London...1

Chapter 1
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As you all know I went to London, exactly last weekend to celebrate Hari Raya there with other fellow Bruneians...

It all began during 'Sungkai' gathering in Sheffield and Wan's place (ahaha story telling time!). I broke the news to all my friends and the new faces there (my juniors - ehhehe i feel old!!)...long story shortened - I got quite a great 'sambutan' from the juniors albeit only 4 out of them actually went to the celebration, and 6 (including me) of the seniors went to London.

Sungkai at Wan's
(Wan is the guy on your right)


Me, Fish and Rash, arranged for all the train tickets and the event tickets and everything was settled 3-4 days after I broke the news...if the internet at my place was available...I could've done it a bit faster (by a few hours..or minutes or seconds...ehhe)

Alright...that's the prelude to all that's gonna come! hahaha

-Going to London-
26th October 2007


St. Pancras Station in London

Again, I'm gonna make an abbreviated version of this...We had class on that day, so we had to drag our luggages into class. Our train bound to London is set on 17.27 (5.27pm) and our class ended at 4.00pm.

Oh, before I proceed further 'we' means me, rash, fish and miz. :D

Alright, after class, the four of us went straight to West Street, just around the corner of Management School Building and board the tram there. By the time we arrived at the Sheffield Train Station, we had about an hour to kill (better early than late - that's our motto! it only applies to boarding trains or any other transport that's a bit 'mahal' fare-wise)

We arrived there, waited for the juniors - Izzul, Zaiem, Ikmal and Hisyam as well as Wan and Naseeq. :D. There I distributed their tickets and we boarded the train.

Me, Wan, Naseeq, Izzul, Zaiem and Hisyam boarded the same coach...and the rest - Fish, Miz, Rash and Ikmal boarded another coach...nothing much happened during the train ride...just the occasional chats and I tried to read the readings that I was supposed to do, but I couldn't concentrate so...I just didn't read it :D

It took around 2-3hours and finally we arrived at London St. Pancras Station.

hmmm...i think that's as far as I'm gonna write today...my hands are getting cramps :D hehhe

so i'll leave ya all and i'll update again tomorrow or soon :D



Ciao

xxx
Lufias

Just Pictures

Pictures (Doh!!!)...not in random order :D

Me and the rest of the BruSheffs



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Me and Ninah


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Me and the rest of the guys in Sheffield
On the floor from left to right: Dauz, Naseeq and Mizi
On the sofa from left to right: Wan, Khairul, Aidil, Me, Ikmal and Hisyam


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Me and Rash @ Raya Open House in 9 Havelock


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Me, Mai and Wan during the Raya Open House at 9 Havelock


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Me and Beng Hui (a coursemate in Sheffield)



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Me and the girls during Raya Open House at 9 Havelock
Top of the stairs: Nyuk Mei, Middle of the stairs left to right: Me and Ting Hui, Foot of the stairs left to right: Salwa, Nonoi, Salwa and Jacelyn (Standing)


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Me in Starbucks


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The above cat is cute...i want it!

Back from London

When did I leave Sheffield?
26th October 2007

For what?
Hari Raya Aidilfitri Celebration 2007
organised by Brunei Student Union

Where?
The Ball Room,
The Dorchester,
London

When?
27th October 2007

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:D Well i just got back from London after an enduring 4 hours train journey from St. Pancras Station to Sheffield Station. It took quite a while to get here due to maintenance to the railway of the normal and shorter route.

I'm leaving behind some accounts of the trip? Not really...I just haven't put it up here yet...I haven't put it into words or sentences YET. :D I need a bit of time to recollect all the jumbled memories and arrange them...

What I need at the moment is a nice break from everything, go back into the cave (it's a nice cozy cave) in my head. Retreat from people and just have a nice ME time. A day of that would be fine. Socialising is fun, but it takes quite a toll on me, I need to recuperate from all the hectic-ness. London is not for me. Too HECTIC and TOO City-ish for me. I like it slow and steady and peaceful...

Now if you would excuse me...need to rest. :D

xxx
lufias265

101th post

The much awaited movie..at least for me and my housemates :D

Oh yea..this is my 101th post! Imagine that! ehehe
congratulations to me on my Hundreth post, well the post before this plang tu.
and to my readers
A big thank you to you all
(no comments from you guys, doesn't mean you don't care right?, heheh)

enjoy!

I miss...

...my parents.
...my little brother.
...my brothers.
...my family.
...everyone in Brunei.

I had a sudden bout of homesickness.

Past Posts...

Okay, this post that I am gonna paste (cut from my friendster blog and paste it here). It brought some memories back to me by reading it, so i thought I'd share here too. I have linked a link for that blog here. :D. It's written in both Malay and English, and mostly the Malay back then is Bruneian Malay Dialect.. :D

~Hari ini...semalam dan esoknya..

baru abis sahur (jarang sekali kan sahur)...but today kiranya special cos kami di sini celebrate one of our frens punya bday (14/10) and masa ari atu jua (on 03/10)...we had their parties masa sahur..ehhe tapi ari ani parut nda dapat accept food..so aku ikut celebrate dengan minum air kosong ja...

come to think of it...ramadhan is nearly the end, we're in the last 10 days or so in this holy month...macam inda terasa...13/10 marked our 1st month anniversary di UK...and sayu rasanya...teringat one month ago di airport we were being sent by family members...(cukup dengan airmata) wuhuu!! hehehe well now kami di sini...macam inda caya la...but its real..

I dont know what my future holds for me..but all i can think is make the best of today and learn from the past...and then plan a lil bit ahead to make sure im ready for anything that lies in my path...watever it is..i'll try to accept it..(like wat this quote says...god grant me the serenity to accept things that i cannot change, the courage to change things that i can and the wisdom to know the difference) or something like that...

ehheeh so...

at this point aku ngantuk dah so ciao...

yours truly

lufias~

In order to move on...looking back and laughing at what you did in the past is the only cure. :D

Inspired.

Basically I was doing nothing before this - internet wise. I had to rely on the computers in the Information Commons in my university to update myself with whatever things that I want myself to be updated with (ahaha beating around the bush is quite fun). Alright, now, today 17/10 our house finally got connected wirelessly to the internet. The speed is dismal but still bearable, I suppose. If it is unbearably slow, we might try to change to another broadband service provider.

I guess, I'm grateful that our house 'finally' got connected! ehehe 2 weeks plus of waiting is not good for my nerve.

The above writing act as an opening to the new season of my blog. Unofficial posts were written previously, but it was more or less sort of saying that I safely arrived in Sheffield, settled in, got everything in order, make new friends and stuff like that - a kind of prelude if you want. But now, today, I want to officially write a blow by blow account (if i can manage it) of what happened. For example, the days before I went to UK, the day that I was going to UK (at the airport), in Dubai, in London Heathrow, the bus station, etc.

The inspiration to write this sorta official post for the new season (hehehe), believe it or not, has always been there, but I wasn't inspired 'enough' to write it down. The inspiration came from reading a blog that is almost as young as mine but has 9 times more readers than me. Well, as i said earlier, I wasn't looking for readership (but if i do have 'loyal' readers, no matter who you are, i really appreciate it from the bottom my heart), the fact that I want to write and keep this blog alive is because I wanted to immortalized my thoughts, maybe not for forever, but just enough time for me to reminisce what I did, and remember me and my friends went through - happy, sad and bitter times. Walking down the bitter sweet memory lane if you must call it. :D. This is my reason, in fact, I originally had a blog in Friendster, started in 2004...still accessible, but no updates. There you can read about my earlier exlpoits (ahahha)...my experiences...and everything else that only now can be called as bitter sweet memories. :D. and also the author has a sincere flair to it that made me think more of keeping this blog alive and well updated. (I won't promise you anything but I will try my best to make it grow). So that is the final kick for my inspiration...

I think I've written enough so (for now). But rest assured I will write again in the near future :D

xoxo
Lufias

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitiri

Maaf Zahir dan Batin

Staring...

...at the screen, seriously I don't know what else i wanna do...



okay...i'm not feeling down or anything...it's Raya...oh yea selamat hari raya to all my family, best friends...housemates, friends, acquaintances..bla bla bla bla...basically to everyone that i know and for those who know me...



:D it's my second year/and final year here in the UK...so...it also means that it's my second year to celebrate this joyous month or aidilfitri..it's great (but i miss home...as i said, nothing beats home) to be celebrating the raya here, especially with all my housemates (but mizah wasn't here), friends, and some new faces (my juniors) ehehe



why am i staring at the screen?



well to be serious about it, i don't know why..ehehe its just that..



the house still has no internet connection...so im still using the pc in the information commons in uni...



*Sigh*







and

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitiri

Maaf Zahir & Batin

soon...

Hey...

wow...i miss blogging! :D

it has been quite a while since i've updated my blog.

reason? well, i'm back in the UK now. We moved house. and as usual new houses are incomplete...well in a sense. ehhe it's complete with everything a house should (that is, complete with all the basic utilities - water, electricity, gas) and of course the furniture...but secondary utilities such as phone lines, tv subscription as well as broadband/internet connection need to be added...hence the reason why I wasnt able to blog.

However, soon our house will have the broadband connection that my housemates and I coveted...eheh so, i might be able to blog on a much regular basis. :D

yeay!!

it's saturday afternoon here, im at the information commons in Uni...i've been here for an hour now...well apart from telling you that im not sure what i will blog about

oh yea...

I MISS HOME ALREADY!!!

hmmm it's been almost two weeks i am here in the UK...and i really miss home...the thought of not celebrating raya for another year is so sad to me...and hmmm alright i dont wanna get depressed about this...so i better stop writing about it and get on with life and shop!!!

oh yea the other day i went out and bought a white ZARA shoe!! hehehe it felt nice..and i wont tell you how much it cost.. :D


see ya!

xox
lufias
(it's good to be back...but i miss home!!)