Kitchen Grooming

I wish I could write more frequent after this since this blog has been in idle mode for so long. I wish I could use my absolute free time during last two weeks semester break but the super slow internet connection made me hate blogging during that time. Now lets get back to this again :)

It has been already two weeks passed since the new semester started. Week 3 begins tomorrow and we should get ready to be busy. All labs and assignments and project and FYP (and the list goes on) are waiting and smiling to us :) Before jumping into the havoc, I really want to spend some time having this pampering mask on my face tonight. Its honey + cinnamon mask!

Sometimes skincare and beauty products are so expensive to some people especially students like me. But we still have other option where we can fully use what normally available in our kitchen. We call this kitchen grooming :) Seriously girl, don't underestimate the power and potency of these substances especially honey and cinnamon. Did you know that cinnamon and honey are both the most powerful natural anti-bacterial and anti-microbial remedy for skin and also other health matters? This antibacterial property make it very good in combating acne. We call it anti-acne mask too. One of our beauty expert, Michelle Phan has also advised us to try this and she already made a guideline video of making this mask on our own. Watch it on YouTube and you can find so many other beauty tips in her channel.

To those having problem loading video or time constraint, lets check these very quick steps below! :)

1. You need honey. Again, it has an amazing anti-bacterial properties.

2. You need cinnamon powder too. According to Michelle, it will work to bring blood and oxygen back to your skin and dry out the pimples. Mix them with reasonable amount and ratio.

3. Michelle prefer to heat it up in microwave but I think it is not really necessary. In fact we don't have it in UTP. lol.

4. Apply it on your face and relax! Rinse it with water after 10 minutes. Time to glow! :)

May we have a lovely attitude and behavior as how we want our appearance look wonderful to the eyes of people we love around us :)

Verses for The Soul

And remember this always my dear Ika..

Al-Imran : 133, 134, 135

Pictures' Notes

Alhamdulillah I have just finished my test 2 for DSP subject. I can feel one by one heavy burden released from this head. But remember that all these responsibilities will not end till forever. There will always be task/responsibilities/problem to be solved. As one test has passed, need to get ready to have more serious time on DSP project starting tomorrow. That's the real life, it will come one by one. Before going back to the reality tomorrow, let me fulfill one of my promise to this blog : to keep in touch with this blog, at least write something once in a week. There's nothing so important here, I received some pictures from Ain, and I would like to share few thought of mine. 

1. These are the two pictures of me with my roommate. She is Nur Ain Syafiqah Binti Shamsudin. In UTP, we have been housemate since the beginning, and yes, this is my first time being her roommate. But this is not the first time ever. We had been roommate for a year during our time in Taylor, taking Canadian Pre-University. As much as how I used to love staying in the same room with her in 0912 Casa Subang, that's how I'm in love to stay with her now. She'll be graduating in September, so I still have a chance to stay close to her in this and next semester. This is just so wonderful and I love her :)

2. In the first picture, I drove from UTP to Lumut. We were heading to Pulau Pangkor to attend the wedding of Ain's cousin there. It was a wedding on island! I just knew and realized that it is a bit difficult to take all the hantaran (I'm not sure what do we call this in English) to go to the island as we need to take ferry. Probably to make it possible, the family need to book one private ferry for the whole family and stuffs. Any other way? And the second picture, we were in the ferry :)

3. With the technologies, products, researches and other improvements exist nowadays, you can change the way you look, virtually and literally. For me these two pictures virtually make me look a bit different from the reality. Its is just different virtually. These pictures are taken from Ain's smartphone and she did use one apps to edit. If I'm not mistaken, it is Camera360. Same goes to those instagram and, what else? I don't know as I don't have smartphone, you guys know better. Of course this technologies does not change my face to be a beautiful girl, but it does change how the skin complexion looks. It does not completely disappear but definitely diminished. At first I saw the pictures, I wonder where does my acne scars and so many other flaws go? I have been facing all the flaws in front of the mirror everyday! Maybe we cannot judge everything from a picture, the real thing can be better, or it can be worse.

4. Beautiful is always said to be subjective. Have you ever experience the situation where you find someone you know get more beautiful day by day. The way you look her or him change, its not the same as how you look at her at the first time you saw them. I do believe it is because of the beauty of their characters and so many other things that brought our love to grows toward them. It is not only physical beauty. Let us all try to achieve this ultimate beauty. Be beautiful inside out. Physically, spiritually. The most important things about beauty and love, it's Allah who place it inside us. May He guide us till the end. Ameen :)

Sg. Perak Hydro Power Station

Finally we made it to Bersia Hydro Power Station last Thursday! EE is the department that has the least field trip compared to other departments. So far my civil department friends have the biggest number of field trips. Having said that, the whole class are so happy to have this visit and to see how a hydro power station looks like from a very near view. At least we still have one before graduating :P

Sign to the road heading to Sg. Perak Power Station

Bersia dam is located in Gerik and the official name is Sultan Azlan Shah Bersia Power Station owned by Tenaga Nasional Berhad. It is the centre power station that have the control for five other hyrdo power stations  located along Sungai Perak. As how we first being introduced to all these power stations by the engineers in the presentation room, we have seen the single line diagram and the indicators from each of them in the control room too. The power stations are Cenderoh, Kenering, Piah Upper, Piah Lower, Temenggor and Pergau Power Station. Check the total generating power for each of those power stations in wikipedia.

In the presentation room.

Control Room. Engineer is explaining.

We had a permission to visit the control room and have a look at the single line diagram of all connected power stations. We were then headed to Bersia dam, where the generating station and the switch yard are at the same location. The scenery are awesomely beautiful. You know it's a hydro power station, which is constructed in the middle of the nature beauty. That's the most special thing about hydro power station compared to other type of power station. Because of its beauty, students are very excited taking pictures rather than excited to know what is actually going on in the generating station haha! Actually there are some restriction and rule for photo taking, people are not allowed to take the pictures of the switch yard site. We are only allowed to take photo from the dam site. The securities accompanying us said this is a very private site.

This is not my first time being in a power plant as I have worked in Putrajaya Power Staion during my internship last year. But there are big differences between Bersia Power Station and Putrajaya Power Station. Firstly, Putrajaya Power Station is a gas turbine power station while Bersia is hydro power station. The physical structures, the operating system, the power plant components and the turbine itself are different. Secondly, I'm allowed to take photos as much as I want in Putrajaya Power Station. It's a process of learning for me. Probably Putrajaya Power Station is not that private and confidential site as Bersia Dam. LOL. 

To be at site is much better for learning compared to be in the office. I summarized and compiled part of my experiences there in the presentation slide which I used it for my Oral Presentation in front of Ir. Faris, my supervisor from UTP. In the slides, there are pictures inside the power plant and it is about 10% of all the pictures I have. I feel save to share it online as I have never been warned by any engineers or staffs there. Hopefully it doesn't matter. Again, for me this is part of learning process. I hope in some way it can help those having their internship in Siemens or in power system field no matter what company. For all the knowledge and experiences I gained, I praise Allah, alhamdulillah, and I hope that the knowledge is blessed and stay with me forever so I can apply when it is needed. When is it, I'm not sure. Maybe in my kitchen? :P

Pictures with Ir. Faris after my Oral Presentation for Industrial Training.

Final Year Syndrome

I guess that's how I'm going to call for all the things that happen in my house and happen to all final year student's house, I believe. But what do I mean with that phrase final year syndrome? It is a drastic changes that happen to all final years students. If not all, I dare to say almost all. And maybe, including me. Haha in this thought sharing,  I'm actually laughing and trolling myself, frankly speaking.

1. Final Year Project (FYP)
In this case I'm excluded. All of my friends are taking their FYP 1 for this semester and they are almost crazy about it. When there is a deadline for report or presentation, they will be the zombies who don't sleep and work around the clock. They are freaking nervous when the conversation topic start to change from something else to FYP. Or it is more simply said "you will not complete your FYP without crying".

2. Yes to work, no to study.
There are a lot of my friends who can't tolerate to study things anymore after coming back from internship. They really want to finish as soon as possible. They prefer working environment compared to the pressure of study, assignments, tests, quizzes, projects and exams. Especially to those who already found the joy of being in their field, the job that they are born for, they started counting days to graduation.

3. Beauty and health.
This is the biggest matter as I seen. I'm not sure if this happen to boys, but my friends are all being so obsessed in dieting, skin care, make up, and any product that help them to be better in health and beauty. I'm truly loving and supporting them when they are aware of the importance of health and beauty. They don't go to no-eat-the-whole-day-diet but they go for eat-what-your-body-need diet. They exercise too. You know how hard girls want to initiate an exercise compare to boy. Boys play football a lot. I can see it every evening when I pass the field. Some are also dying to get better skin. Like me. LOL. I'm seriously half-crazy to find a way for better skin complexion. Oily, blemished, scars and dark skin is really a nightmare for me. No matter for what reason we all being like this, I hope that the effort to be healthy and naturally beautiful will last till the end. Remember that we want to be fit and gorgeous not only because of that one main reason rite.

4. Future hubby and future wifey.
The main reason that is commonly said when final year try to fix their physical appearance is because of marriage. Dear all friends, dear all future hubbies, dear all future wives, we all have the same thought, same feeling. As marriage become near, although we might not know exactly when is it, or are we going to have one, we don't want to screw up. We want to be the best and look good to someone we belongs to. But I really impressed with friend who are not only looking physical appearance as the only thing, but they seek a lot of knowledge of developing inner self and building a blessed marriage. Alhamdulillah, now we all are matured women and man. LOL.

Sometimes, I really really really hope that people take my facebook status seriously. I might not be officially and culturally engaged but my heart is engaged and fully occupied since years ago. Occupied with something that does not fade with time, or large spaces. I just want to nod my head and say yes when people pointing the silver ring around my finger and thought I'm married. I don't want you who are asking more. I don't want you who are chasing. I don't want you who offer kindness to much, more than what I need for studies. I just want, and I'm praying that Allah make ease and fasten the right way if what I have felt since almost 4 years ago are right, written up there whether it is belong to me. The feeling of missing something does not come by itself, it comes with the sweet, the bitter, the memories, the tears and the times went through all these test and tribulation. Allah will guide us all. Have faith, people.

Oh ya. We are what we eat, we are what we read. Make sure we eat good, we read good :)

Let's start this one tonight! :D