FUNFAIR!

I just love funfairs, I mean who wouldn't? You'd be crazy to hate the roller coasts...

Since from I was a little girl I always had a fear, a REALLY bad fear of heights but it just excite me, all that wild rush going through me, when I tried my hard to scream at the top of my lungs, but there's no sound coming out at all, and then I close my eyes really tight, and then the rides went downhill, through all those lopes, under, over and get water splashing on us, and down, and I just keep screaming, and screaming........and then STOP! I was gasp, panting, and try to catch my breath. Thanks god that it was over..

PHEW!!

After I looked at the photos, and oh my god it was really cringe to see myself, but I'm still scared of heights but I just love roller coast is it because I know I'm always safe, hm?

After the fourth rides, I was beginning to get really bad banging headaches, and I feel so sick, and I knew I just wanted to throw up, like now. When I smell those chips, and groans, I just ran out to the field, sweating, and try not to throwed up but I did.

A lesson to be learnt....

NEVER eat food before go on the rides, otherwise it will make you SICK!!

Fuck grammar!

Know what?

I'm now 20...

I didn't get the grammar in English, adverbs, nouns, verbs, plural, singles and etc...
like I don't know the difference between, made, makes, and make...!
I'm always confused which the specifically right words to use.
I'm utterly rubbish at past tenses, again...I don't get it when
people people use ''ed'' and ''ing'' in the same sentence, is it past or present?

What? what? what? what?
But if you think about it...
Noone's english is perfect, agree?!
But at least we can write and speak...
So we don't need to worry about that shit!

Or do we have to? :S

Volcanic Ash.

This morning, I woke up...so excited and I can't wait to get out of London, it was like ''bye bye COLD London and hello hello HOT Africa'' and then the phone rings, due to my deafness I couldn't hear/speak on the phone...I can see my daddy got angry to the other side of the phone, I did tried to read his lips but it was impossible and I don't know why...maybe it was his work or something and then mum came in my room and says ''darling, we're not going to Africa tonight'' my heart just drop and I just stop and go crazy, keep asking mum ''why why why'' and she said ''the flights got cancelled due to some volcanic ash problem''...

http://news.uk.msn.com/photos/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=153036031

After I went out, treating myself to a haircut and wandering around the streets in High St. I didn't see what I like and then I bought sushi, and cakes for family and back home. Tonight I'm planning to chill out in front of TV and RELAX.

My flight got delayed and now it's on Monday 19th April 2010, at 8pm....*fingers crossed* I will get on that plane. :P

A phone is a phone.

A phone is a phone, right?

It fucking doesn't matter what kind of brand you got, it don't matter if your phone have Internet or not, WHAT does matter is that if you CAN keep in touch with someone via text or call. that's perfect and I don't see whats the problem.

I has a blackberry myself and everyone is insanely obsessed with their blackberries, and I can honestly tell you I'm not pass that stage yet, I can't see how can people be on their blackberry 24/7 with their eyes glued on it...jeez, two of my sisters got a blackberry...I cannot get through to them, I actually had to PIN them, or text them.

People with blackberries always compared what brand are their, like curve 8520 or bold...9700 or 9800 or 8900 or whatever, people think some are shit..pft.

A phone is just a fucking phone, huh?!


People encouraged my Deaf sister, Samira to have a Blackberry, she keeps insisting not to, because she tried out my phone and she find it extremely BORING! she said ''blackberry is bored, I don't know why people always ogling over it, what do you do all day, go on face book on 24/7 - pfft, I have better thing to do with my life rather wasting my time on blackberries''


...and then I was like..aah, people are influenced over the latest technology. what people have, other people MUST have...damn you technologies.


And what the hell is going on with people having a war over blackberry and IPhone?


Can someone tell me whats going on? Anybody..

AFRICA.

AFRICA!!!  AFRICA!!! AFRICA!!! AFRICA!!!

I'm excited going there soon, I just got back from Nepal and I'm already bored of UK...It's not because I got bored easily, it's because I got nothing better to do here...like wasting my day, be a coach potato...err but no thanks.

Mum asked me to go with her, I did doubted it and then I realised what have I got to lose? So I just booked it yesterday and the funny thing is that I'm leaving....TOMORROW.

Am I insane, but plan things at the last minutes thrilled me, it makes my life a bit more excited, I believe. :)

I believe that anywhere is better than being here, and I like to visit the places around the world, I realised I love it, I love learning the other culture, religion, people, faiths, belief and it amazes me, sometime it blow me away...

I will definitely tell you about my trip to Africa, Kenya, Nairobi. :)

Until then, ciao.

Born to love chicken.

My obsession with chicken...

I LOVE CHICKEN, who know me, know that I love chicken, everytime I go out to the restaurants, I ALWAYS ordered something with chicken....

Despites everything, I never knew how meats made and how were they killed, after staying three months in Nepal, oh GOD. I actually witnessed saw a bunch of goats got butchered, and the blood was dripping everywhere (it was like a scene from a scary films) and it just gives me goose bumps and I just can’t get the imagines out of my fucking head!! *groans* I feel sick for a bit afterward.

In Nepal culture, they’re against eating beef, as it’s their beliefs, they believe that the cows are the goddess and they worshipped them, because they believe that the cows are the way of the life.

In all restaurants in Nepal you won’t find ANY beef on the menu, not eating beef for 3 months, and now I’m back to England, I can’t stand the sights/smell of beef, and I swore to myself i want to be a vegetarian one day myself, I did tried it myself, two weeks and after this I just couldn’t do it, I ordered myself a huge plate of chicken momos and suffered them down, and it was delicious, just like heaven. I realised from that moment...I can’t be a vegetarian; maybe it is because I love chicken too much...hmm, how interesting.

My ''poem'' about chicken...it might sound a bit stupid but funny!! (I think)

''Chicken, I grew up eating chicken all the time,

chicken all kind, I eat it with rice, in a bun, with chips, with salads and moreee...

It's so crispy, soft and tender all inside..it's so golden brown and it smells delicious...

I can't live without it, it's like my own brand of drugs and I can't live with it,

without it I go mad, and I will probably gone cold turkey without it.

I love you chicken :P''

Happy Nepal New Year.

HAPPY NEW '2067' YEAR

Namaste all, I'm wishing you all a Happy 'Nepal' New Year 2067, it's a new beginning to make a new fresh start, but we never forget our loved ones who made us who we are today. this year must be fill by happiness and love :)

Today, with our British DGX team, we are going out for a meal, somewhere in Tottenham Court BUT I'm gutted that the nepalese group can't be here to celebrate it with us. :(

We will cheer drinks to them thou. :)

MOMO.

MOMO.

What can I say about them?

They're delicious!! They're yummy, soft inside but it is difficult to make and it is hard to describe, you'd have to find out for yourself.  :D

But, I will recommend to anyone to try it one day, (you can't get them in England, sadly) I couldn't get enough of it, I usually had it once a week, either;

chicken momo; (chicken are mixed with chicken clearly and onion with sweet but spicy flavouring)

OR

vegetable momo: (vvegetable are mixed with carrots, onion, basil, cabbage, potato, tomato with spices = mouthwatering!!!!!)

After eaten them a few time and I got addicted to them and I literally had them like every two days. Obsessed much? I once tried ''buffalo'' but it tastes vile and I will never tried it again! 

*coughs* can someone please get me a glass of water? QUICK! And I'm sorry Mattie but I just had to. I hope you don't mind...BUT I am SO loving your bald head. :D 

WARNING: Other thing to add, they're quite spicy, I mean really spicy. Just make sure you have a bottle of water beside you.

''The wild elephant ride''

When we saw other people went on an elephant ride, we just knew we want to do THAT! So we tried to find where to pay, where the elephant picks people up and etc. so we went to the reception, bought a ticket for only 200 rupess which means in UK...£2 which was cheaaaap! We were waiting in the queue and we got on the special chair thingy on elephant which feels totally amazing and so scary! it lasts for ten to fifteen minutes but it was worth every seconds of it, afterward I feel so overwhelmed. We loved every minutes of it, but it will be extra special if we swim with the elephant. We wish we were in Chittwan at that time because it is appartently are the best place to be in. :( But there's always other time eh? ;)

''The amazing Buddha''

We went to the beautiful Buddha, it was only 30 minutes walk from my house, and we must complete the walk around the buddha three times, and put a tika on my forehead, taking pictures, admiring the beautiful views and enjoying the bliss hot weather. :D

Sunny Nepal.

NAMASTE KATHMANDU!!!


...I was so excited to leave behind UK, UK was too boring for me, I just desperately need/want a new experience, a new culture and of course a new language, YAY! I was like, bring it on for me...
The flights to Kathmandu was long, we have a connection flights, so we had to change at India, New Delhi...we waited there for a couple of hours, and then it was a other flight to Kathmandu, mind you. I hate the feelings of taking off...it's like giving me the goosebumps and I never feel comfortable on my journey on airplanes...*brr brr* anyway...
when we landed, of course there was passport, check out, the bags and everything. I started to feel a bit sleepy...I was like *yawns*..walking out of the airport, and then I was like 'WOW' it wasn't what i expected to be...people waving, people starting, someone gave me a Mala around my neck and say 'Namaste'' to me, I was well confused and then I realised he was Ramesh, a manager of the NFDH...ooh I see.
Right, it's off to the hotel...ARGH the roads are craze, such a chaos, and I can hear a lots of beep, beep, beep, beep, beep and I thought, what the fuck? and then I realised it was cars, motorbikes and taxis, and it just hit home...I was like being hysterical and told Cindy...that I wanted to go home like now, she just laughed at me..*gulps*
We arrived at the hotel, it was a bit dark..which made it a bit difficult to see and then I ask the lady who worked at the reception ''where's the light?'' she said ''there's no light, as we're on a power cut...''and my eyes went wide open...I was like gulp my own throat, and I never been so scary before in my life.
After introductions, and programme prepare for our ICO training for the next three days, I was prepared to go to bed, oh dear...the bed was rock hard, and the dirty water....and it was freezing.
Worst of all, I blowed my nose into a tissue and then I looked at it, and it was all....BLACK. burgh!
The morning, I was so hungry, and it was sunny..what a lovely day - we had a breakfast on the rooftop and I keep forgetting that I'm in Nepal, and lovely I had noodles, with rice and chicken, for breakfast and it was at 8am
From there, I think I had too many shocks enough to last me a lifetime :P
Kathmandu is a polluted city but it is a beautiful place to be in.

Enough about Preston.

I don't want to waffle more about Preston now, anyway...
BUT 3 months in Preston has been fantastic, we all have been to Liverpool, Manchester, Blackpool, Liverpool, Blackburn, London, lanchester...to meet people, do workshop, and do our plays ''the travellers and the Kamala's baby'' both performed in Lancester and Manchester.
It have been brilliant, to learn drama, GCD (Global Citzenship Day) it's an important part of the DGX..it's when each week, each pairs had to do a presentation on their chosen subject, like HIV & AIDS, Global Warming & Natural Disaster, Racism & Slavery, Politics wars, and many on.
I just loved it, and I indeed learnt something new, which I mever knew, and I have write a short report on each GCD's and nah I won't write it here because it will bore you guys to sleep. ;)

Culture shocks!

Everytime I read this, I always chuckle because I remember at that very moment I was shocked, I was like mouth wide opened, and my eyes actually feel to the floors but now it was nothing compared what I have seen in Nepal.

''Today I have been experiencing a severe culure shocks myself...my counterpart Rita has been eating really weird foods, I did told her that she eat it with the wrong food. e.g. ketchup with cereals and so on. But she won't listen to me, and I respect her and I backed off. But I have noticed that all nepalese developed an obsession for salt, WHY?

She also never seen a washing machine, and one morning, a very early morning she sit on the floor on her feet - she must had a strong legs and just watch it go arund and around and around...she thought it... was just AMAZING!!! She don't know how to use kettle, all things you have in Kitchen and I have taught her how to use them.

Rita told me, if you abuse or hitting the children in the nepal and it is acceptable. BUT in the UK it's different story...and apparently herself told me that if you have an affair in Nepal, you will be arressted... interesting isn't it?! And then I wish that they will just arrest men if they had an affair/s but again then I just realised there's not enough prisons for the men to go, awh damn it. HAHA!!

A girl can wish..

Can I borrow your face for Halloween?!

IT'S HALLO'WEEN.

It’s time to put your mask on, oh it’s HALLOWEEN – yes Halloween, it's the day for our welcome party, to invite Deaf community into Preston. It was a long day indeed, to start our day, we started with decorating the social club room, which we now called it ”HALLOWEEN room” haha! Afterward we went to Preston shopping centre, to get ourselves costumes, mask and witch nose, and so on. We started to getting ready for the night, I decided to go as ”witch” since I refused to make myself ugly so I make myself beautiful ha. Ola was the most scariest out of us all, she actually almost give us a scare, phew. The Nepalese group were excited to put a mask on, face painting and etc. they were :O at people who went as ghost, michael mayers and etc…. there were food, drinks, games – (quiz were quite difficult and I always thought Halloween started in America but I realised it begin in Scotland, silly me! well it’s like they said you learn something new everyday, eh? and oh the game ‘apple bobbing’ I ruined my make up while playing that game, never again!! Oh yeah I almost forget ''The mummy'' game it's so hilarious, I was actually on the floor laughing, no kidding! This game, you have to wrap a person into TISSUES!!) we were so sad to end the night like this, but it was fantastic and such a good laugh…And course the night is still young....

We're not just only a team, we're a family too!

YAY. I just did my first post, and I'm telling you it does feel good. anyway..
I got back from Nepal last Friday on 9th April 2010, I was there for three whole months and being back it does feel sad and I'm feeling depressing, and I'm so lost without my DGX team, DGX - Deaf Global Exchange, I was one of the volunteers that took part in the project for the six months, and it has been such a fantastic experiences.

An example from my journal, to share with you about my experience over the past six months :)

 

''Just before 22nd of October, where I will be moving to Preston, it does rain a lots I’m not looking forward to THAT but I’m excited to start a new beginning for me, and for us.

I almost finished packing…it was HARD, – I was thinking, should I take this top, no…that blue top, and then I thought to myself ”hmm, will I really will wear that? HMM, difficult question” and before I knew it, it was in my over sized suitcase already

I’m now on way to Euston Station on 22nd October, and I’m going to Birmingham VSO Training centre, for a couple days to complete our training, before we can start with our project….I’m SO SO HAPPY!!

A day of intense training about comfort zone, host home, work placement, programme supervisor, what are their roles and etc? what is our responsibilities, our aims, our goals and many on.

The day is getting closer and closer, we’re excited to finally meet the Nepalese group….*ticks tocks, ticks tocks* we received money from VSO, to give a party for the Nepalese group, as a group – we discussed what foods and etc…it was extremely hard because we don’t know what they REALLY eat or NOT. decisions, decisions – oh dear.

Deirdre, Lottie and etc sorted out with the foods…sandwiches and biscuits, when myself, Matthew, Amy and Abigail are drawing posters…to make them feel welcomed, the poster said….”NAMASTE” translated into English it mean ”HELLO” time was getting closer and closer….most of us are feel excited, some feel quite nervous. and myself, I do not know what to expect, i was having a mixed up feelings….a strange feelings indeed.

AH HA they finally arrived, (after waiting for them in the hotel, watching the TV…..*tick tock* and the fates are finally open, and we knew they had arrived, so we went outside to welcomed them….and WOW the minutes they were getting off the coach…they were beautiful, such friendly and they make us feel welcomed as well, by saying Namaste to each other….”Namaste was the first word I ever learn, and it sign too”- I was feeling overwhelmed, and we invited them into the kitchen…for their welcome party to UK, and we start to introduce ourselves, of course there were some misunderstanding, communication breakdowns, and it was expected to be happen anyway! when i started introduce myself, I was so nervous, and I was getting talking with Priyanka, this time I didn’t knew her name, she is one indeed a funny girl, she cracks me up!!

After the weekend, it was fantastic opportunity allow us to be ready, and we’re on way to Preston to continues our training, and i find out my counterpart who is Rita. and BDA is my work placement, I work with Priyanka who is my work partner and my host home is Gail, with 2 girls…that’s the end of the training….

Just before we set out to the real world, it is already seem scarier than it is….!''

NAMASTE.

NAMASTE.

I'm totally new at this, I had no idea where to start, I actually wasted about 30 minutes trying to find where the post are, haha and I had no absolutely idea what to write about and to be honest with you, I don't really write, but hey I indeed enjoy getting lost into the website.

I apologise if my English is not that good but I will try my best :) This is indeed my first post ever.

:)

and I want to say..

... I’m BACK in London, bet none of you miss me! : P anyway I have been here in London for 2 days now and I’m bored out of my head and it’s freezing here, I keep shivering and everything.
The last week in Nepal was fabulous, on Saturday 3rd April – we performed our show ”The Spare Journey” in front of about 700 people, it was good but we were all very nervous and end of the day people loved it!

The following week, Monday, Tuesday we were basically free so we went out to Thamel, New Road, and etc – places in Kathmandu for sightseeing, and shopping. on Wednesday (we start a de-briefing – we have to do it end of 3 months to makes a summaries of 3/6 months of our exchange) and indidvual…we did a talk about our counterpart and our experience, how we felt? Everyone was crying and it was sad but we were also happy that we learnt something new. Thursday, leaving my host home family was VERY hard, the night before we had a party for me and Rita…

I was emotional, knowing that we will leave and I and Rita will be split. Thursday morning, I finished off my packing and then Lamxi – (host mother) did a puja for me and Rita, put a tika on our forehead, give us a malas, and she gave me a statue of ”newari statue of their marriage” it’s so beautiful and we left, Bir, Mack, Lamxi all were crying so I did cried. Out of all families I get on well with Mack – (host father) he’s so generous and respectful. he had no education, and literally no sign language but he learnt it later but how he sign and speak was so visually…he used props to show me things, and it was amazing. I explained to him about British life, and etc…He liked me tell him about it and showed him the pictures, he was blew away by looking at pictures of London. sometime I feel bad that he said the life is easier in UK but it’s not…we people get granted of JSA EMA DLA and etc. when people have nothing, but they still makes money for their families, all they want to makes money for to feed their families and clothing. We British need money for EVERYTHING, clothes, cars, houses, boozes, and etc – but do we really need them?

And I have see children in the streets playing games out of nothing…they use a stick and brick to play cricket. and sometime I see them playing ‘hide and seek’ we British alp brainwashed by the technology like mobiles phone, Xbox, play station and wii…where has it all gone?


There was lots of crying involved and oh dear it was very hard to leave everyone, especially my counterpart Rita. we have been such best friends since October and I can’t believe we’re not together anymore, on Saturday morning at 7am I woke up and I want to talk to Rita about something, I realised she’s not here anymore…it did hit me! I was so emotional but I know at the end of the day it was worth everything, the experience for 6 months, new friends, new culture, new life, new skills and new language, and change ourselves inside, and I LOVED every minutes of it