Honeymoon in Italy - Day One (Rome)

We boarded the flight from KLIA to Dubai then to Rome - Fiumicino Airport. Departure was graveyard early morning on the 7th June (so technically, we were already at the airport on 6th June). We flew with Emirates.

We were still fresh for the journey....

I've been kinda used to sleeping on airplane seat, but Nic was totally unused to it. The poor guy kept tossing and turning, head bobbing, it was totally uncomfortable for him. But lucky for him, they served Roti Jala, his favourite. Not the most fantastic one, but better than nothing especially since we were going to a land of pasta and pizzas...

Quite sad looking...

The journey took us about 7 hours plus minus, then we reached Dubai. The last time we travelled to Greece, we had already tour the whole airport because we had a freaking 9 hour transit. So this time, we decided to try and catch up on sleep. We had 4 hours to kill. So we tried to sleep abit, then freshen up and had some breakfast.

Now this is what you call food...Chicken Salad with Hot Chocolate for breakkie :)

We then continued on our journey to Rome. Which was another 6 - 7 hours of flying with Emirates. We couldn't wait to touch down in Rome. Too much airplane food and being cramped in the seat was driving my hubby nuts! We finally reached and took a Leonardo Express train to the main station Termini, so that we could journey to Roma Point Hotel which we already booked a night in.

Many others travelled this way too

Okay, the story was...we booked our hotels online after tonnes of research about location, cleaniness, service, value for price, etc. We picked Roma Point Hotel, even though we read about it being far but at a reasonable pricing and then we thought to ourselves, how far can it be? Well it was a managable distance...but according to hubby it is freaking far when you are carrying a 27kg luggage bag dragging it across roads and never ending stairs and not to mention pedestrian bridges. We had to take the Leornado Express train from the airport (which was €14 per pax) to Termini main station. Then we had to take a metro to Flaminio and switch to another train which will bring us to Grotta Rossa. Their metro tix works best if you are staying few days and just buy the 3 day pass or something like that. But we were just there till the next day, so we bought the normal ticket which is €1 per pax and is valid for 75 mins after your first validation. So, yeah, we bought the tix and went to Grotta Rossa.

When we got off the train, we felt so lost, cause it looked deserted and there was a big office / bus station-without buses / open land car park on one side and a highway on the other. We just followed the few people who got off and went through an underground crossing (with never ending flights of stairs). The lift looked super dodgy and I don't think anyone would be able to rescue us if the lift got stuck. Nic ran after this one lady who was going to find her car in the parking area while I waited with the bags. She was so kind to help us locate the hotel by calling them for directions. But we were totally going crazy when we found out where it was. We had to go through the underground crossing again (with that never ending flights of stairs), then walk along the road beside a highway, cross a pedestrian bridge (which smelt like poo and stinking pee), then walk along a street (about 150 metres?) before we reached Roma Point Hotel.

Hubby was so happy to finally reach the hotel

Roma Point Hotel - Room

Roma Point Hotel - Bathroom

The hotel was alright. It was quite clean and spacious but the bathroom had a weird shower though. The shower head was right in the middle, but the sliding doors wouldn't close tight, so when we showered, the water keep flooding the whole bathroom area. But we were just happy to be in a hotel instead of the airplane. So we got changed and went out to Flaminio. The weather was surprising chilly for summer. We walked around Piazza Flaminio and found a restaurant in a little street alley kinda place for our dinner.

My plate of raviolli in pomodoro sauce - bleh only...

Hubby's plate of four cheese pizza - was a little bit tOoooooOOo salty....

We found a book shop on the same street alley selling loads of cool books, comic books, postcards, tin tin stuff, but the weird thing, most of the books were in french! Hmm....Anyway, we headed back to rest before it started turning dark cause the route back to hotel wasn't exactly the safest looking.

So I'm gonna continue day two....when I'm in the mood to blog again! ;)

Tick tock tick tock...kringgggggg!!!!!

Nic read the first line of my previous few blogs and said I'm boring. I've been constantly neglecting my blog and telling the whole world how this time beats the previous time record of the longest negligence.

Probably not wise to mention that anymore. Hehe~

Anyway, the days have been passing real quick, then it becomes months, and now its already half year. Its almost coming to a year since we've moved back to KL. All those planning for wedding after I stopped working. Can't believe that its already taken place! I'm married!! The whole planning process took such a long time. All the excitement, the arguments, the anticipation, the ups and the downs.....everything just for that one day - D-DAY! Then the D-Day zipped past just like that.

During D-Day, I can barely recall who said what, who did what, who wore what. But I can remember trying to keep track and make sure everything ran as per scheduled. So many things didn't turn out the way we wanted. So many things we were persistent about before, but didn't even noticed during D-Day. So many things were unpredictable and we didn't have a back up for it. It was crazy real-time-can't-take-two-event!

To future brides out there, never ever think you'll have time to chill the day before your wedding. Even if you had everything under control, you'll never know what takes you by surprise. I had a few appointments for manicure, waxing and to pick up some friends from airport. And because of a four hour manicure, I had to push my waxing to the following day. Following day was suppose to be a chill day. Just rehearsal / set up of canopy at church, pick up my gown, and then prepare some flowers for the flower girls and brides maids, dinner at my house, I really thought it was all covered. But cause of my waxing appointment carried forward, I had to add one extra to the list. Then, the canopy was suppose to be set up when we were there for rehearsal, they decided to come later than planned time, so it started to have a domino effect. Plus, there was some last minute mix up about some pre-nuptial documents we had to sign before marriage in a church. Then seriously, everything just started going downhill from there.

The day before my D-Day was quite a rough one. Far from what I had in mind.

It really seemed like nothing could go wrong on D-Day after that. But there are just 1001 things that can surprise you. I'm only glad that hubby was there to share those moments with me and we'll have that 1001 things to talk about when we reminisce about our wedding.

I'm still alive!

OMG...

This must have been the longest break ever I took from blogging. Almost forgotten my password when signing in. Yes...the whole world was moving forward while I neglected this blog. My world changed a whole lot....

Updates coming soon....promise....

A Letter To Myself

Dear 'The-Other-Side-Of-Me', How have you been? I hope things are good on your side? I've been trying to be a good girl. I think I've been doing quite well. Not thinking too much about stressfull things. Trying to keep cool at everything. Pacing myself with the wedding preparations. But today, I had a conversation with mommy which made me feel awful right after. I felt crappy. I felt lousy. I felt stress. I felt like giving up. You know how loved ones can affect you that way. Cause you just want to make them proud, be perfect to them all the time and hear them sing praises of you. But I felt so horrible. It was just a small matter about some wedding stuff. But it felt like a big deal to me cause when I proposed the idea to her, she was all out in supporting me. But the moment I share with her some negative feedbacks which I have received, she started saying things which felt like 'I told you so'. Mommy thinks its not always wise for her to share her advice with me nowadays, cause I have different opinions and ways of thinking. She feels like I'm making my decisions as an adult and she's trying not to interfere with that. But I got upset, when she started saying all of these because it felt like she thinks that I've made many disappointing decisions. And that just didn't felt good. I feel so lost. Why was she supporting me one moment then the next moment she said that I shouldn't be doing this or that? I love my mommy alot. She's like my super idol. I wanna grow up to be just like her. But right now I feel so useless and nothing like my mom. I'm not independant like her, I'm not creative like her, I'm not organized like her, I'm not a great cook like her, I'm not hardworking like her and I'm not strong like her. I'm crumbling inside :( Love, Imhopeful

♥ Happy Belated Valentine's ♥

I can't believe I haven't blogged in months! This must be the longest blog break for me ever...

Haven't been doing much. Was just busy prepping for Chinese New Year, then busy catching up with family and friends over CNY and then busy prepping for the wedding. So much to do, yet I just can't seem to make a move and get things going.

I've felt so uninspired for the past few months. Like I've lost my 'heat' and 'heart' in life. Not a good thing I know...but I just can't seem to help it. It doesn't mean I don't feel happy. The feeling is more of a 'draining' and 'tired' feeling. Its been affecting me and the people around me. I've been trying to snap out of it and I think I've been a good girl so far. Trying to keep Nic's advise close to heart about taking things lightly and don't sweat the small stuff.

Thank you sayang for always walking me through thick and thin.


Happy (belated) Valentine's Day everyone :)

2011 is almost here!!

I can't believe its the last few days of 2010!

Where did all of it went?

This has been the-most-changes-in-a-year year for me. The greek holiday, the London proposal, the resignation, the moving back to KL, the house hunting, the wedding preparations...so much has happened!

Since I finished the temporary job stint last month, I was preparing for the pre-wedding photo session due the following week in Singapore. It was super! We didn't have a really smooth trip, but that day when we were taking photos, the weather was awesome, the crew were fun, my hubby was happy, that made me happy! It was memorable, and I would love to do it all over again. Hehe :) After the awesome time I had at the pre-wedding photoshoot, my relatives came to visit in KL and I was busy taking them out and playing host.

There was also painting works which created so much havoc in the family house. Moving furniture, throwing out things, wiping and dusting, all the flying dirt and chemical smell was driving me insane! Christmas was here before I knew it. My first time celebrating with hubby's family. Really felt warm fuzzy. I know it means alot to Nic especially.

Now is counting down to new year! And then I'm left with 5 months to get everything right for our wedding! Better get the organizing on full gear this time!!

What am I doing?

I can't believe that I haven't blogged for almost two months. This might be the longest I've left my blog at a stand still. I almost forgotten my ID and password to login, that bad.

I'm totally living a different lifestyle now. Not skipping to lunch or wedding researching anymore. I'm working. Temporary, as an admin kinda thingy for a corporate communications department in some company. I'm glad the word temporary existed. I often wonder if I'll ever survive office work since I've never really did it full time, ever in my life. Now the answer is quite an apparent - Yes. I don't think I will survive it. At least not in the corporate communications department. So much office politics, so rigid work hours, stupid jam, parking problems, it seems like the list might never end.

I guess I took up this temporary job offer cause I really felt like sitting at home feels really unproductive. I wasn't earning anything, and every time I offer to pay anything these days, people get defensive and says I'm not allowed to pay cause I'm not getting any income. I know its kinda silly to fight for this kinda stuff, I mean, who will say no to free lunch right? But I'm so used to being financially independent. I love to spend my friends and family every once in awhile. But now even my mom refuses to take allowances from me. Its so frustrating!

Also, I didn't think planning for my wedding would take up so much time. Most of the decisions I needed to make felt like it could be done over the weekend. Now weekend comes and all I wanna do is sleep and spend time with my family and friends.

Sigh~

But I won't give up. Its another one and a half months and I'm over with this job. The only consolation for me now is I get to spend every working day with my sis. She actually introduced me to this part time thing. So I'm in the same company as her. We car pool to work, we lunch together and car pool home. The only fun part about working.

I need to reclaim my happy self again....