2008-the most memorable year i have

~Woot Woot~ as usual, i've nothing to do at home for this long holiday. in the beginning i enjoyed the hols, but now, i feel like .....urghhhhhh..... So, my every day routine is sitting in front of PC and go online, play games, chat with friends and so on. Today, i tried something new. i got a crazy idea where i googled my own name. hahahaha. maybe u also have tried it before. lol. that shows how boring i am. i got some result of my name. yes, there are other people who have same name with me : Muhammad Haziq Hashim. i'm writing this post not to tell story bout them who have the same name with me but i want to tell this --> i found an interesting result where i didnt expect to found it online. it's about a news article 2 years ago somewhere in the end of 2008. yes!!2008!!that year was so meaningful to me. lots of happy moment happened in 2008, from its beginning to its end :) it will be nice if i can go back to the past and freeze the time. lol. ok ok. what did i found??i found this one CLICK HERE . the article makes me to flash back the sweet memory of 2008. then i started to find all the pics of that moment. here are some of the pics

The team of Kuiz Perdana 2008

Before the competition-trip to Port Dickson

Tiara Beach resort, Port Dickson

Us with teacher in charge-Mr Wong

Shan Liung and Me

At genting highland

We won!!

News cutting

So, that's it, i took part in kuiz perdana 2008 and we won the title for the 5th times-SMK methodist win the most in that quiz. believe me, it's just a bit of my precious moment with my second family-my friends. and in 2008, i met someone who's very special to me not only for that year but forever :) this month we've known each other for 2 years. nice to be friend with you :)

Heart Breaking News!!

wohoooo!!shocking news!!

firstly, SPM result will be out next week, on the 11th of march 2010. i'm not expecting it to come out that early coz before this lots of rumors saying tat it will only be out on the 16th of march. lots of event will be held this march. firstly, spm result will be out. it's very important as it will be my first step to achieve my ambition and to have a bright future. i hope i will get a very good result and then will get scholarship to further my study. secondly, on the 14th of march. a baby boy was born in year 1992. and this year, he will turn into 18 years old..yeay!! happy bday to me!! if i get good spm result, it will be the most precious present ever. then, on the 29th of march, i will be going to sibu town square to report myself as i'm going for National Service (NS). i'm going to kem bumimas in sibu. thanks god coz i will be sent to that camp as i will be very busy to arrange everything about the school certificate and so on. but i doesnt like that camp. it's too small. i mean smaller than other NS camp. will wait n see how it is. one more thing..i'll become darker..oh no!! how will i look like when i put on the NS uniform with my head is bald??

new experiences at different places :)-part 2

The continuation of previous post. ok. where did we stopped?

(The next morning i woke up at nearly 9am. took shower, breakfast and went to the bride's house. then we were served with breakfast again..OMG where i want to put all the food ive eaten??my stomach cant afford them anymore. i chose to sit in the house coz it was very hot outside)......

as it was very hot : according to car reading, it's 3+ degree celcius outside. i was called by my aunt to take picture inside the house. as i was the only one who brought camera, i've to though i feel that i didnt want to do it. lol. but, nvm, it's cold inside the house with airconds. sit there for 30 minutes before the bride came in and sit at the 'pelamin' . then, more people came in. all of them are my family members. then the 'tepung tawar' ceremony started. it's very different from sarawak's malay wedding reception. in brunei, only the bride sitting on the 'pelamin' where as in sarawak, both of the bride and bridegroom have to sit on the 'pelamin'. as the 'tepung tawar' ceremony went on and i as the photographer, one of my uncle approached me and told me to join the ceremony. i was surprised and resisted to join. but at last i gave up and did what he asked me to do. it's my first time to join 'tepung tawar'. cool!! it's around 10am and i had to move outside the house as inside were getting pack with people. i sit with my uncles and cousins. talked with them, observed people and so on. it's very hot. the bridegroom only came at around 12pm. can u imagine how long we have to wait under the sun? there were 6 to 8 vespa or scooter escorting the bridegroom's car. unique!! after the bridegroom entered the house, we had our lunch. it's in buffet style. after lunch, i followed my cousin went back to miri while my uncles use another car and went straight to bintulu.

Beside the pelamin

With my beloved grandma

Aunties and uncle and myself inside the mirror

Aunties and grandma

The Bride

After Tepung Tawar

bored

The Bride's house

In miri, i stayed at my cousin's place. in Permyjaya, miri. we chilled for a while before he brought me out to paintball centre. he was busy preparing for paintball match in kuching this weekend. he gave me a try to use new paintball gun. awesome!! later he brought me out for dinner.

Ngah mali's arowana

Haze in Miri

at marina bay

Seahorse

Open burning

the next day i was alone at home coz he is working and so do his wife. luckily he left his laptop and ps2 with me. in the evening, my uncle called me to bring me out. at 2 he fetched me and brought me to his house before he drove me around miri. we went to bintang megamall. we been there until 6pm. he sent me to my cousin's house at 7 before i went to see my dad. he arrived in miri that day for a 5 days work. we had our dinner with my cousins. then, that night i stayed with my father in mega hotel.

us

We

Me, E'on, E'e

Yesterday-tuesday, once more i was left alone. but now, in a hotel room. woke up before 9 coz i slept early a nite before. went out at 9.30 to have my breakfast. after breakfast, i walked to imperial mall which is within a stone throw from the hotel. arrived there at 10am. i set the time that i must arrive there by 10 bcoz most shopping stores will be open at 10. however, in miri it's different. not all stores are open at 10. some of the stores are open around 11.30. i walked around the mall until i received a call from my uncle. 30 minutes later, he fetched me and brought me to marina bay before he fetched his children from school. we had our lunch at boulevard shopping mall. the in the evening we went to petroleum museum at canada hill before we had delicious cendol and abc. around 5, my dad came and we walked back to the hotel and then went to bintang megamall once again. we walked..walked..walked..coz we didnt have any transport plus it's not too far to walk. i got some 'souvenir' from miri as i seldom shop in sibu. sibu has very limited choice :) at night, i joined my dad and his friends for dinner. we went to muara restaurant and had nasi lelapan. very delicious and spicy. those who like spicy food and know how to eat belacan MUST try nasi lelapan. after finished eating, we went back to hotel and i packed all my things coz i'm going home the next day which is today.

at muara restaurant

Muara restaurant

Today-my uncle fetched me at 7.15 and then we went back to sibu. arrived sibu at 11.30. and now, i'm very tired coz i didnt have enough rest for 4 days..one thing i get from this family trip is i found tat brunei's girls are beautiful :) XD lol

new experiences at different places :)

i'm in miri now. staying alone at my cousin's house as both of them are working. luckily the laptop is here to accompany me. :) . just came back from brunei yesterday. i attended my cousin's wedding in brunei, in Kuala Belait-a part of brunei. before that, as i wrote in earlier post, i used bus to go to Bintulu. yes, i did. 10pm bus was good enough. the bus provided 3 seats per row. so, the seat was cozy and big enough for me to fall asleep in the bus along the 3 hours journey from sibu to bintulu. oh ya, i went to bintulu with my uncle. i represented my whole family to go to brunei as my dad was busy with his works, so do my mom. she had to look after my little sis. little sis??haha. besides, my sister is still schooling. tat's why my dad ask someone who are not schooling anymore as his representative to go to the wedding.

The journey to Bintulu took about 3 hours or shorter. it was at midnight, less people travel at night and the bus driver drove the bus with speed around 280km/h-160km/h=120km/h. lol. We arrived in bintulu at roughly 1 o'clock in d morning. then, my uncle who's staying in bintulu fetch us from the bus station to his house. oh ya!!at that time, the bus station looked creepy at night. it's my first time to see the bus station at time. usually, at daytime, the bus station is pack with local people and people from other places. my uncle and i slept overnight at my another uncle's place. we slept at 2 in d morning. 5.30 in d morning, we woke up and had our subuh prayer together. we had our breakfast and then, at 6 he sent us to my another uncle's place. confuse? i have two uncles staying in bintulu. hehe. and for ur information aka FYI, my dad has 13 siblings, so i hope u wont be surprise if the phrase 'my uncle' and 'my aunt' are keep on repeating in my post. the phrase are the same but they are not for the same people..haha

At selangau, transit place in between sibu and bintulu. it's 11.05pm now

arrived in bintulu at 0123 hours

Never see the bus station like this before. humanless..haha

I spent 1 hour at my uncle's house before we start our jouney to miri. played with my cuz and had another breakfast at his place. lol. at 7.30am, we left bintulu for miri. there were 4 of us in d car, my uncle and his wife and my another uncle from sibu. my uncle drove to miri by using coastal road. another road to go to miri. it takes shorter time to reach miri by using coastal road compare to the road that most of us used to go to miri. by 9.30am, we arrived in miri. we went direct to permyjaya and had our breakfast there-an indian food coffee shop. it's also the meeting point for us. why? my uncle fetch 4 more passengers to go to brunei. they were uncles with their wives. My cousin and his wife were also there as their house are very near. then, at 11 something, we went to brunei.

Miri and brunei is not so far. tat's y mirian and bruenian can easily each other country. usually, from miri, it takes only 20 minutes to arrive at sungai tujuh checkpoint. then, from there, after we got into brunei land, it takes only 2o minutes to arrive in kuala belait-where te wedding is held. our journey to brunei also took 40 minutes before we arrive in kuala belait. then we went to Seria, another district of brunei to check in hotel. after unloading our luggage, we went to Bandar Seri Begawan, the heart of brunei which are known as bandar among the brunei's citizens. it took one hour plus to reach bandar. then, the adventure started..all my aunts had the same quest SHOPPING!!

At Sarawak-Brunei border

The mosque with gold dome

Masjid Omar Ali Saifuddin

Me with the mosque

Shopping time n met with other family members from Sibu, Kuching and Brunei

Bargaining the songket

My uncle drove around bandar and then we went to our first stop,omar ali saifuddin mosque. we had our zohor and asar prayer there. but, for my 3 aunts, they went straight to yayasan mall. the mosque is very beautiful. very hard to explain by words. lol. after we finished our prayer, my 3 uncles and myself walked to yayasan mall as the distance is not so far. there, i could see lots of branded clothes and etc which are sold in malaysia's market at a very expensive price, are being sold at very low price. for instance, i could see camel jacket for 2++, levi's jeans for 1++ to 2++, and lee below 1++. but of course, they are sold in B$. if the price are converted in malaysia, there will be almost the same. however, the standard of living in brunei is very high-you can see lots of imported luxury cars there-audi, brabus, jaguar, volkswagen porshe-just mentioning some. at the same time, the bruneian are very hygenic and they have very high civic minded. my experience : 1)i hardly can see any rubbish, tissue paper, can or sweet wrappers on the road, pavement and public places 2)when i walked by using the zebra crossing, they will immediately stop to let me walk first though they were very near :) after yayasan mall, we headed to central point and the mall. there, again, it's for shopping purpose. as i'm not working yet, i didnt have enough money to spend. i've change rm100 but it turned into B$40. not fair :( haha. luckily i can control myself from shopping. i'm saving money for other purposes. haha we had our lunch at 5pm. is it still can be called as lunch??around 6, we went back to seria where the hotel is located. took shower, had maghrib and isya prayer before we went to the bride's house.

There, i started to see differences in between the malay culture in brunei and sarawak. we are served with lots of food. there were at least 4 stalls at that night where we can get different types of food. mee kolok, burger, roti john, malay food and etc-just name what u want and they are all there for u. later at that night, they organized a game. bingo!!it's a simple game but the prizes were not that simple. let me to name several prizes for that game. there are all simple prizes for the bruneians. television, freezer, handphones, fan, oven, air purifier, water shower and so on. impress??great aite??but i didnt get any of them. we went back home at around two. i stayed at my uncle's house. i cant afford to pay for a hotel room :( slept at 2 again :(

My grandma and aunt

Bingo game which is also known as lotto

Family from Sibu, Bintulu, Kuching and Miri

Family from Brunei

Me in Jaguar woot woot

The V8 Engine

Inside jaguar-the meter can reach max 280km/h

i'm driving jaguar woot woot woot

The next morning i woke up at nearly 9am. took shower, breakfast and went to the bride's house. then we were served with breakfast again..OMG where i want to put all the food ive eaten??my stomach cant afford them anymore. i chose to sit in the house coz it was very hot outside.

having breakfast

me

Uncle's place