#44 - UK Trip: Stopover in Amsterdam and Hello Bristol

The UK trip was rather a last minute decision by En. Suami. The initial plan was only between my parents in law and sister in law. We departed from KLIA on 6th April to Amsterdam by MAS. It was definitely the longest journey ever as I was having trouble to sleep. 

I was excited and the seat was not that comfortable. Who can blame me?

We reached Schipol International Airport at about 7.15am. Since we already checked in our luggage from KL straight to Bristol and had 6 hours of transit, we planned to use the time to visit Keukenhof, the largest flower garden in the world.

I'm not really a fan of flowers but to me tulips are very pretty. So ever since I was a little girl, I always wanted to see tulips in Amsterdam. Yes, I can see tulips at any other places too but there's nothing like seeing a flower from where it's really belong. 

It was a beautiful sight at Keukenhof despite the tulips were not fully bloom. I'm sure once the tulips are in full bloom, it will be a magnificent scenery. We spent like one and half hours there. Obviously we didn't fully covered the whole place but it was enough to me.

Dream #1: To visit tulips garden in Amsterdam Checked!

We took a bus and went back to the airport as we have a plane to catch. There, we met up with my parents in law, sisters in law and nephew. From there, we flown to Bristol by KLM and the journey took about one hour.

In Bristol, we stayed over at my another SIL's house. She is currently in Bristol pursuing her doctorate.

The very next day we visited Bristol City and it was pretty much dead because of Easter weekend. We were literally window shopping. Haha. Hey, at least we got to eat at halal KFC.

The first 2 days, we spent most of our time in Bristol before our trip to London which I will tell in my next entry.

Till then.

#43 - Get In Touch

Hello.

A month after I came back from my UK Trip and I didn't drop a line here at all. So, I'll definitely going to write down bits and pieces from my recent trip. But here's I have been up to since I came back.

1) One week after my holiday, I re-join my ex company on contract basis to help them with some of the assignments although I this point, I regretted my decision. I should have look at other options. But, it's too late now. 

2) My house is still look like a tongkang pecah. I don't even have time to reorganize every thing. 

3) Basically I'm not doing anything much besides complaining about my job. Urgh! I need to get out. Otherwise, I'd be too stress out.

Story of my life.

Till then.

#42 - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Hello dear readers.


I'll be away for 2 weeks for a family vacation. I'll be heading to this place where they shoot this particular scene;



For this particular movie.

No prize for guessing whether En. Suami and I would re-enact the scene.

Please pray for our safety.


Take care and much love.

#41 - La La La Kerjalah

For almost 2 weeks now, I've "seconded" to a different unit to assist a team with their workload. Although it's not something that I want to do anymore but if I want to be permanently placed here in the oganization, I have to do it.

Compared to my previous unit, this is more noisy and busy unit. The teammates are different and obviously I prefer my previous teammates. Ok, maybe I'm bias but yeah.

Shared my concerns with my friends and somehow my previous Superior also got to know that I'm not very happy at the new place but I told her, I'll survive.

Another 6 days to go and I'm sure I can do this.

All the best!

#40 - Wishful Thinking

I am 29 and 1 month today. Let's see whether I managed to get everything on my wish list;

1) A new camera: Insya Allah will be getting my Canon EOS1100D tomorrow. Alhamdulillah.

2) A new battery for Cammy: Cammy is in a very bad condition. Need to bring her to the Centre.

3) A short holiday: :)

4) Gathering with the loved ones. My friend organized a surprise party. Awesome.

5) A black handbag: Yes! My boss got me a Charles & Keith bag.

6) Clark shoes: Nope

7) iPad cover and screen protector. Nope but maybe later

4 out of 7. Coolness.

#39 - Steal That Look

When I go for a holiday, I really put an effort on what clothes I put in my luggage. I would make sure the clothes is not repeated from the recent holiday. And if I have to repeat, I have to make sure that I mix and match differently so it does not look repetitive.

Normally, I would take more than a week to decide. And this is what I normally do when I have to start packing for clothes to bring;

Step 1: Check the weather report. Is it going to be summer, spring, autumn or winter? So far, I've traveled in spring and autumn. Spring in Hong Kong. Autumn in Melbourne.

Step 2: Try to recall what clothes do I have in my closet. Do I need to get new jacket or top? Normally, I would try not to buy new clothes because I seriously need the money to shop overseas.

Step 3: Mix n Match with whatever I have.

Step 4: Once I have the idea on what to wear, I would try them on first. Have a feel. If everything is ok, put them in the luggage. Continue Step 3 and 4 until complete.

Here's some of styles I wish I could rock during my holiday.

Love the style. Taken from Wendy's Look Book

Now, the challenge is to make do with everything that I have and create the same look.

All the best!

#38 - Stepford Wife

I prepared dinner last night after a very long hiatus from the kitchen. There was always dinner with families or friends.

At the office, I already planned what I want to cook. Since I forgot to take out the chicken from the freezer in the morning so I decided to make the next best thing; fried rice. Nasi goreng belacan to be exact. I googled on the recipe (yes, I am that noob) and finally settled with the simplest way of making it.

As I was very excited of making the dish, it was such a sickening moment when you found out the belacan that you know was in the fridge is no longer edible. Then, instead of using the traditional belacan, I used the belacan seasoning. And it didn't turn out to be something like you imagined.

IMAGINE THE FRUSTRATION.

I was close to tears at that time but I kept it together and started to prepare the table for dinner.

Despite En. Suami kept having second and third helpings, I felt bad. I felt that I am such a bad cook that I can't even prepare a decent meal for my husband. At the end of my meal, I started crying.

En. Suami said I have such a high standard in my cooking whereas he felt that it was ok.

Maybe I have too high expectation. I wanted everything to be perfect, you know the Stepford Wife perfect but it's getting out of control. I should learn to let loose.

Sigh.