The counting never ends...

Indeed the counting never ends...we keep adding 1 on the 3rd and also we become stronger each time although we have ups and downs. Serious ones and joking-ish ones. We both overcome them no matter what. Thank God that we have each others' trusts and honesty.

Our counter never stops and hope it wont...

Happy BIG 1.9!!! coming close to the BIG 2!! lol

LOve you...muaxxx

XOXO ally.b as always...

Confession & Forgiveness

This post is personally between me and Our Heavenly Father.

Lately, i know i've been busy caring about myself. I never spent time with you and even if i did, it wasn't consistent. I confessed that i've been caring too much about myself and thinking what others are thinking. I always whine and complain and cry about being lonely and that nobody wants me. I never put You in my heart. I never put You first in everything. I never think bout You.

Oh Lord,

All the blessings that you have given me, i thank them and forgotten them. I have let myself being carried away by the things around me and with the people. I have neglected you so many times but You always find the way to turn me around. Turn me back to the right path. When my back turns away from you, you are always there to turn me back. You always make sure that i see you.

Lately, thanks to friends and family and brothers and sisters in church. They have reminded me about You. It really does make me feel so terrible after realizing what i have done towards you. I feel so ashamed about myself. I feel as though i do not deserve to be called YOUR DAUGHTER. I don't deserve to announce my good-doings (eg : going to church and prayer).

I want to live again by your word. I want to ejoice in your name and not afraid to tell the whole world about you. I want to live by you. Guilding every step in life for me. I will follow whatever you have planned for me Lord cause you have your love for me. And it's a never-dying love.

With freely you gave it all for me,
Surrender Your life upon that cross,
Great is the love
Pour out for me
This My God.

Lifted on high
Form depth to high
Forever My God is glorified
Servant and king
Rescued the world
This is My God!

So Father,

I seek for your forgiveness. I pray that You will never forsaken me. You are always my Father Almighty, King of heaven and Earth. Build my strength and courage. I pray to strengthen my spiritual faith and hope to walk with You forever and ever. I pray that you would continue to guild me in life and you stand by me. Teach me from wrong to right Lord. Teach me how to love you more.

Philippians 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Isaiah 41:10
10 Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Hebrews 2:18
18 For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

In the name of Jesus, forever and ever.

Amen.

Untitled~~~

Life is tough

Yet it goes on

Can't do anything much

But to stay strong.

Life is rough

Yet it's a ride

Have to get my wheels

And keep moving on.

Life is killing

Like a pain in your brain

Need to fine a cure

And it's gonna be STRENGTH

Life is loneliness

It takes only you to live

Sometimes it's good to be alone

In a world where there's only you.

~~~~written by =ally.b= *not a great writer though*~~~~

Singapore Fair '09 in Geneva

Hey guys, i'm back again after so so long but i guess it's worth the wait. one of the biggest events that i've encountered here at Switz is Singapore Fair '09. It was organized by the Singapore Tourism here at Switz. I was invited by my friend, Lafina. It was nice. Although it's Singapore but it felt like home too as Singapore and Malaysia are very similar.

It was held in Geneva so we got to traveled all the way there. Very interesting was, it was like after quite some time being with your own people, own cultures, food and accent. I really loved it. It's just so much like home.

First thing first, i had to admit i went to the Singapore Fair ainly because of the food. Rendang, Rojak, Roti Prata, Curry laksa....who can ever resist?? I was impressed that they were quite a few varieties and they were all cooked by locals (as in Singaporean who are staying in Switz). They not only supported this event but also managed to promote their restaurant. I came to know that there is a Malaysian Restaurant in Geneva. I so have to check it out one day.

Well, prices were a little too expensive but we tasted the ones which we were so drooling over. For examples:

Rice with rendang.. Yum YUM..it was good

Curry laksa



Lafina enjoying her laksa


"Heaven"-Food station


Rojak


Tandoori and all

I was pretty full after the plate of rendang and laksa. While they were showing slides or video of Singapore, i took a chance to walk around the hall and took some pics at the booths. They had all sorts of booths which symbolizes Singapore. For example, batik, games like sepak takraw, henna painting and etc etc.

Tourism video of Singapore

Henna Painting



Old batik theme bags for sale



Baju kebaya for sale



Shawls from Singapore. (they are so so nice but expensive too). -for datins....



Caligraphy

So after the booths, they were performances too. There was a performance which was so so amusing and it was actually the first time i appreciated it.

Three pianists from Singapore



Silat



Whole group


Unexpected event and the most attention-capturing event!!!


Dong Dong Chang...



The one on the left must be the sifu. He looks so cool...




Calling the lions from the entrance



Among the crowds. Everybody was so so amazed.

Performance on stage.



The people behind the whole thing. Good job to them!!!


There was a teaching lesson too on how to wear shawls. It was really interesting too because just 1 shawl you can wear it in more than 20 ways.







She was really good in selling. A really good talker!


Nearby the hall, there was a park and Lafina and I took the opportunity to take some snapshots.

ENJOY!!!





I know i'm still short!!




So i guess this is about it. It's pretty brief and here we are wishing you guys have a nice day!!!




xoxo from Ally & Lafina!!


=ally.B=

Introducing a new character..

Hey guys,

It's been pretty long since the last post. So, i thought of introducing a new character of my life here in Switzerland.

The ONE, Most WONDERFUL, EXTRAORDINARY JACKIE CHAMOUN!!



"wait..you guys talking about me??"

Yes indeed Jackie !! I wanna let the whole world know the Best Best Roommate!!! As every new semester starts, we change not only our room but also our roommate. Of course we can choose to stay with our friend whom we choose. Well, i would prefer staying with somebody i do not know. It's actually hard to stay with your best friend. It may be very difficult and might ruin your friendship. Therefore, i came to know this little stranger from Lebanon.

This stranger of mine has not only been my companion but also my entertainer. She's in first semester and we learn a lot of things from each other. For example, i learn french from her and i teach her how to be independent. Thought her how to use the laundry, shopping, ironing and etc.

So it all started on the first day i knew her. I never never expected that the jackie i met on the first day to be the Jackie i know now. On the first day, she was quiet and shy. She gave me that impression that she's a quiet girl who doesn't really like to talk. Right now, it's so the complete opposite. She's funny, hyper all the time, random, weird, opposite...a lot more words to describe her. She has been the one making me living each day with smiles and laughter. She is not afraid of stupidity. I suppose no such word like "stupidity" or "embarrass" exist in her dictionary.

We had dinner together on the first day. Yummy "bbq"..special

A short introduction to the Now Jackie. This song dedicated for me.. It's the only french song which i know.

Second song after scolding me for i didn't know what it meant. I'm just being very innocent.

How funny she is... she's CRAZEE!!! but i love her.. hehehe..

She just know when i am down and she would ask me why. She would try using her ways to cheer me up and tries to get me out of the room.

That day was ine of the most enjoyable day i ever had. Thanks to her. I really needed that especially after a really really bad and sucky day. I was so screwed up at cbl the night before and the next day, she just dragged me out and we had a MARVELOUS day ever. It was such a good experience.

It was 10 am and i about to spent the rest of my day in bed. Then, there was jackie standing at the corner of the room saying "Ally, get up! go get your clothes!". I was like "huh? what?". Then she brought out for water ski. It was so cool. Although i just watched her, it was yet amazing!! I love the breeze, the lake, the scenery, just everything!.

Getting ready for real adventure.



Cool gadgets.

The Castle that lays on the lake- Chillon

I still think that i took good pics of you, Jackie.

There she goes...

We had lunch together and there went her crazy idea of going to Hao's school and surprised him. We needed to take the boat in order to get over the other side of the lake to his school. It was so ridiculous cuz i never been to his school before neither did jackie. So it was another adventure for us. I wasn't even sure about the name of the place. I just looked through the board using my conscious. So it was like "ahh..this name sounds familiar." ok let's go.

Having lunch together




She's actually trying to emphasize her bruise

Went to the lake while waiting for the boat



She almost fall into the lake...

There comes the boat!!... it was like going to Paris

CRAZY IDEA of Jackie: Let's go to Paris, Italy and Germany NOW!

So, we hopped on to the boat to get to the other side of the lake. It was quite scary and uncertain because remember i have no idea how hao's school or how to get there at all. So we were on the boat and i saw all mountains. So green. I was like " Jackie, do you think we are on the right boat cuz all i see are trees and not buildings" She was like "No, don't worry. just follow the SENSATION." Her fav word is SENSATION. LOL

So we finally reached the place and i saw a pink building. I told jackie that that must be it cuz i rmbered that someone told me that it's a pink building. Yet we were so unsure cuz there were no name of "Caeser Ritz" We then heard a girl talking about school and so i asked her whether was it the same school that we were looking for. Thank God. It was. So we now noe that we're safe. LOL

She showed us the direction to the school. Pretty quiet place. I would not say pretty but REALLY EXTREMELY QUIET. It's like nobody at all. I would actually call it "deserted" town. At Hao's school, truly still quiet. Never really saw anybody there. Best part was we don't know where to go and start looking for hao.

We waited for him outside and we just went up to this girl and asked her whether she knew hao. Good thing she noes but didn't know where he was. And i asked a stupid silly question which was "Do you know where is his room so mayb we could wait for him there?"

The girl was like "HUH?" CHANGE CHANGE..."ok ok..i noe that's weird...Ah...i heard you guys have a student lounge right? you noe where?" Phew! good thing i knew something about this school. So they brought us there and funny thing was we found HAO!!..He was ok shocked, but not shocked. His reaction was so so so so not fun at all. He was like "oh ok..ok..ok.." SWT!!! *Hao, you need to take some lessons from me

So, he brought us around the school and we sat by the lake. Had dinner together at a pizza place. THanks FOR DINNER HAO!..it was yummy!!

Jackie and i had to go back and we said "Sayonara HAO!!"

We pretty much ended our day like that. We were pretty tired. I know i was but i was happy. It was great!!..

Thanks Jackie!! LOve you!!!

Hugs & Kisses from Jackie & Ally



=ally.b=

SHOUT OUT!!!

Hey guys,

Just can't help it but wanna shout out to our dearest friend!!

CONGRATS MAN!!
we're so so happy for you...you have no idea but we're smiling from ear to ear for you!!...

GREAT NEWS!!! BIG NEWS!! WONDERFUL NEWS!!!

hoping to hear more from ya...

Take care!!

=ally.b and Johnny.b=

Happy Birthday Swiss!! 1.8.09

Hey guys, I'm back again and this time i'm bringing you Switz's birthday. It was on 1.8.09 and of course it was amazing for me to have this opportunity to experience it.

As my room is facing the lake, i managed to see the fireworks on the night before. The fireworks weren't very extraordinary. So, i'll let you have a taste of the Swiss fireworks. One thing that it was amazing was because they had it on the lake in Montreux. Although it's really small, but it was loud.

The next day, I spent my day in Geneva. It was actually my first visit to Geneva and i really enjoyed myself. I went with Hao and his friends from his new school. They are pretty nice ppl. It was a chance for me to see how Swiss ppl celebrated their national day. Actually the plan for them to go to geneva was to shop. I prefer sight-seeing and capturing some pics. Thank God that it was national day and He gave me the opportunity to do so. Not only that, we even had a tour guide who was Hao's friend. She took us around Geneva. That was really nice of her.

We had lunch at McD and then headed our on our journey.

Famous Fountain that shoots few km up


Hao and the ferris wheel...



The boat which Hao always sit to come and visit me.

Just how they celebrated national day.they have bazaars where they sold food. International food. They had like thailand, bollywood, chinese....They had so much of things..

I love bazaars!!!


Some exciting rides too..

We then realised that there was a show or something. So we decided to sit and watch. Thank God we got a really good seat where it's shaded with trees. How cooling!

So then we watched this cool water sport thing. We watched it for awhile and then walked on. This vid just elaborates a little bit about the fun and excitement.

First contestant for his first attempt

The landing!!

Hot guy that i asked Hao to take for me...hehehe oo la la

So, there was also like a mini theme park which was quite cool to actually see it in Switz. It wasn't open yet when we went but then we were able to sit some of the rides. It was fun and i would never ever forget bout my bravery. There was this ride where i was really "OMGOSHH" heheh... That was like my craziest ride ever! It was called Maximum. It works like a pendulum like going forward and backward. Then the higher it swings, it reaches its maximum which is the 360 degrees round. Imagine how terrified i was man!!. I was the only girl that sat. Together with 3 other guys. I screamed my lungs out and shut my eyes throughtout the whole ride. omgoshh...I still can't believe that i actually sat that..

Rides...

MaximuMMMmmmm....getting ready

The spinning ride.

This is my fav ride!! you just go round round while singing "My dream is to fly...so high"



Nice pic!!

Next stop was the Rose Garden. It was like so nice. A garden full of roses!! It's like bed of roses everywhere. However, we passed by a mini beach with many people sun-tanning. I guess it's both girls' and guys' fav..hehehe

Bring out the Bikini-es!!! and sunscreen


Ooo lala...

Ally with ROSES!!!

Welcome to our house!!..hehehe



Here are the 3 princesses




Such big and beautiful rose!!

It was like evening already and we pretty much covered Geneva. So i decided to head back home while they carried on in Geneva. I really had so much fun here in Geneva. I really enjoyed myself and i do hope you guys could experience it too..

We say BYE!!!

Bye guys!!! more updates soon!!..

~~ally.b~~