another girl in her own world..

haven’t been online lately. i blame the internet connection. or lack of it rather. then again kan, macam there’s not really much to update you guys on. life is pretty much the same thing: mundane. been wathching a lot of movies, tho. so far none of the movies have disapponted me. oh, and because little brother has a new addiction to the series friends, i’ve been watching ‘em as well.

i suppose the latest obsession that i’m goin through right now is travelling. Scotland to be precise. eversince my cousin, Abg Long, went there i had this weird fasination about it the cold highland country. hehehehe. as a kid, (i think i was 10) i wanted to go to UK but didn’t have a specific place where in UK. i figured since i have ‘connection’ there, Scotland is where i’d wanna go. theres snow there. so good enough. it didn’t occur to me that by the time i had enough kaching, Abg Long would’ve been loooong gone. hahahaha.. i felt like it just wasn’t meant to be. i wanted to, but didn’t really think much about it. then came form 5, where i had developed an interest in romance novels (or porn books, as B calls ‘em). The Bride by Julie Garwood was the first book ever. the burning love between a Scottish Laird and an English woman. that was probably the first time i blush while reading.

suddenly, i was back in love with Scotland. imagining beautiful, untamed land. with lochs the wind nudge ripples into and open moorland expanses covered with grass. the grandeur of the highlands. *sighing wistfully* i’ve decided that its high time that i vist my old love. i finally have the $$ so far the plan is to visit next year. hopefully, dapat cuti awal.

its going to be a month long vacation. a week in Scotland, 2 weeks or so around europe (France, Italy and Spain) then a few days in UK. well, i’ve only obsessed to that point. a friend told me $6K should be enough. what do you think? also, any tips or places i should go?

btw, rnBs UK, you can bet your ass that i’ll be seeing you. (where else would i stay? :angel: )will msg/email you with full details as soon as its confirmed. hahahaha. iski, much?

  a friend forwarded this to me.

OH. MY. GOD. could i look more geekier??? hehehehehe.. i’m pretty sure this photo is candid. i don’t even remember taking this photo. but it sure looked like i was happy.

btw, as if you needed help, i’m the one with the glasses..

B : “you are not the most beautiful woman in the world..”

me : *hurt* “???”

B : “you are the most beautiful woman in the universe !!!!”

i gotta admit, it did made my day..

i did it. i finally did it. i mentioned a while ago about a certain movie that i was cautiously excited to see. i LOVE the book (can’t stress enough on how much i love the book), explaining the excited part but as commonly known, book-turn-films movies rarely work out. hence, the cautious part. i didn’t want to ruin the book by watching the movie. but yesterday, i finally did it.

p/s: i love you has been playing for …a couple of weeks? and somehow, i had already made up my mind to not watch the movie. eventhough Gerard Butler was in it. *drool* however, after the rnB breakfast at Dynasty, gdg, me and War had nothing to do. (we had already walked around the mall.) we decided to watch Horton’s but we missed the show. and somehow, just for the heck of it. we decided to go to Empire Cinema. Ps: i love you was playing in an hour. so,to pass time, we decided to play guitar hero. for visual evidence, check out war’s blog. i sucked btw..

so, while waiting for the movie to start, me and war had this sinking feeling that the movie was gonna suck big time. i just knew  it was gonna be bad.

i was wrong.

i mentioned that while reading the book,i had to put the book down to control myself. i literally sobbed. during the movies, i cried my eyes out. the 3 pieces of tissue paper that i brought, were soaked and reduced to bundled up tears and snot. the fact that i kinda forgot most of the story line helped. i couldn’t really compare but i do know that there are a lot of differences which i think worked in the movie. like, in the book, Holly is Irish but in the movie, she’s American. so there’s this whole new part on how Holly and Gerry met. it was so.. *sappy sigh* sweet & touching & how you’d imagine you would meet your true love. *sappy-er sigh*

its more of a couples’ movie rather than a chick flick. the intimate moments that Holly and Gerry had definately made made you appreciate your partner. i know that if i were watching it with B, i’d be hugging him the whole time. (oh, note: not exactly for kids below the age of 12)

overall, i think the movie was great if not brilliant. i truly felt the love and sadness. “you are my entire story but i am just a chapter in your life..”

ho-kaaay, getting waay too sentimental for my taste. conclusion, i LOVE, LOVE, LOOOOVE  it. its been awhile since i cried that hard that had nothing to do with my issues. it felt good. again, for physical proof, go to war’s blog. go watch it, people. i think its worth it.

p/s: Gerard Butlet was sexy on a whole another level.

i’m home!!! hehehe.. i guess i should’ve gave a hint or something, huh? i’ve been away for the past few days. i only told a handful of people. pasalnyakan, everytime i get excited about something,it didn’t panned out the way i thought it would. hence the ’secrecy’. so here it is: SINGAPORE!!!! i went there with eyan, my two cousins (kaka long and dedeq) & dedeq’s girlfriend. we kinda planned this trip since december. but again, i didnt really wanna think much about it. hehehehe…

24th march:

• woke up around 5.00 am at the request of abang along (kaka long’s husband). we wanted to check in as early as possible because from experience, it was better that way. kami bertolak dari rumah around 6.15 am. our flight was at 8.00am. after everything was secured (checked in the cargo and all.) we had breakfast at the airport restaurant. ayah came by to see us off also. btw, me and eyan shared a suitcase. in it was a few clothes to last the 3 day trip and 3 other bags. didnt want to waste our money buying extra bags. smart, no? :p
• arrived safely at changi airport around 9.50am. rather than pick up our cargo, we kinda shopped around dulu. hahaha. that is why when we finally came around to pick it up, at was waiting on the side of the conveyer belt. which was an hour after we had landed.
• after that, abang long and kaka siti picked us up in their spankin’ brand new car. we had to bali minyak before checking in. when i heard the total amount for a tank full of gas in singapore, i flipped. seriously. I.FREAKED. OUT. $100.33????? for a tankful?? mine cost $25!! DAY-UM!! sure, my tank is proly smaller but still! :shocked:  the car that drove us around. a bit annoying,tho. abang long bought a gps map that kept going “in 300 meters, turn left.” every 5 secs. @$@%@#!#$@#@
• we then checked in at our hotel. we stayed at Grand Central Hotel along orchard road. we pretty much just checked in, dumped our bags, freshen up (i.e.: peed) and went out again. around noon, abang long and ka siti, took us to vivo city. we had lunch at Chicken Rice Store. apparently, its from malaysia. we flew all the way to Sinagpore to eat Malaysian food. hahahahha. after lunch, we kinda spread out. dedeq went with his girlfriend while me, eyan and kalong went in the other direction. i forgot what happened to abang long and kaka siti. :p luan iski kan shopping.. hehehe. we gave up more than 5 hours later. maaaaan, my feet hurts from all that walking. but i gotta say, it was worth it.  eyan and kaka long resting.  the $50++ jellybeans kakalong bought.
• before dinner, we went to Queens way shopping centre. *secret smile* then stopped by at Ikea’s. this was around 8.02 pm. by this time i felt like my back was gonna break into 2. payah wah org tunggi ani. i jokingly asked abg long to carry me. hahaha. mau ya jua. tempted, tho. :p lestuuuuuuuu, we had dinner at bilal’s. NYAMAN!! to tell you the truth, i was abit skeptic when my cousins said the food there was great but in the end, yeaaa.. i was hooked. the best crabs are sold there.

  while waiting for the food.. oatmeal prawns.. *slurps*

   more food. hehehehe

  crab before  crab after.

• you would think after a hearty meal, we’d be too tired, right? wrong!! hahaha. we made a last pit stop at mustafa centre. the stuff you want at its lowest price are sold there. went back to hotel around 12am. ehehe. cute story, kakalong didnt come along with us to mustafa, she had a tummy ache (too much jellybeans, i say. hehehe.) it was fairose’s birthday(dedeq’s gf) on 25th. so by the time we got back kakalong was already sleeping and when dedeq surprised her with a cake, we had to whisper happy birthday. kiut…

25th march:

• set my alarm for 7am sal i wanted to be the first one to use the bathroom. but as usual, i stalled and fairose got it first. hahaha. turns out i wasn’t the only one. dedeq took his time too. he’s worst than dd!! we finally left for breakfast at 9.30am.

  had breakfast at McD’s. nyaman pancakes nya!! how come we don’t have these in Brunei??

• from there we went to suntec city. we had the cutest ‘uncle’ for a taxi driver. he told us that tower 1 is usually for exhibitions only while tower 2 (where we were heading) has the greatest shopping outlets. so friendly, that uncle.
• we met up with abang long and ka siti aroun 3++pm who then brought us to marina square. shopping some more.
• 7.00pm -  break. went to hotel freshen up. 7.45pm - far east plaza. yet again, more shoppping. aroun 10pm -  dinner. the food there is great, i tell youuuuu.. abg long and ka ct had to ciao after dinner sal abg had to go to work at …1am? (abg long’s a pilot).
• ooooh!! i almost forgot! congrats to abg long and ka siti, who are expecting their first child!! :D 

(out of respect for the elders, i decided to pull down the baby photos.. ) 

 ok. i stopped jotting down things i did after this day. i got caught up with all the pretty shiny things. however, to tell you the truth, the things i bought are mostly books. even kaka siti said: “bookworm lah die nie..” or something like that. hahaha. i think thats all for now. will update soon.

but before that, thank you to abg long and kaka siti for showing us around.

 *hugs*

btw, its good to be home.