To the land of the rising sun…

On Sept 10th, all my bags will be packed,
At 6:00pm, I’ll be ready to go,
At 6:35pm, I’ll be standing at the airport door,
I’ll hate to drag you there just to say goodbye……
Time for fast breakin,
It’ll be Ramadhan,
At the airport you’ll be waitin,
We’ll be holding hands,
Maybe just a hug and wave bye…

*humming ‘Leaving On a Jet Plane’*

A pleasant day with the ladies.

Yummy Banana Parfait

Attended a pro-women forum yesterday, it was fun and inspiring, all these women with their high ranks and abilities.. haha and the whole time I was humming ‘When I Grow Up by Pussycat Dolls’ *giggles* silly I know, but at least I had fun and was in the company of great people, that includes you too Peej goodie bags were given at the end of the day *yeay*

Happy Birthday to you…

Happy Birthday to a very special person...

You complain about aging, yet every new sign that you’re getting older
reminds me how blessed I am to have you for another birthday, another year.
You worry about sags and bags and wrinkles yet all I see is the life and love in your eyes.
Your contagious smile still warms my heart.
Your silly humor still lifts me with laughter.
I hope and pray that you’ll get older and older and older,
because when you’re 100,I’ll enjoy you and lubs you even more than I do today.
Happy Birthday you silly fart,
And many, many, many more.

TW, Have a super duper birthday. Thank you for being such a great hero. I’m sorry that I will be missing your birthday next year, but you know I won’t forget it. *muahz*

With a ‘hmph!’ and a ‘grump!’.

This female human is learning how expensive studying abroad can be. It will be her first time to be on her own, striving on her own, one year on her own and earning and learning on her own. During her undergrad years, she had her bestfren thru out the way, she was not scared, she was skipping happily. This country has molded her into the ‘taken care of’ human that she is, no worries… no fears. But now she is going to go out of that cage, and find the need for survival on her own. Will this ugly caterpillar be a butterfly… or will she just keep on crawling and munching on the low leaves. She is scared of what is to come. Even the emails sent by her uni is causing her to tear. But she knows… this thing is still a blessing.

Now thats Basketball…

See how he jumps.. See how fast he is…

All smiles today, he made an effort, but I worry now, with the inconsistency of the service from our local communication network provider all is left unsaid or may I say undelivered , blurgh! not happy, but at least he made an effort

With love, on 158

Happy Belated Birthday

Your 28 now, I forgot to text your mum like I would every year, how could I not remember that day, was I too busy or was I in denial ? Please forgive me for wishing you a belated birthday, but know that its filled with much love and prayers that you will recover. I pray for the day you would smile to me cheekily and sing ‘ooohhh asmara!’ again, hug me and say ‘hello,everythings fine’… Know that you are deeply missed, not only by me but my family too. You left with big shoes to fill, few have come close, but their still not you. I know we parted ways in a non-favorable way, but its long forgiven and gone. Happy Belated Birthday You, god knows I am one of those that prays for your recovery, it was nice to see you last time, but your eyes were closed, I bet you were tired, hope to see you again thou… get well soon my love, I’ll be waiting.

Seeking for the silver lining

The clouds are dark, getting darker by the day… please… please tell me the silver lining will show itself soon. Accept that things do not come easily and accept that things do not always go the way you want it to be. Just pace yourself and hope that your loved ones will support you and pray that you will not fall, even if you do.. pray that you do not break into pieces…….

Awaiting for the silver lining

but thats what I’m scared of… I am in pieces now… lost…. I do not where to head or where start. It will get better right ?

Till next time P-Bear…

Wishing you’d make an effort soon

A month more to go… are u ready ?

Nope I am not !!!!!!! I have to admit I’m not !!!!! It even got me thinking bout not going…. thats how bad things are. I googled ‘one year packing abroad’ and here’s what I got out of it.

Lay out the bags and pack 7 sets of regular clothing. Choose items you can mix & match and try to avoid things that require dry cleaning. Also pack gym clothes & shoes, a swimsuit & flip-flops, and two pair of everyday shoes and in the suitcases. Take a bath robe. You should pack an additional complete set of clothes in your carryon and you will be wearing a set, so that gives you 9 days of regular clothing and 3 pair of everyday shoes.

Pack at least one set of dress clothing, shoes, and accessories in the suitcases.

Take a folding umbrella, a light jacket and a sweater with you in your carryon.

Winters there can be cold (especially in the north) but it isn’t the arctic and you don’t need any special clothing. You also won’t need winter clothing until later in the year so you don’t have to take it with you in the suitcases. Consider packing the winter clothes you will need in boxes and mailing them to yourself. If you don’t yet know the address than leave the packages with someone you can trust to send them once you have the address. You can also mail to yourself additional sets of dress clothing if necessary.

Do take a laptop if you have one. The laptop should be your second carryon bag. All laptops today accept any voltage, so all you will need is a plug adapter that fits international electrical outlets. Most electronics like i-Pods and PSPs also accept any voltage (look on the power supply cord) and you can use them there with just a plug adapter. Make sure the plug adapters fit your electronic items.

DON’T take anything that requires a voltage converter. That includes items like USA hair dryers and curling irons. Just buy 220 volt appliances like that after you get there.

Take toiletries (including prescription medications) for one month. That will give you time to find shops with the things you like. You can always get what ever else you need there.

I’m not sure which of these I have or don’t have, blurgh! Ransacked the room and found little treasures that I was sure I’d lost, at least I kinda separated my ‘bring’ and ‘no bring’ clothes… and uhhh.. my ‘bring’ ones are kinda…. MANY !!!! Got to find out how much luggage am I allowed to bring.

List out starts tmrw !!! any other ideas ?? comment pls ! Heres a link to the B2S page thats fully dedicated to my journey back to school, I’m really hoping the silver lining will show up soon.

Oh no!

Praying hard that it will all work out, regrets are huge, but please … let it all work out. So much to do so little time…. I need to get thru this, we all need to get thru it. September is a wink away, but all I can do now is pray hard.