Friday, December 25, 2009

Ho...Ho...Ho...






















Merry Christmas Everyone!

Friday, December 18, 2009

Road Trip!



















With ME behind the wheel....

Weeeeeeee!

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Friday, December 04, 2009

York Minster

If God is in the house, I wouldn't be surprised if this is one of his favourite cribs...































Superbly gorgeous inside and out.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

London

My summary of London:
















Family















Family















Family.

Though I did get to the major sights, a lot of my trip was spent with my Auntie Liz and cousins (and his kids that I had never seen before).

15 years is a long time...



Saturday, November 28, 2009

Lure of the Golden Arches

I must say that i have been very good.

So far I have only had McDonalds here ONCE















Not that I always have it back home.

But i probably would if it had....

(Kevin, brace yourself...)




















Can you see it? Can you see it?
















=)

Its their Big 'n' Tasty - totally lives up to its name.

That medium set put me back £5 which is around RM27, making it the most expensive McValue Meal I've ever had in my life!!!

Am I glad it was worth it...

(But the thought of spending RM27 each time I feel llike a McD's meal...Ouch!)

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Baaaaa chee wemm baaa.....

Try and guess what the title refers to.

Got something in mind?

Hold that thought and see if you got it right.

As an early birthday treat, my Aunty Liz got me tickets to watch,
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The Lion King!

Its all Oprah's fault. Ages ago when the production first came out, she went to see it and raved about how good it was. Well, ever since then I've hoped it would come to Malaysia but yeah right, how many musicals actually reach our shores...




















The theatre is quite nice, I mean, compared to some of the others around its considered small, but I think it was the right size for the production. If it were too big the audience wouldn't be able to experience, er, certain things.

Well, one thing definitely didn't let me down - the costumes. I had heard they were fantastic, and they exceeded my expectations. Obviously it is a challenge to turn humans into animals, but whoever designed their costumes are geniuses. Some were as simple as body suits, while others looked like engineering works of art!

Can't take pictures inside the theatre, but here are some I got off Google images.



















The opening scene where the sun rises and all the animals come and gather round Pride Rock is absolutely phenomenal!

Only thing I was a little disappointed in was the boy who played young Simba, he wasn't a very good singer. Understandably, he is a young fella so gotta be forgiving. Besides that though, i thoroughly enjoyed myself and loved every minute of it.

Well, I did sneakily take a picture of,










a super happy me and Gran moments before the show started.

I left the theatre smiling with a warm and fuzzy feeling in my heart.

=)


It's the Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle
The Circle of Life

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The Queen

18/11/09
Went down to London on an overnight train and arrived at a very early 6.30am. Unknown to me (till that morning) the Queen was gonna leave her palace to give her speech at the State Opening of Parliament. Cool!

After dropping off our bags, we headed to Buckingham Palace.















The road that lead to the palace was lined with the Queen's guards, in their winter uniform, not the usual red. Kinda pitied them cause there was a bit of rain initially, so they had to stand super still, all cold and wet.















She was supposed to come out at 11am, after some pictures and guessing which side of the carriage she'd be sitting on (we asked a police man for advice and he told us the side he saw her sitting last year, so we went with that), we took our places and waited.

Not having time to go online to read up about what exactly was happening, all I knew was she was coming out in her golden carriage, something that only happens 2 or 3 times a year. Lucky me!

Thank goodness VIP's here are not like the ones in good ol' Boleh-land, and right on the dot, the procession started from the palace gates.



As my Aunty Liz put it, the Brits really know how to put on a show, and no where else in the world can you find such pomp and ceremony.

Was a real treat, there was easily 200 of those black horses, trotting by in batches, then the absolutely beautiful carriages, with the coachmen in their uniforms - it was like something from a history book.
That's all it is though really, keeping up with tradition.

A chatty lady next to my aunt told us about the 21-gun Salute that was to happen in Green Park, just across the road from where we were, and as soon a barrier opened up, we nipped across to check it out.

Call me ignorant but I thought its was gonna be guns going off, not cannons, and boy were they loud!















Amazingly, the horses that were nearby didn't flinch, move or even bother with the loud bangs... Makes me wonder if they're wearing ear plugs, or just freakin' well trained.















Even more impressive, as soon as it was over, all those horses you see behind me, went over to collect the cannons back onto their carts, and off they went. Quick as lightning. Was packed up in a flash!



Just as we were about to leave, we found out that the whole procession would be back in an hour. "An hour?", I thought, "That can't be right, how can that whole jing-bang get to the Houses of Parliament, get in, make her speech, then get back into the load of carriages and back to Buckingham Palace in an hour? Cannot be lah..."

Since it was only bout 15minutes till the hour, we thought might as well stick around, and sure enough - less than 5minutes after 12 the whole lot came back. This time I got to see them clearly (without taking any photos) and I guess she was happy she'd got that job done cause the Queen was waving out at everyone, smiling.

Yay! I managed to see the stereotypical image of Her Royal Highness, sitting in her gorgeous carriage, waving out at the people!















I suspect as soon as she got home, she put her feet up and had a nice cuppa tea.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Painful Feet, Aching back

I'm so sick of walking on eggshells and bending over backwards.

Some people are just impossible to please, and I'm tired.

Seems like wherever I go I'm destined to deal with such people.


Monday, November 16, 2009

BoomZ & ShingZ

For those who were entertained and amused by the clip of the former Miss Singapore, creator of the word BoomZ, here is a sorta follow up that is equally, if not more entertaining.

Cracked up and watched it at least 3 times.

Dunno if its real or exaggerated, but I find it hilarious.

Though some of course may say its totally ShingZ.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Scottish Fry Up

















1. Smoked sausage
2. Black pudding
3. Grilled tomato
4. Tattie scone
5. Dumpling
6. Fried egg
7. Bacon
8. Link sausage
9. Hash brown
10. Mushrooms

A full blown, true blue 100% Saturday morning fry up, made by my Uncle Alex;




















Looked on by his loving wife my Aunty Ruth.




















Uncle Alex is my brother's mum, and lives a 5 minute walk down the street from where I am staying.

What is black pudding you ask? A type of sausage made by cooking blood with a filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled. It is also called blood sausage. Usually pigs or cows blood is used.

Well, I had to be polite...
















...and I must say it wasn't so bad.

Initially I thought it would be like the coagulated pigs blood we get in our kari mee, but its not! Its totally different, doesn't taste like blood at all and honestly if I wasn't told what was in it I couldn't have guessed.

Doesn't mean I will be eating it all the time though.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Some

Pictures i took in Liverpool.

My verdict of the city - I like.