EDINBURGH, Capital of Scotland

2nd January 2008
FIRST TRAVEL TRIP IN 2008! A MARVELOUS ONE!


Edinburgh Waverley Station. Arrived an hour of train from Glasgow!


Outside Edinburgh Waverley (Train) Station. Must take picture as soon as I step into this wonderful City!



Me, just outside the Tourist Centre


City view from Northbound Bridge


The picture I like most. Yeah!


It's the Winterfest of Edinburgh + Hogmanay Festival! [Hogmanay is the traditional new year's eve celebration in Scotland. It's the famous in UK]


Overlooking Edinburgh Castle from the city!






Overlooking part of the city @ Edinburgh Castle.


Me!


Edinburgh Castle


It's me again! Outside 'The Elephant House' which is the birthplace of Harry Potter. Made famous as the place of inspiration to writers such as J.K Rowling, who sat writing much of her early novels in the back room, overlooking Edinburgh Castle.


Not only Kuching funfair has Ghost Train; Edinburgh, too!


A view of the Ferris Wheel and the Scot Monument across the Princes Street Park. I like this one!


Louis Vuitton just opposite the side door of Harvey Nichols.


A walkway outside Harvey Nichols. Lots of Branded shop on this street.


Yes! I am too obsessed with Chocolate. These are the things I bought from Harvey Nichols Edinburgh: Chocolate Chips and Nuts biscuit, Drinking Chocolate, and Organique Dark Chocolate. Really amazing, although they are costly! Will go and buy again if there's any chance!


St James Shopping Centre. Lots of shop inside though not as big as mid valley megamall.




Night View of Edinburgh. It's really nice if you see with your own eyes!


This is me and Roselyn in the train, on our way back to Glasgow from Edinburgh. It's my tiring look there! But the trip was really fantastic! Anyone who would like to come to Glasgow, droping by in Edinburgh is really worthy even though Glasgow is much much larger!

Glasgow Cathedral

On New Year's Day, I went out with Roselyn for a walk and see some of the Glasgow Historical place as all the shops are close on this day.


We woke up late this morning, I steamed some 'SiewMai' as breakfast. Yum! Even though on 1st January, all the shops in shopping arena are closed, We would not want to spend our time in the room, just sitting the whole day.


So, we went to city walk and go to Glasgow Cathedral, a must see place for all tourist! Took some pictures even though it's a rainy day. Just being a little bit obsessed with camera! The following are pictures i took:


This is opposite Glasgow Cathedral. I quickly take picture whenever i see it's nice


Let Peace Fluorish!


Cathedral House Hotel. I like the forks. They are cute!



Glasgow Cathedral. One of the Scotland's most magnificent medieval buildings. The cathedral is the only one on Scottish mainland to survive the Reformation of 1560 intact. Named after St Mungo, Glasgow's patron saint, the Cathedral is built on the site of his tomb and marks the birthplace of the city.

Unfortunately, we went on the 1st January so they are not open. Otherwise, we may go in and take nice pictures which i saw from my flatmate.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Although it might be a little bit late, but still HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[Picture (above): Me and Stella, happily drinking on the move!]


We want warm and nice eat-in New Year's eve party, so that is what we basically had as main meal. We have deserts and lots of drinks as well!

My flatmate, Wen, and I were preparing Hainam Chicken Rice for dinner. Isn't it amazing? Eating very local Chinese food in Glasgow.



We were having so much time enjoying out New Year's Eve to welcome 2008! We played monopoly and twister. Twister was fun and you REALLY have to be flexible to be survive in this game. Picture above: Min Shan, Crystal, Me and Stella (can only see her legs) looking tired after playing Twister... It's fun!! I played 3 times continuously and when i want to play for the fourth time, no one bothering me. :( It's ok. It's great!

Do we sound boring on a New Year's eve? Maybe.. But we we enjoying ourselves very much and I do not even know how to explain the feeling. It's another memorable event in Glasgow that I will never forget. Of course, I have superb friends with me!

APART FROM THAT, I am really happy to have Roselyn to join me in Glasgow for New Year! It's really a long tiring journey for her to reach Glasgow. I am so touch and hope she will come again. She only stay in Glasgow for a couple of days but Glasgow is too big to explore within this short period. Well Roselyn, hope you really have good memories of Glasgow and WELCOME you to come again!

Friends, I really love all of you to come to Glasgow and visit me! This is a nice place, great people, great city!

I had an amazing New Year with nice New Year Resolution. So what's yours?

Christmas Flashback 2007

Joy to the world, the Lord has come!!

Christmas is a wonderful festival that I love so much. It's the celebration that I have been waiting all year round.

Joy. Love. Smile. Peace.

(Stella, Min Shan, me & Wen)

This is a picture of me and my wonderful & friendly flatmates from Taiwan. We were the only four person in our flat who stay for Christmas so we would have to enjoy this festival to the fullest.

We went to a Spanish restaurant- La Tasca for Chritmas Eve dinner. The place and food is fantastic! I like the place very much!!! We ate a lot. While we were ready to order for dessert, the women in the next table asked us in a smiling way, "You still have room for dessert?" Haha. Of course we do! It was a happy dinner that keep us warm in the inside when actually the weather is cold out there!

25th December. CHRISTMAS DAY!

We have Christmas tree in our kitchen! We made it to the most for the Christmas mood. HAPPY! HAPPY!

This festival is to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. People gather around to keep this season warm and happy.

So here we are! We invite people to join our Chirstmas Hot Pot Party in our kitchen! I ate a lot until my stomach feel overloaded. We have loads of food and being happy to get together with many people. We have 2 pot that day, one spicy and the other one is chicken. Of course i join the spicy group. It's so nice to be able to eat Hot Pot in a foreign country during this winter season!

After that, we have karaoke and people sing till morning. But me, I choose to sing until aound midnight as I want to be ready for the 'Boxing Day' shopping in the city the next day! There's loads of people around, especially ladies to shop till they drop! Many shops has discount over 50% and this is the largest sales event in UK that many people cannot miss. I am one of them! I did not buy much as there were so many people and feel lazy to wait for the long queue. I did bought some cheap price product that day and I am happy with it.

This is what we have? NO! It's not enough for people like me who has huge appetite. We have desserts. I bake cup cakes and bake apples (it's nice, learned from one flatmates). I get good feedback with my baked apples. If there's opportunity, I will bake for you all if I am free or back in Malaysia!

Anyway, CHEERS! I will keep blogging.

[Next blog would be an interesting one. Please be patient!]

Memories... I will never forget in Glasgow!

My beloved flatmates.. Taken in September

This is me in the lab, doing a test in tear amount. I have severe dry eyes. Hmmm.. It should be fine. Well, I enjoy the lab!! YEAH!!

Time for a little update

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

First of all, I would like to apologise for my long lost update for all of you out there! I had not been blog for months! Sorry!

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Whenever December arrives, my mind is already in the mood for Christmas. Even though I have 2 class test in this month but i dont care.. I need to relax and study at the same time.

The picture above was taken during the launch of Christmas Lights in George Square on 18th November. The lightings and fireworks are AMAZING!!! Though the weather looks very nice, there's sprinkle of rain right after the fireworks ends. The people there was very crowded and we went in as soon as people leave after the fireworks. HMM... nice experience....

..... After the event, they start to build ice-skating rink near the Christmas tree. It's on right now but i still never been there yet!

Picture of the ice-skating rink taken recently

The one on the left is a very very nice salad. This was made by the Danish guy in my flat during his was made during his 25th bithday as part of the dinner. We had lots of food... 2 different pastas, pizza, 2 different salad, tiramisu, ice cream, 2 cakes, wine, and another Germany desert. It was an amazing dinner we had. Thanks, Steffen!

This one is greek salad. We ate it a couple of time but the taste is always fantastic like the time we had for the first time. Everytime we see the Greek guy making this we were so so happy! This was made during Min Shan's Birthday. It's fantastic!

After I calculated, we had 17 different dishes during the birthday party we had on her birthday. Great people, perfect music, amazing food and happy karaoke! Great combination. We party until early morning and we are able to meet new people and make new friends. It's a party that i cannot forget!!!

Me, Ariel (Chinese), Chieko(Japanese) and Jin (Japanese)

Rudolf and Santa's Groto! Hmm.. Nice... Looking forward to Christmas? YES!!!

Well, I will keep blogging whenever I am free. This year would be the first time to spend Christmas without my family and relatives. I also miss my friends out there and those back in Kuching!! You must be enjoying your holiday very well. I will enjoy mine too. I already have a plan.

Learn a new Glaswegian (Glasgow language/ people) word ~ "wee" means small or little. Example, "This dress looks 'wee' bit better than the green one" means the dress looks little bit better than the green one.

CHEERS!!!

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