Wow ~ Sudah 1/3 of 2010 lahh

Opsss. August sudeh. Meaning ~ 1 more month to go for Winter. Grrrrr.. I am quite keen and eager to check my weight.. lalalala ~ the last Shaira timbang berat was a DAY before winter. But, since Jun July, OMG appetite makan mcm ape ntah. So abis je winter August, 1 September, Shaira nk check balik the NET WEIGHT (samada turun or naik) Lalalala.. Before nk bercerita tentang August, nk recap jap ape yang berlaku sepanjang July ~ ZASSSS!!

1st week of July ~ After 24 June, Shaira start Winter Break smpi la 18 July. Jeng3. During this period, I did go to Melbourne few days to catch up with my mates. Dlm tempoh 3 hari 2 malam, dpt la jumpe dalam 15 friends (work, uni). Here are few gambar yang sempat diambil. Rindu kot memories kat Melbourne dulu..  8 Feb 2004 - 15 Mar 2008.

Apart of that, ada gak yang datang Sydney for holiday . Maklumlah masing2 Winter Break kan. So ape lagi, jumpe je la dorang, bawak makan, karaoke. Nk lepak lama2 agak susah sebab Shaira weekdays kerja sampai kul 4 ptg. So selalu meet up for Dinner & Supper je.

Top  * with Hafez, from Queensland* Bottom * with Qayyum, jr yg Shaira rapat from MRSM Mersing lagi*

         

2nd week of July ~ The best thing kot in my Master studies. Last semester, I did four core subjects and nak kata susah, boleh lah. Susah la jugak. Cuma work loads banyak. Plus Shaira pun kerja full time. 38 Hours per week. Every week ada je mende due. But Alhamdulillah dapat result my WAM this semester 78%. Total WAM 82% ~ Distinction. Walawey, Shaira target credit je coz the fact that I am working Full Time too! Don’t expect me to score tinggi2 la kan. Boring la if study je. I need some variety, so tu yang kerja la jalan2 la etc.

3rd week of July ~  Nothing much happened. Just relax2 je and I did my Eyesight & Computer Test for Lesen Kereta kat sini. Cewah.. My aim is to get full Australia Driving License by end of August. Jangan terconfuse, lesen Malaysia / translation memang boleh pakai, but I am more keen to get the proper ID lor. Sebab dah ada full license Msia more than 3 years *walaupun Shaira tak de la terer sgt drive*, lps dh Pass full mark computer test tu, all I need to do is – Driving Test. I’ve decided to take few lessons purposely untuk praktis ape yang akan di mark oleh assessor. So, Mid August, Shaira akan start la kelas on the weekends – 2 jam :D ~ Ingat, recall balik from January nye entry, Azam Tahun Baru. Ha3

Last week of July ~ jeng3x. Bila tgk things to do list, aiyaa Winter Break ni sepatutnya tak de gi cuti mana2.. But I cant help it. Hu3.. :D. Caye tak caye, I did go to Gold Coast *again utk kali ke 3 thn ni*. Dasat2. I even got myself VIP & Annual Passes lagi – which means that I get unlimited access to ALL PARKS in Gold Coast until MID YEAR 2011! Woott Woott :D

Yang paling best, Shaira memang addicted over and over lah dgn Extreme Rides ! Grrr.. More photos on activities check out my FB . FB pun satu hal gak, dah penuh 1st account. So terpaksa create 2nd account. Mmg malas nk manage 2nd account tu, biar je la every now and then.

Dilema Winter ~ Makan, Tidur mcm Koala / Panda / Bear / Pooh and sewaktu dengannya. Serious tak tipu k. I have the strength to sleep for 13.5 hours, 12 hours or 9 hours. Hahaha. Gile betul ! on 31 August ~ time for me to weight. Let see how this winter changes my weight.

Oh the last day of July ~ really3x a stepping stone for me to re-consider myself doing PHD. Now I am busy seeking information on my options. MARA is willing to sponsor for the fees and etc. It’s a ticket for me cause now pun dh buat Master. After came back from meeting with KP MARA tu, Shaira godek2 la info kat UNSW Website. I found that local students not liable for fees – FOC. Alhamdulillah. I realize that I got the option to proceed my PHD without asking for sponsorship cause its Free for me. Plus, I am working here I can earn my living once I completed my Master studies. Insya Allah. Let see, I’ve started asking examples on thesis proposal as a heads up BUT I need to be aware, I am better off to more focus on my final sem for Master. Summer school 1 subject je lagi.. Stay tunes for more updates!

AUGUST !!
Well, tak de plan ape pn. Just continue with Uni. Need to save sikit maaa. Cant wait for September !! Spring and Holiday ~ Jeng3x. Stay tune where my location is :) . Driving Test end of August !

ps : I am still sick and a lil bit under the weather. Not sure why lah.. But I knew something that really really, biarlah... Tak de maknanya nk fikir benda2 sedih and -ve kan ! Hingga lah saat shaira publish post ni, dh sminggu demam & pening2.

Bebelan July ~ Second Half of the Year 2010 :: Exams, FIFA, Winter Break & bla bla bla

Wah ~ dah lepas pertengahan tahun 2010. Kat Ozzy, this is the end of the fiscal year. Paling best July ni I will be doing my e-Tax Return yang ke 6. Walla ~ Best2. Efficient. In 1 week time, I can get back my Deductable Tax for my Gross Income ..  Konon ari tu plan nak tulis blog sebelum Exam. Draft dah ada tapi tak submit pun. Cewah bunyi macam assignment je kan.

Tapi memang bahagia gila. Setelah penantian selama 3 weeks, akhirnya, habis jugak Exam Semester 1 ni. Now, Shaira tengah berseronok (atau lebih kepada tidur) kot. 25 days off from uni, Winter Break. Melampau2 je rasa nak tidur sekarang. Winter tahun ni memang dasat. Lagi sejuk dari tahun sebelum2 nya. Winter ni Shaira asyik tidur je. Macam nak balas dendam pulak. Maklumlah sejak tahun lepas August, Shaira kerja dan belajar Full Time *mana la dapat energy banyak2 ni*. Time weekend, waktu untuk study. Tapi, ada la jugak time off beraktiviti. Maybe tahun lepas tengah time Musim Panas  (Summer) and Luruh (Autumn). So tendency nak tidur tu tak de la melampau. Winter. Memang tak dapat nak tolong. Bangun2 je lapar. Adoyai..

Last few weeks agak GuMbira sikit sebab dah lama kot Shaira tak timbang berat. Heeee. Maybe dalam 3 bulan. I lost 4 kilos *yey* considering the fact Shaira tak boleh skip meals sebab kerja and study. Boleh jadi penat sangat. In addition, tiap2 minggu melantak Max Brenner * memang sinful, tapi apa peduli, as long as it keeps me happy*. Terima kasih kepada diri sendiri yang selalu Jalan kaki, Cardio Twister dan Kayuh. Aktiviti2 yang menyihatkan. Tapi Shaira kayuh tak de la hari2. Weekend je. Yet again, tak lama dalam sejam sebab Winter maa. Sejuk gilos ! Tapi Cardio Twister *indoor* memang by hook by crook cuba sedaya upaya takkan miss *Insya Allah*.

Tapi, ada jugak member2 yang concern.“Shaira, kenapa ni. Nape kurus sangat. Sihat ke tak?” Nampak cengkung lah, sakit lah. Entah lah. Lately hidup ni rasa tough dan mencabar. Sesekali tu teringat zaman kat Melby especially 2007. The best moment of my life kot ~ Time muda2 dulu. Orang kate no worries lah. Cewah.. Time tu final year kat Melby and Shaira kerja Permanent Part Time *time ni Student Visa, time Uni tak boleh kerja lebih 20 Jam*. Since first year memang kerja pun kat Melb tu.

Pantang holiday je, memang angkat kaki tinggalkan Melby with my best accompany . *Canberra tak yah cakap la, dah macam 2^nd home dah*. 2007, memang full on pusing2 sana sini ~ Started my jalan2 Trips to Tasmania a.k.a Tassie, Sydney *untuk kali ke berapa ntah* + Beyonce’s Concert, Armin Van Burren White Party Concert, New Zealand (both N & S Islands), Queensland, Cairns, Great Barrier Reef for my birthday. *Qld - my fav state among all, never had enuff of Qld*.

October memang jadi baik giler. Maklum lah final year kan.. Exam November tu. Cewah… I know the fact that I am dearly missing those days lah. Tapi, yang memories tu jadikan motivation and pemangkin or inspirasi untuk masa akan datang.

Sekarang tengah musim FIFA World Cup 2010. Memang gila2 lah layan bola. Shaira tak sangka lak FIFA ni akan jadi fanatic gak. Sampai print out timetable, install apps kat 3GS . Memang dasat. Hari tu dekat office pun ada decoration sempena World Cup . More pictures office kat Facebook yer

 

Opening kat Darling Harbour memang cool . Siap stay up for the whole first game tu. This time Shaira sokong SOCCEROOS ! Tapi apakan daya, tak dapat second round. Referees memang dengki ngn Aussie Aussie Aussie. Oi Oi Oi ~ Sebab SOCCEROOS kalah, maka Shaira pilih Portugal. Next game yang Shaira usha kat Darl Harbour ari tu Portugal vs Brazil (cara sebutan betul ialah Pur Tu Girl) ~ Awww. Please, bukan sebab Ronaldo je k.. *Well he’s part of the reason jugak. Purely sebab he’s from Man U*. I know ramai orang anti dia. Kenapa kah.. Kesian Magnificient 7 kan ! But he’s really good lah *cewah*. I love the part bila dia bawak bola half of the field. Memang skill… *cair je bile tengok dia acah2 bola*.

Selain dari tu jugak, last few days 2 mates from Tassy datang. Syareen and Aisyah. Syareen Shaira kenal mase kat BTN dulu2. Dh 1.5 years tak jumpa.. So this meet up memang best. Last few days je dapat entertain dorang. Aktiviti2 kitaorang *Karok, MB, FIFA, Delima, Lobster, Café*

Caye tak caye, this Weekend 2-4 July Shaira akan pergi Melby. Heee. Rindunyer tempat tu. Seryes. 4 tahun kat sane memang the best ok~ Tapi enough la setiap entry duk sebut pasal Melby je. Meluak pulak orang baca. Sydney ~ OK la. I am coping jugak. Tapi just fikir +ve, Rezeki itu di mana2. So di mana bumi dipijak, di situ langit dijunjung. Trip ni random sangat. Tak de plan pun. Sometimes, random is good.

Later 2 weeks time, Shaira akan ke Gold Coast. *yes again. I know*. Tahun ni je dh 3x pergi. Iskh3. So this time, Shaira dh 6 ke 7 kali dah ke sana. I just love Queensland. Pergi ni bukan saja2. But I am going to meet up with Li Wei, member kerja kat Maxis dulu. My batch during my Management Associate 1 year 2008 ~ Must be fun and exciting.

Overall. Bulan June ~ I can say less stress compared to previous months before. A lot of good things happened lately. Dah finalise dah Graduate Program untuk intake tahun depan. Now Shaira ada tiga pilihan. Poning2.. Stay kat tempat kerja sekarang pun OK gak. Sebab diaorang punya salary package pun mengancam. Biarlah, fikir nanti.

Sekarang ni pun dah dapat 2 marks for my 2 subjects. Pending on two more je tunggu results in 2 weeks time. Alhamdulillah, still maintain and above average. That’s all that matters. Shaira tak de la nak aim semua High Distinction. Considering the fact I am studying and working full time, if maintain Distinction pun ok. Heeee.. Tak nak la jadi nerd and skema sangat. Ape lagi ek. Oh ~ hari tu, Shaira dpt FREE Office Home and Business 2010. Jeng3x. Terima kasih kepada Facebook & Iphone 3GS daku.  Btw, I have posted my review for my Phase 2 entry and guess what, I got additional Office Professional 2010 !!

Technology Advancement with Microsoft Office 2010

Last 2 weeks, I was so happy as Microsoft gave me a free copy of Microsoft Office Home & Business 2010 ~ I got a lot of questions from all my mates, How on earth did you get FOC Office 2010? I simply directed them to http://www.facebook.com/OfficeMayorMeetup. I am posting this entry and review to be eligible for the upgrade to Office Professional 2010. 

*Not Only Office Home & Business 2010, also T shirt and Thumdrive*

Overall, I have two features that I like about Home& Business 2010 ~

1) Integration of the product with browser

2) Online storage provided by Microsoft

1) Integration of the product with browser

It is very cool to know that Office 2010 can be integrated with the browsers. There are many functions such as saving and editing documents on the browser itself. As a student, I can easily share the documents with my friends especially when we have group assignments. Each of us will have to work on Presentations and Essays. After we have compiled everything, the document is usually called Draft (can be in Powerpoint or Word Doc).  Traditionally,  we have to nominate one person to be the 'custody' and take ownership of the draft. We have to highlight any changes that we made. However, with this new function, we can stay cool to be online while doing the editing together. This really cuts off our time in finalising the assignments. Instead of waiting for one person to send the changes, ALL of us can go online and edit as we go!!!

2) Online storage provided by Microsoft

I like the fact that Microsoft provides online storage for it's users. Once I login to my Windows Live account, I can store most of my documents online without the worries of using my storage on my laptop. I can now download more movies and songs knowing that I have extra storage for me as I will start saving and storing my documents online to some extent.

Wow : Dah Half Year of 2010 ~

Wah ~ mcm biasa nak update blog yang dh macam sawang ni. Ntah la not that keen macam giler2 update FB~ tak pe la. Blog ni macam tempat Shaira bebel2. Takkan nk bebel2 kat FB lak kan.. ~ June ! Siapa sangka, siapa menduga. Rupenya dah half way 2010. Time flies sangat2 sekarang ni. Tup3x, sibuk dgn Exams, results utk Graduate Positions nye intake 2011 pun hampir nak finalise. Macam2 lah. Pejam celik pejam celik, Semester depan final semester untuk Shaira nyer Master studies. Cepat betul masa berlalu. Dah dekat 2 tahun kat bumi Sydney ni (tak tolak cuti and merayap sane sini)~ Cewah ~ Anak dagang di rantau orang. 

To be honest, final year kali ni sangat berbeza dengan final year mase Shaira degree kat Melbourne dulu 2007. Entah la, rasa this year cabaran dia terlebih2 sikit. Bukan sikit, banyak kot. Its like I wanted to do something but ada something that keep me holding back. Banyak sangat benda yang menduga dan menguji kesabaran. Kadang2 rasa tak boleh cope but that’s life. Tak boleh cope sampai nak buat menda bukan2. Tapi, Alhamdulillah, Shaira still waras. Pengalaman semua tu kan. Banyak pulak changes in daily or weekly routines which I thought will never be ~ Kadang2 bila recall balik, betapa indah nya zaman kat Melbourne dulu. Tapi tak pe. Buang yang keruh ambil yang jernih. 

June ni jugak la teringat tahun lepas Shaira balik Msia few days before off to Europe Trip (pusing2 Great Britain including Scotland, Italy, Vatican City, Switzerland, Germany, The Benelux (Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourgh), France, Spain) ~ Best giler. Puas hati sebab plan tu dirancang sendiri. Tengok2 sekarang ni dah dekat 12 bulan tak balik Msia. Rasa macam semalam jer baru berlaku. Tapi hakikatnya tidak. 

Kalau April Shaira busy dengan Mid Semester Exams and Presso, May Shaira busy dengan final stages punya assessments untuk Graduate Positions intake 2011 for few companies kat sini and also submissions at Uni. Plus working Full Time tak semudah yang dijangkakan but I am happy to keep myself so busy and occupied. At least Shaira tau I am not wasting my time anymore. Ada juga few friends yang macam concern with my health, keep on asking me why I keep myself busy, it seems that I am tearing down myself. But I reserved my comments on this. Something are better left unsaid. Yang penting, apa2 pun jadi, I WILL &NEED to focus on my studies.

Weekends still ada time nak catch up with friends for movies ke dinners ke bowling ke karaoke ke ape2 la. Max Brenner la paling melampau ~ Weekends jugak la nk full swing gile2 study.  

Alhamdulillah, so far setakat ni despite the fact Shaira coping kerja dan study full time, I managed it very well. Semua submissions score High Distinction/Distinction (80% or above). Syukur la tu kan. Yang penting Exams  June ni Shaira kena score gile2 utk maintain kan HD/D. *Cewah, saje nk sharing. Sebelum2 ni pun ada gak sharing2 submission for last months*

Cross Cultural Management - Country Report.. 86%

Organisational Behaviour - Self Reflection Report.. 13.5/15

Moving forward, after exam, Shaira akan cuti sebulan Winter Break ~ Ouh  mane la nk pergi kali ni. *sigh*. Kalau diikutkan lah, sejak datang Ozzy, memang winter break confirm jalan2 and merayap sane sini. Recall kejap :

2004 ~ Blk Msia 6 weeks *ehem2* (suka duka ~ tinggal kenangan sudeh) 
2005 ~ Lepak2 Canberra and blk Msia 2 weeks (erm, was hoping to clarify something, tp ended up nothing) 
2006 ~ MASCA NCG kat Canberra then cuti2 Gold Coast !! 
2007 ~ New Zealand *North and South Islands 14 days trip*
2008 ~ Kat Msia time ni
2009 ~ Blk Msia 10 days patu off to Euro Trip 
2010 ~ Erk, think think. Maybe g Queensland lagi kot. I am not sure 

Bila sebut Winter, mesti orang fikir pasal Ski ~ Me & Ski / Snowboard / Tobaggon dan sewaktu dengannya. Tak la kot. Been there 5 times and rasanya cukup la tu. Hahaha..  

Paling tak sabar, September ni. *wot wot*. Trip to Middle East and balik Msia raya. Ye ye. Insya Allah panjang umur, kita jumpa yek. I missed the apple of my eyes *kazen2 tersyg* ~ Ada ciri2 jadi auntie yang baik ni bile ada anak buah nanti. cewahh. Giler2 kot syg kat dorang apart my family. (Nak jugak balik Msia. Cukup lah dh 5x raya kat Ozzy). Cewah, bukan ape, lepas trip to Middle East, nak balik Ozzy memang transit Msia. So why not panjangkan transit tu. Instead 3 jam, jadikan lebih kurang 5 hari

Btw, I’ve made a promise to myself : To pamper myself untuk pergi holidays. Tak kesah la pergi mana2, samada short or long haul trips. Stuff what people say to me. Indeed, I am on a full scholarship student but tolong la. I am also earning my own incomes since first year 2004 lagi k ~ I am not only studying but also working too ! So I have my own pocket money untuk have fun, so what ~ I can’t be bothered dengan orang nak cakap ape, sebab tau la jealous kan. Stop lah nak amik2 gambar, hantar kat cikgu2 MRSM. Ape ke mendenyer tu.

Yang penting, Live My Life to the Fullest. Dunia ni hanyalah sementara. Grab as much as you can, while you can. Life is like a box of chocolate kan :) . Ouh teringat pulak, kena tengok my To Do List, mane tau ada ape2 yg kena update :)

Oh, June, end of financial year utk Ozzy. Jeng3x. Ni tak sabar nak buat Tax Return ni, In 2 weeks lepas lodged online, terus dapat k. Easy pizy ~ 

Yang penting sekarang, Shaira !! Focus on your Exams k. Satu paper gone ~ lagi 2 papers 22 & 24 June..  

22 June ~ Global Business Strategy & Management 

24 June ~ Asia Pacific Business & Management

 *I need to keep my feet on the ground. Stay firm and be strong*