Italy Trip : Rome and Vatican City

Inside out Colosseum

29 to 30 May 2012

Rome wasn't built in a day

Yes, its true. In this crazy life and time, sometime patience is the answer.

Day one:

Arrived Rome airport around 2 pm after a looong flight. Good weather - hot and cold :) Feeling a bit like soggy spagetti but time is not at our end. Taking bus since its cheaper (€4) to the city centre. Almost one hour ride. Hotel was only a walking distance from Termini station. Nasib baik. Check in and then heading back to the train station. Day time is longer which is good - sunrise at 5.30 am sunset at 9pm.

Take Metro towards Colosseo to see Colosseum from the outside, walk walk and walk towards Fontana di Trevi (make a wish and throw coin) and then walk again towards Trinita dei Monti (Spanish Step). Walk again and take metro back to Termini station at Barberini station. Eat pizza and sleeep.

Vatican Museum

Day two:

Take Metro to Ottaviano For Vatican City - the smallest country in the world - long q but free unless u want to have a seat and meet the pope,  walk to Vatican Museum €15 (the side effect - your neck may be a bit tired), post a postcard and heading to the train station at Lepanto. Exchange at Termini heading to Colosseo. Entrance fee (which quite looong) - €15 which entitles you for colosseum, foro-palatino and forum palatine.

Gila penat. Kaki sudah auto pilot. Terasa sakit. Baru 2 malam. Perjalanan mash jauh. Bought sim card @ termini station from Wind @ €20 for unlimited data package (€6 sim card, €5 calls and €5 for data). Metro cost flat €1.5 one way).

Now heading to Pisa :-)  Ciao

Location : 57128 Leghorn,

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When in Rome

This is it. The moment I have been waited for. Bersyukur kerana dapat merealisasikan impian. Gonna spoil myself with lots of pasta pizza and coffee like Julia Robert :-)

Journey will be started from KLIA - Dubai - Rome - Vatican City - Pisa - Florence - Venice - Verona - Milan - Zurich - Luzern - Zurich - Dubai - KLIA

Gonna be a long journey. Pray for safe flight. See you in 17 hours or so Rome :)

Location : Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (klia) (KUL), Jalan Cta 1a, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, 64000 Klia, Selangor,

Home :)

@ Fox Glacier

Killing my time at the airport and trying to reflect back the journey.

Syukur everything went well. No major surprises, just small unpleasant stuff that we managed to handled.

I was like doing multi tasking task from co-pilot (which was bad since i do not know how to read map) to dj, chef, information counter everything lah except being a driver.. haha.. not an easy task :p

Having a bad cough now with running nose. Kesianlah siapa yg akan duduk next to me in the plane nanti.

Have been travelling around tapi terlupa about the 100ml regulation :( There's goes my Manuka honey. Lucky dah belasah byk juga for my throat. Oh well. Nasib baik my super expensive cough syrup lepas. Itu pun lepas buat muka kesian habis.

Make a move now. Home sweet Home. Thanks NZ. It has been a good trip.

Location : Christchurch International Airport (CHC), 634 Memorial Ave, Christchurch Airport, Christchurch 8053,

Kembali ke New Zealand

@ Milford Sound

One of the reasons i have to come back to NZ and complete my previous trip is because of Milford Sound. Being there, I'm speechless.

Two more nights and i'm back home.

Location : 28-34 Rangitata-Orari Bridge Hwy, Geraldine 7930,

Endless Work in Progress

carry me home

I think i'm in the situation whereby the work in progress is endless. I do not know when is the deadline or cutt-off time. Hmm... but time and money are not at our end.  

Teringat kisah masa baru-baru beli rumah. Memanglah excited. Mahu segala yang hebat. But I knew I need to work around my budget and timeframe. So, tidak mengapa tidak berupaya me-renovate rumah segala. Yang penting on schedule dan within the budget. Saya Happy.

Begitu juga kerja harian. Setiap tahun punya closing date. Semua adjustment mesti dibuat sebelum tahun berakhir. Bila sudah di audit dan ditutup, agak sukar untuk di ubah.

Dalam relationship, saya juga akan mencuba, tetapi jika tidak boleh diteruskan makanya juga ada cut-off time. Cut-off time untuk mencuba dan memperbaiki. Jika tidak boleh, lebih baik pilih haluan masing-masing, sebelum menjadi bertambah sour.

Apa pun - Be a Survivor not a Victim :)

Charging my Hope

So many things  had happened and I miss blogging. I have been spending most of my time at the office. How cool is that kan :p  Not a day of leave taken this month and most all of my weekends I spent it for work. Such dedication, such passion, such... zzZzZz...

I need to jot down few things that had happened this month as a note to myself.

1. My so called mentor passed away. He has been sick for quite some times. I'm glad our path crossed and I'm honoured knowing someone like you. A great leader with a beautiful heart. Always giving, always sharing. Thank you sir. You have shown me that no act of kindness is ever wasted. Al-Fatehah.

2. One of my bff in trouble. Not her fault but as a family, you need to handle the shit. I think about it so hard as what she had requested is not an easy thing to be done. Make a risky decision and decided to lend her my hand. I just cant let her down and do nothing, if something bad happen to her and the family, I'm sure I will regret it. I understand the risk and I knew this is my best effort therefore the end result - saya redha. Saya mahu jadi kawan semasa susah.

3. Another bff in a difficult situation. Her baby sick, coma for more than three weeks now. Visiting her in the hospital, my heart bleed. I respect her - for being strong and not giving up hope. Always there for her baby. and keep on trying. There was a moment that I felt like I wanted to cry, but I did not. She told me that the only best friend she has now is her baby. I understand her completely.

4. Charity oh Charity. Don't be a giver when you are in doubt. Be a giver when you know everything will be a complete free of charge. No expectation, no terms and conditions and zero return. With super duper heavy heart, I visited their home of love. I requested them to return back. Without hesitation, without excuses, they have agreed - even though they do not have any clue how to make it happen. I learned my lesson the hard way. Partly it was my mistake too.

5. Ex-officemate passed away. Al - Fatehah.

6. When both of parents are sick, I know its tough. Double it. Hang in there my friend. Be strong. Somehow it reminds me of the old saying “This too shall pass” - Every situation is temporary, good or bad.

7. A feedback from an old friend during an early morning breakfast : I'm heartless. Having so much things on my shoulder turns me into robot. I just want to get things done. Anything in between - doesn't really matters. It's the result that counts.

I'm not Heartless. I just learned to use my Heart Less. - anynomous

Maybe its Black April. Good Night. Sleep well. Tomorrow, we shall say Good Morning to Ms May :)

Home Sweet Home

I really missed the comfort of home. I'm actually here not going anywhere. Not on travelling mode. But I missed home. Rindu untuk melepak di rumah sendiri. Kelakar kan.

Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to - John Ed Pearce

It has been many many weeks of  looong day at work. Be it weekdays or weekend. Bermula dengan year end closing, business plan, investor meeting, VTF dan audit. April akan diteruskan dengan post audit dan tax. Terus-terusan. Terasa comot, terasa lusuh sangat. Kadang-kadang terfikir bila melihat mereka yang datang kerja cantik manis, bersolek muka dan berdandan rambut bagai. Saya tidak punya masa untuk membelek diri. Saya lebih hargai masa untuk tidur. These days dapat tidur lima jam pun kira cukup bagus.

Dalam pada sibuk-sibuk, Alhamdullillah. Dapat juga curi masa spent time utk family wedding dan travel sebentar ke Osaka/Kyoto, Saigon dan Krabi. Dan hari ini dapat juga spent masa di rumah. Lebih baik bersyukur dari complain kan.

Saya seperti berkejar-kejaran dengan masa. Mungkin ia mengajar saya untuk lebih menghargai masa. Esok - sudah pun Isnin. I just need to be calm and carry on.

Welcoming the new add on

Mom and sis in law standing and the rest of the Amar-ian at the front row:)

Flawed + Awesome

= Flawsome

I read this from the edge newspaper

In this day and age, it has become more difficult to hide from your failures. Our world is so filled with real-time, tell-all social media that it's better to admit something is wrong and address it in as authentic and transparent a way as possible.

Trendwatching.com calls this trend 'Flawsome'. Definition:

Consumers don't expect brands to be flawless. In fact, consumers will embrace brands that are FLAWSOME*: brands that are still brilliant despite having flaws; even being flawed (and being open about it) can be awesome. Brands that show some empathy, generosity, humility, flexibility, maturity, humor, and (dare we say it) some character and humanity.

More and more brands are adopting this transparent marketing strategy of - " Hey, i'm not perfect, but I tried really hard".

I should adopt the flawsome philosophy too - Flawed and Fabulous me :)

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Krabi, Thailand

It has been looong day at work for the past few weeks and more to come. It's like non-stop marathon, challenging my endurance and patience. I'm totally worn out. Maybe if I cared less, I wouldn't be so stressed.

“When you’re unhappy, everything else seems a lot better”, - somehow I agree with the statement. Don't you think?

Taking time off to Krabi - Sea, Sand and Sun plus a good massage :)

Location : ถนนนพรัตน์ธารา, Ao Nang, Mueang Krabi, Krabi 81000,
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