Germany - Wilkommen

I've been busy entertaining Jims these few days (ceyhh..sorry Jims I pinjam u sebagai alasan. hahaha). Plus Adilah is back..and I may have to surrender this laptop to her by tomorrow. Bye bye to the internet connection :( Lepas ni daku layan Gym Ball je lah...Dah lah fon pun takde :((

I departed from Girona airport at 8.45am and arrived Bremen airport at 11.00am. Was quite worry coz I know nothing to speak in German except Wilkommen. And to know that one single word doesn't help at all kot kalau sesat ke ape. So I searched for a public phone and called Wawa and was relieved to know she was on her way...

Wawa picked me up at the airport and we went to the Bremen city. My first impression on German was - it looked similar like Zurich - but a livelier version of Zurich. I was impressed to know the amount of halal restaurant in Bremen itself. Banyak! Dan murah okay!!! A small pizza will cost you around €2.50. In Cork, the smallest pizza u can get (in Dominos la) will cost u €5! Tak aciiiiiiii.

Bremen Hauptbanhof

After lunch, we went to the factory outlet in Bremen. Wawa ni memang kijam oo...Wa sampai2 sudah dibawa ke factory outlet. To name a few factory outlets there were Esprit (the biggest. paling heaven. paling merosakkan purse. haha), Adidas, Nike, and...Lindt (the chocolat!)

Went back to Wawa's place later that nite. Took about 1++ hour from Bremen to Osnabruck..

Le Crobag. Choco Sahner Kakao yummyeeehhhhh

The next day we took train to Cologne (Pronounced and spelled as Koln in Deutsch) In Germany, the main mode of transport for travellers and most of the peeps is train. They have express train, not so express train. Everywhere also train train..huhu..Cologne was a small yet a very nice city. Aaina, Wawa's friend from Hannover tagged along with us on that day.

the dome near the train station

at the platform

Our first stop was Lindt chocolate museum. In that museum, they told us the history of chocolate from A-Z and even made comparison on total of chocolate consumption in some countries around the world! Costed us €5 to enter the museum using the student card..

was raining almost all the day in Koln..

total chocolate consumption. Mine was holding Ireland and Wawa was holding Germany. Wahh..kalah Ireland ni..

we get to taste the waffle dipped into the hot chocolate. damn deliciousss..

mencapai chocolate besar...mahu~~

After the museum, we toured around Koln city to the Hard Rock Cafe. Wawa..kite tak tangkap gambar kat HRC Cologne ehh???? And went for a lunch at the Kebab restaurant nearby.

Towards the later of the day, the crowd was getting bigger. At one point, I was separated from Wawa and Aaina. There I was. Phone-less (my phone was and am still in Dublin, remember??), speak Deutsch-less and clueless. The rain was getting heavier and I went for a shelter at this one small place. Time tu terpijak pulak lopak air membasahi kasut Adidas baruku yang baru dibeli semalam (hahaha..perlu ke??) I was hoping I could see a glimpse of Wawa or Aaina from there but was to no avail. I searched my own way to the Hauptbanhof (luckily the sign was big enough for me to find) and headed straight away to the public phone.

The problem was...I don't have Wawa's phone number! So I called Mihah (who already reached Cork at that time) to get Wawa's number in her phone (coz I contacted Wawa using Mihah's phone when I was in Spain) Thank God I have this small ability to remember some phone numbers! Before Wawa came to "get" me, I met Kak Haizum and her sister & bro in law! Hilang sedikit rasa nervous + nak nanges. Hahaha..

We had dinner in Nordsee before we took train back to Osnabruck...

Wawa and Aaina..

Yummyeehh prawn!

Barcelona - the city that never sleeps

Okay back to the Spain updates. Tunggang langgang sudah ceritaku. Lantak lah. I need to speed up the updates coz as soon as Adilah is back, I will no longer have a laptop :( Babe, me misses u so much. Hold on okay? When the service centre dah bukak I'll send you right away..

Our flight from Madrid to Barcelona was at 12.50pm. We didn't go anywhere that morning. Stayed in the hostel. Lepak2. Borak2. So how come we missed the flight? I dunno..Takpelah..what past is past kan..

potential reason terlepas flight - camwhoring kat hostel tuh!

I realised that we cudn't make it when we are in the Metro and when the clock struck 12. Konfem tak smpat. We were running like hell to the airport. Nak cari kaunter RyanAir yg tersorok tu satu hal lagi. Seriously like another version of Amazing Race! And the snob RyanAir officer denied our beggings. Logic la pun dah pukul 12.20pm at that time. I was so mad at myself coz I think as the "organizer" I was the one who is responsibled to make sure all was fine..huu..

Anyway we spread out to find options to get to Barcelona. By hook or by crook we need to get there since our flight back was from Barcelona. The flight - of course costed us hundred euros - reject. The train - costed us 106eu - reject reject. So we were left to 2 options. Either to take bus or to rent a car. After considering the pros n cons and after bertawakal, we rented an Audi C4 car. Luckily the company accepted drivers under 23 y old! Who was behind the wheel?? Yours truly la, Alhamdulillah I've experienced left-hand-side driving when I went to Southern Spain last year..

After stuffing our bags into the oh so small bonet and stuffing ourselves into the oh not so big car, we departed from Madrid airport at around 1.50pm. Only God knows how nervous I was at that time. Nasib ada navigator. he he..My target was to reach Barcelona ASAP and to drive as minimal as we could in dark. Cuakksss okayhh...Out of the 6 hours journey, we only stop once. Itupun less than one hour coz I insisted on doing so. Terpaksa menjadi kejam coz I was so tired and I'm afraid my eyes and body couldn't tolerate the pressure anymore..

The journey was okay. At times, I sped off. Tak perasan laaa =P Especially bila suasana senyap sunyi dan terdengar keruhan org tidoq...wahhh sungguh menggegar iman. At one time I reached 170km/h but not for so long la...Most of the time it's only 140-150km/h saja. Itupun annoyed by the alert signal by the navigator..Tapi saya sentiasa berdoa dan berselawat okay semoga semua selamat. Dah lah bawak anak orang kann..hihihihi. On the way, Mihah received text from Alya saying they found my phone. Alhamdulillah..one not so good thing happened, one good thing came :)

Ceria je semuaorangg..padahal...hehehheh

Reached Barcelona airport and took Metro to our so called hotel. Again, something silly happened, coz I left my purse in the car so Fiqah and I went back to the airport. Seriously percutian terpenat seumur hidup neh!

The accomodation? Truth be told, I booked the accomodation and it stated as HOTEL. Very very deceiving okay. It turned out to be a very creepy room with a creepy hotelkeeper in kinda creepy place. Dahlah Fiqah and I were kinda lost in our way to find the hotel. We were guided by a random guy who claimed to be Muslim whom initially we thought to have bad intention towards us. Siap dah pesan kat fiqah awal2 cakap kita jerit kuat2 kalau ada apa2 jadi..hihihiih..But all was fine. I didn't even thanked him properly coz I was so nervous!

Okay onto the next day..we had to leave the place early before the pakcik hotel realized they were 6 of us (coz we booked places for 4 only! not a big deal pun actually tapi dia yang pelik lebeh!) The first stop was La Sagrada Familia. It looked gigantic in the picture but in reality...alah biasa-biasa jer! And the place was under construction and we didn't get to enter the place.

tangkap dari luar pun jadi laaaa..

We toured around Barcelona. Went to the Picasso museum. But what do you expect from we people yang tak berapa nak appreciate the arts. Tengok sikit pastu mengomel2. Huhu..Went to the so-called Bohemian market-tak-berapa-nak-market-sangat..

had lunch at the restaurant. and had the Paella - the local food. Jadilah merasa makanan tempatan kan...

Later that evening we went to Port Vell..

Makcik kot ungu and pakcik seluar ungu. awhhhh so sweettttttt...

captured by Malaysians we met there. thanks kakak2~

water..me likey!

the ships? kah

in front of the Maregmanum shopping complex.

We walked along the La Ramblas..shopped for souvenirs and went to the area at Placa Catalunya, again, the shopping areas. Maximised our tour as Fiqah and I had only one day in Barcelona coz our flight was early in the morning the next day..

Hard Rock Cafe Barcelona.

Went back to the creepy-hotel-4-tingkat-tangga-tinggi-tapi-sempit. I slept only for 1-2 hours and stayed up the rest of the nite coz I'm afraid we'll miss the bus to the airport. It takes about 1.5 hours to Barcelona Girona (ala ala LCCT lah gituu). Luckily all was okay. Sampai2 pun elok2 je before the bus departed.

At 8.45am, I departed from Girona airport to Bremen :)

All in all, I see Madrid & Spain are very different from the Southern Spain places I went last year. But generally from my observation people from Madrid is much cleaner and pleasant looking rather than Barcelona (selambe je jadi judgemental kan) The places of interest in Barcelona spread out unlike Madrid....Barcelona city sangat meriah thruout the nite okay. Tak tidur agaknya mereka itu...

p/s : excuse the grammar and ayat tunggang langgang. laju2 je type malas nak proofread.

Setiap yang berlaku pasti ada hikmahnya...Cliche kah?

Salam all..
Halo :)
Just arrived on the Deutschland today.
Left Spain earlier this morning with thousands of bittersweet memories
I drove from Madrid to Barcelona!!! (600++ km in 6 hours!) coz we missed our flight to Barcelona
Never thought I could do that...
I met Wawaaaaaa alreadyyyyyyyy~
Pictures will be uploaded soon. Tunggu....

And the best thing is, they found my phone already :)
She's in Dublin now, and Wany will claim from the bus office once she got back in Ireland
Thank you Allah, thank you everyone :D

`

Mandi

saya dan crutches

I took 3 minutes to step into the bathroom

5 minutes to prepare

5 minutes to set up the place, taking the shower foam etc etc

3 minutes to get the shower thingy out of it place

5 minutes showering

but at least I managed to do it myself. altho I hit my right leg a lil bit but it's ok, at least I showered on my own :)

anyway thanks to Taq and Dayah for the hair treatment. ohhh saya terasa seperti cerita pondok buruk *tune into the sad song*


kaki saya sakit lagi. berdiri salah duduk salah baring pun salah..

saya cuba...saya berusaha untuk berusaha.

tapi terimakasih lah itu untuk itu. ceria sikit hari saya (walaupun dah agak lambat) :)

Cork Games disaster

The day started with a heavy rain. And all of us were kinda worried. But we moved on like nothing happens. Bajet semangat kesukanan la~

The game went on. And we lost the first game. The day got worst. Light storm it was. It had to be stopped several times. Until our second match against the Galway girls..

We played as usual. I took my GS position. The enthusiasm has reduced to 50% already but we played the game for the sake of err...playing the game. Until something happened..

A collision happened between me and one other girl. I fell down and I knew my knee was twisted coz it hurts like hell. So I laid down on earth and kept on shouting "sakettttt...lutut saye sakettttt"

They thought it was a normal cramp. Not until they seen my retarded twisted knee cap. My patella was dislocated laterally. At that time I was so nervous thinking how are they going to handle this extra heavyweight me to the side....so I kept on ranting and ranting...*sigh* One of my nitemare materialised.

They convinced me to let them lift me. I tried to walk. But it hurts like $£^$(@ so I gave up. They lifted me up out from the court and I tried to stand by myself but failed and I passed out a little while while waiting for the AMBULANCE to come. My 1st ride by ambulance. 15-20 mis later the paramedics came. Asked me what happened and stuff. Lifted me to the ambulance. Took my blood pressure. IV dripped me with morphine. 3 doses of them if I'm not mistaken since I kept on rating the painfulness scale 8 and 7. Hehehehh..They were so nice. Paul and Jen. My hands were so cold that they took sometime before they put on morphine on me. My blood pressure also was so low at that time.

I reached CUH later. Nida accompanied me. I was put on the "laughing gas" that made me felt more lightheaded. I was brought to Accident & Emergency department. It was kinda crowded that time but luckily I didn't have to wait long until I was treated. The doctor sedated me so I didn't realize how and when did they relocated my patella. Nida said the doctor even had to think and pause a while when he was relocating my patella. All I knew after I open my eyes again was I was all wrapped with this black thingy and the pain didn't go away either.

I was put on NaCl and oxygen so I had to wait for sometime before I was released. Called my mom but guess she didn't get the real idea but she did sounded worry by the way. Approx at 4.15pm I was released from A&E and Mr Muizz was already waiting for me outside. I had to rely on the walking stick!!!!!!! I am partially handicapped and it was so hard to walk on the walking stick!!!!!!!!!!

When I fell all I think was how are they going to lift me up. No other worrisome problem. But now that I've to lay still on the bed and rely on the walking stick. It is so hard even to go to pee and I seriously felt like breaking down. Man..it's so hard...and painful too :(

My team and I when I collapsed outside the court. Managed to pull a smile..

My dislocated patella. Cacats!!

At the treatment room. They cut my pants off!!! Waaa.....rosak my favourite sluar!!!!

The x-ray room. Didn't realize when did they take my x-ray and all..

High on morphine and sedated. Been put on oxygen..

My leg..for the next few weeks. :(

Tell me how am I gonna go on my holiday. How am I gonna take my flights? How am I gonna push my bag while struggling to bring up myself from one place to another. *sigh*

My next appointment with the orthopaedic is on Wednesday and I'm gonna leave Cork on Thursday. Hope things will get better somewhere in between...I'm gonna be staying in senior's house since I'm not fit enuff to walk up the stairs in my apartment..

Thanks Paul & Jen for the kindness. Thanks Nida for accompanying me and gathering up my things. Thanks Muizz for the ride. Thanks Dayah for giving up ur room. Thanks everyone for the concern... :)

COBAAN...~