Why you should travel

I beg young people to travel. If you don't have a passport, get one. Take a summer, get a backpack and go to Delhi, go to Saigon, go to Bangkok, go to Kenya. Have your mind blown. Eat interesting food. Dig some interesting people. Have an adventure. Be careful. Come back and you're going to see your country differently, you're going to see your president differently, no matter who it is. Music, culture, food, water. Your showers will become shorter. You're going to get a sense of what globalization looks like. It's not what Tom Friedman writes about; I'm sorry. You're going to see that global climate change is very real. And that for some people, their day consists of walking 12 miles for four buckets of water. And so there are lessons that you can't get out of a book that are waiting for you at the other end of that flight. A lot of people-Americans and Europeans-come back and go, Ohhhhh. And the light bulb goes on.
-Henry Rollins

It is true that when you actually get out of your country frequently you do begin to question things like: why is there a huge segregation between the richer and the poor in Bangkok but not back at home? Why is the wifi connection better in Laos when it's ranked 2nd lowest for HDI in ASEAN? If Brunei is richer than Thailand then why don't we have Sephora? An average income of a cashier in Switzerland is B$5000 a month.. reallyyyy???!!

The many questions an 18 year old would ponder when travelling.
But really though. Just get out there.
Love,
A.

The 2 pictures above were taken during my last summer in Laos. I miss Vientiane dearly & the "baw penyang (no problem)" vibe!

M I L A N O 

My sister took this shot from our hotel room in Dubai that we spent for a night early this week. A beautiful city indeed but I wouldn't want to go back there. I can't stand being in a complete concrete jungle and I actually had to dress for the weather.

And a little more detour of Geneva:

ps: If you ever get the chance to go to Thailand don't just stay in one city. Bangkok is a good start then the perfect next stop would be Phuket for the gorgeous beaches!

pps: put down "travel to Europe" in your bucketlist!  I just crossed mine off my list and I kid you not it will be amazing!

ppps: we almost got ourselves stranded in Geneva's airport so that was kind of an adventure.

Did the sun just came out? or did you just smile?

I've always been fond of Carrie Bradshaw from Sex & The City and for every opening credits of the show Carrie never fails to look adorable in her pink tulle skirt. Just the other day my parents took me to Thailand for a day trip and I managed to get my hands on this lovely black knee length tulle skirt. I love how practical this skirt is! I can use it for both formal and casual wear. I'm a happy camper!

much love,

A

❀ L ✿ A ❁ O ✾ S ❀

I've got my GCSE results already and..

Just kiddinggg ツ

Alhamdulillah. A good end to summer 2010 :)

It's my last night in Vientiane for this summer and I'm leaving with my mom, maid & Iqah, to KL tomorrow. So far this summer I have:

1) Discovered new found treasures! By treasures I mean cute dainty boutiques in Udorn Thani and got myself amazing finds.
2) Fed and held a tiger cub for the first time.
3) Held a living leather... I mean a baby crocodile.
4) Broken the record and went to Thailand for more than 4 times in the past 6 weeks haha
5) Come to realize my devotion for cooking (not just making sandwiches).

Summeries: 




Zirah's parents came for Sungkai one night while they were here in the city.














I ♥ my dad. I'm going to miss him. He's le coolest & not just because he's getting me a Gucci perfume.

A.

Waterproof

xoxo,
F.

The grinding song >:D

Okay had a cup of Joe 'cause I just need to stay up late for tonight to finish my Science revisions. But instead here I am blogging and still struggling with words to describe Vientiane :P No commento on that. Just kidding

Things have gone far more better here ever since my parents aren't as busy as before. I get to see more of Vientiane- and I kid you not it was actually far more better than what ever bull people said about the city. And as for fishing here you might actually caught some good local ones. If you know what I mean, but the imported ones from Europe are always the best.

Ziyah I know you wanted me to buy you shoes but I've got you something else instead and no I wasn't being stingy. I just need to save up some $ to buy myself some "things"

heyyyyyyyyyy soooo ummm do you guys know anyone from Sport school? haha I just want my pictures O:)

Bohemian Brighties in Laos

Advance apologies for the crappy photos! 


We've resided in Vientiane, Laos! The city is quite bustling and busy unlike Brunei. Here you can find French buildings cramped along the stretch of the whole city. It's like a mini European city in an Asian country! Well a city in the 50s perhaps haha

School is also great and I've met wonderful people but not many of them are from Laos. I am currently studying at Vientiane International School along with my other siblings except for Kaka Amal. We started last week but Haziq is starting next week after the Boat Racing festival.

We went to Thailand on Sunday and came back yesterday. It was a long trip.

I've also bought 4 paintings from Thailand

The Beatles and yes, my daddy rocks :)

Elvis Presley

and 2 of Marilyn Monroe

I'm expecting Kaka Amal to bathe in jealousy :)

(yes I am jealous -A)

xoxo,

F.

from Laos with love. ♥