Wednesday, December 06, 2006
i swear Closer is a fudging good movie.
it officially ranks in at one of the best movies i've seen.
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sadly after 5 days in Cairo, and adapting to the surrounding there,
i had to leave. so sad lah. coz Cairo eventually seemed nice.
and so, we made our way for the flight to London!
london beb!
this was even better den gulfair seh.
believe it or not, this is the aerial shot of Stamford Bridge Stadium i took. and arsenal just drew yesterday. ha!
there was a full arc rainbow when we arrived!!
where we lived.
-so at first i wasn't convinced when alon said London'll be all cold and stuff.
i had to eat my words when we eventually reached there.
the temperature when we reach was approximately ard 8-10 degrees c.
and cause its winter and all, it gets dark onli at 4plus!
so by the time i reached there, it was a matter of an hour before it got dark.
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the next day we made our way to central london.
specifically covent garden, trafalgar square etc!
and we visited river thames, big ben, london eye, tower bridge, london tower.
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the view from outside of my room
cool sak aku!
these are trafalgar square!
REAL LONDONERS DON'T FEED THE PIGEONS
tower bridge!
river thames. at the back is the boring london bridge.
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oh and to clear things up, the london bridge is nothing more den
a normal bridge. there's nothing special to it actualli.
it bears no real significance at all.
its just a plain white bridge and i felt cheated when i saw it! grr!
so much for the london bridge is falling down and all! hahaha.
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the third day, we went to hyde park.
its just so beautiful there!
nothing compared to the parks in singapore really.
theres so much peace and tranquility.
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the wonderful views of hyde park.nw thats serenity.
no i'm not a paedophile.they're just extremely cute.
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and we walked up to the famous builing in knightsbridge.
non other than Harrods!
ok lah, over there cannot afford the stuff.
the designer stuff and all. grr.
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and then we visited the orchard road of london, oxford street.
walked all the way to regent street and also picadally!
ok now i really see what these places look like.
if not i can only see them on those monopoly boards! heh.
oxford street.-
the next day, we packed our stuff and headed to
waterloo train station for our trip to Paris!! bonjour!
we took the Eurostar train across the english channel there.
and boy it lived to its bullet train name.
goes up to 300km/h!
paris beb!
fast shit! no joke!
bonjour! welcome to paris gare du nord.
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as we didn't speak any french at all,
we had to find our own way throughout the metro trains.
thanks to the paris guide book and a handy map,
we managed to reach our hotel safely.
and as soon as we checked in, we went out again for our sight seeing.
we went to, let me put them in french, ekhem:
tour de eiffel, arc de triomphe, musee du lourve,
musee national d'art moderne, hotel de ville, notre dame de paris
and last but not least, le saint chappelle.
all of these within the night.
eiffel and i.
at the top.
along love and fath at arc de triomphe.
my personal favorite, musee du lourve.i literally fell in love at first sight with it.
its just such a beauty lah.
too bad i didn't get to go in. in other words,
i didnt get to see ze mona lisa.
or didn't i....
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second day of paris, we headed to disneyland.
apparently, i thought it wouldn't be any cold.
but i was proved other wise.
it was easily below 3degress c and i didnt have any jacket on. =/
i had fun tho. they really managed to bring out the kid in everyone there. =)
sortie is the most magical word in france. haha!
the castle damn big can?!
the genie damn cheeky lah.
look at her.she's never been happier before!!
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on the day we left left paris for london,
we headed to the places that we went on the first night in the morning.
its alot nicer as there were less people ard and we were able to appreciate it more.
its simply beautiful.
i love de lourve.urgghh
art students sketching ze building in the early morning.
notre dame.im the hunchback.
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i know its a cliche but its true when they say paris is beautiful.
the fact is, it really is.
everywhere u turn, there will be something that u can appreciate.
be it the buildings, the arts, and even the people.
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oh, and for the record, french girls are super cute!
classy and elegant lah. especially those on vespas! grr. heh.
im a sucka lah. =P
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the last glance of paris. =((
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krispy kreme.heh. just something random.
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and the last days were spent visiting the famous london team's stadium.
firsly is the Stamford Bridge of Chelsea.
the following day is the old Highbury and new Emirates Stadium of Arsenal.
chelsea the boo boo boys!
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next up is for pianto
the now defunct-tearing-down-highbury stadium
the all new emirates!
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now some random inflight pics.
i kinda like them realli.
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ouh, and i told u i saw ze mona lisa.....
nyehh! its an art piece from a showcase in london.
crazy stuff they got there. the pieces there are just amazing.
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so time pass by me during the trip quickly.
and before i know it, im back here sitting at home.
i miss london, but im gonna set my sights to return there.
hopefully i will.