The World From My Eyes

Salam, As most of you already know, I'm back in school to pursue my postgraduate study. It's only been the second day and I'm already feeling tired. I think it's going to be a roller coaster ride for me for the next one year. And did I mention that I already received an assignment that I need to hand in next Friday. Well, wish me luck and pray that everything will go smoothly for me here. I'll treat you to some photos: A book I found at Car boot Sale that i think might be useful for me =P Excited kid on her first day of school and around my new school.

Salam to all, Just want to let you all know that I have safely arrived in UK. Though not yet in Coventry but currently in Bristol. I landed at Heathrow Airport last Saturday around 4.30pm local time without much hassle from the immigration and border control. But I had to wait for my sister to arrived from Qatar before taking the bus to Bristol at 1 in the morning. Finally managed to reach Bristol at 3am. I'm still struggling with jetlag and trying to beat it by being a tourist around Bristol. Heathrow Airport 20092014 2307 Well, this post won't be about Bristol, will write about it soon. I just want to express my gratitude to my colleagues and friends that held farewells for me. My colleagues organized a lunch potluck for me which I was deeply touched and they personally cooked the dishes for the event. Lunch with Tiff, Shermynn and Becky before they head off for their holiday and they won't be around during the potluck lunch. Some of the delicious foods coo...

In the midst of packing my stuff,I found this cute and helpful tip on packing. Well, I do need to squeeze a year of supply into 1 big suitcase, a cabin luggage and my backpack. So, hope this is useful for all travelers out there including myself. Hopefully I'll get my packing done by tomorrow so that I can rest on Friday before flying off the next day. Wanna have a sneak peak of what I've packed so far? Malaysians abroad will definitely understand this..hehe

I've decided to put my chef hat on today and share with you my chocolate brownie recipe that I've been using since my undergrad days. I'm baking tonight to bring to the potluck lunch that my colleagues have organized for me and they have requested for me to bake for them so here it is. Ingredients 85g baking chocolate 1/2 cup butter 1 cup sugar (I usually only use 3/4 cup sugar) a pinch of salt 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 3/4 cup flour 3/4 cup chocolate chip and nuts The ingredients Procedure 1. Combine butter and baking chocolate until both of them melt 2. Add sugar and salt. Mix. 3. Add egg one by one and vanilla extract. Stir until the mixture is homogenous. 4. Sprinkle flour slowly into the mixture. 5. Add chocolate chips and nuts into the the mixture and mix. 6. Pour the mixture into a baking tray and bake at 180 deg C for 30-45 mins. 7. Cool on a cooling rack. Ready to put in the oven Topping 1. On low heat, mix milk and baking chocol...

To kids out there who really want to grow up fast so they can be adults, my advice to you is DON’T! We adults wish to go back to being a kid so that we don’t have to do what adults do. Sometimes it’s tiring being an adult. We adults have so many things to think about, the responsibilities to take care of and the decisions to make. Decision making is tough, especially if you have equally good options to choose from. I hate making decisions but in life we cannot run away from it. We have to make decisions on a daily basis. Even early in the morning when you start your day you have to decide whether you want to get up or sleep in. This is just what we have to do as a human being. Well getting back to the topic, I have to make a decision regarding my future and I have to decide on it soon. So, should I or should I not? I’ll give myself the end of this week to decide

Any of you a fan of Maher Zain here? I bet some of you are. Well, if love Maher Zain's songs try listening to this new singer named Farid Sanullah. He was born in Malaysia but he grew up in Australia. I really like his #1 single Subhanallah. You can listen to the song here: The other song that I like is Don't Forget Allah. You can listen to it here: He also just came out with a full album entitle Don't Forget Alla which has these 2 songs and 6 other songs. I hope you will enjoy his songs as much as I did.

Salam to all, It's been awhile since I've updated this blog. I was a bit occupied during the fasting month hence the lack of update for the past month. Well, it's already the month of Syawal where muslims around the world celebrates Eid Mubarak after a month of fasting. Talking about Eid, my Eid holiday is coming to an end and I'll be heading back to KL tomorrow. So this will be the last night I'll be spending at my grandparents house. When you talk about Eid in Malaysia, the first thing that comes to people's mind is ketupat and rendang (the famous dishes during Eid in Malaysia). These are usually the main dishes that are served during Eid. When I was a kid, I always wonder why my family never served these dishes during Eid even though they are mentioned in most Malay Eid songs. As I grew older, I started to understand that different states in Malaysia have different cultures and in the cultures that my families are in, we don't serve rendang and ke...