Ho ho ho Holiday...Scotland- Day 1

How to escape from headache of metabolomics data??...ermm..Let's go for holiday...Cuti-Cuti Malaysia...Opps!! Sorry..Cuti-Cuti UK..hehehe... That's sound nice!! Scotland...erm..My destination for Ho ho ho Holiday..We stayed 3 nite and 3 days at Cairn Hotel at Edinburgh...

One of the oldest Cathedral at Edinburgh...

Hotel of Balmoral near the city center...

Jenners..one of the infamous shopping complex here...House of Frazer located in that building..

Behind me- Edinburgh Castle..

My hubby...He's really enjoying the holiday..maybe at last he could escape from work, i guess..

Scottish Parliament...Since that day was Xmas day, so all the attraction places in Edinburgh were closed.. Depan pintu je lah amik gambar kan..

View of Calton Hill at the back..Ramai yang naik atas nie sebab nak tengok view of Scotland.. But not for me la kan...hiihi..

Here is the gallery of Queen Elizabeth II.. Closed on Xmas day and Boxing day....

and Her official residence during her visit in Scotland..The former palace of Mary of Scotland before she was executed...

The history of the Palace of Holyroodhouse reaches back almost nine centuries. Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-67), returned to Scotland after the death of her husband Francis II, King of France.

Mary, Queen of Scots spent most of her turbulent life in the Palace - a dramatic and often tragic chapter in the history of the building. She married two of her husbands in the palace.

Her private secretary David Rizzio was murdered in her private apartments by a group led by her husband Lord Darnley, who many believe was jealous of Rizzio's influence over Mary.Under Mary's son James I of England and Scotland (1603-25), the Palace fell into decline. However, it was renovated when James returned to Edinburgh in 1617.

The entrance to the Queen's Gallery..

Jalan-jalan in Day 1 at Edinburgh...Wait for my update on visit to Glasgow on my Day 2 at Scotland...

Fish and Chips@ Crookes, Sheffield

My hubby and I been invited to Rob's house at Crookes.. Crookes is in the top of the hill and the highest and steppest peak in Sheffield.. and I'm really proud of myself coz i managed to walk to Rob's house after about 30 minutes journey... My biggest achievement!!!

Home made Fish and Chips that's the menu for our lunch.. thanks to Rob for his generousity to prepare this meals for us..

I really enjoying myself with this fish and chips....Sedaap....Marvellous!! Love it..Thanks Rob..The best fish and chips ever..It's really worth for all my effort climbing up the hill to your house...

Rob at kitchen and his assistant, Jenny...hihihi..

While Rob busy cooking, we were busy eating...hihihi..

Goh, me and Rob (our chef of the day)

We went home around 4pm..and saw this beautiful scene on the sky... ...This photo was taken from Crookes..

Eid Adha @ UK

I think is not too late to wish all my muslim friends, Happy Eid Adha.. Really busy at the moment to update my blog on this special occassion... Why so special?? It is because this is my very first time (and i hope it will be first and last time, actually) celebrate this Eid far from home and my precious one.. and really sad to mentioned that i'm not really celebrate this Eid since i need to go to lab on that day...so pity of me..huhuhu..

However, i managed to cook chicken rendang and nasi impit on the eve..and my hubby with his special beef curry mamak style..

so i invite all my friends in my lab to be with me and husband at home during lunch time..For makan-makan of course..

My friends from lab enjoying their lunch...hihihi..

I'm so happy when they nearly finished up all the foods...mission accomplished!!

I hope that they will not having stomach ache after the lunch..

From left to right- Xiao Jia (China), Phom (Thailand), me, Goh (Malaysia) and Rob (England)..

And happy Eid to all...

Day Trip, York, UK

13 Dec 2008- Day Trip to York, UK.. The North's spiritual capital for 2000 years, York is central to Britain's colourful history.



York has been awarded ‘Best UK city 2008’ in the Telegraph Awards for the second year! York took the title from London in 2004, after a six year run at the top and won again in 2007. This award also comes after a win in Europe where York gained the accolade, European Tourism City of the Year for 2007/2008!




Such a facinating place to visit..however, the weather that day really horrible..Heavy rain one whole day! Really chilled... Anyway, my hubby and I still enjoying ourself- photo taken...not many but just enought to keep in our memory album...




I wished my kids were here to enjoy the winter festival...





When you been caught in such a heavy rain, where to go, what to do???Coffee Break???
Yup! I love this cinnamon swirl...I wonder if we have this kind of bun in Malaysia???

Hot Belgian Chocolate...Umph..really helpful in this kind of chilling weather...

Former house of Guy Fawkes...Read the signed for more info...

My horrible face...tahan sejukkk...grr....grr...

My cheerful face...in front of York Minster...Why so happy???Coz i managed to get some gooddies here....Hihih...

3.25 in afternoon or evening or night????Confusing?? Winter time....What do you expect??

Hope to visit this place again..i guess in summer would be nice to explore York the city of British history...

Stressful & Restless

Really busy at the moment... Stress...stress.. and many stress... Extractions and data analysis...Statiscal analysis and metabolomics pathway, all come in the package...Headache!!!

Too high expectation, i guess...What ever it is, I'm doing my very best to get things done in time... 4 weeks to go before Christmas.. University will be closed from 24th Dec to 5th Jan...and i should fly home that time, bring along my successful story (if any)... otherwise....ermm..do not want to think about it, for now at least..

Need to have some rest too..or i'll get myself walking to the hospital, once again...

Should think something nice to do to spend my weekend, ermmm...shopping??? perharps....

Off....

The Graduation Day

Saturday, 8th of November 2008, the graduation day of my daughter...I'm so upset coz i was not there to see her wearing her Graduation robe and received the certificate from her teacher. As my hubby told me, Nasuha was so excited and always keep mentioned that she's wearing a robe and graduated just like Ummi. Aha! She still can remember my graduation day 2 years ago, i guess..

I'm really proud of her...How pretty she is in that robe...

Her cheerful face...Missed you dear...

And my boy received his award too...He was awarded as Best student in his class...So proud of him...My clever boy..

Hakim and his award...He just 4 years old...Love you so much..

I'm so grateful and thanks to Allah for His blessed and the gifts, my precious Nasuha and Hakim.. Both of you are my joy and pride!!!

Not Feeling Well...

I'm not feeling well...Yesterday after lunch, I got stomach pain..But I just ignored it since i need to prepare samples to run on LCT-MS...But after an hour it became more painful so i decided to take 2 panadols and hope the pain will relieve..

Around half past 4 pm, the pain really dreadful so i decided to take a minute rest..But the pain getting worst..I can't even walked!!..Goh (my labmate) called for some helped..Paul and Heather tried to call for a taxi to send me to hospital..Actually i just want to have some rest at home..Hazel suggested to me that i should go to hospital for treatment since i'll be alone at home and no one there to take care of me if the pain getting worst..

Waiting for a taxi takes an ages because of traffic conjuction..so Hazel, Rob and I decided to walk to the Hospital nearby..It takes about 10 min walking distance..

OMG! Why this happen to me at this time...

We reached hospital, safe and sound but with dreadful pain in my stomach...

Only nurses on duty..in UK the system is a bit different compared to Malaysia..You only can see a doctor if you have an appointment if recommended by nurse..

Two nurses on duty tried to figure out what was the problem with my stomach..then, based on the symptoms they diagnosed me that i'm having cystitis...

Then three of us tried to look around for pharmacy..Opps!!We went to the wrong pharmacy...I've no idea why this hospital should have two pharmacies..

Rob walked me home..Thanks to him...After taking the medicine i'm really felt so sleepy and tired..It such a very long day for me..

Under treatment for 2 days..can't drink any coffee or tea..only plain water and milk..and must keep warm enought..

My labmates (Phom,Jia and Goh) came and visit me today..Really nice of them..and they told me that all peoples in lab really concerned about my health..thanks a lot..hope getting better tomorow and ready to be busy at work...chaiyok2...

Paku di Dinding

Artikel ini adalah e-mail dari seorang sahabat..buat renungan bersama..

PAKU Di Dinding Hatimu…

Ada seorang pemuda yang sangat pemarah. Dia tidak dapat mengawal kemarahannya walaupun ianya hanya satu masalah kecil sahaja.

Pada suatu hari, bapanya telah menghadiahkannya dengan seguni paku. "Untuk apakah paku-paku ini ayah?" tanya pemuda tersebut.

"Setiap kali kamu marah, kamu pakulah tembok batu di hadapan rumah kita ini, bagi melepaskan kemarahan mu" jawab ayahnya.

Pada hari yang Pertama sahaja, pemuda itu telah memaku sebanyak 37 batang paku pada tembok batu tersebut.

Selepas beberapa minggu, setelah dia dapat mengurangkan kemarahannya, jumlah paku yang digunakan juga berkurangan.

Dia mendapati, adalah lebih mudah mengawal kemarahannya dari memukul paku menembusi tembok batu tersebut.

Akhirnya tibalah pada suatu hari, dimana pemuda tersebut tidak marah, walau sekali pun.

Dia pun memberitahu ayahnya mengenai perkara tersebut dengan gembira.

Bapanya mengucapkan tahniah dan menyuruh dia mencabut kembali paku itu satu persatu, pada setiap hari yang ia lalui tanpa kemarahan.

Hari berganti hari, dan akhirnya dia berjaya mencabut kesemua paku-paku tersebut.

Pemuda tersebut lantas memberitahu perkara tersebutkepada bapanya dengan bangganya. Bapanya lantas memimpin tangannya ke tembok tersebut dan berkata "Kau telah melakukannya dengan baik, anakku, tetapi lihatlah kesan lubang-lubang di tembok batu tersebut, tembok itu TIDAK akan kelihatan sama lagi seperti sebelumnya.

Bila kau menyatakan sesuatu atau melakukan sesuatu ketika marah, ianya akan meninggalkan kesan parut dan luka, sama seperti ini.

Kau boleh menikam seseorang dengan pisau dan membunuhnya. Tetapi ingatlah, tak kesah berapa kali kau memohon maaf dan menyesal atas perbuatam mu, namun lukanya masih tetap ada.

Luka di hati adalah lebih pedih dari luka fizikal.

Sahabat adalah permata yang sukar dicari. Mereka membuatkan kamu ketawa dan menggalakan muka arah kejayaan.

Sahabat juga adalah seorang pendengar, berkongsi suka dan duka dan sentiasa membuka hatinya kepada kita.

Buat sahabatku,
"Terima kasih kerana menjadi sahabat saya. Berkongsi cerita gembira dan duka. Maafkan saya sekiranya saya pernah meninggalkan kesan berlubang di dinding hati anda selama saya menjadi sahabat anda."

Ikhlas dariku- AIN

Selamat Jalan Azzahra

1 pagi 4 November 2008,

Aku dikejutkan dengan berita kehilangan satu-satunya anak buahku yang baru berusia 2 bulan..Azzahra telah dimasukkan ke ICU selama seminggu dan disahkan menderita jangkitan paru-paru.

Hanya Allah sahaja yang tahu hatiku ketika ini, berada jauh di perantauan, memustahilkan aku untuk pulang menatap wajah dan mencium dahinya buat kali terakhir...Hanya doa dan surah Yassin dapatku hadiahkan dari jauh...Oh Tuhan alangkah hebatnya ujian Mu ini...

Lahirmu pada 1 Ramadhan lalu cukup menggembirakan kami...Pergimu kini kami tangisi...

Selamat Jalan Azzahra Ramadani Binti Syahrum Mauludin...Allah lebih menyayangimu..Pemergianmu kami redha kerana kami tahu Allah telah menjemputmu untuk berada di sisiNya sebagai penghias syurga.

Cukuplah kesakitan yang dikau tanggung..Cukuplah kesedihan melihat kau derita...

Doa kami sentiasa bersamamu..

Ya Allah, terima kasih kerana meminjamkan Azzahra untuk kami sekeluarga walaupun hanya dapat bersamanya seketika cuma..

Al-Fatihah buat mu Azzahra Ramadani ( 1 September 2008- 4 November 2008)....

Day Trip to Cambridge

1st November 2008..my day trip to Cambridge...

As planned, 3 busses fully loaded with students from University of Sheffield arrived at Queen's College around 11 am in Saturday morning..The weather not really promising, however it's not really affected our planned to have a great time at Cambridge..

Beautiful view of River Cam...

Infront of King's College. Welcome to King's College of Cambridge...


St Catherine's College... King's College

Me and K.Lin...Our honorary tourist guide...Hihihi...

Autumn, Cherry Blossom Tree and Me...

The Senate House...

Gonville and Caius College

Trinity's College..Very famous in Cambridge. View of River Cam...Punting is a Must-do activity in Cambridge..However, i do not have that chance since the weather really freezing to go for punt...

View from the Bridge of Sighs...

St. John's College

K.Lin was very happy to welcome us to her St. Edmunt's College..Look at her cheerfull face...

This was activity that I insisted to have...Climbing up the apple tree behind K.Lin's college...Wow! so excited...Not as good as K.Lin since she was used to this activity for her own survival..Apples from those tree is her one and only meal at Cambridge..No wonder she looked so skinny..Hahaha..

Apple...An apple a day, Keeps a dentist away...

Grapes from New Hall College...

Grapes and Me... What a perfect combination! Hah??

Having our lunch at Wagamama, Japanese Restaurant at Cambridge...Sorry, no photo since I'm really hungry...No time to take a photo..

After lunch, K.Lin took us to Emmanual College to feed the duck in the pond..

Emmanual's pond with wild ducks waiting to be fed...Luckily I have some biscuits in my bag..

Emmanual College front view..The day getting dark but it was only half past three in afternoon..Autumn going to Winter..So it was normal here..

Corpus Christi Clock....Looks scary and wicked...But this was the latest invention of Cambridge and it cost 1Million GBP and tooks 5 years to complete...For more info, feel free to visit K.lin's blog...

So this was the end of our visit to Cambridge...I wish we have more time to visit the place..However, I'm really satisfied with it..and hope will be back again...And hope K.Lin and Mr. T will visit us at Sheff soon as they promise to do so..

Goodies from Cambridge....Apples from St. Edmunt's College...Sweet and juicy...

and Chelsea Bun for my breakfast (K.Lin treat)...Delicious but really sweet..Not recommended for Diabetic patient..

Would like to thanks K.Lin for her generousity and her warmer welcomed to her University..It's nice having you there...

Please visit K.Lin's blog for more photos...