161: Manual

Dia kata "Yes, you can ask people and get the answer.. but how can you be sure he has the right answer? always refer to the manual! The manufacturer knows better." So true isn't it? Of course he's refering to the handling of the machine in the Colloid lab. But...

160: Random

Thank you dear adiks for the treat..

Ape-apelah ui~

I hate the walk to class. It's too busy. Too noisy. You can see Victoria Market there..

Multi-million dollar project :p cikai tak cikai my hons project. Heh, just kidding. This is just me preparing the glass slides for my use in electron microscopy..

159: Honours?

That's building 14.. School of Applied Physics

Works are piling up without me realizing it. That's why I repeatedly said that Honours year is not for me. No timetable, no schedule, you have to have such self-discipline to make sure you're on top of everything. Lagi-lagi di RMIT yg agak lay back berbanding Monash n Melbourne Uni...

Paper review in 2 weeks time. 10 papers need to be reviewed. I am so blurred by all these. Am not sure how am I supposed to do it. No proper guidelines. Ended up bothering the supervisor all the time.

I have one week to do as much MATLAB as possible. Visualization of 5 different instances related to Electrodynamics.. visualisation count: 0.8 (boley tak? because for the first one, it looks alright except the fact that i can't get the animation to work)

For my project, I need to redo the Dynamic Light Scattering procedure which takes hours because I forgot to edit the viscosity of the sample the first time round. One silly mistake and need to redo everything all over again sigh. Then I need to do some measurement using the Scanning Electron Microscope. Am so excited like a kid! Last week I had this training session and I was so jakun I printed so many micrographs of different parts of my sample... trainer tu macam.. "er.. okay2 you can do that no problem at all". Hey tak perlu kot..

The facility situated at level 7 and its a newly renovated part of applied physics building.. sangat lawa and sophisticated with many rooms with glass wall .. and only certain authorised people je can access and I know many people are authorised tapi bila the scanner detected my own swipe card with 2 beeps (kalau 5 beeps maknenye tak authorised).. oh my what joy.. jakun habes... then masuk dengan bangganya.

I feel so matang when I can discuss with my supervisor and his collegues.."i did this measurement and it turns out that bla bla bla... because of bla bla bla... and I think it's due to bla bla bla..." ..and they actually listen and agree or disagree and giving their thought as well.... I'm no longer an undergrad student who only nods and takes in whatever the lecturer has to say... I am a researcher! a real physicist.. wah. (perasan.. its good for the confidence :p )

Okay, selesai sudah banjiran huruf berkaitan honours :)

Lama tak cerita banyak kat sini...

158: Dulu

Something that made me smile today..

"I need to study hard… excel in Advanced Placement, n get a place in Uni of Melbourne. It doesn’t matter whether I can really go or not. I just want a place there. To prove that I really can…" - written on 5th March 2006

"I really am praying for miracle.. that somehow I’ll get band 5 for the paper. That somehow, the universities don’t care about AP… that somehow, I am accepted to University of Melbourne." - 6th May 2006

"I took 5 forms; from 5 universities.. there are University of Melbourne, University of Western Australia, Monash University, University of Sydney and University of Adelaide. My first choice is Uni of Melbourne. My last choice is Uni of Adelaide… " - 29th July 2006

"Right now I am so worried, because I haven’t received my AP result yet. If I didn’t get the result, I have no chance of going to Uni of Melb. (yes, the representative said so). I want my result! I don’t care anymore how much I get, I just want the transcript, photostate it and mail it to IDP. So that at least I have some hope.. on Uni of Melb. Oh, I will be very dissapointed… very-very-very dissapointed…. yela, after all the troubles that I went through when I sat for the AP." - 17th August 2006

"This morning I got a call from IDP Australia (the agent that handles our applications) and guess what? I have received a conditional offer from the University of Melbourne" -29th Sept 2006

"Alhamdulillah I’ve got full offer from the Uni of Melbourne. InsyaAllah, I will go to KL this wednesday, to settle a couple of things with the ministry and also IDP…" - 27th Nov 2006

"Everything’s gonna be fine.. I guess the next entry will be posted from Melbourne.. jika umur masih panjang… InsyaAllah.." - 10th Feb 2007

Ego nye diriku dulu...

:)

157:

Nak balik...

kene 1)mintak cuti kat supervisor 2)mintak cuti kat --- 3)mintak duit kat ---

156: Macro

We spent a nice (I wanted to write weekend but realize it was Wednesday :p) day out to visit Kak Aliya (Thank you so much akak!!) at Frankston and we visited some interesting places around Mornington Peninsular. I tried uploading photos on facebook but it kept on failing on me. Kiciwa! I'm currently trying again.

In the mean time, I want to show off my (not so) skillful macro shots. Jakun neh. The lavender garden was beautiful! Lavenders were everywhere..

I've always loved macro shots. But with my compact digital, these are the best I could come up with and I think they're good enough.

And this is Khayrat.. makcik munahmu merinduimu...walau kita tidak pernah bersua~

155: Adelaide

Salaam..

My last autumn break is here.. kejap nye RMIT cuti. Tak sampai seminggu.

Akan bertolak ke Adelaide petang ni, until Selasa insyaAllah. My fourth time. End of first year, summer holiday. Spring break of second year. Then summer the same year. And today, autumn of my fourth year.

Fi amanillah li kullukum..

Whatever you're planning, wherever you're heading ..

Adik-adik housemates yg stay here.. study yo and spend your time wisely :) If you guys are reading this, la.. which I doubt :)