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Mar 11 2010

A Place to “Dieu” in Paris

When I was in Paris, going around places of attraction requires a lot of walking – and it can be really tiring.

hotel dieu paris

So after a long day of walking, I always look forward to going back to Dieu!

P/S: Ask a Chinese friend if you don’t know what I mean. ;)


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Mar 08 2010

The Journey from KLIA to UK

This is a very outdated entry regarding my trip to Europe, but I think it’s the best time to write about it.

MH0004 to london

Ever since I came back from Europe, I sometimes reminisce about the going-to-UK journey. It was really an experience. Mum said that I’m so lucky to be able to visit Europe at such an age. Yes thanks mum, and dad as well.

Anyway, regarding my 12-hours flight from KLIA to London, and also a little from London to Leeds.

klia terminal

I reached KLIA and passed the security border quite early. To be honest, I was very excited.

mas plane

When I saw the MAS plane, I got more excited. So this was the plane that took me half way across the globe.

On the other hand, I was pretty nervous. Have you watched Final Destination 1? The plane KABOOM after taking off?

clouds on flight

Okay I sound insane, but the took off was successful. And that’s when I told myself “Europe, here I come!”.

12-hours on a flight was quite an experience. It felt like ages – you keep looking forward to reaching London but when you look at the time – 11 hours 30 minutes to go. Why so slow wan?

screen on plane

This was the screen that accompanied me most of the time. I watched movies with it, check flight details and stared blankly at it as well.

food on flight

One of my meals during the flight.

magnum mini

Magnum Mini too.

snacks on plane

And more snacks given to eat, probably to kill time. But I took at most 2 minutes to finish them up.

I couldn’t sleep much since it was a morning flight. Hence, the 12-hours on board is actually 12 hours of day time in Malaysia. Perhaps just a short nap.

chess vs computer

I even tried to beat the computer in chess several times. And look! I managed to win the computer gamer in the end! It’s not easy to outsmart Artificial Intelligence you know. =P

Also, all passengers to UK are required to fill up the UK Border Agency Landing Card.

uk border agency landing card

I didn’t have a pen with me, and the lady beside was kind enough to lend one. Don’t think she’ll read this though. Aiya, should’ve told her I’m blogging on kenwooi.com! =P

Anyway, the plane landed safely at Heathrow Airport at about 3.45pm UK time.

sky view from plane

By the time it touched down at London, it was almost sunset. By the way, did you know that during Winter season, the sun sets at 4pm? Yes, it does.

And as I walked out from the plane, I can feel the cold atmosphere immediately. It’s definitely not because of some mega air-conditioner, it’s the temperature.

heathrow terminal 4

After retrieving the luggage, I went straight to London Underground station – to take a train to Kings Cross Station.

london underground train ticket

Without an Oyster Card, a flat rate of ₤4.00 (RM22.40) will be charged to any destination in London.

Anyway, it took almost an hour to reach Kings Cross Station.

kings cross station london

So yes, this is the famous Kings Cross, where Harry Potter and His 9 3/4 Platform was filmed.

trains at kings cross station

I can vividly remember being there for 2 hours, waiting for my train. I sat, looked at the ang mohs and wondered how long more I’ve to wait. Took ages as well.

east cost train ticket

The ticket issued for the trains are pretty cool. In fact, I’m still keeping all the train tickets I used over there. For memories, no doubt.

As for the journey to Leeds, it took about 2 hours.

east cost train

So in the train, all I did was wait – again.

Oh yeah, I received an e-mail from East Coast trains recently. Boy, that made me miss traveling about UK with trains.

Then, at approximately 11pm UK time (7am in Malaysia, the next day) I finally reached my final destination – Leeds!

leeds railway station

In the end, after about 24 hours of moving around the globe, I was finally able to rest!

As I’m typing this entry, I really wish I can experience this amazing journey all over again. But unfortunately, all I can do now is to…

Look back and smile that it happened. =)


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Mar 06 2010

Deadly Messages on Cigarette Packs

I bet everyone knows that smoking is bad for our health. Even the government is well-aware of that.

cigarette packs

That’s why all cigarette manufactures are enforced to include “ugly” pictures on the packs. Basically, to discourage, and hopefully halt, smokers from smoking.

Here are some of my cigarette packs the common pictures we come across.

mild seven cigarette

Charcoal-like lungs.

malboro cigarette

Miscarriages make babies look like aliens.

kent cigarette

A set of disgusting teeth on Ken.

Eh no, I meant Kent.

john cigarette

For the smoking ladies, premature birth of your baby.

dunhill cigarette

A hole on the neck so that food can be swallowed with it as well.

bensen and hedges cigarette

Last but not least, awesome deformation on the feet.

However, such effort to reduce smoking does not only revolve in Malaysia. Even the government in UK has its own method to curb this phenomenon.

But unlike Malaysia, the UK doesn’t beat around the bush.

lambert and butler cigarette

They are, yeah, straight to the point. Smoking kills!

P/S: I don’t smoke okay. =)


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