just some crap..

Time is running short..

like most of my coursemates..im suddenly hit by the fact that there are so many deadlines to be met, exams, presentations coming up..probably before this i've been too relaxed..and nw is the payback time..the more i slack..the more effort that i've to put in..

and here i am...though im oways whining about lacking of time..i still have time for blogging..watching movies..chatting with friends..and amidst all the stress (hah!) that im facing..im thinking about squeezing some time out for another trip..

perhaps i have split personality..or maybe im secretly enjoying the adrenaline rush that i have everytime when i need to finish my assignments at the very last minute..this habit never seems to change in me though i've made promises to myself..*ish......geram betul.....

when i mean time is running short........im also relating it to my uni-life which is going to end soon..my carefree life is gonna end soon..i cant belif im working soon...oh no...there are so many things to be considered...and i know my future is full of uncertainties..which i fear when i think bout it

so..im choosing to ignore it for nw..hopefully my mind will be clearer in few months time..

*the end of useless crap*

MY 1st SNOOOWWW~~~~

in december..we witnessed our 1st SLEET(intermediate between rain and snow)..
we got sooo excited cos at 1st we tot it was SNOW..-_-

here's some pics we took at that time..

The 3 syok sendiri J5 residents + kh..
they phoned us and ran to our apartment for better view of sleet~~~

me excitedly calling yi shan...

yi shan: wahhhh...how many ppl in ur house???cant hear u..onli can hear ppl screaming~~~

cos the others were screaming like mad..:P

sue choo was trying to capture the sleet with her pouch..

and the precious few sleet on the pouch..hahaha..used black colour pouch summore to contrast the tiny sleet..

lol..funny lar these pics..

THE POINT IS....

TODAY......

at approx 10.20 am...WE WITNESSED OUR 1st SNOW!!!

kh excitedly told us bout the snow..and the 3 of us stood by the window (poor sc was out and missed it).....and started SCREAMING, SCREAMING AND SCREAMING...choysuokteng was standing beside me..and i nearly became deaf...wahahaha

ehehe..excitedlarr..its so AMAZING to look at the snow falling from the sky in real life..and i planned to go down and take pics when there was a layer of snow on the floor...

but too bad..the 1st snow that i witnessed only lasted 5 mins..haih...wish i can see more of this..

tak sempat to take pics..got these from darren..

ahaha..trying to illustrate hw i stretched my hand out to feel the snow..:P..

really snowing woi~~~~

ppl..if next time it snows again in glasgow..dun hesitate to call me arr..

delta goodrem..be strong lyrics

Are you swimming upstream in oceans of blue?
Do you feel like you're sinking?
Are you sick of the rain after all you've been through?
Well I know what you're thinking
When you can't take it
You can make it
Sometime soon I know you'll see

'cause when you're in your darkest hour
And all of the light just fades away
When you're like a single flower whose colours have turned to shades of gray
Well hang on and be strong

Where taking each step one day at a time
You can't loose your spirit
Let live and let live forget and forgive
It's all how you see it
And just remember keep it together
Don't you know you're never alone

'cause when you're in your darkest hour
And all of the light just fades away
When you're like a single flower whose colours have turned to shades of gray
Well hang on, and be strong

No you're not defeated
And soon you'll be smiling once again
Then you won't have to feel it
Let it go with the wind
Time passes us by
And know that you're allowed to cry

American beauty

Watched american beauty (filmed in 1999) on fri nite..which is a dark and bitterly funny film..the film was starred by brilliant actors and actresses (kevin spacey, thora birch, wes bentley..etc) Kevin Spacey won the Oscar award for this film, which i think he totally deserved it..the plot was unpredictable and kept me guessing throughout the 2 hours..

The title of the film refers to a breed of roses that while pretty and appealing in appearance, is often prone to rot underneath at the roots and branches of the plant. Thus the tag line 'look closer' tells the viewer when they look beyond the 'perfect suburban life' they will find something rancid at the root...

The story was basically about Lester Burnham, his wife and daughter, people around them and hw they affect one another's lives. everyone looked normal, and yet..each of them had their own darkest secrets..although they were unhappy,to outsiders..they were the ideal family..

Lester was being portrayed as an unhappily-married, midlife-crisis suburban male..he hated his routine and normal life..but he was terrified to change..the other characters in the film oso had very distintive and not-so-likeable characteristics..personally,i think Wes Bentley totally shone in the movie..he acted as the weird teenager living next door who sells drug..somehow, the plot would cause the audience to sympathise them instead of criticising them..

this is another movie that i'd recommend..i wont reveal too much about the storyline (too lazy to write + the story was kinda complicated)..so go and watch it if u're interested...:)

Inverness trip-29th dec

This is going to be a really long post..

The previous nite, we were discussing on wat time we shall leave the hostel..someone suggested "7am" and we were like..."whoa!!!serious bor?sure cant larr!!"

Who knows..on that morning, i heard footsteps and people talking when i was half dreaming..and within minutes, it seemed that everyone had woken up!!it was freaking 6am that time..haha..semangat woi!!so each of us got up and prepared ourselves..the kitchen wasnt even opened yet, so we only managed to eat a light breakfast..we left at around 7.10am..SALUTE!!*clap clap*

wanted to look for place to have a decent breakfast..but most shops werent even opened yet..

the surrounding was in total darkness when we left..

this was some random place that we stopped by as we witnessed sunrise at around 9am..

At about 10am, we reached the Eilean Donan Castle!!!

The castle sits on an island between three lochs; Loch Long, Loch Alsh and Loch Duich.It was built during Alexander II's reign (1214-1250). Now, it has become one of Scotland most photographed castles thanks to its picturesque setting on an islet in Loch Duich by the main road to Kyle of Lochalsh (gateway to the Isle of Skye).

The view put me in awe..i could see the clouds clearly from the reflection of water..(simply loving this..btw this pic is my desktop wallpaper nw:P)

Every angle around the castle looked spectacular..

for example..

this..

and THIS!! omg..actually there are many more photos that i'd love to include..

Anyway..i was busy looking around when i was in the car..stayed widely awake as the surrounding was so nice!!tried to capture some of them..

Sunrise..

the lake and mountains were in sight..

~peaceful...the beauty of nature..

Soon, we've passed the Skye bridge that linked the mainland and the Isle of Skye!!

The Isle of Skye, commonly known as Skye, is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is sometimes referred as the "Isle of Mist"..most friends who've been there told us that there would only be a few days in a year that the island is free of mist and rain..that had been our biggest worry ever since we planned to go there..and we just COULDNT BELIF OUR LUCK- the weather that day was very good..there was even sunshine!!

We reached Kyleakin, which was very near to the Skye bridge..but when we were there..there was NOBODY around the place..except US, which was kinda scary!!there was no car or people along the road..very much reminded us the scene in "I AM LEGEND"..

there was a harbour in sight..

we entered a hostel..one man appeared after a few minutes..so we asked for his help to look for the nearest restaurant and we oso asked him why the place was so isolated.. according to him, Kyleakin would only be busy at night or during summer..

So, we went further to Broadford, the 2nd largest town on the Isle of Skye..
and again, this place was quiet with few ppl around..

There was also a harbour at Broadford..

The mountains in sight were probably the Red Cuilin mountains..

hehe..still had to take pics before moving on to Portree, since that restaurant in Broadford would only provide lunch in another half an hour..

finally, the quest of looking for food ended after we found a nice restaurant in Portree..

Portree, according to internet source, is the largest settlement, and main service centre on the island..hehe..this town has got more shops compared to the previous 2 that we've been to..:P

had another meal of western food..

soon, we continued our journey and would stop whenever we see nice view..

relaxed ewe/sheep were everywhere!!they simply ignored us and continued eating without moving at all..(no wonder so fat lah..) but there was one or two that came near to our cars..cute...:)

started singing beyond's 海阔天空 after seeing this..

omg..the ocean was soooo blue and nice!!there seemed to be no boundaries..thus we named the place as天涯海角..:P..oh.. the black shadow was actually a cow looking at the ocean..
*gasp..no words could describe hw we felt back then.. it was rili cold that time..bt we din feel like jumping into the cars..i just stood there--kept looking and recording the view into my head..and yup..i can still remember it clearly nw..:)

it looked as though we were heading into the ocean..

our next stop was kiltrock..

the waterfall looked spectacular...

sunset at around 4pm..

luckily we did manage to cover the whole island before sunset..hoho..good thing that we woke up early..:) the journey back to inverness took nearly 3 hours..must be kinda tiring for the 4 drivers-pun, mashu,james and wee nien who took turns driving to and fro Isle of Skye..thanks again ya.:)

Had our dinner back in Inverness..

for me, this restaurant was the best restaurant among the few that we've tried in inverness..but darn!!i forgot the name, if anyone remembered pls tell me k..there was live music and i rili loved the songs that they played..wat made it even more unique was that we were the few youngsters around..the others in the restaurant were old people..they started dancing and enjoying themselves when the music was played..there was this uncle who kept changing his dancing partner, whereas another aunty had the exact dance moves for every song... it felt great looking at them as i could feel their happiness..:))

awww...i rili LOVE Isle of Skye and Inverness~~~~~

~to be continued..

Professional photographers...

To all the photographers during the trip, thanks for the effort!! we managed to take many many pics...some were funny, and most of them were very natural and SUPER NICE..due to the fact that

i) our photographers like to take random pics a lot..
ii) the ones being taken are also very good models..:)

So here are the professional photographers..

whoa.....nice pose...:P

ALAN..

who took A LOT of random & nice pics of us when we were in Glasgow and Edinburgh, e.g the xmas party at J9, Chukoku the chinese buffet etc...:)

WEE NIEN...

the main photographer during the Inverness trip..often, he had to take off his gloves despite the extremely cold weather in order to take the pics of us / nice scenery..summore we tak habis-habis wanna pose..:P

AH MENG..

always ready to take our pics whenever we pose..haha..sue choo rili LOVES the MV-like photos he took for her beside the lake..

woi...no climbing on walls arr!!:P...ignored the notice just to snap nice pics arr..

k lar..here's another pic that showed hw professional he is + the sweet couple..

( actually..the person who took the pic is also very PRO lerr...YUP, thats ME!!:P this pic looks so nice rite??!!)

JAMES..
who took a lot of sweet or random or gay pics throughout the trip..definitely qualified to become the wedding photographer/paparazzi

and here are the NOT-SO-PRO-BUT-LOOKED-PRO PHOTOGRAPHERS..

SUE CHOO..

wahhh....bergaya betul larr!!!really looked like an expert!!

and since this is my blog..i can be biased and vote MYSELF too...so i browsed through the pics that we had..

and i found this...

NOT FAIR!!!!!!!haiyo...this pic looks more 搞笑 instead of the pro and bergaya image that i wan...-_-

Inverness trip-28th dec

Early in the morning, our tour guides of inverness-- kha hong and suokteng, and the drivers--pun,james, mashi and wee nien went to get the 2 cars that we've rented..haha..the guys were so excited to drive here..

we had a nice breakfast at the kitchen (the food that we've bought on previous nite) and meeting some more people from our batch..:)

our main destination on that day was LOCH NESS, which is famous for its myth and mystery regarding Nessie the Loch Ness Monster, and also for its beauty and history..This lake is in fact the largest and deepest inland expanse of water in Britain..this was the beginning of Loch ness..the weather was ~COLD~

the main A82 road that we used actually surrounds the lake, so we managed to enjoy the serene view throughout the journey..

According to ahteng and kha hong, Nessie usually comes out to have lunch at around 1pm..

One of the most iconic images of Nessie which many consider to be good evidence of the monster, although doubts about the photograph's authenticity were expressed from the beginning. The image was revealed as a hoax in 1992.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT..

WE SAW NESSIE and WE TOOK PICTURES WITH HER!!!!!

YUP...we saw her outside the souvenir shop..(LAME..) Nessie is an emblem of Scottish tourism.. could find souvenirs of Nessie everywhere...

for me, i'd rather believe that Nessie does exists..:)

Our next stop was the Urquhart Castle (pronounced as Er-kurt), where we spent a very long time exploring it..

Panoramic views of the castle ruins and of Loch Ness..taken from another angle..

The castle was built in the 13th century and has witnessed many battles in its long history..we watched a film that described the history..vaguely remembered that one of the battles involved the English and Scots, where the latter lose the fortress to the English..

Among the many pics that we took..

The 10 of us!!
another nice pic of us..
lol..this pic became a topic when we were exchanging pics thru msn..everyone was guessing who the 3 persons were (pun, sc and..??) after zoom-in and votings..the 3rd person was confirmed to be mashu!!

The pretties..
and the leng chais..sekfatt so bergaya woi..haha!!cant stop smiling when i see the above pic..

Had our late lunch at nearly 3pm..

ate using the max speed..partly because we were extremely hungry..and partly due to lack of time..(it'd be dark at 4 sumthing pm..)

taken at the small town where we had our meal..

Not long after that, it was dark and we used another route back to inverness..the journey was longer than expected (about 2 hours) a bit cuaksai cos we couldnt see the roads properly due to the very heavy mist..:p..

Reached inverness at around 6 sumthing..and not long after that..we headed to the thai restaurant/pub that suokteng has searched for before the trip..if i remember correctly,the pub actually won pub of the year before (in inverness area i guess)..

This pub serves thai food and has loud scottish music..kinda weird combination huh?haha..bt as usual..we enjoyed ourselves there..very kecoh..*ahem*..一切尽在不言中lah..

as everyone was tired..we headed back to hostel after dinner and had an early rest..

~to be continued..