Paris Day 2 - Part 1

OK!! This is really outdated, Paris seems so far ago....i think i already posted the first day, so it's time to 'review' what happened in the 2nd day. In case next time i lose my memory or something, at least i'd be able to read this and remember how fun & tiring it was being el cheapo tourists in Paris.

Tip for the el cheapo tourists, ususally Parisian hotels provide breakfast, so have as much as you can, the food is usually good, crossoints and proscuitto, cereals and such....fill up until cannot fill up the stomach anymore and then tapau somore for lunch & maybe dinner!!! A usefull tip i just learnt, before you depart to where ever you're going, get those plastic bags from the airport....you know, the ones where you're supposed to put your liquids in....those are good doggy bags to tapau food from the breakfast buffet!!

We managed to find notre dame catherdral, sooooo many tourist, and so many gypsys too. If you see a middle eastern looking woman wearing a scarf on her head and asks whether you speaking the english, just walk away.....


the interior of the catherdral, the stained glass windows.....so pretty....




such a huge catherdral, the ceilings so high!! i wonder how to bounce flash if you shoot a wedding here....hehee

after we got bored of the inside of the catherdral, it was time to go up the towers, the very same towers where the hunchback, quasimodo, rung the bells

the many gargoyles/water sprouts on the outside of the cathedral

"what was i thinking when i signed up for this job??"

spot the non-gargoyle trying to be a gargoyle

more gargoyles

this gragoyle look like a kambing with his beard, see eiffell tower in the background

the doorway to the bell room was so small!! how did quasimodo get it???

one of the many bells in the tower, there's like a few bells, each one makes a different tone

the old wooden stairs

the Paris landscape from the top of Notre Dame

the crazy small spiral staircase. and this is at least 7 stories up, more steps than Batu Caves too. and the thing is, you can't really stop halfway up to catch your breath coz there's like a lot of people right behind you, so you've got to suck it up and just soldier on!!

going down not too bad, we took our time. can stop to pose pose summore

the front facede of Notre Dame, amazing how the did all the details on the carvings

yeap, it's THAT tall!!

mulled wine in cold weather keeps you warm....and that's a cool sculpture, when viewd from the side, it's a woman....

Notre Dame, in all it's glory!! Can't beleive it's been around for so long!!!

on to the next Paris destination......off to Part 2!! Tomorrow!!

Another Countdown begins....

So, it's about time another countdown begins. Unfortunately, this is 'the' countdown. The Countdown to our flight back home to KL.

With the current economic recession hitting the UK really hard and with our fund running out really fast, we have decided to head home. sob sob....no more super cold non-diluted & cheap ($ to $) draught beers anymore.....no more picnics in the park and getting frozen towards the end of the picnic, no more having to wait for public transportation & having to travel an hour to get 10km away (this i don't mind), no more Sunday roasts with yorkshire puddings (altough i had only enjoyed 1.5 out of the 3 times i had Sunday roasts, no more hearing 'You alright??', no more yummy roast duck from Bayswater and the list goes on.

It's another 23 days till we get back to the sun....to roti canai, to kanna curry house, to pudu melt in your mouth siew yoke, to eat all you can sushi in Umaiya, to hokkein mee with crunchy pork lard, to being able to go anywhere you want, anytime you want, to the traffic jams, to being able to go to resort islands every other weekend, to driving up to Penang to have Char Koay Teow (4 hours drive ain't so bad as compared to driving 13 hours in the US!!).......going back doesn't sound too bad after all...

and also going back to see my new nephew born today, 4th May 2009, and to making his cousin, hopefully coming out in the year of the Tiger.......

it's time for a new start....

Goodbye London!!! It was fun.....while the money lasted!!!

I WILL post up Paris a& London posts while we go on another adventure to Rome (the land of Angels & Demons!!) and Barcelona!!

See yaaaaa!!!

The 2009 London Marathon

Long time since the last blog update. Just too many photos from the US trip that i don't know where to start with, so i'll just skip it for a bit....come to think of it, i haven't done a proper Paris trip entry too......hrmm......should i do Paris first or US first??? So much decisions to make....arrgghhh!!

Anyways, i was sick for the last couple of days, and these couple of day were when events were happening in London. There was Singapore day at Hampton Court Palace yesterday, we were halfway there, when i felt unwell in the tube and had to turn back home. And when we got home, M&M called and said that they were giving away free food.....free asian/singaporean food!! AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!! Of all times to get sick!!

So today, was the London marathon, and since i already missed out on the 1st event, i'd better not lose the chance to experience the famous London marathon....like in Run Fat Boy Run!!! I'm a sucker for movies!!!

Yeah, so we made it to town and goodness, you can't beleive the amount of people present there!!

part of the funky spectators

another nice spring day in London, i'm not going to miss it by being sick and at home!!

the london eye, best view i suppose

the runners

so many supporters coming out to support the runners, even those they don't know

i didn't know you can cross the path of a marathon

a young kid patiently awaiting his dad to pass by

tarzan & jane

see the determination in his eyes, there's London Pride (ale) at the finish line!!

baywatch babe....guy actually!!

guinness will rehydrate your thirst....

the cheerleaders!!!

borat....lucky he wore his shorts...

pretty boys

more pretty boys....this time in pink tutus

camel toe

here comes the man we were there to support

a hug to get him going a couple more miles

a thumbs up

and off goes M.Ing

stormtropper from behind to whoop all those who are thinking of giving up so close to the finish line

sunburnt M.Ing

it's the real thing, not a chocolate piece

celebration dinner

Marathon finisher

ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch

Another London experience. I wonder if you can get people dressing up like this for the KL marathon. I'm sure the cops will pull aside some of them for not wearing enough clothes....hahhah

Yeah, so will blog more soon-ish, Paris or US??? Paris like old news already, i suppose US also a bit old news-ish also....maybe by the time i finish posting up US i'd already be back in KL??

end May, end Sept or end Feb '10......only time will tell...

We're back!!!

in London.....

no internet connection in New York, we lived in Spanish Harlem, kinda ghetto but we're alive, so that's not too bad.

Been recuperating from all the traveling on planes, trains and automobiles over the US of A for the last month. Trying to sort out the thousands of photos that we took in all the cities we visited, so here's just one from NY, the Flatiron Building, it's pronounced Flat Iron Building, so get it right, aight!!

Fiona did write on the Austin trip, so head on over to the Austin post that she put up there, i didn't have my camera with me as i was too busy digging my way through all the not too healthy big portioned american food that we had too much off in Austin!!

still alive....

still alive in US....

internet connection is dependant on neighbours connection....which sucks!!

currently in Boston, feels pretty much like London, after all Boston is New England....weather pun sama...cold and wet!!

going to Foxwoods in a bit....uncle lim goh tong has a say in its creation too...

and then off to see lady liberty on Thursday!!!

p.s. No Krispy Kreme here at ALL!! Only got Dunkin Doughnuts.....better than KL's but not up to par with KK!!