Before I leave

Salam w.b.t and hi all.
Time flies really fast. We are three/four days away from 2017. Well, I don’t really look forward to the New Year actually because, I don’t.
It is not really a big deal, well, it is a big deal. It is just this is where everybody will be away and have a lot of holiday. I really need to be really patient for them to reply my emails!
Anyway, I am still in Aberdeen as a vacation, trying to use up my annual leave. I have a lot of things to do during my vacation before leaving Aberdeen.
So far;

• Already buy the one-way flight ticket to Malaysia. So sad and nervous
• Watched Fantastic Beast at the cinema. I am a bit disappointed with this movie, I don’t really understand what is it about apart from magic wound whoosh here and there. Whoosh £10.60 for the ticket

Eddie is so weird and awkward in the movie, although it is part of the character. I don't like it

• Packing my stuff for shipping. See the state of my house! Like a shipwreck

• Donated my pre-loved items to the charity shops, mostly the winter clothes since I will not require it in Qatar
• Sold my car
• Sold many of my items as I am trying to lessen weight for luggage
• Get my SLB Laptop fixed as I screwed up with the software
• Met the dentist, four appointments back to back
• My beloved wisdom tooth on the left cheek started to grow. I was in pain for three to four days but now, it is no longer sore. Yay!
• I have been going to the city for 4-5 consecutive days before Christmas, just to see/survey the price for my favourite things. Today, I don’t see much difference although it is Boxing Day. So, I just buy it instead of waiting for another "cheaper" version. I bought three shirts
• Snow fall heavily today. Nice opportunity to see it before I leave Aberdeen

Still considering whether I need to buy the tablet-laptop convertible or not. I was at the Curry's PC World for nearly two hours today, but I did not buy it. The price is £149.99 + £45.00 for Window installation. I don’t know if it is a need or a want. Besides, I surveyed the price sold in Malaysia is way much pricey.


Buy it or no? I don't know.

Not much I have been accomplished for the past two weeks. Sometimes, I felt lost as in, "What I want to do today since I have a lot of free times". So, I decided to write to-do-list every day. At the end of the day, I will cross out what I have done and see what else I can do. It is boring when you are alone and don’t have any plan.



So lame and unorganized life

That is why I write this entry so that I can cross out the to-do-list for today. Haha…Ok, I will write properly next time.


Take care guys.


P/S - Anyone is going for vacation/backpacking/volunteering event next month? Any vacant spot? I would love to join.

 

Ben Nevis - 2016 Challenge

Salam w.b.t and hello everybody.

How are you guys doing? I have just got back from a great place, Ben Nevis last weekend. It was absolutely a great and unforgettable weekend. A week earlier, my friend, Kanoon asked me, "Do you want to join me and my friend to go to Ben Nevis?''

I made a quick google, and it says about mountain. I did not ask much, and straight away agreed to join her and others. Couple days later, I made a quick research of how far is it from Aberdeen, and at the same time I realised Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the British Isles. Therefore, I know I might be struggling as I am not that fit. Oh my…

Camping pod for the ladies, tent for the guys. We stayed at the camping site at nearest to the bottom of the mountain

Inside of the pod, feel like a Hobbit house

However, I believe I will be fine. It just, I believe. Although I know I will be struggling. There was five of us, but divided to 2-3. Me, Kanoon, A (His short name). Edward, and Jackie. I was in the three group as I was the drag, me, Kanoon, and A. I did not want to go down, I just kept climbing, climbing, climbing. Extremely tired and painful, but the guys took turn carrying my bag. So, I should not complain much. I am glad that they are really, really helpful and athletic as well.

Reception and the shop at the camping site. I bought fridge magnets here as a souvenir

Basically, the following was the itinerary.

View of the mountain, bonnie. Subhanallah!

30th September, Friday

4.5 hours' drive to Fort William from Aberdeen through South. After back from work, picked up my stuff at home and picked up my friends from their place.

1st October, Saturday

5.5 hours of the climb, spent approx. 1 hour at the top, another 5.5 hours of the  descend. We took a different route from where we came. The route of descend is flatter, but more challenging. No visible footpath most of the time, and we need to cross the river. The current was really strong, and honestly I was scared a bit. We threw our bags across the river first, and A waited for us on the other side. Also, it was already dark.

Start of the journey. Light drizzle just for a while.

The view during the hiking to the top. Amazing, isn't? MasyaAllah

Waterfall. The water was so cold and crystal clear.

This kind of rock arrangements which you will see when you nearly to the top. Around 10-15 of this. I did not count actually, too tired with numbers.

From left: Andrew, A, Kanoon, and myself

Alhamdulillah...I made it after all the pain and sore

 

The lake, its name is Lochan Meall an t-Suidhe

2nd October, Sunday

Drive back to Aberdeen, coming from North. It was just me and Kanoon as the guys took the train going back to Glasgow. I thought I want to the same route that we took to come to Fort William, but due to my confusion of the junction, we took a different route. But, it led us to very scenic, mountainous road. We drove to Inverness where it is famous with Loch Ness Monster, the myth. Arrived home safely around 5.00 pm.  

When at the top, I was expecting there will be flat or grassy ground. But, I was wrong. It was rocks, rocks, rocks everywhere. We sat on the rock that poke our bumps.

See the background. Like a portrait, right?

On Monday, I came to work like usual apart from walking like a zombie. Basically, I was limping as my legs were still sore but not as bad as on Sunday. Feeling better now.

We stopped at the lake somewhere along the road because the view was so pretty to be ignored

I showed the pictures to the guys at work, and I feel a bit proud with myself. It was not easy I am telling you, but I made it although it took nearly 12 hours.

I shared more pictures on my Facebook, have a look if you want :)

P/S - I am impressed, I managed to hold my pee for nearly 13 hours!!! You never know your limit until you are beyond it.

Jangan putus-asa

Lelah terasa diri ini sejak dua menjak ni.


Penat berusaha mencapai ekspektasi.


Mengah memaksa diri untuk mendaki tangga kejayaan.


Sering-kali terjatuh, tersungkur, bergolek-golek.


Bukan tak biasa tersungkur.


Bukan tak pernah rasa kecewa.


Bukan tak pernah menangis kerana gagal.


Tapi entahlah.


Setiap peristiwa itu unik.


Bukan boleh kata, "Oh, aku pernah kecewa bulan lepas. Sama ja. Tak payahlah nangis".


Tak sama.


Setiap kali, tak sama.


Penat, memang diakui sejujurnya.


Penat, lelah, mengah memaksa diri mengorak langkah.


Menaiki anak-anak tangga ke puncak.


Tetapi memikirkan, "Ah, tak lama lagi ni sampailah kita ke puncak".


"Sabar lah diri. Jangan putus asa. Tak mengapa kalau tersungkur buat kesekian kali. Tak mengapa menangis kecewa, menangislah. Tiada siapa larang".


"Selepas hilang kesedihan itu, kukuhkan tapak kaki. Kuatkan hati dan doa. Jangan putus harap, usaha".


"Pasti kejayaan menanti bagi mereka yang tidak berputus-asa".




The Pier, St. Andrews, Fife

Aberdeen through my S3 lense

Salam w.b.t and hello all.

 

How are you doing folks? In this entry, I would like to share a video I made. It shows the Aberdeen City. Actually, I took it on my way home from Portlethen and luckily at that time, it was a double-decker bus. I was on-leave on last Friday to take care of some stuffs. So, I took the opportunity to see Aberdeen in daylight.

I share the link here: Aberdeen City

I cannot upload it here since it exceeds the size allowed. Apology for the video quality, but I hope you are still enjoying it.


On the road

You know what, this is at noon in Aberdeen but the weather was like at dusk. Just so you know, this kind of weather considers to be the best weather.

This is the road I take everyday to go/back from work, usually sun already set.

This is at the Castle Street, the building on the left is where I live for now. I will need to find another place, soon.

Aberdeen City also known as Granite City, well you can see from the buildings here. Most of them are constructed from granite centuries ago. Basically, it is historical city and full of ancient elements.

I forgot what is the name of this building, I think it is the university

Normally, it will rain and windy. The wind here, I would be honest, it can blow you miles away. It can reach 55 - 60 mph, sometimes higher. I personally experienced it when I got back from shop. On one hand, I carried my doughnut boxes, and the other hand, I held the wall of the building to against myself and made my step slowly to go home. It was tiring as the wind gust keep pushing my body.

 

Insane!

I came across this fella last week when I randomly made myself lost in the city

My effects from Malaysia just arrived yesterday. It was great to see my stuffs, like jackets, t-shirts, pants, and others. My mother included foods in the shipment, like coffee, instant noodles, food paste, and other Asian foods. Unfortunately, the shipping company did not allow food to be shipped to UK. That’s ashamed. Otherwise, I will have dancing around the room like mad.

Like a coffin ayy

That’s fine, it is not a first world problem. 

 

About work, it is very tiring sometimes, especially when I am a woman, but work like man. Can you imagine the effort to do that, for instance to unscrew the bolt? I am not talking about the typical bolt you see at DIY shop, this is the bolt for tool that is used to make a hole in deep down in subsurface.

 

For female, the effort could be double, triple, or quadruple compared to male. I am not kidding.

 

Anyway, that’s is different story I will share later.

 

I just want to share what Aberdeen looks like. 

 

I think that’s it for now. Take care guys, and Assalamualaikum Dunia.

 

P/S - The people here is very helpful, they know I hardly understand Doric. So, they are helping me to learn Doric. For a start, they call me "Toon" :D

 

Quick Life Update 5

Salam w.b.t and hello folks.

 

How are you guys been doing? Alhamdulillah, I am doing fine. It is nearly end of January, and I haven't post anything new since early of this year. Thus, in this entry, I will make it short and sweet.

 

BOSIET, HUET, and other survival thingy

 

I have completed all the survival trainings last week. The course took 5 days, and it was great. I learned a lot of things, basically, like, "How to keep myself in one piece if something happen offshore?".

 

With the completion of the training, I officially can go work offshore, specifically North Sea (Yuhuu). On the last day of training, I had to escape from the helicopter that made water landing. There were several situations (7 or  8 simulations, I forgot), controlled and uncontrolled water ditching. In the uncontrolled water ditching, the helicopter completely capsized and we had to free ourselves (HUET).

For me, it was quite scary experience. I was struggling a bit. When that happened, you have to think and act fast as well as don’t panic. In the simulations, we had one instructor with us in the chopper and two divers standby in the pool.

 

I do ask myself, if in reality, can I manage to escape safely? I hope all will go well.

 

"When do you want to come home?"

 

That is the question I always get from people; colleague, friends, and my mother. Honestly, I don’t know. That’s the question which I don’t really have a definite answer.

 

I haven't got any plan when I want to come back to Malaysia, for holiday of course. For now, money limitation, as well as job. With the current downturn in oil and gas industry, it makes me a little bit nervous to take things for granted, when everybody else is fighting. Yeah, I think I will come back at some point, but not at the nearest time.

 

Miss

 

When you are far from family, you will miss a lot of family moments. I kinda feel left out sometimes, but I think it is normal. It is similar situation when you are studying at boarding school, the difference is this time, the distance is thousands of miles.

 

Worry

 

I do feel worry about the future, particularly Malaysian future. You can see, the leaders are fail to fulfill their responsibilities truthfully. A lot of issues rise here and there, crimes, unemployment level, cost of living getting pricey from day to day, more and more pampered new generations, ignorance people, and many more.

 

When scrolling down the Facebook, various aspects can be seen. We, Malaysian are easily sidetrack by many unimportant issues. Like, Dilwale, Qu Puteh sponsorship, entertainment, and other crappy things. And, we forgot to focus on more paramount things, for example, " what is the future look like for our next generation". I don’t say I am so responsible person, but if you can see, that we are so busy looking at bits and pieces of useless things.

Malaysia, tanah tumpahnya darahku

Even though I am not in Malaysia, I feel sorry and afraid for those who are struggling just to live in Malaysia. One day, I could be one of those who are struggling to live every day and I don’t fancy that idea.

 

I think that’s all for now folks. Take care and Salam w.b.t.

 

 

P/S - "Manusia terlalu perlu berkelompok, Kalau bersendiri serasa mati" ~ Levitasi