The three day trip to Paris was planned like ages ago. The children were extra excited and on the 11th March 2008 we boarded Ryanair to Paris. We reached Beauvais small petite airport and headed towards Hertz for our Zafira. Using Michelin route planner, we drove to Davy Crockett's Ranch but did not get there in an hour as predicted by Michelin. WE GOT THERE AFTER 4 HOURS!! Lesson learnt: "jangan ingat negara orang macam negara sendiri!!"

Well, at least the ranch was marvellous! Ed said that he could build me a cabin back in Malaysia like this one on the ranch. Yeah...but really, the cabin with two bedrooms was simply georgeous!!Clean, spacious.. and after we cleansed /samak all the kitchen utensils..we were ready to roll.

The first day was cloudy so we decided not to go to the Disneypark just yet.Instead I took the children for swimming at the pool house at Davy Crockett's Ranch. It has an indoor pool with jacuzzi etc. The children had a nice time and since they had to be accompanied by an adult, Ed did not bring his trunks, as usual... the mother has to save the world-I had to change into my skimpy swimming suit and dive into the water. After that the children got tired and dozed off in the car as we went to pick up a Malaysian student, Hakim (he's an Aerospace Engineering post grad) who showed us around town: Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame.

The second day came and off we went to Disneyland Park. We were busy snapping pictures, posing and snapping pictures again..went on the rides...ate pop corns, had fish burgers, bought souvenirs, snapped more pictures and before anyone knew, it was already time to go back.730 am to 7.30 pm just flew!! But have to say this - the pictures cannot really capture the happiness I witnessed on my childrens' faces: priceless!!

The third day was just for visiting the farm. The children did not go on pony rides. We lingered around the farm, looking at the horses, rabbits, ponies and three hours before our flight, we drove to the Beauvais Airport.

We reached Dublin safetly at around 3pm and at 8 pm we were already unpacking our luggages at Balleybofey home.

More trips to Disneyland please!!

JUST WANT TO SHOW OFF FLOWERS IN MY KITCHEN..

The city of sin...
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...

Not impressive at all to a person who's travelling for the first time into the United States!! I was asked numerously by people including the airport security guards to confirm of my travelling alone to Vegas. Is that so difficult to believe? I am ALONE, not that I don't want to drag my husband and children along but I obviously cannot afford it.

VEGAS is definitely a "happening" spot, hey the casinos are open 24/7!! And what a bright place the Strip is with so many unique hotels from the Flamingo Hotel (where the conference is), the Imperial Palace (where I stayed), the Bellagio, the Venetian and the list goes on..

My hunt for Correlle/Corning/Pyrex was a disaster..not because they are unavailable but because time just flew, and suddenly I found myself on the Continental Airplane back to Dublin. The universal adapter did not work, I couldn't charge the batteries for either the phone or the camera..so feast on the pictures I snapped with whatever's available!!

INTAN OR KNOWN AS NURIN AT HOME IS SEVEN TODAY.

check out these pictures of ALHAMBRA

Went for a 4 day conference at Granada, Spain. Ed joined me for the last two days. The Alhambra is superb (I am sure everyone will agree from the pictures) although there is a sad twist to the history of it.

SINCE IT IS SNOWING AGAIN, 2 FEBRUARY 2008, I DECIDED TO UPLOAD LOADS OF PICTURES TODAY FOR REMEMBERANCE!! IT LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL, PEACEFUL AND SERENE WHEN THE FLAKES WERE DROPPING DOWN FROM UP THERE..THE IRONY IS I CAN'T HELP THINKING ABT HOW MUCH I MISS MALAYSIA..THE CHILDREN WERE THRILLED, HAD A NICE TIME PLAYING IN THE SNOW, BUT WE HATED THE SLIPPERY GROUND ONCE IT MELTED!![i]

GETAWAY WITH HUB TO MADRID FOR A NITE, TIRING BUT GLAD TO B THERE!!

Dah lama nak upload these pictures to be shared by all.Masa ni, my hubby tengah fishing (tak dapat ikan pun!!) and since I was bored, and ada camera, I pun snapped le beberapa gambars of these wild raspberry. I think these pictures are great since they have fantastic colour combination. So enjoy the photos...

If you ask me what is one significant difference I made staying abroad, the answer is definitely: I AM A BETTER COOK!! Sounds funny right but it is true. Being in Dublin with the family , I prepare food for numerous reasons. One of course to feed the family. Secondly for income, mind you, not extra income but really, to support me financially here!! There is no benefit of telling explicitly abt the financial constraints here, but one positive thing which came out from this situation is, like I have said...makes me a better cook. So here are some pictures of the food that I make, which I never thought I would...food that I learned to make at the age of almost 40!!