rewarding day

the time has come for yet another exam and this time its procurement & risk management which is happening next saturday morning. its a seen paper meaning that we get the questions 5 working days beforehand so that we can prepare the answers. however on the exam day we are not allowed to bring our prepared work into the hall. macam tu la cara orang tua belajar.

this morning i spent 4 hours at the library, managed to answer 2 questions. ada 2 lagi nak kena buat over the coming week. Insyaallah boleh kut.. tadi masa kat library i sat opposite a chinese girl who was studying for her exam (this is the final exam week for the students as well.) typical asian students - mesti nak menghafal...i was like that masa undergrad dulu tapi dah tua ni, tak de la nak menghafal. just read and understand the principles, remember the salient points and goreng...

i got home at 5pm, lepas solat went for solo brisk walk at the park.

kamar had to mow the lawn. rumput dah panjang and ramalan kaji cuaca kata esok hujan. infact malam ni, as i'm typing this post, its raining heavily cukup lengkap dengan guruh & kilat, temperature is about 20 deg C and it does feel a bit humid. rasa macam lepas hujan lebat kat rumah atas bukit di malaya pulak.

more flowers from our garden

aisyah said she likes my new style untuk gi briskwalking - rasa macam rocker tua pulak !!

i gather i must have walked about 2 miles round trip and it was nice to sweat out. today i saw lots of rhododendrons along the footpath at the lakeside.

pink & white rhododendrons

from the lake i walked up to the arboretum (they've changed the bedding flowers again), saw some deers, squirrels and ducks, walked round the hall and back to the lake and home again.

itik pulang petang...

while at the park, i got a text message from my friend yan. when i told her that i was on my own, she asked me whether or not its safe to walk alone. Insyaallah ...there are so many solo women joggers/walkers/cyclists and it was still bright at 7pm, maghrib at 9.30pm. sampai aja kat rumah, lapar - my only meal was at 11am. after the studying & walking, i deserved a treat. kakak & kamar made nasi lemak with sambal tumis biasa, sambal tumis sotong kembang (yang macam sotong kangkong tu), ikan bilis goreng & udang goreng kunyit dan disudahi dengan chocolate vanilla cheesecake yang dibeli kat tesco pagi tadi. burn some, gain some (or more??)