My touristy London trip :P

WARNING : THIS ENTRY IS HEAVILY LOADED WITH PICTURES (VAIN AND NON VAIN) CONTINUE AT YOUR OWN RISK :P


Soooooo...I spent my winter in London this year. We've been planning this since forever..bila dah dekat2 tu, duit macam nak habis plus risau nak exam and I almost didn't go tapi .... I went anyway.

Stayed at Royal Court Apartment in Gloucester Terrace. Recommended! Tempat dia just nice and senang nak ke mana-mana juga..


Day 1 - Saya sampai dalam pukul 10 lebih. Jumpa Fiqah, pergi breakfast dan berborak-borak catch up isu semasa :P Hantar barang pergi hotel dan jalan-jalan area Bayswater sementara tunggu Wany sampai. Lepastu kami late lunch dekat Melur Restaurant at Edgware Road. Combination of Indo and Malay food. I would rate this restaurant 4 out of 5. Kalau portion dia besar sikit kan puas hati sikit :P Tapi daging dendeng dia terbaik!

Lepastu singgah Harrods sementara tunggu teater nak tengok malam tu. Since Harrods punya sale will be starting on the 27th and kitorang takkan sempat pergi, so pergi la awal. Turns out dia punya perfume sale dah start and it is really cheap. Sesak nafas rebut2 dengan orang dalam tu menyesal tak beli banyak..

Lepas Harrods kitorang pergi tengok Wicked dekat Apollo Victoria Theatre. Ini pun tiket dah beli lama. Harga tiket dalam 30pounds tapi ada je lagi murah kalau jauh dari pentas. Kitorang penat gile dah by the time tengok teater ni but still tak tertido so that's a good sign eh?

Day 2 was our tourist-y day. Started the day jalan-jalan area Westminster. Lepastu naik London Eye. Ini pun tiket beli online awal-awal, combine dengan Madame Tussaud's punya admission costed us around 35pounds.

dalam Westminster Abbey

London Eye pura-pura sejuk

In the London Eye capsule dah penat berdiri

Geng The Beatles

Ahli terbaru the royal family, second wife Prince Charles. EH?

Day 3 was the christmas day. No buses tubes so we had a light and easy day. Pagi breakfast Malaysian hall lepastu jalan-jalan Hyde Park romentik sangattttsssss.

Self capture

HRC bukak that day

Royal Albert Hall

Sebab dah penat cross Hyde Park (ade dalam 1 hour sebab pace sangat slow) we rode bicycle to go back to our place. Bicycle ni kalau nak dapat access code bayar 1pound. Under 30mins free, 30-60minutes 1 pound. Makin lama makin mahal la. Gitu..

Ready to merempit!!

Lepastu balik hotel tido. The next day boxing day. Tak sempat tangkap gambar. Biasa jeee tak shopping banyak pun sebab takde la menarik sangat and takde duit sangat. HAHA.



HIMPUNAN MAKANAN-MAKANAN DI LONDON

Nasik, sambal paru dan tahu bersama milo ais - Malaysian Hall. Terbaikkk 4.5 out 5

Nando's. 4.5 out of 5!

Nasik goreng USA - Malaysian Hall - 4.8 out of 5!!

Mi goreng mamak MARA nye cafe mende tah nama. 0.5 out of 5. Harga mahal (charge extra 40% on christmas day Msian Hall charge lebih 1pound je!!) Dalam menu ada yg tulis **chef recommendation tapi rasa..haishk. menyedihkan

Daging dendeng, Ayam percik and kangkung masak belacan. 4.5 out of 5 - Melur Restaurant

Begitulah. Ok nak tidoooo. kthxbaiiiii

Of London London London

Baby I'm back, yeah! I'm back from London. I'm still tired as hell but I really had great time there. Getting out from Cork. Meeting Fiqah. Watching Phantom of the Opera theatre.


I don't think I'll be coming out with proper post for London trip so here goes the pictures to sum up my story. This time around I went out a bit la from my usual London routine. Normally I would only do Oxford Street-Bayswater-Oxford Street-Bayswater je kan..but this time around I went off tangent a bit too Chinatown, Covent Garden, Leicester Square, watched theatre at Piccadilly. Another new thing is I discovered White*chapel, a place where "you don't feel London at all" I won't elaborate much, come and see for yourself :P

A lot of the photos are self taken (hence the angle) since there were only two of us and we just don't trust anyone else to take the picture for us..hehe..

while waiting before the show, we had hot choc at Pret a Manger because we are simply too tired to walk anymore TT__TT

bought the cheapest ticket, hence we had the most furthest seats. But still can see and comprehend the show la.

The stage - taken before the show started. No photos allowed once the show starts

In front of Her Majesty Theatre

At Fiqah's sister's place

The buildings by Piccadilly Circus station. Wonderful sights at night :)

Ikan keli at Malaysian Hall, finally :)

Watching this one man show at the street.

Lion dance at Chinatown. huhu..

Now that I'm back to this empty house, it really makes me miss my friends even more, especially my high school friend. They are one of the best thing ever happened in my life. So this song goes to all the people I love out there ;)

my first London trip

I wanted to update but I've been busy sorting out things. But here goes my journey. Mind you it's gonna be LOONNNNNNGGGG post :-)

On the nite of 23th Wawa and I departed for Bremen airport as our flight was at 6.30am the next morning. That was my 2nd overnite in airport within 2 weeks. Thank God Bremen airport was all fine and very very comfortable. Not too cold, comfortable chairs to sleep on and even the staffs are nice! So 5 stars for Bremen Airport!

Wawa all hyped out. Excited nak jumpe boypreng ke? hee..and Oh see those two guys in red at the back? They are the staffs who are very polite and helpful coz they helped us to remove the bags when they are cleaning the floor. Tak macam Dublin airport okayh!

comfy couch. Nak tido pun selesa!

We reached London Stansted at 6.50am (time diff. between UK & Germany is 1 hour). Took EasyBus to Victoria Station (which costed 9 pound) and went to put our bags at the hostel - Piccadily Backpackers since we are still early for check-in. We then moved on to one of the biggest agenda to London - MAKAN BESAR MALAYSIAN HALL.

We took the Tube to Bayswater station (which I think is the nearest to Malaysian hall. tapi diorang kata ada lagi dekat. yeke?) The area is surrounded by Halal restaurants and souvenir shops which clearly promotes discount for Malaysian. Nampak sangat tu area Malaysian duduk kan! The total of Halal restaurants at that small area is enough to defeat the total of Halal restaurant here in my place (Cork)! Ciss betul. Even the Subway are halal..seronoknyeeee...

Muke busuk tetapi excited kerana berada di Malaysian Hall..hehehhe..after a plate of rice (pantang nasi telah terbabas2...arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh) and SAMBAL IKAN KELI YUMMMEEYYYHHHHHHHH, and tahu masak apatah..heaveenn..

After Malaysian Hall, we moved on to our next agendas - which is to visit the stadiums of the famous football clubs - Arsenal & Chelsea. We went to Fulham Broadway first since Alep is a big fan of Chelsea. But much to his disappointment, since it was Christmas eve, everything closed earlier. Even the shop there! So we could only settle with pictures around the stadium. Tapi the stadium is so small compared to Real Madrid's stadium!

player tambahan. hwahwahwa..

The next stop was to Arsenal stadium. I'm a little fan of Arsenal by the way! hehe..but by the time we reached there, it was dark already. The stadium was definitely bigger than Chelsea's stadium but we didn't stay there longer due to some complications. Takpe takpe, one day I'll be revisiting London okay. (eh tapi lepas ni nak masuk UK ada Visa camneee????)

Emirates Stadium..

Arsenal

Later that day I met up with Fiqah and went separate ways from Wawa. Selambe je blah camtu dari Wawa. Didn't even have proper goodbye with her :( Sorry Wa! I joined the rest of them at Millenium hostel (if I'm not mistaken) near the Kensal Green tube. Initially it costed about £10 per pax for an 8 bed-8 person per room per nite (berapa banyak per daa..) but since Me & Fiqah were seludup-ed into that room, we only pay around £7 per pax per nite.

On the 25th, there were no public transports operating at all, except cabs la kan. So most of us were up very late. Later that evening we called cabs and went to Hard Rock Cafe at Old Park Lane. Since the currency were almost 1 : 1 (pound sterling : euro) we all went crazy and nearly bought the whole store (exaggerrated kasi nampak menarik sket. haha) I took the opportunity to collect points from my All-Access card from them.hahhaa...

almost everyone has the paperbag!

Then we walked across the Hyde Park (ke? tak ingat la) and Kensington Garden, to, again the beloved Malaysian Hall. Sanggup tu meredah taman demi taman demiThis time around, I had sambal paru plak...ahhhhhhhhhh wreennnddduuuuu nak makan sambal paru..(ejaan gedik on purpose)

We went back home straight away to prepare for the big day tomorrow. Acey cey...

Honestly, this is my first boxing day ever. My imagination was : cam kedai2 semua longgokkan barang cam kat pasar malam takpun bazar malam raya kat Parit Sulong. Orang sesak2. Himpit2 tolak. Payung tercabut smua. Hahaha...kampung sangat imaginasi. Okay. Over. I know.

Turned out..actually all the shops are still located at where they are. Cuma ikut la ada a few shops bukak awal, ada bukak lambat. The earliest to open was Debenhams, and since that the only shop that we know what they sell, we joined the crowd queing up to enter the shop as soon as it opens. And FYI, we reached Oxford St as early as 5.30am in the morning!! Solat Subuh pun kat McD okayh..semangat tuhhh..

awal2 sampai. ehhh tak de orang pun. tak jadi boxing day kee..

*sepi* hahaha..we walked along the street to locate favourite shops. siap intai2 dari luar tengok baju segala.

queing up in front of Debenhams.

sekali guna flash keluar muka tak mandi semuaorang. hahaha..mandi okay,muka ngantuk laa..

the queue outside Selfridges & co. this queue is especially for those who has plenty of monayy to invest on Gucci, Prada and segala whatnots itu. kalau tengok yang beratur tu mostly yg mata sepet2 ja..manyak luit aa..

My team (Me, Aimi & Fiqah) decided to see what lies behind the yellow paperbag of this store and went in to get one too. hahahhaa...feeling kayo tapi beli barang murah2 ajo...tak kuaso den nak beratur beli beg mahal2 tuh. mau tak makan tigo bulan aih..

We walked almost 12 hours and joined the rest later that evening. Bertukar2 pengalaman. Ada yang jatuh kaki kena pijak. Ade yang tergolek jatuh tangga. Ade yang hilang purse. Ada yang tanak shopping sangat tibe2 balek siap beli trolley bag isi barang penuh segala. We ended that nite at Malaysian hall (AGAINNNN) for a dinner.

The next day I went separate ways from them as my flight was at 9pm. They are going on UK Road trip while Fiqah has to catch up her train back to Notts at 12.30pm. I decided to go to Oxford st again just to check up things and for the 5th time, went back to Malaysian hall for lunch/dinner and stayed there from Asar until Maghrib. Bought few last things without realising that my luggage has been expanded to the max. I took tube to Victoria bus station where I kept my luggage earlier and took bus to Gatwick airport from there. Thank God all was good with my overloaded, nearly exploded bag.

Reached Dublin that nite. Took a cab since it was a bit late already to take bus (queue at the immigration took up almost an hour) and the cab fare COSTED ALMOST THE SAME AS MY FLIGHT TICKET WHATTHEFISHHH. Besides, I was phone-less and might have problem to get to Moon house should I take the bus so fine lahh...pasrah jelah...

All in all, the London trip was enjoyable! I love London by the way despite the bad comments I heard from a few people. Altho it's a bit pricey to move around London, I think it's fair enough la. You can go to almost everywhere with the tube. Costed £5.30 for a day ticket. Halal food takyah risau la, that's not even a problem pun..For accomodation, you can get as cheap as £10 per nite. Kalau susah2 tido Malaysian hall sudeyh (if you are student la)...around £7-£8 je..

Eventho I almost went bankrupt, but I am happy to have bought things for the family and friends at a very good price. Takyah susah2 nak shopping before balik summer nanti. hihihi..

heavenly keli. hahaha...with teh tarik skettt..

tapau kueytiow goreng mamakkk. kueytiow i misssss!!!!!

on the bus to Gatwick.

sunshine at Dublin the next morning. The much needed sunshine. Gila mandom gi German ngan London susah nak jumpa matahari..

Barcelona - London - Berlin
secara tiba-tiba menjadi pengumpul Hard Rock Cafe. apakah?

up next - Germany & Barcelona updates.