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Dilemma
More than words...
to certain extend
i manage to confront it
its difficult
i wish i can solve everything
yes i know it takes time!
It needs courage ... determination... effort...
Don't let our life slip through our fingers
by living in the past or for the future
by living our life one day at a time
we'll live all the days of our life!
May Allah granted me with rahmah and hidayah...
Amin.

I am still smiling :)

It has been ages... :)

Assalamualaikum...

i know it has been ages..
I am sorry for not updating with my latest info!
Yes, it has been a tough and quite tiring month after Eid..
Even though i spent some time went to certain place
To spend my time in front of my laptop and writing on my blog is not as easy task!
you must wondering why? :D
I need to focus and concentrate though!
Joking!!!
I wish i could write everything and sharing with you people
so where should i start?

Eid
Alhamdulillah it went very well...
Manage to complete fasting in Ramadhan and 6 days fasting in Syawal.
Afiq and i made some cookies : Choc chips, Raisin n oat cookies, Honey cornflakes in cup and cornflakes cookies!
Menu for raya:Malay rice cake(nasi impit), peanut sauce, chicken rendang, instant lemang, fried noodle, spicy potatoes with anchovies, Bread butter pudding with strawberry and blueberry etc...
After the Eid prayer everyone gathered at my house as their 1st destination
Yeah... i enjoyed the day very much..


Trip to Salisbury- Stonehenge and Old Sarum
I join university trip and only paid GBP15 for the transportation.
It took me roughly 3 hours from Plymouth to Salisbury, Southampton.
I bet you people have heard about stonehenge.
This was my 2nd visit. I went to Stonehenge for the 1st time when i was studying in London in 2006. Yes nothing much change! its just a rocks!
Yeap meaningful for British people as their historical ancient symbol.
People all around the world comes here to enjoy view of Stonehenge!
Please enjoy the pictures


Old Sarum
erm.. Nothing much i can say about it.
It was known as a splendid Catheral long time ago.
It was then abandoned and destroyed!
I'll show you some pictures







My journey to Penzane, Cornwall - Lands End
What do you understand from the name?
Yes if you define it literally you will get the real meaning of it
Most people would say the Lands End is the most southerly area of Great Britain!
Its not actually.
The most southerly area is known as Lizard Point! well i've never been there!
But i bet its there. :P
Lands End view was fantastic!
Super windy... on top of the hill... Superb high cliff...
Thanks to Hasnol who brought me there with his car! I owe u one mate!
Again please enjoy the lovely pictures






Minack Theatre!
Minnack means Rocky place
Its not so far from Lands End... i reckon it just few miles away... :)
Its open theatre facing the blue sea...
I can't describe the beautiful scenery...
the outstanding panorama from the hilly side of the theatre
its awesome guys! have a look!!!
Plays:Romeo & Juliet, beauty and the beast,Evita, Othello, classical songs, opera etc were presented here with affordable price!
I would say its normally sold out all the time
I promise to come back again and be on the audience soon!
InsyaAllah...

Last but not least
My research
Alhamdulillah
so far so good
Yeah there are some progress but its a bit slow
I will conduct an online survey very soon
and i really hope to get you people out there to promote my survey
i really appreciate your helps guys!
I have met my supervisors accordingly
useful advises based on previous discussion! to certain extend i really hope someone
can "push" me :)
I will not give up easily guys...
Yes doing PhD is very difficult however
if other people manage to go through it
sail away successfully
i believe i can do it too...
to be without dreams is to be without hope
to be without hopes is to be without purpose
Life is not a race but its a journey
journey to be savored
each step of the way!

Wish me luck!
Take care folks!

Happy Eid Mubaraq / Selamat Hari Raya AidilFitri

Ya Allah

Andai aku diberi kesempatan

Biarlah aku diberi peluang untuk mengecapi sekali lagi Ramadhanmu

Biarlah aku diberi peluang untuk mengimarahkan malam-malam mu

Sesungguhnya aku ini hanya lah insan kerdil

Yang hanya menanti detik dan waktu untuk mengadapmu…

Ya Allah

Doaku kau sejahtera keluargaku, saudara maraku dan sahabat handai ku

Moga diberi petunjuk dan dibukakan pintu hati

Untuk bertaubat dan patuh kepada mu

Ya Allah

Kau bukakan pintu hatiku

Agar yang tersimpul mampu dileraikan

Agar yang tersirat mampu diterjemahkan

Sesungguhnya kau yang Maha Mengetahui dan Mengasihi hamba-hambamu…

Ya Allah

Aku berdoa dan mengharap petunjuk darimu

Moga hambamu ini sentiasa tabah

Dalam meniti batas usia

Yang penuh pancaroba

Meniti hari-harinya

Moga diberi ruang untuk

Berubah menjadi yang lebih baik

Dan mengharap bertemu

Kembali Ramadhan yang akan datang

Amin

"Salam penuh takzim

Andai ada tutur kata yang mengguris perasaan, perbuatan yang terkhilaf, ampun dan maaf dipinta.

Sesungguhnya diri ini hanya insan yang tidak lari dari melakukan kesilapan.

Selamat Hari Raya, Maaf Zahir Batin

Happy Eid Mubaraq

May Allah bless us with wonderful journey of life

Great day ahead!"

Take care

Regards,

Zarul Fitri zaaba

University of Plymouth, United Kingdom

Long long Entry :)

Alluring and tempting

Hotel Sacher

Famous Sacher chocolate cake

Classical Hofburg Theatre - standing area EUR 3-5

Culture + blue = ?

Zali Anas Me Im

At scene- Thinking...

Lovely couple- bow when you give money

Nice people... but need money

Salamz to all
i am so sorry for not updating my blog
its more than a month!! auch...
what a shame! :P
well its kinda mixed up entry...
unstructured scene... hope u people can catch up! cheers! :)
i have started my 1st stage in research.
Yeap long way to go...
i need to be more focus...
set up strategy to ensure i meet the plan...
InsyaAllah...


Scene 1
Well happy Birthday to me on 24th July...
Tq for the cards and lovely gifts...
not to forget... your kind words in FB text messages etc...
i appreciate it very much mates!!!!

Giant Chess- dare to play with me?

Long Bus

Bratislava Castle

View from Castle - Danube River 1

View from Castle - Danube River 2

Souvenir shops in Bratislava

High Street

Weired building

lets

A friend from Royal Holloway Univ of London - Imran

Scene 3
Well on weekend
a group of students from IPICS decided to go to Bratislava
located only an hour from Vienna by bus!
oh Bratislava located besides Austria and Hungary!
well all along the way at the famous Danube river...
Yes... you can enjoy the cruise from Vienna to Bratislava!
I went there on Sunday where most of the shop CLOSED!
doomed!!!!!
Bratislava nice city!
Not so expensive.... especially the souvenirs part... hahhahaha :P
People = not well verse in English so its a bit problematics!!
Not really a big place... the centre itself provided lots of tourist attraction
just liked Vienna...

Film n music festival (world) 09 near Schottentor universitat

In the middle of street near stephans-platz

Sun shiny day

Kaiserappartements sisi museum

Model? :P

Smile

Vienna from top of hill

Cottage style

Vintage

Beauty

Who?Closed up

Roustam n me

Albetina Museum

Ice creams - yeap the famous one

Famous Musician skull guess who?

Dedicated and outstanding tourist guide! kudos!

Hofburg areas

Scene 2
well so many thing to talk about...
i will start with my journey to Vienna...
i went to Vienna from 24 July until 8 August 2009 for my IPICS
Intensive programme on information adn communication technology
in unviversity of technology Vienna...
Yup 2 weeks in Vienna!
what a lovely days!!!! hahahhaa
met new friends new culture new style new environment...
I enjoyed it very much....
i would consider to come back once again to bring my colleagues!
well it was a crash course agenda for me!
revision on what have your learnt in your Msc...
Yup... i couldnt agree more.
My supervisor Prof Steven Furnell was one of the best presenter!!!
proud! :D
what do you think 2 weeks in Vienna?
spent most of leisure time visited historical place...
ate different style of foods...
italian, kebab, ice creams, cakes... bla bla bla...
Cost of living?
huh its pretty expensive!!!
My summary on Vienna:
Souvenir = expensive
Food = Quite expensive
halal = easy to find
ice cream = awesome
people = fair enough
customer service = sou sou
Tourist attraction = Superb

Enjoy the pictures...
i had a great experience in Vienna...
Even though not on my accommodation! (keep it to myself :P)
oh btw
Lots of Muslims people in Vienna came from Turkey...
my tourist guide told me that Muslims was 2nd largest community in Vienna
How interesting!
so dont worry about food mate! hahahhaha
Kebab everywhere
just liked "mamaks" restaurant in Kuala Lumpur
easy to fine! :) so enjoy!
New life with new culture...
we learnt how to appreciate to stay with other people
from different background... different races... different religion....
communicate with others
and dont be shame!
If language become the barrier then learn... :)

Now back to Plymouth...
continue my mission...
its not the end yet as my journey still at the initial stage...
Ramadhan is just around the corner....
Salamz Ramadhan to all muslims...
Yeap i miss bazar Ramadhan and all the tempting foodz...
however
the most essential aspects...
fasting with patience and modesty!
Refrain from unessential activities
Its the time for us to ask for forgiveness, ask for guidance and doa
to purify through good deeds..

Take care all...
i will come and visit your blog very soon!

Eden Project - Diversity

huhuhuhu

Flower?

Kuda ku lari gagah berani

Transformers... Optimus "Crime"

Orange Lily

Lavender

Biome scenery from the top bridge

Oh pity you .... Recycle gadgets!

Awesome !

Gosh i forgot the name

Sculpture!

:)

Isabel Bard and Me... Tempting cornwall vanilla ice cream!!!

hahahahah Beware!!!

yours?

Anyone missing these stuff?

Tuai padi antara masak... esok jgn layu-layuan... intai kami antara nampak esok jgn rindu-rinduan

The "Kebun"

Malaysian's kg House

uhuhuhuh Gigantic the bee!

Meditranean Biome

Rainforest Biome

I went to Eden Project Yesterday
Organized by Postgraduate Society...
The journey was about 1 hour plus... well not so fay from central Plymouth
Woke up early that morning to prepare something for breakfast and lunch..
Vegetarian Murtabak and tuna sandwich
I sat beside one Greek guy on the bus...
Just a little conversion as i felt dizzy along the way to Eden... hahahhahaha
You know road in Britain... Small narrow small roundabout crooked country road...
yeah i blamed the road! :P
Tq to Mr Driver who drove the bus safely...
A little bit about Eden Project
well .. All about environment...

"It is in a 50-metre deep crater which represents the size of 35 football pitches
There are 2 gigantic geodesic conservatories as mentioned largest in the world!
Inside the most ambitious and outstanding environmental project that the UK has ever seen.
Each biome is a wealth of different climate zones, from waterless desert to steamy jungle, complete with thriving plants, mini houses/cultured house etc... i will tell you more via pictures!
My experiences - Rainforest and Meditranean Biome
The mission/objectives is to promote the understanding of the vital relationship between people and plants.
It will help us understand how to manage our resources responsibly."

Yeah it sounds simple but i bet you the place was awesome!
I enjoyed it very much...
Support the nature!!!
I would think that my country should try and do this stuff to promote the importance of
our nature...
Come on.. we should proud of our nature... its unique.. extraordinary...
When you entered the rainforest Biome (The white bubble stuff) its getting hot and hot and hot..
they try to simulate the real temperature of rainforest!
Seriously you will sweating like crazy!!! (Mat/Minah salleh semua kelihatan seperti sedang terbakar.. merah2 belake hehehhehheeh) :P

The best moment...
At one hilly corner,
suddenly you saw a big old wooden house...
With big sacks at the ground...
Old and vintage bicycle.. (ohhh basikal tuaaaa... )
kain batik on the clothesline...
obsolete motorcycyle... hahahaha
with Kebun "areas" .... Curry leaves... pandan Leaves... Mini paddy fields...
Well to certain extend it should be fine for me all of these stuff albeit it did not represented the real way of Malaysian people...
Just think positively....(Traditional Malaysian people style "formerly") :)
Oh the flower...
Dedicated the pictures to my mum and those who in love with flowers...
colors... bees ... green grass oh... so many good stuff!
Difficult for me to express it...
Enjoy the pictures....

Well in conclusion - i enjoyed it very much
Shue Bard and Isabel accompanied together...
Tq for the pics and everything!
cheers mate!
Lovely day... met new people... new place...
One word "Diversity"

Almost 3 months here...
i need to prepare full report for my sv and sponsorship comittee...!
Wish me luck!

Happy Father's Day

Salamz all,
I am going to mix up stuff in this entry...
based on true stories...
We address this man as ayah, abah, papa, etc...
what ever method you use to it, it gives you the same meaning and will indicate to the same person

My father - my abah..
Born in perak. 6 out of 13 siblings and stand as the eldest son in the family.
Yeah he came from such a big happy family.
I have no doubt most of my uncle and aunties staying in Kg but i adore them very much...
Lovely people, caring and for sure "happening"!
Interesting part, once "balik kg" abah will be very excited because he cant wait to eat the food especially "tempoyak" (Ripe Durian) cook by my aunts... Mak Teh/Wah/Mak Yang/Wan chu Very awesome smells though! :P

Abah was the army before he retired early and continue worked with firm...
When abah's health not very well, he was advised by the doctor to retire again.
yeah abah was sad when he heard that
as he knew he had lots of responsibilities to raise us..
He think a lots and his health condition was not good.
For him, did nothing meant miserable...
but abah still had his patience
My mum is always there to support him.


I was in main campus(local unis) that time
my elder sis already came back from Uk during that time and my younger sister
was in her secondary school.

It was a day before my last exam paper.
I got a phone call from my mum
she told me that abah will be admitted to IJN(National Heart Institude) ...
cause : Coronary artery diseases
solution : Coronary bypass surgery
tears fall from my eyes...
why didn't they told me earlier?
why must now?
what have i done?
Ya Allah, Please help me. Give me your mercy....

Yeah, no more focus on exam stuff... no more books.... no more notes...
i did my exam quickly the next day...
flew back to Kl after exam.

At the hospital abah can still smile...with his jokes... his laugh...
No appetite to eat and he wanted to talk with us a lot...
I knew deep inside his heart, he love me and our family more than he love himself...
he pretended that nothing happened...

The operation day
From his room to the operation theatre...
abah istighfar... recite doa...
Before he went in, we hug abah...asked for forgiveness...blessings
All of us cries... my uncle.... aunties... abah's best friends...
waited for long hours....
until everything done.

At the ICU
Abah opened his eyes...
alhamdulillah...
abah smiled and hold my hands...
he said to the nurse
"he is my son. My only son. I am really proud of him"
again i cried but quickly i wipe my tears ...
i advised abah not to talk much...

Now abah is feeling much better after several years of operation
but still under medication
he ate lots of medicine and supplements
Yesterday i called abah and my mum said abah had a fever, cough and tiredness
abah voice a bit weak but he pretended liked nothing happen
as usual he will laugh and made some jokes,
he didnt want me to worry of him...
Only God knew deep inside my heart that time!

People,
i am not shame to say how much i love my father
i am not shame to say i want to be like my father... how he love and respect my mum...
how he became a warrior in our family... sacrifices many things in his life from his chilhood until now....because of him i am here now...
I do believe that you feel the same out there...
To abah,
Thanks for love, care and everything that you have given to me
I always doa may you and mama will live in full of blessing... dunia akhirat
Let us doa for our parent
Let us love and care for our parent
whether they still live or not...
because remember life only Once!
I am really proud to be your only son....

Abah ( Zaaba bin Shamsudin)
Happy Father's day
Selamat Hari bapa


Your son,
Zarul Fitri Zaaba
Plymouth, United Kingdom

Mix up Stuff

Linda me & Shue

Linda K Mazni n Shue - Houndiscombe Road

Nasi lemak with potatoes pies, chicken rendang etc

Barbican

I want to have that one...

Full of desire eh

Burning... its burning... our chicken sa

Trout Fish head Curry

I'm kinda mixed up with so many thing in my head now!
for this posting, i have decided to mix it up with a-z
i mean "no" correlations of story....but to certain extend Yes it have! hahahaha :P
Yesterday i cooked and invited "single" status people came to my house for a lovely lunch
I cooked Fish Head curry(Trout Fish), Kailan with salted fish, Sweet Chillies anchovies with potatoes... Yup done... Lovely food lovely day in someway not a nice weather... it was raining outside and pretty cold!
Woke up early that morning... i went to Plymouth market to meet uncle "Fishmonger"!!!
Yeah Trout was the best choice for the curry!
enjoy some pictures... i have learnt the recipe from my mum...
U needed cumin, fennel and fenugreek(halba), curry powder, some chilly powder, curry leaves....
Mixed well and done!
enjoy the pictures!

Antecedently,
i have tried to cook chicken sate as a preliminary project! Details soon...
Yup we have made it! successfully...
Complete package of sate with authentic peanut sauce, cucumber & "nasi impit" - boiled in the bag of rice.

Oh by the way
When Linda came and visited me few weeks ago
we cooked nasi lemak!
Malaysian famous dish... Full package with anchovies and chicken rendang!
More fats more carbohydrate.... hahhahahahahah

oh its all about food.
Normally i spend my time in university from morning until evening...
basically for my research and development stuff...
Yeah i try to focus even sometimes its hard to do
Reading journals articles really need full concentration...
You need to be focus and love what ever you read in front of you! Trust me... if you hate it, it will end up with disappointment...
so don't jeopardize yourself... just enjoy it
Critical? yeah sort of but it become part of learning process while doing research....
i am kind of new people venture into R & D stuff!
and now i try to love it... sail it... and bring it....
Wish me luck!!!

So,
In order to appreciate 5 days of hard work (hahahahahhaha :P)
I can relish myself on Saturday to cook something super nice on that particular day!
well i am pampering myself...
alone? well its better to have guest though...
its more interesting and entertaining... Time for you to laugh and have fun!
Cooking is part of my passion... :)
It almost 3 months here in Plymouth.
I love to be here... not to forget my previous place in London.
I love both..
Royal Holloway University of London for Msc experiences and exposure
University of Plymouth... for upcoming things...
sweet memories remains forever!
someway somehow....
we learn and keep learning...
Don't give up but cheer up!
My target to finish writing my 3 months report!
Yeah absolutely!
May Allah give me blessings and show me the path...
Amin..

(P:s)
Best of luck to my juniors on their debating competition (FOMCA and Perpaduan 2009).
Where there's a will there's way... be strategize and form an excellent group!
How i wish to turn back time... (i started my 1st university debate at Royal debate UPM 2000)
Met extraordinary people, exposures, experiences!!!
Ohooo i miss debating time though!!!!
Take care!