Finally over

Thanks be to Him, I've managed to finish my dissertation last Friday and am now officially jobless. To counter this, I am taking a two pronged approach - firstly, work on finding a job and second, build up my publication record. From my dissertation, God willing, I think (and my supervisor agrees) that I can produce a paper with slightly different emphasis.

Even though intellectually I know He will provide, there is a part of me that is worried that I will not be able to find one. Especially when my first salvo comes up negative. Hopefully the coming Ramadhan will cheer me up and boost my morale again. Still I miss my family, especially not being able to be there for the first few months of my new nephew.

I pray that everything will go well. Ameen.

Alnwick (Harry Potter) Castle - for Umar, Fatima, and Imran

Salams, Umar, Fatima, Imran,

Your Ami mentioned you kids were getting a bit potty with the new Harry Potter movie. So, since I went to visit the castle where they filmed the movie and previous movies before the latest one, I made a short video for you.

Hope you enjoy.
Auntie Sid

An experiment on making a video

Given that I was a bit frustrated in terms of writing the final paragraph, I thought I'd try out something new - using my various pictures and combining them into a video. It is a bit rough but here's the result of my attempt. It is basically various views of Glencoe, one of the beautiful glens in the Highlands. So, enjoy. :)