Last weekend in London

London makes me feel like I’m back home last Saturday. The sun was shinning brightly and it was hot hot hot. It’s much hotter than KL to be exact. Your skin hurts when you are out there in the sun. All the ‘Ang Mos’ were just lying down on the grass to tan themselves whereas we girls, tried to walk at pathways where there’s shades. I don’t wanna get dark!! We didn’t put such a great day to waste of course. We went to Buckingham palace and the park. There were many people in the park and also surrounding the palace to catch a glimpse of the queen as it was the Queen’s 80th birthday.

By the way, this will be my last entry about places of interest in UK as I’ll be flying home this Friday! I’m going home people!!! :)

The one and only London Bridge :)

Here comes the answer for the previous post

If you look closely at the red circle, you’ll be able to see the word ‘London Bridge’ written on it. Let me zoom closer to the picture.


So, Bridge 1 = London Bridge! Applause applause to those who got it right. :)


What is Bridge No. 2 then?



That’s Southwark Bridge

Bridge No 3 is of course the famous Tower Bridge ;)

Wales Trip - Part 2

Beaumaris - 15th of April

We visited Beaumaris castle which was famous for its symmetry design. It was built by King Edward I in Wales but this castle was never fully realized. We can see Snowdonia mountain from the castle and the view was spectacular.



Llandudno - 16th of April

We took a boat trip to view the stunning Great Orme in the morning.



After that, we drove up to Great Orme and hiked up to the peak of Great Orme. It wasn’t easy for us to get up to the top because of our “physical fitness” level. Look at the picture below! We had to climb all the way up to the peak.



I’m nearly there! Woohooo!!!!! I’ve reached the peak at last!!!!!!!!!

Wales Trip - Part 1

I’m back from Wales!!!! To sum everything up, North Wales is the land of sheep and lambs, mountains and water, as I can find them almost everywhere. Good Feng Shui place! :) I've uploaded the pictures taken during my trip in my photo album. You can check it out here. Enjoy

Barmouth - 14th of April 2006
It was a lovely sunny day and I finally don’t have to wear my coat. What is better than going to the beach on a sunny day out like this? The beach is surrounded by beautiful scenery and with the temperature of about 13 degree Celsius, it’s SUPERB!

We stayed at ‘Seashell B&B’ and were given a room facing the sea front. Gorgeous sea view from my bed!


Porthmadog - 15th of April 2006
Have you ever seen a steam train? We managed to take some shots of the steam train.


After that, we headed down to Blaenau Ffestiniog exploring Llechwedd Slate Caverns. Blaenau Ffestiniog is famous for slates. We visited the mines and find out all about the subterranean world of the slate miner and discover an amazing underground lake. It was a good visit but not much pictures were taken as it was in darkness most of the time.



We went to ‘That place with the long name’– (take a deep breath) ‘Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch’. There's a refurbished Victoria train station with the longest name in the world. The meaning of that long name is actually 'The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave'.

Happy Easter -> Hello Wales!

Yahoo.. It’s Easter break tomorrow till Monday. I’ll be off to Wales for 4 days.

Where’s Wales?
Let me give you a geography lesson today *ehem*. Please forgive me if you’re still not sure where Wales is after this lesson as I suck in Geography. :P
As you know (I assume you know), United Kingdom consists of 4 countries -> England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Check out the map below. UK is the area coloured in green.



Why Wales?
I’ve explored some parts of England, some parts of Scotland and some parts of Ireland before. So this time, I’ll explore WALES. After this trip, I can finally say I’ve been to all parts of UK.

The place that I’m visiting this time will be the Northern part -> North Wales, which is famous for its beautiful scenery. What else is there to see besides scenery? There will be mines: copper mines and slate mines. I’ll let you guys know more after the trip.


Wales is the area in yellow. We'll be exploring the area in red


Oh, by the way, I’ll let you guys know which is London bridge after the trip.

Happy Easter!!!!!

London bridge is falling down...

Can you identify which is London bridge?

Oxford = "Ngau Chun - Funny name"

Spring is here!! There’s plenty of sunshine and rain, some sightings of flowers, squirrels, insects… and in a week’s time, I think I’ll be able to see lots more.. I’ll be able to see more colours! :)

I managed to squeeze some time to Oxford last Saturday when we finished our shopping early.

Shop till you drop!

I’ve been shopping every weekend ever since I stepped foot into this country. I think it must be some “outlet shopping virus” which is spreading widely here. ;) My mum thinks I’m ‘a crazy shopaholic’ because every time she asks me about my weekend plan, I’ll definitely say ‘Shopping’!

What exactly are “outlet shops”?
Outlet shops are shops which manufacturers sell items directly to the public at a heavily reduced price.

What will happen if you are affected by this virus?
Everyone will have different symptoms. For me, whenever I pass by my favourite designer labels, I’ll automatically go into the shop and browse for bags and then clothes and then accessories. If I see something nice and the price is interesting, I’ll end up buying it. So you’ll be spending a lot and buying some unnecessary things.

I went into DKNY shop last Saturday and headed straight into the bags section. I found 3 handbags (2 black and 1 red) which I’ve seen back in KL before. Something tells me that I must get one of these. If I were to buy this bag, it will be my 3rd purchase of bags in UK. Don’t you think that’s quite a lot in a month? Anyway, I put the bag back on the rack and went out of the shop. Guess what I did after 10 minutes? I have decided to buy the bag and went back to the shop. Oh no! All the black ones were gone and only the red one left. I quickly grabbed it and headed straight to the cashier. I was lucky to be able to buy the last piece.. Imagine.. all 3 bags sold in just 15 minutes.

What is the effect of this virus?
The very obvious effect is of course my HEALTH(bank a/c) level is getting lower and lower.. and it’s reaching the UNHEALTHY level.. Another one is of course the limited baggage allowance of 20kg which is soo sooo little.. I’ll get fine if I exceed the given baggage allowance

How to cure this virus?
By using the ‘Sight-seeing Antivirus’. Hope this will work. :)