The sweet-goodbye post.

I woke up this morning, feeling horrible. Not because I was having one of those awful bad hair days (thank GOD i'm wearing hijab) or my boyfriend slept in the middle of IM-ing me last night (okay, the latter was true but I did that to him almost every day, so I have no right to be mad. Heh). Ayah went back to Jeddah yesterday. He will not make it for my graduation but I'm okay with that because we went for my graduation photo-shoot last week, so metaphorically, I've graduated. Heehee. I hope he will be back for raya Qurban though, or else the four of us will be celebrating raya alone as Mama will be doing her Hajj this year. Hmmm. Things will be quite difficult without him, but we'll be fine, Insyaallah.

Here's some 'melodramatic' pictures me and my sister took when we were in KLIA.

Bully victim T.T

Ayah kacakkk

Uhuk :.(

L-R: Dato' Siti, Frankenstein, Mama cantikk

Arghh. I hate saying goodbyes, especially in the airport. Believe me, I should be an expert in saying goodbyes by now. Tapi tak tahulah kenapa tak expert2 sampai sekarang. :(

So, in order to put my mind at ease, I baked.

Tak main la bake senang-senang. Bake recipe susah-susah la, baru thrill. :P Actually, tak susah pun. Nama resipi yang macam nak kena pergi France beli ingredients, tapi senang je. ;)

Vanilla & Chocolate Coconut Macaroons. Heeeee.

I'll probably post the recipe later, depending on your request. If you want the recipe please don't hesitate to leave a comment. But this macaroons are strictly for coconut lovers. For those who are hypersensitive or doesn't like the coconuty-taste and texture, you should try other macaroons recipe, prolly the almond based macaroons.

Till then, XOXO.

p/s: I miss you Ayah. Uhukkk :(

Journey Part I

Journey to the Holy Land - Makkah & Madinah

I've been to many places.
Seen so many faces.
But in this journey, everything was different.


At first, I was anxious, afraid and overwhelmed with disbelief.
Will I ever be accepted to enter HIS house?
Or even step to HIS holy land?
Am I worthy to be HIS guest?


But Allah is Merciful.
The door is always open for to seek HIS forgiveness.

"O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah . Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."

[Surah Az-Zumar (The Troops) 39:53]

My sister once said, once you've been here, everything else is miscellaneous.

It was truly a blessing and I wouldn't change it for the world.

Leaving on a jetplane.

InsyaAllah, tomorrow I'll be leaving on a jetplane with my family, to Jeddah. Ayahhhh here we come! Hehee. When we are there, InsyaAllah, we will perform our Umrah.

To my dear friends, if you are reading this, I'm sorry for my wrongdoings. Kalau ada hutang apa-apa, minta dihalalkan for the time being. Kalau ada, please remind be to get back to you once I reached home, which will be on early July.

To my friends who are getting engaged/married, congratulations! I'm sorry I can't attend your engagement ceremony/reception. Happy for all of you! :)

Ya Allah, minta dipermudahkan perjalanan kami. Aminnnn.

Salam.

Green Fingers

We went to my dad's kampung the other day and I had a chance to snap some pictures of my grandmother's garden.

Since the weather was great, I couldn't resist myself to go out and take a few shots of the blooming flowers and freshly harvested fruits. I admit, I love to take pictures of nature as they will never complain of how my shots will turn out to be ( big grin ;)

Both of my grandmothers have greenfingers, and obviously that talent is passed on to the second generation, my parents. I hope there's a greenthumb gene inside of me too, probably waiting to come out once I bury myself in dirt sigh.Lets hope that talent doesn't go down the drain shall we.

Sabah has TONS to offer!

Jungle trekking at Ox Bow Lake, Kinabatangan

Lower Kinabatangan river cruising

Canopy treetop walkway at Poring Hotspring, Ranau

Kinabalu National Park, Kundasang



Hiking at Mount Kinabalu. (weehuu :P)

See the Orang Utans at Sepilok, Sandakan

Gomantong Cave, Sukau

Sibuan Island, Semporna

Those were the places that we've been when we were in Sandakan, Sabah. There are a lot more interesting places that we don't have the chance to go, due to the lack of moolah as well as weekends-lah.

For wildlife enthusiast, Borneo is one place you should go! There are lots of National Parks in Sabah for you to get lost into. And for those who wants to go to their honeymoon, I recommend Semporna. You can find the most beautiful crystal clear water, white sandy beaches as well as breath-taking water-chalet in Semporna since its the getaway to multiple number of great islands i.e. Sipadan.


I surely will miss my six weeks in Sandakan, the great company and friendly people that we have make friend with. :)

And yes, my aim of 70% GO JOLI and take pictures during our stay in Sabah (refer to the previous entry) has reached its target, but the 1% aim of going to the hospital for the sake of filling up the attendance has reached above its target limit to 20%, since we went to the Medical Camping in the center of Borneo.

Ok lah tu kan?

Sandakan oh Borneo!

taken from karrantza's photostream

Current location : Sandakan, Sabah.

Yeah, for the first time in 22 years and 8 days of my life, I'm outside my comfort zone. For 6 solid weeks. I hope airasia is not planning giving off free tickets or I'll be the first one to book the flight and break my vow to stay here for 6 weeks without fail. *sigh*

And to make it more uninteresting, its it not purely for the reason of taking a break from my usual routine. It is supposed to be:

1. 60% as a prerequisite before stepping to our final year of medical school
   
2. 20% for an early exposure before becoming the so called 'House Officer'
3. 15% be independant!
   
4. 5% enjoy ourselves before our the finals.

But for me, it is a little bit different:

1. 70% GO JOLI! and take pictures!
   
2. 10% to meet the orangutans in Sepilok, Sandakan
3. 9% to hit the beaches!
   
4. 6% to go shopping
   
5. 4% jalan-jalan, cari makan-makan.
   
6. 1% to go to Hospital Duchess of Kent, Sandakan for the sake of filling up the attendance.
   

I'm not going to lie to you, but I'm not looking forward on seeing sick people in the next 6 weeks.
But a med student got to do what a med student got to do.

Along the way, its not a sin to go play play right? Hehe.

But I'm SURELY gonna miss my family tho'....

:(

Lots of love,
All the way from Borneo.

At the lowest.

For a moment, it is difficult to get your mind off somebody.
Particularly when it was only yesterday that the time is mutually shared.
And only for a split second, the contentment slips away.
When you realized that the path you take is not the same as his.
And the comfort of being beside him will be months away.
That is the time when the tears are shed, and the feeling is poured.
As being strong willed can easily be mimicked, and sadness can easily be misinterpreted.

Painting the sky with a smile.

I've been away from Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur for 4 weeks ( laugh all you want people, today I have lectures!), which explain why I've not been active in blogging recently. Currently, I'm in Juasseh, Kuala Pilah, having a hands on experience on the health of the community. Cewahh.

And because of that, for the past 4 weeks, I've been deprived from Internet Connection. I'm actually quite impressed of myself for the achievement. :))

But yesterday, thanks to Celcom Broadband Daily Unlimited, I've been able to connect myself with the world for just RM 6 for 24 hours!. ( jadi promoter kejap). All I need is a phone with GPRS or 3G setting, a virus free laptop as well as phone credit and I 'm just a click away with the world!





Imagine lah duduk Kuala Pilah for 4 weeks, takde internet connection. But I survived! I'm not procrastinating lah being sent to Kuala Pilah for 5 weeks. Actually, I'm lovin' it! Now I only have 5 days left before I go back to rat infested Kampung Baru. Kind of sad thinking about it (tambahlah lagi lepas ni posting OnG). :(((

But now my credit will expire in just 15 minutes, so I will post the detail (as well as the pictures) of my stay here in the next post. Ciao!