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!! :)