tinseltown

so a friend o mine has recently finished doing his masters, he invited me to bring him around london to look for souvenirs and some good food. i said okay, since i didnt have anything else to do.

on the train however, that friend o mine whom goes by the name of Anas, said that this was his 3rd time visiting london.

this was my expression -=> o_o

asking him why, he basically said he was too caught up with his work and pretty much wasnt the adventurous type. so basically for the whole 1 year he's been in the UK studying in Surrey. He's only went to london thrice. cus its gonna be fasting month next week and then he'll fly off.

so i thought okay, ill bring him to where ever he wants to go.

first stop was souvenir hunting. since a few weeks back dilla was also hunting for souvenirs, i brought him to the same place. :P yada-yada. he bought 3 'my friend went to london and all i got was this stupid t-shirt' shirts and loads of fridge magnets and key chains.

later brought him to lilywhites, the centre for sporting goods. ;p

there i became the devil which sits on his shoulder, racun-ing him to buy loads of jerseys. muahahaha!

after that i brought him to the much anticipated venue for the day.

tinseltown!

tinseltown is a 24 hour western style restaurant nearby farringdon tube station which sells...

Halal Steak!

behold pictures ..






a face of a man whos starving..

a part from selling halal steaks, tinseltown's theme is an american milkshake bar. so it also sells some really good milkshakes.


my choice: oreos ! safe bet. heh


basyeer's ferrero rocher also good though the nutty taste lingers so it sorta tickles your throat.
ramzi's coconut basically tasted like coconut milk + vanilla ice cream = not... nice..
wan's choice for mango was also good, it was thick and really tasted of mango.. mmm



there you go ! the ulti-meat platter for 2 which i shared with anas. it had lamb chops, steak, grilled chick breast and spicy bbq chicken wings. awesome goodness.


i cant remember what salad it was.. but it was alright.

the 2nd ulti-meat platter for basyeer and wan..

our attempt to take a full picture without getting out from our seats.

obviously failing miserably.

actually, ramzi had 'something' burger which was massive as well. but we were so hungry that we didnt waste anymore time taking pictures and stuffed ourselves silly.

by the time we finished. anas couldnt walk, ramzi couldnt think straight. ;p

basyeer was crowned DBKL for the night for finishing up for ramzi. hey hey!

slowly dragged our stuffed bodies to waterloo station and back to guildford.

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safari pictures tomorrow ! i promise !

still havent received the pictures yet from my friend. so its gonna take a while. bear wit me :)

was bloghopping earlier on, found this song. felt it had this really soothing effect.



the audio is a lil soft. really sorry abt that. a better quality vid didnt allow me to embed it.

:)

will be heading down to london later today.. dont plan to spend on anything though. just to meet some people.

kiddish me weekend!

so the few of us went for a lil trip over the weekend.

saturday, there was a small gathering from the malaysian society. basically took some pictures, had some food, some talks and mingling with the new students. i havent received the pictures from my friend yet so i'll skip it for now.

sunday we went to the West Midland Safari. it was alright, eventhough we went to the wrong safari!! :p how was we to know that UK had more than 1 safari. but it was all good, had a good time. my leg hurt so badly after the trip since i drove the car in the safari. alot of start and stops on a manual. had trouble walking the following day.

i havent received all the pictures yet from the safari trip. so i'll skip this one as well. :D


But i do have almost all the pictures from our visit to Legoland Windsor !

kay few facts you should know before going to legoland windsor.

1. the park is called 'Legoland', 'Lego' is for kids. hence 'Legoland' is more suited for KIDS!

2. most of the rides are for kids. if you want thrill rides go somewhere else!

3. try avoiding public holidays, as the queue for the rides are quite long and not as efficient as disneyland or thorpepark.

apart from that, try and live your kiddie dreams and envy on those parents who brought their kids. 'boohoo.. mommy didnt bring to legoland when i was small.. '



since there was 8 of us, all of which are over 20... -_-
we went in 2 cars.


ze entrance. oooooooooOoooooOOOoohhhhh


'i am still very sleepy what am i doing in legoland'-look


'olaaa amigo, i am a spanish lego'


the pack, minus 1.


search for the theme.. *hint: shiver me thimbers!


this is what you get when you suddenly appear out of no where and wanna join in the picture. :P


rapids.. ooooOoooOooOoOOooooohhh!


though some of us got soaked anyways. harhar


and here comes the inner kid. -_-


dont ask.


seriously dont ask.


finally, group picturee!

but they had some really awesome souvenirs .. with some even more awesome prices !


stormtrooper!!


hagrid.


spongebob petak-pants

thats pretty much it for today.

will probably post the safari pictures tomorrow or something. :)

till then tata !

Nervy

so i just got back from the NHS office after much whining about my leg muscle.

as i stepped in the doctors office i explained the pain in my leg..

'its like my muscle is being pulled and i cant bend forward to touch my toes .. oh and it especially hurts in the buttocks region..'

she then told me to lift up my shirt whilst she nudged my back and told me to tell her if i'm feeling any pain in my spine..

i said no. no pain what so ever from that region.

she then asked me if i've been doing any vigorous sports lately, which i told her not in the past 4 weeks.

so then she told me to lie down on the treatment bed while she tried some nerve test. basically using that rubbery hammer like tool to knock on my knee to see if it'll kick up.

yep. knees are fine.

later she told me to lift my leg straight whilst i'm lying flat on my back. i could lift my left leg fine however, when i lifted my right leg. the pain was quite.. well how should i put it .. 'ah ahh adoiiiiii... aduh aduh..' like :D

so she then confirmed her diagnosis by telling me that my Sciatic Nerve is the one causing the problem.

for those of you who dont have a clue what is this Sciatic Nerve. its basically the nerve which starts from your lower back through your buttocks and below.

like so,


so basically the sensation which i'm feeling is that my buttocks hurt a lil and my thigh muscle feels like its being pulled all the way to my knee's.

the doctor then prescribed me with some painkillers, Diclofenac which is part painkiller part anti-inflammation pill.

so looks like imma be highhhhh.

haha. ;p

got the prescription from the doctor and now i have to trudge myself in this pain all the way to the nearest pharmacist which is tesco's. how i long for the days of being in malaysia where when the doctor prescribes you something you can just pick it up at the counter outside.

and not suffer this pain of going to the pharmacist!

bah!

anyways. better go get my pills before it starts raining..

strain

i've been having this muscle strain for over a week now and it hasnt improved at all..

there are days when it hurts to even bend forward especially during prayers trying to ruk'u ..

so i made an appointment with NHS tomorrow. hopefully theres nothing too complicated cus the pain started when i was in the toilet midway doing the number 2.

:P

seriously.

thats all for now. bye.

narcissism at its best

so i was in london sunday night at a friends place.

first outing as a 'semi' bachelor :P.

didnt do much basically hanging out at his crib. later that night had to go to heathrow again to send yet again another friend off whos going back to malaysia for good.

this week i'll be sending off probably 2 more ..

bah.. when will it be my turn!

anyways, after that left back to his crib and since he was a photographer, he had this small studio eq's ..

so then the narcissity began.. :P


the small set up.. we chose a green screen since we wanted to try and do some green screen effects later on ..



ultraman also wants to be in the camera.

after fully setting up all the eq's, i was forced by the cameraman to prep my self up. lucky there was not make up artist, i bet he would've forced me to even put some makeup on.


profile vain nk mampos pose.



same thang.


lalalaa


muahaha.. expression shots. :D






final picture was edited by the master himself, who was sleeping when we were taking the pictures. heh.




all in all good fun. defineatly wouldnt mind doing it again..

lates

tickie-tock

yesterday at 10pm meant its has been exactly a week since she's gone back to malaysia.

things are alright. i'm settled and pretty much have a clearview of what i have to do within the next 4 months or so.

funny that she was worried about where i'll eat when she's gone. a group of close friends decided to invite me into their group. make matters more interesting is that in this group, all their significant others are back in malaysia or abroad as well..

haha.

i have a support group! :P

i call em the 'kekasih perantauan' group.

harhar!

thinking of starting a facebook group and force all of em to join.. :P

but then again, it'll look more pathetic. oh well

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congrats to nazim and family for getting a new baby boy !

the baby looks more like the father this time around. ghahaha! mulut masin kak mal! kan da kene !

Give me my rights

one thing which i've defineatly developed whilst staying in this country is fighting for my rights. believing that i should not be pushed over easily especially when theres money involved. the ideology of 'i must get exactly how i want it if i'm paying for it'.

so i rung up o2 customer service today, asking them to clarify again why exactly am i being charged for my calls when i am obviously upgraded my tariff.

after a good 15 minutes talking to the nice cockney accented bloke, he informed me that my tariff will be changed within the next 24 hours and that my account will be credited back the amount billed to me.

*relief!*

GREAT NEWS TO ME !

cus seriously, those charges could've paid for least 2 months worth of bills. why should i pay for it if i'm entitled to get it? especially when i've already paid for it in the first place.

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nothing much has been going on for the past few days. i've been slowly trying to get a new routine and finish off whatever left of my errands which im suppose to do.

tomorrow i'll be off to pompey again just to hang out with some friends. one of em is going back for good this sunday, so it was an invitation from him to have dinner together for the last time. doubt i'll buy anything. wouldnt wanna swamp this temporary room. plus the idea of paying next months bill is enough.

will be shipping off the missus's item this weekend and then off to london for a night in a friends place.

its been a weird week getting used to a new routine.

but it seems alright now.. :)

mistakes mistakes..

see the system here is absolutely fantabulous. with everything as easy as a click of a mouse you can sort out all your banking, pay off your bills and go on a wild spending spree..

its soo easy that sometimes you tend to be careless.

i recently just upgraded my phone to a new tariff which allows me quadruple my talk time. thinking that when you upgrade its instantaneously updates your contract, i'd have tonnes of talk time in my hand.

how stupid did i felt when i checked my online bill dating 11th august 2008;

i've already exceeded my talktime and being charged .. a whopping £34 extra from my monthly payment ! and that doesnt include VAT charges.

oh sweet lord, i'm soo gonna enjoy paying next months bill.

bear you its the 12th today with another 19 days to go in august.

thank god i've got a spare sim and phone. but still..

the thought of putting aside £100 to pay a single bill seriously makes me grumpy and extremely moody!

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

life in a box

this is where i'm staying now. a room filled with boxes.. heh.

i just cant be bothered to unpack knowing that i'll have to repack and move it again.. oh well..

move

today i'll be moving to a friends room, stay there for 3 weeks then finally moving into my new contract room off campus.

if i had a theme for this summer, it'll be 'Nomad 2008'

i've shifted rooms so often, i dont know where half my stuff are.

its defineatly in one of them boxes, just which one!?

woke up an hour ago with some leftover migrains from yesterday.

hate it when that happens. i'd reckon i got it from eating quite late. dodgy meals calls for dodgy headaches. i know my eating habits have been disrupted lately, but it should turn back to normal once i've moved into my friends place.

but half of me is saying 'dont bother with unpacking' cus 3 weeks will just fly by.

heh.

but i'll just see what happens.

loads of things has to be sorted by this week or the next.

pray that everything turns out well.. no more shitty endings..

first

at the stroke of midnight was the first day since you've gone back to malaysia.

today was the hardest i've ever tried calling someone.

attempting every means to call you was such a feat just to speak to you for just another 5 minutes.

i'm sure i'll be rewarded handsomely at the end of the month by o2 but it was worth it.

but i discovered something new today ..

how kind people are when they know what your going through..

i was overwhelmed.

knowing that surely i'll get through this phase quickly.

no more bitter feelings nor backstabings.

lets make this quick then.

finish this off and let me move to the next chapter of my life.

time to pick myself up and write the a good ending to this chapter.

enough of the drama.

let us read the happy ending..

Kenyataan

begitu susah sekali bagiku untuk menelan kenyataan yang bertarikhnya 8/8/08.

mulutku tutup namun hatiku bersuara.

berkata-katakan yang ku benci.

ku bencikan kenyataan ini.

namun akan ku perjuangkan jika bukan untuk diriku, ku juangkan untukmu.

ku tak bisa menahan diri lalu menghiraukan rasa malu.

ya tuhanku buatkanlah hati ini menahan keperitan masa.

come august

its been more than 2 years now since i've last seen the white sandy beaches of malaysia nor any beach for that matter. feeling the sand between your toes as with each of your step your feet sinks in the sand.

ahh.. pure bliss..

today we made a run for it and hit bournemouth to see some sun sand and waves(topless chicks :P)



the weather was absolutely smashing!



who am i kidding. it was smashing for a few minutes and pure gloom the next! we decided to hit some covers in Las Tapas for some mucho spanish food. very yum seafood. yumyum.



we finished our food and voila! the sun decided to come out to play as well.. yippieeee!! which made all our hearts warm and fuzzy. mmmmm

definitely a reason why i miss home so much.. sun sun sun.. meeoowwww..







no i didnt bring my swimwear. since for one, i cant swim. i can only sink. and two, well thats pretty much it. period.

so what else. pose and flaunt whilst yes, writing love messages..

come on now.. awww... say it wit me.. awwwwww....



the crowd. hikhik!



yes. it suddenly pop out of no where i tell you. the peace sign.. omg!



omg two?! thats even worst love. gees! haha.


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i've pushed aside all emotions until now.

its already august and time waits for no man nor woman nor anything..

i'm sad but i will be strong for both of us. knowing that i have to push stronger now than ever. memories of you will push me to strive harder. i will make it this time, i promise you.