Unwind A Little

Taking a week off from this cold and mundane city of Moscow is definitely worth it. It's so nice to unwind a little, breaking off to being a tourist and not a student for a change, even if it's just for a week.

Just a teaser to where I travelled to, :)

Just so you know, I am not much of a fan of travelling.

Travelling, is hardd. Like super-friggin-memeningkan kepala punye hard.

It's a very challenging process, which drains and sucks out your energy to make you always feel anxious and wanna pee all the time :(

You must have all skills in your pocket if you wanted to travel.

Everything has to be polished beforehand. You have to be smart with every single skill; like map-reading skill, communication skill, tolerance skill, adaptability skill, gadget-y skill, planning skill, you name it.

It involves all skills mentally, physically, spiritually and emotionally. You have to be good, kind and approachable, but don't hesitate to be heartless and cunning at times in need. Clumsiness is a no go, and attentiveness to the details is something you just HAVE to have kot kot mana pun.

And you have to think awfully fast too in case something suddenly went wrong.

As for me, I am mostly terrible in everything. But whether you like it or not, the show must go on once you set your foot the soil which isn't yours. You gotta do what you gotta do since there is no option left than trying to survive, even when its reaching your limit to do so. It is the time where you have to step out from your comfort zone and test your limit as eventually, sooner or later, the time will come too no matter what. Now or never, ready or not...you have to be at your very best when the moment came...

Well, as crazy as it sounds, I did experience the worst in this trip. We could plan all we want but God is still the better planner than us. However, it was still a fun experience though. especially when we managed to pull it through. And at least you got something to remember from your journey.

Alah, this is life. Bad experience, good experience, all are the spices in life, toughen us up for upcoming battles in life.

Lagipun kalau rasa susah hati sebab travel tu susah, ingat ayat ni;
"Dialah yang menjadikan bumi itu mudah bagi kamu, maka berjalanlah di segala penjurunya..."

al-Mulk, 15

So yeah, some comments on what I felt of my '13/14 winter trip. Hopefully the pictures will follow up later on separate posts (if I could make it). I am sorting them out while recovering from jetlag and flu which I caught upon arrival home.

Till then, A.

Winter Trip '12 - Part 2 - Poland (ii)

So this is another continuation post of the story here [click], and we were still in Poland, except this time the pictures are from Krakow. The initial plan was to visit the capitals of each country, but exception was made, we just have to visit Krakow since it is nearer to Hungary, which is our next destination after Poland. It'll be such a waste if we just travel straight from Warsaw to Hungary as it'll be in the same route. So sebab akan lalu jalan yang sama untuk ke Hungary, we all terpaksalah singgah di Krakow sekejap untuk makan angin. Alah alang-alang they say.

Well the pictures are unfortunately not that great since it was still winter-y and gloomy...but please enjoy the pictures nevertheless. As far as I could remember we didn't visit many places much, just to the Krakow's Old Town and places near to it like the Wawel Castle. So...just enjoy the photos lah no?

Again, for better resolution just click on the pictures, and just fyi, the pictures are from my phone camera (boo) and my friend's dlsr (yay).

KRAKOW'S OLD TOWN

Amek gambar dekat city gate guard house/church (?) before entering old town's centre

St. Florian's Gate, salah satu pintu masuk ke Old Town. 

The scenery inside, we all nak ke menara kat hujung tu which is the square

Well actually it is a historic site with a lot of souvenir shops and stalls around it, even at the square ada banyak gila stalls yang jual souvenirs. Not to mention there were various street performers there too, entertaining the crowds.

in another angle

and in another angle (again) lol

St. Mary Basilica, one of the building..see how snow made it all muddy?

again experimenting with angles

trying to be quite artistic by taking it this way :D

one of the sculptures there

and we went for some shopping too for souvenirs, ada banyak woody handcrafts here yang so artsy

this is the paveway that leads to the souvenir market :)

inside it, yay its shopping time!

and some posing. well I didnt recall im the one taking this pic haha

So after shopping we wandered around while searching for place to have small brunch. Here are some photos (literally) of us jalan-jalan around the town..well I dont think these are that important, oh well...

random architecture

random statue along the way

12 Apostles statues outside this one church

Inside one random church, look at those glass windows, pretty!

inside one random church, I love the gothic feeling inside here

So thats all about it, and now we're off to the Wawel Castle.

WAWEL CASTLE

Well, Wawel Castle is located on top of a hill, and of course we had to climb the hill to reach there. It was pretty tiring, especially since we had been walking all day around the Old Town, but we managed to reach the castle anyway as we're uhm,...young and healthy and strong? Haha.

This castle is so gorgeous, the scenery is so amazing and it even has this one dragon sculpture that breathes fire, how cool is that! It's legend thingy in Krakow about dragon, sama macam di Warsaw yang juga punya legenda tersendiri, cuma kat Warsaw legend dia pasal ikan duyung laki-laki.

So few itsy bitsy pictures here and there...

the castle from far away, kena naik bukit nak sampai ke atas

buildings along the way to the top :)

okay we're getting closer!!

tada we made it! i honestly dunno what were we doing there at the gate

cepat-cepat kena pose kat gate ni haha 

The architecture inside. boo nasyid pose!

in another "perasan artistic" angle

some close up. close up la sangat ahah

And finally it's the fire-breathing dragon sculpture, yay!

see he breathes fireeee, so cool! :))

So with the dragon sculpture picture, I think that's the end of our amazing story in Poland. Well, technically it was not a story, but still...Anyway, I'm so sorry if the way I wrote is so sucky, I just dunno how to write this kind of post. Maybe the next post will be much better, I'll try my best.

So, the next post will be about Budapest, Hungary, and I love love love Budapest, such an amazing city. I seriously can't wait to share and post the pictures!

May peace be upon you, till later everyone :)

Winter Trip '12 - Part I - Poland (i)

OMZYXG the pictures are here guyssss as promised :)

First destination : Poland. In Poland, we visited two places; its capital which is Warsaw, and Krakow. Dua dua tempat ni merupakan dua tempat yang Malaysia hantar students study medik di Poland, dan di Poland jugak I met with my schoolmate yang study kat sini.

Since it was our first day, of course lah the gambar were not so many. Lagipun we are all guys kot, takleh nak camwhore sangat hehe.

Tapi ada lah jugak seciput.

Keep in mind that it was winter, so the view tak lah cantik sangat as in spring or summer. Tapi at least the whiteness of the snow made us look quite cerah in most of the pictures :P

So we all arrived in late evening, and while searching for halal restaurant for dinner, we walked around the town a bit so that tak kalut-kalut sangat tomorrow. Lagipun it's not really that late, it's winter time and pukul 6 ke atas dah gelap dah.

*click the picture for better resolution*

saw this building while walking, dunno what is it but I like the architecture

This is National Theater (Teatr Narodowy)

Gate of the tombs of unknown soldiers

...and our picture in front of it

And this is one of the guards who guard this place.

Agak lucu sebenarnya sebab bila difikir-fikir balik, we visited kubur malam-malam buta. Nasib baik nothing spooky happened. Anyway, keep in mind that it was winter time, the weather was super cold and we had been outside for too long, so we didn't take pictures much.

OLD TOWN

not so many people, sejjukk

loving the angle here, with the light and all

I lupa on sequence to where we went first the day after we arrived, tapi agak banyak jugaklah tempat that we visited, like;

WILANOW PALACE

Church in Wilanow

besides the church

random benda yang caught my attention. in summer i think ada anggur bergayut rasanya

Wilanow Palace with us. Wah macam budak-budak sumenye!

loving the angle here!

LAZIENKI PARK

See, even the pigeons were shivering!

The Floating Palace

as usual, us in front of it :)

smizing

Giving food to Mr. Peacock

PALAC KULTURY I NAUKI

In Russia we have this building too with same architecture, called the Seven Sisters 

Us in front of the monument

with some old friends studying there

and we even left our "momento" in there too hehe :P

Ish vandalism ni

WARSAW NATIONAL STADIUM (UEFA EURO 2012)

the stadium

Le us

and finally...

IN OLD TOWN AGAIN (last night for souvenirs hunting)

when we arrived..

then..it's snowing so bad, so not taking much pictures

the old town, love the effects and hue and all

So basically that was it, sungguh tak teratur kan post ni? Well I did my best in selecting pictures and whatnot, so biorlah. Next one's gonna be in Poland too, but in Krakow, so stay tuned. 

Later :)