I’m so sorry for the 3-month writing hiatus. Alhamdulillah, after strenuous, enlightening and meaningful soul searching exploration for the past 2 weeks, I feel reborn with new spirit, new love and new aims, thus my resolutions this year:
1. End my 2nd year PhD with a high successful note.
2. Get my PhD candidature confirmed by end of March or April the latest.
3. Get 2 publications (one on all design of the chemosensors, another on the pyrene based chemosensor) at least in top notch journal (JACS, Org Letter or ChemBioChem), contingency plan: get 3-5 publications in lower impact factor journal.
4. Hopefully will have enough results to execute my lab visits to US by September (Yale Uni or John Hopkins Uni, hmmm.., guys any preference where u want me to go?)
5. Prior to lab visits, need to be successfully granted travelling allowance, if not, Dr Cheng, would u be sweet enough to cover all expenses? :p
6. Go to international conference apart from the US lab visit. Once again, Dr Cheng, can I go to Copenhagen? Please…
7. Present or at least get the abstract publised or poster presentation in several local conference (Lorne Conf., MPG Symposium, even Bio21 conference)
8. Acquire and master more techniques apart from the proteomics, biochemical assays and organic syntheses skills I have at the moment.. Perhaps, get my hands dirtier on the more tedious cloning, lentivirus, and many many more techniques
9. Will manage my time better than last time. No more late hours up to midnite in the lab.., guys if u care for me, please take note of this, huhu… But yes, I’m the one who needs to break that ‘invisible’ wall first
10. Improve my musical instruments techniques and my vocal (only in spare time or with the “right” people)
11. Will exercise and play sport everyday if possible apart from cycling.
12. Pick up new sports, squash perhaps? Anas teach me please! Hahaha :p
13. Improve my badminton, soccer, volleyball skills, aiya stamina stamina stamina @-@, thus jogging, Zai, this time no more excuse, up the hilly Park Drive we go :p
14. Will not turn down futsal invitation unless injured, err physically and mentally
15. Will spend more time with people rather than my beloved peptides and bacteria and enzymes, no more pampering on them.. (guys once again, please miss call me or at least say my name if you don’t see me around, who knows I get the “calling”..). Let’s campings, trips n other extreme activities.
16. Will call Malaysia at least twice or thrice per week or even everyday to loved ones (Go Lebara mobiles, haha)
17. Will save at least, hmm AUD*** to AUD**** per month. So by end of year, I will have around AUD**** to AUD***** ($_$) for hmm.. only loved ones know, haha :p
18. Will engage more on islamic discussions and speeches. Sorry I turned that opportunity down last year.. M so sorry UMIS n MUIS.
19. Will memorize err the last 3 juzu’ (please ya Allah, make it easy and give me nur to easily absorbed Your kalam..)
20. Will try to cry in qiam in front of U everynite, during the wee hours…
21. To sum up, will try to be better person which is being more considerate, gives more breathing space to people, will be less jealous, will not be easily angry, in details as good muslim, as student, as son, as fren, as “special” fren, as “companion”, as colleague, as teammate, as housemate etc and lastly my tagline, always hoping to be nafi’un lighairihi…)
Ya Allah please grant all these wishes…
Ameen…















(My eyes closed to all the signs that You put in my way)


(UCSF – top pharmacy school in US and ranked second worldwide)
(Breaking other people’s heart like shattering glasses?)
(Be strong my dear, never lose hope, cling on to Allah’s promises, insyaAllah, you’ll be rewarded, if not in this life, in the hereafter, ameen…)
(Aiming high, even sky is not the limit, always have the highest target to keep yourself driven to achieve it)
(Well, don’t just stare and hope, make your dream a reality)
FAMSY MSD
ISMA Australia
