Missing Miri

There were times in your life when you would keep looking to a point of your past as that point gave you the the best part of your life journey. Same goes to me, when it comes to my internship in Miri. How am I supposed to forget all the memories when...

The place no longer makes dogs a taboo for you..

-Kebun Ayah Sya, October 2010

You're visiting a new place just for the sake of new experience, but you end up having a photograph with Maher Zain..

-Masjid Sultan Hasanal Bolkiah, Brunei, July 2010

Your lecturer has been telling you about the nodding donkey in the class, but now you have the real machine working 5 meters from you..

-Brunei, July 2010

Your friends make a surprise birthday celebration while having breakfast at mamak's restaurant when jungle-trekking is the only thing that plays in your mind..

-Mamak restaurant, Bintulu, 27 November 2010

You're too excited to throw a surprise birthday celebration to someone close in the thick Borneo Rainforest, so you wrap the birthday cake with a non-see-through plastic..

Not knowing the waterfall you're heading to would take you an hour of ups and downs the hill.. So the SR Raspberry Cake you bought ends up melt in the box and left you with this..

But still, the mission is on.. So you take the ugly cake to the birthday girl who was having fun in the water (got this planned as well)..

..but unexpectedly, the birthday girl ends up happy with the surprise, and the ugly birthday cake as well! :)

-Athirah's birthday, Nibong waterfall, Lambir Hills National Park

When you have friends who can sing well (with a not-so-well facial expression while singing), who can sing not-so-well-but-quite-OK (haha), and play guitar well..

And you enjoy being the cameraman and director for the video clip..

When hiking is the only option that you have to entertain yourself..

-Dinding waterfall, Lambir Hills National Park

... but the friendships, and the green views that you have, are just worthwhile :)

-Dinding waterfall, Lambir Hills National Park

When you think that baling selipar is the best game; rather than your FB Cupcakes.

- Pantai Bungai, Bekenu

- Sarawak Shell 100 years Anniversary Celebration - Treasure Hunt dry run

When you and your team are instructed to build the highest replica of platform for the sake of completing a task in a treasure hunt contest, your team come up with this;

This one is SPAR anyway, replicating this;

Same tak? Haha

When you and your friends are convinced that part-time modelling is the best job for you, despite the other things you're really up to.

- Oil Spill Exercise, Pantai Lutong

When weekend outing is a must :)

And watching sunset with your friends is part of your weekend activity..

- Tanjung Lobang, Miri

And despite of all the workloads, the friendship is still there :)

Now tell me how I'm supposed to forget all these memories?

Boleh ke?

Boleh ke kalau nak menangis sebab your lecturer indirectly says that you're not on a par with her expectation?

Boleh ke kalau nak menangis sebab someone rejected your idea and look down on you?

Boleh kalau nak menangis kalau you want to meet someone's expectation but you have limited resources bounded around you?

Boleh ke nak menangis kalau you feel like you have nothing inside you?

Boleh ke?

New semester begins!

; with much disappointments.

The new semester is back; after a super-short, 10-day semester break. I just hate this new requirement that UTP has to follow for the sake of accreditation. It causes us the final year students to compact all 3 semesters in 12 months instead of 16! It can be simply said that we almost have no mid-sem break as all we've got was a 4-day break including Saturday and Sunday! I wish that you'd know how much I hate this accreditation thing; I wanna spend more time home with mak and abah. I hate the feeling when we're leaving home saying goodbye and promising that we'll be back soon :(

That was the first disappointment. Next comes the second.

Picture taken from here.

I love learning French, and my 4-year experience learning French during high school has never disappoint me but this time, I kinda wanna say 'I hate French' for this one reason :(

I failed to register in the course for my first attempt during my 3rd year as the slot was already full so I did the course registration much earlier this time and luckily, I managed to make myself in! However, as I stepped into the class, I was taken aback seeing a large crowd in the class and it was like 3/4 full! And it's not the seats that were 3/4 full, but its the space in the class! You had let someone to kiss your butt just to make your way to the empty seats! Erghhhh.

- At first I wondered if the large crowd truly managed to register themselves in the PRISM (our online database system for registration etc.) for the course and as far as I concern, it's only those who managed to register themselves in the PRISM will make their way to the course!

- But it's opposite for this course! The lecturer will only take in those who first signed up MANUALLY in the class by writing their name in the list distributed at the end of the class!

- And no one was aware of 'that' system as the lecturer post the announcement in the online portal where no one can access until the end of the first week of the semester!

- And seeing there were so may guys queuing, I just had some little patience for my turn and that makes my name to be among the last and not accepted to be in the class! :(

And that was only 30% of everything that demotivated me within this 3 weeks. Now I'm wishing for a rainbow waiting me ahead :(

New layout this time!

And after one year, I'm in love with this new layout for the facts that;

1) It's simple

Growing older you'll always love something simple. So I think to have a layout with an almost similar tone and less different shades suffice to be considered as 'simple'. I once had my first blog layout self-tailored to be very funky and colorful. And I don't think that I had many permanent reader back then for that reason. Then brown-obsession struck me last year, so I changed the layout to this one:

Quite simple, and no complicated navigation. I love that. Dark brown and pastel-pink was a such great combination, ain't it? :)

2) No fussy and big header

I don't much prefer the idea to have my readers to scroll down just to reach my first entry so this one best suits my preference. A unique font for the title is enough, no unnecessary image! :)

Last but not the least,

3) Self-tailored icon!

I've read an article about changing the blog icon long time ago, but didn't find the necessity to do so until I met this current layout! Am so in love with this theme, so I decided to make this blog to be more ME. So I came up with this;

Hehehe, nothing much. Just a 1 minute job using Paint :) Feel free to get the tutorial here. Easy-peasy one ;)

Final Year Project

Alhamdulillah, dipinjamkan lagi oksigen dan organ2 yang berfungsi dengan baik hari ini :)

Quite a long time since I last wrote, but to keep this beloved blog silent for months was never an option; there'd been just so many things coming up, and to watch Running Man was one of those :P But frankly, life doing final year is not something easy when it comes to Final Year Project. Yes, FYP.

My project is basically an experiment-based, testing two types of polymer as the drag reducing agent in water flow system. I'm currently doing major in Reservoir Engineering and to have a project on flow assurance are two non-parallel scopes. But I somehow can't help myself from liking and being enthusiastic in completing this project - though I'd lost track for quite many times, as I've put my best effort doing the preliminary research, and came out with a 100% self-dependent proposal myself!

BUT I'm quite demotivated when thinking that I have to fabricate my own experiment setup; getting the pump, the pipes, the beam and everything! But when I come to think that the current technology we're having now is made up of infinite research and EFFORT and PATIENCE and HEADACHES of other great researches, I just keep telling myself that this is my own responsibility to the industry; to at least initiate a research that can assist another researcher. Got what I meant?

Simply said that, I wanna be admired as much as I admire the people who wrote great research papers. Many of the papers I read talked about simple topics, but later I came to realize that their research is basically combining pieces of other research. And that combined pieces are what I'm impressed with now! Great writings with detailed analysis.

I just hope I can someday be like them.

Iffah Bt Suhaide

Subhanallah.

Kau berikan keindahan walau dalam kepahitan.

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Tadi Kak Ida call. Cakap baby die dah selamat keluar. Baby perempuan :') Panjang sejengkal, cukup sifat dah. Subhanallah. Aku terkesima membayangkan ciptaan Tuhan sepanjang sejengkal, cukup sifat yang mendiami perut ibunya selama 5 bulan. Memang sengaja Allah menduga kami, agar kami sedar akan kebenaran ayat2-Nya dalam Al-Quran. Betapa berkuasanya Dia untuk mencipta dan mematikan. Betapa berkuasanya Dia mencipta sesuatu dari benda sekecil zarah, yang kemudiannya membesar menjadi sejengkal. Betapa kecilnya zarah itu, tapi mampu untuk membentuk sesuatu yang tak pernah mampu kita cipta dengan tangan sendiri. Subhanallah. Saiz sejengkal itu pun aku dah cukup terkesima.

Allah menarik Iffah dari kami bukan suka2 untuk beri kami kesedihan. Pasti ada sesuatu yang mahu disampaikan-Nya. Redha dan tabah, itulah yang mampu kami lakukan sekarang. Itu yang terbaik untuk Iffah. Terima kasih Ya Allah untuk pinjaman ini walau sementara. Jagakan Iffah untuk ibu dan ayahnya di sana :')

Bahagia itu datang :)

Alhamdulillah, terima kasih pada-Mu Ya Allah, di atas segala pemberian-Mu ini :)

Semenjak dua ni, terlalu banyak bahagia yang datang. TERLALU BANYAK, sampaikan aku lupa akan perkara2 yang selalunya aku sedihkan. Tak pernah rasa semacam ni. TAK PERNAH, TAK PERNAH.

Berita pasal kawan baik sekolah rendah bakal jadi ibu, kakak yang jadi teman gaduh waktu kecik2 nak jadi mak jugak dah, result internship yang ditunggu2 untuk meneutralkan CGPA aku, dapat duit claim dari event tahun lepas, dan malam ni, berita lain yang datang :)

Seorang sahabat sudah menemui kebahagiaan yang dirasakan dulu pernah hilang. Alhamdulillah :) Memang sangat bahagia :)

Fado Easy Vacation Theory

... or might be best called as Fado Float-for-a-Vacation Theory as well.

Coming back from Miri had give me this so-called 'gatal kaki' to be in some other new place. Malaysia is not bad anyway. Well to me, the satisfaction of going on a trip does not really depend on 'how far you went' neither 'how much you spent'. Any place that gives you any new experience does good enough for you to remember everything about the place; though the experience was quite a bitter one, being cheated by a taxi driver for instance.

Well I'm not writing today to talk about on vacation tips but this is more to nonsense. Scientifically nonsense.

This idea came up when I frequently fly months back, and reading the flight magazine is always the first option to escape the boredom but there were times when I forced myself too much to read, I ended up with nonsense in mind; and to be a flight attendant was one of it (-_-) But I had this ONE question that rushed in my thought, which I think was the most scientific among all (though it my seem stupid to you), was

Why do airplanes fly when all we know is the Earth is moving?

Won't we be 'left' by our destination that we're heading to?

Can we invent something like the typical airplanes, except that they don't fly (apekah?). They just float. So just let the Earth moves. And we wait. So logically, when you wait 12hours, you'll be somewhere 180degree (in longitudinal direction) away from the current location. And you'll be in your initial place if you wait 24 hours.

BUT.

I'd just realized how nonsense this idea was as I neglected the gravity effect. Even if I were able to invent something that can help me to float, the gravity effect will always drag me together with the moving Earth. Simple.

Stupid idea this is, isn't it? But I need to record all this super stupid and insane idea of mine. Thanks for reading. And sorry if I waste your precious time, but this is 1 minute-reading entry anyway. I did consider your precious time.

Happy Birthday Pekot!

Aku rase motif blog aku sekarang ni hanyalah untuk wish birthday orang je. Tapi seriusli nafsu nak menulis datang bile ade birthday orang je. Maka segala catatan kehidupan yang lain selalu tergendala. Takpe, nanti2 ade lah update baru dalam blog ni macam dulu :)

I knew this one close friend of mine since high school. Sekali pandang memang macam sombong durjana (haha) tapi bak kata orang tua, tak kenal maka tak cinta :) Fakta yang paling menarik, aku tak pernah sekelas pun dengan die ni. Tapi entah macam mane boleh rapat. Mungkin sebab sama rumah sukan. Mungkin juga sebab aku selalu lepak kelas die dulu waktu form 2 sebab membe ketat JB ade kat kelas tu jugak. Mungkin jugak disebabkan perangai kami yang gila2. Mungkin jugak sebab subjek French. Ah macam2 lagi lah yang merapatkan kami.

Tadi aku gali2 album maya dalam laptop aku ni. Dan banyak gambar kami yang aku jumpa. Tapi kelakar, majoriti dalam gambar yang beramai-ramai, aku dengan die ni KONPEM dok sebelah2 je. Macam tak boleh pisah kan? Let's try tengok.

Bukti 1 : Waktu beraya, from 3 tak silap.

Bukti 2 : Beraya lagi. Tak sure ni konvoi raya yang sama dengan yang atas ataupun tak.

Bukti 3 : Waktu perform French choral speaking kat IPTC. Sweet memory..

Bukti 4 : Reunion sekolah. Sila bandingkan dengan gambar bawah.

Bukti 5 : Lepas tukar posisi pun mesti nak sebelah2 jugak!!! =D

Bukti 6 : Waktu support Linda untuk 30n3 tournament kat KLCC. Such a mini reu, tapi rase seronok sangat jumpe my loved ones :)

Bukti 7 : Gambar waktu Hari Kebudayaan Perancis. Dah gambar berdua, sah2 la mesti sebelah2 dok? :D Oh ye. Eiffel kat belakang tu ilusi optik je ye :)

Kami ni macam inseparable. Sekarang ni jauh2 pun slalu aje teringat kat die. Hari ni birthday die, sedih sikit tak dapat celeb birthday die. Takpe, the time will come soon ye sayang :) But here's a small gift from me, reminding you our 10 years story ;) Take a good care of yourself there, your loved ones here will never want to see you cry :)

Pekot,

Untuk menambahkan keceriaan hari anda, nah cari dalam gambar ni 2 benda yang ingatkan aku kat kau ;P Kalau jumpe dapat hadiah spesel ;)

SELAMAT HARI LAHIR BUAT INSAN KESAYANGAN,

NURSYAFIQAH AMIRUDIN :)

I rili rili love my adik!

Date: 28th February 1996

Location: 1 Seraya, SK Kempas

Waktu tu kelas Cikgu Asri. Aku duduk kat tempat paling depan, sebelah pintu. Tibe2 ade orang ketuk pintu, jalan ke arah Cikgu Asri yang tengah mengajar.

ABAH??

Entah ape Abah cakap ngan Cikgu Asri, tapi Abah terus pegi kat meje aku, cakap "Jom balik. Kite tengok Adik"

ADIK? Bukan ke Adik tu haku? Blank di situ.

I packed my things up, and followed Abah. Pimpin tangan Abah. Bangga jalan sepanjang kat koridor kelas tu, dalam hati terdetik

Aku nak balik dah niiiii. Korang duduk la diam2 kat sekolah okee! Peeeace!

Pastu singgah rumah jap sebab hantar beg sekolah, pastu naik motor Yamaha hitam JDG Abah vrooom vrrooom pegi hospital. Motif pegi hospital tak jelas sangat waktu tu. Kabur lagi.

Lokasi: Wad hospital

Aku nampak mak duduk atas katil orang sakit tu n ade 'bakul' transparent kat sebelah mak. Aku pun jenguk la. Eh, ade baby! Maka dari saat tu lah aku tau yang pangkat Adik aku tu dah jatuh kat budak kecik dalam 'bakul' tu.

Nasib baik kau comel, budak kecikkk!

Pastu aku mengada2 selak kain putih yang balut die, aku nampak benda separa pejal warna coklat seraya menjerit

Makkkk die berakkkkk!

Tengok? Dah nampak dah sikap bertanggungjawab aku sebagai seorang kakak di situuu. Wahaha. Tapi walau macam mane punn, aku sangat happy dapat adik baby waktu tu. Boleh cakap satu sekolah tau aku dah jadi kakak sebab aku dok usung ke sana ke mari gambar adik aku. Haha. Sampaikan dalam van bile ondewei balik dari sekolah pun mampu je aku tunjuk abang driver van tu gambar adik aku. "Abang, tengokla. Ni adik sayee". Haha sweet tak sweet takkk?

Maka bermula dari 28 Februari 1996 tu bermulalah hidup aku sebagai seorang kakak kepada Siti Nur Adibah Salleh. Oh ye, name die memang pelik sikit dari aku. Aku Nurul, die Siti. Aku ingat lagi waktu nak pilih name untuk die, Abah nak name die ade IRA tapi kene bangkang dengan nenek belah mak. Wahaha aku bersyukur sebab name IRA tu kene reject waktu tu sebab bile tengok keadaan die yang sekarang ni, sangatlah tak sesuaiii dengan name tu. IRA tu sesuai untuk wanita yang ayu tapi adik aku ni tak ayu, so kite kene bagi name yang boleh kasi gegarrr satu duniaa maka jadikla DIBA. Harhar

Photoshoot dalam rumah. Cool tak?

Dulu waktu umur dia dalam 2 minggu macam tu, ade skali tu mak aku masak sambal udang. Sodap yo. Maka makan lah sume orang kat dapur. Tapi disebabkan aku ni terlalu sayang kat Si Adik ni, maka aku pun berkorbannn la untuk setia menemani adik (padahal mak aku tak suruh punn haha). Tetapi. Aku jelas merupakan seorang kakak yang menyayangi adik, yang mahu adiknya sama2 merasa keindahan ciptaan (masakan) mak. Maka aku calitkan sikit sambal udang tu kat mulut diee. Pelagiii maka meraung laa baby tu! Mak aku cepat2 datang kat kitorang, mak aku tanye nape, aku jawab "Nor bagi die sikit sambal tu" - MENGUCAP PANJANG MAK AKUUU! HAHA - aku pun buat muke 'oh, baby tak boleh makan sambal ye mak?' - HAHA

Alolo cuwitnyee dua beradik nii

Bila da hepi sangat dapat adik, dalam rumah pakai baju tidur pun sanggup je bergambar!

Topi yang die pakai tu merupakan topi aku waktu kecik2 duluu. Harhar. Tapi sekarang dah hilang di bawah pemerintahan die.

Lokasi: Ipoh. Waktu kakak aku kawin, die jadi flower girl. Bajet sweet sangat :P

Sekarang budak kecik yang bajet sweet ni dah Form 3 dah. Tak sangka aku. Kat sekolah die join band, main bende tiup2 E-Flat Horn name die. Aku macam bangga kejap dengan pencapaian die memandangkan kakak die ni suke muzik tapi dungu tak reti main pape. Tu lah, abah tak nak hantar aku kat kelas muzik dulu. Koman2 dapat main kompang pun ok jugak bah~ Ni takat main O2 Mania je.. malu laa nak cakap kat kawan2 Nor pandai main O2 Mania bah~

Budak sewel buang tebiat miahaha

Adik aku sorang ni cool je orangnye. Bile part dengan kawan2 lelaki, die blur semacam. Err dengan kawan pempuan pun die blur jugak. So, tahap ke'blur'an die agak kritikal. Tapi, aku sebagai kakak die yang selalu meninggalkan rumah, asal aku balik je, aku mesti buli die. Macam;

Aku : Dibah, dibah buat air milo sedap kan~~

Dibah : Haaa yeee. Nak suruh buat laa tuuu.

Aku : Hehehe

Takpun,

Aku : Dibah, Kak Nor jarang balik rumah kannn. Mari berbakti kat Kak Nor. Tolong iron baju nihh.

Dibah : Haaa iyeee. Kejap.

Baik kan adik aku ni? :D :D So sempena birthday die semalam, aku tulis entry ni spesel untuk diee. Hehehe. Happy 15th Birthday beloved Adik!

=)