London....also overdue pictures

London pictures!!

The day I arrived, I met up with Carmen!

We both took out our camera, not knowing it was the same one and we started laughing!!

Meeting carmen in a totally different country!! WOOT!

Having some drinks at Costa Coffee

Next day in Hyde Park, it was SOO FOGGGY! This pic look like those ghost story backdrop..

Love it with its all black and white

My Niece Jade!! She's sooo pretty i tell you!!

Me and Hyde Park, on the way to find Winter Wonderland.

Upclose!

Swan...pure white

Justin....

Winter Wonderland

It was so foggy that the sun was just a dot.

That day itself, i met with my Aunt Tammy to go down to my Aunt Ros' place in Alton

Christmas Lunch...waiting for all the yummy food to be served!

But before that,OPEN PRESSIE TIME!!!!

All excited to open pressies!

Rummikub after dinner!

Dinner on Boxing Day (Clockwise from topleft: Aunty Tammy, Aunty Roz. Charlie, Aunty Ros's friend and fiance, Melissa (Charles' Girlfriend), Uncle Phil, Charles and Daniel)

Yummy

A couple of days after Boxing day, went back to London and met up with ShengLiang

Sherlock Holmes

Madame Tussaud which i didnt go (my bad)..will go next time

Tower Bridge

Sheng Liang...oh my darling....tourguide??? please recommend others!

City Hall

Those are my pictures for ya...hope you guys enjoyed it eventhough there were not may sites of LONDON to see....Next time la!

Barcelona...overdue pictures

These are a few pics of my trip to Barcelona with my friends!!!!

Ready to Depart!
The metra station near our hostel Our hostel, with lovely mirrors

Being Girls!Beautiful Butts
After breakfast, ready for the day Bear HUG!!!

Beautiful buildings

Yours truly

Enjoying Spanish ice-cream

Yummy

Park Guell

Group Shot

Lenz and I

Lovely setting!

Hot chicks :P

Magic fountain i think

Group of the DSCAU Sept '05

SMile!

Public bicycles!

Wheee!!!

Trying to fly!So sad that it was under construction!Too tired to stand..needed this huggable dude to help me standDinner!!!

After dinner, going back to hostel...and rest for the flight the next day!

These are not the only pictures but there are too many to put on here....so enjoy!!! hugs hugs...

trying

Have been trying to find a way to load pics on my blog.....so bear with me a while...will find the best way to upload pictures....got so many...london and barcelona pics are still stuck here!!!

A night of Dance!

Last saturday, we decided to enjoy the night out!! So off to BluBambu for a night of dance!! Before that we had a little detour, took pics by the bridge!!

Wearmouth Bridge!
Chee Cheong with the chicks
Yours truly in BluBambu
Kelvin and I
Xin Me and Kelvin

New Bloggie Name

Since it was a new year, I decided to change the name of my blog. To start the year in a positive note, I changed it from " the life that i drag along" to " the life I walk with".. doesn't it sound much more positive and brighter. LIFE shouldn't be dragged along or being a burden.. I should learn to make it one that you'd want to remember!!!



Anyway..... Here's to a whole new year!!! Cheers!

Resolutions resolutions

Just read Hsei Di's blog about her past resolutions reminded me that I haven't really gave any thoughts about mine..

I know last years resolutions was
1. To study hard and get in to a good Uni overseas for my final year!
2. To exercise more ( I dont want to say "to lose weight" cuz that aint gonna happen so easily)
3. Do something useful after finishing in Inti
4. Be kind, be generous, be ME!!!

Did I accomplish any of it??

I guess I manage to score well in Inti and I'm now in University of Sunderland. It may not be Oxford or Cambridge, but its well-known for its Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical course which is fine by me! Never expect myself to reach Oxford so I'm Happy....

I definitely exercised more after Inti, going back to Labuan and following my mom to aerobic was good! Dont think I lost weight but it's the "being active" part that made it satisfying. I also help with the dance for the St. Anne's reunion, which was also a good workout... learnt to dance the Thriller by Wacko Jacko was definitely fun! I guess that covered No. 3 of my resolution. Eventhough I didn't find a job while back in Labuan, I helped the Rotary club with their eye-screening project, which definitely gave me something to do.

Be kind, be generous, be Me part......erm...I'M ALWAYS KIND & GENEROUS!!! wahseh!!! wakakkaaka..thick skin me!! Just kidding!!! I guess this is an on-going thing as you can always try be kinder and be more generous!!!

SO.......

Whats my resolution this year?? I guess this year is will be a tough one, might have to struggle more...... this year would be life changing for me. This year I'll turn 23, definitely can't imagine me in that age!! Some people my age are already married, working and some already mothers. I still can't imagine myself married, what more a mother? This year i have to be making decisions like a grown-up!! Very very SCARY!!

2008 Resolution:
1. GRADUATE!!!!
2. Get a Job after I graduate!!!

I guess this year's resolution is just those two! I mean maybe there are those mental notes that I've put in my head, things to do this year....but i guess these 2 stated are the MAIN ones and are the ones that are top priority!!! others like lose weight can wait till I GRADUATE, start earning enough money when I GET A JOB to pay for Marie France??:P

Back from London!!

It has been a wonderful almost-2-weeks holiday in London! Went down on the 22nd and was with my cousin Ann for a night, together with Jade and Justin! It was so nice to be around family, which im now lacking for about 3 months already!

I also managed to meet up with Carmen the day I came down, which was really good. It was really weird for us to be meeting up in a totally different country! Both of us just couldn't believe that we were meeting up in London, sipping coffee and catching up! So far from our usual Blueberry moments in Labuan! Too bad i didnt have more time with her!! I hope to visit her while she is still in Holland!!!

Next day went to Hyde Park for a stroll and to the Winter Wonderland which had sort of a fun fair going on. The weather was really foggy and it was really bad that we couldn't even see like 100 m infront of us! I would have gotten lost in the park if there were no one there and it was really creepy, looked like a scene from a ghost movie or something!

In the afternoon, I met up with my dad's cousin, Aunty Tammy to go to my another aunts place for Christmas. Drove down to Alton, which took about 2 hours due to the fog (according to my aunt, she said that it would have just taken 1 hour and 15 minutes to get there). Thankfully she had her GPS which was a lot of help since the signboards were rather useless in the fog. Reach there in the evening and was greeting by Aunt Ros and Uncle Phil! These relatives of mine are those i have met before but have heard of when my parents were in London last time. Although i have not met them before, they made me feel right at home! Aunty Ros is a very good cook and cooked up so many yummylicious meals that makes me feel that i'm eating rubbish back here in Uni!! hahaha.....Roast turkey and chicken and potatoes and the rest of the food were so good! too bad i didnt have a the best tummy the whole time. My tummy was full of "wind" that made me go to the toilet so many times!!! tummy kept on churning and wasnt the best when all the food were so nice!! NOW im back to UNi, my tummy is all better!! what man, i guess i'm used to RUBBISH!! wakakakakakaka!

Came back to London on the 28th and manage to meet up with Sheng Liang who i havent met in maybe 2 years or more!! Miss that bugger and it was sure fun hanging out with him! Although we didnt really go anywhere the process of getting from one place to another was hilarious!!! Sheng Liang oh Sheng Liang!!! your humour still cracks me up and definitely had tonnes of fun! I manage only the London bridge that afternoon. and since its winter, the dark comes to quickly to site-see many other places! Next time when i go down, I shall do all the tourist things!! London is totally different from Sunderland and the weather is much warmer than here!!! which makes it better to walk around!!

New Years was quiet this time as in I didnt go out for fireworks or the usual stuff back home in malaysia. This year, i was with friends of my cousin, Charlie. We stayed in for New Year's eve and played board games which was fun! His friends were all very friendly and they didnt make me feel like and outsider which i was totally afraid of!! So it was all good. Arrived back at my aunt's place only like a 4 in the morning??? wakakakkakaka!!!!

Overall it was a nice holiday with family. although i didnt do any shopping while i was in london, it saved me money and it was a very relaxing holiday! I dont mind going to london soon again!!!

anyway to all of you HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008, may this year be everything you want it to be and more!!! may all the resolutions you make this year be fulfilled!!! HUGS AND KISSES!!!!

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year

Will be in London from tomorrow onwards and will blog about the holidays when i get back! I'm half way through my post about barcelona, but just didnt have the time to complete it because i went to work just now!! anyway, here to wish all of you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a very WONDERFUL NEW YEAR!!!!!

May the year 2008 bring you guys love and lots of happiness!!! hugs and kisses all of you and have a wonderful holiday!!!!!

MUAKS!!!

Hola!

Back and tired!!!

My 2 nights stay in Barcelona was a fun and tiring one!! walked non-stop to as many places as possible in a single day!!!

We managed to go many famous places in Barcelona like the beach and some of the famous architectures. We first went to this place called the Park Güell. It is a 18 ha wide garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of el Carmel in the Gràcia district of Barcelona. It was designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built in the years 1900 to 1914. Most of the designs are like mosaic tiles, so very colourful and vibrant. According to wikipedia, its part of UNESCO's world heritage site!

Plaza Catalunya was one of the first place we went cuz it was the centre of everything. we arrived at night and it was the place where we had our first dinner...althought it was McD's it was a total different experience cuz everything is in Spanish! and the Big Mac is so tiny! no wonder Spanish girls are so thin and sexy! anyway...it was a place where all the high fashion designer brands were, like gucci and things like that...too expensive for me so all we did was window shop! walked around before heading to our hostel!

The next day, we went to a few other places like the Parc De L'espanya Industrial, FC Barcelona (which was closed cuz we didnt get to go in), Magic fountain(which was not magical at all),La Catedral, Monument A Colom and other which the names are just a pain to remember! the architecture there are very nice and makes you feel that it is a very beautiful country eventhough it is a little dirty. With dog shits everywhere, it is a little difficult to walk freely and to be in the moment where you think you are back in time in history!!

We also went to the beach, Barceloneta. Being the winter, no one dared to go near the water so we just took pictures by the beach and it was fun and COLD! the wind was so windy that people were surfing!!! FREAKS i'd say being that the water is SOOO COLD!!!!! it would have been fun if it was the summer and having a sun-bathing session on the beach...or just lying there looking at all the HOT AMAZINGLY GOOD LOOKING GUYS!! DRooollllssss

We too the Metro train everywhere we went because most of the attractions were all metro-assessible! which makes things a lot easier...but i dont think that i have gone on the the metro so many times in a day!!! in and out of the metro like 10 times?? madness....and some thing bad happened in the train!!! I was almost pick-pocketed.... i guess I was picked pocketed but my friend manage to snatch the wallet back from that B***H!! yes..it was a girl and her guy friends who tried to distract me!! they said i stepped on one of the guys shoe and he made a big deal out of it! and while i was being distracted, the girl put her hands into my bag and picked my wallet out!! it all happened so fast, even when my friend took tried to tell me that what was really happening, it didnt register!! DAMN!! After the whole incident, i really was so shocked that I couldn't do or say anything!! You'd always think that this kinda thing will only happen to others but not you. and when it happens to you, it is all unexpected and you are really caught in the moment!!! Thanks Lenz, for acting quickly!! if not...my wallet with MONEy all GONE!!!! GRATEFUL!!

Overall it was a good holiday despite something bad almost happened. It was really a lot of fun being with friends and being a crazy bunch it made it all so much more memorable! I would love to go back there again to go see more things that i didnt manage to see this time, just have to remember to keep things safe and beware of pick-pockets!! Start saving now to go on more holidays!!!

Till then Cheers!

My joint Birthday celebration

Christmas Deco in Newcastle...

Bahaikipedia??

WOW....i knew that there was wikipedia and many other ~kipedias but i didnt know that there is a Bahaikipedia!!

WOW!!! Bahaikipedia <------- CLICK IT!!!

Now I've got some exploring to do!!!

Work

Last Saturday, I went to my first job here in the UK!

Waitering at an event held by Hardwick Hall Hotel, in the county Durham... It was my first job as a waitress so i didnt know what to expect. The hotel was desperate for people and they said training was not required. So most of us went there without knowing what to expect.

Overall, the experience was a good one, eventhough the plates were huge and heavy!! the best part of it was that the pay was wonderful!!! carrying those heavy plates was totally worth it for the amount of we worked for!!!

We came back exhausted and hungry at about 3 in the morning and everyone just plopped into bed and dreamt away!!!

Working again this weekend, both Friday and Saturday!!! which is good, cuz then the money earned will be spent on holiday which starts next week!!! WOOTTT



IF you guys dont already know, I"ll be going to Barcelona and London for this Christmas Break!! yay!!! Can't wait to just chill and get over this stressful week of due dates!!!

Take care you guys!!! to those who are on holiday, have a good one!!! CHEERS

ONE YEAR OLD!!!

My cute nephew is one year old today and it shows how time flies... I still remember sleeping on my sister's bed in the hospital while she was in the delivery room!!! all i can say that it was a very uncomfortable bed to sleep in!!! However, in the morning, all was forgotten as the bundle of joy came into the world!!!!

I miss his laughter and playing with him....he's thighs are the cutest things....makes you wanna bite him!!!!!!

see......doesnt his laughter just make you wanna squeeze him??? More updates on him, go to my sister's blog!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DARLING NEPHEW!! I KNOW YOU WONT BE ABLE TO READ THIS BUT EE MISSES YOU!!!!

Despite....

.....THE TONNES OF ASSIGNMENT AND REPORTS I HAVE TO DO........I'm going to work tomorrow!!! First JOB in the UK!!!!!

Wish ME LUCK!!!

FREE HUGS

saw this on Nur'i's blog, and totally put a smile on my face!!! pass it around and make someone happy NOW!!!!

Craving for a BIG TIGHT WARM HUG NOW!!!!

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Its been awhile since i last blogged....i'm not sure i'm not in the mood to blog these days...maybe because i can't seem to upload pictures on my blog!!! it is really damn irritating!!!

So yeah....I've been here for more than 2 months now and time just flew by like that! In less than 3 weeks, I'll be on my Christmas break for 3 weeks!! So fast!!! I really can't imagine the life after the holiday because i know that it is going to be so packed!!! getting done with the final year project and stuff like that!!! and with the studying!!! I think my brain will start to explode just by thinking of the amount of things i'll have to cramp into my tiny brain!! argh!!!

Talking about holidays.....My holiday this time around would be fun!! GOING TO BARCELONA!!!!! woot!! isnt it cool or what??? Dont really know what to expect out of our 2 nights there but if you guys know anything that we can do there in such a short time, please do give suggestions!! places to go and things like that would really help us!!

After coming back from Barcelona, I'll be heading down to London for about 10 days...meeting up with my cousin and my dad's cousin!! It would be cool to be in London for Christmas and New Year!!! Can't wait.....but for now..its all about the report dateline!! have to settle with those before i can start thinking of partying!!!

Studies has been alright....still really coping..theres a lot of new things to learn and i'm taking it in as fast as i can!!! Someone please help me..i know it is going to be a tough year but i know if i put my heart into it...i'll do fine!! right right??

The life here has been quite alright....have i settled in, you might ask?? yes, i guess so...getting used to the weird weather here which is hard to predict and this is the first time where i have a weather forecast on my laptop and it is updated every now and then!!! I miss being back in Malaysia and not having to think of what to wear because of the weather...over here..i'll have to check the weather forecast and then pick a jacket....this jacket for days which are not so cold, jacket for days which are colder, and jacket for days that is unbearably cold!! When i was back in malaysia, you always think of how nice to experience cold, get to wear all those nice thick furry jackets, but when you come here and have to where it everyday...it really becomes a burden...not say real burden...but just very troublesome la!! Go out from the room, wear jacket, reach class..take it off....change building, have to put on the layers again!!! even wanting to go to the next block i have to bundle up!! madness lar...Back home...wear shorts everywhere is the best!!!

One thing nice about the cold, is that you dont sweat and you dont get sticky by the end of the day! which is good for someone like me who swears like a broken pipe! Without sweating, clothes doesnt have to be washed as often as when i was back home....when i was in Inti, everytime i walked back from college, Id be drenched in sweat and the shirt that i wore would immediately go into the laundry basket...

But i know sweating is good, gets rid of the toxins in the body.....sooo...i have decided to join the sport centre. 20GBP for one whole year....swimming pool, gym and courts!! yeah...gone swimming twice and it was great! missed the water so much!! but realized that my stamina sucks big time!! remember when i was training to be a lifeguard, my stamina was satisfactory, now its down the drain!! So my mission is to build back that stamina i lost with the lack of swim after my lifeguard exams!!

OH ya....it snowed last week!!! just for about 10 minutes before the sun came out!! and it was nice to see snow!!! its not my first time ( first was in beijing), but it was refreshing feeling to see snow (although i know its wet)... but since then, the temperature hasnt been that cold for it to snow again so i guess we'll have to wait till the next time it snows again...

i guess i better get back to work.....as you know time flies...so means i have not much time till my next dateline!! crap!!!

Till then...hugs and kisses everyone!!!!!

Birthday of Baha'u'llah

"Tread ye the path of justice and equity in all things."

~Baha'u'llah~

Today I went over to Durham to celebrate the Birth of Baha'u'llah. Took the bus to Chester-le-street to meet up with Fereshteh to go together to Durham.
The gathering was a fun one, meeting the youth and meeting new people is always a refreshing thing. The programme was really nice, with a play and poetry reading, songs and games. A story of Baha'u'llah was told, a story that spoke about His greatness.
Food after the programme ended was good, persian food is always good!!! yummy!! Dessert were mouth-watering..chocolate pudding!!!!! :P

I really enjoyed myself and was glad that I decided to go. At first I wasn't sure if I was going since I had unfinished assignments, but decided to go since I was already stuck with it and thought that I won't get much work done either in the afternoon. Took pictures but the hall was dark and the pictures are lousy so i wont bother putting it up here....

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Here's a prayer by Baha'u'llah, the founder of the Baha'i Faith

Create in me a pure heart, O my God, and renew a tranquil conscience within me, O my Hope! Through the spirit of power confirm Thou me in Thy Cause, O my Best-Beloved, and by the light of Thy glory reveal unto me Thy path, O Thou the Goal of my desire! Through the power of Thy transcendent might lift me up unto the heaven of Thy holiness, O Source of my being, and by the breezes of Thine eternity gladden me, O Thou Who art my God! Let Thine everlasting melodies breathe tranquility on me, O my Companion, and let the riches of Thine ancient countenance deliver me from all except Thee, O my Master, and let the tidings of the revelation of Thine incorruptible Essence bring me joy, O Thou Who art the most manifest of the manifest and the most hidden of the hidden!

~Baha'u'llah~

Update!!!

I know its been a while since I've really updated on things!!!!!!! So here goes

You now know that I went to Harry Potter Castle (see previous post for pictures). It was fun to go somewhere new! The night before going to the castle, Chee Cheong and I went down to Newcastle to hang out with Lenz, Stella and Elvin (since we already had to be there in the morning to catch the bus). Went there at around 10pm since it was a last minute decision. When we reached there, we gathered a few others to go hang out at night! Clubbing time!!! I haven't club since i got here, and since the clubbing queen, Lenz is here....i got kaki already! wakakakka...We went to this club called HUCCI (dont really like the name), and it was a very nice club, not too many people (maybe not too popular), and the best thing about it was that no smoking allowed....so means to smelling clothings, hair and undergarments!!! WOOT! It was fun, dragging Elvin, Chee Cheong to the dance floor was a sight to see!!!! Stella got her groove on and now she wants to club more!!!! Lenz is not controlling her!! ahahahah.....CLubbed till we were too hungry to dance anymore, so we left to find FOOD.....we found this shop which was still opened at 2.30am and we ordered chips!!!! YUMMY CHIPS!!!!!!! CHips with Cheeze and gravy..it is to die for!!

Got back, showered and plopped on the bed to dreamland....woke up like a few hours later by Xin Me's call, she had arrived with Dai Lou for the castle trip. Got ready like in 1o minutes and headed to the bus station!!!

The ride took us like 1 hour and 45 minutes, and we were got there it started to drizzle. Good thing was that the drizzle stopped. The castle is huge with different parts (which castle only has one part). The castle is open to the public during the summer and closes in the winter for the owners to stay. There are a few museums in the castle and it interesting to see the history of the castle, eventhough i can't remember it all.....history and me...is like oil and milk.

The scenery of the castle is SO BEAUTIFUL!!!! sheeps on fields everywhere!!! so peaceful and nice! The castle also had a garden which was also very beautiful and modern! They had a maze and a garden with different water features (please see the pics)!! they also have poison garden with different types of plants that has toxic that can kill or toxic that has been used in medicinal preparations. The garden partitioned to many parts with different themes, so it takes a while to complete the whole garden.

Overall, it was a very refreshing and fun trip!!!

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Other than that, things are getting very busy. Assignments are catching up. Lab reports are coming in faster than you can say you're done! Trying very hard to move my LAZYBUM to work!!!!!

The weather here has changed since I last came. It starts to get dark at around 4pm and it is SOOO windy! Around 5pm, you think its already 8pm....makes you feel that the day is shorter and you have no time to do anything! and ITS SOOO WINDY......i think i need to go buy another jacket!!!!!! you feel the wind is going to blow you away! I'm heavy and already i feel like the wind is going sweep me off my feet, i wonder how those skinny girls stay grounded!!! hahahahahah

I'll continue this update soon okay? I'm getting tired and I have a lab tomorrow!!! I hate the lab now....it stinks (it stinks so much that my lab coat stinks) and I have to stand for 3 hours! or more on project day!!!!

Hogwart's School of Witch and Wizardry

For the past few days, i can't seem to upload any pictures on my blog.I really don't know why... and i have SO MANY pictures to upload for my parents to see!!!!!!

The links below are my albums on Facebook of my trip to Alnwick Castle. This castle is made famous by a few movies, but the most important of all is Harry Potter!! Remember the scene in Harry Potter: the Philosopher's Stone, where Harry and his friends learn how to use the broom to fly?? That scene was taken in the bailey's of the castle!!!

So click and enjoy the pictures!!!!!!

Part 1

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Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6