Sunday, September 10, 2006

Pictures!

Heya Friends,

I've finally uploaded my pictures of New Delhi, India and my Aussie trip pics...
Just click on the entry to view it...
Enjoy!

Love, Nur'i

Sunday, September 3, 2006

Sydney, Canberra, Brunei & KK!


Rightio (as how Kyle always puts it)... Man, been traveling around lately. It was still winter time when I went to Sydney. Boy, was it cold! Went to my bro's place, stayed there for 2 nitez then he left for Melbourne. On my first nite, he took me to Darling Harbour... It's really beautiful... ate steak.. JuJu came down from Newcastle to see me! I enjoyed her company so much.. and on my 2nd day, I drove illegally in Sydney! HAHA! My bro suddenly told me to take over the wheels, so I had no choice but to just do it without international license & without knowing the traffic laws in Australia. Not forgetting, not knowing how the car works! But its all good. Learnt it that day itself, so when my bro left for Melbourne, I drove the car to a mall... and hoping I didn't get caught. So, the next 2 days I stayed with Catherine in her cozy house at Turramurra! Her mom cooked fish for us.. it was so "westernish" and she was so sweet & friendly! Love Cath's room, everythin was in place and some stuff there reminded me of India again... I managed to go for the feast with the Baha'is in Ku-Rin-Gai community.. they're all nice.. Several youth went to hang out in this French cafe which served Crepe... it was awesome but on my lastnite in Sydney, I wanted to go there but Cath told me it closed down! unbelievable! everyone loved that place! Anyway, the next morning we went to the Baha'i House of Worship in Sydney for the morning prayer service... the choir was so good! Later on went to Dee Why Beach with Rayan too... also went to Manly Beach the day before... It was cool hanging & eating at the beach.... it was cold but sunny at the same time... weird but i loved the sun! During the nite, i went to join them for dinner at a pizza place & joined them for Ruhi at Anisa's place. Got to know how funny Vafa was... and everyone seemed intelligent... well, they are actually... =) Discovered that most Australians travel a lot... After 2 nitez at Cath's, I went took the bus and train to Sydney Central at Eddy Av to board my bus Canberra! It took around 3 hours... then I stayed with Sean for 5 days in the dorms.. It was really fun & I got to meet new friends.. cooked together.. did grocery shopping together.. and met the Baha'i youth in Canberra as well.. really nice, warm people..Australian National University is huge... and nice... but Canberra during winter was SO COLD. Had to wear heaps of layers! Enjoyed meeting Daniel too. I miss the strawberry dips with chocolate fondue with Sean! =( Watching Prison Break Season 2 with u was awesome! and of course, tooking out the stupid memory stick from your laptop was unforgettable... Hilarious but it was literally torture! So I headed back to Sydney again, hung out with my brother and his friends.. met Wilson, Bong, Merlyn... had good conversations.. loved shopping with Mer! Managed to meet up with Peklynn at Circular Quay and we went to the Rocks! Also went for dinner with Vinod at this really decent Italian restaurant... *thanks* Had a great time catching up! So, that was Aussie..

Went to Brunei, spent a nite there, caught up with Sheng Liang... met Gamal the next day, he got spot checked by uncle & aunt, it was hilarious, u should've seen d look on his face! Hung out in the mall for a bit and ate lunch & went to the airport. Thanks for the card. It was awesome! Especially the things u wrote! =)

In KK, was there about 5 days... went to the mountain, beach and the island... I really had a good time... I'll never ever forget it... It was always raining though... Expensive taxi fares... but it was all worth it... every single penny... and of course, my companion...

And now, I'm back in Tawau for 3 weeks... I'm real tired now... Just went out with my friends karaoking in Yacht Club... Had a good time... catching up... Gonna miss my goodfriend, Crys... Missing the temple and all the people I met... the experience is an undying one... the trip to Australia too...massive...