Winter break 2012 - Ontario

Assalamualaikum! It's been a wonderful winter break. It was one hell of a car ride to Peterborough. 19 painful hours! The journey should have taken only 14 hours max but the roads were too slippery (icy like a hockey rink) due to freezing rain. So we had to maintain a speed of 60 to 90 km/h. Passing by Quebec city, our car termasuk gaung/parit kecil. Kecil je tak besar. Jangan cemas. A truck had to pull the car out while we waited outside in the cold weather. Though, I wonder what happened to our winter. It's been above (-15) degrees Celcius, which is odd. It should've dropped lower by now.

halfway out

at MySukan aka MyCanada Games with team Jangoks @ Scarborough, Ontario.

Anyways, I'm having a good time with my girlfriends. It's been ages since we last gathered like this. Like the old times, when we were all in college, so havoc I tell you. 

We spend most of our times in the kitchen like the makciks we are, watching horror movies while munching on jajan, discussing about marriages, household stuff, sometimes cakap harga pinggan mangkuk and emas lol!

Let's go through a week of my winter break briefly, shall we?

Boxing day sale was bizzare as always. No surprises there. But it was satisfying! I did my shopping at the Toronto Eaton Centre, Toronto's top tourist attraction. Located at the timesquare of the city, the place was crowded forcing people to sit and rest on the floors. Even in the food court, in stores, people had to sit on the floor - and that mall, is a huge mall.

Cannot tahan one, had to take off my boots.

inside Toronto Eaton Centre

Nathan Phillip Sq - Toronto City Hall

Christmas deco inside Toronto Eaton Centre

Christmas trees in Toronto

Went to the Riverview Park && Zoo at Peterborough, Ontario. They've got some North && South American, Himalayan and African animals such as yaks, serval cats, llamas, donkeys, barbary sheep,  and Asian ones too such as the Bactrian camels, wallabies, pythons and many more. Most of them are new to me because they definitely can't be living in our local zoos in Malaysia. To replicate their natural habitat would cost too much, methinks.

Playing Bella in the woods feeling-feeling Twilight. But really I was just in the zoo.

Huge male Bactrian camel

fresh snow!

ready to dive!

Tomorrow, we're going ice skating :)

Our last winter

I'll be graduating in May 2013, Insha Allah. Pray for my success!

It's my last winter. The fourth and the final. This was on day 1, Sunday. I was never really into snow, unlike the others. I never did any snow activities. Well, last year, I did sledding and snow shoeing. That's about it. I never made snowmen. This season, I think I should try skiing or snowboarding.

The weather: It stopped snowing but we're having freezing rain now. Final exams scheduled on Monday were cancelled due to that. Freezing rain means the ground is covered with ice - not just snow. It's really dangerous for pedestrians because the way UNB buildings are designed, they're located along the hill. So we have to be extra careful not to slip. I and D hold hands all the time :p I saw a car driving up the hill, struggling. The tyres were spinning fast but the car couldn't move up. I thought it was funny so I recorded a cinemagram gif of it - then the app crashed and I lost the video. Boohoo.

Still above -15 so that's good, for now.

David

Probably one of the few things that makes sense to me right now is David. He's gorgeous. He's got them deep green eyes, muscular body and pointy ears. Silent but deadly. Mischievous. Manly face structure. Oh he's real I tell you. Here you go, you're welcome.




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Apple-picking

I had a wonderful weekend. We all went apple-picking at the Everett Family Orchard, about 15 minutes from Freddy town. I bought pure honey too that was harvested from the orchard.

Maddy, a beautiful retired racing horse

Having lunch on a child's wagon lol

Beautiful isn't it? I keep complaining about being in this small town. I wanted to be put somewhere closer, better, and bigger. Being a 'city girl', who would have thought that I would end up this way? If I wasn't destined to be here, I'll never realize how much a small place could offer. How green the trees could be. How blue the skies could be. How silence can bring so much good. It's nice, to just sit and look over. Everything we could see, hear, taste and feel, thanks to Allah Al-Khaliq (The Creator) and Al-Hafiz (The Preserver). And to Him everything shall return; Al-Mumit (The Destroyer).

"It's nice being away. I think it's important to get away from where you've grown up for some of your life." - unknown.

U.S trip

After spending a few days in Hamilton and Toronto, we took the bus to Washington. Although Canada and US are neighbouring countries, to hop between two places could take 10 hours to days. Washington is such a wonderful place! I have loved museums ever since I was a little girl. Something about the bones, the history and the extinct intrigue me. I am easily fascinated with animals and the science pertaining to them.

I was 4 years old when I paid my first visit to The Smithsonian National Museum. 18 years later there I was again. Still amazed by the fossils, still excited to discover. I was like a little girl all over again.

The White House

Three days after, we hopped on the bus to NYC.

In front of a christmas tree at Madison Square Park, Manhattan. New Year's eve. Before heading to a friend's place

In a Converse store

5th Avenue

Grand Central Terminal

The end

Eid 2011

Here's my promise to you. I know I'm almost err . . . 2 months late? Lol. My bad.

Sorry there's no family photos. I choose to keep it private. That's just how I roll.

Happy belated Eid Mubarak, people! (Entah-entah Nada seorang je blogger atas bumi yang masih wish orang selamat hari raya)

I dapat raya 7 hari aje dekat Malaysia. Orang lain semua buat open house on second week of raya. I tak sempat hadir pun! Sedihnya. I'm sorry some of the photos are badly pixilated. That's because I downloaded them from Facebook.

Am I macho now? - Eid @ Johor Bharu

A couple of days before I depart for Canada, I sempat buat open house. Last minute punya. Nasib baik makanan catering tu boleh tahan. Terliur pula ingat balik dekat kuah lodeh malam tu.

sorry tak cukup kerusi lols. ala-ala kedai arab gitu. letak shisha lah lain kali

Deepavali? Harharharhar

I really like this picture so Imma put it up

With my homies!

Hazim = Abraham Lincoln doppelganger

Nabil and Adelia

Thanks for coming guys

Selagi kita berpijak di bumi nyata ni, kita belum terlambat untuk bermohon maaf sesama keluarga, sanak saudara dan rakan tauladan. Maaf zahir batin!

MFN pictures

You know that moment when a song is stuck in your head and it gets really annoying?

The one that's stuck in my head now is the dikir barat song: kacip fatimah. -___-

That's because I've seen the boys practicing the dikir barat over and over again.

plolessss (flawless) make up by Kak Deela. She has this really cool set of eye shadows and expensive brushes. All by M.A.C and Dior, memang lah plolesss kan?

Lol I look awkward

The green thing is called a veil apparently. And I had it on wrongly, oh my god.

Seperti biasa, attention seeker mesti duduk front row sekali. Lights, camera, please ye, respect my effort.

With David who apparently is a fan of KRU -_-

With Kak Deela, my make up artist for the night.

Ain, Kak Ainil, Adiba, me, Kak Deela and Tiffany

can't help it, I'm sorry.

That's our emcee in purple!

I don't think I'd do this again next year. If I do, can I please be in zapin? please! please!