La Vie Passe "live"

aaa lagu y main kt tepi tu.. ni klu nk tatap muke penyanyi due org tu.
the guy is emmanuel moire n the girl was one of his numerous lovers kt dlm teater roi soleil tu.
comel gk la pompuan ni. padan la dgn Manu kn ;)

i ve been tagged

since jhaz dah tag aku, for the first time ever in my life , im actually doing this sort of stuff..
so, enjoy!!




Seven things you plan to do before you die-

1. Repent
2. expand my family members in numbers ( i.e. a charming hubby;-) n good smart 'soleh' kids hehehe)
3. travel every land on earth (ermm tempat2 best jek la)
4. charity (amal jariah tu pnting lps mati kn ) n berjasa to every mmber in my family
5. speak fluent french n arabic
6. nk jd org number 10 000 terkaye kt msia hehe( kaye ala kadar dah la. kang insecure lk klu kaye sgt)
7. to live a life that lead me n family to heaven..

Seven things I cannot do-

1. pronounce 's' alphabet properly
2. watch le roi soleil theatre live :( ( cpt aa kuar dvd)
3. cook a finger-licking dish
4. obscene cursing
5. read stuff in flash second ( y y y?? my mind processor is pretty slow lately...)
6. recall any medical terms shortly after exam finished ( it's yahoo!! or 'shoot-cursing kind of' time )
7. do 2 things at a time ( seriously how did u guys do that?)

Seven things I can do-

1. sleep
2. talking nonstop
3. on phone with xodrop for ermm ... hours (u wouldn't believe my record hehe.missing the old days..)
4. stuck in front of a tv or my laptop from sunrise to dawn
5. singing in the shower (everybody does)
6. shopping like hell during sale season
7. driving as fast as 135km/h but mum goes histerical if i did. so ,mum-approved speed limit is 110km/h at most.highway only. jln bese : gambang-kuantan = 100km/h , temerloh =60km/h!! .

Seven celebrity crushes-

1. nick carter (ni first celeb crush mase form 2 - skang nympah giler. poyo aa you nick)
2. jc chasez (was soo cair with his voice then)
3. beberape mamat westlife (go westlife go :D haha.. jgn memain.. irish pride, dude:p)
4. ryan phillipe
5. raul gonnzalez blanco
6. alex band ( cute boybandish face with rockstar voice huhuh )
7. now all crushes have been overidden by this one massive ultimate crush on xodrop hehe

Seven often repeated words-

1. oh my goodness!! (zek suke ejek aku part ni)
2. x mo
3. aaa
4. oo ye ke
5. tu la pasal
6. thanx a million!!! (maz ngn coy suke ejek y ni lak. ciss)
7. alaaaa

Seven things that attract me to the opposite sex-

1. personality and individuality
2. voice
3. shyness (particularly when with girls )
4. look( esp when smiling )
5. charming actions ( surprises, sweet-talk, forgiving, caring, flowers etc)
6. good family upbringing
7. responsibleness character

Seven tags to go to (korang punye turn pulak. buat, jgn tak buat!!!)-

1. nazeer
2. miey
3. apis hassan
4. fitri
5. juli
6. lina paris
7. ery mendes

fin!!

Le Roi Soleil

'how do i feel today ' special segment

caption: helo2?? can anyone sees me??

why is the Unkymood thing not working anymore?? did they shut the site down? most probably so. ah well , what the heck, nothing much to feel anymore after all. huhuh funny it is.. .. u say one thing n u do the other. i 'verb' so n so, but i act like i 'another verb' so n so. and you,so n so, be convinced that i 'verb' you though i seem to 'another verb' you. yeah whatever..

Pardonez Moi

Sorry - most probably among the most spoken words in daily lives.
When do ppl say sorry? well basically, when somebody thinks he/she has comitted in something that is unacceptable or inappropriate, they'd utter sorry.

1. For example if u accidentally bump into a 60-year-old- lady on the street, you would immediately say 'oh im sorry/ sorry mak cik' ..
2. or if you need somebody to repeat what they have said, you'd say "i'm sorry, but i didn't catch what you've just said. could you bla bla.."
3. or when you think you haven't reached people's expectation on you, you'd say "i'm sorry for not doing my best/ im sorry im not what you think i am"
4. or when you want to ask question or for direction "i'm sorry, could you explain with a little more detail on the embryogenesis? i'm kind of interested on that subject (personally :hate it hehehe)"
5. or when you feel guilty about what you've done , you'd say "im sorry, i shouldn't have done that to you"
6. or sometime ppl can say sorry even when they know they are dead right and the other person is dead wrong just to avoid futher conflict between them. " you're right.. i'm sorry"
7. or when you think you've hurt someone's feeling with your actions or words, you'd say " i'm sorry, didn't mean to make you cry.."
8. and i'm sure you can think of many more

anyway, why say sorry, when we could just ignore and stuck our nose up high with the sorry,-i-don't-offer-sorry look? the answer is, people would forget much easier of what you did to them when you ask for their forgiveness. That old lady would probably remember your face until the day she dies if you, on the other hand, left without a word after that simple incident.

N 'sorry' can simply wipe the rudeness in your tone away. .

N simple sorry can definitely blossom your relationship with the people around you ever more brightly.

after all, it's a healthy thing! Therefore, Im saying it now - in grace - " I'm Sorry"..

TCK

i watched The Calcium Kid just now. You know, i feel like 'punching' those who told me that story isn't worth watching. it's brilliant! unique in fact. very British yeah, but it does manage to get as close as to what reality is. i could have watched it like a year ago, but becoz of all these 'batu api's, i didn't. well, it does feel better blaming others rather than yourself.


God, i'm bored.. Anyway, lecture tomorrow is supposed to be given by Bill Powderly, Head of School of Medicine. Soo, reluctantly (rather curiously actually) must attend it.



so today's ups? baby Muslih and several little daily things
downs? almost every other things

ada apa with professionalism and shopping spree?

What make us different?

1. Med undergraduates will be entitled as DOCTOR the minute we graduate. Where as degree in accountancy or whatever doesnt neccessarily make you an accountant.
2. Our MB/BCh is more than just a degree, it is infact a professional examination.
3. As my lecturer puts it, we are the only group of people, who can legally look George Bush in the eye and say to him, "undress!" . Hahahahahahah LOL.

Today was fantastic! huhuh professionalism lecture was interesting.the above , numbered points were actually the quotes from lecturers of this morning lectures.


and right after, i went to town and did the most agressive shopping i've ever done my whole life!! i ve set up my mind to go for something brandy and to deter myself ( at least for today )from cheaper outlets like Penneys , Dunnes Store or charity shops. Instead i went to boutiques like Pamella Scott, Esprit, Laura Ashley, Mark and Spencer, Barratts , Clarks, Mango, River Island and even brace myself into Brown Thomas! Brown Thomas' garments department was heaven!! never seen something soo expensive suddenly being soo damn cheap! i mean the price is reduced to the level which is affordable for poor people like me. imagine something originally priced at 190 euro being sold as low as 20euro!! well yeah, the on-going sales are now on the clearance stages.that's why.
Wanted to enter first class designer boutiques such as Louis Vuitton ( i have a massive crush on this brand) , Dior , DnG, Gucci, Chanel n stuff, but my dressing today wasnt so presentable (i wore battered looking sneakers and my tudung was so tak kemas n buruk.why today why??why??!!) so tgk display kat luar je la, while gulping unconsciously as i saw the 4 digits price tags on most the bags. huhuhuh.



i ended up buying a lot of things.. but most arent for myself. Gifts for my loved ones back home in malaysia.bile lagi nak berbudi kan.hehe. d'accord, as usual , i guess i need to sleep now. a plus!

sweet sour start...

And so, the term has begun. Am not so excited about it. quite relax actually. not so pack. not much study to be done. it's all skills that matter. yet, very unpleasant to my daily life. pour qoi? coz class starts at eight!
Am also << 2 months away from leaving Dublin for good. Loads of things to be settled. house-hunting, packing, shipping, and i havent done any of those.
Couldn't sleep last night. not sure whether it was dietary or psychologically induced consequence.probably both..
Anyway, today's workshop was pretty interesting. we did Venous cannulation, ECG ( didnt get a thing bout it, but somehow pity the parkinson-affected doctor so much to have a go on him here), rectal examination and urinary catheterisation. didn't do it on real patients of course ( cant imagine doing the rectal n urinary procedures on real chap. Yuck!! disguting!). my first time doing sort of stuff and im already in third year! well practical wise, med students who do locally are much more advance than us. But theoretical wise, we are unbeatable hahahah.no juz kidding.well no.. im not quite kidding actually.that statement is quite true.

Pic: Venous cannulation. ala klu korang wat blood test tu ni la mendenye

Ice Ice Baby

So , je crois, the best experience while in Mannheim ( selain drpd dapat makan makanan Korea - He mul tang- ((cmni ke eja,blu?)) and makan nasik tomato Saleys y sedap giler, ) was watching Ice Hockey Match!! hehe Quite a weird thing to do while on vacation aight? anyway, this trip wasnt meant to be like my typical cuti2 europe as before. simply didnt plan that way. set my mind as 'to go visiting friends' rather than 'go-n-see places' kind. and matter-of-factly, was definitely one of my best memories while being abroad=)
this match was between Adler Mannheim Vs Scorpion Hannover
Venue : SAP Arena ,Mannheim

Pemain2 Adler Mannheim Masuk ke Arena..

Diperkenalkan satu persatu..
Penjaga gol Scorpion Hannover.. tgh gabra tu agaknye hehe
Players in action..
Fans chanting Adler!!Mannheim!!! and seangkatan dengannye..

youtube collection

Et Voila!! . clips links. some were uploaded by someone else.just add 'em up to my playlist. malas nk letak lagu omputeh since senang je kan nak dapat. membazir waktu je letak pun.

• De Palmas - J en reve encore
• Emmanuel Moire - Mon essentiel
• Emmanuel Moire- etre a la hauteur
• Celine Dion - Je ne vous oublie pas
• Le Roi Soleil - tant qu'on reve encore
• LeRoi Soleil - tant qu'onreve encore (tv show)
• Sami Yusuf - Supplication
• Raphael - Caravane
• Emmanuel Moire - Etre a la Hauteur - (piano version)
• Le Roi Soleil - Mon essentiel (NRJ ma)
  

NRJ music award

Don't ask. neither I know what NRJ stands for( even after browsing the website and watch a couple of nominated Videos. too lazy to go in depth about the award thing). All i know it's a french music award and will be aired on one of the TV channels here in France on the 21st January ( damn, already back in Dublin by then..) why am i bothered? hmm excellent question ,with 100% accuracy of hitting the jackpot. Well done!! hahaha . Well, to those who know me best or at least much much better than average friends do, might have guessed what is it. Gérald De Palmas (pic on the left)of course. bien sur! Learnt just now that he'd been nominated in three MAJOR categories (wala vache!! -suspect wrong spelling there hehe)
but pretty tough competition though . Other nominees are quite hebat2. pour example; for Artiste Masculin Franchophone* de l'année ( artis lelaki berbahasa perancis of the year), he has to compete with established figures like Yannick Noah and pop scene phenomenon like Raphael( this Rafael seems very popular in french TV, don't like him much, though i personally think he is, in a way, the french version of James Blunt- love Jame's songs )
the other two nominations are for Album Franchophone de l'année and Chanson Franchophone de l'année ( album dan lagu perancis terbaik).
but the later category has really torn me into two.y? because Emmanuel Moire (pic on the left)is also a nominee (for mon essentiel- top 5 in my evergreen favourite list!). Gérald is nominated for Elle habite ici ( love that song too,but isnt in my most-loved Gerald's chansons list- still, i love that song!) . so i ended up voting for both songs. hehe.but i have a fairly strong instinct that Emmanuel 's gonna win over Gérald (and the others).Mon essentiel is quite a tsumawi-like (just my assumption, since i first heard this song winter last year, and up to this winter it still constantly appears on TV)one-hit wonder i think. Terase nk tgk la plak teater Le Roi Soleil tuh (mon essentiel is actually a song in that musical theathre).
anyway, good luck to both of them. bonne chance!

*franchophone - org y menggunekan bahasa perancis, so i assume this category xsemestinye for mereka y berbangsa perancis semata2.may be org canada ke,Coté d'Ivoire ke. agak je. may be salah.so info ni x reliable.

**untuk mengundi, sile lah klik sini; remember, your vote counts. even beza satu undi penentu siapa bawak balik kerusi parlimen.. oppss sori, bawak balik piala 8).. on verra

my other blog entry about de palmas clique ici /klik sini

Heidelberg

Walking down the longest shopping street in Germany. Approximately 2 km in length. The oldest McDonald in Germany was supposed to be on this street, but was already gone by the time we visited. suspect it went bankrup. BTW, pic taken while heading for the castle below.( God, extremely out of breath climbing up the steep hill to get there)

Okie, so Germany was second in our winter trip plan after Paris. Mannheim in particular. Our beloved tour guide (wink to a mannheimer) brought us to this town on Christmas day.Yep it was a gloomy christmas here.Not just the weather. Even the people on the street! ( except for the four of us la hehe).
Wonder why the castle wall split n slid down? short recap; well,the french was long-time arch enemy to the Germans . the french kept bombing the Germans (and most probably vice versa). but this castle wall was such an impregnable fortress. so kire da banyak kali being bombarded with missiles whatsoever by the french but stll untouchable; until they managed to get a traitor to set a blast from the inside,and so it happened. Again, do correct me if i'm wrong. pengetahuan ni i obtained secara verbal je after all.
it's midnight, and i must have some sleep. Bonne soirée

Winter in Paris part 2

oui, i was in paris again. mais non, never get enough of that place. will never do. Jamais. Lantak la kan kalau org lain xsetuju. couldn't care less. kalau winter last year i went to Louvre and sekutunye, this time i went to the Disneyland !!! Gosh,it was fantastic. suddenly wish to be kid again- well, did feel like one then hehehe. sourvenirs lawa2 tp ade satu major drawback y gile2 takbes.. Almost on everything ade engraving MADE IN CHINA. erkhh sakit hati betul. mmg kedekut company Disneyland Resort Paris ni.i mean come on!!they charge every individual AT LEAST 42€ just to get in there and they manufacture all their goodies from China (a small proportion from other sepet/sawo matang countries like Vietnam, and Taiwan etc) to cut down manufacturing expenses and yet they still have the heart ( come to think of it, wonder if they have any) to sell those stuff at throat-cutting prices??? and I'm not yet finished with the ticket thingy. Allow me to enlighten you more [ceewah terase macam bercakap dlm kelas theater inggeris hahaha] The 42€ i mentioned earlier is the price IF you wish to visit the parc only (which he n i did); you will need to add-up another 9€ to enter the Studio; and that only applied if you buy both tickets in one go; If, for some reason however,that you end up buying them separately (please do not commit such blunder my dear blog-readers), then the sum you're gonna throw away straight into Mickey n Co's mouths will be about 80€++! do correct me if i'm wrong. However, DO NOT get me wrong. Whilst very much unsatisfied with the sourvenirs' irrelevantly high pricing, i still think the entry ticket price (50€ in average) is quite reasonable, considering the amount of fun you would /should be experiencing. i was pissed off since i think i could have spent lesser while IN the Disneyland if only they (whoever they are; DRP, french government etc etc) reduced the taxes/benefits on what they are selling (especially) to people like me!! erghhh

Okay,enough Disneyland. We also went window shopping and err.. shopping a 'very-tiny'bit (hehehe merci mon amant) at Galleries La Fayette. it's more or less a French version of Harrods. it was festive season then( even now while I'm writing).hence the lightings and decor were splendid. cntik sesangat.really love it. ikut plan nk singgah Champs Elysée (the best avenue/boulevard ever!!) gak right after that but i was so tired that night and after an hour in La Fayette, i was practically begging cheri to go back to Noisy-Champ. kept yawning every 2 seconds( punye la ngantuk). and oh well I AM sleepy now ( yawning) .. better stop here i guess. will b<span style="font-style: italic;">oui</span>, i was in paris again. <span style="font-style: italic;">mais non</span>, never get enough of that place. will never do. <span style="font-style: italic;">Jamais. </span>Lantak la kan kalau org lain xsetuju. couldn't care less. kalau winter last year i went to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Louvre</span> </span>and sekutunye, this time i went to the <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Disneyland</span> !!! Gosh,it was fantastic. suddenly wish to be kid again- well, did feel like one then hehehe. sourvenirs lawa2 tp ade satu major drawback y gile2 takbes.. Almost on everything ade engraving MADE IN CHINA. erkhh sakit hati betul. mmg kedekut company <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Disneyland Resort Paris</span> ni.i mean come on!!they charge every individual AT LEAST 42€ just to get in there and they manufacture all your goodies from China <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">(a small proportion from other </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">mate sepet/sawo matang</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> countries like Vietnam, and Taiwan etc) </span>to cut down manufacturing expenses and yet they still have the heart <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">( come to think of it, wonder if they have any)</span> to sell those stuff at throat-cutting prices??? and I'm not yet finished with the ticket thingy. Allow me to enlighten you more <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">[ceewah terase macam bercakap dlm kelas theater inggeris hahaha]</span> The 42€ i mentioned earlier is the price IF you only wish to visit the parc <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">(which he n i did)</span>; you will need to add-up another 9€ to enter the Studio; and that only applied if you buy both tickets in one go; If for some reason however,that you end up buying them separately <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">(please do not commit such blunder my dear blog-readers)</span>, then the sum you're gonna throw away straight into Mickey n Co's mouths will be about 80€++! do correct me if i'm wrong. However, DO NOT get me wrong. Whilst very much unsatisfied with the sourvenirs' irrelevantly high prices, i still think the entry ticket price (50€ in average) is quite reasonable, considering the amount of fun you would /should be experiencing. i was pissed off since i think i could have spent lesser while IN the Disneyland if only they <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">(whoever they are; DRP, french government etc etc) </span>reduced the taxes/benefits from what they are selling (especially) to people like me!!e in Paris again in 1 week time. oh gonna miss this place so much.. Je t'aime Paris!!!!

bloody haematology part two

haem paper doomed. it was definitely a bloody one. erkhhh i wish i had more time and i wish i hadnt misdiagnosed my case study!!! yuck yuck yuck. why cant it be iron deficiency?? why cant it be multiple myeloma?? or those complicated acute/chronic myeloid/lymphocytic anaemia thingy????.. the one ive read to the extent-of-microscopic bit??? why why why? i hate whoever responsible for compiling that xm questions. really2 wish the other sections (i.e pharm, pathology, microb) could miraculously compensate my section D blunders. God, i ve tried, ive asked your guidance and now i really sincerely pray for your miracle..
*part 1 was written b4 the exam

bloody haematology

myeloproliferative disorder = a set of clonal stem cells disorders involving proliferation of all or some of the blood element and often with a prolonged clinical course. e.g. the entities polycythaemia rubra vera , myelofibrosis, CML, essential thrombocytopaenia and others..

polycythaemia = increase in total RBC mass in blood

relative polycythaemia = haemoconcentration due to dehydration, for instance..

Athens - June 2005

Of all Athens' remaining (now preserved) ancient temples, i love this one the most. cantik kan?? funny.. Greek empayar.. the origin of plenty basic scientific discoveries.. yet too blind to see that these so called Gods n Goddesses r nothing but their own fictions.. There are never Gods. There's only God.

ni plak academy.. aa salah satu tu socarates la.. not sure which one..

im a muslim, get me out of here

So...recently, i attended a talk given by one of my favourite public figures; brother Moez Masoud . well, of course most of you don't know him, because who bother to watch arab channels rather than the middle easterners themselves?in fact, me knowing his existence(which im very glad i did) can be considered by chance.i was browsing from channel to channel to find any interesting program to be watched, when i happened to 'unintentionally' press the no.5 button on my tv remote control which instantly made my tv blinked and displayed the ART channel. i was about to press the remote button again when i realised the forum program was in english. i watched it instead. after 20 minutes, i was in love with it already. The title of the youth program was Parables in the Quran, whereby they exracted several verses in the Quran (particularly Surah Yusuf) and pondered its meaning and tried to apply them in daily lives. Moez was the host. he is brilliant! At that time, i was two months away from leaving for Dublin to further study. That show had definitely boosted the dose of desire to study abroad in my heart. Y? because all my life i've always wanted to do all those things, atending talks, forums, ceremonies, etc etc where you can meet ppl(muslims particularly) worldwide,get involved n get togeher regardless races or cultures, no more boundaries (biaselah, dak2 baru mmg semangat lain macam sket hahaha).
therefore,when came back home during summer holiday last year, i was quite disapointed to find out that the program is no longer aired. so it's a bit like a dream come true laa to have actually met (and talked to) him in person! hehehe.
during his ceramah he stressed upon the importance of having the inward islam within your heart .. i.e. Ihsan. Ppl pray, fast, pay zakat, etc etc but that only the outward of islam (the five pillars), ppl believe in Allah, heaven n hell and so on, but thats just a dry iman unless you feel it in the inside and you display what you believe with your deed . well more or less that's what the talk about. (ill try to get the audio/video record soon inshaallah, n see if i cd put up here).
further info about Moez , feel free to browse moezmasoud official website

Day Dream time =)

if i were a super-duper rich girl, i would....

• tout d'abord, Thank Allah real2 much
• Donate regularly
• pay zakat of course
• get a cozy,elegant,high-tech,celeb-style crib ( a condominium will do)
• enlarge my wardrobe size by 20
• shopping spree @ les champs elysees weekly(especially @ Louis Vuitton boutique)
• get me self a complete set of Louis Vuitton bags (suitcases,handbags,hand luggage,purses, key holders,make-up bags etc) shoes, and acessories.. yeah let me be the LV girl hehehe
• ocassionally treat myself some gucci,Dior,prada or versace ( im quite into chloe paddington bags at the moment, some fendi designs are not bad either.. hmm if only.. money money money!!)
  
• buy 2 brand new mercedes Benz in one go n buy him his bentley or rolls royce :) i want that new model volvo too.. cantik seehh
  
• open orphanage centres
• open bakery shop that can compete fiercely with secret recipe
• mock Paris Hilton's desperate attempts to fame like hell hahahaha

Summer Sunshine..and my sunburned skin

ah Enfin! the long adventurous two weeks of travelling has passed.it was crazy.it really was.we were in every kind of transport you can possibly think of.planes,taxis,buses,trains,undergrounds,private cars(the number of ppl who were so keen to help us was QUITE a number,you know) and even ended up in a luxorious Mercedes(which was the so-called "our private shuttle bus" the Alba d'oro camping site in Venice told us) -but i guess the best of the best has to be this famous water vehicle, which is -as far as im concerned - is only associated with Venezia. The Gondola.to top everything else, we were in the most beautiful, elegant-looking one.well, at least that's what we had agreed on while strolling around the 'floating city'. it was a really great - indescribably great - experience. (and yes, yes..it is romantic)

the accomodations? well not bad.. the worst we got (in term of room condition) would probably be the one in istanbul. though i must say here, the warm welcome we received from the owner kinda swept away most of the nEgativity we had towards that small, extremely dim-lighted room..and the best? definitely the one in Pisa!! a cabin, with two bedrooms,a nice n neat bathroom,a fully furnished kitchen and a long curvy couch:) the only con was it has no air-cond.but still, the night was cold, so no big deal.

the places? mm let me see.. we had managed to visit three - out of seven- the so-famously-believed world's Wonders. The Acropolis, The Colosseum, and The Pisa tower.. however, personally i think we've been to four Wonders actually. what's the fourth? of course the Blue Mosque. the architecture was magnificent!i dont know much about why this mosque's arcitecture made such a big fuss.mind you,i hate physics n stuff.but it surely is one cool masterpiece of arts and designs..
so,have you guys read Dan Brown's angels and demons?well, if you have, you definitely should grab the opportunity (if u had one)to go to Rome, so that you could materialise whatever Mr Brown (with so much effort it seems) had delicately described in the book. The smallest-country-world's-ever possesed Vatican (i wonder when the greedy saudi will release Macca n shares its income with muslims worldwide..fat chance!) , pheeww.. they must have stored more gold than we could imagine! you would gape with awe, i bet.n yet , they still -unbelievably- have the courage to place donation boxes here and there! ok ok.. so vatican..there's the magnificent Michaelangelo's St peter Basillica, the so-believed Peter the Jesus' Apostle tomb ( i doubt it was exactly there, i mean yeah it could be somewhere in the vatican area, but perhaps not specifically at where they marked it.), and well , pope John paul ll fan?you may visit his tomb too (and the rest of the Chistian popes' of course). mm what else in Rome? ahh yes, the most famous toss-a-coin,-make-a-wish fountain,none other than Fontana de trevi (especially after that Lizzie Mcguire movie), and there's the Pentheon, the ancient Roman building which was continuously renovated up to the reinessance(did i spell it right?) time.you'll find artist Rafael's tomb there.
well, i guess more or less that's it. we really had a good time during the 12-day trip though we had to suffer premature sunburn(at least that's what i called it since we all were about to go back to msia right after the trip), a handful bit of challenges ,and of course,the unpredictables to spice up memories:)
way to go backpackers!! err and bagdragger!!;-) ciow ciow

FROM ZERO TO HERO!!

WE ARE THE CHAMPION!!

they shocked us with that first-minute goal. they mocked us with the second, and they almost killed our spirit with the third blast into the net.The ship was wrecked..but had not sunk yet..not so fast Milan. Why? because we own the world's number one master of tactic ~ none other than that 'bang!!' booster Benitez.
2nd half - change in formation - with didi hamman subtituting steve finnan - proved to be working out very well particularly in that amazing 6 minutes (or perhaps you prefer the term '6 minutes of madness' as ancelotti did) - believing that their mission impossible would work, liverpool players ensured their almost-frustated fans a dramatic comeback. they fought hard, and they fought fast.captain Gerrard set up the canon, smicer ignited the fire and alonso launched the ball- all 3 in 6 magical minutes..
the second penalty shoot-out of the week seemed to prefer us over them.jerzy dudek's choreoform movement sure made milan's shooters's eyes spinning.. way to go liverpool!!!
you deserve your 5th eoropean title =)%

dutch dazzle

There and back again. I'm back from my first summer trip - Netherlands aka Holland aka Belanda. all i can say is holland is beautiful. Travelling from Einhoven to Amsterdam, meant we had to cross the Dutch land from one end to the other. being the 'flattest' country in the world (you won't find even a small hill) makes the farming field looks soo saujana mata memandang. The houses (i prefer the word 'cottages' actually) were absolutely the real version of what i have always been day dreaming to own (but just as istana hinggap je la ;p or bile tue2 best la kot duduk kt countryside cam ni).Situated in the middle of the green fields,timid horses mowing the grass, with streaming canals, or ponds at one side, windmills here and there - no one can ask more.

Amsterdam - a unique city - bikes are ubiquitous - numerous canals and bridges - buildings are funny-looking to me.a bit cartoon like (how else would you describe 'senget', asymmetrical,and colourful buildings??) - well i wanted to tell more. Alas, im in a state where 'malas' is overwhelmingly overriding my desire to write..so id better stop now ;-)

When Royal Rules

simba jesting playfully with the 'Strasbourg born' cigone

Timon - "i can see what happen"

pumba - "what??"

Timon - "and they dont have a clue!!"

pumba - "oh well"

Timon - "they fall in love and here's the bottom line ;

our trio down to two!"

(kindly refer to the scene when Simba met Nala for the very first time after he ran away - The Lion King 1)

These are among the few lines that i could still memorise from the film. Even until today, Lion King remains sitting proudly on the throne of my favourite Disney movies chart - just where the king belongs ;-) 'Snow white and the seven Dwarves' goes second, apparently upgrading her princess' title to Queen heh. the layout of the film is pretty simple actually, but it caught my attention with awe all the same. May be this is what they meant by 'the complex beauty of simplicity'. yeah whatever.. It reminds me strongly of my siblings too. There this one time they kept playing this movie over and over again and surprisingly never got bored!! (well, now you know the reason i manage to remember those lines perfectly.hehe)

i think the way they potrayed the animals were just fitting with every species character. (e.g hyenas as the bad guys, pig as the dumb lad (sorry pumba ;p), elephants, zebras as the timid ones etc etc). Nemo is not bad either, but honestly i was just interested in Dory's character. She really stole the spotlight from the clown fish. hmm ok lah c ni dulu. allez Mufasa!!

me or them?

After going through one long torturous week (definitely the worst this year) plus several stressful, head spinning weeks before that, my life is getting back into place..thank God. still, the impact of abnormalities (which it successfully created) is still there, very hard to get rid off it seems (more resistant than that die hard MRSA!!) for instance, my sleeping clock is still dreadfully haywire - i'm officially imsomniac. Not to mention my eating patterns - disturbed (psychologically) even more badly than the endocarditis of staph. aureus origin! (i really cant think of other analogues hehe - why not put that into the lists of my exam's aftermath as well?)
in short, i am challenged in every sort of ways. for real i felt so hopeless.i felt like i was the most unfortunate person alive at the moment. But God doesnt seem to agree with me. On the way back home right after the last paper, He proved that i was dead wrong.

i happened to sit in front of two young kids in the bus. they were makin some noises (just for the record, i didnt get annoyed yeah) it was only after quite sometimes that i realised one of them wasnt just an ordinary kid - he was a privilleged boy - with impaired hearing and speech(he also wore thick glasses, which meant he was - to some degrees- visually challenged too. he was having difficulty telling his mum what he wanted.then he started crying. at that point, i really felt ( n still feel) sorry for him and began to curse myself for being so oblivious and self-centred. what i had gone through was almost nothing compared to what that little boy ought to endure now and for the rest of his life. stigma.inferiority complex.sense of incapability..and perhaps a lot more..

then, a vision of a homeless man that i chanced upon in Paris floated into mind. he was lying on the sidewalk, desperately reaching for the hot air streaming upwards from the metro underground's heating system... struggling with the cruelly cold paris weather and starvation. looking at his condition, he must be struggling for survival too.he was all wrecked! he had no fortune at all! but i, i am blessed with so much more. yet i am still complaining. still thinking no one has ever felt as down as i had. how can that be??!

i may not be completely wrong in a way. come to think of it, God tests people in many different (n sumtimes unexpectedly weird) ways. the two fellas i mentioned before were tested with physically limiting conditions. as for me (and for most of us i think), it is more psychological..
in a 'manner' of modern speaking, it is 'hell' (wonder where's the manner there -lol).. but it is better - and for that i guess we should be grateful. no matter how 'lost' we feel, there are always millions who are 'meeting dead ends' much worse than we do. -ehem, so now do i sound like a therapist?? :p - didnt intend to hhehe

oh by the way, having crapped all the above, it reminds me one of the quranic verses saying more or less (God forgive me if im wrong) :

'..No soul shall be burdened with what is greater than it can bear..' (2;233)

that's gotta inspire you! - now im a motivator eh?? :p :p

this seems to be a good blog entry after all..huhu.. erk (do keep in mind, s'il te plait ) im not good enough though =l

Happy Mother's Day mummies!!

"Happy Mother's Day" means more than having a happy day.
Within those words lie lots of things we never really get to say.
It means I love you first of all,then thanks for all you do.
It means you mean a lot to me, and that I honor you.
But most of all, I guess it means that I am thinking of your happiness on this, your day,With pleasure and with love.

winter in paris

Oh Paris....

i simply love this place..

The magnificent Eiffel tower.i like the view from this angle, there's something serene and calm about it.Oh, it sure does switch on the romantic mode!