Barcelona..... Gracias....

Hey hey... i went for a 5 days 4 nights trip to Barcelona last week... let me share with you some of the photos.... :) it's a wonderful place.... everyone should go... :)

This is the scary alley to the apartment i stayed for four nights.... imagine it at night.... -_-" scary... so i would strongly suggest those ppl who plan to go barcelona... it would be best to spend bit more money to stay in a decent hotel.... But if u feel that u are very brave and dun mind taking the risk... the apartment that i stayed in was super nice with brand new IKEA furniture, well furnished kitchen and share your room with only one ppl.

This is called 'Paella' a traditional food of Spain... which is rice with seafood or meat... they taste quite nice... similar to fried rice... just that Paella rice is not being fried... and if u can see the cup above that pic with thick brown fluid... that's a the Spanish Hot Chocolate... amazingly delicious... so thick and so nice.... wow... yummy yummy...

This is La Sagrada Familia.... the landmark of Barcelona... designed by Gaudi... an extremely famous architect in Barcelona... why extremely... because apparently all the tourist attraction in Barcelona is designed by him....

This is a place called Park Guell... smart architectual design...

Some old friends from IMU... Koh Jun, Yin Hui, Jimmy

It would not be complete if go Barcelona without catching a football match... although i'm not a football fan... but i manage to watch this game between Barcelona Football Club and Celta with a little bit of finacial support from my fren... hehe... i met ronaldino... muahahaha...

Below are some random photos that i took in Barcelona.... any comment must tell me ya... :)

what would you do?

Today, as usual, i took the U6H bus to hospital.... Nothing exciting actually... just the same thing i do everyday... just that today Wan, my malaysian batchmate is also on the bus. So i sat in front of her after say hi to her. Then suddenly, she hit my back and the conversation go on....

Wan: Hey, look in front, there's a ten pound note on the floor in front next to the driver.....
Me: Wah.... yes... i untung 10 pound today......
Wan: No... go pick it up and give it to the driver.....
Me: Huh..??? ( wat the... )
(but i still go and pick it up and then pass it to the bus driver after making sure the 10 pound doesn't belongs to me... )
(the driver look at me shock... )
Driver: U pick it up on the floor?!?!
Me: Ya... (walk back to my seat... i think i saw the driver kept it into his own pocket)

At the next stop, Navin and Ming Keong heard the story and say: Walau... why you so stupid one... U can get a second hand tv with that 10 pound... mauhahahahaha....
Me: -_-''

Lesson of the day: what would you do if you were me.... ?

Hmmmmm...... I miss home....

There's a lot of german stall now on the highstreet around UK... i wonder why... same in Southampton... we have stores here selling sausages, beer, mushrooom, potatoes, miniatures... well, wat i wanted to share is.... yesterday... i was walking around there with ming keong and wei kiong wanting to look for something to eat....

ming keong: wah, i think i will get a sausage. james, u wan some?

me: no la... so expensive, 3 pound for sausage... no way man... not today... want to eat something cheaper... u just go ahead....
(...so he left to buy the sausage...)

wei kiong: look at that stall selling potatoes and mushroom, look and smell nice... wah... some more so cheap.... 45p only for one whole plate...

(...me looking at the sign board showing : 'potato and mushroom for £.45'
thinking: wah.. ya hor... yes.. i want to try.. so cheap can try...)
me: okie... ya i want one plate also....
wei kiong: two plates of mushrooom and potatoes please
German man: alright.....
(...passing us two plates)
(...me and wei kiong each of us passing one pound to his left and right hand... )
(... german look at us confused.... )

wei kiong: ya, we pay seperately....
German: Ya, i know, but what do u wan me to do with this two pounds??
(... me confused...)
German: It's 4 pound 50 for one
(... me and wei kiong eyes open wide... wat??!?!)
me: but u written there £.45
German: where can u say the word 'p'.....
me and wei kiong: ......... (speechless)
(.... we all decided to pay him and leave... dun wan to create trouble and hope the food is worth it...)

ewww... yiek... super salty mushroom.... tasteless potatoes.... oh my GOd..... RM 31.50 for food like that .... -_-"

ming keong came back with super huge sausage and heard the story... : hahahahaha... let's go take all his tissue...
me and wei kiong: -_-"

Lesson of the day: Always ask before u buy... never trust the price board....

Hello Everyone

Hello... everyone.... din get to blog so long cause lazy... just a short one this time as well.... ya... i'm in Southampton now in UK... a small town... life is quite fun because ppl who came here and ppl who are here already before i come are all nice ppl... hehe.... still wonder why do i always complain to ppl saying how sad life is in Southampton... Haha... Btw... learnt one new abbreviation that ppl here give me.... S.A.D = Single.Available.Desperate.... hmmm... and i really that sad ar???

Went to watch harry porter and hte goblet of fire last friday.... dunno why i dun like this episode... maybe it's because it's a sad ending... hate movie end with sad ending... no.... :-( and cho chang not so chun.. hehe.... hmmmm.... been to London, Portsmouth, Winchester and Nottingham since i come here.... below are some of the photos that i took in some of these places.... and also would like to express my appreciation to those who came to send me off in KLIA.... Christmas got no plan yet... :( everyone going back home.... :-(

Bernard, Soo Ni, Sarah and Me in KLIA 31 August 2005

Wei Cheng, Ne Jia, Jennifer, Chun Teck, Me, Quincy and Ming Huan in KLIA

Winchester Cathedral.... I heard Da Vinci Code is taking this cathedral as one of the scene.... One thing bout Winchester... they got a lot of clocks at the highstreet... please take notes when u go to Winchester... hehe

A day trip to Portsmouth... ShOPPing!!!! Cheap retail shopping complex.... Dunno what it called anyway... and the tall white building behind me... is the new landmark of Portsmouth...

Me in front of the China Town, London.... they are really out la... still mooncake festival although i went there one month after mooncake fest.

IMU Groups In Nottingham for Nottingham Malaysia Sports Games!

Just a picture of the Robin Hood Statue that I took near Nottingham Castle... this photo nice or not?

Ipoh... the city of leng lui??

Went to Ipoh on the 29th, 30th,31st July 2005… ate like pig… all we do are eat and eat and eat and Gua Tempurung (read below…) Bean Sprout chicken, Hor Fun, Dim Sum, Mua Chee, curry noodles, hiong beng, hakka mee, duck noodles… pamello (hehe…), white coffee, custard, bread chicken... I like ipoh la… all the food and the leng lui's haha…

Eating the Bread Chicken... or Chicken in the Bread... hmmmmm....

Gua Tempurung… a.k.a Coconut Shell Cave…direct translation from Malay language… Before this, I’ve heard a lot stories bout how tough it is to walk through the cave… plus according to Jack… there’s a lot of cockroaches inside… so creepy… hehe… started to wonder how come in a cave got cockroaches?? Haha… anyway… but still… Six of us, called ourselves the brave and adventurous six.. Dexter, Hong Chee, Jack, Ai Lee, Pooi Yee and Me, in Dexter’s Toyota Corolla decided to head on to the cave and start our adventure despite knowing it won’t be an easy one… after the Lost City of Tambun (actually just stopped by outside it then decided it’s better to go for the cave instead of the ‘not so tempting’ water world)

Oh my God… maybe it’s very common to other people but to me… to see bull shits on the road on our way to the cave is really first time lo… all so huge and Eeeewwww…. Hehe… cut the crap bout the dung… after bout half an hour, we reached the cave… all of us joined the ‘Grand Tour’ package worth RM22 per head which Dexter insisted to join cause according to him… must try the most strenuous and longest one only fun…the beginning part was easy cause we walked on the man made path which is easy to walk on and quite enjoyable with the lame tour guide telling us funny stories bout the different sculptures that can be seen (including monkeys driving a Kancil car, dragon head, pregnant woman and etc) then the tough part begin… after sending off the other people who did not join the Grand Tour package… the tour guide asked us to off our torch lights and start to walk in pitch dark … total darkness… haha… think I really talked a lot when it’s dark until jack ask me to shut up… luckily it’s just for a while… then we begin our journey in the cave not on the man made path… but sliding down rocks… commando crawls on the water with torch lights on our hands… crawling… duck walking… sliding down a super steep rock face… avoiding myself from hitting the sharp pointing rocks (btw, I did hit myself twice on to the rocks... got two 'pao's on my head)… haha… man it was fun… somemore I accidentally made the tour guide knock his head on the rock… luckily no bleeding…but he complained of headache and giddiness after the tour… hope he is still alive and happy now… :-P Phewww.... was relieved to get out of the cave… took us bout 3 hours to finish the whole walkthrough in the cave… great experience… I learnt never use slippers or sandals to walk in a cave…( jack’s sandals spoilt in the cave... i got cuts on my feet) many cuts on our elbows and knees…all wet… but seriously it was fun… highly recommended for everyone to come and challenge it… even girls can made it… and I’m still alive writing this blog… some more I lost 3kg after that… but straight away gained back after eating super a lot in ipoh and penang… so dun worry… and ar... there's no cockroaches inside... not even ants... got sleeping bats only.. go try it out… hehe :P ... Too bad.. did not bring our camera in.. din take any pic in the cave...

Six of us posing at the Gua Tempurung signboard

Will tell u all bout Penang trip next time.. :-)