My Bizzare Brainwork Says » scotland

off to the hills..

Eve — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:25:36 +0000

You learn something everyday.

This week, i learn how to make panaroma photos!! This is my first try and I tried to adjust the photo to create an olden age feeling. Photo taken at Fort William, Scotland – Summer 2007 (best evar!)

Critics, no? Will try to make one from the photos I took in Madrid and Venice, maybe?

This weekend, I’m off to the hills. Not one, but two!! whee!!

Made of Honor (& Scotland)

Eve — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:12:00 +0000

Yesterday was our department team building, so we were treated to a movie, a treasure hunt (which i’ll elaborate in the next post) and a dinner. and YAY! We won 3rd placing for the hunt! Go Gold!!

The movie we choose was well, obviously Made of Honor.

Oh! The movie genre was my favourite. Romantic comedy, a chick flick which i absolutely adore

Now, the movie will bring us over to Scotland because Colin is a scottish duke who plays the bagpipe -__-

Anyway, while watching it.. I saw so many places that I’ve been which flushes me away with memories from last summer. If you had watched the movie, you might regconize some of the scenes from my photo.

#1 On the way to Isle of Skye..We drove there, Sheffield/Liverpool > Edinburgh > Isle of skye …in total we drove at least 7hours that day alone. Unlike the movie, we drove all the way there because we were too late to catch the boat. The bridge!! Oh dear…

#2 Can you spot the bridge? Now so small and insignificant in the fuller viewer. Yes, this is how the highland looks like.

The pink haggis mentioned in the movie…We tried it too!! It’s actually quite yummy. Not as disgusting and scary as it is IF you have it nicely…The one we had at the kebab store was kinda horrible though..

#3 The magnificent GlenCoe. This is definitely one of the most scenic place to travel by car. ACS, before u balik penang, please go.

Ahh.. I couldn’t seem to find the castle photo at all!! This will do.. Behind this castle lies Loch Ness Monster…

#4 The lighthouse that Tom had to pass when he was riding the horse around the coast to the small church. Hahaha It’s a totally different location.

Back to the movie. I believe many a times the same situation happens, either you are Tom or Hannah. Just look at how many movies has been made with the same storyline, 27 Dresses or My Best Friend Wedding(my fav!)

Tom might want to be with you NOW, just because he is afraid of losing you but he might be back to his old self once he got you. Colin is the PERFECT guy but with minor flaws and you don’t really know him that well…

Will you choose Tom or Colin then?

Based on such romantic and senseless kinda person that I am, i would definitely choose Tom!! Brownie point for him just coz he is Dr. McDreamy…

REMEMBER GUYS! Friends not for a summer or just a spring. I miss the moments :(

Season of the Gold and a hiatus for me maybe?

Eve — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:00:00 +0000

Summer come and go..Without realizing, autumn is here.

Leaves of gold and red decorate pathway and streets.

Life is just purely breathing without living if there’s no such thing as friends.

Silver Linings….
Edinburgh Castle, sitting majestically at the hilltop.

Chocolate soup. It’s like drinking chocolate fondue. Really yummy though. Je t’aimais

“Kau Yok” at my pre-departure dinner.
Thanks to Teviot Place residents for having me. I shall miss you guys much! Especially the nightly chats and cooking and window shopping. If everything goes as plan, i shall meet up with you guys pretty soon.

I’m on the road again. Hopefully I’ll get to online again or else i might wilt and die…

miss me…..

Miss me much

Scotland Final Day.

Eve — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:55:00 +0000

Last day was at Glasgow. We had a very short day here as we need to hit the motorways by noon or else we wouldn’t make it on time to return the cars. Soo Sad!

This is St.George Square if not mistaken. Very nice and very cold as well.

Our leftover food supply after 4 days. Imagine the amount we brought along before this

The steel peacock at Glasgow highstreet. It’s like shopping heaven here..muahaha..that’s before i went to Cheshire Oak.

In the carpark, bidding farewell ady.

The giants and the our small fish. Hahah..

They say he looks like WuChun…

ah Hup..this sarcastic and funny fella that makes us all laugh so hard. Miss him so much af
ter we all went back to sheffield.

My coursemates that cooked dinner for us when we reached Sheffield. So nice of them, miss them so much T____________T

That ends my Scotland Road tRip.

FINALLY!!

Next …Liverpool, Merdeka, London and Spain & Portugal!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Scotland Day 3

Eve — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:30:00 +0000

As i mentioned, we slept in the car for the 2 night at this place called Lossiemouth near Elgin. Which is very up north on British Island. Our original plan was to wake up and enjoy the sunrise. BUT as usual, all sleep like pig la..hahah.. Anyway, the photos that were taken when sleeping canot be shown to the world. Damn ugly wei..hehe After breakfast (roti and jam), we headed down to Inverness again to walk around and have our lunch! Now, this lunch is quite special because it’s Scottish traditional dish. It’s made of sheep’s intestines and mashed up with potatoes and something else.

Sounds disgusting alright, but surprisingly it tasted real good. With the white sauce, it tasted something like cheese and ham with small bites. Then we headed to Tomatin whiskey distilleries for some whiskey tasting.

Fort William is the next destination, and watching the Jacobite Steam Train was the goal, but we were late by 15minutes or so i think.
To most people, the jacobite steamtrain is Hogwarts Express from Harry Potter movie. To get the best view, we need to hike up a small hill. but it was well worth it. Anyway, the railway tracks is at GlenFinnan and the place was amazingly beautiful!!!

The view from the small hill overlooking some loch and GlenFinnan.
This is our whole road trip group. First Car – Vauxhall Astra, our girls car Piccanto and the oil-drinking Vauxhall Meriva. Doing what we always do during the whole journey. Looking at map, use MrTomTom for direction, talking, eating and sleeping.
From there, we continue on our journey to Glasgow for the last night. On the way, we passes the rocky terrains of Scottish higlands. We saw the 5 sisters, Ben Nevis (the highest peak on Britain) and the gorgeous GlenCoe. Contrasting to the beauty and peaceful feeling that it may send out, a huge massacre actually happened there before. Anyway, it was so beautiful just driving passed it makes all 3 cars stop simultaneously without communicating to each other on the roadside just to take photos. hEhe….
To be continued….

Scotland Day 2 – Isle of Skye

Eve — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:36:00 +0000

Er, i think i better finished off blogging about Scotland and Liverpool before it became too backlog like Melaka 06.

Somemore Ang seems to have blogged everything about London and blog till so outstanding, meaningless i blog now..hahahah

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The second day on Scotland, was mostly spend on Isle of Skye. The place that most people would say is the essence of scotland. The most beautiful part of it. Awesome view, breathtaking scenery, majestic mountain range – The Cuilin.

I couldn’t agree more.

Skye is a small island with amazing mountains panoramas peppered with plenty of Loch (lake in Gaelic) and fishing villages and farms.

The place we stay at Kyle of Kyleakin, is a backpackers inn and i was surprise how clean and comfortable the place is. I always have an impression that backpackers place will be dingy and dirty. I was so wrong. And the first night, the moment my head hit the pillow, i immediately died till the next morning.

The blue caravan that some of us slept in, the room, the kitchen and living room. Some travel advise for those backpackers is to bring extension cord, as normally the electric plug is shared with everyone and limited. and Tripod is ur best-camwhoring-friend.

Early next morning, we set off to explore the Isle!! Behind us is Skye Bridge. Unfortunately for us, it rained the entire day. And it was so freezing cold! So cold so cold. Never been that cold my entire life

On the way to find Kilt Rock Waterfall, the most amazing scenery of all time, we saw alot of blur sheeps and furry cows. Hohoho. so bodoh looking each one. They were all marked with some color on their back. Then…

Me: Eh, you see that one red color one..
Hup: Ya, bulleyes to shoot it and bbq …
Me: ………………….
Someone: Nolah…datang period, forgot to clean
Me: -_________________-

Finally we got to Kilt Rock Waterfall. In chinese its called UK 天涯. So hard to find ok. But damn worth it. Was so reluctant to get down from the car because of the rain and wind and cold. Freeeezing. But see the beauty of it…

No photographs can do justice for the beauty of that place. We took photos until we couldn’t stand the cold any longer. hahah…

Umbrellas and rain jacket doesn’t help at all and many brollies died along the road trip. That WX, guy in green buat macho not scared of cold only. hahah..

A short video to show u HOW STRONG the damn wind was! click yah..

Finally me.

After that we stop by Portree, the main town of Skye where people can just park their dog and go shopping. I found this jack Russell pup, whimpering all the time trying to look for its owner.

Off to Urquhart Castle after Skye. I snack so much on the trip that a friend ask me if my hobby are sleeping and eating =.=
The Castle and Loch Ness!!! You’ll wouldn’t believe that i was very obsessed with the myth when i was much younger. I read up alot about it and it was one of my dream to actually go see the lake. Still couldn’t believe i actually did went and see for myself the lake. Dream came true! )

At the Loch Ness information center. With a fake nessie obviously

and William Wallace. Apparently out of the 14 of us, only I know who is William Wallace. I was a a freak at watching Braveheart. Favorite all time movie. Funny thing is that, all Braveheart portrait and souvenirs share a striking resemblance to Mel Gibson. ahaHahaha

After that we continue on our journey up north towards Innverness for dinner and Lossiemouth to sleep in the car.

The time where we wash up in Tesco’s washroom will always be remembered.

Scotland Day 1

Eve — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:03:00 +0000

It has been a sombre day for many of us tarc student. Since last night, many from the first batch has left the accommodation. Some called and say their goodbyes, some left messages on msn and friendster. Altogether it was a really sad days. Friends parting ways are one of the toughest time, whats more when we all know that we might not even see each other again for the rest of our life :( :( :(

Therefore, i shall not delay my Scotland post anymore. Assignment #1 down, before starting on #2, i shall post Scotland Day 1. To our friendship!!

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After a previous failed attempt on this roadtrip, we finally set off at 1230AM on the 16th and reach Edinburgh city center at 5am. After so many issues and problem, the worse being that, we nearly had to cancel the whole trip for the 2nd time when stupid car rental informed us 3 hours before pickup time that there’s no car for us. like wtf, we nearly get heart attack!! Anyway, because we are so berkerjasama and also thanks to Neow, we finally got ourselves a car.

4 days 4 night.
3 cars
14 bursting with energy, spirit of adventuring young bubbly students that hails from Liverpool and Sheffield.

1 journey – 1 purpose – 1 Scotland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Was so so relief when we see this. Wohooo!!!

Along the road, there was many roadkills and i wonder what animals was it. Soon enough i found out when i nearly rammed into one of the thousand wild rabbits jumping at the highway =.=

There are simply too much photos to show. Over 7gb of files, 4000+ photos which took me 2 days to filter and sort. That’s of course after recharging for a record breaking 15hours >.<’ With the royal police Bagpiper. whats scotland without mens in kilts and bagpipes eh?

Cherry the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Fat and friendly.

We spend the most time at Calton Hill being trigger happy.

Took so so many photos here! And this is with people that we just met a couple of hours ago and probably will never see again in our life. How people click with one another, i don’t know. But talking alot of nonsense and bullshits does help alot

If u notice, at the right corner of the photos, there’s a bunch of people trying to help me get down from the bloody stones. It’s was freaking high, i was too freak out to jump down. So Malufying T___T

Love this shot.

After having lunch from the boot of our cars, we headed towards Isle of Skye

which took us the unexpected 6-7 hours of drive due to traffic jam =.= Very pening journey. Saw a shop with the most appropriate name for it.

This photo looks like a scene from a ancient war movie sans the tar road. Imagine people hiding at both side of the boulder and throwing stones at unsuspecting enemy. Wahahhaha

And the whole road of Scotland looks like this. which i am not complaining. It was so so breathtaking.

Photograph does no justice to the beauty of Scotland’s Highland.

Ayam Back!!

Eve — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:16:00 +0000

Woohoo!! Back from the Highlands! AMAZINGLY BREATHTAKING VIEW!

so sad it ended to soon. dead tired. talk soon.

Travelogue

Eve — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 17:03:00 +0000