:: Makan-makan ::

:: Aston Villa ::

:: The Bristol Harbour ::

:: Stonehenge ::

Did you know...

• Stonehenge was constructed in three phases.
• It has been estimated that the three phases of the construction required more than thirty million hours of labour.
• Speculation on the reason it was built range from human sacrifice to astronomy.

:: The Pulteney Bridge, Bath ::

Read more here.

:: The Clifton Suspension Bridge ::

Information on this famous bridge can be read from this url. Some history of this bridge. The Clifton Suspension Bridge, spanning the beautiful Avon Gorge, is the symbol of the city of Bristol. For almost 150 years this Grade I listed structure has attracted visitors from all over the world. Its story began in 1754 with the dream of a Bristol wine merchant who left a legacy to build a bridge over the Gorge.

::The Severn Bridge, Bristol ::

We stayed at the Travelodge Hotel nearby, here are some of the photos before we checked out.








Information on the bridge can be found here.
From wikipedia, "The Severn Bridge (Welsh: Pont Hafren) is a suspension bridge spanning the River Severn between South Gloucestershire, just north of Bristol, England, and Monmouthshire in South Wales, via Beachley, a peninsula between the Severn and Wye estuaries. It is the original Severn road crossing between England and Wales and took five years to construct at a cost of £8 million.[1] It replaced the Aust ferry. The bridge was opened on 8 September 1966 by Queen Elizabeth II, who hailed it as the dawn of a new economic era for South Wales. The bridge was granted Grade I listed status in 1998."

:: The Roman Baths, Bath ::

After the tour at the museum, we went to the Roman Baths.

The address :
Roman Baths, Abbey Church Yard,
Bath, BA1 1LZ
Tel: + 44 (0) 1225 477 785
Fax: +44 (0) 1225 477 743
E: romanbaths_bookings@bathnes.gov.uk

Information on other events and attractions in Bath can be found at
http://www.visitbath.co.uk/ and
http://www.bathfestivals.org.uk/

:: Oxford University Museum of Natural History ::

From Birmingham, our first destination was to Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

:: London Trip, Day 3 : Petticoat Lane Market ::

Petticoat lane market
Open: Mon - Fri: 10:00am - 2:30pm, Sun: 9:00am - 2:00pm

:: London Trip, Day 3 : St Marry Axe Building (The Gherkin) ::

:: London Trip, Day 2 : Harrods ::

Harrods
How to get there?

:: London Trip, Day 2 : Portobello Market:::

Portobello Market information or here

Open: Mon - Wed: 9:00am - 5:00pm, Thur: 9:00am - 1:00pm, Fri - Sat: 7:00am - 6:00pm

The Makan

The Makan
270 Portobello Road
Notting Hill
London
W10 5TY
Unfortunately we did not take any photos here.

:: London Trip, Day 2 : Buckingham Palace ::

:: London Trip, Day 2 : Trafalgar Square ::

:: London Trip, Day 2 : Changing Guard ::

:: London Trip, Day 1 : Bayswater and MSD cafe ::

After checked-in, we went to Bayswater to get some souvenirs and later to have our meals at the MSD cafe. I had mee goreng mamak (it was delicious, i personally recommended it.. ), Fadil had keowteow goreng mamak (not as nice as mine..unfortunately) and Irfan had nasi ayam with longan and rambutan drinks.

:: London Trip, Day 2 : Big Ben ::

:: London Trip, Day 1 : Tower Bridge ::

Our first location.

:: London Trip, Day 1 : Travelodge City Road Hotel ::

We have planned this trip since the last October. and at last the day has come. This time we went by Virgin train and stayed at the Travelodge Hotel.

:: Najah's Birthday Party ::

Congrats Najah for your birthday !!

:: Eidul Adha 2008 ::

This year we celebrated Eidul Adha on Monday, 8 December 2008. The best part was a few people organised an open house for the eid, and we were invited too. The event took place at The Waterloo Centre. Thank you to Kak Aida & Abg Syed, Ita & Apek, Yan & Zaini, Pn Azimah & family, Hairul Mubarak & family and Yusman & Mila.

:: An Introduction to Latex course ::

You can have a look at this Latex course site.
And another Online Latex Equation Editor.
Another useful site here.

:: The Snowy Day ::

A few snaps before Irfan went to his school on a snowy day.






While we are struggling with our studies, my beloved husband, Fadil and Nurul's husband, Anas were enjoying themselves as much as they can. here are the proofs. Nothing much to argue here but after seeing the photos, what do you guys think?

:: Zotero - The next-generation research tool ::

Try this out [download here] Perhaps better than EndNote or JabRef?

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself.

If you want to integrate ZOTERO with Word, download the tool here, whereas if you are using Open Office get the tool here.

Tutorial

Features
-Automatic capture of citation information from web pages
-Storage of PDFs, files, images, links, and whole web pages
-Flexible notetaking with autosave
-Fast, as-you-type search through your materials
-Playlist-like library organization, including saved searches (smart collections) and tags
-Platform for new forms of digital research that can be extended with other web tools and services
-Runs right in your web browser
-Formatted citation export (style list to grow rapidly)
-Free and open source
-Integration with Microsoft Word and OpenOffice
-Saves records and notes in any language
-interface available in over 30 languages
-Integration with WordPress and other blogging software
-Remote library backup
-Advanced search and data mining tools
-Access your library from anywhere via the web
-Wide variety of import/export options

:: The Trip to Stoke-on-Trent ::

Checkout some interesting places in this area here. As usual, we went to the Trentham Estate at the Retail Village. After that, we walked around the Lakeside and Woodland Walks at The Trentham Estate. Here are some of the photos....

:: Irfan @Heaton Park ::

you can read more on Heaton Park here.

:: Bowness-on-Windermere ::

Info on Bowness. More info.

Finally, we had the chance to take the lake cruise from Bowness.

Our Red Cruise trip was from Bowness to Ambleside or Vice Versa.
some info on the trip :
The round trip from Bowness can be taken as a 70 minute non-landing cruise.
Alternatively you may disembark at either Ambleside or Bowness returning on a later boat.

:: Bridge House, Ambleside ::

Bridge House, a tiny stone-built house straddling Stock Beck* in Ambleside, is one of the Lake District's best known landmarks, at least in part because it stands directly by the main A591 road along which most visitors to the Lakes will travel at least once during their stay.
source 1
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:: The Lakes Aquarium, Lake Windermere ::

At first, our original plan was to take the lake cruise, however, as the place was on flood, all of the boats and trains were not available. The only option that we had was headed to the aquarium. Hmmm..
Check the url here.



Welcome To Windermere

England's largest and arguably, prettiest lake, more than ten miles long, and at it's deepest 220ft (65m) is situated in beautiful countryside at the southern end of The Lake District. Many of the best loved mountains are visible from the lake and it' s shores.

The town of Windermere in Cumbria, England is situated in The Lake District National Park ands lies 1 kilometer from Lake Windermere, the town itself dosn't touch the lake, and is sometimes confused with the older town of Bowness On Windermere, over the years both towns have grown in population and are sometimes mistaken as one.

Lake Windermere Cruises

Checkout this interactive lake map!

:: Lakeland Miniature Village ::

This is one of the most popular attractions in Cumbria and is located in Flookburgh, Grange-over-Sands.

The miniature village contains a number of Cumbrian houses and farms, including Hill Top that is the home of Beatrix Potter. All the buildings in the village were hand made by Edward Robinson.

There are over 120 buildings at the village all portraying a different aspect of life in Cumbria throughout its history.
source : Lakeland Miniature Village

:: The Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness ::

The museum has been awarded for the third year in a row the
accolade of the Quality Assured Visitor Attraction awarded by Visit Britain.
Check this out. Wanna try out the interactive museum? Here

:: Lakeland Leisure Park ::

It was raining all day..even some parts of Cumbria were flooded. In fact, the Britain's toughest marathon event, the Original Mountain Marathon, was abandoned that day due to the weather. The annual marathon was abondoned for the first time since it was organised for 41 years! The weather must be that bad. Read more here. The only place that we went was the swimming pool... the kids enjoyed themselves and the rest of the day was filled with eating and watching tv....yeahhh what a holiday.

:: The Trip to Lakeland Caravan, Grange over Sands, Cumbria ::

This time, our trip was to the Lakeland Caravan Holiday. On the way there, we dropped by Wid's house at Lancaster University and somehow accidently met Kak Nazihah, my colleague. Well, we got an hour drive to go from Lancaster.

:: The Trip to Betws-y-Coed part 3::

At the Betws-y-Coed village area. Had our lunch in the train cafe restaurant, then tried out the small train and went to the gift shop..as usual...hehe..

:: The Trip to Betws-y-Coed part 2::

Photos at the Swallow waterfalls.

:: The Trip to Betws-y-Coed part 1 ::

On the way to Betws-y-Coed, which is the Welsh Culture Village, we managed to stop at the Penrhyn Castle, Snowdonia and Swallow Waterfalls. The Swallow Falls are considered to be one of the loveliest spots of North Wales. wow, so many places in one day...!!

:: The Trip to Conwy, Wales ;;

we visited Conwy castle area, The smallest house in Great Britain, bought some mussels, and some fridge magnets :)

:: Shikin's house ::

Another 'open house' by Shikin. Delicious mee mamak and lopeh. yummy... Thankssss a lot shikin...

:: Azida's open house and Hadif's Birthday party ::

Thank you for inviting us. It was a lovely party with lots of effort. Bravo, Jid. Here are the photos taken during the party.

:: Second week of the Eid 2008 ::

:: Eid 2008 Gathering @Hulme ::

:: Sixth day of the Eid 2008 ::

:: Third day of the Eid 2008 ::

joined by Rita and Raini from York Uni.

:: Fifth day of the Eid 2008 ::

:: Fourth day of the Eid 2008 ::

Check this out Fourth day of Eid 2008

:: Second day of the Eid 2008 ::

:: First day Of the Eid 2008 ::

:: Iftar Gathering ::

:: Just to share ::

:: Eid Fitri eCard ::

:: Irfan's Collection ::

:: Irfan the Dragon ::

:: Iftar MCCH 2008 ::

Venue : Cheetham Community School

:: Trip to Manchester Museum ::

13 September 2008

:: Merdeka Golf Tournament ::

Congratsss...

:: Ramadhan almubarak ::

:: Scotland Trip : Day 3 New Castle and Durham ::

It was on Bank Holiday (late summer holiday). We had the opportunity to meet Kak Awie and Najmy (new castle) and Kak Ayu and Fendi (Durham). Kak Awie and Najmy, really appreciate the trip to the strawberry picking and the picnic. We had lots of fun except for the rain part.. Kak Ayu.. thanks for your hospitality...

:: Scotland Trip : Day 2 Glasgow ::

:: Scotland Trip : Day 1 Edinburgh ::

Edinburgh... here we come. These are the photos taken from Fadil's camera.




And here are the photos from my camera.

:: August Trip ::

:: Irfan @Manchester Stadium ::

Another trip to Manchester United Stadium with Shikin, Hisham and their children Damia, Nadeem and Naseem.

:: Trip to Stoke-on-Trent ::

This time we went to Stoke with Shikin (UKM) and her family.

:: Fruit Picking ::

This time, we tried out apple picking at Eddisbury Fruit Farm with Azlin (UPSI), Najib and Neesa from Leeds. Irfan enjoyed himself very much ! We bought the apples for about GBP 10.00 plus some berries. Quite a lot to pay but we managed to distribute some of them to our friends.. back in Manchester.

:: Slideshow using ImageShack ::

:: Irfan on his last day at the nursery ::

These photos were taken on Irfan's final day of his nursery, Next coming September08, he will be joining the reception class at the same school.

:: Fadil Look-alike Meter ::

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Geneology - Old pics

:: LIN - Look -alike Meter ::

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Family genealogy - Free genealogy software

:: Look-alike Meter ::

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Family tree template - Free genealogy

:: Irfan on his last day at the nursery ::

These photos were taken on Irfan's final day of his nursery, Next coming September08, he will be joining the reception class at the same school.

:: Fishing Trip @Bangor, Wales ::

Fadil's first fishing trip .. but he was not in the picture... next time, ok?

:: Irfan@School ::

Irfan's enjoying moments with his friends at Marlborough Primary School. Today, he makes a green *monster* toy. :)

:: Manchester Stadium Trip with Azida ::

Perhaps this was my fourth trip ....but this time with Azida and her family. Ok, enjoy !!

:: Computer Science BBQ Day ::

The end of our group workshop was the BBQ session held at Kilburn Building. However, as I expected we could not eat any of the BBQ meals except for the bread and vegetarian meals. But, its OK.. (quoting Yanni's style).

Here are some photos taken during the workshop and the BBQ session.

:: Checkout Vice Versa @TV3 ::

Couple dynamics is given a whole new meaning in vice Versa. Things get interesting when the men get together..but that's nothing compared to when the ladies start talking when they meet. Perspective matters at the micro level as well as in the big picture. And when it comes to men and women, perspective is rarely the same.

Cast: Umie Aida, Nor Aliah Lee, Abby Abadi, Aziz M. Osman

Wanna watch something for the weekend? check this drama. You might love it. Here.

:: Digital 60 Day ::

Manchester is proud to be the birthplace of modern computing. The School of Computer Science, the University of Manchester and sponsors successfully hosted the 60th anniversary events as an opportunity to run various activities to celebrate this landmark achievement... more info and here

:: 60 Years of The Modern Computer ::

Manchester is proud to be the birthplace of modern computing. The School of Computer Science, the University of Manchester and sponsors successfully hosted the 60th anniversary events as an opportunity to run various activities to celebrate this landmark achievement... more info

:: Lets watch EZORA ::

Taken from TV3 website..

Only days before their wedding, Reza loses his job, he is so short of money that the wedding is postponed indefinitely. Reza finds another way out by migrating to the big city to find a job that will allow him to return to Ezora and get married. The lovers’ good-bye is surrounded by pain and devastation, but they both know they must stand up for one another… because when love is real it resists anything, even distance.

Cast : Fazura, Beego, Dynas, Zed Zaidi, Fezrul Khan, Diana Rafar, Cat Farish.
Director : Ahmad Idham

Watch the series here

:: Picnic @Llanberis, Wales ::

Big thanks to the organizer, Azida(UUM) and Nazri, and also to Hajar(FRIM) & Ali, Shikin(UKM) & Hisham(FRIM), Kak Laily(UUM) & Ralis, and Kak Zana(UiTM) & Abg Hafiz.

:: Third Bangor, Wales Trip ::

:: Facebook ::

:: Maksu and I @ London Euston ::

Maksu

Maksu and I

:: London Trip - Bayswater Road, Whiteley Complex ::

:: London Trip - London Bridge and Tower Bridge ::

:: London Trip - Buckingham Palace ::

:: London Trip - Trafalgar Square, Guard Horses ::

:: London Trip - Westminster, Big Ben ::

:: Bebo, anyone? ::

Azlinhttp://AzlinN.bebo.com/

:: TIDE Programme, IIUM ::

Attended TIDE which was held at MSD.

:: Malaysian Student Department (MSD), London ::

Got the chance to stay at MSD during the TIDE programme.

:: MCCH Family Day 31 May 2008 ::

Venue : Cardinal Park, Manchester

:: Konsert AF6 Finale ::

Here is the finale episode for Akademi Fantasia Concert for Season 6.

:: Family Day MCCH ::

Taken from Br. Muhalim's website.



Another album provided by Nornazlita can be viewed here. Perhaps you need to have a snapfish account to view this album.

:: The Place to Bee ::

Pricked by ciklin with Nomao

:: Streaming Live TV TV8 ::

Enjoy!!! You need to press the Play button to start buffering the live tv.

:: Streaming Live TV RTM2 ::

:: Streaming Live TV TV3 ::

:: Streaming Live TV RTM1 ::

Lets watch Live Malaysian TV. Brought to you directly from Malaysia.

:: Trip to Leeds ::

Here are the photos which we took in Leeds i.e Bolton Abbey Park, Junction 32 Retail Village. Thanks to Azlin (UPSI), Najib and Aneesa. :) Many thanks to those who have invited us to their BBQ party, homes (Abg Man and family, Kak Suzana (turned out to be my senior) and Rashdan, Hanim and family).

:: Ayat-ayat Cinta - Indonesian Movie ::

A few friends of mine (Sadry and Shu) recommended this movie and as usual I havent got time to watch it yet. If you wanna try, check this out. Perhaps you can let me know whats the best part of this movie.
Taken from Wikipedia :)

Ayat-Ayat Cinta (literally meaning The Verses of Love) is an Indonesian film by Hanung Bramantyo starred by Fedi Nuril, Rianti Cartwright, Carissa Putri, Zaskia Adya Mecca, and Melanie Putria. Ayat-Ayat Cinta is a religious film which is based by best-selling novel with the same title by Habiburrahman El Shirazy. The story is actually based in Cairo, Egypt, but instead of shooting in Cairo, the movie was shot in India and Semarang, Indonesia.[1] The movie was actually going to be released in 2007, but due several reasons it's delayed until February 2008.

PlotAyat Ayat Cinta is a beautifully portrayed Islamic love story – a tale of a virtuous Muslim protagonist who overcomes all obstacles of life maintaining pure ideals.

Fedi Nuril as Fahri bin Abdillah is a poor, intelligent student who wins a scholarship to complete his graduate degree at Egypt's esteemed Al Azhar University. Very disciplined and dedicated by nature, Fahri embraces his life in Cairo, completing his studies and translation of religious books with full enthusiasm, exactly according to pre-determined targets.

Only one goal is left unattempted: the pursuit of marriage.

For Fahri is innocent and pure, and doesn't believe in the concept of relationships prior to marriage. He is inarticulate and shy around women. All his life, only two women have been close to him – his mother and grandmother.

Life changes drastically in Egypt for he suddenly finds himself surrounded by four beautiful, distinctly different women.

Carissa Putri as Maria Girgis, a shy, open-minded Coptic neighbor who is attracted to the teachings of the Holy Quran, finds herself falling in love with Fahri (a fact she only reveals to her diary).

Melanie Putria as Nurul, a student at Al Azhar like Fahri, is the Muslim daughter of a renowned Indonesian cleric. Fahri feels unworthy of her and thus ignores his feelings for her, leaving her confused and guessing.

Zaskia Adya Mecca as Noura, an abused Egyptian neighbor, develops strong romantic feelings for Fahri, who in turn simply sympathizes with her situation. His romantic rejection destroys her and eventually leads to a false accusation of rape.

Rianti Cartwright as Aisha, a German Turkish student in Cairo haunts Fahri with her beautiful eyes. Following an incident on the metro where Fahri defends her against narrow minded bigoted Muslims, both immediately develop feelings for each other.

As the story unravels, the protagonist makes the audience face the daunting decisions he himself faces, and forces us to marvel at his undying loyalty to the true ideals of Islam as he ultimately makes the choice of a lifetime.

:: American Idol Season 4 Finale ::

:: Lets watch new movies ::

Havent got time to watch these new movies. If you are interested, here are the links. Enjoy !!
Devastated Peter takes a Hawaii vacation in order to deal with recent break-up with his TV star girlfriend, Sarah. Little does he know Sarah's traveling to the same resort as her ex ... and she's bringing along her new boyfriend.

"Forgetting Sarah Marshall"

Made of Honor revolves around Tom and Hannah, who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her "maid" of honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her.

"Made of Honor"

:: Journal Ranking for Computer Science(Software Engineering) 2005 ::

ISI WEb of Knowledge Journal Ranking(Total Cites)

ISI WEb of Knowledge Journal Ranking(Impact Factor)

ISI WEb of Knowledge Journal Ranking(Title)

:: Trip to Blue Dolphin, Scarborough Part 5::

More info on Scarborough Castle.

:: Trip to Blue Dolphin, Scarborough Part 4 ::

This is at the Scarborough South Bay. You can view the bay 360 degrees here.

:: Trip to Blue Dolphin, Scarborough Part 3 ::

These are photos taken in Scarborough near North Bay.

:: Trip to Blue Dolphin, Scarborough Part 2 ::

:: Trip to Blue Dolphin Caravan Holiday : Part 1::

Trip : 16-18 May 2008
Info : Haven Holiday
Travel with Anas, Nurul Emran (UTEM), Najah and Nadirah.

Enjoy!!





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:: Manchester University ::

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:: CBSE Workshop ::

Held on 22-23 Jan 2008 @Kilburn Building, The University of Manchester.

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:: Trip to Stoke-on-Trent ::

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:: Trip to Boundary Mill ::

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:: Second Trip to Bangor, Wales ::

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