WooHooHoo!! At last it’s Spring Break!! Have been looking forward for this day to come for a VERY VERY VERY loooong time….Plans after plans during Spring Break. For us? there ain’t no such thing as spring break because we ARE clean people….we dont need any spring cleaning during spring time…*Mom must be saying “ya right!”* (sorry mom…but my room IS indeed very clean…neat but im not gonna deny on the thickness of dust collection…^^)
Sooo…Spring Break and so is also for our never-ending courseworks *phew* Well…me and a few of my friends and housemates planned to have a trip to d’Amsterdam but plans had to be canceled cause
- something huge came up that made us financially tight
- the accommodation during that time were mountain HIGH
- some restrictions plus it was too short a period to plan on a perfect trip
So yea…our trip to visiting the windmill was a failed one. However, we did not fail to plan other trips but this time we were all separated..each going their own trip. Some went to Spain and some Germany, Paris, London and many many more down the list. Sadly I was not part of any those holiday plans because I headed up to UNITED KINGDOM BABBYYY!!! not London, not Liverpool and DEFINITELY NOT Man U!!(read that Ade? =P) Anyways back to the path…intention to go was to visit no other than my precious and beloved sister Ling…
Well, we both were very excited for me going there to visit here because it has been so long since we actually saw one another sides Webcam of course…but that’s so NOT counted! my intention of going there requires a HUGE price okay…it aint cheap at all…who said travelling around Europe is cheap when you’re there? Well, technically yea it is cheaper cause you dont have to pay for another long-haul flight…but it IS still expensive…just by saying on the exchange rate can eat up pocket till a big hole..a price to pay?definitely but I will not argue with anything because it was a trip worth all the $$ I spent (excluding the amount of things that I have to specifically buy under the request of her…namely CHOCS!) *the bad point of coming from a country so famous in producing milk and delicious chocs…
*Note": the best worse thing that happened on the whole trip from going to leaving was to wait for 5 hours for my delayed flight when I was flying there…FREALKING 5 HOURS!!No joke…insanity waiting at an airport that doesnt have anything much! DOUBLE INSANITY…
ANYWHOOS………It’s already the pass and all I can remember most is not the bad flight-experience but more on the UK busses, FOOD, and definitely my SIS…
Nottingham Day 1
Rise and Shine early in the morning and off we went for some Shopping SPREE! yup.,…shopping spree…some money allocated to shop of course…what you find @ Nottingham, you don’t find it here @ Swiss…so who will miss the chance to buy?well…of course not alot…still need to safe up ok…
FIRST stop : Greggs
Some breakfast needed before a rough day ahead no? So I was brought by MY personal tour guide to try out this really famous pastry bakery that sells (well) PASTRIES of course…and trust me..they sure are famous in UK! The line were long and they sold out real fast…plus, the people that goes in those shops are people of ALL ages…and I mean ALL ages (people from even babies were choosing their favourites and old people queuing up to buy some for themselves as well…) Lucky me when i went there i got to buy the one very well recommended by sis to try cause it’s one of her favourites…hehe!
Mmm Nyum Nyum *munch munch* IT WAS DELICIOUS!!!!yes I know it is very fattening indeed but heck the weight-watching for these few days wont kill me…^^ So where was I? oh yea….it’s VERY VERY delicious and it’s BIG & TASTY…no wonder why the line were so long… 
*Btw…we went in to this cafe that sells stuffs similar to Starbucks and Coffee Beans but they are obviously SLIGHTLY BIT less expensive as compared to Starbucks but they tastes as good……ordered another recommended product *The Latte* – Delicious Delicious too…(yes I do know that it seems like everything that i ate here is delicious but they seriously are…I wouldnt wanna say that something is disgusting when it actually tastes GOOD would I?)*
Millie Cookies!!! Some very special cookie that I have never seen and tasted before in Swiss…hehe…it’s a Soft cookie by the way…
SECOND stop :
After satisfying our lil tummies it’s time to WORK and get all dirtyly hands on…
*Wouldnt elaborate on this part…there isnt much to say when it comes to two-shopaholic going to town looking for some shopping fun…
End result?
- MAC products (My fav!)
- Zara Cardigan
- A top
THIRD stop : Food Market
YUP!!food AGAIN…confirm gaining some pounds after spending those pounds on FOOD…
well…this one we didnt get greedy and instead of getting one each, we SHARED our choice…placed our decision on the roasted potato which LOOKS great & SMELLED great of course…^^ Another Yum Yum…
FOURTH stop : SteamyBOAT
Yes Yes i know we just ate our “tea-break” but then in reality it was a few hours later ok…we’re not really stuffing ourselves with food!
Yummy steamboat and I know that for you guys who are back in Msia must think “STEAMBOAT???”but over here…even steamboat is great…we planned to have some really delicious 3 course meals but unfortunately our luck weren’t that good that for all the restaurants that we wanna eat in are fully booked! Thanks to their Mother’s Day (for your info…Mother’s Day @ UK falls in March and not May) But who cares what we ate…so long as the company was great nothing matters much……
FIFTH stop : Nottingham Casino
Oh well…there weren’t anything much in there but it was just for an experience being in one @ UK…but of course it is also smaller than any other casinos…they’re just for some small leisure moments…nothing HUGE or EXTRAVAGANT (all in all it was an experience being in one…)
That marks the end of Day 1 of Nottingham…overall…GREAT fun…happy me happy US…
Nottingham Day 2
Day 2 Day 2 Day 2….not a good day cause it means it’s my last night being with my sis…bad bad bad!
FIRST stop : Nottingham University
HUMONGOUS!! Notts Uni is 10 to 20 TIMES bigger than IMI…a small part of the uni that was used for some accommodation is even bigger than my Uni…Plus…the engineering faculty itself is already 5 times bigger…
Btw….there’s a faculty (if Im not wrong is the art faculty…the building is made of all wood…pretty interesting)
It was only one stop today….though there were a few places that we went but it’s nothing huge or much to talk about…we went home after the trip to Notts Uni cause sis’ COOKING dinner FOR ME! another thing that’s unbelievable…hahaha!she never cook back in msia…well..she does for only small meals for her own. But now she even knows how to make ‘stuffed mushrooms’, ‘stir fried something with onions’, Marinated Roast Chicken’, ‘Garlic Rice’, and WHITE WINE SEAFOOD PASTA…!
the food overall was delicious and not bad for a starter…*two-thumbs UP!*
Last Game before I left we had a traditional family game called the MONOPOLY! Miss it?100% missed it…long time since I touched or even say SEE the game…hehehe! It was fun and a night filled with joyous laughter and stupidity actions. What happened that night stays in the room…only 3 of us can know about the details..
Nottingham Day 3
The last day and the day that I have been dreading for it to come…
Woke up early in the morning to catch our flight…the time where we both parted towards our own paths…one off to Scotland and the other back to mountainous cold-old Swiss…
Not knowing when we will meet again since you CHOSED to go for Euro Trip over MY GRADUATION….so we wont get to see till who-knows-when…bad bad sis….I know you insisted on arguing that it wasnt your fault that it has to happen on the same day but STILL…it’s still a MIA for it….hmph!
Anywhoos…..that marks the end of my trip to Nottingham during the Spring Break…back to Swiss and a whole week of ‘Green Day’ and being Socially Responsible for the environment…Our theme for this semester.
Sam is smart and being a gentleman to buy us girls a cone of ice cream…^^b
Ice Cream Chilling on the Lake
Note: Take a close look at the duckie next to me…it came next to me cause i ask it to and he actually came to camwhore with me!smart Duckie Duckie! 
Till Then…Toodless~~!!
P/S: Missing You! and I had alot of fun on this trip…^^
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