Wednesday, February 17, 2010

UK -- > Denmark --> Sweden

Probably nothing interesting here, but just wanna share some thoughts and photos from my trip here in europe.

KLIA - UK

Before I start writing about UK, I must mention KLIA first. Having traveling around for the past 2 years, stepping my foot on different airports around the world, I must say KLIA is really one of the best airport I've been to so far. (To wee ser:the best part of KLIA has to be seen after the custom/security clearance .. so do go in next time n experience it). What's commendable is the facilities: free internet, lounge, shopping outlets, sleeping couch, TV lounge, nice and comfy waiting areas, clean toilets and all). Kudos to the airport and I sincerely hope they keep the standard for many years to come.

Emirates' Boeing 777 ( i have an obsession with aircrafts .. hehe )


My MH04 , well .. I seriously thought Boeing 747 is one of the best aircraft ever built ! it has double deck man .. how cool is that.. the aircraft itself is monstrous, very stable inflight experience and commendable cabin crew! (MAS is the best cabin crew of the world winner, not bad huh ~!)

Very, very big wingspan. It's a marvel of engineering ..


I actually don't think MAS's food was that good, considering my experience with EVA air (Taiwan airline) was very very good. Well , for the sake of the ferrero rocher given in MAS, i post this photo.. haha


Well, at least MAS didn't let the passenger gets hungry .. they stuffed us with never-ending food.. and the crew actually gave me 2 ice-creams .. lol

Now ... UK :
It's a shame that I couldn't spend more time in London, but since I only come here to transit , well .. UK gives me the feeling of Malaysia very much. The roads are the same (highway particularly) , and here and there you see Asians everywhere. Food/Transport etc are pretty expensive here, it cost me 100 ringgit to move from one airport to another ( Imagine paying 100 ringgit for a bus ride from KLIA to LCCT ). And oh, given the state of mind I was in that time ( rushing from one airport to the other ) , I didnt even care enough to take out the camera.. so the only photo I have for UK is this:

The tram connection terminal 5 to terminal 3 , i think ? London has 5-6 airports, and each of them are huge... Heathrow, the one I arrived, has 5 terminals, while Stansted airport, the one I depart to Denmark, has 100 departure gates... Oh and yeah , I saw AirAsia's counter in Stansted airport, and honestly, I suddenly feel proud of AirAsia .. haha.


There it goes, another flight, from UK to Denmark. This time taking Airbus-320 from EasyJet. Probably the best-maintained Airbus-320 I've ever took ( compared to AirAsia's or Tigers ).


Denmark - Copenhagen ... coming up ..

To be very honest, I didnt do much homework before I come to Copenhagen. It ended up my friend and I just zou ma kan hua without really appreciating what Copenhagen, the capital city of Denmark has to offer.. such a shame... But nonetheless, Copenhagen is quite a vibrant city, even in winter time.


I call it the Coca-Cola Tower . lol


Strogat Street. The longest Pedestrian-only street in Europe ( I think ). It is 1 KM long and lined with interested shops, churches, historical buildings, and road performers.




My friend, who's studying in Sweden now and kind enough to pick me up at Copenhagen airport.



LV bags in bird cage. LoL .

LoL . Must visit there agian in Spring or Summer.. every place looks so monotones and grey-ish in winter.. not nice in photo





Round Tower, a 18th century building , used for astronomy studies and as an university library. Now just for tourist visit and some small concerts

The View from the top of the tower

The Old Latin Quarter in the city, and few prominent churches

Found this to be interesting , 18th century painting... seems like the priest is the first to reach God/Jesus, and the king follows, while other mortals being lured away by the devils. Meanwhile, the angels on the top left hand corners look like the followers of buddha ( notice their heads, it looks like they are angry by the symbol ppl commonly used in comic to express anger. ) lol.

Rosenborg Castle


National Gallery of Denmark, one of the best museum I ever visited.

There's a performance going on. There's a band playing, and a guy half sing half recite poems and stories. Judging from the crowd's response, the performance was quite well-received. Well.. it was performed in Danish so I dont know what the heck they are singing about. lol


One of the many paintings in the gallery. This painting showing Archangel defeating a demon.. But why oh why, the demon looks so cute ? ( It has nipple somemore. Imma just sayin' )


apotheosis of Aeneas



Oh .. such a long post.


XuShen
Sweden !! signed off




Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Wonderful Night

"I gotta feeling , that tonight is gonna be, a good night"

All my heartfelt thanks go to my friends who had kindly organized gatherings for me before I go to Poland .. this includes the maths gang, my boss, and my friendsss !

Tonight .. i feel like a little boy again ...
Oh , such is the feeling to have a crush on somebody ...

I went to a restaurant with my friends in Holland V just now .. we were served by a very very nice girl. She's so beautiful and radiant with affectionate smiles. She captivates me the moment i locked eyes on hers ! oh . Such is the feeling of love . haha

I tried to seize the opportunity to chat with her .. and oh my ! seriously. I never see a girl so nice.. she's shining with her positivity from inwards out ...

With some influence from da beers, (and the ascargot + baked mussels did help too), my friends had become the most steadiest people i've known ... I told them I feel like to take a photo with da girl .. and... when i asked the girl about it ( I've said that we all like to have a photo with her) and all my friends quickly told her I'm actually the one who wants the photo with her ! and...



My sincerest thanks to danny, kim chwee, and see hon for the opportunity .. lol

And, to my wildest imagination ...see hon did something bold. After we paid the bill, i was the first one to walk out of the restaurant .. but then ... seehon stay put and asked the girl for msn address !(well , again telling her that i want it .... ) .. and ...

now i have her msn which i dont know how should i use it !

lol

Best regards
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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Chinese New Year Party

Hi all, I think you all still have clear scene about the above photo...I believed that it was a memorable and unforgettable trip in our life. Let me get back to my topic, our respected BB officer and the leader of above photo Mr Mervyn Yong was once again invite all our Atlantiz gang to attend his Chinese New Year Party at his house, I think this is the 2nd time he invited all of us, as last invitation was his house warming party but unfortunately none of us attended it. I think we and also him already have a significant friendship in our heart so he is inviting us again although we have disappointing him in his house warming party. The party is on 20th of Feb, so I suggest that we could do the 大团拜on the same day also, so we could attend the party in full attendance as to show him some respect as he has taught us in some how or rather in the previous BB life.
So, everyone please consider with the party, and do let me know if you want to attend...Thx

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Atlantiz Vietnam Backpack 2009

So, Atlantiz had their 2nd annual backpack thru Soon Seng and myself.

Our route

First stop was Saigon.

A beer to cherish

Independence Palace

War Remnants Museum with Fidel Castro inside!

Notre-Damme Cathedral

City Hall

Next day, we left for Hoi An, which is till now, my favourite place in Vietnam

My Son Ruins - No where near Angkor Wat

Soon Seng + Soon Seng 4

I look a little insignificant

4 of us in Hoi An town

4th day, we were in Hue for 2 days 1 night.

Forbidden City from the outside

From the inside

We traveled around with motorbikes

Martial art class in a garden at Thien Mu Pagoda

There were no smiles once we found out it was "death notes"

Next up, we were in Halong Bay after getting everything settled in Hanoi.

I don't know why so happy...

Maybe it's because of the sea

Or the sky

My Vietnam friend from Hanoi, Ming joined us on the trip

We had a great night, sleeping

Then we were in Sapa Valley.

With the mountain tribes - Hmong people

Now that's cool bro

Lunch

We had time to interact with the local people at Sapa town

Last stop was Hanoi.

In front of where Uncle Ho is sleeping

Our favourite shop in Hanoi

Uncle Ho says: Come again guys!

It was a great trip overall

Thanks Chew for the advice.

For more pictures just click http://tanweeser.blogspot.com/search/label/Vietnam%20-%20Backpack

Cheers.

Singing off
Crusader @ Atlantiz_29