Finally here i am sitting in front of the pc thinking hard where to start off. Many complaints received and it somehow told me that i have to start somewhere and make it on the go again… Some eager for the Vietnam trip update, some for the small trips around that had kept me occupied for the last two months and some wants to know what happened to me recently and what caused the MIA.. so where should i start??

Might as well start with something that is still fresh in my memory aka the Hanoi trip beginning of last month. Continuing to the previous post i typed out in Hanoi city itself, i’ll recap a lil of the Vietnam trip and top it up with the photos.

One of the handsome that made our stay so memorable.

One thing i missed the most from Hanoi apart from the two guys and a wife is the FOOD! We ate so much yummy food as we get by day by day. From breakfast till supper. People there eats everything..when i say EVERYTHING i mean EVERYTHING. (sorry minh, but i have to repeat the dog story again) From things as small as the snail to something as big a doggy. maybe there are more, just that we are not aware off.. On the way to Hung’s House on the 3rd day, i actually saw a ‘barbecued’ dog by the road side on a chopping board. Scared the hell out of me but its their culture so have to tolerate. They have this ‘dog meat’ place that we didn’t visit,according to minh they serves all kind of cooking method, be it deep fried, barbequed, in soup..you name it they have it…..K nuff said time for some pictures of yummylicious food.

The ‘wrap ourself’ spring rolls.

The snail noodle that is one of the ‘MUST TRY’ item.

Deep fried spring rolls in smaller sizes. Whatever size it is..its still yummy and thats the main point!

Check out the prawns.

The traditional Vietnamese salad.

After the heavy meals, some cold desserts just completes the whole meal…

Mixed fruit with milk and coconut milk (by the road side on the small stool duh)

Ok Ok nuff bout food?? I think its bout time to get on with some picture of sceneries and ME..(there are more food blog later kkk….)

Navigating the map is not the main prob in Hanoi and better still when you don’t need a map to move around as the local tour guide will bring u to the places u wanna visit. Cool huh??? Thanks to Minh and Nghiep for the hospitality provided. So we went around on the bike which is freaking scary. Imagine the traffic are so complicated that u find motorcycles coming from every freaking directions. Luckily we came home in one piece.

A ride at nite (notice the imbalance of the traffic, so many motorcycles in the on coming direction.)

One of the mornings after breakfast. !@#@$@ how come not many vehicles wan??? @!#!#!#

Once you reach Hanoi, the fist thing you will actually notice how this —->

Notice the hat?? almost all the ladies have one of it and at the end of our trip we end up like this—>

And like this –>

And to make it timeless —> tadaaaaaaaaaa

NICE??? Just a short trip i turn into some illegal immigrant (according to esther) SO think think think and seek consultation from me if anyone wanna visit Vietnam..Kidding la…Vietnam is a sure MUST go destination if you are ready to tolerate the hygiene issues.

Back to the photos. As my previous post, i went to Halong Bay and Catba Island and here are some photos of it…—>

Crusing into some Water Caves side by side with another sampan motorboat.

The scenery was breathtaking!!

Agree with me???

Finally saw smth like the market on the river ..

Ok la folks… boys n gurls stay tuned for the next episode of the Vietnam trip… to be continueeeeeeeeeed

Our lunch, grilled Bratwurst, schwein steak, and hamburger. Not exactly yummylicious but its enough to keep us filled till dinner time..

The place we came across. Just right across the river from Berlin HauptBanhof

The big soccer shoe which i have no idea what was it for, maybe for the World Cup event few weeks back.

Sampai sampai je they started d.. click click click non stop

I especially like this batch of photos.. Photos are taken during a short break to check the map. We were trying to locate The East Side Gallery–>Berlin Wall and we couldnt find it. Basira, our tour guide actually went thru the Berlin Tourist Guide but not much info about the place, only a street name and a S-Bahn station or something similar..At the end we found out that we actually refered to the wrong name… sheeesshhhh

The group photo after lazing for some time. The weather was so hot it felt so nice to ‘roll’ around on the cool grass (eventhough my whole body was itchy later but it was fun..)

Everyone went on doin their own stuff, mostly checkin on the photos taken earlier, or deleting to make more space for more poser photos later the day..

Me and KK studied the map and Berlin Tourist Guide to figure out the route to East side Gallery

Thats the photographer that took our photos without us realising… bravo bravo…

Finally get a chance to update my blog.. no internet access can actually drive me nuts.. the only available cyber cafe that dont charge me is Vi’s room and definitely paiseh to sit infront of her laptop and start typing like theres no tmr..and i dont feel comfortable wit other ppl’s laptop cos all my poser pics not in there of course hehe…so here the outdated post that i dragged for about a week plus..

My visit to Berlin was jus fantastic..i was more to the scenery type of person and Berlin is a city with all the high tech ambience..The buildings were all ‘wow’ so nice.. new..huge..glassy..and with different designs.. hard to describe and only pictures will tell..but but but today most of the pics

will be of us.. camwhores…poser pics.. what else..at the end of this trip we had so many nice group pic that definitely categorized under ‘must post’ photos.. so check it out…

oopps before i start with the photos i have to briefly go over my flight … damn, my EasyJet flight was delayed for about 2hours due to lack of staff in the airport to deal with the luggage.. i was totally speechless about it.. waited waited in Basel airport alone worried bout my transportation to the city when i get to Berlin..luckily at the end i get to BulowStr and KK had waited in the station for ages.. paiseh paiseh…

the ‘budget’ airline…EasyJet

Early morning on the nex day.. in the station already started the posers look..

First stop Brandenburg Gate..

Berliner Mauer….

The Mafia walk.. Basira missing ..photoshop later..

Then we head down to molest some bears.. (thats the Malaysian bear ok…so proud to find it there… )

And tried to be bears too..

Daric, whats behind the wall??? (went to Berlin wall later that afternoon)

bunch of posers la..nth special about the Berlin wall actually… jus a wall with alot of artistic paint.. some of it are really nice though

Guess where he visited to hav that kinda smiley face??? hmmmmm

Who is Who?? stay tune for the nex batch of Berlin photos…

Thinking of leaving soon makes me feel half hearted to leave this beautiful and peaceful town.. Remembering the first day i got here, ‘wow,i’m in switzerland now’ this kept playing in my head..It was the first time getting out of the country all alone in a mission to accomplish..(which is already done..) Everything were so new to me.. and different to me..

Our first visit to the famous Lion Monument..

None of us (those who came together last year) understand the language even though we spend about a year studyin German back in college…we were the minority but yet we were lucky to hav met people that taught us bit by bit..(i still cant understand everything but at least i can communicate in the basic…proud of that) Now everything seems so familiar to me and its time to bit farewell.. i’m surely gonna miss this place alot.. and not forgetin all the memories with the people here.. (tanja: ich wolle dich vermissen!!! bitte nicht mir fergessen..meine liebe schwester…)

Almost sunset by Lake Luzern.. Almost 10pm and its still bright enough to go for a swim in the lake..

Enjoyin the cool breeze by the lake while sun setting…

Eba accompanying me.. So much photos only from a walk by the lake…

Gonna miss those duckies in the lake too….

A strong urge to go home is still inside me but in somewhere there is a voice telling me its gonna b a whole different scene when i get bk to Malaysia.. definitely the weather..people, culture, environment, system, wow u name it , i’m feelin it.. my friend Vi was telling me that we (those who came here before) would eventually find a way to get out of Malaysia because it feels so so so different..(to my friends who r reading this, i’m not trying to b ‘lanci’ but its the truth.. u will know if u experience it)

Well, i’ll b off from the cyberworld soon.. mayb tmr mayb sat..hav to cancel my internet account before august..but i’ll try to update whenever i get to go online.. heading up to Berlin Sat nite..

folks in Malaysia.. I’LL B BACK!!!!! I’m stil using my MAXIS num, so call me or sms me if interested in meeting up k.. (this is dedicated to CRYST!!!! like kev i need a semi bombastic gatherin.. a try out b4 kev’s)

Missin the lake already..

Sent an sms very early this morning to my dad cos i jus used his credit card and i felt sooooo soooo sooo bad.. i’m not a big fan of papa mama bank so it kinda makes me feel bad when i pay for ‘MY’ holiday with ‘their’ $$… yeah i know i’ve been depending on papa mama bank for like ages but when it comes to needs and wants.. i usually try to put all the wants under my own allowance..

So, i booked a flight to Berlin…it means i’ll b heading to BERLIN soon.. (alamak, i’m soooo gonna be broke when i get bk to Malaysia) visiting a friend there and hope it will turn out good..

Anyone out there that want anything that only can be found in Berlin, leave me a msg… anyway whats famous from Berlin..knuckles??? haha

p/s: pa, if u r reading this, jus wana let u know i really felt bad.. till now few hours after i confirm my booking.. muakss….