Sunday, July 09, 2006

the return of the updates

second and the last part of the updates

i got back from italy wednesday night. kebetulan, the next day was a public holiday in finland. dan seperti biasa, i decided to take my own break on friday so dapat rehat panjang. saturday, we went to world village festivals in helsinki. malam tu, we stayed a night at our friend's house. sepanjang malam tengok movie melayu...dari sutun 2, ke my favourite markonah tu cite lawak gila, ragam menantu (hawaw you?)...

after that week, pegi pula ke lappeenrenta for a 1 week course. yang paling besta, family ikut yabedabeduuu...we took a fast train (VR line) to lappeenrenta and the journey took around 2 and half hours. we got seats near to children section (ada mini playground and mini library). bising pulak sebab budak2 ni berteriak seolah2 main kat padang sekolah depa orang...

sampai kat train station, professor course menunggu..baik gila yang amat, very the loving and humble. kesian lak since she doesnt own a car, she fetched us with a cab. dahlah bill cab sampai 4o euro lebih..dia kata takpe, nanti dia boleh claim...sepatutnya ada masalah besar tentang apartment sebab ada misunderstanding about the 'pick up the key' process. pikir2 matilah kalau apa2, tersadai kami kat tasik depan universiti tu. ALhamdulillah prof tu dah settle semua...

course went great. ada student dari UK, australia, india, pakistan, malaysia (akulah tu), indonesia and france. yang french guys tu memang comel lotei, macam tak kena je aku tengok diaorg berdua sanggup belajar susah2 buat chem eng post grad lagi. with a look like that, boleh jadik model runaway dude...

balik dari lappeenrenta on friday afternoon, right after the course end. suppose balik saturday tapi tukar ticket sebab a few reasons. bagus gak sebab rupanya on saturday ada invitation ke umah ambassador. doa selamat. event started at 7.the food was great. for a small no of guests, the food was so damn banyak and sedap. masak sendiri lagi. hebat2.

next weeknya, sunday, we left for stockholm by cruise. a very big cruise. ada promotion tickets, with a reduction almost 100% (from 200 euro something to only 20 euro). the cruise is luxury, the room is fantastic, the facilities and shopping on the board was just great (tax free beb). and out stockholm, lawa, best, cheaper sikit dari finland tapi masa tak cukup. sampai2 je beli one day pass kat central station. amik train to the europe biggest outlet store. niat nak kejap je sebab masa tak cukup tapi paham2 jelah, aku tak boleh sangat tempat2 shopping ni. bought nike shoes, samsonite hand luggage, and adam's adidas ball. mula2 beria2 nak kan bola tu sampai nangis2, bila dah bayar, buat tak reti jee kat bola tu..waa kalaulah boleh redeem...lepas tu balik ke central st, amik metro ke muslim restaurant. murahlah kat sini. best bangat makanannya. pizza and lunch buffet..murah lak tu, termasuk side dishes and beverages.kenapalah kat tempat ku tiada sebegini rupa???...

we supposed to be on the cruise by latest pukul 4.15 pm. tapi 4.15, me and husband and son masih menebeng kat bus stop tunggu bus ke port.dahlah x tahu bus kul bape..nak nangis rasa. imagine macam2, kalau kena tinggal, bag kitaorg dalam bilik tu macam mana...nak tido mana etc...bus datang...tapi bus tu slow mak aii, siap kat satu stop tu dia berenti lepas tu duk berehat engan tangan kat kepala macam tengah sunbathing..woii, apa ko buat aa?? rasanya sebab dia tercepat so kena tunggu dulu kat stop tu be4 left...sampai je port, kami berlari ngan stroller, bag2 plastik..ada makcik tua tu pun dia rushing. rupanya dia pun nak naik kapal tu. tapi dia cool je..dia macam dah expert..jalan laju gila...lampu merah semua langgar, so kami ikt jelah dia...gate nak naik ke kapal utk our rooms dah tutup..waaa, memang last minute betul ni, so org kapal suruh naik ikut tingkat atas...akhirnya sampai..ALhamdulillah, on time bape minit pas tu kapal jalan....makcik tu kata dia dah biasa, dia memang selalu lambat...dia kata adam bagus lak, tengah org kelam kabut tu, dia cool ke dalam stroller dia..agaknya adam pun tahu risau kot....

2 minggu lepas, pi berkelah di suomenlennaaa island. naik ferry, ramai nya orang. memang cantik, the view, the sea, the everything. biasalah orang melayu, kalau berkelah, makanan je yang lebih, site vieweing tu buat ala kadar je..kalau omputih, bawak coke satu botol,lepas tu chips...kita,kalau boleh satu dapur tu nak bawak...nasib baik tak tenggelam ferry...

2 minggu ni, dah slow sikit xtvt..penat seh...cuaca bagus, panas...seronok, akhirnya after almost half a year sejuk, gelap...panas jugak...kawan lab aku cakap...kalau kat negara lain macam mediteranean ke mesti biasa eh cuaca gini, apsal kitaorg rasa macam nak mati??? tergelak aku, panas sangatlah kot pada diaorg..ok aa ni, best apa...

rasanya tak lama lagi nak habis dah summer, sebab waktu semayang pun dah semakin cepat..macam maghrib semua dah semakin cepat, isyak lak and subuh semakin lambat...kejap je rasa...takpelah, ni dah kira bersyukur lah ni merasa weather macam ni....kat lab lak macam padang jarak..maklumlah omputih amik cuti panjang...oleh kerana aku dah amik cuti panjang awaaal dari org lain, so padanlah muka, duk terperuk kat lab..tapi tak terasa sangat sebab kadang2 terasa nak pi mana2, boleh je amik short break....

ok gotta run, hari ni final world cup match. sedih ada sebab the next match will be the next 4 years...happy pun ada sebab husband aku kalau tak..paham2 jelah, all matches tengok. siap ada reminder, takut termiss any game...

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