Anyway, these are the things I'm going to talk about in my blog: Manchester trip, bonfire night, and Notts Games.
Manchester Trip:
This was the second time i travel through train, but the first time I saw the procedure of getting into the train :D It was early in the morning when we walked down to the train station. Surprisingly, there are so many seagulls in Leeds @@ I wonder if there is any sea nearby because the whole street is full of them. We bought a cup of coffee and a burger each and we're off to the train to Manchester :D At the same time bro taught me how to read the sign board. While waiting for the train, I saw Jing Han and her friends there, too. She was going to Liverpool that day (and yup she had fun =x).
We got down at Manchester Piccadilly and went to shop for groceries (YES ALL THE WAY TO MANCHESTER FOR GROCERIES!!). The China Town there is kind of quiet in the morning, and many shops were still close. We meet up with Shen's friend, Mun Yee there. She was the tour guide for the day :P We went to more Chinese shops and a shopping center, and then to University of Manchester. Gosh I was surprised that the university is so big @@ There are tons of buildings that caught my attention. After a brief tour there, we ate at TaiPan. The dim sum there was delicious, but I still prefer dim sums in Malaysia :P. Mun Yee then went back to continue her work while we took a bus to Trafford Centre, the largest mall here in Manchester :D The mall looked a lot like Sunway Pyramid, just that it is BIGGER than it. We took a bus back to Picadilly and meet up with Mun Yee for dinner in Tokyo Season :D The sushi here was DELICIOUS!! We also bought a few egg tarts in Manchester as my bro say the egg tarts here were the best among other places. After a satisfying meal, we got home. :)
Bonfire Night:
On November 5th, I suggested to my bro to go for the Bonfire Night. What is Bonfire Night all about? According to Wikipedia (2010), Bonfire Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Night, is an annual celebration for the failed Gunpowder Plot on November 5th, 1605. It was made a public holiday under the Observance of 5th November Act 1605, also known as the Thanksgiving Act. The reason behind the lighting of bonfire can be found in detail in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night)
The place was full of people that night. I witnessed the lighting of bonfire that night and was glad that I didn't miss this opportunity. Although I was innocent of the whole event, the cheers of the crowd really made my day that night. It was said that there were fireworks after that, but I'm not a fans of fireworks, and therefore went home after the lighting of bonfire.
Notts Games:
The next day after Bonfire Night, we went to Nottingham to watch the Nottingham Malaysian Games. It is a large sports event in Nottingham that attract many Malaysians-related university society to join and meet up. It was first organised by the committee of the Nottingham Malaysian Society in 1985, and was since held annually until today.
Again we woke up early in the morning to catch the train to Nottingham. When we reached Nottingham, we were told that the basketball match is held in the main sports centre, which was 1 mile away from the train station @@ GOSH we had to walk for 1 mile to get there. Anyways on the road to University of Nottingham, we naturally got attracted by the buildings and scenery in Nottingham and end up walking in the park. I enjoyed that moment a lot because the whole long journey had become a photo-shoot outing!
After finished walking the park, we finally reached the sports centre. We meet up with Jess, Ying Sim's friend during her intern and Chong Boon, our cousin in law XD. Chong Boon took part in basketball that day. After watching his match, we went out together for lunch in Portland Building, where they sell a lot of Malaysia's delicacy there. After meeting up with Mun Yee and Kay Por, we had our lunch (NASI LEMAK!!). We then off to find another friend of bro, Vincent, and Vin Soon. After a session of chit chat, we went to Vincent's place and another photo shoot outing :P In the evening, we went back to watch basketball semi-finals and final match. I was surprised that University of Leeds made to the final, playing with Imperial College. The players of University of Leeds were rough @@ imagine 7 fouls in 10 minutes.. In the end Imperial College won 21-20.
After the match, we went for dinner in The Dunkirk Inn. It is an Indian restaurant. Due to the lack of time, we were forced to eat faster to avoid missing our train. The lamb there is delicious! love it :D after dinner we took a taxi back to the train station. Lucky us we made it on time :D.
Okay that's all for this post. Sorry for the slow updates and laziness =x BYE!
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