Its been a long time since i had last had movie review on my blog! Wel, went to watch this today, and i do like this movie, mainly because of the diving, treasure hunt theme, and of cos the crew, Kate Hudson & Matthew McConaughey. ;)

It reminds me hw much i missed being @ the beach, @ the sea, with my bikini, suntanning.
And it also reminds me of my scuba diving experience, which i totally had a fantastic, unforgettable time.. which i really missed it too!!

But im glad that at least today, we did get a little bit of sun during the day, and i was really lucky that i was home by afternoon, that i can put on my shorts, and sit by the balcony, tryin to get as much sun as possible.. im really in need of tat!! !!

Being back in dublin for the past 4mths+, with the winter, and super cold spring, havin to wear all the layers of clothes to keep myself warm, i am also gettin fairer n fairer.. definitely not bcos i want to be 'compatible' wif chris.. and furthermore, i wont spend the money on the sunbeds as well, waste of money & increasing the risk of skin cancer.. wel, its not as though that i wont get skin cancer by suntanning.. but what i really want or need is to feel the warmth of the sunshine, that makes me feeling alive, recharged & of cos, happy. ;)

Life & Death is inevitable, everyone of us know that, especially for me, when i have seen so many of it happened in front of my eyes.. and although i have tried hard not to be emotionally effected by it like i used to be, but this time round, it is different.. because, this time, it is not any of my patients who had passed away.. but she's a friend, a colleague, a very very sweet, soft spoken lady.. who had (has) a bright, promising & loving future ahead of her, but everything is gone now..

Still cant believe that this is all true... that she & her husband are both in heaven now.. newly married for 3mths.. knowing each other & had gone through hardships & had maintained their long distance relationship for more than 1yr & finally tied the knot early this yr... out of the sudden, he fell sick with chicken pox & developed complications & then multi-organ failure.. and passed away on sun, the next day when she arrived to the hospital in Dubai.. all within a week.. he expired on last sunday morning.. and she.. died exactly 1week after that..

That sets me or prob everyone of us thinking.. and prob hoping.. that both of them are at least together now.. in heaven.. in their world..

I have heard and seen these kind of cases before.. in old couples.. like one passed away & the other gone as well, after the death of their very loved one.. could it be when one is emotionally, physically totally drained.. totally gone.. n when one's heart is dead.. there's nothing left in the soul.. in the body to continue one's life.. and everything just shut down..

& now. i have another thing to add in my list when i die.. i wanna die in the season of summer...
Not in the winter because its damn too cold. although i love white & snow..
Not in spring.. because i dont personally love flowers..
Not in autumn.. because all the lleaves are falling.. which will also reminds me of death...
Summer.. will be the best season for me to go.. even if not, the best 2nd choice would be winter then.. at least white is my favourite color, and it would go very well with my theme for my funeral..

So.. lesson of the day.....
(look at the title of my blog)...

"Live life to the fullest"

Because no one knows, when its yr time to leave this beautiful place..
although sometimes it can be very ugly too..

Treasure the people in yr life.. treasure what you have in yr hands..
Look around you.. open yr eyes, open yr heart & listen & feel..
the wonder of life.. breathe it in into yr body.. & be grateful that you are still alive..
make a diferrence in yr life, in other's life.. do yr part to make this world a better place to be in..

Finally went to look for this restaurant, Jo Burger, which is recommended by Rebecca months ago.. went there wif Chris, after we get back frm scotland n his plce.. ;) HUGE BURGER!! Definitely worth the money & the whole restaurant is totally cool too! the menu is on a old comic mag, the whole wall of the plce is painted wif cool graffitti like pics.. reali a nice plce!

Seems like we are like restaurant , food critic, who goes round tryin out plces.. which we both reali enjoy together. ;) juz hope i wont get fat wif all these!!

our 1st trip together, after my 1week of night shift, we were off to scotland for abt 3days.
although glasgow is reali kinda small city, it does make me feel im a local already, bcos the whole plce is easily accessible. ;) and furthermore, there's a cineworld in the city as wel, and tat i was havin my unlimited card along, we went for movies, ;) juz felt like we were back in dublin, in a way.. kekkeke

We took the train for abt 1 1/2 hrs to edinburgh, apparently it was the slowest train! cos when we took the train back to glasgow, it was only abt an hour!
both of us like edinburgh more than glasgow.. wel, ther's much more things to do n see in edinburgh, compared to glasgow.. it is a little more touristic.. but hey! We'r tourists!! lol

nevertheless, it was a great trip still, despite that the weather is colder than dublin.. but, spending time wif each other is more impt! ;)

Finally get to meet up wif chris after 2busy weekends of salsa & travel. ;)
We finally get our warm butts out of the house on sat afternoon despite of the on/off raining weather.. typical ireland's weather anyway.. Got on the Dart n went to Howth. ;)
Although it does looks reali blue n great weather in the pic.. it was cold n raining earlier when we juz reached howth. Pics @ the harbour were taken after our fantastic lunch @ Deep 2 Restaurant.




Starter - Mediterarean Soup.
It is really GoooooooooD!!


Seafood platter for 2.
Chris Favourite - the prawns tempura!
My fav - prawn salad
The seafood is so fresh here n so much cheaper too!!
Salmon n calamari r very good too.. Geez.. the whole plate is cool!!


Dessert - Death by Chocolate
Needless to say.. this dessert blows the 2 of us away too..
Im a choc lover, but for chris, who doesnt take too sweet stuffs.. he likes the dessert too.
its not too sweet, n the combination is really perfect!


The whole restaurant has realy nice ambience with a very cool bar & heaters all around the plce. Good Food, with good service from the servers, wat else r we asking for.. we r giving both our thumbs up for this plce! For this lunch, it is even less than 40euros in total! Great Deal!

Have been really busy for the last 2weekends, that i am feeling a little burnt out i guess..
Was @ the dublin salsa congress on teh St Patricks' Wkend, and last wkend, was @ Stockholm wif rebecca & her bro, Enoch.
My very 1st experience of snow, never to tink tat it wil b in stockholm though, but stil, it was a pleasant experience.
It was freezing despite of the layers i had put on myself.. .. wasnt reali expecting tat cold.. ;)
were walking ard the city til our toes were totally feeling tat they're frozen.. that we stopped into shops in betw to let our freezing toes to warm themselves up.. lol

Stockholm.. wel.. im looking forward to go to copenhegan to check out the plce.. cos stockholm, doesnt work it well on me.. mayb its the cold, mab its the buildings are too structured.. i dun reali know.. but wel, at least i have been there n know it doesnt work on me. ;)

So.. 2 weeks of busy schedule.. which also means that i hav not meet up wif chris for that long too.. he has not seen my new haircut in person yet too.. although he had seen it on the webcam..

feeling so tired right now, that my brain is not really functioning properly.. wanted to write other stuffs tat was goin on.. but juz cant tink straight.. gues, i'll hit my bed.. at such early time.. 1030pm... ??!!

it has juz been such a reali crazy week after the nite shifts, that ther were so many thoughts, feelings flashing past through my crazy mind.. tat, it almost reali drives me crazy..
Ther could b only 1 word to describe it.. CRAZY!

nevertheless, it was stil pretty an awesome wkend, although i cant spend the wkend wif chris.. wel, tat is mainly bcos tat i was attending the dublin salsa congress during this st patrick's wkend. So 3full days of salsa workshops during the day & Salsa dance parties @ Nite..

This is the one of the best times too, to dance wif really gd dancers, frm overseas, which of cos i did.. honestly, i dun reali know who they r, or their name.. cos i am rather quite clueless abt the european salsa scene, wel, its doesnt reali bothers me much, cos all i want is to have a gd dance!

Finally get the chance to update my blog, my god.. i reali dont reali like to work one 1week of night shifts sometimes.. But luckily, before i go on working on the nights, i had a great weekend spending time with my sweetie, Chris, ;p

Went to watch U2 3D movie wif him on Fri night when he's over in dublin. Took random pics wif us in the goofy 3D glasses before the movie starts
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Then, on sat, after my dance practise, we went back to the north to his plce, got the last rain to portadown, and spent the night @ his plce, as we're going to East Midlands, UK, to get his new baby. That was my 1st time going over to his plce, 'meeting his family', honestly, i was really nervous & scared too.. we woke up early on sat morning to start baking scones n muffins, ;)
Scones for his family, as he told me tat his parents love the scones tat i baked the last time he brought home.. so, this time got him to help me with the baking as well, ;) muffins are for my team mates, n of cos, they're delicious, lol. It was really great fun to be baking with him too, after knowing from his mum tat he doesnt help her with her cooking, im glad he did, with me. ;p

So after gettin a few hours of sleep @ his plce, we took an early flight to East midlands, and it was our 1st flight together, out of ireland. ;) wel, it can be considered as our 1st trip, but we didnt reali take lots of pics though... cos most of the time, we're on the road.

Not surprisingly, me in the car.. fell asleep.. and.. ... .. i was asleep most of the time in the car...!!
tat explains why there isnt many pics.. ;p but still, we did have a gd trip (i think).. cos i wasnt much a trouble to him.. and i did tried my best to be awake especially when he needs me to tell him the directions from the list he had printed out before the trip.. kekekkeke. And after driving from Uk all the way to Wales.. we took the ferry back to dublin, & drove back to his plce. Just in 2days, we had already took almost all the transport on earth!! Train, Car, Plane & Ferry!!