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I have almost forgotten all about the Jogja finale I promised weeks ago. My apologies and here we go.. On the final day of my guided travel to Jogja, we started with a visit to Kraton, the Sultan of Jogja's palace. Apparently he is the current governor of Jogja. I am not a big fan of museum. In fact I find museums to be really boring. Learned a bit of Jogja's governance but I would say you can

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So I joined the 30s club today. Wasn't expecting much and the day started pretty blurry. It must be the good aura surrounding me that turned the entire day upside down - in a good way. No camera flashes or expensive dining this time. It was just me and people I love to be with. I don't know how tomorrow will turn out to be. But I know, I will cherish this day. Thank you.

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After spending considerable time at Borobodur, we continued the journey to Ketep Pass. On our way, we stopped by Candi Mendut, a 9th century Buddhist temple which is still being used for prayers. We were told that on Vesak Day, there will be a pilgrim from Borobodur to Mendut. Both were built around the same time and there is another temple, Pawon which we didn't get to visit. Candi Mendut.

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Will be hitting 30 in a week time. Got a lot of thinking to do. Some decisions to make. Hmm.. 7 more days.

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Day 2 saw us waking up before 3am and reaching our destination at 4.30am. It was said that Borobodur is best visited during sunrise and we saw it why only after seeing the magnificent sunrise from there. Borobodur built in 9th century is a Buddhist monument and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was abandoned when the Javanese people converted to Islam in 14th century, only to be rediscovered

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 In 2009, I listed 9 questions you should never ask me. A year and a half later, it still doesn't get any better *sigh.. well, what can you say about people.. Here you will find 10 things I hate the most. Some are rather universal statements and some can be personal. If you know me well, perhaps there is no need to even go through the list to know about me ;-) 10. Double park behind my car.

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Prambanan was built around the same time as Sambisari (9th Century) and dedicated to Thirumoorthy - Lord Brahma, Vishnu & Shiva. It was an amazing experience to find three of Them at the same compound. Gave me goosebumps at times. It was unfortunate that the temple was damaged in 2006 earthquake. Currentlu restoration is under progress and Shiva temple is closed to public.Nevertheless, a World

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"Porn a major reason behind baby dumping" - It's one of the most idiotic statements I have heard in recent time. In a country where (supposedly) sex education not taught to the students due to 'cultural and religious' factors, how else you expect teens to seek 'knowledge' on sex if not from porn and peers? We are definitely not a community which talks openly about sex education and the only

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This was a trip planned long time ago, thanks to Air Asia's Zero Fare Promo. We paid about RM190 for return ticket, which was pretty cheap. But one set back of booking ticket 10 months earlier would be drop outs during the trip itself. In the end, only two of us manage to go for the trip. It was inevitable, nevertheless Jamunaa & I had so much fun (and exercise) in Jogja! I will be covering some

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A relatively smaller community of few millions in Malaysia.Countless number of political parties.Highly emotional and sentimental group of people.Especially when it comes to the integrity, dignity and religion.We, the Indians.Each of us has his/her rights to opinion, but it's all in how we say it out. One must know what to say and when to say it. It reflects our character, personality and

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This is an overdue post.  There was a time when vacations are so rare that I can count the number of the places I have been in my life with my fingers. Things are slowly changing now as I'm now coming to my sense (hehehe!) I mean I have realised the importance of vacations - it gives you an opportunity to run away from reality. Promised myself I will make it a point to run away from reality go

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Let me announce one important thing first - I am still a PhD student & have only completed 60% of my tenure. I will only completed my studies early 2012, so please stop asking when I am going to graduate. Kinda sick of hearing it! Having said that, today will mark a beginning of a new chapter. No, I am not getting married (Note: stop speculating on my wedding date as well). It's something

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Not very long ago, I landed myself in a silly misunderstanding with a fellow blogger, caused by a third person Seriously, it wouldn't be the case if some people exercise a certain level of maturity in handling issues. Well.. it's all over and I don't think I will ever clearly understand what's the exact problem anyway!But the irony is, that blogger ended up being good friends with the third

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Life is getting routine. It's all about hospital - campus - gym - home. Yea, I do go out for photoshoots with LOL Gang once a while but there is something missing within me. It's getting way too mechanical for me to enjoy, and I am wondering where all the emotion (good and bad) has gone. It may sound crazy but my last 5 years been kinda exciting with lot of drama attached to it! LOL! I made

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Sometimes we wonder why we never met certain people at an earlier time.Sometimes we regret ever meeting a person in our life.Sometimes we want to live again our past.Sometimes we try to erase certain parts of the past.These are futile thoughts and attempts.We know that of course. Yet, we look for a miracle cure for the pain we are enduring right this moment. I would say the cure is there but we

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Posting couple of photos and describing them is damn easy compared to penning our thoughts in proper words. That's what I have learned recently. If you are (still) a reader of this blog, I'm sure you have noticed the lack of REAL blog posts from me. I was guilty of taking the easy way out by posting photos, and I have to valid argument for that - BUSY ;-).  Feel like wanna write.. hence this

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I rarely take photos in night. Partially because I am plain lazy to go out in night and I don't have much confidence taking night shots with a point & shoot camera. But somehow I was determined to go after seeing quite a number of blogs updated with photos taken in i-City (an otherwise dead place I think :P). It had a good concept, but unfortunately I was not very pleased with the maintenance.

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Its a fact, most of us take Dental Health for granted, especially the younger generation. The fact remains that many people are still not aware of the importance of proper dental care, yes? This is either a result of a lack of awareness on the matter or simply misinformation when it comes to taking care of our teeth... That's why it is so important to organize a public forum, emphasizing the

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Road trips don't happen to me always. It's rather rare for me to sit dreaming in the car while someone drives it at full speed :P. Anyway, it happened last week and was rather a long road trip. Had loads of fun over the weekend. Some photos to sum it up:Our first stop after leaving KL was Ipoh. Had breakfast and energised for the rest of the trip.The Station Hotel, Ipoh. It was freaking hot, but

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Too many people buy things they don't need,with money they don't have,trying to impress people they don't even like.                                                                                     - Unknown I am rather convinced that most of the things we do are to impress others, and these can be people we don't like at all. It can be your neighbours, classmates, siblings, ex, the guy

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Being down with (stupid) flu for couple of days gave me a lot of time to think. Well, more time to think about myself. About the path I have chosen for myself. About the people I met along the way. About how I have now turned into.When you just pause for a moment and let your mind wander back to the rosy and thorny path you came this far, you tend to shudder at all the impossible that you have

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I was siting inside my car, with the rain washing away the dirt on my car.. besides filling up my emptiness. New Moon seems to be taking my attention away from the surrounding and pain. But only until I came to this para: "How could I explain so that he would understand? I was an empty shell. Like a vacant house - condemned - for months I'd been utterly uninhabitable....." ~ New Moon, page 216

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12 Feb - 16 Feb.It was a break I was looking for. No, not to escape from work but to clear up all the pending work. And guess what?? I did clear it up!!! :-)Okay, a break is not a break if we don't take a break! So, took 2 hours off (yea, only 2 hours) and went to Bukit Jalil Park for a photoshoot with my cousin sisters. It was the same park we had the saree photoshoot last year. It was so damn

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It wasn't easy to forgetbut it was easy to forgiveIt wasn't easy to move onbut it was easy to blend inIt wasn't easy to hatebut it was easy to embraceIt wasn't easy to bury the thoughtsbut it was rather easy to acknowledge themIt wasn't easy to stay awaybut now... it feels rather easy for me to just come back!!..with a new look, of course!!

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Announcement: I'm taking an unscheduled break from blogs. Work is overwhelming and my spirit is bugged down a little. It's mind-cleansing time! Mom bought this from a hypermarket today. Notice anything weird? Yup! The weight & price! And no one (including cashier) notice it till we get back home. LOL!

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