Open House and In Laws Arrival

Salam

We attended kak Zaitul and Ana's open house after went to the embassy. Sorry, i already forgot the menu (i just remember, Lemang! :P) and i do not take the picture of the scrumptious food on the table...sorry..! :( At that time, only my body was there but my mind was off wandering and keep thinking about my dissertation. huhu haru hokey..but i promise i have so many other pictures when we were at their house. heheh :P

Also this year, my in laws came to celebrate Eid with us. They were FIL, MIL, SIL, her husband and daughter and BIL. All of them had safely arrived on the eve of second raya. Alhamdulillah, we were so happy and thankful to have them here after more than a year not seeing each other. My MIL also kindly cooked us Nasi Dagang, Laksa and Laksam!! Over more than a year, we havent eat  it! So mama's more than willing to cook for her anak menantu and cucu2 :D Though, just arrived but mama still had energy to cook all that for the next day during our open house. Thank you so much, mama! ;)

So enjoy the pics!

with kak Zaitul and co.

hubby and still sleepy Zafri with bro Hanif

the kids and toys cannot be separated :P

credit to kak Azan for this pic. I loike..perasan mcm ank sorg je..padahal? hehe

with kak Azan and Co..before going to Ana's place for another open house 

worried me at Ana's place.  haha i was that worried and it was shown all over my face..Aihh penangan dissertation... :D

how i wish i was still a kid so i dont have to think about dissertation or anything but playing balloons! 

or trying out wisels and blowing it loudly as they like! hehehe..

Zafri with his pacifier-lookalike wisel hee

it was also Dahlia's 8th birthday...that's why all the balloons and the wisels ;)

Dahlia with her marvellous looking and delicious birthday cake made by her mom. untung maknya pakar buat kek2 ni :)

also had a photoshoot session at ana;s well-kept backyard

with kak Azan n co.

with Ana and co. , the host..yg dah pon balik Msia last two weeks..she's in the same uni with me, cuma lain course je. ;)

and here is the picture with our first guest from Bristol, Farah and Bro Imran. they were in London on the first Syawal, they visited us after went to Rumah Malaysia. Thanks for coming! Obviously, not many pics were taken due to my fenin2 lalat head..huhu.. 

my kitchen on the second raya..ready for our open house..

Nasi Dagang is the main menu! Nyumsss n The guests loved it...thanks again to  mama.  aritu dah berguru dah dgn mama tp tatau la bila nak try buat!..hehehehe...

Zafri pertama kali berbaju melayu..tq tok mak sponsor baju zafri..wpon besar sket tp ok je..tahun dpn bley pki lg..hehehehe..

the Eins wore their new baju raya...sponsored by mama tok..tq mama tok! ;)

then a must family photo before the guests arrived..:)

mama and kakak ceria dan dah ready nak sambut tetamu hehe..

antara tetamu2 yg datang..;)

Hehe too many pictures to even write the captions!! tu pon banyak lagi gambar yang tak dpt nak share kt sini..huhu But hopefully, the pictures have told everything k ;D Alhamdulillah open house daripada pukul 2PM smpi ke 8PM, namun sangat puas hati walaupun kepenatan...hehehehe..Thanks kepada semua tetamu yg datang! Panjang umur kita jumpa lagi raya tahun depan k, insyaAllah. :)) 

Eid at Malaysia Embassy in London.

Before Syawal leaving us, i would like to share some of our pics during the first of Syawal for the sake of a memory. This year, we went to High Commissioner of Malaysia Embassy in the Central London for Eidul Fitr prayer with friends but we did not go to Malaysia House for the Eid Feast. May be we will go next year insyaAllah but overall, our first of Syawal this year will surely be remembered as another memorable Eid for us in London. :)

Enjoy the pics!

with my Iris who always sporting to give a pose :)

get ready for a family photo while Babah setup the cammie on the tripod ;)

the family photo after several attempts

just the two of us

another family photo at Malaysia High Commissioner, London.

so happy and excited

posing while Babah went for Eid prayer..

with kak Yaya and Kak Ana who were also go to the Embassy this year. :)

Zahin, Iris, Haziq and Syakirah (kak Sya and Abg Bard's)

we had some refreshment here after the Eid prayer finished

duit raya collection.

Zafri who clung to Babah after Babah's not around for a while

 me who satisfied hehe

ready to go to open house

Cahaya was also there :)

East Londoners group photo with local policeman in front of the Embassy before leaving. 

me in the car was boring donno what to do because of the traffic jam, it took us almost 2 hrs to arrive!

and this lil boy of mine was also even managed to recharge his energy in the two hrs journey back to East London.

Alhamdulillah, our first Syawal had partly done and we were glad we joined our friend to celebrate Eid at Malaysia Embassy. We definitely want to go again next year insyaAllah. :)

And the rest of the day was filled with going to our friends's open house and welcoming our first guests from Bristol which i will share in the next post. So stay tuned! ;D

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About to End

Salam

My Master journey is about to end soon. It is sad but of course i'm rather glad that it is almost over. ;D it has taken a toll on me and my family but anyhow we had survived!

I've submitted the dissertation yesterday. It was finally completed at very last minute but i managed to hand it in at ACE helpdesk before 4pm after sent it to Turnitin (Plagiarism software), printing 80 pages of dissertation, burning it into two CDs and binding it at the printing shop. Alhamdulillah..:)

Actually, the prototype had been done before Eid, sv had approved it after some changes been done here and there. During Eid, the writing was going on on and off in between joining open house and going holiday with family in law. ;) So i finally finished writing all the chapters last friday and emailed it to sv. While nervously waiting sv to review and reply, i continued writing the abstract, conclusion, doing reference and formatting. Only on Monday morning, i managed to submit the final whole draft of the dissertation.

I was damn worried waiting my sv to reply. Anyway, he had replied when i checked email around 3am on 11th of September. huhu it was quite a number of comments i received from him :P but luckily it was only on theoretical parts..the editorial, the addition of latest references and some changes here and there, it was only finally finished by 11 o'clock on 12th of September!!! Yesss, the submission day. Only Allah knew how nervous i was that time but anyway i did it! that matters. hehehe

Honestly I couldnt believe i wrote about 12200 words! Before that i dont think i can even get up to 10000 while the required words were supposed to be 11000! ;) Hopefully, i will pass my master dissertation. InsyaAllah! For the time being i can relax for a while before start preparing and ready for Viva which was postponed to 2nd of October instead of 17th of September. So now i need to check my wishlist to decide what to do first after being 'fasting' to do it once i started study. hehe (Kdrama perhaps? Wink)

Last but not least, i would like to thank my beloved family and friends for praying for me. I really appreciate! I really am :) AND i would like to extend my deepest gratitude to the love of my life, hubby who always being there for me. Who has always supported me throughout this journey. For his patience, love and sacrifice. All the time. Without him, i dont think i can ever finish my dissertation on time. For all these while he has been my companion, motivator, second supervisor and private tutor who had experienced it before ( i know i'm very lucky ;)) whereas my sv and i just communicated through emails (just one meeting) in the past three months due to limited access to uel because of olympic. Besides helping me with my study, hubby constantly helped with domestic and babysitting too. isnt he wonderful? :))

So thank you so much, Darling! Love you more and always!! May Allah always bestow upon you with His blessings and may He grant you a good health, strength and patience to carry out steadfastly your PhD research..amin amin aminnn..!

31st August

~ Iris at Mayfield Lavender Farm, Surrey England. get well soon darling! ~

Salam

Harap tak terlambat to wish everyone happy independence day! Kat sini tak rasa pon mcm kt Msia..carnival merdeka pon tak dgr lg..teringin jg nk pegi klu dh siap thesis. :P

Nway, on that day Iris tak sihat. She had shown the symptom of Athma since mlm merdeka. Esoknya nmpk makin teruk so we took her to hospital. Mmg dia pon athmatic mcm Zahin. First time diagnosis. Well ank beranak athmatic. So After few times of nebulizer treatment, she had improved but still slow progress so kene tahan ward..huhu. It was expected so Ummi dh siap2 prepare an overnight bag. Alhamdulillah, Iris was such a good girl. Nurse and doc sume puji kata dialah the best patient on that day. Hehehe..

Alhamdulillah, smlm ptg dh discharged. Syukur alhamdulillah wpon still bw blk ubat steroid and antibiotic n inhaler ventolin but at least at home..kesisn adik zafri n alg Zahin n babah jgk kt rmh klu kene stay another nite..kesian jg chik n family kt rumah tak dpt bjalan. At least mama tok, tok ayah n ayah riz dpt jg gi tour europe. Hehe

By the way, 31st of August was tok mak n tok abah's 32nd wedding anniversary. Happy anniversary tok mak n tok bah..smg bbahagia dan dirahmatiNya selalu. Amin..!

Wassalam