蕙之世界

Thought for the title very long, have no idea how to name this post… and the post is going to sound like a daily diary as too many memorable things happened during this backpack trip. hehe…

This is my first backpack travel to Siem Reap, Cambodia. Many who have heard of this trip wondered why i chose this place as to them, it sounds dangerous. Even my aunt and uncle protested to my mum why letting my little sis and i went there and made my mum started to worry about our travel there too. However, all these opinions about Cambodia being dangerous are proved wrong, at least it is not so in Siem Reap.

Well, i’m going to start the travel with the first day… really want to jot down as many single detail as possible, too memorable…
 

24/11/08 Monday

Met a group of French senior citizens who are really lively and energetic on plane. At that moment, i promised to myself that i must be healthy always so that i can still go travel with friends… The journey from Kuala Lumpur to Siem Reap takes about 50 minutes (correction: it’s around two hours, thanks shlrene ). In Siem Reap, it is one hour later than Malaysian time. This means that it is 11am in Siem Reap when Malaysian time is 12 noon. I have to admit that Siem Reap Airport is very beautiful and clean. It’s simple but great. After arriving, we went to the booked hotel directly. It is actually an inn run by a family. It is in the heart of the city and looks simple but great, again i used this phrase, cause it is really so in SIem Reap. After seeing the room and unpacking, we went to Lucky Mall, which is not far from our staying place, to buy drinking water. The first sight that caught our attention in the mall was the delicious-looking ice cream. We tried out tiramisu, raisin rum and a double chocolate ice cream, if not mistaken. They are indeed very delicious and tasty. Yummy yummy… Later that night we went to the old market by tuk-tuk, a special transport there. We walked around the area named Pub Street. This street is of many restaurants and pubs, whether French cuisine, Italian pizza, Western food or Khmer cuisine ( local food ). We chose The Red Piano as our first day dinner restaurant. It is the restaurant Angelina Jolie had her dinner before, therefore a cocktail named upon her is created. We had Khmer style soup, curry chicken and fried chicken with ginger. They are very tasty and even better than our local food here. The atmosphere is very relaxing. After the dinner, we walked around the night market. A lot of souvenirs are sold here. We bought ourselves Angkor Wat-printed tee shirts and  local handmade pencil case. After spending couple of hours there, we tried out walking back to the inn. On the way back, we passsed a very elegant hotel, namely Hotel de la paix. It costs $300 a night ( beyond our budget, sad ). We took the chance to explore the hotel and captured a lot of photos there. The atmosphere is very nice and romantic, i should say. After a long walking night, we went back to our room and rested early, for preparation to Angkor Wat the next day.

25/11/08 Tuesday

Early in the morning we went to the Angkor area to fulfill our aim of this trip. After ticket payment and getting the tickets with our face printed on it, we started our journey to Angkor Thom. There are several checkpoints in the Angkor area to check on our tickets. It is to avoid misuse of the tickets by the tourists as there are several packages like one day-trip, three day-trip and so on. Angkor Thom is very large. It consists of the Bayon, Baphuon, Terrace of the Elephants and Terrace of the Leper King. The tuk-tuk driver gave us three hours to walk around Angkor Thom. We took a lot of pictures of the grand building. We looked so tiny standing under the high and great Bayon. We finished walking around Bayon in about an hour so we started wondering why the driver gave a three hour-period and asked us to go to the Terrace of the Leper King to meet him. However, there’s a reason for everything. We lost our way during finding the way to Terrace of the Leper King. It costs us about two hours just to find the way to Terrace of the Leper King. Haha… On the way to Terrace of the Leper King, we walked pass Baphuon and Terrace of the Elephants. Of course we would not miss a single chance to snap the beautiful scenery. After Angkor Thom, we went to visit Ta Prohm, where Angelina Jolie shot the film Tomb Raider here. On the way, we passed Ta Keo, which is a very big building too. Ta Prohm is a temple with lots of trees, giant trees around. Our camera had a busy working day, haha… After a quick lunch, we continued our journey to Angkor Wat, one of the seven wonders in the world. There were fewer tourists around as they were still enjoying their lunch. We seized this opprtunity to truly explore Angkor Wat. Part of the building is under renovation, but still we managed to have a good look at the building. There are many delicate sculptures on the walls. The highest level was closed down due to renovation, thus unable to have the chance to have a view form the highest level.Sighed.. Anyway, it is already very worth to be there. After an hour or so in Angkor Wat, we went to rest on inn. After a good rest, we started on foot for dinner. This time we went to Dead Fish Tower, another restaurant with good food. I had this dish called Thai Amok which is really nice. It’s a bit like our otak-otak here but nicer and more delicious. My little sister tried out green curry while my friend ordered a set which consists of green curry, beef curry, ginger chicken and a salad with pork. There is local performance, namely the Apsara dance going on from time to time during our dinner. So, we enjoyed ourselves with the performance while having the dinner. Laterthat night before going back to our room, we went to Lucky Mall again to but our next day breakfast. We were taken by the salesgirl as Chinese from China. The salesgirl can speak good Mandarin and she’s happy that she found this chance to communicate with us in Mandarin. After a tiring day, everyone has a sound sleep that night.

( p/s: a small funny incident happened in the evening. i woke my sis up to get ready for the dinner and she thought we skipped our dinner that day when she woke up. She mistook the night to be the early morning.. Laughed till dead that day, memorable…haha )

the journey to Siem Reap will be continued in the next post.

S Club 7 - Bring It All Back
#Don’t stop, never give up,
Hold your head high and reach the top,
Let the World see what you have got,
Bring it all back to you
Hold on to what you try to be your individuality,
When the world is on your shoulders,
Just smile and let it go,
If people try to put you down,
just walk on by don’t turn around;
You only have to answer to yourself,
Don’t you know its true what they say,
That life it ain’ t easy,
But your time is coming around
Don’t stop, never give up,
Hold your head high and reach the top,
Let the world see what you have got,
Bring it all back to you,
Dream of falling in Love,
Anything you’ve been thinking of,
When the world seems to get to tough,
Bring it all back to you.
Try not to worry about a thing,
Enjoy the good times life can bring,
Keep good all the solitude,
Got to let the feeling show,
Imagination is the key,
Because you are your own destiny,
Never should be lonely when time is on your side.
Don’t you know its true what they say,
Things are set to try you,
But your times is coming around,
(So don’t stop trying)
Don’t stop, never give up,
Hold your head high and reach the top,
Let the world see what you have got,
Bring it all back to you,
Dream of falling in Love,
Anything you’ve been thinking of,
When the world seems to get to tough,
Bring it all back to you.
Don’t you know its true what they say,
Things happen for a reason,
But you times coming around,
Don’t stop, never give up,
Hold your head high and reach the top,
Let the world see what you have got,
Bring it all back to you,
Dream of falling in Love,
Anything you’ve been thinking of,
When the world seems to get to tough,
Bring it all back to you
Don’t stop, never give up,
Hold your head high and reach the top,
Let the world see what you have got,
Bring it all back to you,
Dream of falling in Love,
Anything you’ve been thinking of,
When the world seems to get to tough,
Bring it all back to you
Don’t stop, never give up,
Hold your head high and reach the top,
Let the world see what you have got,
Bring it all back to you,
Dream of falling in Love,
Anything you’ve been thinking of,
When the world seems to get to tough,
Bring it all back to you
Don’t stop, never give up,
Hold your head high and reach the top,
Let the world see what you have got,
Bring it all back to you.#

Just thought this song might help in strengthening one’s spirit… 
To you, to me…. do our best…. ^_^

Planned to jot down how was the interview yesterday but now another thing kept playing with my heart. I’m really sad…. as i only realise how stupid and foolish i am… Never happen in my life i would call myself stupid but rightnow, it’s happening.. It was such a stupid act i made just now.. in the exam hall.. There’s one question i got i wrong, terribly.. Because of not asking the lecturer what was it when everyone asked about that.. Why i didn’t ask about it? Why not, just ask about  it while it does’t cost me anything to ask?????  I was okay at first after knowing i got that question wrongly. But after knowing i got another question wrongly, my world turned upside down. I have prepared for that question and memorised it with my heart. However, language mistake in the question made me blur and my brain went blank. I went to argue with the lecturer but his insisted that it’s my mistake of not reading the malay version of the question. Later, 2 friends came in and argued with him. However, he said he will browse through all answer sheets and only think about giving bonus after that. Sigh…. When i was discussing with friends about the mistakes i made, i felt like crying… My tears almost burst out but due to the presence of friends, i held them back. It’s very difficult trying to hold back the tears. I should have just yelled out or anything… I never really cried for examinations or tests but this time it’s due to my stupidity of not asking the lecturer how to do the question. A lot of people asked him about that and he actually taught them how to do.. But why i didn’t ask?????  Haih……… Still sad, and have no idea what to do wtih it….. :’(

~Britney Spears   Sometimes~

#sometimes I run
sometimes I hide
sometimes I’m scared of you
but all I really want is to hold you tight
treat you right
be with you day and night
baby all I need is time#

Downloaded this song yesterday night and it quite matched my feeling yesterday night. I think i have the behaviour described in the lyrics towards you. I wonder why… Especially this sentence : but all i really want is to hold you tight…treat you right…be with you day and night… I really do hope to hang out and stay by your side day and night but so sad that i can’t make it… Ever know how much it hurts? I really want to have you staying by my side day and night and hold me tight, my dear books and notes….

Came back to the boring campus again…. Sigh…But should think positively… So i’m gonna think this way: can study more in campus than at home…. (Crazy!!!) For this one day at home, didn’t study much.. Instead enjoyed myself more…. haha… Somemore went to Jusco today for an errand and also to meet Big Apple’s donuts again…hehe.. Met my aunt and her family… Have not seen my cousins for ages and gosh, the elder one is getting fatter and fatter… He’s so not good looking as he used to be :p ( hopefully he’s not a Friendster user ) As for the yongest one, nothing much changed except a bit taller, i think… Home is really too relaxing… Even the room-mate i brought back who doesn’t take nap slept a lot at my home.. :p My mum even cooked nice dishes to welcome her… So lucky for her..haha… And she is very unique as she’s willing to try out new special eating way… For instance, my mum cooked really nice curry today ( just love it so much until thought of bringing some back to campus for tomorrow’s lunch ). After dinner, papaya was served. This room-mate, she tried out the new style papaya, which she put some curry on top of the papaya and actually commented and described out the taste, and said it’s quite nice also… blueek.. Weirdo…

Well, now already back to campus… So have to keep on moving and start studying… Hopefully can finish studying for the paper coming this Wednesday…. Good luck

Yeah, will be going home tonight…. It’s rather unusual during study week as for the past four semester, i only went home during study week once as my relatives came back that time. Except that, i never been home during study week. Basically, it’s caused by the blackout in the whole campus tomorrow from 10am to 6pm. So why staying and suffer more? Studying is already quite suffering (sometimes), what more studying under hot weather? Fans in room never really work during hot days.. So just imagine, studying during hot day with no electricity….. Torturing… So it’s always a good choice picking the nearest university to home. Hehe.. Pity those who know nothing and just came back today or will be coming back tomorrow for the paper on monday.. Haha.. ( oh nope, i shouldn’t laugh at people, not good :p)

Two of my room-mates have already gone home after knowing this.. See how fast they act..Ha..  One of them didn’t want to go back initially but in the morning after woke up, she went back.. Real fast The Ipoh room-mate even taught her friend, who’s not going back home to pack her notes in plastic bag and bring to bathroom to study while letting the water cools her. Nice right? :p Not a bad idea to cool oneself while studying…. Haha…

Only left about 45 minutes for me to start my journey home… So gotta go and pack up the notes to bring home.. So have a “nice” day for those staying back in campus tomorrow and a really nice day for those enjoying at home…