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Patut la banyak sangat program dan aktiviti, nak promote bagi naik ranking rupanya. Isk.....yang glamer depa yang teruk kami...

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Durham Business School - going up in the world
(26 January 2010)

It has been announced that Durham Business School is in the top twenty business schools in Europe in the latest Financial Times' full time MBA global rankings.

Overall, the school rose six places from 80th to 74th position in the world and up one place to 12th in the UK where it is also one of the top three for value for money. The international reputation of the school was highlighted in a leap to 7th position in the world (up 23 places) in terms of its international student mix.

Commenting on the latest rankings Rob Dixon, Dean of Durham Business School says: “We are delighted to have done so well this year as it demonstrates our commitment to quality and continuous improvement. The increased global profile of the school is highlighted by the fact that 80 per cent of our full-time MBA students come from outside the UK.”

The global list put together by the FT ranked the London Business School as the best place in the world to do an MBA for the second year running, followed by the University of Pennsylvania: Wharton, and Harvard Business School.

Indahnya bumi Tuhan 2

Indahnya bumi Tuhan 1

Memori Perjalanan 1 (13-15 Januari 2010)

Coretan dan gambar-gambar kenangan penuh semasa kembara dari 13-15 Januari 2010 ini akan hanya aku masukkan pada tahun 2012....

Salji dah mula mencair

Aku ingat apa la bau sedap sangat kat bawah tu.....rupanya bini aku buat kek sempena cairnya snow tahun nie...


Kesan snow paling lebat hari Jumaat. Kereta jiran depan rumah.


Ini la kerja aku ngan bini pagi-pagi.....cangkul snow untuk senang nak parking dan buang snow dari kereta

Mulai semalam snow dah tak turun tapi berganti pulak dengan hujan. Salji dah mula mencair, jalan jadi licin. Bila bawak kereta kena guna gear rendah dan jangan sesekali brek mengejut, kalau tak, terbabas la jawabnya. Walaupun dah takder snow, suhu masih sejuk, kalau lama kat luar dan tak pakai sarung tangan, kejap jer dah kebas, tak terasa hujung jari. Sarung kepala kena ada, kalau tak telinga rasa kebas. Sampah kat dalam tong sampah besar luar rumah tu dah 3 minggu lebih tak berkutip, lori sampah tak boleh masuk lorong belakang rumah.

Semalam (ahad) aku, wife ngan Si Cami pergi ke Dalton Park sebab beli sweater untuk projek rahsia itu. Pergi jugak ke Asda untuk beli thermal Cami ngan Angah dan barang-barang keperluan. Call Aziz semalam dan katanya mak dah buang span yang HUKM masukkan dulu tu hari jumaat. Sekarang ni mak kata okay sikit...lega aku. Hari ini dah mula sekolah balik setelah snow leave selama 5 hari. Terlambat pergi sekolah sebab awalnya sekolah kata isnin pun cuti, tapi pagi tadi baru tahu kena pergi sekolah hari ni.

So, apa pendapat aku tentang snow tahun ni?. In conclusion, pengalaman yang sangat menarik dan kami menikmatinya setiap detik seolah tahun depan snow macam ni tak turun lagi. Kata orang Pantai Remis..." Jakun Peeerak Padang Lenga, Tengok Snow Ternganga-Nganga...." Tapi memangpun sebab di sini cuaca tak menentu, bukan tiap tahun ada snow, selagi ada nikmati sepuas-puasnya. Aku ingat kalau print semua gambar time snow nie, tiga album pun tak cukup. Tadi ada Costa Geng call ajak pergi tengok konsert Search ramai-ramai kat Liverpool bulan Februari ni, tiket GBP27.80. Tak pergi nampak sangat anti-sosial, lagipun aku memang minat kumpulan nie masa muda-muda dulu. Tambah pulak, Liverpool belum pernah sampai lagi. So, keputusannya aku join hehehehehhee......... Isabellaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.....

Berita terkini (7 Januari 2010)

InsyaAllah, kami di Durham tak terlibat setakat ni walaupun sekolah ditutup seminggu sebab cuaca yang tak menentu. Salji masih tebal dan snow kadang-kadang dan hari ni ada matahari sepanjang hari. Bekalan makanan masih banyak dan yang lebih baiknya, ada student yang bukak kedai barang-barang Malaysia kat sini, namanya Helmi (Pasaraya Pak Mie)

Britain Braces For Coldest Night (7 Januari 2010)

Britain is preparing for the coldest night of the winter so far as the deep freeze gets deeper. Temperatures in parts of the Scottish Highlands, Lancashire, Cheshire and Oxfordshire could fall as low as the minus 20s - as cold as Moscow.

The Met Office has issued widespread warnings, with the conditions already proving lethal. A man's body has been found under ice in a lake at a Surrey country club.
A teenage boy was killed and his mother seriously injured when they were hit by a lorry in North Yorshire late last night.

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service has also paid tribute to firefighter Gareth Wyn Rees who died after he slipped and banged his head. The North East Ambulance Service says the conditions are putting it under immense pressure. Director of Ambulance operations Paul Liversidge said: "The driving conditions and volume of traffic on the road have made it difficult for our crews to get through to patients, particularly on residential estates."

Forecasters say the country can expect the arctic conditions to continue for another two weeks. Sky's weather presenter Sarah Pennock said: "Ice is still a real problem across the UK and temperatures will just plummet. Most places will struggle to get above freezing even in the afternoon sunshine."

Four thousand homes are without electricity in the south of England after snow brought down power lines. The National Grid has issued another gas balancing alert as supplies are squeezed, but says ordinary consumers are not affected.Sky's Amy Lewis reported from the M3 near Chertsey. She said: "It's very quiet on the roads as motorists appear to be heeding the warnings, but the RAC is still expecting around 11,000 call-outs today."

Some major roads have been affected, with the M275 in Hampshire, the A20 in Kent, the A1(M) in County Durham, and the A2628 in Derbyshire all closed. Motorists in Wales are being warned that conditions on the M4 are particularly poor, and many mountain roads in Scotland are closed.

Sky's Scotland correspondent James Matthews reported from the cut-off village of Pathhead in Scotland. He said: "In the rural areas people are being left largely to fend for themsleves as authorities struggle to keep up with the worsening conditions."

Supermarkets are reporting panic buying as the ice tightens its grip. Many councils warned that their stocks of grit were running low, with councils in Cornwall and Scarborough in North Yorkshire revealing they are using sand from beaches to grit pavements.

North of England correspondent Gerrard Tubb said: "The pavements here are absolutely full of ice. It's so dangerous, but the council can't grit everywhere". John Riby, of Scarborough Council, said: "Unfortunately at the moment I'm afraid demand for salt is outstripping supply, so we're having to prioritise."

Emergency measures to alleviate the gritting crisis were put forward to allow Britain's biggest salt mine Winsford to supply the country day and night. Sky correspondent Michelle May said: "The mine is working flat out 24 hours a day, with 25 lorries an hour leaving to get the salt out to where it's needed. But it is getting harder and harder to keep up."

In repsonse to the salt shortage the Government has activated "Salt Cell", a central group which allows officials to instruct suppliers to send salt where it is most needed. The transport minister Sadiq Khan MP told the House of Commons the Government was doing "everything possible" to keep the roads moving.

On the transport network rail services struggled to return to normal, with many operating revised timetables and suffering delays. The Eurostar is running a restricted service and is telling customers to cancel or postpone their trip if they can. A train broke down in the tunnel and had to be towed to safety just weeks after thousands of passengers were stranded inside the cross-country link because of the bad weather.

Gatwick Airport's runway was reopened on Wednesday night after being shut all day with more than 240 flights cancelled, but bosses warned passengers to expect delays and some travellers were left trapped on landed planes because of the conditions.
Heathrow airport says it has had a similar problem, with passengers on a small number of flights having long waits to get off their planes. British Airways and easyJet have cancelled a number of flights at Heathrow and Gatwick. Many councils shut their shcools, with around 10,000 closed across the country.


Lorong rumah aku....

Gambar sekitar Middlesbrough dan Dalton Park

Baru lepas keluar dari kedai TJ Hudges, Middlesbrough dan masa ni snow turun dengan lebat, tapi tak lama dalam 30 minit jer








Eyes of Middlesbrough kot....lebih kurang besar macam Eyes on Malaysia

Snow belum berakhir.....

Pemandangan dari atas bukit kawasan Dalton Park Outlets, Sunderland


Tinggi sangat bukit ni tapi memang best la time meluncur tu. Aku cuba sekali jer, Along pun sekali sebab memang mencabar terutama bila separuh jalan, susah nak control sledge...




Meluncur dengan keluarga Zariman....




Sekolah Angah dan Cami....



Melawat Tesside University, Middlesbrough


Windmill dekat Hartlepool, on the way to Middlesbrough





Menurut berita terkini, salji hari ini adalah yang paling lebat sejak 50 tahun lepas dibeberapa kawasan England terutamanya di kawasan Selatan (Wales) dan cuaca Artik kini sedang melanda UK. Semalam di Utara (Scotland), suhu malam sehingga kurang -10 celcius. Sebelah Hampshire dan Wiltshire paling teruk sampai banyak sekolah yang tutup dan salji sehingga 16 inci (sekaki lebih). Macam-macam kekecohan, kemalangan, jalan sesak teruk, garam untuk cairkan salji tak cukup, airport tutup, train cancelled, mati sejuk dll.

Tapi alhamdulillah, kat sebelah North East aku ni masih okay walaupun makin lama makin sejuk dan angin makin kuat tapi masih boleh jalan-jalan dan sabtu baru ni pun aku ke Middlesbrough. Malam tadi kat rumah aku suhu -3 celcius. Snow masih turun sekali sekala dan tadi mulai jam 2.45pm masa nak ambik anak-anak dari sekolah, snow turun sangat lebat. Sampai hari ni dah dekat 3 minggu, snow masih ada dan tebalnya hampir 6 inci. Ikut berita, cuaca sejuk dan angin kencang mulai hari ni sebab angin sejuk dari Siberia bertiup terus melanda UK. Kawasan yang dulunya beku macam Kanada, Artic pulak lebih panas tahun ni dan situasi ini dipanggil "warm-ocean cold-land phenomenon". Seperti orang tua yang sering sakit-sakit, dunia juga sebegitu.....

Sepanjang minggu lepas aku sempat ke Middlesbrough, main sledge kat Dalton Park dan meluncur kat Josephine Butler College. Start minggu sejuk ni, nak memerap kat rumah jer kot ataupun aku cadang nak proceed jer dengan rancangan istimewa itu....kalau jadi la....

Hujan Emas.....Hujan Batu Siri ke-2

Kat akhbar Malaysia semalam. Tempat ni tak jauh dari rumah, lebih kurang 15km, dekat dengan kawasan High Force Waterfall. Summer nanti baru cadang nak pegi....


High Force Waterfall, England's largest waterfall

Kat sana: Bayar dulu baru isi minyak kereta
Kat sini: Isi dulu baru masuk bayar kat dalam kedai.....mula-mula confuse gak. kalau brutal isi penuh-penuh blah jer la......hehehehe...tak lama pastu ada la mamat polis ketuk pintu rumah

Kat sana: Isi angin tayar free jer....ada kat semua petrol station
Kat sini: Isi angin pun kena bayar (50 pence untuk 4 minit) tapi kalau kat station minyak milik pasaraya cam Tesco ker free jer (Kat sini pasaraya cam Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury semua ada stesen minyak sendiri.....harga petrol antara stesen minyak tak sama, paling murah milik Tesco, beza 3-4 pence seliter)

Argos, salah satu Hypermarket di sini

Kat sana: Post office untuk urusan pos....
Kat sini: Post office macam bank siap ada currency exchange. Kalau tukar duit, mohon online jer, nanti dicampaknya duit yang ditukar tu dalam sampul surat ke dalam rumah kita ikut lubang pos kat pintu depan....hehehehehe, macam takder harga jer setakat GBP500 tu....apa la depa ni, loglaq betui

Kat sana: Kalau tuan rumah kata nak buat teh....maka teh la yang kita dapat
Kat sini: Kalau tuan rumah (mat saleh) kata nak sediakan teh....maksudnya lunch/dinner

Kat sana: Konsep cash back dan online diskaun belum meluas
Kat sini: Semua transaksi ada cashback dan online diskaun. Contohnya, tukar duit kat Post Office tak pasal-pasal masuk akaun GBP3 sebagai cash back. Tapi kena tunggu 3 bulan la. Hari tu beli insuran kereta dapat balik cashback GBP80. Pendek kata asal saja urusan tu melibatkan online mesti ada cash back dan diskaun.

Kat sana: Banyak urusan kalau nak beli kereta
Kat sini: Beli kereta macam beli ayam kat pasar.....kat tepi jalan pun ada orang persendirian yang jual kereta sendiri terutama hari ahad. Bayar masa tu jugak terus ambik kunci dan jalan......mungkin semua maklumat ada dalam centralised systems

Kat sana: Masih ada privacy
Kat sini: Ikut kajian, sehari lebih kurang 300 kali muka kita masuk CCTV. Dimana-mana saja ada CCTV.....takut bayang-bayang sendiri depa ni

Kat sana: Selalu gak ada police roadblock
Kat sini: Tak pernah ada roadblock. Mungkin sebab mamat polis hanya masukkan nombor plat kereta kita dalam laptop dia semua maklumat ada seperti bila roadtax tamat, MOT (Puspakom), lesen valid atau tidak....semua ada

Kat sana: Boleh naik kereta lebih 5 orang
Kat sini: Anak kecil pun kira satu seat......tu yang malas nak suruh bini aku beranak, kang kena beli MPV lak....

Kat sana: Beli barang bila dah guna payah nak tukar balik
Kat sini: Beli barang macam baju ker, TV ker....guna la dulu 2 minggu ker pastu pi la tukar balik. Sepatah haram pun cashier tu tak kata apa....terus jer bagi balik duit penuh..... (Pak Arab paling tak senonoh, hari boxing day dikautnya barang penuh 2-3 trolley, balik rumah pilih yang elok-elok, yang tak berkenan esoknya mari tukar balik.....)

Kat sana: Manyak tol
Kat sini: Tol tarak (kalau ada pun yang melibatkan terowong. Tu pun jarang sangat). Cuma yang ada "congestion charge" kalau nak masuk London. Itupun beli online jer, bukan ada pondok tol untuk check pun. Kalau berani redah jer.....kena saman cuma kalau dia ada spot kereta kita tu melalui CCTV dia.....

Kat sana: Lampu isyarat terus, kiri dan kanan
Kat sini: Lampu isyarat ke kanan takder.......

Kat sana: Kurang berdisplin bawak kereta terutama time jem
Kat sini: Terlebih displin, kadang-kadang naik menyampah aku. Ader ker jem kadang sampai 50 meter lorong kiri, tapi lorong sebelah tu kosong jer,cumanya hujung jalan nanti kena cilok kekiri balik la, tapi masalahnya takder pulak yang nak cilok. Kalau kita tak sabar, boleh cilok takder masalah.....tapi semua pemandu lain pandang kita macam kita nie dari planet lain.....pastu sepanjang jalan rasa berdosa jer hehehehehe....tak sanggup aku nak buat lagi kat sini!!!....

Kat sana: Konsep freecycle takder lagi
Kat sini: Macam-macam boleh dapat free.....malas ngan tak malas jer nak pi ambik. Semua diaorang offer free, TV, video, hi-fi, pakaian, almari, peti ais, mesin basuh, dapur, lampu, mainan, sofa, meja makan......yang paling lawak kayu sangkut baju pun ada yang offer. Setakat ni yang belum ada orang offer kereta, kalau ada aku la orang pertama mintak.....

Kat sana: Farmasi ngan klinik tempat sama
Kat sini: Klinik tempat lain, farmasi tempat lain. Satu lagi punya la susah nak dapat antibiotik, demam dah seminggu baru dia bagi. Antibodi konon...tah-tah kedekut

Kat sana: Navigation systems terhad untuk jalan sahaja
Kat sini: Setiap rumah, tempat, kilang dan apa-apa tempat pun guna sistem poskod khas. Contohnya, untuk kerumah kami dari London (6 jam), masukkan jer poskod DH6 5AZ dan nombor rumah 9 kat dalam navigator dan sistem akan guide sampai depan rumah.... benda tu lah mula-mula sekali aku beli bila sampai sini...takut sesat sebab bulatan terlalu banyak...

Panjang dah ni.....nak nak baca buku lak. Alamak, cerita best pulak kat Channel five USA, camner nie? ala.....baca buku tu bebila pun boleh!