Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 8:12 PM
YOU ARE NOT DREAMING.
YOU ARE NOT HALLUCINATING.
THIS IS REAL.
YOU ARE NOT HALLUCINATING.
THIS IS REAL.
YES, PEOPLE. MY POST ABOUT MY TRIP TO UK IS FINALLY OUT AFTER ONE WHOLE FREAKING MONTH! 8DDD Around 600 photos ahead; may you RIP - ROT IN PIECES. *nods and smiles evilly* But please, try your best to read everything, as in, EH-VER-REE-THANG; it took me a very very very very very very very very very very LONG time to blog about this post, y'know. :'( Think about the effort I've put in... the effort... the time... the money... *sniffs* Oh, wait. No money was put in.
Day One • Sunday • 29/5/2011
Arrived at school in the evening after dinner. Mun Yeed hopped up to me and offered to take my luggage (thanks!). Met Mun Yeed's parents - her dad has a really cool English accent whereas her mum is extremely pretty. :O Wai Leng came shortly after me, looking very blur (hahaha) so I called out to her. When we boarded the bus, Jia-Yun and her brother were nowhere to be seen. According to them, they were STILL having dinner. They were late, I repeat :
JIA-YUN AND JIA-JIE WERE LATE.
And everyone had to wait for them. About half an hour of my life wasted. *grumbles* After a million centuries, FINALLY, they showed up and we set off. We lingered at the airport for two hours before departure and wandered around aimlessly. At around midnight, we boarded the plane. I sat with Wai Leng and Jia-Jie, me being nearest to the aisle and Jia-Jie at the window seat. Mun Yeed was with Jia-Yun somewhere behind us. I watched one episode of "How I Met Your Mother" and boy, it was hilarious! Certainly lived up to its name! Then, I moved on to a movie, Life As We Know, but it was too boring so I went to sleep, instead.
Unfortunately, we didn't know Jia-Jie owns a small bladder so throughout the whole journey, he had to constantly go to the loo. WHICH WAS VERY IRRITATING BECAUSE HOW WERE WE SUPPOSED TO GET ANY SLEEP? Plus, the place was so crammed, urgh. *rolls eyes* Anyway, I took random pictures of my friends when I got bored.
Wai Wai and Jia-Jie.
Jia-Yun and Mun Yeed.
Stuff we ate on the plane :
Wai Wai's extremely yummy jellybean. :)
I like this picture.Day Two • Monday • 30/5/2011
As the time difference between UK and Malaysia is seven hours earlier, I felt like I had the chance to go through life twice. :) Although we arrived in London early in the morning, the sun was already shining brightly as if it were 9am back in Malaysia. Strange, eh? After retrieving our luggage, we went straight to our coach. With just a step outside, a rush of cold air caressed my cheeks and I immediately felt the need to pull my grey
Anyway, we boarded the coach and left London Heathrow Airport.
I sat with Mun Yeed.
Throughout the whole trip, in fact.
Wai Wai and Jia-Yun sat in front of us.
First sight of houses and shops in London.
A funny-looking streetlamp. Or should I say... overhead-lamp?
LOL.
More houses with other designs.
HAHAHAHA, Wai Wai looks like she's scolding the F word.
Going-ons in the bus.First stop on our list of sights to see in London :
Hyde Park. :)
Oh, I like this picture.
It's Jia-Yun and I in case you can't see.
Statue of Achilles.
Nice scenery. :)
Whoa, Ivan! :O
Four friends. :)
Two loving siblings...? I like the background.
Last snapshot before leaving. My scarf... -_- Phailed.I forgot where we went next. o_o If I'm not mistaken, we went to see more statues, LOL.
Florence Nightingale at the top. :]
Statue of Edward VII.
Us with don't-know-who statue. o_o
Post box in UK! :D
Monopoly memories - Trafalgar Square!After that, all our sight-seeings are from viewing through the glass windows of our bus. We didn't get the chance to experience anything by touch. How sad. :( And forgive me if the photos are blurry; the bus was moving at quite a speed. D:
Some red castle built by some king for his beloved wife? LMAO.
OH, I KNOW THIS. THIS IS GREEN PARK!There's a story behind Green Park. There's this king who had many wives and he especially adored his youngest wife. Long time ago, Green Park was brimming with millions of beautiful flowers and everyday, the king will pick one flower and give it to his youngest wife. This made the first wife very jealous and from then on, she forbade the royal gardeners from planting flowers in that garden. Thus, it is now known as Green Park. The end. (I can't believe I actually remembered every single detail. :D)
Alright, moving on.
First ever Hard Rock Cafe to be known to mankind! 8D
Statue of Wellington.
If I'm not wrong, this is another entrance to Hyde Park. ._.Our next destination is the long awaited... BUCKINGHAM PALACE! :D :D :D
The palace was fenced with barbed wire because, why, Queen Elizabeth herself lives there! On a side note, I love this picture a lot. Looks really artistic to me. :) Well done, Ru Min. *pats own head with pride*According to our guide, Queen Elizabeth was residing in another palace of hers in Wales when we were in London. She said the queen was throwing a tea party with around 2000+ royal guest and she'll return to London on the following Tuesday (the day we depart from UK). Oh, well. We had no fate to meet the - THE - Queen after all. :( And this meant we couldn't enter the palace, too. BOOHOOHOO! x'(
Some random shop that looks sweet to me. :] Look, they're still selling Prince William and Kate MIddleton's stuff.Got down from the bus after a while and strolled into the palace.
About to walk through the gates and step on royal ground (the red path).
ON THE ROYAL PATH!
Side view of THE Buckingham Palace!
WHOOSH! Flushed away by excitement!
Oh, this is some random person. I took this because of her mad chio hair. 8)
Guards standing at the door to the inside of the palace. The way they move about is so cute! Like robots! x3Our guide told us that other than being an ornament for pictures, the guards really have to go through six months of training plus some other trainings before they can be the Queen's royal guards. Yes, this is a very serious matter.
The gates were locked, unfortunately. :(
People crowding around outside the gates to get a better view of the palace.
Posing outside.
Some statue and I again. LMAO.
Group photo! :D Too bright, though.
On our way out.After leaving Buckingham Palace, we went to see Westminster Abbey!
Snail speed. -_-
Big Ben from afar.
Finally, Westminster Abbey! :]
A really huge and ancient school beside Westminster Abbey. That's just the office. O_O
Jerry, Chloe, Chow Onn, Ivan and Ryan.We proceed on our journey in the bus.
Shit, I forgot the name of this famous bar. -_- This bar was once a place where all the well-known officers get together for a drink.
A newly built building that looks like a tuning fork. :)Then, we went to see River Thames (I think).
A jogger's friendly Dalmation approached us. So adorable.
Big Ben!
Our tour guide for London. :D
Wai Wai and I.We hopped back into our bus and continued our tour.
Waterloo Station.
Ancient telephone booth in UK! :D
Double-decker bus in UK! :D
Monopoly memories - Fleet Street. :)
Said to be the tallest building in London(?). Still in the midst of construction.
Nice picture of Wai Wai. :D
People dressed up as pirates just to attract customers. :O
The London Dungeon. >:D Didn't get to enter, though. :(Stopped to see the Tower Bridge! :)
Jia-Jie's bad photography skills made me blur in the photo. KIDDING! KIDDING!
Side view of the Tower Bridge! :D
London Eye! No chance to ride it. :(
Princess Diana's favourite place to shop (before she died, that is).We had our lunch after visiting all those places in Oxford Street (Monopoly memories!).
Here. An Italian restaurant.
And a bar.
Wai Wai's hungry face. TROLOLOL.
Small apple pie for desert! Yum!Later on, we went shopping around Oxford Street. Didn't take any pictures 'cause I was busy shopping; there's a time limit lah. And if you ever go to UK, look for a shop called PRIMARK. THEY SELL THE CHEAPEST OF THINGS! You'll never regret buying anything from there! 8D
Monopoly memories - Mayfair!We shopped till dinnertime and guess where did we have our dinner? IN THAT FAMOUS BAR WHICH I HAD TOTALLY FORGOTTEN THE NAME! Shocker whey!
Great ambience.
Sammie. :3
Sharveena.
Appetizer.
A whole lot of peas removed from my meal of fish and chips. Peas, yuck! :L
Apple crumble for desert!Exhausted, we returned to our hotel - Custom Hotel. Day Two officially ends (phew!).
Day Three • Tuesday • 31/5/2011
Woke up really early to start the day. We had breakfast and then left the hotel for Stonehenge. IDK WTH was Stonehenge so I assumed it's something to do with the stone age or something.
A picture of Big Ben which I UHH-DORE. Taken on the way to Stonehenge. And I took this picture when the bus was moving; can you believe how sharp it looks like? :J
Summer leaves.After a long ride, we'd finally arrived!
Stonehenge!It was such a disappointment 'cause...
...they were just a bunch of stones in the middle of nowhere.What were we supposed to do with a bunch of stones lying around? Take snapshots of them?
Apparently, yes.
Wai Wai, Jia-Jie, Mun Yeed and me with Jia-Yun behind. Sammie's taking the picture.
Teehee.
LOL.
Some funny-looking rock with faces. :O
OH, LLAMAS ARE LOOOVED. :3It's time for the llama story. It all started when I spotted a sheep and squealed, "LLAMA!" instead. I insisted they were llamas (but I clearly know they're sheep lah - I'm neither blind nor stupid) and so everyone started calling me Llama and made llama jokes like saying, "Go wash your hooves" before we ate and instead of knuckle-punch, they called it hooves-punch. LMAO.
GO LLAMAS! LLAMA POWER! 8D
After that, we had lunch in Bath. No, not shower. Bath is a place in England. Cool, right?
My nerd buddy. 8B
Bath! :D It is a beautiful place.
Majestic architecture.
Roman design.
The streets were always this packed.
Lunchkin! :D
Oh, their toilet had a very unique name.After lunch, we met up with our guide.
She looks like an older version of our previous guide, no?
Random photo. Sigma. (Y)
Magnificent church!
Jesus at the top of the world. ♥
According to the guide, the people are climbing up the ladder here...
...and climbing down the ladder in this picture.
Very talented violinist. I didn't throw him a penny, though. (Stingy.)
Entering The Roman Baths.
To see how the Romans bathed. LOL.
Awesome design of the ceiling.
Inside The Roman Baths!
The Romans bathed here two centuries ago. Of course, the water wasn't this murky and green. Blergh.
Jia-Yun and Mun Yeed were WAY ahead of us (Wai Wai, Sammie and I).
They showed us the flow of water inside The Roman Baths.
The structure of the place.
Adorable. :3
The water was exactly how it looked like 200 years ago. WHOA.
IDK what's this. :S
Underground pathway.
This is the altar. Refer to the next picture for information.
The process of brick making.Frankly speaking, it was quite boring and so we ditched the whole Bath history and strolled around, taking pictures of the baths from different angles.
When I whirled around after taking some picture, I saw this guy who I think is kinda... cute. ._. That's weird to
Pretending to take a snapshot of the structure but actually trying to capture him on film. ROFL.
That little girl was so lucky. *glares* SHE EVEN GOT TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH HIM IN THE END. Babi lah she. (Jealous.)
Still staring at that guy's face in the viewfinder of my DSLR (WTH, desperate much?), we left the place and went to the Royal Crescent.
Creepers creeping up a building. Creepy. *shudders*
Random houses on the way.The Royal Crescent isn't like what we call a touristy area but it is so special because of its shape.
The Royal Crescent is a residential road of 30 houses, laid out in a crescent, in the city of Bath, England. Designed by the architect John Wood the Younger and built between 1767 and 1774, it is among the greatest examples of Georgian architecture to be found in the United Kingdom and is a grade I listed building. - Wikipedia
SEE THE SHAPE.
People practically rolled around on the grass. SO FUN!
Look at the building behind. It's shaped like a crescent.
8)
Yay, jump shot!
The houses look like steps in the background. :OWe continued on our journey to Bristol. We didn't get to see anything and went straight to our hotel 'cause we had insufficient time. Sad case. A waste of money. :(
Streets in Bristol. The architecture looks almost the same as in Bath.
Haha, random kid playing pirate.
MORE LLAMAS! LLAMA, LLAMA, LLAMA. :D
Beautiful meadows.We arrived at Holiday Inn and went to our rooms to unpack and prepare to have dinner.
Crazy person listening in to our neighbouring room. :O
Our room for the night.Went down for dinner. Didn't snap a photo of the main dish 'cause the presentation wasn't good. But the desert...
Mouthwatering indeed! 8D...Day Four • Wednesday • 1/6/2011
Had breakfast and the long journey to Chester started. The coach finally stopped at a cosy restaurant where we had lunch there.
Potatoes, carrots and mushrooms. Seriously? -_- It's like a side dish in a Chinese restaurant. Disgusting and not filling at all. Yuck!But like everyone says, "Every cloud has a silver lining." :) Guess where did I take the picture below?
THE TOILET, FOR PETE'S SAKE! SHOCKING, RIGHT? THE FREAKING TOILET WAS CARPETED!!! AND FURNISHED, OMG! LOOKS LIKE A FREAKING HOTEL ROOM! NICER THAN A FREAKING HOTEL ROOM! :OWe continued on our journey after lunch.
I forgot what this place's called. D: Phail.Just then, I spotted a cute guy. A REALLY cute one. ;)
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HAHAHAHAHA. SEE? I WASN'T LYING. :P
Ahhh, so adorable! *pinches cheeks*
The royal logo thingie.
Wai Wai and I. :)
On the way to the Chester Cathedral.
Telephone booth! :D
I like this view of the busy street.
Roman soldiers!
Chester Cathedral!
In a candy shop called Sugacane. All the sweets, candies and chocolates you've ever dreamt about are there - PARADISE! 8D...
But I'd only bought a small bag of sweets. There were only six sweets inside (this shows how stingy I am). Five pencil-shaped sweets (very delicious - jam flows out from long tubes with each bite! :D), one snake sweet (yuck!) and one baby pink and sky blue coloured bottle-shaped candy (nothing special other than the weird colours and shape).
Busy stalking people while the rest of the group camwhored on the grassy land.
I look damn retarded with the nerd glasses.Set off to the University of Chester next. The university didn't even look like one; kinda like an old Roman building. ._.
Here.
There was even a statue inside... *speechless* Sans the cars, the picture would look like something taken in 101AD. LOL.
Group picture at the entrance of the University of Chester. :]It was already late in the evening but the strange thing was the sun hadn't set. Anyway, we boarded our coach and went to our hotel in Windermere called Beech Hill Hotel. The hotel is very quirky and strange; it gives out whimsical but mysterious vibes, in my opinion. Our (Mun Yeed and I) room was four floors below and there was no lift so we had to lug our luggage around, dragged it down many flights of stairs until my hands hurt and my legs got sore. We even got lost on the way because the routes were like mazes. ._. Grumbling and complaining non-stop, we'd finally found our room.
Upon unlocking the door and turning the doorknob to enter, we saw the most MAGNIFICENT view ever outside our floor to ceiling window! It spelt B-R-E-A-T-H-T-A-K-I-N-G the minute we saw it. And the best part? WE COULD STEP OUTSIDE AND EXPERIENCE THE VIEW, OMG! IT WAS INCREDIBLE TIMES A MILLION TO THE POWER OF INFINITE! 8D 8D 8D
GET WHAT I MEAN?
No, that's not our room. It's a suite. BUT IT'S OKAY. WE STILL SHARED THE SAME VIEW. >:D
The beauty of Lake District... *sighs happily*We then sprinted down the hill to the lake.
The swan was also equally pretty. :)
Wow. *sniffs contently*
Walking back up the hill.
Lying on the grass. No worries. No fears. Pure happiness. Indescribable feeling.
Four friends. :')
Sun finally started setting across the horizon.
We had to drag ourselves to the dinner table. It took some time to pull our eyes away from the remarkable view. The most beautiful thing I'd ever seen in my life.
Trout and more potatoes for dinner. I was beginning to get sick of potatoes. -_-
Dessert.
CRUELTY SPOTTED IN THE LOBBY! >:'(
Grand swimming pool. :) See? The water sparkles like Edward Cullen!Went back to our room as fast as our legs could carry us. We wanna take in the view as much as we could.
Oh, right. This was our beds with chocolate-coloured duvets. Looks good enough to eat. :9
♥
Our room from outside.
Mun Yeed at the jetty. So adorable. :3
HAHAHAHAHA.
Awesome brand.
We couldn't resist the urge to camwhore with such a stunning view of Lake Windermere; who could? ;) We got so exhausted and finally called it a day from the lens of my Canon 60D. Slept at around 11pm but the sky wasn't fully dark yet.
Day Five • Thursday • 2/6/2011
I didn't want to get up and go. Ever. :( Nobody wanted either. But we had to. Ate sausages, bacon and eggs for breakfast. Again. -_- The croissants didn't taste good - they were kinda soggy. D: English breakfast gets boring after a while.
Snapped this outside our room before leaving. :(We went to check out Jia-Yun and Wai Leng's room. They had a better room with a huge bathroom. Jealous sial. NVM, they had trees and monkeys and cars zooming past outside their windows. Hah! >:D
Chandelier! :O Sparkly... *_*
My ideal room.
Spot me. :D
Sammie at their couch. Yes, they had a COUCH in their room. -_-With Beech Hill Hotel shrinking into the distance, we had a long ride to the heart of Windermere. The view of Lake District was unexceptional all the same.
This is loved.
:)
More duckies. :B Okay, I know they're swans but duckies sound cuter. :P
Our teacher told us that we were going to have our lunch there, up on a hill.
Off to our shopping spree in Windermere! :DWe entered the first shop in sight and that was where I bought all the key chains. The funniest thing happened when Wai Leng was paying for her stuff at the counter. The young man at the counter spoke to her with his oh-so-English accent. Here goes the conversation according to Wai Wai...
Man : Where are you from?
Wai Leng : Malaysia.
Man : OH, REALLY?! I thought all of you were from America because you all have a slight American accent!
Wai Leng : O_O
Wow, after all those years of watching American shows and movies, we'd finally picked up their accent! Rejoice! 8D It feels good to be mistaken as an American although we're not white. LOL.
See those two empty hooks? They were once filled with miniature UK buses and telephone booths but Ong Ru Min had cleared them all, believe it or not. *grins*
More creepers. *shivers involuntarily*
So many dogs showered with love in UK. If only Malaysia were like that, too... :'(
Man, I love this snapshot! :D
HORNY ELMO! D:We entered another shop and I really loved the stuff there. But naturally, I don't like spending money so I didn't buy anything. Joy. -_-
Monopoly memories!
Pretty cellphone accessories. I almost bought one but my mind took control of my heart and thought, What's the point of buying it? It'll end up somewhere in my junk, anyway.
Wanted to get this for my brother. But the poster was so expensive! D:
I SWEAR I WASN'T BEING STINGY THIS TIME AND SERIOUSLY WANTED TO BUY THIS AWESOME POSTER AND FRAME IT UP TO HANG IN MY ROOM BUT JIA-JIE AND WAI LENG BOUGHT THE LAST TWO. BABI THEM. >:(
Saw this cool cake in a shop window on the way back to the meeting point.
Love is everywhere. Literally.
My swan friend. :D
Lake Windermere. Sighhh... :]
Going up the hill for lunchkin!
Up the hill overlooking Lake District! :D
Planking on the greeny green grassy hill. Llama likey. >:D BTW, if you don't know what's planking, click HERE.
I love the above two pictures TTM! 8D 'Cause 
Hair! 8D
Lunch in The Belsfield. :) Grand place.Right, I had to use the toilet so I went in before we had lunch. When I came out, I kinda lost my way around inside so I entered a room... to find a couple French kissing. D8 Awkward! Face blushing, I excused myself immediately and ran out. o_o'''
Pwetty. :)
Lunch! And urgh, potato pudding. *throws up*
Dessert with great presentation. :DAfter filling our stomachs, we slept on the bus contently as Mr. Don drove us to Scotland. Stopped for dinner on the way.
Appetiser.
Dinner! I skipped those raw veggies, though. Didn't wanna get diarrhoea. :SWe'd finally arrived at our hotel but I didn't take any pictures of our room. Too tired until I fell asleep.
Day Six • Friday • 3/6/2011
Touchdown in Scotland! My mum told me it was going to be freezing cold up north but whaddup? Damn scorching hot whey. -_- Hotter than Malaysia sial. No need to wear clothes already lah.
On the way to the... um, somewhere. Something to do with the Scottish parliament.
We were told to peep into this keyhole by our guide. I did and to my amazement, I could see a fountain on the other side of the door!
Our Scottish guide. Very friendly indeed. :)
The parliament. Newly built, apparently.
Entrance to some palace...?We left the place and went on our way to the Edinburgh Castle. I couldn't believe I was actually going to a place where my parents went way before I was born when they were still studying. FYI, my parents graduated from University of Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Castle from below.
The guide told us the tombstones were facing east because the people last time believed that God rose from the east and went to heaven and so they wanna do the same or something like that lah. I think this was what she told us; couldn't really remember the details. :X
Princes' Street! The street where my parents walked daily when they were studying in Edinburgh! OMG!
I like this picture. Looks very artistic to me. :D
At the entrance of the Edinburgh Castle!
Excited! :D
Many royal logos inside.
Walking up the steep walkway into the castle with thousands of other tourists.
More royal logos.
Our guide and a Scottish man. LMAO at the kilt he's wearing!
Our guide said that white rifle/canon/whatever you call it will fire at exactly 1pm everyday. It's a tradition.
On the way up.
The place where the governor stays but the guide told us he was not in at that time.
Inside the courtyard.
Entering...
No pictures were allowed to be taken but I started snapping as soon as I saw a Caucasian whipped out his camera. What to do? I Malaysian mah. I kiasu okeh. (A)
The royal stuff were starting to bore me so we went straight to the souvenir shop. There were many cool things but they were too expensive... Well, at least for my standard. :/
HAHAHAHAHA, SO COOL!
Shiny jewel-encrusted pencils and pens. Yes, they're very pretty but the price? £1.60 each. -_- RM8 per pencil. Not very pretty anymore, eh?
I love this picture. Like LOVE x1000000000. Such a dear. ♥We went to visit the underground dungeon(?) next as the guide said it will lead us to the outside of the castle.
Posing upon exiting.
LOL. I tricked them into looking into the keyhole 'cause I said there was another beautiful fountain inside.... AND THEY BELIEVED ME AND STARTED FIGHTING TO GET A VIEW OF IT. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, PWNED! xD
Walking down to go back. Sad.
Great views taken from the top of Edinburgh Castle.
A picture with a Scottish man. I just realised I'm as tall as him. ._. That's... nice. :) BTW, I was sweating like mad, then. D: It's a wonder I'd even had my scarf on. *rolls eyes*
Leaving Edinburgh Castle. Magnificent view of the tower.
Bye bye. :(We were looking forward to having lunch very much that day 'cause our teachers told us we were going to have lunch in... A CHINESE RESTAURANT! WOW! CHINESE FOOD! WO SHI HUA REN WO XI HUAN CHI HUA REN CAN, HAHAHAHA! AFTER FIVE LONG DAYS! IN ENGLAND! YESSS! CHOPSTICKS!!!!!!! (But I didn't use them, though. LOL.)
We had delicious Chinese food. And oranges as desserts! I ate so many of 'em, pitching in to clear the entire dish! I was bloated when I was done stuffing myself with citrus acid. ROFL.We bade goodbye to our guide and went back to Princes' Street. We had four hours of shopping time! WEEEEE!!!!! It felt really good to be walking under the sun but with cool breeze caressing our cheeks, mingling around with Scottish people. I felt... free. Like the entire world was wrapped around my finger. I didn't shop much, though, due to obvious reasons (stingy). I dislike shopping, anyway.
Later on, we rode the coach again to return to our hotel. I slept throughout the whole way; so exhausted. When we reached the hotel, only then we were informed that there weren't enough rooms and three people had to share a room. So, Jia-Yun bunked in with us and Wai Wai had to share rooms with someone else. :( Anyway, Jia-Jie came over, too. Mun Yeed and him listened to their newly bought beats while Jia-Yun and I danced around. After JJ left, we made so much noise until the hotel manager came to warn us. He said the other people were already asleep. When I looked at the clock, it was only 8pm. WTH, still so early. I rolled my eyes.
Day Seven • Saturday • 4/6/2011
The day when I was utterly lost. I didn't know where we were anymore, what famous tourist attraction we were looking at, but I knew we went to Yorkshire and were heading towards the largest and most majestic cathedral in York. During our time there, we'd already came across three couples who were getting married. Sweeeeet!
Some fort built atop between two large rivers. I forgot the story. The place where I was standing when I took the photo was supposed to be the moat last time.
A very nice scenery... blocked by one purple monster. -_- Babi betul.
A lighthouse.
The busy streets.
The quaint shops with crooked architectural designs. See them jutting out at all angles. Unique.
GIANT CHESS SET! My brother would love this! :D
Hahaha, more "Keep Calm and Carry On" parodies. :D
Such a lovely little girl with fair skin and bright blue eyes that twinkles. :D Her dirty blond hair has a soft touch to it like cotton. Reminds me of Snow White when she was young but only her hair was ebony black. Even the pram looks really fairytale-like.
The front of the majestic York Cathedral!
Our guide who every said looks like Inspector Jacques Clouseau from The Pink Panther. Hahaha, so true.
Inside the cathedral. Extremely ginormous!
Very grand and breathtaking sculpting of saints.
Heartfelt. I didn't light one, though. :/
IDK why but I felt so touched when Wai Wai lighted one.
Lighting a candle is a prayer.
OMG! STAINED GLASS WINDOWS FOR REAL! :O
Where services were held on Sundays.
The two keys represent heaven and hell. One key is the key to heaven and another is the key to hell. Apparently, these keys are stated in the bible. This shows that I don't read the bible enough to know. I feel bad. :(
STAINED GLASS WINDOWS ALL ROUND! OMG, overwhelming. :O
The church choir and the glorious pipe organs.
Stunning.
Sighing heavily at the gallant cathedral, we turned and left for the National Rail Museum.
On the way there. Didn't get to enter the Yorkshire Museum. :(
Stopping to take a picture with the beautiful purple of lavenders. :) At that time, we (Wai Wai, Kate, Chloe, Ivan and I) were already way behind our group.
Crossing a bridge to the other side. Magnificent view of the I-don't-know-what-it-is-called lake/river.
Jia-Jie likes this picture very much. Must be my awesome photography skills. :P
EEEEE!!!!! Monopoly memories! THE TRAIN! 8D
Finally arrived! :)
Nothing better to do while waiting to receive our tickets.
Inside the museum. So many trains!
I thought this was the royal train so I rushed to take a picture with it. "No!" our guide exclaimed. "This is not the royal train! Come, follow me! I'll show you!" Zhadao. Not the royal train, after all.
Mun Yeed, Sammie and I ran after the guide. He was walking at lightning speed as if he were flying! We couldn't catch up to him and lost him halfway through so we slowed down and searched for the royal train by ourselves. After taking many twists and turns, we found the royal train. To our disappointment, it didn't even look royal one bit. All that running for nothing. *frowns*
Meh.
The carriages that carried the royal family.The worst part? We had to run all the way back. And we couldn't afford to be late. Literally. We had to pay one pound if we were late. I'd already been punished once when I went shopping in Primark and couldn't get to the meeting point on time. One pound wasted. RM5. :'(
Royal Mail trucks taken when we were walking back to our coach.
There are plenty of buses of this kind all over UK.We proceeded with our ride back to England. Frankly speaking, half of our trip to UK was spent sleeping in the bus. -_- We finally arrived in Stratford late in the evening. Another Holiday Inn hotel. Dinner was grand 'cause it was the first time we had a buffet. I ate four slices of extra big cake and all of them tasted like crap. Blergh. I almost vomited. Served me right for acting like a glut. == Had long heart-to-heart talks with Mun Yeed that night. Very engaging and fun. :) I felt our friendship grew in the midst of those conversations.
I wanted to take this back to Malaysia to share with my family but Mun Yeed reminded me that liquids exceeding 100ml weren't allowed on the plane. :( Sad. I had to finish it all by myself. Oh, well. At least it tasted good. :P
Read the cap. Shake me, baby! LMAO, hahahaha.Day Eight • Sunday • 5/6/2011
WENT TO OXFORD UNIVERSITY! 8D 8D 8D Excited max! But first, we went to some... weird place. IDK what's called. Yes, yes. Clearly, I wasn't paying close attention when our teachers were explaining to us.
Pretty building. :D Gosh, I sound like an airhead. -_-
At the weird and quiet place.
We were there for only a short while before leaving for lunch. Time really flies, eh? By that time, I felt the coach was already like my second home - we were "living" on the bus most of the journey, sien.
Last lunch in UK. :(Actually, we were supposed to visit Cambridge University but they said if you go to Oxford University, you can visit William Shakespeare's birthplace as well, so it's like a two-in-one thing. I really preferred Cambridge University, though. D: University of Oxford has mainly artsy courses only. :/ During the entire ride, we got so bored and started doing lame stuff... like snapping photos of a Wai Wai's new stuffed toy. -_-
Yummy gummy candy! :9
Chocolate brownie that was too sweet, even for me. D:
Wai Wai looks so pretty when she smiles. :) Shiny braces, FTW! :DI have more photos of that cuddly stuffie but I'm so lazy to post them up. Anyway, we had to walk quite a distance before reaching William Shakespeare's birthplace. I was at the back of the pack and when nobody was watching, I'd run into the nearest store to check the stuff out and see whether I could buy anything as souvenirs. Jia-Jie would follow, too. He's a shopaholic. -_-
The back of William Shakespeare's house. :O
They preserved this to show how the house was built last time.
Kinda blur. I don't think you can read the words. D: It's William Shakespeare's memorial.
Bye bye, house. We're leaving.We went to see Anne Hathaway's cottage next. When I heard we were going to her cottage, I squealed, "OMG, we're going to the actress from Princess Diaries' house?!! COOL!" Jia-Yun whirled around to look at me with a bored look and said, "Anne Hathaway was William Shakespeare's wife." "Oh." My face fell. "Besides," Jia-Yun continued. "That actress lives in America lah, dumb shit." I felt like an idiot. "Right."
Another bus of the same kind in Stratford.
Passed by the front of William Shakespeare's house. So quaint and lovely. :3
The place where William Shakespeare did his thang - eg. writing poems and plays. I bet Hamlet was born there! :]
A statue of William Shakespeare.
Ah, arrived!
The cottage was HUGE! Didn't get to enter, though. Insufficient time, kononnya. Pffft.It was drizzling when we reached Oxford Town Hall. I was so excited with adrenaline surging through my veins. Mun Yeed even got herself a new shirt!
On the way there.
When we'd finally arrived at the University of Oxford, I was extremely baffled. Blown away. FLABBERGASTED. It was such a let down! I was expecting something modern and cool and chic only to find an old, rundown building staring back at me. "Now, that, is Oxford University." Mr. Ching said.
To my dismay! :O
The rain made it even more upsetting. :(After that, we only had an hour to shop. We quickly ran around like headless chickens to buy an Oxford hoodie. I bought mine for 26 pounds! :O RM130. My heart felt so heavy when I paid for it. Wai Wai got hers for only 15 pounds in another shop, kanasai. Mun Yeed and I kept consoling ourselves that our material was better because we bought it from The Edinburgh Woolen Mill shop. Chloe and Jia-Jie's Oxford hoodies were embroidered! Jealous max! :(
Hers is pink. Mine is grey. Authentic and classic.As we were leaving the next day, Mr. Don had to rush us back to London. I started snapping random photos again in the coach 'cause I was so bored and had nothing better to do. D: Rain was pouring heavily.
Harrods, the world's most famous luxury department store. The stuff sold there are damn expensive! D:
Princess Diana's favourite shopping place.
Taken using bulb mode. Looks like a butterfly!
Mun Yeed's new shirt.Mun Yeed was going to turn sixteen in five days' time, so we wanted to throw her a surprise mini party with no cake. LOL. When we reached Holiday Inn in London, we agreed to wear our Oxford hoodies and meet up in Jia-Yun and Wai Wai's room. Jia-Yun claimed it was a small get-together to celebrate our last night in UK. Mun Yeed didn't suspect a thing. :P When we were there, Jia-Yun started saying things like unable to buy the C (cake) and CC (cupcake) and everyone of us understood and nodded knowingly except Mun Yeed who had a confused look on her scrunched up face. HAHAHAHA, so cute.
A photo of our king size bed! Best night everrr! 8D
In Jia-Yun and Wai Wai's room. Mun Yeed, unsuspecting a thing. >:)
We burst out laughing and started singing the birthday song for Mun Yeed. She was so surprised, you should've seen the look on her face!
See? Smiling happily. :D
Jia-Yun being the Santa Claus for the night, passing out gifts to everyone. She gave me a pair of pink tartan tights! I LOVE TARTAN. ♥ Thanks, llama mistress! :3
Watching eagerly while Jia-Yun gave out her prezzies.
Mun Yeed's reaction when I gave her my present.
HAHAHAHA, A SEXY CAP! She told me every single night that she's sexy, so I bought one for her. HAHAHAHAHAHA. I hope you like it, Mun Mun. :)
Exhausted after laughing like mad. LMAO.
Hugging Wai Wai after receiving her gift.
Llama master gone mad.
Group picture! :D
Oxford hoodies, FTW!Jia-Jie returned to his room and it was just us girls left. We continued camwhoring. Fun whey.
NERD. 8B Oh, right. Did I mention an ang moh thought I was from Korea? LOL. Not bad.
I really love the fiery effect. :D I swear the above two pictures are not edited.
GIRL POWER! (Y)We were so tired after laughing and bonding with each other. It was fun while it lasted but Mun Yeed and I had to go back to our room to pack up our stuff. Before we slept, we got so paranoid with the mirrors directly facing our beds so we racked our brains to find ways to cover it up. Eventually, we draped towels over the mirrors, holding them in place with... SPOONS! Yep, spoons! :D
HAHAHAHAHA. SMART, RIGHT? I nerd mah. Of course smart lah. :B KIDDING. KIDDING.Day Nine • Monday • 6/6/2011
Sad. It was time to leave. After breakfast, we went straight to the London Heathrow Airport first thing in the morning. :( In the airport, I managed to buy THREE HUGE TOBLERONES for only NINE POUNDS! Which means each cost only THREE POUNDS, RM15! :D Bought books from WHSmith for my beloved brother, too. THREE books, okay. That shows how much I love him. :D We hung around there until it was time to depart from the marvellous UK. D: When we boarded the plane, I couldn't sleep a wink 'cause it was still bright dayligh. I watched movies and cartoons, instead. :D The movies I watched were The Dilemma (no idea what the plot was about), The Green Hornet (sien) and Monster-In-Law (OMG, DAMN NICE! MUST WATCH!!!). Some TV series that I watched were How I Met Your Mother (SERIOUSLY DAMN HILARIOUS!) and Chuck (stopped after watching halfway 'cause I'd watched before already). I got so bored to the point where I even watched cartoons like Ed, Edd n Eddy (MY FAVOURITE CARTOON OF ALL TIME! 8D), The Powerpuff Girls (LOL) and Dexter's Laboratory (sienzzz).
My eyelids started getting heavy but still not heavy enough for me to go to sleep. I played games, then. :D I PLAYED BEJEWELED. I LIKE! And hangman, too. Was playing hangman when this word came out for us to guess. Jia-Jie, Wai Wai and I laughed like siao crazy whey.
OMGWTHBBQROFLOLMAOLASERGUNPEWPEWPEW!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!My eyes had gotten damn heavy by then like two sacks of potatoes so I fell asleep one hour before landing.
Day Ten • Monday • 7/6/2011
Landed. Nothing much happened (obviously; we're in Malaysia already). Had jet lag the entire day because of the time difference. Slept on for two days straight. LIKE A BOSS. (Y)
That concludes my entire supercalifragilisticexpialidocious trip to UK. :D Still brimming with happiness, I feel really grateful that I could go on a tour in my favourite country. I will surely go to UK again one day, 101%! Maybe to further my studies or for a holiday - who knows? In a nutshell, UK IS LOVED. :3 And if you've read until here, two words : THANKS and CONGRATULATIONS. Okay, I know there are three words but NVM. Anyway, THANKS for reading; I hope you've speculated every single word and scrutinised every single picture. And CONGRATULATIONS for having the patience to read this far and deal with my nonsense. You've won yourself a gold star! 8D
Okay, just kidding. :P
Not.
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Whisk me away
Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 1:08 PM
Many thanks to those who've been faithfully waiting and didn't give up on my blog. And to those who did, you should've known better that I would never let my blog die, even for a little while.
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Sunday, May 29, 2011 @ 1:48 PM
Seriously, Facebookers need to learn how to chill. -_- That's what I get for not going on Facebook for two long weeks and people are asking me where have I been (one of them is Ccy, LOL). But a fortnight without Facebook made me feel... liberated. Yes, liberated. Free. Unbound. Emancipated. Okay, fine. You get the point.
I have friends who tell me that they have this urge to log on to Facebook whenever they are free. I wonder whether they feel trapped because of that temptation. Thank God I was an Anti-Facebooker once - at least I don't have those temptations and I can stop whenever I want.
Sigh, I'm so lazy to reply all those messages/comments. :/
Mission : GET THIS SHIRT. >:)
Boarding in eight hours!!! I'll only be gone for ten days so don't miss me too much. :P Oh, and don't leave me any messages while I'm there; they'll charge you RM2 for every message. D:
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Friday, May 27, 2011 @ 7:15 PM
I went to the toilet... to find my P came. WTH TTM. -_- I went, "NOOOOO!!!!!!!" ONE day before going to UK and I have to deal with this... this... STUFF? My trip will be ruined with stupid P pains and crams! Kanasai, worse timing ever. I swear if I could reborn and choose my gender, I'll definitely be a freaking boy (although boys are jerks). >:(
Anyway, come to think of it, the timing isn't that bad, either. :/ It came ONE day after my MYE. :) For this I really thank God 'cause I don't have to deal with that thing during my exam period or else I'd have died instantly. Seriously. Even without the P, I've repeated, "I feel like dying..." for the gazillionth time throughout the past two weeks of MYE exam and my friends have already had enough of me. Every time I start whining, they'll just go, "'Kay." LMAO. Damn sick of me, they are. But I just hate dealing with pressure. It burns my brain cells and kills my body. I couldn't have survived if it weren't for my parents and my friends. Thanks, guys.
It's ONE day after MYE and ONE day before flying to UK and on that ONE day my P came. A good or bad timing? Well, I'd like to think myself as a glass half full person so I guess it came at the right time. :]
ONE day after MYE; ONE day before UK.
Move on. Let it pass. Don't look back. You can't change anything.
Focus on the future. UK and the Brits. Have a time of your life.
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Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 12:28 PM
Anyway, it's Ccy's birthday today and I'd like to wish her a very happy sweet sixteen! Ccy, I hope you like your present and whenever you miss me (perasan), hug that pig-monster thingie and think about me. I bought it 'cause I want you to be reminded of me when you see it. It looks like me, no? -_- BTW, for safety purposes, remove the pin if you wanna hug it or else you'll get pricked accidentally. Oh, and always remember :
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Right, I went to Convent's Charity Talentinner last Saturday.
It was so-so but I swear I'll NEVER ever wear a skirt/dress EVER again. Eww TTM. D:<
Fuyoh, it suddenly hit me :
Mid year exam is just a week away.
Time really flies like a G6.
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