so today is the last day of hols! well, looking forward to going back to school for some reason, but also dreading school, cos term 3 is going to be a horribly stressful term with a lot of extra activities like Netball and YOG and i've got duty for latecoming, which is sadly everyday! need to be in school earlier. and still need to study. which means no time for anything else. hmmm, any ideas on what to do after school on friday and before YOG? its kind of long, but too short to go home and come back, cos it will be a waste of time.
anyway, today was a bit boring. wanted to sleep late but had tuition! hehe. amath tuition. went out, came back and finished chinese!!! yes!! finally! okay, so left amath and chinese tuition work, which i plan to do during the week next week if we can, cos now have to do some other stuff.
i hope you know that i still care and i know that what i've said cannot be undone. i'm really sorry for what i did, what i said.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
so, time to post again!
thursday
woke up kind of early. didn't have much sleep at night, kept coughing. and waking up. hate having cough and sore throat! any way, went to Lot1 to meet twin. sorry, let you wait for so long! had lunch together! talked and talked about our lifes. sat at the food court and ate and talked. bought water. cos kept coughing. then we walked round Lot 1. wanted to watch a show, but no nice shows to watch that could fit our timing, so we took neoprints instead! yay!! it was in jap!! could not understand, except for yes, no, 1,2,3. haha! need to learn a bit more jap! it was fun! the best was the editing. 3 each to edit!! came out really nicely though! went to the library to get scissors to cut it. walked around in the library for a while. went to the rooftop thing outside to talk and talk and talk!!!! got some food from the basement, went back to the food court. sat down for a while. got macs icecream! even though i was coughing, just didn't care. twin had to leave, so we both left! an exciting day! outing with TWIN!!!!! :) :) :)
friday
went to school. finally!!! i can't say if i was happy to be there or not. guess it was good to live in a fantasy world for 3 weeks, no school, no problems, no need to worry about all those friendship stuff. things were normal, normal as in any other day, nothing different. i guess i expected too much. i guess i expected things to blow over fast and everything to be alright. it wasn't. i seriously thought things will be alright, but it wasn't. can we really be called friends if we are like this? or is it just pity or something like that? anyway, there was a heavy storm in the morning! we sat at a table then the rain kept coming in, so shifted. and our bags and all were so wet! for YOG, not many people came. less then 20 maybe? we just watched a video, the video that was taken on wed. then perfected the dance moves, and got the new dates for YOG next term.
went for lunch with abigail and yoges at koufu! we were there around 12 plus, sat till 1.30. was supposed to be a netball kind of clique, good friend outing. 5 people, but only 3 of us. anyway, we talked about a lot of stuff. had fun, but laughed over serious stuff? makes any sense?
went home to change first, then met mum at vivo. watched karate kid. it was a long but really good show! will smith's son acts just like him! and jackie chan is as good as ever! took a cab(london cab!!!!! nice!!! ) to grandma's house. sat yi zhang's new car, idk what brand, what model, to some restuarant. was there to celebrate yi ma's birthday. had a good meal. then yi yi bought 9 little tiramisu cakes for yima's birthday. 8 of us were there, mama, yima, yizhang, yi yi, yizhang, yi en, mum and me. dad was at another function, so the last cake was for him! didn't take a family shot, but a few other pics with my phone.
went back to mama's house. stayed over with yi en. was very tired, just changed, played tarot cards once. then went on the bed. ate medicine, slept! woke up a lot as usual cos kept coughing. a lot of hot water and more medicine. but slept a bit more.
saturday
woke up, bathed, changed. watched tv, played cards! then mum came to pick us up, went to tiong for sakae sushi! ate. talked. cousin left for a movie with her mum. fetched mama home. went home with mum. and slept! yay! 1 hour of undisturbed sleep! went for chinese tuition at tiong. then to mama's house again for dinner. only dad, mum, me and mama today. yima and yizhang were overseas. yi en, idk! so very quiet! came back, now online. was feeling very bad. but thanks to E who is smsing me till now, 1 plus! and just now lc, who called, and A, who's talking to me on msn now, its not so bad! thanks a lot! i know i've got friends. thanks! abigail, elspeth, leechin
thursday
woke up kind of early. didn't have much sleep at night, kept coughing. and waking up. hate having cough and sore throat! any way, went to Lot1 to meet twin. sorry, let you wait for so long! had lunch together! talked and talked about our lifes. sat at the food court and ate and talked. bought water. cos kept coughing. then we walked round Lot 1. wanted to watch a show, but no nice shows to watch that could fit our timing, so we took neoprints instead! yay!! it was in jap!! could not understand, except for yes, no, 1,2,3. haha! need to learn a bit more jap! it was fun! the best was the editing. 3 each to edit!! came out really nicely though! went to the library to get scissors to cut it. walked around in the library for a while. went to the rooftop thing outside to talk and talk and talk!!!! got some food from the basement, went back to the food court. sat down for a while. got macs icecream! even though i was coughing, just didn't care. twin had to leave, so we both left! an exciting day! outing with TWIN!!!!! :) :) :)
friday
went to school. finally!!! i can't say if i was happy to be there or not. guess it was good to live in a fantasy world for 3 weeks, no school, no problems, no need to worry about all those friendship stuff. things were normal, normal as in any other day, nothing different. i guess i expected too much. i guess i expected things to blow over fast and everything to be alright. it wasn't. i seriously thought things will be alright, but it wasn't. can we really be called friends if we are like this? or is it just pity or something like that? anyway, there was a heavy storm in the morning! we sat at a table then the rain kept coming in, so shifted. and our bags and all were so wet! for YOG, not many people came. less then 20 maybe? we just watched a video, the video that was taken on wed. then perfected the dance moves, and got the new dates for YOG next term.
went for lunch with abigail and yoges at koufu! we were there around 12 plus, sat till 1.30. was supposed to be a netball kind of clique, good friend outing. 5 people, but only 3 of us. anyway, we talked about a lot of stuff. had fun, but laughed over serious stuff? makes any sense?
went home to change first, then met mum at vivo. watched karate kid. it was a long but really good show! will smith's son acts just like him! and jackie chan is as good as ever! took a cab(london cab!!!!! nice!!! ) to grandma's house. sat yi zhang's new car, idk what brand, what model, to some restuarant. was there to celebrate yi ma's birthday. had a good meal. then yi yi bought 9 little tiramisu cakes for yima's birthday. 8 of us were there, mama, yima, yizhang, yi yi, yizhang, yi en, mum and me. dad was at another function, so the last cake was for him! didn't take a family shot, but a few other pics with my phone.
went back to mama's house. stayed over with yi en. was very tired, just changed, played tarot cards once. then went on the bed. ate medicine, slept! woke up a lot as usual cos kept coughing. a lot of hot water and more medicine. but slept a bit more.
saturday
woke up, bathed, changed. watched tv, played cards! then mum came to pick us up, went to tiong for sakae sushi! ate. talked. cousin left for a movie with her mum. fetched mama home. went home with mum. and slept! yay! 1 hour of undisturbed sleep! went for chinese tuition at tiong. then to mama's house again for dinner. only dad, mum, me and mama today. yima and yizhang were overseas. yi en, idk! so very quiet! came back, now online. was feeling very bad. but thanks to E who is smsing me till now, 1 plus! and just now lc, who called, and A, who's talking to me on msn now, its not so bad! thanks a lot! i know i've got friends. thanks! abigail, elspeth, leechin
what can i do when things have come to this stage? tell me what you want me to do now. i'm sorry, for not being there for you anymore, for not knowing you any more, for not being able to help any more, for not being close friends any more. you have meant a lot to me, idk if you know that, and you still mean a lot to me. cos you really are a good friend. missing your laughter, your smile, the way we used to talk, the way we used to share the same things are not keep any thing from each other. i miss those memories, and believe me, i keep thinking about them. i really thought we were really close friends. until now. when you locked your blog and not let me in, i knew.... and i'm sorry.
but thank you, to all friends, who have still continued to be my friend and been by my side when i've needed help, or need someone to talk to. like tonight, lc, thank you. your exams are so near and i know how much you want and need to study, but you still talked on the phone with me for about an hour. even at this hour. i'm really grateful for that. you've cheered me up. a lot! really thankful to know someone as nice as you. thank you.
but thank you, to all friends, who have still continued to be my friend and been by my side when i've needed help, or need someone to talk to. like tonight, lc, thank you. your exams are so near and i know how much you want and need to study, but you still talked on the phone with me for about an hour. even at this hour. i'm really grateful for that. you've cheered me up. a lot! really thankful to know someone as nice as you. thank you.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
this was the cake we bought. 3 candles for 3 of us!!!
haven't been posting for a while. well, need the rest, really. but its getting boring at home! its hols! and i want to go out! then again, my mc ends tmr, so can go out already. finally meeting twin!!!! yay! lot 1.... hope i don't get lost! hehe. never been there before. and i realised, we haven't talked a lot since april 9th, please, can we be close again?
monday
mum went to work a little late. woke up, had bread for breakfast. stayed in bed again! felt much better thanks to all the medicine. it is a lot! even managed to finish heymath emath assignments. mum left at about 11. then waited for grandma to come. she said she was coming! finally came! yay! had lunch with her. talked, talked, talked. well, she talked. i wanted to know about her history! and cos my voice is horrible, she didn't want me to talk much. then went to the bedroom, watched tv, slept. for like 3 hours? well, the medicine for cough is supposed to cause drowsiness, but it never really works on me. except that time. woke up, sat in the sitting room and watched tv with grandma! nice time bonding, really. miss her a lot! trying to spend more time with her now, even though i've got a very busy schedule. well, life is short. and no matter how much we want people to stay, they will have to leave one day. the time may come very soon, as grandma is getting old already! i don't want to regret not spending enough time with her, like my other grandma and granddad. they left before i could communicate with them properly. was so young. i wonder how they are doing sometimes. wonder where they are, wonder if they can remember us, wonder if they are watching over us. when my grandma left, i did dream about her. and i can clearly remember their faces. we used to go over to their house every sunday in the afternoon. 3 of us. that's my dad's side. my mum's side, every saturday night, as it is now. so grandma stayed till night time, then went out for a quick dinner. can't stay at home too long! get restless! hahaha!
tuesday
woke up, was supposed to go out with sha and siyao. but sick, so decided that they come to my house instead. nice friends! :) thank you! <3 twin called around 12.30. then sha smsed to say she was downstairs. so i told twin that i'll call her back in 20min. put down the phone, 'she' called. mrs mok. cos i called her in the morning. the talked to her for a while, then she said she was busy so we ended our conversation. saw my hp, 9 missed calls. ops. sorry sha. so went down to meet her, got our lunch. and we bought a cake. yes, a cake! small one. we passed the cake shop, then she was like' let's buy a cake to eat' so we did! to celebrate all our birthdays together. weird right! but fun! we went up, called twin! siyao called to say she was downstairs. so sha went down. sha knows my house well know. finally someone knows my house well! when we went into the lift, she just pressed 14th floor like usual! haha! no need to tell her how to come already! yay! so she went down to pick si yao and was on the phone with twin! siyao came up and i ended the call. so 3 of us talked, talked and talked. the tv was on, but we talked. didn't really watch. siyao talked about her camp, so funnny!!!! enjoyed the aircon, laughed. then played monopoly. ate the cake. sang a song.... random song. continued our game. the person who lost or became brankrupt first was supposed to do a forfeit. i lost in the end! haha! was supposed to dance sorry sorry and nobody. but we all forgot about it. cos we talked. about some random stuff, then decided to play cluedo. haha! we were choosing the people we wanted. then siyao said 'i want to go to the ballroom!' then we knew she had the card, so that was her plan, go to the room, then ask about the person and weapon first. she said so! so comical! played and played. till about 6.30. they left! the house felt so quiet! so sad!
bathed and got ready. met yima and yizhang at 7.30. went for a concert by kuo chuan presbyterian secondary school. their biannual event. it was good! but our band can beat theirs! hehe! their guzheng was good and dancing too! it was all their performing arts. brought a lot of water to stop the coughing. yima sat on my left, there was on one on my right, thankfully! the place we went was where last year's SYF dance night was held. and the councillors helped to ursher and all. so i knew where our seats were! went home, was so tired. and head felt pain. mum insisted that i cannot go for YOG today, had to stay at home. doctor gave me MC until today(wednesday). why??? wanted to go!
wednesday
so today woke up early. ate..... lazed around a bit. went online. replied a long email from a friend in USA. :) did amath online. heymath. then a bit of housework. the weekly maid came. did more amath, today is amath day! slept for another 3 hours. woke up, mum, yima and granddad came for dinner. ate... was supposed to go for a movie tonight, but didn't go. any way, no energy already. need to rest for tmr. meeting twin! make sure that i'm okay tmr. today had a slight fever! irritating! but can't wait for tmr!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
day 13-paris
went to Euro disney! disney land! woke up early for an early breakfast! then took along train ride, actually, two train rides, to the disney stop. alot of people were queing to go in. we went to the rides place first. it opens at 10, but people are allowed in a little earlier! it was so fun! the whole time there, playing the rides, i feel like i was back into my childhood days, carefree, happy, laughing, hyper. no worries, just free. those childhood days were not really the best days of my life, but it was memorable. the good times. so just relaxed so much at disney land! rode the merry go round, went to sleeping beauty's castle, joined the adventures of pinocchio(i mistaked his name for pikachu at first, idk why. maybe cos i miss pokemon? haha!) and went into the forest with snow white. the last two were rides. and one more, was this 'flying ride'. i think its supposed to be about this person in neverland..... who is he called again? can't remember, cos never watched or read about it. went on to a maze, with alice! and the queen, off with the head! so funnny! then went on the mad hatter's teacup. the ride with people in the teacups and can spin round and round and round. ate ice cream after that. went on to another part. went into a real sumarine. interesting, but dark and scary. our last ride was a roller coaster. fun!!!! it was some mining thing. so we went into dark mines, then went out into brightness, then darkness again! sat in the first row with dad! mum sat behind! so we were the first! sat in front for most of the rides, its more fun! we took a train back to the entrance. and got a souvenir for cousin! :) disney world is fun! we left this place around 3 plus, almost 4. so spent 6 hours or so there.
went to the studios next. it was smaller then the rides one. studio 1 was just eateries and gift shops. we took the train ride. it was a great ride! they showed us how the directors produce the shows. we saw the real planes from the show Pearl Harbour, put on display, ready to be used for another show. there is physical effects and visual effects. we past a set, where there was this half wall and some unreal creatures. the computer people were able to make this set look like a real scene. this was from a show, dragons (something), can't remember the whole name. then we really got to feel a real scene come to life. our train was parked on this platform. the train had about 5 carriages. on our left, was this big set, with a bus on it.and some walls and other plain things. we experience an 'earthquake' first. like the carriages moved left ride, really fast, like a real earthquake. really interesting. then there was a huge rain, then made us all wet! even though the train is sheltered. there was also this fire effect, that made some things go on fire. including the bus. it was a really big fire. we were quite far from it, but could still feel the heat of the fire. and finally, had a flood, where a lot of water came rushing towards us, and pushing the bus towards us, like it was going to hit us! so fun!!!! maybe should be an actress one day! then can experience all these sets and interesting things. okay, so our train ride continues, we saw fake dragons and creatures, as props. another set, was this dragon thing, spitting our fire. the fire was sooo hot!!! but so fun!!!
our second ride was armegodon. we had a chance to so call experience and reccreate a scene in the show. we went into this room, where a shot briefing took place. they showed a video, of how the show was filmed. then we went into a spaceship kind of set. the whole place was like a real spaceship on shows. it was supposed to be travelling and then a stone hit us. the whole thing moved!!! and there was this screen at one side, where we could see the back of the spaceship. and when a stone or some broken part of the spaceship came, we could see it coming to hit us. when something hit us, say the top of the set we were in, the whole top moves down. lower and lower, until gas comes out! and off course there was fire too. the whole thing was so interesting. things banging here and there, the spaceship set slowly becoming distroyed..... finally, in the end, the whole thing shut down. and it was finally quiet. no movement. cos we were supposed to have died in the spaceship... but the whole thing was fun! special effects is so cool!!!
our last event at the studios was this movie thing in a theatre. we were deciding between the movie or another event, but the other one was not that interesting, so chose the movie instead. well, the movie was about this guy. it started with us watching a scene from a screen, and then a cell phone rang and this acter went to stage, picked up his phone. and the people on the screen was like' why are you disturbing our show!!!' so they brought him into the show. there was this puff of smoke and he appeared in the screen. special effects again! the show was in an old castle, in black and white. then this guy with the cell phone acted in a lot of scenes that changed from the black and white castle, to a coloured picture of cow boys and continued on until the present time type of movies. he was trying to get out of the show. and the people he met was wondering what a cell phone was. he kept his hp in his jacket. and it rang when he met this group of people who are like cowboys, carrying guns in the pockets. so when he took his hp, they began to shoot him! so comical! finally, a swordsman threw a sword and there was a hole in the screen, he could come out. and he did. the sword and hole is fake, just visual effects. but he went in again by another door to be with a girl. so sweet!
it was already 6 plus. so had dinner. lunch was hotdogs and soft drinks. dinner was pizza and burger! nice! went back to the hotel. slept for a long time! woke up around 8 plus the next day.
day 14-paris
woke up a little late, breakfast, went back to our room, lazed around. the tv channels were all in french, so don't really understand the shows. but there was a song countdown. their songs are a little behind ours in the countdown. half english, half french. the songs i mean. then, we went shoppping, my mum wanted to shop, and its paris! so off course must shop! went to the LV store. the real store, it was so big. apparently a popular brand there. the store had 3 or 4 levels. just followed my parents around. cos i don't like shopping and not into branded stuff..... mum got LV bags for her sisters and my grandma!!! and for herself, one purse and one bag. teh LV stuff are cheaper then singapore ones. had macs for lunch after mum spent only 2 over hours shopping at LV. much shorter then usual. macs was very crowded. it was big, a lot of seats, but a lot of people too. had problem finding a place to sit. the menu is less confusing than Britain's. about the same as singapore's. their macafe had biscuits, cakes, muffins, a lot more things then ours here. a nice lunch! went to this big shopping centre to get some more stuff. then went back to the hotel early. came out again for dinner before trying to sleep. dinner was vietnames food. mum couldn't stay away from asian food.. not even on our last night overseas.... *sigh*couldn't get to sleep. even until 12. then both my parents slept, but still couldn't sleep. strange. slept very late...
day 15-paris-singapore
woke up early. was supposed to have a cab at 8.15. well, the counter person said the cab will come at 8.15. plane flight at 12. but we waited and waited and waited. no cab... waited until 9. then the cab came. thankfully we asked for an early cab ride, if not will be late for the plane. and the ride to the airport was not long. reached by 10. but it was 76 euro... which is about $160 or more singapore dollars! still think singapore cabs are expensive? paris is worse! so is london. london's to from the hotel to king's cross station was also about that price. if not for the two big luggages we have, we wouldn't have taken cab. can take train. any way, we checked in, and cos we booked online, we took the faster queue. mum went to claim the tax. took a long time cos it was a long queue. then went to the waiting room. then to the plane. this time, we sat right to the back of the plane. well, middle of the back cabin. only one baby i think. not that much screaming, but still had screaming. couldn't sleep at all. well, only for about 2 hours the most. watched some movies. no appetite for the plane food. there was this cake thing for lunch that we were given and it was so sweet! regret eating it. usually okay with sweet things, but that was overly sweet. the other food, didn't eat much. breakfast, the egg was bad! but got a lot of sprite! about 4-5 cans? and only two cups of water. took a few sweets and chocs! 12 hour flight, quite fast though.
day 16- singapore!!!
finally reached singapore, at 7am. went back, home sweet home! unpacked, bathed, went to sleep. from 11 to 5. woke up at 5 and had throat pain. took water and a bit of medicine. had a slight fever. but didn't really care. went to grandma's house. a lot of people that day!!!! yima, yizhang, yiyi, yien, mama and other relatives. renjie, peishi and their parents + their dad's brother and his wife! we kids ate in the room. porridge with siew mai. mama made for us. then we played with itouch. lucky them, all 3 of them had an itouch. i'm the only one without! played cards. yi en and i tried to teach them taiti. we keep teaching them everytime we see them, but they can't remember. we gave up after a while. played i-d-i-o-t. with the cards. got bored, and renjie lost. any way, we decided to play hide and seek with.... clothes pegs!!!! and we took a long time to find the clothes pags. yi en and i went to look for it. mama's maid pointed to one corner, but couldn't find. in the end, it was under some cloth! stupid us! so it was a fun time! with all 4 of us playing! :) after renjie and peishi left, i think my temperature increased. and got a big headache. played with yien a bit more. but couldn't take it for long. went to mama's bed to rest. cousin continued playing her itouch. grandma gave me this medicine for throat. went home. ate medicine and penadol. tried to sleep. but couldn't sleep for long without waking up. temperature was like 39.0, highest. finally watched tv. then tried to sleep again at 2. woke up around 3, ate more medicine. tried to sleep. then woke up, was shivering like mad. temperature too high... took more medicine. finally got to sleep again, till about 9 plus 10.
sunday
woke up feeling a better, but temperature still 38 or so degrees. at least could eat some breakfast. bao! mum went to the market to buy. ate more medicine. finally went to the doctor. got A LOT MORE MEDICINE! had lunch, and now on the comp. temperature dropped at the clinic. 37.9. i think my fever's broke already. that's the good thing about my fever. its always so high when i get fever, but it will break in 24hours. now, left a bit of headache and coughing, throat problem. not going for YOG tmr. will be there on wedensday!
so that's all. a long holiday from 4th to 19th june. its a long and memorable trip. thanks mum and dad, for giving me a break, letting me relax, and enjoy myself. for letting me go on a long trip that is far from home, without any worries and nothing but fun. :)
went to Euro disney! disney land! woke up early for an early breakfast! then took along train ride, actually, two train rides, to the disney stop. alot of people were queing to go in. we went to the rides place first. it opens at 10, but people are allowed in a little earlier! it was so fun! the whole time there, playing the rides, i feel like i was back into my childhood days, carefree, happy, laughing, hyper. no worries, just free. those childhood days were not really the best days of my life, but it was memorable. the good times. so just relaxed so much at disney land! rode the merry go round, went to sleeping beauty's castle, joined the adventures of pinocchio(i mistaked his name for pikachu at first, idk why. maybe cos i miss pokemon? haha!) and went into the forest with snow white. the last two were rides. and one more, was this 'flying ride'. i think its supposed to be about this person in neverland..... who is he called again? can't remember, cos never watched or read about it. went on to a maze, with alice! and the queen, off with the head! so funnny! then went on the mad hatter's teacup. the ride with people in the teacups and can spin round and round and round. ate ice cream after that. went on to another part. went into a real sumarine. interesting, but dark and scary. our last ride was a roller coaster. fun!!!! it was some mining thing. so we went into dark mines, then went out into brightness, then darkness again! sat in the first row with dad! mum sat behind! so we were the first! sat in front for most of the rides, its more fun! we took a train back to the entrance. and got a souvenir for cousin! :) disney world is fun! we left this place around 3 plus, almost 4. so spent 6 hours or so there.
went to the studios next. it was smaller then the rides one. studio 1 was just eateries and gift shops. we took the train ride. it was a great ride! they showed us how the directors produce the shows. we saw the real planes from the show Pearl Harbour, put on display, ready to be used for another show. there is physical effects and visual effects. we past a set, where there was this half wall and some unreal creatures. the computer people were able to make this set look like a real scene. this was from a show, dragons (something), can't remember the whole name. then we really got to feel a real scene come to life. our train was parked on this platform. the train had about 5 carriages. on our left, was this big set, with a bus on it.and some walls and other plain things. we experience an 'earthquake' first. like the carriages moved left ride, really fast, like a real earthquake. really interesting. then there was a huge rain, then made us all wet! even though the train is sheltered. there was also this fire effect, that made some things go on fire. including the bus. it was a really big fire. we were quite far from it, but could still feel the heat of the fire. and finally, had a flood, where a lot of water came rushing towards us, and pushing the bus towards us, like it was going to hit us! so fun!!!! maybe should be an actress one day! then can experience all these sets and interesting things. okay, so our train ride continues, we saw fake dragons and creatures, as props. another set, was this dragon thing, spitting our fire. the fire was sooo hot!!! but so fun!!!
our second ride was armegodon. we had a chance to so call experience and reccreate a scene in the show. we went into this room, where a shot briefing took place. they showed a video, of how the show was filmed. then we went into a spaceship kind of set. the whole place was like a real spaceship on shows. it was supposed to be travelling and then a stone hit us. the whole thing moved!!! and there was this screen at one side, where we could see the back of the spaceship. and when a stone or some broken part of the spaceship came, we could see it coming to hit us. when something hit us, say the top of the set we were in, the whole top moves down. lower and lower, until gas comes out! and off course there was fire too. the whole thing was so interesting. things banging here and there, the spaceship set slowly becoming distroyed..... finally, in the end, the whole thing shut down. and it was finally quiet. no movement. cos we were supposed to have died in the spaceship... but the whole thing was fun! special effects is so cool!!!
our last event at the studios was this movie thing in a theatre. we were deciding between the movie or another event, but the other one was not that interesting, so chose the movie instead. well, the movie was about this guy. it started with us watching a scene from a screen, and then a cell phone rang and this acter went to stage, picked up his phone. and the people on the screen was like' why are you disturbing our show!!!' so they brought him into the show. there was this puff of smoke and he appeared in the screen. special effects again! the show was in an old castle, in black and white. then this guy with the cell phone acted in a lot of scenes that changed from the black and white castle, to a coloured picture of cow boys and continued on until the present time type of movies. he was trying to get out of the show. and the people he met was wondering what a cell phone was. he kept his hp in his jacket. and it rang when he met this group of people who are like cowboys, carrying guns in the pockets. so when he took his hp, they began to shoot him! so comical! finally, a swordsman threw a sword and there was a hole in the screen, he could come out. and he did. the sword and hole is fake, just visual effects. but he went in again by another door to be with a girl. so sweet!
it was already 6 plus. so had dinner. lunch was hotdogs and soft drinks. dinner was pizza and burger! nice! went back to the hotel. slept for a long time! woke up around 8 plus the next day.
day 14-paris
woke up a little late, breakfast, went back to our room, lazed around. the tv channels were all in french, so don't really understand the shows. but there was a song countdown. their songs are a little behind ours in the countdown. half english, half french. the songs i mean. then, we went shoppping, my mum wanted to shop, and its paris! so off course must shop! went to the LV store. the real store, it was so big. apparently a popular brand there. the store had 3 or 4 levels. just followed my parents around. cos i don't like shopping and not into branded stuff..... mum got LV bags for her sisters and my grandma!!! and for herself, one purse and one bag. teh LV stuff are cheaper then singapore ones. had macs for lunch after mum spent only 2 over hours shopping at LV. much shorter then usual. macs was very crowded. it was big, a lot of seats, but a lot of people too. had problem finding a place to sit. the menu is less confusing than Britain's. about the same as singapore's. their macafe had biscuits, cakes, muffins, a lot more things then ours here. a nice lunch! went to this big shopping centre to get some more stuff. then went back to the hotel early. came out again for dinner before trying to sleep. dinner was vietnames food. mum couldn't stay away from asian food.. not even on our last night overseas.... *sigh*couldn't get to sleep. even until 12. then both my parents slept, but still couldn't sleep. strange. slept very late...
day 15-paris-singapore
woke up early. was supposed to have a cab at 8.15. well, the counter person said the cab will come at 8.15. plane flight at 12. but we waited and waited and waited. no cab... waited until 9. then the cab came. thankfully we asked for an early cab ride, if not will be late for the plane. and the ride to the airport was not long. reached by 10. but it was 76 euro... which is about $160 or more singapore dollars! still think singapore cabs are expensive? paris is worse! so is london. london's to from the hotel to king's cross station was also about that price. if not for the two big luggages we have, we wouldn't have taken cab. can take train. any way, we checked in, and cos we booked online, we took the faster queue. mum went to claim the tax. took a long time cos it was a long queue. then went to the waiting room. then to the plane. this time, we sat right to the back of the plane. well, middle of the back cabin. only one baby i think. not that much screaming, but still had screaming. couldn't sleep at all. well, only for about 2 hours the most. watched some movies. no appetite for the plane food. there was this cake thing for lunch that we were given and it was so sweet! regret eating it. usually okay with sweet things, but that was overly sweet. the other food, didn't eat much. breakfast, the egg was bad! but got a lot of sprite! about 4-5 cans? and only two cups of water. took a few sweets and chocs! 12 hour flight, quite fast though.
day 16- singapore!!!
finally reached singapore, at 7am. went back, home sweet home! unpacked, bathed, went to sleep. from 11 to 5. woke up at 5 and had throat pain. took water and a bit of medicine. had a slight fever. but didn't really care. went to grandma's house. a lot of people that day!!!! yima, yizhang, yiyi, yien, mama and other relatives. renjie, peishi and their parents + their dad's brother and his wife! we kids ate in the room. porridge with siew mai. mama made for us. then we played with itouch. lucky them, all 3 of them had an itouch. i'm the only one without! played cards. yi en and i tried to teach them taiti. we keep teaching them everytime we see them, but they can't remember. we gave up after a while. played i-d-i-o-t. with the cards. got bored, and renjie lost. any way, we decided to play hide and seek with.... clothes pegs!!!! and we took a long time to find the clothes pags. yi en and i went to look for it. mama's maid pointed to one corner, but couldn't find. in the end, it was under some cloth! stupid us! so it was a fun time! with all 4 of us playing! :) after renjie and peishi left, i think my temperature increased. and got a big headache. played with yien a bit more. but couldn't take it for long. went to mama's bed to rest. cousin continued playing her itouch. grandma gave me this medicine for throat. went home. ate medicine and penadol. tried to sleep. but couldn't sleep for long without waking up. temperature was like 39.0, highest. finally watched tv. then tried to sleep again at 2. woke up around 3, ate more medicine. tried to sleep. then woke up, was shivering like mad. temperature too high... took more medicine. finally got to sleep again, till about 9 plus 10.
sunday
woke up feeling a better, but temperature still 38 or so degrees. at least could eat some breakfast. bao! mum went to the market to buy. ate more medicine. finally went to the doctor. got A LOT MORE MEDICINE! had lunch, and now on the comp. temperature dropped at the clinic. 37.9. i think my fever's broke already. that's the good thing about my fever. its always so high when i get fever, but it will break in 24hours. now, left a bit of headache and coughing, throat problem. not going for YOG tmr. will be there on wedensday!
so that's all. a long holiday from 4th to 19th june. its a long and memorable trip. thanks mum and dad, for giving me a break, letting me relax, and enjoy myself. for letting me go on a long trip that is far from home, without any worries and nothing but fun. :)
Saturday, June 19, 2010
finally back in singapore!!! reached Singapore at 7am this morning. 12 hour flight, only slept around 1-2 hours! hehe! now very tired. had to unpack, wash up, get the house cleaned again cos gone for 2 weeks! and my little terapin died!! :( :( :( but most of the fishes survived. yay! so, back to posting about the trip.
day 12-London-France(Paris)
so.. as said before, supposed to wake up at 4, but woke up at 4 plus. parents got ready first. went to the reception at 4.50. wanted to use the comp they had there, but they said that internet connection was down for the past 3 days. idk how my dad managed to get internet connection in our room, but he did! so could go online the night before. interesting... any way, it was so early, but by 4, the sun was already up and it was bright! short nights, long days. haha! okay, so took the cab at 5 to king's cross or st pancras station(they call it st pacreas not pancras) and i misheard the cab driver. cos we booked the cab before hand, so when he came, he said 'going to the eurostar?' instead i heard' going to euston' and euston was kind of far away! thought it would be a long ride.thankfully parents heard correctly!! reached st pancras, had breakfast there, waited for the counter to open to get tickets, then went into the waiting room. so we went on the train, euro star, which connects from london to paris, about 3 hours i think. parents and i were a bit seperated. we had a table seat, which means that its 4 people, one table in the middle. sat with a family of 3 Americans. they weren't friendly at all. kept to themselves. there were a lot of Americans in UK. maybe cos they have hols? the british kids have school, so hardly see them. most kids or teenagers there are Americans. like on the Harry Potter tour, half are Americans. parents and i were the only Asians..... sadly. on the train, parents sat across the aisle, with a Malay mum and daughter.
slept in the train, heard music through mp3. towards the end, dad and i went to the middle of the long train, about carriage 9. they sold food there, but we were already reaching, so cannot buy anything. the train was about 19 or so carriages long! very long train.
so when we reached Paris, most things were in French!can't understand a lot of stuff. went on a day group tour first. sat on the bus.... the guide talked and talked on and on about paris, but i was not that interested, so in the end, fell asleep! only woke up when we reached the Eiffel tower. we reached this spot where we could take nice pics of it. and there were many people selling Eiffel tower souvenirs. then went on to go inside the Eiffel tower itself. we reached there about 11 plus, supposed to meet again at 1.40. we could take the lift up, but it was a long queue, so waited, and waited, and waited. until about 12 plus. by the time we were on the second level, it was almost 1. so only had time to take a few pics and eat lunch, before queing to go down. no time to go to the third or first level even though we could! and the person in the lift didn't allow us to go into the first lift! so we had to wait for the lift to go down, then back up. we were late reaching the meeting point! all cos of that lift person! we sat on a boat cruise on this river. there was a lady who explained the history of the surrounding buildings and of the river and so on. she spoke in french, english and italian i think. but got bored of the history and didn't really listen! it was about a 1 hour ride, so bored!!! after that, we went to this museum. 3 hours given to tour the museum! we took 1 hour, plus some time to eat tea! all we saw were paintings. not interested in history of paris nor the museum..... so we left the museum and walked around outside. bought souvenirs. then went back to the bus. took our luggage and took a cab to our hotel. the rest of the tour group was going back to london on a train. the taxi driver had no idea where our hotel was! he seemed to go round and round. but finally reached the hotel. outside looks nice, inside the room, it was kind of cramped.
went to eat JAP food for dinner. asian food... omg... okay, well, the jap restuarant was run by china chinese. so we could communicate with them at least! they were quite nice and the food was okay. went back to the hotel, bathed, watched football(cos of dad) and slept! no internet connection.... sadly.\
day 12-London-France(Paris)
so.. as said before, supposed to wake up at 4, but woke up at 4 plus. parents got ready first. went to the reception at 4.50. wanted to use the comp they had there, but they said that internet connection was down for the past 3 days. idk how my dad managed to get internet connection in our room, but he did! so could go online the night before. interesting... any way, it was so early, but by 4, the sun was already up and it was bright! short nights, long days. haha! okay, so took the cab at 5 to king's cross or st pancras station(they call it st pacreas not pancras) and i misheard the cab driver. cos we booked the cab before hand, so when he came, he said 'going to the eurostar?' instead i heard' going to euston' and euston was kind of far away! thought it would be a long ride.thankfully parents heard correctly!! reached st pancras, had breakfast there, waited for the counter to open to get tickets, then went into the waiting room. so we went on the train, euro star, which connects from london to paris, about 3 hours i think. parents and i were a bit seperated. we had a table seat, which means that its 4 people, one table in the middle. sat with a family of 3 Americans. they weren't friendly at all. kept to themselves. there were a lot of Americans in UK. maybe cos they have hols? the british kids have school, so hardly see them. most kids or teenagers there are Americans. like on the Harry Potter tour, half are Americans. parents and i were the only Asians..... sadly. on the train, parents sat across the aisle, with a Malay mum and daughter.
slept in the train, heard music through mp3. towards the end, dad and i went to the middle of the long train, about carriage 9. they sold food there, but we were already reaching, so cannot buy anything. the train was about 19 or so carriages long! very long train.
so when we reached Paris, most things were in French!can't understand a lot of stuff. went on a day group tour first. sat on the bus.... the guide talked and talked on and on about paris, but i was not that interested, so in the end, fell asleep! only woke up when we reached the Eiffel tower. we reached this spot where we could take nice pics of it. and there were many people selling Eiffel tower souvenirs. then went on to go inside the Eiffel tower itself. we reached there about 11 plus, supposed to meet again at 1.40. we could take the lift up, but it was a long queue, so waited, and waited, and waited. until about 12 plus. by the time we were on the second level, it was almost 1. so only had time to take a few pics and eat lunch, before queing to go down. no time to go to the third or first level even though we could! and the person in the lift didn't allow us to go into the first lift! so we had to wait for the lift to go down, then back up. we were late reaching the meeting point! all cos of that lift person! we sat on a boat cruise on this river. there was a lady who explained the history of the surrounding buildings and of the river and so on. she spoke in french, english and italian i think. but got bored of the history and didn't really listen! it was about a 1 hour ride, so bored!!! after that, we went to this museum. 3 hours given to tour the museum! we took 1 hour, plus some time to eat tea! all we saw were paintings. not interested in history of paris nor the museum..... so we left the museum and walked around outside. bought souvenirs. then went back to the bus. took our luggage and took a cab to our hotel. the rest of the tour group was going back to london on a train. the taxi driver had no idea where our hotel was! he seemed to go round and round. but finally reached the hotel. outside looks nice, inside the room, it was kind of cramped.
went to eat JAP food for dinner. asian food... omg... okay, well, the jap restuarant was run by china chinese. so we could communicate with them at least! they were quite nice and the food was okay. went back to the hotel, bathed, watched football(cos of dad) and slept! no internet connection.... sadly.\
Monday, June 14, 2010
day 9-Loch ness-Manchester
woke up, had a good breakfast, then went online for a while at the lounge. talked to J. good job for what happened! (can't say it out here! ) and talked to Karthika online too! yay!!! began a long, well, supposed to be 7 hours of car ride. to Manchester. sat at the front. the car ride down was scenic, but had a headache again, so slept for most of the time. went to a takeaway shop for lunch. mum got spagetti, dad got fihs and chips and cheeseburger. both shared a bean something. and i got a cheeseburger! had tea break at EDC. scones for me! mum and dad had coffee! then went on with our journey again. our hotel was Novotel! it was great! but had an internet package, and internet didn't work! so was not on the comp at all the two nights we were there! that will explain the no posts! dad tried to get the comp working for so long! both mum and i bathed, relaxed and comp couldn't get fixed. so in the end gave up! but we did get free movies. hmm. watched Avatar again! and meet the forgers.... that one was a comedy! laughed so much! then heard some songs, included in the package. slept whilst hearing songs. our room had a double bed, which my parents slept, then the sofa was a foldable sofa. so slept on that. best parts about the beds in UK is that it is so bouncy!!!! had a lot of fun!! hehe. ate the leftover lunch for dinner. cos the portions were huge.
day 10-Manchester
so long, so far away from home! but not homesick! (we were in Manchester, but didn't go to either man city or man united for souvenirs or photos....) okay, had breakfast. the best so far here. then we walked to the chinatown in Manchester. it was about two streets. and just in front of our hotel. SOO many chinese, mostly from hong kong, there. wow! and chinese food.... didn't eat there though. walked to the city centre, a lot of shops, but didn't shop. mum got hungry, so we ate a pizza place. we ordered a slightly spicy pizza. but had a lot of water to go with it, so was fine! :) it started to rain. parents wanted to go into some shops. but decided to head back to the hotel instead. watched more movies! the package was 24 hours! so we watched a movie on this girl who was murdered, but came back to help her family. another one was about this man, he went to an island to investigate these supposedly mental people, but idk what the ending is about, whether he became one of its patients or not, but he died in the end i think. and alice in wonderland! went to bath. soaked in a tub of HOT water! so hot that it was like a sauna inside! first time sweating in a bath tub! haha! came out fast. and it didn't helpt that the room had no aircon. who needs aircon when the weather here is so cold? but it was warm that night. so was so hot! continued watching tv. some show that i didn't get. slept with mum on the double bed as i just knocked out halfway during the show. dad went out to play casino. so he came back late. tired night! ate sandwiches for dinner!!!!
day 11-Manchester-London(back to london again! the place where my UK trip started, and will end)
the car ride was supposed to be 3 hours, on the GPS. okay, so had a great breakfast again. then left the hotel around 10 plus. thought we would reach our hotel in London by 2. at least. so we travellled in the car. and just got out of Manchester, didn't got to visit both man city or man united. hehe. no interest in football. only dad is! we stopped for lunch around 1 plus. burger king! it was okay. then we travelled to London. but found out that our road was wrongly typed in, so we had to go about 4 miles or so away. it was already 2 plus. then made a wrong turn, so took longer time! in the end, reached the hotel around 4. checked in, got a room at the bottom floor. great! cos we had two big luggages, one big bag(can fit Long Bear!! guess who that is! some might know...) and other smaller handcarry bags that we carry for like walks out of the hotel and things like that. so its like 5 bags? well, count in 6 if you count in the comp bag. room is okay, 3 single beds. went to return the car, then went to the Big Ben. its a tall tower, with clocks facing four directions. came back to the hotel, got subway and a big 2 litre bottle of pepsi for dinner. the pepsi for 2 litres cost only 95pence. so its about $2 in Singapore, a little more then that! i think i've had more soft drink then water this trip. how will my stamina be like when i get back? and need to got for training. running! exercising! and need to get my position! reallly worried about that!
tmr will be leaving for France, Paris. 3 nights there, then end of a long holiday! OMG! can days past slower? but no, i miss my friends! haha! and grandma!!!!! need to wake up at 4am tmr. someone picking us up at 5am. train to Paris is at 6am i think. its now 5.44am in Singapore, 10.44pm in London. less then 6 hours of sleep. but will be okay..... might not have connection to the internet in Paris.... will see how. if not, will post when i get back to Singapore. cos same hotel for the last 3 nights! tonight is the last night in UK! bye bye UK!!! it was fun here! a great holiday!! :)
woke up, had a good breakfast, then went online for a while at the lounge. talked to J. good job for what happened! (can't say it out here! ) and talked to Karthika online too! yay!!! began a long, well, supposed to be 7 hours of car ride. to Manchester. sat at the front. the car ride down was scenic, but had a headache again, so slept for most of the time. went to a takeaway shop for lunch. mum got spagetti, dad got fihs and chips and cheeseburger. both shared a bean something. and i got a cheeseburger! had tea break at EDC. scones for me! mum and dad had coffee! then went on with our journey again. our hotel was Novotel! it was great! but had an internet package, and internet didn't work! so was not on the comp at all the two nights we were there! that will explain the no posts! dad tried to get the comp working for so long! both mum and i bathed, relaxed and comp couldn't get fixed. so in the end gave up! but we did get free movies. hmm. watched Avatar again! and meet the forgers.... that one was a comedy! laughed so much! then heard some songs, included in the package. slept whilst hearing songs. our room had a double bed, which my parents slept, then the sofa was a foldable sofa. so slept on that. best parts about the beds in UK is that it is so bouncy!!!! had a lot of fun!! hehe. ate the leftover lunch for dinner. cos the portions were huge.
day 10-Manchester
so long, so far away from home! but not homesick! (we were in Manchester, but didn't go to either man city or man united for souvenirs or photos....) okay, had breakfast. the best so far here. then we walked to the chinatown in Manchester. it was about two streets. and just in front of our hotel. SOO many chinese, mostly from hong kong, there. wow! and chinese food.... didn't eat there though. walked to the city centre, a lot of shops, but didn't shop. mum got hungry, so we ate a pizza place. we ordered a slightly spicy pizza. but had a lot of water to go with it, so was fine! :) it started to rain. parents wanted to go into some shops. but decided to head back to the hotel instead. watched more movies! the package was 24 hours! so we watched a movie on this girl who was murdered, but came back to help her family. another one was about this man, he went to an island to investigate these supposedly mental people, but idk what the ending is about, whether he became one of its patients or not, but he died in the end i think. and alice in wonderland! went to bath. soaked in a tub of HOT water! so hot that it was like a sauna inside! first time sweating in a bath tub! haha! came out fast. and it didn't helpt that the room had no aircon. who needs aircon when the weather here is so cold? but it was warm that night. so was so hot! continued watching tv. some show that i didn't get. slept with mum on the double bed as i just knocked out halfway during the show. dad went out to play casino. so he came back late. tired night! ate sandwiches for dinner!!!!
day 11-Manchester-London(back to london again! the place where my UK trip started, and will end)
the car ride was supposed to be 3 hours, on the GPS. okay, so had a great breakfast again. then left the hotel around 10 plus. thought we would reach our hotel in London by 2. at least. so we travellled in the car. and just got out of Manchester, didn't got to visit both man city or man united. hehe. no interest in football. only dad is! we stopped for lunch around 1 plus. burger king! it was okay. then we travelled to London. but found out that our road was wrongly typed in, so we had to go about 4 miles or so away. it was already 2 plus. then made a wrong turn, so took longer time! in the end, reached the hotel around 4. checked in, got a room at the bottom floor. great! cos we had two big luggages, one big bag(can fit Long Bear!! guess who that is! some might know...) and other smaller handcarry bags that we carry for like walks out of the hotel and things like that. so its like 5 bags? well, count in 6 if you count in the comp bag. room is okay, 3 single beds. went to return the car, then went to the Big Ben. its a tall tower, with clocks facing four directions. came back to the hotel, got subway and a big 2 litre bottle of pepsi for dinner. the pepsi for 2 litres cost only 95pence. so its about $2 in Singapore, a little more then that! i think i've had more soft drink then water this trip. how will my stamina be like when i get back? and need to got for training. running! exercising! and need to get my position! reallly worried about that!
tmr will be leaving for France, Paris. 3 nights there, then end of a long holiday! OMG! can days past slower? but no, i miss my friends! haha! and grandma!!!!! need to wake up at 4am tmr. someone picking us up at 5am. train to Paris is at 6am i think. its now 5.44am in Singapore, 10.44pm in London. less then 6 hours of sleep. but will be okay..... might not have connection to the internet in Paris.... will see how. if not, will post when i get back to Singapore. cos same hotel for the last 3 nights! tonight is the last night in UK! bye bye UK!!! it was fun here! a great holiday!! :)
Saturday, June 12, 2010
day 7-Edinburgh-loch ness(both in Scotland)
woke up and went online to check for hotels. cos didn't want to stay in Edinburgh any more and didn't want to go hotel hunting again for so long! so after we packed up, left the hotel. sat in the front of the car instead of behind, so to avoid getting car sick. slept for most of the way. 4 hours, well, slept for around 2 hours. mostly cos wanted to avoid car sickness!! reached loch ness around 5? the loch ness is so big! and wide! went to the room, it was a nice scottish type of room. quaint, comfy. just like an old time room. just that there is electricity and some modern things. but the floor boards creaked a little. below our room is the reception, hope they can't hear us! haha! went down to the restuarant for dinner. nice food too! came up, didn't soak as was too tired. and internet access can only be for the bar or lounge downstairs, so couldn't post. but did go online for a while at night. thought the password for the internet was messie.... then found out it was nessie. the sun set around 10plus 11! but slept earlier then that.
ever heard of the loch ness monster or nessie? its famous for being spotted in the lake a lot of times! and cute! but long and big.... will get some pics up soon.
day 8-loch ness
woke up, went down for a beautiful breakfast. haha! bread, eggs, baked beans and so on. okay, after that, went to the souvenir shop for loch ness monster! nice! but didn't buy anything from there. went on a boat ride on the loch ness.. which is actually a kind of lake thing. that is very big.... apparently the guide said that it can fit the world's population 3 times.. but idk whether its true. so we took a short bus ride to the loch ness. then about 45min of boat ride. it was great! nice scenery, nice lake. and went past a castle ruin. on a small island thing. the guide talked and talked about a lot of stuff on loch ness. he apparently saw nessie once, not the whole thing, but part of it. in the 1980s. recent spottings were somewhere this year, but i can't remember when. so after that, we went to the farm/stables to book horse riding for the afternoon. then walked down from our hotel. passed some shops. ate lunch at one of the shops. got scones!!! yay! okay, its a kind of bread thing, with chocolate or raisins or some things inside. its nice! eat with butter, its nicer!(apparently not many people know what scones are...) also had macoroni cheese, it was just a bowl of cream like cheese with macoroni inside. too much cheese though. and baked potato with bacon bits. 3 of us shared everything. went for horse riding after that!
horse riding was great! sat on a WHITE horse!!! MOSS! nice horse! and easy to control? didn't get his age though... not that big a horse, but its white!!! well, we rode through a bit of forest. and saw some people walking there. we rode on pathways. with a guide in front, then my dad, mum, then me. my horse had a rein to stop it from eating the leaves i think. is it called a bearing rein? idk.... took it off for most of the trip. it hanged down from the face and had some trouble getting it back! the hanging down from the face didn't hurt the horse, its easier for the horse that way. better then putting it on! but cos it hanged down from the face, i couldn't reach it on horseback. had to put it on for a while when we stop, but couldn't reach it! scared me. finally got Moss to turn his head to the right, where the rein thing was hanging down from, so could get it back. we walked through two streams and our mid point was the loch ness. took two pics there. 3 of us! then went back. nice ride! want to do it again!!!
so we went to a jewellery gift shop near our hotel after that. and mum and dad bought gifts. took such a lon time! but the shop kepper was nice! she took out a lot of samples for us to see. well, the jewellery was made of some type of plant. it was presses into a rock structure, then cut and shaped into ear rings, bracelets and other jewelery. the stone types. idk where the chains came from, as in that the real jewelery like the stone on the neckless was made from the plant, idk about the chain of the neckless. its like a normal chain. went to our room, bathed, then slept! all the way to the next morning!!! so long! 12 hours! not continously though, cos woke up a lot of times. it was 11pm and still bright!
so will try to post again soon!
woke up and went online to check for hotels. cos didn't want to stay in Edinburgh any more and didn't want to go hotel hunting again for so long! so after we packed up, left the hotel. sat in the front of the car instead of behind, so to avoid getting car sick. slept for most of the way. 4 hours, well, slept for around 2 hours. mostly cos wanted to avoid car sickness!! reached loch ness around 5? the loch ness is so big! and wide! went to the room, it was a nice scottish type of room. quaint, comfy. just like an old time room. just that there is electricity and some modern things. but the floor boards creaked a little. below our room is the reception, hope they can't hear us! haha! went down to the restuarant for dinner. nice food too! came up, didn't soak as was too tired. and internet access can only be for the bar or lounge downstairs, so couldn't post. but did go online for a while at night. thought the password for the internet was messie.... then found out it was nessie. the sun set around 10plus 11! but slept earlier then that.
ever heard of the loch ness monster or nessie? its famous for being spotted in the lake a lot of times! and cute! but long and big.... will get some pics up soon.
day 8-loch ness
woke up, went down for a beautiful breakfast. haha! bread, eggs, baked beans and so on. okay, after that, went to the souvenir shop for loch ness monster! nice! but didn't buy anything from there. went on a boat ride on the loch ness.. which is actually a kind of lake thing. that is very big.... apparently the guide said that it can fit the world's population 3 times.. but idk whether its true. so we took a short bus ride to the loch ness. then about 45min of boat ride. it was great! nice scenery, nice lake. and went past a castle ruin. on a small island thing. the guide talked and talked about a lot of stuff on loch ness. he apparently saw nessie once, not the whole thing, but part of it. in the 1980s. recent spottings were somewhere this year, but i can't remember when. so after that, we went to the farm/stables to book horse riding for the afternoon. then walked down from our hotel. passed some shops. ate lunch at one of the shops. got scones!!! yay! okay, its a kind of bread thing, with chocolate or raisins or some things inside. its nice! eat with butter, its nicer!(apparently not many people know what scones are...) also had macoroni cheese, it was just a bowl of cream like cheese with macoroni inside. too much cheese though. and baked potato with bacon bits. 3 of us shared everything. went for horse riding after that!
horse riding was great! sat on a WHITE horse!!! MOSS! nice horse! and easy to control? didn't get his age though... not that big a horse, but its white!!! well, we rode through a bit of forest. and saw some people walking there. we rode on pathways. with a guide in front, then my dad, mum, then me. my horse had a rein to stop it from eating the leaves i think. is it called a bearing rein? idk.... took it off for most of the trip. it hanged down from the face and had some trouble getting it back! the hanging down from the face didn't hurt the horse, its easier for the horse that way. better then putting it on! but cos it hanged down from the face, i couldn't reach it on horseback. had to put it on for a while when we stop, but couldn't reach it! scared me. finally got Moss to turn his head to the right, where the rein thing was hanging down from, so could get it back. we walked through two streams and our mid point was the loch ness. took two pics there. 3 of us! then went back. nice ride! want to do it again!!!
so we went to a jewellery gift shop near our hotel after that. and mum and dad bought gifts. took such a lon time! but the shop kepper was nice! she took out a lot of samples for us to see. well, the jewellery was made of some type of plant. it was presses into a rock structure, then cut and shaped into ear rings, bracelets and other jewelery. the stone types. idk where the chains came from, as in that the real jewelery like the stone on the neckless was made from the plant, idk about the chain of the neckless. its like a normal chain. went to our room, bathed, then slept! all the way to the next morning!!! so long! 12 hours! not continously though, cos woke up a lot of times. it was 11pm and still bright!
so will try to post again soon!
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