my baby and IT stuff

My baby manipulate my laptop "better" than me. There were times when she created shortcuts or pull out certain functions without me (or my bro in laws) knowing how to undo those. The sticky keys, how she imported the website Ive been surfing in excel or summarize all the websites in one browsershot.. huhu, I myself cant figure out how to do it yet. At times, she would just pull out some keys leaving the keyboards half empty, and leaving me putting all those tiny pads back onto their correct places. What an expensive jigsaw she was playing with! Luckily it was my vaio, boleh pasang keys semula. if it was my acer..or my husband's lappies... buleh nangis gak tau...
So this time, she's performed her midas touch on my handphone plaks.
Huhu... the moment i saw it, it kinda funny though i certainly knows that it would surely get into my nerves in no time! Not angry at er, but at this -->

Ignore the sratch on the upper side of my phone (since it also double-functioned as a teether to my baby). Notice how the display was turned upside down?
Grr..
Not to mention the difficulty I have to text ma student a short sms this morning.Since apart from the 'overturned' display, the functions of the keypad are still the same (left, right etc)...
thus...
my handphone now...
has this annoying mirror effect!!

Ramadan mubarak

Song lyrics | Harapan Ramadhan (feat. Man Bai) lyrics


Ahlan ya Ramadan,
ya shahr ramadan,
Ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-nur
Shahr al-iftari wa shahr al-suhur
Ahlan ya shahr al-fuqara'
Shahri qur'an wa al-du`afa'
shahr al-du`a'i wa al-wuquf
ya shahr al-khaza'ini wa al-kunuz
Ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-ihsan
ya shahr al- nazzal ul quran
ya shahr al-tarawiha wa al-qiyam
ya shahr al-sabri wa al-siyam

Grammar slammer 1

Semalam, ada iklan "cabaran artik"... tak taulah apa bendanya, tapi tiba2 muncul perkataan demi perkataan (kunun nak wat element surprise la kut)

"RM10,000 is belong to YOU!"
"Your dream come true."

Anybody out there notice anything wrong kat 2 statements kt atas?

Aisyah the lil gymnast

My baby girl, Aisyah the little gymnast.


Aisyah is dancing to the rythm and trying to imitate those gymnasts performing at the beijing world olympic 2008. So much for a happy night night.

My R.A.R and A.R.R

In Eden of Love. My first photoshopped pic of papa and Aisyah.

Enchanted Melody: August 15

I hated men from the bottom of my heart. They are rough, care less, always laugh stupidly, always make stupid and insulting jokes, and their eyes are like roller costers and their loud and rough voice arghhh... And they always talk about a woman's physical, which is not their right.
When I was young, I have always prayed to Allah, to find me someone who is blind and wouldnt give a slightest care on my outer case, but instead, who I am inside this small case.
To rewind to those days, I think my prayer was somehow answered. My soulmate was a blind.. He just couldnt see my mistakes. When I carelessly did something, he thought that was either cute or simply me. When I tried to end everything, he would do anything to make things right on the track again. The love and hate relation was so strong, on my side. On his, everything was rather calm and cool. Always in control, always!...that I've doubted it very much, if it was for real.
I did everything to make the monster inside him reveal his true identity...everything! But he was just close to perfect.
For better or worse, for a decision that I couldnt undo, I nodded to the aqad on 15th of August, 1999.
When almost all other brides feels love and hope (and a little scared, maybe), mine was either complicated or Ive lost all those emotions.
That was then.
I am sorry.
God has sent me someone so special, my own messenger, yet I have reacted in such manner.
His love is for real. And I love him for that. Always will.
And up to this day, August 15th is so special in my heart, in ours.

Selamat Ulang Tahun Perkahwinan ke 9.
I promise to be better.
WE LOVE YOU..VERY, VERY MUCH.
From Z.H and A.R...

Compilation of how to write engineering thesis

I have just defended my viva.
So sementara semangat masih ada nih, sy wat compilation ttg "how and what to write in engineering thesis" for my hubby. Banyak sebenarnya sy belajar sepanjang wat thesis nih. Dari scratch! From zero. I survived the biggest test, I think.Seronok memikirkan segala hardwork terbayar...Segala effort dihargai.
Kata dean kulliyah, "why dont you propose this as the new phonological system for Standard Malay itself?"
Me "I dare not to, sir. I have to get linguist experts to check on my works first."

Kata external, "I like you NLP module. Its very comprehensive, with detail analysis."
Me, "Thank you."

Kata supervisor, "She should continue to PhD. You should."
Me, "I'll think about it. Insya'Allah."

Kata dean CPS, "Overall we like your work. It's very comprehensive, very detail, and extensive."
Me, 'Sengih sokmo.'

Komen internal, "She has proven that she qualified to work as independent researcher."

So manala semangat tak berkobar2... ada juga komen...tentula. Tapi yg positif macam ni sgt membakar semangatku.
So buat abang yang tak merasa 'vibration' sebelum viva and 'nervous' waktu tunggu result and 'relief' lepas dapat keputusannya... saya dah compile kan semua pengalaman dan berkongsi benda2 yg diharap dapat membantu dia wat phd kt canada nanti.
Kt jepun n jerman dulu mana ada viva, thesis pun ala2 lab report jerr... convo jauh sekali...
So, get prepared will you? :P
Hopefully akan membantu saya kalau sy nak wat phd juga..

Jawapan temuduga

Hmm...dpt surat arini...
"Dukacita dimaklumkan bahawa permohonan puan utk jawatan akademik adalah tidak berjaya."
Signed by rafiz.., b.p: naib canselor.

Err?! Apahal nih?
Jawatan apa? Orang dah ngajar dekat 2bulan dh. Dah dpt 2 seksyen and tugasan2 dh pun...
Aritu cakap skrg part time, tunggu naib cancelor baru (sbb yg lama dh bersara) akan diserap ke jawatan tetap.I'Allah.

Klakornya...
Tak kisah pun tak dapat tetap, klu betul2 nk kija dh lama sy amik offer rm6k kt KL dulu tu. Tp masalahnya org dh kija la puan rafiz.. !
Fuh~
Whatever!

Tagged by Diyana

First time kena tagged...and by Diyana...guono nih? Takper arrr...try gak lerr..
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RULES

The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answer the question about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names. Then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment. Letting them to know that they have been tagged. Let the person who tagged you know when you've posted your answer.

So now, on to the questions...
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1. What were you doing 5 years ago?

'5 years ago' means August 2003 la kan?

Hehee... ITSC, kija kat TPM (Technology Park Malaysia), Bukit Jalil... Rasanya August tu la dapat "Best employee of the month" huhu... Kawan2 kat situ best...kija situ best...makan ikan bakar kt situ pun best...tapi yang tak best ialah customer yang...



2) What are 5 things on your to-do list for today?

1. Nak gi KLCC, bawak Esyah mandi, pastu gi pizza hut di the Mall (situ leh makan salad sesuka hati)

2. Nak email Dr. Teddy negotiate, bleh tak hantar soft copy jer...huhu, save sket..

3. Nak call Hidayah n Diqma, aturkan 'reunion'

4. Call sis Iman, nak amik jalabah and shayla wat jualan

5. Emailkan student "list of katakana" yang perlu study and "tugasan" sempena minggu bahasa..


Err...cam banyak kija jerr...ntah sempat ker tak nih...



3) What are 5 snacks you enjoy?

1. Keropok yang ada rasa masam2 and cheesy...
2. Calciyum
3. Kacang-kacang ber'ikan' bilis
4. Asam-asaman and jeruk
5. Anything Malays...anything!

Basically, Im a fat lover...:P


4) What are five things you would do if you were a billionaire?

Billionnaire? For real? Huhu...

1. Wat fascilities sendiri untuk phd...studio, voice artists, programmers, supercomputers...

2. Flaunt it like never before...beli baju and baju and..baju...

3. Bagi ayah keta baru and supir,mak pulak umah baru and bibiks

4. Wat negeri baru utk orang miskin yang rajin, n especially tahfiz

5. Make more money :P



5) What are five jobs you've had?

1. Iskk...kecik2 jual eskrem keliling kampung...

"Eskrem! Eskrem!" Kting kting kting... "Sapa nak beli eskrem?!"


2. Mmmm...jual kerepek and keropok kat kawan2 kat asrama Madjiwa
Laku gak...students kt hostel kan sentiasa kebuluran... Untung mak suh masuk poket sendiri ...
Tapi jap jerr...malu arrr (waktu tu)


3. Jual barang2 mandian utk kakak...best, sebab sabun2 tuh sungguh wangi dan pelbagai bau yang unik...oren, ros, strawberry etc... duit kakak suh masuk poket sendiri..huhu... diorg nih...nak meniaga ker tak?


4. Masukkan pamphlets dalam sampul...gaji sejam RM25-30, sehari 8jam, (cam best kan?...tapi tu part time kat jepunla, so takderla manyak mana sangat)


5. Customer Support, Executive...IT-365 (M)Sdn Bhd, handle servers/IT related stuffs for Standard Chartered worldwide, specialize in handling cases for/from Japan...malas nk elaborate, lebih kurangla...

Sekarang "Sensei" wo yatteimasu... ajar bahasa jepun utk student UTHM.


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Next...i tag this activity to:
1. Ida Emwin (saja nk suh dia update blog)
2. Diqma (bleh tak? *wink *wink)
3. Shimah (pun nak force dia update blog..:P)
4. Kaknani (dah kena lum?)
5. Yus :P (dh abis viva nanti wat ler ye)

Hepi hepi

Alhamdulillah...
Sekarang nih saya hepi..
Hepi sebab viva dh abis..
Hepi sebab supervisor sangat gembira dengan hasil kerja saya
Hepi sebab dpt kija yg sesuai dan mampu tampung keluarga tanpa abaikan esyah
Hepi sebab students sgt coorperate dlm kelas
Hepi sebab abang dh tak stress sgt dan sudi kongsi cerita kat pejabat
Hepi sebab dh boleh update blogspot yang cam hanged sejak seminggu dua nih
Hepi sebab esyah dah faham apa yang mama suruh dan apa yang mama tegah
Hepi sebab nanti pembantu datang...bolehla tulong2 kemas umah etc
Hepi sebab orang keliling pun macam hepi dengan hidup masing-masing
Hepi sebab abang amik cuti untuk spend dengan mama dan anaknya
Hepi sebab macam2...

Tapi hidup itu umpama roda, kadang di atas kadang terlenyek jua...
so, izinkan saya menikmati ke"hepi"an saya ini buat seketika

Tale of a too ambitious Master Thesis

My master thesis is titled "text-to-speech synthesis system for standard malay".
The title sounds too general, since it is!I've moduled the Natural Language processing (NLP) part and Digital Signal Part (DSP) for my Text-to-speech system(tts), chose from a lot of available theory and rules and remodified them and applied them to my tts. Crazy work arr...Tweak some programming codes... Did a little bit of this and that

During one conference 2 years ago (b4 submitting thesis), I met this Assoc Prof from other uni, since her student was presenting something really related to mine, I asked her opinion on my thesis. Basically they were doing some small part in collaboration with Mimos. But adequate enough for a master thesis. The following are the conversion that I would never forget.
Me: Prof, basically Im doing a project related to this as well. But Im doing the tts for standard malay.
Assoc prof: What?! You want to do the tts, the speech engine from scratch?!
Me: Yeah. What dou you think, Prof? Is this thesis too ambitious?
Assoc Prof: (Laughing hard from her stomach)
Me: Can you give me any opinion, prof?
Assoc prof: (Still laughing very hard and shaking her head)

I was so angry at that time. Retarded prof in loose!
Basically I was expecting her to come out with technical opinions or NLP ideas. But instead, she was just laughing at me and my thesis.
Then during Q&A, I asked her supervisee after the girl presented her master thesis in the conference. Some technical stuff but very2 simple. The girl was shaking while answering my question... Tak answer pun sebenarnya. And the prof cant even help...
Huhu... Sama jer...
When you arent really good at your stuff, dont you think you can cover them with laughing at others'. Not me!
Basically they were laughing at me because they were not confident with what I were doing.
Maybe because they cant do the same, but I just did!!

Thesis defended: 30th July 2008.
Tq Prof Dr. OOK, internal external, friends and all who has been helping me in all possible ways.

Hujung minggu

Sejak almost setahun yang lepas, mama asyik stress dgn thesis, C++ ngan wxwidgets. Ada2 je problems yang persist and limitation yg exist (huhu, rojak betul bahasa). Dah siap programming kena tulis plak utk submit. Dh submit tggu viva lak. Dh viva....hehe, what a relief.
Ada minor correction jer, Alhamdulillah.
Viva Rabu (30th July) lepas, so petang Ahad ketiga-tiga beranak golek2 n tgk tv and tertidur kt ruang tamu sama2. Entah bila masing2 tertidur pun tak perasan. Mungkin semua terkesan n kepenatan berkejar ke kl 3kali dalam sebulan ni (5,6 kali dlm 2bln ni).
Sekarang husband pun tak sestress dulu. Mgkin dulu dia pun burdened ngan unknown future of his phd and my master, skrg dua2 dh clear, so hujung2 minggu dia dh sudi tinggal kt umah.

Papa: Sayang sekarang dh gumuk. Straight dh, tak cantek.Macam huruf I.
Mama: (Ditambah panas sebab memasak)Oo, saya gumuk macam huruf I. Abang macam huruf apa? Tak ingatt...
Papa: Abang ok. Abang macam huruf v.
Mama: Iyolah tu, abang bukan v, tapi b.
Papa: Waa...mana ada abang macam b. Jahatla sayang...

The other time, pas papa shower:
Papa: Abang ada macam "pan asian" tak?
Mama: (wat2 sibuk)
Papa: Sayang, muka abang cam "pan asian" tak?
Mama: "Pan asian" apanya, belakang "pan" aderla.(orang tgh masak kaco lagi...)
Papa: Jahattt arr sayang nih.
Mama: hehe...

5 minit kemudian papa datang smula.
Papa: Sayang kata abang "belakang pan". Sayang tu "pan deck" (pen-dek)
Mama: Ohoo... datang balas dendam yerr..

For others, these conversions may bring no meaning at all. For us, it's been a long time since we had our last lighthearted chats. I guess we just missed each other, too much.

Salamz

Shall this blog begin with Bismillah and continued to be written with a calm heart.