Des legumes du jardin....c'est delicieux!!

We visited the garden today and took few pictures of Meenz's mother....actually not only visited but also collected some of the vegetables. We have so many of them and we can't finish them all. This season is also good for them to grow and we spend less money for having our own garden. Hahaha......don't be jealous!!!

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Nous avons visite le jardin auourd'hui et nous avons pris des photos de la maman de Meenz. Actuellement, ce n'etait pas seulement une visite, nous avons aussi cueilli des legumes. Nous en avons beaucoup et croyons que nous ne les finirons jamais. La saison est aussi bonne pour la recolte de ces legumes et nous n'avons pas besoin de depenser plus pour les avoir car nous avons notre propre jardin. Hahaha......ne soyez pas jaloux!!!

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The beauty of Agra.

Last weekend we went to Agra to visit Taj Mahal and other places which are also nice. Even it was only a weekend, we felt that we did a lots of thing in 2 days perhaps because of to visit India isn't easy at all. If you want to test how ZEN you are then try India. You will see!! We went to see Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri. All these places are so beautiful and it was nice if we could sit there and enjoy the view with the ancien monuments around us but there is always people who called themselves as a guide came and disturbed or sometime forced us to do thing that we didn't really want to do. That is only disadvantage of visiting India. Sometime we have to show them that we are angry, so that they can stop but they will try again and again!! We haven't been so rude in our life until we reached here, just to make them understand what is all about. We know that this thing won't stop but at least we prepare for the next voyage.

Agra is synonymous with Emperor Shah Jahan's monument to love, the Taj Mahal, which draws a huge number of tourists from India and the rest of the world. In the mere three generations during which city retained regal favour, it was embellished with the best of the Mughal architectural legacy, crowned by the Taj. Close by is Emperor Akbar's city, Fatehpur Sikri.

From the top : Meenz with her mother at Agra Fort.

Middle : Sunset at Taj Mahal

Bottom : Laurent & Meenz with thousand and thousand of others visiting Taj Mahal.

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HIMACHAL PRADESH

Himachel Pradesh is a land of many splendour: exotic landscapes of mountains, wide verdant valleys, forbidding heights eternally covered in snow and ice, thundering rapids of snow-fed rivers and gently gurgling brooks, ancient temples and historic buildings.....the count is endless.

Kangra Valley. The Kangra Valley lies between the Dhauladhar range and the Shiwalik foothills, spreading northwest from Mandi to Jassur, near Pathankot. Although named after Kangra Town, the largest towns are Dharamsala (1,830 m) and Palampur (1,249 m). The valley is famous for its tea gardens, especially around Palampur, for the Jwalamukhi, Baijnath, Brijeshwari Devi and Chamunda Devi temples, and for the Kangra school of miniature paintings.

Dharamsala is located in the upper reaches of the Kangra Valley, set against the backdrop of the Dhauladhar range. The town is known around the world because it is the home-in-exile of the Dalai lama, Tibet's spiritual head, who lives at McLeodganj (or Upper Dharamsala), popularly known as Little Lhasa. Little Lhasa is enchanting, with its many spinning prayer wheels and fluttering prayer flags spreading the message of peace and universal harmony.

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Do you need a ride.....please choose!!

This is one of the preparation for the winter that we saw on the north of India. It is quite loaded isn't it? We think there is no law for having overloaded lorry. It is quite impressive to see such thing like this and the pictures we took during our way to Dharamsala at Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh itself is so beautiful with the nature and rice fields are everywhere which makes the place look so peaceful compare with Delhi where the traffic is so congested. But our visit to Amritsar and Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh) just for one weekend which was too short and the way was so long to reach these two places. This experience we will never forget as Meenz almost missed her flight back to Kuala Lumpur. But she managed to check-in 10 minutes before the gate closed. Thank god.

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Lost and found....friendship!!!

These are the pictures with our friend Fares Al-Fayad from Lebanon. We have met him three years ago in Abuja and thought that we would never met him again. But this time we met him in Kuala Lumpur while he was working there for three months. That was the reason why we could meet there. Laurent arrived to Kuala Lumpur at 6.30 a.m on 21st Oct and Fares took a flight back to Lebanon at the same day but night time. We felt lucky that we still managed to see each other even though it was short. "To Fares" felt good to see you again and hopefully we will meet again soon and perhaps in Lebanon (in your country).

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Ce sont des photos avec notre ami Fares Al-Fayad du Liban qui a travaille a Abuja trois ans en arriere et nous avons pense que nous ne nous reverrions plus depuis son depart d'Abuja. Et cette fois ci, nous avons eu la chance de pouvoir le revoir a Kuala Lumpur. Il a travaille a Kuala Lumpur pendant trois mois et malheureusement seulement avant son depart au Liban, nous avons pu le revoir pendant nos vacances. Laurent est arrive a 6.30 du matin le 21 Oct et Fares a pris le vol au meme jour au soir. Alors, nous avons passe la journee entiere a nous raconter les conneries que nous avions fait ensemble au Nigeria. ''Pour Fares'' c'etait sympa de pouvoir te revoir encore et nous esperons que nous nous reverrons bientot et peut-etre au Liban (dans ton pays).

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INDIAN BOOMING!!!!!

Well, it isn't easy to be back to India. Feel like, I've been away for a decade and it is so hard to come back here again. I don't even know why I have this feeling!!! But anyway, this is a reality and I have to get use to it. The apartment is full with the cartons and I don't know from where I should start.......hahaha!! So many thing has to be done. Well, that's it and the vacation is over!! Huhuhuhu!!!!

This time, i came back with my mother. The 1st impression for her was "horrible" to see the children sleeping along the road without any cloth while it is quite cold during the night. The people heard so much about the INDIAN BOOMING and thought that everything might change with the way of life and my mother was one of them. But when they reached here, what they found is only a disapoinment. Some of them are crying and don't know what to do and some of them just waiting for the next transfer. But for us, we just don't want to think so much about what is happening around us just because we don't want to spoil our stay in India. We think that it is the best thing to do. But we do hope that my mother will enjoy her stay here in INDIA.

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This is part II.....

Like a fashion show......

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Celebrating Idul Fitr....(Part I)

Time to go back to Kampung (village) during the festive season....it is fun. But for us who are coming from Sarawak we didn't go back there. As our dear father was buried in Ipoh, Perak, we decided to go to Ipoh.

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The Golden Temple

The weekend we spent to visit the Golden temple before we left to Malaysia for our vacations. It was saturday when we were there and there was so many people came to pray. It was a beautiful place to see. But to reach this place is another story. From New Delhi to Amritsar is about 460 kms but it took us 10 hours drive with 1 hour break to reach there and we visited the temple only the next day. It was really tiring!! The way they drive in India is really something that we can't compare....not even to the Nigerian's way.

Saturday, we went to visit the famous temple and right after that we drove all the way to the Darmshala at Himachel Predesh. The mountain road was too long for us who just wanted to spend one weekend somewhere else then Delhi. Himachel Pradesh is situated on the north of India and quite on the feet of the Himalaya. The weather is also fresh but there is always the smell of the animal disposal. There is a rice field almost everyway in Himachel Pradesh and it makes the enviroment looks so peaceful and also its remind us to the countryside life in Malaysia. In Darmshala, we stayed at the Tibetien Martial Art and Shoalin Centre.....quite clean. But unfortunately we had to leave early in the morning (about 5.00 a.m) because Meenz had to take a flight back to Kuala Lumpur at the same day. Well the way back was much longer then we accepted because the traffic jam was terrible and more in the city side where the people were so selfish and unpatient. We finally arrived at home about 9.00 p.m.....that was because Laurent managed to drive like he played in the playstation. Even the driver said that he was like a crazy man. We were just like less then 5 minutes at home just to collect the passport and the luggage then left to the airport. We reached at the airport 10 minutes before the check-in counter closed. We made it.....what an adventure, but hopefully it will be the last time. Sometime men need to listen to the women instinct too. We will never forget!

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