I am blogging from King Park Hotel in Tawau.

In about an hour, we’ll check out and head back to Sandakan. Will probably stop in Lahad Datu for lunch and refill of fuel.

We reached Tawau the day before yesterday and went to Semporna yesterday.

Planned to spend a night in Semporna, where the sea is beautiful and breathtaking, but all hotels are fully booked.

And so we went back to Tawau and stayed for another night.

The trip was ok. I had fun. I was excited. But, having to lost something valuable when we were on our way here made me feel rather emotion-less about this trip.

As you might have known, I lost my iPhone.

The last time I remembered holding it was when we stopped at a mosque near Bukit Garam. I remembered holding it as I went into the car. I wanted to put at the little compartment at the door as it was accessible if I need to make any calls but I told myself not to put it there yet, because the door was still open and the phone might fall.

I remembered still holding the phone as I eased myself in to the car.

And next was all history.

It was almost an hour later that I noticed the phone was not there. Or in the car.

We stopped by the side and searched. No iPhone.

We drove back to the mosque. As expected, it was nowhere to be found.

We even went to the police station in case someone honest found the phone and sent it to the police station. The officer in charge told me that I was lucky if that person was hones to send it to them. She even told us to use the bomoh to see who took my phone.

We searched the car again, and yet we found nothing.

It was weird because I did not hear the sound of things fell on the road or something like that, if it had fell when I closed the door.

We searched the car again when we reached Tawau. Nothing.

🙁

As for now, I’m using my Nokia 1680 and a temporary Celcom number.

And I’m still thinking whether to buy another iPhone or to get any other phone.

Maybe another iPhone because I am still bounded by the two-years iValue Plan contract with Maxis.

I still have another 19 months to go.

Huks.

It used to be ‘His and Hers’. Now, the only left is ‘His’.

I dreamt about the phone for two nights now.

The night before, I dreamt that I found the iPhone cover at the mosque where we first stopped. The person just took the phone and left the rubbery purple cover there.

Last night, I dreamt that I found my iPhone, with the cover still on, in between the car seat and the hand brake.

I’m wondering if last night’s dream would come true.

:-S

I want this.

In this colour.

Size 9 plissshhhh.

I’ve been on hiatus for more than a month now. I have been wanting to write but it seems to be one of those things that I purposely put off to the next day.

This is a list of what I have been up to since my last entry.

1. I came home for the school holiday. What’s really cool about it is that when people asked when will I go back to Sabah, I answered, ‘Next year.’

2. I stayed for almost a week in KL upon touched down. In that duration, I went out with Azwan three days in a row. Bayar hutang dating.

3. In those three days, I shopped till I dropped. A lipstick from Benefit, a purse from Fossil, an  iPhone cover from Speck in pink, Arsenal jersey (Azwan’s belated birthday pressie), a duvet cover set from Ikea,  a lamp for my room from Ikea, two tops from Kitchen and Debenhams, a 320GB external hard drive in pink, a 1GBb RAM for my laptop, a new pair of spectacles and had rounds of food treats.

4. After those three days, I came home just in time for Hari Raya Haji. Mama cooked nasi beriyani while I baked two cakes.

5. On the second day of raya, my siblings and I went to a furniture shop. I got myself a bedroom set consist of a bed, a dressing table, a side table and a wardrobe. I added another shoe rack to the list.

6. Mama held a makan-makan two days in a row. First day was for family and friends and on the second day was for her school staffs. I met my BM tuition teacher when I was in Form Three. A meeting after almost ten years. It turned out she used to teach in Sabah too.

7. Both my sister and I cleaned our rooms for the new furniture to come in. My sister’s furniture came on Thursday while mine on Friday. While taking my sister’s mattress to her room, the delivery guy accidentally hit a plate that was up on a wall. So when he delivered my furniture on the next day, he requested for the wall and staircase to be empty. As his assistance was unwrapping my mattress on the staircase (I didn’t know why he unwrapped it there), the mattress dropped and hit a vase that I had put aside earlier.

8. Both my sister and I spent days putting things back in our room. She is done with hers and I have not. Up till today. I’m just too lazy to empty the drawers.

9. Mama had a few days off, so off we went mobile hunting. Initial plan was to go to Perodua, Proton, Toyota and Honda.  We went to the first three and went for lunch. We discussed and decided to opt for the second one, thus, we didn’t go to Honda.

10. I sew curtains for my room on my own. White curtains, white duvet cover and white furniture in a room with green walls. I love.

10. My sister and I went to KL again to attend Chakbon’s wedding. It was a simple yet grand garden-themed wedding, put up by Jovian Mandagie and team.

11. I stayed in KL for a week, for I wanted to go out with Azwan on payday. So while waiting for Thursday to come, I went out to watch New Moon with my sister. I bought a purple eyeshadow and a few facial masks from The Skin Food and another lipstick and a lipliner from Clinique because I don’t really like the colour of the Benefit lipstick.

12. Initial plan was only to go out with Azwan on Thursday, but he has a theory class untuk ambik lesen motor. So we went out on Wednesday instead. As I have not received my pay, the day was spent strolling around The Gardens and Mid Valley, watched Zombieland and The Frog Princess and had a foot massage. Azwan gave me a cupcake set too. Thank you, yank!

13. I received my pay on Thursday, alongside with some tunggakan. Azwan’s theory class was cancelled kot so we both decided to go out again and this time to Pavillion. I bought a two-way compact powder from MAC, some bras and panties and another iPhone cover. We watched Avatar and I felt asleep halfway through the movie. Not because I find the movie boring, but because it was too comfortable (it was Gold Class) and it was around my afternoon nap time. I was excited as we both took the ERL home ( he to Putrajaya and I to Bandar Tasik Selatan) because it was my first ERL ride hahaha. Jakun.

14. I have three iPhone covers up till today. The one I bought in Pavillion is my fav and I’m thinking of buying to other ten to have all colours thus having a complete collection of Colors. The first one made my iPhone even bulkier and the second one already has hairline scratches.

15. I did my Dokumen Terhad Perjalanan because my international passport is coming to its expiry date. I found out that sometimes, people working behind the counters are friendly and nice, like the immigration officer that I had.

16. Just last Saturday, the memories of my late father came to mind. I was chatting with Azwan online when flashes of images came to mind. I was at the airport, just touched down from London when both my aunts hugged me and told that Ayah was no longer with us. At the same moment, talkin was being read to him. I took the news calmly and regained control of myself. Looking at how strong I was, both my aunts cried and that was when I started crying too. Remembering those moments brought tears to my eyes but I managed not to cry. I guess I really miss him.

17. I made peach cheese cake in the form of cupcakes. Mama gave a 10/10 point for them being delicious. I was not fully satisfied because the cheese layer was so thin.

18. So, today I made another batch and this time I made blueberry cheese cake. Managed to make the cheese layer even thicker. I still prefer the peach ones though because I don’t really favor berries being cooked.

19. I have finally received my credit card today. I’m still hoping to get the one from HSBC.

20. I will sign the loan agreement tomorrow. A commitment that will last for ten years for I took a full loan. Can’t wait. Teruja. Key chain for the key pon sudah beli okey.

That’s all then. Maybe I’ll post another entry to reveal my new baby. Don’t put your hope up high though. I did say maybe. Haha.

Daa. Toodles.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

Maaf Zahir dan Batin.

Have fun and take care.