Journey of Tofu

Finally...I'm here...

I flew through 10, 953km to...

Sat in the airplane for bloody butt-paining 13hrs 30 minutes...

Just to reach UK.

Well, the first few days I arrive...I experience jet lag...

Yea! Jet lag...meaning I will sleepy at 8pm London time ( 2am Msian time) and feel wide awake at 7am (3pm Msian time). I tahan till 11pm on my first day...and then...woke up next day at 7am...automatically...no alarm clock required...no birds chirping or whatsoever...

That's saying usually it takes about 10 alarm rings from my handphone to wake me up in time for my classes in Uni -__-

Gosh...

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Anyway, I didn't travel much on my first few days here, bcoz my "tour guide" Vy hehe, was busy with his lab report...in fact, until now...which is erm...5 days after I arrive, he's still busy with it...hmm...

My first morning, I got some great food I bought the previous night with Vy and his friend at a local Tesco-like minisized market nearby. However, this market is way better than Tesco (those in Msia) They have food which they will reduce price upon nearing its expiry date and still not sold out yet. It is reduced by almost 90%. Great right? I bought some potatoes with goosefat (don't ask me...no idea), butter, herbs. Vy added some things of his own, cheese! And the result is just good! Yummy!!!

potatoes...and more potatoes...

Then next day, I bought some breads and muffins for my breakfast coupled with some apple juice. Yum again! Especially for the croissant! Its so crunchy and tasty!!! =)

I'M IN MANCHESTER!!!

Then we head over to Manchester City. We meet up with Boon, Vy's friend where he showed us superb hospitality. We sat in the bus for 5 hrs from London before reaching Manchester. To tell the truth, this is also another butt-paining experience =( very pain...

The stadium's magnificent from outside. It looks very modern with those glass panels. Previously, Old Trafford gives me an old feeling because it had the "Old" word in front...but now it changed. I decided to skip the tour around th stadium, because firstly, I am NOT a fan of ManU, secondly, its quite expensive...it cost 9 pounds. I'd rather spend 9 pounds on my Arsenal stadium tour =P

Then we went to the city centre where we had a walk before returning to nearby to Boon's hideout...hehe. We had some Indian food there, kebab and spicy rice. I had the spicy rice while Vy and Boon had kebab. The kebab tasted very very tasty...really good. But Vy said he had better in London. The spicy rice I had, was suppose to be the spiciest food there. When I told the fella I wanted the spicy rice, Vindeloo...he gave me the O.O look and said, "Its VEERRYYY hot you know???!!!" Well, I think I could take it. Its not that bad, yes...it is quite spicy, in fact, I've never tasted something this spicy for some long long long time. However, I ate ice cream later to cool my tongue...This...Vindeloo, its like Tom Yam, the more you eat, the spicier it feels. Hehe...but it is really nice =) and everything here is cheaper than London, the food, the items...everything...even cinema tickets. I watched by paying adult's price (they just couldn't accept a student card, my Nottingham Uni card which have no expiry date...darn it!) which is 5.75 pounds...which is still cheaper than London's 6 pounds student's price. Hahahaha! But...my 39 bucks...flew with the movie...T.T

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I really had a very good time in Manchester, thanks to Boon! He's really great in showing us the place around. And I saw ice on rooftops and roadside for the first time in my life...yea...I know its sad that the ice is not snow =( it would have been better if it's snow...but I'm happy with just ice...It still looks slightly like snow from far...until you get close enough.

We had to transfer to a bus that has lower speed...so we can't reach the destination quickly...

Luckily and unluckily...we had 2 pitstop, one to pick up another driver and another...to transfer to a new coach (yay!) Not that I mind these two pit stops, but...the time's getting later and later due to the city bus' slow speed...we arrived some one hour off our designated time =( super late...oh well, what luck I'm having recently, delays in everything...luckily my plane is not delayed...or else...I'll seriously scream!

That pretty much sums up my trip so far in UK. =)