london bridge is not falling down

Sry, i couldnt imagine that i ve not been to london after coming to uk for almost half a year.. Finally, i can share my experience in london with my relatives and friends.. ^-^

Here comes london:
Unlike warwick, london is much more merrier with more buildings...

... and busier streetsTis is the st. paul's cathedral.. STil remember the story JL created saying that st. paul built st. paul's cathedral..

It was then i was aware that there were multiple bridges along the river.. For once, I had a wrong perception that only London bridge is available.. Went to borough market for lunch and had lots of delicacies there.. It resembles the malaysian nite market, a vast open space food market with a large variety of food and things sold.. Dinner was a splendid meal of duck rice in the chinatown.. After that for a long but comfortable walk around the area..

London was even more attractive at nite.. It was rejuvenating, soothing and relaxing..
The eye of London behind me, few times more gigantic than the Msian one..
The british national museum.. One of world's renowned spectacular museum. There are more than 90 galleries in it.. Due to time shortage, we could only managed to visit less than 10 halls.. I guess u would need a whole day to visit each and every gallery..

The real mummy!! One of the highlights of the museum.. Referring to the x-ray, the bones were still in a well structure and little flesh is left.. But it proves how impressive humankind invention could be..

Well, thanx to amanda and jl for the warm welcome, coupled with their precious time..
It's quite a pity that it was just a short stay but, i promise, i will be back again..

the magical sprinkles

Heyhey, I have three cvs winging their way to various places at the moment. i'm glad they are done and dealt with and hopefully i will have some gainful employment during the summer holidays otherwise i shall hop back to my sponsor again, which i dun really wish to..

It would be nice to experience something different now so cvs, please work your magic.

ps: i shall declare myself holiday n get ready going home on saturday. Not forgeting a nite with amanda before that xD

badminton superfans

So yup, i realised one of my secret resolutions for the year-- all england championship!!! However, i am sorry that i could not provide u with more photos of the breathtakingly eye-opening day, as photography is prohibited throughout the event.

The oveview of the venue..

Early birds like us got to snap some pictures b4 the event started... Behind me are the players' sitting.. I was convincing myself that the guy in yellow behind me was lin dan!

Generally, there were 3 courts as it was just a quarter finals. Hence for time-saving purposes, 3 games will be held simultaneously. I duno how to describe. It's kind of awkward, as u hear cheerings at different moments. And usually in tv, it's so focused, but at the live event, u feel it's kind of informal and funny..

It was pure excitement and fun!! I saw lee chong wei, kkk, tbh, the confident and arrogant ever-looking lin dan, the impressive taufik, and the cool peter gade, who always played so gracefully. Not forgetting xie xing fang, lee young dae, lu lan, julia wong, tine, "aaron kwok" fu hai feng and many many more. Well the essence of watching semi finals is u get to see more matches, meaning more players!!

Well, sue risked being scolded by the guard to snap a picture of lin dan.. Cool :D

However, it was quite a tiring day, as i dun even know how to count how many matches i had watched. But then the climax was from the grully awesome lee chong wei, who was also the onli msians who made it to semi-finals.. Although he was left behind when the match first started, he quickly regain his cool demeanor and shape, performing the classic 'lee style' game, sending shivers to his Finland rival =)
THE SPECTATORS LOVE HIM! Everyone was cheering for him, i shall say he was the one who is most welcomed yesterday. (You might be wondering why is it not lin dan, it's bcuz the chinese supporters are almost exhausted after cheering for every chinese players, bcuz almost every match has a chinese playing). Tell you wat, after he slogged for victory, he bowed and waved to us! Omg.. I was so touched!! Emmm.. i was so touched that i cried!! I duno why, perhaps i felt that he really appreciates our support and was aware of our existence. Before exit, he signed autograph for a few supporters, BUT IT WAS NOT ME! Because i was on the other side where he was.. Bad luck for me, n i cried even bitterly after tat =(

Nonetheless, there were victory and losses as well. Our doubles were sent 'home'. I was in jitters when kkk-tbh had a hope of picking up and twisting the game at the end, but it ended up with disappointment. Fairuz-Zakry also struggled to find their way out from their opponents' intimidation but they failed. We lost in both games quite 'relaxly'..

But anyway im glad i saw all of them. Had been putting aside my image as a girl, shouting and screaming as if notHing.. But i shud say the audience's support is critical, cheerings did make a difference, as manifested by the indonesian supporters.. who were almost crazy.. But this is allowed for a match. Hehe..

On a lighter note, the stadium was thronged with people. Well, tickets for semi finals today n finals tomorrow had all been sold out. Basically, they sold out like one month before, hot cakes hmmm.. Spectators came from all around the world, u saw the english, chinese, msian of course, as well as indonesians and koreans.. Everyone was cheering n shouting for their country.. Luckily some seniors brought msia flag as well..

The event ended slightly later than scheduled. N we were rushing for the last train n bus. Otherwise our pockets wil be burned by taking a cab or staying in a hotel. Fortunately, we really really managed to do it, even i myself couldnt believe it.. We were incredibly lucky to pop on the last train n yeah.. Yipee, tat's y i am here now xD

As to i could not manage to get lee chong wei's autograph, tis' the only 'souvenir' i got from all england-- my entrance ticket :D
Okay, i know i should not be rambling around now.. With Management accounting test on monday and the scary financial management on wed. Although i promised myself tat it wil just be a short account of the lovely experience. WIsh me luck =P

spring on the steps

This week marks the start of some alone-time for me for the next couple of days. Mnite is over, no longer night rehearsals. and im regained my night time. I am now on my route to finish the gems of life, shall anyone recommend what drama i should watch next =P

Had been spending few nites of midnight oil for my cv write up. U may think that it's just a page of paper, but it's not an easy task to try to incorporate crucial things and organize everything properly. Esp to 'sell' urself.. But anyway, they are still available for amendments before the deadline draws near.

On a separate note, spring is almost upon us, I should be happy. We're starting to register double-digit temperatures, flowers are starting to sprout and today, the sun is glaring and sunshine reaches my room directly. I could walk outside with less layers now. N i am looking forward to the picturesque when the flowers bloom.

saturday the birmingham

I know i ve created an impression that im slightly retreating myself into my herbit shell in UK here, but I know my reasons why. Being able to study here is a bless, i shud be sparking here. However I dont want to get too carried away being in the limelight or indulging in pleasure. Moreover, I still have 2.5 years here, i guess that are rooms for all that. But anyway i think im having my essence, just a little smudged.

Anyway, went to birmingham for an adventurous trip with chewy and sue today. Have been hearing bout how much gigantic is bullrings from coventry precinct, how cheap is the birm market from cov market, how lovely is chinese food at the chinatown........THis time, the thought of wanting stHing different suddenly popped into my mind. No longer shopping trips.. i want to explore the other part of birm, im sure the onli attraction of birm is not merely bullring..

Well, im not wrong. Let me usher u to our journey of exploration of birm.

THe birm nature centre..

The entrance..
Animals that we couldnt find in msian zoo..
The slender tailed meekat.. THey should be trained for marching.. Haha.. THe black and white lemur..
The otters...
We were lucky as the keeper came to feed them.. I was shocked to see lovely animals becoming carnivor.. Chewy complained that it's disgusting to watch theme eating the chicks.. But i understand that this is nature..
Porcupines.. Not sure if u can see this in msia, but, they are rare at least =P
Many more animals, which is too much to be uploaded.. Capture them in fb if u r really interested.. Got to open my eyes a lot there. Other than these, there are also invertebrates house, reptiles house, aquarium etc..

After that, we headed over to lunch at the mailbox (not ur yahoo or hotmail mailbox). Hehe.. It's 10 pounds for all-u-can-eat sushi. There were a wide range of sushi, fried rice, fried veggie, fried kueyteow, tempura n many more..

I would say it's quite worthwhile bcuz i gobbled up a lot.. N i dun even need to hv dinner after tat =(After an extremely filling meal.. Next, we took the train to jewellery quarter.

As its name suggests, it is a small town where all the streets and shops are selling jewellery.. Rings, stones, necklaces, earrings, i guess, if u want to buy sthing for valentine or engagement, this is the place to shop.
Well, we went to the museum of jewellery quarter, which boosts of its potpourri of exhibits of renowned designers, despite its small size of building.. Yet, honestly, was really amazed by the delicacy n fineness of the art of work.. and admission is FREE!! Sadly, we could not stay long there due to time constrain. Our next destination was the cadbury world! I assume u know what cadbury is..
Welcome to cadbury, the world of chocolates =)

First of all, we were directed to the 'essence'. Here we were given some history of cadbury, the most interesting part was where we were allowed to mix our own chocolate that we want!! I chose a chocolate + candies one.. Kinda sad that i couldnt ask for more.. Sorry if my 'ugly' eating look scare u away.. THe chocolate was really nice..

Followed by that, we were guided to witness the production of chocolate.. Sry no photo-taking was allowed in that section..

Then, we went for cadabra, where 3 of us jumped into a mini automated car and brought to the magical world of cadbury.. Tel u what, the queue was super long, n we waited almost 30 mins for the short ride..

Some nice settings in there..

Little Snowworld.. A naughty attempt to imitate the puppet beside..

Arrgghh.. too obsessed to the camera..2nd try.. THis time, it was much better.. =P

Didn really pay concentration on the explanations and stuffs. I duno why. Probably quite exhausted running here n there whole day. N was rather fed up having to wait so long.. Anyway, im not a super fans of chocolate, n i cant really distinguish quality of choc, so...

That's the end of it.. A day to polish it up and watch me sparkle :D

Oh ya, thank you god for the sunny but not too sunny, comfortable but not too cold weather..

experimental dish

The point of today's post was to express my overjoy on a new dish that turned out well. Well, one of the best thing and also the worst thing here is that u cook for yourself everyday. And because u cook daily, u often get bored with the same food rotating and tend to experiment wildly. Of course, stimes it's successful and stimes not.

Today's experiment was suprisingly, successful. In fact, every meal here is kind of experiment to me, as i never cook at home. That day i was wondering how can a home-cooked pasta be, other than in the form of the red sweet tomato pasta sauce.. But as it turns out, pasta can hv other kind of flavours which taste as brilliant as the former one. I made a mustard and honey pasta today, with minced beef and corn (havent eaten corn for so long!!). And finally poured the mustard sauce and mayo to whip up a dish of creamy delight.
I never thought that i can actually do it successfully. Not exactly achieving the standard of restaurants, but good enough for a new chef like pinkiecloud xD