.::. Shock, Surprise and Smiles =) .::.

Not every romance needs to be this life-changing event that ends in divorce court or being buried in matching grave sites right next to each other with some funny saying on the tombstone. Sometimes you can just learn a few lessons from a nice person who treated you well and made the summer fly by. And even if the love doesn’t end up being soul-shattering, you likely will take something from it for the rest of your life. It’s quite lovely to be able to look back on a relationship with someone who, though certainly not the love of your life, made you feel wonderful and for whom you wish only the best. How lucky we really are to have a nice summer under the stars to look back on, when everything lay before us and we knew that, if only for a month or so, we were with someone who loved us.

-Thought Catalog

*ATTENTION : This post contains images that may be disturbing. Viewers discretion advised. Oh, and this post contains LOTS of pictures, grab some chips before continuing.

Again. Another long absence from my blogging world. hahaha It’s time. I’m in blogging mood. Really unsure why this sudden mood came. Oh ok, ignore that. Let’s proceed to what has been happening up, side, down, below, behind, under, north, south, east, west me. Since my last update, I have :

#1. Moved to a new place (1^st September 2008)

Pont de Jacques Gabriel (Jacques Gabriel's Bridge)

After a 3-month-stay in Royan for my language course, I moved to another place called “Blois”, I have never heard of it or have any idea about the existence of this place before I opened Google Map and looked up for it. It’s a small town of almost 50 000 habitants, situated just 2 hours by train from Paris. (Oh yeah~). I’m doing a 1-yr foundation in Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT) Blois.

View from IUT Blois

My bed!

When autumn comes..

#2. Been travelling around

Bordeaux, France

Save the cheerleader, save the world!

La Rochelle, France

Interesting..

Paris, France

Eiffel Tower

Notre Dame de Paris

Sacred Heart Cathedral

Arc of Triumph

Vatican City

Rome, Italy

Fountain of Trevi

Inside Pantheon

Colosseum

Italians have their own way to simplify their lives.

An 11-hour delay was not pleasant AT ALL!

Orleans, France

Dublin, Ireland

World's Tallest Sculpture of 120 metres : The Spire

Glasgow, Scotland

London, England

Guard at Buckingham Palace.

World's Most Photographed Clock: The Big Ben

The separation between today and tomorrow : The Greenwich Line

Arsenal

Meet Chealsea's new manager.

#3. Received a visit from bro.

Since my brother had been wanting to go to France so much, he decided to come and to spend one of his week-end in France. Then, I bring lah him jalan2 to Paris .

From top of Eiffel. South view.

From top of Eiffel. North view.

Musee du Louvre

Opera House

#4. Experienced skiing!

Watching ski on TV is never the same as when you try it yourself. Skiing is AWESOME! A week on the Alps was just insufficient @ nda puas eh!!

Posing maut atas gunung.

Posing ikan masin.

Here are some of the excitements captured! :

#5. Bought new gear.

Got myself a brand-new Ibanez AEG10. Finally, I can continue what have been my passion: Music

Ibanez AEG10

I adore this strap! :)

#6. Been fascinated by cubes.

I first saw my friend Jo who posted a video of him solving a Rubik’s cube on Youtube. Since I had nothing much to do, I just simply bought 1 Rubik’s cube(3x3x3), learned the basics from Dan Brown (not Da Vinci’s writer though,hahhaha). Time passes by..my solving time started to decrease from 3 days to 1 min. However, with the basic skills, it’s difficult to average under 1 min (nda puas hati!). I decided to learned the advanced technique then : Fridrich’s Methode. Finally, it has successfully cut down my average to 40s. Still improving till now. Ultimate aim is sub-20 average. I picked up 2x2x2 and 4x4x4 too. I like 2x2x2 the most because it's easy and fast to solve.Up till now, here are my personal best:

2x2x2

Single : 2.92s (Super fluke!! was blurred for a while before i realised it was already solved)
Average: 8-11s
Best average of 5 : 6.11s

3x3x3
Single 20.60s (Again a lot of flukes, easy algo during F2L)
Average : 35-45s

4x4x4 (I don't really speedsolve this, still working on with 2x2x2 and 3x3x3)
Best single : 04:56.92

Avg : 6-8++