From Bukit Payong to Bristol

Hi and Assalamualaikum guys :) It has been a while since the last time I updated my blog. It does not matter. I am always a busy person. Last week on Wednesday (5th October 2016) was my 22nd birthday. Yeay! Well, not really happy to accept that fact that I'm getting older :P As usual, like any typical birthday girl, I would get so excited to celebrate and fill the day up with meaningful and lively moments with my beloved ones. And again, I am always away from my family. They are all in Malaysia (some are abroad). So, I was really happy and excited to start a great day (even though I still have lectures and meetings need to be attended). Later in the afternoon, my friends and I have decided to go out for lunch and spend some good times together. We haven't gone out having any proper meal together since ages. One fun fact about my birthday is there must be any sudden, unexpected, sad thing or incident that would happen at some points of the day. never missed even a si

Hi and Assalamualaikum peeps :) So, today's post is about my last stop in Scotland, which is Glasgow. This city of Glasgow means a lot for me, do you know why? It is because this city and university was supposed to be my dad's university. He was supposed to attend this university back then :) I've copied from my fb post, I got no time to think about new words and sentence for my blog :P GLASGOW Yesterday was my last stop for this Scotland trip and all I could say is that day was the most meaningful day in my life. Being emotional and happy at the same. That offer letter dated in 1982 was my dad's entrance to University of Glasgow in Civil Engineering. I thought he's bluffing when he first told me that made up to enter Glasgow University but he didn't study there :) Until when i saw thi ... s in front of my eyes, I now believe that he's telling me the truth. Hahahhahaha. Back in 1982, he didn't enter Glasgow due to financial problems even

Hi and Assalamualaikum peeps :) For this Scotland trip, this is my day 4 in Scotland and we have rambling (Lake District) and hike (Arthur Seat). So, today is the biggest day in my life. I have double celebration. I have just found out that I passed my exam the day before and that day, I was overjoyed that I decided to hike the Ben Nevis, Fort William. BEN NEVIS, FORT WILLIAM I made up to the top of Ben Nevis :) it took me about 9 hours return. It is tough to be honest but it is even tougher to convince myself that i can make it happen. The negative thoughts of being unfit enough to hike the Ben Nevis, haunted me all this while.But i found a quote which move me forward, you need to love to do something that you hate to 😆 since that's the only way for you to challenge all your limits and capabilities. Believe it or not, my capabilities are beyond than expected. If the normal hikers take about 3.5 hours from the foothills up to the peak. I took about 4 hr 45 minutes.

Hi and Assalamualaikum peeps :) This may be looked like an ordinary trip post. Since this is for my future references, so I want it to be a motivational post instead of the usual cliché post :) This post is the #throwback of my time in Edinburgh. To be honest, I just love this cityyyy, I cannot expressed it through words because it's more beyond words can explain :) ARTHUR'S SEAT I hiked up to the peak of Arthur seat hill, the main peak of Edinburgh. It only took about 1 hour and half to reach to the top. It's maybe a piece of cake for frequent hikers out there. But as for me, it's such a high achievement. I am not a frequent gym goer nor an active jogger to be honest. It relates to my life, being a slow learner is hard, tears always rolling down. Frankly speaking, I am not a high achiever in Bristol but i am proud of what ha ... ve I achieved. It may be not high enough for others but it doesn't matter, it is the effort that counts. Working ha

Hi and Assalamualaikum peeps :) I am so sorry that today I need to write in Malay, my language. ahaks :) I don't fell like translating it to English, I don't know why. Get your malay friends to translate it if you are English or any other languages speaking :) Hari ni akuu bekerja sebagai salah seorang student guide bagi Bristol Open Day dan kerja aku mudah sahaja, hanya perlu menerangkan kenapa mereka, para pelajar baru patut belajar Biology di Bristol.. Dalam ramai2 pelajar dan ibu bapa, pasangan ayah dan anak ni sgt menyentuh hati, ada sesuatu benda yang menarik pasal pak cik yang galas beg Nike dan shoulder bag, yang sikit lagi boleh mengalirkan a ... ir mata. Ye, aku memang seseorang yang mudah tersentuh.. Aku sempat untuk bertegur sapa dengan pak cik dan anaknya semasa bertugas. Pak cik ni dtg ke Bristol drp Belgium (naik train, x tahu berapa jam nak smpi UK drp Belgium)..aku yakin dia sampai ke Bristol smlam dan dah check-out hotel (sbb tu carry semua beg skal

Hi and Assalamualaikum peeps :) First of all, I am back in Bristol for my resit exam. haha. after I've finished with my exam, I decided to have a daytrip to Cardiff, since it is only 1 hour journey from Bristol. Yeah, i went there by train to Cardiff central. So, i first bought the map of Cardiff and I first went to the Bute Park. It is a nice park to have a picnic (during summer only since it's raining a lot in Wales) and have a nice evening jogging there. Here, I've attached a few interesting photos shot inside the Bute Park    Bute Park map Gorsedd Stones One interesting about the Gorsedd Stones is the 12 pillars represent the Weksh counties and the middle, flat pillar (known as Logan stone) serve as the platform. Then, I went to the ANIMAL WALL, it was one of the well-known feature of Cardiff. It was designed by William Burges for the 3rd Marquess of Bute. However, Burges died before even completed the project. The original were completed mor

Hi and Assalamualaikum peeps J It’s me again, Farah. I’ve been so motivated today don’t really know why that happened. This is very unusual. This article is focusing on slow learners out there. Yay, do not worry, because you and I (more out there) w e share the same problems (or fate I can say). Be proud of yourselves because you worth more than you realized I have another story today. It’s about myself. Do not really know how this would inspire you but I just want to share it and hoping that you find it beneficial. Here it goes! This is a bit about myself, my inner side. I have quite a low self-confidence because I was really a big fat girl and I am a slow learner at the same time. A 2-in-1 package. In fact, I was the fattest in my classroom and also in school (maybe!). But that was me. I am a bit different person now. No longer with low self-confidence. I grew up and happy with myself. So, this is how I transformed! 2001-2006 (Sk Pusat Chabang Tiga) When I was in

Hi and Assalamualaikum peeps Today. Well, it happened yesterday. Hmm, first of all, I really really hope that my acquaintances will not read this. Well, pretty sure that they will not read this as I am not a famous blogger, I just wrote all these for my own sake. I need to go back to UK in 2 weeks’ time because I just need to, unwillingly to be honest. It’s my faults and could not stop from not blaming myself. I would start my year 3 by the end of September and this is just August and I need to go back before 24 th August as I failed a subject. I failed a subject. I failed a subject. A bitter truth. I need to resit the exam. Since I am one of the Terengganu (one of the state in Malaysia) students who study abroad, I directly become one of the members of OSTeC (Overseas Students’ of Terengganu Council). Summer break is here and as usual, I was called by my friends to participate in one of the volunteering program. It is my pleasure to join such program however, I could not beca

Hi and Assalamualaikum peeps Halloooo, my results were out, I mean my exam results were out ! It is not all about the results but it’s mainly about securing the masters placement. Unfortunately, I didn’t pass the minimum requirement by my biological science school. It means I didn’t manage to secure the masters in Bristol. Along with currency fluctuations and political issues in Malaysia, most of the government-based scholarships like my very own MyBrainSc scholarship by Ministry of Education of Malaysia, JPA and MARA will take a break for a few years from sending Malaysian students abroad. This is due to our bad currency issue. Nothing to blame except myself. I accepted that wholeheartedly. The failure to secure this placement does not mean that I am not a good student. It does not mean I don’t have any more chance after this. It means, Allah wants to test my patience just wanna think positive. So, I just need to be patient, pray and keep praying, have faith in Him always and

 What else can i do f it is not meant to be mine :) Do I sound like I'm giving up my dreams :) I don't know. You decide :/. It has been tough time for me recently. Lots of things happens, the ups and downs and intermediates ( :D neither ups nor down)  Recently, I've been offered to pursue my studies in MSci of Biology. It means I have another extra year (as a masters student) and of course (like any other typical student) would be so excited getting such news. We have been trying so hard to achieve this... Of course it's conditional.. I need to get reach some minimum level in order to make it unconditional. At first, I thought I could achieve that mark. I seriously can if I maintain my hard work or maybe increase a little bit. I would do anything in order to achieve that (I guess :P) I got that email during reading week (1 week provided before the exam period starts). So, I was really excited and enthusiast.Yeah, I was. My first 2 paper went well. I was very

IT'S TIME Hi and assalamualaikum. It has been a while since the last time I updated my blog. When I tried to read my posts (only 2 of them :P), they do sound like school-kid like grammar level... Hahahahah. It does not matter, I'm here to learn and improve myself. This time, I'm gonna share with all of you about 1 of y special friend. She's a very good friend of mine. I knew and met her for the first time during my first tutorial in Bristol. We were placed in the same tutorial group. Her name is Charlotte. I asked her out to the frozen yoghurt store once and since that, I can say she's very pleasing and approachable. She helped me a lot with my assignments, she's also the shoulder for me to lean onto. Well, that's a little bit about her. Over the past few months, she troubled a lot with her unavoidable problem (which i cannot expose here what it is) until one day, she text my saying that she's going to take a break and suspend her studies until sh

Be ignorance works sometimes! Hi and Assalamualaikum. It has been ages since my first post. I am a little it busy with all the courseworks and after that, I got exams. 5 exams overall packed in 2 weeks time :( sorry for being not to up-to-date and again, i am s sorry for all the grammatically errors as I've been work hard to improve my problems in my second language, which is English previously, I got so many problems. I can say they are all external problems that happened to me during the exam period. Oh goshh.. i was so much in pressure to study for the exams and at the same time in need in balancing and trying to reduce all the external problems so that I can focus more for my exams Not going to tell you what those problems were as I can say they are too personal to be shared. Well, that's fine. What I can conclude from the things that had happened,  WE CANNOT PLEASE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME ! I am self-sacrificing kind of person, and I can say I am sometimes a peop