Life in UK

Flight back to Malaysia

2007-05-01T18:14:00.000+01:00

Im here to announce i've comfirmed the flight return to Malaysia!

Haha, I'll depart from Manchester on 13/6 n will arrive at KL at 9.10pm on 14/6. ^^ Looking forward to it very much!

To be honest i got an important report to rush n the final exams to prepare. So i think i wun be able to write any more in this blog till the exams have finished.. actually i've got nothing more to write coz i wun travel anymore in this period.. ^^ anyway, hope to c u guys soon!

p/s: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY! LIVERPOOL ARE IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL AGAIN!!!!

London Trip

2007-04-17T18:29:00.001+01:00

Ppl alwayz read my blog surely know i've been to london for several times edi but still haven got time to explore it.. Sad.. but wif my little brother around, I actually managed to visit most of the top attractions in a 3-days trip over there! ^^ Madame Tussauds, Natural History Museum, Emirates Stadium, Westminister, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower of London n even Sherlock Holmes Museum.. Actually we did go to both London Eye n London Dungeon, but 'thks' to the big queue n expensive entry tickets, we din get in.. T.T anyway, our schedule was quite tight to be honest.. I think if u seriously wanna enjoy London, u would probably nid one whole week to do it.. ^^

We lived in a 2-star hotel at Earl's Court, cost us 88 pound for 2 nites (seriously expensive.. T_T). Not luxurious, but still they got the basic stuff we needed: our own bathroom, tv n fresh towels! We kicked off our trip with Tower of London. We din even know wat so special about that place b4 we went there. It was a palace, fortress n a prison of England. It is now a museum in the central of London wif lotz of Yeomen Wardens guarding it. Guarding wat? All the crowns of kings n queens are stored in there! All the families of Wardens lives there. Yeomen Wardens are also called the 'Beefeater', working as tour guides other than guarding the jewels. Jewels n Crowns? We saw them, n of course, we weren't allowed to take pics! Dun forget it was a prison as well, so many ppl were executed here....

a Beefeater, Yeomen Warden

Since it was a fortress, cannons could be seen everywhere.

Houses of Wardens' n Governor's family. The queens lived here in early ages.

Armoury! They could be seen everywhere so i'm not going to bored u wif them.. ^^

the model of Tower of London in early ages.. @@

A teddy-bear version of the Warden! Huge 1.

I'm sure of every1 heard of London Bridge. but b4 i came here I was confused wif tower bridge n london bridge as i tot the beautiful Tower bridge was London Bridge. Confused? haha. Anyway, i was quite fortunate to c the bridge to open n close as we walked out form Tower of London. Video taken of course!

After that, we went to the famous n scary London Dungeon. Unfortunately there were so many ppl lining up for it n it was almost the closing time.. T_T So we juz gave up n headed to our next destination: St. Paul Cathedral. It was the one of the most famous cathedral in Europe, but still my bro got absolute no interest in it. @@ Therefore we left there after juz half n hour.

The huge n famous church in London, St. Paul Cathedral.

Then, we head on to the top attraction of London: London Eye! T_T, still, my bro din like juz wasted 20 pound per person juz to have a look of London. @@ We walked around it b4 went across the London Bridge to see the famous Big Ben!

London Eye..

View from bottom.. ^^ din get on board.. haih..

View of Westminister building n Big Ben from London Bridge.

That all the places we went for the 1st day. As for our dinner, we of course went to the london's famous roast duck restaurant: Four Season, located at Bayswater. We both had our most satisfied ever roast duck meal there after half an hour of waiting outside.. T_T

Next day 10am in the morning, we went to Natural History Museum, the famous local museum which my bro quite interested in. Dinosaurs fossils, animals, nature, everything about science could be seen n learnt in the museum. It was seriously huge, took us about 3 hours to walk thru it.. @@ Erm, i dun really remember all those dinosaurs n animals' name.. so juz lotz of pic dun have description! Anyway, there was a moving T-Rex model in the Dinosaur section, quite amazing! Again, i videoed it! ^^ It was so real!

Natural History Museum

The Main Hall. Impressive huh?

A mammoth.. ^^ At least i remember this!

Triceratops!

T-Rex!

Saber tooth Tiger! ^^

After the Dinosaur section, we headed on to the Mammals' part of the building. Of course, the most attractive part of it was the model of the biggest mammals ever on earth: Blue Whale! ^^

Blue Whale

Seadog, or ppl said 'Mermaid'..

View from 1st floor. impressive? ^^

Cute? hehe..

There were nothing else special there other than stuff about science n earth. Anyway we were quite happy to have come here as it wasn't in our plan initially! ^^

Cool? thatz the Earth section.

After the museum, I visited Qiting who lived juz nearby. Then our next stop was, Bakers Street!
Haha, every1 that knows Sherlock Holmes muz have known wat sort of place it is. Yeap, that was the street where the world most famous detective lived. ^^ We of course visited his house of course, which ppl said that its address is the world most famous address: 221b, Bakers street, London, UK. @@ but still i neva heard of it b4 i went! ^^ The house was rebuilt n decorated as exactly same as what u would read in the novels of Sir Conan Doyle.

The Underground Station.. ^^

Statue of the famous detective.. ^^

His clothes..^^

'Dr Watson' n my bro in the living room

His famous equipments.

After that, we went to the nearby wax museum, the world famous Madame Tussaud! ^^ FOr those who dunno wat it is, there were lots n lots of wax celebrities in there ready for us to take photos wif. Though they were all wax, they looked incredibly real! but to be honest there were not much light so i couldn't take good quality pics wif my n73.. T_T sad..

Albert Einstein!

Beatles!

Beckham n Owen! ^^

Beckham n Posh! ^^

Me, as the representative of UN, i... ^^

Here comes the Ghost Rider~~

Thatz me! wahahaha

Pope John Paul II!

Wahaha! Jose.. :p sao pei lo! ^^

Spiderman! ^^

Will Smith

Jolie n Brad Pitt.. too many ppl.. T.T

Nelson Mandela!

It was such a nice experience to be in there. Haha, it would be much nicer if there were no ppl in there fighting wif us to take photos.. ^^ After that, i took my bro to the famous shopping street of London: Oxford Street! ^^ bought some souvenirs of course, n we went into the largest toy store in London, Hamleys. Then we had our dinner at China Town, b4 heading back to our hotel.

The popular shopping mall of London, Selfridges

Hamleys, on the left.. ^^

For the last day of our trip, we had some Krispy Kreme doughnuts as our breakfast at Harrords b4 headed to Buckingham Palace where the Queen lives. There were so many ppl over there at noon as the famous event 'changing of guard' was going on at that moment. As my bro wasn't that interested, we then went to the 'most important' place of all, Emirates Stadium!

Outside the Buckingham Palace

Wahaha, u know wat? we actually got the Arsenal v Bolton tickets! ^^ in fact my bro is an arsenal fan. though we onli managed to get the Bolton side tickets, we were quite happy to have actually got in the Arsenal new home n watch a live match! But the most important thing of all, Arsenal won that day! My bro was damn happy about it!

Wondering where's the memorable Highbury? it was being demolished.. sad..

Here u r, Emirates Stadium!

Inside the stadium.. huge 1 to be honest...

Crowded!

The Scoreboard

Gogogo!

Awww, Ljungberg missed it!

After the match we actually rushed to the airport. I almost missed the train back to sheffield as well! ^^ anyway, it was a thoroughly satisfying trip to be honest. Hope u guys got the chance to experience it as well! ^^

Alton Towers + Chatsworth

2007-04-17T18:24:00.000+01:00

My brother actually came here to pay a visit! He has now gone back to Malaysia n i think me n my elder bro did give him a great time here.. ^^

Letting him to experience the local culture here was the main thing other than bringing him to those top attractions in Sheffield n London ^^ Honestly i've not been to those places b4 he came! haha, so my elder bro actually planned a 2-weeks holiday around Sheffield n London for me n my bro!

Alton Towers n Chatsworth were the 2 places we visited b4 going to London.. Alton Towers was actually one of the most famous theme parks in UK. Located near Sheffield, we went there for a day trip n tried most of the stuff over there, including all those crazy roller coaster of course! ^^ Air, Nemesis, Oblivion were the names of those extreme ride in the theme park. We did get on some water ride which made us really wet! T.T Here's a clip showing u how crazy the 'Oblivion' was.. ^^

Nothing much else to say about the theme park. Coz u juz have to experience them urself! no point taking picture showing u! haha

Chatsworth

Guess watz Chatsworth? a big country house! haha, actually it was so huge n royal, ppl from all around the country would pay the money to get in! It is also quite famous wif the big garden surrounding it.. It muz be a damn rich guy like Bill Gates to live in it! ^^ coz i could not see the whole garden in a look n i needed a whole day to juz walk through it! ^^

juz one of the rooms of 126.. over 100 rooms weren't allowed to be seen by the visitors ^^

Wat a hall!

View of garden from the house

The 3d wood version of the famous 'The Last Supper'! Dun touch plz! ^^

A great collection of.. Key! @@

The dining room.. as noble as expected..

Ok, now we're outside the house edi. The whole garden actually took us hours to walk through.. it got a small maze garden, but the whole garden itself was already a big maze! walking through it without a map would be quite silly .. ^^

The fountain.. u actually saw it in one of the pic above!

A maze in the garden.. @@ thatz wat super rich ppl always build i suppose.. ^^

We were lost! ^^

Ermm.. juz trees like another part of the garden.. ^^

Pond.. wif ducks on it.. ^^

The view of the house from the garden..

Ever seen chickens this big? There were actually 'hiding' in a bush!

A duck that din scare of ppl! posing summore.. @@

Chatsworth is not a place full of excitements, but still it's definitely a place for relaxation. Take a day out wif the whole family here would be quite nice especially during spring time. Just glad to have visited here . ^^

Italy (Rome & Naples)

2007-04-11T15:35:00.000+01:00

Rome

Hehe.. sry ar if some1 like kenseong waiting so long for updates.. no excuse, juz being lazy recently! holiday ma, plus my little bro came to visit me so far away from Malaysia, kept me bz for a while edi.. anyway, im going to London tml for another 3 days wif my bro! haha, so faster update 1st b4 i ciaoz!

Italy was fun of course. Me went there along wif my 3 best buddies here: William, Eric n Paul. We juz went to 2 places, which were Rome n Naples. We were trying to get to Piza or Venice but the two places are too far away from rome for us to travel there.. coz we juz wanted our trip to be short n relaxing, without any long n tiring journey..

As for the whole trip, we juz on our own to deal wif everything: accommodation, transports, entry tickets, food & stuff like that. Sometimes we were so frustrated wif it but eventually we managed to make our holiday quite a success, especially no1 got mugged! ^^

Other than taking lotz of pic, i had a 'Gelato' almost each day i'd been there. Wondering watz that? haha, thatz 'ice-cream' in italian! of course, we also had lotz n lotz of pizza n spaghetti over there lo.. haih, for the whole week there i spent more than 300 pound edi.. summore said its a budget trip... T.T

Olitti.. one of the famous Gelato shops in Rome..

We arrived at Rome firstly, stayed in a hostel called 'Roma Inn'. Got breakfast n bed thatz it! haha, to make the matter worse, the hostel was under renovation! T.T summore our room din have a door! nvm la, luckily still got internet n knew a few frenz over there.. ^^ cost us about 15 euro a nite..

As we were staying near the Coliseum, or ppl say 'Colosseum', it became our 1st destination. There were so many ppl over there as we expected. For the 1st visit, we din get in the Coliseum. We juz walked around it, took some pic thatz it. Haha, the funny thing was, my fren Paul, he got himself a pair of cool sunglasses for 4 euro instead of 25 initially! haha, this taught us not to buy stuff from street venders over there coz normally u would kena tipu 1! ^^

We did actually go into the Coliseum for the 2nd visit. Cost us 11 euro ler! worth it? almost onli.. T.T

One of the 7 wonders of the world.. Coliseum!

another cool side of it!

I'm in there!

Not alone of course! Eric(top) n Paul

View from inside..

See the underground? There was the place where the slaves n animals like lions were kept..

Group pic!

I told u guys I went there twice rite? coz basically we went back to Rome after staying at Naples for 3 nites. So in details, for sum1 wanna know: 2 days Rome, 3 days Naples then 3 days back at Rome! ^^

We had our 1st meal at Rome n guess wat? Only pizzas for 4 of us of course! wahaha.. they think its far better than any other pizza in the world but for me, its still the same! hehe..

Yam yam!

Actually we were quite lucky to be there at that time coz the Pope was there at Rome as well! He was giving a talk at St. Peter's Basilica, possibly the largest church of Christianity! We actually went there on the 2nd day n were quite surprised to see the Pope there! Seriously the whole building was sooo big n i took a video of it to show to u guys! U actually can hear the Pope talking!

St. Peter's Basilica.. Totally crowded at the front of it!

In front of it.. Christian representatives from lots of countries were there!

There were lotz of places there worth going that i dun think u guys would neva know about them until u've been there such as Trevi Fountain, Palatino, Piazza del Popolo, Castle St. Angelo n Vatican Museum. but I think some of u would know about Vatican City. It is in fact a country within rome. Yeap, it is the smallest independent nation exists in the whole world. ^^

Piazza di Giustizia

Trinita dei Monti.. many ppl gather here to relax.. we actually saw sunset there!

Castle St. Angelo..

Arco di Costantino!

The beatiful Trevi Fountain.. Threw a coin into it wif a wish.. ^^ Paul told me if u threw euro in they would keep it.. but foreign coins would be given to charity.. ^^

The statue of Liberty!

Let me go on wif the top attraction of Rome.. Vatican Museum! Gud experience there.. queuing experience! haha, juz kidd la.. but try to guess how long i'd queued to the entrance of the museum? 3 hours! shit.. from 10am to 1pm.. wth! worth it la.. think so.. inside? its all about arts, especially those from the famous artist Michelangelo! Have u ever heard of Sistine Chapel? It was total decorated by him n the official residence of Pope! haha.. wasn't allowed to take pics there but still lots of ppl did that.. here are some of other sites of the museum.. ^^

Very long queue!

Finally! the entrance after 3 hours of queuing!

Throughout the museum brilliant artworks not onli could be seen on the walls,

but also the roof, and..

Floor! haih.. but after a long queue to be honest I was too tired to enjoy watz in there.. T.T

My fren actually took a pic of the famous roof of the Sistine Chapel.. appreciate.. ^^ u can call it.. 'The Forbidden Picture' ^^

I think i betta finish all the stuff at Rome b4 i proceed to Naples.. ^^ ok letz continue wif ar.. Ruins! haha, there were so many of it within Rome ler.. juz felt like taking picture of them every single time i saw a new 1! ^^ ok la.. i juz post a few of them onli lo..

One more gud thing about Rome is.. u dun nid to worry about water! Natural drinking water pipe could be found anywhere in the city but im still buying normal drinking water from shops. Know y? As water could be gained for free, the mineral water bottles were so cheap till about 50 cent euro for a 2 liter of water! ^^ but honestly i wasn't so sure about the quality of the free water outside..

Free drinking water! ^^

Any1 interested in cool buildings? i got 2 more here: Pantheon of Rome n the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II! haha, wat a long name! here's the pics:

Pantheon.. the coolest ancient temple i've ever seen.. ^^

Met our course mates over there! Wat a coincidence..

The Monument to bla bla bla... ^^ quite cool to be honest!

We actually saw an exhibition of 'Trash People' at Rome! Quite lucky again ^^ Coz it was within the 7 days of public display for Italy. Its about care for the nature n dun make so much rubbish! haha. though u may not be interested, i'll juz put a couple of pictures on.. it actually been to lotz of famous places such as Great Wall of China, La Defence of Paris, Cario etc.. ^^

Naples

Here comes the Naples! hehe.. top attraction, though i heard crime rate there was quite high! be careful if u wanna travel there.. anyway, they are famous of.. Coasts n Volcano! haha, thatz the interesting part! Visited Pompeii, the victim city of the Volcano Vesuvius, n of course the volcano! Went to the city center of Naples n Amalfi Coast, the famous local coast.. ^^

Cool castle in Naples.. though i've forgotted its name.. ^^

Cool shopping mall.. name? forgotten as well!

Talking about Pompeii, its all about ruins! haha, after the city had been struck n buried by volcano in AD 79, the archaeologist managed to dig it out n display the whole destructed ancient city to the public. ^^ Here's the pics..

Thats one of the ppl who couldn't escape.. Respect paid.. pity..

Here goes the volcano! Haha, the Vesuvius Volcano! n the fun part was, its active! ^^ We went to the very top of it! hehe.

Climbing up to the top.. Tiring!

Here i am! the crater of the volcano!

Looking down into it.. ^^

I was watching this! haha

Opps.. Smoke's coming out!

Relax.. Cheese!

The Amalfi Coast ar.. nothing special there to be honest.. fisherman area.. beautiful coast wif some stone beaches.. ^^ lots of houses there too! We bought a few local lemon wine! around 30%.. n i bought 4! c who'll get it la.. coz i wun drink it ^^

The beautiful coast of Amalfi

Here we are on a stone beach! ^^

Fish boats! rainy over there.. T.T

Nice scene? haha, would be nice to live up there for a short period..

I had been enjoying throughout the trip though kena tricked a few times.. not a smart ppl i was i must admit.. ^^ lost some money bcoz of my stupidity! haih.. anyway, we knew some new ppl over there which i was quite happy about.. Alex from UK, Laura n Janet from Texas.. ^^ nice meeting them!

Alex (second from left) had been traveling across Europe! ^^ we were in an Irish Bar in Rome..

Janet n Laura from the bottom left to right.. took a pic wif 4 of us after the visit of Vatican Museum.. ^^

Easter!

2007-03-26T17:37:00.000+01:00

Here comes the SPRING! wahaha.. now im at Naples, staying in a hostels enjoying my Easter holidays! i think most of the hostel in italy nowadays got free internet service.. n im using it! ^^ hehe.. will tell u guys about the trip of rome n naples in details when im back to UK ^^ ciaoz

Manchester X 3

2007-03-26T12:31:00.000+01:00

Haha, yeap, visited manchester 3 times within a month.. This time was the Man U vs Europe XI lo.. haih, actually that match was quite disappointing coz all the brasilian star such as Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Juninho din show up that nite as expected. Instead, a few Bolton stars was invited to the match which I think disappointed the crowd with high expectation. Though Beckham was injured, he still showed up during half time, making all the gals spectators had something else to cheer other than the match.

I watched the match wif my buddies from Birmingham. They all though have been in UK for more than half a year edi, they din travel much around UK. So this match was also the first football match they ever watched live in the stadium. They were quite excited b4 the match but of course they were also disappointed by the absence of the superstars.

Chun Yap bought the MU v Euro XI T-Shirt from the MU official shop..

1st time ever watching football at Old Trafford!

Superstars were warming up b4 the match.. Can u c Steven Gerrard in there? I was watching at him all the time! ^^

The match begins!

Beckham interviewed during half time.. I can still recognize which 1 is him, can u?

Manchester X 2

2007-03-09T22:27:00.000Z

Yeap, within the last 2 weeks I went to Manchester twice! hehe, bcoz got free train ticket ma.. my fren William alwayz like surfing around the internet looking for free stuff. About a month ago he got each of us free trips to Manchester n Liverpool! hehe, thks to him, me, Eric n Paul got the chance to withdraw ourselves from the boring study life n travelling around relax relax..

Noticed the missing 'Liverpool' trip? Yeap, the free ticket was to Liverpool needed us to change the train at Manchester n we missed it. So we just stay at Manchester for the second time since the last week. T_T

Since our trips were on Wednesdays, which were still within normal study days, our time was quite limited. Therefore we just gave up on the Liverpool trip, staying at manchester going around the places we had neva been.

For both visits we went to a famous Chinese restaurant, 'Tai Hu', to have our lunch. Actually we din do much thing.. juz going around some stores buying things we needed.. I had managed to take some Old Trafford pictures as well for the United fans! hehe, so gud ler me, im a liverpool fan lo.. ^^

Dim Sum at 'Tai Hu' of Manchester

View of Old Trafford from across a river

Tram station of Manchester.. got grass ler!

On my 2nd visit, seriously strong wind was blowing till some of the roof were blown away! (that kind of atap house 1 la.. ) you know? there was a huge piece of it dropped juz 12 yard away from me! As the wind was blowing me, I was running so fast b4 i was able to slow down n the roof dropped in front of me just seconds later. If i wouldn't have stopped I would definitely be hit n got injured seriously edi.. lucky me! ^^

Haih.. anyway, my life here is getting boring recently.. luckily there is a great football match coming soon: Man Utd vs Euro XI! thatz man utd vs european allstar team! got ronaldinho, gerrard, larsson etc. syok syok! will be there wif lotz of frenz.. pals from birmingham, london n my classmates, they all will be there. I'll be sitting wif my frenz from birmingham la.. long time no c edi ma.. :p looking forward to this match.. ^^

Bulgaria.. (NOT Switzerland.. T.T)

2007-02-12T19:58:00.000Z

Yeap, i must admit that i had made a big mistake.. from the moment I heard about 'skiing', i think i only had 'Switzerland' in my mind.. neva tot of any other countries.. haih.. paise, my knowledge is quite limited.. have to read more edi.. T.T

Anyway, firstly I am here wishing u guys a very Happy Chinese New Year! 2 days have gone, got lotz of ang pow edi? haha, hope u did la! Had my first Chinese New year at England.. wasn't that bad after all coz me n my frenz here had our very own self-made steamboat! haha, without any steamboat stove around, wondering how we did it? Yeap, we used 2 rice cookers as the replacement! It turned out a very good Chinese New Year Eve dinner anyway, though got no ang pow.. T.T

Pretty nice steamboat meal rite? ^^

Ok la, back to my skiing... ^^ Skiing at Bulgaria in fact is far more cheaper than Switzerland and yet the fun is still there! I would recommend u guys to go bulgaria if u got not much money to spend n still wanna enjoy skiing.. If u r rich then go Switzerland la! it's like 1st class flight n economy class if u wanna compare.. ^^

Before I went to Bulgaria, I visited my old classmates, Keok, at London. He treated me nicely, bringing me around city center and I appreciate it very much.. coz though I've been to London a few times edi, I had little chance to visit the places I should have visited.. Anyway, although with only 2 hours, he walked me through his school, LSE, going around city center, China Town (where we had our dinner) n some 'quite popular' spots of London... (I've forgotten them all.. paise.. T_T)

London School of Economy.. Keok's School..

Me at China Town of London! (perhaps u saw me at the one of Manchester in the previous post.. ^^)

My flight to Bulgaria was on 3rd Feb.. together with my sis's bf, Rob, n an English-Malaysian couple, Tom & Serena (a Malaysian gal, juz like my sis!), we reached Sofia, capital city of Bulgaria, after 2 and a half hour flight.. ^^, the time over there was 2 hours later compare to UK time.. so it was juz half an hour difference between departure n arrival!

On the next day, we started our ski lesson! It was snowing heavily on the 1st day of my skiing.. (nice!) neva c that much snow ever in my life! together with Tom n Serena, we entered the Beginner's group.. Rob went here before, so he was assigned to an advanced group.. Since I was sooo looking forward to these, I was like almost could absorb everything my ski teacher, Valin, taught me! Just after 3 days, I became a pretty gud skiier n I even went on to try the intermediate slope myself! ^^ before I further describe, I think I better explain a little bit about the levels of the slopes 1st..

There are 4 different classes of slopes, Beginners (Green), Intermediate (Blue), Advanced (Red) and Expert (Black).. The beginners group could neva try on the Red 1 based on the rules.. But since we seemed quite talented, Valin brought us to the easy Red on the last day of out lesson! hehe.. through him, I've learned Snowplow position to stop and turn. To be even cooler, I've also learned parallel skiing and parallel stop! hehe, pretty fast learner I was.. ^^

1st day of Skiing! heavy snow going on!

Serena skiing! nice control.. ^^

Her boyfren, Tom. Say Cheese!

As it snowed just on the 1st day, most of the places became so icy on the days after especially those corners.. Therefore we went up to the highest mountain of all, MASULA, 3000 meter above the sea level. By a kind of cable car called 'Gondola', it would take about 20 minutes to reach the top.

Drag Lift.. for short distance.. ^^ longer distance: Chair Lift & 'Gondola'

Condition up there wasn't good at the first time we went up there.. it was too windy that we have to go down with chair lift as the cable car was too dangerous to be used.. The second time was pretty good n we all had a very good time skiing there.. ^^

Here are some nice views over there.. ^^

At the fourth nite, the ski company there organized a Ski Instructor Show which we witnessed most of our instructors performed some great stunts, even a five-year-old child was in it! For more excitement, fireworks were going on as well. It would cost us 20 Lev to get in (1 pound = 3 Lev) if we din get in an hour b4 the show began.. I did take some video clips of some ski jumps for u guys! here's one of them:

The boy skiing down in the video was the 5-year-old kid! unbelievable?

Skiing is undeniably one of the extreme sports that not all people are meant to do.. After just 3 days of lesson, 5 left the group of 12 to join the easier 1.. On the last day, there were only 4 of us left in the group, trying on the Red slopes.. Anyway, it was indeed a very incredible week. Though it cost me a week of lectures, I think it definitely worth it. It was a lifetime experience that I'll neva forget.. Knowing some good frenz like Craig from Derby, 2 Chris, Mikey, Lee, Tom, Serena was an extra bonus I've got through this wonderful trip.

Fall-down King, Mikey! He doesn't look like 14, does he?

His 16-year-old brother, Chris.. a pretty nice lad he was!

Lee on the left.. we were waiting for others.. ^^

Another Chris (Lee's fren) who liked to talk like Borat! 'High five!'

We had a party on the last day! Certificates were given.. From left: Serena, Chris n Mikey

Group picture taken b4 the Ski Show! From left: Tom, Serena n Rob.. Missing me? here u go

Bad posing.. T.T

The whole trip cost per person 350 pound.. n luckily I needed not to pay a penny! still, I think I would have paid for it even if I needed to.. I felt like wanna stay there for as long as I could bcoz it would take a whole year for me to ski again.. Haih.. I think I have to start saving some money edi for another trip like this next year.. mayb do some part time too! ^^

Q: What is so nice about Bulgaria other than skiing?
A: Alcohol n cigarettes there were very cheap.. Bars everywhere, food were good n.. some erotic bars around! (though I din get in..)

p/s: Ever seen a paternoster lift? I din even noe it exists b4 I saw it! It's in my Uni's Art Tower.. ^^

My EXAM is over!

2007-02-01T19:56:00.000Z

My exam is over! hehe.. got some bad n some good.. hope I can still maintain my 1st class results la.. ^^

Snowing at Sheffield

I told u guys there was snowing rite? In fact that only last for a couple of hours only! since then neva snow again.. shit.. now temparature going up like hell until 10 degree edi now.. T.T.. anyway, I wun be complaining about snow edi very soon coz I will be seeing lotz of them! I am going SWITZERLAND this weekend!

Wahaha.. that was my sis's trip actually. Since she got personal things to deal with in UK, I took over her place! Canceling the trip would be such a waste rite? Since I always moaning about life without snow n neva been to Switzerland b4, I think it will turn out to be a quite interesting trip for me.. ^^

Actually my 2nd sem will start next Monday lo. Haih, got free trip wor.. who cares rite? Switzerland summore.. thinking of sking, looking for swiss choc n watch oso canot tahan edi la..^^ Just hoping I will learn the skills fast n dun fall down too much can edi lo.... hehe

p/s: I've just formatted my pc again! haha.. but this time is a fully cracked Windows XP SP2 pro! (the version I used b4 was juz beta.. too much error.. @@) Now, I can even on the auto updates and get the lastest downloads from microsoft bcoz it's a geniune copy! Kept me bz for the nite b4 my final test.. T.T

Final Exam for Autumn Sem

2007-01-18T19:34:00.000Z

Exams coming very soon. but same old me la.. neva got mood to study till the last minute! T.T but this time a few of my classmate did invite me to study together since last week lo.. at least got do some work this time round.. ^^

my exam will be on from 23rd till 1st of Feb.. then my Spring Sem will start soon after which is on 5th Feb... haih.. no more nice holiday. but still, got 3 days free! trying to go somewhere b4 the stressful 2nd semester starts! ^^

p/s: Till now haven got SNOW! faster snow la.. have been waiting for the 1st snow ever in my life for a long time edi la.. they told me probably mid Feb.. haih.. T.T

Liverpool 1-3 Arsenal.. T.T

2007-01-09T23:34:00.005Z

Haih.. wat a sad day.. T.T

It was Liverpool v Arsenal in FA Cup 3rd round.. in fact it was the first time ever I visited Anfield n they lost at home for the first time this season! wth.. Anyway, I enjoyed a lot b4 the match.. very happy to come to Anfield n had the chance to look around it.. lotz of things to c even without goin into the famous museum.. Bill Shankly statue, Liverpool Memoria, the famous 'You'll Never Walk Alone' Gate..

Anfield..

The Legendary Manager of Liverpool, Bill Shankly!

The match preview magazine store.. bought 1.. 3 pound.. ^^

see the magazine? hehe..

The famous 'You'll Never Walk Alone' Gate.. wahahha!

The Liverpool Memoria.. wasn't able to stand in front of it.. coz lotz of people mourning..

Wahaha.. finally i am here! Anfield!!

The corner flag.. worth taking picture on it for me! hehe..

The scoreboard!

Can c the word 'THE TRUTH' apart from the 'L.F.C'? they were protesting for the Hillsborough 96

Arsenal players warming up.. Can u find Henry in it? hehe.. My seat was near the opposition site.. couldn't my players warm up.. haih..

The famous Liverpool Logo Flag passing around the Kop..

No pics during the game.. I must admit that I suffered a bit in having a gud view of the game coz every1 was standing for the whole match to protest for the 'Hillsborough 96'. My seat was in the second row from behind n got a roof on top restricted my view badly.. the ppl behind me couldn't c at all.. pity them.. some of them juz went to the stairs to watch.. cheap tickets wat.. onli got a few left when I ordered.. couldn't help..

Anyway, the atmosphere in there was absolutely fantastic! For the first 6 minutes of the game, all the crowd din seat down n keep chanting "Justice for the 96"..At that moment I din know wat they were shouting for. but after i got back home then only i knew.. That 'Hillsborough 96' was about the FA Cup final at 1996 at Hillsborough, (where Sheffield Wednesday Football Club located) 96 Liverpool Fans were killed n the news reported that it was because of their own fan.. but the truth is not... blah blah blah.. haih.. nvm la.. old story.. back at the stadium, people at the back couldn't see at all, so they keep shouting 'Sit down, pls!' n got some naughty fans then sang 'Stand up for the 96'.. hehe, yeng. But seriously most of the fans sit down properly except my area! couldn't had a gud view of the game.. T.T

So overall I was very excited b4 the game n very happy to have watch such big game at Anfield but eventually went home wif a bit of disappointment la.. rather than satisfied wif this trip.. Hope next time I go there will be a big victory for Liverpool la.. shit... just witnessed a big defeat at Anfield.. 3-6.. shit! to arsenal again! this time was Carling Cup.. haih.. twice in 4 days.. wth.. T.T

Liverpool v Arsenal !!!

2007-01-04T13:01:00.000Z

First of all i hope u all had a happy new year.. that also means skuls open very soon.. T.T how's every1's holiday? nice? I think my holiday juz get better coz i've got the Liv v Ars's ticket! hehe... imagine that 2 days more i'll be meeting my stars at Anfield.. ^^ can't wait for that day to come ler! hehe.. hope u can c me on TV la.. :p

What I did during Christmas..

2006-12-29T22:26:00.000Z

First of all, I wanna wish u all Merry Christmas! haha, i noe veli late edi la.. went for a 10-day journey around UK for Christmas la.. no time for blogging.. T.T from 18th to 23rd I went to Birmingham, 24th till 26th I stayed at my sis' bf hometown, Worthing(South Coast). For the last 2 day, I went to London for shopping of course! ^^

When Christmas coming..

Before I went for Birmingham, which is 16th, I bought a cooking book for my sis as Christmas present ler! quite expensive.. T.T The streets n everywhere were decorated nicely to welcome Christmas!

Birmingham

At Birmingham there ler I din do much things la.. just playing poker n dota all day long lo.. :p celebrated Han Yang's Birthday on 22nd oso.. I gave him a bottle of beer (Magners) as his present.. n he bought us Carling!

I managed to take some pictures of the University of Birmingham. Took pictures of the historical building n the famous clock tower! The streets at Birmingham were oso well decorated.

The University of Birmingham.. Nice & big campus!

The street to Bullring.. crowded n nice view

I was on a double decker. Foggy Christmas... ^^

I was late for the train to London on 23rd morning! I was overslept that morning coz playing until too crazy edi the nite b4.. T.T sud have known that... sudn't buy a 8.30am punya train ticket.. then I had to waste another ₤23 for an instant ticket. T.T wasn't my lucky day...

Worthing

This was the place I spent all my Christmas at. I had a great time there as it was my 1st time experiencing a traditional English Christmas! Worthing is at the very south of UK. Country side, just walk about 10 minutes u could c the beach edi! It is my sis's bf hometown.. All his family member treated me so good. Though a bit bored, coz I m the onli new person among them, nothing much to chat.. T.T but I got a few presents during Christmas day from them oso! haha.. they got a puppy oso, veli cute la.. haha, now I want to have 1. ^^

A traditional Christmas tree wif lotz of presents below

The fireplace where the father of Christmas come out from.. I slept just beside it.

The puppy, 'Phoebe'!

I tot the big dinner was at the Christmas eve, but instead on Christmas that day. We had our big Christmas dinner at 2pm, which was very early to call 'dinner'. About twelve people were there for the party, n every1 gave n received presents. Every1 there seemed so happy n excited when they unwrapped the presents n got what they wanted.. nice to c that... wat a nice culture.. ^^ Definitely the best Christmas I ever had!

Itz Christmas! Every1 in the house was busy preparing the dinner, drinking n chatting

The Christmas puddings my sis's bf, Rob made. Looked very nice n delicious

After staying there for 3 days, I left for london on 27th... Appreciate very much the presents they gave me n the service had been great! Made me looking forward to the next Christmas.. ^^
pic: Nice view from the train to London..

London

I was there onli for 2 days.. T.T din manage to go places i sud have gone such as wax museum & china town.. too bad.. have to postponed it until easter break lo.. anyway, I did manage to shop around London during Christmas, though i din buy much.. wat a shame..

I used underground tube to travel around London. It was just 4.90pound to travel all the places wif train & bus for the whole day. For the 2 days in London, I onli managed to go to 3 places: Oxford Street, Harrods & Arsenal's Emirates Stadium.

Underground Tube at London..

For the shopping at Oxford Streets, one of the most popular shooping area for Christmas, Ah Keok brought me to some shops to look around.. din buy anything coz i was very tired edi juz arrived at London..

Busy busy Oxford Street

For the 2 days at London, I stayed at Qi Ting's accommodation.. He is a Imperial College student lo.. rich fella.. haha! I was wondering y there were lotz of museums around Imperial.. even the old palace was nearby.. some the buildings of Imperial were veli old edi ler.. onli the few main buildings were new.. @@ Qi ting was the 1 brought me to the famous Harrods n treated me the popular donut around, KrispyKreme Doughnut. ^^ thks man! i will definitely come down to London again soon.

inside the main building of Imperial, one of the few cool buildings of the college! :p

Do u believe it? one of the accommodations of Imperial College.. @@

One of the few museums around Imperial..

the old palace for the Queen of England.. Now become museum edi..

Shopping seriously veli tiring ler.. din even buy a thing oso in Harrods.. coz everything there was so expensive! all the things jus 40% discount wif 100+ as their original prices.. coz onli branded things were sold there.. T.T not suited for poor ppl like me.. I did find 75%, but wif 800pound b4 discount... shit... nvm lo, juz look around n experience the atmosphere in the most popular shopping mall in London, Harrods, n u wouldn't believe wat i saw inside there.. a 500k pound watch! @@ I went back quite rush even b4 having roast duck dinner wif keok.. haih.. next time la dude! ^^

Harrods, the most famous shopping mall in London

Emirates Stadium, the new home of Arsenal

The official store of Arsenal.. 'THE ARMOURY'

Sheffield vs Aston Villa

2006-12-29T21:47:00.000Z

It was my 1st time watching a live match in a football stadium. Even though Sheffield Utd was just a small club in the Premiership, lying down at the bottom of the table struggling, the match between Villa was very excited and I could feel the great atmosphere over there in the stadium.

Tell you 1 thing, the match only just cost me ₤5!(A normal Premiership ticket will cost you like 35pound!) haha, it was special promotion for student for that particular match onli.. couldn't ask for more edi la.. T.T i would prefer liverpool...

The players were warming up... No pics during the match.. I wanted to concentrate ma..

It was like whenever there was a chance for a goal, everyone in the stadium would stand up watching. If there wasn't a goal, everybody would like 'Arrrrrgh' then clap hand oso la.. if they scored, then ar.. all football fan should know la har.. ^^ great atmosphere. Fabulous stuff as the final score was 2-2. T.T I was sitting at the very high place where I could not c clearly enuf and 3 goals were scored at the other end... Luckily the other 1 was score from the former Liverpool player, Milan Baros, just below my seat! syok! hehe..

Hope I can watch a Liverpool match soon la.. but my frenz in Birmingham are asking me to watch MU vs Villa at Old Trafford... T.T

York Trip

2006-12-12T20:58:00.000Z

York is kinda at the north of England, further north than my Sheffield! actually sheffield is said to be in the county 'South Yorkshire', which mean south york. Nothing particular interesting there but just lotz and lotz of historical buildings. In fact, those mid-ages castle wall and church were fabulous! Actually the whole city center now was a old city within the castle wall! You could just see the pieces of the middle-age old brick wall everywhere while you are walking around the city center. I just felt like so lucky to see it with my own eyes, especially the York Minister, one of the Europe finest cathedral... Here's the pics...

The Clifford Tower, built in 10th century!

Flood! heavy rain recently.. made us miss out a few interesting places to visit

The view of York Minister from the city center

The view from the local Art Gallery

The York Minister

The other side.. it was too big to fit in my n73 camera

The 'Constantine' statue in front of the cathedral

The view within

Big cathedral!

Me and Eric went up to the top of the York Minister! cost us 3.5pound for the entrance fee but it did worth it. 275 steps of stairs, made me so tired getting up there.. me fat edi la.. T.T.. Get nice views of the whole city back there though.

See the people at the right side of the pic? Enlarging....

I was there! below are the pics I took from that position..

These are the views from the top of the tower:

Sunshine!

City!

and York Minister!

Eric & Me!

Here some other nice pics I took around York.

The Art Gallery

Walking on top of the old Castle Wall.. Looked like The Great Wall of China. :p

P/s: Soon after we had finished our trip, the bus took us to the local shopping mall and I finally bought something! I dun really shop here much for clothing coz of the price la of course.. the clark shoe with 15 pound! branded, cool and comfortable wearing it.. worth it.. so i bought it without any doubt.. gonna shop more edi on the boxing day! (26th Dec) things are goin to be veli cheap!

End of 1st Sem

2006-12-09T00:04:00.000Z

YO! hehe.. finally! no more lectures for this sem edi.. finished all. T.T lotz of them are new stuff.. have to study hard this coming winter break edi.. canot be like last time lazy lazy..

For the 1-month winter break, i'll be going to Birmingham to visit my buddies again on 18th! hehe.. then goin to London for the 1st time ever to visit my sister.. will have Christmas dinner with her bf's family! looking forward... shop there gao gao! i heard 26th onwards got big christmas sales! hehe.. coming back to sheffield on 28th nite.. then i think i should be studying hard for the rest of my holiday lo... T.T

thatz it.. kinda glad to have all the projects and reports done edi.. my credit card problem solved oso.. ^^ happy holiday to every1! Merry christmas! hohoho

Scholarship WInner Event

2006-11-29T18:25:00.000Z

It was and event about giving out the certs of the scholarship for all the international students. I managed to get a small 1 la.. worth 2000 pound. Most of them are the 4000 pound international scholarship winners from 22 countries though. Anyway, i still got 1.5k more them! hehe.. for the transfer scholar from Taylor's College worth 2k and siblings scholar worth 1.5k! haha! in total i got 5.5k! ^^

Me dressed up smart receiving the cert.. vice chancellor of Sheffield at right

I went there wif Eric and I knew a few new ppl over there: Daphne and kai yoon from Malaysia, and 2 more gals from singapore.. met the vice chancellor of Sheffield as well!

Showing off my cert.. not very sure it is useful but it was nicely framed!

Weston Park Museum

2006-11-25T20:21:00.000Z

Recent life was quite routine n nothing special to write about.. T.T anyway, me and 4 Chinese classmates today visited Weston Park Museum in Sheffield. It is a relatively small museum though in the town. I always walk pass it whenever i go to the Uni Sports Center.. neva got a chance to go in till today. :p the most important thing is: free admission!

Following are the pics i've taken back in there..

Here's the ordinary stuff in a museum.. about the famous steel of Sheffield

Market!

Wondering why i put these market pics on? itz in the museum! all the meats are fake! itz about the market that are so common in the life of people in Sheffield

Some of the dinosaur fossils.. cool stuff

Hehe.. KONG!

The Ancient Rhino! looks real doesn't it? looked warm as well.. T.T cold here

'The French in Cairo', one the paintings in the Museum.. din noe have such drawing.. :p

One of the chinese, Xia Ran told me the museum took 3 whole years to build it.(kinda long for a small museum..) The design inside made me felt like goin around in a shopping mall ler! Nice design and a perfect place for a family with small children to visit. Lotz of facilities inside are meant for children usage, making them feel fun while looking thru those boring history!

Juz another pic of the building in Sheffield: 'Millennium Gallaries Winter Garden'. Awesome design!

p/s: Last thursday was the first time i drank so much of alcohol! Met a new fren, Sam, back there in a disco and he treated each of us a bottle of beer! Finished it and Sam heard i neva drink, he treated me another bottle! made me almost drunk that nite! ^^

Birmingham

2006-11-13T23:33:00.000Z

Haha, this time i went to Birmingham! went there from friday nite until sunday nite, din visit anywhere though, such as football stadium, underwater world.. though me n my old buddies there went to city centre, where the main train station, Birmingham New Street is located. We planned to eat a lunch buffet in a japanese restaurant which just cost u 5 pound! haih.. we went there like 12.45pm oso the queue was so long edi lar... sad.. they told me they come here every weekend b4 1pm then u will surely get a place.. but not this time.. so unfortunate.. so we simply went to a chinese restaurant to have our lunch lo... hehe.. the roast duck rice i always wanted to eat since i come to UK.. yay!

Kok Leong, Han Yang n Yong Jia at Bus Stop, waiting bus to city centre

Han Yang n Yong Jia on the bus.. hehe

The view of University of Birmingham from the bus

The Roast Duck Rice i ate.. tempting? hehe

A church n Christmas tree around

One of the biggest shooping mall in birmingham, Bullring

Dunno wat is this building.. :p juz looked kinda cool..

Actually I din do much things over there other than watching drama, playing 3v3 dota n basketball lo.. T.T, n i got injured for playing basketball oso.. i played twice when i was there: 1st time becoz of the slippery n rough surface made my hand n ankle bleed when i fell down.. the next day when i played again, my finger hit the ball hard n my knee get knocked as well.. though i was quite enjoy it la.. T.T

I cooked for their dinner as well! haih.. but it was a failure.. coz i bought the wrong oil.. i was suppose to buy concentrated soy sauce then i bought dark soy sauce, making the meal became kinda strange lo.. though it was eatable la.. :p

Overall i enjoyed it pretty much. hehe, especially got chance to play dota again.. syok la.. hehe.. got chance i will come to visit them again.. ^^

p/s: for the lunch n dinner on Sunday, i ate at the same kebab store near their hse: Adam's Place! (they 5 ppl always go there to eat 1) haha.. juz lazy to cook.. :p the workers there were like so happy to see us twice a day.

Autumn..

2006-11-10T18:00:00.000Z

Hey guys, here comes the autumn! haha. everything will be the first time for me, including this four seasons i'll experience here.. here the trees like either botak or got yellow leaves edi ler..

Eh, haha.. n yesterday was the first time i went to clubbing ler! nice n fun! but i din drink at all.. T.T i think i heard from my frenz saying that after u drink alcohol would be more fun n excited, but i juz couldnt get used to the taste of the beers la, such as Carling n Carlsberg ... is like mineral water plus some sparking effect onli.. dunno got wat special.. haha.. thatz wat my fren oso said when u get used to it then itz super nice to drink edi.. one day mayb.. but honestly i dun really wish to... pic: My fren Eric.. hehe

ehh guys u noe? i bought 2gb memory card for my n73 edi!!! but shit.. y? coz the whenever the phone access to the memory card then it will be hang like hell!!! especially when u use the camera n video camera.. shit... i m thinking of sell it thru eBay n get 1gb 1.... T.T haih...

p/s: These pics were taken using my n73.. haha.. the pictures of the trees are nice ler? 3.2 mp wor.. but in the disco 1 quality a bit lousy as u can c probably becoz of the smoke in there gua.. :p hehe..

My N73

2006-11-04T17:15:00.000Z

Finally!!! i've got myself a brand new phone!! free!! haha.. thatz wat u can't do back in Malaysia ler~~ itz a 12months O2 contract wif 35 pound each month, but wif 8 months half price cut and 400mins and 100 txt sms free each month.. gud deal actually... The new # i've got is 07809673146

Itz kinda cool phone actually. nice features, 3.2 megapixels, stereo speakers... hehe.. i was wondering buying either this or k800i. Probably k800i's camera better la.. T.T

This is the photo taken using n73. hehe.. doubt it's 3.2 mp..

My living room

Manchester Trip

2006-10-30T13:56:00.000Z

Haha! finally! trip to Manchester dudes! that was my frenz idea juz 1 day b4 the trip. the day b4 i did my railcard which can get me good discount for rail ticket, booked rail ticket n the MU old trafford tour. hehe.. juz like everything was done in a day.

Early in the Saturday morning, which is 7am, i went to the Tesco express shop to meet up wif them. Damn cold u noe n juz got a few ppl around. After we've met up, 3 of us walked to the train station which is 1km away.

After an hour train ride, which cost us 6.5 pound for return ticket(kinda cheap edi), we've reached Manchester!! hehe.. which is at Piccadily, the city center of Manchester. There got lotz of shopping center. Seriously nice place to shop! if u got money la.. ppl poor like me onli can go Primark lo.. T.T U know? there are public toilets everywhere! itz not like any ordinary toilet, itz open! haha!

We went to old trafford as well. Nice experience dude.. haha.. The tour guide, Terry, explained lotz of stuff to us about the history of MU n the stadium lo.. here the pics..

Old Trafford Station, 1km away from stadium

Gary Neville's 500th-appearence shirt

1999 Treble Trophies

Player's Dressing Room

Me n my buddies at Old Trafford

Haha.. This is where Sir Alex Ferguson seats!

Outside View.. nice huh?

Here's the China Town! Me n Eric.

Actually there's more pics to post up but nid to wait kinda long.. summore itz almost the same 1.. hehe.. nice trip anyway! Next stop, Birmingham probably!

Sheffield ppl

2006-10-24T19:52:00.000+01:00

Haha. recently dun blog so much edi... not like when skul open ma.. so free.. hehe..

Now I found that the course is kinda hard ler.. nid to work veli hard to get good marks.. not like my 1st year at Taylor's.. most of them learnt b4 1.. T.T now is like all the things oso new 1.. charm.. nid a lot of effort dudes..

U noe? Sheffield ppl is veli gud 1. haha. I m kinda forgetful ppl la u noe... i always forget this forget that.. within 3 weeks i forgot 3 things to bring back edi. hehe... a goggle, a thumbdrive, n my red aluminium bottle! haha.. again! hehe, coz back in malaysia i oso lost 1.. ks gave me 1.. hehe.. :p now, losing things here is not a problem! After 3 weeks i had lost my bottle, i found it back at the same place! hehe, miracle? n my goggle in uni's swimming pool i got it back after 1 week, thumbdrive left at a crowded IT center after like 3 hours! haha.. sheffield ppl nice ler? hehe.. gud for ppl like me..

aiya, n 1 thing still i dun like about my bank registration for my debit card n credit card at a local bank "NatWest".. other ppl like my fren can get his card very fast n I? first, they get my debit card's surname wrong! T.T from 'Cheng' to 'Chang' ler! haih.. ppl 2 weeks can get their cards edi n me? i m now like 1 months edi still canot get.. summore 10 days b4 i went to report it, then last friday i go check again the manager told me it wasn't in the process of changing! told me to wait another 10days wor... haih.. n summore, in the same day, i received the letter for my registration for credit card (same company). I was so glad they get my surname right by the moment i received the letter. then, when i opened it, it said they rejected my registration! wth, saying sumthing like i m a existing account holder.. haih, my bro told me most probably they messed up wif my bro's account lo.. coz u noe la, UK ppl onli look at first name n surname, like my 'Cheng Khai Chee' onli look at Surname 'Cheng' n first name 'Khai' n treat 'Chee' as middle name. so it will be appear like 'Khai C Cheng'. As my surname n first name is the same like my bro, so.. haih.. keep that in mind if u got bro or sis's name almost the same n u wanna register for sumthing lo... T.T

Travel

2006-10-16T22:53:00.000+01:00

Haih.. actually there's really not much things to say these days. Coz life is so routine, nothing much is going on. Everyday juz go to skul, do lab, tired, cooking, washing dishes, watching drama.. everyday like the same.. though got a PS2 here la.. but i dun like video games anymore.. dunno y.. @@

Anyway, I've made 2 really gud frenz, william n eric. both malaysian lo.. gud ppl.. haha, though they r like 2 years older than me, we are now like close frenz lo. hehe. Malaysian ma.. William n I went to Middlehall there shopping(like midvalley that big 1.. hehe), went to Hillsboro visiting Sheffield Wednesday's Stadium. We 3 ppl also went to country side 'Crystal Peak' there shopping.. hehe.. kinda like travel around Sheffield lo.. ^^ though i din buy anything la.. see see onli :p poor ma.. wat can i do.. all things like 20++ pounds.. T.T

On my way to Sheffield Wednesday stadium.. through a park kinda beautiful..

Eric was trained to be a life guard ler.. so he swims very well.. hehe, he brought me to the uni's swimming pool there swimming on last Friday. After like 1 n half hour, we went into sauna for 5 mins then went into the pool again.. haha.. kinda syok ler. 1st time i really enjoyed sauna.. coz i long time din experience typical hot malaysian weather edi lo.. everyday oso veli cold.. go sauna syok ler! hehe..

Last Saturday we went to an unformal auction. U noe? u seriously couldn't believe those prices they gave. they noticed that they were kinda close down or got some unwanted stuff to sell.. 20pound for a 60gig video ipod, 60pound for PSP... wth! got that cheap! so we went there lo.. luckily my bro knew they were cheating earlier b4 we went there. They were like decided to sell that expensive thing to you edi, then you paid n the thing go back into a room. then they came out n gave u the thing in a black plastic bag n asked to u go out. Make an example, u r trying to get a 60pound stuff then u go out n find out that it is a 1-2pound stuff, wat will u do? angry rite? haha, but u juz couldn't do anything. U got no receipt or anything else. pity? So we juz wanna c how the auction was all about then we juz left there after 10 mins. Nice experience anyway. so dun u just c things gud then juz lose ur mind, thinking that u r lucky today... try think logically b4 do anything. agree? ^^

Today i went to Doncaster to visit a manufacturing factory called Cooper Lighting n Security. Kinda nice experience anyway coz i had neva been to a factory b4 other that c those scenery in movies. Especially those robotic arms, quite cool! hehe.. Now im trying to get a new bank account asap.. haih.. but the NatWest Bank juz get my surname wrong! They wrote me 'Chang' instead of 'Cheng'! T.T I have to wait a little long lor... haih.. kinda hard to buy anything expensive coz i onli can use cash.. no debit card can b used.. Cannot sign contract for phones oso.. pity me!! actually i wanna get myself a K800i.. hehe.. though W850i kinda cool but i got iPod edi.. hehe.. take picture more important ma.. 3.2 megapixel wor.. then i no nid to get a camera edi.. hehe.. hope i can get my bank account asap la.. T.T

2 weeks gone..

2006-10-06T21:47:00.000+01:00

Haih.. though is like 2 weeks gone edi but im still in serious sickness ler... this is something ppl call it 'Fresher Sickness' lo... haih...

After just 1 week i had reached Sheffield, my sis had to leave me n my bro for a trial at London. T.T u noe? my bro always says he veli bz, nid to pass up a report b4 24th october.. without sis, i have to cook most of the time lo.. but today my bro spared some time fried noodle for me.. hehe... but ar... no matter who's the one preparing the meal, i m still the one who clean up all the dishes.. T.T he bz ma.. sick oso nid to help lo...

haha.. muz blame myself oso.. I have been eating quite a lot of junk food during these 2 weeks, even when I was sick. hehe.. now have to suffer the consequence lo...

My day at skul ar? I've met quite a lot of frenz lo... 1 gal from Malta, 3 guys from China(ehh.. Sheffield oso got many ppl from China ler), 1 guy from cyprus, Paul from Sheffield(looks like Paul Scholes 1), and a couple of UTM Malaysian students, William n Eric, etc.. haha.. Malaysian ma.. so they 2 are the closest frenz of me at the moment. That Paul oso treats me nicely oso.. ^^

Haha.. sick edi.. today I slept a bit during the classes ler... hehe.. u noe? I oso can copy note when i was sleeping ler! hehe.. but all wrong 1 la... like 'q' became 'p', 'e' became 'a'.. hehe..

I m now kinda worry lo.. coz the english the ppl here talk I dun really understand ler.. I m able to get like 50% onli... T.T some of their words like became quite soft edi but most of my mates still able to get the idea, but i couldn't ler... haih... hope i will be able to cope wif it asap la.. if not... the math class n the subjects which mostly based on theory I m able to catch up wif reading the notes again if i din understand... but that kind of unlogical subjects like management n project then i m in deep trouble lo.. haha.. i found out i was kinda shy oso talking english with my mates... T.T but when i was talking to Chee Guang(Taylor's mate) then OK edi.. hehe...

Hope I can cope wif it soon lo... as well as the weather here.. whenever the wind blows it is damn cold ler.... T.T kinda sick now.. hehe.. but my sis left behind her 200gb external hard disk here.. got like 20++ kinds of drama n series for me to watch! wahaha.. so i become lazy to on msn n write blog edi lo... sry ar..

hehe... again i'd like to share another nice video! hehe.. dunno y liverpool like to score great goals recently...kinda making me sorry if i dun share these video wif u guys.. hehe >.< Peter Crouch, his 2nd goal against Galatasaray, goal of the season contender!

Back to Skul

2006-09-25T19:17:00.000+01:00

Haih.. most ppl hate goin back to skul rite? me too of course.. T.T another long holiday ended wif nothing achieved.. thatz me! hehe..

University of Sheffield

So here I am. One of the best engineering universities in UK.. hehe. sud be proud of it. As I sud be arriving a week earlier, I was unable to attend any of day of those intro week.. including registration day, orientation day, n lotz of activities.. haih.. I dun care la.. so i was quite nervous coz i had no idea about when and where is my 1st class.. and b4 that I wanna thk my bro for helping me whole day to sort out my regristration problems, getting all the info i sud noe, and buying me my lunch! hehe.. nice bro I have, don't I?

My class got about 40 ppl.. most of them r western of course.. haha.. i was able to meet up wif a couple of Malaysian Chinese who were studying at UTM. They are the direct transfer student like me as well. I oso found 4 Malaysia gal! exicted? no.. y? coz they all malay.. T.T haha! for my second class is Electronic Circuit class.. haha.. that class got some chicks there from Biomedic! hehe.. other than Biomedic, our EE class oso had the class wif Aerospace students as well as 'System and Control' students, if im not wrong..

Registration

After that, which is 12 noon, my bro took me to walk around the campus while waiting for the registration to open at 1.30pm. Nice campus and the buildings are not near at all.. u need to cross a couple of main roads to reach another department.. wow.. we managed to finsihed our first half of registration just on time.. which is 2pm.. was oso the time my final class starts! shit.. The lab was like 1 and a half kilometer away from the registration building ler! I ran like hell lo.. T.T anyway, late oso.. 5 minutes late lo.. can't help

Choosing Course Rap

In the lab juz introduced all the stuff we 2nd year students need to noe lo.. all those bullshit things.. hehe.. n we chose our course rap oso.. woa. swt.. they all like well prepared for their fight to become the leader ler.. we had to choose 2 out of 4 volunteers; each of them got 2 minutes for presentation of 'y we sud choose you as our course rap'. First 1 was a local, brought lotz of biscuits and said that if we voted him then he would treat us the biscuits! haha, thatz bribery, isn't it? 2nd 1 who was an Indian I think, talked well in english, very confident, quite funny and juz got the sense of humour very much. Most of us liked him i think.. at least i did.. hehe, though i din vote for him eventually.. :p Third 1 got a lot of confidence as well and said out that he would step up for anything. He is a local either. Last 1 is a Chinese, from China.. quite weird when a ppl giggling after he said that he was a 'Chinese from China'. That guy propably tot that 'from China' was unnecessary, tot Chinese only come from China gua.. @@.. haha, this Chinese juz emphasized that a course rap sud be a person who is able to help his coursemates to deal wif their homeworks and tutorial, saying out that how high the marks he achieved last year.. @@ (actually his mark quite high ler.. haha.. though mine oso almost same as his la.. paise.. hehe :P) ... eventually, guess who are 2 course rap? haha.. both oso not western! hehe.. it was the Indian n the Chinese! haha.. they were so thankful after that.

Finally, hehe.. i would like to share wif u guys one of my favourite videos.. hehe... yup! itz Liverpool again!! haha! Xabi Alonso's 70-yard goal against Newcastle! It was the finest, greatest and the furthest goal ever scored in the English Premier League! Enjoy!

P/s: When I was walking around the campus wif my bro, he introduced me to his frenz wif the name 'Steven'! haha, I was joking wif him last time of using a Christian name onli.. nvm lo.. using Steven oso quite cool! hehe.. amiration of Steven Gerrard..

Sheffield

2006-09-24T21:47:00.000+01:00

Liverpool vs Tottenham

Haha, today is my 2nd day at Sheffield and today's a big day for me n Liverpool! Me, bro n sis three ppl went to a pub to watch this particular match ler!! hehe.. I had my lunch there too. It was the famous Fish n Chips! hehe.. again, it was served wif lotz of chips n green peas.. haha, i did enjoy that very much, crispy n yummy.. hehe.. the more important is.. Liverpool won 3-0!! :p

Haha.. damn chun! It was the first time I could watch a live match in day time ler! summore celebrate wif lotz of Liverpool fans over there! hehe.. damn happy back there. At half time my sis left edi... After Dirk Kuyt had scored the second goal for Liverpool, we went out to buy our stuff edi.. T.T i was damn sad afterwards coz later i found out that Liverpool scored another fantastic goal! haih.. (riise's thunderbolt!! goal of the week ler..)

This is that Riise's goal!! hehe.. wat a cracker!! :p.. too bad i missed it.. T.T

Shopping

We went into a few shops: Tai Sun, where you can get ur chinese stuff and food, Argos(where u can get all kinds of furniture wif cheap prices) to get my mattress. We also bought a whole chicken too for our dinner... New experience..

Haha.. after that, we met up wif sis at Tesco there and my bro left me wif her. He was quite bz wor he said.. Hehe.. then we went to Starbucks Coffee there to get ourselves a drink. U noe wat? at first i was quite shock to c the price list. 1-3 pounds onli for all those beverage! haha.. i noe la.. u wanna say if convert to RM still the same rite? haih.. u noe?.. i went to starbucks quite a lot of times b4 i go UK ler.. so i was used to c the price list like 10++ lo... summore the price list there no stated pound oso.. :p

There were many options for the hot choc over there. Got caramel, hazel nut.. haha.. Malaysia's one juz got one kind of hot choc rite if im not wrong? hehe.. my sis got me the normal 1 though.. then we just shopped around buying some clothes for me lo... hehe. we oso bought some stationeries at a quite famous stationery shop in UK called "WH Smith".. My sis got the some nice winter clothing which cost us just 4 to 6 pounds onli.. ^^ that nice shop is call "Primark".. :p

Dinner

We had our dinner at home wif my sis cook chicken rice for us.. nice meal!! even better than Malaysia's one! hehe.. then i was just enjoy the TV programme, including X Factor (UK show like American Idol), who wants to b a millionaire(got 1 ppl became a millionaire that nite!) and EPL highlights! damn a lot of nice programs ler.. hehe.. itz like got hundreds of channels available but we onli got like 100 over lo.. enuf edi lo.. hehe.. wat a nice day! :p

The New Land

2006-09-24T21:03:00.000+01:00

Road to Sheffield

Haha.. nice train ler.. if compare to Malaysia's 1.. hehe.. Malaysia's 1 canot eat inside 1; UK 1 they prepare eating tables in front of each seats!! haha.. big difference ler.. (LRT ppl lazy? hehe) another difference is: the train waits at each station quite long 1.. for the final station.. is like half an hour there.. like ktm lo... and u muz press the door button urself to open the door.. hehe.. and u noe? they dun have the ticket check-in machine 1.. u can straight away go in the train without ticket oso.. haha.. but most of the time got ppl check la.. can buy on the spot oso if u had no time to buy the ticket. chun? haha.. wanna try to sneak in and have a free ride? i tot of that too! hehe..

Great view!

I had my lunch on that train lo.. 3 sumthin back there.. that was sumthing like beef pie.. shit.. that was cold ler.. u noe 'char xiu bao'? tasted like it but cold 1 ler.. can imagine? haih.. then after a couple of bite i decided to take home to toast it 1st.. and my drinks is.. Diet Coke With Lemon!! haha, 1st time drink diet coke ler.. summore is with Lemon! eh, i tell u, not sweet at all.. :S WOw.. the view outside the train was owesome!! big pieces of green grass wif sheeps and cows having their meals, with low brick walls around it, it is just the views that u can onli see inside the movies. Great views!

Soon after we've reached Sheffield, me n sis took a cab to go home as it was raining ler.. big luggage wif me summore.. haih.. about 6 pound ler.. T.T 6X7=RM42!! hehe.. i noe canot convert like that la.. summore rain n traffic jam ler..

91A, Gell Street, Sheffield

This is my new home. Though it is quite small, now i m inside this living room typing ler.. this is the place where i sleep either. haha, my sis and bro living here ma.. got 2 rooms onli.. waiting for my dad to find a hse over here lo.. suffer a bit nvm.. seriously i was damn tired, but i was equally exicted too! hehe.. canot sleep ler.. about half an hour i reached my hse, bro came back edi. For our dinner, we went to a lovely restaurant and had a nice meal there.

Meal

All the steaks there is like buy 1 get 1 free.. hehe.. and even u r a big eater, i think itz enuf for u juz order one set of it.. so itz better for u to go there in even number of ppl. U noe? in UK, chips = french fries, and they gave damn a lot 1. Chips and green pea are like nothing for them 1.. they serve damn a lot for each meal ler.. T.T so u din manage to finish them oso nvm 1.. that wat i did.. hehe..

In here the potato chips r called 'crisps'. Haha, here got 1 brand of crisps quite famous 1, "Walker".. UK Crisps got damn a lot of flavours 1.. paise, i oso forgot edi.. @@ I had a try, no difference at all la... same old taste.. hehe.. Pringles over here oso quite popular.

We ate until about 8 like that then we went home edi lo.. I just straight away went to bed edi after bathing.. damn tired edi lo.. no sleep for 2days edi ler.. pity pity.. nitez.. zzZZ

Fly to the new land

2006-09-22T21:35:00.000+01:00

Hehe.. wanna leave Malaysia edi ler... That was kind of weird that I got no sad feelings leaving all my frenz over there at Malaysia (Haha, sry ya), instead, I had been quite excited all the while.

KLIA Airport

When I reached the KLIA at 10.30, it was quite late edi coz i supposed to arrive half an hour earlier as ALL my colleagues did. T.T shit. I was lining up at the back of a long line and trying to contact them. Then.. haha.. i was damn lucky ler.. my frenz were checking in at the counter edi and i juz cut in and line up juz behind them.. ^^

A bit of mess when i was checking in at the counter coz i took my jacket out from my big big luggage which was packed properly, making part of my pyjamas could be seen outside the big bag! T.T because of the mess, i forgot to inform the the ppl at the counter that i wan a window seat.. haih. sad sad.. but anyway, i wasn't that sad after all coz all the while in the plane it was night!! haha, dark dark wanna c wat wor? hehe.

Actually all my classmates were there except Sharif only who was busy 'shopping'. Everthing inside the airport just happened like straight after each other: taking pictures wif my buddies, chatting wif my dad and mom, then went into the departure hall edi.. damn. no time to chill at McDonald oso.. blame myself lo.. T.T late comer... haha.. actually that was the first time ever I travelled by plane without my parents lo.. though got a bunch of frenz wif me la.. hehe.. geng ler.. :p (Eh guys, give me ler those photos ler! >.<)

I'm gonna miss u guys ler.. T.T

Flight to Dubai

Ok, inside the plane now.. 12.30am.. hehe, that Emirates plane dunno is Boeing 777-300 or wat so ever la, quite a nice plane wif great service. haha, u noe? the last time i ever travelled by plane is back to the time when i was standard 6 ler.. (hehe, class trip to Kuching!!) So, i was quite stunned by the facilities inside there ler.. got a TV juz in front of u, wif all the things u ever nid inside: hundreds of movies, radio stations, CDs(but depend on the destination la.. if u go to Dubai then all the CDs r arabic 1.. shit!.. so, if u go to UK then u can get all the UK songs, even 40 years ago 1 oso got!!) and even got the pilot view! haha.. quite yeng. I sat wif a middle age indian lady who had been quite all the while. Sien Sienz. Aiya, too bad la because most of the time on the plane the 'fasten ur seat belt' sign was on! haih.. the stupid wat 'tropical weather' la.. shaky flight.. haih.. so all the while to Dubai I was just playing wif the TV lo.. watched 'Big Mamma House 2', playing mini golf, searching for some 'cool' music.. (haih.. i said earlier rite? all arabic 1.. T.T..) initially i wanted to find my buddies on the other side of the plane.. (haih.. dunno y the emirates ppl arrange my seat so far away from my fellow frenz.. they all were sitting next to each others except me!) T.T lonely trip.. anyway, at least got that super 'chun' TV teman me.. ^^

Dubai Airport

After about 7 hours, finally we reached Dubai.. it was almost 4am in Dubai's time. I can tell u that I was awake all the while on the plane ler.. so I was very tired back there. As soon as we checked out, 4 of us just went straight to the toilet, including me.. haha, i saw a lot of ppl brushing their teeth inside! haih.. too bad i left my toothbrush inside my big luggage.. then we walked around the airport, looking around, searching for some cheap stuff in those 'duty free' shops.. u noe wat? the dubai currency is almost the same as ringgit ler.. dunno ler.. 1 Dhs = RM1. T.T shit.. most of the shops here juz accept Dhs and US dollar onli lo.. haih.. trust me, u dun wanna shop there seriously if u wanna buy something other than cigarattes and alcohol, and dun u forget to bring US dollar too if u wanna shop here!

Dubai Airport.. Cool..

After a while we ended up in a foodcourt. haha, here got McDonald oso wif the McChicken meal would cost u 16 Dhs! (Thatz RM16 !!) wth! summore they dun accept UK pound! zzz.. how about credit card? thatz a stupid question, isn't it? so we juz sit inside chatting without ordering any food. haha, so there was a guy in another stall kept staring at us ler. Hehe.. paise.. in the end, Kok Leong who had US Dollar wif him decided to buy 1 bottle of "Natural Mineral Water" from that guy. Wow, u juz can't imagine how that "mineral water" tasted like!! It was like Sprite when it first went in my mouth then it had no taste at all.. weird rite? all of us tasted it and wouldn't want to have another drop of it... haha! Guess the price of that 400ml "mineral water"? haha, itz 2.5 US Dollar!! anyway, we din finish that small bottle ler..even wif 7 ppl! haih.. kind of waste. U can imagine how bad is the taste of that water now, can't u?

After that, we went to Gate 17 where it was just beside Gate 15(my departure gate). Wondering why we were chilling there? haha, coz there was a plug there which Yung Jia could charge his digital camera lo. haha.. thatz was not allowed though. so we put our trolleys around that switch, covered it well then we just sit down and chilled over there.. hehe.

After about half an hour, which is 6.30am, my gate wes opened for checking in edi.. T.T only me goin to Manchester ler.. others goin Birmingham wif their flight 15 minutes later than me.. so i was ALONE again... haih.. though I went there after just 5 minutes they had opened the gate, it was a damn long queue ler! haih.. y got so many ppl goin to Manchester 1? Most of the ppl in the queue are western and I was just standing just right behind of a Chinese. He was a father, bringing along his 3-year-old son to visit his wife who is currently studying at UK. T.T U noe wat? He told me he couldn't speak English at all! He said he hardly find a Chinese or ppl who can speak Mandarin and luckily he met me. haih.. must help him to translate everything lo.. gud ppl ma me.. Hehe.. >.<

Flight to Manchester

At about 8.00am, the plane took off. The plane model was exactly the same as the previous 1.. dunno wat 777-300.. haih.. no care la.. same facilities, but this time wif an old London-born western. Haha... I was damn tired edi la.. no sleeping for more than 1 day edi lo.. so as soon as the plane took off, I slept. hehe.. when i woke up and thought that I had slept like at least a couple of hours edi, in fact it was just half an hour!! zzz.. anyway, I had a good chat wif the old man beside me. Haha, quite ironic to hear that he is trying move away from UK to Thailand ler coz i m doing it the other way round. @@ Haha.. this time, I finally got all the albums from UK! The TV provided the top UK songs from 1962 onwards ler dudes, with all the recent albums in UK either... like got 100 over albums given back there.. cool huh? but all onli UK 1 la.. got Keane, James Blunt, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, etc. haha.. anyway, I heard the Coldplay a lot until i went asleep.. (haha.. no disrespect to those songs, itz nice but im too tired ma..) I managed to finish a movie too! haha.. "Monster Inc."... @@ swt..

That old fella beside me taught me how to eat those western food.. nice person.. haha, he likes to play sudoku a lot.. he even brought like 5 to 6 pencils wif him.. u noe la.. no sharpeners allowed.. he all the while was onli playing wif 1 particular sudoku.. which was quite hard.. haha.. he din manage to solve it even the plane arrived at Manchester.. hehe.. hope he have got it solved by now!

Manchester Airport

Now I am here! United Kingdom!! hehe.. here I come, Liverpool!! :p the plane arrived on time, which was 12.30pm UK time. now itz like 2 days without a gud nite sleep edi.. super tired ler.. so i was not that excited.. T.T I met that Chinese again and I helped him out wif all those English forms lo.. haha.. his son born in London 1. cool. he was very thankful for my help but.... u noe wat? bcoz of helping him filling up the forms, i was at the very back of a long queue! haha.. it was quite a smooth check out though.. juz asking me a few simple questions and went to check the 'TB' then OK edi.. haha. bcoz of all those stuff, I came out of the arrival hall at 2pm!

Hehe.. I tot like nothing but in fact, my sis had been waiting in the airport for 2 hours edi!! haha.. sry ar again! She was rushing her presentation and needed to pass it up on9 b4 5pm and she haven finished it yet! she even brought along her laptop to rush it. And summore, the train to Sheffield took off at 2pm sharp! haih.. i was running wif my big luggage like hell but still couldn't make it.. sad.. then juz had to wait for the 3pm train lo.. ^^ u noe wat? my sis forgive me. y? haha.. coz the train station there got wireless connection there! so she juz finished the presentation there while waiting for the train and send it out lo... hehe.. lucky! haha.. this is so call 'Hao Xin You Hao Bao'! hehe.. (if u've done sumthin gud u will get somethin back eventually)

The Manchester Airport Station where we missed the train

We orderd some food other there. oh.. haha, here the Coke got lotz of choices ler! Coke Zero, Diet Coke wif lemon... aiya.. forgot edi.. :p anyway, we leave the Manchester station at 3, then arrived at Sheffield about an hour later.........