Langkawi Trip (29 June 2010)

Life has been exciting except for the fact that I'm running out of cash in supersonic speed these days. I went to Sg Petani Kedah to attend the National Gathering of Pharmacy Students (NoGaps) and then off I went to Jitra, Kedah to visit our dear friend Ray.





Ray's family hospitality was superb and we even had a low-budget one day trip to Langkawi. It cost us RM80 which include the ferry tickets, a driver and a van to go around the island. But since it was a day trip, we had to wisely pick the places we want to visit which of course should not cost us a penny upon entrance hehe so here goes the pics

Laman Padi.. No entrance fee.. Here, they plant padi over a rather huge piece of land. The unique thing is that each square actually contain padi in its different phase of... em... growth (ok that sounds so0o0o0 BIOLOGY) For someone who is unfamiliar with padi field, I found this place very exciting. They even display some traditional equipments used during the olden days for processing padi..

Langkawi Cable Car.. This place is a MUST-GO!!!! \(^^)/

Tickets:RM 15 for Malaysian

Left: Scenery from the top of the hill

Right: The skybridge. When you walk on it, you can actually feel the bridge vibrating and the feeling of the breeze sweeping over your face is just so refreshing!
Fizah said that the bridge is closed when it's too windy

Left: These are the stairs to the skybridge. It was quite an uphill climb on our way back to the last station. Shifaa and I decided to run to compensate for the Transpeak expedition's training that we've failed to do during NoGaps and was desperately gasping for air at the end of our struggle

Ok.. I don't remember the name of this place
We had our lunch here. The food was delicious and was sold at a reasonable price! And I really like that hut.

This is the pic taken before leaving Langkawi. While the rest were busy choosing tasty chocolates to bring home, I went sauntering around alone trying to find cheap souvenirs to bring home. Got some keychains and tshirts! NEAT! \(^^)/

Thanks for the lovely trip guys!!!

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O0o0 World Cup!!!!!!!!!

When you're reading this I'll probably be deep in the jungle, trying to complete the 5 days gruelling hike to conquer three peaks. I'm not sure of the mountains' names but they are Gayong, Yong Belar and Korbu if I'm not mistaken~


Well.. It's very near to the World Cup for sure and my spirit is soaring and I'm putting high hopes that Germany is going to give brilliant performance in all their games and proceed to the final~

I won't be able to watch their first match on the 13th though~ huhu

World cup brings back the memories in form 4 when almost all of my batch have this tiny folded paper where we would write the scores of every games. I remember the guys were so eager teaching the girls how to calculate the scores and stuffs. And Brazil vs England match was concurrent with a talk held in the hall and my bff and I actually made ourselves look sick to avoid from going and watch the match instead hehe


World Cup 2006 was held during the taaruf week (orientation week) in IIUM and although we have to wake up early and attend a lot of programs during the day, Ray, Fizah and I never miss the matches hehe will miss you girls very much!

So here's the official theme song for 2010 World Cup.. Wavin' Flag by K'naan~ Nice lyrics! I love it!

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Mavi marmara~ ~that dawn..

The news is now heaped with reports regarding the inhumane attack by Israeli commandos on the Mavi marmara ship which is filled with volunteers and loaded with humanitarian aids for Palestinians in Gaza... It's really heart wrenching to see how those Israeli are atrocious enough to even do that act of piracy and wreck all the stuffs shipped by other countries to help those in need in the Palestine.



I watched and read some of the news. The one that attract me most would be the statements made by the Malaysian journalist and a Malaysian doctor about their dreadful hours held hostage in the hands of the Israelis. The journalist described that they were ordered to squat for hours on the vessel's deck and had to suffer the deadly heat of the sun. They had guns pointed at them almost all the time. They were only served with cucumber, bread and plain water in prison.



At the end of the interview, the doctor asked a permission to say something to the audience. Well, as far as I remember, he mentioned that being safely home is not all that matters. What matters most is that the freedom flotilla's real mission was not accomplished. The aids were not delivered and even confiscated by the Israeli. This is something to be thought through and this incident really portray how devilish the Zionist power could be.

Hurm.. I think the world know for decades that the Zionist is the real living convict of all terrorism. If we ever have a chart for terrorism, Israel surely will secure its top place for decades or maybe even centuries. All this while, it has always been clear that the Zionist are continuously tormenting the Palestinians and do recall how they diabolically besiege Lebanon a few years ago.



I don't know whether it is related to religion or what that when any Islamic country is being attacked by Israel, all the big powers of the world seem to shut their eyes or look the other way and take no action against such barbaric act. But this time Israeli has done it again and even worst! This is a total disrespect towards humanity. This time there's no excuse for the big powers to not take action because this time the incident involve many countries and mind you, the ship was unarmed and was intended for a peace mission~


I am no lawyer, just a future pharmacist.. I don't know much about world crime or war crime or whatsoever but this Mavi marmara incident sure sounds like CRIME to me... SERIOUS CRIME~


Imagine... If they could simply attack those volunteers on that ship without mercy, it must be far FAR FAR worst back there in Gaza~

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