Long Weekend!

It's 0455am on a Saturday morning. I think I woke up at around 2 in the morning and my eyes opened wide thinking of the dream I just had. I dreamt of the Sultan and Pehin Yasmin and we were all in Indonesia for an official visit. I guessed I was the LO coz I was not in uniform. The ending part was funny as I was running toward the flying ship and I managed to get hold onto it. Then there was something about these 2x bulky expensive pens that I needed to return to the Sultan. Unfortunately I did not manage to see them until I woke up.

Yeah we are having a VERY long weekend off from work from Friday till Tuesday. Yes I am excited and yet I have no planned. Well theres lots of things to do I hope I could manage to get most of the things I listed done by Wednesday. My flute and my new flute book is just lying around for few days to be practised and sorted. Yesterday I spent the whole day doing trial and error for my Ghost make up for the Halloween social next week. I just had my sculpture half way done right after I woke up from my dream.

Finally I bought my oven last Friday with Intan. It cost me around 75 pound. When I first tried it yesterday, I burnt the body of the sculpture. I guessed Intan recommendation to set it on a baking setting is not correct after all. I carefully set it at 110 degrees for 3 minutes then tried again further. Yeah I made it this time, abody with 2x full legs and of course without hands and head yet. Amazingly it was quite tiring and quite daunting sometimes to start all these from scratch. I just need some patient and motivation. As for now, I am just gonna leave it there for a while and would come back when I am ready.

Today is already Sunday morning. Tomorrow will be my Mum's birthday, 26th October. I hope her birthday card would arrive on time tomorrow and I hope she loves her surprised gift. I am not even telling anyone about this, special gift from her speacial son. hehe.

While scrolling on BB article yesterday, I read an article about Lily Chiam music. I got excited and congratulated her on her facebook. Speaking of the devil, found her on FB and we chatted for a while. ''Where can I go' translated in Malay - Mana Ku Pergi', composed and pianist Lily and sung by Zul F. I requested Lily to purchase her Piano score on this song and she said it would only be ready by middle November. 'Where can I go' originally from Lily is one of my favourite music she composed when I first bought it last year when I first met her on her shop in Expression. I used to listen this music when I first arrived in England and used this as my background music for my YOGI breathing technique for my Cornet. And I just purchased 'Mana Ku Pergi' song from Amazon and I am listening to this song over and over again. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! I love the malay version too, very soothing and relaxing. Lyrically meaningfull. Wow!

Today has to be very productive and I need to go out for fresh air. I must do my laundry today and hopefully everything would be ready by lunch time. At one point I must go tho the Gym and run the trademill for atleast an hours, training for my cross country I just joined last week. Extra activity for me. I wish I could swim today too bad their opening time is limited so not a great idea.

Last Thursday, I attended a Trafalgar Dinner nite in The Wardroom dining hall. I was not suppesed to be there as the seats were already full. I was quite disappointed not being able to attend the dinner. However I got the seat on the last minute when the Hall Porter told me there 1x person pulled it out and I had 1 hour to get my mess kit ready. Initially the Hall Porter stopped me because my parcel from my Sculpture tools had arrived. I was luck then and I guessed this dinner was meant for me. Luckily my mess kit was immaculate and by half 7pm, I was at the bar with other guests. Dinner went very smooth that night except for the guest seated infront of me had to use the 'heads' (toilet) during dinner. Ouch.. he ended up paying a bottle of Port and also embarrasement. lol. After dinner we all went to the bar again and we towards the end we had a naval tradition game where everyone was holding tight to each other in circle and not to touch the object around them. There were around 20's Liuetenants around including me playing the game. I remembered I used to play this game in Dartmouth. When the game started, everyone tried to avoid the object and get hold to each other and slowly the circle got smaller and I was there still. I just couldn't believe when theres only me and 1x Leftenant would be against each other. He was big and tall and he could dragged me before we even started. Bully man! So he tried to land me on the object and I was flying in the air and managed to get away and land somewhere safe and he hit himself on the object and I WON! I couldnt believe I WON! Everyone cheered and all the senior officers and all the staffs watched and cheered for my victory. Wow!

Its quarter to 5am now. I guessed time for shower and Solat Subuh. Thanks to Allah the Almighty for giving me all the rahmat, happiness and rezeki. I believed you made this all happened. Have a great Sunday to all!

Piano exam around the corner

It's Monday today and I realised the last time I did my blog was on my birthday. hmm Anyhow I am trying my best to update as much as possible.

I did my 3rd 3 miles run today with otheres and it seemed like I have improved on my running where I cut down 1 minute. I did 21 minutes and 27 sec today. Great effort and I hope I could improve it sooner.

I have 1 week before my ABRSM Piano exam and thank god my last piece 'Wonderful Tonight' is coming along but what worries me now is the sight reading. My bass cless is rubbish and I need a miracle to get it right asap.

I did good on my Cornet today. Proff Yates was quite happy with my breathing technique and also my piece he gave me earlier. He gave me the last scales I need to memorise before summer leave. Hmm I just can't believe I have done 3 sharps and 3 flats in a very short time. Afterall l need to keep them flowing naturally before my exam.

I guess that's it for now. Weather has been very good lately. Sun is out every day now. Yahoo..

My Birthday Doughnuts

Holiday Villa, Bayswater, LONDON

Haaaaa..... It's been a while aku inda mengupdate my blogspot... hehe asyik udah wahh.. Masa ni aku cuti di London,, seminggu udah ku stay di Hotel Holiday Inn Villa di Bayswater. Macam terasa lama jua aku cuti Easter this term.

ALhamdulilah, kanyangku bakas makan Kway Tiaw goreng arah Gerai Bonda sama Teh Tarik. AKu apa lagi, xtra secial lah n xtra padas n hitam. Esuk pagi kepisan tah parut ku tu. Seminggu ani banyak udah ku melapaskan liur makan makanan melayu... syukur tecapai jua hajatku walaupun ku inda balik. Then dari Bonda, aku singgah ke Malaysian Hall minum teh tarik lagi n tarus lepak lah.....tapi sorang2 ja. Hmmmmm

Actually sanggal ku udah slama ani because all this while I have been alone wah... antah kenapa kah ya. Kena sumpahan Harimau mata satu kali makanya aku sorang2 sja. Di Portsmouth sorang ku jua, di London sorang ku jua astahhhh. So far ok lah jua tapi kesunyian ku jua lah. Tadi aku singgah di Brunei Hall kan cari kawan becakap. Actually I was looking for Kak Ros, a receptionist, she is very friendly and openminded. But she finished her shift early today so I was talking to few students down at the lobby. Lobby Brunei Hall pun banyak berubah udah, very MODERN berabis and spacious.

Sepanjang cuti ku di London, I managed to see 3 museums. Quite ngalih jua melawat few places and travelling melalui TUBE,,,, wuiiii mengalih ehhh padahal I was taking my sweet time udah tu, pandai ngalih jua. Sangal ku jua melawat sja tu, so lately,, I was just being lazy,, walking around kemana sja kakiku melangkah... hehee

SKali kan ke kadai buku ku... kadai arab... tejumpa ku buku belajar bahasa Arab... nah .....ku bali tia few editions. Siuk ehhh and now aku start udah belajar Arab at my own time.. new hobby yo selagi mampu. Balik ke Portsmouth karang,, my GERMAN language is waiting for me. SAmpat ku chatting sama FINI tadi kajap. SImple aje!!! sampat kami be webcam with ELDA, LISA and BETTY... astah macam2 sja durang atu.

Well actually I have a great news. My MUM is odw to London and she will be arriving tomorrow morning then catch another flt to Manchester. She will be staying d Manchester for 6 months... Yatah,,,, I am looking forward besok as tomorrow is also my last day aku stay at this petite hotel and I am excited kan ke Manchester esuk pagi2 buta.... after breakfast lah..... Excited ku berabis kan jumpa Mama ku yang tercinta. Rupanya aku disini ampir 9 bulan udah... inda terasa ehhh......yatah my mum now is on the plane, I just cant believe that she is coming alone... Alhamdulilah... Terima kasih Ya ALLAH kerana telah memberikan ku hadiah yang begitu berharga. Mudahan my mum sampai ke Heathrow dengan selamat Amin. Infacet my mum ke London yg ke 4 kali kah ni. and shes been to Manchester jua before this......

Awu inda terasa jua masa bejalan sepintas lalu.. ada kawanku atu kan,,, he will be turning 31 very soon.... aiii ketuahan ehhh. Baik jua ku masih 24 turning 25 soon.... I hope kawanku atu kan will achieve whatever he wants this year....and stay healthy jua. Seram eh umur semakin meningkat..

I think thats all for now. TIme to learn Arabic for 2 hrs......Nx time, I will update my blogspot in Manchester insyaalah....

EXECUTIVE DECISION

Hari ani hari Isnin, biasalah hari yang paling sibuk in my week. Fortunately banyak class yg kna cancel aku apa lagi,,, syok lahh n banyak ku free so aku buat xtra rehearsal for my Piano and Cornet. Susah hatiku my other Piano repertoire alum bebunyi and esuk lagi ku ada Professor lesson. Syukur alhamdulilah, dapat jua ku memajal tadi malam after dinner.

Ngalih ku hari ni sikit pasal aku awal bangun and awal datang ke skulah 45 minutes early because i like to warm up early on Monday. Biasalah after weekend, semuanya slow. Sengaja after my school, tidur ku skajap for 1 hour to charge up my battery then I had dinner. Inda lagi nyaman tu makanannya, Moroccan Lamd because TAWAR ani wah... layan sja tia pasal aku lapar jus coz tengahari aku makan buah ja.

SO tadi malam aku practise my Piano d Skulah. Ku pajal lah belajar new piece and the second one balik2 ku main sampai lancar. Alhamdulilah bejalan jua sikit and nyaman hati ku... Mana inda ku pressure, my professor ani MR PERFECTION wah, yatah kalau ku alum membuat kerajanya, kusut tah mukanya tu. Tapi ada jua bagusnya kedia catu, capat ku belajar an progress ku berabis.

After 1 hour, sudah tah ku practise psal I tot cukup tah udah and esuk pagi subuh lagi ku datang awal sekulah and I can practise more. Parade Drill esuk pagi awal pun kna cancelled so baguslah I could practise more before my Professor class kul 1pm esuk. Then aku received msg from enche Yakub dari embassy d London.

Hmmm I dunno was it a god news of bad news. Apparently it was quite a bad news bcause it was not something that I plan for. Its about my letter staying in London for easter. Yatah just because harga ticket ke Brunei is cheaper the prefer to send me home which I prefer staying in London and not wantint to go home now. Or else I coild stay tapi they limit my hotel accomodation to 11 days instead of 18 days. Yatah paning ku memikirkan ni..... is it worth staying here in London when they cut it a week of my stay or worth going home.

I think its rather early for me to go home now. THeres nothing to show to my band right now and I am just not ready to show my self up to the band. Siuk pulang tu dapat meliat family... but i dont know because I have target and things to achive here.... I shall see and think about it and update this matter to Enche Yakub asap.