- 7 blessing years -

It's our 7th anniversary today. Couldn't believe myself how time flies that I felt like it was just yesterday that we both got married! Seven years of happiness and sorrows. No one could ever tell how a marriage life would be until he/she actually gets into it. Marriage life is not easy. We both took years to really understand each other well. The only key to a successful marriage is 'patience'. I do believe that those appalling we undergone have been paid off. Thanks to Allah for giving me this wonderful life. Nothing more I would ask for other than having them in my life till the end.

There are so many things that I loved him the way he did. He opened up my eyes to see the truth of life, he taught me on how to stand up still and he even makes me a stronger person. A song dedicated to him on our anniversary.



Greatest gift of all

It's not the flowers, wrapped in fancy paper
It's not the ring, I wear around my finger
There's nothing in all the world I need
When I have you here beside me, here beside me

So you could give me wings to fly
And catch me if I fall
Or pull the stars down from the sky
So I could wish on them all
But I couldn't ask for more
'Cause your love is the greatest gift of all

In your arms, I found a strength inside me
And in your eyes, there's a light to guide me
I would be lost without you
And all that my heart could ever want has come true

So you could give me wings to fly
And catch me if I fall
Or pull the stars down from the sky
So I could wish on them all
But I couldn't ask for more
'Cause your love is the greatest gift of all

You could offer me the sun, the moon
And I would still believe
You gave me everything
When you gave your heart to me
But I couldn't ask for more
'Cause your love is the greatest gift of all

It's going to be 7 chapters!

Finally, I have made an effort to meet my SV after 4-long-months of delaying. I long for this meeting as I have few things to discuss but I wanted to show him something before I actually meet him i.e. I was planning to finish chapter two – Deliberate self-harm in Malaysia: A review of literature. But, since I could not finish it on the dateline set by my own, I decided to meet him and submit that chapter later on. The fact is I was having difficulty in prioritizing which tasks to do first as it seems all important to me at this moment. I am really pleased that we have come to an agreement in regards to my thesis outlines, in which, seven chapters to work for. Three of them are from my three different studies, two for the reviews, and another two for the introduction and conclusion. When we have come to this agreement, the writing part is hoping to get easier.

My SV, Chris is quite happy with the novelty of this outline contents as well and amends it a little bit by adding some sub-topics to it. It’s perfect to me at least for now. And now I need to put some efforts in writing part as we have a great plan ahead. I told him that I wanted to publish at least one paper while completing my PhD. He was very supportive saying that he could help me with this and adding that the first step that I need to do is try to analyze my partial data that I have for my main study – The effects of implementation intentions interventions for patients with deliberate self-harm admitted in hospital. This meeting went on very well and I never felt so much comfort talking to him like this before. I just realized that he has been very helpful and encouraging in dealing with a poor-time-management-student like me.

Mode serabut..

Hmm..2011 dh masuk minggu ke 2 tp kerja nampak mcm x jalan lagi..adus..tgh berkira2 dan berplanning2 macam2 benda..nk buat planning study utk tahun ni - nakgi conference, nk mohon extend ngan kkm, nk extend visa, writing blablabla..sambil2 tu kena jugak buat planning jalan2 utk tahun ni maklum la dh final year, kalo dapat extend pun mungkin sampai awal spring thn depan so tgh berkira2 nk makan angin time summer tahun ni..sana sini sume nk pegi tapi keje belambak dan duit plak tarak..aiyo..dah la tu sume tmpt yg kami plan nkgi kena book by end of this month..tau la elaun nk masuk hujung bln ni tp xkan sekali harung nk bayar sume tu..huh..dan jgk tgh berkira2 mana nk bawak ma & abah yg nk dtg april nanti..cuti keje dh siap2 apply takut nanti org lain book susah plak..tgk kalendar mcm penuh agenda je sampai hujung thn..harap2 seimbang la study n makan angin tu nanti..kalo tak camne nk balik cepat..huhu..

Progress study plak, hmm..tgh finalize contents sub-topic sambil2 dok mengupdate data main study dan juga menantikan data archival study yg blom dpt lagi..nk pegi conference pun most of them mintak submit abstract by feb/march ni..study byk yg blom siap jadi camne nk anta abstract ni. Oh SV ku..lama xjumpa dirimu..asal pikir nk jumpa je seriau..aduhai..tunggu kedatanganku dgn pelbagai soalan ye..hehe