Am bored!!! Am really, really, really bored and misses my adventurous yet exciting activity… Today, am digging the  same all data again n I bet more to come. Arrrggghhh…. cannot stand this cubical, it’s torturing me :(

I went through my old photos, and the memories came back to me and I really can’t wait to be out there in the field again. Hope our baby will be as adventurous as me n hubby. Our last ‘xtreme’ activity was the white water rafting n the 7k sunset run. Not to forget my so called long  journey to Mantanani Island, Kota Belud with my other two friends. Duhhh… miss tht oready hhhmmm… what I miss a lot is me in the speed boat heading to Banggi Island in Kudat uhuuuu… it become more fun when the rains starts pouring the same time.

one of our worker

me n sof… seriously, don’t do this at home hehehee

eucheuma spinosum, variety Green

dunno which island, but it’s a small island somewhere around Pulau Banggi and Kudat’s sea

during lawatan Audit Negara

miss Makcik Rubiah so much… one of active participant for seaweed project

me n my friend, Mackenzie…

new culture method on trial

this was during Gerakan Desa Wawasan at Keningau. Pak Lah was our PM at tht time. I must say, he’s very humble and polite in person, u can just approach him without worrying about the protocol and the bodyguard. I did offer him UMS homemade chocolate with seaweed filling, and he was so anxious to try it. So sweet of him… **Klu ikut protokol, u cannot just simply gave our PM a sample, food especially, because it has to be examine first.

my boss, abg Ramlan (blue shirt) explaining something to our former Agriculture Minister

hehehee…. this is me at Tenom

picture of UMS team with our project leader, Prof. Dr. Ridzwan Abdul Rahman (in green batik)

me preparing samples of seaweed salad to be distributed to our visiors

and this photo taken during  Tun Mahathir’s first visit to our institute. Tun is one of my fav VVIP oso because he’s very polite and friendly in person. The second time he was at our institute, I found him so sweet when he came out from the Rolls Royce, holding his wife’s hand. Such a cute couple ;)

me and my friend, Rosnita (she was a master student). Posing in front of our biggggg poster (during Tun’s visit)

**abg adie, ingt ka tu poster basar d blkg tu hehehee…. ms ni la kunun me n hubby main2 mata yaiiiii…. (hubby was the designer who design the poster for us). can still remember Prof’s face when he saw me n hubby dating breakfast d Likas Square, where he was stayed at tht time ;p

and these two photos below…. it’s a copy of Majalah Perempuan, Oktober 2003 issue. glamour la sekejap sbb dpt masuk majalah heheheeee…

**down memory lane…. hhhmmmm ^-^v

i took these photos during UMS research and innovation carnival on 10th july. reason i went to the carnival because my boss’s poster participating in the event. went there to give him a moral support. he won the third place!! congratulations!!

ums chancellor’s lobby… pelik kan, at first i thought they’ve moved the event to another place coz no ones around when i reached there…

but when i entered the hall…. aaaa…. there they are… it’s down there…

our booth… marine borneo research institute… the booth purposely for poster presentation and was valued by a few judges from ums itself.

hyeeee aimi… heheheee…

i saw someone baaaaaaack there… behind the flowers, he looks familiar??!!

it is you bernard… our science officer… kasian, dia saturang jak sana. so, i chatted with him for a while then went on..

bernard was looking after our other exhibition booth.

two of seaweed product… crackers and chocolate wwith seaweed fillings.

** there’s part two… hehehee

July 7th, 2009random seaweed forum II

all photos below are taken a night before the forum

apa kamurang buat tuh aaa….
azwan (sitting) is a final year marine science student, he’s now doing his intern with our project. and japson’s (standing) our new colleague.

me n my boss, abg ramlan… final spot check…

welcoming dinner…

azlin… also our colleague. he’s based in banggi island in kudat…

some of the door gift sponsored by Department of Fisheries Sabah. token of appreciation for all participants.

apa ko buat tu wan…. main game ka??!! heheheee

as a first entry of the forum, i present you the food… ahaks…

food is always been an issue during forum, seminar or workshop, if its involving participants from various countries. some of the participants are vegetarian, some of them are not into meat so much and they cannot consume spicy food and etc… etc… etc… so, as a host, we need to make sure all those small things have been taking care of. and meridien is one of the hotel that been criticize when it comes to food. i remember a few years back, we held an international workshop there, the food was eeuuuwwww…. not good.

but, to our surprise, food during the welcoming dinner was great!! with varieties of choices. they hv western and malays food. since meridien is a five star hotel, so whatever your wish is their command!! heheheeee… but they served great service. good job!!! many thanks to shona and dayang and the rest of the team for your great help!! ^0^

let see what i hv here…. hhhmmm…

the appetizer…



rojak sotong kangkung… seen this menu served as a main course at the restaurant near Putatan area, but never try it. and here they serve it as appetizer… nyummmm… its a bit hot but delicious.

here it is… rojak sotong kangkung in small portion… you need to take a few if you love it, but i only took 1 plate only… got my eyes on something else…. heheheeee

the main course… not much photos on it. forgot… ooopppssss sorry guys…

deserts…. hhhmmmm… looks yummy… yup, it is…!!



chocolate pudding… hhhmmm… but when we ate it, its actually taste a lot like a moist cake… hubby’s fav.

andddd… my heart was at this little red fruit… cherry tomatoes. i even secretly ‘tapau’… heheheeee….

** fyi, the menu above was for welcoming dinner… it’s just a simple dinner, informal. every participants who came for registration that monday night were directly asked to join the dinner…
to be continued (“,)v pan>

hear yeee… hear yeee… heheheeee…

i know you and you too wondering what’s the good news kan??!! even you want to know what it is right…??? well, my dear all friends, remember my entry on ^-^ the one that i said i received a call from Dr. Janie??? Dr. Janie is actually my supervisor whose coach me on my tutor thingy. btw, she called to inform that she decided to extend my contract as her tutor. but this semester i will tutoring business comm… new to me but… hey, its worth trying. give a chance to gain my own knowledge. there you go, i said it… so, that’s the good news from me… praise to Allah, rezeki kan!! ^0^

i was supposed to blog about it last week but am so caught up with the seaweed forum thingy. and am downloading photos for the forum’s entry. so sit tight and hold on to your pc / notebook / laptop… got more coming up next!!!

cheers… (“,)v

May 20th, 2009morning motivation

got this from my ol friend, sikin… really miss her!! need to text her later and ask her to go for a drink!! surely she misses us especially when hubby’s around ^-^

Morning Motivation

When I woke up this morning lying in bed, I was asking myself;

What are some of the secrets of success in life?

I found the answer right there, in my very room.

Carry a Heart that Never Hates.

Carry a Smile that Never Fades.

Carry a Touch that Never Hurts.

HAVE A PURPOSEFUL DAY!

1st day…. the workshop was held in informal form. there’s presentation from Dr. Suhaimi and also from our guest speaker, Dr. Ian Neish. Dr. Ian is from Cook Island, if am not mistaken… he’s now stayed in Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia, and he’s the founder of Seaplant Foundation. He’s one of the first person who came to Semporna back in 1970′s and introduced seaweed to the farmers. He told us that he stayed at Pulau Sipadan at that time but he moved to Indonesia in 1990′s due to Abu Sayyaf abduction.

ice-breaking session…

a bit blur… hhhmmm… where am i…?? noticed me there at the front… yup, am the chairperson……..

me n Dr. Suhaimi

me and Dr. Ian

*** do you know that almost 70% O2 (oxygen) that we consume everyday is come from the sea, i.e from deep down at the bottom of the sea… seaweed, algae, seagrass etc…. so, LOVE OUR SEA…

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February 19th, 2009field trip to SulSel ~ part 2



February 18th, 2009fiELd trIp to SulSel ~ Part 1

August 2007, i went to Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia for a field trip. The purpose of this trip is to see how much seaweed industries in Indonesia has gain. Fyi, Indonesia is the biggest seaweed producer in the world besides Philippine. In addition, the trip gives us the opportunity to gain more knowledge about the industries.

this photo taken at Air Asia Airport, KL. While waiting for our flight, i do some crocheting…

my friend, sof…

since there’s no flight from KL to Ujung Pandang, Sulawesi, we have to go to Surabaya first. This photo shows we were at the hotel (Surabaya), waiting for our dinner to be serve. It was already 9pm when we arrived, and soooo hungry. From the left, my boss, Ramlan, me, and our deputy director, Dr. Sitti Raehanah…

my food…. oxtail soup with rice… two thumbs down!!! uweekkk…

this photo taken by sof… me n neil was watching tv up above us…. we were waiting for our flight to Sulawesi Selatan…

my boss and our tour guide, Pak Aswinata…


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