PLANNING MY TRIP TO UNITED KINGDOM

Hi friends,

Having a plan normally sets everything into place right? the first step that will help other steps to build up. I just created a few Whatsapp group of countries i would love to visit.

among those countries are
NEW ZEALAND
JEJU ISLAND SOUTH KOREA
PERTH OR MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA
LIVERPOOL AND LONDON, UK

and if i get any interesting information,i would share into the whatsapp group to be saved for 'later'. so.. how did my liverpool plan start?

so this is my my whatsapp group which i created on 21st Feb 2019. Actually didnt have any intention to go this year. only my husband and i were in it. 

one day i was in my parent's home on holiday. Normally when I ask my parents to travel with me, they will say no or wont answer. That day I felt like asking them if they would love to travel with me. MY DAD ANSWERED! 

he said from the kitchen " If you're going to New Zealand, I would like to come along"

well that was a suprise for me. A sudden change of normal 'i dont want to go'' its too tiring to travel'' no money''staying in Malaysia is better' and a dozen excuses...haha

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Well.. I did have a New Zealand Whatsapp group and invited my dad into it. He did want to follow so he needed to be included in the planning fun. 

so this is the New Zealand Whatsapp group that I opened on the same day I opened the Liverpool Memoir group.

well, you know I am very fond of traveling and love searching places on the internet. I even installed Google Earth to tackle my travel cravings that come suddenly. I imagine going to those places and being in the pictures taken by strangers.

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I have been searching for cheap airline tickets to nz but it seems Air Asia wouldnt come up in the kayak apps.

after searching online for news, i found one stating that aa no longer have routes to nz. sad.... i was sad..

air asia used to have around rm1.5k return tickets to new zealand. now rm2.6k average for 3 adults and 2 children. much more expensive than going to london.

I already broke out the bad news to the group that our nz trip was cancelled and would look into going to london. and then my dad replied he would like to join us. what???

The part when my dad said he would like to join us to Liverpool if he was still healthy...suddenly a bell rang in me.

my dad is old! i needed to bring him there while he is healthy. he is already near his 60's.

TBC..

***On the journey of achieving my wish list by 60***

WOW. I'M REOPENING MY OLD BLOG

Hi friends, its been a long journey since my first post and i have grown up so much in the way i act and think

This blog has been inactive for nearly 8 years. i have changed the setting of all of my post to draft.rereading them again has made me ashamed of the way i thought and acted before.thats why i dont want the whole world reading and judging of who i was then..

Now i only focus on the positive sides of things

anyhow, i do appreciate the honesty i potrayed in each post. the emotions i felt while reading is just surreal. have you ever felt ashamed of what you wrote in blogpost before?

well. now i have reopened my old blog and refurbished it a bit.

i am already 35 and in those years. I have accomplished so much of my wishlist. that i must share it in here.

welcome back old friend.. hope you will stick with me along the adventures I have. through thick and thin.

i used to be a cute but lost grumpy school teacher and now.. i am a positive business women. who takes care of my growing children, have a tuition center and teach swimming classes for muslimah and children.

(On the journey of achieving my wish list)

IS MY DREAM TO TOUCH A SAKURA COMING TRUE?

Well, its been a long ride. Full of happy and sad moments since i joined shaklee and finally made it my fulltime job.

SHAKLEE distributer and also im a full time house wife & mommy. 

Ive been planning on going to korea again to see the cherry blossoms bloom. Ive been there before in july 2012 backpacking bringing my 2 young daughters..dija 3. Maiya 1.. A month before i started my shaklee business.. ( i was a teacher and july is a school holiday)

Well. My husband didnt agree. To him saving alot of money going some same place a waste of hard work. ( aww...he has a great wife.. he knows i work hard for him n his 2 princesses)

So... he suggested japan tokyo, hong kong. ( i know right? 'disneyland')

Ok..so here i go planning and planning again.

But something is buzzing in my mind.

" nak melancong pergi umrah dulu" thats what my mom said

Translation*before going on holiday, perform umra first*

So... trying to adjust what i need to do with what i want to do.

I need to perform umra first. YES! But how????

Suddenly. I got a sudden urge to ask on facebook. And a friend of mine. Nik aniki was so gracious in explaining everything. Including packages like umra + holiday trips. She went umra + instanbul and gave it 5stars experience following andalusia traveling agency. My knowledge from zero turned to millions of possibilities.

At first i saw a chance of going to london and paris.

I suddenly google how far london was from liverpool. Just 2 hours on train. Well! Thats great. Convert to rym. Rm150 pertiket !! Ok.  Since i want to see my childhood birthplace again that much...i can tolerate that price. I just need to touch the last place i remember. District L8 8AE. Touch the door of my home and visit my primary school. Once again.

Suddenly i saw that paris is not far of. By googling i saw that... actually... i never knew paris was just accross the sea. Wow! And you can get there by road. Fantastic! Just around 5hrs by road from london.

Suddenly i remembered that i badly wanted to touch a cherry blossom by 2015. Would there be any chance if i could do so next year?

I just checked and instanbul has cherry blossoms during spring april-may. Thats some great info. 

So now...

I have 2 choices.

Umra + paris london. I have to save around rm26k for two.

Or

Umra + Istanbul. Save up to rm18k for two.

Going to study more on paris & london. if i can get some cherry blossoms blooming then its a winner! Cherry blossoms AND EIFFEL TOWER ! Yeay! 

Im excited and cant sleep tonight. Might as well just share with the world and my future me.  will update soon.

Take care ! 

A short holiday in Putrajaya

Hi there!

Had a great time in Marriot Hotel Putrajaya. Euna fell sick so we had to bring her into the room. She had to be given antibiotics and cold syrup subscribed by the vet. Poor poor euna

Night 1
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We stopped by ibu's house for dinner. Ibu cooked black soya chicken. She complained i was fatter now. Well ibu... im happier now and love having late snacks.

She was concerned about my health. Well thanks ibu. Will try and keep note ^_^

We checked in the hotel and smuggled euna into the toilet. She was a bit confused. Saw her run near the door and was just intime. Took her to her 'potty' to finish her business.

Day 2
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Today after having a nice breakfast we headed to the room. Hubby had training at the palace of the golden horses.

So we slept in until he came back.

We then went to mines shopping mall to have a great time!

Had a wonderful trip on the mines lake cruise. The fresh air, cold wind, beautiful scenary ! Wow! So much beauty!

After that we went to sushi king * again* . Bonanza time. Had to queu up. ' soooo long'. Finally our turn came. I ate a large caviar and yuck! HATE IT. Taste like stinking fish.

Bought some toys for dija maiya and walked everywhere. By the time we arrived at the hotel, we were dead tired.

Stopped by the kiddies world to play with the kids. Opened 10am til 7pm. It was already 9pm but we entered anyway. Hehehe. Naughty us.

Oh yes. Had a bad experience. Our next door neighbour had a little too much excitement and was a bit loud. Its very disturbing you know. We turned the tv on again. * trauma *

Day 3
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After breakfast the kids wanted to play at the kiddies world. We let them play for 30 minutes and went swimming for 30 minutes.

I couldnt swim that day. So i took pictures and took care of our belongings.

Ok. Good bye marriot hotel. Such a beautiful grand place.

Marriagal course

Its mandatory for all Muslim's in Malaysia to undergo a marriage course before having the permission to get married.. it is held for 2 days that is on a Saturday and Sunday. My abg (short for 'abang' presenting hubby in Malay), registered me and himself to take the course. The long hours where spent by hearing lectures. Some motivators where funny, a bit blue, and one or two where just too serious...overall.. they taught us the marriage procedure, how to become good Muslim husband and wife, pregnancy, how to overcome marriage conflicts, health etc...this motivator showed us a vid of a women giving birth...just couldnt have the guts to look at the pain...and another had tons of banned commercial ads to make us livelier... the food was nice..they kept feeding us.well..its worth the rm80 we have to pay to get in..hehe

abg is looking behind him smiling..i wonder whats on his mind..hmmm