An Escapism: February 2012

Salam readers. errr readers? haha. Well, it's February already! I haven't been traveling much since Scotland last year, hoping to do so this year! But my friends and I managed to slot Tioman into our schedule last month!

there were six of us; Shazwan, myself, Ayin, Wanie, Yasmin and Acap. We drove an Estima to Jeti Penumpang in Mersing, Johor on the 24th of January. Earlier we already paid for the snorkeling package offered by Sun Beach Resort.

Since there were four girls, we took the budget quad room costing RM285 per person inclusive of ferry transfer (return), the room, 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 1 dinner and 1 BBQ dinner! The price excludes snorkel gear rental RM15 and Marine Park fee RM5. Oh! they gave out free supper as well! =P

Since we were in Tioman just after the monsoon season, it was still suuuuuuper windy! It didn't rain though. Just pure wind. The best part is it makes you feel like you're somewhere overseas. haha.

MasyaAllah! I totally abandoned this sad blog. LOL! Apparently I was writing a post on Scotland! Let's see.....

Assalamualaikum =) It's Ramadhan already! I'm so hyped! May you all have a blessed Ramadhan!

So this time around, I managed to persuade dad to send me to Edinburgh for 2 weeks! Rather than wasting time doing nothing, might as well I travel to undiscovered places, kan?

16/7/2011 (Saturday)

I traveled on Malaysia Airlines from Kuala Lumpur to Amsterdam, that's for transit and took KLM from Amsterdam to Edinburgh! The flight to Amsterdam was a whopping 13 hours filled with movies. haha. Amsterdam's Schipol Airport is quite old fashioned but there's H&M! =D and bookstores all over. That was how I kill time before boarding.

17/7/2011 (Sunday)

I arrived at Edinburgh Airport at nearly 5 in the evening, shops were mostly closed and all I can do is go back to my aunt's place some 30 minutes away and rest. But it was okay I guess since I was pretty tired from the trip. Plus, I had to recharge if I intend to do some walking the days to come =p

18/7/2011 (Monday)

All I did was babysit my little cousin Muaz and help Chik (my auntie) in the kitchen. hihihi.

19/7/2011 (Tuesday)

Some UIA bigshots were in Edinburgh for a follow up with the postgraduates studying in the UK. My aunt and uncle played host again, babysitting was on me. hihi.

20/7/2011 (Wednesday)

Today I got to travel to Livingston with Cik Lan (my uncle), Muaz and 2 of the bigshots' children. Livingston is a factory outlet where you can find H&M, Topshop, Topman, Nike, Levi's, Debenhams, Peacock, Internacionale and many others. They're definitely cheaper than Malaysia but not necessarily dirt cheap.

21/7/2011 (Thursday)

Today is the day. We rented a car to travel to Southern England. Cik Lan and Chik had it all planned and I purposely changed my flight ticket to fit this trip! haha.

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so that is where the story ends! haha. i'll just post pictures and names of places. That'll be waaaaay more interesting than reading.