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Last one from Plymouth.

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12 hours and counting. Soon, our stay in Plymouth will come to an end. And this shall be my last entry from House 20, Student Village, University College Plymouth St Mark and St John, Plymouth.

Will be missing this place. Will definitely be missing the people I have been working with. May we see each other again and may I have the opportunity to see this place again. Amin.

Goodbye Marjon. Goodbye Plymouth.

Of INTED and Plymouth

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I’ve been wanting to blog about this for days, but I didn’t have the time to do so. I was busy working to the extent of becoming fed up with doing over time. I need a life, or shall I say, I have a life. 😛

My stay in Plymouth is coming to an end. I’ve started packing, deciding on which shall I put in the luggage, which shall I box and have them shipped, which shall be given to the juniors, or which shall be left all alone in the cold weather. Haha. It’s hard. It’s really hard to decide.

I have a mixed feeling about leaving Plymouth. I really wanted to be home, but at the same time, I don’t want to leave this place. It’s been my home for the past two years. Where ever I went, for a short getaway or a trip to ASDA or the city centre, I always find it exciting to be back in House 20, to be under the duvet, to be in the cosiness of my own room. I guess I will definitely be missing this place as soon as I step on to the plane, or the coach. Will I ever get to see Plymouth again, or UK maybe? I hope so. InsyaAllah. God’s willing.

I have learned a lot during this duration through mistakes and experiences. The thing I have learned are priceless. They taught me to be matured in my own way. They are definitely a treasure. A treasure which I’m sure will be well kept by all of us. I really wanted to write the things I’ve learned, but there are too many. I don’t know where to start, how to start, and I’m sure the list will never end. I guess it’s better left unsaid then. Hehe.

INTED has organised a farewell dinner for us on Monday. It was a lovely evening. I have enjoyed it very much, as well as my guest, Kak Nora. It’s really a shame that we need to part, for INTED have done so much for us. The speech by Katy created lumps in my throat, I laughed my heart out when Steve gave his speech (who doesn’t, anyway, even though you are at the verge of crying) and Sarah’s speech brought me to tears. It seems just like yesterday that Sarah and Michelle picked us up from the airport. And in two weeks time, they will send us off to the airport. Time really flies, and it flies fast.

Thank you to Katy Salisbury, Steve Ansell, Lesley Woodhead, Tracy Gilpin, Michael Hall, Liz Robbins, Mike Boston, Sarah Fuqua, Michelle Charlick, Dania Moussalli, Tony Wright, Paul Gentle, and Bernice. Thank you for everything. You are our family for the past two years. You will definitely be missed. 🙂

Blogging from the hotel..

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I am currently using the internet service provided buy the hotel to their customers. I am staying at The 4* Radisson Edwardian Hotel in Heathrow. What happened was the flight that was supposed to take me and other passengers to Doha was cancelled due to technical problems. First, it was delayed because another flight was late and the airline has to wait for that flight first, then, it was an electrical power something problem and by that time we had already waited for two hours. Not long after that, we were told that we will be able to board in 10-15 minutes time, and when they had people from the first and business class queued up, the airline made an announcement and told us that due to the power electrical something breakdown, the computer system was affected and they are looking for technicians and spare parts to get the plane fixed.

They told us that fixing the plane is going to take some time, so they had given us lunch vouchers worth £15 per person. Right after lunch, they told us that the flight is cancelled and we have to go through passport control and claim our baggage. By that time it was almost 5pm. At around 6, we reached at the hotel and at 8, dinner was served. Kek diyer sedap. We were also given free breakfast which I didn’t get the opportunity to indulged because I did not received any further details about our replacement flights and I had to stand right in front of the person in charged so that I can get the details as soon as possible.

So, I am now on the MH001 direct flight from Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur, departing at 2200 hours and arriving at 1725 the next day. Hanis is on the afternoon flight.

I was feeling rather sad and at one point I feel like crying. I was able to refrain myself from crying every time I talked to my mom on the phone. But when I got to know that the flight was cancelled, I called her again and I was crying the moment she said jangan nangis yer. :P. Not my fault, hehe, sedeh tau.

I’ve taken some photos of the room that they put us in. I’ll upload them later k.

Ok then, I’ll update things later. Hopefully I will then be blogging from home.