Thursday, June 17, 2004
heyim back! well that's pretty obvious. before i continue, i shall enlighten any blockheads who havent realised that i was away and are probably scratching their heads asking "back? from where?"- earth to you. i was away frm 6-17 june on a pilgrimage to saudi. its nice to see i was well- missed considering the number of tags i got mourning my absence.lol. ego^^. shall tell you abit abt my trip. i almost DIED on the journey there. (ok i see some of you grinning. go away!) let me tell you the SAD story of my journey. first- a nine hour flight. then abt 2 hours to get past jeddah customs and immigrations and THEN a six hour ride in a small hot stuffy van with abt 6 other hot stuffy people in 45degrees weather. did i mention had a grand total of 5 PUNY vents for abt 10 adults? rite then some compensation- lala. super nice hotel- sheraton madinah. :D woohoo. problem was we only got to sleep at like 1 and morning prayers were at 3.30am. obviously NOBODY woke up. hehe. then went to Mecca -stayed at hilton towers with 3 lifts to serve 27 floors. SO SLOW. oh wells. the only english language channel they had at teh hilton was animal planet so yes, watched that 24/7. literally. so if anyone's interested in how many teeth a rusty monitor has, im your (wo)man. these arabs are true football NUTS i tell you. there are like 4 separate sports channels showing eveything from the euro 2004 to fifa women's world cup replays, champions league replays and copa libertadores (south american champions league).haha. so my dad and i watched till we blue in teh face. my mum however was rather red in teh face- never had an affinity with football. i tested her knowledge of the game- she thout world cup 2006 is gonna be held in china and cldnt rmb who brazil were up agst in 2002. lol. so cute. shopped arnd abit on the trip- nothing much though. then back to jeddah in the van and another 2 of squabbling with immigrations at the jeddah intl airport before a 10 hour flight (one hour stopover at dubai for crew change and petrol top up). there was this guy who kept farting who sat behind us. and this other dude who was flirting with and indonesian lady 3 seats away. highly amusing. and HERE I AM. delirious, tired and jet lagged. :Doh man. 11 days and i think my brain's slightly more active that a hibernating polar bear. i seriously need smn to remind me what hmwk, projects and tests we have? i seriously cannot rmb. and i lost my little to-do list. oh wells. shall blog more later.
I flew @ 5:58 AM
heyim back! well that's pretty obvious. before i continue, i shall enlighten any blockheads who havent realised that i was away and are probably scratching their heads asking "back? from where?"- earth to you. i was away frm 6-17 june on a pilgrimage to saudi. its nice to see i was well- missed considering the number of tags i got mourning my absence.lol. ego^^. shall tell you abit abt my trip. i almost DIED on the journey there. (ok i see some of you grinning. go away!) let me tell you the SAD story of my journey. first- a nine hour flight. then abt 2 hours to get past jeddah customs and immigrations and THEN a six hour ride in a small hot stuffy van with abt 6 other hot stuffy people in 45degrees weather. did i mention had a grand total of 5 PUNY vents for abt 10 adults? rite then some compensation- lala. super nice hotel- sheraton madinah. :D woohoo. problem was we only got to sleep at like 1 and morning prayers were at 3.30am. obviously NOBODY woke up. hehe. then went to Mecca -stayed at hilton towers with 3 lifts to serve 27 floors. SO SLOW. oh wells. the only english language channel they had at teh hilton was animal planet so yes, watched that 24/7. literally. so if anyone's interested in how many teeth a rusty monitor has, im your (wo)man. these arabs are true football NUTS i tell you. there are like 4 separate sports channels showing eveything from the euro 2004 to fifa women's world cup replays, champions league replays and copa libertadores (south american champions league).haha. so my dad and i watched till we blue in teh face. my mum however was rather red in teh face- never had an affinity with football. i tested her knowledge of the game- she thout world cup 2006 is gonna be held in china and cldnt rmb who brazil were up agst in 2002. lol. so cute. shopped arnd abit on the trip- nothing much though. then back to jeddah in the van and another 2 of squabbling with immigrations at the jeddah intl airport before a 10 hour flight (one hour stopover at dubai for crew change and petrol top up). there was this guy who kept farting who sat behind us. and this other dude who was flirting with and indonesian lady 3 seats away. highly amusing. and HERE I AM. delirious, tired and jet lagged. :Doh man. 11 days and i think my brain's slightly more active that a hibernating polar bear. i seriously need smn to remind me what hmwk, projects and tests we have? i seriously cannot rmb. and i lost my little to-do list. oh wells. shall blog more later.
I flew @ 5:58 AM
