BARCELONA... the place i will definitely return to

Barcelona... a must go place...hehe... a beautiful city with much to see... if u love architecture... this is a place u dun want to miss out... thanks to the talented n artistic Gaudi....

our first transport to barcelona... the metro... hehe... we had to take this train to the airport..
still a long way to the airport... sienzz.
this is when we reached the airport in Ginora, a city near to barcelona... cheap flights ma... then we took the bus to barcelona... 1 hour plus bus ride...
That's why deric look like that... hehe...This is near la Rambla.. the famous street in barcelona... anyone interested in shopping.. this is it..
The christopher columbus monument...

somewhere near the sea

La Sagrada Familia.... started building 200 years ago and still building now... technology has shoown no improvement.. hehe joking... the art work needs ages to make, that's why it is only scheduled to complete in 2020..

The interior of the sagrada familia

What are they looking at??

OOH... the structure of the building inside...

This is in Parc Guell.. another master piece by gaudi... yup, It is a lizard..

The entrance to the park

The top of the park... the view in the background is barcelona

Casa Balto... I didn't go in to have a look cause it is very expensive...

a model of the La Pedrera... the next place i went..

from the outside

view from the bottom up

Inside the building... part of the house that was once stayed by some rich people.. Deric and Cathy posing...

On the roof of the building

Dinner time... hehe... this is in a restaurant called genove 1911..
Cheers... from the left... Cathy, Karen, me, Shun Feng and the hand is Deric..hehe

Seafoooddd!!!!!!

This is another restaurant but it does not taste as good... so forget it..

In the hostel we stayed... it is a very cozy and nice place but then we had to walk uphill to reach it... which was very tiring...

Ok... this pics are from Shun feng's camera... i have others from cathy's 1 but then i have to rush to bath now... have to work later.... i will post the other pictures tonight if i am not too tired...

long time no blog...

Sorry for not blogging for such a long time.. u all should know about my lazyness... hehe...I was busy anyway.. I had to juggle between work, play, study and sleep... hehe... okok... let me update u bout myself... I am currently still busy with work but then next week is my last week of work because the company has no more jobs for me... so i will be getting a new job soon.... hope i can get 1... ok.. next... studies... i am still studying the same way i used to... meaning sleep in class after 2 slides and waking up when the lecturer starts teaching the 2 last slides... hehe... that's me... my results are still in the process.. makes me wonder about the efficiency of the lecturers... hehe.. hope it's alright... then about my play time hehe... I went to barcelona last month... i will post the pictures in my next blog entry and and elaborate about it then... I celebrated chinese new year with a nice hot dinner with my flatmates... then we went out to Venue.. a club in the city center... I enjoy the songs there.. it was spanish night... but i don't think i would like going out at night at all due to the weather and my sleepiness... then yesterday night.. during chap goh meh.. I went to my boyfriend's house with cathy, my hong kong friend to join his housemates for a hot pot... the hot pot was too tempting for us to not go..hehe... then when we left at 11pm... the wind was s strog that we felt that we were nearly blown away... good thing we made it back home safely..hehe..

okokok.. I know u all must have notice the word "boyfriend"... yes, i admit that i have a boyfriend.. his name is Ling Shun Feng, 24, male, studying final year for finance... he is a very nice person, a bit stupid and funny... he is not good looking but it's fine with me as long as he has a good personality... we went out during valentine's day, which was our first date... it was fun... okok... picture of him...

This was in barcelona.. he went with us...

OKOK.. a decent picture of him.... notice that he just put on a shiny lip gloss... hehe... I don't think i really got a decent picture of him..

This is the flower he gave me... white roses... before he brought me out for sushi...hehe..after dinner... we had dessert... strawberry tiramisu from mark's and spencer.. a must eat in UK.. hehe... we ate this while watching a horror movie called 'IT', which was a movie i freaked out watching when i was a little kid.. a really good movie... warning.. don't watch if u r not brave enough...

Ok.. i will move on to the next post for the pics in barcelona...

Good News!!!! Plus one bad one...

HEHE... Let me start with the good news.... on the 3rd of January, it snowed in Newcastle!!!! Really, I repeat, It SNOWED in Newcastle. it snowed once in the morning around 8 and cathy woke me up to see it... then the thin layer of snow started to melt... after an hour or so, there was another snow, then it melted again then snow then melt... the process repeated itself for 4 times. At least i get to played with the snow though it is short-lived.... Ok... second good news... I got a job though it is just a part-time 1, it's better than not having 1... and i got my national insurance number!!.. for those who don't know what is it, it is a number required for every employed person in the UK for the person to get paid... so I will start work next tuesday on the 8th of January.... hehe... here comes the bad news though... I have exam on the 9th of january... yes... is just the day after my first day of work... good luck to me in my exams... hehe... hope i haf enought time to study and pass...

Next good news... my fren which came over with me got her first boyfren... a taiwanese... make me wonder when can I get 1.. hehe.. my plan to get a boyfriend before 20.... willl i be able to succeed?? well... i think these things come when the time comes... i will just wait n see... don't worry... If i have 1... I willl definitely tell the whole world!!!....

Oh ya.. and I am starting to knit again... I am helping my friend to knit a scarf for her newly found boyfren... hehehe.... hope she dun scold me for telling everybody except for her boyfren abour it...hehe... I will put up a picture of the finished work next time... in the mean time... enjoy the pictures of the snow!!!

Walking outside my flat... the layer of snow...

A snowball on Cathy's hand...

Deric., Shun Feng and ME... in the carpark... too bad it wasn't snowing

Shun feng...Cathy and me... Cathy was trying to throw some snow on Shun feng... hehe...

Me and Cathy each with a snowman and a snowballThe snowman Cathy made.. it has eyes and hands made of leaves.. Due to limited snow, we made miniature snowmans... hehe..Deric posing beside a car covered with snow..
The snowman shun feng and i made on top of the rubbish bin...heheThe carpark in front of lovaine flat... the footprints are deric and shun feng's..

Cathy and I made this...Cathy's love for her boyfriend..

Road back into our flat....

Hope u all enjoy the pictures...

No to alcohol!!!!

Sorry mum and dad!!! I got drunk last night... I drank too much alcohol... I never knew that it was that addictive that I kept on drinking.... But don't worry... I just did things like... vomit... say that I wasn't drunk and shower with my clothes on... That's all...

I promise that this will be the last time.... really really last time... I will control myself....

But from getting drunk, I learn quite some stuff... that I can't sleep when I am drunk.... i need to be a bit more "awake" to sleep... That's why the bath with clothes on... hehe... And now, I am awake and I still can't sleep... I think I only slept for 3-4 hours... however, my legs are still wobbly when i walk now... Maybe another shower will help... Will go and take my bath after I finish writing this...

Oh ya... there was a parade at newcastle city center from the monument till the civic center which is just very near my place.... the parade's theme was glowmobiles... whereby cars are made to look very 'glowy'.... the parade started at 5.30pm and ended with fireworks at the civic center at 6.40pm... YES!! It's 6.40 pm.... People in Newcastle celebrate new year at this time because most of them are old... this a town where old people dominates during the holidays since there are not much international students around.... below are some pics of the cars...

The two cars in the pics above are two of the many cars involved in the parade... the other pics are quite blur which is why i didn't want to put it up....

Credits to deric for the pictures and for being a good friend.... Most of the people in this flat is getting sick... or are sick... Karen, Sally are very sick... Allen is a bit sick... Deric and I are going to be sick... Hope that all of us will be fine before the exam starts.... And Cathy is back from Hong Kong...

I need to get something to eat... I better bath before that... I won't be posting any blogs for the time being since exams are just round the corner... I will be updating u all after my exams.... hehe....

Last day of 2007

It's the last day of the year.. and Hsien Leng's B'day..

I was thinking back about the things i have done this year, the people i have known, the things i have said... I felt that I actually grew a lot this year... I learn how to stay away from home and survive without a maid when i was in inti... Learn how to control my temper (though i still have it sometimes)... Learn how to manage my money, cook and be independant when i came to UK.. I might not have change much... but i knew i am different in some ways... I want to change to be a better person... This is my wish for the new year.. And I wish that everyone can be happy for the new year....

Happy new year to those who read my blog... Enjoy life and may your lives be filled with laughters and hapiness...

This is a picture I just took (in my room)... Just to celebrate the end of the year... hehe... though there is still another 7 hours till that....

Christmas!!!

Today is Christmas day... a day where ppl in newcastle stay in their house and not come out.. the day where all shops are closed and streets are deserted.. the day when even pubs and clubs, discos and bars are closed... I spend my day indoors without even stepping out....
It's boring to celebrate christmas away from home, especially when u r in Newcastle....

Anyway, i actually went out yesterday night... my seniors from Inti had a party over at their flat... they invited us..me and Karen..over for dinner... which is 10pm... yup..10pm.. they started cooking since 5.30pm up till 11pm only done and finally get to eat... we had spaghetti, 3 roast chichkens, fried stuffs, some vege and self-made popiahs... It was quite fun to be there... got to talk to the seniors, get to know them more... better than staying in my own room... we toast to christmas at 12am.. with red wine and coke... Ok.. I admit.. I drank and was a bit dizzy... I drank half a cup of red wine at first.. then karen pour a quarter of a cup to me..coz she can't drink... then a senior..stella.. poured another quarter for me... bcoz she dun wan to drink so much... I have no idea why they think i can drink lo... but then i drank.... the dizzyness was not from the red wine... it was from another drink i took... the person who invited me..Elvin.. brought out his bottle of bacardi.. which he poured for me.. bacardi was similar to vodka... in the sense that both are of approximately 40% alcohol.... dun worry mum.. he juz pour a little bit of barcadi and fill the rest of the cup with coke... after i finished my cup... i was offered another... which i took and then resulted in drinking it slowly and making sure my cup is not emptied so he can't add anymore... hehe... guess I can't really drink much, i felt a bit dizzy after that.. so i stopped drinking... hehe... then we talked and laughed until 3 something in the morning and me and karen left... I went to bed arnd 4 in the morning and am still feeling very tired now though i woke up at 11 this morning... there was a gift exchange event yesterday night which we buy presents and sent to the owner of the present anonymously... we drew lots earlier on to decide who we are giving the present and from there decide what present to buy... i got a tub of biscuit..hehe.. which quite suits me... Pity the guy who recieved the present I gave bcoz i gave a M-sized boxers to him but i think he needs L....

Reena came over just a while ago and we talked for like 1 1/2 hours... i enjoyed talking to her.. she was funny and fun to be with... and because of her I forgot about the turkey in the oven... good thing deric was taking care of it... hehe.. but it is still not cooked though it is already in the oven for almost 3 hours... guess we need another 2 hours to assure that it is already cooked.. I have to go and look at the turkey now... will post pictures of it before I eat it...

Merry Christmas!!!

Tong yun

Yesterday morning, I made tong yun with my flatmates to celebrate the 'go dong'... I had to call mum beforehand juz in case i cook the wrong way... we used the glutinous rice flour to make the balls... due to the absence of colorings, we only had white ones... however... smart ppl like me..thought about using some juices to make colourings... I had a concentrated blackcurrant juice, which we used to make pinkish purple tong yuns and coke to make brown ones... The purple one stained perfectly well but not the brown one... guess I have to put more next time.... after more than an hours work...(we were newbies... that's y we r slow)... we finally finished the dish and it was ready to be served... Deric took the first sip.... and he said... 'hey..this really taste good la... but then why got some fruity fruity taste plus some gassy gassy cola taste 1??'... Then all of us went ..WHAT??.. let me try n see... there was some of these odd taste inside... guess i put too much of the colourings inside..hehe... and when u eat the purplr tong yun.. it taste like blackcurrant... but it was delicious... hehe... considered good for a first-timer..hehe...
Juz came back from the city center...I went out hunting for gifts for a gift-exchange event I am participating for christmas... it's organized by my seniors... Since I haf no idea who is the person I am sending the present to... I bought a cute gift...hehe... a boxer... it looks cute... hope the person who receive it don't mind...
ok.. I am off to marinating my turkey for tomorrows dinner... hehehe... but b4 that.. I haf to google ways to marinate turkey...haha...