Tuesday, March 11, 2008

.: *WedDiNg oN mArCh* :.

hmm..seems like many couples are getting married this month...
same goes to one of my dear...

time really flies...i still can remember last year when she suddenly come n tell me "Shan...i'm getting married"...i was like..ya rite..i dun believe you lo...dun try to lie to me lo...
then she was like..real one..i'm really getting married...i was like wat?????? u serious???...she said yes...then i asked..so who's the lucky guy...hehehe...she told me her husband..n i'd expected him...and guessed wat..she actually recorded the whole process when she told me she was married...

so embarrassing lo..yer....hehehehehe...but dear...am really very very happy to hear that u'd found ur love and happiness....

i'd attended her wedding on Sunday 9th March 08..from morning till night....and yes..tat's after Malaysia's Election day...which is also the result day...hahaha....actually afraid of riots after the opposition party won so many seats...my parents who are back in hometown was like..u becareful ah...they might be having riot ah...anything must run u know..hahahahaha...i was like yes yes yes...i will..hehehe....

hehe...in the morning...seeing all the jimuis..bullying the hengdais..forcing the groom n heng dais from eating buns n bananas...to rolling frozen eggs in the pants and to kissing one another with lipsticks painted lips..hahaha..and guessed wat...the groom actually kissed mouth to mouth with his bestman...

hahahaha...u guys are really crazy...then from there they still have to grab the key from the freezing bucket using toes...hahaha...after getting the keys...the groom still have to answer many questions bout the bride...and even to write his wife's chinese name...hehehehehe....

seeing all these...really makes me think...hmm..during my wedding...how will my ji muis bully my future husband leh???..moreover..most my frens r guys...so does tat means my jimuis will be mostly guys??...hahahahahaha...

at night..attended the wedding dinner...hmm..this is the very touching part...it started with the groom singing on stage...walking past the pathway...across the 95 tables of guests..to the entrance and bring in his bride..am really so touched to see when my dear hugged her husband...really felt so happy for her...
and i can see her husband really do a lot for her...from not singing andy's song..from not knowing how to read chinese...to singing his wife's idol's canto song in front of nearly a thousand or people...salute!!...hehehe..

later in the nite..hahaha..my dear actually gave her husband a surprise..where..she hold him on stage and sang a song to him..in front of all audience..it was a surprises cos...my dear is a great singer...and when her husband n in-laws asked her to sing on stage...she refused...hehe..she rejected everyone..and had actually went to talk to the mc privately days before the wedding to arrange time for her to sing for her husband...
am really touched to see this moment..tat i almost cried..hehehe..guest wat...the groom actually cried on stage...hehehehe...dear..u r the lady....muacks !!!!!

overall the dinner went on well...everything ended happily with lots of love in the air..
hehehe...one funny thing is..i got balloons...hehehe..thanks to Unix...every table has balloons deco..n our table's was stolen..so..hehehe...Unix went n stole..not as in stole..more like took..other table's balloons for me..hehehehe...thanks..muax !!!

seeing the happy n love filled wedding day...really makes me wonder...how will my wedding day be??...well..girls always fantasize about their wedding and girls always have their dream wedding rite..hehehehe...
hmm..will my wedding day turn out to be the one i wanted it to be???...will it be the one i'd dreamt it will be???...hehehehehehe....i guess i will only know it when the time comes...
but something in me had never changed..which is...i'm always so happy to see ppl getting married..why???..cos it satisfies me to be able to share our happiness n wishes n moments with them during this very special occassion...hehehehehe...

may all the couples live happily ever after together...and to my dear...may love surrounds u n ur hubby forever n ever....muax muax muax !!!!

talking back bout marriage...i'd come across this quote before..."you don't marry someone you can live with. you marry the person who you cannot live without"...pretty meaningful rite...we always seek love in the right person we want to live with...but the best thing and wat we should do is...to seek love in the person we cannot live without...well..maybe tat's what the true love really is..i guess...

Quote: smile is the pathway to happiness...and happiness can be the seek of a lifetime...

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

.: Mystical Egypt....part II :.

phew~...after so long only got time to write about part II..hahaha..seems like writing a book now..kekekekekeke....so where was i..ya the train...spending 13 hours on the train from Cairo to Aswan...for wat??...such long journey..well..to board the Nile river cruise lo...cos it's parked at Aswan ma..and also to the 3rd largest dam on the world is located there as well lo...

well...the weather here..more like the sky here is really great lo.. why.. cos u always get to see clear blue sky... which is so beautiful.. moreover.. i love blue.. hahahaha...

ok...after leaving the train station...we move on to the cruise..we stayed in the cruise for 3 nights...at first from the itenirary..we were afraid we'll be bored on board...worrying bout the food on board...this n that..so we brought so many food...and instant noodles...hahaha...but in overall..the cruise was great..had great experience on the cruise lo...and some pretty interesting once in a life-time experience lo...

and guess wat...it's not only 1 cruise parked there..it's like around 30-50 cruises parked along that stretch...wow..so many...and they are parked like 4-5 cruises in a row...wow...really good parking skills lo...

.: shan enjoying the sunset of the Nile River on the felucca sail :.

after boarding the cruise and check in the cruise hotel...we went on sailing on the felucca on the Nile river...enjoying the sunset...it's really romantic lo...then they have small kids rowing mini boats...moving from one felucca to another to sing song for the guests...and..dun forget to give the kids tips lo..cos if not they'll jus cling on to the felucca...pretty dangerous ah...


.: shan & my bro - keong wee..on the horse carriage..hee..smile:.

after the felucca..we went on riding the horse carriage..also enjoying the sunset...how romantically..but too bad..i was in the carriage with my brother..cos he'd become my partner throughout the whole egyptian trip..why??..to keep away from men lo..then we went shopping at the bazaar nearby..and here again..scary scary...men come propose to my mom to marry her daughters...but...at least one good thing did happened...i bought this bellydance belt..the shopkeeper din wanna to give discount...until me non-stop bug..he finally give up and gave me discount after me smile at him...hehehe..yay!!! he even tell my mom's fren.."i only give the lady here this price..not because to sell the belt is because of her smile and beautiful face"... wah..i'm so happy... hahahahahahahaha......

then then then...in the bazaar.. i saw something... mini watermelon... smaller than my hand (palm)...really mini one...but i din buy n eat..cos it's pretty dusty..and i dun dare to eat lo..heee.....

.: the mini mini watermelon lo..so the small & cute ler..smaller than my palm :.

after tat..we went back on the cruise ..had our dinner and...something happened to our room..wat was it??..haha..we had towel decorations on our bed...thanks to our brilliant housekeepers..hahahaha...we have to sleep early tonight..cos our morning call is at 2.30am and the bus is leaving at 3.30am...

why wake up so early...cos we are going to this temple called the Abu Simbel Temple...which is located very far from the place our cruise parked...so we have to wake up at 2.30am..meet at the lobby at 3.15am..collect our breakfast box...plus me bring my pillow from the hotel room...hahaha....and board the bus by 3.30am...then our bus will meet all the other buses and militaries escorts...and we departed at 4.00am...imagine...about 100 buses n coaches leave together for the 3 hours journey..and with military escort...wow...why??...cos the whole journey to the temple...is like..deserted..isolated..nothing at all..but jus land and moonlight..wow..and it's pretty dangerous to jus go alone in one bus...cos if anything happens...no one is there to help ad...wow... !!!...hehehe...and i saw sunrise ah..very beautiful lo..hehehehhe....

and wat's Abu Simbel..hahahaha...it's the temple built by King Ramses the II..and next to his personal temple..he built one for his beloved queen (wife)....Queen Nefertari..it is said tat Queen Nefertari is the only Queen in the ancient Egypt who had s temple built for her to do prayers...and in the ancient Egypt times...Nefer refers to beautiful..thus every beautiful queen's name also comes with the word Nefer... hehehe.. and... after tat visitation...new names pop up in my family..cos we have...Nefer-MaMa...Nefer ChiaChia..Nefer ShanShan and Nefer YeeYee...hehehehehe....

after waking up so early...we also went back to our cruise hotel.. and...had our 'official' breakfast...and off to bed to oin oin ad lo..hahahahahaha...

the whole day went on pretty relaxing...sailing along the nile river..seems so peaceful..then we relaxed on the sundeck..had out teatime there...where coffee, tea and some cookies and cakes were served..then till after dinner..we visit the next temple...night visitation..it's the Kom Ombo Temple...it's a double temple..consist of 2 sides..both sides are the symmetrical along the main axis..and each side is dedicated to 2 different gods..one side is dedicated to the Crocodile God Sobek..represented the evil and the other side is dedicated to the Falcon God Horus..representing the good...and at the temple..u get to see a few mummies of crocodile one lo...there's a very long long long story behind this temple..cant afford to tell the story here...so "for more details..please search thru the internet..they have it in wikipedia as well"...hahahahaha...

everything went on so peacefully...until....around 1.30am..when everyone is back to their room...sleeping...i suddenly hear ppl...scolding..more like arguing..outside my window..i was waken by them arguing..thus went to have a look at the window...i saw the next cruise trying to park next to our cruise..so i thought it's jus some sort of ordering here n there...cos they speak in arabian..n i dun understand wat they said...so..i jus go to the w/c...and in the w/c...i suddenly felt a strong 'bang' and i almost lost my balance...me hurried out to look at the window again...

guess wat..i heard the siren horning..and the cruise which was parked beside a few minutes ago..is already far far away...like running away from us..i thought it was the siren of that cruise..then it cannot be...cos the siren in getting louder..but the cruise is getting further...thus i hurried to the door n open it..to my surprise..a very strong burnt smell n smoke is all along the corridor...then my fren opened her door..i asked her wat's wrong..she say dunno..then i saw the foreigner opposite my room packing their stuffs and mumbling 'fire fire'...

i hurried to my bro n parents room...knocked so hard on their door...hurrying them to open the door...my bro opened the door n said. "wat...i m sleeping..wat happened".. then i said something happened ..my dad opened the door n scolded me "nothing happened la...dun disturb la..ppl jus parking the cruise la..go back to sleep..stop disturbing!"...i shouted to my mom...saying something is wrong.. something happened.. cos ppl are packing their stuffs n leaving...the corridor and the captain's room nex to my room is filled with smoke...my mom then hurried to the window...and saw the fire brigade spraying water...n my mom then shout "fire fire fire!!!"...we were like wat??..i hurried to wake my sis up n said fire...we packed our stuffs...locked our bags and luggages..changed to thicker clothing as it's freezing outside..take our valuables..lock our room door and run for our life...off the cruise...my dad even left his room key in the room cos of too hurry...

when we are off the cruise..we found out that the disco bar which is jus right above our room is on fire...omg..wat an experience..first time in my life lo..i have to run for life cos of fire...scary scary scary lo...

after the fire was put off...the cruise captain...n managers...ask us to go back to the cruise..all of us went back to rest..however there are a few guests who refused to go back...back in my room..my sis slept soundly after tat...and for me..though very tired cos last nite wake up at 2.30am then today at 1.30am...very tired cos not enough sleep...but i dun dare to sleep...cos really scared...i prayed to god and my granny and sleep with tears..cos am realy scared and worried...the next day..we have to wake up early again...at 6am..to go to this temple..the Edfu Temple..wow...am really tired lo..not enough sleep lo...on the way to the temple...saw sunrise again..in this trip..really saw a lot of sunrise n sunset lo...but very tiring lo..2 nights din really sleep ad....plus one night terrified....

we woke up pretty early in the morning again...cos got to go to the Edfu Temple..it is the Temple of Horus...and wat's Horus..it's the God of Falcon..hmm..actually the story behind this temple is related to the Kom Ombo temple tat we'd visited previously..hehe..very long story...so if wanna know have to to check in the net ya..erm..they have it in Wikipedia...kekekeke but in brief...from wat i remembered from my tour guide...it's said that the Edfu Temple used to belong to the God Sobek..the crocodile god..who represent the evil..and god Sobek had killed God Horus' dad..thus God Horus (representing the good)went to seek God Sobek for revenge..God Horus won the battle at Edfu and thus God Sobek's Edfu temple had became God Horus'...and back to the Kom Ombo Temple...that is belongs to the God Sobek..but as God Sobek represents the evil..so local will not go to the temple n pray...thus the ancient egyptians then..had invited God Horus too become the god of the temple as well..to balance of the evil and good of the temple..and tat's why in the Kom Ombo Temple..it's dedicated to 2 different gods...and why God Horus did not take revenge on God Sobek in that temple..cos he was invited there..thus he did not take revenge...

then after breakfast...i told mom tat i din really sleep cos too scared till i even cried..my mom told me.."why worry...anything..there's mama here to protect you...i am here..anything happened i am here ma...last nite i saw the fire engine left ad then only i move on the the bed..dun worry ad ok..."...after hearing all these from my mom..really feel like crying...felt so touched lo...thank u mama....


.: shan at the sundeck of the cruise :.

today...for the whole day...our topic of conversation is just about the fire...how scary lo... tonight... we were terrified again... by our housekeeper... why??..hahaha..they are really good in deco..so wat they did is..they...made a human out of towels wearing our clothing..hanging from the ceiling of our room...so once we open our room door...we saw a person hanging from the ceiling...all of us screamed lo..hahahah...then the housekeeper was there laughing at us...hahahaha...how embarassing lo...hehehehehe...

we sleep pretty late also..why??..cos our cruise will be crossing the dam tonight...but we dunno wat time....and while crossing the dam...it is the time we see the captain's sailing skills...wow...this is also the first time in my life..imagine..the pathway so small that our cruise have to squeeze in with only about 1-2feet of space to manoeuvre...wow...i really salute to the captain...and the best part is..there's no banging of the cruise to the side walls of the pathway...wow wow wow lo....

.: shan posing at the valley of the kings where many ehyptian pharoahs were buried here :.

the next morning..we'd arrived at Luxor...and went to the Valley of the Kings...where about 60-70 pharoahs were buried here in this valley..so here..we went visiting the pharoahs tombs lo...walking up n down the stairs into the tombs lo..inside the tomb can get lack of oxygen...cos...very stuffy n crowded and there's no vandilation ah..here..even the famous egyptian pharoah..King Tutahnkamun is also buried here..all these tombs are below the ground and the entrance are not be found until the archeologist come digging it slowly...and..it's said that..these tombs were dug by the prisoners during the ancient times...and after completion...these prisoners are executed as they dun not want anyone know where is the exact location of the tomb...why??..cos the pharoahs were buried in the tombs together with all their treasures and precious things durng their heir...so..imagine if someone finds the tombs..how rich can they be... hmmm...so how did ppl know bout this place???...hehe..well...there was this story that there was once these 2 brothers...both farmers..walking by and coincidently found one tomb...n found all the treasures in it..as they were very poor...so these treasures will make them lot money...the brothers had an agreement to keep this place a secret..they'll sell those treasure pieces when both need money and with both agree with it...however..one day..one of the brother went n sell some of the treasures to make money for himself without letting the other brother know...so when tat bro found out..he reported this place to the authorities tat time..let's say the police..thus since then...the authorities had sealed the place..and start work to search for all the tombs...so because of greed..both brothers have no more money to earn from selling the treasures..hmm..wat a waste...hehehehehe...at least they'd learnt their lesson..hahahaha...

in the afternoon...we proceed to the Karnak Temple...wow...this is a very gigantic temple..with a diameter of 2km...2kilometre...in other words...from the front to the back area is 2km and from the left to the right is also 2km...wow...and this temple was built for dunno how many centuries lo..cos it's like a holy place where many ancient kings come n built their tmeple here inside...in this temple..we get to see many gigantic columns...around 40m high...huge tall walls...and many gigantic structures inside..now can u imagine how huge is the whole structure...it's like magnificeint lo...m really curious how the ancient ppl does it ah...

the Kranak Temple..it's partially destroyed...so there's no more ceiling..imagine in the ancient times...it comes with ceiling one ah...wow...magnificient lo...hehe...in the temple..all the uncles...who are from gamuda...hahaha..together with their sons..who'd studied engineering...hahaha...figuring out n discussing how did the ancient egyptians built it..while all the ladies..hehehe..busy taking photos here n there lo...kakakakakakakakakaka..now this is the difference between male n female..kekekeke...after that we went to the Luxor temple..and in this temple..u can find the Roman church and also the Arabian mosque inside...why???..it's a very sacred n holy place..thus Romans built their church here when they rule then now arabians built their mosque here as well...hehehehe...and in this temple...haha..it's like a smaller Karnak temple...with huge structures and gigantic pillars n columns as well lo..wow !!!

we check-in our hotel in the afternoon..and..in the evening..there's a New Year Countdown party in the hotel... at the grand ballroom.. and it's only for all the in house guests...hehehe..happening leh..kekekeke...

we had lots lots lots of foods...then we have a whole strech ot dessert counter...ice cream counter..fruit counter and bread counter.. wow wow wow... so many things to eat lo...hehehehe... beside foods.. the ballroom is also filled with guests from all around the world... naming.. besides westerners.. there are also Malaysian(our group)... and Japanese... hahaha.. dunno ler...jus too many to mention...hehehehehe....

tat night they have belly dancing performance and this arabian acrobatic show..this is the best one..there's this man..wearing skirt...turning and spinning..non-stop for more than half an hour lo..wow..keng lo..he din even get dizzy leh..then he went spinning all around the ballroom..saying hi to everyone...wow !!!

then we have disco also... ppl dancing all around in the ballroom.... dancing their way to a brand new year... hehehehehehehehehe....

so wat happened the next day???... of cos la pack our bags n luggages... and leaving sweet memories behind.. and get back to malaysia lo... hehehehehehe....

phew...finally..end of story lo...hehe...so so so long ler...hahaha...enjoy reading lo..if got typo error...sorry ah...pai seh pai seh...cos too long ad..no time to check ah...kekekekekeke...

Quote: every story has an end, but in life every end is jus the beginning...this story of egypt had ended for me...and now..moving on the a brand new life...brand new year...creating more n more unforgetable stories.. :)