London trip-Day 4

The fourth day of the trip was interesting. I went to Madame Tussauds! For the first time! Yup, that's right. I've been to London many times but never visited Madame Tussauds before. I went to the museum on a Wednesday so I thought it wouldn't be packed. I was wrong. The museum was ful of tourists and it's hard to take pictures with the wax figures.

Next, I went to Covent Garden coz my mum wanted to look for some cheap paintings. There were none. The paintings there were not worth buying, and that place was so boring. I never like markets.

There were a lot of other intesting sights at Covent Garden, like a guy posing as a knight statue. At first I thought it was a real statue! But then I realized that it was a human painting his face and body with metallic paint and wearing knight costume. And there's another guy posing as a robot, wearing all these recycled plastic bottles on his body. So creative! Didn't take pictures of them though, coz you have to pay. 

London trip-Day 3

The third day marked the end of our stay at Malaysia Hall. Malaysia Hall only allows guests to stay for 2 nights, and if there's any vacancy, you can extend your stay. But my mum doesn't wanna stay for another 2 nights there.

We were told to check out by 12am, so in the morning we couldn't go anywhere far, we just walked around the Bayswater area (where we were staying).

What a beautiful day. I love this kind of weather. Sunny but cold.

Whiteleys shopping mall. I love this mall. There's H&M, La Senza, Marks & Spencer, Gap, HMV, Book etc, Accessorize, Tie Rack, Starbucks, Zara...

After we checked out of Malaysia Hall and checked into Hyde Park Towers hote, we went to High Street Kensington for some window shopping.

I just love this place!

Took some pictures at Kensington Gardens. Not many pictures though. It was freezing cold I couldn't even hold the camera!

Kensington Palace...oh that's my parents.

This duck sure knows how to pose. When I pointed my camera at it, it stopped in its tracks and posed for the camera.

It was very windy that day. The wind was...urm...abnormal. I've never experienced this kind of wind before in Malaysia. The London wind blew me off my feet...literally.

London trip-Day 2

I woke up on my second day in London and went for breakfast at the Malaysia Hall canteen. Then I went back to my room and Skyped with my boyfriend. He told me that the exam result's out! And he got dean's list for the first time. His GPA was 3.69! That's the highest GPA I could get and he beat me! And that was his last semester! He already graduated! Getting Dean's list for the first and the last time, that's the sweetest thing that could happen to someone!

Before I went to London, I had warned my bf not to look at my results if it came out. But that morning I couldn't stand it anymore. How could I enjoy my holiday if thoughts of failing Foundation Engineering came running through my mind? So I told him to check. Guess what? I passed that killer subject with a C+. And my GPA is 3.60. Yeah, Dean's list. But still lower than my bf's GPA! You guys won't understand how I feel! I'm a perfectionist. I HAVE TO BE BETTER THAN EVERYONE!

But still, 3.60 is still considered as a good result, so that day I went shopping with a happy heart. I decided to "reward" all my hard work by splurging on some clothes at H&M.

Oh I just love Christmas deco...

The Selfridges

London trip-Day 1

This is my 9th trip to London. I went there for the first time when I was a baby, couldn't remember much. It was during my second trip that I fell in love with that place (I was 13 years old). I just love everything about London, no one will understand that.

This trip is special. We got to use the Golden Lounge. I've been to Golden Lounge before, but only for domestic trips. The Golden Lounge for international flights is oh-so-nice.

I had tomato rice, some chocolates...that's it! Had to watch my weight! I didn't want to appear chubby in my holiday photos.

The flight took 13 hours, but Malaysia Airlines had a good variety of inflight entertainment. I watched The Time Traveller's Wife and P.S.I Love You.

Arrived at the new Heathrow terminal 4 at 5am. The airport was boring, not many shops there. I could only check into Malaysia Hall at 2pm, so I had to wait at the airport for 8 hours!

Fortunately, my dad discovered YOTEL. It's a small hotel located in the terminal building itself. Very convenient if you have to transit at the airport for long hours or if you have an early flight and do not want to go to the airport very early in the morning.

The rooms have a pinkish hue to it...very nice!

The rooms are extremely small, you can't move around much in it. This bed is foldable.

Everything is "folded" neatly into the wall to minimize space. Cool!

The bathroom.

There's a hole under the bed for you to store your luggage.

The Monsoon shower.

The controls for lights, TV, bed etc.

Finally at 2pm we checked out of YOTEL and took the tube to Bayswater station. Malaysia Hall is about 15 minutes walk from the station.

My room in Malaysia Hall which I had to share with my mum.

How rude!

This evening, as soon as I landed at KLIA, my mum wanted to go to the toilet so I accompanied her. There was a queue outside the toilet cubicles. Then suddenly a group of Malay girls cut the queue and proceeded to the toilet!

I wasn't in the queue, I was in front of the mirror fixing my hair. But I imagine if I'm in the queue. If I needed to go to the toilet so badly. And a group of pre-teen, annoying, kampung Malay girls cut the queue.

A British lady in the queue politely told them to queue up and wait for their turn. You know how those minah reacted?

The fattest one said, "Bodo la dia tu ada ke patut dia suruh kita queue dia ingat dia siapa pandai-pandai je nak suruh orang menyampah betul aku dengar rasa nak lempang je aku tak suka la orang macam tu macam bagus je dia tu dah la datang negara orang..."

And she droned on and on and on, complaining about the British lady. Seriously, she's a motormouth! I feel ashamed of being a Malaysian, or a Malay, more precisely. Those people are so freaking rude! Is it so hard to queue?!

I really admired British courtesy (and their weather, and their shops as well.Hehe). I wish Malaysians can be more polite.

Ghost story

I've heard lots of ghost stories. Mostly it happened in a hostel at a boarding school, or at my cousin's school or at someone else's house. It always take place at SOMEONE ELSE'S place. Never at my place where I've lived or stayed, whether in Uniten apartment or at my parents' house.

Until now.

A few days ago, it was during Maghrib. My mum heard someone outside our house calling her. She peeked out of the window to see who it was, but there was nobody. And instantly, her cat Koko ran towards the sliding door. And Koko was acting creepy. As if she saw someone...or something. People say animals can see ghost and dead people right? *Shivering*

Anyway, this morning, my next door neighbour told my mum that her maid had been experiencing some "scary" situation. When she's sleeping, she feels like a burden or some sort of "weight" on top of her. She feels suffocated and scared, so she had been sleeping with my neighbour's kids.

This kind of feeling only happens when a place is haunted. I've heard many horror stories from people. It's always the same. People feeling something "heavy" on them, when they're sleeping. OK I'm so creeped out here...

My neighbour asked whether my mum had been experiencing any of these things. Then my mum told her about hearing someone calling her name during Maghrib.

So what actually is going on here? Mum said that there's a abandoned house on my street. People are always moving in and moving out of the house. The house is always undergoing renovation. It is believed that the house has a penunggu, in other words, it is haunted.

So far I haven't been experiencing any of these creepy things. I've always read ayat Qursi. And I always sleep late, and when I go to the toilet at night, it always seem eerily quiet. But I read the doa before going to toilet, and I read the doa practically before doing anything, so I believed I will be OK.

Oooh I'm sooo scared.

Funny

There's a guy on Facebook who thinks that I had plastic surgery on my chin.

At first I don't get the meaning of "Awak buat ke?". What? I make my own chin? And then I got it. He's wondering if I've done any works on my chin. Haha.

If I were to think on the negative side, I would think that my face (or just chin, precisely) looks fake. But I'm gonna look on the bright side and take it as a compliment.

Career fair

Went to the career fair at PWTC with my boyfie.

Met my friend, Wani, there. She applied for Faber and KLIA Holdings. Both are engineering companies. Good for her. She has directions in life and she knows exactly what she wants.

Me? Since I have no real ambitions whatsoever, and I've already given up on civil engineering, I submitted my resume to a BANK and I approached a real estate company. Hahaha.

I learnt that my career path is not limited to civil engineering only. I can venture into lots of other fields. Companies hire people with degrees, doesn't matter what course you studied. As long as you're willing to accept a career change and willing to learn, then why not? This confirmed what my industrial training supervisor had told me. Just because I have a degree in civil engineering, does not mean I'll end up becoming a civil engineer.

It's been 10 days since the last day of final exam

What have I been doing? I sleep early without having to worry whether I've completed this project or that project, and I get to wake up LATE. I watch DVDs...I'm running out of DVDs to watch now. I read books. I haven't got the chance to read all the books which I bought during my internship days. I go on dates.

I feel relaxed. This is a refreshing change compared to my previously busy schedule.

Actually I planned to do my final year project during this holiday, but trying to get permission to visit schools is like asking the government to send me into space or something.Susah betul.

In the end I gave up, and decided to become a polar bear and hibernate during the holidays.

Oh, by the way, I've been so "busy" that I am almost unknown in this neighbourhood which I live in. Kids would point at me and ask my mum, "Aunty, sape tu?" And my mum would tell them "Tu Kak Nana, anak aunty."

After this I'll make a point to go to any open house/kenduri/party being held in this area.

Come have a look at my boring stamps!

Was forced by my mum to clean up some old boxes of mine, and guess what I've found! Lots of stamp albums! Yup! Now I'm collecting handbags and shoes, but when I was a kid I collected stamps. What a nerd!

I have stamps from almost every country in the world. You name it, I got it.

Presenting to you...some of my massive stamp collections!

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