Geneva - Evian - Paris - Geneva : Part 2

Assalamualaikum and hye guys ^^

So, sambung cerita dari Part 1 landed dekat Dubai airport pepagi buta, and tersangatlah jakun.. like seriously, how on earth nak survive sini sorang2 for few hours. Owh, by the way, before this whole journey, i did a very deep research on everything for almost a month. Dan seriously, berbaloi buat research ni sebab kau akan dapat tau benda yang orang lain tak tau. For example, I'm not sure with other flights but kalau naik Emirates, and transit dekat Dubai more than 3 @ 4 hours kot, korang akan dapat food voucher waktu korang nak naik flight dekat KLIA tu. Rupa voucher tu lebih kurang tiket flight, so jangan hilangkan. And atas food voucher tu pun ada list restaurants or cafes yang boleh guna food voucher ni. So, pandai2 la korang pilih. Kalau transit lagi lama, boleh dapat lebih kot. 

Satu lagi, Dubai Airport is tooooo big. Korang keluar je dari flight akan ada dua gate, satu yang nak keluar, satu untuk transit. And tempat transit di soooo besar. Ada 3 terminals, each terminal sangatlah besar. So, kalau turun flight dekat terminal 1 and your next flight dekat terminal 3, please pandai2 urus masa. Sangat jauh k, tu tak termasuk korang sesat2 lagi. Macam aku hari tu, sebab transit more than 4 hours, first thing aku buat, pegi check departure gate untuk next flight. Tengok jauh ke tak. At least kau dapat bajet brapa lama ambik masa nak ke gate tu. Dah settle tengok gate, baru aku pi cari tempat makanan guna voucher tu.

Ni example meal voucher. So ada banyak kan tempat korang boleh pilih. Tapi, macam yang aku terang tadi, Dubai airport ada 3 terminals. Ada terminal A, B and C. kalau nampak dalam tiket meal voucher tu pun dia dah tulis siap2 kedai tu dekat terminal mana. Here's the trick, kalau flight korang lambat lagi, boleh lah pilih tempat makan jauh sikit. Sebab tu waktu aku sampai tadi, aku terus tengok gate departure untuk next flight, so boleh agak jauh mana nak pi gate tu. 

Disebabkan aku ada few hours lagi before flight, and ada satu je voucher, kalau aku masuk any cafe or takat McD macam tak berbaloi sebab nak lepak lama. So, thanks to research yang buat awal2 before pegi, aku tau pasal tempat buffet, nama dia The Mezzanine, tapi dekat terminal A. Gate aku nak berlepas dekat Gate C, bapak jauh. Tapi berbaloi sebab kau boleh stay lama2, makan la apa korang nak, and paling best tempat dia tersorok sikit, so tak ramai orang tau. Masa aku pi pun, memang x de orang sangat. So selesa gila.

See, tak de orang pun kan.. sebab tempat dia memang tersorok. Kalau tak silap aku, korang cari tempat duty free yang area perfume, then ada satu lift macam tersorok sikit, korang naik tingkat dua, lepas tu lift tu bukak je, nampak restaurant macam fancy sikit kan, don't worry, tunjuk je voucher. Dia punya waiters memang friendly gila. Nampak aku ala2 maid pun, diorang layan baik sangat. Siap tanya lagi aku nak apa2 dulu tak sementara diorang set up tempat buffet tu. Plus, tempat buffet tu sediakan makanan international, so ada american breakfast, french breakfast, indian food, chinese food, Malaysia food pun ada.

 Lol, aku tengok nasi goreng and mee goreng terus  x de selera. lol, jauh2 terbang sampai dubai, dan kau masihlah nak cari mee goreng. Maka, syera pun makan lah french breakfast, ambik mood nak pegi France.. gituuuu. hahaha. Tapi serious, tempat dia selesa, ada meja sebelah aku ada family caucasian 4 orang, diorang ajak aku makan skali sebab nampak aku sorang2 kan.. tapi sebab aku nak blah naik flight dah, aku tolak baik2. Yang penting, korang kena cari tempat ni elok2. Kalau tak jumpa, sampai area perfume tu, cari info centre, mmg banyak kaunter pertanyaan kat situ, then tanya je restaurant tu kat mana, nanti dia tunjuk ada lift kat corner tu. Satu lagi tips, sampai je kat airport tu, ambik siap2 maps dia, ada 3 untuk stiap terminal. Memang dia punya signboard banyak, but at least, korang ada rough idea korang kat mana and where u want to go. Maybe aku ni jenis perempuan adventurous sikit, bukan la jenis tak takut langsung, of course aku takut, beg memang aku pegang elok2, cuma aku jenis main redah and try my best first untuk cari tempat tu, kalau tak boleh langsung baru aku tanya orang. But if korang jenis tak berani and tak tau nak agak masa nak masuk flight, aku recommend korang stay je kat terminal korang, and cari tempat makan terdekat, elak dari sesat okay. 

Satu lagi, Dubai Airport sangat cantik, sangat selesa. Tempat duduk ada merata-rata, siap boleh baring2 lagi, toilet and surau pun banyak, sangat selesa. Coffee machine pun ada. Ok, settle bab Dubai, then, naik flight ke Geneva. So, here's the thing, waktu tunggu gate bukak, tempat tunggu tu dipenuhi orang2 bermata biru dan rambut blonde sahaja. I'm the only one with different skin tone and wearing head scarf. Plus, orang keliling pakai baju ala-ala corporate, and here I am like a walking potato. Lupa langsung yang aku nak ke Geneva, tempat all kind of elite people. So, orang pandang aku atas bawah atas bawah je. Maybe takut aku terrorist ke apa. But ada gak few of them yang so sweet, tanya aku nak ke mana, tolong tengok kan ticket and impressed that I'm joining a competition. And luckily enough ada sorang FA dia is a Muslim man, so he took extra care towards me la kot. Hahaha...

Waktu dalam flight, semua usha aku pelik, even all anak Mat salleh yang lalu, akan berenti dekat my seat and just merenung macam nampak alien. Lol, aku just senyum, at least those kids senyum back at me. But their parents, pull their hands away from my seat like as if i'm a dangerous animal. Even waktu aku makan chocolate, there's this one very cute lil boy stop at my seat, i offered him a chocolate, out of no where his parents shouted at that lil boy, asking him to toss away the choc. As if I'm giving that precious lil boy a poisonous thing. Terasa sungguh aku, but then, i just smile. Aku buka pembalut coklat, terus masuk that chocolate into my mouth and said 'it's just a chocolate' and i smiled. The FA came to me and say sorry. It's not even her fault. And that kind of situation occurred few time during the whole journey. But thank god, makanan emirates sedap, and banyak movie best, so aku pekakkan telinga and just enjoy the rest of the flight.

Dulang-dulang lah aku makan... hahahaha

Dah sampai dekat Geneva, turun je flight, kemain sejuk dia.. orang lain punya la berjaket-jaket lah.. Yang aku, acah2 macam dari kutub, kulit tebal x rasa apa. Benda menggeletar kemain. Lalu immigration dia, nasib dari Malaysia, dia nampak je Passport Malaysia, terus dia lepaskan tak tanya apa pun. Aku plak yang terpinga-pinga sebab orang depan aku tadi dari flight lain, ala2 orang arab camtu, kemain dia tanya macam-macam. Yang aku, dia cop je, siap senyum lagi, dia kata 'Bonjour, (ok, my first bonjour ever), so aku pun 'bonjour'kan balik.. hahaha.

Then, ni satu lagi tips, dekat geneva, sampai je airport, korang boleh nampak ada machine yang bagi korang transportation pass, boleh naik any public transportation for free for 40 mins if i'm not mistaken. So, sempatlah nak guna pegi hotel naik bas and tram dia. 

kalau agak2 lapar, korang boleh je beli roti2 dulu dalam airport tu. ada je. Then naik bas dia, kalau bawak luggage bapak besar macam aku, hati2 sikit sebab tinggi sikit bas dia. Then kitorang naik bas and tram and bas, tak sure brapa kali tukar bas, then sampai lah area hostel kitorang stay untuk 1 malam, before esoknya btolak ke Evian. 

Ni hah tempat kitorang stay, Geneva Hostel. Tempat dia so aman damai. Memang selamat sebab bertentangan dengan hostel ni ada balai polis kecik kalau tak silap. Banyak student yang stay kat sini sebab trip. And if you are travelling alone, or with your friends, especially yang perempuan, tempat dia selamat wei. Nak masuk bilik guna korang punya individual key card, nak bukak locker pun sama, nak buka pintu toilet pun sama. So, dari segi safety, memang selamat. Toilet and bedroom pun bersih. Kitorang sampai macam tengahhari camtu, kitorang rehat jap, then baru ronda-ronda tengok luar and cari dinner. Satu lagi, fyi, dekat geneva ni, kalau korang stay satu malam, korang akan dapat transportation pass for 24 hours for free.. so kalau sesat ke apa, no problem sebab korang boleh naik any bus or tram sepanjang hari sampai korang jumpa asal usul korang k.

Petang tu, gigih je kitorang jalan-jalan cari taman, lalu tasik geneva semua.. Geneva ni so aman damai. Dia tak bising-bising macam KL ke apa. Even Bangi lagi bising kot. Then kat sini kau rasa macam masa blalu so slow, relax je. Sebab tu aku suka gila Geneva. But untuk orang yang suka bising-bising, korang so akan rimas duduk kat Geneva ni.

Then, kitorang try cari dinner. Pegi dekat are Gare Cornavin, dia punya Stesyen KeretaApi yang Main, macam tengah-tengah Geneva tu, area tu macam meriah sikit, banyak kedai makanan Arab, kitorang pun masuk je kedai mana kitorang jumpa. This one kedai, dekat2 starbucks kalau tak silap, ramai gak customer dia. Sebelah meja kitorang ada budak2 Indonesia, maybe anak2 duta kot. Satu je aku nak ingatkan, kat geneva ni, makanan arab dia portion so besar, boleh kongsi dua orang kalau perempuan. kalau makan sorang2, nasi boleh habis, but ayam dia bagi bapak banyak, boleh bungkus ok. And waktu aku dekat Geneva, Evian dengan Paris, aku tak tau kenapa aku kemaruk sangat minum epal juice. So, satu kemestian untuk syera cari 'pomme juice'. Before kitorang balik hostel, sempat singgah starbucks untuk study sat. Waktu tu la aku baru perasan yang orang-orang Geneva ni semuanya perform. Lagi2 yang lelaki. Semua handsome2 wei. Even yang barista Starbucks dengan yang sapu sampah tepi jalan pun handsome. Hahaha... anyway, thats all for now, sambung Part 3 kemudian. 

The one who miss Geneva most,

Syera.

Life Update - June 2016

Assalamualaikum... hello ^^

Sebenarnya, niat hati nak tulis pasal Geneva, walaupun dah berkurun balik Malaysia, pegi sana pun sekejap sangat, tapi masihlah, nak tulis before terlupa.. But then, rasa nak tulis something more important now, then baru sambung cerita Geneva.

Just a short life update, pengajaran hidup, perubahan dalam hidup, dari bulan satu, and now dah masuk June. At least, nanti agak-agak dah putus harapan, boleh patah balik tengok belakang, and see how far diri sendiri dah pegi, and how strong i can be.

January, bulan yang sangat tough for me, as a girl, as a lover. Somehow, people just leave whenever they want to. But the one who's left behind, helplessly, grasping the new reality. Affected badly. Traumatic. Blaming myself for an unknown reason. I kept saying, 'he left me because of myself. Maybe, I'm not good enough, or not pretty, or not as cool as other girls, or..' and the list goes on. But then, slowly, i started to appreciate myself more. I learnt that, God planned everything perfectly that at one point, I let him go from my life voluntarily. But, another problem muncul. I started to build up barrier to that particular gender. Tapi nak kata tolak terus pun tak gak. Friends still ok je. But more than that, jujur aku takut. I'm hurt enough. Almost nak cakap yang guys sucks, but then teringat how cool my ayah is, so nevermind. lol.

But seriously, even though I can say that I'm fully in 'move on' mode, but I can't stop wondering on how far can a guy breaks a girl heart? Like seriously, how can a guy be that bad.. But of course, aku yakin aku banyak belajar dari whatever happened. Aku tau yang bila aku berubah, aku tak pandang belakang dah.

Next, tentang my achievement this year. Ramai tanya, how to have the same experience, or ada jugak yang kata, untungla dapat pegi merata. Again, just like what i explained before, I'm not a smart student, I'm not a good debater or mooter, I'm not a fluent English speaker, like seriously, faaaaaaaarrrrr from that, and my parents bukan orang kaya. Biasa2 je. But then, I learnt that, sometimes, Tuhan campak peluang depan mata, selebihnya terpulang dekat kau nak grab ke tak, nak usaha ke tak. Aku berani kerat jari takde sapa nak bagi kau bejalan free camtu je. Nobody. But, kalau kau pandai cari ruang, peluang, rajin sikit isi essay2 tu, you can experience more than what i did. Percaya cakap aku, bila orang offer or bila kau nampak peluang, just grab it. Jangan fikir, 'taknaklah, english aku teruk, segan je nak pegi' or 'ehhh, malaslah nak tulis essay sampai 500words, bukannya diorang pilih aku pun nanti' or yang lagi teruk 'ermmm, takpelah, aku kan orang Melayu, pergi join pun buat malu je'.

Kalau kau buat perangai macam tu, aku berani janji, kau duduk je la kat mana kau ada sekarang. You'll never grow, you'll never jejak tanah orang, you'll never experience what others did, because, kau sendiri yang tolak rezeki.

This semester, i really learnt a lot about my own family. At one point before, I'm in a situation where i hate to go home, I hate to see my sibs and parents, but i'm really glad that those phase dah habis. Like seriously, things are too tough this semester, but family always the best place to go back to. I'm blessed enough with the best parents in the whole wide world. Yang bakal jadi menantu mama ayah nanti, percaya lah, anda insan paling bertuah di muka bumi ini. hahaha. sumpah, i don't know why did God gave me such amazing parents. Believe me, when u think you're done with your life, or you're feeling too lonely, or you think you don't have anyone anymore, believe me, go back to your parents, call them, balik rumah. They'll cure everything.

This particular matter, I learnt a whole lot. Seriously. I think i don't need to write it here sebab i don't think I'll ever forget about it.

Just, for future syera, remember one thing, you should be proud with yourself. You learnt how to not cepat melatah, you learnt to appreciate yourself, you learnt that it's okay to drive while crying badly, you learnt that in the end, it's okay if you're alone. Jangan pernah lupa how strong you can be, how rational you can be. Be proud with yourself dear.

These days, I think God love me a lil bit more than usual. Hahaha. Nak kata everything jadi senang pun tak. But, how to say this, erm, every single masalah yang berlaku, in the end, opened my eyes. I learnt that, bila kau usaha, kau akan dapat hasil yang setimpal. I learnt how strong I can be. And I also realized how traumatized I am disebabkan apa yang berlaku before. I don't know how i can end up being this scared. But sumpah aku takut. U guys will see me in confused mode these days. I'm not sure what to do now. I don't even understand what's happening. But i learnt that i need to thank to a certain person that give me hope to be a better person. I bet you don't even know what u did to me, but seriously, thank you. I'll try to be a better person. Satu je pesanan aku, don't play with others' hopes. I learnt enough before, and surely I can't afford to go trough those feelings again.

Dah, settle bab royanan. Dah boleh sambung buat assignments dengan tenang. Goodnight guys.

P/S: That one particular moment today, serious macam drama korea wei. hahahahaha. I'll say 'hi' to u soon. 

Someone who's confused with her own feelings,

Syera.

If you think you're the one, so, 'Hi'. You have no idea at all how much i want to say that word.

Plus, 'Thank you', simply because you deserve one ^^

Mot's Big Day

Assalamualaikum wbt... Hello humaaaannnnnn ^^

She's married anyway.. hahaha

So, last week, one of my best-est friend got married.. If u're a friend of mine or if u read one of my earliest post in this blog, u must know that i have this circle of best friend which we called ourselves as the so called 'SAWAN' which is obviously the shortform of our names being put together. So, last week, Atikah, a.k.a Mot got married..

Of course all of us were excited, thrilled, happy, sad and all the emotions mixed together. Few months before the wedding, we started few whatsapp groups, yes, few, more than one, hahaha, just to discuss about this upcoming wedding. There were days that we discussed on how emotional we're to let her go or how we thought she's still not ready yet for a marriage, like omg, i don't want any guy to live with Mot.. lol... She's 21 anyway. As all 5 of us grew up together, knowing each other for years, letting one go is not that easy, especially when we don't have any idea at all who the 'husband' is.

Anyway, we planned out everything a month before the marriage. As all five of us live far apart from each other, it's quite hard to set the time when all four of us, exclude the bride la kan, can be together. We booked a hotel, which accidently the hotel which where we had our final form 5 dinner before 

(quite nostalgic...hahahah) 

and at first we planned to get matching outfits. ala-ala bridesmaids la konon.. but then, when everything seems quite impossible, lupakan je hajat tu.. as long as all four of us can be there together to see our friend kawin, then anything else is not that important anymore.

Anyway, selain drpd excited kawan nak kawin, kitorang excited nak jumpa each other. its been quite a while since i last met them.. macam nora and wani, dekat 3 tahun tak jumpa.. aina dah few months, itupun nasib dia buat diploma dekat tapah, and mot last year kot.. However, sadly nora x dapat jumpa.. 
uni life kan.. kena faham..

We arrived in Taiping on Thursday (28thApril), checked in hotel lepas sesat dalam pekan taiping for half an hour waktu cari hotel.. lol, i don't know why on earth is it so difficult for me to digest the Taiping's map. seriously, totally lost. Drive plak dengan aina, memang cantik la... dua2 kekdahnya buta arah...haha

Malam tu dah dinner semua, kitorang iron baju sampai iron meletup dalam bilik hotel (thanks to Aina's scream, brought me back to hostel-life's memories), then sembang sampai pukul 3 pagi.

Esok nya, hari jumaat (29th april), we decided to visit our school which unexpectedly tengah buat hari sukan yang tak macam hari sukan.. takde perbarisan, takde hias khemah, x de muzik2 macam dulu, no balloons... 
pukul 10 pagi dah habis... sedih je kan.. but kitorang jumpa cikgu2, excitedly, some of the teachers still remember me, know my name.. 
that what made me most happy. At first we're so lost as most of our juniors during our school years are not there anymore, we end up not knowing anyone in the school, but somehow, there're still few juniors, yang waktu kitorang form 5, diorang form 1.. hahaha.. omg, kitorang so dah tua..

plus, few things made us realize how old we are. We saw Daniel anak teacher rozita yang dulu so kecik, lari2 dekat skolah, siap nangis2, he's a student of the school now. maybe form 1 or form 2.. then, arvind adik anand, dulu so berkepit dengan mak, sekarang dah jadi pengawas TT uollss.. siap bahas sampai kebangsaan lagi..

Then, i met my so called 'adik angkat' which i don't find it appropriate anymore, hahahaha, Afif najmi a.k.a randy.. dah form 5 dah pun.. dulu macam budak-budak je.. sekarang dah tinggi bkn main, nampak la dewasa sikit, dah jadi pengawas and study pun better now.. so proud of him somehow, all the best with SPM.

Dan, excitedly, i met my forever-and-ever lil sis, Aimi Amanina, during lunch. Dah lamaaaaaa tak jumpa dia. She's 20 now, OMG. Engineering student in USM. So yeah, I'm a proud big sis. But still, she's my lil sis forever.. Masih share stories macam dulu. Really really happy. Hope to see u again soon dear.

Next, malam, we went to have our dinner plus visited Mot's house for malam berinai konon nya malam tu, but then tak sangka pulak malam tu ada baca yaasin dulu baru berinai.. makanya, lepas isyak, tak sempat nak berinai, kitorang dah blah... sorry mot... hahaha 

(psstt: hint: dah beli tiket wayang earlier...hahahahah)

So, drive laju2 pi Taiping Sentral semata nak tengok movie bersama. 
However, secretly, I planned a surprise. hahaha.. x de la surprise mana pun. One of our junior wanted to join us that night, so, secretly i bought a ticket for him too without the other two tau.. tkejutla keduanya-duanya... hahaha.. 

quite a fun night.. balik hotel, disurprise kan lagi dengan delivery makanan di depan hotel, plus borak2 lepak sampai tah pukul brapa, nasib tak tetido dekat luar hotel.

Fast forward, esoknya, (30thApril), the Big Day, pagi2 bersiap.. checkout hotel and btolak ke bukit merah, nak tengok mot nikah. But before that, we picked up the junior yang melagha kan kitorang semalam tu from his house, hahahaha, and then baru drive ke sebuah surau di bukit merah yang mot nikah. Honestly, all of us so sedih plus emotional plus excited that morning.. hahaha, over sangat. Anyway, kitorang convoy dua kreta, my car and another car ada Aina and her soon-to-be zauj (Amiiinnnn....)

Sampai je depan surau, kitorang yang cuak2 tengok mot nak masuk surau nak nikah.. tak tau kenapa.. aku soo tak boleh bayang nanti aku kalau ada rezeki jadi bride, sah kaw2 punya cuak sampai menangis.. 
Maka, nikahlah seorang sahabat bernama Atikah. Hilang A sorang dari SAWAN, tinggal la SWAN sajohh... hahaha

Yang berniqab baju putih ala2 bidadari syurga tu sah2 la pengantin.. 

yang kat blakang tersorok 3 orang tu kawan pengantin.. hahaha.. 

yang kiri dah tak available, sorry..

Dan, inilah zauj si pengantin perempuan.. Ust. Ubaidullah kalau x silap... 

jaga kawan kami elok2 naa.

Nak jadi cerita, kitorang bertiga plus si pengantin dok jauh blakang sikit. Yang dekat depan penuh dengan lelaki and family2 pengantin.. 

sebabkan susah nak snap gambar ke record video, maka kitorang pun wakilkan satu2 nya lelaki yang kitorang kenal kat situ ke depan... 

sambil2 tu punya la dok tunggu bila akad nye.. dah macam berbisik2 je pengantin lelaki dengan ayah mot.. tunggu punya tunggu, tiba2 orang kata dah sah. Terus baca doa.. waitttttt, apakahhhh =='

Dah habis nikah, kitorang gerak ke Bukit Merah Club House tempat kenduri..

Tepi kolam wei.. panas2 tu, sabar je la tengok budak2 main dalam pool.

Dan inilah dia kaum kerabat batch 13 Taman Tasik.. brapa lama aku tak jumpa diorang, muka semua matured2 je.. abaikan rupa seorang syahirah yang berselemuih kepanasan plus muka ready nak drive balik..hehehehe

Plus, few things happened, but i don't think it's proper to share sad stories here. Simpan dalam hati je la.. Kita cerita yang best2 je k.

 Ingat sikit kawan yang kawen tu.. hahaha

So, anyway, dear Mot kesayangan...

Now u're someone's wife, I wish all the happiness for you and your new family. Be a good wife, be nice with each other, respect him, and have a harmonious life. I know you'll be happy with the new changes, you'll have someone to be with for the rest of your life. I'm not married yet, obviously, hahaha, but from all the cases I've read and heard, I'm quite sure there're ups and downs in marriage. Be patient, be strong, think what is best for the future ok. All four of us were sad to let u go knowing that it'll not be that easy to sneak you out for a lil girls' date afterward, but of course we're so happy now that someone will protect you and love you for the rest of your life. 

Remembering our lives as highschool girls, i never thought that one of us going to get married this fast.. Tak puas lagi lepak dengan korang. Yet, jodoh ditangan Tuhan kan.. hahaha. I can still remember clearly how you sneak me out from the hostel and brought me back to your house, tengah-tengah hujan naik scooter dengan helmet curi pakcik guard punya.. How we 'fly' together just because we wanted to eat McDonald. How we used to share stories dekat tangga hostel tetengah malam buta. I really really miss those time. But now, kalau nak buat camtu kena fikir banyak kali kot. Hahaha

Mot, congratulations again.. We'll always pray the best for u. You'll forever be our Mot. If u need any help, or want to hang out together once in a while, or whatever it is, just let us know. InsyaAllah, your friends will always be there for u. Nanti, dah nak ada baby pun bagi tau please. Mot Jr. need to know 'SWAN Aunties'. Take care Mot. Pandai2 bawak diri dekat dunia baru ok. Kalau rindu kitorang ke, gaduh ngan ustaz ke, bagi tau kitorang, nanti kitorang backup.. hahaha.. Take care Mot.. Kitorang sayang ang sangat2.

Wakil SWAN,

SYERA a.k.a 'S'

Lil Note from Yours Truly

Assalamualaikum and hello peeps ^^

Ermm, I don't have any plan to write a post for this time being sebab too busy with upcoming final.

But, after few of my recent posts, and a lot of people texted me about so many things, here i am trying to explain a few things.

First and foremost, thank you so much whoever that read my blog. From the bottom of my heart, niat asal buat benda alah blog ni because i really do love to write, i used to write cerpen, novel and such, but for the time being, a blog will do. I share my stories and pictures that happened throughout my life sebab takut in few years, I'll forget all the best moments in my life. 

Next, I know most of my readers came across my blog because of my posts on Foundation of Law or LLB. I'm so sorry to disappoint u that i only wrote few posts on these topics. I wrote about everything that happened in my life including my family life, 'friends life', love life, personal rant and so much more.. even all those random thoughts that i have out of nowhere. I know some of u annoyed when u're trying to know more about life as a law student, but end up reading posts by a broken hearted girl.. lol

FYI, I'm a normal girl, who's only 20 years old,  trying to survive her 'young life'. And it happened to be I'm a law student. A bad one to be exact. I'm so sorry for portraying all the good things that happened throughout my years as a law student only, but being a law student is not that great. Banyak lagi benda yang berlaku, the bad one, but i don't write it here. And of course, U can't expect all law students have the opportunities and rezeki like i do. Each of us have different stories or version of being a law student. What u read, minor stories that happened in mine. 

I'm truly honored if I inspired u somehow, which i can't understand at all, hahahaha, sjujurnya, I'm not a great person. Really. Whatever that happened, I'm just a lucky girl, diberi peluang, and i just grabbed whatever came across. Thats all. What I can say, ambil iktibar from what i shared. I have so many flaws, so dont be like me. I did a lot of mistakes, and i hope nobody will do the same thing. This Syahirah, trying her best to be better, did a LOT of mistakes in her life.

Thank you so much to those who give me kind words when i think I'm too terrible and almost give up, when I don't have any motivation to continue my life as a law student, when i have this ridiculous thought of give up on life. For all those words, thank you so much. May God bless each and everyone.

I'll share more stories about Indonesia, Thailand, France, Switzerland and my best friend who got married recently, after I'm done with my tests, assignments and final exam. Wish me luck, I'm trying my best to safe my pointer this semester. Lol. Amiiinnn..

*the 'oversize-potato', me..lol.. sorry

Hope to see more of your words..

Yours truly,

Syera 

Random Rant

Hye..

Things just don't go the way I planned.

I did wish everything would be just fine, I really do happy for what u've achieved, and of course i'm happy if u found someone which makes you happier.

But i must admit, it's not that easy to smile, it's not easy to say u're ok now, it's not easy at all to say to myself that I need to let you go..

Of course i'm happy to see u with someone who's much much better than me, swear to God, I'm ok,

Tbh, I'm relieved that u met someone much better than u'd before..

I know you're looking at me when everything happened. I'm not sure whether u're checking out whether I'm ok or not with the whole situation, or u just simply gave me a warn to not judge her or don't get near her. 

And because of that, i really really tried my best not to look at her, i don't have any right to judge anyone, and if i really do judge, u don't have anything to be worried about, she's much better than I am. If u're trying to find out whether I'm ok or not, the answer is, why would i be.. hahaha

Of course, I'm surprised with whatever i saw, the whole situation itself, how i figured it out, how i need to act calm, how i need to answer all those Qs while handling my own confusion and frustration..hahaha.

Things just happened that way. I have no right to comment about this. I'm just happy that somethings are still allowed, and some people are still allowed to wander around my life or day to ensure I'm ok.

 Thanks to that lil guy, i did laugh, smile and happy for a while.

And for that permission, I owe u a whole lot of thanks.

I wish u all the best. Enjoy your life. Whoever u are, whoever i am, in whatever situation, u'll always have my support. Happy always k. 

P/s: i know u hate this whole idea of blogging personal life. In case u still hate what i wrote, let me know. I'll delete everything. U have all the rights to do so. What i said in the beginning of us, still valid till forever. I'm still me, U're still u. Even after all that harsh words i said, any ridiculous decisions i asked, u know who u are. u still do, and forever will. So, if there's anything u want me to change, or delete, or forget, just let me know.

Me,

Ira.

Geneva - Evian - Paris - Geneva : Part 1

Assalamualaikum and hello there...

So, dah lebih dari seminggu since I'm back in Malaysia. 

Sooooo many people asked me where i actually went, did i went there alone, did i went for a holiday, best ke tak, and what so not... 

I've been thinking of explaining everything as soon as I'm back in Malaysia, but nahhhhh, tunggu cuti midsem baru tulis.. hahaha

So, yeah, here I am, I'm going to share my experience, but before that, I'm going to explain few things first:

1. I went 'there' to join a competition, not a holiday. I did a lil bit of tour for few days only before my flight back to Malaysia.. huhuhu, come on, bukan tiap2 bulan dapat sampai sana pun kan...p/s: i went there only for 2 weeks.

2. The competition that I joined was at Evian-les-bains which is in France. But the nearest airport to that place is Geneva airport, which is in Switzerland. And before my flight back to Malaysia, i have a mini tour to Paris. So, basically i went both countries. hahahaha.

3. My parents did not pay for the whole journey. Well, i must admit that they spent a lot for this trip but mostly sponsored by ICRC Malaysia and some from UKM. What is ICRC? Google plis.. hahaha.. so yeah, if I'm not sponsored by these people, I'll never have a chance untuk jejak situ. And, please, I'm not from a rich family, definitely not, my parents are teachers. Thats why I said they sacrificed a lot for me for this trip.

For now itu je la kot the general facts.. yang soalan lain2 tu akan dijawab throughout my posts (which i will write into few parts).

DAY 1

Flight hari tu pukul 1 pagi (18/3/2016) dekat KLIA via Emirates. So, i went to the airport very early as this is the furthest or the longest hours of flight I've been, and usually naik flight from KLIA2, that's why we went there earlier.

Owh, by the way, I don't go alone. There're 3 of us. Me, Raymond (3rd year) and Wahab (4th year), in case you want to know who they are, just read my previous2 posts, I've showed their pics before. As our flight tickets were bought by our sponsor which is ICRC Malaysia, so they gave us freedom to choose our own date of return. As I'll be back in Malaysia wayyyy earlier than those two guys, so somehow I'm in different flight than them. I'll be in Emirates and they'll be in Turkish airline.

Before i boarded my flight, I did upload a picture of my flight tix which somehow confused so many people that thought I'm going to Dubai. As i didn't informed anyone that I'm going to join the competition, even my bestfriends thought I'm going somewhere nearby for a while. So, many people texted me asking why am i going to Dubai. I really want to reply to your text, but when more than 10 people asked the same thing, I decided not to reply at all.. hahaha

This is actually how my flight plan:

KUL (KLIA) - DBX (DUBAI) - GVA (GENEVA)

So, KLIA to Dubai 7 hours, then, transit in Dubai for almost 5 hours before my next flight to Geneva for another 7 hours. As for those two guys, their flight from KLIA to Istanbul 11 hours if I'm not mistaken, then transit in Istanbul for few hours before their flight to Geneva for another 2 hours.

You can conclude that I fly alone the whole journey, and it is fun. Few weeks before my flight, it's a stressful moment when I have to inform my parents that I'm going to fly alone. Especially to my mom. I can still remember our conversation on the phone, when i told the news. She asked me if i want her to follow me. Haahaha... To be honest, I'm that kind of girl who likes to travel alone, so when i know i'm going to fly alone, I'm super excited. But I know there're still few parents who gave that kind of freedom to their daughter. Every single day i called them, saying that I'll be okay alone and they didn't have to be worried. In the end, they allowed me to fly alone... yeayyyyy

Next, tengah dok tunggu2 my flight, my abang and adik decided to walk around the KLIA while my parents and I decided to wait infront of the departure gate. Tengah2 kitorang sembang, tibahjah nampak a group of teenagers berlari-lari, then my mom asked whether there's a celebrity there. And that's the moment when I turned around and saw a guy who is verrrryyyy tall, waearing all black head to toe and his face covered with typical-kpop-idol black mask and bodyguards all around him walking so fast.

In a split sec, I remember that earlier that day, during the end of my lecture class, i accidently read a news from somewhere (cant remember where, twitter maybe???) that THE LEE KWANGSOO, that tall guy will be in Malaysia for a promotion of something (which i dont care at all) somewhere around KL (which i dont care too). The main point is Kwangsoo in Malaysia. And for that split second, I jumped from my seat and shouted to my parent..

"OMG, Ma, Kwangsoo ada dtg Malaysia hari ni, baru teringat.." and I dashed to him.

and what's more important, my mom gave her handbag to my dad (who still terpinga2, he know who kwangsoo is...) ans my mom dashed towards the crowd to, with her phone held up so high, to snap a pic (obviously....)

When i arrived nearby that GIRIN, there're not many people yet, but i just startled, my first time to see a celebrity which i really know in front of me. Few seconds later, I'm pushed by so many hard-core fans (i must say sasaeng fans) which are there with their huge cameras and they pushed they bodyguards like terribly... and for me, while trying to snap a pic, suddenly i'm being pushed badly by the other girls... after that i realized my mom is at the other side of the crowd, professionally snap pics of Kwangsoo with her phone.. hahaha.

After dia dah masuk tempat scan2 barang bagai tu, we went back to our seats, and guess what my ayah asked, 'Kwangsoo tu berjambang ke?'

==' lol, he thought the black mask is jambang. anyway, Kwangsoo handsome, too tinggi, polis2 KLIA tu takat bawah dada dia je, he's not as kurus as we saw in the tv and he's nice...

Settle bab kwangsoo, iolls pun naik flight... hehehe. First time naik emirates, kata orang among the best airline, so nervous + excited la jugak. Waktu tu la jugak nak teringat kes2 pesawat terhempas dan sebagainya... hahahaha...

Mula2 masuk the gate macam ala2 jakun tak tau nak pegi mana... 

kalau KLIA2 tu masuk departure gate, trus boleh cari your flight punya gate... yang ni masuk departure gate, ikut signboard dia suruh naik lrt ni.. tengok keliling takde orang Melayu.. redah je masuk, pasrah je kalau salah jalan, tertinggal flight kira memang x pegi dah..

Dalam lrt/ tube ni, memang nanhado orang melayu, yang ada ala2 malaysia pun aku dengan apek depan ni, tah2 dia pun bukan orang Malaysia.. yang lain ala2 pak arab dengan mat salleh.. diorang tengok aku pun macam tak yakin je aku nak naik flight sama dengan diorang. LRT ni pun tah mana2 dibawaknya, lalu kot terowong bawah tanah bagai, sampai la kat area untuk cari my own flight gate.. waktu baris nak boarding, kiri kanan depan belakang semuanya pelbagai bangsa, tinggi2 la hai, siap ada yang terlanggar x perasan aku ada kat situ, pendek sangat katanya.. nak je aku mencarut bahasa melayu kat situ, nasib kru2 yang jaga situ orang melayu, so sopan tu still kena jaga.. kah.

Disebabkan first time naik, haruslah jadi jakun, habis semua benda aku tangkap gambar.. flight pepagi buta, so gelap gelita dalam tu, tapi apa aku kesah, tah bila lagi nak naik emirates ni, haruslah snap gambar... sebabkan mula2 tu segan, maka curi2 la tangkap gambarnya, lama2 dah hilang segan, suka hati aku je nak tangkap gambar camne..

And i heard that Emirates serve the best food, like they always have food, there's no way u're going to get hungry, and it is true.. makanan sentiasa ada.. kalau dia x serve pun, boleh je mintak maggi cup dekat stewardess tu bila2 masa... ada sorang uncle ni, flight baru terbang, baru nak simpan tayar agaknya, dia dah mintak maggi dah.. lapo bebeno agaknya.. kalau aku jadi Flight attendant (FA) tu mau menyumpah gak.. tak menyempat... hahaha

Nah, belanja gambar makanan yang aku sempat snap dlm gelap using my cheap phone..

so these two are among the meals serve... ni yang full meal, maksud nya yang penuh sedulang.. yang dia bagi air2, biskut, kek bagai tu, saya tak snap... hahaha.. sumpah kenyang...

for those who'll be on their first time on long flight, just like me before, lagi2 yang first time naik flight, i really understand your feeling.. i've been there before.. mesti rasa macam, camne nak buat eh, boleh ke makan banyak, segan la nak bangun pi toilet, kalau tercekik boleh mintak air lebih tak, headphone ni rosak tak keluar bunyi camne... haaaaa, dont worry saya mula camtu jugak, punya la segan sebab first time, tapi lama2 tengok orang buat lagi tak senonoh, so relax je..

rasanya almost all long hours flight sama kot, lepas flight dah fly, dah boleh bukak safety belt tu, FA akan edar warm towel, untuk acah2 lap muka tangan tengkok semua kot berpeluh ke, tak pun nak ala2 freshkan muka, towel tu bau ala2 lemon sikit... then FA akan round skali lagi untuk kutip towel tu guna penyepit makanan ala2 yang guna buat BBQ tu untuk masuk dalam plastik sampah.. hahaha..

Owh lupa, lupa, waktu nak take off tu, x tau nak buat apa? dalam emirates ni dia macam ada tv dekat seat setiap orang, yang ada 2 bahagian. first, untuk tau pasal flight tu, mcm nak track korang dah dekat mana or brapa jam lagi nak sampai destination or camera untuk tengok luar flight. so aku hari tu, waktu nak take off, bukak camera dia, dapat tengok la keadaan waktu flight tu nak terbang.. waktu dia dah fly tu, mula la sebukkan diri pilih movie nak tengok.. hahaha

ok, then, FA akan edar snacks dulu... ada biskut or kek.. then boleh pilih air.. ni part yang aku segan la.. FA tolak troli, dia tanya sorang2 nak minum apa.. haaaaa, sebabkan nampak atas troli je ada apa, dari jauh lagi aku dah usha nak minum apa.. dah la nak pilih satu je... sampai je FA tu dekat aku, order la, 'apple juice please'... hahaha dengan muka bajet dah biasa naik flight kan... FA ni pun tuangla dalam gelas plastik.. ok, happy dapat my first drink.. 

then FA tu tanya orang sebelah aku, 'Do u want any drink sir?' Owh, btw, sebelah aku ni ada married couple orang arab..

the wife said ' one orange juice, one water. a some tea with sugar please, and owh one coke'

HUH.... kau boleh order lebih dari satu ke... tang mana ada coke tu, aku tak nampak pun.. sebab kan aku dok dekat aisle, betul2 tepi troli FA tu, maka mula la sesi stalking apa FA tu buat... dia tuang satu2 minuman yang orang tu order and letak atas tray kecik before bagi dekat orang sebelah aku tu.. and tiba2 dia duduk bukak troli dia keluarkan tin kecik coke.... owhhhhh, macam2 lagi ada dlm troli tu rupanya... hahahaha... penuh tray orang sebelah aku dengan segala drinks.

Sejak daripada itu, syera mula pandai mintak pelbagai drinks from the FA.. hahaha.. disebabkan flight tu tengah malam, and 7 hours, dalam flight digelapkan sebab bagi orang tido.. yang couple sebelah aku, punya la tak senonoh, tido macam bilik kat rumah... hati aku sikit punya panas bila yang bini boleh pi baring ala2 kat katil kat rumah... dia bukak kasut, bukak stokin, angkat arm rest between aku ngan dia, dia baring kepala dkat laki dia, kaki kat aku, siap tendang2 sepanjang flight... disebabkan aku jenis hati melayu, tak mau bising2, aku terima seadanya sebab bersyukur dapat naik flight. but please people, for god sake u're in a flight with other people, who paid as much as u to get as much comfort as they paid. Mind your manner, biar bertamadun sikit.

Anyway, the next meal will be serve dalam sejam ke 2 jam after, but the FA always round dengan trolley dia tanya if nak air, x pun boleh je mintak anytime nak air.. aku sebab x boleh tido langsung, dok tengok movie je.. waktu tu, aku perasa dua orang je passenger yang tak tido.. aku dengan apek yang aku cerita tadi, tengah sedap makan maggi sambil tengok movie..

then, FA round lagi untuk bagi makanan.. biasanya diorang bagi untuk budak2 or baby dulu dalam 30 minutes earlier. as for adult, awal2 lagi diorang dah bagi pamphlet menu.. aku awal2 lagi dah fikir nak ayam ke ikan.. nak air apa... so, FA lalu je order, i want the chicken set... maka, dia pun hidanglah satu tray kat kau.. meal still panas, then ada roti with butter dengan cream, orange juice, dan segala dessert apa tah... lepastu FA lalu lagi, tanya nak air apa..

'apple juice and water please' hahahaha... ada kemajuan sikit sebab order dua drinks. punya la nikmat makan sambil tengok movie atas awan ni... hahahaha

ok, panjang lagi nak tulis.. nanti sambung part 2 untuk cerita and tips atas flight and dekat dubai airport.

How everything started..

Assalamualaikum and hi..

So, last two days, in the middle of the night, someone texted me, asking a question. To be honest, I don't have any idea on who u are lil one, but i guess u're my junior. Maybe.. Anyhow, I'm so sorry for not replying because currently I'm too busy with uni life. But I'm answering it here, hopefully u'll read it somehow. 

So, she/he asked me, how everything started, by which means how i started with debate, mooting and such.

Tbh, i started joining competitions that required me to talk since I'm 8 or 9.. story telling, public speaking, syarahan agama.. every single year until I'm in Standard 6. Then, Form 1, I'm in Taman Tasik, 1 Farabi, my Malay Language teacher was Cikgu Rodzlina.. So, one day, we have the 'ujian lisan' or oral test, where we are required to talk on a topic for few minutes.. I prepared a speech and wrote some cheat-notes on a piece of paper.. I still remember how bad I trembled the moment i stood up in front of the class.. I'm trembling like crazy, sweating badly, but somehow, i manage to get through it.. 

Before going back to my desk, Cikgu Rodzlina asked me something. She said that she's going to introduce a Malay language debate club and she asked me if i want to join it or not as she only choose few students to be on the club. She said that i'll not be in the team yet as the school team usually made up of the seniors.. and i said ok.. i'll join.

So, i joined the club, and every wednesday evening we'll have the club meet up where we're basically trained to talk and built up our confidence level. One day, on the same year, when she's selecting students for the school team, i'm not sure why, but she asked me and megat acap if i'm not mistaken or aiman putra, i can't remember well, to the teachers' room and she asked us whether we want to join the team or not.. of course we want to, despite being too scared as we knew the team have Kak Ayuz, Abang Im and Kak Ain Wahida already.. so, she gave us a test.. But somehow, none of us selected, but out of nowhere, Anand joined the team..hahahaha..

The next year, I managed to joined the team, but somehow, i have a major problem. Despite being in the school debate team, I don't talk at all.. every single day, I'll be nagged by Cikgu Rodzlina, annoyed by how I'm being too quiet the whole training session.. She gave me a task, i need to give at least one 'izin laluan' or 'POI' during the whole session.. But guess what, I don't.. Instead, I pretended to be busy, writing back all the notes from my seniors, even though I end up writing the same thing for so many time. Once in a while, Cikgu Rodzlina will asked me to stop writing everything, and just focus on giving the question. Thank God, i have this super duper nice senior, Abang Im, which always give me his note or secretly wrote down question so to i have a question to ask him. Yup, he wrote me a question on a piece of paper so that i can ask him, and Cikgu Rodzlina will not get mad.. hahaha. 

I'm so lucky as I started in a strong team. When i joined the team when I'm 14, the team have been the Perak's representative each year. So that year, i'm the reserve debater. When I'm 15, I started to be the main debater with Anand.. And from then on, we've been to the National round each year until we're 17. Anand and I always in the team, few new faces each year. Anand, being a great debater, don't have much problem through out the journey. But, being a debater with so many flaws, i always being targeted by Cikgu Rodzlina. At one point, i really hate Anand as he looked like 'anak emas' Cikgu Rodlina, but for me, I always end up being scolded every single day. Cikgu Rodzlina trained me in a very strict way, for 4 years. From someone who cant even talk, to someone who always tremble, someone who have great stage fright to someone who can't remember my own script, end up reading the whole speech and till Form 5, finally, I'm able to talk without depending on the script..

Cikgu Rodzlina never give up on us. She tried her best to give us opportunities to gain new debate experience. She drove us to MCKK and to SBPI Gopeng (how i started to know Aiman Syahmi) for friendly matches each year. She brought us to join open debate competition in Selangor via train. She drove us to every single competition. She did everything she could.

Throughout the strict training, I grew up with the mind set to be a better debater each day. I know I'm not born with talent like Anand, that's why i work so hard. Sometimes i want to give up, but i know, if i gave up, I'll never get the respect from others.. So, basically that's how everything started.

During my asasi year in UiTM, I don't have any idea about their Malay language debate team, and i'm really scared to join the English debate team as i know how bad my English is, but somehow, i challenged myself to join the moot competition. I entered UKM, and got the opportunity to be part of UKM's debate team on my first month in UKM. Manage to go to quarter final despite being the youngest one there, learnt a lot from the debate itself and somehow, mirically, i met Abang Im and Kak Ain Wahida again, but we're in different team. He's in the UPM team, Kak Ain in the UMS team if I'm not mistaken and I'm in UKM team, only God knows how happy I am to meet them again. Then I'm selected to be in UKM's moot team. I failed on the first moot competition, i thought i'll quit moot already. But i challenged myself for the 2nd time, thanks to the great teammates and helps from lecturers and friends, I won the national round, and am going to the International round soon..

All and all, however far i go, how many awards and win i get, i'll never forget the one who bring me to where i am right now, the one who raised me up with her strict guidance, the one who taught me to brave up and challenge myself, the one who brought out the better me, the one who i respect most, the best teacher on earth.

 Cikgu Rodzlina.

Thank you Cikgu for everything. Will never forget u. 

I'll do my best to make u proud.

Anak murid kesayangan Mama Rodz (heheheheh),

Syahirah Azahar

#sad

Hey...

It's 2.19 am now, and i have something in mind that keep me awake, i want to share with someone, but obviously i have none, how i wish i can have one..

So yeah, almost a month ago, i had a terrible terrible night, i cried most that night.

 That was the first time ever i cried that bad...and as for right now, i'm living my life.. Sometimes, it feels so hard with all the changes.. Usually, all the time, i feel somehow protected, safe, cared and not alone.. but then, things happened, and trying to live a new life, is quite awful.. 

like a baby being separated from her mom for the first time..

I'm clueless and unsecured

Losing love is so hurtful..

But on top of that, I lost my best friend, which hurts me the most.

I've never ever ever imagine the idea of losing a best friend, but when that situation happened, I'm affected so bad.

I don't have many best friends.. but surely you're one of them. Maybe you're my Best-Friend-Forever (see how much i value u as a friend ^^)

But yeah, things happened, and I'm sad..

We are different than others..

First, you're my friend.. 

Then, you're my loved one..

And, at one point, you turned out to be my bestfriend too..

And somehow, you're my so much more afterward..

I guess, being a friend, a lover, a bestfriend, an abang, and so much more at the same time is so hard..

Sorry for creating so much responsibilities and characters in your life, when you've the option not to be any on the first place..

But, you always did great job for each and every role, every time ^^ 

except as a pharmacist, u know i hate pills ^^

erm.. want to know what i hate most these days..

I need to hide my tears..

It's hard.. 

But then, don't worry.. You know me well enough to know how strong i can be..

I really did meroyan a lot..

But don't worry, I'm not crazy enough to terjun bangunan ke apa..

You're not here anymore like before, but somehow, for some reason, u're still here, beside.

If i'm getting it wrong, i'm sorry..

But that is the fact, to me, you've never left.

#mym

be safe, wherever you are.

the one who miss her bestfriend and loved one in the middle of the night,

Me.