A Blink in Time

Currently Listening to:

The Day the World Went Away

by

Nine Inch Nails

OST: Terminator Salvation)

(Picture not taken by me but from Wikipedia)

NICE???

This is Halong Bay, Vietnam.

This is where the Potato will be spending her weekend.

A beautiful natural wonder protected by UNESCO and the top tourist attraction in Vietnam.

That is after she tours the city of Hanoi of course! :D

It's 12:30AM now and in approximately 2 1/2 hours, the Potato's alarm is gonna go off. And in another 3 1/2 hours, the airport cab is gonna be waiting at her front gate. And in a funny way, the Potato has no idea what time her flight is... LOL. So she presumes it's bout 6:30-7AM?

Yes, the Potato is going for another vacation with her beloved daddy and mummy. And this time it's to the land of the 'Great South' of Vietnam!

HOWEVER...

Due to their horrible sleeping pattern that the Potato is currently facing now, she is wide awake while she is suppose to be zzzzing away. :(

Hence the blogging...hehe.

She will be MIA from the 16th-21st of July so please don't call or sms (unless needed) to save your phone bill money cause it cost double-triple with the international line thingie. The Potato apologises for those oblivious souls who did so during her week in Indo... :P

Do take care people and have a blessed week ahead.

God bless and XOXO~! :D

Beneath My Sky

Currently Listening to:

Footprints in the Sand

by

Leona Lewis

(my current favourite song)

As most of you have know, the Potato is back in KL. Her trip to Indonesia was okay. Aside from the biggest shopping spree of her life, the Potato came back bearing sickness (not H1NI) but safely made it past the airport's quarantine. :)

It was a 7 day trip from Jakarta ->Bandung -> Yogjakarta and shopping was everywhere!

Of course the main purpose of the Potato's presence in Indo was Borobodur!! Visited lotsa ancient temple in Yogjakarta, saw a volcano, jalan2 like mad etc. The Potato is satistified, tired and thankful! I'm so blessed, thank the Lord! :)

She doesn't plan to blog much about it (wanna know more, ask me yourself) so here's a few pics and a list of her shopping inventory (yes, show off la... :P) - Note: the things were very CHEAP there.... hence:

34 TOPS:

- 17 T-shirts (purely mine and not including those I bought for my friends and family)

- 6 dresses

- 4 camisoles

- 4 blouses

- 2 batik top

- 1 poncho

6 Bottoms:

- 2 exercise pants

- 2 skirts (one formal and one jeans)

- 2 jean shorts

Accessories:

- 3 feet wear (2 pairs of slippers and a pair of sandals)

- 2 belts

- 1 hat

- 7 badges

- a whole lot of key chains


The Potato wants to thank the Lord for providing and blessing her with such loving, generous and great parents who made this possible (my dad is complaining that I have too many baju :P). Thanks mum and dad, you are the best! Thank the Lord for his blessings, favor, protection and neverending love in my life. There were ups and downs during the trip in Indo, but the Lord has been good and I proclaim His awesomeness in my life. :D

The ancient temple of Prambanan

I have the Borobudur in the palm of my hand!!

Love my parents!

Got sick halfway in Indo. Had to cover up in the streets of Bandung during shopping as it was very dusty.

Jakarta! The big city!


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Praise the Lord for His grace, mercy, love, faithfulness, blessings, protection, favor and providence. He is awesome and good.

Have a blessed week jolly people.

Hugs. :)

A Step of Spring

Currently Listenin to:

Just One Dream

by

Heather Headley

(Main theme of California Disneyland)

Vacation to Turkey Day 2 (Canakkale to Kusadasi):

Visiting the ancient city of Pergamon & acropolis and Troy.

Pagi pagi dah semangat gila....lol. Enjoying the cold outside the hotel

Ancient City of Pergamon - its on a hill. Very Pretty

LOVE IT LOTS!

This used to be a temple dedicated to Zeus (up)

TADAA~!

Ancient City of Troy

Supposedly the famous Torjan Horse

Keluarga aku....

Me and my aunt main2...

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Okay, it's a short post I know... it's only a fraction of a fraction of the pictures I have on day 2 . But cukup la... post too many pictures pun not nice. Lain2 boleh didapati kat facebook or just come over to my place to tengok all the gazilion pics la. Also sorry for the very short explanations. I can yakk non-stop bout the places (and be the next tour guide - cheh!) but too much to type la. Wanna know more then just wikipedia la or ask me personally. :P

Till the next post. Have a nice day and God bless! :D

Dafodils along my high way....

Currently Listening to: River Flows in You by Yiruma

Okay, sorry again for the absence. As stated before Dec 08 was a busy month for me. My Fraser's Hill trip was fine (probaly won't blog about it but pics will be uploaded in Facebook la - hopefully) and not long after I came back, I stayed over at Jenny's for a couple of days (explains the absence) before she flies off to US. So now I am back and chilled. And am in leisure to blog about my Turkey trip. I won't post that many pictures here as most of them are available on Facebook (actually only a fraction there - with 800+ pics - I had scrutinize every choice before uploading - end up only uploading less than 200 pics) and kalau nak tengok more, come to my house je la. :P

Day 1 of tour in Turkey (Istanbul and Canakkale):
Visited the Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace and Haghia Sophia (San Sophia Church). Later on procedeed to Canakkale by ferry.

Temperature outside: 5 degrees

Arrival in Istanbul - Atarturk Airport

First picture outside the airport -in the bus-

Jalan raya dia orang...

The famous Blue Mosque

Their common walking road - macam Europe. Not pleasant to walk on for people with small feet (macam aku)

The Obelisk of Theodosius

Blue Mosque courtyard

Cantik la....

Inside the Blue Mosque - prayer hall - had to tanggal kasut. The reason it was called the Blue Mosque was because the glass windows were blue and when the sun light came in, it made the mosque look blue (from within).

Way to Topkapi Palace - I just love the trees.

Background: Topkapi Palace. This is their common snack kat the jalan - some kind of bread - macam kita orang punya pretzel.

Blue Mosque again

It was a nice walk to Topkapi Palace

Lovely view of the East and West of Istanbul. We were in the East side (European) and the West - across the sea - is the Asian side.

Love this pic

Their street cats are really big, fat, fluffy and voluptuous!! Macam our home cats...

Inside San Sophia church (which was later turned into a mosque and later into a museum)

Love the interior

Preservation going on...

In the eveing we headed on to Canakkale - after a 3 hour coach ride (we spend more of our tour coaching - travelled almost half the country - Turkey is big!) in a big ferry - which was FREEZING outside. But I loved it! Muahahah!

This is the famous Turkish tea called 'chai'. All their tea cups look like that and their apple tea is good too.

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Okay, I gotta stop here. More to come on day 2 of tour. Actually banyak yang I can talk bout my vacation in Turkey - experience, people, culture, language, lifestyle, history etc.- but malas to blog panjang2. If ya wanna hear more, just let me know - I can yakk non-stop about it to ya! :D

Hehehe... okies have a HAPPY AND BLESSED NEW YEAR ya!

Lotsa love and God bless!

*hugs*

Aurora....

Currently Listening to:

The Day I Fall In Love

by

James Ingram

The Potato is back!!! Her trip to Turkey was amazing! She travelled almost half the country (which half of the tour was spend coaching in the bus from city to city- blessedly she bought her Twilight book to read - twice!)

Weather there was so good, cool to cold and sunny! According to my research (before going), it was suppose to be cold and wet, but blessedly it was not! :) Winter was great! Temperature ranged from -4 degrees to 15 degress; depending on places. The South seemed much more colder - and SNOW was a fantastic attraction for pictures in Cappadocia (most South) which took a mere 11 hours (by coach) to travel to!

The Potato is not gonna upload pics yet as there are almost 800+ pics which have yet to be sorted according to day, place and preference. Let's not forget the editing of size for easy upload, hehe. Most probaly pictures will appear in Facebook first - hopefully by this week.

Just so you know, the Potato fell ILL on the second last day of the tour! Blessedly it was almost the end of the trip, if not DIE wei, hehe. I think she got it on the Boisborus Cruise - it was freaking freezing. So much for overestimating her tolerance for the cold. It was horrible after then - fever, flu, cold, cough, sorethroat, phlegm, headache, bone aches and piercing coldness in the body! Had a lot of panadols then and the moment she got back to KL, she had to see a doc and got an injection on her butt! And it was far from pleasant. she shall not go into the details in which she resents the doc for still prescribing her with tons of medications the size of her pinky and how awful each pill tasted down her throat!

And the flight was horrible! It made the sickness worse and the uncomfortable seat nearly cracked her bones inside out - 12 hours!!!

Note: The Potato despises Malaysian Airline Seats - Not short people friendly seats!

From KL to Dubai (vice versa) - 7 hours
Transit in Dubai - 1 and a half hours
Dubai to Istanbul (vice versa) - 4 hours

A little preview here of whats to come: Family pic - mum, aunt (second), the Potato and aunt (fifth) in Cappadokia with 'fairy chimmenies' - and yes, the white colour in the background is snow. :P

Thank the Lord Almighty for a safe and beautiful trip.

All glory goes to Him, Amen! :D

Real Flowers, yes we are~!

Currently Listening to:

I Love To Sing About My God

by

Brendon and Cathy Clancy

Broga Leadership Camp was awesome~! Had so much fun, enrichment and joy. God was and is (and will always be) gracious and faithful. The participants were cooperative, facilitators were helpful/supportive, activities were exciting and live was good. It was very tiring (came back with lotsa muscle aches, hehe) but fruitful none the less. I wanna give Him all the praise and glory, Amen!

Pictures will come later (if im not too lazy to post it, hehe - either way, it'll be in facebook) after I get them from Carissa dear (our beloved chair facilitar). Thanks to our lovely photographer - Joyce!

I have never felt so dirty, wet and icky in my life...Hahaha... drenched in rain, mud and dirt for the whole day. But the bath for worth it, hehe. Had high ropes, obtacle courses, pond rafting and flying fox! I love the 3 hour jungle-trekking! It was super tiring - I pulled a muscle. But fun none the less. The company was good and help was everyway.

God is indeed awesome. Leaders are everywhere (they just need to be cultivated), stepping up and growing ever so amazingly. I believe we are all destined for greatness (and we all leaders), we just need to ask Him to open the doors.

So much to share but so little words. Hehehe.... let's just say... it was a good. Learned a lot, experienced lotsa new things and shared much wisdom with one another.

All credit goes to my lovely commitee team (Carissa, Fish, Ying Hui, Tabitha, Nabeelah, Brandon, Alex and Jonathan)! We make a great team. It was awesome leading together and learning from you guys.

What's more exciting is, there'll be another Broga Leadership Camp in November (since this one was so good, we were ask to organise another one) and I was asked to facilitate again (thanks for believing in me Carissa dearie). Let's hope it won't clash with my exams. I pray God will contiue to work and more leaders will be raised. :D


Here's a pic which I got from Alex's blog....

This is during our Leadership Session (with our invited guest speaker) - note, the girl in blue (top) and pink (bottom) walking in the 'crowd' is moi. Hehe....

The week has been pretty busy (even after Broga Camp). Busy, but very fuitful. Hehe, as said, God is gracious and amazing. Had ENLI (Every Nation Leadership Institute) Leadership class after coming back from Broga Camp (Carissa and I were so tired that we slept during the 10 minute break - out of our 3 hour class) that very same day. Then it was a great time of music/vocals training and worship practise on Sunday before heading off to Yuen's Steamboat (after service) to celebrate Carissa's 20th Birthday! Later on, it was (and still is) week days filled with assignment meetings, classes, dance practices, friends, outings, and fun! :D

P/S: To Fish (Caring and darling friend - my camp partner in crime and more), Ying Hui (sweet and understanding companion) and Carissa (the sunshine of my life), thank you so much for being a blessing in my life. You girls are seriously precious to me and God's gift to me to help me grow. I am ever grateful to you and love you sweethearts to bits.

Last but NEVER least, my Lord God Almighty. You are ever awesome!!!!!! I owe it all to You! Praise be to You forever and ever!

The Light of My Path....

It's gonna be a busy but fruitful week to come! I am excited yet nervous in anticipation. I've got much coming up for the week: New Media Technologies final assignment (media device diary, LMS postings and responses and 1500 essay), Gokusen Marathon, preparation for Broga Camp, facilitating Broga Camp, ENLI Leadership class, loving people more (o yeah, I'm gonna try more!) and just by being me! :D I hope and pray that by the grace of God, all goes well and if trials befall, I'll be steadfast and firm in Him. :D God is always with us, we just need to realise it more and pray continuously. Always have faith people, and you'll be amazed with what He can do for you and through you. Praise be to Him! :D