Life Began at 30

Parting ways 7-years after the wedding day...

2012-01-10T09:18:00.001+08:00

It is sad. But it happens. Nothing lasts. Especially something like this. In a tumultuous world like this :( No one can foresee the future, nor can anyone foresee what holds beyond it. We can only pray that God gives us the best life we can hope for... We came together on the 8th. of August 2004. Now, after more than 7-years, we have to part ways :( It is sad... but this has to be done. As evil

Makan-makan dekat Meatworks

2011-12-26T10:02:00.003+08:00

Di sini, saya ingin memberi laporan makan-makan di Meatworks (Solaris, Mont Kiara) bersama dengan Encik Aizal Kusyairi Ali. Kami mengorder the SIGNATURE BONE-IN FILLET - Prime Rib 350gram. RM79 harganya... In the beginning, we did not know how the piece of meat would look like. Kalau rib eye or T-bone tu buleh bajet2 macam mana rupa. Tapi bone in fillet? Apakah? ... Jadi, waiter kitorang tarusss

White Water Rafting anyone?

2011-12-08T19:04:00.002+08:00

Although not a river, I'd say the the volume of water is quite significant in this longkang besar. Nowadays... hujan lebat memang amat frequent di area2 lembah Kelang. Not sparing the Serdang area, Bangi area etc....Video kat bawah ni shows what the longkang besar looks like after heavy rain... Buleh White Water Rafting tu kalau ndak!!!! No need to go far. Just drop by the Faculty of Computer

Last Sekali Saya Makan kat The Cows!!!

2011-12-03T00:19:00.004+08:00

In the end, I went to Las Vacas. I had lunner (lunch + dinner) there... If you translate Las Vacas, in English ianya bermakna "The Cows". Kalau ke Melayu... maka jadik la pulak "Lembu-lembu" atau "Para Lembuan" :) As expected, the meat was thicker compared to the 'steaks' found at Malay Western joints... and of course, no black pepper sauce from the bottle. But they had BBQ sauce and DIJON

Las Vacas OR Meatworks

2011-11-15T23:30:00.001+08:00

My friend Mas Rina mesti akan tensen tengok ini post punya title. Hehehehe. The reason being is that I've asked her about these two restaurants since two Alaskan summers ago :P Tapi still tak pergi pergi. Hehehe. Jgn mare Mas. Aku nak pergi dah la nii :P Anywayz, after some deliberation... I have decided to go with Las Vacas. The main reason?... Well, I think it's because Mas said it was cheaper.

Ultimate Nutrition Prostar 100% Whey Protein (HALAL) - Updated Certification until May 2012

2011-11-04T10:06:00.003+08:00

It's been a million months since my last entry. Maybe I've lost some of my readers already. LOL! Tapi takpe. Anywayz, today I felt obliged to at least write a few words in my blog. To many this might be uninteresting... but Alhamdulillaah, recently, quite a few information seekers have landed on this blog looking for "Halal Protein Powder" or "Halal Protein" and other halal supplementation

Viva Date - 25th August 2011

2011-08-14T10:55:00.001+08:00

Assalaam aleykom and a very good day. It has been proclaimed by the respective parties, that the PhD viva date for Mr. Alfian bin Abdul Halin will be on the 25th of August, 2011... which is around 4-5-6 days before Raya Aidil Fitri :) I hope that all my family and friends will pray to the one God for my success, so that the viva will proceed smoothly, and that the examiners will not 'shoot' me

Creating your own "digital" signature :)

2011-08-09T09:47:00.003+08:00

Sometimes, I need to send out letters or fill in online forms that requires my signature on them. Some of these documents are actually made for the 'manual' world, where we need to print them out first, and then send it to the recipient in a stamped envelope. Sometimes however, the recipient also accepts them through email. For me, if I can email, I will email lah! However, many a times, we print

Sentra Jail

2011-08-03T07:24:00.000+08:00

Nadiah Farhanah kena jail kat seat belakang Nissan... Yes... this is what happens when you are too mischievous. Tarus kena lokap... sampai tertidur lagi dalam ini lokap. As you can see, I've come up with the best kid-control-kit.... light, mobile and stern. No kid will ever disobey their parents again once you put this gadget into practice. Hua hua hua! (Gelak shaithon....)... Hehehe. Saya idok

MINES WELLNESS HOTEL, (MAIN KITCHEN) ABDUL and CHARLIE KITCHEN - HALAL CERTIFIED

2011-08-02T09:36:00.004+08:00

A few weeks ago, myself and Dr Azrul Hazri Jantan sent an email to Mines Wellness Hotel citing our reasons for not being able to hold our conference at their establishment. The main issue was their kitchen, which did not have halal certification. Long story short, they immediately replied telling Azrul that they were going to get the certification very very soon! Well... I personally thought this

Knock, knock? Who's there???

2011-07-28T18:29:00.001+08:00

Last night, I stayed back a bit at the office. Since I had some work left to do, I called my wife telling here I'd be going back late. One of my colleagues, (Dr. to be, insyaAllaah) Khaironi Yatim Sharif dropped by at around 6:00 pm, I think, for some chit-chat. Before leaving, he was about to tell me something... but then decided not to citing that it was for my own good. However, I sorta got

Omelette

2011-07-26T10:27:00.001+08:00

Pagi tadi, saya jadik 3/4 terlebih rajin. Pergi ke dapur, bajet nak makan kot2 ada benda yg dah tersedia. Tengok ada roti, mentega, kaya dan jem. Hmmm... Apa kata kita coba masak? Lalu saya pun cuba lah masak. Apa yg senang masak... pada masa yg sama buleh mengenyangkan? TELUR!!! Maka saya pon ambik lah 4-biji telur ayam (yang telah dibasuh oleh isteri terchenta). Letak atas meja. Lepas tu ambik

HALF MOON - near to South City Plaza

2011-07-21T12:12:00.003+08:00

I like arab food... Yes, I like arab food :) When I say arab though, I don't mean the whole arab world because I've never tasted that many food from that many countries. But what I have tasted are food from Jordan and Yemen (since my circle of Arab friends are mostly from these nationalities). Anywayz... I was relatively recently introduced to an Arab (Arabic?) restaurant, in Seri Kembangan near

My ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) Tear Experience :)

2011-07-16T11:13:00.003+08:00

I injured my left knee while playing in a friendly football match (bola padang, bukan futsal) around a month++ ago. At first I thought it was a normal 'terseliuh' (sprain) thinggy. But was I wrong :P End up gue punya ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) koyakkkk!!! Tapi takpe... You see, being 85 kilograms has its disadvantages (duhh!!!). The injury happened as I was trying to turn my body to fool

"I am an imaam..."

2011-06-21T15:31:00.000+08:00

What are the chances of someone else with the name of Alfian Abdul Halin? Well, I'd say very slim. If you calculate the probability using Bayes theorem: I think it's gonna be quite low also. Hehehe. I won't go on explaining how to do it because I might make a mistake and make a total fool out of myself :P But let's just believe as a prior (which is actually P(A)), that observing 'Alfian Abdul

City Link Global Network - How can you claim global when you even suck locally :P

2011-06-20T10:02:00.002+08:00

G'day maytees!!! :D Anywayz, almost 2-weeks ago, I ordered a printer toner cartridge from tonercartridgesave. Since my previous experiences with them were good, so kira ok la kot nak order lagi satu toner. Annywayz, long story short... today, 20th June 2011, the toner still has not reached my house. [Correction: It has actually arrived, but on Thursday, 16th June 2011... I found out about this

Posting from Singapore - Machine Learning Summer School ended

2011-06-17T19:50:00.001+08:00

Alhamdulillaah... I managed to sit through more than 3/4 of the classes at the Machine Learning Summer School organized by the National University of Singapore at the Matrix, Biopolis (whoa, that was a mouthful). I have to say that I did not understand most of the things the speakers were talking about (and I believe I am not alone)... but at least I now have an appreciation for the field and

And here comes the goat... again.

2011-06-09T11:58:00.003+08:00

Ok. Sorry, but I just can't help it. When ever I eat goat, I post goat. Korang sah2 dah boring... but I want to post jugak :D Jgn mare iye.... Although this was eaten somewhere in the middle of May 2011, I still want to post it on my blog. Why? Because this time, I think the presentation of the dish was better (the price was a bit UP oredi however). The first time I ate there, the dish looked

Pictures from my dad's Kampung - Bagan Datoh, Perak

2011-06-01T22:28:00.000+08:00

Early last month, I went back to my father's kampung in Bagan Datoh (Bagan Datuk/Datok), Perak. Aiyaa... brings back memories lah :) Especially during the time of Eidul Fitri, when me and my cousins would come together to celebrate the festivities :) Those were the good old days. Anywayz... managed to snap a few pics. So kalau sapa2 berminat nak tengok, sila lah layan iye :D Tq for reading and

Injury and 3-times MELETOP

2011-05-31T10:35:00.000+08:00

It has been a while since I updated this blog. I've been quite busy for the whole duration of May 2011... so that's my excuse I guess :P Anywayz... The most recent updates are that: 1. I've finally submitted my thesis. USM requires students to submit 10-copies of the final thesis draft. In my opinion, that's a bit too many. Moreover, USM prides itself as being a green campus... so having students

Kelisaku Cerminnya Pecah

2011-05-08T11:21:00.000+08:00

Assalaam aleykom. The other day, my Perodua Kelisa's driver-seat window bershepaiii. Thank God it happened when the car was parked with nobody inside.Bershepaaaiiii... Because I did not apply any tint, tolak sket je tarus makin berkecaii...Lepas ni kena tint nih... Crime scene selepas ditinggalkan :) Actually, ini semua angkara tukang mesin rumput. However, can't entirely blame him since how was

The death of a character... now, who's the next bad guy

2011-05-03T11:52:00.002+08:00

They sung it very well (the munchkins) when Dorothy slammed her house onto the wicked with of the east, killing her instantly!!! It went something like this: Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch! Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead. Wake up - sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed. Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead. She's gone where the goblins go, Below - below -

Angry Birds Mania

2011-04-18T09:27:00.001+08:00

I think by now, many of us, kids and adults alike, have at least seen or (for most of us) tried out the Angry Birds game. Today, I have vowed not to play Angry Birds because the game is highly addictive. Could be worse than Marijuana!!! (altho personally, I've neber tried Marijuana :P). Anywayz, altho I was not playing, I felt the urge just to do a bit of Googling with the keywords "Angry Birds

Riverside Corner Lot Office Room Ku

2011-04-16T13:40:00.000+08:00

My office room is next to a beautiful river. Home to wildlife such as the talapia fish (I think it was a talapia) and biawak lizard yg. selalu nampak cuba lintas jalan tu... and on some occasions they unfortunately end up as roadkill. Kasian... My room is also a 'corner lot', which would cost a lot if it were a landed property, hehehe. Cuma semalam I was told by my frens that a mak guard (who now

Andy Mckee

2011-04-11T18:23:00.001+08:00

It's been a while since I played the guitar. Moreover, I don't own a proper guitar anymore... jadi mau main pon sudah agak susah :P Buy a new one? Hehehehe... maybe tunggu dah dapat "full lecturer" sbb kalau based on gaji tutor, mmg susah sket nak beli benda2 "kehendak" ni. Anywayz... since now I can access Youtube already, I decided to search for some good guitar videos :) Dulu kat USM, Youtube

Al Kisah Unit Trust

2011-04-01T11:12:00.000+08:00

It's been a while since I've blogged. Today I am reblogging so that my blog doesn't look goblog-ly empty :) Ok. I want to story about my unit trust agent. I have a UT agent, who is quite different from many agents I've seen before. Even the manner in which he started to promote his business was quite nice. Instead of terusss buat head-hunting, he showed how his investment affected his own

God's Clouds

2011-03-25T11:47:00.000+08:00

I took this picture some time back. I simply marvel at how our Creator uses His 'paint brush' to make such simple things look so so awesome. Anyway... saya rasa gambar awan yg saya snap ni adalah agak best :D MasyaAllaah. Wokes. That's all for this entry :) Salaam aleykom WBT. It's like there're 2-layers

Wedding Fiesta

2010-09-28T12:02:00.002+08:00

This month and the next will of weddings :) Three straight weddings on three consecutive weekends :D The first wedding was on the 18th of Sept. 2010. Raja Azhar Raja Othman (or RR) finally tied the knot with his girl friend (apa nama weh? Aku lupa... mahapkan aku...). I almost 'missed' the original time for his Ampang reception by thinking that it was gonna be held in the afternoon!

Didn't watch Wall Street... but I definitely did not sleep early

2010-09-25T10:58:00.000+08:00

Planned to watch Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Ended up sticking up those wedding-location-direction thinggies. Originally wanted to catch the movie with my good friend Mr Aizal Khusyairi... but @ the last minute, he could not make it. Not his fault though because the other people he worked with buat palatianos :) Tapi takpe... another time insyaAllaah. Like I said, ended up with wedding

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps @ GSC 1 UTAMA (New Wing)

2010-09-24T19:43:00.001+08:00

If indeed money never sleeps, I too will attempt to sleep lambat sikit tonight. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, starring Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf will see tonight, I will. InsyaAllaah. Been quite some time since I saw my last midnight. Eh, wait se menet... I think it was just about a month ago that I watched some movie di tengah2 malam. Hmmm... forget what it was. Anywayz, after watching

Still in Bangi :)

2010-09-21T10:07:00.000+08:00

It's been 4-weeks since I last seriously laid eyes on my PhD work. And I have to say... It's been nice :) Since the beginning of my studies (and now reaching it's end insyaAllaah), I've never taken a long holiday. Maximum pon dalam 1-week gitu... and even during that time, it was filled with activities involving family related obligations, errands etc. This raya... I am totally lazing off... Just

Breaking Fast @ Residence Hotel Uniten... Tq Ina bini Ani :D

2010-09-09T10:36:00.004+08:00

Yesterday marked the first time I broke (Ramadhaan) fast at a hotel. Thanks to Ms. Adlina Adnan, wife to Mr. Ani/Malik/Suhaizam (same person but with 3 names). She gave away four free coupons to my good friend, Mr. Azrul Azmi bin Mohd Amin bin Kayat (yes, I somehow have the knack of memorizing people's grandfathers!!!). Not wanting to bukak pose alone, Azrul invited myself and Mr. Awang Selamat

If I sold my blog for RM50... A story for the non-faint hearted :)

2010-09-07T11:29:00.004+08:00

I was wondering how much my blog is worth. If I were to buy my blog from myself, I think I'd pay RM45.25... with service tax (for what ever service, I don't know)... overall price would be RM50 :) But even with that less-than-RM100-price... I would not be a happy customer. I would be swearing at myself for not giving me a cheaper price since my blog ain't worth that much!!! But since I'd hate to

Baru tahu

2010-09-06T12:44:00.000+08:00

Went to see Expendables last week. Then, saw (heard is more appropriate) Bruce Willis' dialogs were not censored. F-words bersepah-sepah. Then I related to my experience watching Predators 2010. Walaweh... so now, if the movie is 18-SG (or maybe also PL and SX)... then indecent language will no longer be censored? Although I agree that it makes the flow a whole lot better... but having to hear

Middle to South... Middle to North... and it ain't even Raya yet!!!

2010-09-03T08:59:00.001+08:00

For the last two days... I was helping with the misses... Due to this being her first time doing kuih raya business, some things were totally out of sync :P One of the glitches had to do with delivery. Ntah mcm mana, some deliveries were overlooked, but Alhamdulillaah, managed to be detected at the very last minute. But the thing was that... some of the deliveries needed to be done on that very

Will be in Bangi until after after Raya insyaAllaah

2010-08-30T12:13:00.000+08:00

Initially, I planned to come back to my hometown for just 4-days. But considering that I have to come back after just 9-10 days... rasa macam menghabihkan bogheh la pulak iye? So, we will just stay until Raya lah :) But then, some of my frens will be having their wedding in September. One guy on the 18th, another on the 25th! So, if go back to Penang... then need to come back. Which will also be

Macam Michael Buble la pulak iye...

2010-08-25T15:17:00.004+08:00

And I'm surrounded by, a million people but I'm still alone... I wanna go home... got to go homeeee.... Lebih kurang like that lah Mr. Michael Buble sang his song :) It's been quite stressful for the last three weeks... and I really2 do need to see my wife and kids. Really2 miss them all. Asyik dok ngadap PC kat lab je, can become crazy before 14 Jun 2013 you know. Need to shift mindset and

Arabic Food for Iftar - Masjid Al-Malik USM

2010-08-22T03:43:00.000+08:00

The similitude... Nasi Kandar Beratoq!!! Seriously... I think longer at times! The Arabic Iftar line has been gaining popularity this year round. There is actually another line on the other side of Masjid Al-Malik USM, serving Malaysian food. But it seems that people are thronging the Arabs instead. I personally believe it's because of the more well defined portions of chicken that you get, plus

Ok. Didn't get pics... but I found my old Adidas Alligator/Crocodile...

2010-08-21T14:32:00.000+08:00

I sorta promised to get the pics from the Arab Iftar Line in my last post... But since I went alone that time, it felt kinda awkward to snap pics of people I don't even know while putting on a straight face. Normally, I'd go and collect the food with my lab mate, Mr Ehsan Abbasnejad (smart Iranian fella)... But that day, my supervisor had one of her late 'energy boosts' and called upon him at

InsyaAllaah I will take pics of the 'Arabic Food Line'

2010-08-19T15:31:00.000+08:00

Today, for break fast, insyaAllaah I will go to the Arab food counter. Alhamdulillaah, some people are forking out $$$ to feed orang berbuka puasa. According to what I know (is it from the Quran or Hadith? Tak sure...)... Those giving food for people (who are fasting of course) to break fast, they will obtain the ajr (pahala) of the person who is fasting, without being lessened even a bit....

People are looking for kambing I reckon...

2010-08-17T09:57:00.001+08:00

Been looking at the Feedjit "Popular Pages Today" widget at the bottom right corner of my blog. When I first put it there, I saw that many people who stumbled across this site were looking for info. about Halal Protein powders or supplements. But now... it seems that the protein topic has been overtaken by the kambing topik. 14.22% of the alfiantroxion blog visitors are kambing fanatics! And I

Ceramah - why so far apart?

2010-08-16T07:41:00.000+08:00

Assalaam aleykom WBT :) Today I decided to drag myself out of bed instead of falling back into slumber after Subuh prayers. Alhamdulillaah, surprisingly... feel very2 de segar one. Maybe its also due to the fact I ate an apple (after rice n chicken of course) for Sahur? Maybe all those simple carb juices are flowing rapidly through my body providing instant energy!!! But have to get ready btw, as

Verdict - Beriani Paha Kambing Kampung Pelet

2010-08-14T15:56:00.002+08:00

The verdict has come out. Good news and just little bad news :D As a matter of fact, the bad news is quite insignificant as it was a minor (so to speak) glitch in the network of employees... Table 1.0: Puncak Mutiara Cafe Verdict by RR, Mat John and Alpyan Item Verdict Goat meat softness Very-very soft, like the first time we came Heat of hot drinks As hot as it can get... no more

Soq / Sahur di Puncak Mutiara Cafe, Kampung Pelet... insyaAllaah

2010-08-13T14:40:00.003+08:00

InsyaAllaah, this morning at around 2 or 3 a.m.... myself, Raja Azhar bin Raja Othman and M. Faizal Zainoldin have planned to take our sahur (soq in the northern slang) or early breakfast at Kampung Pelet. Of course for me, it would mean ordering the RM17 Nasi Beriani Paha Kambing!!! In my previous post however, I mentioned that the goat meat had gone sooo tough, that even biting was futile. My

Walking to the lab

2010-08-11T13:27:00.001+08:00

Hmmm... Takde la jauh sangat pun bila dah actually jalan. Normally, I'd drive from my hostel to the lab, which takes ~3-minutes. Sekarang kalu, I think I have to walk to the lab. Takes just around 5 to 8-minutes by foot. Rain or shine... walk mesti mau walk juga. No more spoiling my feet with pressing the paddle (ke pedal?) to the (tak-sampai-pun) metal (ke middle?) ... Anywayz, I tried walking a

Catch siakap, cook siakap :)

2010-08-09T22:15:00.003+08:00

Last weekend, myself, Akhmal Ikan Tenggiri and Cikgu Othman (Akhmal's father) went on a fishing trip @ Sungai Semeling, Sungai Petani, Kedah. This time it was a river trip... tapi quite close to sea jugak la since the water already started to get masin :) Muara sungai la kot? Anywayz, the targeted fish was siakap (bahasa orang putih dia apa ye? Baramundi kah? Ke Perch?). Image edited from source

PhD Requirement - 3 ISI Journals

2010-08-06T11:47:00.003+08:00

Was chatting with a friend last week. Both of us are in the the academic business and we talked about the requirements set by some local (Malaysian) universities for a candidate to obtain his/her PhD. With all the fuss about publishing... some unis apparently are setting up some, if I may say, CRAZY rules in order for one to obtain his/her doctoral certificate. The general rule was that a student

I rode a Segway at that Langkawi Cable Car place...

2010-08-05T14:48:00.003+08:00

Alhamdulillaah... had a good two nite stay at Langkawi Island. Me, the wife, kids, my in laws, our helper Kak Ati and sis in law accommodated ourselves at the AB Motel in Pantai Cenang for RM120 per nite... I think that was quite an OK price considering the Saudi and Indian/Pakistanian tourist season :D Anywayz... went to the Langkawi Cable Car place. Didn't know that they started operations at

Again, Halal Status issue... :)

2010-07-25T19:03:00.001+08:00

(Thanks MMQ Imran for the link to this useful article) An article published online (offline pun ada ke?) yesterday realized my fears that kopitiams around Malaysia aren't actually 100% halal. Please refer here for the article. It seems that, some of the private halal certificate providers simply conduct their halal 'check' via the telephone. I mean... this is so not the way to do it. Why?

Writing Thesis Using LaTex

2010-07-21T22:12:00.000+08:00

I have made a rather bold decision... which is to write my thesis using LaTex. I am making this decision because I don't I'm gonna learn it after I finish my PhD :P I reckon the "push" factor won't be there, and I'll be doomed to be a MS Word user for the rest of my academic life. So, better LaTex now then never! :) Anywayz... it seems to be going well at the moment. The only complaints I have is

Puncak Mutiara Cafe, Kampung Pelet - Apa sudah jadi? Daging KERAS!!! Kambing tua ka? Saya terpaksa komplen

2010-07-19T13:33:00.000+08:00

Beberapa hari lepas, saya dan seorang rakan telah sekali lagi mengunjungi Puncak Mutiara Cafe, Kampung Pelet. Target biasa kami ialah, of course, Nasi Beriani (ke beriyani?) Paha Kambing. Sebab apa, kami rasa dish tu saja yang berbaloi nak makan jika dibandingkan dengan tanda harganya (RM17/pack). Anywayz... Saya agak pelik, kerana pengalaman kami kebelakangan ini agak membimbangkan dan kurang

So Many Things To Pack

2010-07-18T16:47:00.000+08:00

Now I'm in the process of clearing out our rented house in Taman Ilmu, Nib Tebal. At first I thought there were like, not so much things. But after going through one room... it seems like I might need multiple trips to Bangi. At first, ingatkan all can be done in one go, since we managed to sell of the big things (e.g. washing machine, queen size bed, fridge, TV and TV cabinet, study desk etc.).

Nasi Kandar Beratur - Parit Buntar Version

2010-07-15T11:58:00.002+08:00

There's this one nasi kandar shop... not in Penang, but in Parit Buntar. Of course, if its nasi kandar, then it will be operated by mamaks... as mamaks are the ones that hold the 'patent' for nasi kandar :) Anywayz... this particular shop... forget its name... is quite small... located in a not so strategic part near (new town) Parit Buntar .... but at many times, I can see people lining up to

Furniture n Stuff For Sale - Taman Ilmu, Nibong Tebal, Near USM Engineering Campus - UPDATED

2010-07-13T11:58:00.003+08:00

======Regrettably, all items on this page have either been sold, or are not for sale anymore.Please accept our apologies...====== Assalaam aleykom and a very good2 day :) I would like to announce that I have some stuff for sale... because we are clearing out our rented house at Taman Ilmu, Nibong Tebal, Penang :D So, in case anybody knows anyone in the area of USM Engineering Campus... or in the