Things to do:

1. A new plan for synthesis:

It tooks me about one and half month just to think about a new route for the synthesis of ----. I need to change the procedure for 3 times before it does begin. The first one is to used t-BuLi to substitute Br- group at C4 benzene ring. T-BuLi is very dangerous since it can blow out in a second because of limited handling efficiency and nak dijadikan cite, a grad student from California died because of that. So, Hugh decides not to take any risk and asked me to think a new route to replace t-BuLi. Gosh… The second plan was to used Grignard Reagent, pun xjadi due to my target compound is C12 (long chain) and low yield percentage. Finally, I try to proposed sonagashira rxn that involved aryl bromides and alkynes terminated by alcohol group. Seems like it can be done, so kene la list down ape chemicals nak pakai n order it.

2. NMR training:

I should go to NMR training since I’ll used it in short time to for my starting material. It should be today, and xde sebab yg kukuh I g batalkan training tu. Bodo giler.

3. Report Mass-Spec:

Due date for this report is Feb 28th tp skrg baru siap 1 muka surat. Xtau la apesal slow sgt.

4. Problem Set Mass-Spec:

Problem set is another assignment carried 30% of the total score. It has 9 killer questions and nmpk gayenye baru ade 1 soalan yg leh dijawab. Damn... I really need someone’s help. Sape yg power rangers dlm Mass spec, tlg la hulurkan pertolongan.

5. Present meeting group:

It’s probably on March 23rd. Hugh asked me to give a talk about my research and share with other group members especially about the synthesis. Adei… x nmpk bayang lg nih!

6. Presentation for scientific Communication:

It’s on March 27th, 4 days after meeting group. Campur ni 4 presentation dah within 3 months. Giler btl.. Tu la, dah ni jalan yg dipilih, ikut je la.. (Ayat mek sarah).

7. Submit Seminar Critiques and abstract:

This is for Scientific communication course where we need to give some critiques about the seminar department in terms of their slides, skills and so on. Masalahnye, yg bg presrentation tu sume prof2 yg mmg dah expert. Slide pun cantik2. so the comment is: Very good presentation. Tp xkan same je utk sume??

8. Conference??

There will be a Conference on Surface Chemistry (end of May) and will be held in MCMaster University, Hamilton. Hurrreeeeeyyy.. This is my first conference.

1st & 2nd Presentation: Done

It seems like a very big relieved after 2 presentations in a week. I get started as earlier as I can so that I can be well prepared. Well, my supervisor is very concern about the presentation, so in last week group meeting he decided to give me an opportunity to talk in front of four others member group (Mohammad, Peiling, Nicole and Ying) and give me some comments about my slide and so on. That's a great idea, I know but at the same time I got very nervous actually not because to speak in front of other people (kat Msia pun same je) but the topic is not familiar to me. It's about a desorption technique in Mass-Spec and this is my first time to know DESI-MS (Desorption Electrospray Ionization).

The pesentation has been done on Monday and as usual, kene tegur skit2 tu biase la. Banyak komen membina yg i dpt. Yg plg xtahan skali kene tukar template because i guna template UMT. hahaha... Hugh said, 'well alyza, i know u're from Universiti Msia..(die xpndai nak sebut Terengganu), but u should also be proud as a Queen's student'.. hehe.. ngn selambe nye i pun jawab la, 'i'm sorry, i don't have any Queen's templates'.. Mohammad lak angkat tangan, u can get it from me if u want. hehe.. sah, confirm kene tukar templates.. well, it's not my intention to use UMT's template. I don't have any idea how to create a white background slide and play with the colors to look nice but still formal. I love to have a colorful backgound macam budak2 tadika in my slide. So, i try to ask Kak Erin either is it compulsory to used a white background and she said its much better to used white sbb nmpk formal. So, ape lg, i gune je la template UMT, dah itu je yg ade. hehe..

The real presentation in front of 30 students on Wednesday was went well. Xbanyak soalan yg ditanya maybe because of I'm the last person out of four, and realized that they all hungry, I just try to make the presentation look simple. it tooks about 20minutes and 1 question from Prof Richard Oleschuk about the ionization mode. Then, done...

Seronok2... n ari khamis tu i decide to go to the mall (Cataraqui Centre) jalan2 makan angin sambil shopping baju n beli coat for coming spring. Xsesuai la pulak nak pkai baju bubble dah, suhu dah x extreme sgt. dah nyaman sekarang. Snow dah mula cair n Lake Ontario pun dah biru. Baru nmpk dunia, sebenarnye Kingston ni cantik.

Ari Sabtu kami ade perjumpaan ngn Puan Zalilah from MSD and ari Ahad kami plan nak masak for Kak Ila n Azri, ade tetamu nak bertandang ke rumah. Mggu depan lak ade seminar WHMIS (Safety), siap ade online kuiz lg. Kalo xlulus xdpt sijil. WHMIS ni one of the phD requirement, so kene wat elok2. Harap2 sumenye berjalan lancar.

Thats all for now. Cau..

Ye..Ye... NAk kawin

Seronoknye dengar berita Kak Syara (a.k.a. Percayalahhhh) nak kawin. Hmmmm.. i sgt2 memahami keadaan kak syara skrg, seriously dah tinggal sebulan seelum kawin mmg xleh wat keje ape dah. Mcm2 pk. hahhahah.. Well kak syara, pk skit2 je. Jgn lebih2 lak.

Td boring xde ape nak wat, tgk gmbar kawin n gmbr kat bwh ni btl2 wat i tersenyum. rupe2 nye kat dlm gmbr ni sume dah 'maju setapak ke hadapan'. hehehe.. (ila pun skali la, ntah2 blk aritu wat majlis, sj xnak bgtau.) hehe.. Amik berkat pengantin, naik pelamin mmg cepat bertemu jdh.

I dah kat setahun kawin, Mek sarah bulan 5 ni, darah masam2 manis tu. Cik Sabiqah, emmm... hehhehehe.., ila dah ade poje tunggu. KAK SYARA bulan 3 ni. fuhhh... giler ah.. cepatnye mase berlalu.

Kawan2 i xde dah yg single mingle.. sume dah berdua.

Cik Sabiqah???... emmmmm... heheheehe.. dah ade gak...

Black, yellow, black, yellow, HELLO....

Kak Syara, Selamat Pengantin Baru, selamat menempuh alam berumah tangga. Moga berkekalan hingga ke akhir hayat n moga kasih sayang kalian kekal selamanya. Amin..