Taxi driver... Now I walk

Today, was scheduled for my major project consultation with my fellow project mates and the lecturer. The meeting time was at 11am.

As usual, being me, I was late. (I had a bad stomachache in the morning. Really. This isn't just another reason! Trust me!) :p

So, to make up for my lateness, decided to take a cab down to school and somehow it wasn't a "good" cab ride to school. The taxi driver, unfortunately, was this old Malay man, whom we would refer to as, within the Malay community, "wak-wak kedai kopi". Well, generally this type of "wak" are known to be obsessed with Dangdut, Gudang Garam and Kopi from the coffeeshops. So yeah, I had to deal with such a person in the morning.

He yakked non-stop asking me this and that. He even sang a bloody dangdut song to me sial. I was so irritated yet I kept my cool and remained being polite and answered his questions and his never ending singing.

Saying I'm pretty la and he asked me what am I gonna do after I graduate, how many siblings I had, what my parents are doing. Siallaaa! Makcik2 quarters pon tak se-kepo ni Wak siaaaall! (Even the Makcik2 quarters not as kepo as this man)

Disgusting siah. I couldn't wait for the ride to end. Even after I reached he said..

"Eh jangan kelam kabut. Belom kasi duit balik ni. Bobal kejap la."
[Eh don't hurry la. I haven't give your change yet. Talk2 first]

WHAAAATT DAAAA FIIIISSSHHH!!?!?!?!
I wanted to run away siaaaah at that point of time.

He even added, when I wanted to get out of the cab...

"K la. Nanti kiter bobal2 lagi k. Balik naik taxi la."
[Ok la. Later we can talk again k. Take taxi la when going home]

LUU BOLEEHH RELEEEKKK SUAAAAHHH!!!!

He waited for me to get into the school building then he drove off.

Right. A great start for the week. I "looovveeedddd" my Monday. -.-

Reminder: Always take a quick look at the taxi driver before hailing the cab. It doesn't hurt to be abit more fussy.

Better still... TAKE THE BUS OR WALK.

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Laptop... busted

My laptop is gonna die anytime soon. First the USB gave me problems. Now I see irritating blue "noise" lines vertically across the screen.

It's definitely irritating the shit out of me.

ARGH!

I'm so frustrated. I hate it when my stuff gets fcuked up and when it isn't because of my fault.

If my things get destroyed.. it should be me destroying it and not because of other people's carelessness.

AAAAARRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

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Piala Seni Dikir 3 Layar Citra Dikir 2008

Sorry about the lack of updates. I just have no idea what to update on. Nothing much happened lately and tomorrow is back to school. Thank god for me, I don't have any lessons. So that is a strike off the Monday Blues. Well anyway, attended a dikir competition today at Siglap South CC with Kak Nur.

Piala Seni Dikir 3 Layar Citra Dikir 2008 (oops!)

A real bad delay, of like an hour.
Soar butt.
Dry eyes.
A damn long duration. 12pm to 9.30pm. SIBEI LONG SIAAALL!
Bad bad headache.
Super hungry nak mampos. I didn't eat the whole day lorh!
Too many people I bumped into.

Sibei long day..

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Sidetrack a bit here eeh..

Thanks to Ikah, I so itchy to get my hands on some Island Creamery ice cream and so I dragged my parents to Island Creamery yesterday. :) I'm such a brat.


I had the most talked about Teh Tarik flavour and the Nutella flavour. Mama and Papa shared a classic Banana Split which was awesomely good with 3 funky flavours, Very Berry, ReversO and Chocolate Chip and real fresh Banana.

"Kononnye", I wanted to treat my parents to dinner, but in the end, had dinner at Adam's corner with Cik Ajib's and Auntie Annie's family after a bowling session at HomeTeamNS-JOM Clubhouse. So the treat would have to wait.

Anyway, there's too much bowling sessions happening because of the fact that my whole family is organising a family bowling tournament in July, so everyone are getting into the bowling shoes, sweeping lanes and throwing heavy balls. Heh. SEMANGAT KE APER!

Ok FINISH!

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Botanic Gardens with GFs

It was totally random and totally unplanned.

Yet it was a great "getaway" for the three of us SINGLE girls and just have fun being us, taking stupid and b-e-a-u-tiful pictures. Of course the usual joking around, catching up on each other's lives, laughing and just enjoying the greatest company everrr.

It was a great day definitely.

The greatest greatest girlfriends that one could have.

I WANNA DO IT AGAIN CAN!? :p

Body guard
Lesh Wash
*Inside Joke* LOL

No matter how dark your days get, or how lonely you feel throughout the day, the light will always manage to find its way through, and thats where you know that theres always someone looking out for you, waiting for you.

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Now for the trip (Part 2, Paris)

My London part is done. So now for Paris....

10th June 2008

I had trouble packing my luggage the night before after shopping at Primark. What with all the extra clothes I brought along from home. My luggage was already heavy even before coming. So I had to sit, lie down and force my luggage to close. :P

So had an early morning, the usual breakfast and gathered outside the hotel with the luggages and proceeded to the coach to board Eurostar and make our way to Paris. It was a 2 hour train ride from London to Paris (Yes, only 2 hours).


After 2 hours, we were finally in Paris and was greeted with a super warm weather. It felt like it was in Singapore, the weather I mean. Other than that, Paris was splendid. The city environment, the wonderful architecture of the buildings, marvellous.


After a 1/2 hour wait for the coach, we were given a short and brief tour of Paris and I started snapping pictures like there wasn't any tomorrow. We were rushing for time because I've learnt that France has a law regarding the working hours of the people. Everyone can only work for 35 hours per week. No more, no less. On top of that, they could have MCs which could last for as long as 3 months.

So if you were in a middle of doing research for your work, and your 35 hours are up, and if it was only Wednesday, you just leave your work immediately, you're done for the week and off you go home and get the rest of the week off.

So fellow Singaporeans, LETS MIGRATE TO FRANCE! :P

Well anyway, back to my trip.

So had a short panaromic tower along the roads of Paris. Passed by the famous Arc De Triomphe that was located in the middle of the biggest roundabout. Oh and Paris's roundabouts are so scary. There are no lane markings and vehicles just come into and out of the roundabout with no signals. However, the monument was wonderful with all the detailed carvings on it.


After quick shots of Arc De Triomphe, we continued touring the rest of Paris on the coach. Some quick shots that I managed to take...






Of course, what's a visit to Paris without viewing the Eiffel Tower.


We dropped by a famous tourist spot where we got a whole view of Eiffel, top to bottom. At the spot, there were a few Negros selling Eiffel keychains, and Eiffel miniature models to people, mainly tourists. There, I received a rather nice compliment from one of them...

"Hello Madame. You want to buy 3 for 1 Euro?"
"No thanks."
"Where are you from Madame? US?"
At this point of time, I was so "kembang" already. Someone thought I was from the US. LOL!
"No. Do I look like I'm from the US?"
"You talk very good English."
CHEH-DEY-BAH! So anyone wants to learn how to talk English well? :P
"Oh thank you but I'm not from the US. I'm from Singapore."

Hahaaahahaha. That made my day. Well after rushing to to take quick shots of the Eiffel, went back up the coach and proceeded to Reuters Trading Centre in Paris. No biggie. Just a short presentation by the people there.

After that, it was time to check into the hostel.


This was kinda dramatic.

First impression, it didn't look very appealing. Nonetheless, it was a YOUTH hostel. So, I had a real good dose of gorgeous guys. :P

But when I got to the room, no wait. Nevermind the room. THE TOILET IS ALONG THE CORRIDOR! WE HAD TO SHARE TOILETS AND SHOWERS!

OMG!

And now the room. It was plain concrete. We had a sink and a mirror, a cupboard which looked like it's gona breath it's last breathe. We had to put on our own bedsheets and the blanket is so wooly and we had ventilation through a rather small window.

I didn't mind we had no tv, nor no aircon but WE HAD TO SHARE TOILETS! OMG!

Nevermind. So after placing the luggage, we headed for dinner at a nearby restaurant and dinner was soo soo much better in Paris. We had spaghetti with big chunks of veil meat. Super splendid. Veil is baby lamb and its white meat. So it was a first for me and for everyone else. It was real good and for dessert, had dark chocolate pie. HEAVENLY!


After dinner, we went on a mini cruise on the river where we passed by different monuments such as the Hunchback of Notre Dame and of course Eiffel tower and also a miniature version of the Statue of Liberty. Cool eh.

And again, we went public. Just look at the complexity of the train lines.


And now, it's picture time...

This is Notre Dame. Scary eh?

Eiffel Tower at night

The miniature model of Statue of Liberty

11th June 2008

It was DISNEYLAND TIME! WOOOOHOOOOO!! All had recharged their systems just for this day. The long awaited visit to Paris Disneyland. It was so damn exciting.

We went public again and when we reached Disneyland... EUPHORIA!

Was so excited to go on all the rides. But all in all, Disneyland was da bomb! It was so dreamy, wishful and very fairytale like. The rollercoasters are hot. Nothing like the ones in Singapore. Did a bit more shopping for souvenirs for people back at home. So I'd just put up the pictures for y'all to see.






We managed to catch the parade where all the famous Disney stars appeared. The princesses, Toy Story, Lion King et cetera.





After a whole day of fun at Disneyland, headed over to Eiffel Tower for some really close up shots with the great piece of metal.


After Eiffel, it was then down to the last dinner for the whole trip. It was a great dinner. Chicken that tasted soo good with all the different spices. It tasted Mediterranean and wonderful Basmati Rice to go with it. To top it all off, scrumptious apple pie.

The last dinner

12th June 2008

This was the last day and the flight was scheduled at 1215 Paris time. We said goodbye to the wonderful tour guide for the whole trip, Mr Graham and then it was goodbye to Paris.

A really wonderful trip despite having to fall sick. Reached Singapore at 0700+ hours Singapore time on 13th June.

I wanna go some more can? :P

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Now for the trip (Part 1, London)

I've finally settled down properly and have decided to post an almost detailed entry about my trip. Tons of pictures were taken but I won't just fill up my post with the tons of pictures. I'll just put up the relevant ones and the rest would be up in my multiply photo albums.

I'll start off with my London trip first.
*takes deep breath*
So here we go...

7th June 2008

My flight was scheduled at 1245 at Changi Airport Terminal 3, SQ318. So reported early at about 1030 at row 10 and checked in the luggage and gathered the boarding pass. After doing all the necessary stuff, it was just left to wait til 1130 to get into the departure hall.


Dearest GF came over to send me. AAAWWWWW~ I feel so loved. Other relatives also came and seriously, I did not expect that many of my cousins, aunts and uncles to come to send me off. I mean it was 1030 in the morning, who would bother right? Well anyway, my family was the biggest among the rest of the other people who were going on the study trip as well so I was abit paisei la of course.

See what I mean

It was finally time to depart and said the goodbyes and hugged mama and papa. And off the group went to the departure area to look around at the shops and went to gate B3 where our flight was. I was down with a real bad flu and I sounded so horrible. Nonetheless, my spirits were still up and I was still damn excited to see Europe.

Time to board the plane and then the 13 hour flight journey begins. It was a first having to stay more than 6 hours on the plane and yes I felt super restless. It was a 747 carrier and it was so cramped. Thank god they had good entertainment on board. Had the latest movies and I was having one hell of movie marathon on board. From Step Up 2 to 27 dresses to "I-can't-remember-what". Meals on board were kinda good, surprisingly and also had ice cream for dessert. Yummy!

After a sleepless and dreadful 13 hour journey(throughout the whole journey, it was total daylight so imagine how jet lagged I was after touchdown), it was finally touchdown. Reached London at 1910 London time, and that is 0210 hrs Sg time (London is 7 hours behind Singapore time). Super shagged and jet lagged and all with no sleep at all for the past 13 hours or so and I had to go on for another 5 more hours before we actually got sleep. After touchdown, boarded the coach and was introduced to the tour guide, Mr Graham. Gave a short tour around London before reaching Ashley Hotel to put our luggage and then went out for dinner around the area.


Food was okay but because I had a totally bad flu and I was seeing the world swaying from side to side, I didn't really enjoyed it and all I wanted was to get some real good sleep. After dinner, it was finally sleep later than midnight.

And one thing about London, the sunrise is at 0200 and sunset is at 2130. So you can imagine how long the day was.

8th June 2007


After a long first day, had a lil bit of breakfast and enjoyed the morning air which was so fresh and cooling. I LOVE LOVE THE WEATHER!

The next day was a good tour around London city. Was amazed at the architecture around the area. The domes, the churches, the greenery.. everything. So wonderful. And of course the London Bridge, Big Ben, Thames and Tower Bridge. London Bridge is too plain. It's the Tower Bridge that holds the beauty.

Here are some pictures....

Wonderful architecture

Statues that marked significant soldiers and people that helped with London's survival of some sort. Historic value and remembrance.

The famous Big Ben

After about a few hours rounding around London on the coach, we went over to some palace and were lucky to be able to witness the exchange of guards of the palace. A real big crowd gathered (like Singapore NDP lorh) and the show was nice. Saw the guards with the super tall bear fur helmet and red suit. Real nice.

The guards ceremony thingy. See the crowd. Damn huge right?

Big Ben from across the Thames River

So after a few hours of tour, had the chance to get on the amazing London Eye. (Well you might say you've gotten on the Singapore Flyer. Well now I ask you this, have you gotten on the London Eye? :P)

London Eye from across the Thames River

The view from London Eye, simply BREATHTAKING. I could see almost everything in London. Real nice and the ride we only paid for 7 pounds, that's s$21 (the Singapore flyer costs $30). So it was all worth it.

View from the top

After the wonderful ride, it was time for dinner. Had dinner of supposedly pumpkin soup which smelled like curry and tasted like tomato and the "famous" dish, Fish and Chips. Well, pumpkin soup was real good but the fish and chips were normal so not a biggie there. After dinner it was free and easy and so me and my group decided to go over to Tower bridge to catch real good night shots of the bridge and the city landscape.

The night sky. 10.30pm London time and still so bright.

The night scenery was wonderful. It looked like Clarke Quay but this is way better. It was just so calm and peaceful, everyone is just dealing with their own business, having fun, chatting the time away.... wonderful. The cool night breeze had to top off everything and I just enjoyed the time there, thinking about my life, letting the breeze pass through my hair.........
I MISS IT SO MUCH!!! :(

Well, it was then time to get back to the hotel and get some well deserved rest.

9th June 2008


So today had an excursion to the University College London and the Bank of England and we had to wear smart casual. Well, it's just my course that's going through the fuss of having to wear smart, to leave a good impression.

The day was ookaayy. My flu was still as bad and I had a splitting headache. To make it worse, we took the public transport and there was no coach. Boooo~


But an eye opener to London's train railway system. It was soooo complicated. There were so many lines and if you went down the wrong staircase to the wrong line, you're dead meat and chances of you being reported as lost and found are high. For that, thank god I'm a Singaporean and I only have to live with only 3 MRT lines.


So went public around London. Was damn tiring because of all the walking and the shoes and all. After a real tiring day, we headed to do some shopping at London's "Metro/Isetan/Robinsons/John Little" which was named as Primark. Trust me, the stuffs there are super damn cheap. The range is between 1 pound to 12 pounds and you can find anything that has got to do with fashion, apparels and accessories in one building. Total heaven so I shopped til I literally dropped.

After shopping had dinner and then we called it a day.

Basically that sums up my days in London. It was a real good experience. An eye opener to a totally different society. Eventhough people do go to work, there aren't any rush hours or anything. I mean there's still the usual peak hour crowds and of course the traffice jams but it just felt more relaxed compared to Singapore. People are so relaxed and of course I had my dose of hot guys with blazers and aviator shades. WOOOHOOOO! :P

Next up will be an update about Paris. Bonjour~

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