Tuesday, April 17, 2007

So Why So Sad

I took this photo at the Swan River, Perth
Our life is just like rollercoaster and some people might see it differently. But what I’m trying to say is that everyone will or had gone through their share of hardship. It’s normal that we always hope that our path will be smooth, a straight road leading to success and happiness. But in reality, we must agree that along this road the obstacle will always pop up and their always a road block. Whenever I face unhappy moment or unpleasant incident or unexpected difficulty and etc, it always lead to sadness and stress. Sometimes it’s too difficult to control the emotion. But I’m very glad to have people behind me whom continuously support me and cheer me up and forget all the sadness. As a believer, God is always there to hold on.
In relation to sad feeling, it reminds me of an article about the Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). It is a type of winter depression where some people can not function normally and depends on medication. This is caused by biochemical imbalance due to shortening of daylight hours and the lack of sunlight in winter. For the mild case it will make you feel discomfort and is known as winter blues. I did agree the shortening of daylight hours and the lack of sunlight during the winter will always make you feel gloomy, sad and lost sometimes. Thats why people always travel during the winter for holiday I guess.

Here is the lyric of my favorite song; So Why So Sad
by Manic Street Preacher

So why so sad
You live and you loveSo why so sad
Dependent on aboveSearching for the dead sea scrolls
So why, so why so sad
My smile as real as a hyenas
My smile as real as a hyenas
Burns an expressway to my skull
Burns an expressway to my skull
But Ill stick myself together again
Spirit so low that I no longer pretend
So why so sad
You live and you love
So why so sad
Dependent on above
Searching for the dead sea scrolls
So why, so why so sad
So why so sad
You live and you love
So why so sad
Dependent on above
Searching for the dead sea scrolls
So why, so why so sad
So why, so why so sad
So why, so why so sad
So why, so why so sad

Thursday, February 22, 2007

A lonely journey

This photo was taken in front of my workstation in
Brodie Hall, Technology Park


This is interesting comment! I captured the phrase when I was browsing one of the doctoral thesis. I absolutely agree with the writer and I believe that most of the PhD candidate will go through the same thing. So, I quote the phrase written by Magnar. Thanks, at least I’m not any different to have the same feeling.
“Research is not something that you do only by yourself. This is a ‘personal’ finding from
developing this thesis. Although when working alone with a text in your office you may
sometimes think that you have made a discovery, you will be very insecure about the value of your discovery before you have discussed the text with other researchers. They may confirm your finding, but they can also discover things in the text that you have not imagined.
Or they may simply react with disappointment to what you have written.
In each of these cases you become a little more secure regarding your research.
Interaction with others makes doing
research more meaningful”.


Doctoral Thesis
Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Trondheim, March 2003
Magnar Forbord

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

My new shoes




I had been looking for a new shoes for quite sometimes. Well, Im a bit fussy, try to get the cheaper one but meet my requirement. So far, all the nice shoes cost a fortune. But luckily, I found nice shoes last week at Harbour Town on sales. The initial price is actually AUD79.95 but further discount for AUD49.95. If you buy one, you will get half price discount for the second shoes. Since my friend decided to buy shoes as well, so, we shared the further discount. So the shoes only cost me AUD37.50. Here is the mathematics equation;
(49.95 + (49.95/2) ) = AUD37.50

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Sunset

Victoria Quay -Fremantle Port
“Love is the dawn of marriage,
and marriage is the sunset
of love”
French Proverb quotes
I love sunset very much, it's the perfect harmony creation of ALLAH. The Lighthouse also add the sentimental value to the scenic view. I took that photo last week during the fishing trip to Fremantle. Mahatma Ghandi quotes
“When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon,
my soul expands in worship of the Creator

I'm back

Burshwood Park- Swan River, Perth


Alhamdulilah, after almost a year with no updates, I will start blogging again. At this moment, I'm writing this post in different continent. I'm no longer in Malaysia but in the smallest and lowest-lying of the Earth's continents, that is Australia. I made another journey in my life. I choose Western Australia and residing in Perth for at least another 3 years. Unlike UK, Australia particularly Perth is different, as much as how contradic is their location, one in north hemisphere and Perth in south hemisphere. Perth is very hot at the moment and sometimes it reached more than 40 degrees. Well, thats why it is also known as one of the "Hot Summer Down Under" destination. The weather is hot and dry unlike Malaysia. It's no different as compared to Spain and Egypt during the peak summer.