Highlight of Hyde Park

Hola mi amor(s)!

I know I just spoiled the whole beauty of the "hola mi amor" phrase by adding "(s)", but I really couldn't think of any other way to turn it plural... pluralise it if I may start inventing my own bits of English... hahah...

Back to proper blogging -- the most fascinating aspect of London wasn't the difference between British teenagers and Malaysian ones, but to me, it actually was... *drumroll*... London's famous Hyde Park: Speaker's Corner!

This guy made the coolest signs (very controversial ones too, haha) but after Vanessa asked him a few questions about the point he was trying to get across, he gave rather unclear answers, so I still don't understand what he was trying to speak his mind about... aih... but very cool signs, nonetheless! Very brave, yeah?

This was one of my favourite speakers, although I didn't understand a word he was saying. He was very gentle, singing songs in a foreign tongue... really moved me, strangely enough ... although I really didn't really hear a single word properly... just the fact that he stood there, in the blazing sun, oblivious to passers-by -- standing there for what ever it was that he believed in.

These two following pictures feature the two most popular speakers on the Sunday morning that I was there. Some other listeners said that the Muslim man was an excellent speaker, because he spoke of peace and .... ok I forgot what he was talking about ... but anyway, the cowboy was really cool too, because he even came dressed in a cowboy costume! At first, the two of them were speaking separately, but for some reason, after a while the cowboy moved his ladder toward the Muslim man and the duo started a debate (can you see the timekeeper between them? haha!)... it was awesome!

The best part of my visit to Speaker's Corner is that Vanessa started a little debate with one of the speakers (he was talking about religion, and that we only realise the truth or summat after we are reborn... something along those lines)... it was so COOL! And waiit -- the most memorable part is when I got somehow involved in their debate, because the speaker was saying: "Your friend, the girl standing beside you -- is she Roman-Catholic too?"... and I know people always question my being a free-thinker (I believe in God, and am fascinated by every religion -- but I don't follow any particular religion). It was amazing, to have everyone argue and debate like that. *grins broadly*

*Note: Streamyx disconnected me for almost an hour! Eeesh.

Twitching of the Guards

Hola dear readers!

My vacation to London was the best I've had in a long time! The only other holidays that can even be compared to this one would probably be... Penang (don't underestimate the laksa stalls at Gurney Drive!) and Amsterdam! Amsterdam because it's really nice to cycle in the countryside. Korea rocks too, of course, but my favourite part of Korea is the hotel room we stay at... hahaha... did you just pop a blood vessel at that, Wai Yee? Hehe!

Oh yeah -- as I was saying, London! Many thanks to Vanessa and her family for having me & my parents there!! I had a wonderful time, and I must say, it was definitely an eye-opening experience! From going to pubs/restaurants with friends, walking the entire length of Oxford Street, running out of money on my Oyster card, visiting charity stores and realizing everything worth buying is there, falling in love with Costa coffeehouses, acting like a 2-year-old in famous British museums .... not to mention travelling home alone!

The changing of the guards! A smaller version anyway, because the real changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace wasn't on that day. Hahah... this one's even cooler, because you get to go up close! The guards in London aren't like those in Czech Republic. In Czech, everyone was the exact same height and size, but in England, there were quite a variety of shapes and sizes! Hahaha, interesting point, isn't it?
















That's Big Ben in the background! Can you see it? When Denise saw this picture, she was like "who on earth takes a picture with big ben so far away and says "here's a picture with Big Ben!"?" Hahaha...

Famous red telephone booths!! Haha I am such a tourist..
















This picture is so cool! Well, to me anyway, haha -- that's Hui Yee, she's a 2nd year law student at the University of Reading. And that, my friends, is the law building common room.... oooohh.. cool yeah! Hehehee..
















The fantastic four! From the back: William (omg he is SO funny -- he totally cracked me and Katie up when we supposedly got "lost" somewhere between North Sheen and Chiswick) , Juan (I love that curly hair! Reminds me of Josh Groban's... Vanessa says I've got a fetish for curly hair like Josh Groban's... but I don't know what fetish means! haha), Rosie (I had a sleepover with her! Hehehe she's so friendly and cute! I feel so bad when I reminded her of her OCD on the bus, and she had to keep touching Gary on the other side if one side touched her... ah ahahha good times!), and Vanessa! Doesn't she look absolutely dashing? :D

And further evidence of how vain we really are... hehehe... Vanessa suggested I post up snapshot after snapshot of us so that it'd be a very funny sequential Exhibit A of our vanity, but blogspot.com doesn't allow me to upload that quickly, and since it's almost 6am here (I blame jetlag.haha.) I'll just give you two summarized shots!

This is what my eyes are like -- with eyeliner applied by Vanessa! Previous picture -- without eyeliner. Big difference, huh? Hahah. I'm learning the art of make-up~

My last night in London! Hahah, went shopping with Vanessa's mum & sister in the morning while Vanessa was at school; that was quite fun! And then I went shopping with Vanessa and her schoolmate, Vasant in Oxford Street. They were still in their school uniform! Their last day of school, hehe!

This is my "farewell party"! Hehe well Katie & her boyfriend, Gary, came to say a final goodbye, and that was so nice of them! That's Gary on the far left, and Katie on the far right. They're fantastic people, brought me around to the museums and all!

To all the friends I've made in London, and especially to Vanessa & her family ...

te amo, gracias!~

Prom Night 2005

Hola everybody!

Merry Belated Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my family & friends!~

Okay, starting a new blog today -- it is now officially December 26th, 12.05am. I haven't been posting on my sorriso innocenza web log for quite a while now, and the tagboard has, for some magical reason, sunk all the way to the bottom of the page. And failing to fix that, I'm starting a fresh blog!

All riight... holidays have been wonderful. Shall I offer you a bit of background info? Let's see, SPM finished on December 2nd. Prom was on December 6th. Ah yes, that was the last event I blogged about, and I didn't even really blog about it. Shall I let pictures do the talking? Heheh!

Before MAKEUP!! oooooOooo ... see... we don't look THAT bad...

Carmen & Sue-Mae after prom, we all crashed into the couch at the hotel lounge!

Here we are... Denise at the back, Carmen & me in front... wahh.. don't we look all dressed up and ready to tango? Hehehe!

I'm taking the picture, so I'm not here... but there's Sue-Mae in brilliant blue, Carmen in the very elegant cheongsam-ish gown, Denise giving me her "I challenge you" look - cute right? --, and Cheryl... looking at her camera I think! Hahaa...

Chia Wen!! SO CUTE!! Look at that face, how can you not smile? She was a very fun prom neighbour, she made all sorts of jokes about people performing on the stage. (Read her blog for further information hahahahha)

May I introduce... the couch bunch! *giggles*

Last but not least, our entertainment! Heheheheeee....