Shah and I were lucky to spend about two weeks in Saudi Arabia where we had the best time performing umrah in Mekah, doing more ibadah in Madinah and exploring other cities like Jeddah, Riyadh and Al-Khobar.

I found a folder titled "Italy" on my laptop and realised I took a whole load of photos on my Italy trip back in 2018 with the intention to share them here on the blog, but never got around to it — oop.
And oh my goodness, looking at them now makes me feel all sorts of wanderlust.

Amazingly, I have relented on going to the beach almost every weekend now, considering how I've declared to not be a beach person in the past.
I suppose I can call myself a "beach baby" now — sand and hijab-tan-line and all, give 'em to me!

With beaches like this so nearby to my house, how can I not? The clean sands, clear water, blue skies... It's certainly a refreshing change from seeing tall buildings all around, growing up and living in an urban city.

Taking this blog back to 2019 for a little throwback!
(You know, 2019, as in the year BEFORE, except in actuality the virus came to be that very year towards its end, only we civilians were oh so blissfully unaware of its existence until early 2020).

I did a post on the outfit I wore in these photos here immediately afterwards (click here to see it: My Beetlejuice Pants Pair With Its Faithful Partner (Finally)) but for some reason I never got around to sharing photos I snapped from the mentioned exhibitions. 

Better late than never, amirite?

Staying at a Disneyland hotel had been a dream of mine and Shah's ever since we went on our first Disneyland trip in Paris. I remember walking towards the exit after an incredibly exciting and satisfying yet exhausting day and staring wistfully at the windows of the hotel above, wishing we could just go straight to a room, take a shower and lie down on the bed while talking about our day in the park, instead of riding a 50-minute packed train home.

If there is one thing I would change about my trip to Hong Kong Disneyland in December last year (last year as in 2019 sorry my bad I know how late this post is, but better late than never!), it would be to bring a normal lens for my camera which would have been good to capture sceneries; I only carried my macro lens which I always use for my outfit photos. 

Nevertheless, you know what really mattered in the end? I went to DISNEYLAND!
(Also, thank God for iPhone cameras.)

We headed straight to the hotel after arriving in Hong Kong in the afternoon and immediately got ready for our first day in the park. Hong Kong Disneyland is the smallest Disneyland so with a two-day park ticket in our hand, we didn't have to rush trying out every single ride we had our eyes on and had our most relaxing Disneyland trip ever. Well, as relaxing as a Disneyland trip could be, anyway.

Day 1