Too little never late

New look eh for the summer

A little kid-ish, but I love it! You must love it too!
Lets get out of the grown up world for a change.

Too bad, my life right now is pretty slow. Apart from tutoring, I don't do anything much. Although I kind of wish I start reading something, especially all the articles for my thesis. Ah, whatever. This Friday, I will meet up with my prof and probably we will discuss my summer plans. Hopefully after that I can start to think again. Lol

As to what I'm looking forward to, it has to be end of JULY!
Why July? Well, Harun and I plan to go to Quebec to visit our dear SIFTies, Viv and Jennifer! Oh, I can't wait to see them! I miss them a lot. For those who don't know - probably you don't - cause I never mentioned it here...Jennifer n Viviane are the two people I hangout the most during SIFT. It's like our lil geng + Harun (they pronounced it as 'Arun, French can't pronounce H). What's funny is, they speak French all the time and I speak Malay with Harun all the time. So, they said, it's fun to hang out with us cause we are just like them --> we speak other language better and speak English slowly. To them, other SIFTies speak too fast and they can't understand them, haha. I like the fact, Jenn had been to Malaysia before. It's like my conversation starter with her. Well, the last time she went to Cameron Highland and KL, so next time I will take her to the islands and jungles...way better than the city and tea plantation. No offense to those who enjoys tea and loves the city life. Lol

The fun doesn't stop there. Ariff, Khamsani and few others will later join me in Quebec and it's all rock and roll after that. Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto (Canada's Wonderland, Popeye etc), Niagara Falls ;) No solid plan yet as of now. But I can already see it happening. Money money, mari berjimat now! I got a mission with Ariff. Baik kau bersedia credit card and telinga utk mendengar leteranku. haha. That's all.

The best picture ever. Title: "What we got from Calgary"
L-R: Yours truly, Jennifer and Viv

I guess you all know how Ariff n Khamsani look like. Haha, cause I don't have their picture pon at the moment. Sorry guys.

A totally unrelated picture. haha I just like it cause
it is a candid picture of me going hiking WAHAHAHA
SOOOOO GEEKY for even liking it!

p/s: Hasan just told me calling somebody "dude" is no longer cool unless u r black. Ouh, point taken!

Oh So Wrong

I went to some kids festival here in London last Saturday. And I wanted to get a face paint. It was free, so I said, maybe I should just get a small PEACE sign.

Is this some new PEACE sign I'm not aware off??
and it's big...

OMD. NO

I argued with the girl and boy there, and they were super convinced this Mercedes Benz logo is a PEACE logo. Geez! I saw the other girl (another face painter) had a peace logo too on her cheek. Hummm...it's not a peace logo. It was a freaking Mercedes Benz logo.

Another OMD moment for me.

Since there are so many kids in line, I just don't want to argue. I can only hope nobody is thinking I'm promoting Mercedes Benz by any chance.

The real deal

FZ.

This will be the lamest summer ever.
Dr Plint does not have a spot for an undergrad assistant. sucks big time!
ok, my naseb so far ialah bad luck...

5,201 words and a few more tonight

Tonight, I finished my SIFT report.
17 pages
5,201 words
What a painful report to write. Haha. I only love the work I did on the pictures! Below are some of the pictures from my report. I have to put them up here cause they are amazing.
*eheh, puji diri memang laaa seronok*
As I was writing my report, I realized Dr. Plint gave me more assignment than previous year SIFT participant! Hummmm....

Carbonate cores. I think I will be working with them again for my thesis

Dekat Frank Slide :)
1. Nadia and conglomerate
2. Rock unit in Banff Formation - cherty limestone
3. Crinoid fossil in Livingstone Formation. comel je crinoid tuh

FOLDS! This place has the most folds I've seen in my life!

*I asked Dr. Plint if I can be his field assistant, hopefully the answer is YES!*
AND,
I need to change the header picture. It's getting old, but I don't have a theme yet :(

SIFT and everything around it

So, here's some pictures.
Probably my SIFT story will come later. I gotta write a report about it. For now, just take a look at the pictures aite!

Calgary

Downtown Calgary


Yerp, been up there.

Calgary City from far

BBQ at Bowness Park
Sodap!

All the catwalkers


BBQ!! Adoii sedap seyhhh...


Nasi Kerabu resipi Kak Siti :)

SIFT 2009

First day at SIFT with Genevieve and Jennifer :)

Core Lab.

Dinosaur Provincial Park, Badland, AB
So, don't get jealous if I tell you, I got to hike at the preserved area. This area is, of course, not open to the public and I must say, after whole day walking around there...I don't bother anymore looking down for bones. They are just everywhere. Even during lunch, I sat next to a bone. They called it "Lunch at the graveyard". Spoof!

Bone Burger lol

It is not weird to suddenly see a dinosaur bone...

Interesting land formation

4 day Field Trip - to the Rockies and BC
It was fun, but the bus ride was a pain in the a**. Plus, Harun sat next to me...damn he took a lot of SPACE!

Fossil

Hiking trail. We all did this hiking after lunch.
That doesn't go too well for me! Hahaha.

The Big Rock

Second Half of SIFT
More like work, presentation and fancy networking functions!

Some night life, of course. Haha. I had POP, in case you are wondering...
Maureen is on my left. She is my roommate! And then there's Alyn on Maureen's
left. She's super nice and keeps on saying "Farisa u are such a sweetheart". Geez Thanks!

My team - Tight Hole Exploration. Excuse the name!
L-R: Jamar Regis (St. Mary's), Yours truly,
Maureen Hill (U of T) and Steve Christie (U of Regina)
We worked wonders together! This picture was taken after
the presentation.

Proof yang orang Malaysia ruled SIFT this year! We both freaking won an award.

Victoria Day Long Weekend - Me, Kak Siti, Harun and Kak Haziah hit the road to the Rockies! The weather was amazing on the first day, and got worst on the second day. It bloody snow on the second day! And our rented car was as small as Perodua Kancil...which proved to be bad during snow storm in the mountains!!

Canmore!

Athabasca Glacier. Finally! I got to see and stand on one of my
must see natural wonder.

Jasper. Beautiful town

Lake Louise, still frozen

Banff.

Already in Calgary!!!!

yo folks!
guess what i'm doing right now?

i'm at the airport. haha. it's so nice of them to provide free wireless! baikkan? ni tengah tunggu harun ding dong la nihh. dah dekat nak smpai dah harun nih. harap2 takde la delay or anything kan. iskk, if not mmg pengsan eden kat sini.

overall, airport calgary best. dah laa troli pon free. ape je yg cik farisa bayarkan? oh...tim hortons bayar sendiri k. so now tgh memerapkan diri di satu corner yang amat laa jauh dari kawanan orang ramai. lapar pon ade. nak pegi atas makan tp malas. haha. sbb tolak troli ni, mcm takde elevator utk ke level food court tuh. i think patut tunggu harun datang and makan sama2. nanti nmpak sgt laaa lame ok makan sorang2 ngan beg2 besar gedabak nihh.

i have a bad news for myself. lol. peluang pekerjaan yang ditawarkan oleh SIFT hanyalah berjumlah 2 position. adoii, stress eden. macam mana nih?? ade 8 org yg apply, including me! wow, tipis seyhh. tp sy masih positif. jikalau tak dpt, takpelah...sy akan pulang ke london dan pergi travel dgn beberapa kawan2 yang seperti sudah mengajakku ke west kebanyakannya. hurmmm, tp kecewa gakk...sbb dah beli seluar baru tau utk interview. haha. siap alter sendiri, jahit sndiri lagi.

geram ape tau. sbb mcm tak pasti, kene bw byk giler barang ke calgary nih. beg pon dah sgt sendat dongggg. plak tu tetibe cikgu baikku utk thesis telah memberikan peta utk project thesis, and damn it, kene bwk skali ke calgary ni. tak psal2 semua org dok tengok kannn.

haha.

k k. sebabkan bosan, saye telah dgn excitednye melukis page depan utk laporan "Calgary" dalam journal traveling ku. Ingat tak? Ala buku the beatles tuhhh. yer, inilah hasilnye. see, punye laa bosan, smpai leh lukis, amik gamba lukisa, transfer, edit and upload di sini!!


Diminta jangan mentertawakan lukisan sy...now nak tengok one tree hill plak. tunggu harun lagi....

Photos to mengade2

Sorry, my fingers got really itchy and so I have to write something here!
I want to share with you guys photofunia.com
Basically they have lots of photo editing effects for you to use on your picture. Here are two examples I made. I kinda have limited pictures in my hard drive right now. So that explains the the two chosen picture...

Some Harry Potter mood...

Jigsaw Puzzle effect! I personally love this effect!

Ok, I will be updating pretty soon. I already got my Metamorphic Petrology final grade. Fuhhh I got an A! I'm happy for now.

Again, check out www.photofunia.com if you want to create these effects as well.

on hiatus....oh, Good Luck

I'm listening to Stronger by Britney Spears while writing this.

It's April, and I'm sure all of you know what month this is! Dang! Final Exam dong. So, all I want to say is GOOD LUCK to all of you. I hope you will do excellent in all your papers. I need luck too guys! Send me some luck... I think I will put my writing here on hiatus, probably the bday pictures I promised will not come true too cause the pictures are with Izzy and I don't want to push her to transfer the pictures. In all, third year has been very crazy. There are some moments that I cherish cause this year, I made more friends. Not to forget the HUGE drama last year involving me and a bunch of girls here. Somehow, my approach to that is just bury the hatchet, although I can see some that refuse to do so. It's okay, take it the way you like it. Other than that, this has been a great year. I can't wait for SIFT!

So guys, to let you know, I will fly to Calgary on 29 April. I will be back in London on May 19. I will do a little traveling with Harun after the program. For that, I'm saving all my money! Not a single penny will go to waste! So far, it seems like I will spend close to CAD400. Grrrr! I also applied for SIFT Summer Job Program. So, my interview will be before the program, and I am really hoping to get a job in the exploration industry. If I do get a job, I will be staying in Calgary the whole summer. Oh My! Boleh laa pegi Edmonton :) Arep, paham2 tak nih?

I'm signing off.
Invisible for a month. See you guys in a month or so. Probably I will start writing after SIFT. Tengok lahh

A rough start that ends well

Yesterday
My day started off okay. I slept so late, but I gotta wake up so early. Well, some friends kinda keep me "awake" that night wishing me Happy Birthday and all. Honestly, I don't feel any excitement at all. More like, I couldn't care less about my bday this year. I have so many things on my mind now, I just couldn't afford to spare some excitement for the day I turn 22.

In the past, I think most of you might know, I look forward to my birthday. I even remind people about it. Gile horror korup, but not this year. Dang! I gotta blame it on the presentations. I had 2 presentations back to back. So, what is there in Birthday for me to be excited about when I was too busy worrying about these two. GRR!! Well, just for the record, I did OK for the first presentation, but horribly on the second one. It got worst when I started to say the wrong things and somebody corrected me during my presentation... and, what did I do? I just laughed at myself during the presentation. That was my escape route. The same guy even try to get me, later on, with a question that was TOTALLY unrelated to my topic, but sorry dude, I know stuff.
For that, I was mad at myself... that presentation could actually turn out great if I didn't do all these little mistakes! MAD MAD MAD

Whatever.

Little that I know, Izzy and Leah were planning my bday-dinner-celebration last night. She handed me the Invitation at noon, and I rather happy. We went to Ben Thanh, a Vietnamese-Thai restaurant. They do have Malaysian food such as Laksa.
.......they food was good, I enjoyed it. We had rice, mango fish, and shrimp green curry. For appetizer, we ordered crispy cyclone shrimp. We finished of our dinner with strawberry bubble tea (for me) and 3 sweet bean & coconut milk drink (for Izzy).

I got a sweater and a candle for Izzy as bday gift. Leah gave me Victoria Secret's Juiced Berry body mist...MY FAVOURITE. As of right now, I'm wearing the sweater and sprayed the body mist all over myself...GRRR! Love IT!

Some pics from last night.
I will put up more later...

Eyes to tired to open...

Jangan jealous....

Gambar yang takde kaitan dgn topic. Brendan is so hawt right now! AWW!!
Linda, setuju kannn...hehe

Later Gators!

ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK!

Love the song, love the lyric, love NY

I don't drink coffee I take tea my dear
I like my toast done on one side
And you can hear it in my accent when I talk
I'm an Englishman in New York

I would definitely prefer coffee to tea, thank you. I can finally say it out loud, coffee became my best friend in third year.
Don't you think tea is soo English?
Canada is all 'bout COFFEE!
....I've been Canadianized <-- I made this word up...

See me walking down Fifth Avenue
A walking cane here at my side
I take it everywhere I walk
I'm an Englishman in New York

I have my very own tradition on Fifth Avenue. I will go to this particular boutique on Fifth Avenue, and buy a t-shirt. It is tiring walking along Fifth Avenue, but you don't need a cane for that. heh.

etc...

(Englishman in New York - Sting)







(lyric from www.azlyrics.com and pictures are from flickr.com)