Archive for May, 2006

Shin, in your Cinderella story, you’d get to Topple Your Evil Stepsisters

Whether you’re battling evil stepsisters, arguing against an unfair grade, or trying to put a bully in their place, one thing’s for sure — you fight for the underdog. Let’s face it: The world’s not always fair. But you, more than others, know you can help make a difference.

So whether you’re leading a rally cry, starting a new club, or just welcoming the new girl in school before the mean kids get a chance, you’ve got a strong sense of what’s right and wrong and are armed with the smarts to fight for justice. So roll up your sleeves, Cinderella. You might not always feel like people notice your efforts, but deep down everyone knows you’re the real belle of the ball.

(hmm how true is this???? hmmm *wonders*..)

On our last day in Venice, we had the whole day to ourself and we had a lil too much time to kill..So we went for lunch and tried to use up a bit of our hours..(mind u, our train will only depart late at nite)

Check out what happen in the restaurant…

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Here is how we got in..Lookin pretty normal..

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Stay calm ok…

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Oh no, here comes the MENU!!!

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I cant decide what to order…Its killin me

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Esther went crazy too..

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Phewww got thru that food ordering session…

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FOODDDDDDD….SERBU!!!

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More TABASCO …more more more…

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Yummyyyyy… Makan Time…!!

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But but but, where to start???

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Before i start..OPPSSSS..Gotta be faster next time…brrruuupp..!!

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HUH..Only this?? uhuhhuu..*crying*

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Oppss…

(p/s: This post is ‘ciptaan semata mata, tiada kena mengena dengan yang hidup atau mati…’ )

After all the posing posing in famous spots..we (me n Esther) decided to make our trip fun and one to remember.. below are some pictures normal people wil not take when there are a crowd around… but we did..

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In colleseum, the brick walls jus look so tempting..have to try stickin on it …

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The Johnny Bravo look…

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Dont disturb me..Not in a good mood.

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In Pisa everyone saw this..

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but never notice the green green grass

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and the blue blue blue skies

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Hopin around in Venice
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I dont look like i’m hoping, hmmm??
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The Alley

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Sad Sad Story

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Never walk into the quiet alley, or u you will end up like us…
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So thats all for now..All the above pictures are aftermath of spending too much.. the sense of normality is gone…we went gila gila everywhere… hehe

Last destination on my Italy trip was to Venice.. Well after Rome and Pisa, we considered Venice as the nicest of all.. At least its not as dirty as in the places before.. Venice is a small island and instead of roads they have canals..Its interesting to experience to travel everywhere by boat but after a few boat rides we dont find it so fun anymore.. We got sleepy on the boats. ferries or whatever we took cos of the floating feeling..After getting off the boat we will still hav the floating feeling.. made us felt dizzy..

Here are some photos from Venice The City Of Water

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Here is a link if anyone wana know more about Venedig —>VenedIg

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The Comfy bed for two nites.. remind me of my previous rented room in Luzern..This is a great wee hotel, the rooms are small but they are clean and the location is wonderful. Plenty of cafes, restaurants and a laundrette within walking distance,and a very short walk to the vaporetto stop. Link

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Venturing into Venice city…no idea where we were heading cos the city map was not really accurate.. jus walk walk walk n walk…

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This is how the small alley looks like… canals here n there.. Gondolas and private motorboats everywhere…

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One of the Church..San Marco

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If you feel like doing the canals the touristy way, you can hire a gondola for 50 minutes for the price of €60,-. Prices go up after sunset and make sure you confirm the price before sitting back and watching the gondoliere do all the work for you. A little bargaining might help. (p/s its better if there were guys n board cos most of the Gondolieres are quite ‘hum sup’… beware gurls out there…)
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Went to the Pigeon Square…This is the only pic with the pigeon on my hand.. i was so scared i threw all the nuts away when they flew near me.. Esther was much braver in this…

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‘Shhhopping….MAsks, Murano Glasses… OMG so many things to shop but limited cash… should i just SWappp my credit card?? oh no…’

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Evening view of Venice.. i wish Mr Chia was there with me then.. strolling along the streets while sun sets jus sounds so ROMANTISCH…. Too bad..

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Background looks like in the pictures…

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Nite time in Venice is also pretty cool.. but didnt hav a tripod with me..most of the pictures taken were blurred.. Scheiße…!!

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All the stalls are light up..everything jus look so nice.. tempting..but no more cash… cant do nth bout it..

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Also.. time to go home.. BYE venice and here v come Luzern… getting our Couchettes ready.. BED TIME!!!!

Ok here are some photos from the second day of my Italy Trip…

I noticed that hotels in Italy requires their guest to check-out pretty early.. 10am..or 11am..theres this notice in the room–> ‘Rooms Must Be Vacant Before 11am On The Day of Departure. Failing To Do So, Management Will Automatically CHARGE According To The Daily Room Rates…’So as budget travellers we dont want to end up paying for an extra day eh…
Our train scheduled to Firenze is at 11.30am but it was not even 10am when we got to the main station, Roma Termini. Tried to changed our ticket so we could leave an hour earlier but its jus not our day..The ticket counters were pretty busy. so, what shall we do now?? Lepak in McDonalds for the next one and a half hour..

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In front of the stinky Roma Termini..really smelt like some public toilets in Malaysia.

(i must say that all the trains in Italy are never on time, reminds me of Malaysia again) Our train departed later and best of all the info of platform are wrong on the notice boards.. Phew.. luckily we noticed that n got our way to Firenze..

Was a rush rush trip in Florence cos we were to catch the evening train to Venice.. so we were really running around like mad so we wont be late..

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After a blur blur bus ride, finally reached Pisa Tower…(as my lanci esther said, ‘Lanci get to see the second monument of 7 Wonders of the world’) but it was really very impressive..

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Met some Korean along the way. Had communications problem with them as they dont speak English.(wonder how they manage to tour Europe??)

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Weather was really good, but same thing again, cant get nice picture cos the buildings was all in white.. super glaring..we waited for the clouds to come to rescue and they did hehe..

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HELP…..

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Trying to get the best angle…

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Then the 1973 kinda pose.. never look at the camera…

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yup, thats the leaning tower alright..(hmm anyone remember the leaning tower in my hometown??how come its not as famous as Pisa tower? thats the second leaning tower after Pisa..hmmmm reminds me very much of my lovely hometown, Teluk Intan..)

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Info about how Pisa was build and hows the management keeping the place in tip top condition.. we didnt get to enter the tower cos it was quite pack and to get a ticket we hav to walk all the way across the field to the ticketing office.. omg..no time la…wth cant we jus sneak in?? ewwww this is jus so……tut..

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Nvm la.. we hav to go anyway.. MUAKSS.. one big kiss before we left Pisa..