Busy Week Ahead

This week looks like it's going to be a busy one.

1. On Monday (tomo), Hubs will start his work at his new job. It is a 9-5 desk job, Alhamdulillah, and we hope that it will be good for him career-wise. So after 3 years meninggalkan itu ironing, terpaksa mengadap balik cik iron sbb he no longer wears them polyester uniform, but shirts, tie, and slacks now *wolf whistle sket dkt laki sendiri*

It will also be Aisyah's first week of staying at school full time (9-3 pm). Sblm ni dia stay 2 full days (9-3 pm), 2 half days (9-12.30pm). Kalo half day tu dia balik stay ngan ayah dia lah kat umah. Now that her Ayah has to work longer hours, and I'm not the type that can do work whilst masak, whilst singing to Aisyah, whilst having the Wonderpet theme blaring in the background, kami telah sepakat utk hntr Aisyah full days ajo lah. Syukur Alhamdulillah nursery yg dia attend skang ni ada slots available, and murah sket pada nursery lama. Cuma kena byr for the additional sessions (on top of the grant), and then also for lunch money. The benefit of moving house last April sudah menampakkan hasilnya, Alhamdulillah.

2. Tuesday plak ada meeting khas utk parents di nursery Aisyah. Kena attend nih, rasanya dlm sejam je kot. Nak harap ayah dia, dah org tu baru 1st week start keja x kan nak suh dia mengular plak kan? So understood ajo lah siapa yg automatik tercalon utk menghadiri majlis ni.

3. Wednesday dah dpt book appointment ngan International Student Advisor utk submit visa applications. Walaweh... seminggu book baru dapat jumpa tau (untuk submit, bkn apa pon). Mmg giler ramai lah student nak submit visa masa2 ni. Tension gak. Itu hari ckp August September bulan2 paling busy, skali hntr Oktober pon x abis2 lg busy nya. Xpe, doc semua Insya Allah dah ada, harap jgn ada benda2 x lengkap dah leeee... letih nak mengagau cari last2 minute. Ni pon mau mkn sejam gak ni meeting ni, maklumlah applications utk diri sendiri dan dua dependants skali. Seminggu okeh ngadap borang ni ajo, x leh jalan kerja2 lain. Tiga org makna nya 3 kali hadap. Sekali hadap, borangnya ada dkt 50 mukasurat (dpn blkg). Kerja ni paling boring dan time consuming spjg buat PhD ni.

4. Thursday plak lab aku dah start kan balik fortnightly seminar. Terbuka utk semua dalam Uni. Yg first start sapa lagi kalo bkn AKU. Dengki ke hapa diorg ni x tau lah aku. Dari 1st year lg manjang aku yg pecah tanah. Mula2 akur je lah, masa tu masih student baru kan. Ni dah berapa ramai adik2 (junior) dalam lab dah aku dpt, pon masiiihhhhh nak start ngan aku jgk. Nak kata sbb aku paling tua pon, haipp, belom lg, ada lg yg masih x grad2 senior drpd aku. Cuba lah amik visiting professor ke, yg postdoc ke, busuk2 lecturer lah yg start dulu, ngapa plak mesti aku yg x brp nak kukuh resultnya yg kena ni?

Kalo nak husnuzzan, anggap lah org British ni suka start dgn ladies first. Ni lah dia disadvantage amek bidang yg dipolopori kaum adam. Cukup x gemar bab2 kena jalan first (buat kali ke-3 nya tiga tahun berturut2). Dah la tahun lps aku paling frequent kena present (3 kali - 2 kali tu sbb SV dah sponsor gi summer school kat Barcelona, so knowledge exchange katanya, 1 kali lg tu baru related to work). Haihh... nasib la Oyis weih, time busy giler and rutin hidup yg baru ni laaaa... diaorg mintak ko present. Experiment tgh running lg, harap2 before Tuesday dah dpt la something, sedap sket nak rangka slides dgn result baru ni.

5. Jumaat - setakat ni kosong lg. Ada org nak ajak aku buat plan di mana? Rasanya mesti aku buat2 free, sbb 2,3 mlm sblm tu sah pulun utk presentation hehe.

With that, aku nak tido la. Very busy week ahead. Semoga Allah permudahkan segala urusan, dan lancarkan segala tindakan, Amin... Tolong doa2kan lah sama ye...