Adelaide Uni Graduation, Sept '16.

13th September 2016

2.00pm, Bonython Hall

The University of Adelaide Graduate

Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Sc.)

So this post is technically going to be my graduation ceremony stories :)

Another achievement in life is unlocked, alhamdulillah. All praise to Allah for which He made it possible. Alhamdulillah tsumma Alhamdulillah.

When I first received my university offer letter, I think I was half awake, still in the state of disbelief. I was quite anxious but at the same time I think I overwhelmed myself. I still remember how I used to look up at the sky, looked at the plane and told myself, I'm going to fly up there somewhere, aiming for studying abroad. And to my surprise, I just did. Completed my bachelor degree. If ever people asked me what was the best thing happened in my life, it was going to Adelaide and meet bunches of people whom I'm gonna treasure for the rest of my life. My 3 years was never easy. I lost mom, failed in my biochemistry test (under pressure maybe while admitting it's the toughest subject I enrolled and still hate it until now, haha) and some sort of disappointment with a creature called guy. I guess emotions got me after all. Once it was interrupted, everything wasn't on the right place. Knowing that is my weakness now, I have to pay a little more attention with this heart.

On my way to the grad hall, I met my so called clingy manja Adelaide sister :') She's my girls talk type of sister.

I miss her so much!

And..apparently we had many more shots together -_-

Cuddling!

And she can't let go of her unnie 

hahaha

When I entered the hall, I feel like tearing. Reflecting on how I was doing. The toughest year was my final year. I struggled. Indeed. When I received my award, I think all my hard works have been paid off! You just know it when you can finally yearn with satisfaction :)

It was placed on my seat.

I'm part of my university entities :)

They picked up the right flower. 

Roses is my fave. 

My 1st bouquet of flowers ever received.

It was literally Spring, so I expected it should be sunny and warmer than Autumn. That was my main purpose of graduating in Spring not forgetting waiting for Ain who finished her studies last semester. Too bad it was actually very cold and it feels like winter! I think it was in the middle of season transition, so it rained heavily during my grad ceremony. Bonython hall is pretty much sound proofed, so I couldn't hear anything and alhamdulillah as soon as the ceremony was over, the sun rose after a while. 

First pit stop, the university hub.

While waiting for the heavy rain to tone down.

I am lucky and so glad that most of my fave sisters were there on my special day :)

Sisters for life, 

your forever unnie. 

Got Santhiya as well!

My lab partner on my second year. 

My used to be mutarrabi, 

the thinker, the creative one. 

She's just perfect <3 i="">

Yuchi & Nadrah <3 i="">

Been through a lot with you yuchi, glad that we've made this!

Nadrah, thank you for be part of my special day.

You're the best personal assistant ever!

Congratulation to everyone in this picture!

I don't get it why Ain still need to wear heels. 

lol

I sent my family off the next day. They had to go back to Malaysia as everybody was in the middle of semester and work. So I was left with another week with them :)

So I went to meet yuchi to celebrate her grad day!

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Despite the thunderstorms and rains, 

we still manage to get the best picture!

The next day was the graduation ceremony of Izzati and my former housemate Hajar :)

SubhanaAllah, Alhamdulillah.

All praise to Allah for this blessing!

Goodluck for your phd journey kak Siti. you're my inspiration :)

When the '93 babies gather to celebrate hajar :)

Alhamdulillah, everything was smooth. I am blessed. 

I'm writing with the hope that I can update my blog just like this for my master degree soon. 

I have another mountain to go. So please pray for this girl :')

#prayforsyafiqa

#prayforinternetinmahallah

Aku sekarang masih lagi dalam kondisi belajar untuk move on daripada Australia dan Adelaide to be specific. Ya masih dalam tempoh berkabung, masih rasa separuh jiwa tertinggal di Adelaide. Dan move on kali ni macam lagi teruk je dari putus cinta. hahaha. Masa adik adik junior hantar aku balik, babai babai gitu boleh lagi cool, bila dah turun nak naik airplane, tetiba menitis. Bila dah take off, mengalir pula. Allah, bila lagi nak sampai ke bumi Adelaide yang subur ni. Subur dengan program program dakwah dan tarbiyyah yang sangat memberi kesan pada hati yang kering. Pasti akan rindu adelaide dan seiisinya. T.T

Aku sebenarnya baru jet lag free.
Sampai je Malaysia terus amik bus klia-tbs. Lepastu tbs-kuantan. Sampai malaysia 4.30am. Dan perjalanan seterusnya amik masa lebih kurang 6-8jam juga la sebab sampai kuantan tengahari. Masa tula baru boleh baring dengan proper dan berehat sebaik mungkin atas katil. Jumaat terus ke lab jumpa supervisor dan berbincang tentang research sebab dr dah nak berangkat ke turkey pulak selama sebulan. Weekend, program. Kiranya hari ni baru boleh settle dan basuh segala baju balik haritu. Harini jugalah bila bangun pagi rasa cukup rehat dan tidur dengan harapan internet mahallah akan laju seperti biasa. Namun harapan punah, sebab lappy tak boleh nak connect dengan tenet langsung. Bukan setakat lambat, tapi tak boleh langsung tu yang menguji kesabaran. -___- It's been like 4 days since I came back internet tak okay. Actually several times dah jadi ni, skrng baru nak luah. haha. Patutlah tengok troll kat fb, student banyak complaint pasal internet uni lol. Now here I am, using internet access here in lab to update my blog.Well, internet is essential kot nowadays.

Tunggulah bila internet dah sihat, dah boleh connect. I will update my graduation days and ceremony updates here IAllah because it's something to be cherished. It's an achievement kan, so at least in 20years to come, when I scroll back my blog, I have something to show to my kids :)

#jetlagfree
#prayforinternetinmahallah

DNA actually works!

Okay my DNA is actually works!

Omoo aiguuu :')

Hi may baby DNA, you are successfully amplified! hehehe. Happy? yeah I'm happy! At least it is according to the plan.

However, the band seems so tiny in size so we need to troubleshoot it. And we decided to buy a new primer. Aligned the DNA sequence and with all the previous dehalogenase gene in ncbi. Common Wan Syafiqa, you can do it.

I practically have a lot of things in mind but I have no one else around to talk to right now. So if it happens for someone to read this or a frequent silent reader of mine, please drop me a cheer up and spirit booster message on my facebook message so I can gather all my strength to climb up this mountain!

Thank you for reading my entry and witnessing part of my journey in life :)

Cheers people!

Can't wait

For the past few days I feel quite productive. hehe.

Okay now aside from blogging, travelling, food & cooking, I found another passionate me on working in lab works ya know. Finally the satisfaction is inside me. After several months of not having hands on lab working experience, these few days really make me feel alive. Rasa bernyawa selepas peristiwa hati tisu tempoh hari haha. Weird Wan Syafiqa, weird. Your mood swings is really something lol.

So you know when I keep on worrying how my days are heading to soon, blabbing on insufficient chemicals and apparatus which I haven't got that comfortable feeling with the science officer and all, my works turns out pretty good I guess. Even though I have to come out late at night just to keep my samples happy in -20 freezer and I have to work on weekends, not to forget my access card is not accessible after 5pm (this is so unfair for a postgraduate student) so I have to look for someone with an accessible card, well at least I know my DNA is amplified with no multiple bands. Though I haven't sure I've gotten the right size and when I view my gel it doesn't look neither bad nor beautiful, it just makes me confuse even more. That doesn't bother me to feel proud enough haha. I did my job, and it seems to work. Right?

To think it back, my mood swings might be affected by the expectation I had. When you wanted to complete a thing so so badly and you keep on postponing it several times, gosh that is irritating. So distracting that it could ruin my mood all day long.

My timeline is to complete my lab works; pcr and culturing bacteria before 7th September. Because...

I'm coming back to Australia for my graduation ceremony! 

Alhamdulillah :)

So yeah, my flight to Sydney would just be next week on 7th and I'm going to Adelaide on 10th. Staying in Oz over two weeks. I wanted to complete my works frame so I won't feel that burden I have to hold for worrying so much. 

Australia, can't wait to meet you soon :)

Dah kenapa ni

Aku tak tahu aku ni fragile sangat ke atau orang orang disekeliling aku yang agak harsh :(

Masa jumpa lab assistant tadi nak mintak signature je pun, tapi boleh rasa berdebar bila dia tanya macam macam dengan nada yang sangat tegas dan boleh terasa macam seperti tahanan polis pula. hahaha over kan. Tapi betul entah kenapa rasa macam eh kakak ni, apsal tanya macam macam ni T.T

Ada sekali tu, aku mesej je sorang brother ni sebab nak tanya pasal buffer solution dia. I knew him, tapi tak pernah pun mesej dia. He is actually a very bright guy yang sangat friendly dan banyak cakap. Tapi bila dia reply whatsapp aku sekali dia cakap, "sendiri pun banyak guna, bancuh sendiri la. aku ada je chemical dia kalau nak.." Ehh terasa iolss. Ntah kenapa bila ada lelaki yang bahasakan diri dia aku (except for my classmates and people i knew before) buat aku rasa macam, wow this is harsh mann haha. Jadi aku positifkan diri memang biasa je dia ni cakap syafiqa oiii, dah kenapa dengan kau ni nakk. -.-'

Korang sedia tahu, aku ada sorang supervisor yang sangat awesome :)

Serius, aku rasa bertuah sangat dapat sv yang macam kawan, concern kat kita. He makes me feel safe. Tapi ada satu thoughts dalam diri ni yang aku takut kecewakan dia. I wanted him to know he chooses the right candidate camtu laa. Ke sebab aku yang ada expectation tinggi kat diri aku? haha i dont knoww,

Anyway, aku ada satu konflik lagi yang aku serba salah nak mintak tolong orang. 

Okay I'm new. Aku macam sangat blur dengan system lab uia. Even sampai sekarang. Paling aku tak suka bila kena isi borang yang banyak banyak tuu. padahal consumable items je pun. Lepastu kena report kat semua lab assistant kita guna lab dia. Everything is scattered around so kau akan naik turun lab satu bangunan tu. Pastu aku stress cari barang hahaha. Aku tak tahu mana boleh guna mana tak :( Kang amik kang orang lain punya pulak. waaaah jenuh beb. Setiap kali aku nk buat sesuatu mesti aku akan survey 2 hari sebelum kat mana semua. Pastu aku siapkan mental dan jiwa supaya tenang dan supply apa yang patut. Aku jadi segan bila mintak tolong orang banyak sampai terpaksa mintak kakak ni je yang assist aku T.T Adakah ini dipanggil sebagai student master yang berdikari atau memang standard ada student master yang serupa aku ni asyik kena assist dengan orang je? Kalau kat lab aku dulu semua ada satu lab, pastu aku rasa warm je dengan semua orang sekeliling aku walaupun dorang mat salleh, tapi dorang sangat membantu dan meyakinkan. Apsal konfident aku hilang tetiba ni. Aaaaa kembalikan Wan Syafiqa yang hati kering, pakai redah dan confident. 

Pendek kata, minggu ni aku rasa serba tak kena dan distracted yang ntah apa2. I don't think it's pms either lol. I just hope things get better and I can fix my thoughts and mind. Fire up balik semangat dan self esteem please. Huu

Semoga pcr esok dapat band between 460kb and 469kb yang concentrate menggunakan designated primer yang sedia ada. Tolonglah ada band T.T

Korean Food - Dakjjim Recipe

Okay lah sebab semalam dah bagi tahu nak share recipe,

Jemput korang try lah recipe dakjjim @ braised chicken with vegetables. Mihmih

For me, korean food ni banyak based dia kicap, sesame oil, hot chilli paste @ gochujang dan hot pepper flakes. Yang ni macam benda wajib ada dalam dapur dorang kot huhu. Sepanjang revision aku kat video maangchi tu la. Correct me if I'm wrong but that's how I feel.

Before we begin, hehe review aku untuk recipe ni dia ala ala ayam masak kicap tapi versi korea. Haa gituu. Jadi dia ada unsur unsur masin manis dan pedas, so kalau orang yang tak makan makanan korea atau exotic ke rasanya boleh je terima lauk ni :D

Disebabkan kteorang berdua je yang nak makan, so I cut this recipe into half. Bahan bahan dia kteorang banyak shopping kat jusco je. Barang mahal sikit lah. Ahh pedulikan semua itu, sebab abah yang bayar :P

Bahan bahan :

i. Glass noodle
ii. Sesame oil
iii.Rice syrup (Boleh substitute dengan honey)
iv. Sesame seed untuk hiasan. Maangchi kata korean always use toasted sesame seed. Tapi aku tak peduli semua itu. hahaha

i. Any type of mushroom - i used shitake mushroom
ii. 1/2 carrot
iii. 2 potatoes
iv. 1/2 onions
v. Garlic & ginger. Hm pandai pandai la korang agak

Actually, maangchi ada include timun. Kalau korang nak letak timun boleh lah letak separuh juga. Tapi aku macam ragu ragu je timun dalam resipi ni haha jadi aku tak letak pun selepas tak jumpa timun kat jusco tu. -.-

Sauce dia pulak, ni yang penting:
i. 1/5 oyster sauce
ii. 1/5 kicap masin. Hari tu guna kicap adabi je, jalen pun boleh lol.
iii. 1/5 rice syrup
iv. 1/2 brown sugar.

*And main thing lupa pulak, ayam. Boleh guna bahagian apa pun korang suka. Sebab i like thigh, so guna la dalam 400-500gm ayam camtu. Potong bite site okay?

*Rendam juga glass noodle tu sampai dia lembut sikit. Amik 50gm. Agak2 je. haha

Cara-cara:

1. Guna 1-2 sudu minyak dan goreng 3 biji cili kering,  jangan sampai terbakar. Biar keluar bau dan garing sikit lepastu angkat.
2. Lepastu masukkan ayam. Goreng dia dalam 5-10 mins.
3. Masukkan halia dan bawang putih. Kacau kacau sampai naik bau
4. Masukkan kentang, sos tadi dan 1.5 cawan air. Tutup dan masak 10mins
5. Masukkan glass noodle
6. Sekarang boleh la masukkan segala sayur yang dah potong tadi & cili kering yang kita goreng tadi. Kali ni jangan tutup dah, dan masak lagi 10min.

*Api, sederhana panas ye. Jangan pakai api besar sangat pulak, nanti broth evaporate pula.

Tadaaaaa, my dakjjim :)

Any Koreans up for this Malay girl?

hahahaha

Oh, dapat testimony juga dari Nadzy yang terpaksa tunggu kita bersiap untuk pergi kenduri rumah ona sebab cari cari baju kurung pink tak jumpa -___-

#Siblinggoals

#Missionaccepted

Credits:
Dakjjim - Maangchi

Can't sleep. Rindu

It's literally 1.20am but I'm still awake.

Why?

Tak tak, bukan sebab sedih ke heart broken sampai tak boleh tidur eceh haha tapi sebab dah tidur sepanjang hari since baru pagi ni je sampai kuantan dari ipoh. Minggu ni balik Kuale wei. hehehe. Pergh, rosak plan aku yang nak masuk lab. Konon dah dapat tidur dalam bus pastu nak pergi kuliyyah terus akhirnya kecundang di atas katil.

I think I have a very productive weekend kat rumah. Most of my checklist semua settle dan yang paling best I have my kitchen back! So #mysiblinggoals was to make dakjjim (braised chicken with vege) & japchae(glass noodles and stir fried vege). Ni korean food lah tapi. Initial plan nk buat bibimbap tapi masa nk purchase gochujang tu dia ada rice wine pulak for preservative i guess. Dan bila balik rumahhari tu, cream cheese dengan peanut butter still ada yang beli masa buat kuih duluu sebab adik buat tak tahu je dengan bahan2 yang ada tu -.-' So yeah, here it goes my random peanut butter cheesecake lol. Nanti kalau ada masa aku upload recipe k. Kemain hahaha. Tengok video maangchi tu je pungg berguru dalam youtube tu hah. Tapi video maangchi tu sangatlah addictive yang aku boleh revise banyak kali tgk video yang sama tu yang aku tak paham -___- Mungkin sebab english dia cute sangat kottt

Aku mengadu dan craving macam macam kan, hehe. Nak masak itu ini semua dan akhirnya berjaya. Siap tepon abah lagi beforehand suruh beli ikan sebab I'm a fish & seafood lover. Abah kata dia beli ikan udang sotong ketam semua tu dah dekat seratus haha tapi ennn, habis semua aku masak kot. Siap bawak balik uia lagi, jadi harini makan bekal masak sendiri je. Actually setiap kali aku bawak bekal masak sendiri nak balik kampus ke apa ke, mesti aku terkilan dan teringat mak sebab she used to pack lunchbox to us. Aku ingat lagi bekal terakhir yang mak masak untuk aku dulu, bawal masak sambal dengan sayur lemak kuning. Ni mak bekalkan kat aku sebelum balik 2nd year duluu. Makan sebelum nak naik flight :(

Anyway, opah admitted this week. Please pray for her health. She is after my mom and dad. I was glad that I went back at the moment when I was needed. Initial plan nak balik sebab nak settle banyak benda pergi bank bagai buat visa lagi dan...another bestfriend bertunang. Tapi cantik juga Allah susun, takde program tarbiyah minggu ni so boleh lah balik kampung. Patut rasa macam nak balik je dan alhamdulillah, opah dah dapat keluar hospital dan aku sangat bersyukur. Aku sangat respect dengan wancik & pakcik yang sentiasa ada untuk jaga pah. Wancik hari hari hantar lauk kat pah dan jenguk tok dengan pah yang dah tak banyak daya. Memang penat jaga orang sakit, been there tapi percayalah wancik & pakcik, syurga buat anak soleh. MashaAllah besarnya sangatt pahala tu :) Masa borak borak dengan pah, pah banyak kali cakap pah dah rasa macam mak dulu. Dah takde kudrat. Nak bangun jalan semua pun dah tak larat. Hati rasa sayu sangat T.T sebab teringat masa masa mak tengah bertarung nyawa. Rindu usah cerita la. Walaupun dah dekat 2 tahun mak takde, banyak sangat benda rasa nak bagi tahu mak. Iqa dah sambung master, iqa dah dapat tarikh grad, so abah, kak yang dengan adik akan pergi Adelaide sekali. Tapi lagi best kalau mak ada :(

Mak, I hope you're proud of me.
And I have abah alone now.
I want to be a pious daughter for both of you
because I think that's the biggest effort I can make to show my deepest love for you
I love you mak & abah. Lillahitaala.