From Surrey to Port of Dover to Paris

The real day for our EuRoad Trip finally came. We left from Kak Yati's house in Surrey after stuffing our bellies with yummeh-mummeh Malaysian food (around 3pm), heading to Port of Dover. Made a few stops, plus one wrong turn, we reached there, and was greeted by the moon. However, lucky us, we got a discount from 120GBP to 70GBP just because the man in-charge there was a Malaysian.

(yay! we stepped out with the correct foot today..50GBP is worth a few tops already!)

the non-skilled photographer, the non-authorized DJ , the restless driver

window-shopped but everything was ridonkulously expensive inside!

too bad, ain't any place for a Titanic shot, no Leonardo DiCaprio as well

one is too sleepy to smile, one is too hungry to even look at the camera.

He'll probably eat it!

After 4 hours driving from Port Dover with 1 hour playing a maze inside Paris itself, we reached French Institute of Petroleum, to spend a night at Tiq's place. Oh boy, we didn't knew there were so many Rueil-Malmaison St. in Paris! We thought we were in the correct place, so we parked and called Tiq to come down. For all we know, the Rueil-Malmaison St that we were suppose to be was 1 hour away!!! (?) (?) (?)

I cant imagine being the driver, it was already 8 hours driving since we left the UK. The clock shows nearly 1am. If it was me, I will just turn off the engine, keep the keys in my pocket and order everyone to sleep in the car.

But, naaaah, that's why I wasn't the driver. And never should be.

So trying to be an energy-booster, I told him, "Dont worry man, I feel you, Mr. Driver"

*give a pat on the back*, I feel you.

But when he turns behind after 10 seconds, I was already off dreaming~

Santhi Turns A Year Wiser

A special post today, for a special person, as for me and for us all.

SANTHI TURNS "16" TODAY!!

She is our superwoman, busywoman, prettywoman, all-rounder woman, awesomewoman & so many other names that I could never even dream to have. But for Santhi, YES, she can have all those! That's what makes her special, she's no ordinary, I tell ya!!

I love her for her kind heart like no other, her non-judgmental attitude, her helping hand which is always there for you, her stupid jokes that can give asthma attack if you're asthmatic, and for no obvious reason, I'm head over heels with her cooking!! All in all, she is the perfect package, the best you can have around.

Hence, I wish this very dear friend of mine, many many happy returns and splendid year ahead.

i told you, she turns 16 today, just count the candles!

the party-themed balloon

your favorite girls, who loves you to bits!!

P/s (Santhi) : Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional. You are as old as you act, so just be like 16!!

London - Day 2

Enough of dramas & comedies, now lets roll on to the outing with my schoolmates Amani & Hazim . Believe it or not, we haven’t met since the last day we all left school. And that makes it 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 years! Hence, the excitement can top the Everest.

Amani will arrive from Leicester in the afternoon, but Hazim who came all the way from Southampton, was beyond any doubt, extremely excited to see me. How I knew? Oh well, I got a call from him 5 minutes before my alarm was suppose to ring.

Hazim : Hye, I reached London! I’ll be there at Bayswater real soon.

Me (half awake) : Ok good. *yawn* but it's too bad coz I'm still in bed, and even I’m dying to see you, the quickest record for me to get ready is like one hour. Prolly, u can go somewhere, grab a cup of coffee or something first....

Hazim : Yeah you smart*s*, you haven’t set your time zone yet perhaps, its 10 minutes to 7am, where the hell to find a coffee shop at this time???

Me : Really??????!!!@@#$%^^$#!!!!!! *rub eyes* Ok bye, I’ll see you in a while, I'll try my best! *jumps out of bed*

So, for Hazim, I made a record of getting ready in 45 minutes instead of an hour (I’m not really sure how I did it, but I just did it *applause ppl*)

Met him at the underground station, spilled the gossips like a gossip-machine with a missing Stop button, and roamed around London city toying with his new £700 DSLR. (How I wish Mr.Daddy's scholarship was like TNB's scholarship too, TNB really spoil their scholars)

Later met up with Amani for lunch at Nando’s. We took so long to find the building coz we were searching for a typical green Nando’s restaurant, but hey, the one they have in Bayswater was painted BEIGE, I repeat, BEIGE, you all!!! The building was just at the tip of our noses for all this while.*duhhh*

Me & Hazim

Bismillah. Thanks for the treat, Amani!

Later we went back to pray Zohor, exchanged souvenirs and left for the mission of the day - WESTFIELD! For all my life, never had I surrender in shopping, usually my mom/sis/bro will surrender while shopping with me, but on that day, I just did. My friends were such a loyal company, Hazim being the most honest criticizer in the universe, Amani was basically running around carrying my stuffs while looking for other things that are cool & on sale. But gushing into the crowd and searching for clothes which most of them are lying on the floor, watching your steps carefully before you know you might trip on someone's handbag - that is NOT the idea of a shopping trip I kinda anticipated. When you see how the crowd is packed, that will totally demotivate you! I just bought a couple of things, then suddenly became hypoglycemic when me & Amani smelt ice-blended coffee. We directly turned to Hazim with puppy eyes, and yes, he fell for it *yay*.

For dinner that night, we went to Malaysian Hall for yummy Malaysian cuisine, Hazim insisted to give us a treat (boy, how can i NOT love them?). Went to Westminster Bridge to snap couple of night view pics, before sending Hazim off at Victoria. Night scenery over that bridge was gourgeousuperbrilliant!!

The Biggie Benny

How i wish that "toy" was mine instead :-(

By the way, notice Hazim's Adidas sling? When we met earlier in the morning, he gave me that bag and said "Here is some breakfast I packed from home for you, just in case you didn't have yours, and if you might get hungry while we're out". Boy, how thoughtful he is!! That's why they say "True friends know you at your best, and worse". He definitely remembered from somewhere, the fact that I get hungry every 4 hours.

At Victoria - the part I hate the most

Saying goodbye is always a torture. I hate it as much as I hate public toilets. We don't know when we'll meet again , or , do we even have another again. I certainly hope we do. Hazim is gonna graduate from engineering school in summer, and Amani will complete her MBBS a year after that. I wish them both all the best in their future endeavors. I had a splendid time with them in London. Till we meet again...