Archive for 2005
MMU 6th Convocation 2005
After a year plus waiting for the invitation to MMU Convocation ceremony, it finally arrived. Few changes were made by MMU Convocation committee this time compared to the year in which I attended my convocation. For example,the invitation card and car sticker were not sent to home, we were forced to claim them at Dewan Seri Negeri in Melaka either on Friday or Saturday since my husband’s session was on Sunday. The graduates were required to test their smart card or 64K MyKad in order for their name to be called outloud on the stage.Eventhough I found it such a hassle to do in the first place, but when the moment came, as the big screen showed my husband’s name and his degree title, I felt all the pride and joy engulfed my big heart at that time. For all the years he struggled to get the degree, all the hurdles and obstacles he overcame, I could never explain how proud I was at that time. Plus this year the chancellor Tun Dr Siti Hasmah handed out the scroll personally, unlike my time when we received the scrolls from the Dean of Faculty.
And when the MMU song Permata Dunia were sang by the two undergraduates, (I think one of them must be a foreigner), I felt very proud to be a part of MMU graduates community. As the ceremony ended after all the long speeches, the graduates jumped and threw their mortar boards in joy, I realized that eventhough the journey to the Degree world has came to completion, the long road ahead is still waiting. There will be more real life assignments, endurance tests that create heartache, quizzes which bring headache and bigger world examinations to take, and this time no syllabus is available for us to follow, no one particular textbook to read in order to pass all the life test with honour. What we have is only our guts, great patience and all the accumulated life experiences to lead the way. May we never give up and endlessly find the wisdom in life.
Minggu Yang Sibuk
Minggu ni banyak benda yang berlaku, persiapan terakhir untuk ke Konvo ke 6 MMU di Melaka, ambil robe di SUPB Sdn Bhd di Sri Gombak, lawatan ke Klinik Pergigian Alam Permai, (suami tampal gigi and undergo root canal treatment), nak balik kampung ambil MIL untuk join konvo di Melaka dan banyak lagi yang bakal terjadi.
Semuanya sebab suami nak ambik scroll atas stage, can be considered as one of important events in my life apart from my graduation, bertunang and kawin ceremony…heheh..at last dpt jugak suami ku berkonvo. Ingatkan MMU dah tak nak jemput sebab ada hutang kat finance yang tak langsai. Session suami Ahad petang, harap2 la masa tu stalls jual bunga segar nak lelong bunga2 diorang…boleh la jimat skit..kalau tak satu bouquet dah cecah 30-40, dah boleh cover bayar Tol balik Pantai Timur antar MIL balik kampung..isk isk…tapi MQ dah siapkan bouquet comel sendiri…cuma bunga plastik la kan…walaupon tak berbau wangi dan tak natural, but I still think that it’s the thought that really counts. Lagipon bouquet bunga matahari ni suami boleh letak kat meja kat ofis kalau dia nak…cuma belum tulis kad lagi..kad pon nak buat sendiri…semua kalau boleh nak buat sendiri…for me personal touch is very important… lagipon mmg rasa seronok bila dpt buat benda2 kraftangan ni…:))
Nanti lepas selesai majlis konvo tu boleh la bercerita lebih lanjut…tak habis lagi nak kemas bilik2 tetamu ni…ada org nak dtg overnight baru la kalut nak berkemas…MIL plak tu kan..kena la extra kemas skit, mungkin nephew pon ada sekali nak bermalam sebelum balik Labuan…
oh ye… my lemon cheesecake dpt A+ dr SIL…dia kata sedapnya..kalau ada lagi dia nak…tak pe nanti boleh bakar lagi bagi kat SIL…seronok memasak ni kalau ada org suka mkn, tambah2 kalau org tu pon pakar memasak…rasa mcm kat sekolah dpt bintang n cikgu puji pulak…tu yg semangat tu….
Baked Lemon Cheesecake
After so many weeks of planning to bake a lemon cheesecake, I managed to do so last night after a shopping trip to Carrefour. I finally bought a kitchen scale, to make sure all my baking ingredients are accurate in weight. :)) Though in my baked cheesecake recipe I only have to weight 190g of caster sugar. Will try other recipes that require many weighing tasks so that the kitchen scale will be used to the maximum potential..hahaha..
Oh..I also bought a carton of whipping cream as required in the recipe. Few weeks ago I’ve made a cheesecake which has Digestive biscuits as its crumb with mixed fruit jam as topping. Since hubby said he prefers baked cheesecake like the one we bought in La Boheme Jusco, I’ve decided to try to bake one. I don’t have a round baking pan so I used the meatloaf pan. It was hard to cut the cake nicely. Perhaps next time I’ll buy a 9-in. non stick springform pan or one with a smaller size.
This is the close up look of my lemon cheesecake. I need to practise more with my oven so that I know how to control its temperature. I think the heat in the oven was not even since my cake was too brown on one side.
Overall it was a really enjoyable experience to try my hands in baking. Although my cheesecake did not look that good in presentation, but the taste was so yummy. Very creamy and cheesy, a Secret Recipe almost like taste.
Anybody wants to have a slice? Give me a visit then….
Semangkuk Syiling, Sebentuk Cincin
Berpusing-pusing atas katil cuba melelapkan mata teringat cerita apa yang boleh ditulis di blog, entah tiba-tiba teringat semangkuk duit syiling tepi rak TV. Ada satu tong sampah mini yang juga berisi syiling sebelahnya. Agak-agak kalau masukkan dalam akaun BSN ada berapa ringgit nilai syiling tu? Kali terakhir masukkan syiling ke dalam akaun kena tunggu float 10 hari. Suami memang suka pecahkan duit, asal bayar apa-apa mesti guna duit kertas, tiap hari balik kerja berlambak syiling dalam poket seluar..dia keluarkan letak atas sofa. Merata-rata ada syiling sebab dah tak larat lagi nak jadi pengutip syiling. Mangkuk syiling pun dah penuh, tong sampah mini merangkap tabung tu pun dah penuh. Kena tebuk botol bedak Johnson kosong la pulak untuk jadikan tabung…hahahha…macam oldies kan nak simpan duit dalam botol bedak kosong.
Bercakap pasal semangkuk syiling ni mengingatkan MQ kisah lama masa sibuk buat persiapan untuk melangsungkan perkahwinan. Macam pasangan lain kalau boleh bila nak kawin ni mesti nak segalanya yang terbaik, tapi sebab masa tu baru lagi dapat kerja jadi apa yang dihajat kena la tengok kemampuan diri juga. Yang penting mestilah cincin kawin, MQ jalan-jalan mencari cincin idaman. Ada banyak yang memikat hati, tapi bila tengok harga…alamak..tak mampu rasanya nak minta cincin semahal tu. Masuk Habib Jewels, ada satu cincin emas kuning berbatu berlian 3 butir. Kebetulan masa tu ada sales, lepas diskaun, dekat RM1000. Dalam hati berkenannya cincin batu 3 tu, tapi RM1000 tu dah boleh buat belanja tambang dan tempat tidur rombongan suami. Kawin orang jauh kena lah belanja lebih. Rombongan yang datang kena juga dihulur, sekurang-kurang sediakan tempat tidur. Belanja kenduri sebelah pihak suami pun memang semua suami yang kena tanggung. Tak tergamak rasa hati nak minta yang lebih dari kemampuan suami. Kata orang perkahwinan ni satu perkongsian, bukan takat suka dan senang saja yang kita kongsi, pahit kelat hidup itu yang selalu buat pasangan mengalah.
Akhirnya MQ ambil keputusan pilih sebentuk cincin. Harganya lebih murah dari 2 bentuk cincin yang rombongan lelaki hantar untuk merisik dan bertunang. Tapi nilainya lebih tinggi dari ribuan duit hantaran yang suami bawak dan belanja kenduri berpuluh ribu yang emak MQ habiskan. Kenapa? Sebab cincin batu satu yang tenggelam itulah tanda sebuah perkahwinan yang MQ impikan sejak lebih 6 tahun usia perkenalan. Bayarannya guna duit syiling yang selama ini suami tabungkan. Lepas syiling float 10 hari dalam akaun BSN, cincin batu satu itu pun selamat dibeli. Suami merungut juga kenapa pilih cincin yang murah sangat, macam tak bernilai pula. Kan ke cincin kawin ni..apa salahnya berbelanja lebih…Tapi nilai sesuatu benda bukan terletak pada harganya, nilainya pada memori dan kisah yang tersirat, pada sentimental value nya.
Dan setiap tahun MQ akan masuk Habib Jewels bila waktu ada sales, bukan nak membeli, tapi tengok ada lagi tak cincin berlian batu 3. Kalau boleh biarlah cincin batu 3 tu jadi hadiah anniversary 10 tahun perkahwinan. Kenapa? 3 stones tu melambangkan masa lalu yang kami lalui dengan susah payah untuk sampai ke tahap kini, masa kini yang penuh kasih sayang, dan tahun-tahun mendatang yang sentiasa membahagiakan hendaknya. The past, the present and the future.
Are You Afraid of The Dark?
It has been more than 2 months since I bought this book. Usually back then in campus, I managed to finish reading such book within 2 nights. Now that I’m married, it took me 2 months, with the rate of 5 pages per day or sometimes not touching the book for the whole week. Sigh….now I wonder if MBA is a great burden for married woman like me. If fictional book like this took me 2 months to finish it, what about those thick text books…I might never even finish them, I guess…But if I dont follow up now with my plan to further studies, I might not even do it at all.
So people, my advice to you is to pursue your goals and dream when you have the guts, time and energy to do them, with less commitment and responsibilities, no mountain is too high to climb.
My next list of reading is a Malay novel, Mahligai by Salina Ibrahim. I have not read a Malay novel for so long, hubby said perhaps this novel will kickstart my writing effort. Will try to write a Cerpen (short story) and send it to women magazine, see whether I still have the talent. It was in 1997 when my short story was published in Jelita magazine. Since I was not paid any honorarium, I stopped writing. Though occasionally when there was any writing contest in campus, I did take part and won. Those RM80, the prize money was really something that time.
My wish…once in a lifetime I want to have at least one novel penned by me. Should I send my manuscript to Alaf21 or Creative Enterprise? My dream, my wish….will I get it one day?
