Purchases

to buy or not to buy...
to buy...what shall i get? Samsung OMNIA or iphone?
wat plan shall i get..the one that includes internet access on the go.

how often do i surf the internet (excluding office hours..work related)?
what do i usually do on the net?
will i be able to fully utilize the plan? the gadget itself.

yes, i dont deny that i am juz like a country pumpkin. who has nvr adopted the city lifestyle.
a working adult who is still partically a child inside..and out.. =)
[alamakz..lari topic agn]

ok as i was saying. suddenly, i nid to find the objective of me gettin a new phone.
i tink i relie do nid to find objective for making any purchases.
coz i realized THAT almost all my purchases are redundant. i buy stuffs to satisy...ermmm..my THAT moment urge.
so u see at times, wen i do go shopping either..i dun buy at all (and muke berkerot2) or i buy like MAD...(ugly stuffs takpe. ugly and mahal stuffs.)

and yes, now the entry is becoming to sound like an angry entry. angry at myself.
chetz! and so..my ambition: smart shopper.
....errr..how.where. do i begin? :S

a feeling

: its us who feels the hurt more when we hurt the ones we love :

Natrah: The Musical

and s0, K'Erni & I went to KL to watch the Natrah Musical.
we made our trip there by coach. Real front seat. Drivers view.
full view. yes, its not that bad afterall.

Natrah the musical: great cast, may I add. enjoyed every moment of the musical. though, i was hoping to see the life of Natrah after the controversy being staged.


but I guess that would have taken more than 3hrs, nevertheless, it was great.
ermm..i tink i lost the drive to rant & rave about the show. the casts. Remy Ishak autograph session (well, nothing to rave abt the session though!). so here's some pics: untuk santapan mata anda... ;P

clap* clap*clap*


smile*smile*smile*
(umie aida & sofea jane)


heh!

motivator of the night, K'Erni
("amik the autograph aje lah"..whoosh..and im in Q already)

humble pie f0r w0rk

Work. Part of my work requires me to liase alot with foreign student participants and professors.
Making sure that they have a good stay here.
Making sure that they are comfortable. Basically, i am like a Guest Relation Officer (who dressed shabily). ekeek!

8months there, and i have met many interesting people.
there are those who simply have the AIRS. (seriously, i dun see why you must put on that stuck up character? just because you are a degree, PhD holder, etc?). with that cert, do you gain respect from people? oh well, not mine.
ok skip..skip..fast fwd.

in this programme, i met someone who is great to work with.
He's the chairman for the programme. from Zurich.
we liase quite often (oh well, as he is part of the organizing team). before he came for his second visit here to the institute, he promised us to bring a ..snowball and chocolates.
and so, as expected..the snowball couldnt survive the weather..lucky the chocolates did. =)

what makes me enjoy liasing with him is his cool-ness. every email, every service (even the smallest tasks ) we provide he will always end it with a thank you and tell us how much he appreciates our work.
sometimes, i do feel as if i dont deserve all those but at the end of the day, i always look forward to be able to assist him in anything.
did i mentioned that emails that he wrote, always sounds informal. and somewhere in between the lines, rest assured, you will be amused. See below:

[wrote an email to him on his Airport Transfer. his reply as below]
-----Original Message-----

From: Paul. E
Sent: Thursday, 17 December, 2009 2:10 PM
To: Nurleen Binte Mohamed
Subject: Re: RE: Aiport Transfer
Dear Nurleen,Many thanks, not just for the Airport Transfer, but more importantly foryour expert handling of my visitto IMS, I had (and still have for three days) a wonderful time here. Iwill be at the Institute for most of the day tomorrow. Later in the afternoon, I have to be downtown visiting an insurance company.And once more, I am very sorry that the snowball melted before I arrivedin Singapore; believe me, I really did my best:
http://www.egea.eu/archive/2002/pictures/oulujarvi/paaa.jpg

Regards,Paul.

[and my attempt]
It's our pleasure Prof to be able to assist you in whatever we can.
With you coming down with a box of delicious chocolates was good enough(and it survived the humid weather).It was "sold-out" within 3 days. =)We should Thank you!!
Not to worry about the snowball though.FYI, we also have our own Singapore-kind of snowball. And it comes indifferent colors. Available all year round.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ais_kacang
Best Regards,Nurleen

[his email to me wen im on MC & he is leaving S'pore]
Dear Nurleen,I am very sorry to hear that you are not feeling well; we came by to say, not "good bye", but more "till next time". I do hope that it is not the dangerous "allergy for mathematicians" disease,so far as I know, there is no cure for that, and being at IMS is then akin to someone allergic for woolliving in the middle of a flock of sheep.So get well soon, and Merry Christmas.Paul.

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humble. he is. a professor who has organized numerous talks and lectures. doesnt have low regards of people around him. plain humble.
we need more people like this dont we?
seriously, work has never been difficult with humble people.

there's nothing to lose eating a humble pie, more to gain actually.
i can assure you on that.

my make-believe dream (the original soundtrack)

Have you ever had a make-believe dream?
..and it comes with an (not-so) original soundtrack..
here's mine:
[not the dream, but the soundtrack]

Catchy Tune

The Battle

"....But Shaitan (Satan) wishes to lead them far astray."

The everyday battle we faced. comes in every form. in every way
Ya Allah, give us the strength to go thru this
Amin Ya Rabbal Alamin