Saturday, August 28, 2010

.. in Evian.. home of one of the most expensive bottled water in the world.


Evian promoting Evian.


Mum loves bright flowers

I love signs like these. :p

This is even better. A sign with free bags to pick up dog poop.



You can see Lausanne on the other side of Lac Leman.

Les Gorges du Pont du Diable ('Bridge of the Devil).

At the entrance, there was a cafeteria and a souvenir shop.

We took our time walking down the path through a beautiful green forest.

Going down was not a problem, going back up was..! A true test for fasting people like us.

This is where the fun started. Visitors were not allowed to enter without a guide (for safety reasons). It was a bit slippery inside. and TIGHT too, if u know what i mean. Luckily for moi, i'm short. I don't have to bend over much, if you know what i mean.

The first thing we saw inside the 'cave'. The cave was actually made from big rocks falling into this narrow valley, hence making an arc or a bridge.


The bridge is the one covered in green vegetation (above). Back in the days, some villagers ventured on it... fell... and killed themselves. So the other villagers taught the Devil haunted the bridge. They consequently called it the Bridge of the Devil and the name stuck since.

Someone wrote the name of their lover in the year 1848. *sweet* immortal love set in stone









Thursday, August 26, 2010

I should've known better..

“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.”
In my case, when one friendships dies, another rekindles. Today i received messages from an old friend in Brunei. It has been a while since the last time we spoke... both of us got real busy after being posted overseas. We were both on opposite sides of the planet, and the time difference actually played a major part on why we lost touch... misunderstandings were cleared and I'm glad to have talked to her again.. :-)
Let the good times roll~

Prank Series (Episode 2)

Fail! LOL

Sunday, August 22, 2010

..in Chamonix..


paragliders

chess anyone?

damn camera settings.. this pic got a blue tinge

when you're fasting you wanna eat everything on display

there were soo many tourists... and it was hot! well, that's summer for ya

Enjoy the view!



Special thanks to my mum who prepared and cooked everything... ranging from sweet and sour crabs, to bubur kacang to beef masak kicap (i only fried the chicken and spring rolls) :-)

Saturday, August 21, 2010

This post is dedicted to you.


It's been a while since I last wrote down my thoughts or feelings in my posts. So i've decided to this time say something about you, my friend.

I know things have been great between us over the years. But as time goes by, things gradually change.. the distance doesn't help... we drift apart and as they say, nature has taken its course.

I am sorry things have to be this way, but i'm afraid this is a choice i made on my own... You will notice that i don't reply to your emails... or your msgs. I don't answer your calls or send christmas presents.

I once heard someone sing,
'All the miseries in the world combined, is nothing...
compared to how i feel when you say good bye'.


I think this is for our own good, before things get worse and the fond memories we share together turn into bad fragments of my reality.

Let us dream a dream... and let us part with good will and well wishes.

I say farewell to you my sweet love, have a great life and see you on the other side.

xoxo

Saturday, August 14, 2010

...in Yvoire.

I took my parents to Yvoire, a small medieval village in the Haute-Savoie department of France. We managed to kill some time and fasting didn't seem so long.. except when you see other people enjoying ice-cream... erkk! hee hee












Friday, August 13, 2010

Selamat bersungkai ("Enjoy the iftar")

I am very blessed this year to have my parents with me during the fasting month of Ramadhan.. I get to taste my mum's yummy cooking, Alhamdullillah.



Cucur Kurma (Date Fritters)

Movies In Minutes - Saw 12

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Happy fasting to all Muslimins and Muslimas...


For us here in Geneva, we start fasting tomorrow, Wednesday 11 August 2010.

May Allah bless you and your family. AMIN... have a safe and peaceful Ramadhan. :-)