The bloke

Oh, I forgot to mention about this conversation I had w/ a British :) Yanita, pls say OMG 1000 times =D

Well, here's what happened. We were supposed to be picked up at the Victoria Train Station (or more specifically, the taxi stand outside it). But then, the taxi man told us to look out for Victoria Apollo Theatre (or was it Apollo Victoria???)

So, us being quite jakun, despite having MUM around(it's her second time here) didn't know what he was talking about. Mummy went to look for directions and I was waiting somewhere outside. Saw this lady, apparently from HK... and then she asked my MUM that dreaded question:

Is she your sister???

GAHHH!!! I know I look so much like her but.... oh well...


Okay, back to the story...

While I was waiting for my mum, I was actually looking around, just in case someone tried to be funny w/ me or... you get it, right?

Then, suddenly, this bloke probably in his 50-s came up to me, from across the road. He was smoking.

He: You alright?
Me: Yeah
He: Good
Me: =)
He: *walks off*

HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF THERE

Anyway, mum came back. Good thing :)

=D

The 'postponed' post :)

Time to move away from LOD's, court cases and endless phone calls. Now is the perfect moment to talk abt London :)

Since we were in the land of the English, communicating wasn't much of a problem unlike in France where I had to chip in somewhere and realize that I actually understand 0.01% of the whole conversation.

7/10/09: Since dad had his assignment, he left me n my mum to ronda around. :) Went to ask about the musicals and its showtimes a day before, and before you know it, we were on our way to WEST END :)

After early breakfast scooted off from East India(via Docklands Light Railway) to erm... I forgot where but i know we were very FAR OFF from Central London. So, it was really an adventure for us. The undergrounds were really efficient.

Thanks to good signage we made our way to Picadilly. Discovered that they were selling half-price tix. YAY!!! 40 pounds each :)

LES MISERABLES. Well, as miserable as the title may sound, I was actually starting to get BORED 45 mins into the show. OH MAN!!! I shd have listened to MS TAN(piano teacher) Why didn't we watch Phantom of the Opera???????????????? Haihzzz... wasted... Still, it was a great discovery for us.

When the show ended, didn't expect it to rain so heavily. Adui... Guess what??? We walked quite a bit and decided to "tumpang" in one of the starbucks. HAHAHAHA :) Had something to eat since we didn't really get the chance to eat during the musical.

Waiited for the rain to subside and then headed back to Canary Wharf. The journey was quite a long one since we didn't stay in Central.

Finally, we reached our destination. Then mum decided to go into this grocery store. I guess that means more FOOD. LOL. Saw some HALAL food there as well. I remember BUYING some candies and chocs and some other foodstuff. Haihh never open yet. Later lah...

What can I say??? The musical, not that worth it. But the rides we had to get there were worth more than anything else.

Sarah, the post that you wanted is here :)

So, after checking out of the hotel in Paris, waited for the taxi that was supposed to take us to Charles de Gaulle :) Never expected the day to come so fast. Dunno if i even enjoyed Paris. Oh well, I was kinda saving my energy for the London trip cuz it was gonna be a 6-day one.

He came late and so we arrived slightly later at the airport. No worries. We did not miss the flight :)

So at 11.35 we took off (Paris time) . British Airways, quite nice. The stewards thought we were Japanese! Haha. When he saw our boarding pass on the way in, he said: Oops, sorry wrong language :D

This time, the flight was an hour and 20 minutes although it felt much shorter than that. :P Arrived safely at Heathrow Airport close to noon. Btw London and Paris has an hr difference. Ooooohhh so nice... more time :)

The moment I stepped into it, Spice Girls was being played at one of the duty-free shops. The one that goes "Tell me what you really really want" Haha... if u get what I mean.

Canary Wharf was where we stayed. 40 minutes or so from Heathrow. The taxi fare... so expensive. LOL. Black cab summore. Haha.. Okay, I guess the best thing here, is to STOP converting cuz the POUND is very strong.

We didn't go out cuz we were too TIRED from all the packing and stuff. So, I was happy cuz this gave me time to get fascinated with our hotel room :)
My room :) Don't worry, I was on Facebook, not studying :D

Oi, stop showing off lar... XD

The best part? TV in the bathroom... MWAHAHAHAHAHA... Never in my life will i stay in such hotels again....


After late lunch, went back again.... Was drained completely. Dinner also same thing. After that when I switched my playlist on, my mum went: Weyh, listen to the radio lar.... balik2 keep playing the same song oni. HAHAHAHAHA...

There's this station called "HOT". Some of the songs I heard

Panic at the Disco's erm... what's the title again? The one that has "Closing of ....door" or sth like that. Hehe...
Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars
Lady Gaga's Just Dance
Beyonce's Beautiful Liar, Halo

Jay Sean's Down
J Hudson's Spotlight

Verdict? Songs almost the same... except the deejays lar, obviously. :)

Haih.... dunno what else to blog abt ady. Guess that's it for now.

Diyaa, you asked for it

Cuz mum kept saying to dad: Oi, not so big face ar??? :) :) But in the end..... hahaha...
Breakfast before leaving for Eiffel :)

Okay, as requested by Diyaa Mani of CIMP, I said ''hello'' to Eiffel Tower/ La Tour Eiffel. Hehe...


FORCED myself to walk eventhough my soles were literally aching. Could sense so my feet screaming. Aunty Jola would've said NOPE, stay home. LOL. But what's a holiday if I stayed in right??? Once again, took the metro and then the RER (the one we took on the way to Versailles) Guess the stop for La Tour Eiffel was slightly nearer. ZzzzzZzzzz.... Really the wrong day (5/10) to go for that trip. It was pouring heavily. Loads of people queuing up. I think there were at least a few hundred BUYING the entrance tickets. By the time we were in, couldn't take it. To Level 2 we went and started eating again. LOL. Croissants and tea. Only mum and dad went up. I was sitting down somewhere. Haihhh... Versailles totally killed me. Couldn't walk. Sigh. Pics above? Only from the base lar my dear :) But as you can see, I was happy :)

Lunch was quite late and so was dinner. Didn't really go anywhere else cuz we had to PACK FOR LONDON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!

:) :) :)

I wish I brought my French books here

The view outside Versailles

A ceiling

A painting
The Marie Antoinette garden
The ride

Dancing fountain??? Quite a disappointment, actuallyUpstairs of Marie Antoinette's house? Only mum went. Cuz was too tired to walk

Day 2 in France. So the itinerary for the day was Versailles, a place which was out of Paris. I kinda dislike the metro system they have here. Not forgetting the RER. Signboards/ directions were very very confusing. Because we went on our own, there were only some random people who passed by that could help us. Okay, so we assumed we were on the correct train to our stop and then from there we had to board another train. Until dad asked this lady who spoke every single word in French. ARGH!!!! That woman!!! I told her I didn't quite understand. Je ne comprend pas!!! :(

First of all, my French was pretty basic
Second, she spoke sooooo fast
Third, I don't think what she said was 'textbook' French. Pretty informal,huh?

Then, she kept pointing us the directions thru' the map on the train. And, too bad, I had to pretend I understood. Dad was like: Wah, luckily we asked her. And I went: Yalar, u ar, rush so fast for what? Keep pulling me oni??? =.=''

Went to ask around again and finally got on the right train this time. Phew! HUGE sigh of relief there. :) Changed to another line. Finally, Versailles!!! Woohoo!!!

Oh yeah, forgot to mention that we had to forgo breakfast cuz Versailles is DARN HUGE. The gardens were just..... WOW. Spent practically the whole day there. :)

Then at 4 pm-ish found some place to fill our empty stomachs. LOL. It was margarita pizza and erm roast chicken, I think??? I ordered apple juice which came in a bottle but wahlau, the minute I drank it, I was in LOVE with the apple juice.

By the time we got back it was already close to 8 pm. Rested at some benches near Arc de Triomphe. Mum went to buy mineral water cuz our room didn't have water. No coffee-making facilities. No nothing. Had to survive on mineral water for 3 days. Hahaha....

And due to the fact that I had an assignment, which to me did not make sense at all because I thought we CHOSE(group-based learning,individual assg) the wrong company(Management), I had to stay back and do my work. Plus my aching soles and sore feet. Definitely not a good idea for me to walk. As usual, parents not happy. What can I do???? Unless someone agrees to piggy back me lor...which I don't think is a good idea after all. :p
Look at it for a while. You'll see Arc de Triomphe. This was before I stayed back in the room.

So, guess what? I gave up on management and decided to do my Economics tutorial. Suddenly, dad came back with the baguet for me. He went off to Arc de Triomphe after that. See how he spoils me??? :D

It was not bad. Ham and cheese. But I didn't really like the fact that I had to bite so hard. Haha...




Anyways, mum and dad came back with McD because apparently it was the nearest. Unless you want sth from the cafe that sold the baguet. :) Btw, they don't call it McDonald's here in France. They call it McCafe. Slightly different. Otherwise the food is pretty much the same. You know, if I hadn't gone to Paris, I wouldn't have enjoyed the McChicken. The ones they have in M'sia... bleh... not as exciting.

Hmm... guess that's about it for Day 2. Next up: Eiffel Tower :D

The post that everyone wanted so badly

Okay, so after much negotiation with the lecturers (which btw, wasn't easy) I jetted off to Paris on the 2nd of October with my so-called compact laptop, because I had to finish my assignments there. Boo... How sad :( Well, I did most of them here except for management which required a little more time because it was an essay that nobody in this world would like to read :P

Anyways, enough of that. Went to the airport via taxi and then reached around 8.00 pm. Had nearly four hours of freedom :) Haha... not exactly lar... after the check-in and eating, drinking, going to the loo and all that.

Then, finally, at 11.35pm we were in the plane. I was as usual, excited :) 15 minutes later, the pilot announced that there was something wrong with the hydraulic???

So I thought: Aiyo... Zzzzzz... So boring.

Took off past midnight. You know the thing about long flights right??? It was gonna be a long 12hrs and 50 mins. Wanted to sleep but couldn't sleep.

Right... after much forcing myself to catch some sleep, eating, being bugged by the air stewardesses and watching Dreamgirls besides going to the lavatory for 5 times,

the pilot finally said:
Tuan-tuan dan puan-puan, kita telah tiba di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Paris, Charles de Gaulle. Waktu tempatan ialah jam 8 pagi.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have arrived at Paris International Airport. The local time is now 8 am

Then there was the translation in French :)

Oh btw there were two young chaps sitting right in front of us. They are sooooooo good-looking, man. :) :D :P

:) Well, when we reached the hotel it was already 9plus in the morning. It wasn't far from Arc de Triomphe :D

So our first destination was Louvre Museum or Musee de Louvre :)
This is Mona Lisa :) Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece.

Mona Lisa must be wondering: You all love me too much :p

Me with my dad aka King Kong.LOL.
With my forever contemplative mum :P

Outside the Louvre
Us eating at a cafe.

After all that, it was pretty late. Had dinner at a pathetic restaurant. Service was bad. I got the chance to use French here because the manager didn't understand WHY I wasn't ordering anything. I had to lie that I couldn't eat. LOL. Truth is, I don't fancy BIG portions and loved the idea of SHARING :) Practically everyone knows how much i eat. Am I right,Azree ??? :D Sarah would've probably whacked the scallops if she was w/ me :)

My dad being the smart alec wanted to sit outside not knowing that the temperature outside was 9 degrees. Well, slightly higher than Italy but still... WE WERE LITERALLY FREEZING. Gloves did not help. I was already wearing 3 layers plus the jacket... so 4!!! Gah... wrong decision to sit outside.

When the drinks came (tea) I actually gulped down the whole cup in one go. LOL. Couldn't stand the gushing wind. If not for the wind, it wouldn't be that bad.

In the end we searched for warmth and decided to walk around in one of the McDonald's. LOL. Isn't it ironic???

Walked out after a while and then went to this place where they were showing all the cars. Quite cool actually. They had some other stuff as well. Cute ones.

Decided to call it a day 'cause I was already half-dead. Hehe... Yeah so that was the end of day one.

End of this post? Yup. Thank you for reading. :)

Every moment spent together is worth MORE than a million dollars

Yo everybody...

Miss me???

Well, the hiatus was slightly longer than I expected because of the superb modem I have at home. LOL.

Anyway, right after our exams (or mine and Susan's paper which was management, in case u wanna know) we :

Suzanne Leong Sook Ling
Sarah Loke Xing Wen
Allison Chan Chui Ting
Angel Merzalia Shandy
and

ME



went to the Curve, post-exam celebration...



Finally after 14 weeks of STRESS and all the RELUCTANCE to go out, we made this day available for US to come together and PARTAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!! :) Exam results??? Aiyah, forget it lah ( for a while)


Thing is Sarah told me that there was a surprise for a November baby named Angel. Nice right?????



Where did we go????




Marche


then walked out


ended up in TGIF

Hehe...

Then, the usual stuff... ordering food and drinks.... before Susan came in to join us, struggling w/ the menu. Hahaha...


Suddenly, Sarah said she was having stomach ache... Suspicious yet???
Told Suzanne to teman her.

Fine...

When they didn't come back for more than half an hour, we decided to order drinks first... and

Angel had all her questions

Eh, where did the two go ar????
More than half an hour ady

CCT's reply : Aiyah u know lah Suzanne keep doing her hair in the toilet



After much SPECULATION,
the two came back

From the look of their eyes, I knew sth was sure to come... but... well...

Food came





What I had



Our drinks (don't thk susan's one was there cuz she joined us later)

Was eating, camwhoring, joking and stuff... until I realised Suzanne was the only one who was still eating...

Angel pressed for the bill and Suzanne went: Wait lar :) :) :)


After that, Suzanne signalled for the bill....






Surprise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn, was I wrong???? I only knew HALF the STORY/PLAN

Was asked to sing but was totally speechless :P

LOL How are we gonna cut the cake???



Happy pics

Gosh... didn't know you all were such big bullies.... Angel had to do the same thg but it wasn't as HARD as MINE!!! Not fair!!!

:P

From left : Me, Susan, Chui Ting, Suzanne Me, Susan, Chui Ting, Suzanne, Angel and Sarah

Me, Susan, CCT Suzanne, Angel and Sarah


Yay! I won first prize!!! LOL!!!

Didn't see it coming. Thanks Yanita!!! ( Sarah's roomate)

Camwhoring....



Thank you so much guys.It was the BEST day of my life. Although we may have known each other for less than a year, I came to realise that their friendship offered way much more than I could have ever imagined.


Thanks once again to


Susan Choo See Shan
Sarah Loke Xing Wen
Suzanne Leong Sook Ling( the one who drove us there, minus Susan)
and
Allison Chan Chui Ting


We may end up majoring in different things but... let this not be the reason for us to stay apart...


Suzanne, thanks for being the cute one
Sarah, thanks for being crazily funny and staying that way
Susan, thanks for being part of this gang
Chui Ting, thanks for being the goofy one

Angel, hope you had a great time (because I had) Thank you for staying angelic. :) :D




10 November 2009

12 days after my birthday... but who cares??? Hahaha...
5 days and 18 years after the Angel was born :)


Great actors la u all...

Actually, the day Sarah sent me the SMS about the outing, I was a lil' suspicious

1) How are we gonna surprise Angel?
Her reply: LOL. Dunno??

2) Suzanne will drive us there...
Why would Suzanne be super-nice to drive us there???
Haha...
Much appreciated, Suzanne, seriously.

See my point???

And then, that FB promise. I was actually JOKING about Sarah owing me a present. God, I never expected it to be THIS HUGE!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU, SARAH




PS: I'm on break till end of Feb