Lab Siblings

Smlm x sempat nak mengarang entry psl penat plak one whole day mcm 2 event berlaku. Tau2 dah masuk waktu tido, eh? Nak citer psl Aisyah punya Xmas party pon mcm x de bahan sgt, sbb nya bukan bole ibu bapa join sama, just budak2 and cikgu2 kelas dia je. But she did say it was so much fun, so I'm going to take her words for it lah. This is her lps dah balik sekolah. That was the dress that she changed into at school. Pandai pon pakai sendiri. Kalo kat umah, ikut angin dia, kdg2 merengek2 suh org tukar kan, asyik la kata 'I can't do it'. Kalo time ada kesabaran, pujuk la dia suh buat sendiri. Time2 x sabar, membebel dan tolong salinkan sbb malas nak ber-psikologi dgn budak. Awful, I know :P

It was also quite an eventful day for our lab yesterday sbb Deputy Vice Chancellor dtg melawat kitaorg. My SV did most of the talking, and showed our group appearances in the media, dlm magazine Newsweek, Science Today, Wired, New Scientists and terkini MIT Technology Review. All I had to do was be there and sengih2 ajo hehe. My SV was very happy with the visit, and he's confident that kitaorg akan secure space di building baru yg tgh dibina skang. Oh well, by that time I have long graduated, in shaa Allah.. 

As our desks were at their best yesterday, aku gurau2 la nak amik gmbr those yg masih ada dlm lab after the visit finish. These were of Al and Dunston (bukan nama sebenar). I share my room with them. Dua2 ni staff, buat post-doc. 

This is my desk. Sgt la lapang sbb bkn main lama dah x masuk opis kan. Kerja pon dah submit, so mmg x de sebab nak kertas bersepah2, just kena sapu habuk2 je that morning, literally. Oh, and masa my SV dtg approached my desk after the event, tanya kat aku, so now aku buat apa? Aku bole jawab baca2 tesis, cari tips nak jawab viva and packing nak balik Msia. Tetttt... Tiga2 jawapan pon x tepat. Jawapan yg dia expect adalah: tulis journal. Eheh... baik, boss! Padahal ada je dlm my to do list, tp bole plak x tersebut. Nampak sgt fikiran aku masih x well put together post-submission, huhu...

Amik gmbr lab, baru aku perasan dah lama aku x update psl my 'adik beradik' se-SV. This past summer, Hilmi (bkn nama sebenar), dah pon lulus viva (baju jalur2 dlm gmbr). Dr Hilmi skang dah pon balik Spain sob sob. Ni masa a few days after dia lulus viva, mkn kat refectory, dia belanja everyone. I kinda miss him jg, sbb dia rajin bual2 and dgn dia x rasa intimidated sgt. even now pon masih ber-email2 and he gave a few pointers sblm aku submit hari tu.

Sorg lagi ialah Hans Guber, dah pon balik negeri jg (Austria). Dijangka akan submit thesis soon. Dia antara yg quite close in terms of progress with me, slalu tanya2 dia stage apa dia skang and update2 kalo ada apa2 yg aku or dia missed out, kitaorg sama2 share. This was us during coffee meet up to say Aur Wiedersehen kpd dia dan isteri. To be honest, aku akan miss wife dia lebih altho wife dia bkn student kat sini sbb dia peramah and slalu lepak lab teman laki dia buat keja hehe. Terubat gak la kesunyian jd satu2 student perempuan dlm lab ni.

Next to leave the lab, aku lah kot In Shaa Allah. Spjg aku belajar kat sini (2008), dah 7 org 'abang' di bawah seliaan Prof aku dah grad dan bergelar Dr - Maricel, Leo, Al, Pete, Joe, Nikole and Hilmi. Mudah2an Allah permduahkan kan laluan aku utk ikut menjejaki kejayaan mereka, Amin...