My Planned Itinerary

I am freaking out! But in a good way..

Been looking at places to stay in London once i touch down at 8.30pm London time. Seems like i can stay anywhere in London since all the hostels are connected by the many colorful train routes. Better to do early bookings to get my mind at ease.

But i am a little apprehensive on staying in a hostel alone with a bunch of strangers. I read a few hostel reviews and it scarred me a little- comments of shared moldy bathrooms, standing in long queue in the morning, the mediocre breakfast, the stinky bed smelly feet, the rude staffs, but i guess you only get what u paid for. All the check out time is 10am. The breakfast is very early, starting from 7am- no time to rest and sleep, n in some places the cleaners started to vacuum at 7am.

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Ok here is what i have planned:-

27th Nov (Saturday) 8.30pm
- Arrived at Stansted Airport.
- Take the bus($) / train($) to the chosen hostel ($)following direction from the hostel's website.
- Check in before 12mn i hope.

28th Nov (Sunday) Morning
- Tour London w/ or w/o gale.. hehe...should i get the oyster card/ travel card?
- 2nd nite ($) in London

29th Nov (Monday)
- 10am Check out.
- Train (St. Pancras) to Paris.- Return tickets is BP 69.00+ BP 3.00 cdt card charges. Time: 12.30-15.50 (2h21m)
- Check in at a paris hostel- 2 Nights BP 50.00- BP 60.00 (from abundant hostel choices)

Paris Accommodation choices
1) Plug-Inn Hostel- EUR 50.00 or BP. 43.66 (2 nites room of 6 bedroom).Ensuit? All Female?
2) Woodstock Hostel- EUR 50.00 or BP. 43.66 (2 nites).Ensuit? All Female?
3) Regent Hostel- EUR 58.90 (2 nites) Incl: Breakfast at 7.30-10am (10.30weekends). Check in at 4pm.  Ensuit? All Female?
4) Lucky Youth Backpacker Apartment Hostel- BP53.96 (check in time 1pm-8pm) extra chargers for late check in. Check Out at 11am. Near Anvers Metro. Hostess will meet up at designated train station. Safe. Ensuit? All Female?

30th Nov (Tuesday)
- Tour Paris. Should i go to DisneyLand ? $
-2nd nite in Paris

1st Dec (Wednesday)
- 10am Check Out.
- Train to London Eurostar from Gare du Nord  Paris to St. Pancras London. Time: 12.13-13.28 (2h15m)
- Train to Liverpool from where? n $
- Overnite in Liverpool. Where

2nd Dec (Thursday)
-Check out. Tour Liverpool. Do they have train from Liverpool to Peterborough?
- Train to Peterborough (Cross Country Train) $, change train (East Coast Train) to Newcastle Upon Tyne $. But from  where?
- Meet up with Gale

3rd Dec (Friday)
Option 1
- Nite train to Edinburg? Am i to take EastCoast train $. (Return tix)
- Check in at Edinburg hostel $. Where.

Option 2
- Overnite/ Rest in Newcastle

4th Dec (Saturday)
- Train to Edinburg? Am i to take EastCoast train $.(Return tix)
- According to Cheryl, i need to go to Bolton to take a train to Scotland. which is half way between London & Newcastle.

- Tour Edinburg
-Check in at Edinburg hostel $ / return to Newcastle. Not sure how long is the round trip journey.

5th Dec (Sunday)
- Check out. Back to Newcastle.


6th- 11th Dec (Monday- Saturday)
- (6 days of full body rest & chillaxing in Newcastle) which translate into. I'm broke and only have enough cash to get back to Stansted airport.

12th Dec ( Sunday)
- Take East Coast Train to Peterborough From Newcastle Upon Tyne. $
- Take Cross Country Train to Stanstead. $
- Check In
- Done!

London -> Newcastle -> etc i hope

Looks like i'll be going to UK next month. A few weeks to prepare for a very sudden trip.

Shh...I'm not telling my parents.

Pranked

' Debbie, are you coming over tomorrow?'- CK

'Why?'- D

'Mr. Eagle wants to see you'- CK

(scared) ' What for?'- D

'Dunno, never mentioned why. But he wanted you to come and see him'- CK

'Huh..~(whine)..was it about the claim?'- D

'Haha.... Kidding...! :D Are you coming over or not? Can collect cheque already'- CK

'Ee... what the..~ I thought it's about the claim that we did yesterday... huh - if you ask me to go over then i'll go'- D

Don't even know if he noticed i took this pic. He was using the small saw to saw the edge of the red file.

Just waiting for him to finish his conversation with Mr. Eagle.

Still waiting. Waited for almost half an hour.

That's what i got for telling him about how Mr. Eagle is not going to be too happy with me relaying Mr. Eagle's messages about the monthly progress claim to my boss.

Day Dreaming in Bed

I am liking my YOGA lessons. Although i can't see how doing yoga can make me lose weight. I did found myself sitting up a little straighter with shoulders pulled down away from my ear and contracting my thigh muscle. My bowel movements never been so smooth before i practiced it. But i still am not as flexible as when i was younger <-- damn.

2010 is coming to a close with only 2 months to spare. I wanted to go for one more trip/ adventure before the end of this year if we (LP & I) are not going to Kedah in December for Ah Piaow's wedding. Kind of hard to refuse him since he already said ' NO EXCUSE LADIES'. But where & with whom? Alone again?

Last night, I looked back on previous entries in my Black Book and come across some checklist i made for September or October. Although there are just 3 or 4 of them but i managed to checked all of them out. With a simple motto from Nike " JUST DO IT". And now i am thinking of doing another checklist for November & December but haven't thought of any yet. Well i have one of going for a light jog every Monday after my Yoga lessons.

I came to realized in my recent conversation with Tiff, that i seem to have no other goals in life. I used have a lot when i was still studying and the goals all centers on study hard, get good grades, get dean lists or merely trying to pass a difficult subjects. When all that is done, then it comes to another goal to get a well paying job with international exposure which include traveling in style on business meeting etc. That period was one of the hardest journey that i have to go through in my life. I've reached a new low after hearing people telling me how i am not good enough for a post that i applied for, i was almost begging for a job. Then that goal changed to just 'get a damn job any job as long as i don't have to sit in the cyber cafe looking for a job'.

So, i was really great-full that my boss sees something in me and hired me in the shortest interview ever- like less than 15minutes (i know- been to so many to compare it with). I'm not sure why he picked me, maybe the original elected candidates turned him down, i don't really care, i got me a JOB. Another goal accomplished! Then another goal sets in, get a car & a place to stay. Checked all that too.

And with my meager salary, i get to visit countries i only dreamed of going while i was laying down in my bed at home in Ranau day dreaming the big dream of living in the city with a fabulous job.

Now i dream of traveling to exotic countries and taking all that they have to offer. Occasionally i dream of a happy married life and naming my kids Rock Star name (give the girl a boy's name and the boy a girl's name) and I dream of spending more time with my family.

This is normally what happened in front of a food court right next to IOI Mall. 

Yoga Virgin

I went to my 1st ever yoga lessons on on Monday. I knew the instructor is going to be a dude and i am fine with it. There were only a few of us going in on the 5.45pm lessons (probably less than 10 people). I am nervous since all the other ladies seems to really know what they are suppose to do.

I got a little stressed out since the instructor only spoke in Cantonese which i can only understand a few words. I resorted to copying other people. He did ask me if he can instruct in Cantonese before he started and i nodded 'yes'..??!!~~what the...??  Next time, I'm gonna ask him to mix with English. He corrected me a lot on my poses since i am in the 1st row and directly in front of the mirror. Nobody seem to really care that their boobies are showing while doing all the difficult poses EXCEPT for me even though i had my training bra on over a shirt. Before it was over, i was already asking myself what the hell am i doing?!! And when is this going to end..??

I didn't know that i have to bring a towel with me to wipe away sweat.

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Yesterday was my 2nd Yoga lessons, this time the instructor is a lady. The studio was already packed, a couple of guys were there too. Ho (my colleague) and i went in and we managed to get ourselves a spot at the back of the class. The instructor spoke in English mixed with Cantonese. She corrected me just once. This time it was relaxing, not as hard as my 1st time. We did sweat, but not sure if it's because of doing Yoga or because the a/c's busted. And i can't wait to go for my next lessons & try out the aerodance class (right after i got me sport shoes to dance in).

Wish i have a picture of me in Yoga Class

I forgot to bring a towel with me again.

Tips for the MEN contemplating on trying out Yoga: 
*- This is a great place for you to meet really good looking ladies with smoking hot body. While showing off your perfect stance.

Don't say i never told you so :)........

Complaints~~~…..

I've written the following around the same time i wrote Likes & Loves post. But never gotten around to post this. Made me look too whiney...

It surprises Karen & I to know that after all these years.. We are still known as


‘Cucu Tai Kong’… even amongst the new generation of townsfolk…

Heard them talking when Karen & I went to a May’s saloon. Karen’s getting a pedicure & I’m trying to get a haircut.. my split ends are annoying me... the last time I was in a saloon was in February during CNY at the same saloon… Last time, Mary did my curls… & I like it… it lasted longer than any of my previous perms… there were like 3 clients when we walked in…..& They were talking about a cousin’s death… they have bits & pieces of what happened.. some were right on point & some were far from facts…. We just came back from the funeral…Karen had had her shower while I’m still in my sweaty black MNG t-shirt… tired… almost slept through the whole waiting process…& they just talk & talk & talk….z…z.zz…… May actually asked us to wait a minute… well minutes turns to hours… I didn’t get any haircut & we left after Karen is done with her painful pedicure..

Since I started off with complaining… why stop there.. I have a few more…

1) Eja & I went to the Pizza Hut restaurant at IOI Mall… & the services SUCKED BIG TIME… The signboard said ‘ Please wait to be Seated’… but there’s no one there to find us a seat… So, we seated ourselves.. We got our own menu from the reception desk… called for a waitress to be waited on… the reply we got was ‘Tunggu Sekejap”… So, we waited.. I have a very good tolerance towards people who brings me food… the staffs were all out serving & no one took any ordering… we waited until almost half an hour & still we’re not being served… all our hand waving to get their attention proved to be futile… the table next to us also complained to us that it also took them a long time to deliver their food … So we left….

I was really craving for Pizza that day… so we settled for the take away outlet at Jalan Kenari instead…

2) One time, I was out watching a movie… I’m pretty sure it was ‘Drag Me To Hell’…ironic… there were 2 guys sitting at the same row as me but a couple of seat to the right who kept on talking throughout the movie…. I wanted to say ‘SHUT UP… talk all you want OUTSIDE…..& not when the movie was playing..!!!’… And what’s up with parents bringing their little kids/ babies to the movie… ? No offense but…shouldn’t you be more comfortable watching movies at home where your kids can do all the crying without subjecting us to the same torture.. I went to the movie to get away from all that yelling/ screaming distraction…..

3) And believe me, I know I’m not the most punctual person as I would like to be… but would it kill you to arrive earlier or on time to watch a movie…? !!... I really hate tardiness..

4) Making a decision….. Whether or not you’re hungry….? Make up your mind.. you’re either hungry or you’re not…!! Enough with the dilly-dallying…

5) I don’t have any qualms about hanging on to a friend’s important personal belongings if they asked me to.. coz I have a huge enough bag & I’ll try my best not to lose it… I understand that it’s a big responsibility & I AM scared of losing ‘em…. But I WILL hold on to it… am I making sense here..?

6) Question: Use more Nappy=Use more $$ or No Nappy= less $$ & less laundry..?

Answer: Easy… Nappy… compared to piss & shit everywhere….. !!!!! No doubt that i probably even accidentally slept on barely dried piss..

7) I don’t know why this bothers me… but I think it’s only practical that u put a pot upside down… drains all the water & dries the bottom for you to use it later on…

8) And Oooo… don’t get me started on overnight unwashed dishes…. Especially overnight rice pot… it bubbles up & fermented the rice.. Smells like ‘Tapai’... I wouldn’t want to touch/ wash that when it looked & smells like that…

9) Who gives a toddler ice-cream/ cold drinks/ ice just because they like it or screams at you demanding it… I’m no mother.. but I know that will make them sick.. coz I’ll get sick when I eat cornflakes+soy milk evry too often… & when ur kid had wet hair & wet clothes… it’s only imperative that u dried the hair & change the clothes… duhh..~

Wow.. I’m on a roll….

10) What’s this about ‘it’s ok for a kid to be a little dirty’… when ur kid is out wearing no shoes on the dirty/ dusty pavement…!! News flash… !! They can get worm… I don’t know what kind of worm…. But I mean worm equals sick…~~

11) Nobody should give a toddler spicy chillies just to teach them a lesson….~~!!