The World From My Eyes

Since I have some free time in my hand, I decided to put into action my scrapbook project which has been on hold for nearly 2 years (yes, it has been that long). This project is basically compiling all my travel tickets and other stuff for my future reference. Looking back at all of the tickets brought back memories of the travels. These are definitely the memories that I cherished. Want a sneak peek of my work? Here they are: Now that this scrapbook is up to date, I just have to update it with my future travels. Can't wait for it, the next one will be in two weeks time! Weeeee...

Hi all, A good news came in the email yesterday morning, after completing my Honours year (final year of degree) for 7 ++ years; the work that I did is finally published in Nature Communications. That was longer than I expected and I am ever thankful that it is finally out. Although I only contributed a little during my 8 months of Honours year out of the whole paper, I am proud that I am able to contribute something to the scientific community. Since I am no longer doing anything related to research, I guess this will be my last published scientific paper, unless I ever decided to do a PhD sometime down the road. Let me further think about that choice ;P If you're interested, here's the link to the paper . I guess this is a good start for this year. 2018, bring it on! Till then~

It's another year and I can't believe that this year will be the 10th year since I started blogging, and yes that's a long way I've come. I'm not going to bore you with another boring new year wish and resolution post.  Reflecting on what happened in 2017, I've realised that I've come a long way since then. How both my professional and personal life had an unexpected turn and I've realised that whatever plans I had for myself was never really mine as Allah has better plans for me. Even though I have not seen the light at the end of the tunnel yet, who am I to doubt the what Allah has planned for me. Whatever it is, I believe it will be the best for me.  So hoping that 2018 will be a better year for me and I can't wait to write 12 new chapters in my life with 365 new pages. 

Another achievement unlocked! After wanting to try for some time I finally had the guts to do Viper Challenge. Well, we registered as a team of 4 but 2 of my friends had a problem with their registration so ended it was just the 2 of us. We signed up for the 6.45am flag off and it was a good decision as it wasn't that hot and we managed to finish everything in 4 hours. It was quite challenging especially the upper body obstacles and out of 20 obstacles I completed 18 as the 2 that I missed are actually wall kind of challenge which I don't have the height and support to complete it. Besides that, it was pretty muddy as well. Overall, it was quite a fun and interesting experience but will I do it again? Maybe not. Yup, definitely survived My post Viper meal, soo good!

It's Valentine's day today!!! Well, it's not what I want to write about today. So today is my last day as 'penanam anggur' aka unemployed as I will be in the working again starting tomorrow.  Half excited, half nervous but I'm really looking forward to this new place. new adventure, and new challenges. Wish me luck!

Hi all, I'm back in my comfort zone of my parent's home. Yeay!! After 1 year and 5 months abroad I am finally home where I belong. It feels so good to be back but a bit tired from the journey and jet lag. Even this morning I woke up at 4 in the morning and failed to go back to bed. Then I had breakfast with my dad before he heads to work and now I'm trying to keep awake as it is already 1 in the morning in the UK. Can't wait to meet and catch up with my friends. Till then~

Hi all, A piece that I wrote for Warwick student blog was published today. After few revisions, it was finally out and you can find the article here . For those who are looking for funding to pursue their education (be it tertiary or a professional certificate)  can be difficult. Therefore I hope my post will be able to help those who are struggling with funding. Besides that, some of you may not have a clue on how to write a candidacy statement. Here is how I wrote mine when I applied for a scholarship to fund my Master's programme: Introduction - your background including your education history and if you have work experience; a brief description of your work experience(s). Why do you want to study the course - give reasons why do you want to pursue the course? You can list out the modules that attracted you to apply for the course. Future plans - what you hope to obtain from studying the course, which modules are relevant for your future career plans (list out mo