This blog is a story of a guy who wishes to know what exactly the colour purple is like. The story of how he tackles the frictions in life and how he enjoys what life gives back. Nevertheless he sometimes find keeping his blog update for his avid readers is quite hard since he suffers from penyakit M (as how his discipline teacher in SOAS puts it)- Malas. Yet he's trying his best not to upset his dearest readers and keep them more entertain.
Yesterday I attended a friend's wedding, although i didn't want initially due to my stomach ache problem. I got food poisoning the night before. Yet my parents insist on me going to the wedding so i went and luckily we were placed inside the house. No problem for emergency toilet situations.
I thought i would go safe without no.2 breaking out...but i was wrong. It happened and while i was doing my business somebody knocked. I replied 'ada org'. Then she ask "siapa tu?" and i knew these people don't know me so i was like " errr...org?". Yet in these situations, walaupun ur the tuan rumah, you will always respect for who is inside, right? Unless your bladder is about to burst maybe you could be excused. So yeah, i got the msg that someone wants to use the toilet. I finish as quickly as i can yet this lady kept on knocking AS IF she didn't hear my reply. Then when i was about to go out she knocked kuat2, i opened the door and she said to me "Nah ada jua org, lain kli sahut..." Dlm atingku nyahut kli ku udh dangg ndakan ku neriak...so i left her with a sarcastic smile.
Thought that was done and over but no~~ stomach has to go for a 2nd round. Similar to the first situation, someone kept on knocking. I learn't my lesson so i replied loudly and emphasizing "ADA ORG" ...there was a pause...then suddenly i heard the lady from outside was like "eh tkunci kli pintu jmban ani, aga ambil kunci jamban". Shit i was panic like crazy. I don't want to go through a whole awkward session at my friend's wedding! Talk about free show. So i finished up, and got behind the door, where i knew i'll be safe. If somebody tries to open it i just slam the door to his/her face. Au bnr nda be aman. Got out of the toilet and i went straight home. Sng lagi ku beurusan di rumah.
Tonight i had quite an interesting encounter with my mum's friend. She's one of those people who others label as a 'troublemaker'. We discussed on matters of Brunei's politics and economy and it was like clicking the refresh button for my brain. All those uni talks and arguments came out, debating, discussing, arguing etc. What we talk about for sure i won't post it here. It's too controversial. The thing is, i miss these kind of talks. Its good to have it from time to time. Problem is there's only limited people that i could talk to for such things. Well make it the ONLY person i talk to abt such things is with Lydia. Having a new person giving their respective insights is well worth knowing.
I remember during my first year there was one time when a class seminar turn into a chaotic rumble in the jungle. Perasanku mcm gorilla vs a group of chimps. One guy stand out as his views were quite drastic while most of the class thinks that he's utter nonsense. Even the tutor couldn't control it up till the end. And you know how unis are like when there's one person among the class who knows-it-all to the point that he/she is really annoying. I encounter the same problem...for the whole 3 years of my degree. I never met anyone who could cause so much trouble because of his arrogance and ignorance, at the same time, and i hate to admit the fact, that he's really smart. His name was Dominic and he did gather up so many haters. One time i swear one of our italian classmates nearly punch si Dominic ani. Muluutt wanngg racuuuunnnnnn.
Then again i envy him. He stand up, point out his veiws and defend them, no matter how controversial it is. For me however i rather remain low and just listen to the arguements. Low self-esteem. Owh shit i shouldn't talk abt my flaws. Cna org kn employ ni. Eh nadabah aku konfaiden kli slalu ah :P
09' has been a great year for me in terms of watching the best movies. Some came from the year itself while others are from the nineties and few years back. I must admit i didn't regret watching it a bit late. I do know that if i watch such respective movies back then (yg 90's lah) i wouldn't be able to grasp what the movie is trying to tell or appreciate how brilliant the storyline is. These surely are among the best ever-
Memento (a lot of patience is needed) The Usual Suspects Fight Club (au akhir ku meliat) Rocky (everything except for the new one) Oldboy (sick!) Dan in real life 500 days of summer The Damned United (a must for football fanatics) The boat that rocked (a must for radio djs) REC (us version 'quarantine'- make sure to watch the Spanish version) Taken The Dark Knight Avatar Inglourious Basterds Ong Bak 1 & 2 Once
I guess that's all i remember... UK was haven for downloading big size movies in a short time, i really miss that. Bh Brunei, lets bring some optic fibre speed to our internet!
I thank everyone for all the birthday greetings :D
Now im 23....and i still feel like 19. I'm not in denial, im just being realistic. If people tell me that im 23 i would go shit im old! Next move will be finding a good job which pays more than i expect :P Well, honestly more to a job that im passionate in. Then go shopping with my salary, buying stuff that i know i'll appreciate for only the next two years...Everything i guess can be foreseen from now.
My sister went "You're 23?? Kawin ni!". How i wish I have the money to do just that and what comes next. No I'm not getting married anytime soon if that's what you expect. But eventually the day will come, InsyaAllah. All of you my beloved readers will be invited, that's my assurance for you guys :P
Anyway as of now, most of the pictures display in this blog will not be taken by my old blue Canon Ixus. Instead it'll be replace by my new Canon Powershot S90. Its an awesome compact camera. To make things simple, its like a portion of an slr dna fused with a compact's and this is what you get. I love it. It can even take good acceptable non-blurry pictures under low light without the help of a flash. ISO range is quite high and i can control the aperture and shutter speed! Here are some of the photos i took with it.
Happy 2010 everyone! Anyway i don't have anything new to update or any fancy story to tell so this post will yet again be a random pictorial post. Most of the pictures were taken when i went to uk last December for my graduation.
Took this in courtesy for my lil sister nazoha. She went all sakai after me showing her that only at a certain angle that she can view what im watching from the tv. This is what she wrote after i told her an advice just to keep in her head. All time fav chicken spot in bristol road... and apparently this guy remembers me. He was asking why I dissapeared all of a sudden (btw he asked abt nisa, nawir and abu too). Too bad everyone graduated. To nisa esp, someone misses u :P Newly renovated tesco, bigger with more choices.
Thats what you need to stay fit.
fav fruit stop Checkpoint for essays My new department, udah org abis baru drg pindah...ada starbucks lagi tu! The orange room...where i spent most of my time during the dissertation period, along with abu, unc rajul n unc azmi. The only people that i smile to early in the mornings (provided package is for me :P)
I have to update thios blog regularly* - That should be my new years resolution for tahun baru hijrah hehehe. Well I just got back yesterday and i think im still in jetlag mode. Syukur Alhamdulillah i'm now officially a masters graduate in International Studies of Pacific Asia, mainly focus on the security of Asia and got quite the best mark i could ever have dream of for my dissertation, writing on transnational crime occuring in the South East Asian region mainly focus on the drug trade and how ASEAN is tackling the issue. I would also to congratulate my colleagues, namely Abu,Ain, Azmi, Nawir, Mardiana, Rajul, Sepol, Ka Jams and Yusrina for each graduated as masters as well. It was definitely a great day to graduate. It wasn't raining, the weather wasn't that cold and top it all off, my name was pronounciated correctly!
As much as i had fun during my time in uk, i did go through the most tensed feeling ever and had to endeavour it for 30 mins! Well, this was what happened. After Birmingham, my sister and i went to Cardiff to visit our brother zaim. Since the train is an ass in 3-days-before-departure-date prices, i think its best just to use megabus. So we were off from Birmingham on Sunday at 7.20am, arriving Cardiff around 10.30am. We were suppose to stop at the city centre and I've been to cardiff once. I remembered the city centre has a proper bus station and all. Then again at that time i used national express. Megabus was different. They're last stop was at the very edge of the city centre. That was why when the last passenger from Birmingham went out of the bus, my sister and i weren't bothered to go down. We assumed that the bus driver will use his all surround speaker to tell the whole bus that it'll be the last stop but to my dissapointment he didn't. So what you're guessing now is right. We miss the stop to Cardiff. I realized that when after 30 mins drive, the bus was as if heading towards the motorway. I asked the driver "Excuse me, is your next stop cardiff city?" He heard me wrong "Yes, yes London city" the busdriver replied. "No, no, i mean cardiff city" me emphasizing on cardiff city. "We already passed cardiff city. It was a while ago when everyone went on board (those who were going to london)" I was like SHIT! Then i ask him whether theres any stop nearby that i could just go down and maybe take any terms of transportation to go back to cardiff. Busdriver couldnt think of one and he asked me again whether i have a ticket heading for london? I relied no mine is for cardiff. So that was his basis for deciding to make a U-Turn and send me back to Cardiff city! I was so relieved at the same time felt very guilty to waste everone elses time. And NOW he used his all surround speaker stating " Im sorry everyone but I have to make a u-turn and get back to cardiff city as a passenger didn't get off his last stop, I'm sorry for the delay and i will make it as fast as i can, thank you".
UDAH ATU BARUTAH IA PAKAI SPEAKERNYA!! Well i wasn't that furious psl ia baik hati to turn around for me and my sis. But at that moment after he made the announcement i felt verrryyy guilty to waste peoples' time. I could feel the passengers' fury and anger. I could hear them calling their loved ones, friends, partners, anyone who was waiting for them...saying owh some asian kid just wasted our time (just an assumption on the asian kid). My sister had a glance at the back and she said everyone was eyeing on us, and some were like shaking their heads as they go through 30 mins of wasted time. As time passes by the tension was getting stronger and i was for sure felt very uneasy. Once we arrived back at the same point 30mins earlier, I stood up, faced to the back (good thing i sat 2nd row frm the front) and said " I'm really sorry everyone for wasting your time, It's my first time in Cardiff (bullshitting) and I hope you all have a nice day". Lapas atu tarus kluar, with my sister following me from behind, ambil luggage and never looked back. DAMN! what a way to start Cardiff!
Three more days and im off to uk for my graduation :D Anyway I've been pretty busy since my stuff has arrive from the UK. Let this be another pictorial post on random stuff hehehe
Below is my dad and waser cleaning up the aquarium. So far we have an aquarium full of kois (zaims' pets), a big single aquarium only for zaim's/syafiq's alligator gar, another small aquarium for the gar's food and one last aquarium for parrot fish which we had for years. Too bad dad's marine fishes and corals didn't live long. Its really hard to maintain from stabilizing the temperature to salt levels and types of foods given. Not to mention the special light that has to be equip so that the corals could get their share of artificial sunlight. And the supplies are quite expensive. I know it's really attractive to have one, but quite a pain in the ass to maintain. Sorry pip ah nda gi ada :P This is my fav krupuk msa skulah ugama, finally found it! Its no longer available in large supermarkets, i bought it from the small shop beside kk koya. The taste is still the same, damn its good~~ Ani bukan mascot krupuk d atas ah. This was taken a day before the Hari Raya Haji. Mum bought ayam tua to be slaughtered and serve for our Doa Kesyukuran which was the next day. My lil sister si adek @ c jagau (yg tinggi) has been selected to squad the brunei's national u-15 netball team. She's now in Singapore until monday and so far they only beaten Australia and lost four other matches. The night before she flew off i helped her with packing up her things and below is her definition of 'healthy snacks' :P I never knew the flight to Singapore was really early in the morning. We were at the airport by 6 in the morning :S The whole team with their coach. Later that day the whole family went to my aunt's place to bagi2 daging korban. I remember usually we use to have around 2 kerabau to korban and it needed a whole lot of manpower to slice and dice and divide. This year satu jer hehe Also on the same day my cousin brought along my new nephew to have his head shaved. Namanya Mohd. Danish Ryan Ar-Razak bin Pijan* (nama bapa bukan nama sebenar psl aku nda tau namanya bnr lol). Ini dia family nya. Teranah ia my neph ah, but udh ia menangis.... And this is my Along, the lady who shaved ryan's head. A few days later i got a phone call from an unknown number while i was in the middle of having my lunch. A Pinoy guy called me up and ask me directions to my house so that he could deliver my stuff :D I was so excited, i couldn't even eat properly, sorry Lydz hehehehe But yeah i was really happy, after 3 months my stuff finally arrived! One thing my gf and my sister have in common is that meruah rockband dulu. So yeah i was busy with the other stuff but the girls gladly set up the rockband set. Sampai ani nda branti2 main. 8 boxes, 1 bag and 1 barbell in total :D Taken a few nights ago when ani was in Brunei. Its really nice to catch up with the rest of the OneKentHill gang. Its been a while, too bad zul and izan couldn't join us. Thanks Qi for the treat! bh nanti d excapade ah :p I hope i got the time to update my blog once im in Uk. Good thing my sister is going with me. The flight there will not be as lonely. Bh saya nak main rockband dulu, taaa~
Earlier today i went to my lil sister's graduation ceremony...and shes in form 5, next year InsyaAllah form 6. Ironically, they haven't got their o-level results yet but PDS or as it's newly name- Seri Mulia Sarjana School, insist on having one. They thought it would be a good idea to combine the form 5 graduation ceremony with the primary 6 graduation ceremony (as they just got their psr results). So the event was filled with award presentation, performances and unnecessary activities. I think the organizers didn't time the event well. We ended up having a 5 hour graduation ceremony. No kidding from 1.30 abis 6.30..galap bh d luar. Good thing me and Joha (3rd sister) decided to eskep tgh2 event ah...go out from the main hall and went to Delima to eat at Mum's bakery...Spicy Egg Roll NYYUUMMM! Then when we got back from having our afternoon snack, the ceremony was still going on. But i thought it was better we killed some time rather than just waiting in the hall. Towards the end of the event, people were scattered everywhere. No one was really paying attention of what is happening on stage. Everyone just want to go back home! Even the rows of chairs were filled with gaps. I feel sorry for PDS. Feel happy for my sister. Hopefully you get 8 o's for ur O-level :)
Half-an hr before the event ends...
Other random stuff...
Taken when mum got her wish from IBB. Best place to eat in telisai, dri ku kecil hingga kini... House on the road~
Huge bday cards given during my md years. This was back when the bday corner still exist. People used to hang big, creative bday cards at the corner so that everybody else could sign and at the end of the day the bday guy/girl picks it up. I had 5 i think and it was too big for me to carry it on my back at the same time stabilizing myself on my bike (yeah i cycle to school). So i had to call up my mum to pick me up lol.
Taken when we had dinner at Kimchi. As you can see right in the middle is where u grill your food and they give you all kinds of side dishes. I love the setting of the restaurant and the food is quite authentically Korean...not the type where they fuse foods with other similar asian dishes so i was quite happy with it. and to my lil bro syafiq @ lapek @ mapek, HAPPY 13th BDAY! I was with him the moment the clock strikes 12 and the first thing i did was bullied him hahahahah nya 'apakan ni org 13 dh kna buli jua masih'. Well problem is he won't stop disturbing me as well lol. So for thafiq, hope you're gonna ace your ugama exam as well as your lower secondary exam. Your football boot is on its way, dont worry hensem boy hahahahha.
I went to the "Micbandits presents its a wrap" event last night, supporting Rez's work on producing and directing the official video for Micbandit's 'Cantik Rupamu, Hello'. First of all, the video was awesome, for Rez alone producing and directing it was totally worth it to check it out. I was even amazed that he got Joe Flizzow in the video too! The lighting, cast, some special background effects and camera angles were well organize and edited accordingly. Proud of you dude, you should've went on stage and give some comments hahaha.
There were other local talents as well performing namely projectunes, layzee clan, a band once, MNC, Khairy and one-d. A band once did an entertaining performance, too bad the mic for the vocals was too loud, can't really hear any of the background music. Beside micbandits, i would give the best performance to Juju of projectunes with the help of awg redja hahaha awal2 ndakutau rez ko atas stage ah, sandi~ Altimet of TehTarikCrew and MC David, vice of Cartel Records was also present to give their support for the newly signed cartel record's artistes, Micbandits. Everyone waited anxiously for the video which was the climax of the night. Prior to that, Micbandits perform various track from their latest album, which i must say I would'nt mind to download the album, eh salah, bali :P What i like most about them is their music. The beats they produce is simple, classy and in lots of ways, different, from the typical genre of Brunei music which i term 'Brunei Pop'. When i say 'Brunei Pop' I mean songs that have complicated electronic background music. Its just me. Another thing i want to comment is the dancers. Hands down they can breakdance, like proper breakdance. The only thing was, the dance moves weren't synchronize properly. Ada jua yg usulnya siuk sendiri, ada yang macam alum makan but well-done for those who gave their best. The event ended with Altimet's new single 'Syukur' while the dancers freestyle and battling it out. Awesome thing was that the single premiered for the first time last night here in Brunei! Lawa lagitu lagunya~
Was a great night nevertheless, click here for the photos of last night's event. One thing did made my night, kinda like the cherry of a cake. I was with shauqi and aiman cerita2 when sal of a sudden someone tagur aku from behind. It was Altimet and he was like " Excuse me, can i take a picture of your shoe"
Aku bangang for a second and said " yeah sure...". in a ttr manner.
Then aku singkap my jeans and still quite surprise for a superstar who's taking a picture of my shoe so i ask him again, "are you sure dude?" and he replied "yeah2" while focusing on my shoe with his digicam. Seriously awesome, superstar ambil gmbar kasutku, teharu ku ehhhh :P:P:P hahahahah.
Latky, I just wanna say again congratulations to Micbandit's for being artistes of Kartel Records and to Reza, hope you have an awesome future in cinematography. Now the song is stuck in my head...hellaw~~ hahaha
When i continued my masters, initially, there was only one thing in my head, to still enjoy the student life. I wasn't mentally prepared for what is coming up. I was just too happy and can't get enough of being a student studying overseas. When my first assignment was given, that was when it started to hit me...hard. I thought to myself, damn what did i get myself into? I did have like 7 seconds of panic then i start to calm down. I thought, it shouldn't be that hard plus it would be great to have an MA title. So i did what i have to do. Only problem then was my Political Economy module. I really didn't understand what the lecturer is saying or showing (long periods of watching videos). Luckily i have my housemate to work with, Nawir. he's an economics student and he too didn't understand political-economy (yup they're taking it too) but we're not in the same classes. Unfortunately overall i failed my assignments with an average of 47. Only exams could help me to gain back my marks back and it did. I got 58 overall :D and got 60+ for my other 2 modules. I was really happy. 40% of my whole course is done.
After i finished my exams, then i realized that in order to score a merit, all your exam marks has to be above 55. Say you score a 67,65 and 54...although on average you will get a 60+ but according to the master's handbook, it will not be consider as a merit :S Nasib jua exam ku ok! huhuhuh so yeah 40% done and now what is left is the dissertation, carrying a hefty 60% of the whole course. We were given 3 months to finish a 13500 essay. For the first month it was quite hard to concentrate on the dissertation since friends were still there and it was summer so I went there and about. Nda tau2 abis sebulan. The reason i wanted to start and finish early was because i didn't want to strain and stress myself during the fasting period...where in the first week we break our fast at around 8.30- 8.45pm while fajr was around 3am.
But finishing early of course didn't happen. Org brunei th bnr. I was quite the babal type. Udh akhir2 baruth kn d karihi. Luckily i lived with sepol and nawir, who were also trying to finish their own respective dissertation asap. And also Huda, who fed us (wesehmen, nyaman kli ah c hudz masak) and introduced us to banzuki brian and ninja warrior hahahaha. But it was a well worth struggle, through the sleepless nights, eating disorders, continuous stress and tensions and hourly caffeine shots. My bestfriend was nescafe 3 in 1. I usually lost the track of time...pagi udah matahari terbit baru tidur. Iath bari malas tu time2 lalah smpat lagi kana 'tindihi'. I can even count how many sleeps that i had that actually was a good healthy sleep. Another different case, I think i stared at the computer a bit too long that when i moved my head a bit to the right, it seems that the computer was tilting to the right as well hahaha.
I envied those who had on their FB status updates regarding on them alrady submitted their dissertation. I thought to myself, damn when is it gonna be my time? I didn't sleep the night before my deadline. By morning I look like a zombie's worst nightmare. Throughout writing my dissertation, I always check and proofread every time i finished a chapter or sub-chapter. Problem was, i didn't had a final proof reading session after everything was assembled. That made me scared...
That is why I was really afraid of my dissertation marks. I know that i just need a pass to receive my masters. Problem is I know some people who were ask to rewrite their dissertation. I was prepared for the worst. Abu, Nawir, Uncle Rajul and some of my other friends had their result way earlier than mine. I was told that it will come out this week.
Earlier today my coursemate nudged me, telling me that the results are out. I was trembling. My heart beat so fast it pass as a beat rhythm for a rap song. My fingers were shaking and i never in my life find it so difficult to click on the 'results' tab. I prayed and prayed, took a deep breath and there it was stated 'Dissertation-64'
I was stun
I was shock
I smiled
Then a tear came flowing (awu nda macho)
Rushed to my dad and i can't even organize my words. I was blabbering. Then told him properly i got Merit for my Masters! The whole family is happy, to bad mum couldn't share the excitement with us, shes in Thailand. So yeah, here's the comeback from a 2.2 degree result hahaha. Syukur Alhamdulillah. Berkat doa, usaha, tawakal, sabar, puasa, gigih plus a chunk of passion, enthusiasm, keen, willing and faith, syukur im unofficially a master holder :D
Other things that made me happy this week-
My 47 month monthsary. I love you Lydia hehehe
My newly born nephew! The new ManUtd supporter!
Futsal in Beribi is back
Syahmie's wedding this Sunday hehehe congrats dude
I just want to say thank you to everyone who supported me thoughout my masters, who gave me encouragement and strength, the ones who's there for me through thick and thin, for the companions who shared the hardships, for those who always give that extra boost, you guys know who you are and most of all syukur Alhamdulillah. For me this is the end of the road for my academic studies. I don't think i have enough working brain cell capacity to continue doing a Phd. To those whose doing their masters now, i wish you the best of luck.
Now to nag the parents for a graduation present :P
Fitnah, sedara jua dgn ngumpat, is one of the things that I'm afraid of. There is no escaping us from talking on others or listening to gossips. Even i admit i do it sometimes but trust me, i'm limiting myself and preventing it. It's not a healthy habit, yet again if that someone we talk about will not forgive us for what we had said.
Let me elaborate what fitnah is. Fitnah could be accusation, false news, or make up stories that is for the intention to put on a bad name to a person, whether its in forms of signals (for the deaf), writing (msn, blog) or, the most common one, through speech. Its difficult for us to escape from comitting or hearing fitnah made by somebody else, usually during gatherings, hangouts in cafes, wedding ceremonies etc Then there's the art of spreading it from texting msgs, forums, status updates (ada kli ah), long phone calls.
Random much im writing on this isn't it? Well the thing is I found out someone is making up stories.
All I can say is please stop your childish behavior because sooner or later, no one will believe you anymore. People will find it hard to trust you yet again believe for whatever you say in the future. You can talk about fabricated stories all you want, for a fact that it will not benefit you in any other way. I may or may not forgive you, but let Allah pass judgment as He is the only one eligible enough to do so.
Do u realize that when we meet other races/ tourists/ nationals/ foreigners especially from the neighboring countries, we tend to imitate the way they speak or use their slang. Biggest example if a Bruneian meets an Indonesian, we always say or reply in an Indonesian slang or better, their language. Why not the other way around? This caught my attention when i was at the gym earlier in the afternoon. An average Bruneian gave me tips on lifting free-weights and for the first few secs i thought why in the globalwarming world is this guy not speaking properly with me. Then baru ku teklik ia pikir aku cina. So he was speaking to me like 'itu angkat basi ah naik tidak payah control, go down baru control bagi big muscle'. Dlm atingku sada kh org tuha ani. No offense to chinese tho, not being racist here, just clarifying my point. So i thought, the next time I'm meeting any other race in the country, I'm gonna speak like the average Bruneian. If ia nda faham ku alter sja sikit2 but not the whole lot hahaha i hope i could do that :P Another thing i realize is bring a Bruneian, our tongue is so flexible that we could pronounce and speak other dialects, slang and languages easily and fluently. Bruneians could well speak in a Malaysian or Indonesian slang but its hardly the other way around. Well there was a particular Malaysian friend of mine during my kent years who always hangs out with the Bruneian group and towards the end of the year, altho a bit karau, his bruneian malay was very good. Kudos dil lol.
Hello everyone, im sorry for not updating quite to the day to day basis. Ever since i got back to Brunei there's like tons of stuff to do and every time i find myself free i rather play my ps3 ninja gaiden sigma on the newly bought 42 HD tv hehehehe.
To my surprise, people are still having open houses this time of the month when the raya hype is all gone. Biasalah everyone with their own business, work, exams and etc. Im just glad i can still enjoy some leftover raya spirit. Anyway lets rewind back when i got back home on the 2nd of October. Yes, my surprise was successful. I manage to shock my mum for 3 seconds...and then she started slapping me, then i think there were tears and finally hug hug hug :p and this happened after my cousin's nikah ceremony in SOAS mosque. I purposely surprise her after the event since i don't want to steal my cousin's spotlight, ada kna sembalih krg. Thanks to Fadz, Nas and Joha, everything went quite as expected. I changed at the airport from my casual attire to baju melayu, meruah bag jua ku tu.
So after i surprised my mum, then my sisters were shouting and hugged me, which caught the attention of Imam Suhaili :S, tarus kna tagur eh lol. Adakah adikku teriak dlm masjid. Then cousins, nephews, niece, uncles and aunts greet me. My dad was also there but ia nda as emosi as my mum. Mum was the main target and syukur, ia kana hehehe theres a video of it but Brunei's internet is sloooow so i upload it on the next post heeeheee. Funny thing was my cousin yg nikah didn't realize it was me who cause all the fuss and when i met him at his house he was like 'ko th yg org sibuk2 paluk tadi ani...' hahahaha. To my cuz, Selamat Pengantin Baru!
After the event i went to the British High Com in Yayasan. Lydz doesn't know that I'm back and last two days we had quite a fight. Well i purposely put on a fight tho, just so she wouldn't expect i'll be coming back. Sorry love. So went to Brit High Com, got in, and there she was behind a thick transparent glass at the reception area. Rather than surprised teriak2, she was well damn shock and speechless. I thought it was like in the movies that a glass wall was separating both of us from being together hahahahahaa corrrnnnnyyyyyyyy. I looovveee surprising people hehehe.
Anyway now im done with my studies, everyone still ask the same question, 'bila ko balik?' which followed by 'bila ko balik sna lagi?' It feels weird answering to that is 'nda lagi, abis dh'. Damn its been 4 years and i thought i just had choir practice in MD last week. Time flies so fast that in a blink of an eye your academic years are over now. Time to step up and search for a job. I haven't applied anything yet though. I'm surveying jobs that suits me. True, lots of friends and families told me to enjoy my free time while it still last. But i think over the course in searching for a job, i will have all the time in the world to enjoy. Its just the ka-ching issue. Siapa kn membari duit ah? hahahaha and promised my dad to help him build our house. So now im in the club of job hunters. Definitely lots of competition but i guess it'll be fun.
As for now, i need to clean up my room and re-arrange everything. I haven't sleep well in this room for over 4 years. Apa inda, balik summer on last around 3 months ish and i couldn't be bother to organize all the junk in the room. Zaim's the one usually took over. As for me, i prefer ngurak tilam and tidur bawah kipas d luar. For extra comfy, tidur nda bebaju :P. There's this one time when i was organizing some random boxes, i found one particular box full of md memories and damn i was so naive, and lame is just an understatement. I cringed looking at old pictures and reading things that i wrote. Baru ia kanak2. But i never knew i would stumble into such stuff after leaving it for quite a while.
Everyone skyping and chatting with family back in Brunei
Hudz and tapak gajah Introducing the new Bibers- Wandi Mina and Arif Afwan Nana Lily Variety of kuih yg bebali dri Chinatown :P Shepherd's Pie Satay ayam Soto as the main menu, lama dh mengidam ni... This was taken last night. Just when we thought we were about to finish the whole accumulated food stock, new stock ame in! The tiverton ladies are moving out and syukur alhamdulillah, bnyak makanan di sedakahkn arah kami.
I sorted out most of the condiments, from last night i found out we have 8 types of soy sauce, 7 bottles of salt and lot of herbs and spices. Best sambal in a tin. Freezer-full! Easy food cheats Stock of baby clams! Finally corn beef! Huda wasin the mood of cleaning so she cleaned up the stove. This was before.. and after, putih kilat!
Ramadhan...what a wonderful month. The thought of the rewards we are given in this blessed month. I'm really sad that it's gonna be over soon. True. I'm sure you all feel that differential feeling between this month and all other months, the feeling within you that you're not tainted by any of the devil's doing.
I've been looking into some of my friend's progress and changes on how they wanted to be close to god. Read their blog and it was, in lots of different ways, help me a lot. The things i read was definitely pure knowledge and most of the times, a guide for myself to be a better person. All i can say is for myself, La Illa Ha Illa Anta Subhanaka Inni Kuntu Minazzolimin. Day by day im pursuing and striving to be one step closer to god and ask for forgiveness, at the same time ponder on how magnificent it'll be to feel the spiritual uplift within you, especially when reading the Koran.
I think the first step is to be knowing what you're saying, and mean it. I've been reading the Koran from I was around 9 or 10, perfected my reading by the year. Biasalah blajar tajwid skulah ugama and read Koran arah rumah kawan. So yeah, I'm sure im eligible enough to teach anyone else how to read the Koran =) But honestly just this year it struck me that I'm still lacking in discipline. Yes i can read the holy book but do i know what it means? Wouldn't it be better if I know what I'm reading? Then i can have a deep thought for every single ayah i finish. This lead me to think of my solat. Of course we do solat five times a day. And of course we try and try our best to get the best khusyu solat ever. Its difficult without a doubt. I'm sure time puasa anith, angan2 tia: apa pakai sungkai krg ah? Apa baik ku buat lapas terawih? Lepak lah sma c bui and etc. So yeah, that essential understanding of what we're saying is quite vital. Imams cry for a reason when they recite pieces of a surah, there's a whole new meaning to it.
I think I wanna venture towards that path. I believe little by little I should be getting there. I think it all started when i started to wonder why is the Al-Fatihah is mostly used? Dlm solat, before doa, sebelum tidur and plus its the first surah in the Koran. And why do people say 'Amin' after finish reading it? My curiosity lead me to search for its meaning. It did answer my questions perfectly.
Best starting point will be with the surah that I usually recite in my daily solat... On another note, I think it would be more awesome if i start to learn arabic hehehe sng ku becommunicate with arabs bila naik haji or umrah + easy understanding of the Koran. My guru always said to me that if you have the time, learn arabic before learning any other language. Not saying to those who took extra language classes and learnt some other foreign language is wrong or utterly useless. Jeles juaku kadang2 mendgr org brunei fluent in Japanese or French etc but I hope I do learn arabic. Masuk MFA post ke abu dhabi ni :P Longshot but its a goal nevertheless.
Anyway I thought I just wanna share with you guys. Its nearly 3am and now lets eat some leftovers for sahur hehehe kes malas masak.
Attention all Bibers, we found a new eating place!!
Its a buffet type restaurant serving a variety of dishes mostly indian, chinese, thai, italian and arab delicacies and in between they serve mexican enchiladas and guacamole, korean kimchi and greek salads. The best out of the menu is the Wok Station. Pick your veges, meat and noodles and they stir fry it to perfection and for the first time ever, mee goreng that has nearly the same taste with the ones in Brunei.
This is my 2nd round. Chicken Tikka, Lamb Sheesh, Fish in garlic sauce and sweet potatoes. I didn't bother to take pictures for the following rounds. Nyaman bh, tunggap sja tia :P
On top of that they serve quite a variety of deserts, best one is the little round balls, a layered cake top with kiwi pieces and definitely the ice cream. All of this, on a weekday for dinner, cost 14 pounds saja :) We had a voucher so we only pay 11pounds. Totally worth it. Best sungkai ever. The place is in Broad Street near ICC and its called Jimmy Spices.
jgn mkn the cheesecake, panya be gelatin, nasib jua huda tagur. The layout of the restaurant. This is the salad section. I think on some other nights they serve sushi too. Deep fried foods section. Spring rolls, crackers, chips, cucur indian style and mcm2 lagi. They also serve pizza and its not those typical pizzas you get from fast food branches. They use proper dough and its really nice. Too bad the toppings didn't compliment much of the base.
This is Arab, Italian and Thai section. Also you can order dosai from one of the chefs. Freshly made dpn2 ah, too bad i was quite full by then. The spaghetti bolognese wasn't that good tho according to Huda. It was sour, maybe too much tomato, less salt and sugar. Indian and Oriental section. I didn't bother eating from this section, menu is quite the typical indian oriental cuisine. Nevertheless everything looks delicious. Where all the magic happens. Eh wait...is that guy scratching his back? :O Dessert section. IceCream station.
Us with UncRajul. Unc Rajul was also there last night with his course mates. I've been playing football with them for quite a while and they're really nice people. The guy holding the icecream is one of the worst trash talkers i ever met hahahaha that makes the game priceless. Thanks to Unc Rajul for the picture, for more quality, clear picture go here.
Gangsta mna ni?? Later that night the Tiverton girls came by sedakah foods, thank you!
Finally moved out from 30 Alton Road. Its really sad i have to admit. Lots of memories of that place. Starting from the drama of housemates in the early stages up until the end where we got locked out of the house lol.
Everyone got locked out. Naili was still with her laptop. Gonna miss this anti-christ house. Yeah we got locked out when we were busy moving out of the house. Luckily our landlord was around with a spare key. Quite embarrassing though. I did think of various options before calling the landlord. First was climbing up the water pipe and go in through Nawir's window. Unfortunately the water pipe wasn't rigid enough. Second was to climb over our neighbor's fence. Unfortunately again both our neighbors weren't at home. So there was nothing we could do but call the landlord. Nasib jua ia sporting.
Early the next morning (3am), Naili took the coach to heathrow for her flight back home. How i wish i could do the same thing. Dissertation....
Below are moving out pictures.
This is my room before packing.
After... This was our last night rocking out. Next day rockband sudah jalan~ Introducing john, our new housemate. He stayed with us for around 2 months. We got him into playing rockband with us. He left the house a few days early since he got married. Congratulations to both John and Rachel. Soalan paling mahal yg di ajukan to John is by Sepol. How long is your marriage going to end? (maksud sepol kawinnya brapa lama?) John replied- Hopefully forever. LOL. Direct translation pol~
I miss Alton's 24hr tesco. We randomly go to tesco anytime of the night. Pernah pukul 2-3 pagi kes lapar tu :P The kitchen, still full of condiments, herbs, sauces, spices, oils, veges, fruits etc u name it and we probably got it :P Next few days... The house ready to be cleared out. Bear in mind everything in here moved to first ave :S Good thing Unc Azmi helped us out. It took us around 6-7 trips back and forth from Alton to FirstAve just to clear up everything. And tgh2 atu drama te lock out d luar... 5 bags worth of fooooodd. Clearing up everything... The side effect of cleaning Langis~ Btw new tenants got an extra fridge and a new cooker.
Went to london on Tuesday to see yani. We have been best buds/ close friends/ best friends whatever u name it, for ages. I didn't wanna miss the chance to see her while she was in London. She was from sending off her sister in florida (congratz wana!) and now staying for a couple of nights in london. It was great catching up with her. And i really do miss talking with her parents. Awesome people. Ate at melur for iftar. Not bad although its quite pricey. Really recommend the kambing bakar and sambal udang.
Went back to Brunei Hall after sending yani back home. Found this parked infront of lolitas. A CHROME Audi R8. Luckily we manage to take a picture of the owner..
Ok nda lama lagi kn raya. Baik abis dissertation awal2 :P Anyway to those who are offended with my previous post, im truly sorry. I never meant to offend sesiapa yg perasan in any other way :P Its to some certain people who shall remain nameless. Siapa yg terasa baikth minta maaf lakas2 Im an open guy :)
To all friends and families in Brunei who said I'm ambung because no news coming from me, i never nudge you on msn, I never call you up to say hi or any sort of communication that requires me to initiate first...Well think again.
Have YOU ever contacted me and say hi and even ask me how am I doing? Have you ever wonder how lonely it is to spend Ramadhan abroad when you yourself, is comfortable with ur own family back at home? And that 'sudah behajat' then you contact me and ask me to do favors?
Please reflect yourself before saying that I'm ambung. Dont be a stereotypical Bruneian and say 'org uk ambung'. I never thought of you as such, why should you be the one to pre-judge me without knowing what i've been thru? You think you're the only one that i have to think of? Everyone wants a piece of my attention but only a tiny portion of people have the decency just to say hi to me and concern of my well-being.
Last night i felt like writing and adding some bits on my dissertation. Had spaghetti and take away pizza for sungkai and that kept me full up to sahur. Had the same thing for sahur though. Can't be bothered to cook. I was up until 6+ and the morning sun was shining directly into my room. My head was all spinning and I thought yes this is the limit, should not push myself any further and i should have some rest. The problem with my room is 1.- facing sunrise and 2.- i have a lousy curtain. I can only sleep with only a minimal amount of light in my room. So i had to modify a bit so my room appears darker. Its a combination of the lousy curtain, 2 towels and kain sampang.
Woke up at 12pm and i thought it was gonna rain outside. Removed the whole curtain apa and damn what a nice day it was. We planned to have a bbq sungkai later that day. Bought some ribs and wings the day before, marinated it with HP bbq sauce, soy sauce, oyster sauce and rosemary. Turn out pretty damn good.
This is the instant bbq set, bought from tesco. Ready in 20 minutes. Last up to 1.5 hrs. Very effective for small bbqs. Lighting up. Took more or less 20mins for the charcoals to be covered in white ashes (thats when its ready). This is one huge mistake though. Why? Because i put the instant bbq on top of a box. Some bits of coal spat out and got the box on fire! Luckily we acted quickly. Naili panicked though and instead of getting a jug of water to put out the fire, she continued to blow the fire away by fanning it with another carton box. Makin tia menjadi lol~~~ No harm done to the food, selamat.
As you can see here, we used a metal chair and a bbq stand in replacement. Model Tesco instant BBQ.
Cara ngiap org kelaparan :P
Ribs~~ Wings~~ Plum~~? Yeah we just found out we have a plum tree in our backyard! According to Sepol the 'bubble' that comes out of the plum is the nectar. Look closely and you can see the reflection of my camera. We didn't dare to eat it though. Maybe one day. Most of the plums aren't ripe jua.
Huda came over a couple of mins before sungkai. We watched 'World's Greatest Dad' (movie). In someway its a bit disturbing but siuk jua lah. Has an 8.0 ImDB rating. Not bad~ Im really looking forward for UK cinemas showing District 9. Apparently theres lots of good reviews on it. Anyway i better get some sleep. Kn bgn sahur lagi.
Naili arrived a couple of days ago. Brought my stuff along with her. Thank you to Along for the lovely cupcakes as well as Pipops. To Lydia, thanks a lot love for the cookies!
Sorry again pip, the cupcakes got smooshed :P As requested ;). Apip's @ Pipop's cupcakes are really rich. She made peanut butter for me (my fav) and it was delicious. Moist base, rich filling., awesome taste. Below is in front of Selfridges in Birmingham. Ramadan starts on Tuesday and for us here, we will be breaking our fast around 8.20pm and it gradually goes down to 7+ pm as the days pass by. So we thought lets have our last starbucks session. Our other bibers counterpart is having their share of starbucks in Miri :P Had Java Chip, its upon request, not in the menu. These are lydia's cookies. Best eaten with starbucks coffee. Overall i say she's getting the hang of it. Certainly more room for improvement. This batch was her choc chip cookies and it was really well made for a first timer hehehe. Bite-size and ala2 famous amos. Once im back i'll be expecting millie's type cookies hehehe. Thanks again love! This is my cousin Along's cupcakes. Official website is cupcake princezz. I like the cup she uses. It makes the cupcake firm. Her cupcakes are quite different. I like the fact there's 'hidden treasures' inside the cupcakes hehehe. Im yet to try other flavours. This is another cupcake brand that you should try.
Below are models (weseh) wearing the BBSS polo shirts. After a long month wait finally it was ready. Mali designed the men's polo while Nena and Hanis (luruskh?) designed the women's polo. All i can say is, it looks better in real life than the animated design. And thanks to eena too for the logo. To the Bibers back home sabar2 yer.
If you guys are wondering what my dissertation is all about, here is a glimpse of it. Basically it's about transnational crime in south-east asia. Imagine goodfellas going global. Its really interesting and im starting to get passionate about it. Yes, starting. In the early stages it was damn hard to start ur dissertation. That first leap, the first sentences, the first actual dissertation plan...it was hard. Now i get the hang of it. Kira I can write anything, anytime. Dulu payah2 bepajal. Ada time2 yg nda dpt buat lagi tu. Ikut mood. Now im always on fire. Sorry mum and dad if ur reading this :P I know they wud go lahhh padanth balik akhir kedia ani, suruh buat awal nda mau heheheh.
Today was a good 1st day puasa, syukur Alhamdulillah nda banyak dugaan. I miss having my fast back at home. I miss sungkai ramai2 with family, ke stadium bali tofu sumbat and air kausar, terawih with lydia and main futsal d rimba. I remember once i had sungkai with Lydia's family and the whole family is really into spicy food. Her mum made my fav mee jawa. Damn it was spicy, i was literally soak with sweat. The whole family (mum, dad and lil bro) was like cool saja and i look like a sissy drinking water constantly hahahaha. Turun point :P
U know how interesting forwarded emails can be. Whether its humor, science fiction, trivia, religious or videos, people love to share. Problem is when they start sharing/ spreading something which makes us very skeptical. I admit i was once the gullible person who took every word from the email. Now, I'm more skeptical and curious to know the real truth. I would do my research into depth just to prove to myself that what i'm receiving is the real thing. I'm not saying i don't trust the sender, its just to satisfy myself that the email i receive is indeed the truth.
I just wanna prove some bad rumors in the world of forwarding emails. The first one, which i think most of you would know probably by now, is that Tommy Hilfiger is a racist. Here's how the fwd email looks like:
"Did you see the recent Oprah Winfrey show on which Tommy Hilfiger was a guest? Oprah asked Hilfiger if his alleged statements about people of color were true - he's been accused of saying things such as "If I had known that African-Americans, Hispanics and Asians would buy my clothes, I would not have made them so nice," and "I wish those people would not buy my clothes - they were made for upper-class whites." What did he say when Oprah asked him if he said these things? He said "Yes." Oprah immediately asked Hilfiger to leave her show. Now, let's give Hilfiger what he's asked for - let's not buy his clothes. Boycott! Please - pass this message "
Check here for the real truth. The rumor was dated back in 1996 or 97. 10 years on then, Tommy came to Oprah to clarify things. Nda pasal2 kna ucap racist~ The reason why i brought this up because i just receive an email abt this...setelah sekian lama.
The other fwd email that has every other muslim blood pumping is the speech by Starbuck's CEO on supporting the Israelian army so therefore we should boycott starbucks. This is how the email should look like:
A Thankyou To All Starbucks Customers
by Howard Schultz
Dear Starbucks Customer,
First and foremost I want to thank you for making Starbucks the $6.4 billion global company it is today, with more than 90,000 employees, 9,700 stores, and 33 million weekly customers. Every latte and macchiato you drink at Starbucks is a contribution to the close alliance between the United States and Israel, in fact it is - as I was assured when being honored with the “Israel 50th Anniversary Friend of Zion Tribute Award” - key to Israel’s long-term PR success. Your daily Chocolate Chips Frappucino helps paying for student projects in North America and Israel, presenting them with the badly needed Israeli perspective of the Intifada.
Starbucks, through the Jerusalem Fund of Aish HaTorah, an international network of Jewish education centres, sponsors Israeli military arms fairs in an effort to strengthen the special connection between the American, European and Israeli defense (actually war) industries and to showcase the newest Israeli innovations in defense (war making). As my contribution to the fight against the global rise of anti-Semitism, the reason behind the current conflict in the Middle-East, I help Aish HaTorah sponsoring the website "honestreporting.com” and produce material informing of Israel’s side of the story.
Without you, my valued customer, I wouldn’t be able to raise hundreds of millions of dollars each year to protect Israeli citizens from "terrorist" attacks (Palestinian resistance to the Israeli occupation) and keep reminding every Jew in America, to defend Israel at any cost. $5 billion per year from the US government are no way near enough to pay for all the weaponry, bulldozers and security fences needed to protect innocent Israeli citizens from anti-Semitic "Muslim terrorism" (as described by Israeli occupiers and their supporters) Corporate sponsorships are essential.
Having the bigger picture in mind, Starbucks have donated a store to the US army to help in the “War on Terror”. I cannot emphasize enough, how vital the “War on Terror” is for the continued viability and prospering of the Zionist State.
So next time you feel like chilling out at a Starbucks store, please remember that with every cup you drink at Starbucks you are helping with a "noble" cause (i.e. helping Israelis maintain their oppression of the Palestinian people).
Howard Schultz Chairman & Chief Global Strategist Starbucks Coffee Stores
I did for quite some time, boycott against starbucks. However, since not all other muslims boycott against it so I said to myself well if i do want to boycott properly for a good cause, i should know how legit is this fwd email. So after around half an hour of googling and checking various websites, its proven that the email is a hoax. It was written by Andrew Winkler.
The Howard Schultz spoof letter above has caused quite a bit of a stir. In the first month of its publication, it has been read by more than 100,000 visitors on the ZioPedia site alone, and republished on hundreds of blogs all over the world. Some readers were not quite sure whether the article was 'kosher' or not. Well, it is and it isn't. Howard Schultz never wrote that letter, I did. However, all the statements I made in that letter about donations, sponsorships, political views etc. - are based on factual Howard Schultz actions and quotes, as 1/2 hour of 'Googling' will easily confirm to anyone interested.
There is obviously a lot of emphasis right now on Israel's most recent brutal aggression against Lebanon and the Gaza strip. However it's important not to forget that the current events are part of a bigger picture, Israel's criminal social-Darwinist and 19th century style colonialist plans for the region, a Jewish 'Lebensraum' from the Euphrates to the Nile. Let's face it, whatever critics will say against Israel, it will always be interpreted as being anti-Semitic. In fact, the current edition of the US dictionary Webster defines anti-Semitism as 'criticism of Israel'. How cool is that?
Andrew Winkler Editor/Publisher ZioPedia - A Rebel Media Group Project
Checkout Ziopedia for further details. HOWEVER, I don't know the real truth whether starbucks do sponsor the Israelian Army or not. All i know the letter is a hoax, so don't get attach by it. If you do find out that Starbucks does sponsor the Israelian army,then by all means please give me a legit link, thanks, it'll be very helpful.
Some other minor emails, like the video on Arabs partying and having the night of their life then all of a sudden the hotel floor collapsed.
They're jews, not arabs. Someone who posted the video (not u ain :) ) corrected me saying "arab juakan, arab yahudi". But come on. Realistically, the moment we saw the word Arab, it will mean middle-eastern muslims. Nda jua tpikir arab yahudi. Maybe for some :P
So yeah there's thousands of fwd emails that truly is a hoax. Myth. Not factual. Even some of the religious emails i receive, if it sounds a bit 'off', i would do my own research utk memuaskn hati. Some of them even said "If you fwd this to 50 people, you will get luck in 50 days" or some sort.
fwd this and you will receive good news tomorrow. fwd this to 12 people within 12 hours and your prayers will be answered within 12 hours.
Who are you to decide all of these?
If you do feel that the email is useful, please don't put something towards the end about luck lah, pahala lah, rezeki lah because you don't decide on those things, its up to Allah. Seriously, some people do need to be aware about this. Its wrong. Horrifically wrong. I just hope these people realize their mistakes.
So siapa2 fwd arh ku email, and ujung2nya ada betulis cmani, jgn ambil hati if aku tagur ah hehehehe demi kebaikan. We help each other out.
Okay back to where i started, yes im more of a skeptical person now. This brings me to our old folk tradition on variety of scenarios of pantang. Some of it:
Jgn nyanyi d dapur- dpt laki tua Jgn tukar2 tmpat duduk time makan- bnyak bini Jgn main bawah jemuran- ani lupaku effectnya :P Jgn putung kuku malam- pendek umur. Jgn makan ah mua pintu- payah cari jodoh
and my all time favourite- abiskan nasi ah, menangis ia krg lol. Imagine ku nasiku karing tarus2 bekuah.
and so on..
Bnyak nyamu pantang org2 tua ani. Most of it I know is untuk mendiscipline msa tani kanak2. But if tebawa2 smpai ke tua? Some are still stuck by these principles. How far should we believe in these superstitions? Should we believe in these kind of superstitions when we know that all the decisions made in life is from the will of Allah alone? I think its wrong to believe such superstitions, not relating to any religious issue, will lead to something that is beyond our control. Same goes to horoscopes. Tarang2 nda bleh pecaya, ada jua majalah nyimpan, babal~
But please, don't take my word for granted. If i do appear wrong, please do tell me. That way we can help one another. After all im not really knowledgeable. Just budak baru belajar :P
Went to London last weekend for a day trip with Abu, Sepol and Nawer. Met up with Fadz in Brunei Hall. Sepol and Abu went separate ways so i brought Fadz and Nawir to Caranby Street, Covent Garden and Tower Bridge. It was a beautiful day and we stumble on lots of interesting and cool stuffs. Before we began the day, we went to Malaysian Hall. Had the nasi lemak. Its been a while. I just found out that you have to be accompanied at least by one malaysian to eat there. But none of us are so we just pretend to be Malaysians lol. If tekluar ckp Brunei, akun sja org sabah.
The new Primiership Ball taken inside Nike Town. Ben's Cookies, situated in Covent Garden. A bit pricey but according to Fadz, the best cookies she ever tasted. The cookie shes holding is a peanut butter cookie with real nuts. Mine's the double chocolate cookie and it has a thick chocolate sauce in it. Nyyumm!!
The thing i like about covent garden is that it's always lively over there. With live street acts and performances, some of them are really good. Others however is just for the money. This guy is new to the addition, what a great gimmick to attract the kids. I've always go to the side of Covent Garden where all the live shows are but never really wonder about the other side on Neal Street. Rupanya bnyak lagi kadai! And the best thing is its the independent shops.I bet Lydz and Pipos would love this shop. And i bet they've been here too hehehe. I was quite frustrated about this. We passed him and he hasn't finish his art. So kmi jln2 for like half-an hr and still he hasn't finish it. Aku kn begambar konon masuk lubang hahahah Nevertheless awesome piece of art. I always get fwd emails on these kind of artworks but last weekend, watched it live! I saw a man with a big dslr waiting at the corner for him to finish.
This was towards the end of Neal Street, the big and awesome Forbidden Planet! Found it! The toys, gadgets and comics in here are mostly quite exclusive. The display cabinet was filled with action figures that i could just dream of buying hahahahha. Kluar my inner kid. This photo is dedicated to Ehsan from Bristol. Never knew you open your own restaurant :P This was taken otw to Tower Bridge. Before I explain the pic below, let me complain about something. Its the tube an weekends. Its really annoying! The whole circle line was shut down and the district and victoria line were partly operating. We were just on stop away from Tower Bridge and we had to change lines. Unfortunately the lines were not working. So we had to walk. Nasib jua bestamina masih. So yeah otw walking to Tower Bridge we cross a movie set! We thought its one of those hollywood movies but from the looks of the actor and actress, mcm creta hindustan. Jadith heheheh and we couldn't take any photographs bnrnya so ini gambar curi :P
At last, Tower Bridge. Luckily it didn't fall down that day. Everyone met up at CNR that night for dinner. Mcm biasa, I ate the Wa Tan Ho aka Kuey Tiaw Basah, sedapp~ We had a big crowd too eating with us- Muna (nawir's sister) joined us along with donald. Taufiq also joined us along with Mamdoh, Hanim and Rina. they just finished watching G.I.Joe. Need to watch that movie someday.
The next day we helped Abu cleaned up his place. He left for Brunei earlier today. Makin tia sunyi sini ani. No more 'bh dinner rumah ku krg, ko masak' or 'bh aku masak, jgn tagur klu funky ah' lol. Funky is his description when the food has a mix of flavours and we had tasted quite a few :P But paling ku miss ni, nada gym buddy ku. It's hard for me to workout esp on chest when no one is supporting. Nda tia ku brani angkat barat2 nah. Kacau c Abu ani adakah balik awal. Anyway Bu, it has been an awesome year with you around especially with ur 'jahat' antics. Bh buat dissertation tu, copy paste nda asi tu lol Cya in September.
Tony had to move out from 688 so we helped him. Me, Abu, Nawir, Sepol and Tony ngangkat brg to first ave. Nasib jua 5 man team. Brg yg d angkat adalah brg Fatin, Hanis, Mus, Mallie, Dawls and Tony. So dlm manyap2 rumah guess what Nawir did...yoyo!
Siapa tinggal certificate nya ah~~ Sorry Shuhir bilikmu tmpat kmi nyimpan the stuff. Don't worry by the time ko smpai lanyap tu hehehe so this is ur room before... and after~
The next day we went on a road trip to Bicester Village and Oxford. Abu and I met Unc Rajul at the car rental company. We stop over at his place and met our two most beloved cutest friends, Hani and Nisa hehehe. This is their play room and look how creative they are.
Nisa and Hani lost We head out for Bicester around 11am. We did get a bit lost once we reached bicester but all was fine. My target was to buy something for my dad and myself, preferably a polo shirt. Dad wanted Fred Perry and luckily it was on sale, 2 for 60 pounds! Usually its 45 pounds each. On top of that, me and sepol got ourselves Puma X Evisu jeans which RRP is 85 pounds...we got it for 30 pounds each! Untung yaw!
Our big book of UK's finest highways.
hehehehAfter Bicester we headed for Oxford. Too bad it was raining and didn't get to enter Harry Potter's movie set. So we just took a stroll along Oxford town.
Infront of the well-known Oxford made ice cream. Sepol imitating Statue of Liberty.
Harry Potter's movie set. The car that made our day. Yesterday was Nisfu Sya'ban. Abu, Nawir, Sepol and I were fasting. Abu decided to sungkai at his place and what a feast we had. I made buttermilk chicken, Sepol made mushroom soup, Nawir brought along his Nachos Set, Abu cooked spinach with mince meat and had grapes and rasberries for desert. Complete! Abu's going home next week. Nadath gym buddy ku lagi ni~ boooooooo. And we're gonna miss his apartment. Awesome kli ah. I still remember when he first moved in and all of us were quite sakai about it. Well anyway tomorrow again the usual 4 of us will be heading for London, each 4 with different purposes. Gonna be a day trip. Just to let all the stress out :P
