Barcelona !!! BE AWARE

21st Dec 08 - 23rd Dec 08

Plaza Espanyol

Port Vell

this lady is so cute ... lol

Casa Mila

Casa Batlo

Sagrada Familia Cathedral

Casa Batlo - one of GAUDI's masterpiece

Food of Spanish

Overall , Spain is a very beautiful place to go .... i was really fascinated by the beautiful building structure ... " very special ...." " very beautiful.." " let's take photo together " .... these are the very common comments v heard in the whole trip ... haha ... funny comments .... the only things tat i wanna emphasize is tat PLEASE BE AWARE OF PICK POCKETS IN BARCELONA ... one of my frens , YZ got pick pocket by a Romania lady ... it happened in the railway station ... when my frens were waiting for the train to approach , a lady jumped out of no where n hold my fren's hand pretending like wanna tell her something after tat my fren realised tat her money was being stolen then she quickly grabbed hold the lady's hand and yelled .... tat moment all of my frens were in the train and her hand was stucked on the automatic door .... then every passenger in the train was looking at them n the train was forced to stop proceeding to the next station till the police arrived ... it was really dramatic ... u cant even imagine how skillful those professional pick-pocket they were .... my fren actually put her small sling bag in her long coat ... which u can hardly find out tat she have a bag with her .... and the Romanian lady passed the stack of money ( approximately 300 euro =RM1500) to her partner .... the important part was tat she can even manage to take out cash from my fren's wallet in her bag in such a great speed .... ONLY CASH .... NOT WALLET .... they are really well-trained pick-pocket ... at the end, they managed to send the Romanian lady to police station and my fren lost 300 euro ... luckily they din take the passport ... my frens described the whole situation to me .... ( tat time i wasn't there becoz they reached barcelona one day earlier)...i found tat it was really dramatic when my frens (about 8 of them) surrounded the Romanian lady to the corner of the station while waiting for the police to arrive .... so pls be extremely careful whenever u go , not jus when u go spain ...... this can happen wherever u are ...v even heard tat many of them got pickpocket in spain or even lost money in 5 stars HOTEL... after this incident , all of them carried their backpack in front and my fren dun even dare to put her valueble stuff with her ... jus throw everything to my fren .. haha ... and the other problem in spain is the communication problem .... many of them cant speak English .... u have to use body language or simply make a guess ... americans may understand .... they learn spanish during high school ... i jus realised the need to learn extra language .... sometimes u will find it inconvenient and uncomfortable when u cant understand everything around u ...besides tat , the service in Spain really make me disappointed ...firstly , the lady at the reception desk of the HOSTEL GOTHIC QUARTER..they have a huge quarrel with her and she was like sobbing .. haha...my frens even made some comment in the some blog ... this is the comment :-----

"The morning desk staff (old and curly hair women) is VERY VERY RUDE!!!! when we first reach there , she want us to pay extra. when we asked for the reason , she just said that she don't know everything and refuse to call the manager and ask. She kept yelling cash from us every morning and said that we can't stay at the night if we don't pay immediately. when we try to speak with her, she shout at us and order us to wait in the LIVING ROOM and keep repeating the phrases like " NO NO NO NO NO" and "please go to the living room" and " do you understand English ?" and " please speak slowly and correctly". I bet u will hear the same things if you go there!

Another thing worth mentioning is the lovely women working in the evening. She is very helpful and lovely . She suggested to us that we could put our luggage in our fren's room in our last day of travel (my fren stay for extra 1 day).

At the last day of our travel, the rude women said :"this is prohibited" . We wasted 2 hours to talk with the manager about this thing . That rude women just keep saying " NO NO NO NO NO" . We are very very regret to stay in this hostal and very disappointed about the service of the staff ."

Secondly , the lady at the check in counter in GIRONA AIRPORT .... she wan us to pay the the luggage which is quite small coz she said tat every passenger oni can bring one hand luggage to the plane , even a small hand bag will be counted in ... then she forced us to pay for extra 20euro for the luggage .. god it is damn small .... this really made my dad gone mad and he scolded the lady " u r crazy " ... haha .... this airline is RYANAIR .... trust me ... their service really disappointed u .... actually my impression for spain is tat POOR SERVICE but BEAUTIFUL BUILDING ... everywhere is full of artistic atmosphere ... the famous artist Pablo Picasso , Salvatore Dali , Gaundi successfully created a wonderful country but .........sigh .........

anyway, i hope to visit spain again ... u will b fascinated by the artistic buiding structures .... it's amazing to see something u cant see in ur home country .... it's a different cultural , different lifestyle .... and better do enough research when u wanna visit a place ... it will help u alot ....and remember to grab hold ur bag tightly and b prepared ....

Lunch & Dinner

Spicy frieds in DARWIN college

Lunchboxes

Dinner

How does it look ??



okay , it wont b surprised tat i m getting fatter ... lol...

My 1st time SNOW SHOWER

yesterday v saw MSN weather forecast , it said tat today will have flurry . v doubted the forecast though . i dun have the initiative to wake up early too since i slept at 3am . this morning , i woke up n saw my clock showing 9 . then , with doubtful thought i walked to the window open the curtain ........... SNOW !! SNOW!! first time i see the snow shower from the sky . whereas last few times i only saw tat the snow r died on floor n quite thick . i quickly jumped down to the living room n told my fren , kathy . she was watching anime n without notice tat it's snowing now . she was excited n shouted her mom n vivian to wake up n have a look at the scenery . i went to my frens' room n wake them up . tat moment , everybody is damn excited . v have been told tat it may not b snow this year . coz last year there is no snow n the snow came late during spring in May . v felt so lucky . my frens changed clothes n wore scarf to take photo outside . but the snow shower for around 30 mins . although it mayb another snow , v still feel lucky tat the snow came early this year n v managed to enjoy the 1st view of snow in our 1st winter in uk . it's quite meaningful . i think it symbolizes good fortune . mayb global economy will have a positive progression .

Ashford Outlet Stores on 15th Nov 2008

my frens n i went to Ashford Outlet Stores on saturday to look for some winter clothing . most of the stuff are selling in outlet price instead of retail price .... so it's quite cheap comparing to other place ....the whole place is in a circle form ... v actually took a few hours to finish shopping one round ... and for the second round v will start buying things tat v need ...after sending up 4 assessments n finished a test , i felt much relieved .... this whole week was like endless assessments ... every nite rushing for assessment till friday .... even my fren said tat i got eye bags ... although i dun think i have put enough effort on it , i felt tired n sleepy all the time ....

Nottingham Malaysian Games 2008

Opening Ceremony in Sports Centre of University Of Nottingham - Minister of Higher Education Khaled Nordin came and gave a BM speech .

v took about 4 hours to reach Nottingham from Canterbury ... it's a union of malaysian students in uk ...

Movie night - Quantum Of Solace

Another 1st time in UK .... first movie tat i watched is Quantum Of Solace 007 in ODEON ... i think it is the oni cinema in town ... bside tat , my uni does have a movie theatre... v usually have lecture in there .. so i doesn't feel like going there for movie ... it will much like having lecture in tat theatre ...honestly i think i prefer GSC or TGV in malaysia ... it's comfortable n clean .... in addition , the screen is big enough as to fit in the theatre .... as in ODEON , the movie theatre is kinda big but the screen is damn small compare to the size of the theatre ...there's oni 2 screens in the cinema .. oh my god ... one thing i really dislike is the interior of the theatre... the wall n the ceiling make it looks kinda creepy .. i can feel like i m in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA...there's ugly chandelier... mayb i m too sleepy n tired (having class from 9am to 5pm --> society meeting --> walking some distance from bus stop to home)... i cannot understand wat's going on in the movie .... or it's jus simply bored ... i even fell asleep for a while when i m trying to concentrate on the conversation by closing my eyes .... and i not really get used when the movie is without subtitles ... i like to read the subtitles no matter wat drama or movie i watch (including mandarin n cantonese).... hey OLGA KURYLENKO is damn hot in this 007 movie .... she is tall n her skin is tanned ...

Halloween Night 31th of Oct

first time celebrating Halloween ... kinda scary seeing everybody wearing costumes such as vampire , ghost , mummy , devil , cat woman , angel ,....... i found it quite interesting tat a guy imitate Jesus Christ .... i went to THE VENUE .... it was awesome ... although it was kinda early tat time , everyone dressed up in their best costumes .... when walking back on the street , i saw ppl in their scary costume n make up ... i have a sudden coldness tat i felt as if i was walking in a ghost town ... i m the oni one in the normal clothing .... when back at home , my frens are having party too ... but they dun wear costume ... they were having feast ... tat's great ... n drinking vodka n whisky too ... n then they were staying overnite at our house .... for the next year halloween , i will think of any costume i m going to wear ... by the way , there were children in costume knocked our door to TRICK-A-TREAT .... actually i m kinda scared coz their make up really frightened me .... v gotta prepare more candies to spare ....

Jing Jing , me and Izzah

My CAMPUS - University Of Kent

Inside Lecture Hall

We are still using black board ....

outside of library

Changing Weather

It is a sudden cold day ..... v found tat the weather will b very cold this week .... and the temperature will b around -1 to 8 degree celcius .... and my fren told us tat london will b having snow tonight .... besides tat , the wind will b blowing to south ... tat means tomorro when v wake up , v mayb will c snow everywhere ..... i m anticipating .... but i need more clothes now ..... my hands were freezing cold yesterday when walking to NANDO's .... the sky bcomes very dark at 5pm ... perhaps v still cant get used to it ... the sky is s dark s the sky at 7pm in msia .... no night life ........ wat can v do ? stay at home watch drama ..... n this friday will b halloween ............

First time to LONDON 18th OCT 2008

Houses of Parliament

Westminster Abbey --world famous for being the resting place of centuries of British monarchs, and as the place where coronations and other royal pageants take place, with every coronation since 1066 having took place here. It is an architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, and within its walls can be seen some of the most glorious examples of medieval architecture in London. Westminster Abbey contains one of the most impressive collections of tombs and monuments in the world. Inside its very walls you will find the Confessor�s Shrine, the tombs of Kings and Queens, and countless memorials to people great and famous throughout history. In 1965-66, Westminster Abbey celebrated its 900th anniversary.

The National Gallery

The British Museum This is the real mummy ..... Scary but interesting .... finally i met the real mummy !!

Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece - St Paul's Cathedral - crowned by the magnificent dome that is so much a part of the London skyline. The Cathedral was rebuilt after the Great Fire of London in 1666. In recent years it has seen the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, to Lady Diana Spencer and, most recently, the thanksgiving services for both the Golden Jubilee and 80th Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen.

Lunch in a restaurant in ChinaTown -- u know how much is this fried rice ?? it's £4.80

the Big Ben -- is famous the world over for being the giant four faced clock in London, England, but infact its not the name of the clock at all. Big Ben is the name of the giant 14-tonne bell that hangs inside the clock tower and chimes every hour of every day in England. The huge bell was hung in 1858 and named after Sir Benjamin Hall, Chief Commissioner of Works at the time the bell was hung. The bell is the second giant bell to be hung, the first one became cracked during a test ringing. However, the present bell also has a slight crack. Big Ben is the largest clock in Britain and has kept exact time for the nation since May 1859. It has four 23ft (7.5m) dials (one on each face) and the minute hand is 14ft long and made of hollow copper for lightness. In England you can hear Big Ben chiming daily the nation over, either on television news or radio

A beautiful view from St. James's Park -- can u see the London eye ??

St Margerate's Church

Buckingham Palace -- very very crowed tat day .... and my fren nearly lost her passport and money ... god bless ... she got out o the crowd as soon as she found out something was wrong .. luckily v found her passport on floor n the envelope was torn ...Beware of PICKPOCKETS in london !!!

Changing of the Guard outside of Buckingham Palace.. Hold every alternate day ..

Sightseeing Bus -- Guess how much ?? ... It's around £22 ...expensive-nya

They are right... should put more around the city ...

the Tourism Malaysia located at a strategic area.

The Tower Bridge