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REPOST from 18 MARCH 2013 In response to Khidir 16 Mar 13, 11:43 PM khidir: hi sis meen. can u gv me some advice and suggestion to make my mood study bcoz i always cant study when i tell to myself tat today i gonna study. tis happen bcoz of my roomates. 16 Mar 13, 11:51 PM khidir: actually my room is a place tat we call it HQ for hangout,enjoy ourself,happy hour and many more during our leisure time. so every night we always do tis. 16 Mar 13, 11:55 PM khidir: so i cant study. tis is bcoz during i made revision i will join tis group and waste my time. many time i try to avoid it but i cant make it. so i need ur advice sis to improve my life in campus. khidir: i really hope u can help me for some advice. thank you. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Thank you Khidir for sharing a common problem that many people face and that's why I decided to write a blog post on this topic as I'm sure that many people out ther...

Dear all, Thank you for visiting my blog, I hope all of you are doing great. In this blog post, I am going to share a few updates on my life and wrap up 2017 in this post. 2017 has been an eventful year and I am so thankful for everything in my life. Today I received a very special email from one of my faithful readers. I woke up in the morning, had breakfast and checked my email littlemissmeencollections@gmail.com and her email cheered up my morning. I like long emails or messages because I generally engage more in deep conversations compared to on the surface convos. To anyone thinking of emailing me, all your emails and real names remain private and confidential unless you give me permission to share. I may rephrase the content of your email to write a blog post that may benefit anyone who may experience the same situation but will not mention your name. For this recent email I received, I really like it that she has her full name and also an online name. I like i...

Dear all, Thank you for visiting :) Happy weekend and hope you are having a nice Saturday so far. It's holiday seasons and I am sure many of you are off on exciting holidays or spending family time. Whatever it is, stay safe and have a good time :) It's Saturday morning for me and so far a relaxing morning for me. I had a cup of 'teh tarik' (popular milk tea in Malaysia) and also jasmine green tea. I like tea, I can have endless cups of tea all day. I was thinking about what topic to blog today and there are so many topics I did not know which one to choose. So, I opened this little notepad I have on my phone where I write down any blog topics I think of at any time of the day so that I can refer to that list when I decide to sit down and blog. So the topic I have chosen today is useful for anyone out there thinking to start a blog or website. Here are some things that you need to bear in mind: Choose your blogging platform carefully. Are you more comfortab...

It's Christmas season and as any festive season, it is a time for giving and sharing the love. It is that time of the year when people feel extra generous and in good spirits. While we are planning our Christmas and holiday plans, it is also important that all of us remember those who are less fortunate and in need. We might be planning a great dinner on Christmas Eve but there are people out there who are starving and would be grateful for even a piece of bread. Or there are people who are shivering at night while we enjoy the luxury of having a heater or fireplace. It is a life I cannot imagine. When I attend presentations on helping the homeless if there is one message I would like to emphasise, it would be that being homeless is NOT a choice for most of them. Life circumstances are what brought them out there. It could be their negative attitude or behaviour that drove them out of the house. Or bankruptcy or being cheated or they suffered mental illness or they are LGBT who a...

If you read my previous blog articles, you would realise that most of my education articles are related to high school studies. Now that I have graduated from university, I feel that I can now share study tips at university.  A little background on what and where I studied. I started my degree in 2013 at Imperial College London and I studied Earth Science (Geology, Geophysics and Geochemistry). Before that, I did an A-level in Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Math in HELP University, Malaysia. I did not have much Geology background before starting my degree but that was fine as many people did not too. I did a 4-year programme including a 1-year integrated Masters programme and graduated in October 2017, just 2 months ago.  Here are some study tips I found useful for myself when studying at university, hope you find this beneficial for you:) As always, let me know if you have any questions. I am more than happy to help. Studying at university is very different com...

If you have just lost a pet, either it disappeared or passed away, I feel your pain. I have lost a pet before and today someone very close to me lost his pet. When you are in this position, it is really tough especially if you are close to your pet. Grieve all you want and cry if you need to. It is understandable. When people who do not have pets hear about the loss of a pet, they usually do not understand the pain as much. I was like that too until I had pets, then, I understood. If you have a special bond with that pet, it is even harder. This pet is not directly mine but I play with it regularly. It is pretty new, we got it just less than a month ago. It recently learned new tricks and become really interactive with us and suddenly it disappeared. Nobody realised that the door was left slightly open. And that is how it disappeared. We are not sure if it is gone completely,  but we will attempt to find it.  Here I will share some ways when coping with losing a pet. Ho...

 How to Look Good with Less Makeup Makeup is becoming the trending thing nowadays and it has become so popular that more and more tutorials, make-up products, make-up artists and make-up kits available anywhere and everywhere. I have got two confessions to make.  1. 2017 is actually the first year I've owned my own mascara. It was a birthday gift from Body Shop as I am a member. Actually, they gave me a cash voucher and I chose mascara.  2. Christmas 2016 is the first time ever I bought lipstick. I usually prefer the Nivea Fruity Shiney Cherry lip balm but while Boxing Day shopping with my friend, I was trying out the lipsticks and fell in love with some of them. I bought a Maxx Factor orange tint, I happen to like seeing myself in orange lipstick and my friend told me it suits me well, yaay.  Even with these two additional things in my makeup bag, I only wear it once in awhile. Of course, I feel all of us generally look better with makeup but I feel that i...

If anyone one of you are interested to learn Quran recitation online, I will give you a brief overview of how it works.  So, last August 2016, a year plus ago, I decided to learn the Quranic recitation again. I looked online and discovered this new method of learning online with an ustazah in a group. I took the classes for 2 months then I went back to London and the timing of the class did not suit UK time so I stopped taking classes for a year until I returned to Malaysia. I started again last November 2017 and classes are now still ongoing. For those of you who find it tricky to travel far or have very different hours day-to-day, I would highly suggest taking an online class. For me, the class is 1 hour and there are about 12 students in a class so we take turns reading. Not all 12 turn up, so it depends. Sometimes I get to read twice and sometimes just once. Classes are three times a week and at a fixed time each day. The ustazah will correct you immediately after you read ...

Yesterday, my family and I went to the popular Korean restaurant in Ampang called Sweetree. It is said that they are the only certified Halal Korean food in Malaysia. I am not too sure about this but the place is wonderful, they even have a prayer room. The decoration is lovely and homey and they have two separate sections, one for the ala carte menu and one for the BBQ section. The last time I went to this restaurant was the end of August and during that time we even met Luke Orang Korea. He was so friendly and welcoming and we had a great chat with him. I now follow his online pages on Instagram and Youtube :) To be honest, I am not a super big fan of Korean and Japanese food because I do not really like raw food/fish. This place is nice though, the taste suits local preference. I am not sure if it is authentic Korean food but definitely worth a try. The price for some of the food is slightly above average but most are reasonable. We went to have BBQ and had the be...

Hi guys :) Hope you are all having a great week so far. Thank you for visiting. I appreciate all the support, kind words and hope the content of my blog benefits you. Thank you to all my followers here and the constant visitors, sending warm wishes your way :) Thank you for those who are here for the first time for making time out of your busy day to drop by my blog and read my articles. Hope you enjoyed your first visit and do come again :) I am writing tonight to share some very good news. 1 hour and 30 minutes ago, I received an email on littlemissmeencollections@gmail.com. And the email was from.............................. Google! I have been applying for Google Adsense ads for years ever since I started my blog in 2010 but my application often did not go through because of several reasons. I have tried to improvise every time based on their thorough rules and regulations but it still did not go through. I even tried last summer. Still a 'no' from them. I did no...

I travelled from London to Paris for the EAGE conference in mid June. It was Ramadan time so I did not fast since I was travelling hehe. Here, I would like to share a short summary that I wrote about the 3-day conference. As a student, this was my first real geologist conference and it was really interesting. This may give other students an idea of what to expect in their future conferences.  Day 1: Tuesday, 13 June                 On the first day of the conference, I attended the student short course on ‘Integrating concepts for source rock deposition’ in the morning. Something I enjoyed about this session was that they explained the concepts in a manner that was easy to understand. The background of the topic was clearly explained and the presentation flowed smoothly. One of my favourite speakers during this short course presented with enthusiasm and had a clear presentation as he projected his voic...

Love is a world-wide popular word. Love is what almost every girl dreams of, falling in love with Prince Charming and meeting Mr. Right, getting married and living happily ever after, The feeling of wanting to love and be loved is indescribable. Almost every human can relate to this, regardless race, religion, skin colour and social status. Women are commonly very vulnerable when falling in love and often heads over heels when loving a man. It is sometimes true when people say that love is blind. When in love, often the flaws are overlooked. Over time, realisation kicks in and sometimes it is too late or difficult to turn back. It is not always the woman's fault completely when this happens but being careful before falling too deeply in love and choosing your partner wisely are often two things that can help create that 'happily ever after' every woman hopes for. Before falling in love, I believe the first step is to love yourself and to be clear about what you are look...