omg..Can't believe i found this long forgotten picture (from HOI yahoo webpage) of us taking part in bakat asayo 2004..i think i should be the 7th from the left. 7th! imagine that, my favourite number too. lol. We were singing "Knocking on the doors of heaven"..It's really funny reading the comments too.

Although we came in last didn't win, (heh) that year was a most memorable one while in my first year (i believe) in Lifeline.

3 years already?!

ok..this is what happens when you get jetlag..emo!!!!!!!!!!!!! why can't i sleep?! i really need to get some sleep or else i'll look like crap on Monday! i'll just go cry now. bleh bleh bleh..

edit: can't believe i can't sleep till the sun and some birds are even up. now, i feel like the walking dead...

Calton Hill

"The Presentation Seat Programme was set up by The Corporation of The City of Edinburgh after World War II. Sir William Y. Darling, the war-time Lord Provost, presented the first bench in memory of his uncle, Dr. Alexander Darling. It was placed on the South side of Princes Street opposite his shop at 124 Princes Street.

The example set by Sir William Darling was to encourage fellow shopkeepers and businesses to donate seats opposite their premises and a campaign was started "Seats for Citizens" to improve seating on Princes Street. "

source: http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/

Beautiful poem by the way. This was found at Calton Hill, on our second walk there. However, was somewhat tainted by a rather creepy guy wearing tight Nike spandex who made several rounds back to where we were. He was smiling creepily too, which has forced us to make haste. All this took place while we were walking towards that somewhat isolated corner, which we thought promised us with a little privacy and well, today, with its share of creepy looking fella. While we were making our way, I kept in sight a Border Collie bobbing about at the corner of my eye. My fascination with four legged furballs have yet to cease. As we turned the corner, we ran into the Border Collie which was equally surprised. Why does it had to be at that corner?! I was expecting it to bob out into view a little sooner than that, but no..... and you know poor me, who scares easily, let out a tiny squeal at the sight of it.

We walked around and took some shots of each other. And of course, of the panoramic view of the city from a high place. Lol. How many places you know in Malaysia have such space to for such breathtaking views?

Coming around the hill, we saw a really huge pillared remain, Edinburgh's Folly. According to my camwhoring buddy, Edinburgers (obviously not what they call themselves) wanted to build something like the pantheon but halfway through due to obvious bad planning...they ran out of money. That's why its left there to remind the people of Edinburgh not to be so foolish. There was no feasible way to go up for the purpose of indulging in our camwhoring pleasures on those few slab of stones...saw some youngsters up there though, who did made it up. I could have made it up, since I'm rather tall myself, ahem, or so I believed...unfortunately, I'm of a soul who needed much encouragement which was not fed to its justice by my other camwhoring buddy.

And of course, IF those youngsters weren't there to see me struggle my limbs, pathetically, onto what can only be known as a folly slab of stone anyways. =P

One thing that often amazes me about this city is how everyone looks like "ang mo's" despite how diverse they look. It's not in their hair or eye colour. You just recognise them as non-Asians. Like in their more protruding eyebrow, deeper eye sockets and sharper nose structure.

It was a really windy day yesterday. About 9-10 degrees apparently. Must have layered myself with almost four layers including a shawl. Was walking along Princes Street when I saw a poor, obviously shivering dog out in the cold, holding a hat out with its teeth, begging for change, right in front of its owner, who was playing a guitar and harmonica. I felt very sad indeed. =(

After braving abit of the chilly summer wind, we finally managed to catch a bus to Tesco, which was fairly far out from the city. Felt good to be on a bus ride that lasted more than 5 minutes, like the recent one we took to Penicuik where I saw a sign which read "Danger Troops Crossing" which I felt regretful for loudly pronouncing it as "hanger" with a "d" instead of its obviously correct pronunciation of "ranger" with a "d". I didn't catch what it meant then. Ivy's friend, Mei Chan, was laughing away so hilariously that I didn't know at first what has come to her. Thought she was easily amused like many of Ivy's friends who are quite so, each time I open my mouth. It's only on the way back when I again saw the sign that I realised my blurness, oh gosh, which resulted in another uproar from MC (and myself). If there were more people on board the second deck of the bus, they'd probably gonna think these are Loony Asians high on, I dunno, water?!

Lol.

There were not many days where the sun blazed in its full summer spendour despite having been here for close to a month. According to sister, it was even exactly the wintery weather they normally experience, and this was just when we decided to buy a day (bus) ticket. This has resulted in the day ticket not quite utilised as to how I'd imagined we joy-riding in, since we felt (more like I) lethargic from the chilly and often drowsy-on-the-eyes weather.

Our trip to Tesco has resulted in me having to lug two more books back to KL; Life of Pi and Pride and Prejudice, besides another book I bought on How to raise a happy and healthy cat, the latter obviously was due to it being very worth-buying. Well, at least I get to feast my eyes on all the incredibly cute and colorful pictures of cats in the book even if my wish to own a real one may never be realised, or rather not as soon as NOW.

I'm currently working on Pride and Prejudice and I WILL finish it.

People here are very nice indeed, what with occassionally providing me with home-cooked meals, top notched baked cakes and cookies while watching runs of Count of Monte Cristo in French, thank goodness for English subtitles. That's 8 hours of that Count, by the way. But nothing can top watching Pride and Prejudice, with the dashingly handsome Mr Darcy (Matthew MacFadyen) which I proudly pronounce the most handsome of them all!

Ivy is also constantly trying to convert me to being a House fan, to no avail. Not today, though.

Ahhh.....life is bliss indeed, with my three meals a day. Good work at making me slightly rounder, dear sister! Please remind me to return the favour. =P

I shall leave with this "National Geographic Quality" picture taken proudly by yours truly...presenting the ducks and swans of Salisbury Crag! Woohoo.... =P