hiee. at work. sian. found out my aunt only start work tmr. then why i so stupid go today ): plus there is nothing to do AGAIN. they were supposed to find things for me to do. oh wells. decided to blog because the mouseS suck. annoyed so cant really do much on the compt. didnt bring my laptop. booo so tired. shall attempt to take a nap only had 4 hrs of sleep. shall blog about my trip since i have time. think it will b boring for some of u. but i just wnna recollect my trip. haha. so too bad ):
day 0 headed t the airport. saw quite a few familar faces at there. there was like a bunch of south view teachers going on a trip. so cool! anyway, popped onto the plane to dubai then to manchester. reached there about 7ish. tapaoed dinner, ate and slept. had 3 pillows and thick blankets. what i love about hotels (:
day 1 took a train to manchester piccadilly which is like the main shopping area? it's quite interesting. u have to press the button outside the door of the train to open it. but i guess cuz this is not the tube and there are lesser passengers. uk's train system is quite complex. but i guess it's bc they have a large population. there are like many many train companies. which explains some case studies we did for econs that were uk related. harhar. i more or less chionged my shopping in manchester. so stressed. it was a sunday. and on sundays the shops open late and close early. like 5? sobs.i rushed frm shop to shop. carring all the heavy shopping bags. wished i had mre time there. all because of stupid marks and spencers. spent too much time there with my aunt. anyway, M&S is so huge they have a whole building to themselves. at least 3/4 storeys. was exhausted after that day.
day 2 nth much. was quite grumpy cuz i wanted to go back to manchester piccadilly. left manchester for buxton. had lunch at a local pub. ppl there drink a lot. pubs everywhere. but this was a bit family oriented. it was very traditonal. niceee. felt cosy. food was cheap. the brownie and ice cream we had was slurps. warm moist brownie with strawberry ice cream. whee! by the time we reached buxton, it was pretty late. it was 8 plus when we took a walk at the town. totally empty. had indian food for dinner
day 3 shopped alone in buxton. again, i chionged the shops made me very stressed >:( had lunch alone at a park. that was the best time i had during my trip i think. it was just so peaceful and the surroundings were beautiful. the time spent alone was nice cuz i cld do whatever i wanted and go into which ever shop i wanted and spend as much time as i wanted there (: left buxton for somewhere. i dont know what is the place called. the place for the conference. we went there a day earlier. went to a huge mall.H&M and NEW look there were side by side. the excitement i had within me was unexplainable. i wanted to scream. hahahaha. retarded. the shops had 2 floors each and it was amazing! NEW look is pretty cool as they carry clothes frm other smaller brands as well. but anyway, shopping there is quite troublesome cuz i make it a point to try the clothes so i will not make lousy buys. but the fact that it was winter/spring = layers of clothes = VERY TROUBLESOME. ugh. waste precious time. but the ppl working at the stores are very nice and they will gladly tell u to inform them if u need other sizes etc. and i have to add the exchange policy there is so much better than compared to singapore. the time period for exchange minimum is like 28days and some up to 90days for some, u can exchange even after u have removed the tag and washed the garmet. i think this is very goooooooooood. and same for stuff bought frm online stores too. but bc the stores are uk i suppose. anyway, for dinner, we settled for cupnoodles and instant oat. save $$ and stomach space.
day 5 conference. attended the compEx conference that is this training thing for engineers in uk. they have quite a lot of centres in uk and one in asia, singapore. so yea they gather once a year to discuss etc. a person frm the conference approached me and we chatted about compEx tho i dont know much about it. think i managed to pass off as quite interested and a bit knowledgeable. haha. pleased with myself. im on my way to climbing to the top! haha crazy. anyway, had formal dinner that time. free flow bar. cools. but i didnt have much. escaped to the comfort of my bed and tv after the dinner lest anymore ppl would come and approach me. uk tv is cool. i like.
day 6 another morning of conference. i was more interested in the food that they were bring out towards the end. the fried food smell in the aircon room was really tempting. left for london. crazy 4hrs drive. stopped after an hr or so for a break along the motorway. went to bluewater's shopping centre. biggest in europe didnt manage to explore much as i only had an hr there. totally not enough time. what a waste. but was too exhausted to shop and try clothes. dinner at harvester! good ol' English food. prices were reasonable. popped into hotel in Croydon, south london. had to share a double bed with my aunt. HELP.
day 7 sightseeing day! went to leed's castle. very beautiful too! quite a lot of flowers. spring is here! the castle was pretty interesting and not too much information overload. but i think we spent too much time there. booo. drove somemore to a train station and we took a train to central london!!! WHEEEE! hopped on and off the tube. it's like mrt x50? haha. so cool. visited oxford street. piccadilly, etc. it was like monopoly coming alive for me. hahaha. oxford street had many many many shops too. but i didnt buy much. too tired and no time. booooo. visited some market. quite interesting. they had david and goliath there! but i tee is like S$40 ): paperchase is so much cheaper there. booooooo sigh. shops started to close. amelia was sad. but it was quite bustling in london as it was friday night. clubbing etc. it was freezing as it was quite windy and there were girls in short dresses + stockings? not even leggings for some. brrrrrrrrr... had dinner at a good chinese restaurant. i missed chinese food. heh. on portion of white rice, which serves 2 ppl cost S$4.60. CRAZY. we ordered dishes for the 3 of us. S$120+. haha. ate at cheenatown. we were tired. by the time dinner was done it was like 10 plus. but sally was not ready to let us go. she brought us to some other station. to see the london eye and big ben! i was so excited!!!!!! as we walked closer, i was like getting more and more excited. it was so beautiful! it was arnd 12 when we walking towards big ben and it chimed. totally cool. hahar. missed the last train. so sally's husband came to send us back. by the time we got back, 1am plus. hahaha. my aunt said it was the first time she was out so late in a really long time. she felt weird. haha. wheeeee. was tired but happy (:
day 8 went to a chinese supermarket nearby it's like a wholesale centre. ppl who own chinese restaurants will buy their stuff there. not only chinese food but japanese and even thai. they sold the prima food packs for singapore food like chilli crabs. they sold durians too! like S$14/kg. i dont know how they sell it in singapore. but i sure do know that is expensive. hahaha. time to go home! airport. chionged the duty free also. hahahha. i spent like S$200 in like 40 mins i think. and i had quite a lot more left. shld have bought more the previous few days ): flight back wasnt very good. felt real sick on the flight to dubai. horrible feeling. legs started to feel numb/pain cuz i didnt stretch much. dubai to spore was alright. super cramped. watched grey's anatomy on the plane a few seasons dwn frm where i was watching initially. and 2 main characters DIED in one ep. i was very depressed. like i was honestly sad. sigh. and i watched some family guy. haha. it's funny! was happy to be home (:
alrightos. think many of u are bored. will do one more post of my trip with more photos maybe later today and some reflection thingie? gahhs. it's only 1037 at work. need to do something about this job of mine. goodbye!
