Master Graduation at Royal Albert Hall!!!

Assalamualaikum...

As I mentioned in the previous post that my mom came to London to visit me the reason behind it is because my Graduation was on 6th of May!!! *happy2*

the graduation ceremony was for my Master which I have successfully completed it in 2014 with the grace and blessings from Allah S.W.T :D

since the day of my graduation falls on weekdays which is on the Wednesday, believe me or not, I still have to go to the lab...haha...told you I was busy that week :(

but I am just so lucky when our session was at 5.30pm which was the last session for that day...ample time for me to go to the lab, finish what I need to do and hurry up home and get ready for my graduation ceremony~

first let took a picture in front of the house~ >.<

we start our journey around 4pm to Royal Albert Hall of where the ceremony will be held..yeah I know its already late!! wuhuuu...

once we reached there, me and my bestie run towards the gown collection area...since we are not from the main campus, so we were not familiar with the buildings there and where it is situated...fyi, Imperial College London main campus is at South Kensington which is just infront of Royal Albert Hall :D 

so we keep asking people whom just finish their session and busy taking photos...haha...right after we reached the area, we just need to give the staff on duty our gown code since we need to hire the gown for GBP55.00 yes we need to pay!!! and thats not a deposit as in Malaysia! pfftt~ -_-" apart from the rent that we need to pay for, if we want to include the graduation hat, we need to buy the hat!! aigooo..so we just went with ONLY the gown...so please dont ask why we didn't wear any graduation hat/mortar board! :D

photos with the Graduation Gown is a must! hehe...

  

after photo session with our family, we enter the hall as we need to be seated first...we enter the hall around 5pm...that is my seat...4 seats towards my left is where my bestie were seated :D

sharp at 5.30pm the session starts...after 2 hours of waiting, then it is our time!!!

yeah!! my name is already resonates in Royal Albert Hall~~alhamdulillah >.<

inside the hall with our friend :D

  

after the ceremony, I met a few of my friends...

me and my bestie with Lisia whom I known during my master and apparently lives in the same building with me last year at Gradpad Wood Lane Studio...she is already in Malaysia working and we are here struggling with our PhD...sometimes I just miss the moment that we were together having fun -_-"

Lauren, our classmate during master...please do come to London often so that we can hang out! :D

K. Baya and K. Zada who came during our convocation and brought us two lovely Tulips for me and my bestie...tq guys!! you guys are the best! :-* muahciket...haha

big group photo with my bestie's family!~ love this photo ^_^

just wana say thanks to my family, my siblings who gave endless support to me during my master and my sister-my partner in crime who make all these possible, love you to the moon and back!! muahhhh!! 

my bestie who is alwayz there beside during my master and now PhD, may our friendship last until Jannah, love you to bestie!! 

and last but not least to all my friends out there who pray for me...tq guys!! :)

Bye~^_^v

My Mom was in London!!!

Assalamualaikum...

I should have posted this looong time ago but since the picture of the whole event were scattered between in my bestie handphone and her family handphones and cameras, so I need to wait until I have gathered all the photos to make it more interesting as most of the pictures were in other people possession >.<

so since my MASTER GRADUATION will be held on 6th May 2015, so my mom was so excited to come and witness the event as that will be my first graduation ceremony my whole life! huhu...she came with my bestie sister on the 28th of April 2015...they arrived around 5pm at London Heathrow airport...

tadaaa!!! the first appearance of my mom in my blog! ^_^v yes the one on the wheelchair is my mom...ya I know our feature is different...lolz! :p

since I have taken 2 weeks leave in January for my brother wedding, so I have to limit my day off but since my sv was so kind, she asks me to take few days off to bring my mom around and spend some time with her...so I have plan a few vacation with her together with my bestie family...

the first few days that she was in London I couldn't bring her anywhere since it was weekdays and I was busy in the lab...so on the weekend of the first week that she was here, I brought her around with the main aim was to buy her the winter jacket...eventhough it is spring, but since it was still very cold, I brought her to Shepherd Bush Market since thats where I could think of the best bargain that I can get :D

  

see the picture on the left? thats the winter jacket that I bought for her...only for GBP30 after a few times bargaining with the seller...fuuuhh~~ the best part is that since there are lootttsss of seller that can speak Urdu, so I ask my mom to speak with them in order to get cheaper price...hahahaha...

after that, I brought her to the must-visit-place in London ie London Eye and Big Ben

  

I am sooo satisfied that I manage to bring her to these places...thats my hope if in case I was too busy, at least, I can bring her here...Alhamdulillah He granted my wishes ^_^

next, we went to Southbank...I know beforehand that there will be an event called Malaysia Kitchen Spring Market and I laready aiming to bring my mom to this event so that she can experience going to an event here in London...so since she has knee problem and she is quite stubborn not to sit on the wheelchair, so we need to take buses to go to Southbank as tube station has lots of stairs and not all platform is step free

  

  

eventhough its easier for her to take buses than tube, I really do hope that she has the experience of taking tube in London and I manage to do that as well...ngeee ^_^v

Alhamdulillah she was happy when I brought her here...we ate Nasi Tomato while the weather was so crazily windy and she was so relax telling me that she is not cold! haha...but later, after a few minutes we sat in the cold windy weather, she cant stand it anymore and luckily that I brought her that jacket...pfftt~~

after that, I was sooo crazily busy in the lab because whenever my sv turns for night shift, (I work closely with a gynecology) the next morning I will have loads of sample to culture for my experiments...and unfortunately, when my mom was in London, the whole week was my sv's turn for night shift...huhu...but as I mentioned above that I have taken few leaves as to entertain her and bring her around UK, so on the 4th until 5th of May, we went to Liverpool and Manchester...the reason we went there was because thats where my bestie parents met and fall in love...cewaahhh~~ :-* 

since its an overnight vacation, so my bestie rent an apartment in Manchester as our tentative was Liverpool was the first destination and then we will have our overnight at Manchester with the plan for the next day was sightseeing in Manchester with the main destination was the stadiums!!! you know guys~~haha >.<

nothing much to say, lets enjoy the photos~~

  

I have did drove a car to Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield but this was the first time that we had to pay for a toll...this is when we want to enter Liverpool from London...when my bestie father told us that there will be a toll, I was skeptical about that since we never experienced that...I thought that would be like yearssss ago since he was there like 10 years (or more?) ago so might be that they have abolished the toll, but naahhh here we go...this is how the toll that we have to gone thru...I was so excited!!

  

this is how it works...there are counter just like in Malaysia with a staff that will collect money from you but however, that staff doesn't function here...I am not sure why, so what we need to do is just to throw the money in the basket as you can see on the left picture and the machine will print out the ticket for you...cool isn't??? this method have been told by my bestie father while we are on our way but I just can't imagine it until we reach here...wohoaaa!! my first toll experienced in UK!! :D oh btw, thats the only toll that we had to gone thru since on our way back, we were from Manchester...

  

I told you that our tour will be mostly about stadium, here it is!! Manchester United & Etihad Stadium :) since my mom was quite cold to come out from the car to join photoshoot in front of Etihad Stadium, so I took it as I am not a big fan of football and I am not sure whether I am coming back here for another trip...so just grab the opportunity and snap a photo as a proof that I have been to all these stadiums...haha  

   

  

it has been like 2 months since they come here but still I cant gather all the photos yet! so I dont have the photo on the accommodation :( but all I can say is the accommodation was superb...its an apartment with 3 rooms just enough for 11 people plus the house have sofa bed, so basically me and my bestie and the guys were sleeping on sofa bed...huhu...

after sightseeing Manchester, my bestie plan was actually want to go to Chestnut Wildlife Centre which I have been there but no posts on that!! haha...will do one day!! :p but since we took so much time at the Designer Outlet plus we were back on time since the park closes at 5pm, so we went to Peak District which I have been to as well but no posts! huhu

    

after that, I was busy with lab again until just before my moms flight on the 15th of May, I brought her to Wembley Designer Outlet to browse for her cooking set utensils...she wants me to bring her to Junction 32, Leeds where I brought tefal sets for my whole family...but unfortunately I can't bring her there, so I compensate that with Pro Cook brand! she just loves it as at least she brought something that she was yearning for when she is in London :D besides the outlet, since she was also looking for a handbag for her and for my sister, so I brought her to Baker Street which me and bestie just knew that there is a shop there that sell all the bags at only GBP30!! that shop was discovered by my bestie mom when she and her family was sightseeing London...so we went there and Alhamdulillah she grab 3 bags which she likes :D

  

  

  

brought her to park as well just so she experienced the differences of the park here and in Malaysia...first thought of having picnic here but then we keep changing our plan and keep moving around...the pic above was at Holland Park where you can see beautiful Tulips which they are lucky to see it since they came during early spring and after that we went to Speaker's Corner at Hyde Park

I am happy as I manage to fulfill all the plans that I have planned while my mom was here...I manage to bring her to variety of places in UK eventhough she has to stay a lot of her times in the house as she cant join my bestie family all the times since she cant bear to walk so much...on the 15th of May, I send her to Heathrow together with my bestie family...

  

please ignore my condition, I was just toooo tired! haha

she already in Malaysia (obviously! haha) when I post this! :p tq for coming and fill my fridge with lots of food stocks! hehe...take care of yourself ok mom! :-*

Bye~^_^v

Pangkin Bonda Homestay

Assalamualaikum...

this is the homestay that I stayed during my brother wedding last January in Muar, Johor...when first my brother showed the house to me, I was sooo happy because there is a swimming pool inside the house...hoyeah!!...but yeah no, I didn't jump into the pool since my cousy was there and I am very the shy~lalala ^_^v BUT the kids will enjoy it!!

so basically since only my whole family which consist of 10 people plus one family of my aunt wana join us staying at this homestay, total up there were 14 people joining us that day and Alhamdulillah it fits all of us with an affordable price! =D

the homestay is equip with:

 3 bedrooms

2 bathrooms

1 swimming pool, 

a kitchen fully equip with gas and all the utensils for you to cook + coffee & tea as a bonus

barbeque set

TV (without ASTRO)

coffee table for us to lepak2

its so complete plus with the Kampung style scenery, its the best choice for a getaway or family gathering or even if you wana have a breakthrough from the hectic busy city life~

lets have a look at the house~ 

  

the 1st bedroom is equip with 1 single & 1 double bed with a sofa, a small table & 1 cupboard and an aircond

 since this room has more beds and larger than the other 2, so my aunt, my mom, my sis, my cousy and the 2 little munchkin stay in this room...luckily my aunt brought an extra mattress...fuh~~

unfortunately I dont have a decent photo for the 2nd bedroom...huhu...but the room is equip with 1 double bed, 1 cupboard & an aircond...the room is quite small and at the edge of the bed is a wall which is small that you can only put your luggage there...and the space between the bed and the cupboard (exactly on the right of the photo) can fit one person to sleep on the floor...

  

  

the 3rd bedroom is specially reserve for the guys! uhuk! haha... 

it has 1 bunk bed & 1 cupboard & no aircond only a fan but no worry...with the Kampung weather, its not that hot especially during the nights...

as I said that the house is equip with barbeque set, the barbeque area is just infront of the 3rd bedroom area with 2 benches and a table with chairs...there is even a special sink just beside the barbeque area...no hustle to go to the kitchen...hahaha...while enjoying the night gathering with family, no need to buy food outside, just barbeque and have fun!! hehe

    

  

sadly to say, with the time constraint and tiredness, we didnt have the chance to utilise it...uhhu...such a waste~~ I have been imagining it before we came there but.........wedding event right, what do you expect~wearing henna is more importante than barbeque...im sad!! -_-"

the kitchen and the bathrooms side by side...the kitchen is fully equip so no worry to bring a kettle or whatsoever...even there is a fridge! thats y its a good idea for a barbeque...you can marinate your chicken or beef beforehand and store it here... :D 

and last but not least! tara~~~

  

  

the swimming pool~hoyeah!

its sooo clean...well maintained! well done to the owner!

the first thing that the kids were so happy about when they enter the house...hhahaha...still remember the little munchkins were so excited and cant get enough with the pool...owh the buoy doesnt belong to the homestay ya...my cousin brought that when she knew that there is a pool at the homestay...hahha...can you see whos much more enthusiastic-the mom or the kids? hahaha :p

I really enjoy such a gathering...chitchatting, laughing together and release your tension...enjoy yourself while you can and this is one of the way to strengthen the relationship as well...

argh I miss the gathering already...if plus with the barbeque will make me miss the place more~~ok enough with the barbeque! haha

dont you just love the scenery~~

I dont have Kampung, so when I come to such a place, I will deeply in-love with the place...will miss this homestay...one of the best homestay so far other than Kampung Sirih that I have been to in Kuala Selangor...to experience myself with Kampung environment, I love to go to such places..

so guys, if you know any homestay that's with Kampung style/scenery/environment, would be good if its situated in Kampung, do let me know ya... ^_^v

Bye~^_^v

p/s: 1. to know more about the homestay, visit their FB page here

       2. you can ask them the price since the price that I got is the best price and dont ask me y I got 

           that price...hahaha...but believe me its sooo cheap! worth it!