Assoc. Prof. Dr Rachel F. Mansa

I blogged a while before about how I wished I had the iPhone. Recently I went to Centre Point Sabah and asked about the iPhone at the Apple Outlet. Guess what? They have phased out the iPhone I wanted for the iPhone 3G with a much higher price. Great. Just great. I decided just then and then I decided I would not be able to afford that and I would just look for a normal PDA to do my work. A visit to the PDAexpert in 1 Borneo however put my sadness aside. They had a PDA phone which was really much better than the iPhone in terms of programs. HTC Touch Diamond. After looking at it and handling it for half an hour. I was in Love. So I got home and surfed the web for a few days looking at reviews on it. I also am wondering how much I will need a QWERTY layout to type. Hmmm. Ponder.. ponder.. ponder.. surf.. surf.. surf.. read.. read.. read.. Then I found one info which made me think I should wait for the HTC Touch Pro aka Raphael.. How cool is that name... :) wink* wink* :p . It perfectly ...

I am very good at predicting my own future. Here is my own prediction. On Monday I will reluctantly drag myself out of bed at 5.30 am and get ready to leave the house by 6.15 am. I will have maybe the worst Monday blues ever. Hahaha as if I am a fortune teller. I know this because, today is the second last day of my maternity leave. I do not look forward to the tons of mail I need to go through. The number of people who want to see me. Furthermore I need to look into some classes that I have to give as well. Ugh. I just want to focus on some research writing. Need to give myself a mental note to block time for it.

I hope you had a funfilled 31st birthday. Maybe I will surprise you by bringing you out tonight. :) I would like to thank you for the wonderful Sons you have given me. I thank you for making me stronger. I thank you for making me realize I am a strong woman and I can KICK **se hahahha. Thank you for your efforts and your struggle. I thank you as well for sticking around this pain in the **se wife of yours. Ha ha ha. I know we have had our share of marital challenges. We are bound to have a normal rugged journey of discovery, because life as we knew it before has ended. I am not sure if our journey together is long but I know it will be tortuous. I hope we will persevere and be good parents to our sons. I am writing all this because I want you to know that you are loved. So very loved and appreciated by me and by our kids. Happy birthday.

rem·i·nisce (r m -n s ) intr.v. rem·i·nisced , rem·i·nisc·ing , rem·i·nisc·es To recollect and tell of past experiences or events. hmm I like doing this once in a while. It is funny and joyful to look behind you and smile at the path you have taken. The viewpoint is always rewarding. Now I have reached a point in my life that I have always wanted to be. Yet there is more to come. I want more. I know I can achieve more. I know the future stores a lot more for me. I can feel it deep in my heart that my journey in life is long and soo full. Back in July 2005, mid summer in Birmingham. I started writing my thesis. I wrote this I announce my marriage to my Thesis today! Wednesday, July 6th, 2005 Today I start on my thesis.. nothing much just bloody stressed and wondering if i will ever survive it without anyone special in my life.. (I recently got single then.. hahahha I was really sad and lonely... duh) My industrial supervisor yesterday said she is happy with my wo...

This one is a very sweet memory.. Archive for July, 2005 A journey on my own (Warning! a long one) Sunday, July 17th, 2005 I went to Cambridge yesterday and came back today… It started out to be scary for me.. to be on my own and I lost my Young Person’s Railcard.. I also forgot my camera.. duh… I tried renewing my card at the uni station.. but they did not have a form.. hmmm… then had to buy a separate ticket to get to Birmingham New Street. Then I had to queue up for an hour. Phuuuu.. Penat ooooh.. Luckily I left the house much earlier, I sort of anticipated that it would take a lot of time to get a replacement card… then I went for lunch.. makan meehun goreng basah.. yum at my favourite malaysian restaurant.. then had to rush to train station.. found out that the trip is sooo long la.. like 3 hours.. even going to lancaster or london is only 2 hours. hmmmm what to do.. i already promise to go to see a friend from a-levels college.. w...

The two most important men in my life. I love them so much. I would give my life for them. My Baby is so sweet. I have noticed that he has a totally different character to his brother. He smiles at the simplest coo from you. He smiles right after feeding. It is like he is complimenting the chef. He poos but once or twice a day and does a very big one. His poo overflows his cloth nappy or his disposable nappy. It practically looks like a big atom bomb went off in there. Hmm poo, smiles and cries. Yeah he cries too. He gets upset about things I do not understand. But most of the time I can guess it will be either he is sleepy, hungry or wants to be carried around the house. He does not really cry because of wet nappies. Strange. My Kiddo tho is sooo loving but also very jealous of his little bro. He has started getting extra clingy to me and had lessened his clinginess to his dad. But poor Kiddo he has the shits and gets sick most of the time. This stomach bug really pisses me off. Poor...

My two months is almost over. I have but 9 days left of it now. Hmmm... half of me wants to go back to work. The larger half of me is screaming no. :) I am surprised. I thought I would be gagging to get back to work by now. Yet there is so much to do apart from work. Scary. Who will feed me if I do not work. Gotta shake that idea out of my head. I enjoy my children and the feeling of being free from management work. I do hate that part of my work to bits. I wish I wish. Where is Dibo the Gift Dragon. "Didi boding dibo dibo ding", there I said it. Now I want my wish. Grrr.... it is only a wish and by the time I get back to work I will be dumped with a mountain of work without an increase in pay for that responsibility. UGH.. I want to puke. Hey I can look forward to playing futsal again. Yahooooo.. I am not back to my sexy self (eyes go inward and laugh). Like yeah right. I have this big podge on my belly. It is different to having had a C-section. I had a podge and a line acc...

Me and babies.. I love them.. but for myself 2 beautiful boys is enough. I do not think I can handle anymore at the moment. I adore and appreciate my beloved boys. Yet I do feel like I am slowing down too much with my career. I have to strike that Golden Balance. So contraception is in the menu this week. Of course you look at all your options and try to pick the one that best suits you and your lifestyle. The Pill - Pros; I have been on it before. It did not cause any negatives to me. Cons; I am extremely forgetful now and may get pregnant due to forgetfulness. So; not an option. The Condom - Pros; works well, cheap and cheerful. Cons; hmmm nothing wrong with this one.. just malas (malaise, lazy) hahahha ... so not an option since I am lazy. The IUD - Pros; Cheap, long term (3 years), easy, proven to work 89% of the time. Cons; Painful periods cramps. Can not lose a day of work due to cramps.. I usually have bad ones without IUD.. I heard it gets really painful with it. No go... The...

My kiddo loves to hang in tough imagine that.. he keeps on wanting to go back there again and again.

Wow it is raya time again. I hope everyone is having a good raya celebration. I am just chilling at home.. too tired. Played with my son most of the day. I need a rest. Yet I wish to eat some raya cookies too.. What I only found out lately is that Malaysia loves Stacy soo much she became the AF6 winner. WOW. Really proud that this gutsy girl from Tuavon had caught the hearts of Malaysians. When I first saw her perform in Q-ball. I was thinking another really young local girl who should be studying instead. Did not realise that she had it in her to win the big AF. That prooves what little I know. Duh again. But congratulations to the little woman with a big voice. Oh I gotta go stop my Kiddo from trying to hit MOH. Tah... By the way I am enjoying my maternity break so much. I have become too busy even to post a blog. Hmmm..