, i'll update with the recent ongoings..

We had the Asean Uni Games on the same weekend as my conference. It was a sporting event with the countries from asean namely Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. We were competing in Netball, Basketball and Soccer. I played netball and we came second after Singapore. Wish we had gold but Singaporeans were tough competitors. Overall Malaysia came first as we got gold for basketball and soccer.

The weekend after classes ended we had this Kursus Integrasi and Perpaduan thingy..not really exciting but the discussion during that event was really informative. On Saturday night I went to Bond Uni at Gold Coast with apek, joe, hajar and dan as they have this Deeparaya festival. The food was fabulous..(ok free food mmg sentiasa fabulous pn..hehe). Met some new friends and menari pocho2..hehe..Overall it was fun.

Then its Monday again which I was supposed to start studying for my finals as it was officially the start of swot vac. But couldnt get much done due to exhaustion from the weekend and the feeling of malas nak mati nk study. But last Thursday went out to city (kuar lg..i know x sepatutnye keluar). Nie bukan kuar for saje2 nk shopping but it was Maya's last day in Brissy and die nak balik Malaysia the next day. So me, ciktie n diana pn had lunch with her and teman die shopping baju2 baby..(jealousnye kwn aku sorg nie dh nk jd mak). Eventhough die dh 4 months pregnant tp perut masih x nmpk lg. Maya: have a safe journey back and nnt dh bersalin jgn lupe bgtau..

And the final event was last night pergi concert Chris Brown and Rihanna whch was super duper fabulous. Memule mcm dh nk give up cari ticket as kat ticketek dh sold out seat2 yg best. At last me n hajar got the tix from ebay..Seriously it was the best concert that I've been to. Chris Brown went on stage first opening with the song 'Wall to Wall'. I sung and dance my heart out. By the time Chris Brown stepped off the stage i was soo exhausted and have a severe sore throat. The half an hour interval between the show made us tired of waiting but as Rihanna's performance was extra magnificent, it was worth the wait. Rihanna was so gorgeous, I was mesmerized by her look. She is soooo beautiful..With the dancing and singing, she definitely brought the house down. Seriously, if she's doing another concert in the future i'll be going again.

Well, now its back to reality. I have finals coming around the corner which I need to nerd myself into. So, Just a reminder:

5/11-Biot2002

11/11-Chem2041

12/11-Biom2041

Pray for me and hopefully i will do well in my exams. Cant wait to get over it as I have my NZ trip to look forward to after my exams..YEAY!!!!