Marseille : Melawati Kebab

On Jan 4th, we took the TGV (used to be the world's fastest train) to Marseille. It was a 3-4 hour journey and the view was nice too. I saw the outskirts of the city and somehow it made me feel really calm. Byk gak nampak ladang2 anggur dlm perjalanan tuh. Obviously aa kan since the french drink a lot of wine. Anyways we arrived in Marseille around afternoon. It was lunch time and we were so damn hungry. Giant poyo xnak ngaku lapar budget org percaye perut die kecik aaa. So we went looking for a place to eat outside of the train station and there it was a kebab restaurant. Halal plak tuh. Dah laa gua x katok .. mmg meleleh air liur aaa makan kebab syok abih.

Well, kat Marseille nih there weren't many places to visit besides the church and Palais Longchamp. Actually there's a nice mosque kat sini. Ukiran sume mmg lawa. So gua sound aaa Giant nak gi sane amik2 gamba sume. Si King Kong pon reply " ko amik aa gamba, aku nak gi masjid tuh nak semayang je." Mamat nih boley tahan poyo gak sebenarnye ... gua pon datang sane nak semayang aaa ingat gua nih jahil sgt ke? Asyik amik gambar church je, nanti org ingat aku murtad plak, so tukar sikit amik gambar masjid. Disebabkan x tahan dgn kepoyoran King Kong gua pon xde semangat nak gi coz the mosque is quite far from the train station. So we only went to the church and the palace.

We made a huge mistake actually bcoz we didn't know the train station provided a storage place for people to store their bags. So we went from one place to another with our heavy backpacks. Dayymmmnnnn!!

This is the church. Not sure bout the name though.

The train station is just below these steps.

Termenung jauh. This is Palais Longchamps btw

Posing depan air terjun yg penuh keladak. Still in the palace

Front view of Palais Longchamp. Really beautiful

If you don't know, Marseille is located by the sea. So the scenery mmg lawa aaa, but there weren't any beaches. Cume tanjung tempat bot2 berlabuh.

That night we took a train to Nice. We actually wanted to get a youth hostel in Monaco but there wasn't any. So since Nice is the closest town from Monaco ( bout 30 minutes) we decided to sleep at Nice. When we arrived at the hostel, there was an old lady waiting for us. She knew shit bout English I guess coz I was trying to ask her bout our room and the price, and she was mumbling some shit in French. I just had enough of it .. so I paid the bill to keep her quite. The great news was that we got the whole apartment to ourselves. Siap ade kitchen lagi ( biar x masak pon). Both me and King Kong slept in different rooms lagi. Mmg nyenyak aaa tido mlm tuh.

Tomorrow : Monaco

Paris : Bonjour missiour cibuple merci .. seghabuk aaa

On Jan 1st, Giant and I took the morning train from London to Paris. We arrive at Gare de Lyon around afternoon, took a subway to Barbes Rouchart which was only one station away and there it was, our hostel. So near to the station, our luck I guess. We put down our backpacks and straightaway went out. There was only one place we really wanted to go. You guessed it, the famous Eiffel Tower. Before, We could only watch it on TV or hear about it from people like Nick Gani who have travelled around Europe. Now it was our turn to experience it. When we reached the tower, it was mesmerizing. The Eiffel tower awed the both of us. We did go up the tower but only to the 2nd level, by walking up the stairs btw. We had to take the elevator to the top and the line was just too long.

The weird thing was that up on the Eiffel tower I met my MRSM PC classmate. She was quite close to me back then but we hadn't meet in like 5 years. Qistina Sabrina is her name and now she has changed a lot. Haha. She's a Beyonce wannabe now krohkrohkroh. I'm gonna shut my ass now and start showing you guys some pics.

I don't know whut's the name of the place but it sure as hell looks nice

Pakai jersey PSG sikit

Qist is the one next to me, with her 2 frens. Mamat laki tuh macho abih ngan sunglasses besar lagi tak tahan

Skodeng awek dari atas Eiffel tower. Layan steam sikit haha

This is Champs Illyses. Symbolizes how big the empire was back then

Nih plak Notre Dame. This is like the biggest and oldest church in Paris. Seriously it's beautiful

At the back is the Lourve. It is the biggest art museum in the world. Somebody told us that if we spend 2 seconds at one picture, it would take us one week to cover the whole place. We wanted to go inside but we were out of luck. We didn't know the Lourve is closed on Tuesdays.

We met 2 Asian Canadians at our hostel on our last day at Paris, and they told us that our hostel was really close to Moulin Rouge. We walked for 10 minutes and there it was, Moulin Rouge. Selamat jumpe 2 mamat nih kalau tak mmg lepas bodoh je. Aku ngan Giant tak terpikir langsung pasal Moulin Rouge waktu ade kat Paris until jumpe 2 mamat tuh. The great thing about Paris was that the chicks were so damn hot. I'm not kidding man. It was hard for us to find any ugly women coz they are so beautiful and they dressed so neatly. Gersang je rase.
But Paris is really for people who are in love aaa seriously. Everywhere they were people making out, under the Eiffel tower, dlm subway pon nak make out gak, get a room aaa c'mon man. It came to a stage where it was annoying bcoz byk sgt.
All in all, Paris was a great experience. Just staring at the Eiffel tower inspired me a lot, how the hell people at that time figured out how to build such things? Many beautiful scenaries, not to forget the gurls. The french chicks were superhot. I don't mind coming here one more time, just for the chicks man. Haha. C'mon aa gua single gersang tuh gersang gak.

Tomorrow: Marseille

London : Friday prayers at MHall canceled coz no water

Sorry for the delay but I've been busy doing some errands for the coming Midwest Games 2006. Anyways, on the 29th both Giant and I took the morning train to London. We arrive there around afternoon and went straight to our hostel. After checking in, we went to our room to find an old man wearing a sweater and a tight 'spender'. Giant got turned on since he's gay. After dealing with the Spenderguy, we straight away went out in search for more beautiful views (not to say that looking at the Spenderguy wasn't a great view haha). I don't wanna write a lot coz there lots of pics that I wanna show u guys.

This is the London eye. We didn't manage to get on to it bcoz it was closed on New Year's Eve.

Gua xtau name tempat nih ape tapi lawa sial

This is the Trafalgar Sq

This is the famous Buckingham Palace

If you look closely you can see Malay States written on the stone/tomb/whuteva

I was looking for Regent St. baru terjumpe. This is Piccadilly Circus btw

Asyik2 Giant je gayut .. gua pon nak gayut gak

Bakal menjadi gambar Salam Hari Raya Utusan

Houses of Parliament sikit

As a whole, I like London a lot. The atmosphere was nice even though there was one day when it rained from morning til evening. The people were very friendly and what I liked the most was there was this M'sian restaurant, Mawar.The atmosphere in the restaurant was so similar to the ones in back home. Siap ade awek2 M'sian lagi jage kaunter. But the one thing I hate the most was this thing below. You can find it everywhere in London.

Fuck Jose Mourinho and Fuck Chelsea too. Man Utd 1 - 0 Liverpool. WooHoo.

London was awesome. I don't mind coming back here. I really like the city a lot.

Tomorrow : Paris

Manchester : Mazree mamat tabligh

So on Dec 27th, we flew from Dublin to Manchester using Ryan Air as we thought that was the cheapest way to travel there. We ended up paying 53 euros each for the tickets, the tax alone was around 20 euros. Damn. byk gile belanje. Anyways the flight was terrible. I got the seat next to the window and Giant sat in the middle. At the aisle was a drunk Englishman. Ohhh yeahh. Not only the smell of liquor was bothering us, the words that came out of his mouth were full of shit. No kidding. He was constantly talking about the plane will go up and then must come down, and then started to laugh his ass off. Since Giant was seating next to him, Giant was really fucked up haha. Thank God I fell asleep. Bangun elok2 je airplane landing. We had to pay about 20 pounds for the cab since my man Mazree malas nak amik.

The next morning, Mazree telah mengejutkan kami utk bersembahyang Subuh. Kami sungguh terkejut. KahKahKah. Just kidding. Mazree nih mmg alim orgnye. Selalu join bebudak tabligh main bola lagi krohkrohkroh. Takde bende pon actually nak buat kat Manchester nih besides going to Old Trafford, Manchester United nye stadium. Unless you're a dumbass like ASSrif HOLEmar, sokong Manchester City, boley aa gi stadium lagi satu.

To tell you the truth I was the one who wanted to go to Manchester since I'm a hardcore Man United fan. So bile first sampai kat Theater of Dreams (name stadium) tuh, mmg overwhelming gak aaa. Cam terngange sebentar. "I've been supporting this football club since I was a kid and now I'm in front of the stadium" I thought. So both Giant and I took the stadium tour laa ape lagi. Here are some of the pictures.

This is in front of the stadium.

Nih tempat press conference

This is the changing room

Nih plak bench tempat Alex Ferguson dan pemain2 duduk waktu game

This is the stadium itself from inside

So basically itu je aa yg kiteorg buat kat Manchester nih, lawat Old Trafford. Ingat nak join tabligh skali ngan Mazree tapi takde mase nak buat camne.

Saje nak menyelit taxi UK. Cute isn't it?

Tomorrow : London

Dublin : Berjumpe mini Giant

Exactly on Xmas day we left Madison for Chicago (Flight tickets on Xmas were the only ones that were cheap). Took the flight from Chicago O'hare to Dublin via Paris. We had a delay in Paris bcoz the French were ass holes. No seriously. The Paris airport is an international airport an yet they only have 2 body scanners (the ones u have to pass thru b4 boarding). There was like 100 people there n only 2 scanners. WTF? So both giant n I missed our flight laaa. Baru start journey dah ade byk halangan. Anyways, we managed to fly to dublin n arrived there 3 hours later than scheduled. Thank God Giant's bro, Amin, woke up late that morning so he didn't have to wait for a long time.

Just to clear things up, Amin is as tall as me which can be considered as quite tall. I'm 5'10" or 180 cm. But according to Giant and I quote "Amin tuh aaa yg paling pendek antare adik beradik aku." I was like daymn.

Anyways, enuf bout Giant. Before arriving in Dublin, I was under the impression that Dublin was a small city just like Madison. My fren Adrian, who is Irish btw, bullshitted me that there's nothing in Dublin. But when Amin took us around Dublin, it was really a happening place. I mean it was much more interesting than Madison obviously. Well feck yah Adrian. Feck yah!

One of the attractions in Dublin was the Dublin Castle. There was nothing interesting there actually. It was just a building with a garden I guess.


After that Amin took us to Griffon/Grifton St. (gua lupe aaa). Jln nih mmg happening abis aaa. Dah aa on that day boxing day kat Dublin kot and this street mmg penuh ngan kedai best2. Tapi yg paling syok skali Dublin nih mmg penuh ngan awek2 medic. Pergh gua tak tipu same lu. Ke hulu ke hilir asyik jumpe awek Malaysian je. Gua pon terliur je tgk. Nak shopping pon semangat je.

But the thing is there are too many Malaysians in the UK so mmg diorang x tego antare satu same lain which is so different compared to the States. Kat US x pernah jumpe pon boley jadik member. Kat UK when you see another Malaysian cam buat2 x kenal je.

Anyways, both Giant and I only spent 1 1/2 days je kat Madison bcoz we had to catch a flight to Manchester. Kiterorg almost terlepas flight for the 2nd time pasal tersilap amik bas to the airport. Di dlm bus tuh both of us were really sad. Giant pasal die terpakse meninggalkan Amin. Aku plak sedey pasal terpakse meninggalkan awek2 Dublin. Kalau stay sane for another day ade possibility dpt no tepon. Cut me some slack ok, I'm single. Gersang aaaa.

Tomorrow : Manchester.

I am a hippie

I am sorry guys. I haven't done any writing for the last 3 weeks. Just got back from Europe at 2 am tuesday morning. The trip was really awesome though. I'm not kidding around and it's not bcoz I went there with Giant/Jayen/KingKong/Suria Perkasa yg sudah Hitam. The places I visited, the experience, meeting new people ... everything. It was the best 3 weeks of my life.

When I was there I realized one thing though, the way I dressed was so different from the way the Europeans dressed. Even the Malaysians in Europe dressed differently than the M'sians in the U.S. The men were so metrosexual, I mean they really take good care of their image which was the opposite of me(when I was there laa). Kat sane, I wore the same winter jacket and the same pants every day (hey I did wash my pants every now and then ok!). That's like the way I dress over here in the States. But over there, the men were like replicas of David Beckham, seriously. The fact that I only shower once a day or sometimes once every 2 days didn't help my image either.

Anyways, I didn't go to Europe to worry about my image. I went there to explore places I thought I never had the chance to go to. With that, everyday I will start writing about the cities I travelled to and my experiences when I was there.

p.s people .. please make this blog more active ... just leave ur comments or something. It'll make me a really happy person. Thanks.