Pain(t)ball!

Assalamualaikum.

Happy Eid Celebration. (Sorry for not saying it earlier)

My successful attempt to make
Chicken Rendang & Nasi Impit

Anyway, there was nothing much happening for Eid this year for me. At least not until today and perhaps next week. :D

However, I managed to cook some Chicken Rendang and Nasi Impit (Malay food) for it. Haaa, feels a little bit like home. As for MSS Eid celebration, you will have to wait for next Saturday for update on that. haha. Oh and thank you to Denzil Road crew for hosting a splendid Open House today. The food was really good especially the pumpkin pie. Hope to receive another invitation soon? hee'

By the way, I am not gonna go into detail on what happened during my first Eid Celebration abroad (Since it does not happen yet) but instead I am gonna tell you what I did yesterday. Jeng Jeng Jeng!

I went to play Paintball with some of my friends from Surrey and Alhamdulillah some of my new acquaintances from London. It was in Delta Force, Surrey. Around 30 minutes by train and foot. The weather yesterday was extremely cold. It drops to 2 degrees Celsius. Our hands and legs were literally frozen up. haha.

So, it was time to play the game. We have 6 separates games; each with its own situation. Since there were many of us, we end up dividing ourself into 2 groups and went to combat against one another. It was super intense (just joking) and unfortunately, our team from Surrey lost to team London. Nevertheless, it was such a great experience and definitely a lot of fun.

Notice me looking a bit chubby?
Yeah, I need to lose weight.

I injured myself during the third game. haha. It was not that bad. Basically, everyone got bruised. haha.
My condolences though to one of the players from London. She hurt herself really bad during the last game. Get well soon! :(

After the game, we all went performing our Salah together in the middle of the woods. It was a whole new experience for me indeed. Before this, I was always able to perform my prayers in a proper place and in a proper condition, but with mud all over us and in such a hostile place, we just went with our prayers and it all went better than what I thought. :D

We wrapped up our event and quickly went back to our respective houses. To summarise, it was indeed a worthwhile journey. It was my first time playing Paintball EVER! It was also my first time performing my Ibadah in such a manner. For what it was worth, I am thankful to those who had invited me to participate in it. Hopefully, we could have another event similar to this in a later time.

For those of you who have not tried Paintball, YOU MUST DO IT!
hahaha, Okay then fellow readers.

See you again next time!

Hectic week

Hai peeps!

Meet the Stag Statue!

Okay, I really have a lot to share here.
This past week has been so far the best and TIRING week(end) for me.
Why? Cause, I cannot even sleep in my room properly. Always out and about.
Sounds like a VVIP wannabe much? haha

The thing is, I have met a lot of new friends during the week. I kinda like it to have somewhere to be and something to do instead of just staying in my room watching movies all day. The sense of belonging, you know? haha. Okay, that is just too over the top right.

The famous Teletubbies Hill. *just joking*

Well, the point is, I made some friends. I also did some sports. Wee! And now my body is still aching. Ouch! That is the price I need to pay for over exercise but it was all worth it.

I cannot wait for Nottingham games; the biggest Malaysian sporting event in the UK. For your information, I signed up for Netball. And it is never better to do sports than being in a team. ;) Netball has been my utmost passionate sports. I can do other stuff too, but Netball is what I am meant for. I may not be good at it compared to others, but I give my heart to it. I have been playing netball since I was 9, so what is there not to like about it huh? :D

Trip to Woking.

Apart from that, I have been just fooling around, talking, and wasting time etc etc... haha. Feels like home indeed. haha. Except, the venue is not in Mamak stall. :( I really misses Al-Safa & Khatijah Maju. Sorry, I am the Garlic Naan with Tandori chicken and teh tarik girl. :P Haha. In addition with some good movies on the flat screen in the store as well. ;D I can be in the Mamak stall for hours without realising it. ;) Talking about Mamak stall, I miss my KDU-ians. We would spend our nights over there. Always in dilemma on which store to go (apparently there is plenty nearby our condo). We would be talking and laughing about useless stuff around a BIG table. Yup, always went there in big group.

Sleepover buddies!

Nevertheless, I had some great time too during the sleepovers which my senior hosted for us. It was a great night except for the part when they decided to watch a horror movie. I hate it! I decided to sleep but I can't. It takes me some time for me to fall asleep completely. And with the curiosity in my mind, I just cannot fall asleep until the movie ended. Although I must say that I did not watch it, I just literally listened to it. How? You figure it out. :P

Infront of Memorial place for I don't know what. haha.

Apart from that, me and some other Malaysian newbies (or not so newbies?) went to Woking. It is a town in Surrey but 2 stations away by train from Guildford. I really envy it. They have a lot of halal foods over there! So, definitely I ate a lot too. haha. Okay, I'm lying. I just ate Subway BMT. :P Satisfied? hee' I did some shopping too though. Bought a pair of knee-high boots. Cannot wait to wear them for class. It was super cheap and so comfortable, that I decided to just buy it on the spot. :D Hey, I am a girl, what do you expect? haha.

FOOD!!

Bunch of us Celebrating Meqna's Birthday

In conclusion, it was a spectacular week for me. To be precise, weekend. I could not get myself to actually study anything during those period but it was all worth it. I may have left out some information here, but none that you should know. :P

Nasi Amba(e)ng!

Anyway, I hope that my whole 3 years in Surrey will be as magnificent as this. Cause I really could use some good time on my own. I do hope to make a lot of foreign friends too. Probably hanging out with them as much as I do with Malaysians here. So, let's see how I progress with that. So far, I am planning to host a small gathering within my flats. Oh, we got a new housemate! haha. Won't go into details on that. But, if my plan goes well, I will update you okay? ;)

Love ya and see you soon! :D

p/s : I rearrange my room furniture 

and it is definitely more spacious than before. 

Love it!

Como estas?

Hola!
Como estas?
(Hello, how are you?)

Today, was the first class for my Spanish Lesson!
I took it as an extra co-curicular module and the best part is, it is entirely FREE!

The class tutor did a very good job on making the class interesting but she did warn us that we need to be hardworking in learning the language. She expect us all to not use English language in class anymore by Christmas. Means, no English in Class at all in next semester!

That is kinda scary but also it will push us to study more instead of just going to class and go back do nothing. Nevertheless, I am excited for the next lesson and I hope that I would still have the drive to finish this module so that I can visit Spain soon! :D

Let's all take up a new language shall we?

Welcome to UOS

Hey everyone!

As promise, I will share some of my experience while I am in Surrey.
I will only specify in UOS (University of Surrey) for this post and will tell you all about Guildford on my next. Deal? :D

For starters, I arrived in Heathrow London on 22nd September but stayed at one of my super nice senior friend's house. I was so excited to arrive in London that I straight away went sightseeing in Central London on the same day of arrival, which I will tell you all about it later. ;)

So, we make our way to Surrey the next day, Sunday, by taxi. It was a 23pound journey each person, there were 3 of us, you do the math. The price was right since, it was a taxi, and we had a lot of stuff with us. hehe.

Welcome pack - ready in my room when I arrive.

As soon as we reach Surrey, which only took us about 30-40 minutes, we checked into our own rooms and head out to the nearest Tesco to buy some essential stuff to LIVE! haha. Seriously, everything is sooooo cheap over here, that I feel like buying them all. ;)

This is what I normally cook in UOS ;)
Tasty isn't it? It is. haha.

As day pass by, hence, it was the beginning of UOS Welcome week. We had a lot of (I'm lying) activities that I couldn't get my hands off. Going to this and that talk, ice breaking (lying again), I can't even get any sleep (ultimate lie). Haha. One thing for sure, I was so damn tired (BIGGEST LIE EVER). ;) So you get the picture right? hee'

After a week, it was time to start the lecture. My first class ever after A Levels. I. COULD. NOT. UNDERSTAND. A. THING. SHE. SAID. I feel like I am on a completely different planet. The slang they use, Oh my. haha. Second day, was much easier since I am already beginning to adapt to their style of talking (you know, I picked up an accent already), so it was not much of a problem anymore.

Meet my awesome flatmates! (this is only 1/2 of them)

Apart from that, I did make some new friends. Some from London, India, Rome, Italy, Nigeria and other places too. My flatmates? THEY ARE COMPLETELY AWESOME! haha.
We had our first get together on the first weekend. One of my housemate cooked for us and oh my, it was extremely delicious. ;) I owe her a meal for that.

Other than that, behold, our own Sports Park! UOS sports park is definitely huge! There are so many facilities and clubs available that I could not even decide which one to join. I probably have to decide it now if I want to be apart of a club soon. ;)

Netball! I really want to join them. :D

Nevertheless, other things being equal, it was basically amazing to be in UOS. The place has a very nice atmosphere, the people are definitely friendly, you can just randomly go and talk to people and make new friends. You have a free pass for that. Not just that, you can even make friends with the squirrel! Yeap, there are a LOT of them. ;) Few always come knocking at my window sometimes. ;)

Well, I guess there is no need for me to elaborate on it any further, I presume pictures will do the trick.
So enjoy!

I happen to buy a flower pot -
still have no idea what flower this is though. (",)

For more awesome pictures, visit my facebook page. Sorry, it is strictly for friends only but, if you are interested to see how UOS looks like, do visit their homepage.
Farewell for now!

Oh! Do anticipate for my next post on the big city of London. ;)

Bye bye!

Preview of life in UK.

You good?

Haha, sorry, you must be thinking, why would I just say that in random. For your information it is actually another way the people here in UK ask "How are you?"

First of all, let me express how sorry I am for not posting any updates on my journey to Surrey.
Well, this would probably be because I have insufficient photos and information to share with you.
I would really love it if you guys can wait few more days (or weeks?)... till I update about my journey here. :)

So far, I have been very comfortable here. Really happy with Surrey, it is such a nice University and Guildford town is so far; the only town I have been to apart from London, but it is absolutely AWESOME!

Yeah, I have not taken any pictures of the town yet, since I have been very busy buying essential stuff for me to survive while I am here but I'll get to it as soon as possible.

Nevertheless, there is a Malaysian Night in Trafalgar square, London which I am dying to go this weekend. Perhaps I can take lots of nice pictures while I am there just to share with you what life is like in the UK.

Meet my new so (not) call pet.
This is only one of a dozens of them. (",)

Don't worry, I am definitely on a mission to introduce you to Surrey and Guildford, but hey, give me a chance to be its  Mayor first would ya? :P

Oh and by the way, I already picked up a UK accent. Liking it so far but I am sure people back in Malaysia would despise it. haha. Sorry, I just can't help it. I need to speak like one of them if I want to understand any of them. My first lecture feels like I am in a different planet. SERIOUS! So, picking up a good english accent is not that bad, it really helps with my learning process. It certainly helped me making new friends here.

Alright then, that is it for now. Gonna update you with more fun stuff soon. So wait okay?

And I wish you all a happy day. ;)