genting highlands, june 2011

1. our short getaway to genting highlands was considerably quite good, given the chilly weather and fresh air compared to back at home. it was an almost 6-hour drive up and i slept through the entire journey (except having to get up during our breakfast stop at singgah selalu).

2. what nurul said about the influx of foreigners was right - the last time i visited genting almost 6 years ago, we could take the theme park rides without having to queue. this time, an average waiting time to queue for a ride was almost 45 minutes!

3. the queuing time did not help when a certain group of people decided to allow his "group" of 7 - 8 others to jump the queue, not once, but twice! this attracted much anger from the crowd and have them yelling at the group of inconsiderate people.

4. nasrin's virgin roller coaster rides - she braved herself to take the rides she was eligible to (according to her height), including the stomach churning pirate ship! even syazana didn't dare get on!

5. food was expensive but the best was the thai lunch we had at the food court. we were very disappointed with the food quality and service at kenny roger's. the food was cold, muzakkir cleaned up his plate of the worst tasting spaghetti (i think he must be extremely hungry!) and so many food items on the menu were not available. upon payment, the cashier made a stark mistake but insisted she was right and pulled that long face which irked syazana so much so that she scolded that woman.



i have to report to school on wednesday and i'm not looking forward to the start. sigh.

so yesterday, i spent the entire day with the cutest. my favourite was seeing him splash in his mini tub, flash his toothless grin and hear him chuckling - the cutest sound i have ever heard.

and yesterday, the Almighty proved his greatness and laid out his plans for me.
alhamdulillah.



we're taking a trip up to genting highlands for our short getaway in 2 hours time. as usual, i have yet to start packing. see you soon!

yesterday saw me splashing out $2,200 within minutes.

this is my most expensive buy, to date.

its the start of my holidays after two weeks of adjustments to the new school, and i still don't feel quite settled yet. unfortunately for me, we did not play for even a short trip even though i feel that i needed it, with so many things happening since the beginning of the year, and i have worked really hard.

then comes the financial blow - getting my mac to replace the loaned notebook and that broken book shelf embedded glass which does not come in cheap. don't get me started on how that happened. AND i'm deciding on whether i should be getting a new hard disk as well as that super zoom digital camera, seeing that the IT show is approaching.

due date.

i completed the album in less than 3 hours. i know that there is nothing to be proud of, especially when the sister had already done up the turkey december 2010 album last year and i managed to complete mine only 2 hours ago. still, i started and completed it - and that is an achievement to me.

treasure cove.

so i decided to clean up my practicum stuff which had been strewn across the room (mostly on my side and a few spill over to the sister's). she had been really patient, selectively blind to my mess in the room and trying to avoid stepping my stuff.

while i was clearing the stuff up, i managed to find this bookmark which had been put away since our new zealand trip in 2006! just in time cause i was finding a nice bookmark for my newly purchased books.

inked.


speaking of which, one out the seven books i order from book depository arrived in the mail today! i cant wait to start on it.

ibu's niche

i consider my mum to be an 'okay' cook. not as skillful as my grandmother, or my grandmother's sister. however, i cannot deny that she makes the BEST popiah goreng, ever! and i have so many people to vouch for that. the popiah is fried to perfection that the popiah skin is really crispy, the filling inside still retains is juiciness and tastes just right and the sauce is the bomb, despite it being really spicy.
last night was our lucky night when she decided to make it.

we helped fold the popiah skin while i fried it - all 40 pieces. bapak had 10 pieces at one go while i had 6 for myself. yummy!

it would be a timely reminder to always remember that His love is greater than my disappointments, and His plans for my life are better than my dreams.