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the twins....

After almost four weeks in Stirling, today is the 'finest' weather we have. Sunny throughout the day! with 'mild' temperature between 5 - 7 degree. I said it 'mild temperature' because the twins seems having no problem adapting with 'the scottish weather'. Sunny day in the freezing Stirling is something rare hence need to enjoy it to the fullest. So, we decide to go around Stirling and it become easier since we already bought a second hand mercedes A class.

Our first destination was the "Good Green Fun' a charity shop which sells recyled baby/kids stuff for a very cheap price. This shop sells items that being donated by individual who are concerned about conserving the earth. Its more like 'rumbingan' in Sabah. The only differences is that the items in this shops have been clean up and was selected carefully, means the condition is almost new. The income from this shops were used mainly for promoting recyle culture. Well, after spending about 15 minutes inside the shop we leave with a steriliser and two jackets for the twins.

We proceed to the Thistle Centre. Thistle centre is the one and only shopping mall in 'the small city of stirling'. It looks small from the outside but it was huge inside. Walking from one end to the other end especially with a growing baby inside the carrier makes it even 'harder'. As i mentioned earlier, sunny day is very rare in the freezing weather of stirling. So it was not a surprise to see car queueing to enter the thistle centre car park. We have to be in the queue for almost 10 minutes before we manage to get into the car park, luckily once we enter the car park there is a car leaving an empty space for us.:)

Now come the dejavu feelling. Once inside the thistle centre I see my self and a good friend of mine-Dr Shafiek, walking around the thistle doing window shopping. That was 7 years ago. I was still single that time and so is Dr Shafiek. It feels like me and Dr. Shafiek were here yesterday.
And, now after 7 years, here I am, coming back doing the same thing-window shopping. The shops are still the same, Mark and Spencer, Dabenhams, Primak, Tie Rack, JJB, still there. The only exception is there is no more Dixon.

The differences now and 7 years ago are; (1)-now am coming back here with my wife and the twins. (2) 7 years ago we (me and Dr Shafiek) can spend lots of time doing window shopping but now I cant do that anymore. After all our main mission into coming to the Thistle is to go to the Argos which is located just outside the Thistle. We need to buy a Sat Nav (that's what the local call it, actuallt in full it means Satelite Navigation), a device which is very helpful in providing direction if we wanted to go to another place which we are not familliar with. I saw my friends using it when we go for 'car hunting' three weeks agi. After that we went to Primak just to look for the twins socks.

Next destination..TESCO. after two weekend we bought our groceries at Sainsbury, today my wife says that lets visit Tesco. We reach home after shopping around 2.30pm..the twins looks tired-sleepy. But when we tell them that we'll visit auntie and uncle A, they look excited. Around 4.30pm we move again. I started using the Sat Nav and it was very helpful, it help a lots, every turn and corner there will be clear direction. we reach our destination with ease. After enjoying 'bihun goreng' and 'Grill Chicken' we go back to the Uni.

Guess what? the twins looks happy, because for five days (weekdays) they only saw and hear their mama's and papa's faces and voice and today they have been to many places, seeing more new things, meeting another people and hearing more different type of sound (good for developing their learning skills). However, at the same time they also looks tired. Tgk lah kat gambar the twins...selepas balik dari rumah auntie and uncle AA.