Where Santa wears shorts, and snowman is a sandyman

Merry Xmas mate! Ho-ho-ho!

In Downunder, where 'White Christmas' is so irrelevant. 

Santa- Janggut panjang memutih, tapi pakai shorts je. Or if the heatwaves hit, tak pakai langsung la kot! Bahahaha

For snowman, we have 'sandyman' :-P

This is the Xmas on a Summer Wonderland! Hahaha

Cricket’s on, are you listening
On my brow, sweat is glistening
Crackin a beer, we’re glad to be here
Christmas in a summer wonderland

Come around, bring your cossies
And some spray for the mozzies
We’re havin a lark
in the caravan park
Living in a summer wonderland

In the afternoon we’ll have a barbie
Even in a total fire ban

Marinate the bangers with a stubbie
And give a glass of sherry to your nan

Later on, we'll perspire,
As the temperature gets higher
Santa looks out of sorts
He should be in shorts
Christmas in a summer wonderland.

Taktik menghadapi Mama yang marah...

Zaman aku kecik dulu, tak sempat kena marah. Kena jeling je, dah tau la kena cepat-cepat tangan genggam ala nasyid.

Tu belum lagi engkak-engkak (read:tergedik excited)... harus arwah dan-dan tu jugak.

Tapi sekarang ni dah lain. Maybe cara parenting, or maybe Gen Y (..or Gen Z?) punya style la kan...

Bila Lil Adam ngadu kena buli dengan adik dia... aku pun lantang je menyeru "ADIIIIIIIIB!!!!"

Tindakan si pembuat onar adalah... cepat-cepat menyorok belakang pintu, atau kerusi.
Atau apa saja struktur yang berdekatan. Tak kiralah kalau cuma dapat sorokkan kepala, tapi badan tak terlindung. Janji tak bertemu mata dengan aku.

Macam ostrich betul.


Kalau takde tempat menyorok, cepat-cepat tutup mata dengan tangan.
Kalau tangan penuh (contohnya sebab tengah pegang Ultraman), lengan pun boleh...

Dalam kiraan 3, cuba jenguk sikit...

Kalau nampak Mama terrrrsenyum sikit, okay..confirm Mama dah tak marah.

Cenggitu la perangai Bear-Bear ni.
Kalau kena marah, terus "Huwaaaa!!!" dengan airmata buaya.


Tengok la...main duduk dalam kotak pulak dah...

Anak.... anak.... Haishhh

Nasreen's end of journey

I rarely blog about my PhD journey. Ada la sikit-sikit je. Tapi aku malas nak bebel banyak sangat, bcoz I believe tak ramai pun akan faham pasal study aku (Ye ke?).
Kalau study aku yang senang faham ni pun orang tak faham, apatah lagi pasal PhD orang lain. Kan?

This one is an exception, though. 

Not bcoz I am close to her, but we happen to share the same SV. And she has just submitted hers. She also received a Dean's Commendation from the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Operations) and Dean of Graduate Studies, Professor Richard A Russell AM!

So now Dr Nasreen Jahan has qualified for her Doctor of Philosophy with her thesis "Improving Introductory OHS Education in Secondary Schools". 

Selfie on my way to the Terrace Towers.
Motif???

Well, yang lawaknya... I have never met her in person.

Selalu dengar nama jer. Dan kalau aku pegi ofis Yahya, aku akan lepak kat workstation dia. So, I bet this is just the right time  to meet her. Better late than never, kan?

Morning tea- standard la kan...MAKANAN!!!! <3

Ada Bangladeshi's Pakora gittew. Tetiba aku terus berangan, nanti masa turn aku nak diraikan (mudah-mudahan!!! Aminnn)... aku nak serve segala kuih Melayu yang best-best. Hehehe. Macam le larat nak buat.

Woh..berangan tak hengat.
Dulu masa Masters dapat Dean's Commendation dua kali je, sebab masa 1st semester tu aku blur-blur sikit. So mana le tau kot-kot kali ni ada rezeki best sikit ke,kan? Korang doakan la ye?

Okay...  sila ikut aku baca ni "Ya Allah.. permudahkan la study Isabelle (bukan nama sebenar), supaya dia boleh dapat Dean's Commendation. Kalau tak pun, dapat Chancellor Award pun jadi la. Aminnn"

Hehehe. Tima kasih ye.



Anyway, back to the event... just chitchatting...

Vanda (yang tengah tu) pun actually is under the same SV with us. Pun first time aku jumpa.

Kerri, Maoyi and Summer -my Writing Group mates.

A big hand for the achievement.

The people behind her success (some of)...

Girls chat. Bukan pasal study, tapi dok bersembang pasal hair and beauty. Hihihi.

Yours truly with Nasreen. Semoga dapat tempias PhD completed dengan jayanya (minus the 5 years she took!).

Last but not least, a pic of Dino...ehem ehem.. Professor Dino with his fellow PhD students.

Winding down. It's end of the year!

Ah-hah!

Eventually summer is here!

It's been pretty cool since December started, until today... 38'C! And it's gonna be 40'C tomorrow. Niat nak datang ofis naik bas terus terbantut sebab malas nak berbas-ket (read: basah ketiak). So drive je la.

Well, ada just few more days untuk 2013 ni.

Kat sini, basically semua orang dah mood cuti. Most people will take two-week off.  Yours truly? Mak kan rajin, noks! Mestilah setiaku di sini (sedang menuntut ilmu bodek).

Last two days, our neighbour (celah mana ntah aku tak pernah perasan kewujudan diorang), invited us for lunch.
Well, kat Thebarton campus ni memang la scattered, sebab campur dengan industri (good idea, eh... university and industry!).

Anyway, masa berjalan ke venue tu, dapat la aku snap gambar kat gerbang masuk ni...
Dah lama aku nak buat actually, tapi rasa macam lawak bodo pulak lepas park kereta, nak berjalan sensorang kat situ untuk amik gambar.

The venue was said to be adjacent to the chimney.
Ni ler chimney nya. Aku pun xpernah tau ada chimney kat sini. Hmmm...

Plenty of food. All covered up, sebab musim panas ni banyak lalat.

Aku just go vegetarian la kan. Wasn't that bad though.

 ...paling best adalah desserts!
Ga-ga-ga.

How could I say no?
Mmmmm...
Lemony cheesecake.... and Chocolate mousse.

Tima kasih la ye jiran. Eh..sapa nama dia? Jap aku belek balik invitation...
Ooooh. Evans Ayers and APT-Tech.
Lusa ada nibbles/drinks lagi dengan officemates. Nasib baik aku ni tak reti diet. Kalau tidak, memang merana la bijik mata menengok je. Hehehe.

Cloudy two!

Dulu kalo tengok wayang kat Indooroopilly, Fiza la partner-in-crime aku. Bayar satu tiket (dah la dapat student concession), tapi dapat tengok 2 movies. Hahahaha. Ye, aku memang nakal pun. Tapi takleh la aku wariskan ilmu nakal aku tu kat sini. Hehehe.

Dah dekat 1.5 tahun dok sini, baruuuu nak gi tengok wayang. Disebabkan tiket agak mahal (dan kena bayar untuk 3,4 orang (se-family), so kena la pilih movie yang betul-betul best, supaya berbaloi. 

Kalau tidak, baik download dan tengok kat rumah je sambil makan.

Aku ingat lagi, first movie (at the cinema) masa aku kat Brisbane dulu was Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-whatthefotosintesis. Memang membazir je nengok. Sebab aku tak suka citer science fiction, dan aku tak paham Bahasa Inggeris. Hahahaha.

Maka lepas tu, kalo ada orang ajak dating tengok wayang, aku akan pilih cerita yang genre nya light-light. Pernah sorang mamat ni berkerut dahi sebab aku pilih citer comedy yang 18SX. Dah tu, daripada mata aku tembus layar besar tu sebab tak faham satu hapa pun jalan cerita, baik aku pilih cerita yang tak payah fikir.

Anyway, since MrHubby ada share (la sangat!!!) sebagai stakeholder kat Hoyts Cinema, Tea Tree Plaza...aritu dapat la 'tengok wayang free' (eh lain macam je bunyinye).

Kitorang peram complimentary/guest pass tu punya la lama. Sedar-sedar je satu tiket dah expired. Rugi!

Anyway, this time we managed to transform these complimentary passes....

 into these....

Trailer sikit. But well, kitorang tak payah tengok trailer pun. Dah memang plan sekian lama nak tengok citer tu... bcoz Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs (yang mula-mula dulu) was Lil Adam's first movie at the cinema. 

So, sequel memang nak tengok la.

O yeahhh...memang terhegeh-hegeh lambat tunggu cerita ni start tayang kat Aussie. Kat Malaysia maybe dah habis tayang, kat Aussie kena tunggu December baru masuk.

 Sebelum masuk hall, mesti galak bergambar kat standee dulu. Hehehe

 Mak budak pun sama je.

The hall wasn't full. Maybe sebab agak awal show tu (eh, dah tengahari pun actually).
Anyway, sebab lapang dan tak full...so aku buat cinema tu macam abah aku yang punya la... Hahahaha (*insert gelak ala jin Ahmad Albab*)

To sum up, cerita ni best la jugak.
Tapi nape ntah..aku rasa lagi best yang first dulu. Maybe sebab kali ni ada pelakon tambahan... dok berpindah dari riba aku ke seat sebelah. Lil Adib la tu.
Dia duduk atas seat tu, macam tak cukup tinggi. So, either aku riba dia..or dudukkan dia atas arm rest.


Soon, akan keluar The Lego Movie...
tak tau la nak gi tengok tak.

Can you spot the unusual Lego figurine?