::best of belfast::

3rd August 2008

we woke up very early in the morning since we promised to be in front of the gate at 8 am sharp that morning. that was our promise last nite before we said good bye to the boys. and we girls, since we need time to put make up on etc woke up EXTRA early just so to keep the promise and not to make em waiting. but guess what we got in return?

"hello?ko bru bgn ka ni?"

"hello..o ha r...jap2 10 min"

i called him at 8 am expecting him to be ready and he asked for us to wait another 10 mins? ok lemme do the calculation..10 min 4 each boy, another 10 mins to run around the hse to find the shirt. and my calculation was correct! we only met em in front of the gate at 8.30 am...sempat lagi senyum2 tu. wah bukan main lg ya? suda la nda say sori...

and because of that, we [obviously the early wakers me and N] keep on babbling along the way. nah rsa penangan urg bengang haha. bbuih jgk la mulut kita kan N mbebel?

we went to the airport to pick the car up and there was some prob that made us unable to take that car. alasan: nda ckup umur....so we, the ladies went to the next counter to ask if any available cars and luckily, one man at the counter said there is, 60 euro per day. then the boys went to that counter but this time the man said there is no car available..

"so what game is he playing huh?"

we talked to him and he just simply said, it was not US the ladies who asked just now, so there's no car. so after all the hustle bustle, we cnt take the car because the insurance policy only allowed pple aged 26+ to drive the car...

the man at the counter...bestnya cik abg ni korek idung eh?

if they think they r smart, allow us to show that we r smarter :p. my fren confidently walked to the next counter and "acted" hez 26 and would like to rent a car for a day. the gaya mnipu and confidence made the lady at the counter believed in him. or mayhe he just looked old as what he claimed he is? haha

we waited in the car for the other group to reach the airport before we drove together to newry, [factory outlets]. it was a last minute plan because we intended to go to junction one but, the boys said there are more shops in newry, so we agreed. eventho the idea of last minute change of plans is not preferable.

us waiting in the car. mata aku plg kurg sepet ngee~

we arrived in newry at 1.30 pm after an hour or so. and it was shopping spree wee~

N, the car, the shopped items and her fav drink..plus subway sandwich

me, the car, my shopped items and wrongly-chose drink

we only left newry at 4pm and the other car was not goin wif us. so we went on wif the plan to go to giant's causeway. this time azmi replaced abg jhaz to drive the car. us at the back was trying to entertain the driver and the map reader so not to let them fell asleep. sambil main chau tai ti [ pardon me if it's spelled wrongly]...see how addicted we were wif this game...from berlin to munich to frankfurt to dublin and now belfast :)

we only arrived in giant's causeway at 7.30 pm! and can u imagine how long the journey was?167 km shj...cukup untuk mjadikan bontot anda tepos :p

after performing solat, together we walked down the hill...we couldnt stop taking pics and posing the best we could in the not-so-fair weather. but still, the beauty of the land is something that not to be missed. we will stop to snap pic every 3 steps haha. ktara la smua vain!

the road not taken: giant's causeway, belfast, northern ireland

something beautiful will owez remind me of my loved ones

even the rain couldn't stop me from giving a pose hehe

tanjung belfast :)

abg jhaz telling the legend of the giant who lived here hundred years ago

memori pantai berbatu :)

sepilok sisters performing tarian d raja..uk uk we said :p

simply beautiful...subhanallah

never fail to pose even in bad hair day :p

::my fav 10::

my dear friend has tagged me to post my 10 fav pics...not to let her down, here i go...even it means kantoi kan diri sdr :p

the pics are uploaded randomly, out of no preference. 

i miss~

tribute to photographer: MacBook

eiffel tower

tribute to photographer: wada

may we can hold hands like this even wrinkles have replaced our beauty

tribute to photogrpaher: azmi

sunset in frankfurt hanh

tribute to photographer: N

...and our munkiness is unpredictable

tribute to photographer: zudin

tribute to editor: N

the night i had to say good bye

tribute to photographer: asrih's bro

my classmates back to KMB...miss ol those moments

tribute to photographer: dini

post xm party. note the alternating colour of shirts, smiles and tdungs :)

tribute to photographer: asrih

model gagal ujian saringan :p

tribute to photographer: wada

if u calculate, there are only 9 pics..the 10th one is on the way. so surprise! :)

the next 5 that would do this kind of post will be:

1. azmi

2.asrih

3.jiah

4.zaim

5.khairul annisah

good luck pple :)

::great-many germany II::

Day 4: 26th July 2008

we left berlin with too much memories to be cherished. we had to say good bye to wan, kamal and helmi as they were goin to their fren's hse. we were heading to munich with zaim, our loyal fren and tour guide. we departed from haupbanhof berlin by a train at 12.30 pm heading to munich. the train is far from what we expected since there was some problem and instead of getting a new train, we boarded an old one. to deviate our mind from the scorching heat in the train, we chilled out by playing cards. a game that made me addicted to it haha. who knows, our happiness was someone else's annoyance. 

we laughed like hell when we noticed that the person's face who got annoyed and asked us to keep quite looked like sarah raisudin, asrih's fav singer back to msia lol. 

the 9 hours journey would not be reaching its destination if it's not because of zaim, the only person who can speak Deustch. i remember one incident where zaim was sleeping because he was extremely exhausted and we were approached by the ticket controller, telling us an alien language that none of us can pick that up.

"%$^7**@$^&$$%*" he said.

me: zaim tdur d blkg...zaim o zaim... [ still my soft voice could not wake him up]

fren: eh cmn ni? zaim mana? apa ni? [panicked]

one lady that sit next to us translated what the man said to us just now.maybe she could sense that we could not understand the man. we were told to move to the next carriage since the carriage that we were on will be disconnected. we talked about this lady n her fam whoz really nerd just now, but she bacame a big help to us. she has a wonderful son who read all the way and one of my fren made joke out of that..."potential sofyan b yusuf, replacing sufiah" she said...and how is that could not make u laugh? hahahaha

maybe God wasn't happy with what we did, so as a punishment we had to sit in front of the WC for the next 3 hours in the new carriage. but that is not the worst thing. we need to be alert all the way because a bunch of drunk people keep passing by [o, have i told u that we were so sleepy n tired?]. silap2 haribulan kena tempelak huhu. so for this, i thank my fren N, with her wit and hilarious jokes can owez make my sleepy eyes go wide. can geletek my stomach till i couldnt ask for more. i bet, without her in this trip, it would be a dull one. muahss munkie sis :)

in the train..yule, aku pjm ja ni hehe

white and pink clan..erk campur coklat2 sket :p

we arrived in bayern aka bavaria where king ludwig was once ruled this country. buchuk, a fren of zaim fetched us up in the train station. and that night we were advised to sleep early because d trip to castle will be on the next morning. o ya, thanks to buchuk and the whole hse for the hospitality and the deliciously yummy food that u cooked. nnt boleh la hntr recipe ya? :p

Day 5: 27th July 2008

we left home at 930 am, excited to visit the sleeping beauty castle that we have been talking about since this plan took place. there are two castles in the area, situated close to one another. one is built for the king's family as their "rumah rehat" and another is the big one that we visited. the king was found dead in the lake near his rumah rehat. the cause of death is claimed to be unknown until today. but it's believed that it was due to a great depression of having debts to build the new castle. o ya, he was unmarried and another claimed that he was playing for another team [ yule's politically correct way of addressing this group. for more details, kindly buzz yule ok? ]

the journey to the castle by train took us 1 and half hour.but it worth every second that we spent tho. few steps into the jungle reminded us of ranau. the view from the castle lawn resembles batu caves! so pple, dun bother to travel miles away from family when we have it all in our homeland haha. here are some pics taken around the castle that worth sharing :)

b4 entering the castle

cnt stop saying: cun nya kita hahaha

mini neuschwanstein castle [until today i cnt get it spelled right without google]

nmpk ko joni dep sanaaaa??

munkie sis

d perkarangan istana

curious wada, confused N and menten me

gojes ex mrsm-ians

breath-taking view from top of the hill..rugi sepa gayat :p

lek kamu, blom puas aku amek gmbr ni...

the orange thing that crowning our heads was d rumah rehat of the king

jeling2 kau mmandang hihi

my cacat fren haha

waiting 4 d tram

ice-creaming :D

new scientific breakthrough: not only sweet scent cud attract a butterfly, x mndi smell cud do it without failure :p

next 3 months, i'll b getting this as a bday prezzie from N..tQ darl :)

Day 6: 28th July 2008

the day in munich was relaxing as i wud say. we had time to do our shopping and browsing tru items from one outlet to another. 

"nda bgs material dia ni N" padahal sugar mommy teda duit suda mau kasi beli hehe

us in front of i-forgot-d -name building

who says girls r hard to please?

us= vain

in front of hard rock cafe, munich

we visited BMW museum late in the evening and like usual, vain-ing is a MUST in front of every car that attracted our attention hehe.

our fav car :)

it's all mine...will share wif pple dat i love only hehe

cool isn't?

calculating on how many on calls do i need to buy this car 

we rushed back home since we have planned to cook for them,  as a return for the food for the last few days. so after a long discussion last nite, we agreed to cook chicken curry, vegetables wif oyster sauce and dessert: tiramisu.

mommy N, papa asrih, sis wada and lil jamiey cooking like a fam :)

end results: chicken curry wif extra carbon flavor, tiramisu with bketul cheese and sayur tumis

Day 7: 29th of July 2008

last day in germany. o i hate the parting scene. everyone was apologizing and thanking the host for the 5 star hospitality. for my dear fren zaim, thank you 4 everything! tQ 4 being that cool mlayan ragam kami :). 

our flight from frankfurt to dublin will depart at 10pm. travelling in the strange land without our translator and guide to frankfurt was a bit challenging. i remember how one of my frenz was so panicked till the ticketing thingy was passed to us. that is what i said, u'll see the real colour of a person when u travel with em. from there, we could learn much on how to behave and act in certain situation when u need to.

we arrived in dublin safely that night at 12 am and had dinner at asrih's before me and N got sound sleep after the long journey.

 

for my travel mates and anyone who involved in this trip, maaf andai ada tkasar bahasa, perlakuan yg mnyinggung perasaan dan yg swaktu dengannya.

i have absolutely say this trip is a trip to remember. life goes on, but what we had in this wonderful land will remain as memory, a sweet one indeed.

xx