(26thjun09)
Thursday 25 June 2009
Hold on to your dreams ... 26thJune09
Did you know
that every star that shines
in the midnight sky
is waiting there for you
as each day goes passing by?
For, they are yours for the taking-
all you need is self belief ...
... and the ability to see that setbacks
have solutions just beneath.
So, never let your dreams pass by
for, they are there for you to see
that, if you focus on your goals,
you'll be all you're meant to be.
So, nurture them with all your heart-
leave all your doubts behind
and you simply won't believe
the success you then will find!
(taken from TotalCare Card)
that every star that shines
in the midnight sky
is waiting there for you
as each day goes passing by?
For, they are yours for the taking-
all you need is self belief ...
... and the ability to see that setbacks
have solutions just beneath.
So, never let your dreams pass by
for, they are there for you to see
that, if you focus on your goals,
you'll be all you're meant to be.
So, nurture them with all your heart-
leave all your doubts behind
and you simply won't believe
the success you then will find!
(taken from TotalCare Card)
Wednesday 24 June 2009
PhD without tears ? -25/6/09
Last Saturday, I finally registered myself as a PhD students in one of the local university... full-time. Luckily i was given a staff scholarship for it ... so lucky me, Alhamdulillah & thanks to our generous & caring government. I guess i would never have gotten my degree & master ... and all the lovely experiences in USA and UK if not from those financial supports.
So here i am , a full-time mother (with 5 sons) + full-time wife (yeah, only 1 husband)+ full-time postgraduate student +... or should i say 1/4+1/4+1/4+1/4 = 1?
Well ... nay ... as a mathematician I would say 1/4+1/4+1/4+1/4 IS NOT EQUAL TO 1;
1+1 in my case is equal to 7 ... if u got what i meant. .. ;-}]
With the permission from 'the top' , I started my 1st week as a student in my 'old' office ... wondering where to start and what to do next. Adapting myself to this new role is not as easy as i thought it would be ... So, I decided to make a long checklist of what need to be done and what need to be thrown out.
My first move was to find a new office partner ... checked. I successfully persuade one of my colleagues to move in to my office... so today I handed her the extra keys ... she is a sweet lovely lady, whom actually is my neighbor. I rearranged everything ... all my files and books and started inserting extra table (an old lab table) in the office... sadly, i started to feel like this new 'role' is putting me as 'a 2nd class citizen' in my own place ... :-[
Well, I guess there's no turning back ... I got to make the best of the opportunity, and try very hard to reach for the star ... is there really a PhD without tears?
So here i am , a full-time mother (with 5 sons) + full-time wife (yeah, only 1 husband)+ full-time postgraduate student +... or should i say 1/4+1/4+1/4+1/4 = 1?
Well ... nay ... as a mathematician I would say 1/4+1/4+1/4+1/4 IS NOT EQUAL TO 1;
1+1 in my case is equal to 7 ... if u got what i meant. .. ;-}]
With the permission from 'the top' , I started my 1st week as a student in my 'old' office ... wondering where to start and what to do next. Adapting myself to this new role is not as easy as i thought it would be ... So, I decided to make a long checklist of what need to be done and what need to be thrown out.
My first move was to find a new office partner ... checked. I successfully persuade one of my colleagues to move in to my office... so today I handed her the extra keys ... she is a sweet lovely lady, whom actually is my neighbor. I rearranged everything ... all my files and books and started inserting extra table (an old lab table) in the office... sadly, i started to feel like this new 'role' is putting me as 'a 2nd class citizen' in my own place ... :-[
Well, I guess there's no turning back ... I got to make the best of the opportunity, and try very hard to reach for the star ... is there really a PhD without tears?
Tuesday 23 June 2009
Welcome to nhar-kopitiam,
Assalamua'laikum to all,
Ahlan wasahlan!
Welcome to one of my blogs. This blog is created as a place to express myself ... as a daughter, a mother, a wife, an educationist, a researcher, a student, a friend, a neighbour and foremost, as a muslimah .
So I will share my experience, insyaAllah and I hope u will do the same as well in here.
Again thank u for stopping by!
Ahlan wasahlan!
Welcome to one of my blogs. This blog is created as a place to express myself ... as a daughter, a mother, a wife, an educationist, a researcher, a student, a friend, a neighbour and foremost, as a muslimah .
So I will share my experience, insyaAllah and I hope u will do the same as well in here.
Again thank u for stopping by!
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