Senarai Vendor Kahwin 2015

Salam...

Lama betul Deby tak posting. Busy dengan studies, plus sekarang lebihkan twitter dgn instagram.

Deby sekarang tgh prepare nak habiskan phd. at the same time, busy prepare nak kahwin.

Yup, InsyaAllah tahun ni Deby akan kahwin. tarikh dah ada, tapi terpaksa rahsiakan dulu. bila kad dah siap baru leh gitau. hihi. Lewat sangat kan kahwin? patut haritu 2012, ni dah 2015. takpe lah, jodoh ni urusan Allah SWT. dh tertulis Deby kahwin lambat.

Dalam2 Deby nak prepare untuk kahwin ni, Deby sedar bila guna Encik Google tak ada banyak dah review2 vendor, group B2B kat fb, etc. tak semeriah tahun 2011/12 dulu. Dulu2 Zimie, Renee semua ada posting2 review yang sgt2 membantu. Sekarang dh tak ada sgt. Taktau lah kenapa, mungkin orang lebih kepada fb? Ataupn vendors tak kasi share harga kat blog?

Jadi Deby decide nak post review vendor, vendor2 yang popular skrg, vendor2 yg deby nak recommend dan harga, kalau boleh. Harap2 dapat membantu b2b kat luar sana.

Ni master post. nanti Deby akan link kan individual posts kat bawah ni ye.

Senarai Vendor Kahwin 2015
1) Senarai Makeup Artist 2015
2) Senarai OP (official Photographer) 2015
3) Senarai OV (Official Videographer) 2015
4) Senarai venue sekitar Kuala Lumpur 2015
5) Senarai venue sekitar Nilai/Putrajaya 2015
6) Senarai designer baju nikah/sanding 2015

Love,

Never give up

Everytime i said' "that's it! i quit!", its always my sv who pulled me back.

today a similar situation occurred, and I said "I want to quit. I had enough!"
my sv replied, "I don't want you to quit! I believe in the project, the idea, and you!"
(perasan tak sy no 3 dlm list dia?)

anyway, my point is, its crucial to have supportive supervisors, friends and families around you when you're doing your PhD.

if I didn't have any during this exhausting journey, I would have packed up my bags months ago.

So today I declare I love my sv so much, even though there are days I want to strangle him.

and sorry to the folks who had to listen to my rants and tears and whatnot about me quitting. i guess i'm not allowed to give up?

A day in the snow

Macam biasa, snow di London memang sgt rare. Tahun lepas snow sehari je di bulan februari. Tahun ni bulan januari pulak. Fyi, the coldest months in UK are January n February.

Tahun ni tak enjoy snow sangat, walaupun seminggu gak snow. Busy bangat. Sekarang pun busy gak ni. Sabtu ni ada progress presentation dekat sponsor. Haish. Hopefully semua okay.

Meh tengok gambar snow. Snap dekat Hyde Park. Lari kejap waktu keje (Hyde Park kat belakang Imperial College ni je). Maaf banysk camwhoring. Semenjak Deby tukar ke note 2 ni, memang banyak betul camwhoring. Yelah, camera depan cantik. Hee.

Pssst: kat atas pale deby tu actually safety goggles.  Terbawak dari opis. Hiks.

Berjalan2 di Old Trafford dan London

December langsung tak ada post. Semakin hari semakin malas nak blog.

And harini Deby nak declare Deby sungguh malas nak twit or FB lagi. Banyak sangat bendasing dan makhluk dan serangga yang tak puas hati. Sukati saya la kan nak post apa? But noooo... ada je tak puas hati. nak marah. nak comment. Bosan. Cukup bosan.

Oh. Post ni bukan untuk ranting. nanti ada yang tak puas hati lagi.

Post ni nak cerita Deby pergi Old Trafford. Yup. Pegi stadium Manchester United. Am i a fan? Nope I am not. Pergi pun sebab teman pakcik dan makcik yang datang Berjalan ke London. Kepada yang bising cakap saya asyik berjalan, just so you know, masa ni college saya tutup, okay? Cuti dari 21 dec smpai 1 jan.

Pergi masa hari mendung dan sejuk bangat. Tapi nampak sangat pakcik puas hati. Die hard fan la katakan. GGMU. Ternampak Kagawa. and ramai betul groupie Japan dia. tapi Deby tengok je la. Malas nak kejar. Hensem, in an Asian kinda way. Deby sebok tengah makan nasik goreng time tu. Ye saya bawak bekal.

Iklan: saya suka bangat dengan scarf Michael Kors saya

Ni la sket2 gambar kat Old Trafford. Cantik padang dia. Our tour guide explain how they culture the grass (culture, dalam erti kata mudah menipu rumput tu yang matahari sedang keluar supaya dia boleh tumbuh dengan jayanya), nampak how they take care of the stadium. Pakcik saya mengeluh kalau lah stadium Shah Alam or Bkt Jalil dijaga macam nie (oh pakcik saya die hard fan Selangor and Harimau Malaya, tiap kali game mesti pergi). Nak buat macam mana, dia depends gak dengan jumlah investment atas team tu sendiri.

Siap dapat certificate. 

Tapi personally saya rasa Emirates stadium lagi cantik. Tapi itu pun saya nampak dari jauh. Yelah. Stadium agak baru katakan.

Gunners. Gambar dari luar stadium. 

Sempat singgah gak Etihad stadium. Alang2 dah sampai Manchester.

cantik kan boots saya? kan kan?

Dalam berjalan2 tu ada la pergi the normal tourist attractions, London eye, Madame Tussauds, etc. Gambar ada banyak juga. Semua kat Facebook. Malas nak post kat sini or twitter. and yes, twitter saya dah dimangga. Menyampah bila orang baca twit saya pastu comment tak puas hati la, sebok nak tau apa saya buat lah. TOLONG. bosan gila.

Gambar serba sikit sepanjang saya berjimba dengan pakcik makcik saya.

shopping masa boxing day memang harus. 

Big Ben. 

Kami memang gedik

Dekat London Eye

Post harus dekat tube

Di camden town. memang menarik. 

Gambar2 ni semua diambil menggunakan Samsung Galaxy Note II. My new toy. Oyeh, baby!

Homemade Pesticides

warning: post ni dalam english. ampun ye.

Yesterday night, a friend of mine went on a cockroach (!) tour at the Science Museum. Being superbly sick as I am, I was unable to join him. Teasing him about fnding ridsect andsoforth reminded me of a mini project I made my students do during my year as a lecturer.

The title of the mini project is Homemade Pesticide (oh, fyi, the course was Chemicals in Agriculture). So what they have to do is try to find something (household items, etc) that can be made into pesticides.

Basically my students did a wonderful job. Even my beloved big boss (a.k.a the dean) loved the project so much. And this mini project truly helped them during their final exam, i kid you not. So hereby I assert that rather than emphasizing on theories and lectures, focusing more on hands on and practical works are so much better in guiding students to achieve the course outcome. :D (psst: that class achieve a beautiful bell graph for their marks)

Okay back to the topic. There are numerous items that you can turn into pesticides in your homes. Though we have to purify it at some point (which my students didn't do), and we have to test the potency of each substances (they didn't have time for it), their tests showed that most of them works. Though some smelled really bad, I think the insects will run away based on the smell itself. :p

1) capsaicin (pepper/cili)

This is an excellent source for a pesticide. What they did was they blended these, filter it and use the liquid. I really can't remember the exact aliquot, or water to capsaicin ratio. And i also don't actually remember if they checked the effect on plants, will it burn? i have no idea. but well, basically it works, so maybe needs to purify and adjust the concentration.

2) lemongrass (serai wangi)

Lemongrass or Cymbopogon is a natural insect repellent.  If i remember correctly there's already a commercialized product made from lemongrass in the market. I kinda don't like the smell though, I think there's added ingredient into it. But we can do it ourselves at home. As usual, just grind/blend chopped lemongrass, filter them and wallah, we can directly use it! It seems that lemongrass is good to repel flies and maybe cockroaches (you hear that, mr cockroach?). Again, the concentration plays a vital role, do be wary of too much or too little. play around with it.

3) Garlic (bawang putih)

I think this one has the worst smell among all. Garlic, or the scientifically known as Allium Sativum, is also a natural insect repellent. Well, if you ask me, its a natural human repellent as well. I think the smell alone is good enough to tell those insects (and humans!) not to come near. For this one I suggest you to try with a lower dosage, as the smell is really overpowering.

There are a few more (ginger, dioscorine, salt), but I'm running short of time. So in conclusion, there are many simple solutions for insect repellent, some of it are easily obtained. Do try them out, and let me know if it works. And to Mr Cockroach, beware!!!

Love from London,

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha

Tahun ni sambut  raya haji dalam keadaan demam batuk n selsema. Sedih tol. Pagi2 lagi dah pergi Malaysia High Commision dekat Belgrave Sq untuk solat raya, dengar khutbah. Lepas tu pergi open house (aunts of Kak Zaila) dekat South Kensington. Let me tell you, rendang ayam kat situ memang superb! teringat2 rendang nenek. Sebijik pedas dia. Dapat lontong, laksa lagi. Happy sangat. At least takde la rindu sangat food raya kt Malaysia.

gambar gediks!

Qish, Kak Zaila, Baby Inex and me

among the ladies, beraya at Kak Zaila's aunties' house

lepas beraya, terpaksa masuk office jap. Did i mention i had to become a lab manager? serious taknak, tapi entah kenapa kena paksa. So kena masuk office jap, siapkan permit sebab hari Khamis deby demam panas so tak pergi office, orang2 office dah start sibuk2 call and email. Sedih je bila sakit pn orang tak kasik rehat. :(

Lepas touch and go kat office, Qish ajak pergi shopping kat Oxford street. dan saya bagaikan orang gila shopping mopping. Hahaha. Akhirnya dapat boots idaman hati! yay! Let me tell you, forever21 memang murah bangat kat sini. And i have to mention gak, deby dah lost weight byk gila sejak balik sini balik, now i can wear size 25 jeans! pencapaian nih!!! Sorry, excited lebih. sila abaikan. along the way, suara deby makin hilang. awal pagi suara rock + sexy serak, sampai petang suara memang dah takde. 

Our haul

so in love with this!

Today nak pergi MSD ada open house, tomorrow dekat Mara Hostel gak. Walaupun suara deby dah hilang, raya is still raya kan? makan is still makan gak. hehehe

P/S: next week nak pergi Birmingham (lawat Opie) dan Coventry (lawat Faiz and Ary)

P/P/S: next next week nak tgk Evanescence and the Used in concert! wuhooo!

P/P/P/S: sangat stressed out pasal kerja, most days rasa nak nangis je. T.T sbb tu asyik berpoya2 je skrg

Love from London,

Playlist saya

Aduiii... tak boleh tidoooo... lately ni mesti deby tak boleh tido malam. nape entah. insomnia? banyak fikir? Grr...

So bila tak boleh tido, deby dengar lagu. Macam2 genre, ikut mood.

Kalau tengah mood jiwang, sweet etc, ni playlist Deby:

Kalo tetiba nak dengar lagu2 English, ni playlist dia:

Perasan tak ada satu lagu tu termasuk dalam kedua2 playlist? Hehehe.

P/S: next entry nanti, deby nak citer hobi baru deby k