He who should not be named here...

He who I am patiently waiting for every single day...
He who always makes me laugh with his weird faces...
He who loves cars but never love em more than his girl...
He who is so far I think very sensitive to others' feelings...
He who always makes me confused...
He who managed to steal my heart...

He makes up my day and clear those confusions.
He can stands my weird n never ending questions.

& I, who love him, understand that he is just as confused as me...

but we both agreed that "there's something between us...".

~N~

Colours of the Season

Before this, I simply thought that I was gonna like Spring out of other seasons. But after 2 years here, I finally have to admit that my fav season is Autumn. I dont really have a solid reason to justify my choice there, but I guess it simply because I like the colours combination in this season. I luv to take lots n lots of pics of brown leaves, autumn trees, d shades of the leaves.

N my fav spot was this building across d street to Queen st. D building was totally covered with leaves (those menjalar one) and it was s if d building changed its colour every season. haha. Like during Summer, it'll be green, Autumn: RED (the best colour), Winter: Brown or Yellow. Cool, eh? Havent got the chance to snap a pic of it. Gonna do it before Autumn ends.

Saye SaYang Dia...

Quote of the Day: "xsdp la megi ayam...seksa batinku memakan nyer..." (Sungguh cumel)

Makin hari makin sayang....

Bile tension, bile stress, pandang muke dia terus tersenyum...

Bile marah and rasa nak ngamok, pandang muke dia terus xjadi marah...

Walaupun kene stay up late sebab dia, tapi takpe...

sebab sehari tak dapat chat dgn dia, rasa tak lengkap hari ku...

walaupun masih tak tau ape perasaan sebenar...

malas juge mau fikir

hanya harap semuanya okay

Hari ni aku keluar submit assignment. Rasa lega dapat keluar dari sarang. Berhari2 aku tak keluar langsung dari rumah. Rimas juge rasa. Rasa rugi sangat sebab hanya dalam beberapa hari tak melihat dunia luar, banyak juge perubahan yang aku terlepas...

Pokok2 favourite aku dah bertukar warna. Bunga pink kesayangan aku dekat dengan Clock Tower dah hilang tak wujud. Tak pasti samada gardener buang sebab perubahan musim or die memang akan mati bila musim berubah dan hidup bila spring n summer je.

Rasa awkward bila berjalan2 dalam uni. Yelah minggu lepas boleh dikira berapa class je yang aku attend. Itu pun keluar rumah, ke class, balik. xkemana2 juge. Dah lah seblm tu cuti 2minggu.. Well, skrg tgh berusaha catch up dgn ape yg aku missed out. Banyak benda perlu dibuat.

ChumeL dalam "EmpTineSs" yang pEliK

Have you ever felt empty? Like you thought there were so many things right there inside of your "coconut" but, when you try to force all those junks out, it seemed to be empty.. 'Penat aku korek, kosong rupenye..' That's exactly how I feel right now. Feel like there are so many things burdening my head but I stil cant figure any of those out. I am in a very confused state of mind.



In the middle of the confusion, I just felt like doing something beautiful, pretty, cute, and anything that can describe those elements. So I took few snaps of things that contains special momentos and made a montage out of it.

Right now, I am listening to "Atas Nama Cinta" by Rossa which I really like listening to. But, weirdly, tonight everything seems so wrong and I tried to sing along like my normal habit..singing terpekik2..but d words like "namo" keluar from my mouth... So I ended up singing in my heart (bahasa melayunya, nyanyi dalam hati).

Tiba2 rasa rindu nak menconteng scatch book aku tu. Want to doodle, draw n write something but xde inspiration-lah. Like totally no idea what to doodle, what to scatch, which song to play.. haha... Yeah2.. m a weirdo, I know!

DawdLing in EacH HiaTus

One more assignment left..but this girl, stucked in her very looooonggg... hiatus. Only 1 more day before dateline, but did she make any progress? *Shake her head innocently* Hmmm...like usual.

Why oh why, it has to be now? Why not few months earlier? Or even better last year?

Why oh why, did she took this path, and not the other path? That route over there that seems so peaceful, or that one over there that looks so bright and promising?

Why oh why, she always chosed a seems-so-vague-and-unpromising route that always brought her to a dead end?

Why oh why, couldnt she take a shorter route so that she wont have to dawdle on her way and coped with her sheer boredom?

Why oh why, cant YOU tell her the truth and make it clear so that she wont have to answer to her own confusions and broke into tears when she couldnt take all the stress any longer?

Why oh why, she had to dawdle in each hiatus and be curious of everything that happened?

Because she is a human and all that she learned was "curiosity kills the cat"--not the human!

Apa Hati Aku Rasa???

Betulkah ko nak tau juga kebenarannya? Alah, tak payah tahulah... Tak penting pun.

Ish.. orang dah cakap tak payah ambil tahu, tapi degil nak tahu jugak. Adalah sebabnye tu kenapa orang taknak bagi tahu...

Aku selalu rasa curious dengan banyak benda. Aku ingat semua benda dalam dunia ni akan jadi mudah kalau tiada rahsia dan hakikat yang diselindung.

Tapi.. bila kebenaran menerjah ke depan mata, masa tu aku yang terduduk kaku. Rupa2nya hidup ni takkan pernah mudah. Takkan ada jalan lurus tanpa selekoh. Adakalanya, kebenaran itu sungguh menyakitkan dan lebih mudah kalau diselindung.

Apabila kebenaran dah terserlah, aku ingat aku boleh pura2 tak faham dan anggap segalanya masih seperti biasa. Aku patut sedar.. hakikatnya.. bintang tu takkan boleh tarik tangan aku dan bawak aku kemana2 pun (sebab bintang mana ada tangan kihkihkih...). Kalau aku dok terpaku tunggu bintang turun ke bumi, sampai mati pun aku masih disini...

I'm in seven heaven

Oh Allah... "Please dont let this feeling ends... It might not come again.."

Still, Im wishing for something better.. TQ for this moment.

I almost forgot how this feeling feels like...

Awan Mendung Berarak Laju. . .

Langit tampak mendung dari kaca tingkap ku...

Malam2 pun boleh nampak awan mendung ek???

Awan tu mendung dan kelihatan sarat dengan muatan yang padat... tapi masih boleh berarak laju...

Kenapa setiap kali aku pandang keluar tingkap melihat langit nun di sana, pasti yang kelihatan hanyalah awan kelam? Pelik betulkan??

Penat aku tunggu awan tu lari main jauh-jauh.. tapi degil sungguh... jadi aku decide nak duduk diam-diam je lah dalam bilik ni.

Siapa Aku?

Aku belek, baca blog kawan-kawan yang dah lama aku tak buka.. rindu melihat wajah-wajah yang dah 2tahun xjumpa. Jantung rasa di sentap bila terpandang tajuk post sorang kawan ni

"AKU SEORANG GURU"

Lantas terdetik di hati... Siapa Aku? Oh ye, aku hampir terlupa... AKU SEORANG GURU.

walaupun belum sah diiktiraf sebagai seorang guru bertauliah, tetapi, hakikatnya aku sudahpun memiliki anak2 didik ku tersendiri. Yang aku sendiri tidak tahu siapa mereka sekarang. Berjaya kah mereka? Adakah mereka memanfaatkan ilmu yang aku ajar pada mereka dahulu?

Aku juga rasa terusik bagai terngiang2 di telinga... perkataan "cikgu". Sediakah aku menjadi cikgu sepenuh masa? Menghabiskan seumur hidupku mendidik anak2 bangsa?
Adakah aku mampu menjadi cikgu yang baik, yang terbaik, yang mendidik atas dasar cintakan bidang pendidikan, yang tulus mengajar bukan semata2 untuk mencari rezeki?

Besar sungguh tugas guru. Semakin aku melangkah meninggalkan zaman universitiku, semakin aku sedar betapa beratnya tugas yang akan terbentang di hadapan mata, yang menanti ku di hujung dunia sebelah sana.

Hidup penuh dengan refleksi kehidupan...

Aku jumpa bintang baru... kah?

I stayed up late yesterday til half past 5. Not because of my LT 310 assignment, but... sth else...
sibuk mencari bintang... searching for d one n only genuine star amongt all d other fake starss...

I went to bed with a big smile on my face n be surprised to wake up and realised that d smile was still there.

but still... is that d one? is that d star? MY star? seriously... not sure n most probably no..

I was just flatterd thts all... No Ati, u shouldnt go there... dont go too far... u gonna hurt urself again..n agaiin.. n agaaaaaiiiinnnn...........

But last night... I seriously "bermimpi DGN satu bintang *blush*
and tis time wpun tingkap ku masih tak blh dibukak...
well at least there was someone on d other side to smile back at me
n asmara? hahaha no kidding... let it just hang there for a while now...

Malam Ku Bermimpi dgn Satu Bintang...

Malam tadi ku bermimpi TENTANG satu bintang...
tapi aku tak xtau sama ada itu bintang pujaan hati atau mainan mimpi...

dalam mimpi tu bintang melamar aku tanpa pengetahuan ku dan ku dipaksa kahwin!!!
Maka dengan linangan air mata, aku turuti bintang ke langit dgn hati yg berat dan kecewa...
kenapa harus kecewa??? masih menjadi tanda tanya hingga ke saat aku menulis benda ni.
kekecewaan melarat sepanjang hari kerna mimpi tu umpama nyata..

lantas, mencetuskan tanda tanya "apakah itu yg akan berlaku bila ada jejaka melamar tanpa kusangka? apakah itu perasaan ku bila aku mencecah 27tahun tanpa pasangan hidup, dan aku relakn ibu carikan pasangan hidup utk aku??"
pelik... bintang yg ku mimpi tu adalah bintang yg sering menemaniku... tapi kenapa harus kecewa sebegitu sekali??

oh, mimpi ku malam itu, adalah mimpi kedua ku dipaksa kahwin (tapi 2 jejaka berbeza-satu pujaan, satu lagi tak berapa dipuja)... apekah aku memang AKAN DIPAKSA KAHWIN???

atau adakah itu hakikat yg tersembunyi jauh di dalam hati? mungkin itu jawapan pada persoalan aku selama ni. aku takut nk kahwin, tapi aku akan dipaksa berkahwin oleh diriku sendiri.. huhuhu...

p/s-aku menulis post ni sambil bertemankan lagu "Malam Ku Bermimpi" by P.Ramlee & Saloma...

"Malam Ku Bermimpi Hai
Ai Dengan Satu Bintang
Berkata-kataku Di Jendela
Ku Lihat Kanda Tersenyum Memandang
Asmara Bergelora Meresap Ke Dada"

Cumenye aku tak boleh berkata2 di jendela kerna jendelaku tak boleh dibuka... dan tiada kanda utk tersenyum padaku.. apatah lagi asmara yg bergelora untuk diresap ke dada...

Umsa Ice Skating

Around 28 Umsa people went for ice skating tonight. This was actually Allan's event but, since he was away for his field trip, I took over and helped escorting the member to Avondale rink along with other committees namely our pres, Naomi, Angie, Azhan and KS. Took d 7.50 bus and reached there around 8pm. Everything goes fine and we had a great time ice skating together. Lots of new members turned up which was great! They were very sporting and playful. We skate for about 1 and a half hours and went back around 10pm.

That was my second time of ice skating. The first time was last year in the same place. I didnt find it that hard coz i was quite good with roller blade before. Today, i learned how to skate backward, spin and stop like a pro... duh~ all thanx to iliana (I think thats her full name but we called her ili). she was so good, man! they said she plays ice hockey. not sure whether plays or played... hmmm but whatever it is, she is sooo cool and damn good! I was so exhausted, and my feet were painful coz of the skates. I didnt take any photo though coz i had enough pics from last yr ice skating. But still, i m gonna grab some from Azhan. Oh and it was really freezind cold tonight in the rink unlike last year. I think maybe boz there aint as many people as last time.

Royal Easter Show

We are still on Easter breaks. There was this Easter festival kinda thing being held for the whole Easter and today was d last day (called Royal Easter Show). Earlier, I was thinking of goin there yesterday but since I was so lazy to get off my bed, i simply discard that thought. This morning, I received a msg from intan saying that they are goin there at 11am and asked me whether i wanna come along. but since i was still in bed, i decided not to. though I kinda feel regret with that decision coz i was hoping to go there since this will be my last year here. few minutes later, anep asked me to go there. this 2nd call really2 made me feel guilty for not goin. so i thought wat d heck.. enuf lazying around... so i just said yes n txted intan n mira saying i chnged my mind. but they didnt reply. so basically, anep n me got on d 11.30 bus and reached there by 12noon.

Royal Easter Show was awesome!!! 4 tumbs up! worth it to go. i ll definitely feel guilty if i didnt go today. Went to the International magic show, circus, lumberjack show, cats show, farm show and played lots of fun games and brought back some soft toys and a helium, cute, pink, unicorn ballon which hang on my room ceiling.. hahaha... very tiring but had lots of fun... went back at 4.30pm.

The Wild West Show...

Circus Extreme...

The giant pumpkin!

Farm Show...

Live Life to the Fullest...

We are on a 2-weeks holiday now. Actually, keadaaan kewangan aku kurang stabil utk aku berpoya2 mcm last year. So, xda pun ingt nk plan pergi mana2 this easter. But then, ntah mcm mn, terplan dgn intan n mira to go on a road tour. Pusing2 North Island. We rent a Toyota Starlet car for 5 days starting on last tuesday up till Saturday which was yesterday. So basically, aku selamat cecah rumah maghrib semalam, then pergi belanja dapur dekat Taiping dgn budak berdua tu sbb dah alang2 ada kereta, blh beli byk2 sikit.

What I learned from this trip?

Ada orang berpendapat, percutian dan travelling adalah suatu pembaziran masa dan duit. Tapi sebenarnya orang yang berpendapat macam tu adalah orang yang rugi dan berfikiran sempit. Bila kita terlalu selesa dengan rutin harian kita yang tak pernah berubah, bila kita rasa selesa dengan apa yang kita ada disekeliling kita, kita takkan nampak apa yang kita miss out dekat luar sana. Adakalanya perubahan akan membawa kebaikan... Dan aku, I personally think that I become a whole new person everytime I travel. Bila kita buat perubahan pada rutin harian kita, we will find that there are many challenges and difficulties waiting for us ahead. Perkara2 yang tak pernah diduga menguji kesabaran kita. Pada aku, percutian kali ni is totally different than those that I have ever had. Semua kesukaran yang dihadapi in our journey membuatkan aku sedar betapa besarnya kekuasaan Illahi. Dan pada masa2 kita susah dan terputus hubungan dan bantuan orang lain, kita hanya ada Allah sbb all the miracles belong to Him and only He can make it happen.

Oh, and btw, aku pecah rekod driving aku selama 7/8 tahun ni dgn driving sejauh lebih kurang 2000km dlm masa 5 hari.

Day 1

Dari Auckland bertolak straight ke Paihia, Bay of Islands. Lebih kurang 4 jam perjalanan. Cuaca dan keadaan jalan sgt baik. We stayed at a backpackers called the Mousetrap Backpackers just around the corner of the city. Right after we all checked in, tukar baju and stuff, we drove all the way to a waterfall dgn harapan yg tinggi menggunung dpt mandi air terjun ala2 kat malaysia walaupun air sejuk yg amat... dah lah sign board nz ni giler.. tak bg warning pun awal2 yg dekat depan akan ada simpang masuk ke waterfall... so kitorg pun terlajak. sign board die kecik seciut je dgn background warna biru muda dan tulisan putih.. duh~ kecik dan sembunyik blkg pokok. cuba bgtau sape nk nmpk??? Bukan kami je yg terlajak. Kete len pun terlajak sama. aku mmg seyes rasa nak bunuh org yg buat sign board kat nz ni. Bila dlm keadaan2 mcm tu, br rasa bersyukur dgn apa yg ada kat msia... Oh, sambung citer... kitorg sbnrny sblm gi waterfall tu plan nk mndi pantai, so msng2 dh pki selipar n pakaian mandi... mmg sgt obvious kitorg nk mndi.. haha... bl kuar kereta tgk org lain pakai baju mcm nk merentas hutan je gaya.. kitorg dah mula bengang... rupa2nya,.. air terjun tu mmg bukan utk mandi-manda... waterfall yg sgt besar... siap ada warning dilarang terjun n mandi lagi.. huh hampeh sungguh rasany. Maka, we drove back to the beach and men air di situ saje... ombak sgtlah besar dan kuat so tak berani main ke tgh.. agak menghampakn jugak laaaa....

Day 2

Bertolak ke Cape Reinga adalah dlm 4 jam perjalanan. Cape Reinga ni adlh penghujung NZ. It's d meeting point of 2 oceans: d Tasman sea n Pasific Ocean kalau tak silap aku lah huhuhu.... Ada satu lighthouse kat situ, and dari lighthouse tu blh nampak dua laut tu bertmbung. Angin kuat giler smpi aku yg bsr ni pn blh berganjak. Oh, pemandangannya.. Subhanallah.. mmg cantik. Wpun blh diabadikn dlm gbr2 yg diambil tp kecantikannye tak dapat digbrkn dgn gbr2 tu.

Jln nk naik ke Cape Reinga tu berpusing2 dan agak sempit sbb dekat pedalaman. pastu jln kat atas tu ada yg tak bertar so kesian giler kete aku. Aku panggil kete tu "baby" coz she's sooo cute!

Area CR ada pantai yg dipanggil 90 Miles Beach. Pantai ni bukan mcm pantai biasa. Pantainye landai dan sgt besar. It's a registered highway. Kirenye org boleh drive sepnjang pantai tu. Sgt cantik. Aku rasa tak puas mcm nk ddk kat pantai tu lama2 je...

From CR, we headed to Omapere. Kalau ikut info dlm peta tu, perjlnan tu only takes about 4 hours and jalan tak lah berliku2 sgt. Kitorg start journey from CR around 3pm klu tak silap. sptutny smpi Omapere dlm 8pm. Sekali je jln bersimpang-siur, naik bukit, trn bukit, msuk hutan, jln xbertar... pastu aku totally terlupe yg skrg dh abis daylight saving so kul 6 dh gelap... by 6pm tu kitorg br cover like a quarter of d journey and we were in d middle of nowhere... No idea kitorg on d rite track ke tak. sbb jln gelap xde lampu jln lngsng. harapkn pd lampu kete yg xbrp nk membantu dan chaya bulan yg tgh mngambang. sign board pun mcm xwujud. dah berpuluh2 km jalan br jmp signboard. Memula cam lege sbb so far jln yg kitorg lalu tu mcm ape yg ada dlm peta. until kitorg lalu satu kwsn pekan n ladang yg sgt luas dan gelap, yg xde ape2 signboard, tetiba ada 2 cabang jalan yg kedua2nye kelihatan scary, creepy, tak bertar, gelap dan xde signboard highway! Most of the time kitorg terpksa buat decision gune instinct dan tawakkal... termasuk kptsn yg kitorg plh mlm tu. memula kitorg dh msuk skt jln belah kanan then kitorg tukar amik jln kiri. jalan penuh dgn batu kerikil dan jln hnny muat utk satu kereta je. berbelit2 pulak tu. aku dah cuak sbb jln tu rasa mcm kurang convincing. mcm2 aku terfikir. klu salah, nak u-turn cmne? lupekan lah. jln kecik sgt utk u-turn. memburukkn lg keadaan, handphone lgsg xde coverage. Aku dah terpk mcm2 bnda buruk. klu jd ape2, mcmmn nk call bantuan n mintak tlg. tgh2 hutan atas bukit bukau... tetiba... kitorg jmpa sign boulders mcm yg ada dlm peta so kitorg akhrny tahu yg we re on d rite track. tgh jln2 ttb2, ada sekor lembu berdiri btl2 tgh jln. at least lembu ni reti nk berganjak n lari ke tepi. wpun cm agak giler sikit sbb die lari sana cni.. takut gak tgk lembu2 kat nz ni especially malam sbb dorg bsr sgt.

Sbnrny, hr tu kitorg tersermpk dgn mcm2 jenis binatng... possum, arnab, kuda, lembu... possum je ada dlm 5 encounters. arnab myb 2, lembu 2, kuda 2 juge. Aku teringat org tua2 kata, kalau binatang2 mcm possum tu melintas kite tgh jln, ada bnda tak baik nk jadi. Tapi, ms first encounter tu, aku xde lah rs pape. cume terkejutlah. sbb tgh speeding ttb ada binatang kat dpn. tp lps mcm2 jd mlm tu, aku rs mngkn bintg2 tu cube beri sign kat kite. Alhamdulillah aku tak terlanggar mn2 binatng hr tu...

Peristiwa yg plg tak blh aku lupe, dan perasaan takut yg plg max was when kitorg lalu satu farming area ni. tgh speeding dlm kegelapan yg melampau sbb cahaya bln terlindung wktu tu. tetibe je dr jauh, aku nmpak sth putih kat hujung dpn sana.... bnda pertama terlintas was "tu orang ke? apa kejadah die dok kat tgh2 jln mlm2 ni? nk bunuh diri ke?" makin dekat, aku realised it wasnt a man. So d next thing dlm otak was "Ya Allah! Hantuuuu!!!!!" - masa tu mmg jantung aku seyes rs nk gugur! bl dh agak2 sedepa dr lembu tu, aku berjaya break dan mngelak... rupe2nye lembu hitam putih nz! Ya Allah takut giler ok. bkn aku sorg je yg rs cmtu. intan pn sama ok. slalunye, bntg2 ternakan akan d smpan dlm kandang wktu mlm. Tp tak tau knp kt ctu len dr biasa. Siap ada kuda kat tepi jln tgh mkn rmput. Ya Allah, tapi memang serius takut giler masa. dah lah tgh belok and speeding. tetiba je ada makhluk putih kat depan. sebab mlm tu gelap sgt, warna hitam kat badanm lembu tu bland in dgn background. yg kelihatan hanya muka dan kaki die yg putih. mujur tak terrlanggar kalau tak mau accident kitorg kat ctu.

senang kata, hari tu mmg hari yg paling teruk... tapi akhirnya kitorg slmt sampai Omapere jugak mlm tu. wpun lewat 2 jam dr plan. tiba kul 10 mlm. nasib baik tpt yg kitorg book kat backpackers tu x burn. btw, pengalamn tu mmg bg pengajaran supaya tak percaya sgt dekat map and nz mmg bukan tpt yg sesuai utk travel mlm. especially bila travel sume pompuan! UNLESS dekat bandar2 besar sprt Auckland and Hamilton.

Day 3

Dari Omapere ke Piha beach. Giler lah jln naik bukit turun bukit. dah tu hujan lebat giler pulak. kitorg mmg dh rasa hampa giler. dah tu minyak dh tinggal suku. takut tak sempat tiba the next town utk isi minyak. ikutkan plan, nak mandi kat piha. tapi memandngkn kitorg dh pissed off giler dgn weather, kitorg mkn je kat dlm kete dekat area piha tu. then blah. we took it as a sign yg tuhan nk suh kitorg gerak ke Hamilton awal. And tepat sekali instinct tu. sbb, jln from Auckland to Hamilton mmg jam giler! stuck kat jam about 2hours jugak. Oh, lupe! Masa on the way from Omapere ke Piha, kitorg lalu kawasan hutan yg sgt luas. pastu berhenti tgk satu pokok ni di panggil "Tane Mahuta". It's a very big tree berusia around 2000 thn. dijangkakan pokok tu wujud sejak zaman nabi Isa a.s. memang cantik dan besar. rasa cm nak nangis bl tengok pokok tu terharu giler. tak tau knp...

Sampai je Hamilton, kitorg terus cr makanan kat mcD and Subway. tu je lah pun tpt yg ada jual sth yg blh kami mkn. then sesat tak jumpa J's backpackers. takdelah sesat mana pun cume sbb tpt tu kat hujung hamilton tu yg ssh nk jumpa. the host was a very kind and friendly lady. bilik pun best. cume agak sejuk sbb mlm tu suhu dropped teruk smpi -2 degree. dorg cakap ada frost mlm tu.

Day 4

Sempat singgah Hamilton gardens yg sgt cantik. aku ingat nk bawak ibu n izzah pergi situ nanti. Then straight ke Matamata-what a strange name! Ke Matamata utk tengok Hobiton. Aku sbnrny tak pernah berkesempatan nk tgk The Lords of the Ring. Horror kan aku ni. haha.. setiap kali aku try tgk mv tu mst aku tertido lah and ada je bnda lain. tak pnh dpt tgk full. So basically aku gi Hobiton trip tu dgn zero prior knowledge of the movie. hahaha sengal betul! Hobit holes sgt comel dan menarik. unik! amik gambar dalm hobit hole, party tree, dan kawasan perkampungan hobit. Then terus ke Rotorua. Actual plan, malam tu nak tido dlm kereta je dekat area Waitomo. tapi sebab dah encounter nioght journey yg sgt horror sblm tu, kitorg decide utk cube nasib dekat taupo. mana tau kalau2 masih ada backpackers or motel yg xbrp mahal utk di book. malangnye, dah call sume bckpackers dekat taupo tp sume fully booked. So, kitorg tawakkal je gi rotorua. cari je mana2 tpt tinggal yg ada tulis vacancy. but then, sume letak sign NO Vacancy. hampaaaa... until kitorg dah terlajak dpn satu rumah ni yg ada tulis vacancy. dari luar rmh tu nmpk cam serabut dan x menarik lgsng. tp kitorg msuk je asal aada rmh. Mira msuk office die but die tunggu lama2 pun takde org. aku try call nombor owner die pun tak angkat. kitorg dh msuk kereta semula n dah reverse dah pun. tetiba ada makcik ni kuar n lambai2 kat kitorg. rupenye die ada kat dapur.

lepas negotiate harga dgn die, kitorg dpt satu bilik berhadapan dgn swimming pool die dgn hrga 100 per night. oklah tu. wpun mahal sikit dr backpackers tp mmg super selesa dan cntik! adalah tu hikmahnye kitorg dpt tpt tu. aku ingat nanti bila bawak ibu n izzah ke rotorua, nak ddk situ lagi. very homey. I loike!!!

Day 5

D last day of our trip. Checked out a bit later than hari2 lain sbb syg nk kuar awal dr bilik tu. lps tapau food from town, we drove to Lake Taupo. a very nice day to travel. Jalan elok, cantik segala2nya according to plan. taupo angin sgt kuat tp matahari sgt terik. mkn ber picnic dgn nandos di tepi lake. A perfect picnic. Nice view, nice weather n nice food! Then balik terus ke Auckland. tapi sempat singgah sekejap dekat Tirau and visit The Castle. Unfortunately it was closed already. Tapi sempatlah msuk tgk dlm tu mcm mn. Mmg sw3eet. It was a dolls' museum. Another good place to bring Izzah. Town tu byk giler kedai jual brg2 yg sweet n cute. Singgah at the Old Shed beli dolls and stuffed toys. Sgt suke that town. then bailk Auckland. tiba around half past 6.

Well thats all about this trip. Very interesting. Every single day, there is always something new, and surprises await.

Live Life to the Fullest....

Awataha MAORI Village

Aku mmg selalu je ada mslh nk update blog... xde modallah, belom amik gambar dari org lah.. etc2... n these excuses led to outdated updates of my life. harharhar!

Nak dijadikan cerite, budak2 TESL (refer to us kat oberc nih) sbnrny very fortunate coz d gov allocates sm money for us to go jalan2 preferably cultural trip. And since last year cohort aku xnk gn tht money, we agreed to bring forward d money to this year so jadi byk lah total duit tu. Ingat nk berjalan2 gi black water rafting ke ape.. skali je coordinator kami yg sgt menurut perintah gov itu gi plan cultural trip for us pulak. 1st impression aku bl dgr duit tu kene gune for cultural trip gi Maori village was that it was so lame. it sounded so boring. But it turned out to be lots of fun and a unique experience.

Kitorg pergi maori village tu for 2 days: saturday n sunday. pergi awl pagi sabtu n balik lewat ptg ahad. i was supposed to bring the guitar and Sheryl-coordinator yg tersyg asked me to lead the singing but these people suke2 mereka menganggap aku ketua rombongan hahaha.. suke hati korg lah. Then, on that day, aku blh terlambat bgn. bygkan, we're supposed to gather at 8.30 am. aku bgun tdo kul 8.15am. mcm nk bunuh diri je rs. dah lah menapak dr rmh aku ke uni tu 10-15mins. melompat aku dr katil.. ni sume gara2 last minute buat esaimon. esaimon tu due saturday midnight, dah tau saturday xde kat rmh, aku g buat bodoh je.. hah kau.. terpaksa bersengkang mata ngadap esaimon smpi 5 pagi. tu yg bgn super lambat. duh~ btw, i managed to be there by 8.35 ke 8.40 camtu. at least xlah lmbt sgt kaaannnn??? hehehe... tapi jgn tnylah cmne aku leh bersiap super pantas.. haha! top secret meh!

hmm... tempat yg kitorg gi tu mmg menarik. nama rumah tpt berkumpul kalau org dtg melawat kawasan dorg is Maraie. Masa smpi tu xde lah rs menarik mana pun cume ada lah sikit excited. sebab sblm2 ni penah je masuk maraie. tapi xpenah lah pulak terpk akan tdo kat situ or berkampung and jadi part of their families.

Btw, gambar kat sblh ni is dewan makan kitorg. Nama tpt ni in Maori is wharekai disebut /farekai/ bukan /warekai/. Kitorg diberi dua dewan berbeza utk tdo. satu utk girls satu lagi utk guys. kitorg masak dgn dorg, kemas wharekai, belajar flax weaving, buat print screen atas baju, n d guys belajar "hangi" (memasak di dlm lubang yg digali dan diletak kan batu2 yg panas di bahagian bawah makanan yg nak dimasak) dan "haka". kalau tak tahu haka tu ape, gi google sendiri hahaha... Basically, it was fun walaupun kitorg kene tlg prepare d food and tlg membersih dan mengemas, but it was totally awesome cos bende2 tu sume yg sbnrnye membuatkan kami rasa pengalamn tu lebih authentic and unique. kalau pergi cultural trip biasa, hanya tengok, belajar, dan org yang serve kite. pengalaman macam tu x buat kite rasa macam sbahgian dr whanau(family) dorg. walaupun trip tu mcm camp, tapi x packed pun. kitorg ada byk free time, melepak dgn member2 and rasa more like at home.

Diambil semasa menunggu makanan.. bayak btl makan.. d amount of food I consumed in those 2 days lebih byk than d amount I ate for a whole week.. hehe I guess...

Ni lah print screen. Ada beberapa motive yg boleh dipilih. Aku lupe nak amik gambar baju aku yg siap di cetak. cun beb! brag sikit je tak leh lebih2. Paling penting is that buatan tangan sendiri okeh, bukan beli kat kedai haha...

Guys belajar haka... girls jadi penonton je.. teringin gak nak belajar sbnrnye.. tapi hanya for guys.. benci betul! Sexist!!! hahaah... smart giler pak cik tu buat... posture kene betul baru mantap..

This is the result of those boys' hard work on the hangi... awesomeness... delicious..memang terBAIK!!

Lamb, Chicken, potatoes, kumaras, maori potatoes (yg berwarna purple pelik itu), corn and some salad...

We are the Hangi preparation team! Kentang, bawang, kumaras tu sume kami lah yg potong dan kupas. haha...

Bush walk... sume macam tak penah msuk hutan..... anak sape lah tu??

Ber'flax weaving di bawah pepohon... ala2 makcik2 kat kampung.. menganyam smbil bergosip hahaha... And according to their culture, the first hasil anyaman yg dibuat, xboleh disimpan. We have to give it to someone else... sebagai tanda kite turunkan ilmu tu pada org lain.

Bergembira bersama kawan2... Main frisbee, volleyball, badminton(wpun angin xhenti2.. tapi xreti2 nak stop main haha...). This trip is more like a sweet vacation for us.

The Maori Idol! Lol giler... haha! Ni team aku lah ni.. Wat lagu anak itik Tok Wi! Muahahhaa... Kitorg kumpulan satu. satu in Maori is "Tahi".. We are the Tahis..... hahahahha...

That's the review of one of the interesting event in my life despite of all the ups and downs of life that add more spices to my world. More updates coming.... (yeah right..lol!)