Liku-liku Melancong

Assalamualaikum wbt dan salam ceria semua..

Hari ni nak cerita pasal pengalaman pahit getir ketika melancong di luar negara. Maklumlah, walaupun tempat pelancongan tu maybe zero-percent crime rate, tapi kita tidak boleh pandang remeh tentang keselamatan ketika berjalan-jalan ye. Walau ke mana pun kita melancong, kena sentiasa berhati-hati dengan keadaan semasa serta dengan orang sekeliling. Kadang-kadang orang yang tak suspicious tu la yang akan merobek kocek anda.  

1. Rome, Italy

Italy memang terkenal dengan kadar penyeluk saku yang tinggi ye. Kena sentiasa berwaspada pada setiap masa. Ada beberapa kes, kawan-kawan kena seluk tanpa disedari. Walaupun beg sentiasa berzip, kadang tangan pencuri ni pantas. Zap zap zap terus hilang dompet dan segala. Peristiwa ini juga berlaku kat ayah aku semasa menaiki Metro (subway) di Rome. Tetiba dihimpit orang dan lepas tu terus sedar wallet dalam kocek sudah pun lesap. Maka habislah wang Euro & Pound Sterling, kad pengenalan, kad kredit dan sebagaikan. Memang terus gelabah, lepas tu semua orang takde mood nak jalan2 dah. I won't come here again. Menyampah... Habis sumber kewanganku tau, kena berjimat cermat je lepas tu.

2. Venice, Italy.

Wahhh, Italy lagi. Kau memang bad luck ke apa? Selain kejadian curi-mencuri, negara Europe juga terkenal dengan mogok aka strike. Peristiwa yang mungkin terjadi adalah seperti mogok kenderaan awam mahupun mogok lapangan terbang. Kalau ini terjadi, sistem kenderaan akan lumpuh sebahagian besarnya. Semasa di Venice, during our last day of trip in Italy, perkerja2 Batobas (bot) bercadang untuk mogok selama satu hari. Maka kami terpaksa berjalan kaki dari hotel ke stesen kereta api yang jaraknya mungkin 3 km dengan mengusung beg, jalan celah2 bangunan dan juga turun naik tangga. Oh, I hate it.. Sampai kat stesen je terus beli air..

3. Brussels, Belgium

Ini pun berkaitan dengan mogok kenderaan awam. Metro memang lumpuh sepenuhnya manakala bas sedikit sahaja yang beroperasi. Maka berjalan la 2km dengan beg ke hotel dari stesen bas utama. 40 minit jugak la. Tak ke membazir masa tu? Lepas tu nak pergi city balik kena la jalan 2 km lagi. Ahhhh, benci.. Pembaziran di situ.

4. Paris, France

Ok, ini bukan la liku-liku sangat. Tapi nak cerita jugak. Ni pun berkaitan dengan kenderaan awam iaitu bot tambang. Ni memang salah sendiri, di mana kau kehilangan one-day tiket. Ish3, dalam 9 Euro camtu la tiketnya. Masa tu tengah busy dok shopping souvenir, mungkin tiket tu terkeluar dari wallet. Natijahnya, aku sorang naik metro ke Louvre manakala kawan aku lagi 3 orang pergi naik bot tu, juga untuk ke Louvre. The bright side is, aku sampai lagi awal daripada diorang. So, aku sempat jalan2 kat garden depan Louvre tu. Maunye 1 jam aku tunggu kot diorg tak sampai. Time aku tengah lepak2 makan roti, tetiba banyak burung merpati datang nak mintak roti. Kacau betul la.. =.=

5. Nevis Range, Scotland

Ski trip tak menjadi. Dah semangat tau pergi ke Fort William sebab nak main ski kat Nevis Range. Masa naik bas 4 jam dari Glasgow ke Fort William tu pun dah cukup mencabar. Met Office dah keluarkan warning angin kencang ribut taufan. Ok, itu terlebih sudah. Takde taufan pun, cuma angin yang sangat kuat. Banyak kali juga la dengar dentam dentum bas tu kena pukul angin. Memang sangat kuat. Alhamdulillah sampai juga ke destinasi. Dekat atas gunung tu pulak, kitorang plan nak main sledge dulu lepas tu baru ski. Masa tengah sledge tu memang ribut dan melibas2 muka aku. Dengan hujan batunya lagi, pedih gila muka. Maka rehat la kejap kat kafe dia sambil bantai hot chocolate. Lepas tu konon nak sewa peralatan ski kat bawah. Pastu orang tu cakap tak boleh sebab tempat ni dah nak tutup due to bad weather. Cis cis cis...

Ok, itu sahaja yang teringat buat masa ni. Kalau ada tambahan nanti, aku update la yeee... 

:)

Kerja Oh Kerja!

Assalamualaikum dan salam Jumaat~

Kali ni nak bebaskan diri kejap daripada menulis entri pasal travel. Penat wooo tulis pasal travel, sebab nak kena belek gambar satu2, recap balik tempat mana yg dilawati hari tu. Maklumlah, travelnya berbulan2 lepas, tapi baru nak belog sekarang. Busy ok..

Topik sensasi hari ni berkaitan pengangguran kami semua selama 4 bulan. Hua3.. Bila tah nak masuk kerja, offer SPA dah dapat cuma placement je belum lagi. Surat dari Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) dijangka akan tiba pertengahan bulan Oktober ni which is lebih kurang lagi seminggu la. Walaupun aku dah tau placement kat mana, tapi still nak tunggu surat utk confirmkan. Mana la tau last minute nanti ditukar pulak kan.. Bukan boleh percaya..

Persiapan kerja.. Hmmmm, medical check-up da buat kat private clinic sebab nak cepat. Kena caj dalam RM95. Ok la tu, nak cepat kan. Kalau buat kat gov, kena tunggu seminggu dua baru result keluar. Kali ni medical check-up agak mudah, tak perlu blood test seperti Hepatitis dan HIV. Last time kena buat mende2 ni, kena hampir RM300. Pitam sangat.

Then kena buat akuan bersumpah dekat Pesuruhjaya Sumpah. Luckily kat Shah Alam ni ada pejabat Pesuruhjaya Sumpah, tapi since pesuruhjaya tu kawan bapak aku, so bapak aku jela yang pegi mintak sain dia. Haha, malas betul aku. Caj normal RM7 per signature kalau tak silap aku. Before fly ke Glasgow dulu, pergi sendiri mintak sain.

Next, pasal buku2 pembelajaran. Ye, walaupun akan bekerja sebagai Pegawai Farmasi, bukan bermakna boleh bekerja sewenang2nya. Ada beberapa buku yang perlu ditelaah seperti buku undang2, buku ubat dan juga buku dos ubat. Semalam baru habiskan RM489 untuk membeli buku2 terbabit dan juga 2 helai white coat. Mahalkan??? Nasib baik ada pama, alhamdulillah. Nak harap duit sendiri, memang goodbye la buku2 sekalian ye. Hari ni giliran kawan2 lain pula membeli buku di Syarikat Kamal. Sorry la tak join, sebab hari Jumaat kan.

Total cost: RM 399

Ok, itu sahaja update pasal pekerjaan. Nak kata excited nak kerja, tak jugak. Nak kata tak nak kerja pun, tak jugak. I'm stuck in between. *tetiba*.

Gambar fail dari tahun 2011 masa attachment kat Hospital Tuanku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang.

InsyaAllah akan kerja mid Oct or early Nov. Mohon doa anda semua untuk permudahkan journey kami kali ini. Kali ni, kawan2 tak ikut kerja di tempat yang sama, so kena la cari kawan baru. Hihihi..

Busy

Lately sangat busy dengan travel. I mean, really busy. In fact, semalam baru balik dari Cardiff, Wales selepas 10 hari menjelajah Italy dan Switzerland. Sebelum tu pulak travel ke Prague, Vienna dan Budapest. Penat sungguh.

Esok merupakan hari graduasi bagi kami bakal2 pharmacist di University of Strathclyde. Harap2 esok cuaca cerah dan tak hujan macam sekarang. Summer di Glasgow memang sentiasa basah.

Sekarang tak sempat lagi nk update blog pasal travel. Banyak post2 yang tertangguh. Gambar2 dalam kamera pun tak habis sedut lagi. Seperti biasa blog akan diupdate di Malaysia mengikut turutan travel..

1. The Making of Harry Potter - Warner Bros Studio Tour

2. Prague - Czech Republic

3. Vienna - Austria

4. Budapest - Hungary

5. Rome, Pisa, Florence, Venice - Italy

6. Zurich, Luzern, Interlaken, Geneva - Switzerland

7. Cardiff, Wales

Last update hari tu pasal Birmingham.

Harap2 dah balik Malaysia nanti rajinlah menulis je. Jangan blog ni terbengkalai pulak. 

Hehehe..

Cheers!

=)

Alhamdulillah.. I'm a pharmacist-to-be!

Alhamdulillah, praise to Allah for giving me an opportunity to get a good result in my final exams. I didn't asked much except to pass my degree exam. However, Allah give me more, not only I passed the exam and rewarded with the Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degree but also with merit. Alhamdulillah..

The results were released on the first day of my summer trip with may lovely parents. We were at Edinburgh at that time waiting for our flight to Prague, Czech Republic. Thus, this gave me a chance to be ka-ching! Got an extra allowance from my umi! Hihihi.. XD

Thanks for those who made doa for me; prayed for my success, wished me good luck and helped me with my studies. I know when I was a bit stress, I would call somebody via skype. You know who you are. Thanks for keeping up with kardashians.. Eh eh eh, with me.. =p

I'm graduating soon insyaAllah.. 29th June is the date. It will be commenced in Barony Hall, University of Strathclyde at 3 pm.

Allah dah tetapkan rezeki masing2 dan setiap yang berlaku merupakan ujian daripada-Nya. Sedih itu ujian, gembira itu ujian -quoted-

Gambar sisipan: Sunset at Prague.

Don't Want An Ending

Alhamdulillah, today marked our last paper for our very final exam. I hope everything went well. Let's pray hard to get good marks so that we all will graduate on time which is on June 29th.

Now, we have to prepare for our departure which will happen in two months time. Yes, one year here in Glasgow seem so fast. Faster than I ever thought. We need to ship our stuffs, plan our journey, travel until the very end and shop for souvenirs. Yes, we have two months for packing, travelling and graduation. As predicted, I'm not going to graduation ball. I wanna go, but I don't think it's proper. Let's save up some money for anything else. Graduation itself consumes a lot of money (£35 for enrollment plus £39 for robe hire).

Exams was a mixture of moderate and difficult. I could not say that they were easy because you know, it's final exam that we talked about. Not some sort of tests whatsoever. I hope I did well. I really hope so. In fact, we all hope for the best for ourselves. I wish nothing but the best, for you too.. *eh, tetiba dirasuk Adele*

I will definitely miss this view from my window..

and these seagulls perhaps? XD

Mudah-mudahan Allah permudahkan perjalanan kami semua.

Amin~

Tanggungjawab Bersama

Assalamualaikum wbt dan salam musim bunga..

Hari ni nak cakap sikit pasal tanggungjawab atau dalam dalam bahasa omputehnya disebut responsibility. Bukan nak feeling2 perfect dengan sendiri or nak bongkak ke apa, tapi cuma sekadar peringatan bersama supaya kita sama2 dapat hidup dalam suasana yang harmoni.

Kita di bumi asing ni bukanlah hidup secara sendirian duduk sorang2 dalam bilik tapi hidup secara berkawan ataupun lebih tepat lagi secara ber'housemate'. So, secara logiknya bila hidup bersama, adalah beberapa tugasan ataupun tanggungjawab yang perlu dilakukan secara bersama mahupun bergilir2. Contohnya memasak, mengemas dan mem'plan' aktiviti jalan2 pada musim cuti. Benda2 macam ni memang nampak mudah dan simple, tapi kalau tak pernah buat menang tak tau betapa 'senang'nya benda ni. Orang yang buat je tau perasaan ni.. Agak menggarukan kepala juga la..

Kadang2 minda ni berfikir, dah besar umur puluh2 ni pun masih nak kena suruh, tunjuk dan arah ke? Aku tak nak jadi 'queen control' ke apa, tapi kalau benda ni ditimbun2kan, memang sakit hati. Taktaulah nak husnuzon tang mana dah, kalau puluh2 kali pun macam tu je. Tolonglah kenalpasti tanggungjawab yang perlu dilakukan. Aku taklah terer sangat pun bab2 uruskan rumah tangga ni, kadang2 ada je terlupa nak cuci toilet ke, cuci bilik mandi ke, vakum lantai ke.. Tapi itulah lumrah hidup manusia. Tapi kalau setiap minggu lupa, itu sangat dot dot dot..

Bab memasak pun, bukanlah nak suruh masak tahap Masterchef kan. Masaklah dengan seikhlas hati. Jangan cincai boncai sangat. Orang boleh nilai kalau masakan tu dimasak berpandukan usaha yang dilakukan. Giliran memasak tu pun silalah alert ye. Penat jugak nak kena cakap everytime turn masak dah tiba.

Ok la, itu sahaja sekadar renungan bersama..

Jangan benci diriku kerna diriku hot... Ok, ini tiada kaitan.. =p

Spring is in the air. Photo taken at University of Glasgow ground.

Renung-renung dan amalkanlah.. 

Bak kata Aleen Hoho, sehari satu zikir...

Subhanallah.Alhamdulillah.Allahuakbar.

Cheers mate!

=)

A Gift From Heart

Ewaaah, tetiba tajuk post kali ni macam agak emosi dan sentimental sikit. But that's not the point. Tonight I'm going to write about things that have become the norms among my friends *but not all of them* and also myself, which is about gifts and presents. Yeah, this topic might be simple, but not all people could deeply understand it.

Well, for me gifts and presents are all about things that can make the ones who received it feels happy and joy, that includes family and friends. It is undeniable that people will be extremely happy when they received something from you either as gifts or souvenirs, cheap or expensive stuffs, small or big presents and it doesn't really matter what you gave them as long as the intention came from your heart. Not something that you want to boast about. I'm happy when someone gave me something. And I'm happy too when seeing people wore or used stuffs that I gave them. =)

When any of my friends' birthday is coming soon, I will be very excited in searching for the suitable birthday present for he/she/them. Not too perfect, but an ideal gift should be something that they need, they like, or they want. You can ask them directly what they want, but if you want to plan something surprise for them, you can ask from their close friends such as room mates, house mates & 'BFFs' about what they really really want. Sometimes it works well for me, but sometimes it is quite difficult because others might not know what they really wants.

I always have my own budget in buying gifts. If in Malaysia, I keep the budget around RM10-20, but it can go higher if it is for someone special like best friend or ehem ehemm... But here in Scotland, I have to make a new budget since the currency here is quite very high. Maybe under £10 should be ideal. *RM50 kau untuk seorang, matilaaaaa*. If I bought a gift which is way too under the budget, I'll usually add something else like chocolates, cards etc.

Since two of my close friends' birthday are coming soon in December, I already started planning what to buy for them. Yes, it is a very thoughtful of me. *ecece, perasan gila*, despite I will be having a Drug Delivery System class test this Friday. Online sites such as Ebay and Amazon.uk might be helpful if you are lazy to go out for a shopping spree, especially during this raining season *the snow is very shy to fall down early this year, so we have rain instead*. Plus, they might have winter sales coming down soon. Things will get cheaper too! I heard that there is a Christmas market in the city. I still haven't got the chance to see the place.

No need to be so stingy in life. Life is short and you might want to do something good to people around you. If you friends can give you birthday presents, why not you? You could spend hundreds of ringgit or pound to buy gadgets and cool stuffs but you never gave your friends any presents? That's pathetic..Bukankah tangan yang memberi itu lebih baik daripada tangan yang menerima? If I translate it, it will sound like this "giving is better than receiving". Betul tak?

tahun depan nak hadiah best2 boleh tak? =p

By the way, happy studying peeps! Winter breaks is coming in 3 weeks time! =)

InsyaAllah we'll do well in the test if we practice  "usaha, doa & tawakkal" well..

Cheers!