me he perdido ...

... in this beautiful sunset.



there are better, i know. but this is the best i can see for the time being anyways. and besides, when i saw it, i stopped everything i was doing. it just took my breath away. and i just sat and watched till the spectacular show ended...

es bonito es romántico es precioso es espléndido

... r.e.g.r.e.t.s ...

have u ever laid awake in bed at night thinking about the past? bringing up bittersweet memories, some of which u sometimes wish either never happened or u never remembered? memories that make u sad and cry... even though, if u looked at it on another point of view, u would have laughed and smiled?

have u ever laid in bed in ur darkened room and wondered what life would have been like if ... ? and what life would be like in the future? regretting the things u have done or have said? wondering "what if i had done this" or "what if i said that"?

a fren told me to do things and live life with "no regrets". we should look at all the things that have happened as lessons of life and smile, not cry and regret. i mean, shouldn't we be happy with the way we have lived our life and not regretting it? why do we always seem to think that the grass is greener on the other side even though we have been to the other side and we discover that it is no greener than the side we were originally on? why is it that when we know that we should not be regretting, we still do it?

sure, it is easy to say "no regrets"... but how many people seriously lived their lives without any regrets??? who can dare say that they never, in any point of their lives, regretted anything? if there seriously is such a person, i would like to meet u. i want to know and learn how u not regret A SINGLE MOMENT of ur life.

...burnt and trying to walk away from regrets...

the adventurous 5

date : 23 april 2005
time : 11am - 4pm (24 april 2005)
location : sunderland, tynemouth, jesmond
temperature : 4 - 11degrees celcius
weather : supposedly sunny... cloudy actually
actors : winter, omi, azzy, jen, jian
mia : lena (on m.c.)



map of the metro

scene 1 : ~ 11am @ gateshead stadium
omi arrives only to find that winter, azzy, jen, jian and lena have yet to show. takes out hp to call winter who lives nearby, turns around and ta-da! winter arrives! :)
omi is informed that lena wouldn't be joining as she is down with fever and flu.

[hope u're feeling better edii dear lena!!!]

winter calls jian and finds out that they are arriving soon at gateshead stadium. rushes down to the side of the tracks with omi and gets onto the last carriage of the metro, just in time... meeting jian, jen and azzy.

scene 2 : ~ 12noon @ sunderland
after an uneventful ride on the metro (unfortunately... was hoping for amos brown and peter mitchell to alight!!! *hehehehe*), the adventurous 5 arrived at sunderland and somehow roamed into the bridges, sunderland's mall...


l-r : the bridges, in gap's fitting room... acck! pregnant woman!!!

... where the girls did a lil' shopping at republic and gap! errm, and azzy too!

eventually grew hungry and the 5 begin their search for lunch, no fastfood... only to end up in front of kfc and burger king! ;p
a toss of a penny led them into burger king where they filled their starving tummies.

after having their fill...
(especially jian who had a set meal of medium bacon double cheese AND a double cheese tex mex!!!)
... the 5 continued their adventures in sunderland walking here and walking there. found that primark in sunderland looks better than the one on northumberland street, with slightly more choices to choose from. eventually ended up on john street, where a lot of solicitors' offices are located... and at the end of the street was the county court of sunderland and nearby, a tall glass building - sunderland's winter gardens, and also mowbray park and a lil' museum.


clockwise l-r : the winter gardens, short history of winter gardens, view of the winter garden from mowbray park, view of mowbray park from winter garden.


various shots of the winter gardens...


clockwise l-r : the girls, the 5, the girls again, the 5 up to some mischief... :)


a flowerbed in mowbray gardens...gorgeous!


the top of a gazebo which had a quote... can't remember... something to do with "... lion, purr like iron, ... the orion"
iron purrs???

the 5 then ventured back into the bridges, for no reason whatsoever... and eventually deciding that they had enough of sunderland for the day, put their hands and feet together making a star, and chanted "the beach the beach the beach"...
... and they teleported to the beach!!! :)



*ahaHAAhahaa* if u believed that, u must be really crazy... :D
actually, the 5 hopped back onto the metro and thus begins scene 3.

scene 3 : ~ 5pm @ various locations
riding the metro, the 5 were looking really weary and so they decided to part ways. winter got off at gateshead stadium, which she nearly missed, and went home. once home, she changed into t-shirt and comfy pants, removed everything from her bag, went to the loo, washed and freshened up, returned into her room, sat down and turned on her laptop.

meanwhile, omi, jen, azzy and jian continued on to monument where omi got off and from there, went to her bus stop... onli to miss her bus by a minute and thus, had to wait for 20mins for the next one.

jen, azzy and jian got off at jesmond and walked halfway home when they decided to make full use of their daytravel metro ticket and go to tynemouth. jian then calls winter, who had just turned on her laptop, and informs her of the plan. whilst winter begins scrambling to get dressed and catch the metro to monument, he then calls omi, who had to walk back from her bus stop to metro station.

whilst waiting for winter, the 4 met at monument and saw a familiar lecturer walk past them and down to the station. meanwhile, winter ran from her house to the metro station just in time to catch a metro heading towards monument. arriving at monument, she runs up the long escalator to the top meeting the 4 who were waiting for her.

together again, the 5 then caught the metro to tynemouth.

scene 4 : ~ 6pm at tynemouth
winter notices someone looking kinda funny at her and decides to take no notice of it. until azzy mentioned that he saw familiar lecturer. the 5 then kinda 'followed' familiar lecturer until the entrance of the metro station. familiar lecturer then turned right whilst the 5 turned left.

while walking towards the town of tynemouth, the 5 discussed quite loudly on what familiar lecturer was doing alone and dressed in very casual. someone mentioned not to talk so loudly just in case familiar lecturer happens to meet them/overhear them, when... to their horror and surprise, familiar lecturer crosses the street on their right!!! the 5 then resumed their 'stalking' of familiar lecturer up until the outside of a pub. familiar lecturer walks into the alley, looks behind and enters a door. causing the 5 to ponder and to puzzle over what familiar lecturer was doing!!! and the 5 are STILL wondering today... :p

the 5 continued on their way towards tynemouth beach...
... and was greeted with strong blasts of cold, salty wind as they neared the coast. they walked towards the direction of the lighthouse...


the priory was a fortress a long time ago...


the lighthouse in the distance

...only to find that the path to the lighthouse was closed. but the 5 did get to enjoy the wonderfully cold seabreeze which reminded them of home, with the exception of the cold! :)


various shots

the 5 enjoyed a leisurely walk along the stretch of the coast... with sand entering shoes and jen avoiding dogs... whilst shivering from the cold!!! eventually the 5 grew hungry and thus began the search for dinner... found an indian restaurant located near cullercoats metro station, but was told that they had to wait an hour whereby they decided to return to newcastle city centre for dinner.

scene 5 : ~ 8pm at monument
arriving at monument, the 5 walked down the street towards the quayside in search of indian cuisine... onli discovering that nasi briyani costs sooo much more than in khan's in london. :(
still starving and craving indian food (sick of chinese edi), the 5 then boarded the metro to jesmond...

scene 6 : jesmond
heading to the restaurant which from the outside looks like part of a train when the 5 was hit with a waft of delicious indian food causing them to grow hungrier. arriving at the restaurant, the 5 discovered that it costs even more than the restaurants in the city centre.

tired and hungry.

luckily, spices was nearby... and although looking rather high-class and posh, the prices were cheaper than all the other places they had looked at. 3 lamb curry nasi briyani and 2 chicken curry nasi briyani was soon ordered...


yummylicious... but could it be becos we were starving???

...full and tired, the 5 then ended their day at azzy, jen and jian's house onli to part the next day at about 4pm.

omg!!! a full day plus 5 hours!!! :)

- the end -

i'm exhausted and tired edii... :p
time for bed... g'nights!!!



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!!! OMG !!!

- from the star education section dated 20.04.2005.


- from my photo album convocation dated 19.07.2004.

It's St George's Day!!!

What do you do on St George's Day?

No, seriously... what happens on St George's Day?

Why is it called St George's Day?

Who is St George???

Happy St George's Day!!!

Today is Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.'s birthday @ Maulidur Rasul!

And it is a public holiday in MALAYSIA!!!

Happy Maulidur Rasul to all my muslim friends!!!

...sleepless...

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must be wondering what on earth am i doing blogging at this ungodly hour of the night... well, i can't sleep and NO, i have not gone mad. was awaken from my sweet slumber by my dear housemate who set off the fire alarm about half an hour ago. i havnt a clue what he burnt... probbly toast... but deffie he burnt something. the house is reeking of something burnt. and that's coming from me, the girl who's having a 'leaking' nose and can hardly smell anything. *sigh*

so there i was, peacefully asleep, unbothered by my cold or coughs, dreaming of my prince charming... and then, "BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!" *sigh*
what have i done this time??? or not done... :p
he seems to be waking me up from my sleep really often these days... or mebbe it's becos i've been sleeping soo much, no thanks to sudafed.

it's been about a year since i was disturbed in my sleep by the fire alarm. i remember camden court and its' ritual "at least once a week" false alarms. and i can seriously say that it often occurs somewhere around this time... it got so frequent that at one point, i can almost predict when the alarms are about to go off. well, ok fine... not predict, but i know... why? cos the culprits seem to live right above my flat... everytime, just about 5-10 minutes before the alarm rings, i would hear a stampede and doors slamming. *sigh*

i remember having to put on warm clothing and then do the walk out into the cold... and then see that there are SOME people who are fully dressed and holding a cup of coffee... WOW! fire alarms go off and these people can get fully dressed and make themselves a cup of coffee... i don't know how blind the resident co-ordinators were but seriously... don't u think these people are suspects?! yes, i agree that they could be not asleep yet when the alarm goes off... but still??? *sigh*
one thing i noted was..... during the hols, there would be NO FALSE FIRE ALARMS. no alarms ringing at ungodly hours of the night when most people have gone home and the only ones left staying there are those who can't go home cos home is just tooo far away.

*hmm* now what does that say???

there was a point when i gave up going out... i just locked myself in my room and kept as quiet as a mouse until my flatmates came back. unfortunately, that caught on too and soon, my whole flat would not go out anymore... *lol* we did get caught once... but that was when we were so stoopid not to hide. *gosh* so notti!!!

yes, there were times when the fire alarms ring for real... ie, someone forgot to turn off the stove and thus, burnt a meal; someone sprayed perfume/room fagrance/hair spray right below the sensors; someone set off fireworks in the corridor... yeaps, u read that last one right... someone really set off fireworks in the corridor!!! oOh.. that's when the fire engines really came... my goodness, at the speed they go, people don't die in the fire, they die from being hit by the engines! :p
oops, i floated off... anyways...
yes, there were times when the fire alarms ring for real but on a ratio, for real v false alarms would be like 1:100!!! geez... and u would think that these people would be more civillised. don't they have anything else better to do?!

anyways, that was the past... i'm no longer staying there so i'm no longer afflicted by that. until tonight that is... *sigh*
heyy... wait a minute, i can take yet another sudafed and then i can sleep! it has been past 4 hours since i last took one... *hmmmmmz*

(p/s : i might have been talking nonsense... pls understand that it's 3am edi and i can't sleep... but, lo siento!)

one dance. just one.

nose

i'm disappointed... dl-ed and watched 8 episodes, got really interested and excited over it...
and then i discover that that is all that's ever going to be shown! sheeesh...



from l-r : paula, jesse, christina, meg, amber, judy, boyd, terry, dr kramer.

*sigh*



the mark in christina's eye... the sign of the devil... 666.

click HERE to learn more about the show...

"point pleasant is on hiatus"
sheeeesh!!!

***

the better alternative to kfc in newcastle... err, u.k. actually!
CHICKEN COTTAGE!!!

hey... it's HALAL!!!



sure, the place is kinda small... and service is really slow...

BUT...


set meal 3 : 2 chicken, 2 spicy wings, fries and a soft drink all for £3.20 (as corrected by jian)!

... the place is clean, the prices are reasonable... and the chicken taste better than kfc!!! :)

where is it?
located near chinatown... just beside the arch.

geez, i'm doing free advertising for chicken cottage... :p

***

advocacy unseen ASSessment this friday and i've fallen sick... :(
great time to be sick... *sigh*

so... taking steps to avoid getting worse... i bought this the other day...

NON-DROWSY sudafed decongestant tablets that contain pseudoephedrine hydrochloride.


so-called NON-DROWSY! after taking one tablet with one full glass of water as instructed, i started feeling sleepy... soon, my eyelids were so heavy that i had to go to sleep!

question : is there something wrong with me?!?!

anyways, whilst looking online for more info on sudafed, i found this website which is just soo cool! it has a cold and flu alert based on the map in uk... and, this week, newcastle is on low... whereas leeds, manchester, london and bristol are on moderate. few weeks ago, newcastle was on moderate...

hmmz, was it then that i caught the flu virus?

anyways, click HERE to view the map!

or... click HERE for a really neat symptom sorter which eventually recommends what kinda medicine u could take.

did you know that ur nose actually produces approximately one litre of mucus a day!?!
ONE LITRE!!!

and did you know that blowing ur nose too much can actually make the problem worse??!
hmm, then what am i to do? just let it run!?!?! and have a , err.. as spring usually says, LEAKING NOSE?!?! eeeyyeww!!! imagine, people with runny noses walking around with mucus leaking outta their nose... eeeeyeewww!!!

ok, i'm getting gross here...

more interesting facts on the nose...

as many as 200 different viruses can cause symptoms of the common cold;

a 3-day old baby can recognise his own mother's milk as the sense of smell is the strongest at birth;

by the age of 20 years old, our sense of smell is only 82% as good as when we were born. by 60, it would fall to 38% and by 80, it is only 28% as sensitive as at birth;

the sense of smell is more powerful in women than men and it is always strongest around the time of ovulation;

anosmia refers to the inability to smell;

the nose can detect tiny amounts of odourless chemicals known as pheromones, that act as sexual attractants and help us select our partner.
ooh! :)

okays, i'm going to zzz edii... stoopid sudafed. konon non-drowsy! :p

oh and i almost forgot my comic relief...





还记得您的味道.

estamos a dieciséis deh abril.
and someone is growing OLD!!! *grins*


¡¡¡ feliz cumpleaños la primavera !!!


¡¡¡ happee beedaee spring !!!


¡¡¡ feliz cumpleaños ghee !!!


¡¡¡ happee beedaee ghee !!!






many happyy returns of the day!!! i dare not mail u ur beedae pressie this year... not after what happened to ur beedae pressie last yearr... no wayy!!! unsolved mystery...

so, this is ur beedae pressie for this year!!! at least this time, this won't disappear!!! *grins*
unless of course, u delete this post... :p
don't u dare... i spent hours doing this!!! ungrateful woman!!! *hhmph*

oooh, the following sentence is for mj... so ghee, ask mj to read this...


mj...
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO ASK GHEE TO MARRY YOU!?!?!?


*hahahahaha*

have fun dear girl... see u when i see u... hopefully here in july/august!!!

***

"extra rest today will help prepare me for the challenges i'll face as an adult."
- pasquale.



"you don't take naps... naps take you."
- the big fat orange.



estoy cansado.

está lluvioso

snuggling down in bed
with beloved teddies
indulging in yummylicious hot chocolate
lost in a good read



*grins*

does anyone agree with me?

está lluvioso.

te quiero break.

an old couple
shopping together
hand in hand
sharing an icecream

how sweet is that?

a family
shopping together
hand in hand
sharing laughter and smiles

how sweet is that?

a young couple
shopping together
hand in hand
sharing sweet moments and kisses

how sweet is that?

sitting in a mall for 11 hours
u start to notice things...
like how, early in the day
the mall is full of the elderly shopping
and by late afternoon, the youngsters show up
by evening, the amount of families increases
and then, u realise that u're all alone...
and u're suddenly missing all those dearest to ur heart

is this how life is going to be like from now on?

itzal wizu nooneel sebutu.

i'm a working woman.

oh yes i am!!! :p

started work today 11am-5pm.
and going to work tomoro 10am-9pm.
non-stop.
without break.

sounds tiring eh?
not really...

i had time to read contract law!!! *grins*

all i do is sit there and smile and blink.
and if anyone dares venture over...
"hiya, everything alright?"
with a very sweet innocent smile. :)

sometimes i get up and get items for trying on.
sometimes i pack the items up and collect £££.
sometimes i get up and watch some people.
especially those who look like they have very itchy fingers. :p

all in all, my sales today was £200!!! *grins*

u happy i happy we happy i think.

AAAARRGHHH!!!!! now i really am pissed! what on earth is wrong with blogger?! been blogging and when i clicked preview, everything's GONE AGAIN!!!
i blogged yesterday and that post was lost... and now this?!?! AAARRGGHH!!!

i demand an explanation!!! and don't give me nonsense about connection being lousy and all... my connection is working a-okay!

AArrgH! frustrated...

***

here's a little something for certain people... peekaboo tells it so well for me...


***

unexciting reproduction (for the 3rd time now) from hereon of what i blogged yesterday...

***

monday
had breakfast/lunch/tea
(breakfast/lunch for jian, tea for me, komi, elena)
at jasmine in chinatown
(omg... egg tarts!!! heaven...mm mmm!!! )
went grocery shopping at eldon food.co
saw police arrest one man and woman
woman resisted arrest
mace used
i got a whiff of it
*ouchie ouchie*

me being nice - show where



see me?
that's where my eyes teared
crowd and jian nearer to woman
but no effect on them
all jian fault - be so '8' for what?
*ouchie ouchie*
poor woman get full blast of mace
*ouchie ouchie ouchie*

after that
saw this
my little discovery


music hall
nothing interesting actually
just that charles dickens was there...
*wow*


in newcastle for a year and a half
only now noticed it
better brush up before mana, dadi and summer comes
hey spring, u coming?

btw, music hall opposite grainger market.

***

the end of yesterday's blog

***

can hardly believe it but it snowed in spring!
time now is almost 7pm but it looks like 3pm outside!!!
bright and sunshineyy edi after the light snow!!!

cultivating fats

dreams...

why is it that there are some dreams that somehow no matter how hard u try, u can't seem to remember them? and yet there are some that u remember so clearly right down to the very bare details?

why is it sometimes the feelings u felt in ur dreams linger on even when u're already awake? why is it that sometimes u dream the same dream over and over again?

why is it recently i've been waking up to find my face wet with tears? why do i dream of you again? and why is it the same dream over and over? is it going to come true yet again?

and according to the current song playing...

a dream is a wish ur heart makes
when u're fast asleep
in dreams u will lose ur heartache
whatever u wish for u keep
have faith in ur dreams and some day
ur rainbow will come smiling thru
no matter how ur heart is grieving
if u keep on believing
the dream that u wish will come true

is it true? is a dream a wish that my heart makes? how does one then explain a bad dream??? i don't think anyone's heart would be wishing for a nightmare... is that even possible???

missing a stitch.