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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Balik Kampung - Places

So, I recently went to Melbourne for a good 10 days, as I've not been on a long holiday from work since July last year...

I was studying in Melbourne for six years previously... Parents decided to ship me out of KL straight away after my O-Levels...

Did my Foundation at Taylors College, Degree at Monash University and Masters at RMIT University.. Gila college hopping! ;)

Anyways... I will blog about my trip into 3 or 4 parts, and this will be Part #1.. Which is about the places that I went to with my family...

Most of the time we were in the city or at a mall coz all we ever wanted to do is shop... (Poor Dadaa! :P) But we managed to go to these 2 places which I've never been to when I was studying in Melbourne.. *malu*:

1. Weribee Open Range Zoo

Decided to take my nephew, his mommy and my dad to the open range zoo on day #4, which is a 30-min drive from the city...

We arrived at the place at around 2:15pm...

Entrance to the zoo

We bought the 2:50pm ride so that gave us about half an hour or so to grab a quick lunch at the bistro....

While waiting for the bus:

Me with Ibrahim and my SIL, Kak Aida

Dadaa and I

The bus came at about 2:55pm... There were only us and a couple for this trip...

Amazing animals that we saw were:

Wondering what they were up to? :P

My fave animal was:

Tony the Giraffe!!! So cutee!!!

Regretted that I didn't bring the huge lens to Melbie to capture the animals :(

The ride took about 45 minutes...

Then we decided to talk a walk around the zoo to see these animals:

I was tempted to kidnap the meercat!!! Too cute!!!

Apparently they kill humans more than crocodiles or snakes in a year.. Scary..

Cute signs around the zoo:

You wouldn't want to be eaten by a hippo right? :S

2. Brighton Beach

We went there after my mummy's birthday lunch in the city...

They have over 100 plus multicolour tiny houses aka sheds and each 'shed' had its own design...

Apparently, the price to own one is about AUD20,000!!! So pricey for a tiny house!!!

But still, they're oh-so-colourful-and-nice:

Mum and Bijan

Cousin Myra and I

With my fav no. house! ;)

Kisses to *ahem*'s birthdate ;)

Stay tuned for Part #2 of my Melbourne trip.. :)

Monday, April 12, 2010

My running calendar for 2010 so far...

Runs/Half Marathons that I've participated and will be participating until the month of July:

January:
17/1 New Balance Pacesetters Run - 30km

February:
6/2 Putrajaya Night Marathon - 21km

March:
14/3 Larian Bareno - 15km

April:
25/4 Bidor Marathon - 21km

May:
2/5 Bomba Run KL - 10km OR 16/5 New Balance Pacesetters - 15km
29/5 Sundown Marathon (Singapore) - 21km

June:
4/6 New Balance Setia Alam Half Marathon - 21km
27/6 Standard Chartered KL Marathon - 21km

July:
11/07 Siemens Run - 10km
24/07 Shape Run - 10km

If my body's not as fit and toned as her:

(Pic credits to Google)

Then Marie France Bodyline, here I come!!! :P

Oh, and I can't wait to try my new running shoes:

Asics Gel Cumulus II...So pretty in purple...

(Thanks to my sweetie!!! :D)

Saturday, April 10, 2010

In the year 1983...

These were the major news headlines around the world:

Sally Ride becomes the first American woman to travel in space when the space shuttle Challenger is launched from Cape Canaveral, FL.
241 U.S. Marines and sailors are killed when a TNT-laden suicide terrorist blows up Marine headquarters at Beirut International Airport.
U.S. Marines and Rangers invade the island of Grenada and evacuate hundreds of U.S. citizens.
The Soviets shoot down Korean Airlines flight 007

In the entertainment industry pula:

The Grammy Winners were:

Record of the Year - "Beat it" by Michael Jackson
Album of the Year - "Thriller" by Michael Jackson
Song of the Year - "Every Breath You Take" by The Police

These were the #1 hits:

Baby Come To Me - James Ingram with Patti Austin
Let's Dance - David Bowie
Down Under - Men at Work
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Beat It - Michael Jackson
All Night Long - Lionel Richie
Maniac - Michael Sembello
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Africa - Toto
Total Eclipse of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler
Flashdance..What a Feeling - Irena Cara

Gotta love the 80s for their music ;)

Lastly, on the 10th day of April (Sunday) of that year, my momsie gave birth to me at 4:44pm.... :)

I am officially 27 years old today...

I thank Allah for the blessings that I've been given for the past 26 years of my life...

Alhamdulillah... :) :) :)

Friday, April 9, 2010

You will forget that...

..you've been working for almost 3 years at this tiny but wholesome advertising agency when you have these people around you...

When I was getting ready for work, my boss texted me saying that there was a last min new biz meeting that will be happening at The Curve... Since it was a Friday and was planning to wear my jeans, I quickly changed into a more 'office' look...

Debuting my lovely wedges from Vincci+ ;)

Came to the office this morning and my cubicle was 'messed' up, thanks to my colleagues :P:

Siap ada note from Clarissa.. Kurengs!!! :P

It has been a crazy week at work and I had to quickly do as much as I can before rushing to the meeting... And we were 'late' because we had a meeting at the office prior to that...

So, my boss drove us to The Curve.. And he was telling me that we were going to do a lunch meeting at Little Penang Cafe since it was already 1pm...

So, when we were walking towards the restaurant, my boss suddenly walked into another restaurant called Bumbu Desa and I was puzzled...

Little did I know.... I was walking into my surprise birthday lunch with my colleagues!!!

I WAS TOTALLY SURPRISED AND IN AWED...

Pictures from the surprised lunch: