Unanimously, Europa will be our ultimate choice with 2 years holiday maker visa. Then we talk about some of our fondest memories from travelling. So happen she loves travelling as traveler, not tourist. Big differences.

Coincidently, my college mate suddenly uploaded our old photos on Facebook -_- talk about coincidences.

Reminiscence bout the time of the below photos was taken. One of my fondest memory in life. Such simple life back then. How i miss the times…

i never expect myself to be richest when i work as a waitress in a village with sheep and horses around me.

*HOLY SHIT! while searching for the photo of the takeaway i used to work for, i realize i lost the whole batch of photos! The photos of me jogging alone, sheeps and country!!*

Just to show you the level of “ulu-ness” the kampung i once lived in was. Sheffield HighStreet VS sadly, Blyton Highstreet.

Can you see the differences?

But i was happy there. occasionnaly homesick but honestly contented and peaceful. I earned roughly double the amount i’m earning now with zero stress, zero overtime. My pay reads nett profit = savings.

6 hours of work and my job scope is watching tv, socialising with customers and eating.

Morning was spend jogging around the neighborhood or going into nearest small town, Gainsborough for groceries with boss.

After work, I’ll be stuff full with food by boss and since my boss fancy seafood, we always have fish or mussels or prawns aplenty. Then it’s msn time with folks in Malaysia who just woke up. Chatting it up with my dearies used to be like my right; now it’s a privileage. I eat whatever I want and turn into shopalholic during offday simply because i can afford ‘em. Not forgetting celebrating xmas and ny very differently from here.

Back in Penang, I now work for a MNC that is “branded” everyone goes GOOd for you!! when i mention the company X.

So what~

I earn so much lesser, with much more expenses, much more stress, and much longer hours definitely. I haven’t been to the gym for god knows how long.

I’m so poor that I have to think twice or thrice before buying a sandwich from Subway, and leaving the shop empty handed. Definately not getting any better when my monthly expenses are sucking the life out of me.

Last night, i just feel like having dinner with a friend. A FRIEND in penang. Who to call? I realized i have no more good friends left in penang. What is happening to my life? Family and friends are very important. Going back to your roots too. I love penang and all the jazz but I’m just in my early twenties. I had this conversation with my friend Kim the other day..same scenario. Study loan which can be paid off in 6 months, but we choose to come home. 7 fucking long years now…

Why did I even allow myself to end up here?

Not being strong enough to stay on for a longer period of time or taking the igs are comfortably seated on top of my list of regrets for my life so far.

-end of verbal diarhea-

Signing out, Yours Truly.

Today, another batch of student left for the time of their life. Except for 1 which i remembered from last year, she was so unhappy she wanted to go back to Malaysia just 1 month after we were there. Screw loose somewhere wan.. Joosing would remember this well..ehehhe

To make things short and sweet, I miss it so so much. I miss it ever since I’m back here in Penang.

I just realized my shopping power has increased by ten fold compared to the time when i was in Penang therefore i almost burst into tears when packing today. I had to again lug my huge heavy luggage around england train station.

A little clue on my next destination…but if you are quick enough, you would have guessed where it is

A little bit of mafia, a little bit of culture, awesome food, fabulous eye candy with accent and a great travel mate is what it takes!

Due to my near non existence determination, my project diet 101 is officially a failure :( :( :( Will try harder next time!

Next update will probably be after Thursday.

Ciao!!

So on that fine morning, i was about to step out of the house when there’s a msg on my msn, so i replied it. And that very msg made me miss the bus and i had to wait for 1 hour for the next one in the cold T___T

And then i had to switch train at Nottingham and because their PA system was down and i couldn’t find the next platform for my connecting train, i miss it again!! and had to wait another hour for the next one. The supposedly 4 hours journey took me a staggering 6 stupid hours. So frustrating.

Once i got there, Will took me to this dimsum place where i met someone who reads my blog. OMG! Hie, to you if u still read me *blush* I consider it one of my highlights in my blogging life because someone actually come up to me and say hie~and out of so many place, birmingham

Before dropping my stuff at the smallest hostel i’ve ever seen, we went line up for one of the best dougnut in town! But to will, he say it’s nothing, just another bread with a hole, hmmph!

And when we were lining up(gosh, the line was unbelievable long!) the HOT NOW sign was slowly spinning around so we got ourself free original glaze each. MY favorite flavour.

In the evening, we went to this german market at the city centre. Note that i’m there before christmas so it’s all winter holiday mood still.

Plenty of stalls selling knick knacks, porcelain stuff and candies.

There’s like sea of people at the German market, most standing around a small table drinking beer or eating some hot food. The ambiance was excellent. You get the happy music coming from a merry-go-round nearby and the sound of laughter from the crowd on top of the sweet smelling of roast pork and wursts. Jason took the exact same photo like mine, the reindeer thingie but he took his at manchester!!

We got ourself a nice little bacon in the bun after staring at the roasting pork for quite some time. The sweet smell of onions and bacon are to tempting to resist.

Will finished most of it. I only pose for the sake of blogging which makes me look like a hungry pig..or am i not? hahah

We also had some wurst…which made me damn full!!! Then we went for a walk around birmingham. Which basically finished my tour. That’s all done under 1 day.

Headed back as we going to attend a pre-christmas christmas party where alot of malaysian and chinese attended.

AGAIN, all the food which totally ruin my first round of diet. Great night which lasted well to the wee hours in the morning and i had to excuse myself to bed as i was really knackered after all the traveling.

The next day, was supposed to meet up at 11am i think, so i got up and got myself ready. I was really glad to see the weather was lovely outside and can’t wait to go out. So i wait and wait…until 3pm T____T Why william, WHY…. With so little sunshine in winter, i should have gone out myself. And with so much time in hand, i used it to paint my face -__- There’s really nothing much to do. Poor guy internet connection was terrible. I think this is the first time in a long long time i put photos of myself. Sorry la, if it’s an eyesore to you; ie ang or divalisa, but i really like my long hair that day. hahaha sometimes i quite shallow and vain….but i got nothing to do so use my camera to entertain myself….forgive me…

Okok…so we went to Wagamama for lunch before FINALLY did a little of window shopping. I did not really buy anything because when i pick up something from the aisle, Will will snap photos of me and mutters ” Haha, i’ll show your mom!!” T____T so potong steam.

and i only had 1 request, to go mng shop. And william kept misleading me..and when we finally got there, the door shuts at my face with the sign ” CLOSE EARLY FOR SALE PREPARATION” wtf..WHY william WHY…There’s only like 3 mng in UK and i had to leave early tomoro and now i can’t even browse .. T__T

and then we went home to cook dinner. William cooking his famous oyakodon. hahaha..THE William cooking, girls..it’s something we don’t see in penang.

Finito and it taste like the real thing too. Really yummy

We proceed to make Char Koay Kak wtf…. I told you this friend of mine is eccentric. And i actually had alot of fun because neither of us has a clear clue on how to make it. Taruh saja lah and then try to improvise from the “super secret recipe”

It was another long night for me. It has been so long since we met up and so we have many grandmother story to tell. Haha

The next morning, it just take too much time and work to make koaykak we just make it to radish cake/loh pak kou. Surprisingly…quite successful although abit tasteless and ugly looking. Hahahahaha.. Anyone that can guess the formation of the below, is simply genius ok?

Giving up, we had proper breakfast at Weatherspoon. The weather was very frosty and seriously cold.

And i bid farewell to my dear friend that has been such a wonderful host. It’s really weird. For when i was in penang most of the time, he’s in US. When i was in KL most of the time, he’s in penang. And when I’m in UK, he’s back to penang. So for this small fraction of time when both of us are in the same land, i had to make effort to meet him. Or else, it will be god knows when shall we meet again.

Anyhoo, it was great fun there i had in Birmingham. It seriously has the BEST SHOPPING place called bullring. For an emo person such like me, it has been a whirlwind 3 days for me. Let’s hope that we meet up soon~~ Despite all the ranting above, u know i still miss seeing you, Will. So please dont merajuk on me okk? haha ]]> http://apple4today.com/birmingham/feed/ 6 http://apple4today.com/lets-all-sing-the-auld-lang-syne/ http://apple4today.com/lets-all-sing-the-auld-lang-syne/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:14:00 +0000 Eve http://apple4today.com/wordpress/?p=378 Hahaha.. 12 days too late.

Anyway, i think it’s a custom over in western world to sing auld lang syne at the stroke of midnight on 1st january as a way to usher in the new year.

As for me this year, i will like to remember it as being offered a glass of bubble by kind villagers and sleeping it away.

THE act of ushering in new year fall on new years day itself for us. We decided to have steamboat! Woo..so excited bout it. I was almost disappointed at the last minute when i couldn’t get myself there since i stay so kampung T___T but thanks to the great people..hehe i still manage to attend! woohoo!

Age, is really catching up on me. The steamboat lasted 9 hours and we begun at 11pm. It was slow because we had more than 10 people and only 1 small rice cooker. And everyone is like attacking the cooker once something is cooked.The following day everyday was so groggy with panda eyes walking around like zombies.

Oh well, as i say, when boring people gather together, they will totally unleash the energy, fun and tigerism that has been bottled up in them! I shall not post anymore photos of same sex kissing in case i offend certain people again.

Just some photos of the night with hongkies, taiwanese, shanghainese and bbc. All also Chinese!! I think that i am very lost in front of cameras now. It had been awhile since i took photos with with another person and it seems that i forgot how to smile. All my photos looks so weird! anyway, it still a very happy night/day. Great way to usher in the new year.

That’s all. Getting so lazy to blog.

Rather read than be read nowadays. hehehe… but i bertekad to blog all my travel post in uk. Birmingham, london and liverpool. all unblog blogs. ]]> http://apple4today.com/lets-all-sing-the-auld-lang-syne/feed/ 2 http://apple4today.com/boxing-day/ http://apple4today.com/boxing-day/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:21:00 +0000 Eve http://apple4today.com/wordpress/?p=375 Boxing Day is not the day you spend boxing each other or have any boxing matchs on. It is the day after Christmas Day. It also means it’s a public holiday here and there’s a special EPL match and some hunting activities on as well.

However, in the lands of guailow’s it also bears another very significant meaning. It’s the day for mother of all sales. People go crazy on this day when items prices are slashed up to 70%. People will fight over each other for that last designer handbag. and shivering in the cold winter from 5am just to be the first to get their hands on the cheap cheap stuff.. I saw on the news that some girls lose their shoes when running towards the bag they were eyeing. So they just buy another pair of shoes!

Kiasu-ism doesn’t only exist in Singapore! It’s proven ady. It’s everywhere!!!!

So what will you expect from a seasonal shopoholic like me?
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I spent my day sleeping well into late afternoon. Hahahahaha… such a waste of a bargain day. Waking up later than expected, me and charlotte only had a salmon sandwich before getting ready for the party at night. Taiwan and HongKong girls are really good at beautifying themselves. Seriously. Spending more than 1 hour infront of mirrors.There are no ugly girls. Only lazy ones. yup yup…

When we get to WaiKit’s place, we are already 2 hours late. hehe. The party start late too because we have to wait for the food. Everyone was suppose to make something. We have “wun chai chi”/fake sharkfin, some Fujien springroll, pastas, CurryPorkchop, sushi, pizza and charsiewpau. Talk about international spread.

The crowd that night! Hongkies dominate it, with a sprinkle of chinese, a dose of taiwanese, one bbc and 1 malaysian.

I initially plan to post alot of funny photos from the party but i feel bad posting it. It will be laughing on other’s expenses. Adding to their drunkard embarrassment. hehe

Quote of the night:

Avoid Hangovers.
Stay Drunk!!!!!1111

This is what happen when very bored individuals group together. We play very hard to make up for the time we loses!!!

After eating, the place turned into a temporary casino like. With all the dices shaking in the cups and people “chai mui”. It’s something really new to me. At this moment, i am proud to be a malaysian because i am the only in the room that can communicate with everyone else. Be it, english, mandarin, cantonese or even hokkien! Taiwan girls tried to cheat speakking hokkien and was so surpirse when i shout ” Eh, wa eh hiau tieahhh!!” (Eh, i understand)

their expression >>>>

Some of the beverages.

I counted….. we drank 2 dozen of beers, 2 chivas, 2 JD, 3 bottle of wine and 1 xo.

My new friend. Charlotte. Thanks to her, i had a wonderful christmas and new year

The fake wangleehom…hahahhaha

Wuyang. Beijing Mui…She’s only 20yrs old…so babyfaceeeeeee

Random shots. Where they start to show some love to everyone…

Goners..Hahaha

It was such a nice way to celebrate anything. In a house with a bunch of fun people.

It’s certainly a change from how it has been for me in the past year. No spray war which i absolutely hate with all my heart. What’s the point of dressing up and get stupid tukaus spraying fake, smelly, sticky snow at you? No pervert stranger thrusting their hips towards me in a lewd manner. No traffic jam. No reservation needed for dinner.

Just a group of friends, chilling out…