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I'm Back!

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I'm back from my not so secrettive location hahaha. Just got back from my 'second home' SWITZERLAND!! (no I don't have a house there.... well not yet at least hopefully one day hehe) and yes I stayed with a friend while I was there. Regina has been a wonderful host as usual. Terima Kasih Embak Regina!! ^_^

Waaaah!!! *sobs sobs* Vacation over!! Knowing that this would be my last time visiting Switzerland this year, I was so sad when it was time to leave on the 15th. Heavy heartedly both Lily and I said goodbye to Switzerland. Even as our flight took off we were looking out of the window till we could no longer see Switzerland. Some might be wondering what our obsession about Switzerland is... even some of my colleagues here keep asking me what I find so nice about Switzerland...well most of them except Giovanni who has been to Switzerland and loves it like I do hehehe. But seriously after studying/living in Switzerland for almost 2years, living elsewhere just doesn't seem as peaceful, clean or as 'organized' etc as that country. Everything work! and Gawd...the public transportation in Switz is like no other countries I've visited.

Anyways this holidays, I took it easy not like in January lari here and lari there visiting alot of places. This time I took the time to enjoy Neuchâtel and meet up with some IHTTI classmates. Last Friday, Lily and I met up in Zurich for some shopping as I needed to get some new shoes etc. Bought Giovanni's Channel Allure sports cologne for him....which was about CHF 130 (x3 for RM) and a bunch of his other shopping list. Dia hanya seorang di sini yang I kerja with yang gilakan Channel perfume and Chocolates!! hahaha. We also met up with Britta a fellow classmate from our degree year. Boy it sure was good to met up after a year and a half not seeing each other. So much to catch up in so little time. We ended up having dinner in a Korean restaurant in Zurich...which was very nice actually. Then took the after 7pm train back hehe (after 7pm it's free for me as I got the after 7card hehehe)

Oh talking about perfumes, I got myself a DKNY 'Be Delicious' which is refreshing and suitable for where I work. But still on top of my list is Chanel No.5 which I need to get a new bottle sometime soon. Anybody wanna buy me a new one?? hehehe. Got myself a new pair of shoes... a black Adidas hehehe I love my NIKE but needed to get a black shoes here considering the fact that I love wearing black cloths and tiba-tiba white shoes...it just doesn't go hehe.

Oooo best thing that I bought was something from GUESS and it made Lily laugh so much. I believe Kyels had that same reaction when she saw the photo hahaha. Will load them all up later on because it's on Lily's camera. hehehe. Some are happy that I'm finally making that 'transformation'. Even myself when I saw the photos couldn't help laughing like orang gila. Mind you Lily was almost on the floor hahaha. hmm let's see if I have some crazy pictures from my camera to load up now. And no it's not going to be the 'transformation' ones hahaha.

Opps only 1 crazy picture I can load... most of it on her camera or on my phone which I'm too lazy to transfer now.
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We went a bit crazy on both flights! This one was taken when heading to Switz!

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2 Crazy Friends Heading to Switz!

Ok, that's all for now. Time to go do my laundry now. WAHHH!!! Don't want to start work tomorrow. wahhh!! Especially with all the crap going on in the office now. sigh.


 

New Year ....New Look....New Begining

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View of the Lake District Between Windermere & Ambleside

Since it’s finally the New Year (based on the Chinese calendar), I’ve decided it’s time for a new look. A new beginning one can say. Still a lot of bugs that need to be fixed…but slowly I will get there. HTML codes are much easier to tackle in comparison to CSS.

I wonder how everyone celebrated their new year this time. I was off this year, but being in the UK it was not a big deal. So just lepak with some friends.

Valentines this year was very weird. Was working in the morning and finished around 1500hrs before rushing up to change and meeting Aunty Susan and Uncle Gavin who came to visit me on V-day for 1 night. We took a drive down to Hawkshead and Ambleside which is on the opposite side of the lake before heading back to the hotel for an hour and a half of rest and getting prepared for dinner. Rakan kerja I yang perancis (A) teman I untuk dinner. Now both uncle and aunty ingat dia balak I. hahahaha. Dinner turned out really great, and I think some people in the hotel (well mainly in the restaurant) had tons of questions running through their heads. Hahaha. We sure like messing around with peoples heads don’t we.

The next day I joined aunty and uncle and we headed across the lake again. This time to Dove Cottage in Grasmere where the famous William Wordsworth used to live (his first cottage) where he lived in the beginning with his sister Dorothy and then his wife Mary and family friend Taylor Coleridge. I bet to most of you these names especially Wordsworth and Coleridge are known you. Taylor Coleridge is familiar to me mainly through his work called ‘The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner’, a lovely piece of work might I say. While Wordworth is very popular here in the Lake District as he helped ‘pen’ this location on the map. After that we drove through Ambleside heading to Coniston where we visited John Ruskin’s grave. Didn’t take any pictures of the grave as I have this thing about taking pictures of graves, mummies etc. One can say just my little way of respecting the dead and letting them R.I.P. Our last destination before heading back to The Belsfield Hotel was the Blackwell Arts and Crafts House in Windermere itself. One word to describe the place… ‘WOW’. The view was magnificent and the whole layout of the house was incredible. It showed riches for the people in those days. Susah want to express, one needs to see it for themselves to experience what I am talking about.

I shall end this post with the most famous poem in the Lake District by Wordsworth.

Daffodils

I wandered lonely as a cloud,
That floats on high o'er vale and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils-
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of the bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves besides them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee;
A poet could not but be gay
In such a jocund company.
I gazed and gazed, but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft when on my couch I lie,
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude,
And then my heart with pleasure fills
- William Wordsworth -
 

Travelogue January 2008- Part 1

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One of the Italian Lakes - View from my Flight
(photo edited to this effect ^_^)

Travel log 1 will start with just a brief detail on where I have been, where I am and where I will be going next. As many of you already knew, I began my holidays (yes holiday again) on the 10th of January 2008 and had returned to my second home a.k.a Switzerland. What many of you didn't know that during my time here I decided to explore Rome. Hehehe I still remember my mom's expression when I called her from Rome lol. Boy was she surprised *grin*. Detailed information regarding my trip shall be posted up later on with photos. Right now I'm recovering from this trip to begin the third trip which is exploring London with Hien. Three main explorations done this trip the first being in Sankt Gallen in Switzerland, followed by Rome and on Saturday London (Weee).