Hello Canberra #2

ANU at the first glance

Getting up the next morning and we could say "Good morning Canberra!"
How cool was that?!!

Today is the first day of 'O' Week (orientation week), maka bergeraklah kami di pagi hari menuju ke ANU.

We stayed at Reid, thus we need to walk merentasi City dan terus ke ANU in Acton.

Dalam 25 minit berjalan kaki... sampailah ke ANU.

Melilau mata aku melihat keadaan sekeliling, maklumlah baru pertama kali ke negara orang, semuanya terasa asing, terasa janggal...

We've lots of mission today..

First thing is enrollment!

On the way to Melville Hall, jumpa Kak Nadia - selama ni hanya berbalas email dan mendengar nama, akhirnya bersua muka!

Kak Nadia buat pHD dekat ANU ni, same course as me! Biotechnology!

So, before we enroll Kak Nadia bagi la suggestions and advice about what elective subject should me and Umai choose - subject senang score, no essay, no participant in discussion

Based on Kak Nadia suggestions, I'm taking BIOL1009 - Diversity of Life and STAT1003 - Statistical Techniques as elective subjects (setakat ini, insyaAllah tak ada perubahan) alongside BIOL1003 - Evolution, Ecology & Genetics and CHEM1101 - Chemistry 1 as core subjects.

Then taking picture for my student ID!

Commonwealth Bank

Then we all bukak akaun dekat Commonwealth bank, there's a branch around ANU... dekat area Union Courts.

So, tak perlu pergi jauh-jauh~

Oh My Vodafone!

Selesai akaun bank, tibalah masa yang ditunggu-tunggu.

Smart phone!

Dekat sini, most students akan ambil Data Plan. Which means kita bayar a certain amount every month and we'll get a phone either for free or plus a little amount every month - depends on plan and phone model.

For my case....

I took a A$55 per month plan which is A$50 for plan plus A$5 for the smart phone - Samsung Galaxy S3

The plan have A$500 value, 500 MB data. And I choose to have unlimited Voda to Voda calls.

my S3!!

screen protector + casing for A$10

call for Voda to Voda is FREE and unlimited! so...pakailah Voda wahai bakal-bakal Australian sekalian! 

(jangan mengada nak pakai Optus! - bak kata seorang kakak ni~) haha XD

habis semua, jalanlah balik~

shot wajib ambik!

Angin bayu di Commonwealth Park

In the evening, we all pergi jalan-jalan dekat Commonwealth Park.

It's so windy that evening and it felt really cold~~

Kat sini jelah nak rasa golek-golek atas rumput...

Jadi? apa lagi? moh le kita!!

rumput dia tak tajam, memang rasa best jelah baring-baring bagai~

Kakak-kakak tu belanja we all pizzas from I Love New York, pizza dia sangat besar tau!

memang puas makan even seorang satu slice je pun~

One thing we're amazed here...

memandangkan sekarang ni masih summer, so siang lebih panjang...

gambar kat atas ni..actually dah pukul 8pm tau! tapi langit masih cerah~

Menurut Kak Fatima, when it's spring...there'll flower exhibition dekat park ni. Masa tu jelah Commonwealth Park ni penuh dengan orang dan jadi tourist spot.

Tak sabar nak tunggu spring kot!! >.<

Bila masuk maghrib, we all pergi ke satu-satunya masjid yang ada dekat Canberra ni.

Maaf tak ingat dekat area mana...but that place ada banyak bangunan-bangunan High Commision for many countries, including Malaysia~

Alhamdulillah...walaupun masjid tu takdelah besar mana..tapi sangat bersih dan selesa~

we all solat maghrib dulu~

TBC

Hello Canberra #1

Assalamualaikum....
Salam dari Canberra!!
Ecececehhhh.....

First timer's plane ride

My flight from KLIA depart on 10.50pm so dalam 8.30pm dah berada di airport untuk check-in baggage dan sebagainya...

Aku mengalami beberapa babak sedih sebenarnya pada hari bersejarah tu... 

on the way to KLIA, jalan sesak and traffic flow memang sangat slow- there's an accident in front of the Hindu temple dekat jalan berliku-liku tu (the only route from Pekan Sepang to KLIA I guess?)

tapi alhamdulillah sempat sampai ke KLIA dengan selamatnya

(be early for your flight! we never know what'll happen on that very day)

and another one, my baggage overload!

allowed baggage only 20kg, tapi aku punya sampai 35kg apa hal??!!

Terpaksalah hantar balik one of my bag (nasib baik isi dalam tu cuma makanan)

So..moral of the story people? timbanglah baggage you all tu dulu...and make sure tak lebih even 1kg pun! (for safety sake)

yang ada direct flight tu untunglah~~ apply for GRADS card and you'll have 30kg baggage allowance!

Saying goodbye to my family is surely the toughest thing for the whole process

Bila mama dah start babak air mata, adakah ku mampu kekalkan muka 'iron lady'ku?

Tentulah tak....... anak mana yang tak sedih berpisah dengan ibunya jauh beribu batu kan~~

insyi, me and umai

Agak beruntung aku dapat pergi bertiga dengan diorang ni... takdelah sesat ke, gelabah, risau dan lain-lain

It's my first time on plane man! do you expect me to know everything?!

Umai got everything under control...hehehe :D

Tepat pukul 11.00pm, our flight depart from KLIA

"Selamat tinggal Malaysia, jumpa lagi..."

I'm sure we're saying that line in our hearts while the plane go further and further...

meals on the plane - pasta with grilled fish

I like the puding roti the most! ^_^

a few shots before we landed

Hello Sydney

Our flight landed at Sydney tepat pukul 9.30am waktu Sydney (that'll be 6.30am waktu Malaysia

Lepas kastam without any problems, alhamdulillah..elehh..bukan bawak apa pun kan~~

(sedih tinggal makanan kat Malaysia T^T)

Then we went straight to Terminal 3 (got another plane to catch!)

Sesat2 sikit... tapi bila bertanya, dapatlah menuju ke jalan yang benar - malu bertanya sesat jalan tau~~

we're 1 hour early for our plane~

better early than late~

Qantas plane to Canberra

sangat comel kan??

flight comel with stewards yang KACAK! haha XD

cakap "kacak" kuat-kuat depan dia coz dia bukan faham pun~~

hehehehe~

Oh by the way...nama dia Steven! Umai yang bagi tau~ hehe

Umai changed her seat with me, dia taknak duduk sebelah pakcik Australian ni..

So, akulah yang duduk sebelah uncle tu..

Flight to Canberra is a bit bumpy...memang pengalaman yang agak tak bagus untuk first timers macam aku nihh =_=

Nasib baik uncle australian tu baik sangat~~

Bila flight tu macam bergoyang and dia nampak aku macam tak kena je..

he asked "Are you okay?"

"Its okay the flight is always a bit bumpy"

then dia story-story pasal Canberra...

tempat-tempat menarik kat Canberra - he asked me to visit some

cuaca kat Canberra - dia cerita kalau winter sejuk sangat! malam-malam can reach until 0 degree! OMO!

Uncle tu pernah pergi Malaysia tau! Tapi sekejap jelah... he just transit there before catching other flight to London.

Masa tu tahun 1995, airport KLIA tu baru bukak rasanya...

He said he stayed in a hotel near the airport, and dia ingat masa tu kecoh-kecoh pasal Anwar Ibrahim!

Memang isu tu aku tak tahu nak ulas sebab aku pun still kecik lagi time tu kan~

Then, dia puji la layanan kat hotel yang baik and airport KLIA yang cantik tu...

memang best la borak-borak dengan uncle tuhh~

Hello Canberra

50 minutes flight and here we are in Canberra!

Turun je flight aku rasa macam nak muntah.

Macam serik je nak naik flight pergi Canberra ni.. naik train jelah lain kali... =_=

Getting off our flight terus jumpa our seniors~

Kak Fatima and the gang~

Kak Fatima sorang je orang Canberra, yang lain-lain tu come from Sydney and New Castle (visit Kak Fatima and sambut kitorang!)

Sangat baik kakak-kakak ni.... Kak Mariam, Kak Afifah, Kak Izzati, Kak Atikah

Sampai je rumah Kak Fatima, kitorang makan nasi lauk kari ayam~ sedap >.<

(met Rafeeqa & Mira - JPA scholars yang sampai a day earlier than us~)

Orang baru turun flight kan~~ mestilah perut lapar... mata mengantuk (atas flight tidur berapa jam je...)

So..kitorang tidur dulu yehh~~

TBC

Minggu terakhir di Malaysia.....mungkin?

Everything is not confirm yet,
tapi pihak penaja dah telefon and inform that maybe they'll book the flight this Saturday.

Yes, Sabtu ini, 9 Februari 2013.

Memang tak menyangka secepat itu,
yelah... pre-departure briefing baru nak dibuat Jumaat ni
Tak sangka terus fly the next day...

Can't help but expecting an early flight...
We're the earliest starters in our batch pun...

Di samping sibuk dan kecoh dalam persiapan,
kekadang timbul rasa sayu di hati ni...
nak meninggalkan kampung halaman
tanah air
mama ayah
adik-adik
saudara-mara
rakan-rakan

baru mula terasa bahawasanya diri aku ini sememangnya hendak pergi ke tempat yang sangat jauh dari segala familiarity...

Apalah nasib aku dibumi orang...


p/s: today, shopping habis-habisan and enjoying movie (Hansel & Gretel) as our farewell gathering with Alan and Anis.

Singgah rumah Nabil to say my goodbye...

Makan ABC tepi pantai dengan Dayah and Muazz hari tu..

The last person will be kakak, I'm sure I'm gonna get emotional~