fasting month.

the ramadhan month is finally here! some made lists of food to consume before ramadhan starts and some makes plan for the ramadhan month itself. this is the month where we give our little tummy or bulging tummies a rest for the year. but eating a long table full of food at the end of every day doesn't rilly spell REST for the stomach. so, this time around (insyallah) i'm determined to take full use of this 'stomach-resting-period'. i'm going on a full fledge dates & water fast. =) yes, this may be very challenging but i will try my very best to pull thru. push aside all those demonic eating nafsu. now i'm living on the other motto "makan untuk hidup" not the other way. hahha, god give me strength. amin.

7 dates & water, kazem.

growing old alone.

this may be some real scary shit for me. i love to watch people a lot. i can't help it. i see things that i rarely want to. i notice things. bawah my dagu a little swollen, so me and dad was at the klinik. i was asked to sit at another end coz ramai org around him so takut menyangkit whatever they had. so today, i noticed there were plenty of old people. alone. no one accompanying these people and they seemed far from lost. forgive me nurses docs whoever in charge with the system, but it doesn't work pretty well. if u're a first time in the klinik. u wudn't have a clue of what the proceudre is like at all. everything is everywhere and u dunno where to start. i was confused once. and a little now. but i'm not an elderly yet. i can still see properly and make sense of things around me easily. but they need a little help. a little gesture of kindness. a few seconds is all it rilly takes. yes some old folks may be a little egoistically stubborn and konon2 tawu buat sndiri but who doesn't liked being helped. i do. no no i didn't help anyone, yet. i just observed. i wondered why they were alone in times of pain. i wondered where the others were? were they intentionally alone. were they abandoned? were they always independent this way? i had no answers. some had very long sad faces on them. scratching their heads for the way to go. why didn't the nurses feel the need to lend a hand? they are busy they trully are. i bet they have the most stressfull job yet. people despise them, they despise the people. they work hard, earn little, and no one trully appreciates them. so every one please give them a break. okay, back to the old folks. if you have your own folks, never leave them alone. even if they say they can manage. they're just testing ur loyalty. help them please. be with them. people say they can survive on their own but everyone loves another person's human touch once in a while. from now on, put a smile on, say your golden words and lend a hand.

have fun, kazem.

cekgu inggeris.

saya teacher material? maybe.

what they want vs. what i want

solution : Masters of Comm (creative writing)

they get a master's degree, i get to write books for toddlers

awesome. XD

future dreams : attending UWA or USC

damn confusing.

great location vs. incredible courses

perth vs. sunshine coast

.UWA 40%.USC 60%.

the subjects that i'm going crazee for at USC:

2 required courses:

CMN510 Australian Media Industries: Introduction to Communication Studies

CMN574 Research Design: Methodology and Literature Review

Electives
Select 6 courses from the 4 options, as follows:

Option 1: Creative Writing

CMN515 Introduction to Creative Writing

Plus select 5 courses from:

CMN538 Creative Writing D: Paperback Hero

CMN541 Production Workshop (Creative Writing 1)

CMN546 Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults

CMN547 Creative Writing for the Illustrated Book

CMN560 Creative Writing B: Novel Ideas

CMN566 Creativity and Literature: Chaucer to Romantics

CMN567 Creativity and Literature: Victorians to Moderns

CMN571 Production Workshop (Creative Writing 2)

AUS585 Wonderworlds

AUS591 Otherlands

Option 2: Journalism

CMN535 News Writing: Print and Broadcast

Plus select 5 courses from:

CMN513 Editing for the Communications Professional

CMN514 Computer-Assisted Reporting

CMN527 News Rounds

CMN528 The Writer and the Law

CMN537 Writing for the Web

CMN540 Digital Photojournalism and Feature Writing

CMN542 Production Workshop (Journalism)

CMN549 Advanced News Reporting

CMN556 Research into Australian Journalism

CMN572 Industry Research project (Journalism)

INT570 Politics and the Media

Option 3: Public Relations

CMN550 Media Relations

Plus select 5 courses from:

CMN512 Creative Event Management

CMN513 Editing for the Communications Professional

CMN531 Communication Campaign Planning

CMN526 Advertising: Copy and Image

CMN528 The Writer and the Law

CMN529 Media and Promotion: Tourism and Hospitality

CMN530 Business Communication

CMN543 Production Workshop (Professional Communication)

CMN548 Creative Advertising

CMN551 International Communication

Option 4: Communication Studies

Select 1 course from:

CMN515 Introduction to Creative Writing

CMN535 News Writing: Print and Broadcast

CMN550 Media Relations

Plus select 5 courses from

(provided prerequisite equivalency has been approved by the course coordinator):

CMN511 Small Screen, Big Business: The Television Industry

CMN512 Creative Event Management

CMN513 Editing for the Communications Professional

CMN514 Computer-Assisted Reporting

CMN526 Advertising: Copy and Image

CMN528 The Writer and the Law

CMN529 Media and Promotion: Tourism and Hospitality

CMN531 Communication Campaign Planning

CMN537 Writing for the Web

CMN538 Creative Writing D: Paperback Hero

CMN540 Digital Photojournalism and Feature Writing

CMN541 Production Workshop (Creative Writing 1)

CMN542 Production Workshop (Journalism)

CMN543 Production Workshop (Professional Communication)

CMN546 Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults

CMN547 Creative Writing for the Illustrated Book

CMN548 Creative Advertising

CMN549 Advanced News Reporting

CMN551 International Communication

CMN556 Research into Australian Journalism

CMN560 Creative Writing B: Novel Ideas

CMN566 Creativity and Literature: Chaucer to Romantics

CMN567 Creativity and Literature: Victorians to Moderns

CMN571 Production Workshop (Creative Writing 2)

AUS585 Wonderworlds

AUS591 Otherlands

ENP540 Interpretation: Environment, Heritage and Tourism

INT570 Politics and the Media

my dreamy old buildings at UWA:

breaking heart.

yes people it has ended. unbelievable. seriously. i've been hoping that the books would continue a little bit futher but "the end" was printed on the last page. i can't believe it. it was a large book. thicker than the rest. undeniably too quick to be finished too. i noticed that come middle of the story, it began to be skipping. like the story was in a rush. skipping few momments, hours, days, weeks then months. i wouldn't mine having to wait till the end of the year if it meant that the story would grow deeper without the skipped parts. 2000 pages pun takpe. =) i have ample of time. especially for vampires. hearthrobing ones. some parts were predictable. like Bella's survival. Jacob's imprinting on Renesme. it was rather a low flow book this time. not too much tension. not over the edge suspense. its like you knew it was gonna be a happy ending. which pretty much sux a little. i love twists. eventho it annoys me. i love the tension btween Bella and Edward. the resistance. the lust. but when it was all done with, it was just too easy. fairytale like, almost. minus the Volutri ofcourse.

aching for more, kazem.

mommacakes' 1st wedding gig.

Alhamdulilah! drove into UTM pass thru an extra friendly pak guard (NOT!) and made a few right turns and voila white kemahs everywhere! we parked, unloaded, snapped pictures and got inside. the dewan was beautifully decorated with purple theme colors spread everywhere. just a cozy little dewan. very intimate too! saw the cake tier and started arraging the cakes. mommy made most of the color cordination while i unpacked and izni made herself useful with the camera. the bride's sister came, we saw the bride's mom, a couple of guests but no bride. sorry! =( maybe some other day ya diana? neways, manage to dump a few cards as well just in case ppl were asking about the cakes! XD we ate a variety of food, rupenyer the mother is a caterer herself, with a company called 'Mak Jah' kot? selling cute pieces of frozen goods like karipap, donuts and rengas too (little baby rengas). hope the reception went well and the couple loved the cakes!

want to arrage more cakes, kazem.

mommaboxes!

i would love to thank God almighty, nestle, giant hypermarket leisure mall, my DAD, syahir and our faithful kenari ! yes, i'm exxxagggerating my thank yous BUT who cares! i am super happy with the findings of these extraodinary boxes that practically came down from the blue skies above! thank you!! who knew that yogurts got packed in such. the holes in the boxes fits mommacakes' cupcakes perfectly tho we had to trim it a little (thanks mommy!) but it works! isn't it just amazing how things drop into place. ahhhhh bliss! tomoro ade the first wedding gig and i have to carry all 110 cupcakes to the venue and arrage them myself. ;) happy and nervous at first because i've never tried removing my cakes from their boxes. too risky! it's almost like once put it, take as many pictures as u wished, b4 eating them! hehhhehe i didnt need to worry about them till few days back and i got the phone call order from a dear wedding planner ;D with these new trays (boxes =P) it'll be super handy insyallah!

happy with her new found boxes, kazem.

wordle!

This was all done on http://www.wordle.net !! it's pretty awesome and handy. XD it collects all the words most frequently used in ur website or blog and they jumble it up! u can even put in a set of your own words instead!

Have fun, worlde-ing! kazem.