London Bridge is falling down...

Tokio Hotel is GAY

Haha! Just had to let it out. Can't stand 'em.

Anyways, one reason why it is sooooo hard to finish my journey log (or blog, whatever!) is the unbelievably slooooooooooow time to upload the photos! So, I'll just post a few photos and you guys can view the rest on my Friendster page (I hope there are still people who uses FS). I think I'm gonna open up a Facebook account. Friendster brings me never-ending sadness.










I went to Hyde Park. It was easy to get there. The tube stops directly underneath the park. My family used to go here a lot when I was a child. As you can see from the middle picture, the squirrels are quite tame. They're not afraid to approach people, provided you brought them something to eat. They're supposed to be in hibernation right now since it's winter. Hyde Park is huge. There's a funfair at that time. Very happening.










Yeap, The Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk. There are a few of 'em on the ground.



















Memorial site of the past wars. World War 1 and 2. To remember those who have lost their lives valiantly to protect freedom (or whatever interest they have).

Westminster. What is so interesting about Westminster?
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The BIG BEN!

I think it is the most 'photographed' place of all time in England; the icon. When you see a picture of Big Ben, instantly you think of London. The Clock Tower, as un-famously knowned, is connected to the Palace of Westminster, or the parliament house where the Parliament of United Kingdom meet.

This is also where I met a lot of Malaysians (or Singaporeans). How do I know they're Malaysians? Their distinct way of wearing the tudung. You know what I'm talking about. Indonesians wear them differently to us Malaysians and Singaporeans. Haha!

I didn't take the Eye on London ride as it was full. You have to book online first.

I went to Tower Hill next. This is where the Tower of London and Tower Bridge is located.

London Bridge is falling down, falling down...

Nope, this is not the London Bridge we kept singing when we were in kindergarten. The London Bridge is the next bridge upstream. I know most people assume this is the London Bridge. Even I was fooled. Only when I referred to Wikipedia I realized the mistake (I always refer to wiki when I write my journey log to avoid mistake).

This, ladies and gentleman, is London Bridge.

Not so glamorous looking, is it? Haha. Somehow I can see the disappointment on your faces.

Found a nice spot. This pic was taken for me by a Malaysian family (I think)

Next, I went to the Tower of London. I didn't go in because it was already late. So I just took a look around. The Tower of London (or The Tower) is full of history and mystery. Imprisonment, beheadings, murder, Nazis, ghosts. You can read all about it in Wikipedia.

Me and my cousin, Adrian.

So, that's it for my London and UK tour. I went home the next evening, so the whole day spent shopping with my cousin.
I hope I can come again (Aizat, Yazrina and gang want to do their ACCA in Dublin! So, might get another chance for another cheap escapade...)
I would like to give my greatest gratitude and thanks to those who have welcomed me and made me feel at home, especially to Muaz and his housemates, Hijaz and his friends and my cousin Adrian.
Thank you! May we meet again...

Emirates Stadium

Seems like the person who made my previous template used photobucket and he/she exceeded her limit.
I want to finish my travel log today. I was in London for 3 days, but I didn't do much. So, I'll cram everything in one post.
Then, I'll have to complete all the outstanding tags. Sorry erin and shy and other people who tagged me for the delay.
Because of the very long delay in reporting my travels, I've actually forgotten what day I did the activities.
So, what I did may not be in order. Haha!
So, here goes :

I arrived at London in the afternoon, around 1 I think. My cousin came and picked me up.
We went to Tesco first for a 'lil bit of shopping because he organised a party at his house later that night. Lots of booze; bottles of wine and crates of beer.
We had lunch at home, his friend actually prepared roast beef to welcome me.
Unfortunately because it was non-halal, I had to skip the meat.
I bought 'instant' fish 'n chips earlier at Tesco, so I had it for lunch instead.
His house have 5 floors, and my room is at the 5th floor; the attic.
His housemate used it as his music instrument store. He's (the housemate, not my cousin) a music composer. Very interesting.

The view from my 'penthouse'.

I didn't go anywhere that day. I rested and stayed in my room the whole day. I also overslept and missed the party. Not that I was eager to join, but out of respect for my host and my cousin, I just had to join. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunate), I slept like a log.

The next day was kinda interesting.
My cousin got me the 'Oyster Card'; kinda like the "touch 'n go" we have here in Malaysia. It is a prepaid card that acts as a ticket for any public transport (except taxi) in London.
Very useful and saves a lot of money. Cheaper than buying normal ticket.
I used their Underground, a subway train system that is very useful if you want to go anywhere in London.
I visited Stamford Bridge first. Not as big as I thought. Hehe

I can see the field. So near, yet so far...

I am not a fan of Chelsea, mind you. I just went there to see how the stadium looks like. It is okay. Not bad.
THE HIGHLIGHT of the day has got to be my visit to Emirates Stadium where my team, Arsenal plays. I didn't go to the stadium first because Stamford Bridge is nearer.
Anyways, compared to Stamford Bridge, Emirates Stadium is huge! Much bigger than Chelski's stadium!









The fans making their appreciation seen. 'Viva Fabregas!' Done when the stadium was in construction, perhaps.










More pictures at the Emirates Stadium.

I went inside their shop, called 'The Armoury' and bought a jersey for myself. Made in Indonesia but what do I care? I bought it at the stadium! That's what matters! Haha
My only biggest regret is not taking the stadium tour. What a blow.
A tour was about to start when I came. But I could not find the booth to get a ticket for it. Once I've found it, the tour have already started. The next one would be at 3 o'clock, but it would be very late for me. It gets dark really quick in winter. I hate winter.

Then, I went to Earls Court. My aunt used to live there so we went there quite a lot.
A stroll down memory lane, kinda.
Lots of Halal restaurant there. I bought a kebab for lunch and then went to Tesco to buy food for my journey the next day.

Okay, I lied. This is not all that I did in those 3 days, there are actually more.
But because the internet is not that good right now, posting this is safer. I don't want to write all these stuff again.
I'll make another post on my journey after this.

sibuk

kalau siapa tanya mana pergi penulis ni, jawapannya 'aku sibuk. sibuk la kau'. blog aku nampak pelik? dah la. aku sibuk.

Ermm...aaaaaaaa...hahahaha!

Okay, I'm supposed to complete my travel log but I don't want to.
busybusybusy
2 weeks (is it 3 now?) into new semester; unbelievably hectic! I love it!
I'm the kind of guy who loves being busy even though I complain a lot. Strange.
Kaka does not want to go to Man City, thank god for that.
The Saudi royalty pledged a few billions to the Palestine people, so I have to take back my words after what I had said about the Arabs. Sorry. Haha!
I will complete a tag first (courtesy of Yat n John) before I continue with my travel log maybe tomorrow.

1. Apabila telah terpilih dengan malangnya, silalah menulis 16 perkara paling rawak sama ada tentang fakta, perangai tak senonoh ataupun hala tuju hidup anda.
2. Silalah hasut 16 orang lain untuk melakukan perkara ini.
3. Sila tanda manusia yang telah menanda anda di peringkat awal.
4. Ketahuilah, jika anda terpilih ia adalah kerana anda juga manusia biasa yang perlukan perhatian dan kasih sayang yang secukupnya ketika bayi.

1) 16 perkara banyak sangat. Siapalah cipta tag ni.
2) Dah kurang 1, 15 lagi.
3) Dah kurang 2, 14 lagi. Haha!
4) Ashraf ialah Arsenal. Arsenal ialah Ashraf. Ambil Arsenal dari Ashraf, tiada lagi Ashraf.
5) Aku tak suka orang panggil aku 'Acap'. Nak panggil Ashraf, Ash, Fuad, Raf, semua boleh. Jangan Acap.
6) Aku Jawa totok yang tak reti makan tempe. Cakap la apa2 pon.
7) Lelaki berjiwa sensitif. Ececece! Kalau kau tak sensitif, kau batu.
8) 6 tahun belajar bawah sistem PNG(GPA), tak sekali pun pernah dapat Anugerah Dekan.
9) Tapi dapat UPSR 5A, PMR 8A, SPM 8A1B. Jadi, apa masalah aku?!
10) Cita2 menjadi juruterbang sejak kecil tapi situasi mungkin tak mengizinkan cita2 tu diikuti.
11) Dulu aku ada adik lelaki. Betul tak tipu.
12) Ayah aku kata, aku rajin tapi tak sistematik. Adik aku pula sistematik, tapi tak rajin. Last man standing; aku.
13) Cepat lemah semangat. Selalu takde motivasi diri.
14) Aku bukan optimis maupun pesimis. Aku realist. Orang kata aku pesimis, tapi aku bergantung kepada fakta. Fakta mengatakan aku tak bagus.
15) Aku memang hantu lagu rock. Pasang kuat2 sebab nk fokus kat gitar, bass, dram. Aku suka metal sebab dia fokus kat semua tu. Kalau la tau main gita. Indah.
16) Aku tak suka pergi kubur adik aku sebab nama dia ada. Aku masih sukar menerima hakikat bahawa kawan baik aku sudah meninggalkan aku dahulu. Apa kau rasa kalau adik kau meninggal dulu sebelum kau?

Sesiapa yang ada hajat nak buat tag ni silakan.

Why I hate the Arabs

To pay a footbal player BP 500,000 A WEEK to kick a football.
It's absolutely ludicrous and simply outrageous!

When the whole world is busy protesting to Israel and their barbaric acts, this particular Arab guy, a monarch of an oil-rich-Arab country to boot, decided to splash (more like to flood) 120 Million EUROS! On a player!

I hate those f*****g Arabs!

When another Muslim country is facing one of the worst humanitarian crisis the world have ever seen, in dire need of rations and support; this so-called Muslim brother who has all the resources that they need wasted that millions of cash in a game of football (especially for a player) made me utterly sick!

I hate those f*****g Arabs!

Now I know why the Jews are so strong and the Muslims so weak.
Forget about boycotting. If things like this keeps happening, no matter what we do it will still be the same.

Arab countries do realise if they stop distributing their oil to America, America would fall like bricks.
Instead, they keep doing business with them and just watch how the Americans and their master; Israel, kill thousands of our Muslim brothers and sisters right in front of their eyes!
What do they do with the money? They flouted their money and wasted millions on women, cars, jet, man-made islands and a player.
Do they use it to develop their country? No. Do they care about Halal and Haram? No. Do they care about helping those in need? No. Do they care about responsibility? Hell no.

Here we are, furiously collecting donations. I can bet even If we collected donations for a whole year, the amount would still be short of the 120 Million Euros the stupid Arab will pay for Kaka. How wasteful and how stupid.

In a footballing sense though, Milan must be in dreamland right now. Extended Christmas. Premium and bumper gift from santa. Imagine what they can do with that huge amount of cash.
That amount of that cash equals the amount of salary they would have to pay their players for a whole year!
Give them Kaka; get yourself Messi, Casillas, Aguero and all the best players in the world. You will still have a balance left to buy all your players ice-cream.

Boikot?

Aku tahu sekarang ni semua tengah bersemangat membenci Rejim-Zionis-Ganas-Pengganas-Hisap-Darah-Berlagak-KerasKepala-BajetPower-BapakAmerika-TakCukupTanah Israel.
Macam2 aku baca dan dengar kat berita sekarang nih.
Resolusi gencatan senjata UN - Hamas dan Israel tolak.
Bilangan mangsa kekejaman yang mati - 700+
Protes dari seluruh dunia (terkejut orang Jepun protes. Tak tau kenapa terkejut)
Malaysia tu dah biasa, sejak dulu sampai sekarang kita anti-Israel.
Bagaimana kita protes?
Cara biasa juga, tapi x pernah jalan dan x pernah berhasil; BOIKOT BARANGAN AMERIKA.

Aku baru sahaja lepas membaca akhbar The New Straits Times, dan di dalam ada sebuah artikel yang membuktikan kenapa boikot tersebut x mungkin berhasil dan x akan jalan.

Okay, ini apa yang aku fikir. Relevan ke, tak.

1)Syarikat Amerika ni, bila ke Malaysia, pemilik nya orang Malaysia la, bukan begitu? Milik Amerika hanyalah brand dia sahaja. Nama. Bayar royalti.
Jadi, bos orang Malaysia, pekerja orang Malaysia. Gaji pakai duit Malaysia, cukai pun bayar duit Malaysia. Betul? Malaysia dapat duit tu.

2)Sekarang cuba senaraikan jenama2 Amerika yang selalu digunakan dalam rumah kita, tak pun yang selalu kita pakai. Ada iPod? Barang Amerika. Laptop jenama apa? Hewlett-Packard (HP) atau Dell, Macintosh (iMac)? Barang Amerika. Software, Windows? Amerika. Linux? Amerika jugak. Kasut dan baju? Nike, Adidas, Hilfiger, macam2 lagi la. Amerika jugak (tapi dibuat di China dan Indonesia). Beg? Same jugak. BUKU TEXT. Yang karang tu orang Amerika kan? Syarikat Amerika jugak kan? Kita boikot, jimat sikit duit aku, alasan pun ada kalau tak mahu stadi.

3)MAS dan AirAsia pakai kapal terbang Boeing dan Airbus. Boeing tu Amerika punya, Airbus tu Perancis. Boeing paling banyak dipakai. RMAF pakai jet pejuang F/A 18D Hornet buatan Boeing. Kenderaan yang dijual dan dipakai di Malaysia? "Big Three" Amerika : GM, Ford, Chrysler. Mereka mengeluarkan Chevrolet, Ford, Jaguar, Mazda, Volvo, Aston Marin, Jeep. Mazda dengan Ford aku nampak banyak di atas jalan Malaysia. Aku pakai Ford. Boikot? Kita tak boleh terbang dan mempertahankan Malaysia. Nak bawak kereta boleh lagi kot.

4)Media massa. CNN, StarWorld, MTV. Amerika. Tengok wayang? Hollywood, Amerika. Transformers, Amerika (ciptaan Jepun, tapi produksi Amerika). SpiderMan, Amerika. YouTube? Amerika. Firefox? Amerika. GoogleChrome? Google tu kan Amerika...

5)Hisap rokok? British American Tobacco, ada Amerika jugak walaupun asalnya British. Produk mereka? Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Peter Stuyvesant, Benson & Hedges, Winfield. Rokok Texas yang dikatakan murah tu. Texas tu bukan daerah dalam Amerika ke? Tempat Bush. Tak tau la rokok tu buatan Amerika ke, tak. Boleh ke boikot? Haha

Pendek kata la, kita rakyat Malaysia ni sebenarnya terlalu bergantung kepada produk Amerika. Ada juga dari kita yang memperolehi sumber pendapatan dari produk tersebut. Amerika negara ekonomi kuat. Banyak negara bergantung kepada Amerika. Kalau Amerika tetiba pupus, ekonomi dunia hancur. Malaysia pun ade pelabur Amerika. Nak boikot Coca-Cola, Starbucks, McDonalds (sekarang nih nak Carl's Jr. Amerika gak tu). Mampu ke kita? Merosakkan masa depan rakyat Malaysia yang ikhlas mencari sumber pendapatan kat syarikat2 tersebut? Tak boleh tu. Salah cara.

Kita berjihad. Bukan dengan boikot, tetapi dengan usaha. Titik peluh. Belajar bersungguh-sungguh, tingkatkan ekonomi negara, jadikan negara kita setanding atau lebih hebat dari Amerika. Camtu la caranya. Tapi nak hancurkan Israel? Boleh je. Aku sokong resolusi. Haha. I kid.
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Apa lagi? Belajar la!

I'm in Ireland! Dublin Day Seven

Oh man, updating the blog is so hard these days.
70% laziness, 30% busy. hahaha!
Anyways, I have to finish what I started.

The previous day I went to the Cliffs of Moher. It was a blast!
Today, we didn't go outside of Dublin.
Tomorrow I will be flying to London.
So, the agenda of today is to shop!
Not to shop as in shopping, but to buy souvenirs. T-shirts, key chains and some other stuffs.

Before that, Muaz brought me to his university. It wasn't as grand as UCD, but still it's the performance that matters.
Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) have a wonderful track record. They produce wonderful doctors and Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail is one of their proud students.
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammed and Sultan Azlan Shah YDPA IX were awarded Notable Honorary fellows of the university.
I managed to do my Friday prayers there and it was packed to the brim, mostly filled with Malaysian students.

Look closely : 1977 Wan Azizah ISMAIL

Hijaz said my trip to Ireland would never be complete if I don't visit Eddie's Rockets for their milkshake; Butler's for their hot chocolate; and Kebabish for their kebabs.
On that day, I visited all of them and I absolutely fell in love Butler's hot chocolate!
You can't find them in Malaysia. It's a pity really, because if Butler's came to Malaysia, it would become a huge hit with Malaysians, definitely!

Once I've bought everything that I wanted, we went back home and Muaz bought me Kebabish for dinner. It was huge! I couldn't finish it.

The next day, I took the morning plane to London. There, I met my cousin; Adrian.
'Till next time for my London report.

Death to the Terrorist State of Israel!