addicted

as our first assignment, we have to learn to use adobe photoshop for IT class. I have zero experience with Photoshop. but it is growing to be fun:)

Last night we had to finish off some exercises, at 1130pm kaktqa came down and got influenced by me to start photoshop-ing. i went to sleep at around midnight. woke up. the time read 3:45am. but i was very very confused because my roommate was not asleep in the room. either i only dozed off for a while or i woke up late. went downstairs and saw alina and kaktqa:

Alia: (groggy) ... Isn't it 3:45 in the morning? Haven't you slept??
Kaktqa: (laughing) dah addicted XD
Alia: Go and sleep!
Kaktqa: Skejap lagi skejap lagi>_<
but yes, photoshop is addictive:)

still

to the numerous individuals who have debated with me about sketching faces; don't worry, i will for sure delve deep into the heart of this matter, and probably blog a post on it after i consult with certain reputable learned people. Drawing, after all being my passion... how can i ignore the rules that come with it...

And no, i do not hate people who advise me about their views even though i may not necessarily agree with them.

For now, have resorted to improving on my still life drawings... and colours since Alina's pencil colours have been waiting on the table for me to use them:)

kyuusai

I like redrawing my old drawings. Even better when it's been 5 years since then.
Thank you nurul for digging through your stuff to search it for me.

From left: Hiro Kiyoshi (with Yutaka's waterdragon), Fujita Aiko Hime, Takai Devonny, Seichi Yutaka

Copyrights of Siti Nurul Fitriah

My heroes in sec 3.

yes, you're not mistaken, i never draw hands; not my forte.

I sit infront of my laptop facing the playground which is now being showered heavily by bullets of water. I love the smell of rain. I love rain itself- you would appreciate it too if you have been living in a desert with rain only blessing your life once a year.

The slides are collecting water. It is raining more heavily. There are countless puddles formed now, beneath the swings, beside the seesaw, drowning the grass...

The thunder is really loud. For some reason it brings me to Physics chapter about speed. The five-second rule of thumb. If you hear thunder 5 seconds after seeing the lighting, it means that it is only a mile away.

I am worried. The Cover Girl Night next week apparently clashes with my exams. Wednesday, Maths exam. Thursday, CoverGirl Night. Friday, English exam. How will i be able to commute from Cyberjaya to KL almost everyday? and late in the evening even...

There is a lady now walking with an umbrella, hugging close to her belongings.

I am thinking of finding a replacement for my role as the main lead for my play. But it's not fair because it is only a few days away. Iman says I cannot pull it off. Yasmin says I am irreplacable because she cannot imagine anyone else who can express the words with as much conviction and belief (thank you, my dear); and as sweet as that sounds, it worries me even more. The only time I can practice with them is on Wednesday. And then comes the Grand Finale.

T. Aizan says it is doable because she knows my girls are talented. I have no grouses against that; it's just that I need to practice together with them. I hate letting people down. I hate not being able to give full commitments when it is my responsibility. I know I can pull it off, but it's not the same if you can't be there...

It is getting darker outside. The rain is slowing down to a drizzle... And here I take my leave.

RS

oh, i want nothing more than a book by robert sabuda.

26th November is coming up:)

exploit

you know you have exploited all kinds of promotion when someone who you do not know sees you from across the carpark and calls out in 'recognition': "Eh! Toastmasters!" of which someone had to remind him that "Her name is Alia, not Toastmasters".

promotions

So my main concern was actually the turn out of people at the Toastmasters meeting. Which turned out to be around 40+. This might look like a measly number but it is more than my expected 5 people. My dad told me it's OKAY if only 10 people come; the show must still go on. Yes, I told myself to keep my expectations super low so that I would not disappoint myself in any way. So ultimately, we only had 1 week to do the promotions and when faizal said to do intensive promotion, I exploited all kinds of promotions in this college that i can think of.

1. print and put up posters at bulletin boards
2. write letters to every club and society - this of which at first i thought it had to be in memo form and then faizal said it had to be in letter form with all the formalities. it was already 6pm so i redid it. shafiq came all the way to college just to read through if it's okay and gave me the student council letterheads. i had to print it at the library of where the printer got jammed and much paper was wasted since it was not properly printed according to the letterhead. Finally after 7pm managed to get it done and faizal who had to wait finally got to sign it and distribute to the other clubs and societies.
   
3. send emails to every class of every batch - from the first to the final batch. of which none came:(
   
4. post up the invite on the college website - of which we had to write a letter asking for permission, and eventhough we did, for some reason, it turned out that it was never put up. Do not know why~
5. designed, printed and personally delivered and explained to the deans and professors and lecturers - which i was soo scared about doing it myself and having to meet them and explaining what toastmasters really is about and that it is not some kind of cooking club
   
6. Announced at assembly - this, i had to do a whole performance acting out the difference between an inaudible speaker and a honed speaker of which they all started whooting and clapping so many times throughout my two-minute persuasive speech. It was funny. But I think this was the best because it convinced the new intake~ and they were the ones who made up most of the audience anyways. And they were glad they came:)

I am not posting this up just to show off whatsoever. But to show that there are many different ways we can achieve what we want.

God puts a brick wall infront of you not to stop you from achieveing your dreams. But to know how badly you want to accomplish it.

Exp up!

Learning experiences:

1. Never underestimate the power of your words. "You can do it" may mean more than what you realize. Those types of words have been my support through all this. You do not know that i have been facing rejection one after the other; You do not know that your one text message, your listening ear, your honest smile can mean the whole world to me. Really.

2. Never underestimate your presence. To you all, I have no words to demonstrate how much it means to me that you took the time to come.

3. Importance of having a motivated committee. Some of the new batch who were only on their third day at this new college were suddenly recruited by me, thrust with more work; eventhough they had a lot of adapting to do. I thanked them for coming. THey ACTUALLY thanked me for having them as my committee members (imagine someone saying that to you! which left me speechless~). I thanked them for doing an awesome job. THey thanked me for trusting them to do an awesome job.

4. A week's worth of stress, tears and sleepless nights pales in comparison to the exhiliration of having a burden off your chest and the relief and happiness of the outcome.

finally

To be honest, I could not focus in Maths nor English Class. My mind was on the Toastmasters Meeting. I was so scared people would not come. I expected only 5 people at most and I told myself- it's okay if I need to cry at the end, my efforts must have had a reason behind it eventhough it does not work out.

The event tentatively begins at 6:00pm. But at 5:30pm, someone burst into the room telling me that the toastmasters have arrived, at the same time Puan Haliza frantically called for me that the speakers have arrived and shafiq phoned me that the speakers are here. Yes, all at the same time. So I hurried to the front desk and met with the three speakers who just arrived; Devan, Ismail Omar and Lucy. I told them they were mighty early. Devan smiled and said: "No, it's okay. Toastmasters must be on time!" and he said it in a really kind way but it made me feel so embarassed; because the lecturers came at 6:00pm and only 10 minutes later, the students slowly trickled in. It should have been students, lecturers then speakers. Aiyoo...

The meeting went very smoothly though. Apart from the sudden outburst of the latecomers (ahem; namely Mr Ahmad Fakhri) who was the MC and immediately assumed his role which was temporarily filled.

I learnt that I have excessive head bobbing symptom whenever I am agreeing with a speaker; okaylah, i admit people are just meant to nod here and there to show they are listening- but i do vigorous vertical head movements just to show that I am fully and spiritedly agreeing with what they are saying. Ahmad says its weird. Feh Pink says; if you put a CCTV to watch your head, you'd know what we mean. And when I asked everyone, they straight away said yes I do do that! Grr... But Alina says it's cute. Fuh-_-"

At the end,there were many positive response. They found the meeting motivational, inspirational and some even suggested to make it compulsory! Lol. That was funny. But anyway, that's how good it was okay! There were many "congratulatings"... I was so glad and relieved it was all over...for now...

Yes in the end, I cried- but out of happiness and utter delight.

happy

It is 1am.

I am so happy, I can't sleep since 11:00pm. I am so intoxicated with this delight and contentment. My cheek muscles hurt from smiling so much. SO much I wish to write, yet no words are enough to describe.

I am overjoyed. I am ecstatic. I am incandescently over the moon, on top of the world. Endorphines are overflowing.

I am that happy.

announcement

blog will be on hiatus for a while.

lines

i just realized i have this obsession with not having a creased spine of a new book. so i would part the book only a certain distance, enough to not get the book spoiled and check once in a while if lines begin forming at the spine. it gets me really annoyed if there are lines for some reason.

hmm weird.

meanings

i have a theory. not a very big one though.

When I went to IAMM (islamic art museum malaysia) today, i saw the sign "Cafe & Restaurant".

And the & looked like an Et. which in french means and. et = and.

When I looked it up online, there was nothing of the sort. but it does look like an acceptable theory of its origin.

On a not so different note, here's something I learnt when researching it:

The irony mark or irony point (؟) (French: point d’ironie; also called a snark or zing) is a proposed punctuation mark that was suggested to be used to indicate that a sentence should be understood at a second level. It is illustrated by a small, elevated, backward-facing question mark

Understood at a second level. How interesting that sounds and how I agree to the suggestions. Then people would not be confused on what some people are trying to say and we can all be happy knowing what other people really mean.

And an excerpt from Wiki: "...It was in turn taken by Herve Bazin in his book Plumons l’Oiseau (1966), in which the author proposes several other innovative punctuation marks, such as the doubt point (), certitude point (), acclamation point (), authority point (), indignation point (), and love point ()."


Wouldn't we all be happy if everyone just say what they meant?

Nevertheless, I am happy today. Thanks for the treat, iman

going beyond

Ok, I finally know how distracted I actually felt because it was too clearly displayed on my face. I knew this because at the end of IT class, the lecturer asked:

"Alia, kan? (it's a new class so yes, he was just confirming my name). Are you ok?"

I was absolutely bewildered and lost for a second. How can a lecturer possibly be asking me this? I thought I'd been paying attention in his class and taking down notes and nodding to show my attentiveness. "Yes, I'm okay sir. Why?" I said with a very VERY quizzical expression.

"You looked very... moody today so I was wondering."

So yes. That. And then certain people chorused, "What? Alia's never moody!" and alina just HAD to pipe in, "Oh, Alia's only moody when she's hungry." with that smirk on her face which was backed up by several other helpful classmates. Very nice, you people.

But then I wanted to reassure that I am completely fine so I put on my best "I'm-ok!" smile and launched into my suggestions on how I think the IT class can be better improved what with all the heavy theories and we should add pictures and images more because I am more of a visual person. Of which he thanked and said the next classes will be more fun and better.

I was not moody. Just distracted.

I have been undergoing a multitude of feelings these past few days; it's like all my emotions for Semester 3 (my most exhausting semester) compressed into 3 days. I have cried, I have laughed, I have jumped, I have smiled so wide my cheek muscles hurt and I have felt like my heart has been slashed, fallen apart and stepped on many times over. But through it all, I have pushed, reassured, forced and comforted myself that this is part of life. And i WILL keep going as long as it is in what I believe. If a person truly desires something, the world will conspire to help him realize his dreams.

My dad's niche of Alia Nadhirah;

Challenging the status quo to go beyond.

That is me.

let me

Let me cry when I need to cry. Don't tell me to stop.

Just listen. And I will stop.






Thanks iman and alina. what would i ever do without you aunt-niece pair.

phew

my housemates say: Tengok muke alia je ingat toastmasters.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, let my physique be a form of promotion for the event I am passionately striving to make an impact in the lives of young doctors:)

Today has been the most stressing day of my short semester. The new may intake just came in and faizal messaged me in the morning to recruit new members because all the first years (my previous committee) were busy with their stuffs.

SO yes, at break time I found some potential people and announced their names. At lunch time, I explained that I need members and that for those interested, I will be having a meeting in the evening. At 4pm, I conducted the meeting, explaining A to Z and delegated all tasks; ie get approvals, setting out promotions and prepare logistics. I sent in the proposal and faizal reminded me that I have to hand in an official letter to the Student affairs department and admin to request for the program which i so totally didn't know and wrote the letter withint 15 minutes and submitted to them minutes before 6pm which is when they close aand the proposal was approved on the spot because the Head of Student department was so happy that I did not need a budget.

Which was when I finally realized that through all this thing, I still haven't contacted the presenters and speakers yet. Called up the division governor and asked if we can create the meeting BY next wednesday and he said, "no. too short of a notice." actually, he said it nicer than that but that's the summarized version. I felt like crying at the moment after having delegated all tasks to my team. So, I did the only thing I could do; call my dad.

My dad was busy and all so he said he would call me later. Of which I was so very disappointed and scared and telling myself what an idiot I was for not being a competent leader enough to think that I can pull it off within one week's time and at least should have had the decency to call the speakers first before getting the approval and beginning promotion.

That evening, I went to Intelligent Speakers' Club -The Toastmasters at MMU. I always enjoy Toastmasters meeting and for the first time after becoming a member, I volunteered during Table Topics and was voted Best Speaker- after talking about the theme; movie of the month, of which I talked about Children of Heaven. Watch it:) the evaluator for table topics said that she really liked my speech and that I was charming and lovely - which is such a nice compliment because she's the first person to describe me as charming!

So after that, I was still worried and tired and wondering what should I do about the meeting next week?? My dad called me up and apparently he talked to barry (I feel so bad because it looks like im such a tattletale and barry must be so busy with all his other work!). But apparently, my dad got it all worked out and he says he will ask people from his Cyberjaya club if they can take up roles and I will talk to MMU speakers if they can be part of it too- I found one really awesome bubbly girl , her name is Feh Pink!

Tiring, ecstatic, overjoyed, exhausted....

So much to write. Because I just had to let it out somewhere.

on a different note, super awesome night last night outing at putrajaya for the cover girl night shoot. here you go kak atiqah:)

teacher iman

Iman, this was as much as I could write during your class, last last week.

Live blogging at Teacher Iman Azman’s class with the Thai kids. I’m thinking I’m the only one who can actually meticulously describe how her class really is from an unbiased point of view.

Well, first of all, I got all lost when heading towards Iman’s class. I thought it was the previous thai class which is at the ex-muttaqin centre. So Iman called me. I went to the new class and just walked past because I didn’t want to enter the class while she was teaching. BUT she came right out and, “Als! Did you just walk past??” and shoved me into the room. Iman, you forget that I am sometimes really shy around new people. I’ve grown less shy now after you’ve taught me everything I know. But I still am a bit. Even more so when Iman said, “You have a loyal fan in this class.” I do not know how she came to know me because apparently I don’t really know about any of the kids. Will ask iman later.

I am getting peeks from the girls eventhough I’m sitting at the back. Iman says, “I know Alia is very pretty. Look at the board and at me!”

Today she is teaching them how to write letters. About teachers and to their friends. Very iman-like to incorporate feelings of care. One of the girls just piped: "But Teacher, you are my best friend!" I tell you, she’s gonna grow up into Iman Jr. No doubt they all want to get into her good shoes. Who wants to feel the wrath of Iman Azman anyways?

Iman is very strict. Lol. She prefers absolute silence and will shush them the moment they so much as squeak. Though she’s very lucky I suppose that there are only 11 kids here. Kind of reminds me my class when I was in primary school.

Iman’s teaching style is very unique. She articulates the words one by one like they are hard of hearing. But that’s understandable. It’s like me trying to learn Arabic and Ust Shamsul talking 100% Arabic. Scary. And sometimes you don’t even know what to do even if it’s such a simple task.

But overall, if I were a student, I would not mind Iman Azman at all. I would absolutely adore her. And I know I will be her favourite student. Call it a hunch;)

MN '09 shooting

alia and iman. *trying* to hide behind a tree. what wishful thinking. lol.

It was a long day. I woke up this morning, super tired from the long journey back from Johor, and realized that I had a meeting to discuss about the Cover Girl Shooting. So, I drove all the way to adni and met up with T Aizan, Iman and Kak Atiqah. After much debate and discussion, we decided to go to Putrajaya and shoot some scenes and random people's views on their thoughts about the "Covered Girl" and what they think about a "Cover Girl" etc. I thought it will be harder than it looked. What with people being super shy and unwilling to comment. But T Aizan reasoned that it will be great fun and challenging. Just listen to the producer will you? I keep telling myself.

t aizan; seriously totally focused all the time. that, i admire:)

So yes, T Aizan drove us to Putrajaya and later to Islamic Arts Museum. It is one thing to deal with a producer. It is also another to sit in a car driven by the producer. She swerves here and there and was a fingernail's length to crashing the car to the garden hedge. Kak Atiqah and I could not stop releasing sound effects. Iman giggled. T Aizan laughed.

kak atiqah while we were interviewing her:)

It is one to deal with, it is another to be driven by and it complete an experience to film with a producer. T Aizan is an amazing film-er. She asked them the right questions and used right encouragement techniques kinda thing and she just walked straight up to them! We interviewed a malay guy, two indonesian ladies, three french people, a syrian (at least I think so) lady who spoke TOTAL french (i am very jealous!), and a malay lady:) Some very funny, some extremely amazing to hear but overall an enriching experience.

yours truly

Ladies, come to Cover Girl Night '09!:) Do not miss out on the awesome multimedia presentation that will be displayed; which have yet to be made. But it will be awesome.

weddings

Weddings are more difficult than they appear.

sometimes when you attend those weddings where you only stay for an hour because they are a very distant relative or your mom's ex-classmate's son in secondary school kind, you think everything is magically laid out; like elves have already prepared all that you see before you. The music, the food, the arrangements, the decors, the ambiance.

Alas, it is not as it seems. You never imagined the behind-the-scenes rush, the hectic planning and the sleepless nights. However, it is mighty exciting. It does not happen every day.

This is the second time now at a wedding someone asked me if I'm the bride. Funny how it can be concluded so when the bride is wearing black on her wedding day and setting up the technical requirements before her grand display. Perhaps it is my aura or looks which makes people think I'm mature already to have gotten married?;) Lol. Not in another 7 years though. Hmm... by that time, people will probably ask me how many kids I have instead of asking if I'm the bride.

Ahmad says generally, the hantaran makes us look so materialistic. He says for his wedding, he will send a "get out of jail" card. I asked him; do you want grandma to get a heart attack? Ahmad said; "Alaa, I'll just tell her this is an english joke." I do not understand what that means. And I do not think I'd want to try.

Safi says he will have songs by Native Deen, Dawud Wharnsby and Outlandish for the tracks during his wedding.

Syarif says for his wedding, we will have pizza and italian food instead of the usual nasi and ayam masak merah etc.

Sometimes I stare at the bride and groom and wonder how it feels to always have people watching at your every move and talking about you for a whole day. I wonder how tired their cheek muscles are from endlessly stretching them. I stayed for the whole wedding this time as it is my cousin's. After the whole drama ended and the visitors became less and less, it is tres adorable seeing them together and quietly sharing their thoughts of the tiring but happy day. How romantic:)

Need photos but they are all with Ahmad - the official photographer of the day. Will update with pictures soon.

niche

In the car on the way to johor:

Alia: (totally randomly) Ayah, what would you say my niche is?

Ayah: (reading the newspaper) Hmm... What do other people say?

Alia: I already know what other people say. I want to know what you think.

Ayah: Well, why not take it from what other people say?

Alia: I asked you first.

Ayah: Well, I asked you second.

Alia: You're answering my question with a question. And I asked you first!

Safi: Ayah, *he quoted something in Arabic about answering questions first. Will confirm this with him soon*

...... (long long silence; the question still hanging in the air)...

Ayah: ... Must the answer be spontaneous? Or can I tell you later?

Alia: No, it doesn't have to be now. Even better, you can write me a letter! (smirks).

Ayah: okay...

Another letter for my collection:)

topic

I am in dire need of a topic for my fifth speech. A topic which would require a lot of aid with body language since that is the objective of the speech - to give a speech while making full use of gestures and movements.

I've set to give it next month but of course I need the topic now so that I can start preparing and writing it out. That's how I usually concoct my speeches anyway; a month earlier. Ultimate preparation: a requirement of a to-be-world-class speaker.

How I pray an inspiration will run into me soon.

gem

you know who you are:)

choice

Ahh happiness:)

This morning Najah asked Alina, “Why are you being so bright and bubbly today?”

Alina said, “Because I choose to.”

I love your answer, my dear^^

Last night I was somewhat down in the dumps. My roommate is miles and miles away in Malacca and half my housemates were out and the others were in their dens. So, I suddenly felt really lonely. Emptiness in the heart…

Function of limits was not helping. Not even when Maths is one of my favourite subjects. By around 11, I realized I’ve been staring at the same question for 10 minutes. I retired to bed, but still could not sleep. It’s one of those days, I thought.

However, thank you to my cherubic companions for lifting up my spirits last night. You may not know it but your words were very much needed and extremely appreciated. Really.

So, today I can choose to still be depressed or to be happy. I choose hyperactive and extra energetic!

Mira, it’s teriyaki;)

right

ahh apparently my blog is being stalked not only by my beloved adni ex-classmates but also by medieval lords and teachers etc

Now I'm scared of writing lol.

You're right, people will judge you through what you write. You know who you are:) OooOh now I'm scared>_<

beautiful.

ahh happiness:)

and a glorious morning at MIM toastmasters:)

Gave my fourth speech - entitled Your Next Destination. And Alhamdulillah won (or rather was voted) Best Prepared Speech Speaker. Richard Hoy, my evaluator, was being too kind on evaluating my speech. Because apparently, Ahmad brutally criticized my speech in the car saying I didn't stretch my words and I was speaking too fast on places I should be slowing down and my conclusion was a bit too wordy and my legs were dangling sometimes (DANGLING!!?!?!). But yes, all were done unconsciously. Especially the limb-in-mid-air stance because apparently i unawarely did it so as to face the other side of the audience and shift my weight onto only one foot; or so Ahmad says.

There was a table topic speech I especially liked because of the content. Dr Alvin was given the topic "Knowledge and Wisdom" whereby he differentiated the meaning of knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge being what we have and wisdom being how we implement the knowledge.. or something to that effect. And there are 6 ways of which you can implement or so.

First through your feet by showing that you want to leave.

Second by your gonad if it is through lust.

Third by your stomach if you want to do it to live.

Fourth by your heart if you do it out of love.

Fifth through your mind if you do it to learn.

And sixth through... somewhere higher than your head *Can't remember now* if you do it so as to light the way for people.

maybe the xenagogue can help me here if he remembered on what happened:P

Overall, beautiful glorious start to the morning:D

speech #4

Speech #4: Your Next Destination

Introduction

Ladies and gentlemen, when you drove to MIM this morning; you probably got honked at, motorcycles dangerously weaving in and out and that car swerving in even though it was your road!

You cannot deny; Kuala Lumpur, is full of hustle and bustle. We know it from living day in day out. We slog off during the impossible traffic jams. We slave away during work. We sit cooped up in front of our desks. And the same routine over and over again.

Good Morning:)

Don’t you feel it is high time to get away? From the voices that surround us and the noises that dumbfound us? From this clatter and clamor of the clutter of our lives?

Ladies and gentlemen, we need to break away from the busy and hectic life in Kuala Lumpur.

And luckily, there IS a place you can head to. Say Kia Ora to Milford Sound: a calm haven, a relaxing paradise, a perfect getaway.

Milford Sound: the place where your 5 senses will be incited excited and ignited.

Body

Milford Sound located southwest in the south island of New Zealand. It is a fjord; so it’s like a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs. And the best thing to do is to take a boat cruise through it.

See:

As you travel through the fjord, there is a sight to behold. The blue sky is so clear with fluffy clouds. The mountains lavish with thick trees and endless greenery. There are sun rays piercing through the sky and lighting the scenery, as if marking the beauty. There are waterfalls 50 meters high cascading from the cliffs. Rainbows crisscrossing each other like decoration.

The water is as clear as crystal. If you are lucky enough you can even catch a glimpse of dolphins circling the boat.

It is truly a picturesque scenery, simply breathtaking…

Hear:

In the boat, you can hear the announcements being made in English and Japanese. While the boat zooms through, you can hear the waves crashing and the engines roaring and you have to shout to talk to a person right infront of you.

But when the boat stops for break, there is a complete and standstill silence. And then you can hear the gentle lapping of the water like a melody lulling you into blissful peace.

Smell:

When you take a deep breath *breathe in* you can smell the fresh, crisp air. The atmosphere is so clear and clean, it expands your lung.

Feel:

As the boat resumes again its journey, you feel the cool air surrounding you. The water splashing onto you if you stand at the edge of the deck, There is strong wind whipping against your face.

After some time, your lips turn blue and your teeth start chattering from the chill.

Taste:

When it gets too cold and you’re chilling to your bones, have a taste of the hot steaming mug of chocolate to melt your insides. The drink is enough to lull you into your false senses and enjoy the ride back on the soft comfortable couches in slumber...

End

There is a stark contrast between staying in KL and venturing to NZ.

In KL, you see the buildings and cars continuously

In NZ, you see vast scenery and endless greenery

In KL, you hear the blaring honks and unwanted profanity

In NZ, you hear the sweet silence serenading softly

In KL, you smell smoke from the car exhaust; increasing your stress

In NZ, you smell the fresh air filling and expanding your chest

In KL, you feel stuck and suffocated in your place

In NZ, you will feel the cool wind against your face

In KL, you taste the dust particles while on your ride

In NZ, you taste steaming hot chocolate melting you inside

So ladies and gentlemen, do you want to continue with the cars and the honks and the smoke in KL? Or take a break and treat yourself to the greenery, silence and fresh air of NZ?

I say, book the next flight to New Zealand. Marvel at the magnificent Middle Earth. Explore the Land of the Lord of the Rings. Experience the country of Kiwis.

“The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.” Sydney J. Harris

Let Milford Sound be your next destination for relaxation from your stress and tension.

Back to you.