Class of 2011

Class of 2011

Graduation day was just super hectic! 
-Woke up late and missed the bus that goes to campus
- My graduation shoes were killing me- I got blisters even before we arrived at the Cathedral
- My mum whatsapped my dad that they are watching the ceremony thru streaming :) I am glad they get to watch it too~ esp. my mum ( I secretly hoped she cried in happiness :) )
- I lost my dad after the ceremony and only found him just as we are suppose to get on the bus back to campus ( I feel really2 bad about this--)
- Things got better when my dad starts talking and cracking jokes with Kat's parent during the reception
- Starts crying when some people went around for hugs and goodbyes before leaving the reception
- Kat nearly cried when she saw me crying like a baby--
- Addy did not come to the reception hehe her loss because her favourite lecturer Jason went around to ours and we took a photo with him :) (and chris stokes too!)
- Stupidly forgotten that I have to return the robe by the set time, ran all the way up the hill (in my heels) to DM building to find that the robe ppl left a few minutes ago. 
- Panicked and decided to talk to the security people up in reception - they were soooo nice and helpful, they (as well as the people in charge of graduation) help me return the robes back to Exeter, which saves me from paying the fines set by the robe company. 


Kat and her parent gave us a ride back -- I love her parent as much as I love kat :) 


Our after-lecture lunch at the stannary, post-seminar Costa coffee sessions, Indian food delivery during sleepovers, countless breakfasts at Willie's Dynamite during the weekends & pre-gym tea at the Cavendish~ Good food and great friends :) 


I love them to bits even though sometimes I do not understand their jokes or references to British TV or figures..


Lost in Translation :)..so much so that they started recording all the silly, random things I say~ :)


anyways yea, this is just me reminiscing the good ol' times..now all of us are busy with the path that we each choose to take..


Addy & Cinders are doing their PGCE at the moment and Kat is working in London :)) 


me? I am doing what I always wanted to do Alhamdulillah :)


Salaam

I'm thankful

So, that was my first post for 2012 :) Alhamdulillah sampai jua to this year :))

I have so much to be thankful for actually~~

Last year, after handing in my dissertation, I had so many doubts and I worry about where I will end up. I was ready to accept the fact that it was not my rezeki to do MA.

Alhamdulillah, I got the scholarship and a place at Leeds :D - One of the best Uni for English and definitely top 3 for my course~~ when I was applying for my undergrad, Leeds was actually one of the University I applied to but I did not manage to get in and so I went to Exeter. But now hehehe kana bagi the chance to be part of the amazing English department - which gives me access to the centre for post-colonial studies & also to Leeds Humanities Research Institute or LHRI :)

Apart from that, I get to live with two amazing girls :) whom I have known for over 11 years now and they help me bravis in so many aspects, and they are so sabar melayan my karenah which i admit does not befit a 22 year old. Alhamdulillah~ we have our own jokes and 'drama' hehehee..

Masyallah, if I could list all the things that He gives me, that list is going to be soooo long~
                 He gives me another chance, that is all I can say lah.
                            He gives me in Leeds, what was lacking in Falmouth--
              The three-year wait was definitely worth it :)

In our first year, Z and me constantly cakap how we wish we were in the same Uni, in the same city..this wish was finally granted late last year :) jgn kan ckp same uni or city saja, same house yo~~

I always cakap how I miss cakap Brunei and how going to London is my only chance of actually interacting with Bruneians~ Nahhh..byk kali ah Bruleeds ani..

& He gives me clarity :) in various aspects...

Alhamdulillah :)

Another thing that I am thankful for is that my mum graduated from her MSc dah last December :) I am so proud of her~ she worked really really hard :') If my mummy can do it, why can't I? kan kan? :) my mum is definitely one of my best friends~ :'/ I miss her & babah jua..

waaaaaaa i want to go homeeeeee..

2012 already :)

I was thinking of ditching this whole blogging thing because I have a tumblr now (*upgrade*) BUT it is not the same. This blog and my old multiply one tells my story -- remind me of where I have been and what have I done.

So yes I'm back and Insyallah will try to post more -- and oh, i think having all these new apps really defeats the purpose of blogging sometimes. I mean, you can share your thoughts and activities in Instagram through photos, updates through Twitter and then there's Path :)..

This is such a crazy world where we just share too much..at one point, in the near future, nothing is private any more. to be honest, I don't tweet that much any more unless i got tweeted or I have super interesting thing to say..lol..& oh, facebook? is an effective way of getting in-touch and all..BUT i'm kinda tired of it.

the worse thing is that despite how i'm sick of all these social apps, I can't bring myself to delete or freeze my account just yet. WHAAAA...dilemma 2012

I should not have sign up for Path - but then I sign up for it wayyyyyy before it started to become popular, it was one of the first app i got early 2011. I didn't realise that it would eventually catch-on.~