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Britney's Femme Fatale Concert in Birmingham

2011-11-01T19:31:00.000-07:00

After bumming around in KL for 3 months, it's back to Birmingham for me for final year of my degree. Woo hoo, Britney's in town? MUST GO NO MATTER WHAT!

The concert is at LG Arena, so we headed off to Birmingham International station and walked to LG Arena. It's my first time, so I was surprised it was pretty near.

View from entrance

Cam whore shot!

We reached at 7pm, thinking we were late, we rushed into the arena to get a good place to stand. Kinda strict, didn't even let us bring bottled water in. Must be related to the incident of Justin Bieber getting hit by bottled water during his concert.

So at 7.30, the place dimmed and everyone started to get excited. Has it started???

Nah, it was just a duo from dunno where who came to sing dunno what.. -.-

At 8pm, the opening act was Joe Jonas. Dunno what songs he were singing, we were thinking, come on Britney, come onnnnn!

After Joe Jonas, this screen came on making us more anxious, cause we know Britney will definitely be coming on next. When the countdown reach 0, shoutings and screaming began. It's Britney, Bitch!

If You Seek Amy

I'm A Slave For You

I Wanna Go

S&M

Gimme More

Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know

Hand bands for souvenir -.- which don't even say Britney :(

Fantastic concert, Britney can't really dance anymore, lip sync throughout the whole show but it doesn't matter. Getting to see Britney is a dream come through :)

Mum came for a visit

2011-06-26T11:08:00.000-07:00

Mum came for a visit :)

Mum in my dorm

Mum at London of Tower

Traitor's Gate. Description below

Little Prince's armor (Does not look comfortable -.-)

Mum inside the Tower of London

Mum overlooking the Tower Bridge

Mum at Les Miserables

Mum at Ripley's Believe it or Not

Mum at Picadilly Circus

Mum at China Town with her friend whom she had not seen in 30 years!

Mum.. sort of at London Eye

Mum at Big Ben

Yin at Madam Tussauds with Prince William

Yin with Beyonce

Mum with the Pope

Mum with Gandhi

Mum with Obama

Mum with Hitler

Mum with green object

Paris

2011-05-15T17:54:00.000-07:00

I've always wanted to come to Paris ever since I was young. I mean who wouldn't after watching romantic scenes of Paris on TV and in the movies. I finally had my dream came true :)

On my first day, after walking around I start to realise, hmm, Paris doesn't sound as romantic as it was pictured to be.. smelly walkways, rude French people (May couldn't get help at the ticket counter. Is it because we're Chinese and can't speak French?). Thank god for friendly tourist who showed us how to buy tickets at the subway (There is option for English!)

So our first stop was at the Lourve. We came straight from the underground, so we were in the museum straight away rather than coming from the triangle top entrance (thank god, if not we will be lining up in the sun). After we got our tickets (10 Euro) we headed in to join the crowds

Below are pictures of famous sculptures and paintings

Mary Magdalene

The Dying Slave by Michelangelo

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss

Winged Victory of Samothrace

and the famous Mona Lisa

To find this painting is simple, it's the spot where there is a HUGE crowd gathering around it just to get a picture of it. This famous painting was protected in a glass window and tourist could only view from 3 feet away.

Consecration of Napoleon

Liberty leading the People

I remembered this picture because it has always been on my piano book covers.

After fighting through the crowds in the Lourve for 2 hours, we had enough of it, and went up to take picture of the famous triangle.

After taking a few pictures here, we started walking around to find another metro we could take.

Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel

The Luxor Obelisk (an Egypt monument in Paris?)

Next stop, the famous landmark, Arc de Triomphe

This Arc has a great history behind it. To read it, click here.

Names of all the French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surface. And like the Westminster Abbey, has an unknown warrior tomb as well (Which I forgot to take because I was out of breath from climbing the Arc) It costs 8 Euro to get in.

We were tricked! On the brochure it says that we will be taken upstairs with the lift, but we ended up climbing 284 steps to the top! Heart attack! (The lift turns out to be for the staff -.-)

View from the top. Can you see every street is aligned that it looks like every revenue radiates from the Arc

Eiffel from the Arc
After the Arc, we decided to just head home cause it was already 8pm and tomorrow is going to be a full day in Disneyland

There's a Arc near my hotel! Anyway, the next day, we woke up SUPER early for Disneyland.

Mum Snoozing

Mum awake!

Disneyland Entrance

Entrance into Disneyland Park.
A little tip, before you come, BUY your tickets online to avoid the queue and buying it online is cheaper. We bought tickets for 51 pounds each for 2 parks. Score!

Oh gosh, it was only 10am and the crowd... so..many..people

View of the Castle near the entrance

Frontierland

Phantom Manor

Later we headed to Main Street to catch the 1st Parade. Took a short clip of it coming

Yipee!

Space Mountain: Mission 2 (scariest shit I have ever taken) queued for 2 hours to ride it. Worth.It

Looks like the red apple Snow White bites into

Adventure Isle

met Captain Hook!

and Alladin. Drool..

Rapunzel

Snow White

Later, we headed to Main Street to catch another parade

Mickey and Minnie

Chip or Dale?

Goofy and Pluto

Alice in Wonderland

Pinocchio

Toy Story

Winnie the Pooh

Peter Pan and Wendy

Mary Poppins

Lion King (Simba's head was a little weird, it was jiggling side to side but the body was unmoving)

Little Mermaid

Princess and the Frog

Beauty and the Beast (more like the Prince)

After standing for 2 hours just to get a nice spot to take pictures, we took a break and ate some snacks. (I think we skip lunch because we wanted to catch all the rides and take shots with the princesses which I won't put up because the shots were bad -.- and we only caught 1 princess)

Cheezy Hot Dog

May with her Ice Cream

It was our bad, coming here during the holidays. The crowd was so humongous that we needed to wait in line for 2 hours just to catch a 5 minute ride and an hour long just to take pictures with A princess. Forget it! I'm coming back during a week day AND not a holiday(There's a train from London straight to Disneyland Paris :D)

Next, the last show of the day. A show with Mickey and the Princesses with their Prince.

Introducing, Rapunzel!

Later we went home exhausted and looking forward to the next day :)

Next Day, Eiffel Tower. Oh.My.God. The Crowd again... It took us 4 hours to queue just to buy the tickets. And when we reach the counter, they told us the top was FULL, and we could only buy tckets to the 2nd level. So we paid out 7.80 Euro and headed up

Mum bought us ice cream so we wouln't complain. We took turns to sit down and rest during the 4 hours of lining up. It was mostly me lining up and Mum and May sitting down..

Below are pictures taken from top

After the Eiffel Tower, we went to find the Notre Dame Cathedral known in Disney movie, Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

The Fontaine Saint-Michel

the Palace of Justice

and lastly, the Notre Dame Cathedral!

4th pic of May and Yin!

The Cathedral during sunset

For dinner, we decided to eat something simple. Mixed Grill!!

Lamb Chop

Next day, we headed back to London and to reality :( Bye Europe!

Zzz

LOL, Mum

Amsterdam

2011-05-10T03:24:00.000-07:00

Next day we are off to Amsterdam! Another 2 hours ride on the train.

Surprisingly cheerful Mum

Right after we left the Amsterdam Central Station, as we were crossing the road, May was almost ran down by a tram. LOL, that will teach us for not looking left.. and right.

We went straight to the tourist information centre to get a free map and to get tickets to Keukenhof Gardens. They refuse to give us a free map, so we set off on our own to find our own hotel. (That took about 20-30 minutes)

After we dropped off our luggages at the hotel, we headed straight for thr Royal Palace since it's the closest to our hotel.

Of all our luck, on the day we arrived, the outside is under renovation so we couldn't take a nice shot, so we bought our tickets and went inside.

Thank god for hearing guides so we could understand our way through the palace.

Below are pictures taken within the Palace.

The Central Hall of the palace

After the self tour in the Palace, we headed out and notice a Madam Tussauds, Amsterdam!

Later, we walked to Anne Frank's House. For those who don't know who Anne Frank is, she's one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

We went there and saw the long long queue, and decided to come back another day instead (which we never did)

Heineken Experience (it was closed when we decided to come here -.-)

Cafe's. People here just love the sun.. And noticed the bikes? 60% of population here get around the city on bikes.

The 17th Century canals of Amsterdam were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The houses at the canals

The Hop on and off bus we took to get around Amsterdam

And a must see spot, Red light district! I say, the girls here are super hot! Oh by the way, do you know weeds are legal in Amsterdam? I noticed a "selection" in the convenience store. Fu yoh!

We couldn't resist eating chinese food in Amsterdam! Just wanted to try if it's good

Sechuan spicy pork

Spicy Fried chicken

The next day, we set off for Keukenhof, the world's largest flower garden. The garden is close to the Airport, so first we needed to take a train to the Airport, and then a shuttle to the garden.

It was Mum's heaven on earth.

Below are pictures taken in the garden. Be warned of many pictures of Mum posing like a school girl!

Awwwww

2nd pic of Yin and May!

A farm in the garden! Pony!

Lamb!

Calf!

Piggies!
(Is it wrong that I'm thinking of Pork Chop as I look at them?)

Oh ho! Malaysia Boleh!

I must have look funny because a man asked if he could take a picture of me like this -.-

Later that evening, after Mum had her fill of her flower madness, we headed back to the hotel, sunburned and really tired. I was thinking more of how to get Mum's luggage down the spiral dizziness of the staircase.

Amsterdam hotel staircase are so narrow and steep I get dizzy just by looking up. Apparently, all structures in Amsterdam are narrow because the government tax them based on how wide your house was.

So they have this hook thing at every structure to pull things up like tables or beds through the windows because the stairs are too narrow to bring them through.

Below are pictures taken with night vision with my camera.

The trams

Next day and last stop, Paris!

Bruges

2011-05-08T07:17:00.000-07:00

After an hour train ride from Brussels, we checked into our hotel and immediately went sight seeing. Didn't realise Brugge is a UNESCO World Heritage Site too. It's sometimes referred to as the "Venice of the North"

Brugge is a quiet little town, pretty pathways, not a good place to be dragging your suitcasses..

The season is spring, but it's SO HOT! Good thing I brought summer clothes but regretting bringing winter jacket. Thanks mum!

After checking into the hotel, we went sightseeing, first stop the Markt, Market Square.

Cafe's littering the square

Horse driven carriages. A 30 minute drive around the city while rider points out attraction sights.

Again, chocolate heaven! We're still in Belgium after all

Chocolate machine

Later, we took a canal cruise around the city. It would be a great ride if it wasn't so HOT! It feels like summer has arrive early. Below are pictures taken during the ride.

After the canal ride, we walked around to look for more chocolates and souvenir (mum)

Easter. The chickens are so CUTE!

Walking around, we found a sweet shop. They have literally all kinds of sweets here, but what is with the weird looking girl in front of all the packages?

Was literally drooling as I snap a picture of this

Walking around I'm seeing alot of lace shops. Do people still wear this?

The City Hall on the Burg square

The Old Civil Registry on Burg Square seen as one of the most beautiful buildings in the city of Bruges.

Inside the Basilica of the Holy Blood.

Home to a piece of blood stained cloth which according to legend came from the body of Christ.

Up close of the Town Hall

Up close of the Old Civil Registry

The spot to take the Canal Boat Cruises.

Said to be the best spot to take a picture in Brugge.

Our bedroom at Hotel Van Eyck.

Room is so pretty! And the best customer service ever! We told the lady that we couldn't make it for breakfast and she said she would pack us a picnic to snack on the train. WOW!

The Minewater Reservoir or also known as the Lake of Love.

Later, Mum couldn't resist taking a horse ride carriage around the city.

Mum and May

I dunno what drug they have in their chips, but it's SO good!

Then it's dinner time! I'm a little dissapointed they were sold out on mussels :(

The first pic of May and Yin

Me and Mum!

Our mixed grill. Not bad!

I still want my mussels!!

The Belfry Tower at night

Next day, Amsterdam!

Brussels

2011-05-07T17:38:00.000-07:00

I was so looking forward to my Easter break. Not only is May and Mum coming over to visit me, but we're travelling around Europe! Woo hoo! After months of planning (done by May), creating itenaries (done by May), deciding which places to visit (done by May), choosing which transportation (done by May) but I can definitely take credit for buying the tickets :-)

So, first stop Brussels! After 3 hours of train ride, 10 minutes of trying to find our hotel with a map with no English words, 10 minutes of walking to our hotel (thanks to mum's heavy luggage!), we walked to our first tourist spot, Grand Place, a UNESCO World Heritage.

The minute we stepped into the square, the first words we said were, WOW! It is considered one of the most beautiful medieval squares in Europe, and indeed it is. My pictures couldn't capture just how beautiful the place was.

The Maison du Roi (King's House)

The House of the Dukes of Brabant

Brussels Town Hall

Next, we went to Art Nouveau Galaries Saint-Hubert for some chocolate shopping

So cute!! It's peeing chocolate!

You will see alot of this in Belgium. Chocolate heaven!

For lunch, we went to Chez Leon. They are known for their mussels.

Spagheti Bolognese, Mussels with Garlic, Garlic and herbs and Mussels with white wine. cream, mushrooms and chives. Sooooooo good! Mussel heaven

After lunch, we walked to the Cathedral St Michel

Inside the Cathedral

Next, to the Quartier Royal. Once the home of Belgium Royalty

Next, to the park. They are really big on statues..

Statue of Egmont and Hoorn at Petit Sablon, hailed as the first leaders of the Dutch revolt.

Some pretty tulips behind a church
The Palace of Justice

Brussels Park. Really huge park!

Mum at the fountain

You can't leave Brussels until you had their Waffles.

Manneken Pis. Didn't expect it to be this small huh!

The stories about this statue is quite funny and all of the stories end up with the kid peeing at the street hence, the peeing statue.

Next, dinner. Not very happy. I'm sunburned!

Next, Brugge!

New Babeh

2011-03-06T16:43:00.000-08:00

Meow! Love my new BB

Oxford

2011-01-29T15:28:00.000-08:00

Wow, first time travelling by myself! I like it! I get to set my own pace, I can eat anytime I want to and I don't have to worry about getting lost, got my handy GPRS with me this time, hehe.

My trip took only an hour and half from Birmingham to Oxford. This time, my trip costs me 20 pounds, but it's worth it. Oxford is a pretty quiet place, and what I noticed when I reached here is that nearly everyone rides a bicycle here. Well, not surprising, nearly 80% of Oxford are just universities and colleges. Nearly everyone is a student here!

Once I reached Oxford, I went looking for the tourist centre so I could booked my tour. The tour deal was pretty good, it's 2 hours and the tour guide could bring us into at least 1 of the unis. Awesome!

So, the tour starts at 2pm, and what I noticed is that the buildings has sculptures on them. Very gothic!

I noticed the heads on the wall when I first arrived. Scary!

Our tour starts of in Broad Street. Apparently that is the road where executions are usually done. Eeek!

The Bridge of Sighs (basically a building which connects to another -.-)

an illustration. Click to read it

Oh another thing, Oxford is also known for movie sites for Harry Potter and the Golden Compass. Here, is a movie site for Harry Potter, and also one of the oldest standing walls in Oxford.

I love how there are words on the steps :)

Radcliffe Square. A site for the Golden Compass

Click to read

See the sculptures?

Church picture is below

Carfax Tower. I wanted to climb, but I was too hungry to

Next, the main stop I wanted to see. Christ Church! It's known for Harry Potter site, the Golden Compass site and the story "Alice in Wonderland". I didn't know this, but the author, Lewis Carroll is actually a man called Charles Dodgson. And get this, Alice in Alice in Wonderland.. is a real girl! Alice is the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church.

Christ Church as you enter

Another film site for Harry Potter. Apparently, the whole field was covered with tents to accomodate the whole film crew.

This is the sweet shop which Alice frequently goes

Alice cottage

Entrance into Christ Church

The corridor used for Harry Potter

Inside Christ Church. It just takes your breath away

Alot of sculptures like this around

Picture below

mummy!

The pictures on the windows tells a story

The Shrine

Next, we headed to the Dining Room. Another famous scene in Harry Potter.

This is what Lewis Carroll looks like.

The blue grinning thing inspired Lewis Carroll to write about the Cheshire Cat

Real Fire Place!

The window shows portraits of Alice and creatures from the book

Middle is King Henry VII, apparently he was very proud of his legs, the tour guide says

Where the heads sat

Christ Church is actually a uni, so the dining room was still being used as a dining hall and the picture above is where they stayed

A movie site for the Golden Compass. Guess what scene is this?

the Great Tom. Every night, it rings 101 times because during the olden times, the college has 101 students and it rings to remind students to come back before 9pm

the library. If you look closer, the ceiling inside is spectacular!

A uni which J R R Tolkien once taught in. He's a professor did you know that?

Had an awesome time in Oxford! Where to next?

Liverpool FC

2011-01-26T06:13:00.000-08:00

It's not right to go to Liverpool for a visit and not see the Liverpool FC stadium!

Stadium is all the way at Anfield so we had to take a train there and we practically walked for.. 45 minutes just to get there from the station. First and last time for me..

Being a student in UK has it's advantages. All you need to do is flash your student ID and you'll get a discount anywhere. We got a really cheap price for stadium and museum tour!

Bill Shankly, former manager

Entrance into the stadium. That's our tour guide.

1st stop, the picture gallery. Mostly pictures of former players and managers.

Former managers of Liverpool

Next stop, the VIP box. Phew, the best seats in the stadium!

Next stop, where they had the tv interviews and conferences

Next, locker room

Gerrard!

Another spot where they had interviews

Later, we were ushered to the audience seats

Among the red seats

Ticket counter. No, this is not where we bought our stadium tour tickets..

Next, museum tour where the trophies are kept

Overall, good trip! Then it's back to Birmingham

2011 is here!!

2011-01-10T12:27:00.000-08:00

First time celebrated New Year in a different country.

Happy New Year!

Liverpool Day 1

2011-01-06T10:46:00.000-08:00

3 weeks holiday break! Might as well make the most of it by going for road trips!

1st road trip, Liverpool!

After leaving the super huge Lime Street Station, we headed to our hotel which is close to Albert Dock.

1 thing I notice the minute we stepped off the train was how COLD it was in Liverpool! It's twice as cold here compared to Birmingham.

On the way, we noticed they have a Liverpool Eye.

Liverpool Eye

Albert Dock, a UNESCO site

Do you know the Beatles first started in Liverpool?

I didn't hear good reviews about this, so we didn't go for it

Room price was really cheap! 40 pounds per night for 3 occupants. Good Deal! Room was really clean, 1 complain is the bunk bed I slept on. I kept knocking my head on the ceiling! Not a good way to wake up in the morning -.-

When we reached our Hotel, we couldn't check in cause we were too early, so we decided to go shopping instead. Good thing it's free of charge to leave our luggage there. They charge in London! Me heart Liverpool!

Because it gets dark at 4pm, we didn't have much to do except lunch and shop, so we decided to go sightseeing the next day instead.

The next day, we went to Liverpool Cathedral. By the way, it's SUPER huge!

Entrance

Hello!

We noticed that there were no pins from Malaysia, so we happily added a pin on Malaysia! Yipee! Malaysia Boleh!

Next, we went to Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King.

We noticed the University of Liverpool was beside the Cathedral.

Kinda small, I thought it would be a huge campus

Next, we went to China Town. It was listed as the oldest China Town in UK, but quite a dissapointment when we reached there. Nothing was open!

Next, St George Hall

Again, nothing to shout about. Basically it's a huge spot with statues and a empty building

Pose!

Night view of Albert Dock

Welcome in 6 languages

Liverpool Eye, night view

Albert Dock

Next day, Liverpool FC!

Autumn to Winter

2010-12-01T16:03:00.000-08:00

Yes, it's finally snowing!!! The first snow I saw was at 4am. I woke up because I didn't feel so good. Probably because I overdose on food that evening.. I woke up and thought it was raining, and I opened the window and realise it was snow!

Canal side is frozen!

Even the fountain in the city has frozen over

Snow outside my building

It has stop snowing, but because it's so cold, the ice won't melt. So it's so damn slippery, I keep slipping of the ice when I walk. -.- Malufying..

Super cute snowman!

No idea who's or what footprint is this..

But these are definetely mine! Hehe

Mua birthday

2010-11-11T03:33:00.001-08:00

I've always celebrated birthdays with family. This year I couldn't, so went out with friends instead! Yay! And I thought it's going to be a lonely birthday..

Started the day with a very very cold temperature of 4 degrees and it's bloody raining outside!

Never had I bundled with so many layers before. Not even in Beijing!

We decided to eat in China Town cause I hungeeer for Chinese Food!

Couldn't resist a shot of the Council House which was closed up for renovation when I just arrived.

And another shot in Pallasades with early Christmas decos

We ate at a Sechuan restaurant. Food is bloody good and spicy!! Just the way I like it, yum!

Pork

Brinjal.

I'm not usually a fan of Brinjal, but the way it was cook, it was too good!

Great company + Great food = Great Birthday!!

London Day 3!

2010-09-30T11:50:00.000-07:00

After settling my accomodation in Birmingham, we decided to go back to London because we love London!

Happy Yin on the train!

After leaving out luggages in our hotel, we went back to Leicester Square to get theatre tickets at Tkts. And then I saw it..

A Zac Efron London Premiere of his show! Arrgghhh! I wanna seee him! But May got tickets which clashes with his premiere time. -.- Damn you May!! Technically, I'm not really a fan.. I just want to take a picture of him, hehe

Couldn't resist a Chinese take away box again.. The noodle.. not so good

Our 1st show was Legally Blonde. I've seen the movie, so hopefully the musical is good!

Me and May shot

Intermission, so took a shot of the theatre

The start of the show

Er... Okay-la. Elle's voice was supeeer annoying though. But I came out huming to "Ohmygod, ohmygod you guyyss!"

Since we had time to kill, we took a walk down to Trafalgar Square. Alooot of people! I hate crowds!

Nelson's Column surrounded by 4 lions

The National Gallery

Spotted a Malaysian flag in Trafalgar Square

Later, we took the tube to the Houses of Parliament or Palace of Westminster

Woo, tight security! Got German Shepard! But that day, there was really tight security. Something must be happening that day at the House of Parliament

Spotted a strike. Wonder how long they've been there

Hi Westminster Abbey!

Hello Big Ben!

London Eye and the Aquarium

Later, a very clever May missjudged the time and we literally had to run to the next theatre for Sister Act. Thanks May!

Intermission

Can't really see what it looks like, but it's suppose to be Virgin Mary

The show was reallly good!

Man, they do have ALOT of pigeons in UK. Just like how we have plenty of crows in KL!

Next day, May wanted to show me Borough Market. Apparently they have exotic meat here!

We saw flowers

We saw Highland meat (skin technically)

and we saw food, glorious food!

Hot dog, with bacon, onions and mushroom. Drooool

The sign speaks for itself. It's served with rice.

(Rice was undercooked though)

May wanted to show me the London Bridge. But I didn't realize until I was stepping on it. How to take picture.. -.-

Later, we took a walk down to St Paul's Cathedral

Rodents here are very brave. This one was eating like nobody's business

Statue of Saint Paul in the garden

Entrance fee

The front. If you look closer, there's a piegon on the sculpture's head!

Later, May wanted to show me Harrods. Damn, it's HUGE!

The only thing we could afford in there, was Ice Cream. And it was goooood

Spotted walking around casually, was Bobby Chinn! Walked away quickle when he noticed us noticing him. Cheh, like we want to stalk you-la!

Later, before it was time for our 3rd theatre, we stopped at China Town for some Chinese food!

The Wan Tan Mee soup is as bland as normal white rice -.-. Anyone heard of salt?

Duck was yummylicious as always

China Town at night

Since May looooves this show. I wanted to see what is all the fuss about

Les Miserables

Conclusion? A very sad sad show.

Now the songs, finally made sense. Lol, I heard the songs before I've seen the show..

The next day, we were due back to Birmingham, but May promised me the Changing of Guards and Buckingham Palace

Entrance fee

Victoria Memorial

Buckingham Palace

They empty the road when they change the guards

Spot the May?

Police

The parks here are so nice. Don't you just want to have a picnic on the grass?

Later, it was time to go back to Birmingham. Train station food is nice!

Hot dog and mash

May's indian food

Snore!

London Day 3!

2010-09-27T13:33:00.000-07:00

Next Day, we took the train up to Stratford-Upon-Avon to see the birthplace of Shakespeare

In the train

Once we reached the station, we needed to walk to town center to meet the tour guide at some swan fountain

May very fascinated with the flowers. I'm sure Mummy would too!

When we saw this sign, we knew we were at the right place!

Metal swan fountain

The tour was really good. It was a walk around the whole town while describing the history of Shakespeare and his family. Only 5 pounds! So off we go!

Spotted a swan!

Shakespeare birthplace and his kids. Poor fella, forced to get married so young!

We didn't go in :(

The town was busy with tourist

Stores which has been here since the time of Shakespeare
Can you spot which is fake and real?

HSBC

According to tour guide, during summer, they will have mock Shakespeare play here

The church where he was buried

Walk along these path-

Into the church-

-and to his grave. See his curse?

The story is, he was worried that his body will be dug up from his grave. Because last time they recycle graves, by digging up the grave and the body was cremated or something. So he cursed the grave by saying if anyone dug him up, they would be cursed!

Nice eh

Mushrooms growing ouside the church. Geli!

Later we walked back to town and the guide pointed out Shakespeare's school. Until now, it's still an active school O.O!

After the tour ended, it's time for Lunch!

What to eat?

Hot chocolate!

May's cannoli. Yum!

Yin's mushroom steak pie. Yummylicious!

Our eatery

Nutcracker outside Christmas shop

All year round Christmas shop! (or open only half a year)

Yes it is!

We couldn't resist a tradition English tea!

Pose!

Bottom layer-sandwiches

Top layer

Pose

Recommended for English Tea. YUMMY!

After we left the tea shop, got caught in the rain.. Thank god it didn't rain during the tour

Since we were done with things, it's time to head back to Birmingham

Old clock tower

The only building in Stratford with a 'thatch'

Such a nice place just to relax..

Bye bye Stratford!

London Day 2!

2010-09-26T07:32:00.000-07:00

So, the next morning, after breakfast, we set off for Birmingham!

I lovee English Breakfast!

May on the bus, poser..

Choong Mun's sticky!

So when we reached Birmingham, damn! The weather here is freakin cold and WINDY!! Quickly, we walked to our hotel and checked in. And later, we hunted for dinner. Since we felt like pasta, we headed into an Italian restaurant.

Minestrone soup

May's bolognese

My carbonara. Yums!

Full and a little jet-lagged.

Next day, we took a walked to my uni

University College Birmingham

Maltings Dorm, where I'll be staying

My own toilet, sweet!

My room

My cabinet, stock full with Maggie Mee, hehe

right ouside my room dorm

Later, we went into the Mailbox (a shopping mall) for lunch at Pizza Express.

yawn

Our starter, fried calimari. Yums!

My macaroni baked in oven. Yums!

May's pizza. Delicious!

Pizza this size is actually made for one u know?

Oh shit, compared to KL Debenhams. This is HUGE!!

Went to walked around the park. There are pigeons everywhere!

Drinks here are CHEAP!

For dinner, we couldn't resist eating chinese food. It taste like home..

Duck!

The pope is coming!!!!

London Day 1!

2010-09-25T04:54:00.000-07:00

London, I'm here! Shit, damn sleepy! 13 hours of plane ride, then, when we reached Heathrow, long long queue through imigration! That took an hour, mind you, jet lagged somemore.. Then, when we reached the counter, the lady said I needed to get x-rayed, since I'm going to be there more than 6 months. Grrr, so I had to strip into a gown and after that, needed to go through another line to get a chop on my passport! Grrrr!

After that, we were supposed to get an underground train to Victoria Station (our hotel is near the station) and noticed that the doors were shut. Huh? But it was only 6pm? Even our LRT don't close that early! Turns out, there was a strike that day! Another GRRRR! So we drag out luggages up to get a taxi, and thats another loooong queue. Because there was a strike, so everyone was rushing to get a cab.

Finally, reached out hotel. Shit! No lift, so we had to drag our huge (mine) luggages upstairs, to level 3, through narrow staircase (thinking of it, makes my legs shiver, brrr) but I was so extremely tired, that May had to carry it up. Surprisingly, she was very energetic. According to her, she slept most of the time on the plane, which I did not -.-

After splashing our face with some water, we decided to hunt for some dinner and May insisted we eat in some 'seafood' place.

Fume, May made me smile! I wanted to frown

May in her energetic body

Our fish soup. Quite nice

Chicken and Fries. Yuck!

May's Fish and Chips. Yuck, got peas! But the fish was verrry good

Next day, we went to Leicester Square to queue for musical tickets at Tkts. According to May they give discounts with very good seats

Smile!

Tickets to Billy Elliot

Tkts

Couldn't resist taking a photo in the red telephone booth
(It stinks inside!)

While we were there, we decided to walk around. Oh, China town was just opposite Leicester Square!

Picadilly Circus

Thriller
Les Miserables!

Leicester Square is surrounded by movie theaters. So sometimes when there's a London premiere, the cinemas here would be the one who's hosting it! Coolness! May once saw Kylie Minogue here!

Decided to snack on a huge slice of pizza. Yum!!!

Later for dinner we ate at Belgos, Convent Garden

Man, they love their chips here!

Here, they are known for their mussels. Yum! So much somemore! No way in KL will they serve this much!

Yum!

Spotted Chicago musical theater. I wanna go!!

Walked passed the Royal Theatre

After walking around, it's time for... Billy Elliot!!

Inside the theater, during interval.

Shit, this musical is SOOO good!! Must watch must watch! But the accent is really thick, so quite hard to understand their talkings. But damn, the boy can dance!!

Camwhore time!!

After the musical, it's time to head back to the hotel and sleeeeep..

It's Good Bye Soon...

2010-09-01T10:00:00.000-07:00

Time sure flies by super fast. I remember just saying that, "Oh, I'll be leaving in 4 months time. Yes, it's still a long way more to go..". Well it's September now, I've only got 5 more days left in KL. That's less than a week! Oh boy, I'm sooo going to miss KL. KL Food, the horrendous weather, my car, my bed, my family and my friends.. This whole week is meant for meeting with friends and saying good bye.

I just finished packing the other day and I realised that.. my cupboard is empty. Empty. Well, I really pray my life will change in Birmingham. I hope it's going to be exciting as what I have imagine it to be. Cause it's going to be a whole different Yin Yin there. Good Bye.. soon

Yummy Yummy Malaysian Food! Part 4

2010-08-16T04:57:00.000-07:00

8th, Fish Head Noodle

I've only recently discovered this place, and I'm so addicted to it!

The restaurant

The 2nd restaurant (just opened right infront of the original)

The noodle.

What I like about this place is that they give you the option of which noodle you prefer, and I always choose Lai Fun. And what kind of fish you prefer. (I always choose the one with no bones!)

Location: Damansara Kim
Opening hours: 10am

9th, All sorts

This is the place to go for when you just have no idea what to eat. They have all sorts from western to asian.

Must have, the kai lan garlic and fu yong egg

another must have lemon chicken

another, Ginger Beef Kway Teow

Location: Bandar Sri Damansara
Opening hours: Lunch and Dinner. Close on Sunday

10th, Curry Noodle

This restaurant originated from Segambut, which luckily, has now venture to SS2!!

The noodle

What is so special about this curry is that they load your bowl with seafood like crazy!! Fish, Mussel, La la, Squid and HUGE prawns!

Mummy poser

Location: 2nd location is at Chow Yang, SS2
Opening hours: Lunch

Yummy Yummy Malaysian Food! Part 3

2010-08-02T08:51:00.000-07:00

5th, Ba Kut Teh

The restaurant

There are probably better ones but since Ka ka is closest to my house..

Location: Kepong
Opening hours: Dinner

6th, Fried Kway Teow

The restaurant

The dish

Location: SS17

7th, Hot Dog

The best is still Ikea Hot Dog!!

Yum!

Location: Ikea!

Super cute video

2010-07-29T01:02:00.000-07:00

I like this video. It's so super cute! 500 days of summer is a nice movie

Yummy Yummy Malaysian Food! Part 2

2010-07-22T09:31:00.000-07:00

3rd, Chilli Pan Mee

This restaurant has many branches, there's one in KL, one in Kota Damansara, Kepong and SS2

The noodle

Sui kow is good

I know alot of people prefer Kin Kin, but I would prefer to go somewhere closer to home.. Besides, this place taste almost as good as Kin Kin.

Location: Kota Damansara, Kepong, KL and ss2 (Chow Yang). Opens 10am to 10pm

4th, Fried Spaghetti

A normal breakfast set would usually be ham, hot dog, fried egg and toasts. But in this restaurant, it includes fried spaghetti.

The restaurant

The stall

The food

In the same restaurant, I would definitely recommend the pork noodle and the claypot rice.

Location: Menjalara, stall is usually opened till 2pm+

Yummy Yummy Malaysian Food! Part 1

2010-07-20T03:48:00.001-07:00

Since I'm going to be leaving soon, I definitely am going to miss my favourite dig out spots.. Here are a couple of my favourites. If you haven't been here, get your ass there already!

1st, Chicken rice.

It's not the normal Chicken rice you always eat, this is different because it's Soya sauce chicken.

The restaurant

The stall

The meal

Yummylicious!

Location: Damansara Kim. Opens from morning till 2pm-ish

2nd, Duck

The best of the best, has definitely got to be the one in Paramount. A crowd gathers here when it's just starting. RM45 a duck. Money well spend!

Starts at 5pm till night. Seafood here is good too.

Yay!!

2010-07-14T02:44:00.000-07:00

I asked for a result transcript, and they gave me the whole freakin cert! Awesomeee!

*Pats self on back*

Ramblings

2010-07-10T00:18:00.000-07:00

Woo hoo, took my final results, passed everything! Wished I had an A at least -.-.. So, while waiting for September to come, got meself a temp job at Michelin!

Nice environment, people are friendly, wish there was more work for me though, just spinning in my cubicle like an idiot..

A happy cookie to cheer me up at work.

(Didn't taste good, made me more angry!!)

UCB is one step closer!

2010-05-23T06:13:00.000-07:00

Fees is paid, now filling up accomodation forms!

Sept, come, hurry hurry!

Remembering Mon

2010-04-14T08:06:00.001-07:00

I was still sleeping in the morning when May called me downstairs and told me that Mon was hurt. Dazed and confused, I went down to checked and it was true. He was bitten so badly, he was bleeding all over and his tiny eyes were so swollen, he couldn't really opened his eyes. I then quickly separated both the rats. And later that day, went out to purchase some extra things for the other cage. When I checked on hin, I noticed that he hadn't moved from his spot since morning. I was worried, but I wasn't sure if I should bring him to the vet, since he was already close to 2 years old. Later that night, I noticed his breathing rhythm was slowing, and I had this sinking feeling in my heart.

Mon stopped breathing at 10pm.

Though he's just a rat, we are going to miss him very much.

Just took this on Monday. He fell asleep on my hand..

When Mon was still active and is always running on his wheel

The little container we put his little body in.

Kitty's 21st Birthday

2010-04-08T06:51:00.000-07:00

As usual, a birthday dinner is always celebrated outside, and we went to our favourite place. Betty's Midwest! Kit hasn't eaten there before, so we thought he would enjoyed it.

May ordered the-

Spare Ribs

A side dish, crispy pork stripes. May liked this so much, she ordered 2 baskets! O.O

Kit's macaroni and cheese

and mine, the meatloaf. Couldn't finish it, the portion was HUGE!

And what did Kit think about this place?

Poor Kitty hospitalized

2010-04-06T03:26:00.001-07:00

Went to Assunta because Kit was complaining about stomach cramp (which May and I thought he was faking so he can get out of work), turns out it was his appendix. Oops..

Kit was taken to the emergency room while waiting for a bed

Kit playing around in his wheelchair

Poser

Picture in the ultrasound room

Kit waiting for the doctor. Doctor said there's too much gas in his stomach. Must be all the cigarattes he's been inhalling

Nurse putting an IV line into his arm. Mum watching like a hawk beside him

He felt like vomiting. That's the best the nurse could bring him. Like.. wtf?

Finally, he was taken up to the ward

Nervous, when he was taken to surgery

A 'get well' bear bought by mum, which Kit called "Kim Chi"

No matter where Mum goes, nothing will stop her from watching-

-TVB..

Check out was pretty hectic, got into an argument with her. Shouting only makes you look ridiculous and won't solve anything, idiot.

No biggy, just don't let me crossed paths with her AGAIN!

La Femme Nikita

2010-03-23T11:49:00.000-07:00

My favourite show of all time..

1X01

Chap Goh Meh

2010-02-28T05:07:00.001-08:00

Chap Goh Meh and it's a full moon.

Happy last day of New Year!

Melaka New Year

2010-02-26T21:52:00.001-08:00

May took leave from work and decided to take Mum to Melaka for a day trip since Mum hasn't been back there since Dad took us as a family there.

So what to eat in Melaka for lunch? Chicken Rice Ball!!

We've tried alot of places except Chung Wah, and since we were there, quite early, we only waited for.. 10 minutes? This place is so famous, that people would lined up in the hot sun, just to eat in this place!

And it certainly did NOT dissapoint! The rice balls are soo delicious, after eating there, you wouldn't want to eat anywhere else!

The name of the restaurant.

Surprisingly, it's pretty cool in there, even with no air-conditioner. There's usually a long waiting line outside, because the restaurant is pretty small.

After lunch, we walked around Jonker Street so Mum could shop for souvenirs

Poser

After Ice Kacang, again, at the same place. It was sooo hot, we literally ran to our car and blast up the air-conditioner.. Then, we drove around Melaka so Mum could take pictures of

.. the ship

.. the sea

So, Mum decided that she wants to eat MORE. Luckily, we came across Hing Loong. We've been wanting to try this place for a LONG time!

Turns out, they have a PJ Branch! ****!

Angry May

Beef Noodle

Those who enjoy Beef Noodle, MUST eat here.

Hing Loong Restaurant

It's so hot, Mum's fanning herself with the Air-Con on

On our way back, we encountered the LARGEST banana we have ever seen! Seriously, it's HUGE!

Before we head back, the Popiah stall was open! This was recommended by a book, and we have yet to try it, so Mum decided to get some to eat on the way back.

Sooo good!

Then, it's back to KL we go!!

Genting New Year

2010-02-22T07:53:00.000-08:00

It's been blazing hot in KL this new year, so Mun Yee suggested going up to Genting, and I thought, why not?

Thankfully, the roads heading up was clear.. but the parking up there was a nightmare. Everywhere was closed because everywhere was full! Finally, we found a parking, but it was so faaaar and we had to climb our way up!

The staaaairs!

Mun Yee on the phone, can still pose!

Posing outside

The minute we reached the top, we immediately started hunting for food, we were soo hungry. I felt like Wan Tan Mee, so I suggested Shanghai 10. Bad move I'm afraid..

Mun Yee took this -.-

My soup noodle (very bland)

Mun Yee's Fried Rice

After our bland lunch, we headed to Starbucks to relax and chat about old times.

Hot chocolate and Caramel Macchiato. Yums.

Someone was smoking behind Mun Yee. Hehe

After a couple of hours, it started raining heavily, which resulted in a very heavy mist just as we were thinking of heading back down to KL..

Unfortunately, it wasn't that cold up there..

A couple of posers

So after walking and taking pictures, it was dinner time!

I dunno why, but I suddenly had strong cravings for Wan Tan Mee. Can you believe this is RM14?? But, it was yummy!

Mun Yee is taking odd shots of me..

After dinner, it's taking pictures time!

Yay, nice pic!

After spending nearly the whole day there, we decided to brave the mist and head down. Phew! My first time driving up and down Genting. Yay, Yin rocks!

Esquire Kitchen

2010-02-21T10:03:00.000-08:00

Today, Michael was late for service! Had to do roaming camera! Argh, don't even know where's the zoom and all.. So scaarry! Hope, I did okay the first time..

View from the control room

After service, Phillip proposed to Tammy on stage! So romantic!

After the proposal, I met May at Atria because she was hooked on Hana Yori Dango and Boys Before Flowers again that she wanted to get the DVD's.. Seriously..

Hana Yori Dango 2, Special and Boys Before Flowers

Poser

We chose Esquire Kitchen to have lunch, cause it's the only nice place to have lunch in Atria..

May's Black Bean Sauce Noodle. Yums

Stir - Fried Asparagus

Siu Long Pau. (Dragon-i makes it better)

Sweet and Sour Soup (isn't as good as last time)

Then, it's back home for a nap. Snorrre!

Tis' the Season of Chinese New Year

2010-02-21T07:05:00.000-08:00

We usually celebrate CNY every year in Genting to avoid the heat wave back in KL, but this year we decided to just stay back in KL and eat popo's authentic chinese food, which is soo good!

So we headed to 2nd uncle's house, where mum wanted to help popo with the cooking.

Popo ordering Mum what to do.

This is why I absolutely love Chinese New Year. Sharks Fin!!!

While we were in the kitchen, the dog was hanging around too. Cuteness!

I'm not too happy with the hot weather..

The liquor uncle has around the house. Ahhh, the Chinese New Year spirit!

On the 8th day of New Year, we had dinner at Sam Yau. The food there is scrumptious!

While waiting for the food, we decided to fool around with the cam

Mum and Grandma

Erm, me!

Cousin and Aunt

Aunt and Mum

What is Chinese New Year without Yee Sang?

Mum, such a poser!

A couple of pictures of the dishes we had

Appetizer

Cod Fishes

Lemon Chicken

Pork (dunno what the dish is called)

May is extremely proud of her shot of Auntie Ms. Lee

A shot of us cousins.

Happy Chinese New Year 2010!

Which Uni to go?

2010-02-02T08:24:00.000-08:00

I'm applying to 3 different uni's.

Aston University

Leeds Metropolitan University

and

University College Birmingham.

Which will I get into?

May Can Cook!

2010-01-21T01:46:00.000-08:00

I had semester break in December, and May took leave for the musical, and since she was pretty free most of the time, she decided to make dinner, most nights.

Honey lemon chicken

Luncheon meat pasta (ran out of bacon)

and, Laaaaamb! We were overdose on lamb that day.

Betty's MidWest Kitchen

2010-01-02T04:07:00.000-08:00

I came here once with my fellow medians, and the food here was so goood that May insisted that I bring her here to eat on the last day of 2009.

Lemonade is a MUST have.

Their soup of the day, Sausage & Bacon

Deep Fried Bacon.
I'm not usually a fan of Streaky Bacon, because they usually fry it until it's hard. But this was seriously good, it crumbles as you chew. I'm in heaaaven!

Classic Meatloaf (so damn good!)

and lastly, Pull Pork Burger. (not a big fan)

Unfortunately, when we arrived, the kitchen was on a break, so we could not order things from the grill, which was suppose to be a MUST have. Damn! But the food we ordered were still pretty damn good!

Betty MidWest Kitchen is in Aman Suria.

Season of the Year Musical

2009-12-31T03:10:00.000-08:00

Woo hoo, the day has come! After many practices, it's showtime!

1st and 2nd day, i was helping out backstage, so I haven't really gotten to see the whole actual show. So, May got me tickets to bring Mun Yee to see the last show. Yay! Finally Mun Yee said yes to visiting SIB for Christmas!!

The showtime was at 7.30pm, so Mun Yee came over at 5pm for dinner first, and I took her to Euro Deli at Damansara Kim. Pork.. yum..

Pork Chop (so damn good!)

Chicken Chop (mun yee's)

Cause I read the timing wrong, we had to gobbled our food, cause I just realized that it was already close to 7pm. Haha, sorry Mun Yee!

The stage.

Posers!

The musical was awesoooome! (I didn't say that just because I pilih kasih or something, I really did enjoy the show!!)

After the show, we had supper at Ming Tien.

Mun Yee's happiest moment today was... eating Assam Laksa..

Christmas Musical Rehearsal

2009-12-21T18:23:00.000-08:00

Christmas Musical practice times are brutal..

Everyday for at least 8 hours..

But with food like..

Fried rice... yum

Fried noodle.. yummy

and

Fried egg... droooolll

Rehearsal might take long hours, but it's going to be worth it when it comes to the actual day. The musical is awesome!!

Introducing... Geisha

2009-12-19T00:53:00.000-08:00

Geisha is the little golden mouse which Kit bought for Mon's companionship/wife

Soooo cute!! She's golden and terrified the 1st time Kit brought her back, and so incredibly tiny!

After a while she got used to her environment. The 1st 2 days, she didn't even want to leave her little house, but after a while she got used to her new home and even ate from the same bowl as Mon.

The large chunk of meat is Mon, and the smaller one is Geisha. Adorableness!

Exam came and went

2009-12-18T09:55:00.000-08:00

Exam dates began in the 1st week of December. Papers were pretty okay, some were really brutal.. I'm not only looking for a pass, hoping for some good grades, I have high hopes this time.

I have a plan next year, and I really pray that it happens.

Intake is in 2nd week of January. 3 weeks break! SWEEET! Erm.. what the hell am I going to do??

Weddings, Weddings, Weddings!

2009-12-17T02:43:00.001-08:00

So many weddings this year. Damn, either I'm getting old, or it really is the wedding season!

Pictures from Alice Wedding, a frennie from media

Ji Mui session

A couple of videos on the session :D

The media group of SIB + LiveWire

To my surprise, I bumped into Soo Lee, my high school mate which I haven't seen in so many many years! What a blessing and such a coincidence!

After the ceremony, blurry because taken by a bad photographer (me)

Picture shot with the bride

After ceremony shots with frennies

Such a beautiful ceremony!

Next year, Bob's, Nick's, Agnes's and Kavisha's.

Weddings, weddings, weddings!!

Pictures taken by Rosalind, the 'bestest' photographer!!

It's All About Presentations

2009-11-23T06:54:00.001-08:00

It's Presentation Week as exam dates looms closer. Out of 5 subjects, 4 is with presentations. Argh! I don't think I've presented this much before. Anyway, friends were buzzing around with camera's as we present, a couple of snapshots below.

A couple of posers with Kit Yee's cam

And probably one of the hardest presentation yet, the SSE stimulation. Not only do we have to present it debate cum roleplay, but also at the lobby of SEGi where students walked pass everyday. Yikes!

I was the introductionary person + sort of mediator

After debate comes the questions

My group snapshots

Fun times!

FYI, pictures were taken by Jasmine and Kit Yee

Yin's 25th Birthday Part 3

2009-11-22T08:01:00.000-08:00

Thanks to the peeps who helped planned a 'surprise' party for me.. Next time, don't announced it on facebook -.- i get it too u know..

DIM frennies

My intake DIM batch

Wind was too strong, have to cover the cake with menu so I can blow, haha!

My 'surprise' look as the cake came.

Pictures are courtesy from Kit Yee's cam, which I took from facebook, hehe

Yin's 25th Birthday Part 2

2009-11-10T19:06:00.000-08:00

Surprisingly May had nothing to do on Sunday, so she took me to the Ship for a nice dinner :) A shocker that the Ship was so empty. Anyway, took a couple of shots with my new Ipod Nano :D

May introducing the starter dishes

below, May teaches how to eat escargot

May introducing the main dishes

A couple of outtakes, cause May sucks

and after the meal..

Yin's 25th Birthday Part 1

2009-11-10T03:17:00.000-08:00

Celebrated my birthday on Thursday because May had cell on Friday, we had a wedding to attend on Saturday and Sunday, mum's flying off.

So, off we went to Desa Park City for some yummy Korean food!

I actually prefer the food here to SS2

The Jap Chae (pork) was absolutely delicious!

The fried chicken was excellent!

and the famouse korean BBQ (yums!)

roar!

me and Kitty

mum and May

and the best part of all.... I got an Apple Ipod Nano for my birthday!!! YAAAAY!!