4th Semester, I am a final year student!!!

Toughest semester ever!

Get started with Final Year Project...

      Extraction of mucilage, chemical & physical analysis (May 2012- July 2012, Aug 2012- Nov 2012 )                                                     

                 Then in Oct 2012, i fly to Bandung & Jakarta for 1 week (sponsored by Uni Malaysia Terengganu, Food Science Department) 

(Hey, free study trips eiii... Thanks to all the lecturers who selecting me and also the faculty, thank you so much...)

        So to present my Final Year Project- Extraction & Characterization of Mucilage from Pereskia bleo

*I am looking good right?

                                            Attending the International Conference 2012

Pay a visit to Fi Asia Expo too...

 Took some group photo at Jakarta (we bought the Starbuck's Bandung Tshirt xp)

         Again..

With all the stars of tmr a.k.a the future Food Scientist or Nutritionist and my lecturer, Dr. Faridah

My supervisor and I 

(thumbs up!! but, sorry dr., for correcting my writing and the problems that i brought to you...)

  Visit to UNPAD, Bandung

Then fly back to Malaysia....

Attending the Dean's list Award in November 2012

Photography with my supervisor and also with coursemates 

Then attending Annual Dinner at Pulau Duyung, Trg. in November 2012

And to EAT A LOT...

Then French Drama Competition in December 2012

French drama entitled My Lover is Robot, my team won the 2nd place :)

Group photo 1

Group photo 2

Then Product Development- Launching Event in December 2012

(This is the mushroom pasta lorrr...)

My team mates and I

We created this product... SECibo- Instant Mushroom Pasta with Ready to Eat Mushroom Sauce

SEXY Bo?

Haha...

Well this is the major event for my final semester in Uni Malaysia Terengganu...There are a lot of details that i did not list down here...

This final semester is the toughest one!

Non stop dealing with different people, 

Telling people what to do, discussion, communication,

Learning another foreign language- French (not an easy one...for me)

Thesis writing, Methodology modification, Problem shooting,

Journal Publication (Like doing a double work, need writing, reviewing, resubmision, and repair- The 2nd thesis...T.T....)

Still, i have to attend classes, entering lab, prototype development, sensory evaluation, shelf life study, testsss, drama rehearsal, etc...

There are a lot of commitment here, i learnt a lot from different people, the way to deal with them, the way to    work with them, to work under stress, and multi- tasking!!! But i am enjoying all of this!!!

:)

Then i always heard this conversation from some people and i learn from them (as below):

People A: Wah... it seems not that tough also mahhh... 

People B: Why everyone is complaining har?

People C: Ishhhh... U r not in my shoes, u don't know what i have been gone thru'...

So, what do you think of my final sem? ><'''

A trip to be remebered- escape to Sabah, kota kinabalu

Still fresh in my mind...

in the february of 2011, i guess..

i received a call in the midnight from miss low, 

miss low asking,: wei, u want to go to sabah by this semester break with us?

me: yes, sure!(answered w/o thinking too much, n in a sleepy mode, blurry of course...)

woke up in the next morning...then i only confirmed that it was true, wasn't a dream~

and realized that my travel gang for this time, are all different people, friends that i knew, but not so close...

here goes my travel gang!

with ms linda low(most close with! a helpful friend!), 

wei chen(tough girl, my first impression of her, funny of course), 

kah chun(a nerd actually when i first met u, this is the first impression...hehe, im evil, hiak hiak, but u r kind of crazy...' sot plug' ), 

chee kau(junior, blakie...haha, kinda crazy pun), 

chun xian( this is definitely a crazy one, is the joker for the whole trip!)

booked a flight from k.l to sabah, kota kinabalu(k.k), by fireflyz company,

the trip started with wei chen, chun xian, kah chun n me, coz' the flight tat linda n chee kau booked was to depart from johor bahru(and their flight has been delayed...hiak hiak, xp)...

we took the first flight to k.k first and reached k.k in the morning bout 10am...and met chee kau and linda at 6pm..

so we had check in the lodge that we booked first, Lavender Lodge..

this is a nice place to stay in sabah, if u did not demand a luxury trip...

the staffs, sis Nora and owner, Jenny were so helpful and friendly...

the lodge's lobby

after settling all the check in procedures, 

the next things after we had check in the lodge, we went for food hunting! we were all starving!

simply walk in the town area, with a map...we found kopitiam...and had our breakfast there!

we ordered Kit Chai(咸金吉, what we called in madarin ), and the local food here- mee tuaran(kinda special)

mee tuaran, it may look unattractive, but it taste nice actually, just a little bit dry...maybe this is what the local wants...worth a try..rm5.50/ plate...

sabahan called this Kit Chai..>.<

walk around the town, w.o tour guide, just with a Map!!!

sabah's laksa( we called this curry in north peninsula malaysia > <...)

sort of a kon lou mee in peninsula malaysia

butter sauce chicken rice

this is the place whre people told me i looked a Hong Kong people..hiak hiak...

lot of jumpy action, place where wei chen sprained her ankle...hiak hiak

in the handicraft market...buy all u can!

lot of pearls...they said is original...==

the filipino market, lot of philipines, all look like a muslim...i dont know whether they are malaysian or foreigner...it is confusing! Selling dried seafoods...shark fin, sea cucumber, scallops, salted fish n etc...

crazy guy in action

just right in front of the suria sabah, near to the  jesselton jetty

all the seafoods here all available in the restaurant called 大茄来, Dai Ka Loy...

mantis shrimp...in a bottle..

马蹄蚌, a kind of clam- juicy, sweet...and big in size...rm24/kg

omg, tiger prawn, rm 28/ piece...thought the size is so big, but it becomes small  after cook...ish, i will never  order this again...i feel so cheated!!!

crab- rm18/kg...this is really cheap, big n juicy...taste nice!

the tiger prawn after we ate...=(

we went another restaurant to have dessert later, the coconut jelly...nice...rm 10 each, can share with ur friend, it  was so big...

the local vege...i forgot the name of it..but if u went there, they will recomend u to try this...worth a try...rm 30/ plate...hmm...expensive, but never try never know...the taste is so subjective...> <
*ordered in大茄来, Dai Ka Loy restaurant...

coconut jelly i mentioned above...in The Pearl restarant(珍珠), located in kampong air,
*smooth texture, fresh coconut smell, sweetness of coconut juice mixed with milk...it is just nice!!!

Day 1 in sabah- kota kinabalu...the whole day schedule...endless walk and exploring!!!!

to be continued...