Sunday, December 14, 2014 - [LONDON 2014 Day 1 ! ]
13Dec - Saturday
Hi there, at this very moment, it is 4pm on Saturday in London, which is midnight exactly in Singapore, which would be 2am in Brisbane on Sunday.
What a day it’s been!
Hi there, at this very moment, it is 4pm on Saturday in London, which is midnight exactly in Singapore, which would be 2am in Brisbane on Sunday.
What a day it’s been!
I’m distressed at the moment because the Wi-Fi has magically stopped working in the Hamid house — by the way my family’s come to stay at our relative Uncle Jafar’s house while wife and my two lovely cousins are on holiday to KL, Borneo and Phuket.
So the flight was pretty good, some good looking guys on the flight to Dubai :33 it was really nice flying on an A380 because its really huge and had more space than a usual plane. That being said, Economy is still uncomfortable for long flights. I could see the cockpit and I was right beside the stairs leading up the Business and First Class, so that was exciting. The A380 even has a “cloak room” to keep our coats straight until just before disembarking.
So the flight was pretty good, some good looking guys on the flight to Dubai :33 it was really nice flying on an A380 because its really huge and had more space than a usual plane. That being said, Economy is still uncomfortable for long flights. I could see the cockpit and I was right beside the stairs leading up the Business and First Class, so that was exciting. The A380 even has a “cloak room” to keep our coats straight until just before disembarking.
7 hours later we arrived at Dubai and had a 2hour stopover where Alisha and I ate. After watching the movie “Chef” I’ve been inspired to make my own little 1secEveryday movie, so .. watch out for that.
The second flight didn’t have any dashing stewards so I slept the entire way. There was however this guy beside me who kept calling the stewards to get at upgrade to business or first class claiming he had sufficient frequent flyer points. He was making a fuss about how he has ‘sleep apnoea’ which I would google right this moment if the internet was working .. He said he needed to have a proper rest or he would burst or something ..
In the end he didn’t get the upgrade.
(Internet is back!) A quick google just told me that it means his airways can collapse for over 10seconds blocking airflow to his heart, wtf he'll die ? Why didn't he just buy a Business Class ticket in the first place?
Got to London safely, tho there was a computer malfunction I heard so about 200 flights have been delayed, again I would read about it but I can’t at the moment.
Uncle Jafar hired a car for us so off we went to 103 Green Lane.
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We arrived at their house at about 8am and everyone was still asleep pretty much and slowly waking up because we were there. Then they were in a flurry of last minute packing for their trip.
It was awesome seeing Safia and Zaid again, my dear cousins that I haven’t seen in a decade. I had been to the house once, some parts have changed. It was in this house, 10 and a half years ago (because my first time in London was during Summer) that Zaid had taught me what MSN was and he became my first contact C:
memories…
We had a lovely breakfast with Afghan bread, minced beef, chicken curry, lemon pie and profiteroles. Oh how ‘white’ I’ve become, my family had no idea what profiteroles are heheheh .
We went out to the backyard to enjoy some -5degree chill for about 30seconds and ducked back into the house. We talked, we laughed, we watched tele, we played games, we tried to pet the cat Mia, who’s obviously confused and scared about the sudden noise and company.
Here's some old toys we were playing with :33
And this is Mia, the fat tabby cat C:
It’s a pity that we didn’t get more time together, the other Hamid family left at 1pm for their holiday and the house became quiet suddenly.
Everyone took a nap, I thought it’d be best to take a short one and get up and go out somewhere hence why I’m typing right now because I got overruled and everyone else is still asleep.
Good luck sleeping tonight guys. I shall be the only one blissfully sleeping then.
The internet stopped working when they left.. I’m not sure why, the Wi-Fi has connected and it says signal strong with 5 bars lit up on my screen and my phone yet nothing’s loaded.. Obviously no one can read this right now .. but I just like writing in detail..
I’m quite afraid of turning off the router and turning it back on, given my history with technology .. it’d probably explode in my face.. but still.. I want it work.. so here goes ..
Well… just waiting for my devices to detect the home wifi … it’s really dark here already by the way, it’s just 4.16pm but it feels like 7pm. The house is so silent.. there’s only the sound of a ticking clock and my tapping of keys..
OMG the internet is working, yay me! Time to publish this post then!
Oh haayyy family's awake, alrighty here's a picture of London at 4.36pm.
Okok .. heres' the pictures of the house I know you're all dying to see ~
Let's start from the 3rd floor and walk our way down. Some rooms are closed, so this isn't the whole house ahaha.
This is the room I'm currently sitting and blogging in, also gonna be the room I spend most time in, on the top floor. It's the warmest room too.
Did you notice that the clock is backwards and the hands go anticlockwise. YEAAA zoom in on that shit.
Kitty's corner.
Oh wow, look at that 1pm versus the 4.36pm I just took.
Safia's room C: Safia is an amazing person by the way, she's an Echo-Cardiologist, so she reads scans of patients' hearts and diagnoses what's wrong and sends all the info to doctors so they can operate. Neat huh! I used to sleep in this room, a decade ago, the bed was in the middle of the room back then..
Zaid's room. Zaid is a cool guy too, he gets invited to Lamborghini and Ferrari and other expensive car showrooms because he's been taking photos for a few years and seems to have become quite reputable. Check him out on Facebook: Zaid Hamid Photography. I was gonna go with him on a photoshoot but ))): .. bad timing.
This is the guest room where mom and dad are sleeping in hehehehe :3
Huge mirror on the wardrobe and a view of the backyard! C: we used to play cricket there, and Zaid's mom threw the cricket ball with all her might from the master bedroom (later you'll see) and it hit him in the eye XD !!
Master bedroom ensuite, Alisha and I get this room! YEAAAA, mainly because the bathroom tiles are heated and Mia loves to curl up there to sleep and dad's scared of cats.
Guest Bathroom, also huge.
First floor TV room.
The "For-show-only-no-one-ever-goes-in" room
KITCHEN! Pretty sure we'll whip up a roast on Xmas C:
Okie that's all for today, here's fat Mia on the heated tiles!
Labels: cousins, day 1, Dubai stopover, family, hamids, holiday, house, London, mia, middlesex, winter
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1:11 AM.
Monday, April 07, 2014 - [shopping therapy ]
welcome to a my self-absorbed post :3
where I said I'd post about the stuff I bought yayyyy, now that I've taken the pics I realize it's really hard to take good selfies of clothes, to show the features of the fabric, buttons and etc, well duh that's why there're photographers and models.
Hmm.. also the mirror was very dusty, I assure you the Samsung Note 3 has a great camera I was just lazy to clean the mirrors. Got lazy after a few clothes so I didn't take the entire pile because the wig would get messy everytime I changed ): . . . I just .. I just .. it's just all so hard..
Okay I really like polka dots, I also really like stripes. I don't know why I've always liked stripes but not the tiny stripes that are close together and kinda hypnotic. My mother had this shirt with Blue and Yellow thin stripes, something like this, but even thinner stripes
It disturbed me greatly because when she wears it and moves it looks green and I hated not being able to tell the stripes apart. (I'm sure that must be some subsection of OCD) I really did want to rip the shirt off every time I saw it. GAHHHHH. So my kind of stripes are like this top :3
So pleasing to the eye. And it's blueeee and whiteeee, good colour combi. This was the first picture I took the other night so the wig looks the best D: it's just gonna get worse from here with constant changing and hair flipping :x
Okay next up is Batman pullover.
I just can't.
I love all things batman-related, so I have batman glow-in-the dark stickers, batman towel, batman underwear, batman placemat. UGHHH NEED MORE. I WANT DA BATMAN HOODIE FROM MOVIE WORLD. Also need batman mug and shot glasses because they're so adowable.
It's lace and denim. :D It's much nicer in real life. bad photo is bad.
Hmm.. next is the "Get Out" cap, which says "Get Into" on the underside, not sure why that's there, but I didn't know it was there because the pictures online did not show the underneath of the cap..
Damn I wanted to be like G-Dragon
Okay scratch that, I just googled it and it IS the GD cap, okay I honestly never saw the "Get Into" in his "One of a Kind" MV. So I bought a random cap online, the next day I wake up and suddenly realized that GD wore it in his MV! 2 weeks later receive the cap and write this blog post and realize.. SCORE!~ I got a replica :3
Well that shirt really needs some ironing, the shirt's new too, it's a strange, it has long tails poking out with no button or button holes, so I guess it's meant to flop out to look lazy and slightly sloppy. New checked skirt because, I love red, I love checks, I love pleats. This skirt defines me ♥
Oh I just realized the wig is covering the cute peter pan collar D: ohwells everything with peter pan collar is amazing and cute and needs to belong to me.
Another winter coat, SHOOO FWUFFFYYY~
Got a new cardigan too :p sick of wearing the same black one for 2years! Well actually I think I have two black ones which are very very similar so I think I only have one. Anyway redddddddd !
Okay I guess that's all,
all that I bothered to try on ehuehuehuehue.
Shopping is really the greatest therapy (:
actually there was another wig in the package but I can't seem to put it on nicely ): I'll try again when I'm in the mood.
Funny how I've grown as a person, never really liked the colour Red, now I'm in love with it. I thought wigs were creepy and horribly fake but I'm enjoying them so much now. Also didn't really like clothes with fur and floral prints but my tastes are changing ahhh :D
life is wonderfuuuullll ~
GoT Season 4 starts todayyy ~~
needs moar dragon scenes! and hurry up with the royal wedding too ^-^
where I said I'd post about the stuff I bought yayyyy, now that I've taken the pics I realize it's really hard to take good selfies of clothes, to show the features of the fabric, buttons and etc, well duh that's why there're photographers and models.
Hmm.. also the mirror was very dusty, I assure you the Samsung Note 3 has a great camera I was just lazy to clean the mirrors. Got lazy after a few clothes so I didn't take the entire pile because the wig would get messy everytime I changed ): . . . I just .. I just .. it's just all so hard..
Okay I really like polka dots, I also really like stripes. I don't know why I've always liked stripes but not the tiny stripes that are close together and kinda hypnotic. My mother had this shirt with Blue and Yellow thin stripes, something like this, but even thinner stripes
It disturbed me greatly because when she wears it and moves it looks green and I hated not being able to tell the stripes apart. (I'm sure that must be some subsection of OCD) I really did want to rip the shirt off every time I saw it. GAHHHHH. So my kind of stripes are like this top :3
So pleasing to the eye. And it's blueeee and whiteeee, good colour combi. This was the first picture I took the other night so the wig looks the best D: it's just gonna get worse from here with constant changing and hair flipping :x
Okay next up is Batman pullover.
I just can't.
I love all things batman-related, so I have batman glow-in-the dark stickers, batman towel, batman underwear, batman placemat. UGHHH NEED MORE. I WANT DA BATMAN HOODIE FROM MOVIE WORLD. Also need batman mug and shot glasses because they're so adowable.
BATMAN !!
The next one is a cape, for winter~ I really am looking forward to winter so much. It's the most exciting thing about being in Australia :3 different seasons. Sick of sweating while sleeping in the room. Then Winter will arrive and I'll complain endlessly about how my feet and nose and everywhere has lost feeling and how I can't get out of bed because it's too cold and also refuse to get out of the shower etc etc. STILL, hurry up winter!
It's lace and denim. :D It's much nicer in real life. bad photo is bad.
Hmm.. next is the "Get Out" cap, which says "Get Into" on the underside, not sure why that's there, but I didn't know it was there because the pictures online did not show the underneath of the cap..
Damn I wanted to be like G-Dragon
Okay scratch that, I just googled it and it IS the GD cap, okay I honestly never saw the "Get Into" in his "One of a Kind" MV. So I bought a random cap online, the next day I wake up and suddenly realized that GD wore it in his MV! 2 weeks later receive the cap and write this blog post and realize.. SCORE!~ I got a replica :3
Well that shirt really needs some ironing, the shirt's new too, it's a strange, it has long tails poking out with no button or button holes, so I guess it's meant to flop out to look lazy and slightly sloppy. New checked skirt because, I love red, I love checks, I love pleats. This skirt defines me ♥
CAPPPPP ! So pleased with it now, oh hello giraffe :3
I swear I've bought the blouse below once, it was exactly the same in colour and design but had an elastic band at the hem to have the "tucked-in" look by itself, but it's lost somewhere in between moving houses in SG and moving apartments in Briz .. so.. nothing wrong with a new one XD
Oh I just realized the wig is covering the cute peter pan collar D: ohwells everything with peter pan collar is amazing and cute and needs to belong to me.
Another winter coat, SHOOO FWUFFFYYY~
Got a new cardigan too :p sick of wearing the same black one for 2years! Well actually I think I have two black ones which are very very similar so I think I only have one. Anyway redddddddd !
Okay I guess that's all,
all that I bothered to try on ehuehuehuehue.
Shopping is really the greatest therapy (:
actually there was another wig in the package but I can't seem to put it on nicely ): I'll try again when I'm in the mood.
Funny how I've grown as a person, never really liked the colour Red, now I'm in love with it. I thought wigs were creepy and horribly fake but I'm enjoying them so much now. Also didn't really like clothes with fur and floral prints but my tastes are changing ahhh :D
life is wonderfuuuullll ~
GoT Season 4 starts todayyy ~~
needs moar dragon scenes! and hurry up with the royal wedding too ^-^
Labels: batman, cap, cape, cardigan, coat, collar, g-dragon, get out, one of a kind, peter pan, red, shopping, stripes, therapy, winter
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8:54 PM.
Monday, June 25, 2012 - [taitai day! ♥]
I finally went out today!! :DD with dearest taitai 'cause she's finished her exams wheeeee~
so hmm we went to have lunch first, at FunnyFunny, awesome seafood + tofu stew !! so yummmz. and then went to trim vicky's bangs~ she's in love with her bangs [: hehe while I'm growing mine out, finally @@" abit tired of them. I keep them clipped up every day anyway. We went round shopping through elizabeth arcade, and down queenstreet, arghhhh I told myself to stop spending but it ain't working ): .. but at least I got a present for my sister ^-^
went to Southbank to have a Japanese dinner and then hotchocolate and the super max brenner!
hugmug meant for you to wrap your hands around the hot mug and drink. how thoughtful! So we went to watch Snow White and the Huntsman after that. There was a crazy long 20minutes of advertisements! @@" and it was a full house again whooooo~ The movie wasn't as nice as it looked in the trailer, but ah well, occupational sickness I guess. I wonder if the Black Queen is same as the White Queen in Narnia.
I'm super glad the ending was a cliffhanger because no offense, but me no likely Chris Hemsworth, William is soooo much hotter than Thor :p and praise to Kristen Stewart as well~ she actually screamed and smiled and cried and struggled throughout the show, much better than expressionless Bella. She sure is growing in to a better actor [:
So today's shopping haul!~
$30 Top, yay, been looking for a new white top to match my skirts ~
$45 ripped shorts, so chio U.U .. I wonder why Korean apparel is so pricey here ):
$40 dress, I asked the salesgirl for a further discount, it was originally $49.90 heehee and the $29 belt from Sportsgirl. bleahhhhh I wish it was cheaper but it's cute, gold and mustard, taitai says mustard goes very well with Black and White.
Happiness~ all my new clothes shall take a trip with me to Korea! except the Black dress 'cause ... I don't feel like it :p I'm really gonna change out my wardrobe, 'cause I feel like I've been a boy all my life, more girly now :x
Labels: elizabeth arcade, festival, japanese, korean, max brenner, shopping, snow white and the huntsman, winter
bits of me revealed at ..
10:03 PM.
