Off to Italy!

im gna be off to italy in a few hours, catching a flight at 5am in the morning in stanstead airport. gonna be touring venice, cinque terra and florence for 6 days with 5 other guys namely nigel, caleb, kl, jun sheng and quiwan.

its gonna be a blast! catch u guys in a week then! ciao~

ming leaving for brunei..

very nice lunch in the pub. cheesy cauliflower, brocolli, peas, carrots, yorkshire pudding n chicken...

dinner.. yheu shen's gula-malaka chicken.. mmm

Group 13! WOOO!

im so glad i pulled off 2 individual reports, 1 group report and 1 project poster in a matter of 1 week. The whole of last week has been reports reports reports all day and night. Through my short slumber every night and to be awoken by my phone alarm, i faced another day of report writing in my mind. During tutorials, everyone's on about report..

The work that i have completed...
Individual report - Mechatronics, Boundary Layer including the log book for all the labs i have done

Group Report - this was a mess in the night before the hand-in date but i m glad the group handled this well and we pulled it off. all the hard work, dedication n frantic towards the end of the term.. including me sending god-knows-how many emails out.. my group members must be seriously pissed off mate!

anyways, to the pump poster that i made on photoshop for the group! i made 3 posters

the amazing poster that everyone in my group said was awesome! original n seductive to lookers!

the apparent 'pink panther' theme which was incomplete coz i was too lazy to finish it.

the very 1st poster which i tried on photoshop...

Group 13! Alice Rowlands, Dipten Patel, Aaron Collaco, Michael Ridge, Jun Yee Chua (left to right)

Absent: Davide Brechot

its been a pleasure working with u guys. theres been ups and downs in us working together but i m glad we pulled it off in the end.

hairy disaster~

muay thai has captured most of my attention these couple of days.. going to endless training sessions on wednesdays and fridays. unfortunately, there was no one for me to fight in the interclub last sunday. hopefully i can squeeze in a fight on june (thats if im not going back to brunei before the fight date). but i think to myself.. is it all worth it??

crazy bruises after the sparring lesson.

alex came down to london this weekend for a visit.. its more like a one-day visit.

JIS reunion in flat 4!

check the difference between the picture above n the one below..

my 15-pounds haircut looks -_-'' lets not dwell on this topic.. i have got countless number of talks about it from people i meet on my course.. first thing they say.. 'wow.. u cut ur hair'

i need a remedy~

Birthday Frenzy!

hey ric.. Happy 18th bday cuz! hope u had a great one in brunei.. it probably looks like more of 'wa si ah teck eh kia' type of business.. haha.. take care over there! i just noticed that i dont have many decent photos with u..

shee-ko camwhoring in the car after the mall outing :P

n also..
Happy Bday wei^2! hope u had fun for ur bday! thanks for all the invites to ur place, having yee sang, drinking hot chocolate.. stay the 'innocent' sweet caring 'girl' we all know.. enjoy! now ure the big 2 0. can't say that im older anymore :P

nice chocolate~


out in hyde park during the snow week~

a very nice place cosy place with good company! :D

Original BA KUT TEH recipe!

Decided to cook ba kut teh for lunch one day!

ingredients - spring onion, fried tofu thing, black mushroom, pork leg, ba kut teh packets, salt, soy sauce (dark n light).

PREPARATION

Marinated the pork legs which were cut into bite sizes with soy sauce for one night.

Chop the mushrooms into bite sizes and soak for a few hours until soft.

Chop fried tofu thing into bite sizes as well.

Chop spring onions into fine pieces.

Put water into the pot until it is boiling then add the ba kut teh packet (make sure u do not cut open the packet).

Leave the packet in the pot for a few minutes until smell diffuses out before adding the pork leg and mushroom.

before..

Close the pot with a lid and leave for 45 minutes before adding the fried tofu thing.
Let the ba kut teh simmer for another hour before adding salt and soy sauce (dark n light) to suit ur taste.

after..

To go with the ba kut teh, u can add lettuce in the pot and steam it for a couple of minutes or cook black soy sauce egg!


black soy sauce egg!

DESSERT

plate of awesome fruits!

muay thai woes

What u get when u spar...

bruised leg that needs to be iced...

painful bruises when u block the kicks...

what u get a few days later.. a bigger bruise!

ohh yea.. feel free to check out http://www.flickr.com/photos/21458834@N07

its ming's flicker webpage.. he wanted me to advertise his webpage! :D

Manchester Weekend Trip

the weekend trip down to manchester...

On the way to manchester using train..

reached zukri's place, decided to take a break n rest coz we reached at around 10ish pm.

in zuk's place playing singstar.. look at everyone stoning at his huge tv!

the first 'restaurant' we ate in when we reached manchester.. pizza co. fast food..
spicy wings, chips n cheese.. mmm.. i sure do miss the chicken..
met up with hafiz and decided to call it a day. went our different ways...

as for the rest who either had accomodation close to the city centre, i m stayin with hafiz in 'curry mile' ( a street covered in many halal outlets n restaurants). quite a dodgy place..

we had our talks at night, played PES (pro evo) n many other such things..

next morning, went down to the city centre using the 'magic bus'.

had starbucks for breakfast..

the so-called 'manchester wheel'.. sorry to say this.. doesn't look as grand as londons :P

outside the city centre shopping centre. arndale!

in the lift up to zuk's place to drop some things before going to old trafford!!

first sight of old trafford!

trophiesssss

look at cristiano ronaldo's name.. its been touched so many times, the letters have faded away!

the distorted nike sign because nike is not a sponsor for the champions league on wednesday (manu vs inter milan)

me with the field n seats.

zuk n i...

seats for the disabled..

the changing room...

walking out of the tunnel the players walk out of during the match.

wooo.. i touched the grass eventhough ure not supposed to.

where the substitutes sit..

the tour is done! zuk n i with our certificates!

The United Trinity - Best, Law, Charlton - LEGENDS!!

imitating alex ferguson...

the latest trophies.. carling cup and european cup

see you old trafford!

on the magic bus back to the centre.. the famous bridge??

had dimsum at thai wu.. cheapest dim sum i have eaten.. around 6 pounds per person.. ate so much! its really nice as well!

lets call it a day.. went back to zuk's place.. played more singstar before taking the bus back to hafiz's place by myself. a daunting experience as i didn't know where to get off. eventually i got back in one piece. :D

the morning walk around curry mile, in search for something to eat for breakfast before manchester talentime. a dodgy alley leading to pasha restaurant..

curry mile in the morning.. decided to take away pizza at some nearby restaurant (10 pounds for 3 12'' pizzas? thats amazingly cheap!!)

met up with the JIS boys!! wenzhe, hafiz nordin, me n hafiz m. at hafiz's place

his dodgy crib~ number 3.

the magic bus..

talentime ticket... look at tieng's nails.. black? green?

me with the palace~ apparently alex ferguson owns part of the hotel.

thai wu's spicy eel with glass noodles for dinner. it is such dam spicy but still its awesome~

goodbye manchester! before going in the train. thanks for ur hospitality zuk! :D