I know it's late to wish you, but Happy New Year everyone. May 2011 be extra wonderful, with more rezeki to come, less hasad dengki and peace!
I'm still here, currently busy at the moment with jobs application and helping dad with some stuff, will soon get back to blogging as soon as the wireless internet at home properly installed. The current one was hit by lightning la, careless sungguh tak tutup while tengah guruh berdentum!
"Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they are meant to be there; they serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or help you figure out who you are."
My third sister, Amal, just graduated with three stars (CGPA 3.89) in Diploma of Banking and Finance. Proud of you kiddo. Please make us proud even more! Many congratulations from your Along. xx
Amal hebat!
The reason
Mom and Dad with their bundle of joy (From left, Hanis, Iqa, Dad, Amal, Mom, Aiman and Kak Eni)
Just got back from Rome and saw updates on Facebook, this weekend is full with engagement ceremonies! And one of them who got engaged this week was my best friend of 13 year!
Congratulations Tasha Qhairunnisa and Jean Basri Longuet.
Bak kata orang tua, dah bertunang tu darah manis. I'm sure both of you will go through the 'darah manis' period just fine Insya Allah, let's pray to God banyak-banyak ok?
Tasha, I am so happy for you and Basri, and I'm sure you know that I cannot cannot cannot wait to balik soon to wish (and hug) you a proper CONGRATULATIONS! Sebak jugak coz I wasn't there!
Please please enjoy the wedding preparations dear! It's YOUR DAY!
Anyway, here are some photos of her engagement ceremony which was beautifully done! Love it! (Photos by Tasha Qhairunnisa herself)
Tasha getting ready
Pelamin so sweet, so Tasha
Flower power!
Dessert table terbaik! By the everdearest Miss Dalia Dania Ruslan. Interested? Email me and I can introduce you to her!
Discuss discuss discuss!
Akhirnya ;) Teary eyed when I see this pic.
With Mama / Aunty Diana tersayang
From no sister to MANY sisters! You're so lucky babe!
Tu diaaaa jejaka tercinta! chewahh (in longhat Utara tone)
Tu diaaa kesayangan Basri :)
Soon-to-be Tasha's family
Beloved family
Best Gfs ;)
Best UIA mates!
Haippp.. belom kawin lagi ni.. lol..jk
The room that we all used to do sleepovers! So pretty decorated by Tasha's mother.
The lovely bride-to-be with the loveliest hand bouquet by gf Zaznuriah Zahir. Check out her other work.. Hand bouquet, hantaran, sirih junjung and the like, she can do it all. ;)
Lovely ceremony eh? More reasons to be excited about at home! Come quick 2011!
After residing in England for more than a year now, I got the chance to witnessed winter for the second time. The best part is of course, snow falls and sale, but the worst part of it are the climate is freezing and snow made EVERYTHING slow and delayed. For an example, the train! I rely on my London-Midlands train everyday to go do errands and stuff but yeah, snow made me an hour late.
Anyway, one thing about Christmas that everyone loved is the Christmas market. In London, there is a Winter Wonderland but good ol' Brummies doesn't want to miss having one as well. In Birmingham, it is called Birmingham- Frankfurt Christmas Market. It is not as massive and exclusive like the ones in Hyde Park, but for me, this will do.
You see, Christmas Market in Britain started long ago since the Victorian era which sells Christmas related products and foodstuffs, but during that time, they were not known as Christmas market. The traditional Christmas market you could find are in Germany, Austria and Poland, but the ones in England can be considered quite similar to the traditional ones but of course, with some English identity.
Like I stated above, the one in Birmingham is called Birmingham-Frankfurt Christmas Market. It is open daily from 18th of November to 23rd December from 10 am - 9pm, it can be said that this Christmas Market is the largest authentic German market outside of Germany and Austria and is arguably one of the most popular Christmas markets in the UK. Chewah.
This is my second time here and I enjoyed every seconds of it eating fried cheese and jalapeno dip with cranberry sauce and the soft yummy garlic and cheese bun! Not forgetting their scrumptious hot chocolate as well. Without rums of course. There are other delicious meals that visitors could enjoy such as the Gluhwein (German mulled wine), German beers and traditional sausages, meats, sweets, marzipans and pastries.
Fried cheese!
Pretzel!
Chocolate coated banana and mashmallow
Colourful cookies
They don't just offer food, but also traditional handcrafted gifts, including jewellery, wooden toys, dolls and candles. It is so cute how they set up wooden chalets as their stalls and each chalets will be decorated as how they like, the more colourful lights, the better! It is best to see all of these decorations at night because the colourful lights will lit up the whole Christmas market as if we are in a village!
And, the whole experience will be enhanced with live music every lunchtime and evening from a traditional bandstand. Bliss!
One of the things that I will SURELY miss when I go home!
Salam Maal Hijrah to all my Muslim friends from all the over the world. May the new year brings more and more good health, wealth and prosperity. Let's do more good deeds, more prayers and doa, and delete those 'PHD' within yourself so that all can live harmoniously and happily.
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Sheena and mummy are here and we've been updating and exchanging all sort of stories of KL and UK. So fun and interesting! ;) As it seems, my lonely days are OVER!
Starting from today, I'll be in full marathon settling errands and such.
- Need to look for ropes and net for shipping. Don't ask me why..
- Pay and canceling off all bills contracts with Vodafon, Virgin Media, British Gas and Seven Trent Water Supply. Thank God they were really helpful.
- Cancel off Tracker Network. Haven't done that yet.
- Meeting with landlord. Dreadingggg...
- Arranged with the shipping/container/cargo company. Progressing..
- Look for Dad's stuff for the car. Looking..
- Find new tenants to replace Sheena and I.
- Find new hand luggage. The one that I always use is broken.
- Packing and labeling.
- Packing and labeling.
- Cari baju and kasut convo. Tak sudah-sudah... ;(
- Packing and labeling.
- Tukar duit..
So so penat. I'll be leaving the country in less than 25 days and I need to ship all of my things (including Iqa's) in 10 days. I hope I can make it.
All stressed out but I'm excited at the same time.
There are days when I just feel sad as well. Like yesterday, when I was watching the X-Factor and I thought to myself that this could be my last! Ceh..emp pop pulak.. I know it's pathetic, but if you are in my shoes, you'll probably feel the same way too.
Talking about X-Factor, I felt that Cher did really well yesterday. Thought she's actually cocky but she got that 'star' package. Thank God she was qualified for finals, though I am bit sad for Mary, because she can actually sing!
But my favourite is still.. Rabecca Ferguson. Trust me, she'll win next week!
