Sunday, July 20, 2008

Bro's Graduation, Scotland, Nedtherland & London

look!!!! my mum and I in SIA's A380 to london... damn cool damn new... new until the aircon spitted water...
the screen is so big... economy oni u noe... den u see at the side there... there is a video input, usb plug point and a network point... which means i can plug my mp3 in and view photos, music, videos and so on.....
dey even have feeding frenzy... haha... but sadly... it hang gei and i din get the chance to play... wtf... T_T
the almighty wing.... the red tip make it quite cool..
the giant of the air... took at london heathrow... juz see how small is the plane beside...
rushed to terminal 5 from terminal 3 and see wat i found.... an R8!!!!
and a bright red F430.... my dream car!!!!!! both!!!!
juz look at the engine and i can really get high man!!! haha... love it so much...
audi's oso din lose out.... apparently dey are on display for sum lucky draw competition.... i think it was 20 pound per entry... X.X
my future university... Heriot-Watt.... this is 1 of their hostel i think...
my bro at the Heriot-Watt main entrance....
and i saw this back-piper.... scottish skirt le.... dey call it kilts....
the founder James Watt...
my bro with his mates.... weird thing is dat dey dun have the "sei fong mou" juz a hood thingee...
a park in the campus....
library looking at the park..... wonder how often will i be there in the future???
will be me in the pic in 3 years time... lol..
this is 1 of the hostel as well... the campus is so big and there's lots of green and field and even a lake.... so glad dat i chose campus uni over city uni...
my bro is kicked out from the hostel so he and his fren rented an apartment... freaking expensive... 900 pound a month.... i had to sleep in the living room... slp on floor... >.<"
went to Glasgow by train then......
streets of Glasgow...
theres lots of shops around... more for shopping... cool... there's this Primark which cant be find in edinburgh.... the shirts there are very relatively cheap compare to other shops.... shirt can get for 4 pound... sum even oni 2 pounds....
decided to slp on the chair then... coz my bro took the floor... he got kicked out of his room as well... sigh... slp halfway backache went to sofa where i cant strech my legs....
walked in the park in edinburgh and got this nice spot for the Edinburgh Castle shot.... it turned out to be a veli nice pic and became my wallpaper... hehe....
city of edinburgh... the shops close quite early.... about 6 dey close d.... however... summer over there so the sun set only around 10pm... haha... after dinner the sky could be still so bright.... veli veli jeng san....
scottish food... Haggis...
then flew to london and overnited a nite... flew to Amsterdam, Nedtherland, then... this is the Amsterdam Centraal Train Station...
ppl there cycle really alot.... bicycle can be seen every where... look at this parking lots for bicycles... there are 3 levels.... all full... GG!!!
The Avenue Hotel... 3 stars... we got a 4 person room... theres 2 level.... downstair is this 2 beds and toilet... quite small room though....
and upstair is juz another 2 beds... look at the triangle wall.... its actually the artic d... the roof of the building... omg.... banged my head oni...
a shopping mall.... din went in though... continue our walking to other places...
i think this is the new church....
look at this... traffic lights for bicycle... so cute... the road there... is just so dangerous... u not oni have to look for cars when crossing the roads.... u have to take into the account of bicycles and trams....
1 of the main square in Amsterdam... lots of ppl...
buildings around the square...
mum tried this shoe... sadly... not her size..... >.<
Holland is famous for water.... there are lots of canal around.....
some bazaar and an old building... dey seel cheese in whole round thing... look at the left side stall... stinks man...
went to Chinatown and found a temple....
1 of the streets in Chinatown...
then went for a canal cruise.... went around the city by water... lol.. these boat are actually boat house which are legal...
very dutch style buildings all around Amsterdam...
look at the cars.... dey park so near to the edge and juz theres oni a veli low bar protecting dem from falling into the water.... the guide said that there's at least 1 car drove into the water every week... hope its not any exotic car... haha..
a dunno wat boat... ready for war..??
freaking long cruise boat... really long.....
the green building behind is Nemo... a maritime museum.... so the old ship is a replica of an dunno wat century cargo ship...
a copy of Jambo in Hong Kong... sad case for dem... copycat!!!
a cute sign board... it says... please pee here....!!! NO!!! not to the pole.... theres sum small cubicle wif a urinal bowl oni... oni for man as its the standing 1....
after 6 i think and u will see red lights around Chinatown... haha... this is the legendary RED LIGHT DISTRICT.... theres these small rooms and the prostitute in bras and panties standing inside seducing u.... prostitution is legal over there...
a statue of prostitute... it stated there "Respect Sex Workers All Over The World"... the cool stuff bout the red light district is not juz about the hot gals in the cubicles.... infact... it make u wonder y is it surrounding the Old Church??? u walk around the old church... u can see doors wif red light above them all around...
1 of the entrance to the red light district... see... so many ppl going in... haha... its actually a tourist spot in Amsterdam... and its Famous....!!!
these are the dutch traditional shoes.... hanging all around a shop...
the police over there drive golf le!!! i hope i can have a GTI.... >.<"
I AMsterdam.... thats the city motto....
dogs playing in the water....
sum museum behind of me....
Van Gogh museum.... Vincent Van Gogh... famous artist... father of modern arts i think.... theres even this song about him called "Vincent" which is quite famous now after it was used in Tong Sum Fong Bou... "starry starry nites....."
waiting for the tram as all the museum are so far away from the city square...
the square the day before... as its sunday... ppl put up stalls...
nothing much to see as all the shops are the same... selling old books.... and sum painting...
went to a half day tour to outskirt.... this is the town of Marken...
nicely decorated house... lots of flowers...^.^
look at the flowers... big and healthy... and colourful..
Lavender..... theres actually bees on it... try look at the bottom of the pic...
houses in the small town is so dutch styled and all painted green.... good for eyes i think???
nice white flowers.... where i can try my makro skills... haha..
the harbour of Marken where we gonna take a ferry...
bro got attracted and tried it... not his size either....
wuu..... leng zhai and leng houses...
flowers and canals everywhere...
posing with boats...
the board said this place is "Marken"!!!
its a bicycle actually... infront of it is not engine... but its a tray for u to carry things around...
found another cute sign board.... no pooping around.... wish the dog could read it... haha... Quenson!!! understand not??
the lake was veli big... and windy... sails can be seen everywhere...
ferry dropped us in the town of Volendam...
some old bridge which can be lifted...
its veli green there as well... so nice air everywhere....
canals as well.... beautiful scenery...
a stupidly small museum... pointless to go in...
Windmill!!! Holland is famous for Windmill rite!!!!
great pic for wall paper again.... its a water windmill... to pump water out actually.... sadly its locked....
then went to a cheese factory... yucks... tested 1 small bites and cant seem to swallow it...
den the shoe factory...
shoes hanging around again...
then next day took a train to Rotterdam.... its sum how more city like wif few high rise.... and sumhow the sun popped out and its hot.... its more like business place den a tourist place...
the famous bridge of Rotterdam....
walk around the city and found the road of Stars... Shrek was there....
so did Mickey mouse... i think dey made it dem self... haha..
Rotterdam was once the biggest and busiest port in Europe.... so this is outside the museum... old ports....
Cube house... weird but cool looking...
can make u headache by juz walking around and lifting ur head up to look at these unique design...
went in 1 of the house... entrance fee was 2.50 euro... wahhh!!!! great spot to see stars wif gf if i have 1...
smiling everywhere... cute design... but the room was juz so small to live in... and sumhow make u feel dizzy...
the bridge is lifted up.... for a crane ship to pass tru...
way to hell???
foosball table......
the next day went for a boat trip to Kinderdijk....
its a windmill village i think... there are 19 windmills there.... beautiful scenery...
long long road...
old windmill...
with some flowers...
yeah!!!
when come holland must see windmills rite!!!
this 1 is open for going in... 3.50 euro per person...
look at these wooden whells.... wonder how dey tot of it 100++ years ago...
ppl does live in the windmill.... this is a bed... for baby.... its juz so short... no legroom...
steep staircase summore... nice if its a gal wif skirt!!! haha...
front view...
ar!!! NO!!!!
nice pic... yau sui yau fong ceh... but sadly mou san.... no mountain in the whole Holland... as its a country below the sea level....
Great wallpaper again.... who want??
went to the Hague then...
sum sand buildings.... of the city of Hague... compare to our penyu in redang... same la... mayb ours was nicer tim... haha...
the Parliament....
A lake behind it....
Palace...
i actually walked the bridge wif my dad....
our hotel room... Maritime Hotel Rotterdam... its actually 3 stars as well... but compare to the Amsterdam's... this is really small lo.... toilet got weird smell summore... but dey have internet facilities... haha... and foosball...
den next day went to Eindhoven where we will fly back to London.... saw PSV Eindhove's homeground the Philips Stadium on the train and bus.... din walk there... sigh...
Eindhoven airport as stated...
my flight.... a budget air... AirAsia's dai lou... dey learn from them...
back in london... found the Malaysia House... where we had breakfast... malaysian food.... not really nice...
went to oxford street... famous shopping street.... went in a huge nike shop... dey call it nike TOWN....!!!
a no name painting the oxford street...
the building wif SALE word is Harrolds.... Famous and Huge... but Expensive like hell...
saw a ferrari roar past and stop at the traffic light.... try look at the car plate... "KISS RED" going back from heathrow to changi.... A380.... notice dat the wings are bending up??? while the normal are straight.... din get the chance to sit the upper deck though...
wings wif sun rising....

and sea of clouds....

thats the UK trip... looking forward to go UK to my nice campus.... and hope to travel around europe... haha...

1 comment:

Su Yin said...

hi, nice sharing. Wish that one day I can go to there too. ;)