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ManUtd vs Chelsea – Photo Session

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As I had promised earlier, here are the hot photos captured pre and post match. To be fair and square, I posted both The Reds and The Blues all together. So, here is the story why in a sudden I was one among the thousand millions fans over there.

While I was discussing with my groupmate about the MCQ exam which was scheduled on the next day, my housemates called me to get prepared to leave for the stadium. Our aim was only for the sightseeing and nothing more. We planned whether to watch the match from the big screen over there or going to the center and watch it with other fans whose could not get any tickets or just from TV at home. Later, when we reached the stadium compound, the boys were approached by so-called ‘ulat’ who sold black tickets. They managed to get each of them one with a bit higher price. Then, Paan (credit to Paan for all the photos) and Fatt (both are big ManUtd fans) started to consider to buy too. Next, came Daus and Aidi proudly telling us that they have got themselves tickets at the Chelsea fan area. Anyway, they both are Chelsea supporters. Diba and Emy got influenced by them and excited to get themselves tickets too. Who else left? Only me and Pena. Considering that we might not have any other chance in our life to watch it live in the stadium (Just imagine if we were in Malaysia, have to pay for flights, accommodation and all, aduh… Entah bila lagilah dapat tengok kan), plus, everybody has got tickets from the ‘ulat’ and only we both who did not have any yet, we asked Paan to help us looking for ‘ulat’ too. In just seconds, we found 2 guys looking for costumers. We did not have to negotiate long for the price since the given price was just nice for us. We were lucky ok!

Then we moved inside the stadium compound. We headed to the ManUtd Fan Zone where games, entertainment and merchandised stall were opened for all MUFC. It was very happening over there. Everything. From the people which surely could see more English people than the locals, the surrounding, the music, and the banner. Perfecto! Never experienced such condition in Moscow before this (Eheh. I hardly join the crowd. I hate crowd by the way). I didn’t put on any red-yellow MU stripes on my cheeks since I didn’t have wudhu’ for Maghrib yet at the moment. Plus, I love my skin even more. Just afraid of the chemicals might cause me harm. Huhu~

I called my brother to inform him that “Nan.. I’m here! In the stadium!”. My brother refused to believe. “No, you’re not”. I said “Yes I am!”. He said “No way. Aaahh!” Huhu. He was struggling with books and notes for his final paper for his final exam in his final year. He’s a Chelsea fan anyway. But then he said “Alah… Dapat agak Chelsea macam kalah je malam ni. There’s no use to get jealous over this thing.” Hehe. He’s in denial mode.

In the stadium, my seat was at the corner side. I could see the whole stadium clearly from there. For your information, this is my first time ever watching a football game live from stadium. Alhamdulillah me and Pena have gotten seats next to each other while Fatt was a bit separated from us. Next to me was a Russian lady as well as in front of me. Behind me was also an English woman who came to accompany her husband. And few seats away from me, there were one granny and her daughter-in-law who came with their family for the match. So, I could say that I sat with quite a number of women around. So, there was no such thing like misbehave part. When Ronaldo scored the first goal, we hugged each other and obviously those around me were the XX chromosome belongers!

During the penalty, I went down at the box next to the exit to get a clearer view. Everyone was standing on the seats at that time, so I could see nothing ok! (Aishh… Tu la… Pendek sangat kan). When ManUtd officially won the game, everybody was hooraying, cheering, singing, crying and hugging each other. Ok. I think, photos are always better in doing the talking part. Click for larger image.

Eh, forgot to mention. I’m not a fan of Christiano Ronaldo tau. That’s why I didn’t know the ‘Viva Ronaldo’ song. I’m a fan of Ryan Giggs since 1996! Unfortunately they didn’t sing even once the ‘We love you Giggs’ song. After all, I didn’t memorize the whole verse. Hehe. Glory Glory ManUtd!

The Reds


The Blues

Posted on May 24th, 2008 by Sarah  |  23 Comments »

Kahwin!

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Entri gambar bola nantilah dulu. Saya belum kumpulkan semua. Jadi tiada perasaan lagi hendak muatnaikkan apa yang ada ni. Jadi saya nak cerita pasal hendak kahwin! Ha. Ni bukan tajuk menggelikan macam hari tu. Yang hari itu di bawah kupasan teori. Kali ini di bawah kategori cerita.

Bukan saya yang hendak kahwin tetapi sahabat baik saya sejak darjah 1 sehinggalah sekarang. Mahfuuzah Suhaimi namanya. Sudah 16 tahun berkawan dengannya. Majlisnya Ahad ini. Siapalah yang sangka, dulu dialah antara orang yang selalu katakan tidak akan berkahwin selagi belum cecah 25. Sekarang ni, umurnya baru 23 sudahpun bertemu jodoh, dengan orang Teluk Intan.

Membesar dari kecil sehinggalah besar bersama-sama membuatkan saya mengenalinya luar dan dalam. Ayah dan arwah emaknya juga merupakan kawan kepada emak ayah saya. Begitu juga adik beradiknya yang lain. Pendek cerita, keluarga kami berkawan rapat. Kalau balik bercuti, tidak sah jika saya tidak ke rumahnya dan begitu juga dia. Dia juga akan ke rumah saya. Cuti yang lepas, saya ke rumahnya berbaju kurung putih. Dia melawak mengatakan macam saya hendak bertunang saja gayanya. Saya membalas, silap haribulanlah kalau saya bertunang. Entah-entah, tak lama lagi dia yang hendak bertunang. Masin mulut, memang betul dia bertunang tidak lama selepas itu.

Mahfuuzah ini seorang yang sangat lemah lembut. Dia merupakan anak sulung daripada 9 beradik. Emak ayahnya cikgu. Dipendekkan cerita, sepanjang mengenalinya, dia memang seorang kakak yang bertanggung jawab. Dia akan selalu memikirkan adik-adiknya lebih daripada dirinya sendiri. Sewaktu arwah emaknya meninggal pada tahun 2004 lalu, dia sanggup menangguhkan setahun pembelajarannya kerana memikirkan adiknya yang bongsu yang tidak mahukan orang lain. Saya sangat menghormati dan mengagumi sahabat saya ini. Emaknya meninggal kerana meningitis (jangkitan kuman di otak). Sewaktu saya, emak dan ayah menziarahi keluarganya di Hospital Kuantan ketika kami mendapat tahu arwah emaknya sedang dalam keadaan kritikal, Mahfuuzah menarik saya keluar dari wad dan dia menangis. Sedangkan di hadapan ahli keluarganya yang lain, dia nampak sangat tenang dan tabah. Dia menangis semahunya pada saya. Inilah dia sahabat saya. Dia pendiam tapi penuh dengan ciri-ciri yang semua idamkan.

Untuk majlisnya Ahad ini, kakak saya akan menjadi pengapitnya. Aishh… Kalaulah saya ada di sana, mestilah saya yang akan jadi pengapitnya, kan. Huhu.

Buat Mahfuuzah dan Firdaus, Selamat Pengantin Baru. Semoga kalian di dalam redha Allah selalu =)

Saya punya 2 orang lagi sahabat baik. Nurul Faaiqah yang selalu saya sebut-sebutkan yang telah saya kenali hampir 8 tahun dan Nadia Hamimah yang telah saya kenali hampir 6 tahun. Mereka berdua pun akan berkahwin pada bulan 7 dan 8 ini. Nampaknya berseoranganlah saya selepas ini. Uwaa~

Bila saya nak kahwin pula ni? Huhu~ Ah, sudah. Berangan pula. Lambat sangat lagi. Titik bulat besar.

Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by Sarah  |  22 Comments »

Glory Glory Manchester United!!!

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Haha. Tak payah cerita banyak dah. ManUtd dah menang dengan rasminya. Nanti saya update-kan gambar terkini yang hot-hot semuanya. Sebab apa hot? Sebab saya menyaksikan UEFA FINAL’08 di Stadium Luzhniki secara live!!! Bukan luar stadium tau. Tapi dalam stadium bersama puluhan ribu penyokong yang lain. Hahaha. Cerita penuhnya nanti. Gambar juga nanti. So, stay tune~ =) Doakan Therapy MCQ exam saya hari ini. Huhuhu~

Tema My World untuk hari ini adalah MERAH kerana motonya ‘My blood is RED and will forever be RED‘. Hahaha.

Update on 22/5/2008 (10.40 pm) – Gambar saya tak dapat kumpulkan semua lagi. Nantilah dah dapat semua baru saya upload.

Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by Sarah  |  27 Comments »

UEFA Final’08 – Champions Festival

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Semalam dengan hanya perancangan yang mengejut, kami serumah keluar selepas Zohor menuju ke Pusat Bandar (selepas ini baca sebagai Center) di dataran Red Square. Tujuannya adalah untuk menyaksikan UEFA Final’08 Champions Festival. Sampai saja di dataran luar, yang dapat kami saksikan hanyalah lautan manusia. Ramai sungguh! Oh ye. Dalam sesak-sesak itu, sempat pula saya bertemu dua pupu saya, Lisa (Ayah, semalam ayah sebut pasal Makcik Bahiyah, lepas tu terus Ngah jumpa Lisa di Center). Dipendekkan cerita, festival ini adalah bagi meraikan kedatangan warga dunia ke Moscow. Sangat meriah di sana. Dapat tengok piala yang digilai ramai lagi tu. Tapi orang yang berbaris untuk masuk ke bilik trofi itu sangatlahhhhhhhh panjang.

Di samping itu ada juga perlawanan futsal, booth Manchester United yang sememangnya sesak padat dan begitu juga booth Chelsea yang serba biru putih. Ada show room untuk tayangan video sejarah UEFA yang memang sangat mengujakan. Saya ada videonya. Nantilah saya muatnaikkan. Ini sekadar entri ringkas. Saya tak ada masa sangat ni. Dan yang paling sesak adalah gerai rasmi yang menjual t-shirt dan barang-barang lain sempena final kali ini. Sangat sesak. Tergelam saya dicelah-celah orang. Huhu.

Selepas beredar dari tapak festival (3 jam lebih kami di sana, kononnya nak pergi kejap saja!), kami menuju ke kawasan Kremlin. Tulip sedang subur tapi disebabkan cuaca panas, agak layu sikit pada hari semalam. Memang cantik. Kebetulan Hatim menyertai kami serumah. Dengan 7 orang ini, memang meriah sungguh semalam. Sekerat jalan, saya sudah kepenatan dan hanya duduk di bawah pokok berehat-rehat. Merasalah saya menjadi model kepada seorang pelawat dari Itali semalam. Haha. Rasa nak mintak je gambar dari mamat tu. Dah penat melayankan mereka semua yang tak habis-habis bergambar sana-sini, kami kemudiannya membuat kata putus untuk makan di luar saja. Kalau tak, balik nanti perlu masak lagi. Nak study lagi. Jadi kami menuju ke Sbarro kerana saya mempunyai kad ahli. Penuh!!! Malangnya nasib. Terpaksalah cari restauran yang jauh. Kami menuju ke Pizzaressimo. Sampai di sana tutup pula kerana sedang dibaik pulih! Penat sangat dari Center nak ke Mayakovskaya itu tau. Sudahnya, kami berjalan kaki ke Planet Sushi di seberang jalan. Sekali lagi, penuh juga! Ah. Sudahnya kami semua ke Patio. Penuhlah perut dengan pasta dan pizza saja untuk hari semalam. Keluar pukul 2 lebih. Sampai rumah dah pukul 8. Ok. Ini saja dulu. Tengok gambar sajalah kali ini. Klik gambar untuk imej yang besar.

Acai, gambar saya pegang telefon tu sebab tengah seronok mencemburukan awak dengan keberadaan saya di festival tu lah. Hahahaha~ Silalah cemburu lagi dan lagi dan lagi =)




Nota: Maaf. Ada beberapa keping gambar telah dibuang =)

Posted on May 19th, 2008 by Sarah  |  64 Comments »

My Back Up Plans

Assalamualaikum wbt

During Epidemiology lecture in Prophylactic Department yesterday, there were only 5 of my groupmates attended the lecture. And I was the only girl among those guys. The rest of them were students from the other groups. The story was, during the break, they were chatting about some plans that they wish they could do. I overheard it and was wondering what kind of plans they wanted to fulfill.

Later on they told me that it was about their back up plan if only they can’t manage to complete their study successfully. I just couldn’t resist to laugh listening to their plans. 1 thing that I had enough to laugh on was to become a steward but surely not in Malaysia. Instead, to work with an international airline service. Clear enough. This can help him to avoid meeting people in Malaysia who will keep asking where on earth he has been working as a doctor. God forbid, I don’t want it to happen too but at least they are a step ahead of me to have prepared for the worst. So, when the second part of the lecture continued, I daydreamed at my seat and it turned out that my friend who sat next to me laughed at me after looking through my list.

1) To fit in as Mak Andak’s nanny in Alexanderia, Egypt. If then she doesn’t need one anymore, I will proceed

2) To become a full time blogger and run e-money for my earning and surely will use a different nick name. I’m thinking of a name that sound not so me. Kajol Malaya for instance. Hehe. But if that still can make people notice my existence in Malaysia not as a doctor, I will proceed to

3) Live sound and silent in the most rural town in Sabah and run a children care center. If it happens to be my dear friends are sent to work in the nearby hospital and notice me there, I will

4) Marry Annas and live in Syria! Aaaa…. Tak mau! (refer to entries on Monolog Bersama Iman i-finale to recall who Annas is).

I know I don’t want it. So, let’s strive for a better tomorrow. A better than good, insya Allah.

Happy Teacher’s Day to all my teachers, ustaz ustazah, lecturers, doctors and specially dedicated to my mother, my sister and my aunties (Mak Long Raziah and Mak De Aida) and my uncles (Ayah De and Pak Ngah Ajib) who have devoted their days and nights as teachers and lecturers. And to Bro Fisol and Kak Mai, and Cikgu Jawe too. Happy Teacher’s Day.

To Izu in London, here is the latest pic of Fizy. Maybe some of you can still recognize these 3 people who hold our own history in debate around 2001-2002. Hafizy (SMAPK’s 3rd speaker), Hakimi (SERATAS’s 1st speaker) and me (KISAS’s 2nd speaker). We have been groupmates for 5 years here in Moscow!

Hari buat dia:
Assolatu wassalamu ala Rasulillah sayyidil anbiyai wal mursalin wa ala aalihi wa ashabihi ajma’in.

Posted on May 16th, 2008 by Sarah  |  27 Comments »