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

Hello London

Yay! I'm in London now :D


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I'm supposed to be sleeping!!!!
Gah!
Brrrr............. SEJUK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Nice and posh hotel
other side of london


dysfunctional now............................




log off

May this blog stay alive forever

Yo, peeps...
Blogging from paris now :)

So far the trip has been good...
Hehe... will be back with more details when I'm back home kat Malaisie :)

Au revoir!

25/09/2009

A day to remember?


Well, for the most part, I would say YES

First off: Yanita's birthday
Secondly: Arthur's day ( BEP performed!!!)
Lastly: Monash ball

So many events to choose from
No idea which one
But in the end, I had only ONE choice







Monash Ball...
Theme? Vogue


Was all excited about it...
when the JAM dashed my hopes and Suzanne's (yeah, hehe)
I was almost at Pyramid already. Suzanne near the hospital.
Crawled into Pyramid
Realized that I was almost gonna go for the WRONG function ( BEP concert) cuz we will usually see the tower hotel first. Thank God, I had specs and they had the courtesy to put out a LARGE sign.


Unfortunately for Suzanne she didn't see so she had to park quite far. Ended up walking from Pyramid cuz she thought it was the TOWER hotel.

Don't worry. Thank Goodness we have this thing called M'sian time. Unusually punctual.Hahaha... dun mind me. Supposed to begin at 7pm and they made a point to close all doors at 7.30 sharp. But, did that happen????? NOPE.

Guess what? at 8pm there were tonnes of ppl wwaiting to go in. We had to queue up.Zzzzz... Stood for like a good 20 mins or so before the crowd moved in and settled down. I was like: OMG, feel so much like a grandma alrdy.Yalar, mr spasticity visits me evryday at unusual times, purposely to tell me that I've been exerting my energy too much.


Suzanne was there so it wasn't too bad.
Well, the reason I found it quite a disappointment was cuz our table was too far from the stage and we could barely SEE the performers or hear what they were actually saying/ singing. The LOUD music marred the whole 'ball' experience.

Of course, there were a couple of slow numbers but that lasted for like maybe 1/2 an hr.Was gonna die of boredom when...

Food came at 9.00 pm. From what they described in the menu, it looked GOOD but when we were served, and when I took the first bite, suddenly I felt like our typical cafeteria food tasted way better. No kidding, man.


If it wasn't for Reshmonu (am i correct w/ the spelling???) I don't think there would be a lot of ppl daring to dance the night away. He dropped by BEP's concert, I think. Could have just hopped over, man... LOL.

Could have even gone for Yanita's steamboat session.Haha... Sigh... next time lar...

Anymore proms for me??? I do not know. I don't feel like going anymore... so much for 80 bucks.

Oh, Suzanne was my dance partner.Haha...

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I wanted to surprise Yanita. Met up with her at the library. Didn't know that she got a cheesecake for me.LOL. I thought I was supposed to surprise her with her b'day present. Oh well... she made my day too =D