Bristol

At first we didn't planned  to visit Bristol as we had no friends there (and I think I didn't even know Bristol exists) haha..but then we met Hafeez, a masters degree student who studies at bristol..coincidently we met him at a Chinese New Year event held at London organized by the Malaysian Student Society.. we told him that we wanna visit manchester, cardiff and Swansea (tu memang wajib sebab tempat membesar kot) then he asked why not pay a visit at Bristol first as it is near Cardiff..so boleh pitt stop kat bristol dulu la before gerak gi cardiff..then he volunteerily willing to take us around bristol then...

So the thing is...we bought tickets earlier online because they say everything you bought online earlier is very cheap..indeed it was... usually one way bus ticket from london to bristol would take about 18pounds and guess what we bought it online one week earlier and got it for 6pounds!!murah kan...BUT...we did not know about the punctuality of transportation here in Britain...kalau pukul 10.30pagi lah katakan bus tu..pukul 10.31 dah gerak..gila lah..and we reached there I think was around 10.20a.m...so nak tak nak terpaksa beli gak la ticket baru on the spot..luckily it only costs us 9pounds..but it took us about 2 hours to wait for the next bus...so sedikit lari dari schedule tour with hafeez...

After three hours journey,alhamdulillah we arrived at Bristol...oh my jalan kat sana memang berbukit2 ala2 san francisco uolls.. So for day one at Bristol...

so basically macam ni la rupa bandar Bristol

Cabot Circus..one of the malls here..

lepak minum sini jap

ni dia our tourist guide yang sangat sempoi dan baik, Hafeez, currently pursuing his masters degree in Climate Change..course yang menarik kan..

ini laluan ke parking lot sebenarnya..tapi diorang gelar as the glass walk katanya..(kalau nak glass walk kasi la lantai tu kaca sekali kan.)

with the brother..bila aku tak pakai contact lens, memang nampak macam kembar habis kitorang..

muka bajet cute..

ni tetiba kena photobombed ngan locals kan..first time kena camni ngan stranger haha..

dekat sungai waktu2 nak senja..sangat cantik kawasan ni...

globe ni yang menjadi ikon untuk tanda "@bristol" kot...do correct me if I'm wrong Bristolians

ni pon area2 depan globe tu je...

this one I think cathedral kot..

ni jalan nak ke rumah sewa hafeez for dinner..time malam tak nampak sangat kecuraman jalan ni..tapi memang mendaki lah citanya

spotted  wartawan BBC News doing their live broadcast..jakun much?

So we went to Hafeez's rental house for dinner and met all of his housemates there..one of his housemates faiz cooked dinner as it was his turn of duty to do so..ala normal kan buat jadual2 ni..time aku kat rumah sewa camtu gak...then hafeez invited one of his female friends there too sebab nak menumpangkan saya ni di rumahnya..Hanim, also a masters degree student..I spent a night at her little cozy studio apartment which I think is quite cool

ha what did I tell ya? nice kan..tapi the rent fees are a little pricey for me..

Okay the next morning hafeez and aiman fetch me up at  hanim's place and we headed for breakfast..kat sini memang tak dapat lah kan nasi lemak so subway's egg and cheese breakfast deal was our choice...hafeez had class at 9.a.m so he did not get the chance to accompany us at clifton suspension bridge tapi dia sangatlah baik hantar kami naik bukit yang sangat curam ke bridge tu then patah balik masuk kelas...ya Allah thank you sangat hafeez..sebab nak kejar pergi kelas punya pasal, I heard you sakit kaki sikit..minta maaf sangat ea...

Oh lupa nak mention yang Clifton Suspension Bridge ni salah satu tarikan dekat bristol ni..I think the only attraction lah kot hehe..

sampai2 je sana the first thing I did was finishing my breakfast..kopi yang aku minum tu pon dah sejuk tahap baru keluar dari peti ais gamaknya...

masa kami datang ni baru lepas hujan so you can imagine kesejukan yang melanda tu kan...tapi kalau tak kabus ni the view memang sangat cantik

gedik much???

so basically ni la view bridge ni dari dekat..

view dari atas ni lagi terbaik!!!

attempt untuk wat pic lompat tak jadi

time ni dah turun bawah nak balik dah...belakang entrance ke clifton punya pekan kecil

over comel katanya :p

apa significantnya the flying right picture ni ialah kita berada di bristol national museum and art gallery..its free entrance so tak la menyesal kalau bayar tapi bosan kan...boleh lah sekadar nak kill time...

aiman biasalah kalau dah nampak perempuan cun mesti nak snap pic dengan dia..aku lah yang senyap2 snap pic ni..dah lah budak tu tengah korek2 beg cari lighter dia

jadilah kan depan signboard uni ni..tapi saya "bangga" belajar kat unversiti teknikal malaysia melaka OK...

ha ni view jalan yang aku kata  curam gila ni..time siang jelas sikit

Then after hafeez finished his class he brought us to lunch at a halal western food own by orang2 arab pakistan ni  and ate fried chicken with fries and "Dr Pepper" soda..serius tak sedap air ni..rasa macam ubat..tapi aku tak tahu napa ramai budak2 suka air ni....adakah parents ajar dengan minum air ni maka lebih mudah  nak makan ubat?? oh and then bila habis lunch he took us to the bus station for our next destination, Cardiff...thank you hafeez and hanim for the experience and the hospitality...




ok bye nak tido..esok KERJA!!! apa kerja???okay nanti that will be update soon

Little Venice & Oxford Circus with Intan and Hawa

Aiman's ex-UMP classmate is currently continuing her degree at Birmingham and as we planned to visit her at Birm just to passed her Radix Coffee that she asked to buy from Malaysia, she decided to visit us here in London instead. So together along with intan and her uni mate, hawa went to discover London (again), so we went to  a place called "Little Venice"

meet intan (left) and hawa (right)

behind the scenes of a selfie :p

We managed to stopped by at king's cross station at the harry potter's 9 3/4 station...sebab da second time pergi so kami yang menjadi tourist guide mereka..

before tu kami minum2 dulu kat cafe nero. Intan suggested we should try a hot choc drink called "milano" but since I'm not a big fan of chocolate anymore I choose cappuccino..minuman orang tua sgt tau haha..

blueberry muffin, chocolate yang dah lupa apa nama dia and cappuccino with whipped cream

kalau pakcik ni xde tengok aku mesti dah cantik gambar ni..

eh abang mirip harry potter peluk gua la!!issh apa ni tak baik tau pegang2 hahah..actually kitorang yang ajak dia join bergambar sebab nampak macam harry potter..staff sini memnag2 baik2 belaka layan tourist..sangat suka..amek pic ni pon semua free je..

Lastly before intan dan hawa berangkat pulang ke Birm, kami bergambar kat oxford circus yang memang tak pernah tak penuh dengan orang...rimas gak sebenarnya duduk sana..dah la orang sana besau2 belaka rasa macam terperangkap je...well anyways, thank you intan dan hawa for coming and being so friendly with us..insyaAllah kalau ada kesempatan nak je lawat korang kat UK lagi...

Trafalgar Square & Big Ben with the Brother

Ok ni memang nak kena refresh banyak2 sikit because after I went through a lot of hardships the past few weeks, I finally had the strength to stand up again. Alhamdulillah, at one point I almost thought I just lost it, but Allah is always there for me..

Ok moving on to my first intention on writing this post, so I think  a few days after we discover bits and pieces of london, me and aiman went travelling independently without kakak discovering the rest of what London city has to offer. So  again we had to take the one hour journey from kakak's place to central london. Our first stop is Trafalgar Square. Kalau pergi situ memang nak tengok muka local memang susah. Rata-rata orang yang tak cakap english. Macam kami jugak lah kan..

ha time ni keluar2 dari tube station aiman cakap lighting cantik terus suruh aku pose cepat2..ahkak dia ni memang power bab2 posing ni kan

ha yang patung emas ni nampak tak trick dia kat situ yang kononnya duduk terapung tu? saya tahu saya tahu!! kang kalau aku bagi tahu tak cari makan pakcik tu nanti..and btw tau tak kenapa dia macam muka tak mesra tourist tu? sebab aku letak kat bekas duit dia tu 2pence je..cheapskate gila kan hahaha..sebab dalam purse ada 1pound syilling tapi sayang gila nak bagi dia..maklumlah kat malaysia nilainya RM5 haha #adlinthecheapskate

kat london ni memang tak kira musim apa pon asek hujan memanjang je lagi2 masa winter..mengharapkan snow turun, tapi hujan :(  tapi hujan kat UK ni biasanya jenis macam gerimis je..jarang sangat lebat macam kat malaysia

ok thats one giant lion's ass

so basically ni la trafalgar square looks like

tak tahu apa significant that blue cock's existence

again with the building view

dan lagi.....

dan untuk mendapatkan position sebegini, mulanya anda haruslah panjat platform setinggi 183cm tak silap...sebab gua memang hebat so gua leh panjat dengan senang tanpa bantuan sesiapa..takdehal bro..instead aku siap tolong tourist lain untuk panjat hahaha

dan sebenarnya many years back when I was 6 or 7, we actually went to trafalgar square..and it was way different before...it was filled with a large number of pigeons..siap memang ada lori jual pigeon food lagi siap..and you see why did I posed with my hands covering my head? because I was afraid of that "white thingy" from the pigeons hahaha..gila tak takut..busuk rambut hokeyyy...

ni la saya yang comel sangat2 kan...

and after 19 years later.....at the exact location...

no pigeons at all!!! instead siap ada sign " do not feed the pigeons" lagi...I think probably their excrement could " snow" the place...so kau tak payah nak gedik sangat letak tangan kat kepala tu

Then kami berjalan lagi dalam misi mencari jam besar kebanggaan mereka...

abang..abang ni semart lah gitu..takkan respon dalam apa jua segi..malah jika terasa nak garu2 kalau gatal pon terpaksa tahan demi mengekalkan imej semat abang..abang memang cool lah!

akhirnya misi mencari jam besar ditemui..memang tak ada specific place nak snap..ni pon kitorang and the other tourists main snap2 kat tepi jalan tempat orang nak cross jalan

sekian post ini ku sudahi dengan posing ala "freedom" ..ahhh if only I can felt like that again...

Tube Station, Baker Street, King's Cross and Camden Town

Yeay I'm back in Malaysia!! yee dah sebulan lebih aku balik tapi baru sekarang nak update blog kan..sebab apa? sebab mulanya laptop aku yang dah 5 tahun berkihdmat ni kadang2 benggong sikit..so harap2 bila aku dah ada duit lebih sikit aku beli lah laptop baru...

Ok without wasting time, so after 3 to 4 days of jet lagged at kakak's room, the two of us persuade kakak to take us around central london..because currently we are living at ceruk2 london, so we have no idea about transport and such. So kakak took us for a little tour around london

Mula-mula, we took a bus from kakak's hostel to pekan uxbridge, pekan lah sangat kan haha...I really like Britain's transportation. Its really convenient and there's an app where you can know which bus to take and what time the bus arrived.

ha tu dia..me and kakak at the tube station..tube (underground = subway = keretapi)

while waiting for our train..muka semonggah

bored..it takes one hour from west london to central london..sorry kakak sebelah aku for photobombing lol

for anyone who is a big fan of Sherlock Holmes, they will surely know why this train station stop is popular

 The main reason why we made our stop at baker street is to change stations to King's Cross..Whats so special about King's Cross? 

this is the view from outside

Ok this may seems like a normal  train station, but if you can see yang jejantas kat hujung belakang tu kan, its the place where Hagrid dropped off Potter to platfrom  9 3/4!!! 

and yeah, boleh berangan2 ala Harry Potter sekejap kat sini..kakak has the perfect shot, yang aku ngn aiman cam hampeh sikit

and there's a harry potter shop..bought a couple of  keychains and a wand-like pen

Then, we took the train again to Camden Town, The main purpose we went here is to fulfill aiman's wishes to visit the place where his favorite metal band takes place for tonight's show..

ha tu deh tompek eh..ramai tengah beratur  nak masuk..kalau aku memang tak la nak pergi tempat camtu..#Ihatecrowdedplaces

tengok muka pon nampak bebeno tak minat kan

pas penat berjalan2 balik ke uxbridge and we went to a halal ala mexican food restaurant..peri-peri cottage namanya...tengok pic macam sodap gila kan...tapi tekak aku ni bukan boleh masuk pon dengan makanan yang kering,,tapi lapar punya pasal hentam jugak la

sekali lagi muka gangsta gua kelihatan bila kepenatan

 #Adlin'sRandomThought pasangan aeril zafril and wawa zainal sangatlah comel dan romantik gila!! (currently layan "cerita cinta kita" @tv3 played by the couple)