Now I am officially a PhD degree holder, alhamdulillah....I defended my work, did the viva last 5th oct 2005 and now i can actually address myself as Tengku Dr.Manal Tengku Ismail.....heheh...how cool is that.
And more, i celebrated the eid (3rd nov, 1st shawal 1426) with a new different feelings....to be honest, i didnt really get that "excited" once they announced to me (i.e. the internal and external examiners) that i've passed my viva...it was more liek a relief then....after that i fell sick for nearly 2 weeks! My blood pressure rose high esp the diastolic one and i got into the hospital one saturday 22nd oct during ramadhan.....luckily , my other organs and overall body system are still functioning like normal except the hypertensive inclination.....now i am on this beta blocker pill, atenolol, to help minimise thus reduce the diastolic pressure back to the healthy, normal level.....it was a bit scary i must admit....what with heart palpitation, body temperature had risen to fever level and so on.....They did all the basic test on me, like temperature taking, mammogram for blood pressure, ECG for the heart, urine and blood tests as well as X-Ray for the chest....the only thing left now is kidney, renal X-ray....i think it's basically a breakdown fever....my body indicating me the extreme fatigueness....good thing it happened after my viva....though i still have to do some minor correction on my thesis.
I celebreated eid, doing the normal routione like eid prayers at malaysia hall on that thursday morning, 3rd nov, and then followed by visiting my fren's fren place. After that i went to the NHS ar south ken for the followup. Then i went on me own to Hicom's place in hampstead heath. Friday, i am off to birmingham, berkompol raya dgn kakak and adek perempuan's family there. I came back to london yesterday, monday.
Oh well...alhamdulillah i am getting much better now...i still have to watch my salt intake per day as a precaution.
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
sultan brunei's second wifey
Hmmm.....delectable or just another bigamy practiser...lucky TV3 personality, azrinaz mazhar hakim has just become the sultan of brunei's 2nd wife...talking about being a multi-billionaire heiress....(report:telegraph , berita harian, utusan)
Friday, August 19, 2005
Letters of "who speak on behalf of british muslims" and GAZA reality check
Ready with ur fan/air-cond switched on! Letters published in the The Independence
Maybe I read too much of Robert Ludlum's novels...but I could not help myself reading and pondering about the too many conspiracy theories ever since Homer's Iliad: Troy. An interesting opinion on Gaza reality check from IHT is just one of the millions opinions unbiased and backed with unambiguous reasons. People like Dan Brown who captured many people on his theories regarding Da Vinci Code...controversial it is undoubtedly, but it is fascinating indeed. Then, i was thinking of reasons why some people had the nerves to discuss on such sensitive matters, when they obviously have their own hidden agendas. More than a decade ago, books like Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie has been and still is provocative especially to the practised muslims. That and the london bombing episodes happened because of the angry and frustrated people (can i say openly that they are muslim to the muslim hardliners without getting some bashes? I think better not. I'm simply a humanitarian muslim praying for peace and harmony and mutual understanding at least 75% on earth). What is the difference between you muslims attacking other people who disregard u and those christians and jews who blamed anyone other than themselves for any atrocity?
So some say justice is to be avenged, pay blood with blood and stuff. Well, what can i say, this world aint becoming a utopia, far from approaching it. The best deal is to find any possibility to reach some kinda equilibrium point or a buffer point. Happy living in a cynical world!
Maybe I read too much of Robert Ludlum's novels...but I could not help myself reading and pondering about the too many conspiracy theories ever since Homer's Iliad: Troy. An interesting opinion on Gaza reality check from IHT is just one of the millions opinions unbiased and backed with unambiguous reasons. People like Dan Brown who captured many people on his theories regarding Da Vinci Code...controversial it is undoubtedly, but it is fascinating indeed. Then, i was thinking of reasons why some people had the nerves to discuss on such sensitive matters, when they obviously have their own hidden agendas. More than a decade ago, books like Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie has been and still is provocative especially to the practised muslims. That and the london bombing episodes happened because of the angry and frustrated people (can i say openly that they are muslim to the muslim hardliners without getting some bashes? I think better not. I'm simply a humanitarian muslim praying for peace and harmony and mutual understanding at least 75% on earth). What is the difference between you muslims attacking other people who disregard u and those christians and jews who blamed anyone other than themselves for any atrocity?
So some say justice is to be avenged, pay blood with blood and stuff. Well, what can i say, this world aint becoming a utopia, far from approaching it. The best deal is to find any possibility to reach some kinda equilibrium point or a buffer point. Happy living in a cynical world!
The vindicated one: Mr.Anwar Ibrahim
The ones where he won the libel case:
USD1.2million richer ; guardianreport ; RM4.5m banked in
He won apologies from ex-inspector general rahim noor earlier this week: infamous black-eyed "peace" ; from the guardian and from the BBC
Never ceased to surprise me...
USD1.2million richer ; guardianreport ; RM4.5m banked in
He won apologies from ex-inspector general rahim noor earlier this week: infamous black-eyed "peace" ; from the guardian and from the BBC
Never ceased to surprise me...
of cockroaches and muslims
Londonistan? hmmmm....read what those french journalist has to say: muslim are not cockroaches
More interesting thoughts about muslim polemics around the world:
A controversy, really? : fatwa feud
So, every religion has its own hardliners, extremists, what else is new?? : another muslim-hindu epic in mahabhrata
More interesting thoughts about muslim polemics around the world:
A controversy, really? : fatwa feud
So, every religion has its own hardliners, extremists, what else is new?? : another muslim-hindu epic in mahabhrata
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Sandhurst, 12th August 2005
(i wrote this on the 17th jan. I had to delay it due to inevitable circumstances).
This is the 1st time ever i've been in an army academy....never been to one in malaysia, and i premiered my visit at the Sandhurst Military college down in surrey. It was actually for the graduation day of a fren, faiz, who was introduced by azizah. I went there with his family, abg iberahim, kak zu and his baby sister, hakimah.
It was really a new experience all together for me....having had the opportunity to be in a place of long military history both for the royal england family as well as for the malaysian elites dated back as far as pre-malaysia independence time.
To make it more eventful, the current malaysian sultan was given the honour to officiate this graduation ceremony. The national anthem, negaraku was played as the main anthem next to the UK's God save the queen and our own national flag was erected on the main pole. Bit of a patriotic feelings there i hafta say....
This is the 1st time ever i've been in an army academy....never been to one in malaysia, and i premiered my visit at the Sandhurst Military college down in surrey. It was actually for the graduation day of a fren, faiz, who was introduced by azizah. I went there with his family, abg iberahim, kak zu and his baby sister, hakimah.
It was really a new experience all together for me....having had the opportunity to be in a place of long military history both for the royal england family as well as for the malaysian elites dated back as far as pre-malaysia independence time.
To make it more eventful, the current malaysian sultan was given the honour to officiate this graduation ceremony. The national anthem, negaraku was played as the main anthem next to the UK's God save the queen and our own national flag was erected on the main pole. Bit of a patriotic feelings there i hafta say....
Monday, August 08, 2005
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
march to June
Mostly busying meself with thesis writing up...so not so much of a story to tell except been listening to my fren, azizah's problems...
Saturday, March 12, 2005
steel fortune: Lakshmi Mittal's story
Forbes has just renewed its billionaire list and one of the newcomers who hit the top-ten list, 3rd after bill gates and warren buffet is an indian steel tycoon, lakshmi mittal. Read more in Forbes
Hmmm...how about Manal Ismail as the future Billionaire.....
Hmmm...how about Manal Ismail as the future Billionaire.....
zero gravity roti canai, please
BBC representative in malaysia reported about how malaysian astronauts cannot "survive" without having their food in the outerspace. Local favs like roti canai has underwent some "thorough" research on how to have it eaten at zero gravity.
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Good london websites
If u wanna search on whats going on in london, click on London town
You may also wanna look at Thisislondon.com and you'll get email updates when u register with them for free.
Streetmap.co.uk and Multimap.com offer a comprehensive UK map just by typing in the postcode or the name of the street of the adress.
Of course, we need to know about updated london weather and transport conditions and so, you may check them at Transportforlondon and BBC Weather , ITV weather , Channel4 weather and SKY weather.
You may also wanna look at Thisislondon.com and you'll get email updates when u register with them for free.
Streetmap.co.uk and Multimap.com offer a comprehensive UK map just by typing in the postcode or the name of the street of the adress.
Of course, we need to know about updated london weather and transport conditions and so, you may check them at Transportforlondon and BBC Weather , ITV weather , Channel4 weather and SKY weather.
Comprehensive dictionary list
Onelook.com is a one-stop dictionary search with links to www.dictionary.com, cambridge dictionary, merriam-webster's online dictionary, MSN Encarta, and etc. for eg. if you type in the word "blog", you will find list of definitions and links to other dictionary websites. It also offers links to business, science, medicine, slangs online dictionaries and above all, it is FREE.
My frequent islamic websites
These are the sites that i normally visit:
1. Islamicity
2. Islamonline.com
3. Islamonline.net
4. AlJazeera
And as for prayers time, I normally go to:
1. Islamic finder
2. Islamic Cultural Centre , thats in Regents Park, London.
1. Islamicity
2. Islamonline.com
3. Islamonline.net
4. AlJazeera
And as for prayers time, I normally go to:
1. Islamic finder
2. Islamic Cultural Centre , thats in Regents Park, London.
Good computing site
I like these two sites, and would recommend anyone to have a look:
1. Download.com
2. Computer shopper
1. Download.com
2. Computer shopper
Mikal and I
Our friendship began approximately 3 yrs ago, but we only got to know each other much, much better since 2 and a half years ago...When i first arrived in imperial college to do my PhD, he was already in his 2nd year PhD and he was still trying to recover from his father's death. We met through mutual friends, which are also our circle of friends...they are lina (petlin), sue (pet aya), hekarl (pet bulu), zamri (legam aka abg am), and mikal (or i sometimes call him mimmy).
We became rather close after this silly misunderstanding on a Circle Line tube on our way to bayswater.
I'll continue with my story on him later on.
We became rather close after this silly misunderstanding on a Circle Line tube on our way to bayswater.
I'll continue with my story on him later on.
Thai and Malaysian women socio-economy power boosted
The Star has reported that Thai and Malaysian women are approximately on a par with their male counterparts in socio-economic level with respect to their countries. The survey was conducted by MasterCard International in conjunction with the International Women's Day today (Tuesday, 8th March 2005).
Michael Jackson Trial
Whether he is guilty or not, God knows. Nonetheless, it never fails to attract the world attention since 1993.
UK main links to Michael Jackson Trials:
1. The Times Online
2. Guardian
3. BBC
4. Yahoo! UK
UK main links to Michael Jackson Trials:
1. The Times Online
2. Guardian
3. BBC
4. Yahoo! UK
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Fat Actress
Weight problem? underweight? overweight? .....Kirsty Allen of Cheers and Look
Who's Talking fame has her own story which turns into a sitcom called Fat Actress. It will premier in the US next Monday, 14th March 2005 (reuters ) and it will feature some famous hollywood celebs like John Travolta and rock singer Kid Rock.
Some of the highlights includes fat men and skinny wives which will definitely incite mixed reviews and literally delivering some slaps to the hollywood husbands.
Who's Talking fame has her own story which turns into a sitcom called Fat Actress. It will premier in the US next Monday, 14th March 2005 (reuters ) and it will feature some famous hollywood celebs like John Travolta and rock singer Kid Rock.
Some of the highlights includes fat men and skinny wives which will definitely incite mixed reviews and literally delivering some slaps to the hollywood husbands.
Monday, March 07, 2005
News bits
Anti-muslim in european countries as a result of the infamous 11th September 2001 WTC bombing incidents has always been debatable topic among EU countries. More story on BBC news.
One example of Mossad's successful intelligence: Tzvi Milchman .He managed to capture Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann,where he was put on trial in Jerusalem and hanged in 1962. That reminded me of another famous Mossad-trained lady,Cheryl Bentov who lured Mordechai Vanunu, the nuclear plant whistle-blower to Rome before he was drugged and sent back to Israel to face trial and was sentenced for 18 years prison.
BP is expanding their oil exploration in Indonesia.BP has seen profits boom in recent years, driven higher by record crude prices and greater investment in exploration. Annual profits in 2004 jumped 26% to $16.2bn. Well, hopefully, Indonesia will benefit more from it and hence, a fair distribution of wealth for the Indonesian, esp after Tsunami catastrophy.
O immigrant workers, where art thou? Palm oil producers in Malaysia have began to voice their sheer concern ever since the immigrants have been ordered to return home.
One example of Mossad's successful intelligence: Tzvi Milchman .He managed to capture Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann,where he was put on trial in Jerusalem and hanged in 1962. That reminded me of another famous Mossad-trained lady,Cheryl Bentov who lured Mordechai Vanunu, the nuclear plant whistle-blower to Rome before he was drugged and sent back to Israel to face trial and was sentenced for 18 years prison.
BP is expanding their oil exploration in Indonesia.BP has seen profits boom in recent years, driven higher by record crude prices and greater investment in exploration. Annual profits in 2004 jumped 26% to $16.2bn. Well, hopefully, Indonesia will benefit more from it and hence, a fair distribution of wealth for the Indonesian, esp after Tsunami catastrophy.
O immigrant workers, where art thou? Palm oil producers in Malaysia have began to voice their sheer concern ever since the immigrants have been ordered to return home.
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