in black and white[or orange]


here are the details of the trip
pics will be up later cos i havent uploaded them yet
be satisfied:)


-day 1 sunday
arrived at london heathrow airport at abt 6am
it was freezing..abt 13 degrees!
and agnes told us to prepare for warm weather?!
collected our prebooked car[had a shock when we saw it]
drove off to coventry[i navigated the way there:)]


abt 2 hours plus later
landed at agnes's house:)
made ourselves comfortable and were issued our rooms
agnes brought us for an english tea at kenilworth
followed her to the supermart[see the domesticated agnes:)]
tried to watch the worldcup finals that evening
but couldnt make it..crashed to sleep at 830 i think


-day 2 monday
agnes was working[she worked the whole week in fact]
visited oxford with my parents
its an interesting place:)
basically oxford is known as a uni-town
and the uni is so ingrained and integrated in the place
there is no exact beginning or end of it, nor a campus
anyway..we drove around the town
i bought oxford shirts:)


my dad..not wanting to waste money on touristy stuff
did something really quite "him" in my opinion at least
we took the guide of the 'hop-on-hop-off bus'
and drove the route!
as expected..i navigated it:)
its quite fun actually
and we saw the school of geography:)
my parents hope i can do an exchange there next time
we'll see about that yah

drove to bicester village nearby
its like a collection of all the factory outlets of expensive brands
bought some reebok stuff only..ex lah


-day 3 tuesday
we drove down to bath[about 2.5 hours away]
parked at the park-and-ride carpark
rode the bus into bath
its a really nice and quaint little town
with very authentic english architecture
juxtaposed to the modern shop fronts and cafes
visited the roman baths
very interesting place:)
if you ever get to go to england, visit this place
its worth the money you pay


walked around the town after that
went to look for the jane austen centre
but didnt pay to get in[what lit student am i right?]
we saw some really good buskers around though


-day 4 wednesday
spent the morning in agnes's house
watching tv or challenging my dad to sudoku


had subway for lunch before going to strafford
thats the shakespeare birthplace in case you dun know
went to the shakespeare exhibition and his birthplace
i penned our names down in the guestbook there:)
couldnt find any singaporeans in it..


drove back to warwick uni to pick agnes up
before heading back to strafford to watch julius caesar:)
i really enjoyed the play
and am proud of myself that i could still rem some of the lines:)
that was my sec 4 text
but then again..my mom could rem some parts too
and that was her a level text..hmm..
my dad and sis were erm..having difficulty following though


-day 5 thursday
agnes's graduation:)
dad was in a suit, mom in a nice dress and i in my prom outfit
went to the uni really early
to collect my extra ticket and take photos
helped agnes with her grad gown too[ok..my mom helped]
she went to take the studio shots
the ceremony was kinda boring
and they pronounced her chinese name wrongly..
hung around for a little while while she took the group shots
and the usual motar board throwing picture:)


the 3 of us went to coventry city centre to walked around
after going supermart shopping with agnes[again]
was going home to a bbq after that
the bbq was pretty good:)
nice food and nice people
my family, jireh's[agnes friend + housemate] family and 2 friends
i tired aubergines for the first time
and didnt like it..heh


-day 6 friday
left for brimingham city pretty early
cos we booked out tickets for cadbury world:)
yup..the chocolate factory
it was really choc overload there
they were giving out free bars to the people at everywhere
the tour though propagandarish was informative
and i love cadbury even more now:)
we bought quite abit of choc to bring home:)
by my family's standards at least


went to birmingham city centre in the afternoon
walked around chinatown and the 'bullring' shopping centre
apparently its the largest mall in the uk[i think]
agnes was so amazed that we didnt buy anything
o well..the exchange rate just kills


helped to pack up their kitchen that night
[agnes, jireh plus 2 more people shared a house]
was the 'sealer' of packages and boxes
its eye-opening the amount of kitchen stuff they had
the kitchen never seemed to be empty..really..
packed up my laggage too before crashing to bed


-day 7 saturday
the drive up to lake district with jireh's family
stopped over at the city of manchester for lunch
walked around too
reached our booked house at 9[it was still bright]
after almost getting lost a few times
nothing much more for this day
the house was so wonderful:)
the kind that has milk sent every morning
and we were neighbours to a pen of sheep
apparently it cost the 2 girls a bomb though


-day 8 sunday
went to the town of windermere as a family
bought a route for a walk and off we went:)
walked/trekked up a hill
enter a grazing plot for sheep


jane: walking here like walking on a mine field like that
[we were all very deliberate in checking where our feet landed]
agnes: but these dun explode, they just stink:)


made it all the way up
and the view up there was FANTASTIC:)
made the climb all worth it
see the photos we took to get a glimspe of the beauty
although i admit nothing beats seeing it firsthand
reached back home early
learnt to play poker with chocs as the stake
was the first to go bankrupt:( o well


-day 9 monday
left early in the morning for york
was a combined day out for us
journey there took 3 hours[far longer then agnes thought]
reached around 12 and looked for lunch
after a relatively cheap one we setted out for "betty's"
its a really good tea place[reads ultra expensive]
picks out some dessert treats to indulge in later:)


left for the factory outlets about 15 mins away
it was shopping haven there!
shopped around with agnes
ended up spending about 70 pounds!
bought..
-bikini pieces:)
-a very nice halter black dress
- pair of balck pants
-stuff for my friends[paper and make up]
-stuff from marks and spencer
-various things for the younger siblings
very satisfying day:) very. satisfying.


drove back home
reached at about 9
still had a bbq!
and mahjong after that:)
lost big time man


-day 10 tuesday
lazy day
spent it driving around the lakes
we waded into one of them
the water is really clean and cool/cold
and got wet cause of a wave


the weather was so hot the few days cause of the heat wave
we visited a supermart to escape from the heat!
and sent the car for a carwash:)
packed up the luggage for the last time


-day 11 wednesday
left early
long drive down to london[about 300 miles]
stopped at birmingham for lunch along the way
planned to stop at liverpool but there wasnt the time
returned the car at 6
and hung around at the airport till we boarded the plane
and home sweet home:)
-thats all folks-


how many of you went "finally.."?
its ok lah..i found it a drag typing everything out too
i enjoyed the trip alot though:)
the weather was pleasent enough
except the last few days when it was seriously HOT


the pics are coming up soon
still working on the captions
and when you have 200 over pics
captions do take a while..