KK VACAY - HELLO!

DAY 1 - January 21, 2013

assalamualaikum and whaddup!

munirah had this free ticket from her dad to Kota Kinabalu so she ajak me and parina to tag along. 

but of course it's only free for munirah.

so parina and i had to pay for our own ticket.

my mama was ok with it but not parina's dad.

roza who is already in KK for she studies there didnt know i was coming so it's  gonna be a surprise for her.

teehee!

uncle joe (muni's dad) fetched us from the airport. 

we stopped by the house to unpack some stuff to be packed again for the activity roza had planned. banana boat ride kata nyaa..

 we promised to meet at uncle joe's office because it's weekdays and in case of the traffic jam. plus they said it's nearer.

some scenery i managed to catch on our way to uncle joe's office

there was some small party at uncle joe's office so we tumpang makan while waiting for roza and sofia. janji melayu biasalaahh.. 

uncle joe has some cute young officers working under him. they kept calling uncle joe "bapak".

i dont really understand what happened until munirah told me that they were actually flirting with us.

ohhhhh...

i just love the look on roza's face when she saw me. heheh.. surprise! sik smepat nak ambik gambar muka nyaa.. but....

surprise roza - check!

after stopping by roza's rental house for zuhur jamak asar, of we go to karambunai! 

remember plan A was to go for banana boat ride? yeah..sik jadi. because it was too expensive. i dont really mind paying RM40 for the ride. 

but the problem was everybody else haven't withdraw money so i had to pay for everyone first. 

i aint got enough money to pay RM40 x 5 + entrance fee 

so we went kayaking instead which is only RM15 for a double-sitter boat not including the entrance fee.

but the kakak at the counter gave us discounts which we only have to pay RM16 including the entrance fee ....

i dont know maybe we were friendly?

heheh

all geared up and excited!

sejam berjemur di pantai, off we go to the floating mosque for a pedal-boat ride! we pedaled until the traffic is clear. it was 4 pm and people were all rushing to go home.

the "floating" mosque

roza thought of bringing us to the aquarium in UMS but it was closed so we ronda-ronda in UMS. 

UMS is HUGGGGEEEE!! VERY HUUUUUUGGGGE! 

despite the HUGE compound, the buildings are HUGE  too! 

all the buildings are pink which makes it so cute. 

hahah..

they have their own research institute and what not.

if UNIMAS has a lake for recreation, UMS has it's own beach!

check out!

we managed to cathc the sunset!

Subhanallah! (not bad for a blackberry phone camera)

we were super hungry after the sunset so we went to 1Borneo Hypermall for dinner before movie.

muni sorang jak dah mnunjukkan how lapar we were.. heheh..

while waiting for the movie at 9.25 pm, i managed to grab a pair of pants, a pair of flats and a blouse. obviously shopping like that memang sik puas lah. grrrrr...

oh.. guess what movie we watched? MAMA. which i watched it already the day before with laila and awang  (yes i was the 3rd wheel). i cried for the second time watching it because the ending was very touching. sobss.. :'(

we arrived home around midnight and poor uncle joe had to wait for us to open the door because we aint got no key. sorry uncle joe..

it was a long loooong day.. prayed, pulled over the blanket and good nite!

xoxo

-FF-

p/s: there was this handsome pilot at the airport who tegur us with "assalamualaikum" and a smile! handsome,  uniform with black shades. *fangirl scream* turns out he's married. =='

TAKING MY (SO-CALLED) SHORT BREAK

assalamualaikum and whaddup!

signing in to my blogger account and checking out my reading list. and i spotted this! le "sisters" posting the similar title! hahah..

huh? lame? taukkkk... =='

xoxo
-FF-

DELAYED STORY: BETONG (day 2 & 3)

COCK-A-DOODLE-DOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

woke up at 5 am thanks to Mr Rooster. i wasnt very sure of the prayer time in betong. i forgot to ask mak bu.......

"ALLAHU AKBAR, ALLAHU AKBAR!"

 i was told that the surau is just one house away. so yeah.. i could hear Azan loud and clear. Hani is still sound asleep so i go ahead and refresh myself to perform Subuh and maybe help Mak with the breakfast. i didn't know what time Mak woke up but as i came down to shower, she was already in the kitchen, preparing breakfast. she was only preparing drinks 'cos she said we'll have breakfast in town.

we (my family angkat and i) aint got no cars but we have 2 motorcycles. there's bapak, mak, kak siti, kak mai, adha, me and hani. guess how do we get to places?? yepp.. send one person, then fetch another at home. jangan sik ngencerik idup susah... it was a fun exeperience!

so we had to be at the school by 8 am for the program. we started off by warming up with some cute xi shua shua dance and some spanish dance.

so we played some games with the Betong kids. oh! i met joe's younger brother. kak mai said he's a little bit different from the other kids. through my observation, he's just hyperactive. he won the musical chair twice! hahah..

that nite after performing zapin johor for the closing ceremony, we went to rumah pengantin for what we sarawakian called it as "berlulut" where the bride took photos in different traditional costumes. hey, did i tell you that the bride is joe's classmate and also his sister-in-law? yes. we went to joe's elder brother's wedding.  sik cukup berzapin di dewan sekolah for closing ceremony, we were asked to berzapin d rumah pengantin. ko pahammm?? yahhhh...

but let me tell you something, the best thing about kampung weddings is that the togetherness among the villagers. the celebration was a lot different from the one i've been to. meriah with the bergendang and bertandak and everything. dont really know how to put em into words. u have to be there to experience everything.

we went back to unimas on the next day. the trip was short but the most meaningful experience ever! i gained a lot from the trip. it's been like 2 months and i miss betong so much. i'll definitely go there again someday. :)

the boy in red is joe's younger brother. hey, i look like one of em! ahaks!

meet pija! very quiet and adorable

the bride. she's my age

the bride and groom diarak on this high chair which has "just married" written at the back

heheh.. yes. maok jwak merasa duduk sia.
btw, i didnt know sharul and ijat standing behind us until i saw this photo

p/s: will update bout my family angkat in a different post. toodles!

xoxo,
-FF-

FOOD FOR THOUGHTS

"Whenever you are going through a bad time in your life and wonder 'Where is God?', just remember that the teacher is always quiet during a test..."

**copied from Kak Doo

xoxo
-FF-

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i am not very sure of what i want,
but i am PRETTY sure of what I DONT WANT.
let me just keep it to myself as my own dirty little secret.. :)

xoxo
-FF-

SCHOOL TOOL FOOL DROOL WOOL COOL POOL and everything that rhymes...

assalamualaikum and whaddup 2013!

it's the first week of school and that means it's time for me to DO my cousin's homework.
YES. DO.
well not that i'm the one writing the answers and all. but the fact that i'm the one who have to think of the answers is sill considered as DOING the homework for them right?

kids nowadays. waiting to be fed instead of feeding themselves.

hey,
back in my time, i did ALL  of my homeworks ON M OWN.. finished them all and let mama check the answers for me. if there're mistakes, i find the solutions ON MY OWN. i dont remember relying on people for answers. could say that i was kinda independent back then. and still am NOW! doing my assignments without relying on other people in my group cos that's how i roll and again, not complaining. :)

oh!
except for my physics homework back when i was 16 where i copied my classmates homework cos i didnt understand a single thing that my teacher had taught. heheh.. but that's a different case.. well maybe some other more homework back in high school that i copied from my friends and again, it's a different situation 'cause when u're a teenager, u have that extra lazy hormones in you.. heheh

oh! and that time when i was too lazy to do my homework and i just didnt do it and just waited for the answers from my teacher. hahah!

ok fine im as lazy as kids nowadays. or maybe i am one of the kids nowadays.. hmmmm...

ok then toodles!

xoxo
-FF-

STATEMENT OF THE WEEK

STILL SINGLE BECAUSE CERIDAK!

TOODLES 2012, ASSALAMUALAIKUM 2013!!

assalamualaikum!

 just read amy's latest entry and my jari jemari are all ngiluk... :'(

its the last day of 2012 means its syed zahiruddin's birthday! or how i always call him: DEKBONG (short for aDEK BONGsu) 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEKBONG!!

2012 is another normal average year, like any other year...

but with a little extra flavors from the spices i found along my journey.. i managed to enjoy every bit of it.

despite the Mayans prediction of doomsday, the earth is still sphere alhamdulillah..

lets go down the 2012 memory lane shall we?

managed to make it thorugh my first semester in UNIMAS 3.74 (alhamdulillah..)!!

celebrating birthday with taylor lautner!!

met nohfee for the first time, she's a friend who i knew from an mrsm community network

rented my first room with amy

got my first blackberry smartphone!! which turned out to have a dumb battery.. bummer.

started to wear my hijab.. alhamdulillah~~

having juniors

moving to another new house with amy and manis

got my new laptop!

first sprained ankle :(

first family angkat..

first experience staying in a kampung..

made new awesome friends!

not to forget spending more times with my ALL my awesome friends!

been a murder suspect..

kenak saman polis!

bumped into a car while reversing and managed to settle everything on my own wtihout anybody else knowing except for usu, amy ad all you readerss...

managed to spend time with UNIMAS' future engineers.. *wink*

despite all that, i am still single. yes, ALLAH is saving the best for me. :)

like end of 2011, i spent my end of 2012 with foooooooooddddd~~~

ok not the point.

lets hope that i found more flavors to be added into my recipe of life in 2013 WHICH IS TOMORROW!!

HAPPY NEW YEARRRRRRR!!!

**confetti falls down from no where**

KIDS NOWADAYSS

assalamualaikum!

i was talking to my 12-year-old cousin about her new pair of shoes.

"sine kitak meli? BATA?"

"BATA?? pffftt.."

"yarabiiiiiiiii....."

what more can i say?

xoxo,

farz

DELAYED STORY: BETONG (day 1)

assalamualaikum! this has been delayed for so long. so here goes.

i have always wanted to know how it feels like staying in a kampung.

staying in a rumah kayu, 

listening to sound of nature, 

the smell of fresh air..

well hey! alhamdulillah i was given the opportunity to experience all that during my trip to betong last month. it was a little something something for the kids in kampung hulu + kampung hilir + kampung baru during their school breaks. 

we called it "SCHOOL HOLIDAY ATTACK!"

on our way there, we had some mini accident. 

im not really sure what happened but i guess our bus was scratched my a lorry passing by. 

causing our back window to crack. 

ijat sat near that window so he was a lil bit traumatised my that. poor ijat. 

the look on his face when that happened....

and plus, our tyre was flat too so we had to stop some place that i dont really know the name to change it. hey, guess what i saw??

tadaaaa! piggiesss!! teehee!

i know its kinda rare to find this kinda of things in semenanjung. 

those piggies were grunting when we passed by to go to the toilet. 

anis was like "bunyi apa tu? bunyi apa tu??" 

hahah!

so yeah... because of the unwanted accident, we arrived later than we expected. 

we waited at a school for our family angkat to fetch us there. 

yess.. we have family angkat!! 

i'll tell you guys about them in a different post.. :) 

guess what? mak (my mak angkat) cooked very early knowing that we're gonna be very hungry after the 6-hour journey. 

and they waited for us to eat together. awwww...

i guess that's all for day 1... to be continued...

xoxo,

farz