i am back

Yes. I. Am. Back

hello everyone...

sorry for the missing in action mode 😅 this is due to short term memories lose that i can't recall my password when i log out last year. Hence why i seem to stop writing... but i am not!

Anyway...it's been few months from my last post. And yes i am doing well with my new life.

Full time student.

Hell yeah...it is super great having  a 2 year break from work. no wonder most government servant looking for this opportunity. Why not right? Your salary is still there, but you not need to work up early, rushing to the traffic jammed or having early meeting or sometimes need to stay back till midnight at the office. not to mention, being scolded by your boss 😁

It is indeed an amazing feeling. Well of course it is, but let just say i am just being honest for what i felt being a student. However reality is that, being a sponsored student and a responsible government officer and being myself , i know i had a great responsibility towards government. There were more thousands who applied for this scholarship, but only about 600 been selected. So for me personally, i didnt take if for granted.

And plus, being full research student, i have my own responsibility also. Yes i have my own supervisor, but as a lecturer her job is to guide me and help me, but still in order to get the master certificate, i'm the one who need to push myself and discipline myself for my study.

Now that i am in semester 2, i know there is a lot of things that i should do. No one can help me but me. Writing a blog and writing a thesis definitely very different. And thats make me struggle in writing my thesis.

Anyway, this is just an introduction after being away for some time. i am not gonna burden with my struggle here. Whining doesn't help things get better isn't it?  So yeah, by hook or by crook i need to crack my head to start write again. (means to say, i need to rearrange and amend my chap1 to 3 again).

will gonna write more on some serious issue. but let me just start with this ya...

Till then, have a blessed day.

REVIEW: OLD KOREAN DRAMA

Nah..there you go... tajuk post sudah mengambarkan isi...

hahaha, saya tau saya tau...post trip JEPUN belum selesai. But then, nanti saja saya sambung sebab at the moment saya diserang semula penyakit KOREAN DRAMA ADDICT!

Kenapa? saya ada tinggal 2 minggu (actually less than that) untuk saya menghabiskan masa-masa saya di office. Kerja part saya pun sudah selesai. Tinggal beberapa lagi sebelum saya hand over kepada yang berkenaan. So di waktu2 berkenaan saya sangatlah boring...jadi to kill the time hahahaha...saya minta tolong lah kawan sy ni apa yang download kan korean drama untuk saya. Since banyak korea drama yang saya tertinggal..sejak last saya tengok 2011 jadi sy minta semula lah kwn ni tolong. Sebabnya saya ni tidak IT savvy. Mau download movie pun tidak pandai.

Pendekkan cerita,...saya tengok balik cerita2 hot era 2013 sampai 2015.

Pertama yang saya tengok The HEIRS (2013)

Well, saya ada banyak list mau tengok sebenarnya tapi saya pilih ni sebab saya minat Lee Min Ho. Sejak Won Bin, Bae Yon Jun, Kim Hyun Joong, ... Lee Min Ho adalah actor korea yang saya suka tengok. Since dia berlakon Boys Over Flowers, lepas tu City Hunter. Since ada Park Shin Hye so saya ingat saya tengok dulu drama ini.

Overall, saya bagi 7.5/10. As usual, LMH memang handsome..suka watak dia fighting scene. Sesuai. Sayangnya dia x dpt masuk dlm army enlistment. Kalau tidak mesti dia lagi 'manly'macam SJK. hehehe. PSH lawa..tapi macam ada yg kurang. Will talk about it dlm drama Pinochio.

Saya tengok the Heirs ni betul2 tengok tiada lompat2. Setia. Wlpn still ada kurang sy rasa, still saya terhibur lakonan Kim Ji Won dengan adik Jesica (ex SNSD) tu...suka betul. Rasa bila korean actress speakin wow sangat!

Then saya tengok Pinochio. (2014-2015)

Kredit: Google

Ok jujur, Lee Jong Suk bukanlah dalam senarai kesukaan saya. Dan saya rasa ini drama pertama saya tengok dia berlakon. Drama ni pun ada part yg sy lompat2. Tapi, mengejutkan saya, bila chemistry antara LJS dengan PSH adalah Daebak!

Compare to LMH, saya rasa PSH sangat sesuai dengan LJS. Bak kata SJK dalam fan meeting dia, 'putong-putong'ah. (Nervous). Each time scene mereka dua, saya rasa nervous. That was my feeling when i was watching SJK and SHK for the first time. Kalau SJK and SHK adalah best couple, LJS dan PSH adalah best young couple!

Suka sangat lakonan SH dalam ni. Hidup betul dia sebagai ada sindrom pinochio. Dan dia lebih nampak cantik banding dia dalam the Heirs. Probably, mungkin saya tidak berapa suka cerita çinta darjat'...

Saya habiskan cerita dan still rasa 'putong-putong ah'. LJS undoubtly very handsome. Cuma, still ada lacking emotion saya tengoklah. But nevertheless, he execute his character very well in that drama. I wonder kalau dia suda masuk army. U knowlah kan, SJK lepas keluar army aura 'manly'dia tu sangat kuat. no wonder 2016 is his year!

Having said that, sekarang list kesukaan pelakon korea berubah.

Pertama- Song Joong Ki (woaahhh saya suka betul dia...but not as his fangirl but more to kikyo shippers)

Kedua - Lee Jong Suk (ni barulah suka pandang pertama...hahahaha)

Ketiga - Lee Min Ho... (handsome dan ada carisma)

Manakala kalau pelakon perempuan, buat masa ini, saya masih listkan Song Hye Kyo, Choi Ji Woo dan terbaru PSH masuk dalam senarai saya. So far, apa saja tentang durang sya suka. hehehe Kemungkinan Kim So Hyun (pelakon muda) bakal masuk list saya. 

Btw, lupa bagi utk pinochio saya kasi 9/10. Saya suka yang berakhir dengan wedding. hahaha. Thats just me who like fairy tale story. hehehe

Itulah orang cakap, once korean drama fans will always be their fans. 

Till then.

Thank you for reading.

Trip to Japan_NAMBA

Kalau post saya sebelumnya kami selesai di Universal Studio Japan..

Lebih kurang mau dekat jam 6 barang kali tu kami keluar...dan kami terus headed to Area Namba pula.

Dari USJ patah balik... kami naik Sennichimae Line (Pink Line) menuju ke  Namba...

ada sedikit lawak kami di situ. sb dari USJ kami guna JR Line. patah balik pg Bentencho menggunakan Chuo Line (green line). Tapi itulah silapnya kami ini, kami bayar tiket sampai azawa saja sb ingatkan nanti kena beli tiket baru ke Namba (azawa pertukaran line dari green ke pink line). Sampai di azawa kami tercari2 mana mau beli tiket sb TIDAK ADA. Unless kau keluar station.

ada lebih setengah jam juga di sana duk bincang2 dengan tu pakcik. sampai pakcik jepun tu pakai ipad dia cakap bahasa jepun suh tranlate p english. Husband saya pula cakap english to japanese. sampai satu tahap, saya belasah bahasa melayu. Pun tidak jalan.

Last2, x tau mcm mana pakcik tu mulai faham ka yg kami ni silap bayar sedangkan kami mau ke Namba. Terus dia cakap dengan..just pay at the counter when u reach at namba station (ok..ini bukan totally english ya..siap bahasa tubuh bagai!)

Oleh kerana masa lama situ, kami sampai di Namba sudah mau dekat jam 8 malam.

Namba memang terkenal waktu malam. Tapi kedai2 di Jepun ni semua tutup jam 9 malam waktu Jepun. Jadi kami setakat jalan2 sekejap dan ada juga lah terjumpa souvenir untuk di beli..hehehehe

so enjoy the pics.

Wajib bergambar sini, sb itu ketam2 tu famous

ramai betul orang korea/chinese masa ni. Semua sibuk ambil gambar dengan tu lelaki

Dulu Japan dgn Korea ni x berngam sb political issue. Tapi tengok jak sekarang, iklan Choi Ji woo (winter sonata heroin) pun ada terpampang besar di sana.

Shin Shui Suji Street.. Panjang betul tempat shopping di sini. Dari famous brand to local brand...

Di Namba, sempat ambil gambar 4 ni saja. Sebab banyak cari souvenir plus kaki sudah penat berjalan. Belum makan apa2 lagi. Itu yang dalam 845 malam mcm tu kami beredar balik ke base camp kami di Osaka. 

So total habis duit:-

souvenir - 2400 Yen.

Tiket - 500 yen

Till the next story that would be Kyoto...

Thanks for reading!

Lesson Learnt

So the long holiday is finally over.

While most of malaysians 'pulang kampung' and celebrated the Raya Festive holiday... me was the other round!

Something happened at my home, that somehow make all of us didnt go anywhere.

So 5 days at home, and me being stay-at-home-mother really gives me a lot of headache.

The 5 days, i cooked almost every day...attended my children tantrum everyday...being their 'referee' every day...washing them cleaning them...

fuhhh... i really couldnt imagine hows is my life for the next 24 months being a fulltime student and also SAHM. Will i ever be able to write my thesis with all the chaos? huhuhu

But the good thing is that, i finally resolved this 2nd child syndrome by Jayden.

The 5 days, i tried my very best to understand his needs and be patience at all cost just to make sure every of them feel my loved to them.

Jayden is a good boy. He can really be a sweet son to me. Because he is the only child (at the moment) who can understand me and the one that i can ask for help.

The only thing is that, he wants my fully attention.

It is hard when the 3 of them really close to me and wants me all the time. But love them anyway...they are my sunshine!

On the other note, I learnt so many things...things that I took for granted. I couldn't really share what it is, because it was the most embarrassing moment for the whole time of my life.

But that was my biggest lesson learnt!

The 3rd one, I learn to not be selfish especially when someone ask me for help. Especially in term of money. Even though, i have my own kekurangan but i learnt that when someone ask for help, in u still have the capacity to help people, just do it. and never delay the help. Because u never know when u are in that position.

Yes, I learnt my lesson there.

Though it hard, but I believe God never leave me.

Thank you Lord.

Till my next post.

Thank you for reading!

Sambung Belajar

You know ever since  I got the HLP result I really want to write it here as a part of my journey..but I need to wait until i really got the officially result..

fuhh..praise the Lord!

So my journey to further my studies, started last year. You see, I have this dream or vision that one day I will take master. But year by year, when I heard my friends got their HLP even some of them took their own initiatives pursuing their study without HLP, I do feel jealous sometimes. But at that time, I still blur because I don't know what field i want to take. I just don't have idea. I cannot take on engineering subject because i didn;t practise it anymore, so it will be totally bunuh diri if I try to continue is that subject.

Being a government servant, if you plan to continue ur study using HLP, at least you have to come up topic or research proposal that related to you job or at least, something to do with the government. So because of that, i have been delaying my dream...i even almost gave up on it!

But that's not what God want me to do...give up! He already plan something BIGGER for my future. And that's what I think, being in this current department really change me especially in my way of thinking! My senior officers urged me to apply HLP and they even suggested me few topics. At the same time, my husband also insisted me to try apply HLP. And he knows that how blur I am, so he did gave me few tajuk.

But finally, God gave me inspiration using my own situations to came up with a topic. Never did I thought Joshua's condition will lead me to this topic.

Anyway to cut the story, I managed to get thru' the interviews. The panel seems very pleased with my presentation and they suggested to me IF i get thru this, the encouraged me to focus on kids with special needs.

So then the waiting challenge is begin...

And when the 1st official announcement, unfortunately I didn't success! Saying my marks was below the 550 slot (given for master applications). But they gave me second chance. At 1st, i hesitated to try knowing the consequences. But once again, I prayed to God, i said 'Father Lord, I dont know if i am qualified enough to pursue my master this time around. But I just want to try this. Pls help me. If You see i am not ready, pls disqualify my application. I promised I will do my very best the next applications, even though I am not really sure will be happen in the future"

So that's it. I tried for the 2nd time, I submit my 'rayuan'.

2 weeks after, the result is out. And this is what I want to say...and experienced what God had promised in Revelations 3:8

"I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name."

and yes, with God favour upon me, my rayuan is been approved and to add on that, I got HLP.

Praise the Lord.

so, thank You Jesus. Indeed, You open my door, with no one can shut it. And here I am, i want to thank for all Your goodness and favour to me. Now I got university offer letter and on top of that, I got supervisor! I will do my very best in my studies and I know I will not alone in this journey for you Lord Jesus will be with me all the way!

Thank you Jesus!

sharing with you my happiness.

Thank you for reading!

#longoverduehoneymoon trip _ Universal Studio Japan

Hi hello

Sorry terberhenti sekejap...bukan apa saya kena tapis dulu gambar apa yang sy mau upload. Kena resize gambar lepas tu ada kerja sekejap jadi terdelay lah penceritaan trip saya ini.

Apapun, lets continue...

So, what is so special about Universal Studio Japan, Osaka?

Ehm, I cannot give you the answer since i've never yet been to other universal studio...paling dekat di Spore pun belum sampai...tiba2 di Osaka suda jejak kaki..pelik kan. 

So, untuk ke USJ from our hotel, we took chuo line -- the green line-- that cost us 160 yen each. But we have to stop at Benchento to change to JR line (the government train). From Benchento to nishikujo have to change line to universal city. So sorry i couldnt remember the train fare... we didnt use our KTP (pls refer to my previous post) since we going to use it to Kyoto, Nara and Kobe.

Pic: JR Line station at Nishikujo

pic: all JR line is in orange color. quite look old but still very clean

After some tersilap berhenti train, we finally managed get back to the right station. hehehehe.

Pic: warm welcoming greetings from USJ

pic: USJ is so big. you really need at least 1 whole day to finish all the place inside the USJ.

entrance fee: 7400 yen each

we didnt take the express pass because I didnt want to play the games. Gila scary! Besides, i am too old to have 'panik jantung'. So no more roller coaster. That's why sightseeing is just enough for us. That fee is very expensive you know about RM279.72. so since we didnt play, (except at Spiderman house) so we really took our time enjoy the views and took many pictures there!

pic: 1st time ambil gambar dengan Pink Panther. Terasa budak2 semula

pic: this is the best ever for me! Who doesnt love Harry Potter. 

see: it's like a dream come true. The train quite similar to the movie

see the view. The best i must say!

Ok, orang Jepun ni selain budaya displin mereka yang tinggi, sikap friendly mereka, pembersih..satu hal yang saya perhatikan ialah mereka sangat sporting. Masa masuk USJ, saya perasan mereka suka pakai baju (dlm group) tema. Ada yang pakai baju Harry Potter, Minions, ada yang cat muka..pendek kata sporting lah. Dan paling best, bila kita mau ambil gambar dengan mereka, mereka sangat happy!

pic: The Hagemaru Clan. Ramai student Jepun, mereka ni sedang buat field trip

Ni lagi group minions.

Banyak lagi gambar, tapi yang lain saya suda upload di FB. Tidak payah lah benda yang sama kan. Tapi saya sangat happy lah dpt experience masuk USJ ni. Husband pun happy. Sambil tengok gelagat orang Jepun. Memang membuka minda betul lah. Will I go here again? I will but next will be with my kids.

ambil kenangan bersama di sini.

So, kami keluar dari USJ sekitar 6 petang mau dekat jam 7 suda. Sebab next destinasi kami adalah shopping di Namba. Katanya Namba ni happening masa malam. 

Nanti saya update cerita Namba pula ya.

Till my next entry.

Thanks for reading!

#longoverduehoneymoon Trip to Japan - The Arrival

We reached at Kansai International Aiport (KIX) at 3.45pm (Japan time - 1 hour ahead from MY). About 6hrs journey. It was quite exhausting as we really don't have enough rest because of our miss flight story, you can read it here . Plus not so much activity to do on flight- you know lah AA everything must be paid like rental movie or rent power bank to charge your phone! So yeah, i'm quite restless and sakit leher.

By the way, we will be given 2 forms to be fill in and submit to the Japan Immigration. So keep the forms properly because they immigration officer will asked you that form. By the way, 2 white forms and 1 brown form. The brown form (sorry i forgot to take pics on this) is basically is for the husband to fill it as a 'ketua rumah tangga' so only 1 form for this for each family!

One more thing, while you waiting for your luggage don't be surprised if suddenly got dog come near you. This is how Japan police want to check foreigner if you try to seludup masuk any prohibited things like drug. To be honest, I was quite shock when suddenly got dog near me and try to 'bau' me. I don't really like dog actually because i am more to "cat person' that 'dog person'.

So after everything is clear, 1st thing 1st, you must go to Kansai Tourist Information Centre. Take many pamphlets (in english of course) as many as you can, that of course related to which place you want to go and it is highly recommended if you buy the Kansai Thru Pass (KTP) for 3 days. (there is 2 options one is for 2 days pass and the other one is 3 days. Depend to you how many days u want, but as for us, because we dont want to go thru so many hassles during our trip we choose 3 days!)

This KTP is about 5200 yen per person and it covers the whole trains, subways and buses in Kansai area that shown on the card EXCEPT for trains under Japan Rail Pass (JR pass). If you want to know about this pass, pls do some research about this. (^_^). So Since we have no guide, and travel as backpackers and being not very familiar with Japan Train System, i think this KTP really help us! You can buy this KTP at the Kansai Tourist Information Centre in the airport.

But bear in mind that, this KTP is only valid for 3 days! SO if u stay at Japan more than 3 days, you need to plan very well when you going to use this pass.

After you buy this ticket, of course the next move is go to your hotel lah kan..so we chose Sun White Hotel located at Tanimachi-Chuo Ku somewhere in Osaka. I will tell you more about this Hotel. By the way, any hotel  in Osaka, you have to use the Nankai Line (orange line). (as shown below)

For us, we didn't use our KTP instead we buy single way ticket. Because we plan to go to Kyoto, Nara and Kobe. So the last thing that we want to have in Japan is STRESS! why, the trains system in Japan is way too complicated and for the 1st timer like us, better use this pass for a longest trip that need to exchange many trains.

This is Kansai Region Map. Basically Osaka is in the heart of this region. So if you planning to go other province like Kyoto or Nara, it is easy if you chose Osaka to stay and make it as ur 'base camp'. 

 This map is included in your KTP. So as you can see (click to enlarge), there are so many trains and subways (by color codded)..so you really need to study this map. Some blogger suggest to install Japan Rail Map-Tokyo Osaka or Japan offline map, guide, weather, hotels (App Store), i didn't know that this app is exist before I went to Japan so yeah, if you planning to go there i think this app will help you.

So back to Nankai Line, because we still have no idea how to buy ticket, we just went straight to the Nankai Information Centre and buy ticket. Done! Price 920 Yen (RM35 ~ using at that time exchange currency that will be 100 yen = RM 3.78)

Those who can read kanji (chinese, Korean) will have some ideas on what have been written there, but for us buta kanji, we just understand the figures only! But basically it is tell us this ticket is from KIX to Tengachaya Station (K20) where we have to exchange train from Nankai line to our place that will be Tanimachi Line (purple Line).

So from Tengachaya station, actually we can go straight using Sakaisuji Line (brown Line) to Hommachi Station (C17/K15) and make another exchange train that is Tanimachi Line (purple Line) heading to Tanimachi 4-chome. That will cost 240 Yen. But, because we followed what we got from our research thru Mr.Google, he asked us to stop at Minami Morimachi Station (T21/K13) and then exchange to Tanimachi Line, so a little bit extra yen there and jarak bertambah! But it's ok, as long as we reach to our destination safely. But if you happened to stay at the same hotel, i advise u to stop from Tengachaya to Honmachi Station, then hop to tanimachi line. By the way, from Tengachaya you have to click on 240 Yen for Tanimachi 4-chome. upsss..so far boleh faham ka ni? ka still have no idea? It's ok. It is NORMAL! (But at least you have some ideas by giving you the name of station!)

Anyway, from KIX to Tengachaya is about 1 hr journey. I was like jakun because throughout the journey, I still couldn't believe i am at Japan already. And my 1st impression about Japan is that the city is very CLEAN! The people of Japan is very polite and helpful. And very discpline too. Compare to our countries, They will give way to passenger to exit 1st then only they enter the train. No adegan tolak menolak lah sini!

Then, from Tengachaya to Tanimachi 4-chome, it tooks another 15 min i think. And when you reached the station u still need to know which exit you have to take. But in my case, keluar saja dari train, we go to no 4 exit from the tanimachi 4-chome.

Nah ini lah maksud sy, setiap line ada colour dia sendiri. Tanimachi Line is purple colour ye!

So after all the penat mengharungi 6 hrs journey plus 1hr ++ trip on trains, we finally reached at our Hotel. The SunWhite Hotel. Very strategic hotel. Because it is near to the subways and many shops around this hotel. So very convenience, I tell you. (^_^)

As you can see, the building behind me is the hotel that we stayed for 6 days 5 nights. Thanks to my husband for very wise decision choosing this hotel! 

That's it guys! That was our story upon our arrival at Osaka. Like I said, we really enjoyed our trip.

Next story will be Trip to Universal Studio Japan.

See you in my next post.

Thank you for reading!