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Okay... So I was in Southern Europe and Northern Africa...

Now, I'm in Dubai, in one of the most luxurious hotel in the world... So they said... But I have to agree... We've basically got a apartment just for ourselves (without kitchen of course, but we can order... Hohoho...) With 24 hours butler waiting outside and personalized reception desk and Hermes grooming kit (lotions, perfume), our own jacuzzi, business area (with laptop, fax-printer-scanner, HP laptop, iPod deck, working space, free internet - wifi in the whole building) and yeah.. Those doorbell with cameras and speaker so you can look at your guest on the TV (Oh yeah, did I mention that you can open the door with the TV remote controls and basically any phone you got that's closest to you... so you don't have to personally come to the door yourself).

(Oooo.. And the butlers came with new water bottles and fruits and food and changed the ice cubes, and offering us sparkling juice? did he say sparkling juice? humm.. I wonder if we have to pay for this? Didn't ask. Hahahaha.. Should ask later...)

They've got underwater restaurant with all the fishes and restaurant above with the view overlooking the whole Dubai city and the sea... They've got indoor swimming pool and spas and saloon, and even ones that's private for women only. They got shops nearby that we can just go to with a Caddy (those golf-carts), they've got some sort of water boom that I won't get to play with (leaving tomorow morning so I'm planning to go to the indoor women swimming pool.. Now actually...)

Whatelse? The interiors sure are very luxurious...

(Ooo.. The snacks are delicious! Oh yeah, they've got 40% Indians here. So, they've got lots of, everything I guess?, great Indian food... I just had one myself. And I have to say, that was the best Indian food so far (you know I don't really prefer Indian food.. But to say that I enjoyed that one, then it must be something, no? Hehe..))

So, okay... Stop boasting... Oh, I heard before the recessions the rooms here are always full. They booked it for a month at least.. No wonder. For those too-rich-people, this is really comfy... I guess.. At least it's kinda too much for me. Haha.. (Beda kelas nih... Ketauan deh. Hahaha..)

Muahaha... Huahaha... oink.. oink... Thunder Piggy.. Strikes Again...

(Note: The last previous line was made by my brother while I was away, enjoying the swimming pool facility..)

Anyway, so it was great! (Oh on this whole trip, I swam twice! Woohooo.. It's been a reaallll long time... At least on my three years in Oz, I don't think I've ever swim? Lol.) What else can I say? This place is wayyyy beyong my reach... At least for now... Haha. I guess I'm really lucky that the economy actually is in recession (the price is wayyy cheaper now compared to before) so I can actually try staying a night in a 7 star hotel...) Might be a once in a lifetime experience...

(Jadi begini toh rasanya jadi orang kaya... Ckckckckck... I really could get used to this...) I took lots of pics and record lots of vids... Though illegally sometimes. Haha. (Too expensive not to try recording..) Anw, yeah... Sepertinya gw lumayan norak.. Huahahahha.... (Keliatan bgt nih org kampung nyasar.. Lol.) Even the butlers and the employees are way cooler (clothing and behaviour) compared to us (esp. me I guess? Lol...)

Anw, 1.21am.. Got to wake up in less than 4 hours =( Boooo....
Well, I guess a night is enough.. Too long's no good.. Hahaha... Nyasar ke dunia yg berbeda sehari gpp lah ya... Kalo kelamaan, tar bisa stuck di alam mimpi, mending jangan. Hahahaha...

Well, the rest of the trip will be updated later...


~ Signing off from another world

It's here! It's here! Well, not quite here, here... But it's coming!! Soon!! Like soon, soon!!! ~~Wooohoooo...

Can't wait to get my hands on it.. So excited. Hahaha...

So.. October... Come here soon! Yay! v(^0^)v

>(^-^)v Let's do some happy dancing ^^

<(^-^<)(>^-^)> <(^-^<)Yippey yipeey yayy..
(>^-^)> <(^-^<)(>^-^)> Yippey yippey Horray...

(>^0^<) Aahh.. Feeling so content...

Taking a reaallllyy deep breath....



~~~Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!



Taking another deep breath....

(Note: Random outburst because suddenly a shinning light seems to shine so brightly ahead but as time passes, the shine seems to diminish little by little...)

It's almost dark again now... But still crossing-fingers... Hoping... Praying...
(At least I'm feeling a bit better now. Huhuhu...)

So here I am, in the midst of all confusions, laid-back-ness, full-support, lazyness, totally in my comfort zone with nothing to worry about (well, almost nothing).

I think even in this place I dreaded and feared so long ago, I found myself to be 'living'. Yes, maybe (just maybe) I was more positive (always surrounded by positive thinking people, thank God) but being surrounded in a negative environment (really hard at first, really heart-breaking, not to mention mental-state and mind breaking. Lol.) I learnt little by little, to grasp what "little" hope and positiveness I had left. I noticed I start to think more in a positive way lately. Always trying to see things in a different light. Even if someone said something that take hopes away (nooo.. don't left me!!!). Sometimes it does get really tiring and so tempting to just go "whatever..." but I refused to do so! *clinging to that lil-bit ray of hope* So I guess hard-headedness is good in that way? Lol.

I think my response to those around me is still not good. But starting with my own mind, it's a start isn't it?

Hoping my progress won't stop here... Fingers-crossed.

Another work from Ghibli's studio Hayao Miyazaki.

I read the back cover of the DVD before watching it and assumed it may be somekind of Mermaid thingy, Hayao's version. I watched it. Surprisingly, it is! It is a mermaid story, Hayao Miyazaki's version. Lol. And the theme of the movie is still Hayao's "normal" theme: magical, sweet, full-of-hope, with you can achieve anything, even those beyond your wildest dreams. =)

And apparently, from Wiki, his inspiration was really "The Little Mermaid" from Christian Hans Anderson. Lol. And he did most of the waves thingy himself, manually (hand-drawn). And he received quite a lot of awards for the movie.

So, I think, I'd agree with those who said "Not Miyazaki's best film" but still enjoyable to watch. The scenary is back to old times. Comparing to Spirited Away with all the great details and 3D buildings - really... Too beautiful for animation, Ponyo's more like old animation - with round edges on buildings and cliffs and roads that moved up and down, and of course, exaggeration of the waves. (Hayao never failed to exaggerate on things does he? Either it's a tear drop, fire, or waves).

The ending of the story's really abrupt and it's like "What? Is that it? Really?" I think through out the movie I'm more like, "hum... ok... humm.. then? humm... what's that? humm.. who's that sposed to be? oooo.. that's cute! huh? is that all?" And at the end there's nothing much to talk about (well, I was speechless for sure. Haha...)

So... Should I go for a second watch on the movie??? Humm... Certainly would like to watch it again... Someday... Hahaha... Maybe I'd appreciate it more then?

Ooo.. The soundtrack's certainly catchy - stuck in my head for a while after watching it. Lol.

Wooohhhhooooooo.... I just did my last test for the current mandarin lessons. It's all done, finished, 完成的 (wan cheng de), 完成した (kansei shita), selesai, voir finish, c'est fini, finitto, 완성된 (whatever this is. lol), ausgespielt, מחוסל , bitmiş, etc etc.. (You got the idea... Lol..)

Hahhh... Lega... (Well, still have to practice regularly or else I'd forget everything I've learnt so far -_-" (They even have an idiom for this in Chinese. I forgot what though. Something along the line of Hanzi zhen bu qing (Meaning: Chinese characters doesn't know how to repay kindness - tidak tahu budi) or something like that. They seem to have idioms for every single thing -_-. It'd be nice to know (quite cool actually) but... Begitulah...

Next???

HSK Level 6! Amin... (I don't know how hard it's gonna be but I bet it's gonna be quite hard, especially with one month or so to go and I still have not gotten any textbook materials to study for it -_-. Zhen caogao! (Sangat gawat! - Inggrisnya apa ya? Hummm..) - I just know that I can't get HSK lvl 6 cause I'm still in the basic level... Apparently level 6 is intermediate... Sigh... Ah well...

S2 @ China??? -_- Well, kalo bisa masuk BeiDa sih bagus, gw mau2 aja. Kalo ga? Huhuhu... S2 mending di tmpt lain kali?? =/


~ Walking towards the future one step at a time ~

Lately there's this one old song from good old school days that came back... I just realized how fun (and easy!) it is to play the guitar. No wonder they always played this song at schoool that time. Hahahaha! (The meaning's funny too. Lol...)

I wanna download this... Do you know how?
http://images.tombeo.multiply.com/movie/8/39.swf/kan_guo_lai.swf?enctoken=U2FsdGVkX19epwolo1CitKmlUeRs.tk5A.jrs1VINIw=

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Dui Mian De Nu Hai Kan Guo Lai (Girl at the opposite, look over here)
Kan Guo Lai, Kan Guo Lai (Look over here, look over here)
Zhi Li De Biao Yian Hen Jing Cai (The performance over here is very wonderful)
Qing Bu Yao Jia Zhuang Bu Li Bu Cai (Please don't pretend, don't ignore)

Dui Mian De Nu Hai Kan Guo Lai (Girl at the opposite, look over here)
Kan Guo Lai, Kan Guo Lai (Look over here, look over here)
Bu Yao Bei Wo De Yang Zi Xia Huai (Please don't be frightened by my appearance)
Qi Shi Wo Hen Ke Ai (Really, I'm very cute!)

Ji Mo Nan Hai De Bei Ai (The sorrow of a lonely boy)
Shuo Chu Lai, Shei Ming Bai (Say it aloud, who'll understand?)
Qiu Qiu Ni Pao Ge Mei Yan Guo Lai (Please send over a charming glance)
Hong Hong Wo Dou Wo Le Kai Huai (Humor me, flirt until my heart is ecstatic)

(He..He..he, Mei Li Wo, heh!) (Hehehe, won't respond to me, hey!)

Chorus:

C G Em Am
Wo Zuo Kan You Kan, Shang Kan Xia Kan (I look left, look right, look up, look down)
F G
Yuan Lai Mei Ge Nu Hai Dou Bu Jian Dan (Actually every girl is very complex)
C G Em Am
Wo Xiang Le You Xiang, Wo Cai Le You Cai (I think and think, I guess and guess)
F G
Nu Hai Men De Xin Shi Hai Zhen Qi Guai (Girls' hearts are very strange!)

Ji Mo Nan Hai De Cang Ying Pai (Lonely boy's flyswatter)
Zuo Pai Pai, You Pai Pai (Swat swat left, swat swat right)
Wei Shen Me Hai Shi Mei Ren Lai Ai (Why no one has come to love me?)
Wu Ren Wen Jin Ah, Zhen Wu Nai (No one shows interest, how boring!)

Dui Mian De Nu Hai Kan Guo Lai (The girl at the opposite look over here)
Kan Guo Lai, Kan Guo Lai (Look over here, look over here)
Ji Mo Nan Hai Qing Dou Chu Kai (Lonely boy's heart is opening)
Xu Yao Ni Gei Wo Yi Dian Ai Hi Hi (Need you to give me a little love)

Wo Zuo Kan You Kan, Shang Kan Xia Kan (I look left, look right, look up, look down)
Yuan Lai Mei Ge Nu Hai Dou Bu Jian Dan (Actually every girl is very complex)
Wo Xiang Le You Xiang, Wo Cai Le You Cai (I think and think, I guess and guess)
Nu Hai Men De Xin Shi Hai Zhen Qi Guai (Girls' hearts are very strange!)

Hai Zhen Qi Quai Lai lai lai ... (Hai! Really strange! Come, come, come...)

Fade Out

(Ah.. Suan Le, Hui Jia Ba) (*Sigh* Forget it, let's go home...)

Somehow today, with all of its own excitement and worries and whatever, I ended up feeling happy and content at the end of the day. There is no particular reason to why I'm feeling happy and content, it's just that I am happy and content. Hahaha.

I think the atmosphere of where you are helps though. Somewhere that makes you feel secure and content and can freely be who you are trully maybe? All of your crazyness, lazyness, whatever badness and goodness you have, the place where you can pull all of them out at once. As for me, that's my room! Hohoho.. Cozy and comfortable. I guess it's my comfortable zone (though too much inside it isn't good too).

My room's like my hiding place, a place where I can come back to and release whatever worries and stresses I have outside of it. A home isn't My home if it doesn't have My room. A place to be able to calm yourself, be alone and just look back and take your own time to analyze things or just forget your worries for the moment. Lol.

I guess everyone has different things that represent that 'comfy place'. Some might refer it as their spouses, some other maybe their 'workshop/garage' or maybe their reading room or in their activities or in other people's acknowledgements.

What's yours?