On 6th July we boarded Mexicana from Monterrey to LA. The plane ride was terrible because there was air turbulent for some time, so the plane was really shaky, gg up and down. Worst, the captain didn't make any announcement to warn the passengers, so we all kinda panic. When the plane was gg down it really make my heart dropped too. Hehe! But we safely reached LA, the cabin crews looked really glad, and surprisingly no one cheers, no even the Mexicans. I find this strange how the Mexicans react to incidents, they are happy pple who don't care abt time. I guess everyone in the world are crazy in their own way so Mexicans are really different. Somehow I started to like the culture, let's be happy pple. On the other hand, time is really precious but I think the Mexicans' perception on time  is tt it will wait. I have to agree in a way, a saying goes: let nature takes its course. When we reached LAX, the queues for immigration were so long, we took so long jux to check our passports and guess what we missed our flight to Singapore! Bcos we only had 1 hr n 50 min to check-in EVA air, so missed our flight. Luckily we were given a new ticket for the next day bound for Taiwan and Singapore. So we had to spent a day in LA (which I dun like!). The immigration officers really sux, they won't even help us to cut queue, all they could say to us, "I dun think u guys can make it". Fine we get it! but at least give us a gd service, the officer who checked our passports (maybe a Korean man) was rude to Lia and had no customer service skills at all. I dunno wat's his prob, jux because Lia bugged in when he was asking me questions, he treated her coldly. Crazy man! He dun even speak a word to Lia when he was checking her passport.

Aft tt we booked in a hotel near the airport, we were looking forward to reach home on 8th July but now it delayed to 1 more day. On 9th July at 9 a.m. we're supposed to register our subjects online for the next sem n we haf to miss tt cos we're only reaching S'pore at noon. I get all the subjects tt are not so popular n not I wanted. Sigh! But this time 1 day in LA was much more fun, bcos we didn't go to high-end Hollywood  area instead we went to the Broadway street. The whole stretch of the street were filled wif Latinos' shops and many many Latinos. When we were shopping in LA we still spoke Spanish and ate fish tacos. haha! Finally I bought sth for myself, I forgot to pamper myself, but I remember to get sourvenirs for my family and frens. It's a blessing in disguise to stay a day in LA, we saw the other side of LA. This time it wasn't so cold like before.

1 more thing we looked forward to when we boarded the plane, tt is to eat the Muslim food which haf chicken! But bcos we missed our previous flight, the flight we took didn't haf any Muslim food onboard. What!!! The staffs said they need at least 70 hrs to prepare the Muslim food. So we had to eat vegetarian meals for the whole 16 hrs journey. It makes me want to eat meat and chicken more.

1 funny thing, when we're at LAX an Indonesian man came to talk to us, his English wasn't good, so we spoke bahasa Indonesia which is similar to Malay to him but he replied to us in English. The funny thing was tt instead of speaking bahasa Indonesia to him, Lia who was in her Spanish mode, started speaking in Spanish to him, I was laughing at Lia cos she made the man more puzzled. I had to stop her fr speaking Spanish to him until she realized tt she's not speaking bahasa at all. Even funnier when she said she dunno why she started speaking Spanish to him. So I told her later when she go baq home, she would suddenly switch to Spanish mode when talking to her family. I can't help laughing.

Finally we reached Singapore safely and in 1 piece on 9th July at noon. Alhamdulillah, everything went on fine and smoothly.

Here's my reflections:

1. I mentioned tt I was half-filled with regrets because I didn't travel abroad with my close buddies, with no lap-top, no Quran, no halal meat and chicken, no cooking skills, no gd spanish to speak (act'ly I kinda dun like Spanish cos it's confusing, frankly I never like it n never haf the tot in my mind to go all the way oversea jux to study Spanish. But I did, wat was I thinking?)

It's a blessing in disguise, Lia n me are closer now. I can now talk crap with her not like last time all I can talk to her was abt school works only. She knows certain things abt me which my bestfriends dunno. My 1st impression was wrong aft all. My buddies even though we're miles apart, in our hearts we're still so close. They were there for me, I really appreciate it. tt's wat bestfriends are for. The plug socket in Monterrey is different (mostly 2 pins plug), so my lap-top charger cannot be use. In S'pore the plug head is bigger and it's 3 pins. So it's not so wasted if I didn't bring my lap top. I didn't bring holy Quran to read, mum did ask me to bring but I forgotten abt it. But Lia n me went to the Islamic centre in Padre Mier, Monterrey and they presented me with a new Quran. My diet in Monterrey was healthy, for the 1st time I ate alot of vegetables, fish, eggs and cheese. I still dun like Spanish but I haf wonderful Mexicans sisters, friends and teachers. I did improve on Spanish though. Maybe bcos I'm too interested in Chinese, even though I'm only beginners in both languages, I wud spent more time practising writing characters.

2. I realised how impt my family was to me. Every single day I called home talked to mum most of the time and she would inform me abt everything tt happen at home. I felt at peace when mum says every1 was dg well in my absence. I can't imagine losing them in any way especially my youngest bro, haha!!! I'm the youngest in the family lah, but my pet cat is even younger than me. He's grown so thin and his wound is spreading, no1 seems to medicate his wound when I was away. Poor bro! His photo is always in my hp. hehe!

1 more thing tt pisses me off, Lia n me went to Islamic centre bcos Lia wanted to present a pan suit brought all the way fr Singapore to the Muslimah in Monterrey. Maybe it's partly our fault bacause we didn't hijjab (wear head scarves to cover our head) when we enter the Musollah. We shud haf worn it. But we dun even hijjab in Singapore (but there's alot of pple who are), in S'pore I can jux enter the mosque w/o covering my hair. We didn't want to feel and look insincere, if we only wear hijjab when we enter a Muslim place  and then when we're outside we take it off. I rather not be pretentious. Aft Dzuhur prayer, the imam came to talk to us asking why we dun hijjab. No1 ever ask us tt b4, we were dumbfounded for a moment. We explained to him tt in Singapore, it's not compulsory to be hijjab. Wat pisses me off was when he asked if our parents didn't ask us to wear hijjab? If he want to confront us why he had to involve our parents. I became defensive bcos I love my parents, they did nth wrong. He was implying tt our parents didn't taught us correctly. This really pissed  me off. It's my fault if I dun hijjab, it's my choice. My parents, they instilled enough Muslim values, they dun force me to hijjab, because they believed sincerity muz come fr the heart. InsyaAllah 1 day, I will hijjab jux like mum. Same goes for Lia's parents too. Why force us to hijjab, outside looks pious but inside they're not sincere abt Islam and dun practice true Islam teaching? I know and meet many Muslim girls who wear head scarves but dun pray and fast. He really made both of us angry. I know he had to do his job as Imam advised and lead pple to the right way but he did it wrongly. I appreciate his concern for us but pls dun ever involved our parents when it's our wrong-doings. I'm really sincere abt Islam, I prayed 5 times a day, fast during Ramadhan, read the holy Quran, donate money and do community services, dun drink alcohols, eat pork and all because of Islam. Islam is the most impt gift in my life, I was borned a Muslim and will die as a Muslim too. If only there was a Muslim lady present on tt day, we could have escape meeting the Imam.

Finally, I really enjoyed my stay in Monterrey, Mexico. We met so many good pple here, the place is quite safe to travel arnd and I hope tt one day the status symbols will not be as impt in the future n the poverty gap will not be so wide. InsyaAllah. I'm proud of Singapore because the government are helping to bridge these gaps for all these years. I rather be happy than be rich, but I need money! :) I left sth behind, hopefully I can collect it 1 day. :)

It's the end of this blog, I won't be writing in it anymore aft today. Soon it'll be deactivated. I guess my next trip overseas will be next 5 years to Africa! haha! InsyaAllah. Then I will activate a new blog again.

We still need to go Soriana later to buy foodstuffs, sweets, salsas, tortillas, n many more then Lia perming her hair. She'll looks great, I won't perm my hair anymore aft the 2nd time, cos my hair was really damage baq then. o.k. my last entry in monterrey stops here.

My itinerary for gg baq S´pore: frm Monterrey to LA, (stay for 1 n half hr), then to Taiwan (stay for 1 n half hrs) then baq to Singapore on 1200 hr, 8th July. Cool!!! can´t wait, but my back n bum gg to be sore. haha!!!

" People are like stained glass windows.They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, But when the darkness sets in,

Their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."

1 thing I found strange abt the Mexicans. Our flight was delayed for 3 hrs plus, Lia and me were pissed and tired. If we had taken the train, we could have reached Acapulco before 5 a.m. We haven't even sleep and rest for the day, we were dead tired. When we were abt to board our plane, the Mexicans clapped and cheered in happiness. While Lia and me were puzzled, we think they're crazy. Aren't they supposed to be angry and pissed off? They should complain of the bad service. I bet the services provided by the airplane company will not improve in times to come. I was swearing in my heart. Siao pple!!!

We went to Juarev and bought alot of sourvenirs. We spent a lot of time at the bull's skin accessories shop until we didn't realized it was pass 9 already until the place closed. I almost forgotten to get sourvenirs for my 1 and only nephew. How could I forget abt my dearest? I remember to get for all my family members but I forgotten abt him. Gotta get him sth useful. 3 more days to home sweet home. Mum said 1st sis gg to treat me for chicken buffet once I reached Changi Airport. What only chicken, where's my beef??? Till then can't wait to go home. Tonight we will be gg to the foster home for the last time. We bought friendship bracelets for all the girls, hopefully they like it. I hope aft tonight the girls will treat us like their sisters and I hope they will remain as loving persons as they are now until they grown up. Alright gotta go Juarev now. Again!!! Lia has a lot of things to buy.

Woah it like a thank you speech, haha!!! Actually I jux wan to keep this blog as my sweet memories to share wif my family and friends. I don't want to leave out anybody. The owner of this lap top, my house mate, Jonathan, thank you for putting up wif us. Gotta return his lap top since he came out already. Alright till then I will write soon aft my trip to Acapulco.

Quote: In life you gotta be strong, so that the people arnd you will be strong too.

Yesterday night, another senorita came to talk abt Cuban lives, she's better than the previous 1 because she included role play in her story-telling. Kinda cool! Esmeralda couldn't help laughing because she was 1 of the actor. The girls as usual always try sth to disturb us. My hair was plaited by 2 of them, (can't remember their names) and then Miss Laura kept asking me to adopt her. Even though she said it in spanish and she thinks I dunno much Spanish, I knew what she meant. So initially I kept saying 'Si', she thought I only know how to say 'si', so she she kept bugging me to adopt her. Then I learnt tt I shud say 'no' to her. So I keep saying 'no', and she tickles me everytime I said 'no' bcos she wan me to say 'si'. We were tickling each other throughout photograph sessions, worst I'm sensitive to tickle so I was running away fr her. Sweet Montach was trying to protect me from Laura. The girls are really playful.

Next week, will be our last meeting with the girls. We don't know when will we ever come back here. The girls kept asking when we will visit them again. I would luv to see them again but it will cost a bomb jux to come here. sigh... Lia and me are not rich pple, all our expenses were fr our own savings. Anw money can be earned, but special occasion like this happen only once.  I'm glad I came here, everything happen for a reason, no regrets... 8 more days to home sweet home.

Here’s a quote:

Fate is not something meant to be forced upon. What is yours will eventually come to your arms; what is not yours will never come to be. In any case, we should not lose heart and give up on our hopes for love that is true, good and beautiful. 

Later in the day, Lia, Ronan and me were invited for lunch at the foster home. It was really nice of them to invite us and cook for us. Because of Lia 's and my diet restrictions here in Mexico, they cooked especially for us fish and rice. I'm really touched by their kindness and understanding. Best, some of the girls skipped school just to cook and eat lunch with us. They didn´t have to do tt, we're not VIPs or some impt pple. Maybe I'm a very impt PIG! haha! who don't deserve such good hospitability fr them. Thank you so much guys! I am sincere doing this community service, and I'm not asking anything in  return. It's comes fr my heart. We chatted with Senor Edwin for awhile, he's not mexican he is from Nicaragua. He is jux like us doing wat he enjoys taking care of the girls, making sure they go to school, clean up the house, giving the girls moral support and many more. Every year he has to renew his visa, wonder why he chooses Mexico?

Senorita Kenya and a new friend (can´t remember her name), was giving me a special hair treatment like those in a saloon. hehe!!! They were actually combing my hair while we were talking to Senor Edwin. So I couldn´t pay much attention to the conversation. Suddenly the guys were so interested in religion especially Islam. I dun come fr a religious background but Islam is the most important gift in my life. I was surprised when Ronan said he read some part of Quran translation because he was interested in different types of religion. So we told him we can read the Quran in Arabic language but we only know how to read but not understand it because it was in traditional Arabic, we can only understand when it is translated into English or Malay. Anw Ronan tot Islam has many divisions like Cristianity, this is not true. There's only 1 and only 1 Islam religion, the rest (like JI, terrorist grps) I called them cults, they dun practice true Islam teachings. F2 please hor JI does not stand for Juriah Ismail. haa!! If I have a grp, it's for world peace!!! haha!!! kidding!!! It won't be a fun place to live if the whole world is at peace!

Tonight and tml night we're gg to the foster home again. A Cuban guy will be coming today to talk abt his country. Can´t wait to see the girls again!!! 10 more days to home sweet home!!!:)

我爱上让我奋不顾身的一个人。我以为这就是我所追求的世界。

When we were in the pub, Claudio had so many questions to ask us, why we can't drink alcohols, why Muslims women have to wear head scarves (hijjab), why Muslims women don’t need to go (not compulsory) to the masjid (mosque), how a Malay wedding is like, what type of ethnic races tt present in S´pore. It's kinda of hard to talk in there, cos of the loud music, so we're kinda of shouted at each other. When it was our turn to ask them we bombarded them with personal questions, how they met, when they're getting married, what sort of person Claudio is, machista or caballero, where they work n so on. Both of them can really drink a lot, I think in total 13 bottles of beer, crazy! They drank non-stop 1 bottle aft another. Even though beer has lesser alcoholic content than others, it still gg to kill the liver man!!! Fortunately they said they don't go pub every weekend, but still bingeing on beer in few hrs will still hurt the liver. Siao oh!!! Anw we met Katie and company in the pub. What a coincidence! Her amigo was this guy, who loves to dance so every time they came over he would asked Lia or me to dance. Lucky I escaped the couple dance with him; Lia had to dance with him as a couple. He jux scares me, or no..  I think I was disgusted! I only reserved such dance for the one only. Sorry... haha!!! The pub here is juz as rowdy as in S´pore, there bound to be guys hooking up girls by buying them drinks and dancing with them. In the beginning, u jux see grps of guys, aft a few hours each guys are dancing with 2 or 3 girls. Majority of the man are quite of age, maybe in their 30s. This will the 1st and the last pub tt I'm gg right here in Monterrey. I jux felt tt S'pore pubs and clubs are safer, but still it's not a good place to go to in the 1st place.

This morning we went to Cola de Caballo for the canopy flying-fox activities. It was the 1st time I fly. haha!! Interesting but initially I tot it was  supposed to be a canopy walk, where we’re supposed to cross the suspended bridge like those in Indiana Jones movie, it was not. Too bad then, I hope 1 day I can cross tt bridge. People say if u meet some1 at the end of the bridge, u definitely gg to fall for tt person, psychology says so. haha!!! 1 thing I want to complain the guy whose supposed to catch us at our destination, really smell of alcohol, I was really disgusted, I'm sorry I'm aversive to pple who drinks too much until the alcoholic smell stuck to their body. yeww.. I bought sth for brothers and F2t1. Now I'm left to buy sth for chiobus, mak, bapak & sisters. I'm lacking of sleep now, it had been a gd experience here in Monterrey. 13 more days to home sweet home. Can’t wait to eat meat (only beef and chicken)!!! I was born to be a meat-eater man!!! Once I reached Changi Airport, I will head for Burger King!!! 我們的愛 過了就不再回來 直到現在我還默默的等待.

School will end next Friday, time travels so fast! Home sweet home, here I come.

翅膀当心, 我必很想你₀ 对不起₀ 但愿, 我们有很多时间想彼此₀ 再见!

This will be good learning experience for me, makes me want to go baq to the moral home in Singapore to give them the support they need. Wonder if tt guy still want to "kill" his parents, hopefully not since he´s 8 years older now.

Initially when I came here in Monterrey, I was half filled with regrets, firstly I'm here with some1 whom I'm not close to (actually I wanted to go Germany with Khai and Huda next year, and I didn't bring the most valuable things here wif me; my LAPTOP!). The other half was filled with hope; hope to enjoy my days here, knowing more people and their cultures. But now I've no regrets, I'm enjoying my last few weeks here. If there´s a need to come baq here, I will come baq in future. Anw Lia & me thought of opening a Halal food restaurant here!!! Haha!  (In our dreams. )

但故事的最后你好像还是说了拜拜₀

Yesterday evening, Lia, Ronan and me went to a foster home for girls for the 1st time, to introduce ourselves to them. We're gg again today and tml. I'm not sure wat activities we're supposed to do today, but I hope I can speak to them in Spanish, gotta buck-up on my Spanish. It's really bad. U guys might be thinking since when Ju have time for community service anw? Haha! Since I'm always busy working. Right now I've plenty of time, might as well spent it wisely. Anw, did some community service b4, F2 remember I told u guys that I helped out in the moral home for the disabled, n there´s this mentally-disabled guy who asked me to kill his parents? I jokingly agree to help him, haha! n u guys were really shocked I said tt giving him hope! He would keep bugging me if I said I won´t help him so might as well shut him up! It wasn´t my idea to do this community service, it's Lia. I've no comment abt doing community service here in Monterrey, but whereever Lia go, I´ll go wif her, tt´s my promise to mum. I hope the girls can help me buck-up on my Spanish. Since they're normal, they should noe how to behave unlike my previous experience they could be abit rough and persistent.  All the best, Ju! Gotta be sincere if u want to help.

My dear friend, Khai hope u received my sms. I hope you reached Java safely and take care gal! Of all places u guys went to the volcanic area, pls dun go to the side of the volcano where the lava is flowing. Crazy pple!!! haha!!! I want you back in Singapore safely. To Fidah, congrats for being in the 2nd Upper class, u're on the way to be a successful lawyer!!! My grades ah, o.k. lor. U noe tt I dun really care abt doing well, as long as I passed, i'm thankful. I will try my best to get you the jackets. o.k.? Huda, will u be taking intermediate chinese next sem, I plan to take it.

To glam girls, I'm really touched tt u guys missing me. hehe! Thanks Ada!!! Do pls tell me ur criteria for ehem, so tt Icould sent Fed-ex/UPS package to u? hehe! Hopefully by the time it reaches u, he still breathing ah. When can we meet up??? Do update me if u guys plan to meet up during this school holidays? o.k?

To F2t1, I haven't been able to sing lately. I dun care u guys gg to accompany me for karaoke session when we meet up soon. I have a song in mind to sing for u guys. Evil laughter!!!

Mak, bapak dan keluarga, orang sihat seperti sediakala. Jangan risau. Jaga diri o.k.? InsyaAllah pesanan mak orang akan sentiasa ingat.

在这一个供应欢笑的天堂. 着他们的羡慕眼光. 不需放我在心上.