Check this out!

See, what I did with my free time. I don't think these are true, but I will just assume the most flattering are ;P haha Your Life Is Worth...

$876,500

How Much Is Your Life Worth

You Are a Cappuccino

You're fun, outgoing, and you love to try anything new. However, you tend to have strong opinions on what you like. You are a total girly girly at heart - and prefer your coffee with good conversation. You're the type that seems complex to outsiders, but in reality, you are easy to please

What Kind of Coffee Girl Are You?

You Are Picky When it Counts

Like most sane women, you want a great guy who will treat you well. But you're also willing to put up with a few flaws in your Mr. Right You should congratulate yourself on having a realistic approach to dating. You probably have quite a few great guys you can date!

Are You Too Picky When It Comes To Men?

You Are 29 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

You Are a Friendly Flirt!

You are quite the flirt, but you don't flirt with just anyone. And you hardly ever get caught, because your flirting seems so friendly. You've got a good thing going. Tons of friends, both guys and girls. And if you do decide to flirt, hardly anyone's the wiser. Pretty trick!

What Kind of Flirty Girl Are You?

Careful People!

It’s that time of year!

Please be advised there have been several incidents of bird swooping across the campus in recent days..

Watch out for swooping birds
Swooping birds may be a frightening or even a dangerous experience. Native birds swoop in urban and rural areas, in parks and gardens, along bike tracks and in school yards, or anywhere the birds are nesting. By understanding why native birds swoop and how to avoid them, breeding season may be less stressful for people.

Why they swoop
Like most animals, magpies and other swooping birds instinctively protect their territory, particularly during breeding time. They are protecting their nests, eggs or young from potential intruders. Most birds will swoop within 30-50 meters of their nest. If they perceive you to be a potential threat, they may swoop. The likelihood of an attack is increased if they are teased or feel threatened in any way.

• Swooping is the most common defence behavior. The birds' aim is to threaten or bluff and the intention is only to ward off intruders.
• Beak clacking is part of their defence strategy.
• In a strike attack, a magpie usually swoops, hovers momentarily and then strikes. The fluttering of wings as the bird hovers can be a warning to duck your head to avoid the attack.

Risks
Swooping birds can cause injuries. They usually attack with their beaks and aim for the scalp, face or eyes. If bike riders are swooped they could lose their balance, fall off, or ride into the path of cars. A bird swooping can be a frightening experience for children. Swooping birds can also spook horses.

Protection and avoidance
All native birds are protected under the Wildlife Act and there are serious penalties for taking, harassing or injuring native wildlife. It is illegal to kill birds, destroy their nests or eggs without a permit or authority.

There are ways to minimise attacks.

Ways to avoid swooping that may work

• Avoid the swoop area – try walking or riding in a different direction.
• Cyclists should always wear a helmet. It is better to dismount and walk your bike past a swoop area.
• Travel in a group. Most birds only swoop individuals.
• Be confident and face a swooping bird; usually they only attack people facing away from them.
• Do not panic and run. It will only encourage a swooping bird to continue its attack.
• Wear a hat in an area where there are swooping birds.
• Magpies appear to be dissuaded from swooping when they are being watched, so try wearing a hat with 'eyes' painted on the back of it. Sunglasses worn backwards have a similar effect.
• Holding a stick or umbrella over your head will often cause the bird to keep its distance.

Ways that do not tend to work

• Do not harass, interfere or throw stones at birds as this only makes them more aggressive and defensive.
• Do not destroy nests as the birds may re-nest and the breeding season extended.
• Do not feed or befriend swooping birds.

Remember
Most birds swoop only during the nesting and rearing period. They are only trying to protect their territory, nests, eggs and young. Most swooping behavior is a form of bluffing. Birds rarely make contact when swooping

The information above has been sourced from www.dse.vic.gov.au/swoop.

If you are swooped on campus please advise Security so we can identify areas on campus of the greatest concern.

An email from;

Ian Bastable

Acting Campus Facility Manager

City West/East Campuses

Finally!

Happy...happy...happy!!*wink*

After a loooong wait, finally my notebook, Dell Inspiron 1420 is here!! It arrived yesterday, a day earlier than expected, and it made me wear my happy grin all day long. I know I sounded like an excited kindergarten kid who just got her new Barbie doll . Indeed I feel like one! hehe.


I have to tell you guys, how frustrating it is when I do not have my own PC. Especially in this busy uni time of the year. Assignments, reports, presentation etc..etc, of which, all need the help of computer to be completed. And as we are living in the world that fully dependent on this technology, not having a computer is like living without shoes (what a comparison!). Imagine this, you can still walk without your shoes right? But it is a really inconvenience experience, walking around without some kind of protection for your feet. So, similar with computer, you still can live without it, but it just add on the miseries in your life (I'm talking through experience here =P).

Purchasing this notebook wasn't an exciting experience, either. After successfully ordered it online, I was expecting to halt the suffering of not having a notebook just within a week or if unlucky, maybe two weeks. Unfortunately, the company was having shortage of some parts of the notebook, and they had me waited for a MONTH!

I had to chase them (okay,.. not chasing as they kinda a virtual company), I had to call and send them emails to ask them about the progress of my order. The worst part is, they didn't even notify me about the long delay. Yes, they sent me email that the order was delayed and gave me a date of the expected delivery. But the date was two weeks before the actual delivery! With frustration and and annoyance, I called them and after a long conversation, the sales lady had put my order in the priority list. That basically means right after they received the parts, they gonna assemble mine first. Hurm, how genuine is that, I'm not really sure, but the main thing is I've got it with me now. *Grin*

With this notebook, I can say I'm pretty much satisfied with it. As you would already know, I'm not a pro when it comes to computers and all, so let just talk about the physical and look of the notebook first (which I'm good at hehe). The colour is pink, and I like this kind of shade as it doesn't look too girlish. But, the colour is only on the outside, so it is just for others to admire but not the user. The keyboard I would say is very comfortable for typing and the sound speaker isn't too bad. I always wanted a small and a light notebook, and with this model it satisfies both criteria. And most important the price is within the budget!

Okay, last but not least some info about the notebook:
Memory: 1Gb Hard Drive: 120Gb Processor: Intel® Centrino® Duo Processor Technology (1.5GHz) Operating system: Windows Vista

Overall, I think those specs are just suitable with the works I always do with the computer, no need of the extravagance specs. I hope now I can do my work in peace. By the way, did I mention I'm typing this entry with my new notebook?

Haha, okay enough of lame expressions.

Till then, ta!

Getting Impatient

.... it's almost two weeks, and I'm sick of waiting. No calls, no news, no nothing.

Wondering? Yeah, I bet.

I'll let you wait with me too.

Just another 4 days,.... JUST(?!)

Keep holding on, will ya?

Coming soon.

Grand Gwen's Concert

Last night, my friend and myself went to a concert that left us smiling constantly. The sweet escape tour by Gwen Stefani was absolutely amazing! Although she sounded different because of a cold, but she definitely rocks the night! I've already waited for her concert for quite some time, so when I first heard that she's coming here, I quickly went to grab the tickets. But not quick enough to get the front seats or any seats in front of the stage =( But we are still lucky to be able to get the seats at the side of the stage,.. at least close enough to see her performance.

Songs that she performed that night were, The Sweet Escape, What are you waiting for, Yummy, Cool, 4 in the morning, Hollaback Girl, Rich Girl, Wind It Up and many more. I'm not a die-hard-fan of Gwen Stefani, but I love all her songs because of the uniqueness of the music and the lyrics. For me, her songs are fun to listen to.


I shoot some photos of her during the concert.. so here they are;

A radiance and a huge crowd

Put your hands in the air, y'all

Gwen Stefani performing

The special guests for the opening was Gym Class Heroes which I must admit, another band that I did not recognize, until I heard they sang a song titled ' Cupid Chuckehold ' (Take a look at my girlfriend). I like the song very much, but I didn't know who sing it until last night.. at the concert! Pretty sad huh? This is the song;




Their new single is 'Clothes Off', which I also kinda like. I'm not a big fan of hip hop songs, but their songs are pretty awesome I must say. This is their photo on the stage;



Linkin Park coming this October, anybody interested?? =P

Time Heals Everything, or izzit?

Not Ready to Make NIce
by Dixie Chicks


Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I’m not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I’m still waiting

I’m through with doubt
There’s nothing left for me to figure out
I’ve paid a price
And I’ll keep paying

I’m not ready to make nice
I’m not ready to back down
I’m still mad as hell and
I don’t have time to go round and round and round
It’s too late to make it right
I probably wouldn’t if I could
‘Cause I’m mad as hell
Can’t bring myself to do what it is you think I should

I know you said
Can’t you just get over it
It turned my whole world around
And I kind of like it

I made my bed and I sleep like a baby
With no regrets and I don’t mind sayin’
It’s a sad sad story when a mother will teach her
Daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger
And how in the world can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they’d write me a letter
Sayin’ that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over

Chorus 2x

Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I’m not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I’m still waiting


...one of my favourite songs at the moment. If you never heard of it, go look for it, it's worth it you know hehe.

Just out of nowhere ramble:
'This is not a spoon feeding era, go find it yourself'-----> Don't you hate when the lecturers say this, it's like the same as saying, 'I'm too lazy too teach, go learn somewhere else.' huhu

Notebook Quest

For the past 30 days, I've treated my laptop really nicely- typing with full gentleness, never ever moved it, wouldn't let the desk to quiver and even did not allow any of my friends come near it, let alone touch it. Hoho..unconditional love for my precious isn't it? Yeah.. right..

All these due to my over-sensitive laptop, yes you read it correctly, over-sensitive. It wouldn't compensate any movements done to it, coz if not, the power will cut off and wahlaaa... it just turn off! You may ask, don't you have battery to back the power up? Yes, indeed I do. But, unfortunately, the battery has worn out and already incapable of doing what it is supposed to do. Since I couldn't get the new battery here (thanks to 'world wide' service of twinhead), my brother had bought a new one for me, but another unfortunate event- the battery was designed for a different model. Yup, a wrong one! Haha..(I even can laugh at this, sorry bro!).

But, there's actually no point of getting a new batt, the power cable has long caused a big problem. Sent it off for repair, still no difference, only that my dad's pocket got slimmer. Labour cost is expensive, you know! I have to attach the cable to a very specific angle for it to work, that is, to supply the power. If it is slightly detached due to any movement, then, as I mentioned, it turned to a black screen. 'Damn!' is already an overly expressed word.

It got even worst when there's a last minute assignments or reports need to be done. To be extra cautious, I have to save my work after every four words that I've typed. It's really frustrating, but what else can I do? Also, it's a problem when it just turn off without notice in the middle of a conversation with a cute classmate on MSN..how worst can that be? Haha. Irrelevant, I know. The main point here, it is driving me nuts every day! It's already old by the way, turning four by end of this year, which definitely means I need a new notebook!

So, I did some survey since last week to find the best deal of brand new notebooks in town and on the web. Being a lil bit(ehem) of dumb a** in this technology field, I required lots of help from my peers. At least now I know about RAM and the hard drive capacity..., hehe this is major improvement you know. My learning is progressing and hopefully by the end of this quest, I'll know everything about computers..hihi..

I've surveyed notebooks from Toshiba, Acer, Compaq, Sony, Dell, Fujitsu, Mac and many more which in the end only makes me even more confused.Too many great notebooks on the market, but due to a small budget, it limits the search range, in a good way that is :) One thing for sure, I'll go the one with pink colour! (providing the price within the budget) ;)

Any good recommendations for new notebook, let me know, yah? Time for my beauty sleep, later!

Books and Breaks

wohooo... it's been what...7 months since the last entry?...

'booohooo' to my myself, another attempt to be a frequent writer just failed. So much had happened since then, but writing all of them here may take ages to finish. I'm currently having a long break..trust me..it's really long. A sentence to describe it, it makes sleeping isn't an enjoyable activity anymore. Coz I have lots, lots of it! Like yesterday, I went to bed at 11pm, finished up another John Grisham book by 12.30am and I woke up at 11am the next day, (woke up for Subuh prayer in between, of course). Almost twelve hours of sleep straight! I felt so lazy to force myself out from the cozy and warm bed, I'd rather stay in there for the whole day. I know, I know lazy bum..

By the way, since I have nothing to do at the current moment, I've borrowed many books from the library, yeah to kill the time and keeps my brain working. Different kinds of books from history, autobiography, fiction to romance. The librarian scanned the books while saying to me, 'You like to read different genres of books do you?'. Yeah I do since I'm on my holiday, I have all the time for the boring stuffs. Of course I didn't say that instead I just stood there and just managed to give her a plain smile. Too lazy to be involved in any friendly chat.

At the time being, I finished up two books and currently reading an autobiography of ' The Women of Windsor.' If you're wondering, yes it is a book that tells the tales of the royal family of the Buckingham Palace. From the Queen Elizabeth, to her daughter, another Elizabeth and Princess Margaret and Princess Anne. (Till now I still don't understand, why do they have same names to their children?). By the way, I'm only half way through the book, but the book is interesting, giving the insight of their live as the public figure. What amazed me the most is, they actually did something beneficial to the people, ie helping the war victims, HELPING and not just visiting during the war world II. Apart from that, the story goes on about, their life...when they were young, they have to find a suitable husband and when they're married, they have to save the marriage ....and it also describe how these women can hold the nation together. Hoho..big words aren't they? I spent my time reading about their lives not that I'm really interested about the royals, as the matter of fact, I love to know the lives of different people from different walks of life. The poor to the wealthy. One thing in common about these people, life is not perfect. For us, the grass is always greener on the other side, but if we're in their shoes, we might think otherwise.

Okay, I've rambled a lot here, I should get my laundry done. The sun is out bright today. Don't I love sunny days? Hehe...Later!

Just Another Chapter

i haven't been writing for sooo long. I know from the beginning I created this blog I won't be blogging constantly. Writing is not really my thing.. (that explains why my essays in school never in the top score =P)

since the last update..I had my exams, finished them, went back to my lovely home country, got my results, stayed home like a full-time housewife, packed my stuffs and whoaalaa I'm back to where I've started, back to Adelaide. Feel a bit relieved as here I could settle a few things that have been bothering me for the month.

As for next week, the new chapter of my life will start.
Anxious. Happy. Excited. Confused. Laziness.
All combine into one emotion. To be honest I don't know what to expect. The important thing that I can do now is just to get ready for whatever coming. Be prepared.
Deep in my heart, I just want to be comfortable and be happy. I want to learn many things that life could offer and of course depends how much my brain can occupy.

Oh God, please make life easier for me...

..eid ul fitr..

tomorrow suppose to be a day that I've been waiting for a month if not a year. tomorrow suppose to be a day I'll be excited from the night before. tomorrow suppose to be a day of gathering with family and friends. tomorrow is what they called RAYA.

but i don't have a slight feeling of what suppose to be felt. to make it worst i have a test. eventhough it's a day of celebration I wont be able to celebrate with much fun. tomorrow after eid prayer, i have to rush to class. It's not a new experience tho, this is the third time. but oh well, that's what they say..'raya di perantauan'. one thing for sure, i miss my family, but i'm not sure whether they're missing me.. =P

good or worst this experience will make me smile later on. Celebrating with friends, that's what i gonna cherish my whole life. Next year there wont be the same people, some will be gone and new ones will come. This is the time I need to value every moment. Even how much my brain is occupied, I should allow some space, for this moment to be captured. I might want to visit that the small spot again anytime later. I surely will.

I would like to take this opportunity to seek forgiveness from everyone. Selamat hari raya and maaf zahir batin to all!

Antidepressants

I was called to write about this topic while I was revising my pharmacology chapter this morning. It is an interesting part to write because of the increasing number of people are taking it since it was introduced to the society in 1980's, an antidepressant era.

Depression is a common psychiatric disorder which is a disorder of mood rather than disturbances of thoughts or cognition. People who are depressed usually have misery, apathy, low self esteem, loss motivation and some biological symptoms such as disturbances of sleep and retardation of action and thought. Okay, now I know, when you read this, you might be thinking, "I think I'm depressed."Before you go further into it, let me tell you that it is not as simple as that. The symptoms should be ongoing and have major impact into one's life. Those symptoms could lead one to discontinue having normal activities that usually occur after a massive trauma such as losing the loved ones or stressful life events.

Antidepressants become an interest of many researchers in many part of the world because of the potential profit they offer. Thanks to the hu-ha of the media about depression, depression is now well marketed and so do the antidepressants. People who only have minor stress due to workload in workplaces or complicated problems at home will straight away find solution from Prozac (fluoxetine), which is the most commonly prescribed antidepressant. This medication is a Selective Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) and its action is to increase the neurotransmitter which help to stimulate the brain. Sounds clever right? It certainly is, as many people get some relieved from this medication eventough it only gives effect after 2-4 weeks taking this medication. But what happens during that 2-4 weeks? Some studies have shown patients who are taking this type of medication could have tendency of suicidal. Hmm that is really a bad news indeed. Antidepressant doesn't suit into the description here, antidepressant that causes suicide??

The unwanted side effects of suicidal mostly effect teenagers and children. What concern me here is why do these children need to take the antidepressant in the first place? I can't deny children and teenagers also have stressful life events that are difficult to handle but as adults around them, offering medications is not the answer. It could be an easy short-term solution for these teenagers but in the end, we are destroying their lives even more. In later life, they won't be able to handle simple stresses and cannot live without these miracle medications.

Now, here it makes me think of another side of the topic, what do we believe most in life and how do we make ourselves strong enough to handle stress? Everything that occur in life I believe must have another purpose that we might or might not know. Every bad things happen will eventually leads to a better life in some point or later. Qada' and qadar I would say. If whenever you feel weak and you feel that you couldn't handle anymore, just remember that your Creator is always with you. Turn to Him, you might not find the answer immediately, but just remember He always plan the best for you. I always believe that, the burden that we faced are the burdens that we are able to handle, He will never give those that are unbearable for you.

If I haven't made myself clear, antidepressants are not the sole answer!

~In conclusion, antidepressants should only considered as the last option for the treatment of mood disorder~

Monday??..

..ok now I just realized today is Monday..yes that Monday which I never hope it'll come..
But lucky enough it's labour day, and it is still a holiday!! At least one more day to leisure.

Haiihhh..spring break is over. And what I had gained from it? Well...*thinking for minutess*.. tick..tick.. still I haven't got the answer!

My holiday that I had 'happily' wasted has ended (yes I have to repeat myself to wake me up for reality). To make myself feel good, I should say I enjoyed myself during this holiday. That what is important, I feel relax and I had treasure the holiday. When the term starts I have to put on my full gear and never look back (I dont have time for that). My main focus should be on the books,notes and the online-learning. Thinking bout my main objective of being here, I should remain in focus until the exam is over. Exam? Oh, how writing it sends shiver straight to my spine. Eventough this semester I only have 3subjects but God knows how much stuffs to learn!

Believe me or not I actually enjoy my studies at the moment. Learning these stuffs are fun, now at least I am able to visualize the practical use of the stuffs compared to the things I learned in second year or worst in the 1st year. It seems true that people said, enjoy the work you do and you learn better. Understanding is much more easier if you are enthuastic about the topic. But what remains to be done is the courage to stay focus and not letting yourself get carried away by the evil net..yes the internet. Which I could say my biggest problem at the moment. There are so much stuffs in it to be seen or heard or do. My hands couldn't get off the keyboard if not the mouse.

*haaiih*

Waiting...where are you spring break?

I'm counting the days now..can't hardly wait for the holiday!! Ok I know the break is not really a holiday, it's called 'Revision Break'---> it sounds soo contradicting aite? But anyway, this break I have number of things to settle especially with the UMNO activities and the upcoming international night that will be held close to the exam week. That's the reason why we need to prepare it wayy early (1month ahead).


Tomorrow I will have a dinner with a few friends in the city. I don't know the real purpose of this dinner in the mid-week but one thing for sure, we'll gonna have fun! Yerp, we should have fun before the tiring placement the next day, hey? I really hope the placement will not be too bad and hopefully I can enjoy the last placement for this year :) The placement before this was good, I learned so much and it was very enjoyable. The clinical pharmacist was really helpful (not because she gave me good marks tho), she never tired of answering my endless questions hehe..or maybe she is, but not showing it to me?haha hopefully not! Isk, I sounded like a kid who just experienced a first day in school hey? So I better stop the crap now.

Damn..now the internet connection is down AGAIN..I probably cant publish it at the moment
*sigh*

Myself and Today

yeahhhaaa..finally the weekend that i've waited for soo long has already arrived. I have finished my test, the upcoming test is still quite far away and I don't have tonnes work (still means I have some work to finish up) makes me a bit relieve. At least I can enjoy my sleeping time better for this weekend.

Nothing much I had done since yesterday, just did some chores here and there in the house. Yesterday, on Friday night, my friends and I went for dinner at the Central Market. One of my friends had been craving for Ho Fun then off we went long way to the market. I have eaten dinner at home, so I dont feel really hungry and I ordered this so-called Nugget Waffle with Ice Cream. The waffle was nice I could say, but not the ice cream. Quoting what Hani said, 'It tasted like cheap ice cream'. And yerp, I totally agree with what she has said.

Oh I received a news yesterday, my friend who is in Melbourne is sick and she wanted to differ her studies back to home country. I was a bit shock because I never knew she had hyperthyroid before and I'm not sure when she had been diagnose with the condition. Sigh, I'm really sorry to hear the news about her, for me, she trully is a good friend and by that I mean; a kind hearted and generous friend. She's been a really good host when we were in Melbourne TWICE. I hope God will always bless her and let she has the good health she deserves.

And other news is that my friend is the cover girl for one famous Malaysian magazine this month. Check it out! But I will not tell which magazine :) The make over that she had reminds me of my own experience undergoing a magazine's make over session. Looking back the memories makes me chuckle, a type of experience that you can never forget. I remembered how I had cried almost the whole day when the magazine came out as I was terrified of my own picture published in a magazine and being viewed by the whole country. Obviously I had thought of it before the session, but when the time really came, I never imagined it was that real (i know that sounds exaggerating,but that what it felt like). I was never proud of my photo in the magazine, and I kept it away from me until now. I should try to have a look again the photo in the magazine and I guess it shouldn't that bad hey? If not how can they publish it to the public?

I wonder..hurmm..

Try and Error

I've spent most of my time now trying to learn the new things to add on this blog. I seriously need help!

A new beginning

Another blog is created from me! (I have lost track how many times I made new blogs :))

Anyway, I hope I can stick with this one, and be creative with it. For any viewers, enjoy reading!