Christmas break has arrived and I am on holiday for a month and a half! Pheewww... Sounds like a long time. Hehe... So the other day, my housemates and I welcomed 5 guests, Mia (Aberystwyth), Damia (Exeter), Faizah (Dublin), Amalina (Philadelphia) and Nana (Nashvile) to our home. Mia is my friend's girlfriend whom I never met before. I told my friend that she could come down to Cardiff an spend her holidays here. So her coming her was my first time meeting her. The other four are my housemate's school friends whom she has not met for so long. My housemates and I were quite worried at first because we were afraid that they cannot blend in with each other.
So on Thursday, my housemate went to fetch her friends from London and I went to get Mia at Cardiff station. That night, my house accommodated 8 people from all over the place, some just meeting for the first time. We were happy cause all of us were able to get along so well. The guests were super friendly!! That night we decided to make our Christmas meal. We had grilled chicken with olio spaghetti, vegetables, mash potatoes and mushroom soup. I baked my vanilla cake for dessert. They all loved the food especially my cake! So that night we chilled and just chatted.
We needed to assign people to where they need to sleep since this house only has 3 bedrooms. So Damia, Nana and Amalina slept in Aiman's bedroom downstairs, Faizah slept in the couch in the living room, Mia slept with me while Aiman slept in Vin Lum's room. It was a full house and we had to share 1 bathroom. The next day we took them out to see Cardiff before most of them leave for Paris.
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| Eating brunch before sightseeing Cardiff (From left: Nana, Damia, Aiman, Amalina, Mia, me and Vin Lum) |
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| Dinner at Shake n Grill |
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| She is my new girlfriend, Mia |
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Us at the Bay
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We had so much fun together. These girls are really sweet and friendly. Eventhough we encountered a minor problem with Mia's ipad's screen cracked out of the blue we still managed to enjoy the day. The next morning, Damia left and went back to Exeter. Since her train was so early in the morning and everyone was fast asleep, only Aiman sent her to the train station. That afternoon, me and Mia sent Nana, Amalina and Faizah at the bus stop since they are leaving for London.
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| Nana, Faizah, and Amalina before they left for London |
Me, Mia and Vin Lum decided to head to Bristol for Boxing Day since too many people went to London and since we have never been to Bristol. Our bus left at 9 and was scheduled to arrive at 10. While we were on the way to the bus stop around 8 in the morning, we could see people leaving town with huge shopping bags since most stores open as early as 6 am! When we reached Bristol, we were quite shocked to see that the town was almost deserted. I called up my old pal from UiTM who was my mooting team back then as he is currently studying Law in Bristol to tell him we're here. He was kind enough to accompany is to shop and show us around Bristol. And the winner of the most spent goes to Mia who successfully spent more than 300 quid! I only managed to spend about 50 quid. Hehe
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| Me and Ariff, friends since UiTM |
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| Tired faces after a whole day of shopping |
The next day, I had to send Mia off as she heads back to Aberystwyth. We've became close after just a few days spending time together.
I am so glad that I told Azraf to tell Mia to come to Cardiff. We are now close friends and I enjoyed her company. It was a fun week. I was so happy to be able to meet and make new friends. They are just amazing people. Hope that we can meet up again soon!!
