The Geneva Report:Day 2

Today we spent the morning being regular fixer-uppers, tidying things up around the house and getting things ready for Hari Raya. Then we dashed off to town really quickly, before coming back home and then driving off again to go to France. Versoix is just a quick drive away from France, Valtoiry to be exact. Its a bit like driving to Miri from Belait. But closer. And more scenic. Hehe. On the way there, we passed by the CERN Labs (Doc Naughty, remember Angels and Demons? hehe), its really quite freaky thinking that you could be driving over nuclear labs, seeing as most of their labs are located underground. Weird! :s

Today I learnt that although I can more or less guess what things mean when I read them in French, when people speak to me I'm still bangang, like duh... Hohoho. Bet people in the shops think I'm really annoying. Haha. It's quite hard as well, I can't ask things like 'Do you have this in another colour?' or 'Does this come in a smaller size?'.. I'm just going to be an eksen and pretend I look like I know what I'm doing. haha. Also, lots of people here have really cute dogs! Mostly those cute tiny ones, like Shih-Tzus... Reminds me so much of Toulouse! If only he could have come with us...he'd really love it here. hehe.


The mountains bordering the road on the way to the supermarket in France


Even the petrol stations here are nice


Weird and wonderful pumpkins in the supermarket



Typical facade of a building in Switzerland



The famous Broken Chair monument outside the UN building. The broken leg symbolises opposition to land mines and cluster bombs


Entrance to UN buliding

The Geneva Report: Day 1

Yoohoo my fellow Ants! Big Ant here reporting from the Big City. hoho. We finally arrived here in Geneva! Weather today is absolutely glorious its so sunny and mild, reminds me so much of our first time at LP. Haven't been out and about yet, so far things have just been mad and crazy here at the Versoix house. Mum has been busy cleaning, Dad is cooking (lol), and the rest of us are just making a nuisance of ourselves. hoho. Generally we're all just resting after such a long journey. I was totally sakai at Terminal 3 at Changi Airport yesterday (LOL). Completely embarassing.. I was also sakai playing the games on the SQ flight (you can totally tell I haven't been on SQ since....oh.... probably the 80s hahaha). But the thing that amazed me the most was how the Indon lady sitting in front of me from Singapore to Zurich managed to keep the massive volume in her hair throughout the whole 11-hour flight! At the end of the flight my hair was just a limp mess, and hers was still perfect as ever! I don't get it... :S Anyway, am off to mandi now, I feel grimy and gross. Will post photos later! Miss everyone, big hugs!

xoxo PPP

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Ok. Its now 8.55pm and I'm all alone at home, extremely BORED! Am just waiting for the week to end so I can officially start my leave! hehehe... Everyday it gets harder and harder for me to wake up for work, so I end up strolling in around 8..LOL... sometimes just in time for my first class... YAWN... why must we work during puasa anyway, I think its counter-productive since everyone just tries to do the minimum work possible (or is that just me? hoho). Sooo pointless..

I'm looking forward to tommorow's sungkai! Although I haven't called them to make a booking yet (lol. Don't kill me!), I keep forgetting! Will do it tomorrow insyallah. Little Ant, we'll take lots of pictures for you hehehehe... On another note, am really liking this blogging thing, I find it quite cathartic writing my thoughts. Just helps to put things into perspective.

Anyway, I'm just rambling really. Nothing much else to report, will see you guys tomorrow then and Dr.N, no excuses this time! hehehe....
Lots of love and hugs!!! ~PPP~

It's all about colours!!!!!

Lets help out the bride to be with some of the decisions. I say Yellow for her nikah, but the bride to be says nnnnnooooooo...green she says. but i sed will put it up for a vote. Black for her berbedak, turqoise for her sanding and purple for her ambil-ambilan.

If you guys got any other colours, just put it up and we'll put it to a vote hehehe

~carrot cake

Al-kisah

Misty water-coloured memories

omg omg.... i feel ur pain, Bride to be!! This brings back memories of all the non-stop errands i had to do pre-June. Not really something i'd want to revisit. hoho. Bila u going to Hjh.Lina's next? Just text me I can come with u hehehe... love doing baju things...I guess u just have to prioritise, write down lists! endless lists! (this is how i hear most brides do it, although as i am terribly unorganised, all the lists were in my head. LOL). and delegate!! as much as you can, let someone do the donkey work for u (hohoho), especially boring stuff like catering! (who caressssss! zzzzzz. next task,please!)

don't worry too much about the weight thing, just wear ur corset everyday, pray for a miracle and the weight will drop off anyway due to stress (hoho). i aimed to lose 10 kilos before the big day, ended up losing nowhere near that amount. haha! also, important to make sure ur facial/waxy/manicure/pedicure lady doesn't fly off/quit/die before ur big day. mine had to go to kuching for the week of my wedding to go to her mum's funeral! leaving me with sandpaper skin and fuzzy legs! luckily i found an alternative...so i would say get those things done before the week of the wedding, so u don't need to worry about them later.

but in spite of everything, whats most important is YOU look fabulouso, so i think the baju (and you) are the most important thing. everything else will sort itself out. and if it doesn't, oh well! u look good! no one else will care about anything (or anyone) else. hehe. not even the groom (the groom is just a side-show anyway). hoho.

and remember, we're all just a call away! don't hesitate! *hugs* love love!!

Big Ant lost in the blog

Right. My first attempt to blog I posted it in the wrong place. I blame it on Khairul.. his post was named "New Post"..sooooo I posted my "New Post" there lah.. until I saw the posting button on the top right corner of the page... oh well.. not to wate my post this is what I had..... hehe

Aloooha my friends! I did it.. I'm now a blogger too hahaha.. well done well done *pat on the back*I'm still up nd now thinking maybe I should just stay up til sahur... another hour to go. Can't sleep yet because as soon as I came home from work this afternoon I hit the sack. And that was around 2ish... only woke up 5 mins before sungkai! Guys... I got just about three months to go til D-Day and I don't think I'm sorted yet. I'm starting to panic about my jemputan and hadiah.. It's not done yet. Then tomorrow (more like later) I need to dtop by at Hjh Lina's for the design of the baju.. anyone wants to join me and give me an idea?? I'm also panicking about my room... the walls are not up yet and I dunno if i have time to order the wallpaper, fixtures and the other interiors that needs doing... man oh man.. on top of that I need to sort out my work before taking my leaves. Shytes! How did you girls do it??!! So much to do and think of and time is ticking away.. and I'm not getting any slimmer!! ughhh... not that I'm doing much about it... miracle pls!!Okay.. I think this is a long post.. hehe but on the note of puasa-ing... I've been stuffing myself too and been throwing up after cos it just won't digest.. I feel like a bulemic! k nighy y'all!