Venice....MY city of love ---}--<@

I haven't finish my Europe tour report, ok? Here goes...Venice, Italy. (Italian music in the background)

I fell in love with this city, immediately...

The buildings were unique. You feel as if you are in a romantic movie (except that you're traveling with your friend.heheh...sorry Pame). Every picture you take is beautiful. People are smiling and enjoying themselves. Okay, enough about that...

That's the gondola. We didn't get to use the gondola to go around the island because it was expensive. I couldn't recall how much, but, yeah..expensive. Unless you plan to travel in style and you've got your banker with you.hahaha..

And so, Pame and I decided to use the ferry instead to travel around the city.Yeah..packed with tourists. There are other options, though...walk or swim.

We met two Malaysians at the Venice airport, CK and Puspa (heheh...almost forgot his name) . One of them noticed Pame's bag (Someplace in KL was written on the bag and I gave up to remember what was it) while we were waiting for our backpacks and so, conversation started and we ended up touring the city together. They traveled the same route like Pame and I; started from London then to Barcelona, then Venice and then their next trip was Paris!hahaha...what a coincidence. The guy in blue(above) is Puspa and CK is the one next to him. CK is damn rich..but very down to earth.

We had our dinner in a Chinese restaurant. I know...I know...travel across the globe and ended up eating Chinese food. But, I was craving for nasi! I ate fried rice!!Hooray!I couldn't recall the taste..I think it was ok..asalkan nasi, bolehlah..

Then, we decided to hangout. Puspa wanted to go to a pub, but we didn't have a good map to show exactlty where, but we saw an open air corner where some teenagers hanging out drinking beers and sort of like dancing to some techno music played by a DJ. Well, I assumed they were in their teens 'cause they look like Avril Lavigne and Jonas Brothers.hahhahaha... Anyway, we didn't stay there(thank God...), instead, we went to another place to drink Italian red wine. I like!

Next morning, we traveled around the city and hop on hop off islands. As this place is famous for the Phantom of the Opera and masquerade ball, and so, there were lots of masks sold. From a size of a keychain to a size of a ...erm...face (doh..).

We had lunch in one of the shops, in one of the islands ( bad report, I know..I couldn't remember) and I had my lasagna.aaaahh....this one I can remember the taste. It was NOICE!! We also had white wine:)

There was a reason for this...The wines are much cheaper / same price with other drinks and therefore, since this was once in a lifetime experience of having a good wine in a great place, what the heck, right?

I love this sign!!How true can this be, I do not know.

Someday, I'd like to own this. I will park mine in front of the waterfront and when I feel like going to the other side of the Sarawak river, I'll just jump right in and start my engine.hedeh...angan-angan Mat Jenin. But, seriously, it was nice to see the Italians use this. No roadtax, noparking summons...ok what?

We walked some more until both my feet had blisters. No regrets!

We went to Murano glass shops. I bought some of these :)

Saw a church.

Ate gelatos...:)) It was cheap!Yummy! The ice cream man also not bad:))

Tempting,right?

This place was just beautiful. It was a different experience compared to Barcelona. I felt safe here. People were in love and smiling everywhere. What else did I do here?Oh, I found my Hard Rock cafe shop and bought my Hard Rock cafe T-shirt here.:)

We had a wonderful and friendly cook at the hotel where we stayed. He made our buffet breakfast every morning and he liked to play music in the 80s on the radio in his kitchen. A very charming guy. I didn't take any pictures of him to share, though.sorry...hahah..

All in all, I just loooooooooooovvvvvvveeeee this place. I will definitely go here next time, but I'll bring along 'someone'. This is definitely a place to go for honeymoon (provided you have a banker with you).

Phewww....Another place to report about..Paris!

Ciao ---}--<@

What is wrong or right being single again?

I wrote a list of signs of getting older before and I just thought maybe I should try to answer that question. (Read my 20 Signs of you're getting older) So, here goes...

1. You will feel lonely. No calls....no hugs...no yang lain-lain lah.

2. When you hear the song "You make me feel like a natural woman" by Aretha Franklin, you will feel like throwing the mp3 player to the wall.

3. Your phone bill will reduce drastically. hmm...great?

4. You will think that you are a loser. Why didn't I do it earlier?

5. You will think of ways to get busy and not think of how miserable you are because you're single again. hahahahhaa...

6. You will think of any sinful thought like, hmm...I think I want to become a lesbian..Easier to handle, I think.

7. Once you put the single status on Facebook, you will get harassed with neverending questions.

8. You will need to prepare a script when your friends start to question the reasons of being single again.

9. You will start to check for any wrinkles on your face. hahahahha..

10. You will start thinking of ways to be desirable to men or...women. I'm laughing me head off.

11. You will practice to dance desirably (without hurting yourself) to the song, "1,2,3,4...uno, do, tres, quadro..I know you want me...you know I wantcha...". Just in case you need to dance to the next person you like! I'm killing myself by laughing!

12. You will write this list of answers. ehem...

13. But the best is, you will start to appreciate whoever is around you better.

I'm bored...I need to entertain myself. It's hazy and hot and I can't think of how to write my next paper. Sigh...

A very sad drama

I watched a sad drama the other day. The story goes like this...

Sam was a girl who just got out of a very long relationship after she fell out of love... and to heal from the pain she focused on her work. She did every task given to her so that she could forget her past and move on with her life. One fine day, she noticed a guy named George. George was a funny guy who liked to crack jokes to people around him and was nice to everyone. In the beginning, both of them never got the chance to get to know each other as both were busy with work. Then one day, both of them got this one chance, they immediately clicked and then the chats became frequent. Sam felt something different when she talked / hang out with George and soon she finally realised that she had fallen for him. However, George was with another girl. Sam knew this, and she knew that she would be in trouble if she continued to chat with him. But, George became more excited to talk to her and this was torturing her.

Then one day, she confessed about her feelings for him. She didn’t know what she was doing when she told him about it. All she wanted to do was to let him know how she feels because the pain of not telling him was unbearable. She expected to be rejected because she knew he had a girlfriend. But, her expectation was wrong. Instead, George confessed that he had some feelings for Sam but he can’t let himself be more than friends as he had a girlfriend. Sam understood and she told him that she can’t hang out too often with him because she was scared that she would go overboard. But, George insisted on chatting/hanging out with Sam because he liked her company and also, he liked her as he felt happy to be with her. Finally, for Sam, after many months of feeling bad about herself, she was happy. Sam vowed to herself to not like him more than friends and hoped that she will not chat with him as often as before. But, both felt the strong feelings for each other and so, they continued to chat and hangout more. They were both crazy for each other, both misses each other when they didn’t see each other for a day, and both went out together for a few times.....and the other girl didn’t know about this. Yes, most of the time, Sam thought about the other girl’s feelings and she discussed with George about them going out together behind her back. Sam told George to tell the other girl about their feelings for each other.

Sam thought that she had a chance with George and to be in love again. But then, he didn’t have the courage to tell until, the other girl found out on her own. And so, explanation began....Sam thought George told everything to her, but apparently, he didn’t do much as he’s afraid that he will hurt her. George then told Sam that he couldn’t break the other girl’s heart because he couldn’t stand to see her cry. Sam cried...but not in front of him. Sam was now scared to lose him. The next day, the other girl then told Sam to back off, but, Sam knew in her heart that it’s too late to do so because she liked him too much to let go. So, Sam told the truth about their feelings for each other and even told her that it wasn’t her intention at all to hurt the other girl’s feeling. The other girl was upset and told her to forget about him. Sam couldn’t do this because.......she has fallen in love with George.

In the end, George made his decision...leave Sam...but he didn’t say it in front of her. It was through a letter...the reason was, he couldn’t possibly hurt the person that loves him for so long, he will learn to accept and love the girl. But little did this George know....how badly damaged was Sam’s heart. George wanted to stay as friends, but how in the world can Sam do that? She wished he had the courage to stand out for what he wants and not trying too hard to take care of other people’s feelings. And now, Sam felt so used...broken hearted....crushed...for the second time.. He decided to hurt Sam and move on. Maybe he did it because it only broke ONE heart.

Such a sad drama..I cried three days because of this. Is there never a chance for Sam to be with George or for George to be with Sam? What if they were meant to be together? What if both of them could have been happy together? Sometimes I think love can make people be foolish, selfish or selfless. The act of trying to fight for the guy that has someone else is foolish, but if she thinks that this is the one, then why not? Two broken hearted angels suffer in order to give way for others. I don’t know how Sam can heal herself from this kind of pain. Sedih eh..