Saturday, June 28, 2008
Holidays!
We'll be going to the Lake District today for a week and doubt there's any internet connection. I shall update once I'm back... be good now.. :)
potatoes, potatoes & potatoes
Mr & Mrs Potato
Been having lots of potatoes lately and it's not doing good to my body!!
1st, it makes me fat.
2nd, it makes me constipated & bloated.
3rd, it causes gastric!
I can't refuse them because it's simply too rude.... sigh... how? Any idea how to refuse food without hurting their feelings & save my stomach before the acid burns a hole on it?!
Don't get me wrong.. the food is nice & lovely but my stomach just can't take soo much of it! It causes indigestion & I'll end up with gastric.. :(
Help...
Evil potatoes!!!
Friday, June 27, 2008
Durham
Just came back from Simon's graduation and it's one special event that you don't see in Malaysia.
For once, you welcome the sunshine and it's actually OK to stand under the sun without being hot, sweaty & moody! I'm not a uni graduate but I've attended my cousin's graduation back in hometown and I tell you.... it's not exactly a pleasant feeling of standing under the hot sun and have sweaty armpit wetting your nice dress or shirt (it's not a pleasant sight or smell too! Ewww...!!) Ok, enough of disgusting stuff, let's get back to beautiful things i want to talk about.
Durham is about 3-4 hours drive away from Southport and all along the way, the scenery is just awesome. Cows & sheep are everywhere and they look cute too... :D The farmhouses are very cool looking... *No photos here as I fall asleep half way... tired ok?! :p
Durham... what can i say... It's a historical site with many many old buildings. If you want to know more about the history, go Google it. ;p
After visiting the university and staying in the hostel, I personally think that Malaysia's Uni has a lot of catching up to do. Forget about comparing how big the uni compound is or how canggih the libary is. Let's start with the basic one: The accomodation. Malaysia weather, it's hot & humid & to make it worst, they actually put 4 person in 1 room with only a small tiny fan!! It's a torture ok! Here, they really emphasis on comfort & privacy. They only put 2 students in one room and there's plenty of space to move about. The place is clean & so far didn't hear them complain of lack of water to shower!
Yeah, from outside, our uni looks good with all the canggih technology but the hostel is just terrible. I feel sad that my sister has to stay in such shabby hostel!
Oh well, what to do...they always looks good on the outside but the inside is just horrible...Hopefully, they will slowly change for the better... hopefully...
Alright, I shall shower you all with some pictures now... enjoy! :)
This the hostel that we stayed in.. cool right?
The street of Durham
Historic building... Loved the door!
People graduate, I kepo kepo there! :p
Even the town is filled with ancient buildings!
The street
The street
The 1000 yr old cathedral
"Green house" haha...
The proud family members! :) Congrats Simon!
For once, you welcome the sunshine and it's actually OK to stand under the sun without being hot, sweaty & moody! I'm not a uni graduate but I've attended my cousin's graduation back in hometown and I tell you.... it's not exactly a pleasant feeling of standing under the hot sun and have sweaty armpit wetting your nice dress or shirt (it's not a pleasant sight or smell too! Ewww...!!) Ok, enough of disgusting stuff, let's get back to beautiful things i want to talk about.
Durham is about 3-4 hours drive away from Southport and all along the way, the scenery is just awesome. Cows & sheep are everywhere and they look cute too... :D The farmhouses are very cool looking... *No photos here as I fall asleep half way... tired ok?! :p
Durham... what can i say... It's a historical site with many many old buildings. If you want to know more about the history, go Google it. ;p
After visiting the university and staying in the hostel, I personally think that Malaysia's Uni has a lot of catching up to do. Forget about comparing how big the uni compound is or how canggih the libary is. Let's start with the basic one: The accomodation. Malaysia weather, it's hot & humid & to make it worst, they actually put 4 person in 1 room with only a small tiny fan!! It's a torture ok! Here, they really emphasis on comfort & privacy. They only put 2 students in one room and there's plenty of space to move about. The place is clean & so far didn't hear them complain of lack of water to shower!
Yeah, from outside, our uni looks good with all the canggih technology but the hostel is just terrible. I feel sad that my sister has to stay in such shabby hostel!
Oh well, what to do...they always looks good on the outside but the inside is just horrible...Hopefully, they will slowly change for the better... hopefully...
Alright, I shall shower you all with some pictures now... enjoy! :)
This the hostel that we stayed in.. cool right?
The street of Durham
Historic building... Loved the door!
People graduate, I kepo kepo there! :p
Even the town is filled with ancient buildings!
The street
The street
The 1000 yr old cathedral
"Green house" haha...
The proud family members! :) Congrats Simon!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
lunch is dinner?
Learnt something new yesterday. apparently they call lunch time "dinner" & they call dinner time "Tea break"... hmm...wonder if they call breakfast "lunch" & supper "breakfast"?
Wah... confused... I shall call every meal "Chiak Peng" hehehe.. :p
anyway, today we'll be going to Durham to attend his cousin's graduation. Hopefully will have more pics to post it up here...
will update soon! :)
Wah... confused... I shall call every meal "Chiak Peng" hehehe.. :p
anyway, today we'll be going to Durham to attend his cousin's graduation. Hopefully will have more pics to post it up here...
will update soon! :)
Monday, June 23, 2008
1st day in UK
UK....
People asked: "Is it the same as I've imagine it to be?"
Truth is, it's actually very hard to imagine. Just like telling Mat Salleh to imagine the smell of durian.
Right now, it's summer and it's quite cold. Hard to go out if you don't have any jacket on.. The days are much longer. Right now, it's 10pm UK time but the sky only starts to get dark.
Today is also officially the first day i learn to cycle! :s ( yeah... a little late... but better late than never.. :P)
OK, previous entry are all long & boring, therefore this entry I shall put in some pictures for you guys. Enjoy! :)
At KLIA, running late, but still got time to pose for pics.
shopping for pork
UK streets
*Hopefully more pictures soon! :p
People asked: "Is it the same as I've imagine it to be?"
Truth is, it's actually very hard to imagine. Just like telling Mat Salleh to imagine the smell of durian.
Right now, it's summer and it's quite cold. Hard to go out if you don't have any jacket on.. The days are much longer. Right now, it's 10pm UK time but the sky only starts to get dark.
Today is also officially the first day i learn to cycle! :s ( yeah... a little late... but better late than never.. :P)
OK, previous entry are all long & boring, therefore this entry I shall put in some pictures for you guys. Enjoy! :)
At KLIA, running late, but still got time to pose for pics.
shopping for pork
UK streets
*Hopefully more pictures soon! :p
21st June 2008
Long distance flight and me just doesn't seems to click on well. The first time i travel to US 2 years ago, the plane can't land in HK airport because of some taufan going on, in the end, we were diverted to Manila and have to put up a night there. That time, i wasn't very happy with such arrangement because I was anxious to see him again after being seperated for nearly 3 months! Imagine the agony. Don't have much choise then, so just have to follow the arrangement and enjoy the stay in Manila. The next day, when we managed to land in HK airport after some scary turbulance, we were again shocked by the news that there's no more seats for us and will have to wait for few more days before we can go to US... FEW MORE DAYS!??!!! That basically means that i'll be spending my holiday in HK and not in US!! Anyway, that time, the airport is just in pure chaos with many people stranded there, flights canceled and angry people screaming at the counter. Patience is indeed in great need during these time. So after much begging and internal adjustment, we managed to secure 2 seats to US and were forced to run to the terminal which is situated at the other end of the building....That's 2 years ago..
Now, for this UK trip, it didn't start off quite well. Over some silly mistake that i did online, i was rejected by the counter for boarding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The supervisor somemore ask a silly question to DOm :"If she can't go in and board the plane, will u still go?" What in the world??!!!!
The mistake that i did was, somehow, I accidentally put the passenger name as J Ho instead of my IC name. At first, they say they can't change the name in case I'm a fraud case trying to cheat them for a free ticket to UK... which i understand, but the question that the supervisor ask is just way too funny.... Anyway, the girl at the counter is nice enough to do some internal adjustment and change the name and I'm allowed to board. That's the first problem.
The 2nd problem is our luggage are overweight by 2kg. Each KG is charge RM180!!!!!!! Freaking RM180!!!!! 2x180 = RM360!!!!! I can buy lots of stuff with that money! so we ended up, taking out some of the clothes and stuff it into our hand carry.
Then, because of the 1st problem & the 2nd problem, we only have about 10 minutes before they close the boarding gate. There we go, dashing thru the airport, catching the train to the international terminal, queue for the custom check before running again to the boarding gate. Again, the boarding gate is quite towards the end of the building. By the time we sit down in the plane and settle down, we were sweating like we just came back from the gym or something like that....
tension!!
Lesson learnt from 2 trips like this:
1. Don't kepo kepo put ur nickname in when doing your flight bookings.
2. Arrive early in the airport
3. Check in early.
4. Don't carry too much on ur hand carry in case you need to run the whole airport!
5. If u must carry loads of stuff, make sure your hand carry got the little wheels on it so u can run faster without carrying so much weight.
6. keep a spare clothes in ur hand carry. they comes in handy after a jog in the airport! :p
7. If all the above fails, pray hard to God, He's the only that can help you. He has helped me in that 2 occasions! Amen! :)
Now, for this UK trip, it didn't start off quite well. Over some silly mistake that i did online, i was rejected by the counter for boarding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The supervisor somemore ask a silly question to DOm :"If she can't go in and board the plane, will u still go?" What in the world??!!!!
The mistake that i did was, somehow, I accidentally put the passenger name as J Ho instead of my IC name. At first, they say they can't change the name in case I'm a fraud case trying to cheat them for a free ticket to UK... which i understand, but the question that the supervisor ask is just way too funny.... Anyway, the girl at the counter is nice enough to do some internal adjustment and change the name and I'm allowed to board. That's the first problem.
The 2nd problem is our luggage are overweight by 2kg. Each KG is charge RM180!!!!!!! Freaking RM180!!!!! 2x180 = RM360!!!!! I can buy lots of stuff with that money! so we ended up, taking out some of the clothes and stuff it into our hand carry.
Then, because of the 1st problem & the 2nd problem, we only have about 10 minutes before they close the boarding gate. There we go, dashing thru the airport, catching the train to the international terminal, queue for the custom check before running again to the boarding gate. Again, the boarding gate is quite towards the end of the building. By the time we sit down in the plane and settle down, we were sweating like we just came back from the gym or something like that....
tension!!
Lesson learnt from 2 trips like this:
1. Don't kepo kepo put ur nickname in when doing your flight bookings.
2. Arrive early in the airport
3. Check in early.
4. Don't carry too much on ur hand carry in case you need to run the whole airport!
5. If u must carry loads of stuff, make sure your hand carry got the little wheels on it so u can run faster without carrying so much weight.
6. keep a spare clothes in ur hand carry. they comes in handy after a jog in the airport! :p
7. If all the above fails, pray hard to God, He's the only that can help you. He has helped me in that 2 occasions! Amen! :)
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Today onwards...
today onward, my postings time will be according to UK time ya...
so don't get yourself confuse like me.. :p
so don't get yourself confuse like me.. :p
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