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Busy. That is the most suitable word to describe Ardi Herman.

I've been busy since I was in undergraduate. Plus my course used to be the busiest course among all courses in my university. We were studying and working 24 hours a day and there goes additional commitments such as assignments, classes, co-curricular activities, and not to forget my involvement in students' organization and oversea's trip project. Those were biggest test for me to manage myself. Time management is very important for me. Rest is still needed though. Self still the priority, family too. Personal matters should come parallel with jobs we are doing. I've told myself after graduating that I won't be busy again. I have had enough. Studies, Co-curricular, Organizations, Family, Relationship, all that require time. So where's the time for myself? That was before my convocation. I was happy at that time that my burden were lesser day by day.

But today, I guess I am busier than a Professor. But my priority is of course to complete my Master within a year from now. I gradually involved myself in few researches lately, plus additional job from outside. This is how I learn to make money to cover my tuition fees. I gained some income through my assistance in researches. But I assist few researches in one time that's why I guess I need to work 25 hours a day. I'm getting busy doing reports, presentation papers for Professors, some administration works, which require time, money and energy. Researches need to have readings, information gathering, administration works, presentations etc. Those are where my time spent to, plus extra time to be spent with juniors, friends and consultations. I am happy.  Alhamdulillah I am still healthy and young! I am happy! But it is always my wish I can less my burden and start to think on future. Relationship, assets, wife and family. Let me start all these without any disturbance. I'm 25, need to think for all these already, and get serious. Enough with enjoyment, money-waste etc. My advice for my ownself.

I don't want to be busy after this. Whenever my job, income, relationship and family is consistent, I will get married. I want to. And I don't want to be that busy anymore.

Ardi yang busy. ;-(

Nakal btol budak2 ni.

I was happy at first receiving SMS from my Kemaman friend Mizi, whom I know him in Syria, he studied in Syria and he came back to Malaysia for his one month vacation. Glad to see him again at the 3rd year studio, then I spent my time chatting with some friends Kak Fathin (I know u hate me calling you 'Kak' as you're two years younger than me..hehe), also with Nina, Belo, Bulat, Nik..also nice to meet up with Fuzah yg sangat ceria, Aleng yg comel, Lidya, Umm, Ada..hmmm whoelse..?? Not many people in the studio so it was nice having some chat while looking at their works and preparations for their tomorrow's exhibition.

Fuzah approached me and introduced me to her 'abang'.hehe. And then start talking and asking about my brother. Hmm....she's a happy go lucky person and seems excited as she said she likes my brother very much. Mmm, not Muhammad Ezzwan, but Ally Iskandar. Nice talking to her when she started perli-perli me. I was wondering why she teased me-liking somebody at her studio, or maybe she knows me few times SMSing with her studiomate. Kind of funny. Fuzah is like my 'adik'. I don't mind, but I don't think there were enough proof to say that I'm liking that girl. Often SMS? Or maybe I lent that girl two CDs, or friendster comment? Hmm... Pandai ek korang ejek2 kite. I don't mind, gossips are around, but I'll tell if its true. When I said I like somebody, just guess? For now I'm not going to tell. Waaa when Fuzah raised this matter, then people around, Fathin, also started saying the same. I was surprised. How far they had been 'gossiping' me based on their proofs? Nakal but chomel. But I like them since they're all very sporting and cool. Shame on me when many people heard about it. Fathi, Su, Zwan, Mizi, I didn't know if they heard what Fuzah and Fathin said. Kind of loud. Nevermind. They're all my adik and that's normal being teased. Nevermind perhaps I'll ask that girl myself about these gossips. Its just a gossip anyway. Gossip can be wild gossip, and can't be proven with tiny proofs. That's why I said I don't mind! Hmmm.. I'm sleepy. I want to go back home and sleep. I'm happy today for the success of our two-day workshop. Alhamdulillah.

I'm happy today!

It was a memorable when my friends came from KL, stay at myhouse for two nights, and yesterday we went to Kota Bharu for two weddings there. Nice moments to witness Hannan's beautiful day with her newly hubby Adli. Congrats to them! Nice seeing both of you together! Met friends as well, I was happy to see Hannan's younger sisters which I only knew them through YM and friendster. (Still got no chance taking photograph with the youngest Syiham..hehe). We are happy all day, somehow tired as we visited a 2nd kenduri made by Kak Ila (Aida and Pain's friend). Then we went to KB for some shopping and met my great friends there in Pasar Siti Khadijah (Aiman, Abdus, Ipin, Iqbal and Muhidzan). Then we walked together and have a light drink nearby, and have some chat. Look I tell you, my classmates are great that we love to meet up eachother, gather together and spend time together. We are still keep in touch among us! Congrats guys! That's soooo togetherness!!!! But somehow I don't really agree whenever there are misuderstandings among us, no considerations among friends, backbiting etc. Friends are meant to be the bestest people you can be with. But nevermind, lets pray for the best!! I love my friends no matter what.

Drove back from KB to KT with Phat, Pain, Aida and Ely was kind of tiring and 'tensioning'. Few things came up on my mind and affected me during my journey. Liar is among the most headcrackers of that day. I am tired. There goes my shoutout in my friendster. To overcome that uneasy feelings, I sent SMS to 'her', just to say hi, and thanks **** for replying and for some words. I was happy to hear from her that's all. I drove back to KT, but I felt it was quite a long one. I wasn't in that good mood so that somehow affected my passengers, that they too kept quiet not much says. i drove fast that's what Pain told me this morning. Sorry Pain. As long as I'm confident while driving, insha Allah, we'll arrive safely. Yup, we arrived safely in KTganu, had our dinner and release our tiring day. I was called by my brother to join him and my parents attending the SUKMA concert last night, but since I was tired, I did not go. Sorry to my brother and thanks for inviting to see him compering the concert. Didi supports you always for whatever you do. (I missed to watch Siti 'live' but nevermind). Nice to hear the special privilege gained by my parents and my brother upon entering the stadium and the room provided for them. Thanks those policeman, security etc for accompanying my family.

This morning I was happy.

Brought my friends for a breakfast and straight we went to the airport to send my brother back to KL. I knew that my brother will be taking his flight with few artistes as well such as Datuk Siti Nurhaliza, Ramli Sarip etc. So I decided to bring my friends to the airport as well, since they have not meet my brother yet. My brother only stay one night in KTganu mere to host the concert. I was in KB when he arrived KTganu. Look tonight he'll be hosting JomHeboh concert in Bukit Jalil. Watch him Live!

After checking in, we took some photos, (my friends and my brother) and went to the only available cafetaria at the newly built Airport. That was the time I saw Datuk Siti. I told my brother and we went near her and had a talk. Shook her hand and she politely asked my brother "Adik eh?"..hehe.. Few seconds I'm proud of myself as adik Ally Iskandar.hehe.Its always a humble privilege. She was eating with her brother, bodyguards etc so we did not talk much. Nice seeing her and she's still beautiful. I asked my friends to shoot some candid photos. Thanks a lot Aida for taking my pic with Datuk Siti and I'm sorry that your pic with her was blur. Sorry Da! I was too excited.hehe. We ate again and I'm happy all my friends are happy seeing my brother and accidentally met Datuk Siti. My brother entered the departure hall and bye-bye us!!

Ardi Herman & Datuk Siti Nurhaliza

Ely.Pa'in.Isk.Aida.Phat

A great morning right? I was happy today and somehow a little bit cured my uneasy feelings I had.

Perhaps I will explain about those played on my mind. It's all about friendship. Later ok. I still want to enjoy myself today and my stay in Terengganu til tomorrow night will leave sweet moments with two additional new stuffs of mind!! (Yup I got a new laptop and I made my new glasses!!) Abis duit. Now I have to 'save budget' and my brother was wondering where I got my money. Uwekk.. I worked hard brother. Tomorrow will be my second flight to KL using my own money! ;-p

Good night all.

Listen very carefully

Few days ago I create an email to be sent to Professor Ismawi. Few things I highlighted there. Unfortunately on the day after I wrote long one, the internet was suddenly disconnected. Something wrong with the university network. So I decided to save the email in a Ms Word format. Luckily after I wrote it long, I managed to save the email. Pheww.. or else I have to rewrite again and gone crazy after that.

Few personal things I highlighted in the email, more or less concerning time management, works, jobs, research works as well as some personal matters. I finished writing and edited this morning and decided to send. Successfully sent, I proceed with my works. I know I have many things to do; my masters works, Julian's TTI job, Syria reports, other researches' reports and few more. There are things to be taught as well. Niesa just offered me the job to teach in Section 7 Shah Alam School, teaching English, but after my consultation with Prof, I guess he justified to me that he is afraid if I couldn't manage my time properly. I know that and that is why I asked his opinion since I think Prof knows and he always look forward upon my performances as his supervisee. Prof can see me well that he knows what is good or bad for me. His advice does not pull me down, even though I love to teach, but I think there are always pros upon his opinions towards my questions to him, especially in the email. So he advised not to accpet the job as a teacher, merely to concentrate myself for my incoming jobs (researches, Access Audit jobs as well as my role as a student). I accepted his views and his advise were very constructive. I think I can handle that.

Teaching has been always my ambition since I was young. Although not becoming a teacher, perhaps to become a lecturer. Myself when I was a kid, I didnot know what is the meaning of Pensyarah. I thought a Pensyarah is someone who goes for Syarahan (debate/talk). Nevermind. When I entered university, then I know the importance of seeking knowledge. Lecturers in universities being competing their ownselves to achieve as many knowledge as possible relating to their field of interest. It is interesting, as Islam also put knowledge as the highest rank of all. So, I was thinking if I become a lecturer, what can I contribute, instead of fulfilling myself with knowledge and 'ilm.

It is a great opportunity to become a lecturer in any institution. Some of my friends have the capability of becoming a lecturer. I can see them. Knowledge and experiences, as well as exposure are very important. So when you think you have those package (inclusive of the sense of presentations), he/she will become a good lecturer, Insha Allah. The question is, am I qualify to become a lecturer? I have the interest. I like it. And lately I received few constructive encouragements from few important people in the faculty, for me to join the Kulliyyah. Why? What are the reasons? My self would think that many other poeple still qualified for that. But if there is an offer for me, why not I give a try to prove that I can be a good lecturer! Thanks to all who mentioned to me that they are happy if I join the Kulliyyah, someone said that she encouraged me to fill in the academic position form so that her burdens of marking assigments will be less. Another one mentioned to me that "Ahh, just fill in the form now then you'll be considered as study leave while completing your masters"..I was somehow glad to receive those words of encouragements, but I told them as well that yet I think I have to prepare myself with more knowledge in me before showering them to my students later. They said that I will learn a lot when I am exposing myself in lots of researches. Thanks to Professor Ismawi who expose me to all researches that I had been involved and currently involve. Doing researches are very important if you are lecturer. Maybe I did not notice this, but when I looked into what I've done (involving myself in researches), I guess that are part of knowledge I gained. It is not that easy and we hardly can see the process but experiences of doing research is somehow important. At least I know what I'm doing and what field I am involved in. When I placed all my involvement in researches in my CV, hmmm..now I noticed where I had been so far. And now I know that I already gained those experiences that other people did not get.

"I think you should apply"..A very meaningful statement by Prof this afternoon when I went to see him personally. My personal thought that Prof might prefer some other people who are much better than me, but since he knew and gave me lots of opportunities and exposure to the world, brought me here and there to conduct research, introducing me to the world, Spain, Yogjakarta and Syria, I guess he judged me from those so-called 'international exposure' and witnessing my leadership. That's my strength, Prof told me. Yet I'm still a learner. I have to learn a lot as I remember Professor Mansor asked me a name of a tree, that I couldn't give the answer. How shame a landscape architect does not know the name of a tree. Its still a process of learning. Today somehow a happy day for me. As Prof's statement brighten my day, and his advice about other related 'stuffs' in my personal email to him, I guess my 10 minutes meeting him was a wonderful one. I'll pray for the best for myself and for all of you. I'm happy today I managed to talk to my Ma, reminding her to fetch me tomorrow at the airport, and not to forget my visit to the 3rd year studio few minutes back since someone wanted to borrow a CD. ;-) I'm happy seeing her and her friends as well.

Today is the day. I'm here at lab, writing this post at the same time SMSing Mdm Putri to share my happiness, and also waiting for Amani and Bebet whom I think on thier way here. Amani's souvenir from Syria is still here with me. So, you want it or not?? Today I have the strength to do all my jobs. Many things to be done and I'll do it properly. I don't know, do I looked excited? Not really. But I'll do my best, filling the form of application, complete my masters degree and work, insha Allah here.

Again, Prof understood me a lot. He judged me I guess. He travelled with me a lot that he can see my attitude. Alhamdulillah. He is 'somebody' that I'm truly glad upon his recommendation. Pray for my success. I'll be waiting for Hannan as well to share as this might involve her as well. She's also applying for the academic position. Insha Allah, we'll wait and see. Thanks Professor Ismawi.

Ardi Herman Mohd Mardzi

Yes. I'm in love. i'm liking somebody actually. with whom, yup i dont think i can reveal at this moment. i've been liking this someone since a month ago and yet we know each other eventhough we are not that close. but i just like her. thats all..she is someone new to me but nevermind let the future holds the answer. i dont really expect much for me and her, its just that i have to write here to express myself that i'm currently liking somebody, but with no high expectation, i'll be always ok. 

whenever i think of her, i look up at her friendster page, nothing much can i do, but we do sms for few things we planned and meet whenever necessary. i do hope its not going to be a new thing as few people already asking me about my relationship with that girl..?? cmne tau nih?? hey i'm yet to get to know more about her and people been asking me a very advance question?? apakah? tolong la jgn ganggu saya dan buat spekulasi. i've only been telling with two or three people only that i'm liking somebody with no details added ok. for now let me be friend with her and i'm happy now that's it. yup she's in kaed, not outside the campus. give me time if u really cant wait for me to tell you who's gonna be my girlfriend after amnah shurfa. i've been single since september 2006 and it was a culture shock for me after spending 3 1/2 years with her. now i'm ok of course and i'm liking somebody! if you know who you are, i want to tell you that i like you very much ;-)..tell me if you like me too hahaha!! sounds like org giler jah! hehe..nevermind, somehow i'm hoping that u people out there, i know u're too care and concern about me i dont know why.thanks for that and i truly appreciate that. but don't update me too often. i have many other things to do and relationship stuffs is very personal for me and what i can say is just wait and see. to that 'someone', lets be friends!

to the person i like, i need to know you more. however lets just be friend and we'll know each other more. i love making new friends so that i can smile a lot to people, especially in kaed ;-) among my new friends in kaed are those who were with me in Syria, those 3rd year architecture students who'll be graduating soon..i'll miss all of you! kan bagus jika anda semua smbung 4th year..i hope so!

pray for me.

ardi.

p/s- smlm salam Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. he was here launching the silver jubilee celebration of my university!

Bagdad cafe is not in Baghdad!!

Hujan Emas di Negeri Orang, Hujan Batu di Negeri Sendiri, Lebih Baik di Negeri Sendiri..

That's the fitrah of human being, wherever they were born, grown and live, that will always be the best place to be and to live. I thank God for all these, that I somehow managed to stamped my passport to another two countries, Syria and Kuwait. Alhamdulillah. That was a great opportunity given by my dearly Professor and lecturers to explore the world, and the knowledge and stories behind them. I left for Syria last 8th of April 2008 and let me take this opportunity to thank my bestest friends who sacrifice their time sending me to KLIA that night eventhough I know all of you were tired back from work. I love you guys. Thanks to Gee, KA, Aiman, Aishah, Liza, Hana, and Artul. They are really supportive! Thanks a bunch!!!

Damascus is the world's oldest living city in the world. My visit was purposely to conduct a research, similar research as i conducted in Sabah and Sarawak last year. But this time was different. Syria was chosen as our research is a little bit ammended according to it's case studies which are the heritage buildings and public spaces in Damascus. Anyhow, this visit was great, that I truly said I learnt a lot. So let me thank to those who offer me these chances, as well as those who were there with me sharing knowledge, experiences and memories. You know who you are!

Seventeen days away from Malaysia, it was damn excited. My trip was also joined by the 3rd year architecture students as they have to conduct their measured drawings and heritage studies. They are all good. This opportunity let me know them more (eventhough a number of them already knew me silently), and they are very hardworking. I can see their efforts, and they are all my 'adik' eventhough I frequently admitted my self as the first year student and they are third year, so they are my seniors. I'm actually in a first year of my postgraduate degree (hehe).

We conducted this research by exploring the Old Damascus City, which fenced by 7 main Babs (doors in Arabic). So our research concentrate on any public spaces and religious buildings within Old Damascus. The focal point of Old Damascus (Or Damshiq) is of course the Umayyad Mosque or Umawi Mosque. This mosque reminds me the greatness of Cordoba Mosque that I visited in 2006 (presently a church La Mesquita in Cordoba, Spain). It is an Umayyad Mosque that remain great as it was thousand years ago. These mosques shared to me many stories behind and all the history and knowledge made me understand that my role as a Muslim is to always glorify the Muslims Civilizations. The sacrifice of all Sahabah, Islamic Scholars and Warriors made me pray to Allah that those are who deserved the Greatest Jannah. I stood by chances to visit those Tomb and Maqam include Salahuddin Al-Ayubi, Khalid Al-Waleed, Prophet Yahya, Prophet Ayoub, Habil the Son of Adam, Ruqayya the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Zainab and Ummu Salama the wifes of Prophet Muhammad. Not to forget Bilal bin Rabah's tomb, Imam Nawawi and Abu Hurayrah. Many other tombs we went for ziarah and we pray to Allah so that they are always be blessed and we might get barakah from their sacrifice and taughts.

Many places we visited. At the same time I got to know my new friends those architecture students, who were very nice and care towards me and the research team. We helped eachother a lot and treat eachother like family. It was nice to be with them during our visit to Homs, Palmyra and Bosra. We added our knowledge  through exploring old castles and monuments, old tombs and fortress, cities and mosques. Syria is superbly rich with history of Great Muslim Civilization. It has these old properties and treasures but it remains as a 'quiet' and moderate country which do not really take for granted upon it's historical values. I love Syria so much as i taught me a lot. Still remember their friendly girls who said Hi to me and asked me where I was from, and not to forget the cute school kids who smiles sweetly when my camera snapped their faces. They are all happy upon our visit as tourists. Those school students were so cute and smile with their heavy carriers and ice-cream in one hand. I love to see them smile at us. How sweet.

I went to Syria with a good statement brought with me mentioned by Kak Aiza (KAED officer) that Syrian girls are the most beautiful in the wolrd compared to others. Yes, i guess it is true. But not only described their physical appearances, but also their softness, politeness and neatness. I love to see their style of wearing Hijab that looks very neat and perfect, suits with their white skin and reddish cheek. I admire Syrian ladies but let me say Wanita Malaysia tetap di Hati. hehe.

First week there, weather was cold. We need to wrap ourselves with thick clothes but not at the last week there. I started to put away my jacket and so do others. Almost five times I got nose bleeding and dehydration as the weather was dry. Sun was on top of us but we did not sweat, but our lips and skin were very dry. Vaseline was the best answer! Oh, some people might argue that the breakfast we had everyday at Hotel was kind of boring. Now we miss it. Roti pita + Apricot Jam + Butter and Eggs. And Shai (Tea). Many students were bored that they creatively 'altered' the breakfast menu to be more Malaysian with the additionals of Serunding, Milo 3 in 1 and Tuna! Yummy! Now we missed the typical breakfast for 17 days there. ;-(

Commercial Break.

Am at tganu, with purpose to meet up my beloved parents, before i fly off to syria this monday night. thank God i managed to get the bus ticket to go back tganu n a firefly fokker ticket bck to KL, and tomorrow i'll be back to KL, make sure i wake up early. need to be at the airport at 7am..pheww..

i'm at home now, starting to have the feeling of missing my family eventhough i haven't gone yet. two days in tganu i had these sweet moments with my beloved daryn and sufiya. her Ibu, mysis yan went off to chiang mai this morning so she left her two kids here with their nenek n the bibi' is also here. aliyya was sent to her school in teluk intan near mybro inlaw's family house. i love my nieces so much.today and yesterday we took lots of photos, singing together while watching youtube of kiroro mirae and their rossa. i'm going to miss them..hmm..

now i'm having 5 windows open.means i'm doing few things here. i need to finish syria's works, to prepare booklet for the trip, tentative programme etc. i'm almost done that's why i find my time to visit my vox.hehe.maybe this is the last post before my 3 weeks 'vacation' in syria, jordan plus kuwait. today played chatting with mysis onie and deana, also with others. but most of the time be with my nieces. also spent time to mydin and town with myparents. i'm going to miss them though.

right now i'm SMSing with ryan and atun..long time never heard from them. miss them and others also.now i realize how beautiful friendship is. now we tend to appreciate our friends, our activities together, moments and experiences. no matter they are cool, attractive, handsome, demure, hambar, etc, they are still my friend. friends will be friends..still hoping to have dinner, lunch etc with them..or perhaps futsal and bowling...

i'm tired but need to finish my tasks.not much, but i love internet at home. nobody's around, quiet and i can concentrate myself. maybe i'll go off to sleep in one hour time. or i'll be tired tomorrow. i might take bus to lrt station but i need to visit my brother in TV3 as he requested something to be done. nevermind. anyways, i'll stop here. goodnite malaysia.

.rd.

enjoyable time with friends. i love this so much. friends are always a great listener, sharing life, creating stupid jokes, laugh and tears together...

it was a nice moment last two weeks when phat and i planned to visit a residential area in klang which has been awarded as best development place (something like that). therefore we took our chance by visiting our friends as well, there in klang. from gombak, we went to Klang to fetch Pa'in and next we moved to Jusco Bukit Tinggi to fetch Ely. Four of us we went to the place which is Kota Kemuning Residential area. Yes its beautiful, properly arranged and people lived happily there. It is a place whereby you can see people cyling around, walking and had recreational activities with their families. how fun! we took a break after getting some McDonalds and we sat nearby a lake..how beautiful we could see people and nature, kids, children and family. We talked and share stories. Ely told us about her relationship and we were just listen and commented. We responded as we are a good listening friend ;-)

Almost 6.30pm we moved to Jusco and get our Asar there. It was nice to see the new Jusco and I couldnt really wait to meet up Atun and Hana!! After Maghrib we met them and yes, we had lots of stories to share. They never changed. We just missed those times together in studio doing works together, sleep and stay-up there. How beautiful memory it is. We talked a lot and took almost 20 minutes to decide where to get our dinner. We mentioned that Atun should pay for our dinner since she's the tuan rumah.

We finally eat at Old Town Coffee, and i ate laksa, same with Pain.. again we shared stories and lifestyle after graduated. How nice to see Pain taught Ely how to use the chopstics, and nice to see how close Hana and Atun are. They are like a belangkas..hehe.. Ofcourse we took lots of photos as memories. It was a nice simple gathering that meant so much! Those friends never stop teasing me as gossips about me were raised up. Nevermind. As long as im happy to be with my friends. I love my friends! We went to Jusco as Atun and Hana wanted to buy a cabinet drawer. We accompanied them and moved around. Our final destination to the Indoor garden near the Main Entrance. Beautiful. We took lots of pictures there. I took some pics with those girls, Atun and Hana especially. And thanks to Phat who brought up the idea of meeting them.

We went home after that, sending Pa'in to Sri Gombak. Then Phat sent me home. It was nice day. Still SMSing Atun and Hana after that as friends are forever, we should have time for our friends. Wished to see you guys again!!

Ardi

If somebody got pregnant last June, by now she'll be delivering her baby anytime. So that's it. It has been almost 9 months since i commenced my masters degree programme. I still remember that my Professor suggested to me to further for my masters degree here in the same university. I was surprised somehow when he said he can be my supervisor. During the time, few of us were involved in the IIUM Landscape Master Plan Review. We worked in a team. So Prof even suggested to Hannan as well as LIza to further for our masters degree. So, we took some times to think the offer and finally we agreed. Its all about our future though. We are actually very glad that Prof selected us to become his supervisee. Why? Because he is Professor Ismawi. He is none other than one of the famous Professors in this university, who had contributed a lot to the university, became the first Dean of this KAED, also serving six years as the Deputy Rector. He is also known with his great contributions in UTM, as well as the IIUM itself. Now he's back in KAED and taught few subjects and attended lectures for the undergraduates. Lecturers were surprised knowing three of us are under Prof Ismawi's supervision. It is indeed a good sign for us to gain knowledge from a verily experienced person, and I can say a very 'interesting' and low profile person. I know that Prof would help us as best as he can as I think I am the closest student with Prof. (Some friends said I'm anak Prof) 

This is our 2nd semester, we have two subjects to register and the semester is about to reach the end. I somehow still do not satisfy upon my performance. I did badly for assignments and quizzes. This is the negative side, but I'll improve that as best as possible, insha Allah. But I'm grateful to have more new friends among postgraduates, which I think they are very good and smart. There are always pros and cons when I'm 'here'. Yet I'm not the best time manager for myself, as many researches, works and projects are around and few are still pending. And few projects are ahead to be implemented anytime. I'll be leaving for oversea again this coming April as research officer. Insha Allah, and I wish everything will be fine. Might be the longest oversea's trip I've ever had, my journey to Damascus (Damsyiq) in Syria will be acompanied by Prof Ismawi, Assoc. Prof Dr. Asiah and Faizah. Research on disabled person will be conducted at few religious buildings there. Insha Allah, I'll be there for 17 days. hopefully everything will be fine. I know I gain lots of experiences through all these and I'm glad I got these offers as they might be an eye-opener for me. Plus, I have to utilize as much as possible my passport before February 2009!! Another important thing is just around the corner, yet required me to prepare for the best. Becoming the moderator for a forum organized by the students, it is always an honour for me be with the professionals, and also to create more confidence attribute in me, in stead of 'addressing' and polishing my skill in presenting in front of the people. 

Whatever it is, my priority is still for my Masters. I'll try my best to manage my time properly, help myself as best as possible to do it accordingly and I'm very glad to receive encouragement and full supports from my lecturers as well. Some lecturers sent SMS asking about the progress, some have been repeatedly saying that me and my friends will do great as we have Professor Ismawi behind us. So, I thank you for all that. There are always barriers and challenges ahead, even one of the strongest is the Internet itself. Internet is useful whenever we gain benefit from it, but on the other hand, it could 'destroy' us as we might waste our time by overusing it. So, proper management is needed, especially time management. And efforts and hardworking too might be the keypoints as well.

I have what I want but I still have to learn through 'standing on my very own feet'. It requires me to learn and to face difficulties as a preparation in the future. That is always become my key principle through this learning years. Some people are 'well-accommodated' with wealth and happiness, but they are always to remember that the 'comfort-zone' is not for ever. It might teach us to be a 'moderative' person and to keep us on track. Friends and other people are the best mirror for us. Love and care by them might pamper ourselves, so choose your true friends. Family is also the priority. I have all around me except a wife. Once I promised myself to get a wife as soon as possible, but now I'll be saying that I'll be getting a wife before the age of thirty! Perhaps 27 or 28. Please pray for me. As advised by a lecturer today, get your wife first before you go for your PhD. So she'll be the best supporter of me all time. Insha Allah, I'll try my very best.

That's all for now, writing longer might bore the readers. Plus I think that this is one of the methods in improving my english usage. Feel free to comment.

Ardi Herman Mohd Mardzi

29022008 (today's Tahun Lompat Day)

Both A and 7 has been related in me eversince I noticed as it is.

The letter A stands for myself, not only myself, so does my elder brother. only both of us in my family. letter A has been somehow influenced me and my life. I've been close and in love with someone who's names begin with A. and i think i love this letter so much. i have good friends as well starting with A eventhough their full name is not start with A.nevermind.but those are meant to be who knows me well and understand me.A as the first letter might describe me as a person who always want to be first, i mean, in certain things, i always want to be the first or more advance than other people, eventhough in reality i'm not that advance.hehe.nevermind. A is more likely influenced me in friendship. its all about A. but why A? why not B, C or H perhaps? its all co-incident that meant to be.

number 7, i was born on th 7th day of January, eventhough im the 5th, but i have all together 7 siblings. so does my mother who has 7 siblings, as well as my father, 7 also. my father also loves this number. therefore, once i was thinking to marry anyone who has 7 siblings, and then trying to get 7 cute kids.hehe..my father loves 7 and before this he has his cars with number 7 as a compulsory number as the registration number.

i wished to get a handphone number with lots of 7 in it, but unfortunately i didnt get it. only one digit of my hp number is 7..hmm..nevermind.

just to share.