MC speech for invited speaker

Recent Colloqium on 8-9 September 2014.

I want to save it somewhere I'll never forget and can look up easily.

And perhaps this speech could lend a hand for others too :).

Announcement 1

(Ask Dr **** whether he wants Q&A session or not)

Ladies and gentlemen.

Before we begin our session, please be reminded to switch off your handphone or put it in silent mode.

Thank you to Y*******.

Assalamualaikum and good afternoon to ladies and gentleman.

For this session, I am so delighted today to be the one who will introduce our guest speaker, Associate Professor Dr **********.

Before we begin, let me give you a brief introduction of Dr *******.

Dr ***** is a lecturer at Advanced Medical and Dental Institute and as one of the leader for I******** Cluster.

He obtained his PhD from Institute for Experimental Pathology/Molecular Neurobiology, Germany.

His research interests include RNomic, which is non-protein coding RNA and he is an expert in molecular medicine and diagnostics.

Recently, in 20** he has won a Gold Medal at the 2*^th International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition held in Kuala Lumpur Convention Center for the invention of Porcine DNA Detection Kit.

So, without further ado, please join me in welcoming Associate Professor Dr T**************** his presentation on :

“Non-coding RNA in Bacteria: from Basic to Applied”.

Announcement 2

Thank you to Dr T**********. Please give a big round of applause to Dr ******* for his wonderful and informative talk.

(Upon agreement from Dr *******)

Ladies and gentlemen, we will now begin the Q&A session. If you have any question, you can ask the speaker now. Please introduce your name and where you are from. 

__________________________________________________________________

It seems that we have no further question from the audience, so I would like to invite _______________ to present token of appreciation to Dr *******.  

We will now continue with our second talk.

Our second speaker is Ms. ******* from R******* Sdn Bhd.

Ms ******* will deliver a technology update specifically on expression profiling.

So, without further ado, please welcome  Ms ******* with a presentation on “A New Dimension for Expression Profiling”.

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Announcement 3

Thank you to Ms ******* for your wonderful talk.

Ladies and gentlemen, we will now begin the Q&A session. If you have any question, you can ask the speaker now. Please introduce your name and your institution.

Ok, now that we have no further question from the audience, and we shall conclude this afternoon session.

On behalf of the organizer, I would like to invite all of you to have your lunch provided at the canopy area in front of the building.

For the next session, please be reminded that we will begin our evening session at 2.30 pm, which is Young Scientist Session.

So, for oral presenters please be reminded to pass your slides to Ms ******* at the registration counter.

Thank you.

Recipe: Italian Wonderpot (Cara paling mudah memasak pasta)

Secara peribadi, saya tidak suka menggunakan sos2 pasta segera seperti preggo etc. bila memasak pasta. Ini kerana saya tidak tahu berapa banyak kandungan pengawet yang digunakan dalam makanan tersebut. Walaupun produk tersebut mendakwa ia adalah semulajadi/natural/organic, tetapi kita tidak boleh sewenang-wenangnya percaya. Satu artikel baru2 ini menyatakan sekiranya ada cop/simbol FDA appproved sebagai semulajadi/natural/organik barulah ianya betul.

Ini adalah cara memasak pasta paling mudah yang saya jumpa baru2 ini.

Caranya, masukkan semua bahan dalam periuk dan masak sehingga 15 minit. Saya cuba ambil gambar di bawah seperti gambar dalam blog yang saya jumpa. Resepinya yang penuh ada di bawah ini.

Pasta yang sangat mudah, berkrim dan sangat sedap. Cara masakannya tidak seperti kita masak pasta yang biasa (spagetti bolognaise etc.).

What's next? Where and what to do?

Assalamualaikum...Bismillah..

Since my thesis preparation up to now, I don't have the courage to post anything relates to cooking, baking or my DIY projects.. There are tones of pictures taken of the meal, craft, dress etc, and it looks like it has to wait for me to make entry. My mind focuses on the viva and what's next for my study.

After 3.5 years struggling with my Masters project (which was too long for a Masters), now it is time to think about my PhD. I hope one day I can make an entry specifically on my masters journey. Just to document every pain and gain I had gone through since I registered as a postgraduate student. 

For my PhD, I'm still confuse what area do I need to focus on, will it be molecular? Or something relate to basic science (which I don't think so)? Or anything relate to physiology and product related research? I am so keen to further what I was working on during masters. But, I'm not sure if the supervisors/lecturers out there are also interested in that same area. If none, then possibly I would have to further under my current supervisor which I don't think that I can go through that anymore. Please don't misunderstood me, it's not about my supervisor's personality and character. It was about other things, the samples which were hard to find, the bureaucracy to get ethical approval (which took about 6 - 12 months to be approved. ?????) etc. I had gone through it once and it had taught me a lot. Somehow, I don't have a single mind to do it twice. 

Another thing is, where I want to go for my PhD? I don't mind to do it locally, but my husband insists to try for overseas. He is really encouraging this time, not like when I started my Masters. A researcher from Newcastle University came here last year, and he did kinda offered me a place. I am sure I will get the place, but it is the financial support from KPT that disturbing my mind. If I want to do it locally, probably UM or UiTM is the best choice?

These things keep playing in my mind. I haven't make up my mind yet since I haven't discuss this with my supervisor. I hope that there will be a smooth way for me. Oh Allah, please show me the way....

May 2013 : A month to remember

Assalamulaikum.... Bismillah....

Finally, I have completed my thesis :) .... Alhamdulillah...

Now, I'm waiting for the corrections from my supervisor, then in one and a half month, a viva will be scheduled for me... 

Apart from my thesis, a lot of other things happened in the month of May.

This entry is purposely to record the timeline and ensure the events are always memorable. 

For whatever happened, INNALILLAH HIWAINNAILAIHIRAJI'UN....

Idle time

Bismillah... Oh.. it has been quite few months since my last entry in this blog.. I cooked meals and baked cakes and biscuits, and photographed them, some of them were first trial and successful. I am eagerly want to share  them here, but am so busy WRITING MY THESIS. Just few more pages, then I can submit and yeehaa... graduation...

By that time, I wish to "healthily" come back here... :)

Really miss that "relax and chill" moment...

PEACE Y'ALL and have a nice day...

Gardening: My Very Own Bird Bath

BISMILLAH

Finally, my wish to have a bird bath became a reality.. After a long weeks of crowded activities, health issues, kenduri kahwin... at last we both got the chance to go to the nursery...

Here is my simple bird bath..

Gardening: Pak Choy

Recipe: Cucur Nasi

Recipe : Grilled salmon with white sauce

Bismillah..

It'd been few months back in early 2012, when we had grilled salmon for dinner..

First, lets add some flavours to our taste buds with these pictures before we go to the recipe..

Last monday I cooked this salmon for our dinner and complement it with baked potatoes as carbohydrate source, asparagus, capsicum and fresh salads as fiber source. And also, my favourite white sauce... Humhum.. really healthy meal huh... :)

We both are on light diet.. so I think this meal is perfect.. I read an article about a research on skipping carbohydrates on a diet will increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Dresser turned kitchen island

Pinterest! This is the place where I get most of my crafty ideas. I'm sure most people know about this website already. But, I still want to write about it. That was my intention this morning.

This wonderful website, let us organize and share all the beautiful things we find on the internet. You can get  ideas for styling, home decorations, recipes, remedies, tips, automotive, traveling and best of all (for me), craft ideas and DIY projects.

This is my board. These are all my pins that I plan to do it myself.

Look, here is what I found today. It's cute and I think it's a workable idea. 

A dresser turned to kitchen island.

Credit to the creator and pinner..

Need to show it to my hubby and next, head to the local used furniture store.

Have a nice day.

8 Kesalahan Kesihatan Anda Perlu Tahu dan Elak

Artikel oleh Kevin Zahri. Maklumat berguna tentang 8 Kesalahan Kesihatan Anda Perlu Tahu dan Elak... Sesuai utk sesiapa sahaja yang ingin mengekalkan gaya hidup sihat...

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Kesihatan diri bukan soal kesempurnaan. Yang penting adalah keseimbangan dan masing-masing mempunyai keseimbangan yang tersendiri. Tapi apa sekalipun, cubalah elak 8 kesalahan kesihatan yang berikut:

1. Tak cukup atau terlebih Tidur!

Dengan kesibukan kerjaya zaman sekarang, terutama dengan kos kehidupan yang makin meningkat di Malaysia, ramai yang tidak dapat cukup tidur. Bukankah itu bagus untuk tingkatkan pembakaran kalori? Memang tak. Walaupun anda terjaga lebih lama, badan tidak bertenaga. Dari situ anda sendiri tidak bermaya dan kurangkan aktiviti. Malah nafsu makan akan meningkat kerana badan akan perlukan boost kalori untuk teruskan aktiviti. Inilah punca penambahan berat badan bagi mereka yang tidak cukup tidur 8jam.

Selain peningkatkan berat badan, amalan tak cukup tidur boleh akitbatkan sakit jantung, kecerderaan (kerana kecuaian mental), depression, stes dan lain-lain.

Tidak kira kesibukkan kerjaya dan lain-lain, cuba yang terbaik untuk mengatur masa supaya dan cukup rehat. Kalau tidak, yang menjadi mangsa adalah diri anda sendiri bukan kerjaya. Keseimbangan work-life itu memang penting.

Handmade Crossbody Bag

Another product from my weekend craft activity.. I spent about 3 hours making this crossbody bag (sling bag) with my youngest sister. Actually, she didn't do anything much other than helping me cutting the fabrics and watching me sewing her bag... My intention was to teach her how to make this bag, so that she can spend her school holiday learning something new and able to make another bag for my other younger sister... But, in the end, I was the one who assembled and sewed everything. Hmm..., Aishah, looks like you have to wait a little longer for "THAT TIME" to come when my head instructs my hands "SIMULTANEOUSLY" to grab that scissors and sewing machine.. Hahaa...

That evening, she used it for the first time when we went out to pizza's restaurant.. 

DIY : Casual Bag

 Another series of making my DIY bags... My first bag project was made from a placemat. For this second project I used velvet fabric, not because of the texture that got me, it was the colour that attracted me. It was quite soft and it got a bit slippery when I sewed it. The tutorial was almost the same as my previous project, except that I added adhesive paper to harden and flatten the bottom part of the bag.. You can refer the tutorial here.

 The felt flower was from my previous DIY project.

Close up picture of the fabric..

The strap was made from a shirt belt. I bought this shirt last week. It came with a fabric belt and I didn't want to wear the belt. Now, it has a new place to hang on. Look at the bottom part of the bag.. It got flatten after I added the adhesive paper inside.

Can you see the leaning 2" x 2" wood against the wall? That would be our next project for breakfast counter bench. Hopefully, we will work it out very soon!!

DIY : Fabric Flower Headband

This fabric flower was made from remnants from my previous project (I made a tunic..That was unbelievable, I made my own shirt and dress!)... I'll post my finished tunic in next posting.. I made this together with my 6 year old niece. We made two of them, one for her and the other one for her cousin (my niece too).

Using the skinny elastic this headband can be worn as headband and also as hair tie.

Tasneem wearing it as headband...

and also as hair tie...

Doesn't it look cute on her?

DIY : Felt Headband

 I made a felt flower headband for my husband's niece. She wore this on her 1st birthday (that was yesterday).

Yummy2... strawberry...

Haha... she became so excited to grab the cake... so cute...

This picture was taken a day before her birthday wearing the felt flower headband...

I'll write the tutorial in another posting.. Nowadays, I got so busy finishing my labworks... Have a nice day!!

DIY : Upholstered Bench Part 2

These are some pictures of the finished upholstered bench. In part 1 post, I wrote about how we made this bench. As you can see there are nail holes and some gaps between the joints. But, it's okay. This was our first project. My husband intends to buy a jigsaw soon, so that we can cut perfect angle of the woods.

Can you see the gaps and nail holes?

Bye for now.. Have a nice day...

Gardening : Reject Flower Pot and Lemongrass

We found this nursery on the way back home from a local market one day. It sells both reject and good quality pots, however this nursery is kinda not well taken care of, therefore it was hard for us to find plants that we want. Plus, the owner was out of town. Since there were many rejected pots, my husband suggested why not we try to look for one, since we had nothing to rush.. We were looking for large pots to plant bamboo trees. So, we ended up buying two pots with some defects that would need only minor repair. The price was only RM12 per pot. Normal price for this kind of pots is approximately RM30 and above depending on the design and quality.

You can see the opening was like an oval shape. But, once we plant trees and pretty flowers, who cares to look into it right?
 

Some minor crack and holes on the surface. At first, my husband wanted to apply grout onto it, but at last he didn't want to. He said, it would not effect the whole structure. The more rustic the more aesthetic it would be.. Oppss, never heard him said like that before.. Huhu..

There was only a thin crack at the bottom..

Instead of planting bamboo trees, we decided to plant lemongrass in it. I found somewhere on the internet, someone planted lemongrass in a very large pot; firstly, to cover the air-conditioner unit; secondly, to repel mosquitoes and bugs. Great idea! I think it will be a nice outdoor decor too..

This was where we planted the lemongrass before, in between wall and porch pillar.

So, now it has a new home. In a large rejected pot. Ain't it look nice in there?

For bamboo trees, we have to go to that nursery again next month, when the new stock coming in. Perhaps, there will be more pots for us.

Have a nice day!!

Recipe : Breakfast, Grilled Cheese Sandwich

This is our favourite meal for breakfast.. I can't help falling in love with the cheesy taste of this sandwich. Usually we'll make it using white bread, but today I made it using whole meal bread (even though, I don't really like white bread, but for this sandwich white works the best). And we both like the crust too. 

This one was slightly burnt... However it tasted great..

 Can you see the cheesiness temptation...Yummy...

RECIPE 

2 slices of bread

Butter

Grated mozarella cheese 

Heat your skillet or pan.. Butter one side of your bread. Place bread butter-side-up onto the hot skillet. Put a  cup of cheese on top of the bread (the more the merrier ;)). Another bread, butter one side and place butter-side-down to make a sandwich. Cover your skillet or pan so that the uprising heat will melt the cheese). Cook until the first side is golden brown and carefully flip it over. Again, cover the skillet and cook until the second side is golden brown.

Optional, slice it so that you can see the melted cheese and serve it with your favourite coffee...

Ok for now, have a nice day ahead...

DIY : Felt Flower Headband Part 1

Few months back, I promised to my husband's niece to make a headband for her.. It took quite some time to get the courage to make it.. Finally, I did it during last weekend... Here are some photos of the finished product.. Tutorial will be posted soon... HAVE A NICE DAY... 

DIY : Placemat Shopping Bag Part 2 (TUTORIAL)

I just finished sewing my first placemat shopping bag... (gonna make more bags..). In my part 1 post, I thought I was gonna make the handle using the polka dot ribbon. But the ribbon width was a bit smaller, it didn't nicely fit with the large placemat. So, I made the handle using the bag strap... I found it at a local craft store, RM6 for 3 metres...

TADAA...here is the finished product.. I just love how it turned out so adorable with the fabric flower.

This is the handle strap..

First, on the right side of the placemat, measure 3 inch from the side and pin it. I was quite easy because the placemat had vertical stripes. 

(Suppose to do like this) At the end of the strap, tuck the end of the strap under the other end and fold the upper strap about and inch. I made a mistake here (below picture).. 

Make sure to make a loop at the end of the placemat and the length should be equal for both sides.

 Sew 1/4" seam along the strap on both side of the strap.

Once finished, fold the placemat in half with the wrong side facing out. 
Stitch on both sides for 1/2 inch seam. Do not stitch on the opening of the bag.

With the wrong side is still facing out, pin the bottom corner of the bag such below picture. Mark about 3 inch from the end of the corner and stitch the dotted line. Repeat this step with the other corner.

Turned the right side out and tadaa... You got it... Very simple and easy project...

Once again, my placemat handbag sitting on upholstered bench...

Have a nice day!! :)