Occupied Weekends

Salam..

              I miss spending weekends at home lying down and wrapped in duvet with the earphones on. *lazy bum.  These past few weekends had been filled with events and lots of good stuffs . Just a couple of weeks ago I went to Ireland for a second time to attend a seminar. It was right after the last lecture that we took a cab to the airport and we even had our dinner along the way knowing there will not be enough time to do so before checking in. Regardless of the second visit, I still missed a chance to go to Giant's Causeways since each time I went to Ireland, it's always to attend a programme. 

Last week there was a muslimah nasheed event which was held in Leeds. I took part as one of the committees and opened up a food stall at the same time. As I was assigned as the prize officer, I was responsible to prepare the door gift for the guests. Maka malam tu bertungkus lumus saya bake kek coklat dan kek pisang plus our durian crepe together with Hidayah. We slept at 3 am. Tu pun atas sofa je and sambung buat durian crepe pukul 5 pagi. Letih. But alhamdulillah that our durian crepe and kuih sagu were selling fast. Everything went smoothly as planned and we even had much more participation if compared to last year.

Our poster designed by Hidayah

Looks tempting right? They actually are. People kept asking for them even after they had gone off. Hehe.. Opening a food stall at any Malaysian events is a good idea I would say because you will gain a lot more profit than what you invested. Mesti laku punya.

Plaques for the nasheed winners

Third place -  University of Warwick

Second place - University of Birmingham

and the winner -  University of Sheffiled

There was also a nasheed event for muslimin been held yesterday in Sheffield. We went there a day earlier to take part as a volunteer in Sheffield Malaysian Games as they didn't have a good amount of volunteers to account for a huge number of participants. I had initially requested to volunteer in indoor games but my name was finally listed in Food unit. Hah..muka ni asyik jadi AJK Makanan aje =_=

I already knew the event will be flooded by a large number of Malaysian but I'd never thought that it was going to be that much. And guess what? I almost had my back broken to serve all those people. Nak duduk pun tak sempat. Tsskk.

Salah satu tugas saya kena bancuh teh tarik sampaikan keesokan harinya kalau terserempak dengan ex-customer, dorang dah bagi tagline "akak teh tarik". Ok fine.

Lautan manusia

Oh ye..masa ni dorang invite Khairy Jamaluddin gak. Sempat la jugak berborak masa KJ ni datang melawat stall. hehe

That's it for the Sheffield Games which left me to sleep for 12 hours on that night. haha. The next day we went to NEXT. They brought Faizal Tahir for this year's special guest artist as well as a judge. Overall, the event was awesome but I think the muslimah version was a bit more advanced in terms of their creativity and originality. Well it's just from my personal point of view.

That's all for now. Till then, Assalamualaikum.

Saya dan Dapur

Salam..

ayam masak merah in progress

        Apart from being a student, I'm also now doing a catering service. Haha.. Just kidding. I enjoyed cooking, not that I'm a good cook but I'd always found this particular hobby does take the stress away. The fear of confronting the patients, the disturbing thoughts of upcoming exams as well as some killer subjects that have never been digested nor successfully drawn my attention towards them, interestingly they are all disappeared once I'm in the kitchen! Hehe..

The other thing is baking. Well it's not only me but all my other housemates have considered baking as part of their passion. Wah..gituu. Even if there's no special occasions, there'll always be someone who volunteers to bake. For nothing. Kadang-kadang tu sampai dua tiga orang kat dapur buat dessert yang berlainan jenis. Haha.. Maybe sebab dekat UK ni senang nak cari bahan and kebanyakannya dah ready made. Tepung gandum kat rumah ktorang memang kena selalu topup. Sekali beli 2 paket dan tak sampai sebulan dah habis. Makan gandum agaknya kami semua ni. 

I used to be a Kitchen Committee twice, one was during a winter event and the other was just two days ago. The challenging part was when we had to cook for 160 participants for 6 times daily. Yes it's tedious but you'll find it worthwhile seeing everyone enjoying what you'd cooked for them. I was never being paid for that, but I took that responsibility just to gain experiences. In syaa Allah walaupun dengan sekecil-kecil usaha, Allah akan nilai kan? Dengan syarat ianya disulami dengan keikhlasan.

Usually, the Malaysian Committee will find a location at the countryside when they organize any events. You know there's something precious when it comes to the countryside which is the scenery itself. I had always reminded myself not to sleep along the way. I wanna capture every single pictures in mind because I know someday when I'm back for good, I'll miss this country a lot. I might not have a chance to come back here again in the future. Who knows..

Kitchen Committees, RISE 2013

Dekat RISE ni la banyak sangat drama kat dapur. Nasik tak masak, lauk tak cukup pastu tido pun 3 atau 4 jam je. First day lagi dah kena dugaan sebab nasik yg ditanak atas dapur tu asyik jelantah je. Bayangkan la peserta sampai dari jauh and dorang pun kelaparan tapi nasik untuk 160 orang hanya ada satu periuk aje yang masak. Cuak sangat masa tu. Haha.. At last ktorang beli periuk eletrik tapi yang ade cuma size kecik. Bantai je la kan.. So ktorang buat shift sebab nasik kena masak continuously untuk tampung semua peserta. Janji dorang dapat makan. Ade yang sambil sental periuk pun bleh tertido dan x kurang juga yg tertido dalam toilet. hahahaha...

the dining room

Cantik kan? Nanti rumah sendiri nak design camni bleh x? hehe

I made her to get into an action :p

That's all for now peeps. Let's get back on the track. I'm supposed to be studying! Till then, Assalamualaikum.

   

Muslimah Itu

Assalamualaikum..

Muslimah itu,
Terkadang gelak kuat tak henti-henti,
Terkadang juga minum berdiri,
Terkadang sebelum tidur terlupa baca doa dan ayat Kursi,
Terkadang pakai stoking mula dari kaki kiri,
Terkadang aci redah sarung kasut orang lain tanpa di sedari.

Muslimah itu,
Terkadang gembira sampai terlompat terkinja sambil senyum tayang gigi,
Terkadang air matanya menitis laju tak terperi,
Terkadang rasa lemah sampai tak mampu nak bangun-bangun lagi,
Terkadang rasa marah menguasai diri,
Sampai rasa nak lempang orang tu laju-laju without mercy.

Muslimah itu,
Adalah manusia biasa,
Yang tak lari dari segala bagai perasaan sebagai manusia,
Yang tak lari dari segala macam ujian dan pancaroba,
Yang tak lari dari perasaan lemah dan tak bermaya,
Yang tak lari dari buat khilaf salah dan dosa
Kerana apa?
Kerana dia juga manusia biasa.

Apa-apa pun,
Yang pastinya,
Muslimah itu,
Sentiasa bangkit bila terjatuh,
Sentiasa cuba gembirakan orang lain walau hatinya sendiri remuk,
Sentiasa cuba untuk improve diri,
Dari semasa ke semasa tanpa henti,
Walau terkadang dia tersungkur,
Itu bukan kerana dia lemah,
Tapi itu kerana dia cuba ambil masa untuk bangkit semula,
Jadi kuat dari sebelumnya,
Kerana dia berusaha,
Untuk menjadi bidadari dunia,
Dan juga di akhirat sana.

-Shared from Super Akhawat

Midnight Post

Salam..

          Hello blog.. It's 12.58 a.m at the moment when I would normally sleep after I did my revision. That's in the case of study week otherwise it will be a lot earlier with the bed keeps seducing me at all times. *sleepy head. Oh yeah..I've done with my last paper just now in the morning. 

Hooray? Not really.. Knowing the real challenge begins next week kinda break my nerves. Yes it's the beginning of semester 2 where I will encounter the real patients plus abundance of hard subjects to digest. Other than that, I've got lots of events and programmes to handle during the weekends. Hmm.. guess I need to stop being indifferent and be more well-organized. May the spirits last till the end. Ameen... The three weeks break is gonna end soon and I have several things to do in mind before the classes start in which one of them is to hit the kitchen! 

Last three days, we went to celebrate Mek Chah's birthday as well as escaping from the exam mode for a moment. As usual it was a potluck type dinner and we the 'anak dara' prepared a tiramisu and carbonara with tagliatelle. The other food were also amazing and that's why I'd always like to grab a chance to gather with the Malaysians. Hehe..

Mek Chah is one-year-old now

That's it. Till we meet again blog. I can't write longer because my eyes are half opened right now. Huhu.. Goodnight UKrians and good morning Malaysians :)

Till the, assalamualaikum.

Headache

Salam..

        As an optometry student, headache would be a very familiar aspect in our study. Basically you can tell the type of headache based on its location, onset, frequency and severity. The process of classifying the headache in regards to those aspects is called differential diagnosis. It's very important to diagnose what has really caused the headache in order to determine whether the patient needs further referral or maybe just a self treatment.

I'm not gonna list down every single type of headache I've learnt. I'm just writing this since I'm currently having a constant head pain on the temporal side and around the eyes. The pain usually begins at the end of the day, probably because I've already worn out by that time. I would usually avoid any pain relief like paracetamol or ibuprofen as long as I can still get hold onto the pain. Nothing would be helping at that moment rather than lying in the dark room. Honestly, I have no idea what could be the best possible type of headache it is but looking at the symptoms I have, it might be a migraine or asthenopia (headache due to the uncorrected refractive error).

Just now in the evening I had an eye examination at the eye clinic and I kind sort of complaining of my headache. Since my field of view and the intraocular pressure were absolutely fine, the supervisor could only suggest it might be due to the under corrected refractive error because my current spectacle itself is not to the latest prescription. For that case and at the same time using the benefit of an optom student to get a 40% discount, I ordered a new pair of glasses (heheheh). Anyhow, if the symptoms persist, she'd like me to see the GP for a confirmation.

That's it for the headache... and below is a different story :)

Last night, we went to Leeds to celebrate one of our usrahmates, Kak Hanis before she's back to Malaysia for good. It was just a small gathering at an Arabian restaurant. What I like about the restaurant is they give us the option whether to sit at the table or on the floor and the food were served in a tray. It's rarely found in the UK unless if we get involved with any events with the Malaysians. The food was nice but a bit pricey I guess.

Mandy rice

That is Kak Hanis, the one with the glasses on. I adore her in a way that she has always come out with many brilliant ideas in the usrah. I love to listen to her points, particularly when she relates the content in the Quran with the reality in life.

Dunya and akhirah are not of two separate things, thus we've got to make them two balanced. That's how I define great people, those with great knowledge and balance between dunya and akhirah. I used to ask two separate person on how to have a great knowledge of akhirah and interestingly, they both gave me the same answers which are :

1. Referring Al-quran and sunnah

2. Attending 'majlis ilmu'

3. Other reading materials, books etc 

4. Based on our experiences and others

No one was initially born as a smart cookie. It takes steps to reach to that point, right?

"Kejarlah akhirat, dunia akan mengikutimu"

Till then, Assalamualaikum

My Routine

Assalamualaikum...

            My health condition is not at its best at the moment. I'm currently having a full package of sickness that the fever comes along with the flu, cough and headache. It's been over a week yet they have not shown any signs of recovery. Sobbss.. Takpelah, seandainya sakit itu pengubat dosa. In syaa Allah.. The condition get worse since I'd been ignoring it. I should have had a rest and I wanted to but the situation just didn't allow me to do so. Abundance of things came passed by and I had a rough time just to keep everything in place.

 Now I admit that the second year is a lot hectic than it was during the first year especially during Monday when the lectures end up at 4 p.m and as soon after that I need to take my turn to cook for dinner. The next following day is a bit free and Wednesday is when I love the most because of the practicals themselves.

Anyway, life is not always easy. Friday is when I always have the same terrible feeling. Supposedly it has to be a day full of barakah and it actually is but the COCS (Clinical Optometry and Communication Skills) practical had always made my heart skipped a beat. *or two beats maybe? Having a thought of dealing with the supervisor alone could agitate my sleep. It is basically a practical that I'd done before during the first year but what makes it different this year is that we are going to be assessed by the supervisor throughout the routine and they will rate us whether competent or incompetent. Initially I was chasing for that competent level and how I always felt bad whenever I was not able to achieve so. But as time goes on, I've realized that the feeling of contentment is not only when I get competent but it could be as well when I've prepared enough and tried my best or the supervisor will at least gave a compliment even though they did not rate me that competent level. After all, it's not the result that you achieve, but it's what you learn throughout the process that matters, right?

I'm happy that my schedule is now packed. It means I will have less oversleep time (selalunye kan terlebih tido.hehe..) and less thought of unnecessary things and less shopping in which I usually do once a week but now since my house is a long way from the city, it has somehow lessen the desire to spend. Thank God for that!!

Till then, Assalamualaikum

Eid Mubarak 2013

Salam..

      How's your Eid everyone? hehe.. Mine was great. Alhamdullillah.. Being surrounded by beautiful friends and seniors made it feels like home. Excitingly we celebrated it twice, one was on Tuesday and the other one was during the weekend.

We've got a 3 hours lecture on Tuesday starting from 11.00 a.m, so there were plenty of time to perform our prayer at the mosque but unfortunately as soon as we arrived they had just finished. Sobss.. and we just sat there listening to the khutbah. It's every woman's problem I guess to consume many hours to get herself ready.. well occasionally maybe :D  *hari rayalah katakan..

Since it was our very first time wearing baju kurung to lectures, it's kinda compulsory to have some shots aite?? ngeh3...

Gadis-gadis bunga

We did skip one of the lectures on that day without the feeling of guilty since it's allowable. hehe.. That's the bonus of studying in Bradford where the Pakistani forms a major population in here.

Kak Baini's open house

Today's event was fun as well but since the laziness is empowering me at this moment so let the pictures do the talking!

The hungry faces

The people

Fahim with his own gwiyomi style haha

Lovely Aisha

Till then.. Assalamualaikum..