things have been a bit hectic and slow at the same time
but everything's working out just fine
only that i am having a lil problem keeping up with my readings
hehe too laid back i guess?
we havent officially moved in to our apartment yet
we're renting out a small place of approx 800 sf
which i honestly think, is pretty cozy for two
it's 450pounds per month- gated, unfurnished plus fully installed with unit's security alarm
what i love most is that it's only 10mins walking distance to uni and city centre
so less pounds to spend on transportation ; )
here are some snapshots of the apartment from the rightmove.com
where i first got the link from a friend* ours is the ground floor, left side.
can u spot the windows on the first row beside the main door?
we've brought in our stuff, now we're lacking of breathing space!
haha i promise i'll show you a furnished version later ;)
xoxo
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Posted by elyna griffin at 5:05 AM 4 comments
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
hello
syukur we have arrived at my brother's place yesterday.
i am still missing everyone at home especially my family and friends :(
but i keep reminding myself that i am doing all this for my parents
and i hope god will bless us all the way .. amin :)
anyways, went out to Chorley town with hun today
my first time taking bus after 5 or 6 years
was pretty fun !
haha we bought some stuff and got ourselves phone top ups
tomorrow i am going to register at uni and plan to leave early to catch the train to liverpool
wish me luck!
xoxo
Posted by elyna griffin at 12:47 AM 4 comments
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
"Everything has its time and place, so don’t worry if you don’t get what you want right now."
-papertissue


I slept after sahur after watching Twillight
I know, I am that crazy.. still have time to watch movie in the morning? hehe
and when I woke up it was raining outside
and even when I was driving to work
it was really cold and the traffic was really slow
I dont really blog much these days especially about this..
but today I felt lonely.. and it hit me really hard
I thought about my departure to LJMU .. InsyaAllah middle of Nov
and the Uni College London (UCL) offer last friday
God knows how much I wanted to got to UCL
I went for a semi interview last year
when they have a rep coming down to KL
and then I was busy with my Masters that I had little time
to prepare the Phd proposal yadayada and
finally this year after sending the new proposal
I kinda lost hope of waiting, and proceeded with other unis
and when I'm in the middle of processing my departure
here comes the offer.
sigh.
I am contemplating hard now
but I know I dont really have an option
my appeal to study in UK was granted solely for
I have two sponsors, first parent LJMU for the study fees
and our own parent the ministry for my living expenses
If not for the bursary offer from LJMU, perhaps
I am now in back-up options; Aussie or NZealand
spending my raya with buckets of tears sobsob..
The ministry's only accepting Oxford or Cambridge
for unconditional scholarship offer to UK
which means even u're allotted for local slots but if u manage
to secure any place from the two then u can fly happily to UK
even ranked at 7th World Top Uni, the ministry's not having sufficient fund
to send me to UCL
So at this point of life
I think I am learning to let go
letting go of something that's within my reach but
definitely not something that I can own
It's hard..the battle inside me
I dont want to decline UCL
but I dont want to lose LJMU
LJMU is a star on its own
the strength point is that it's in the UK's top 5
in the research area especially in my field
and I'll get the chance to deliver some lectures there
and most importantly they fought hard to reward me the bursary
I still find it hard to let go of UCL
sigh.. I dont know..
:(
Posted by elyna griffin at 10:54 AM 8 comments
Thursday, August 20, 2009
1840 hrs
office: room, Level 3
5 random things
# I missed reading. I have to really put some extra effort for that.
# I am planning to fix a special bfast for hubby tomorrow, last day before fasting month!
# I am wearing a new blouse.yipeeeee.
# I am craving for 500 Days of Summer
# I am buying a small cute notebook for myself tonight
Posted by elyna griffin at 6:31 PM 1 comments
Friday, August 07, 2009

wow. i hardly blog these days.
what's up with everyone? There's nothing new over ere
had a long drive to Pekan, Cherating and Kuantan last weekend for wedding & enggmt
and you go girl, another 3-day wedding event this weekend.
so i've been married for almost 4 months now.
I can never be happier :)
InsyaAllah, a very big thing coming up soon
yup, the departure
It's supposed to be latest by 28th next month
haha God knows how little time left for preparation
So I appealed for my departure sometime in early Nov
I just hope everything's in order until then
So I wonder, what's interesting in Liverpool?

Posted by elyna griffin at 12:08 PM 4 comments
Monday, July 20, 2009
Am I too old for a little birthday party? I hope not.
It was a great one, seriously.
Happy birthday to me, 1st one celebrated as a wifey.
weheeeeeee
Posted by elyna griffin at 12:05 AM 6 comments
Saturday, July 11, 2009



hello, how are you?
* chirpy mode
I am loving my saturday today,
except that I am a tad lazy hehe
I realised that I actually have a long list to go through,
but I am taking each of them slowly so I could still enjoy my sat.
In another 20mins, I really need to go to the tailor,
need to send my convo kurung. hope she won't say no for august.tehee
then stop by at post office, and post 2 white envelopes.
then come back home, and prepare for monday's slideshow.
and edit my paper, and one most important thing to do:
reply to CS regarding the album layout. eeeekk I took ages to do that!
and hmm let's see .. I am going to ninie's farewell party at Rasta tonite.
It's so cute-it's called Aussie: The attack of Wondergal.
So sweet, I am expecting to meet some familiar faces.
What about hopping over at Thread Zoo's sale before that?
NO NO NO . I have to REALLY stop shopping and saving money.
OK cross that, and I'll just stay at home and finish my work.
or watch SATC episodes. Have I told ya I finally bought myself
a big pink set of Sex & The City complete episodes? I love Sarah JP and the girls
so much I promised to reward that for myself when I finished my thesis. So yeay!
They are of so much fun!
oppsie, I think it's almost 20 mins. and I still need to do laundry first !
chow!
Posted by elyna griffin at 11:49 AM 0 comments
Thursday, July 02, 2009


just breathe.... :)
i have good news in my inbox.
alhamdulillah thank you Allah.. i will keep praying for the best.
pls pray for me :)
Posted by elyna griffin at 9:22 PM 7 comments
Friday, June 12, 2009

finally a short one after 4 years.
i must have been crazy for showing katie holmes' photo.
should have known it doesnt suit me!
Posted by elyna griffin at 5:06 PM 7 comments
Monday, June 08, 2009
It had just stopped raining
and i am going back now
bringing along stacks of paperworks to work from home
i miss my books
i think they miss me too
i let mum read some that i haven't touched
glad she enjoyed that
Posted by elyna griffin at 4:58 PM 0 comments
Friday, June 05, 2009
i started the day a bit early wehee:)
and i am still thinking, thinking and thinkinnnggg of my dream to
open an art collective (with fleamarket display style) cum book cafe/shop.
somehow today i just couldn't stop thinking of that.
sigh. a girl can only dream.
i wish once im done with school then i'll find ways to own one.
haven't thought of any names yet, well i have a few years to think of a cool one hehe
dream on.









Posted by elyna griffin at 11:10 AM 1 comments
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
i am super duper lazy now
i miss cooking passionately
i miss planning on things while washing my clothes
i really want to go to Daiso and buy the cute basket
oh well i'll do all that today :)
*last Friday i picked 5 wedding photos , rearranged and framed them
i think the hang is perfect
how's ur day?
Posted by elyna griffin at 1:41 PM 4 comments

