Friday, December 18, 2009

United Kingdom and Paris trip

Day 1- Stayed 1 night in London. Reached London at 1.30pm and slept at 6.30 pm on that day.

My first meal in United Kingdom


Day 2- Went to cambridge for approximately 3 hours while we were on our way to Edinburgh. I should go for punting ! My dad drove through the whole journey for about 620 miles from London to Edinburgh. Reached Edinburgh at 7.30pm .Due to some reasons we were forced to stay 1 night in Holiday Inn Express. A hotel that conned us for 199 pounds per night !


one of the university in Cambridge



our first family photo of this trip taken in Cambridge

Day 3- Travelled around Edinburgh.A bautiful city with full of castles and historical places. Left Edinburgh at 6.00pm and stayed a night in Premier Inn. A hotel that served good services.




Edinburgh Castle





Day 4- Reached Manchester. Visited Manchester United Museum and Old Trafford Stadium with my dad. A stadium that I must visit in my life and my dream come true. Met Yee Fong at there . Passed all the stationaries he needs and walked around in Manchester Andale. Had a dinner with my family in China Town.Stayed 1 night in Manchester.
Before I left the hotel and go to Manchester


Old Trafford !!











Day 5- Reached Coventry at 5.30pm. After finishing my dinner , Kah yan, Hong Shen, Tiki, Cassie came to my hotel from their uni to meet me and brought me travelled around the city centre of Coventry. We had drink in a pub. Hong Shen treated me a cup of beer. It is the local beer but i had forgot the name .It tasted almost same as Carlsberg or Heineken. We ate fish and chips while we were on our way to go back to my hotel.

Day 6- Planned to go Birmingham in the morning. The traffic was congested in Birmingham so ended up we had changed our plan and we drove to Bicester Village,the most famous outlet stalls in United Kingdom! You can get all type of branded stuff at there. They marked down the price . It is much more cheaper over anywhere.At night , Ka Chuan, Kah yan, and Hong Shen brought me to the same pub again. I suggested to go there because I wanna watch football. Unfortunately, Manchester United lost the match with some unknown team in Old Trafford. Can you believe that? They are home team somemore. I still remembered that I told Kah Yan with a confidence tone that Manchester united will never lose at home! After that we walked around and went back to my hotel.
Shine from Jesus..( taken this photo while we were on our way to Bicester Village)

Bicester Village

Bicester Village

Dad & I

One day before we returned the car ,I took a picture with my dad while waiting my mum and sister to get the tax refurn from the shops we bought in Bicester Village.

Ka Chuan

Kah Yan & Hong Shen

Day 7- We checked out the hotel at 6am morning and drove to London as we were going to return the car and need to reach the train station before 12.00pm because our train depart at 12.25pm. We reached the train station around 10 something. Sister and dad sent us ( mum,elder sister and me) to the train station and they need to drive to Heathrow Airport to return the car. Due to the traffic congestion, my mum and sister decided to check in and ask me to wait my dad and sister outside. And due to the poor communication, I had miss my train to Paris. I wanted to check in at 12.20 but the gate was closed. You know what? my dad and sister was already in the train ! They thought the train is depart at 12.00pm. So they dashed in to the gate without texing any of us. Luckily the staff at told me to change for the next train at 2.10pm for free of charge. It remark on the ticket that it is not refundable or cannot change the time . And I just got 20 pounds if I wanna buy a new ticket it cost around 55 pounds. Half an hour later, I got my newest ticket I had a drink in Starbuck and read my novel while waiting for the train. So I reached Paris around 4 something and my parent waited me at Haagen-dazs. We took the underground to our hotel. My room has the incredible views to Eiffel Tower. It just exactly the same view from Sky Bar to KLCC( Incase you dont know where is Sky Bar, it is located at Traders Hotel level 33)
The dawn

Day 8- Visited Disney Land Paris. Let's the pictures tell the stories.
Disney Land Paris









My son..

Day 9- Travelled around Paris City. We joined the bus tour. It is called L Open Tour. At night (actually It is just around 5 somthing), I saw a street that full of limousines! That was my first time to see a limousine. However there were more than 20 limousines along the road side.



our bus



limousines

night view of Paris City

Day 10- Travelled around Paris City as well. We brought the two days tours pass. At night , we took the Euro express to come back to London.
Stayed 1 night in a hotel that do not provide toilet in the room. We need to use the public toilet with others.

Eiffel Tower








Day 11- Walked around London city. Nothing much to write. Let the pictures tell the stories.

London Bridge

This is nice..


China Town in London

Day 12- Still the same, walked around London City. At night , I had a chance to meet Chee Ler. Treated him for a cup of hot chocolate as a reward of giving me a chance to work in the BMW Credit. Had a good chat with him. Quite pity him that he need to walked through the Hyde Park alone under the rain and bitter cold at 12am because they suspended the circle line last mine. And while I on my way to my hotel, I walked through a gambling joint when a man was making a scene and threatening the staff shouting he would bring a gun! What a night.

Day 13- Went to Greenwish and Buckingham Palace today. At night, visited Harrods and Oxford Street today !Enjoyed it ! Sad things was I didn't took any picture of it.

Greenwish

Nice view

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace


British Museum

Inside the Museum

Day 14- Last day in London, my flight was at sharp 10.00pm. Been to Covent Garden . Nothing much to shop. Then I took the tube to Westminster to continue my photography section. I was late to the hotel because my dad called a taxi at 5.00pm. I reached around 5.30pm. Got scolded seriously by everyone in the car because they needed to pay extra for that !!!

My photography:





Day 15- Reached Dubai safety! Jed picked me up . He fetched us ( My dad and I) to check in the hotel and brought us to eat the typical local food. It was much more look like indian or malay food! But it taste nice ! Thumb Up!! By the way, I stayed in Hotel Inter Condinental Dubai Festival City. An incredible view to see the whole Dubai city as well. At night , Jed brought to visit Burj Al Arab, the 7 stars hotel in Dubai and try sheesha and drink a couple of beers.



Jed & me


tallest man in Dubai !!


A huge aquarium
Tallest tower in the world





Day 16- Visited Dubai Festival City Mall in the morning. Went to safari with my dad in the afternoon .









Night view of Dubai City

Day 17- Had breakfast with Jed and his dad. Then they fetched us to airport !

So this is it for my trip.

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Cheers

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

One more day to go...

I stone at home right now . My sister went to her class from 8.00am and will be back at 5.00pm.
oh man,teach me how to kill the time.Oh well by the way I am at Johor Bahru right now , sister has class yesterday and today . Since I stopped my work at November so my mum asked me to accompany her all the way back to JB. Too many things to blog about. So let's start with last Friday.


I went to watch 2012 last Friday with Alex, Ray and KC. Oh gosh, it was damn nice I enjoyed it mostly. We are warned. Love and save our beautiful earth for our next generation ! I hate in which everyone who saw the trailer for 2012 thought they knew exactly what the movie had in store. Just keep quiet and enjoy the movie with a tub of popcorn if you want. I strongly recommend you to watch this incredible movie in this November. No regrets at all.

Saturday, I went to Sunway Lagoon with youth fellowship members. I had a lot of fun at there. We got a good offered for the entry ticket. This was my first time to go for extreme park. I cannot imagine that I dare to play flying fox. Some of them might think the flying fox in Sunway Lagoon was not as scary as those in the jungle but peoples believe me it was much more scary and safer compared to those in the jungle. At night we had our dinner at Yuen . As usual , they were craved for the special delicious chicken wings at there. Xiao Pang queued for quite long to get the chicken wings for us. Thanks ya .

Sunday , go church as usual then went to Petaling Street for the church caroling. Was not that bad overall but some of them hated the way they taught us. I can slowly accept it. Reached home at 5.00 something ,then took a bath and had a nap later. After fetching Wenyi to her grandma's house, I went to One Utama again with my sister. Yes again ! This was the second times I went there last week. She wanted to install a software for her PSP so that she can play pirated games but she cannot update in the end due to her PSP is the latest version and cannot support the software. Then we had our dinner at Garden. It is a new restaurant with a garden theme.






I can see arches covered with blooms around, wrought iron gates, hanging basket hooks, tulle, small potted plants and plenty of silk flowers I do appreciate the chefs’ effort in incorporating the freshest ingredients, but taste wise, there is room for improvement. I really like Garden and think that it is the perfect place for a date and it would be fun place for a crowd celebrating special occasions too. We walked around the mall and asked for the PS3 price since I'm craving it for so long. Then, we went home and I go yumcha with Alex and Ray to discuss about our Penang trip. This is it for Sunday.

Monday , I went for guitar replacement class in my teacher's house then I meet Alex in The Curve. We went to his dad's shop in The Curve to buy PS3. Haha ! Yes PS3! This is the first thing to buy by using my salary and birthday money from my sister. He gave me a special offered and all cost price. A total amount of RM1700 for :

1 PS3 Slim Console
2 original controller
1 Need for Speed Shift
1 HDMI cable

Damn cheap !

Tuesday, I went to Johor Bahru with my sister . We departed at 8.00 am and arrived around 11.00am. Few policemen stopped me due to speed in highway. Actully I just exceeded abit only with 160KM/H. They wanted to bribe. They stopped me and straight away ask me to prepare RM50 for them. My sister refused it and warned me don't give any money to them. This is our coversation:
K= Me P=Police

K:Cikgu, I tak ada duit, macam mana?
P: Macam mana I nak tolong?
K:Cikgu, bagilah saman.
P: Saman ( with a shocked tone)? Kau tak nak bayar kah?
K: Tak Nak ! I tak ada duit,
P: Okay okay. Jalan

Look at the police in Malaysia, damn suckie. Just want to bribe only.

Then we were headed to the largest Jusco in Johor Bahru or maybe the whole Malaysia called Jusco Terbau City . Actually just 3/5 of Mid Valley only. We had our lunch at there then my sister left me alone at there and went to her class. I walked the whole mall for about 3 times then I decided to go to Redbox to spend the time. This was my first time to sing k in Redbox alone. It's good that nobody can laugh at me , just sing whatever songs I like . Oh ya, I bought a book a in the Popular. Around 5.00 something , my sister picked me up and had dinner at some hawker stalls with quite reasonable price and bought some movies and songs at there too which just cost approximately RM5 for DVD9 and RM6 for songs.

Going to UK tomorrow night ,wish me all the best and safe trip. Pray for me ! Thanks ya

Keep the faith !