Our birthday treat from beloved mom

Thank you mom....

@#$%

I am in the middle of CLA course...in the midst of various lectures. Surprisingly the lectures are quite good and informative, mostly are on researches. Got some useful tips for my PhD quest in the future. Just got a call letter to attend BTN (and it will be at Balik Pulau, Penang!). Also was told that the dateline for us to fly to NZ is on the 7th of December! Manage to ask for extension to the 14th of December as per the offer letter. I am really overwhelmed....so many things to do in a very short time. And here I am still sitting for my CLA.....anyway, it's finishing tomorrow. Still have some time. InsyaAllah, semoga dipermudahkan Allah.

IELTS result

OK? Satisfied?.....Worth all the effort? Alhamdulillah..........I can now proceed with our visa application. Hmmmmmmm but I need to brush up my writing skill, especially if I want to write a good PhD thesis. Wonder if I could get a feedback from the examiner.

Now....for the visa application. We need to go to KL this Wednesday for the medical checkup. Apparently we need to go to listed panel doctors for the medical examination, and the one in Kuantan is on leave until next week. So off we go again, to KL. It seems we have been in KL on a weekly basis. Once we are in KL, we also need to go to Wisma Putra to get a letter of good conduct, need to collect an official financial affidavit from IIUM (hope they have prepared it). Later, when we come back to KL again we can pick up the medical certificates from the panel doctor and once ready, couriered everything to Singapore....then wait and see............then BTN, then collapse........... It seems that everything has been running smoothly. It is sign that this is a good path for me, after istikharah prayer before, insyaAllah.

Total Bliss......

I am taking 2 days leave...after an exhausting day trip to Gombak....for a 5-minute interview. However, alhamdullillah it went well. This morning I spent 1 hour arranging and finalizing the marks for block 1 student...........and later rest and kemas rumah (yg tak habis2). But, it is a zen moment being at home.............

Ramblings of a tired mind....

I am amazed at the speed of things at this moment. I don't have time to think and to have second thoughts. My prospective supervisor has been very supportive to me all these while. I just sent an email to the manager of the international office requesting for an earlier intake date. With just a phone call to my prospective supervisor, a letter was drafted and immediately emailed to me in the very same morning! This is how things should work and has been working in most of Western countries. If it is the case in Malaysia, they would need to wait for a meeting, for an approval from so many authorities, for a letter.....all the never-ending excuses.

Venting out

I need a break...a much needed break. I thought I would have some after my exam. But no....yesterday was really bad, I am multitasking again.....
I need to............finalize block 2 timetable, organize marks for end of block exam, mark PMP questions, complete 17 credit hours of online generic module, prepare research proposal on FRGS template for CLA, discuss research proposal with my elective research student, prepare for the interview, on calls and clinical work....on top of that the most important is to coach Khadijah for her PKSR 4 next week! I have been neglecting her studies for the past weeks due to my exam....now I only have few days to coach her as I am on call this Saturday, and am going to KL for the interview on Sunday.....this is the price I have to pay for committing to the intention to progress in my career. I really need to ask my hubby to be involved in Khadijah's study. He's supportive in sending her to school and extra classes, but not in coaching her in specific important subjects. Due to my obsessive nature, I need Khadijah to practice and practice in all the practice books I have bought her, but she is so playful and will only do the practices under strict guidance....she is so unlike my youngest sis.....still remember her to be very hardworking even in standard one....so unlike Khadijah.

Papers....a very useful software for all the MAC users out there...

Just to note that Papers software is really good. I have tried using it tonight, it's amazingly good. I am currently compiling all the papers for AKI area, my proposed PhD project. Hopefully it would reduces my headache managing all the bibliographies in the future.
And alhamdullillah, my MSI mouse pad is much better...need to get use to it.