Cergam: When in Venice

Bismillah.

Cergam(cerita gambar): When in Venice

Three siblings, Kak Long, Kak Ngah and Sha Lan were walking in Venice.

While having sight-seeing, those sisters learnt that their youngest brother, Sha Lan is nowhere to be found.

They got panicked and quickly look for their brother, Sha Lan.



The sisters were wondering where could he be. "Maybe he is somewhere there. Let's go that way.", said Kak Ngah.






Kak Long was very worried and could not walk properly.



Meanwhile, Sha Lan was waiting for his sisters at a corner. He got lost after went into some dvd shop. Not knowing that his sisters were looking for him.



Kak Long and Kak Ngah  weres still looking for their one and only brother. They search everywhere.



Sha Lan keeps on waiting for his sisters to come and look for him. He waits for hours.



After waiting for such a long time, Sha Lan decided to make a move eventhough he doesn't know where to go. He stretched up and loosen his muscles a little bit.

Just when he about to make a move,..



He saw Kak Long just right behind him! And Kak Long was shocked,abviously..

So, did him! Both are surprised to see each other.

Finally, they meet their brother.

Kak Ngah was the one who is very excited.

However, it's different story for Kak Long. She was really worried and still upset eventhough Sha Lan has been found.

Sha Lan apologizes to Kak Long and promise he won't wander around without telling them. He also offered Kak Long his precious mask.

But Kak Long didn't  accept his apology. Kak Long insisted that everyone get into their car to go home since they are late like 3 hours for family photo session.

The photo session went  on once they arrived. But it didn't went right...



Kak Long could not smile for the camera. And Sha Lan kept on apologizing. This spoiled everyone's mood to have a photo session.

Kak Ngah who has been silent all this while, suddenly speaks, " Kak Long, Sha Lan enough you two, please. We should not be arguing when we should be happy and grateful that we found each other. Now, let's not waste more time and smile as we are family"


Finally, everyone agree and smileeee.....

Selamat Hari Raya dari kami.(tak pasal-pasal)

*cerita ini tiada kaitan dengan yang hidup sekarang ni.

Shopping in Vienna, Austria

From Budapest, we headed to south west, exiting Hungary, entering Austria which took us two hours driving. The first destination that we had been waiting for is the factory outlet there, Parndourf.

If you already know, factory outlet is where you can shop branded stuff with a prices way cheaper than usual price.

And this area of factory outlet usually consists of hundred famous brands.

As in Parndourf, there are 600 brands such as Nike, Guess, Swatch, Timberland, Levi’s, Lindt, Aigner, Burberry and the list goes on with every one of them has discount up to 70%! Okay Okay. Hold on there. Let me finish. For those who are shopaholic like to shop, you will go crazy and think that with 600 stores, a day won’t be enough. But trust me ladies, some of you might feel four hours is like a long day. =)

Just imagine, I went there with another seven ladies, five of us were so excited to shop. So, the following were the ‘result’ after four hours end:

“There was Burberry store but none of the item attracts me to buy them..”

“I found this Timberland shoes, so nice! But there is no size for me…”

“I don’t buy anything!”

So, girls, don’t get too excited about factory outlet. Yes, you may find what you have been looking for but sometimes, when you found something that you like, it could happen that the size that you wanted is not there, the choices of item is limited or even because it is too many shops that you go blank! Rambang mata dibuatnya sampai tak tahu nak beli apa! Hehe

The next day, we were kind of hurry since we should be leaving Austria around 1pm. So, we only got the morning to go for sight-seeing in the city. We hurriedly shop for souvenirs. Waaah, everything looks so nice. The souvenir comes in variety and unique way. Everything was made very neatly. It feels like you wanted to buy every single thing.  

Oh boy! How expensive this tiny thing? A small fridge magnet costs like 6Euro! And some up to 9.90 Euro! Which will be around RM24-RM40. Fridge magnet nak sampai 40 hengget lah?! Baik beli lauk ayam ikan sampai RM40 letak dalam peti ais!  Hehe

Maybe the saying is true about how expensive to shop in Vienna. Their price is pretty much like in the UK even though both are using different currency.

Right in front of this souvenir shop is H&M store.

I did not have any idea of this store until my friend, Amalina told me that the design of clothing, begs and accessories are too good for the price offered. They are affordable. Some more, this UK well known outlet has not come to Malaysia. In Asia, only China's region including Hong Kong have them. Without wasting any minutes, each of us grabbed at least 2 items from H&M .=)

The Best of Budapest!

The 14 of us started the journey at six in the morning, riding a mini bus and a car.

The main reason of this trip is to re-new our visa to stay another 90 days in Bosnia. This is one of the way, to go out from a country and re-enter Bosnia. The perfect thing is that, we got to travel to other country. Yeay!

Heading to Hungary, we went through Croatia. The journey from Sarajevo to Budapest took 8 hours driving. So, we arrived in Budapest around 3pm.

"Welcome to Hungary" in three different languages, Germany, Croatian and Hungarian. Don't happy, be worry as Hungarian words are known for its longest word in the world. So, tell me which one is in Hungarian?

If you spot the word "Magyar", that's the other word for Hungary.

 Searching for the apartment was tough. According to GPS, we are already at the right place. But the thing is we still couldn’t find it. There is no number or any sign of it. We tried to contact the person who was in charge but our mobile phone could not be used to call local number and to use public phone, we don’t have any local coins since we haven’t got the chance to change our Euro cash to Forint money.  Catastropha! We wondered around again and again to see if we took the wrong road. But, every GPS (we had two GPS since there are two cars) pointing to the same direction and same spot. But why on earth haven't we found that apartment???

After like two hours going around the place in a circle, we asked help from a local people to make a call to the apartment. And Alhamdulillah, we managed to communicate with the landlord of our apartments. Finally!

That night we went to Heroes Square. Just hearing that name would give you a hint of what kind of place is that.

Yup. Some sort of “Tugu Negara” of theirs. I was so excited when I came here because this place had been chosen as one of reality TV show, "The Amazing Race Asia" Season 2 for its task.

So, this is how this long word comes to relate with the task in the show. Those teams have to pronounce those heroes' name correctly as local people would check if it’s right. Hahaha..Don’t forget to catch your breath,dude!

The next day, we went to House of Terror. It is located in the city. The entrance fee is around 5.5 Euro.

It is originally a building for military headquarter and for collection center and prison during the occupation of Nazi Germany and Communist by Austrian-Hungarian. The building was never modified by its various owner. Basically, inside the building is the show room where they place an old tank, videos on the war and how was life back then, statues, the meeting rooms for the army, army suits for both Nazi and Communist and the most scariest part is in the underground floor which is the old prison. I got to enter and see many kinds of prison. From the tiniest prison that forces the prisoner to only stand in it to the mentally sick prisoner rooms with all the cushions covering the floor and walls. We also entered room where they hang the prisoners. One of us said that he can still smell blood scent. Alhamdulillah, I only smelled stinks.

After done with an indoor activity, we walked through Budapest city. We bumped into a morning market where they sell food, accessories and the most interesting part is we got to see a traditional dance on street! Wuhoo.  

The currency for Hungary is Forint. For instance, if you read something like this, “450 ft”, to get the value in Euro, you will have to divide with 270 as I Euro equal to 270Ft. So, it will be 1.67Euro. Most of the stores don’t accept Euro cash but to try at non-local shops is absolutely worth trying.

We make a couple stops at Mozart Chocolate Shop and few souvenir shops.

 Comparing to Bosnia, Budapest absolutely offers variety of international food, from Chinese, Indian and Japanese and food franchises such as McDonalds, Subway, Starbucks etc. But here, the only thing that they lack is the availability to find halal restaurant. It is limited unless you go into Turkish restaurant. For this reason, I miss Bosnia already. =)

That night, we visited Fisherman’s Bastion. This place is extremely beautiful for me! Looks like the palace from Disneyland just even better with the lights all over! MasyaALLAH!!

The history of this so called Fisherman’s Bastion is because in the old times, fishermen were protecting this area which is near the river and after them the place received its name. There are seven towers symbolize the tents of the seven tribe leaders that lead the Hungarians into their nation by the end of 9^th century.

Since the night was still young, we made our way to the next destination. Here is the view that could stop anyone’s breath!

The parliament and the chain bridge. MasyaAllah like million times!

Random tips I want to share. Dear bride and groom to be, if you guys are reading this, I tell you, Budapest would definitely fit to be your place for honeymoon. It really does! See for yourself. Love is in the air haa…=)

For those who are still have a long way to honeymoon, just enjoy the scenery like us, the wicky wicky wacko Malaysian students. We were crazily snapping pictures that we had this feeling that people can easily recognize where we came from. =P There is a saying that Malaysian crowd is loud and crazy no matter where they are. We proved that it is indeed, true!

Behind the mask

Bismillah.

Behind this mask...

...lies a story

..This ain't story about Casanova

...neither do Zorro...

Coming soon

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Roses are everywhere!

Bismillah.

It’s been a while since I posted my last entry. After came back from Budapest, there were loads of things to be settled. And just after 3 days I was back, I had to go out from Bosnia again to get a stamp from the immigration at the border in order to renew my visa. Actually I was supposed to get it during our previous trip to Budapest. But it happened that they just looked at it without get it stamped. So, the main purpose of going to Budapest, which is to exit and enter Bosnia to re-new my visa had not been achieved. That’s why we had to make another trip to Zagreb, Croatia. I hope you get what I mean.  

Oh, let’s not go too far with that as I will write my journey to Hungary, Austria and Croatia later on.hehe. =)

What I intended to say here is about Women’s Day.

Sretan 8 Mart, to every ladies! =D

Yurp, it happened two days ago.

But here, it’s totally different!. Whoaaa! Come here quick! I’ll tell you chronologically, okay.. =)

First, while me and colleagues were having lunch, out of a sudden, the restaurant worker handed over each of us a slice of cake. Only girls. The same thing happened for the next table too. And then, more female staffs of the company came into the restaurant and took their seats And we ate that soft spongy chocolate cake together. Awww,so cute..  =)  Feels like I’m in a girls school in the canteen during recess time! Hikhik~

Second, after finished eating cake, I went back to my department which is around 12.15noon. Then, the guys told me that the company is giving all the female staffs a half day today and we can go home by 12.30noon! I was like “Oh my! Oh my!” I’ll be home in 15 minutes?! They have got to be kidding me. Then, I asked others to confirm it and the next minute I found myself smiling widely while putting my laptop and files into my beg. Hey, hurry up,girls. The yellow bus is waiting for us! Hehe.

Third, as I walked down the street in the town on my way home, I witnessed that most women were holding roses! People were selling roses and flowers can be seen everywhere. I thought it was Valentine’s day or Teacher’s day. But it wasn’t. =)

A TV crew

Stores such as perfume shops and boutiques were also putting up discounts only for women on that day. =) Then, I dropped by at a convenience store to buy face powder. After I made payment to the cashier, she gave me a rose! I thought I was not going to get one and I was wrong. Ya Allah, bestnya hari ni! And that was fourth. =)

Sekuntum bunga Rose =)

Then, I started to compare and think of why we don’t have this in Malaysia? Here it is celebrated widely and they see this women’s day as something rather important. In Malaysia, we do celebrate women’s day but just by exchanging wishes or at least post it as Facebook status. That’s it. That is it. There’s no a bouquet of flowers. No roses. Let alone giving half day working. But here, it’s like a big event. The streets are crowded with people and flowers. And I like it very much already though this was something first time for me. Siapa tak suka kan dapat bunga and paling syiok masuk kedai je dapat diskaun?? Hehehe =P Eh, I just realized that I had so many smile emoticon this time. I really am happy. =)

The whole world is a provision, and the best object of benefit of the world is the pious woman.