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Tangguh punya tangguh... akhirnya dapat jgk update blog yg dah berkurun-kurun lamanya ditinggalkan. There were so many reasons Im not updating my blog:

• Internet connection: Bad.. bad.. bad.. at home and at the college sama jer. Guess what last time, I paid RO29/monthly and now for 30 hours/RO10. I dont mind paying more if the connection is good but every time Im logging in there is a problem. "page time out". Menci.. Menci.. Nyampah!! Nyampah!! Memang menguji kesabaranku!! (Ternyata sbb dah x update for 5 months right?)
  

• Work load: Spent most of my time doing my office work ( bz, bz, bz). Yelah tu!! Bz melayan kerenah2 anak2 unta disini. Suker.. suker. With 15 hours lecturing a week, almost every day doing personal counseling ( byk rahsia kan ku bongkarkan later), checking & marking students assignment & homework ( headache ke tahap nak pecah kepala) and bla.. bla.. ( byk laa ...)

• Personal problem: Yang ni pun termasuk jgk dlm alasan2 naper tak update blog. Byk problem2 yang melanda termasuklah masalah dalaman & luaran. ( But still waras okey)
  

• Business: Yang ni pun nak kena highlight gak ni. Kononnya bz dgn @Cerise sampaikan blog sdiri pun put aside ( amatlah kejam skali). Jemput2.. tuan2 puan2 jenguk ke sana. Sokongan anda didahului dgn ucapan terima kasih :) --> sungguh sopan statement ini ;))
  

Setelah memberikan penjelasan2 diatas, izinkan ana memohon maaf kepada :

* The Blue Tulip: oohh tidak, sy belum nikah lagi. Manyak2 maaf ku pinta. X putus2 bagi comment and asked me to update my blog. Thanks for keep supporting me babe. You are always sweet!

* Aisyalicious: hey sis, ku tidak menghilangkan diriku ini. Thanks for keep coming to my blog and all those comments.

* Ayu: Ayu bebeh, permintaan mu ku tunaikan even punya lah lama nak nak update blog ni. Penantianmu amat ku hargai bebeh :)) Sudah semestinya rajsia2 ku akan ku kongsi bersamamu. Rahsiaku Rahsiamu jua. Ssssshhh...

* Lil' Bro: Jgn mare2 okey, kak dah update ni, I know you keep coming lil' bro! I can see you.

* Nuke: Nuki yang suka mengintai2 blogku ini, hasratmu ku tunaikan... jgn tak terbaca nanti banyak nak post citer2 hangat ni. Tinggalkan komen2 mu yang 'jahat2" itu. Hehhehe

* Followers: Macam laa byk bebonar. Anyway, thanks people.. God-willing, will try my best to update. Appreciate your great support!!

* Silent readers: I know you people are peeping my blog. You are most welcome :))

HoLa.. MaRHaBa.. :)

"LiFe In OmAn" Will Be BaCk SooN ..... StaY TuNeD!!!!

Eid Eve

Guess what I did just now.. I baked and I cooked. Memang laaa .. mengalahkan orang sambut raya kat Msia kan? Tu laaa... kat sini lagi meriah on Eid Eve ( for me: alone?) Yeah right!!... Even my mum in Msia also x not prepare any special food for this eid. If Im in Msia right now for sure I will do sometime for them.. pity them :(( Actually, I baked these to give some to my Omani friend here... thats the reason Im so into cooking and baking today!

Im done with Oreo Cake ( 2 Oreo Cakes)... Mmmmm yummy.. yummy.. I love oreo cake. Last time I made when I was back in Msia last summer. Told you previously... I baked several times.. I posted the recipe. Did u try it? Mmmm... last time was oreo cupcakes. The recipe is still the same folks!!! This time I didnt use cake mixer ( x have it here) and I used ONLY FORK okey to replace the mixer. Terrror tak I? Hhehehe.. Jadi okey.. sangat laa jadi. Rasanya sama.. People, dont give reason not to try this recipe coz its easy and you also can do it by yourself. Trust me okey...

Lets look at what I have it here..

1 1/2 cups of butter + 3/4 cups vege oil + 1/2 cups sugar + 3/4 small t/spoon of salt

2 cups of flour + 1/2 small t/spoon of baking powder

Lastly.. add Oreo biscuits as many as u want. I put a whole box.. so yummy and yummy.

Ready to bake

Halazzzz.... there you go.. crunchy on the top.

Look at the Oreo.. crunch.. crunch..

Anybody??

Something abt me.. I would say its kinda weird.. when I bake or cook.. I will feel full after Im done and I hardly eat what I cook. My hunger is gone while Im cooking and baking.. but still never ever loss any kilos.. :((

I baked meat macaroni and prawn macaroni. Was planning to make chicken macaroni but I couldn't find minced chicken.. so change the recipe to meat macaroni. Come closer people... wanna show u my Baked Macaroni:

Diced Onion + Minced meat

Kurma spices + Curry spices

Diced Capsicum

Add Macaroni..

Taraa... ready to bake.. pour with egg ( need many eggs.. I used 6 eggs for this big container) and a little bit of flour.. Dont forget after u fried the macaroni wait till it cold and then mix that with eggs.

See, how many container I got.. 6 .. its 6 people!!! 3 meat macaroni and 2 prawn macaroni

FooD iN OMan

With the title above... I request everybody who is reading this please be patient if you are hungry, it is better for you to go and eat first. Caution: You might faint after look at the pictures of food below.. Bear in mind people!!

Ready?.. Sure ready?? Okey....

Look at my figure, for sure you people think that I like to eat so much right? Korang jahat... jahat2.. jahat2.. I would say Im a quiet choosy eater and also picky eater. Will eat more but not too much when that food I like or love.. If not, I will not even touch that food.. sometimes not even look at it..

I love:

• Noodles ( so..so much).. top in the list : of course kuew teow
• Pasta : oooo.. never resist
• Bread : all sort of bread ( now, proudly to say "Kobus" ) everyday I eat this here.. x penah jemu.. ( apa kes?) including donut ( JC and Big Apple)... bye-bye to Dunkin - again stement yg kejam.
  

I dont like:

• Rice : it makes me fat and chubby ( benci!! but here their briyani and mandi less oil and i guess not fattening.. but still its rice people)
• Sweet porridge ( kureng okey.. my mum always upset when I didnt eat her bubur kacang, jagung, penget pisang.. include in sweet porridge kerr?)
• and of course... Durian. I love tempoyak but not durian ( i know Im such a weird person.. but really I cant take it.. not only coz of the smell but the taste). If tempoyak, rasa chilly right.. so x rasa sgt kedurianan nyer.. whatever!!
  

I love food in the flight too ( gilo ko apo?) Iyerr.. seriously.. suka ati korang laa nak cakap apa ok. Perut I suka ati I laa kan. I just love their food. But still depend to the airlines. Like MAS, Gulf and Etihad.. their food is good ( again for me).. To those who x taste from these airlines better agree with me.

Usually, for long journey flight. I always wanna try the new food.. yang bunyi pelik2 tu.. haaa.. yang tu laa yang I nak try. Sometimes it turned very tasteless.. "Tu laa ngader2 sangat nak try yang pelik2"- thats my mum. Pas tu suka sangat nak itu nak ini.. sajer sebenarnya nak ngader2 dgn stewardess/steward kan? Bukannya slalu... Hahahhah..

• More juice please...
• Excuse me.. I need milk for my coffee.
• Any sweet? Nuts? Muffin?
  
• Diet Coke please...
  

Tu aderlah some of the request yang kejam yang pernah dibuat sebelum ni. Bukannya nak sangat pun.. Ngader jerr lebih. Told you!!

I love the food in the flight coz of their complete set of meal.. from starter to main course and to dessert. Sometimes I got ice cream for the dessert.. bukannya slalu bleh makan ice cream di atas awan-awangan kan?

This was the food when I took Gulf Air.. yummy.. yummy. Pasta with Spinach with white sauce - sila telan air liur please...

FYI, I love bread too.. It started when I was in US, most of the time I ate bread. Kat Msia before that.. x de laa sure sgt makan roti but then since I was there I realized bread is so cedap. In US, I always bought frozen dough crossaint. Easy to make and in less than 10 min Im done. How I wish can have it again here. I can eat only bread for a month... but unfortunately my weight is still the same. Poor me!! :((

Nice to eat with butter... loves this so much

My first juice when I reach here.. Rani ( orange juice). Soo good. Till now its never out of my stock in the fridge. My parents love this juice too. I took back some cans when I was back to Msia last Summer sampai berat luggage tu.. The college driver bought for us and he is so kind and so cute too. Hehhehe....

My parents and I were at the hotel for 3 days when I arrived here and we bought some food at the hotel. We were so shocked Vege Fried Rice costs us RO2,800 ( approx RM28). We were too hungry and no choice.. telan laa jgk. Look at the container... here I learned new things. They always pack the food in aluminium container. No plastic container.. so since Im here I always use this too. Easy to give away to people.. I do bake my cake using this too.

Roti and roti.. cicah and cicah... More roti here.. yeyey..

People here loves salad and veggies. Raw veggies ( tomato, carrot and squeeze with lemon).. I like it too.. Hopefully my skin turns smoother fair. Hahahhaha.. ( my mum told me when I was a kid)

Nuts... can find so many types of nuts here... unfortunately, not that cheap.

More salad and veggies.. The deco is so nice. Its from Turkey Restaurant here.. Chef wrote "Malaysia" with mayo.. so cool!!

This is Hammus.. blend chic peas. Nice.. really nice. Eat with Kobus..

Food that served from one of our Omani friend here.. Too many delicious food to eat.. Want more please..

They love pizza too.. tot only Italiano only loves pizza.. Omanino also loves pizza. Hahahhha.

Look at the rice.. briyani tau!! rice here is all basmati rice .. thats make briyani, mandi, etc.. more tasty.

This Omani Briyani that I love.. The restaurant is in Muscat. When I go to Muscat for sure will stop by here.. to eat there or parcel ( this is the word Omani used means take away: so funny right?)

One plate of briyani with half of fried chicken. I never finish eating this.. Too much for my stomach. If take away (parcel), it can last for a week for me. This highly recommended!! Would love to bring anyone to this restaurant... You might eat this till you sleep. hehhehe

CooKiNG TiMe...

I invited my friend's family for lunch today. I cooked butter chicken and mix vege. Its quite sometimes I didnt post any food or recipes in this blog. Well, not because I didnt cook but no time to make special dishes like today. (special kerr?.. sila laa masuk bakul angkat sdiri laa yerr)..

As some of people out there know, I love cooking and baking. Jadi ker.. tak jadi kee x kisah laa kan. Janji bleh dimakan. Back home in Malaysia, every time I have time I will cook.. either will help my mum cooking or will cook for the people. Usually, I only have time in the weekend as my work was so hectic ( day and nite will be lecturing) and my uncle will call me or sms me what he wanted to eat and asked me to prepare before his family come to our house.

For me.. cooking and lecturing is quiet similar.. Im talking about the satisfaction when you are done with it. Cooking... try to come out with the new recipe, campak bahan2 and taraaaa.... if the people enjoyed.. you will be the most satisfied person even tiring and exhausted. Same thing with lecturing, when the students understand what you teach.. you will be the most happy person at that moment.

Still remember last time, I like to make pizza.. One of the reason coz my dad and my mum love my pizza. In one day I can make more than 10 pizza and we frozen that. When we have guests then we served that.. easy right? After dah muak2 makan pizza.. buat kek plak.. suka sgt. and again my dad loves my butter cake. During last summer when Im back to Msia ... sempat gak 4..5 round buat kek butter + kek oreo. My mum and dad like butter cake but my sisters love oreo cake.

If in Ramadhan, I love to make kueh mueh.. but still x expert like my mum. Kueh2 traditional like seri muka, onde2.. suka buat jerr.. make 2..3 potong jer. Amat laa tidak berbaloi. Memandangkan beli kueh mueh kat pasar ramadhan slalu nya x sedap that why laa kat umah i slalu buat sdiri. Lagipun "king" kat umah memang suka "queen" yang masak2. Seboleh bolehnya nak elakkan makan kat luar.

This is the butter chicken for today... Usually ppl do butter prawn but I modified to butter chicken. Ada sapa kisah?? x de kan.. Haaa.. tu laa.. I yang masak so terpulang laa pada I kan nak campak apa dlm kuali I okey. Hhehehe...

Come closer.. wanna give recipe especially to my lil bro. I complained this recipe is hard. Try again lil bro.. its easy. This time try to do like me " campak- campak jerr "

Ingredients: ( I never measure.. try to estimate okey people.. If I measure for sure will turn out diff. taste) ..

Ingredient A:

• 2 t/spn of butter
• 3-5 cloves Garlic ( chopped)
• 3 t/spn of fresh milk
• Yolk ( 1 egg)

Keep stirring these till it turns yellowish.

Ingredient B:

All of these need to fry separately

• chicken ( diced) - salt, black pepper & tumeric : mix together
  
• Potato (diced)
  
• green chillies
  
• Onion
  

Mixed A+B = Butter Chicken.... look like this

Close up skit.. Nampak tak cam berrempah2 tu. aaa tu laa jadinya yg ingredient A tu

This is mix vege.. ( I bet you know how to make this.. and for sure better than mine)

Alhamdulillah.. Im so glad my guests enjoy the food.


# Fakhzan: These are for you too.. its not hot and spicy at all :))

SunSet... Journey Back to Sur

Usually, I take turns with my friend to drive and if we are going to Muscat which is 2 1/2 hours journey from Sur, I will driving all the way and coming back to Sur she will take turns. Last week, on our way back home to Sur, my friend was so kind to drive. I was pretty tired and exhausted after 2 days in Dubai.

While she was driving, I took an opportunity to take pictures. I should admit, the scenery all the way from Muscat to Sur is so gorgeous. I was amazed by the beautiful mountains, sea and dessert.. MasyaAllah... How great is the Creator!!

These are some pictures taken while I was in co-driver seat. I believed these are some of the best shot at the moment.. Really loves the sunsets. Yes, I do

Next mission.. wake up early in the morning - Im talking about weekend okey :)) ( definitely will not sleeping after Subuh prayer) and take good shot of sunrise.

Keep checking guys for my sunrise shot soon...... :)) Do enjoy the pictures

My SLR helps me a lot. Its really make me put my old digital camera aside.. ( hey lil' bro, I know its good news for you right? ) Even SLR is quite heavy, but I still manage and have energy to carry it.

Mid Term Exam...

This week Im giving Mid Term Exam to my students. Im doing pretty slow this semester... I mean my students are dragging me slow beside with so many holiday around ( Eid, National Day Eid Adha, etc..) Imagine we have 15 Chapters in less than 10 weeks. How to finish up all of them? Mustahil right??

I can try my best to speed up my lectures but students keep complaining then ... they can catch up will the lectures. Nanti Miss Nur jugak yang dipersalahkan?

Ni nak citer pasal students Sem 1 yang buat I slalu buat I "Ogras". Guess what this afternoon, I gave them Mid Term Exam. A day before some students came asked me to postpone the exam coz the having another exam today. Im sorry students, I cant allow u.. No more!! Too much !!

So nak citernya today... Im being extraordinary nice to them. Al maklum laa sbb diaorg nak exam kan. I did warning them, I will help them in my marking. They just need to answer that sincerely and the best the can. No "SYaitan".. No "JiN" allowed. I even scared them .. If they look at their friend's answer, Insyaallah.. they will get blind and If they are talking to each other, Insyaallah, they will be deaf. Dashyat tak statement tu? Hahhahaha... Of course I need to scared them.. if not, mula laa buat perangai "keuntaannya"

Well, the exam went well for 15 minutes. They were so obedient and really concentrate answering the questions. Later then 20 min, I caught 2 students cheating. Both of them brought small notes and put it under the question paper. So smart right?? What then... i took their papers and "masalama" (goodbye). They shocked coz they didnt expect I knew what they were doing!!

Guess what, i noticed myself always have some kind of instinct every time Im invigilate the exam. I can 'smell' those who are cheating and who have intention to cheat. If Im your invigilator, nasib laa kan... x de chance laa nak meniru.

What shocking me most was, within 30 minutes I caught more than 1/2 of the students in the class cheating. Bleh?? I was so mad, upset.. ( zaklan, hazin). Ya Allah, Tuhan jerr yang tahu perasaan ku ini.. It took me almost a day to think and create the questions to suit them. Pilih perkataan yg senang2 utk diaorg faham .. But What I got? Puhh....

Some of them put the small notes on their laps... kertas putih, jubah ( dishdash) putih.. ingat I x nampak ker? Ya ampun kanak2 unta ni... tolong laa!!! Ada plak yg letak notes dlm lengan jubah diaorg..

What make me really mad was the deny they didnt cheat and the swear "Wallahi, I didnt cheat Miss" "WALLAHI" tu.. diaorg ni actually bermasalah betul tau. Bersumpah2 dengan nama Allah ni main2 jer... teruk betul!!

Bila fikirkan balik... its going to be easier for me coz most of them will get zero and I dont need to spend more time in marking but in other hand how can I fail most of my students in the class??

They really give me big headache. I reminded them several times, this mid term is going to be their last chance to improve their mark but still they never take it seriously.

Last 2 weeks ago, I did presentation with them and it turned out only 7 students present. The others were giving me excuses not prepared and need more time.

Hello people... im sorry, no more chance for you guys!! "Asif.. Ana Takban" ( Sorry, Im tired!!)

The question paper

Intro. to comm




Look at these.. So annoyed me!!

Ogras...

Ogras means headache. Memang headache pun. Since the semester starts till now Im so headache. With the classes and with the students' attitude. They drive me crazy all the time.

Ni nak citer pasal minggu lepas. This semester I lectures three different classes ( Intro to Comm, Interpersonal Comm. & Theory of Media Comm) and 3 diff semester ( 1,3,5). Alhamdulillah, so far my interpersonal classes are doing great. Subjectnya amat ku suka and students2 nya pun sama. I taught this 3 semesters students before and 99% of students dah kenal. So we are getting closer right now. I know their attitude and they also know my style of teaching. It become easier for me to handle these people.

Well, talking about 5 semester students, they are pretty good too. These student I ajar Theory of Media. Yang ni bermasalah nya adalah subject. Amat laa membosankan.. Really, lecturer pun baca notes ngantuk apa ntah lagi students2 ku yang kurang memahami isi kandungan subject ini. Elllooooo.... its theory !! What do u expect right?? The name of the subject also is sound so bored!! What more the content. I cant blame my students .. its hard to understand, very long info. for each chapters. Disebabkan kesian dan kasihku terhadap students2 ku ini, I take an initiatives to make notes for them. I make notes so called "mind-mapping notes". Bagus punya lecturer kan? Ader u all punya lecturer cam ni?? Dulu Miss Nik ader buat cam tu ker kat students dia?? Hahah.... Miss Nik x buat cam tu sbb dulu students2 budak cam kanak2 unta kat sini. Miss Nur kat sini terpaksa carik jalan utk bagi tarikan students2 paham dan ingat membaca. Well, the students in this class are easy too handle even this is my first time teaching them. Most of my students semuanya dah besar2 and mature2 blaka.

Satu lagi subject ialah subject Intro to Comm, semester 1 students. Aaaa... intro, subjectnya amat laa senang. Less preparation coz this is only at my finger tips. TETAPI...TETAPI.. BUT..BUT.. class ni laa yang slalu I mengucap panjang. Dalam class ni, ader benda yangku lakukan hanya dikelas ni and tidak di mana2 kelas lain...

• mengucap panjang. Astarafirullahal azim ( more than 5 times in each class)
  
• membebel cam mak nenek ( i guess better than mak nenek)
• tenung kat students lama2 ( slalunya kat students yg buat salah)
  
• leave the class before time
• hazin ( sad+ mad)

This class semuanya boys and they really drive me crazy. I guess this is the most craziest class I have ever taught!! What make me crazy are:

• they are talking never stop like a fish market ( more than that I believed)
• they never understand what I want
• never answer my questions
• not even bring notes, books or pen to the class
• came to class like watching me a movie star
• duk kat krusi pun berpeluk tubuh dgn lectures
• never care whats happening to the class
• etc..ect...ect ( x tertype..so and so many)

Well, I feel exhausted and really sad after this class. All the time since at the beginning of the semester. I will be kind to my students if they behave well and I will become devil if they are not. Really... coz of one group students make "dajal" in class. I just really cant stand them.

Its pity to those who want to study and listen to my lectures. Ada laa dalam 7 orang out of 25 yg betul2 nak blajar. The others suka main2.. x larat laa.. seriously since Im getting older I feel I cant stand with this kind of thing anymore.

Well, told you earlier.. since I was here Im very patient. Extremely patient with everything. Alahmdulillah laa kan compared when I was in Malaysia.. x penah sabar and x penyabar pun. Really, I need to admit that... but not here.

Tapi kan.. kesabaran ku dah tahap maksimum... tu yg terus meletup cam bom. Ogras!! Ogras!!

Last week, I gave a paper to each of these students and ask them to write something that they wanted to tell me. Its like a personal letter from them to me. They can write their problems to me and I promise with them I will never get angry in what they are going to write to me. Will be happy to change anything if Im wrong.

What I got... puhh.. amat laaa tidak ku menduka sama skali. These are some of the papers written by them:

Each of students wrote something... ada yg faham ada yg I x paham...

Look at this.. dia ckp I never smile.. Cam mana nak smile kalau dah asyik duk bengang jerr memanjang bila masuk class ni.

Tetiba jer x paham topic "barrier in comm." sbbnya after writing this I want to do quiz for them on that topic. Bijak2...

Adakah anda faham bahasa apakah yg digunakan oleh studentku ini?? Spelling.. Ya Rabbi.. masalah utama diaorg. Zeinas tu means bagus.. siut jerr kan.. suka2 dia jer nak tulis campur2.. Bengong tul kan!!!

Tengok yang ni best teacher in my life tu.. Dashyat kan.. Yang paling bestnya, ayat yg last skali.. "Please help me in marks"... tu laaa statement yg setiap pelajar wajib ckp kat lecturernya..Blajarnya malas, asyik nak suruh tolong jer memanjang.. bleh??

Ni yang salah sorang yg nak belajar...

Kononnya dia memahami laa kawan2 dia punya perangai and rasa simpati atas apa yg terjadi ;((

Ni yang paling best.. bila plak laa I cakap kat diaorg yang i dah kawin and one more sejak bila laa Im from china?? Ohh tidak... ogras!!!

Dengan kata lainnya amatlah ku sakit jiwa dgn kanak2 unta ni. Ni baru dapat satu class... cuba 7..8 class. I guess I need to stop lecturing here and go back to Malaysia. Please.. really pray no more students like them for the next semester.