Saya dah kata, bila mood menulis datang kan, hari-hari la ada entry. Sengal kaki berjalan seharian tawaf bandar Melbourne..hasil?huhuhu..tawaf Mekah ada juga faedah dan barakahnya kan? tapi kalau tawaf bandar melbourne..apalagi jika tawaf Direct Factory Outlet(DFO), duit la banyak keluar. Minggu ni sale sakan sempena Easter dan Good Friday so ramai betul umat di DFO dan Melbourne City. Bersesak-sesak dengan macam-macam kerenah. Keluar dari DFO, tersentak dengan hujan..alahai..windy and raining semua cukup. Berlari-lari la kami berdua mencari tempat berlindung dan makan malam (merangkap breakfast dan lunch)...terperasan dua student dari Malaysia tapi sebab dah terlalu kedepan..taklah sempat menegur.

Ada masa saya pelik juga..dan tertanya-tanya..segelintir students Malaysia di bandar Melbourne ni agak 'kedekut' senyuman dan sapaan. Bila bertemu ada yang sekadar menjeling aje walaupun disedekahkan dengan senyuman...sadis sungguh dan diluar batas pemahaman saya. Sekiranya bangsa lain berada dibumi asing ni, pantang jika terjumpa saudara serumpun..hatta ditepi jalan pun sakan bersembang. Saya tak nafikan..ada yg ramah dan baik mesra menegur..tak semua yg masam mencuka. Tapi itulah..terkilan bila senyuman dibalas dengan jelingan. Apa nak dikata?hmmm...

Iye iye..sindrom menulis sudah datang (so glad). Tapi entry bithday Adam I dah tulis lama..during March lagi..haha..sangat excited dengan birthday anak..sebab setakat hari ni kami hanya ada sorang saje permata hati. Susah payah kami nak dapatkan sorang tu jadi maafkan keterujaan saya sebagai mommy.

Saya ada cakap dengan housemate yg saya sangat appreciate weekend ni..err..setiap weekend pun saya bersyukur tapi weekend kali ni saya rasa sangat happy. Ada few reasons:

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  Saya dah hantar Portfolio Part B (sangat rasa nak menjerit lompat-lompat tapi control okay). Belum dapat feedback dari Guidance Officer tapi at least beban sampai tak tidur bermalam-malam tu dah selesai alhamdulillah. Separuh dari perjuangan sudah berjaya.


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  Lagi 2 kali weekend saya dapat jumpa hubby dan anak kesayangan saya..insyaallah. Makin dekat reunion kami jadi saya sangat happy overloaded. Bukan senang nak dapat peluang berholiday di luar Malaysia sebabkami bukan kaya raya. Allah tarik nikmat saya bersama anak tapi Allah gandakan rezeki kami sekeluarga..alhamdulillah.


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  Minggu ni ada sale best sempena Easter. Saya tak sambut tapi saya sambut sale tu..haha. Bukannya boleh shopping bagai nak gila pun sebab elaun ciput aje. Sekadar nak beli barang keperluan untuk guna masa Bush Camp nanti (minggu depan). Tapi perasaan bila beli barang tu kan yg paling best walaupun setakat beli ubat gigi..hahaha.

Hubby ingat saya bercamping esok jadi awal-awal lagi dah turunkan pesan dan doa..hehe..masa tu saya tengah mamai baca sms dia. Then dia call berkali-kali dan saya mamai lagi..iye..sehabis kelas harini saya balik terus zzzz...masa dikelas tadi pun saya jenuh melawan rasa mengantuk dan keletihan akibat tak tidur malam seminggu ni. Punya la dalam hati berdoa jangan tertutup mata saya dengan rasa mengantuk..alhamdulillah..saya berjaya..hehe. Petuanya..saya skip lunch harini..sebabnya kalau la saya lunch..dah tentu mata saya lagi berat. Dan saya ter skip dinner..sebab saya tidur..huhuhu. Bangun jam 12am nk wish birthday anak (dan solat)..perut berkeroncong lapar. Minggu depan dalam jadual ada camping di Lady Northcote Camp. Saya macam berat hati sikit nak pergi. Seronok bila tengok jadual aktiviti. Macam-macam ada..rafting, high rope, giant swing, archery, scavenger hunt. Tapi sekarang ni autumn kan..sejuk masyaallah. And then waktu solat saya la soalnya..tapi insyaallah akan dipermudahkan harapnya. Start dari hari Rabu after lunch and balik hari jumaat. Yang tak berapa nak syioknya..balik aje dah kena prepare another assessment..waaaaa....tak syioknyeeee..

'Sting' the pilot Stop for breakfast dulu

Sale Botanic Gardens

Siang tadi we sent our friend ke East Sale for his course. After 2 months bersama di sini, terasa sebak juga bila melambai pulang tadi. Malaysian disini cuma berempat dan dia seperti Abang Long yg menjaga kami berdua. Abang Long yg seorang lagi jarang keluar jadi kami bertiga yg kerap bersama. Hari minggu memang rutin kami keluar dari pagi hingga malam dan tanpa dia, memang akan terasa kurangnya. Perjalanan ke East Sale tadi mengambil masa 4 jam lebih juga. Tak silap saya jaraknya dalam 220km dari Melbourne. Our friend akan meneruskan perjuangan for Instructor Pilot Course or IPC sehingga bulan August ni. Semoga dia tabah dan bersabar dengan cabaran baru di RAAF East Sale. Sempat juga kami berjalan-jalan disekitar Port Sale dan tentunya kemeriahan takkan sama seperti di Melbourne. Jika di bilik kami di DITC, kelengkapan komputer dan internet disediakan, disana tiada. Jika disini sangat senang hendak kebandar (Stesen keretapi hanya 1km diluar base), disana perlu berjalan sejauh 7km untuk keluar. Jadi, kami doakan supaya Mej Sting dapat sesuaikan diri dengan baik. Kalau tension pun..boleh terbang dengan PC9 tu..jadi mungkin kuranglah sikit kerinduan pada family dan kawan-kawan di Melbourne.

Frustrated..I'm burning holes on the notes as well as the computer staring at the words and trying very hard to digest its meanings. At last (frustrated and nearly giving up and searching for other materials), I went out with the other ladies to the mess. I don't really want to have dinner but I just want to have that long walk from our house to the mess to clear up my mind...hoping I could focus on my tasks afterward. Thanks to a gorgeous looking New Zealander, I had a good laugh with the ladies..well, I'm not looking at him and trying to get his attention (the fish on my plate look more tempting and delicious to me) but he happened to sit at our table. I had a good discussion with one Pacific Islander sitting in front of me while my ladies friends were attempting to listen to his conversation with the two guys from Laos. I guess he noticed their interest and announced (out of context as my friend said) that he misses his fiancee. Upon hearing it, the two ladies shut off their antenna and focused on their meals..hahaha..

While walking back, we histerically recollect the moment he looked at us when we were at the lounge drinking coffee after we had dinner. I have to admit he is a good looking guy...and the ladies are right to have starry eyes...hahaha. But we don't want to be blame for any harrassment issue..though as I said to my friends, we could always blame that for being the ETDC students, we are now not in our right mind.

Sigh..sigh...where am I just now? Owh..my reading materials are still on my table waiting for me. I finally decided to go through it one step at one time since I have plenty of time. I'll finish with analysing the 4 articles tonight and continue with the tasks tomorrow and the activities the day after. On friday, I'll have to concentrate on the CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) Programme overview and by Saturday, I'll finish half of my task..Insyaallah.

I have to go out on Saturday because I have to buy few necessities for the coming Bush Camp and on Sunday we'll be driving to East Sale. Pilot is going there for his target course and we'll miss another good friend...hmm...not so great week but perhaps a good weekend? We should see, shouldn't we?

Our Pilot is going away soon and we will miss another good and reliable company

My classmates from Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand

p.s. I miss my Adam and my family too.

Assignment menimbun tinggi memanggil-manggil minta disiapkan tapi tuan rumah rasa sangat malas nak membaca articles dan journals dihari minggu. Semalam seharian berjalan mencuci mata (sedang berlangsung F1 di melbourne minggu ni jadi bandar melbourne sangat padat dengan manusia semalam and harini juga) di sekitar South Warf dan terus naik train ke rumah sepupu pilot di Carrum. Kami cuma diberitahu ada makan-makan tapi tak la menduga rupanya ada birthday party for darling Hazimi yg genap setahun..aduhai..segan sungguh bertandang kerumah orang yg baru first time tu jumpa tanpa bawa apa-apa. Nak masak pun bukannya kami ni berdapur kan. Cuaca semalam agak sejuk dan menambah degree of 'kelaparan'...bila ramai Malaysian berkumpul..faham ajelah..sedap bersembang dan sedap juga menyuap makanan.

Di Base pula, memang sudah dimaklumkan awal-awal lagi..adanya gangguan elektrik selama 2 hari (Sabtu dan Ahad) for maintainance purpose. Saya sampai kerumah semalam dalam jam 11 malam and by then dah ada elektrik...kalau takde alamatnya tak tidur la dek kesejukan.Harini saya keseorangan di rumah sebab another 3 housemates pergi ke Temple for routine prayer. Sehabis basuh baju and lipat baju, kemaskan fail dan baca sikit-sikit for kelas next week..

Next week dah minggu terakhir bulan March..dan April yg sangat ditunggu-tunggu bakal tiba. Tapi yg agak kurang best sebab kena fikirkan banyak submission bulan April. Research Paper juga kena submit sehari selepas cuti panjang..aduhai...jadinya, in order to be able to bergembira dengan hati senang masa cuti nanti, kenalah bekerja keras dari sekarang dan siapkan kerja lebih awal. Mampukah???

Owh..black crows dah mula banyak...petanda Autumn? hmm..suka betul melepak atas lampu..bila hari-hari mendung tu..sangat rasa gloomy..black crow and gray sky.

view from outside my room..kes boring la ni.

Lone flower still blooms in the midmorning..tatau ada lagi or not in another 2 weeks.

This week saya demam. Started on thursday dah start feeling feverish and getting worse on Friday. At last, I requested to go back to my room and sleep. Bangun je tidur petang friday tu..woooo..tekak rasa swollen. But hari Jumaat tu birthday my junior yg sedang course sekali with me so tak mau la jadi party pauper kan..kesian amoi tu first time sambut birthday here. After few snaps and melantak cake yg sangat sedap (made by our seconded officer's wife), dengar ghost story and main game, I masuk tidur after telan another 2 panadols. The season is changing and I think it is the main reason. Lagipun dengan penat berjalan ke Sydney and homeworks yg banyak, tak membantu badan untuk rehat. Next week is another challenging week.Dah start sumamtive assessment dah..I'm praying for the best..Insyaallah.

The whole gang albeit Wasito from Indonesia

Blue from Vietnam with me

Finally Wasito made it (Far left)

Here and There

I love my blog so much and if I don't write that often, it really means something..of course, in my case now I'm terribly busy adjusting my life as a student (full time from 0800-1700). I have so much thing to share, from great experience of going places, our 6th Anniversary and Japan earthquake which resulted the tsunami and becoming a major concern everywhere in the world.

My heart and prayer go to all Japanese and also Malaysians who are there.

Trying to be strong at this dark moment, prayer and helps are the most needed by the people in Japan. Be strong and Insyaallah, our prayers will be answered.

Right now, I'm sitting at my desk trying to recall back events and memories of the past. Having a small gap in between meals and preparation for tomorrow's classes. The course..how should I describe it? When I have no time for my beloved blog..hubby said it should be quite challanging for me. Yeah..in a way I agree with him. Of course, I am doing my Master and I attended AELIC in USA so those really help me with this course. I think what really tiring me every day are the amount of input and also the micro teaching sessions which I really detested.

But I have a fair share of fun (going to places I would never have chance if not because of this course). I had the most tiring driving experience when we travelled for 2000km from Melbourne to Sydney by car. That was the greatest miles I ever did. Then we had the experience of being up close and personal with Sydney Opera House..spent there almost hours horsing around and being lunatic. We drove back and enjoy the 12 Apostles which I think so amazing and wonderful. Our 6th Anniversary came on the 12 th March and hubby called and sms me beautiful words and I truly feel touched. This year we have to make do with simple wishes but very meaningful nevertheless. I'm looking forward April because my husband , son and sister will come here and we'll have fun exploring Melbourne together. I feel sad everytime I go somewhere because I would love to have my beloved together with me.

All in all, please pray for all peoples who are suffering a great deal. may they will be given strength and will. Enjoy the pictures and insyaallah will post an update when I have free time.