work station with a view

kia ora ...

Beberapa hari lagi akan masuk 9 bulan aku kat sini ...dah masuk saat2 kritikal sebab my candidature is coming soon. Aritu plan nak target 1st Nov but tak jadi sebab my sv kini berada di China for 6 long weeks ...so, dia ubah dateline till dec ..nama jer ubah sebulan ...but workload bertambah more than 200% ..aku gagahkan juga lah ....sv aku dah start skyping and emailing from China ....walaupun dia tak sampai seminggu dah di sana ...semangat tinggi ...so anak didik dia nie pun harus le merajinkan diri jugak ....another reason dia semangat tinggi now is that aku lah satu2nya anak didik phd dia yang tinggal ...my opismate, Mike dah selamat pass viva degan jaya nya awal bulan nie tadi ...and sorang lagi amanda plak baru semalam submit her thesis for examination ....so, focus is on me ...so, pressure jugak le ....

but berita baik was that ...i got a new work space ...kan workspace lama aku ngadap dinding ...coz at the time aku masuk bilik tu, i was the 4th person (aku selalu kata I was the dreaded fouth, tapi mike kata tipu ...coz i was the terrific 3rd!)...but charlie mmg dah submit dah masa tu ...so always bertiga ajer ..bila charlie blah ...officially bertiga ....and we always joke kata the moment mike blah, i will take over his space ...sebab ada view!!!

this is the view that I can see from my seat ...di tempat mike :-) nampak lautan ...and the mountains all at once :-)

On the day my sv left for China, aku masuk2 bilik tengok meja mike dah clear ..coz sepanjang sv aku takde mike akan guna bilik sv ...walaupun dia dah abis, sementara tunggu graduation which is in dec, he is in the process of writing papers for publications based on his thesis...anyway that morning ada nota besar lagi kat meja aku soh cepat pindah ke tempat dia ...sebelum ped gi rebut ...bukan rebut apa ..rebut monitor ...coz mike punya work space ada two monitor ..yang kami mmg dua dua nak...so i move there - and now it is officially my space ...mike nak aku ambik the two monitors coz he knows i need it esp if i am using SPSS or STATA nanti ....ahaha to think that masa aku masuk dulu aku ingat dia nia sombong kannnnn ...rupanya baik sekali ....

my new workstation ...with two monitors ...since now belum banyak guna STATA ...the screen on the left is always on FB or blog :-)

my old space is on the left ..masa nie dlm proses nak pindah ..yang paling depan belah kiri tu meja Charlie ...kosong ...and kami jadikan tempat letak brg makanan :-) see, heater was placed near me ...sebab aku yang selalu complain sejuk hahahaha ....

anyway, now Mike telah dipertanggungjawapkan oleh my sv untuk mengajar aku guna STATA ...so sepeninggalan dia ke China, boleh dia soh mamat tu ajar aku hahaha ...he knows we are close and always help each other ..sebab tu dia soh buat cam gitu ....nice kan sv aku? 

after 8 months here, i have definitely think that my pilihan untuk datang sini instead of Canada sangat tepat ...my sv is top of his field ...and sangat membantu ...memang dia push me very hard ..sampai kekadang tu memang terasa keperitan...tangisan usah cakap ..kekadang before tido tu mmg nangis dulu mengenangkan kerja yang banyak tak siap2 ...or nangis kat opis when it gets really tough... but he is just doing his job kan ...and my opismates are both ok ...i really do appreciate all the help ..tips ..and moral support yang both of them gave me ...the numerous talks and tips ....nie dapat opismate baru plak...and she is nice ...hahaha and dia nie nama ajer dlm opis kami..but she will only use the office weekend ajer ..weekdays dia kerja ...she is our school administrator yang baru nak start buat master....so win win situation ...coz we actually pleaded tak nak org lain masuk opis tu ...coz now kan time genting .. i ngan my proposal which is due soon ...and mamat sorang tu just started his anaysis ...so we pleaded lah tak nak ada org lain ...coz kalau org lain masuk dynamic changes ,,,buat nya dpt org yang suka bersembang ...abis!!!!! here our policy is once you put on the headphone ...you are in your zone and no talking ....kalau free ajer sembang like masa coffee break ...

one day after a really bad weekend, aku masuk opis to find this ...sweet kan ...mentang2 sekarang musim bunga

but my opismates  - the current and the ex opismate - tu both baik ...dorang kekadang tak berapa ngam sesama sendiri but ngan aku sentiasa baik ....sorang suka bagi makanan ...and bunga lah ...ajak parties....buat kan kopi segala bagai ...sorang lagi akan ajar aku buat software ...sembang sedapkan ati aku.....and jadi supplier movie or tv series download kat aku hahaha ....but kalau part study dua2 membantu ....now, ngan jiran2 sebelah pun aku dah geng ...but all three will be leaving soon ...sebab dorang dah abis master ...sorang dapat kerja kat Africa ...sorang gi kerja kat Papua New Guinea in Feb and sorang dapat kerja kat Peru and leaving soon ....so aku jugak yang akan tinggal lama kat situ ...penunggu opis dorang panggil aku..coz aku yang paling baru di antara kami :-)

taken last fri at 7.20pm masa aku nak balik flat ...hari2 aku lalu tgk view nie ....

soal work space dah setel ..soal rumah pun dah setel jugak ....next year aku akan duduk di tempat yang sama ...sebab rent tak naik banyak and masih mampu dibayar dengan kadar elaun aku tu ....lagipun lokasi paling dekat ...and internet akses 24 hours ...rent naik $15 seminggu ....mahal gak le but within budget ...so ok ...coz aku plan if naik more thn $20 a week, mmg aku tak mampu ..and would have to find rumah luar ...but, it turns out well ...alhamdulilah :-) now all i have to do is pass this candidature ...and move on to the next part of the project ...so, kekawan doakan lah kelancaran my proposal and the candidature process tu yea ....

have a good weekend semua :-0