Me in Manchester...

Salam everybody...wahhh..it seems so long since my last entry...I really didn't have even a single chance to update this blog previously bcoz we still don't have internet at home...but today, I'll do it here at my postgraduate office...hehe...

It's been 2 weeks and 4 days since I arrived in Manchester...Alhamdulillah everything went well for me and my husband...eventhough there were slight problems last week, I hope everything will be OK soon...

I'm officially a postgraduate student at the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester...once again as a student...but at a very different environment from what I used to have back in Malaysia...

I admit that I really miss Malaysia...my family, my friends and my workplace (UPM)...everything is so different here...but we're trying our best to suit ourselves to this new culture and environment...and so far, everything is great for us...we're learning and learning from zero...

These are some of the activities that we've done in the past 2 weeks until today:

• Stayed at our host 's place for a few days until we moved to our own house...

• Our house is located at 11, Brideoak Street, Cheetham Hill...

• We went to shop for necessities at Manchester Fort, Primark, Asda & Tesco...berjimat cermat membeli brg2 murah sbb masih tgh membiasakan diri dgn life kat sini...:-)...
  

• We had already registered for NHS which stands for National Health Insurance...that enables us to get medical treatment here...

• Take bus from Cheetham Hill to Manchester Piccadilly which takes about 10 mins...and then walk from Piccadilly to School for about 15 mins...mmg menyihatkan...tp skrg ni tgh winter, teramatla sejuknye...hehe...

• I met my PhD supervisor, Dr. Peter James Martin on 28th Jan...he is a very nice person...he introduced me to all the students under his supervision...and he took me to the laboratory where I'll be working in this very near future...hehe....and he took us for lunch on Friday...:-)...

• I met a few friends here...Helen, Vicky, Linda and James...they are all very nice and warm...looking forward to meeting more friends here...:-)...

• I also met a few Malaysian here...Abg Muammar & Kak Yati (who had helped us a lot), Kak Ucu, Pian (who is very nice to us since day 1)...
  

• It was snowing last Sunday..that was our first time ever to see snow in our life...syukur to Allah S.W.T..

• and finally, this morning hubby got the National Insurance (NI) number which entitles him to work legally here..hehe...

Alhamdulillah....OK, I've uploaded a few pics in my Facebook...but I'll upload some of them here later...I have a group meeting this evening at 3pm...James is going to present something about his work...and I'll do an introduction presentation next Tuesday...heeeee...need to prepare couple of slides this weekend...:-)...

Doakan kejayaan saya di sini...:-)...

Till then, bye2...

Wassalam...

It was snowing yesterday..on my way back from school...:-)..