Great things come when least expected

The first place we explored in London was Chatime! We each had our Pearl Milk Tea, I ordered large :P I must say, all the navigations were made easy thanks to my birthday gift, my s3! Google maps are awesome :) Just type in Chatime London and with just one click, you'll get to know which underground train to take plus estimated time of arrival too hihi 

With Pearl Milk Tea down our systems, we continued our journey! 

Next stop : Chinatown! We wanted to have our picture taken at the famous Chinatown gate and see if there's any Malaysian food available there. So here's the result!

Les Miserables 

Huge souvenir shop! 

Cutest beetle in the world!

Gosh! Mama would go mad seeing all these souvenirs!

I wanted to buy this lunch box :( but I'm sparing my luggage for boxing day

See what we found!! :D 

Girls wanna have fun

Let it be, let it be :)

We did found a Malaysian restaurant but I forget to take a picture of it. The restaurant's name is Rasa Sayang and it's just right beside the big Chinatown gate :)

The next part of the evening was really unplanned, see the next post if you want to find out :P

Revisiting London

Hello everyone! Today I am going to share about my experience spending the last days of 2012 with my friends in London. We were there for 10 days! There were many ups and downs but hey, life's challenging like that. Might as well look at the bright side ey? :D

On the first day, Bella and I started the journey to the airport at about 7 am in the morning just to spare us more time before our departure at 9am. I almost overslept cause I didn't hear the alarm ringing nor Bell's incoming texts. Yikes! Luckily Bell decided to come over and she knocked the hell out of my front door! hahah I remember waking up thinking there's bombing outside my house :P Thanks Bell!

We weighed our bags that morning to make sure they are within the 10 kg limit. Ryan Air is a bit tight regarding baggages. Besides that, we are just allowed to bring just one carry-on meaning we need to stuff our handbag into our cabin luggage and make sure it doesn't exceed 10 kg -,- Lame right? Here's more info regarding their baggage restrictions (Ryan Air Baggage F.A.Q)

The flight took less than 2 hours. We arrived at Gatwick Airport and Nell was there, waiting for us at the Arrival gate! That situation reminded me when I was home for summer break and seeing my family at the Arrival gate in KLIA. I love to see familiar faces when I walk through the gate :P 

Then we took the Gatwick Express to go to Victoria Station. We pre-booked the tickets and retrieved them at the airport. All you need is just the card you used to make the payment. Pop in the card in the machine and your card will be printed immediately. Convenient right? :)  Here's where you can book the tickets (Gatwick Express) 

From Victoria Station you can go to almost everywhere! We bought a one-week pass for the first 7 days. You can buy the tickets at the station, they say it's cheaper there. I am not really sure about that :/ We bought the 7 days pass cause it's cheaper that way. Daily pass would be £7, try multiplying it with 7 but with a 7days pass you just need to pay £29.+ For the remaining 3 days, we had to buy a daily pass for each day. This ticket allows you to take any train and buses within zone 1 and 2 (where most attractions are located) Make sure you buy the 7 days pass on the day you want to start using it. We bought ours on the day we decided to sleep in and unfortunately, we wasted one day huhu Oh and bring a passport size picture with you or you'll have to waste £5 just on that like we did. They need that picture to make the 7 days pass. 

Muka menyesal kena bazir £5

The moment I was in the station, I felt like my memories lead my steps and I realized that I was there last year! One thing about that station that made me jump up and down is this one shop, Delice de France!! I straight away searched for it and found it! I was so happy I get to eat my favourite mushroom and cheese croissant again on my first day there :') 

Happy girl!

We stayed at easyHotel Victoria for the first 6days. More about it at my friend's blog, click here :) Bella's blog! One thing about this hotel, we need to book the room online. The receptionist doesn't take any form of cash just reservation number. So make sure you book it first :D The price range is reasonable and the room is really comfortable even for us budget travellers. Check them out! (EasyHotel) 


Now done with the informative post. The next coming posts will have more pictures I promise! :D

Au Revoir 2012

This would be my last post for 2012. Wow, just saying it out loud makes my tummy nervous. How time flies, feels like it was just yesterday I created this blog in January 2012 :) I had big dreams, to update my blog with all my travel posts but time has always been so tight and I am a lazy bum most of the time hehe I will improve inshaAllah! :P I learn so many things from this amazing year and time management would definitely be the biggest lesson next to money management! I feel that this New Year's Eve is a lil bit different, I feel older and a bit more matured. Experience is definitely the best teacher and I am greatly grateful to Him for granting me these unforgettable experiences.

For those who know me, they know how sentimental I am. I love to take pictures, to be in pictures and to look at pictures over and over again, even if it was taken like a century ago :P I love taking videos too, soaking up the memories as much as I could! One of my bestfriend said that I am a bit of a freak because I always want to show pictures in my fb or my phone to others when I am in the mood :P Well, that's one thing about me hihi So I think, I should make a special post just with my favourite pictures in it so that I could see them all in one page :) And the best part is, I could share those pictures with you too!

Since today is the last day of 2012, I should definitely make like a Top 12 unforgettable moments kindda post. So here goes! :)

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2012's TOP 12 UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS

1. First time in Paris

   One thing about me, I love France and everything about it. I love the language, I love the croissants, the musics, the sceneries, I could go on forever!! hahah It's like a dream come true to get the opportunity to leave my footsteps there :')

2.Travelling Around Italy

    Being in Italy with friends, for almost 2 weeks = TONS of memories and photos! I love to look back at these photos when I have nothing to do 

3. Cyi n Tih's Wedding and first time in Kelantan

    I remember being very happy and hyper for these lovebirds on their wedding day! They truly are perfect for each other :') As for Kelantan, I must say, that's prolly one of my favourite places in Malaysia mainly cuz the foods and language hehe Weddings are my favourite :)

4. Backpacking to Phi Phi Island 

    First time crossing the Malaysian border with my awesome uncle and aunties! I learned how to actually travel light backpackers style from them!

5. Eid with Family and Bestfriends

   Aidilfitri 2012 was different from the previous year. Being home for summer break after about 10 months abroad made me appreciate every ticking second on the clock. I finally realize the true value of having a lovely family and cool bestfriends, I am so grateful to have them all! They are all the better versions of me. 

FAMILY

 There will never be a moment without laughter when I am with these people. They are my life! :) Love love love!

BESTFRIENDS

6. First time meeting Rania Zara and spending time with her lovely family!

    I remember feeling VERY nervous before meeting Rania for the first time! hahah I've been following her updates since the beginning and it feels almost like a dream to actually see her cheeky smile before my eyes! She is the prettiest baby I've ever met :') I just hope she won't forget me cuz I wanna be bestfriends with her <3

Lovely girl!

Kak Yana's birthday dinner! Miss these moments with them, I really love this family :)

    This is the first family other than my biological one that I've grown very attached to and I am so grateful to have the chance to be their lil sister since I have always wonder how it feels like to have elder brothers and sisters. Love you guys so much! 

7. Yosenabe time

   Yosenabe is the only restaurant my family and I stick to my entire 20 years of life! We will definitely go there at least once a year (at most countless times in a year) :P It's a steamboat kind of place but it has a special touch to it since we keep it a ritual to go there every year. I've grown to know the owners so well that I even called her before leaving to Ireland! We are considered family I guess hihi So lucky I get to go there during my summer break <3

8. Breaking Dawn part 2 finally in theatres 

    One of my happy days :') 

Sayonara Twilight Saga, it's been a pleasure growing up with you :) Team Edward forever!

9. Moved into a new house

  More space for me to move around and it feel more homey! Just what I needed :)

10. Enjoyed Amazing Foods All Year Through!

   I love to spend on good food (just whenever I have extra money)! The good food spikes would prolly be during my summer break in Malaysia and when I go to vacations hihi Happy tummy makes a happy me :)

... and more!

11. Getting a S3 as my birthday present from my lovely family and bestfriends 

    Never in my wildest dream I ever thought I could ever get a phone, let alone a smartphone for my birthday! This is the first phone that I didn't buy myself :') Thanks to my bestfriend, he arranged and get everyone together to make this happen. Thanks a million guys! You know who you are :) I bring it everywhere and I use it for everything even as a mirror! hihihi 

12. Wrapping up 2012 with a long holiday in London

       My bestfriends and I were in London from 19th December til 30th December. Yep I know, that's damn long for a holiday hihihi A whole saga about my trip to London will be posted next year, inshaAllah (macam la lama sgt next year tu) :P It was my second time there and alhamdulillah we did more stuff than our last visit! 

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Writing this blog makes me look back and smile at the opportunities Allah has given me. Opportunity to have a loving family, awesome bestfriends and endless sustenance. May my new year be filled with gratitude to keep me grounded, unconditional love from my family and friends and a more meaningful life as a Muslim. InshaAllah, after all life is nothing but a dream. So, enjoy while it lasts and don't forget to keep on trying to work for our after-life. 

It's less than an hour till midnight! I should prolly stop now. See you guys next year :P hihi Take care!

HAPPY NEW YEAR, everyone! xoxo

Bitter-sweet Moments

I've been having this urge to blog these past few weeks but I just couldn't think of anything interesting to talk about. But today felt a lil different. I woke up feeling like 'Hey, today's the day'. Maybe this one would be kind of a personal post about what has been happening in my life lately. Just for memories sake, something for me to look back when I am like 50 years old or something, insyaAllah :P 

                        People say, forgive and forget. 

                                                                    To me, it is easier said than done.

I was in a very bad shape exactly two months ago. I remember asking my friend will I ever get over this thing I was in. Now, I gotta say, so far so good :) However, from time to time, I get these waves of regret, embarrassment and episodic periods of uncontrollable emotions. Tears come and go, heart aches too hard I couldn't breathe sometimes. Over the frame of these two months, I learned to pick myself up, clear my head focus on the people who loves me. Earlier during that period, I often became sceptical and very careful with what I say or do because I want to please people, I want to be loved by everyone. Somehow doing that made me lose myself, so I improvised. I learned to be more flexible, love myself first and appreciate the personalities I have because only then, I realized that there are so many people around me, loving me even when I am being my silly self :) Thanks to my wonderful friends and family, I feel more like myself now in a very long time.

Being away from everything familiar during that difficult part of my life, I just had to be tough. I had to take care of myself. Somehow that helped a lot too. Being in Cork with my bestfriends, studying, meeting new people and stuff, got me occupied. Took my mind off of it for a lil while. The hardest part was getting into bed. When the lights were turned off and all I could hear was just my heartbeats. I am the kind of person whom often get too emotional when I reminisce about something hihi Silly me. :P But then again, eventually, things get old. I can't let myself get stuck in that situation for too long, I love myself too much to allow it.

A month from now, I'll be having my first exam in medicine second year! Gotta step it up, nerdy mode on! :) I am learning about Neuroanatomy currently. It is really interesting, really really! I am so excited to learn how the brain works so that I could find an explanation about my over-active emotional side haha Then I found out that, the memory part in the brain is connected to the emotion part and their sizes differ from an individual to another. So, whenever I remember something, like a song that has memories attached to it, my brain will trigger that particular part storing that particular memories and send signals to my emotion part, hence the tears. Once I knew that, I train myself to be less emotional to anything that could make me sad or cry because now I know that's just my brain trying to do their job :P Someone wise once said 'Tu perasaan cik kak, perasaan boleh kawal' hahah


People move on, people come and go but never take for granted the ones that has potential to stay in your live for a long time. Some friends are truly heaven sent. They'll do anything to lighten up your day. Familywise, in my opinion they should always come first, before anyone else. Remember, remember, remember! :) However, the number one healer of hearts is God. No matter how hard you tried to heal your heart, if you don't have faith that God is the one holding your heart, He is the one to make you feel better, there's no use. You will relapse eventually. Only God's love could help us be stronger each and everyday. 

Amazingly, when you let go of the things that has been holding you back, you'll feel good. I had a rough time before the good times come. Well, it's always darkest before the dawn right? :) Not just that, you start to get new chances to make new memories, you will have more space in your heart to love again, you appreciate more, you'll just simply feel good. So, I am thankful to the bitter-sweet event two months ago and the precious memories prior to that, for making me become more myself, separating what I want from what I need and move on with my life.

I hope I helped someone with this post. 
Wallahualam :)


On the fun side, I have a few movies to reccommend!!
You guys should really watch these 

    * 29 februari 
    * Aku, Dia dan Tong Sampah 
    * Sinister
    * The Possesion
   
Till then, much love from me to ya! xoxo

P/S: SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO MY LOVELY FAMILY & BESTFRIENDS!! Thanks for the s3!!! I bring it everywhere, use it all the time and love it like its my baby! 

Awesome people : Mama, Apit, Kak Yana, Kak Farra, Abg Amir, Belly, Biha! :D

The day I had my first with Eiffel Tower

Salam and hello everyone! Good day isn't it? I am currently watching Tayo Tayo on one of the disney channels while listening to Jason Mraz's LOVE album. Such a perfect day for a post about Paris :) Jason reminds me a lot about Paris cuz I listened to him everyday when I was there.

Today I'm gonna share about my second day in Paris. I learned a few tricks so hopefully now I could help others have better experience and make full use of their time there! Its gonna be all over the post though, please bare with me hihi

We stayed in a hostel quite close to the Bry-Sur-Marne Metro station on our first day there. I couldn't recall the name of that place but if anyone needs the information, I'll dig my emails k! :) Just let me know.  The price is very reasonable with the room's condition. I'll rate it hmmm maybe 4/5 hihi The metro ticket from our place (which is in zone 4) to Champs-De-Mars (wayyy up there in zone 1) doesn't cost that much, below 10euro to&fro, perhaps :S hehe I am not sure about that.

So here comes the picture part, my favourite! I love telling stories based on pictures :)

We were on the train when we first saw the amazing Eiffel Tower :') It was breathtaking, really! 

If you are taking the metro to get go to the Eiffel Tower, you could stop at Bir-Hakeim

So excited to see a cafe named after the Eiffel

WE ARE NEAR! Eiffel is just around the corner!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT!?