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One more time~~~ Graduation!!!!!


Many people might not know that graduation ceremony does not exist in French universities. 
However, some university departments have introduced unofficial ceremonies, notably for Masters and Doctorate graduates.

So, my master programme having a simple graduation ceremony after our thesis defense. 

Not as grand like in Malaysia university, no complicate protocol to follow; 
I didn't see any flower or graduation gift, 
and of course nobody will throw you high to the sky (UM culture),

In fact, there is no graduation robe and hood for French university.

Luckily we still have graduation robe and hood, look more like a graduation. This robe is not from the university. I guess it's specially done by our master programme only.

So, there is culture differences about graduation between Malaysia and France.

Anyway, simple is good
Here the look of ceremony....



Representative from 4 universities ( not sure who they are, but I shook hand with them after receive the certificate).  You may wonder why 4 universities?? It's because the master programme is a collaboration of 4 universities from France, Italy, Poland and Portugal.



So, while my name is being called, go up to stage, receive certificate, 
shake hand with 4 respectful men, and give a very short speech of appreciation.
I was nervous, even more nervous than the defense ( I don't know what I'm talking about during speech, LOL~~)


Time flies~~~~That  the end of my 2 years journey in Europe. It's challenging and amazing.
It's definitely a memorable experience in my life.
I never thought that I will continue my study until Master degree.
It might not the best master programme in the world, 
but I never regret the decision that I made, because the person I met are the best. 
All my friend that I met in this 2 year, especially my classmates, who help me, encourage me, accompany me throughout the journey.

                                                          **************************

Thank you my very best ziggy ladies, Nina from Scotland (left) and Eliana from Portugal (right). I will always remember all our crazy, ziggy moment, and the life we live in a flat in Poznan.


Thanks you my very best travel companion, Blanca from Mexico.Never forget the life we travel together, especially our Iran trip. I love the Mexican food because of her, and she is also my bestmate while hunting spicy food in Europe. Haha!!!


Thanks you my very best Muslim friend, Hoda from Egypt. She is the 1st classmate that I met in airport while I just came to France. A very knowledgeble, helpful friend indeed.


Thank you my very best Iranian friend, Leily. Another good cooker which make me fall in love with Iranian food.Iran trip will not be possible without her help and invitation.


Thanks you my dear friend Anna(left) and Damla(center) from Russia and Turkey. The interesting thing is that even we don't have any one semester stay in the same country, the 2 week summer school in Genova made us know each other more enough. Not forget that Anna is my 2 weeks roomate in hotel during summer school too....


Thank you my very best Columbian friend, Andres. Helpful and friendly classmate, oh we have 3 semesters staying in the same countries. A good man who contribute a lot of his effort in Association. 


Next, Thanks you to my Ukraine friend, also called Anna.The best photographer among us, and never forget our crazy moment in Normandy trip.


Thanks you my very best Indonesian friend, Randy. Sometime quiet,sometime funny guy indeed. Best flatmate in Genova.



Thank you to my Kazakh friend, Joldas. At first, I thought he is Chinese since his nationality is China. In fact, He is Kazakh. We always arrange in the same group to do report in semester 1 in France. I can see his improvement. Interestingly, his wife is working in Malaysia now. 



Thanks to my another 2 funny, married guy....On the left, Faisal from Oman, another friendly, good cooker. On the right, Mohamad from Egypt. They brought us a lot of joy among our classmate. 


Thanks you my very best, cute cat lady- Liuda from Ukraine. Her english accent is the most unique and difficult to understand for me. ( or maybe my accent is also difficult for others to understand) 



Next, Thanks you to the very cute couple classmate, Zaneta from Poland & Bob from USA. I can't drink alcohol with them, as they never drunk even they drink a lot. Anyway, when I think about party, I will remember you guys. And they are hitchhiking lover!!!



Thanks you to my British classmate, Christopher. I guess my accent is difficult for him to understand. Anyway, a perfect english, smart attorney guy, and also my best flatmate in Genova.  



And my very best, cute Turkish friend, Eda. She have my room in Genova after I left. She is cute when she drunk.... haha,opps~~


Besides my classmates, She is the person that help me a lot in document thing every semester, the manager of programme, Eva, and also the secretary, Beatrix( not in the photo).  


Director of my master programme, Sandrine. Thanks for her encouragement and advice. 


It's definitely a super long list to thanks, so to all my friends, people, lecturers I knew and met, Thanks you for participate partially my 2 years journey in Europe. 
I learned a lot in this 2 years, no matter in academic or non-academic field. 
Many thing happened toward me, which make me grow, develop into a better person. 
I'm very appreciate the scholarship given by European Commission, which fulfill my dream to study overseas. 
The simple ceremony lasts around 1.5 hour, continue with a boat party in Paris until midnight. 



So, what's my next step after graduation?
We will know soon~~~



Sunset in Paris


* Some photo used in this post credited to official photographer guy during graduation day 

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My story in France #3 - Visit to Étretat

This is my last semester in entire 2 years study in Europe. 
Not so easy, life is always challenging....
I travelled the most in semester2, while studied in Poland. I miss the moment I live in Poznan, Poland. 
While my last semester doing internship in France, I didn't travel much, 
but I have a short weekend break during last March. ( around the beginning of spring) 
The weather is unexpected well, even like a summer weather...
Thanks to my friend who invite me to join their road trip to Normandy. 
It's really awesome and memorable. 

I will divide into several posts to introduce the beauty of Normandy.
First, I would like to recommend this place- Ã‰tretat
It located at north-western of  France, about 3 hours drive from Paris. 
Étretat is best known for its cliffs, including three natural arches and the pointed "needle". 
Besides that, Ã‰tretat is also a place for people to enjoy the sea, beach and sun. 

The scene is awesome, breathtaking ~~~
Étretat, a place that worth to pay a visit, especially during summer!!

Étretat. Photo credit to my friend, Anna. 








Rocky beach in Ã‰tretat....



Sunset in Ã‰tretat.
Love this shot~~ Photo credit to my friend, Anna. 


Beside the cliff and beach, the building structure and design in Ã‰tretat are very unique.
It is something you can't find in big city like Paris.
We didn't stay in this town very long time, but I love this small town.
Many Parisien love to come here and enjoy their short vacation, and it's not so far from Paris.




When the weather sunny like summer, Ice cream shop will definitely have a good business.
Long queue will have in front of the ice cream shop.
Salty caramel is one of the popular ice cream flavor in Normandy.
Remember to try any food that relate to salty caramel when you come to Normandy.






Last but not least, Ã‰tretat and me~~~ 
March 2014. 







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My story in France #2 - Bus Strike


Don't get deceive with the big date.... "Pour une duree indeterminee" means bus strike will continue for unlimited time until further notice......

It seem like I will write blog because my feeling is very up or very down....
and now my feeling is SUPER ANGRY...
The most annoying thing is even you are angry, you can't do anything...
WTF....( throw out all bad words in different languages)

Social movement is quite often happened in Europe countries. 
To be honest, it's very rare happen in Malaysia, or even in Asia countries. . 
There are many social movement happened all the year, 
with different requests, manifestation and demand. 
Seriously I not really care about the social movement throughout the period I stay in Europe...
However, this time, it's affect my daily life routine. 

Let’s me tell you the story from the beginning.
The bus operator in my town started social movement since last Tuesday (20.05.2014)
All buses in the town stop giving the service.
Those workers from bus operator are unhappy with the wages they had now and their working condition & benefits.
To solve these problems, they need to have discussion with the representative union in town.

OK, I understand the purpose of this social movement. 
(In Europe especially in France, employee is always have more power than the employer)
In fact, if this kind of thing happens in my country, 
employee sure can’t get any benefits, in reverse, 
the employer can deduct the salary of employee because of not working.
I don’t mind if there is no bus for one day 
(My attitude is going to look like a French, OMG!)
BUT, I’m really unhappy as there are going to have no buses at all for 2 weeks 
(or even longer, until they are happy with their benefits).
Hey, come on, not all the workers are involved in social movement. 
At least given some minimum service, provide some buses during peak hours 
(especially the time to go work/school and back to work/school).
The recent weather is bad and unpredictable, It’s always have sudden rain.
Walking under rain~~ Oh, it’s awful….

Because of demanding the benefits of 300++ worker, 
they already affect at least the life of 90000 passengers. 
Those bus daily users need to ask from their colleagues or friends for carpooling, 
or walking a certain distance.
Seriously, French people need better understanding and education about social movement.
Their reactions toward this kind of bus strike are
“oh, that normal”
“2 weeks consider normal”
“That’s France”

I’m just a foreigner. If the local take this thing easily, 
what's the point for a foreigner to complain???
Hmmmm~~~~
So, even I’m angry, unhappy, but still I can’t do anything..
Hope that the bus strike will over very soon…

*Anyway, before ending my mumbling post, I still appreciate there are private company(next to my work place) free shuttle bus that save me from walking for some distance to work….(but I still need to walk around 5km and waste 50 minutes to and back from work per day)
*Now I'm envy to those people who have bicycle...How I wish I have bicycle now~~~


Before the end of spring, the beginning of summer....
SUMMER IS COMING!!!!!! 


                                                === C'est la France ===





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My story in France #1 - France again

This is not my 1st time in France, after 11 months living in Poznan,Poland and Genova,Italy, and also backpacking travelling in Europe during summer, and finally come to my last 6 months in my entire 2 years Master programme. In the same time, I returned to France. ( How time flies~~)

I had wrote some posts relate to France in 2012/2013~~ Check out my previous post about France
Eiffel Tower                       : http://mush4crazy.blogspot.fr/2012/12/eiffel-tower-day-vs-night-view.html
Some French famous food : http://mush4crazy.blogspot.fr/2012/12/some-french-famous-food.html
Arc de Triomphe               : http://mush4crazy.blogspot.fr/2013/02/arc-de-triomphe-paris-france.html
Study @ Paris, France       : http://mush4crazy.blogspot.fr/2012/11/study-paris-france.html

Story never end, experience always new, even in a same place.
This will be my 1st post about France in 2014.... more to go~~
Almost 11months away from France, I forgot most of the french I learnt in 1st semester (LOL...Damn~~)
Anyway, I hope I will love France, love Paris more than previous semester...
I would like to keep more sweet memory in Paris, rather than bad memory




Most European love to drink coffee. In fact, I drink more coffee in these 2 years since I came to Europe for study.
I had taste many different types of coffee. Coffee is not just a coffee.
How much do you willing to pay for a cup of coffee??
Recently, I had a cup of Cappuccino in front of Arc de Triomphe. ( not purposely go there and have coffee, it's because of some private reason)
How much do you willing to pay for a cup of Cappuccino, drinking in front of Arc de Triomphe??

Let's guess the price of the Cappuccino in photo above....
Leave your comment with the price you guess..
The 1st reader who can give the correct answer about the price of a cup of Cappuccino in front of Arc de Triomphe in photo above will receive a postcard I post from Paris,France!!!

Deadline: 31st March 2014
Correct answer for the price of Cappuccino in front of Arc de Triomphe will announce in this blog on 2nd April 2014.

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Conclusion of my 1st year study in Europe.

As a conclusion, and the best souvenir to all my classmates in each semester,
I made a short video for each semester,
for my Master study in Europe.
You might see it in my Facebook before.
Now, I published the video in Youtube, with the link I provide here....

1st semester in France.
http://youtu.be/V4W3aaMueXE


2nd semester in Poland.
http://youtu.be/ZVkTG7M6s2c


Enjoy the videos!!! * It is Unlisted video, only with link can be view in Youtube.



* More update post in this blog will be published after my summer holiday, stay tune~~~

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My 1st Snow~~


Snow,
It may don't have so much special if you live in seasonal country,
But it's special for me.
In my entire 20+ year of life, I finally saw the real snow~~

I dream to see real snow. We dream to have a white Christmas.
In Malaysia, to create fake snow, we always use bubble and soap.
I still remember, even it is the fake snow, I feel excited already,
I really can't imagine my crazy excitement if I really see the real snow.

My 1st snow, in France, I still remember it is in morning, I witnessed it from my room,
The scene in front of me is in white !!! Although snow are not so much, and snowing is stop at that time...
I feel so excited!!! I took so many picture...
Snow melt fast this time, as temperature is still not low enough...



After the 1st snow, It about 1+ month wait for the next snowing.
There is no snow during last year Christmas. no white christmas~~
So, for my 2nd time witness the snowing, I was in Brussels...
This time, I had snow ball fight with my friends, making little snow man,
looked the snow fall down from the sky to my palm~~
walking on the white snow ground, it's soft~~
but the temperature is too low for me...I can't stand to stay outside too long when the temperature is below zero; especially when the cold wind blew toward you. 
The photo below, I look fat, all because I wear 4 layer of thick clothes. 
Freezing~~
I tried to use snow effect in my camera to snap this photo....I don't satisfied it's effect~~



We discover the unique shape snow~~ It is star shape snow, fall on my face~~


Snow actually is soft, but when it's going to melt, it's will just look like ice...



More and more snow scenes~~~






People prefer to stay indoor during winter.

I started  to hate snow, ermmm, all because there is less bus service in my area when it is snowing. 
Easily get sick if you stay outside longer time with snowing and low temperature. ( I got flu for 1 week, suffering~~)

The only outdoor activity which suitable in winter would be skiing. ( sadly I haven't try yet this winter~~)
See, the lake is freezing~~



Overall, I still like the snow, but I don't like low temperature.
But snow will only exist when it is in low temperature. (=.=!!)
My 1st winter in my life is going to end. It's awesome~~~



Look forward the Spring, look forward warmer weather~~ I want to travel more in Spring, with thinner cloth~~~Yeah!!!!
That all~~ :)




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