Jalan-jalan di beach

Untuk mengelakkan pening kepala dan sakit otak, my friend dgn I decided berjln2 di waktu ptg kat beach. Sesambil menenangkan fikiran bleh jgk mengeluarkan peluh. Nak harapkan exercise, slalu bagi alasan x de masa. So make a point utk jalan2 kat beach setiap hari di waktu ptg. Tu pun ada jugak ari2 yg miss sb x larat sangat laa or ada benda2 lain nak kena buat. 

Dulu, mula2 datang sini rasa pelik bila tgk Pak2 Arab behenti keta kat tepi laut. Then pandang jerr kat laut tu for at least 30 min. and ada yang berjam2 duk dalam kete kat tepi laut. Bukannya buat apa pun, just duk pandang jer kat lautan yg luas tu. 

Skrg ni dah tak mengata dan x rasa pelik dah bila dah lama kat sini. Dgn I skali jadi cam diaorg. Bak kata orang kat sini. Pandang laut bleh awek muda. Betul ker? Mmmm... ntah la. Then pandang jer la, bleh menenangkan fikiran. Yang ni, I agree.. sb I dah cuba. Seriously tenang sangat tengok lautan yang luas. Kat sini jer laa bleh jln ptg2. Kat Msia, x de masa nyer nak berjln2 cam ni.

So, Miss Nur pun x lepaskan peluang keemasan ni sementara berada kat sini kan. Sementara kat belakang rumah ni ada beach kan. Apa salahnya..

Jalan2 for about 30 min. dah kluar peluh.. serious. Tapi x tahu laa kalori/ kg turun ker tak kan. Hopefully lemak2 yang berlebihan tu terbakar la skit2. Tak banyak pun x pe laa... at least 1-2 kg kan? Semua tu tak penting, janji sihat.. Alhamdulillah kan?

Well, masa jalan2 kat beach ni for sure ari2 ada jumpa makluk2 Alllah yang luar biasa dan yang biasa. Slalunya kalau jumpa yg luar biasa, x bwk camera, x bawak hp nak snap pictures. Slalunya cam tu laa.. Okei, kat bawah ni nak share dgn u all makluk2 yg sempat disnap.

Macam ikan bawal kan?  Goreng pun sodap ni...

Turtle pun ada.. seriously. This time kecik jer. Last time, besar sgt2.. kesian kan mati cam ni. Yang ni ada darah2 lagi kluar

Ni plak ikan buntar kan? Ikan duri? Ntah laa apa jenis ikan. Ya Rabbi, sangat laa montel kan? Banyak kali dah jumpa ikan cam ni. But this is the biggest so far.

Tengkorak? Macam kambing kan? Musytahil orang.. x de rupa orang pun. Cam mana bleh berada kat beach.. Mmmm... ada laa tu sesapa yg buang..

Ari tu plak, jumpa sotong. Besar sgt tp x bawak camera x bleh laa nak snap. Mula2 ada ati nak ambik, but the takut laa plak beracun kan. Tak pasal2 nak makan benda free masuk spital. So lupakan sajer. Akan ku postkan lagi makluk2 alam yg luar biasa yer. Tu pun kalau bawak hp or camera la kan and kalau jumpa lagi la. Insyaallah..

Plagiarism

Ni nak citer pasal copy mengopy masa buat assignment. Alah kita kat Msia pun sama kes jugak kan. Mana2 pun sama laa kan. Yang bestnya kat sini, kitaorg pakai Blackboard utk detect plagiarism . Nak cakap  system ni accurate sgt tu tak de la jgk but then its really useful for us as a lecturer. 

Kanak2 unta ni akan submit softcopy kat lecturer masing2 by Blackboard through "SafeAssignment". Kat dlm program ni automatic laa system akan detect brapa % of plagiarism and kat mana sources yg diaorg ambik. Cool kan?

System Blackboard ni dah lama dah ada tapi skrg ni semua lecturers diwajibkan guna. Terpaksa laa belajar benda2 baru cam ni. But I would say, its worth learning and using this program.

Tapi kan, kanak2 unta ni pandai jgk. Diaorg ni x de la nak copy 100%. What they did.. diaorg ni ambik (copy) dr arabic website and translate laa into english. They used translator dr internet laa kot. One of the weakness of the system is bila dah translate dr Arabic - English, system x bleh nak detect plagiarism. Waduhh... ni jadi pening ni.

Tapi as a lecturer kita x bleh laa nak arapkan system jer kan? Some of the sudents tu 0% matching means x copy and paste langsung laa dr internet. Wahhh... Baguskan? Tapi.. as I told earlier, kalau dah dia dah translate memang laa jadi tak tiru. Bila baca assignment diaorg, Ya Rabbi nak pengsan!! Semua tunggang langgang. Sebabnya... translator tu laa. Direct translation jadi nyer cam tu laa kan?

Ni I dah upload some of the students assignment. Tgk tu.. wah ada yg 0%. Caya tak? Tapi tak kurangnya 90% yang matching. 10 % tu for sure laa dalam introduction and conclusion.

Yang kat bawah ni plak, see 12 % matching.. means that 12% copy dr internet or books laa kan. Yang bestnya, kita dpt tahu dari mana diaorg ni copy and paste.

Tgk tu, yang kat atas yang I bulatkan in red tu, kanak2 unta ni copy dr. source no. 1 and yang blue circle tu dr. source no.2. Cool kan?

Yang lawaknya, ada laa plak manusia kat sini cuba upload research2 paper Prof.2, Dr2... guess what, 80% matching and got even 100% matching. Apakah?

Tired? "Tak Ban"

Keje kat sini macam heaven jer sb slalu balik kul 2. Then dimusim2 panas ni, balik2 jer terus landing... wah nikmatnya hidup. Kat Msia bleh buat cam tu? Mmmm.. mana laaa bleh nak balik awal2 kan? Kat sini jer laa bleh buat perangai cam ni, tido cam diaorg ni. Tido tido jugak kan.. ptg2 mesti laa jalan2 kat beach utk membakar kalori. Hiihihi

So today, balik kul 2 lebih mcm laa biasa then tetiba jerr kat belakang rumah nampak ada orang tengah baring. Wah.. apa lagi, terus stop jap snap picture dgn my hp. Sila laa tgk gamba kat bawah ni. Ni dah kira biasa laa kat sini. Selamba land jerr behenti keta kat blkg umah I then landing jer atas floor tu. Apakah?? Diaorg ni x kira tempat dan masa. Dah penat kan... sure so tired.. "takban"  in Arabic. Ditiup plak angin2 ditepi laut.. wah terus lena diulit mimpi. 

Kata my friend... ambik jgn tak ambik, sexy tu pakcik ni tido. Siap x pakai jubah.. ooopss pakai laa baju yang kat dlm jubah. 

For sure benda cam ni tak akan jumpa dilain2 tempat. Hanya di Oman... hanya dibelakang rumahku. Hihihi

Hotel in Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi & Sharjah

My trip to UAE was great beside bertukar2 otel 3 kali okey. At Al-Ain, I stayed at Al Massa Hotel Apartment shared with my friend's family. Really forgot the rate of the hotel. I guess around 700 - 800 Dirham for 2 rooms apartment.

Kat Abu Dhabi, punya laa susah nak carik otel. Yang ader pun sangat la mahal. Out of budget. Seriously, it goes to 1000++ Dirham. So the second nite, I stayed at Liwa Hotel. Next to the otel is vegetable market. Its really in the heart of the city. The rate is between 700 - 900 Dirham but this one is inclusive breakfast. The cost of the breakfast pun dah 25 Dirham/ person. Just a cup of coffee/tea + 2 sausages + scrambble egg + 1 crossaint + mix fruits.

Last otel kat Sharjah. kat Sharjah otelnya murah skit compared to Al-Ain and Abu Dhabi. Of course la Abu Dhabi is capital for UAE, itu sb laa mahalkan? Kat Sharjah lupa plak nak ambik gamba otel tu. But its was good.

I did share apartment with my friend's family for the first and secondy day and the last day in Sharjah, I got my own apartment but still sharing with my friend. The rate for that room is 300 Dirham. So not so bad laa bila berdua share 150 Dirham jer la sorang. But still kan, if we compare in Msia punya laa dpt hotel2 yang best2 dah, 5 stars otel dah with this kind of price.

What to do even in Oman is also expensive for the accomodation. I guess in all Gulf countries, their accomodation is really mencekek darah. Then satu lagi price nyer ikut per/ head okey. Even you in a small room but if 2 people, they will charge different rate.

So sesiapa yg ingin travel ke sini especially ke Oman, anda adalah dialu-alukan utk menginap dirumah kawan2 atau sedara mara.

UAE - 3rd Destination

Hari yang sama kat Al-Ain ni, redah lagi cari tempat yg menarik. Hilli Archaelogical Park. Disebabkan lama sgt spent time kat Zoo, sampai kat Hilli Park ni dah malam. Tapi lagi malam kat sini, lagi laa ramai yang byk family kluar berpicnic. Diaorg ni kat sini, lagi malam lagi laa ramai kluar then pantang ada cuti sure park2 penuh dgn manusia.

Al maklum laa kat mana lagi diaorg nak pegi kan? Thats the only entertainment for their families.

The main entrance .. siap tulis for families tu. So yang lom berfamily, bleh ker? I dtg dgn family orang, so kira bleh laa tu kan?

Wah.. gah gitu entrance nyerr. Masa snap gamba ni, tetiba jer seorang pompuan berabaya dtg dekat. Dia siap tanya ambik gamba apa? Ellooo pompuan, I ambik gamba entrance ni laa, bukannya nak ambik gamba u. Yang lawaknya pompuan ni tutup muka dgn burka tu, still lagi risau orang ambik gamba dia. Bleh?

Yeah.. its free. Kan tadi pegi Zoo dah kena bayar, so carik laa tempat yang free plak

Di musim winter ni, semua bunga2 berkembang segar. So colourful. Nice to see!!

Tgk laa tu, "families only"

Tak tahu sebenarnya apa ader kat tempat ni. Yang jumpa Hilli Tomb.

This is the tomb. No entry !!

So big!! x penah tgk benda alam ni sebesar ni tau. Amat terpegun skali. Kalau summer, sure dah melompat masuk dalam tu.

Seriously I dont know what is this. Kan dah cakap tadi, sampai sana mlm. So x nampak laa benda2 archaelogy ni and no sognboard too.

UAE - 2nd Destination

Bersua kembali kita dengan citer ttg jejln ke UAE yang belum sempat abis ari tu. 2nd destination was Al-Ain Wildlife Park & Resort. Ye.. ye.. pegi Zoo bersama2 dgn kanak2 comel. Suker okey :))

Last time pegi Zoo kat Msia tak tahu masa umur brapa, it was may be 20 years back or more. Lama kan?

I paid 15 Dirham for the entry. Murah jer kan?

Layan jer laaa pictures ni okey :))

We went there on Friday, time Friday's prayer tp mak oiii kete punyerr laa byk. Tak ku sangka, jauh sangat park kete and the picture above the entrance of the zoo.

The ticket

Punyerr laaa kedekut diorg ni. Diaorg bg satu tiket jer utk 7 org. Bleh? In a way is good for them. Penjimatan kertas right?






Ader jer bebudak main bola dlm park ni, ader jer orang main music. Ramai jerr yang berkelah.. so apakah ini?



The map.. bessar jgk zoo ni.

Bleh tahan jgk la berjln. Terasa turun 2 kg selepas non-stop walking for almost 3-4 hours.

Pegi nyerr ker Zoo, tp yang menarik perhatiannya pokok. Salah ker? Nak buat cam mana nak. Its 2 in 1. This cactus is so big. Never seen this before.

Huge and tall

Nice flowers.

Yang bestnya park kat sini adalah bleh picnic. Ramai orang berpicnic. Siap bwk makanan, tikar, krusi. Kita kat Msia mana laa ader masa nak buat semua ni kan?

As told before, its 2 in 1. Not only animals catch my attention but these sort of plants too. Cantik sgt lalang2 ni. Rasa nak jer tanam kat rumah.

Ni lagi lalang.. suker.. with the tekstur of the colours. I just love it.

So curious about the house. Went inside and guess what ader laa 7..8 animals in there. Below are two of cute animals

Ala..ala comelnya kan?

Cutenyaa.. tp kalau suruh pegang, Haram x terpegang. Geli!!

Ni plak so manja kan?

See, siap dgn krusi lagi tu berpicnic. Its normal here tp I jer yg slalu excited tgk benda2 cam ni. Kat Oman pun sama. Suker sgt diaorg ni berpicnic.

Pink Flamingo.. geram jer nak bwk balik seekor.

Punyer la carik train x jumpa. At last jumpa tp train nyer x de plak. Sabor jer la

Rasanya lama jgk laa spent time kat sini. But its worth.

UAE - Al-Ain

Last semester was a long semester with so many holidays in between. Bila dah long semester, meaning that semester break hanya laa seminggu. A week? Apakah ini?? Of course la utk students 2 weeks holidays but for the lecturers its only a week or even 3..4 days jer. So x baik sbb x bleh balik Msia utk cuti2 Malaysia.

As mentioned before, lepas process memarking final exam papers yg beratus2 pelajar bleh buat para lecturer hilang kawalan mental terutamanya saya ini. Imagine, you been given only 72 hours to mark 200++ students? And all essays questions. Cam mano? Dgn handwriting nyerr yg susah nak paham, dgn spelling errors nyerr. Tu masa nak marking.. then bila nak posting mark plak, ader plak yg nak kena adjust2. Bleh...

Well, itu citer basi... x mau citer dah. Skrg ni nak citer jalan2 ke UAE. On wednesday, after settle semua marking2 posting mark, terus buat plan nak redah ke UAE.

This time pegi dgn Msian family kat Sohar, suker pegi dgn diaorg ni. Dgn 3 orang anak2 mereka yg riang ria.

Redah, redah jugak but the before pegi kena jgk buat plan kan. So a nite before bertolak, tido sampai lewat malam, bangun sampai awal pagi sbb duk google map utk pegi UAE. Siap print maps and places must visit lagi. Baik punyer planning.

Our journey was Al Ain- Abu Dhabi- Sharjah-Dubai. Dulu dah pegi dah UAE but only Dubai but this time melangkah kaki jauh skit.

Check point kat border Oman-UAE

Kat sini, semua turun utk eye test. Bleh? Kalau pegi Dubai ari tu x de plak check2 mata. Masa kat office utk check mata, x de orang pun not even the officer in-charge. Bleh cam tu? Lawak laa diaorg ni. Duk tunggu, jalan2 about 10 minutes, baru laa officer dia dtg. Check2 semua.. teruskan perjalanan. From Sohar to Al-Ain took us about 2 hours.

First stop was at Jabel Hafeet. The view from Jabel. So cantik :))

Dipanggil Hafeet, most probably sbb ader 5 Jabel like our feet. Ye ker? May be laa kot.

On our way there, got 2 hotels and one private house. Yang gamba ni adalah private property. Dashyat.. Rumah siapakah ini. Rasanya blom siap lagi.


View from the top



Desert jer kan... tak de apa2 view yg menarik pun

Kat gunung ni bleh ader manusi2 yg conteng2 semua ni. Sabor jer lah kan? Yang cantik dah jadi x brapa cantik!!

Ramai ni manusia2 kat sini. Maklum la weekend kan?

Yang paling best in every stop, ader toilet ni. Tapi mak oiii, bau nyerr sangat laa tidak tahan!! Yelah, kan ramai manusia yg dtg melawat.

Got one restaurant on the top

Jeng.. jeng.. jeng. Tahu tak kat atas Jabel ni jumpa apa. Batu crystal. Seriously. So mintak tuk nenek, ambik buat balik skit.

Ni laa lanun2 yang curik bau crystal kat Jabel Hafeet. Larik... sorokkan terus dlm beg. Tapi 2..3 orang philipine tahu dan nampak kami ambik, terus diaorg pun carik2 jugak.

Lagi menarik kat sini, satu bas datang visit then duk tepi bas berkelah makan ramai2. Bleh? Kat sini dah biasa dah berpicnic2 ditepi kete.