On our way back from Sainsbury, this group of bikers (seems like more than 50!!) were in front of us.
At the roundabout, they did this!!
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Saturday, April 22, 2006
20 places to see before you die
This week's NOW magazine list the 20 places to see before you die. I had been to 7 places on the list, you???
1. Statue of Cristo Redentor, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2. Statue of Liberty, New York, USA
3. Taj Mahal, Agra, India
4. The Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland
5. The Colosseum, Rome
6. Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
7. Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, USA
8. La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain
9. Great Wall of China, Northern China
10. Sydney Opera House, Australia
11. Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA
12. Venice, Italy
13. London Eye
14. The Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain
15. The Hollywood sign, Los Angeles, USA
16. Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, USA
17. Machu Picchu, Peru
18. The Eiffel Tower, Paris
19. The Pyramids, Giza, Egypt
20. Stonehenge, Wiltshire
This week's NOW magazine list the 20 places to see before you die. I had been to 7 places on the list, you???
1. Statue of Cristo Redentor, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2. Statue of Liberty, New York, USA
3. Taj Mahal, Agra, India
4. The Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland
5. The Colosseum, Rome
6. Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
7. Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, USA
8. La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain
9. Great Wall of China, Northern China
10. Sydney Opera House, Australia
11. Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA
12. Venice, Italy
13. London Eye
14. The Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain
15. The Hollywood sign, Los Angeles, USA
16. Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, USA
17. Machu Picchu, Peru
18. The Eiffel Tower, Paris
19. The Pyramids, Giza, Egypt
20. Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Friday, April 07, 2006
Bird flu
1 bird flu case occur in UK. Both of us agreed not to eat poultry for awhile to be safe.
Today we decided to buy dinner home instead of cooking so we pop over to KFC and bought a bucket of 8 pieces chicken and some hot wings. Half way through our dinner, Sam turn to me and said "Aren't we suppose not to eat poultry!!"
Damn!!!
We did it again. The same situation occur to us when we were in Thailand which we agreed not to eat poultry. But on our last day of the trip, we had KFC for lunch and it was only after the meal did we realise " Ya hor, we are suppose not to eat poultry hor but we had KFC!!"
Apparantly, our mind don't register that KFC relates to poultry.
1 bird flu case occur in UK. Both of us agreed not to eat poultry for awhile to be safe.
Today we decided to buy dinner home instead of cooking so we pop over to KFC and bought a bucket of 8 pieces chicken and some hot wings. Half way through our dinner, Sam turn to me and said "Aren't we suppose not to eat poultry!!"
Damn!!!
We did it again. The same situation occur to us when we were in Thailand which we agreed not to eat poultry. But on our last day of the trip, we had KFC for lunch and it was only after the meal did we realise " Ya hor, we are suppose not to eat poultry hor but we had KFC!!"
Apparantly, our mind don't register that KFC relates to poultry.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Car repaired..
Finally picked up our car after 9 days!! Was told that the repair would be 3 days but it was stretched to 9 days.... Somehow the courtesy car company seem to realise this long ago and gave us a rental agreement for 9 days (stated in the agreement sent to us the next day after we collect the courtesy car)!! Coincidence, I don't think so. Anyway, all these should be paid for by the bus company insurer as it wasn't our fault, see previous post.
Let's see the paint works and the new bumper,
Before repair and before washing the car!
After repair and the car washed by them
The paint works seem brillant!!
Miss driving our car, cos the courtesy car is too big for us, Too van-like and always feel that it might topple over when you turn left/right. The only good thing about the courtesy car, it's new (only 6 months old).
Finally picked up our car after 9 days!! Was told that the repair would be 3 days but it was stretched to 9 days.... Somehow the courtesy car company seem to realise this long ago and gave us a rental agreement for 9 days (stated in the agreement sent to us the next day after we collect the courtesy car)!! Coincidence, I don't think so. Anyway, all these should be paid for by the bus company insurer as it wasn't our fault, see previous post.
Let's see the paint works and the new bumper,
Before repair and before washing the car!
After repair and the car washed by them
The paint works seem brillant!!
Miss driving our car, cos the courtesy car is too big for us, Too van-like and always feel that it might topple over when you turn left/right. The only good thing about the courtesy car, it's new (only 6 months old).
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Today...
My last twenty-something birthday!!!
Going shopping now! Yeah!
Update... didn't buy anything.
So what did Sam gave me???
A swatch watch!!
Dinner??
Yes, homemade sushi, eat as much as you like!!
Dessert??
No cake, the one I want was sold out in M&S. So we bought the creme brulee from M&S instead. Finally the blow torch bought previously comes into use. Although you tend to pay a bit more for M&S food, the food quality is extremely good. Very creamy and tasty for this creme brulee, will buy it next time.
My last twenty-something birthday!!!
Going shopping now! Yeah!
Update... didn't buy anything.
So what did Sam gave me???
A swatch watch!!
Dinner??
Yes, homemade sushi, eat as much as you like!!
Dessert??
No cake, the one I want was sold out in M&S. So we bought the creme brulee from M&S instead. Finally the blow torch bought previously comes into use. Although you tend to pay a bit more for M&S food, the food quality is extremely good. Very creamy and tasty for this creme brulee, will buy it next time.
Monday, March 27, 2006
Friday, March 24, 2006
Hotel for Prague trip
Which one???
Sofia Hotel
- 3 star hotel
- 48 pounds per nite per room, quoted from expedia.co.uk
- Approx 1km from Wenceslas Square, think still can walk there
- No lift (but only 4 floors)
- Nearest metro is Namesti Miru (Line A), two stop to Mustek (Centre)
- review from virtual tourist seems ok.
- I think this is the best out of the lot, cheap and can walk to city centre.
Hotel Melantrich
- 3 star hotel
- 60 pounds per nite per room, quoted from expedia.co.uk
- Approx 200m from Wenceslas Square, right in city centre
- No lift
- review from virtual tourist seems ok, maybe abit noisy.
Grand Hotel
- 3 star hotel
- 44 pounds per nite per room, quoted from expedia.co.uk
- Approx 3km from Wenceslas Square
- Nearest metro station is Lipanska (Blue line), about 4 stops from city centre
- review from trip advisor seems ok.
Which one???
Sofia Hotel
- 3 star hotel
- 48 pounds per nite per room, quoted from expedia.co.uk
- Approx 1km from Wenceslas Square, think still can walk there
- No lift (but only 4 floors)
- Nearest metro is Namesti Miru (Line A), two stop to Mustek (Centre)
- review from virtual tourist seems ok.
- I think this is the best out of the lot, cheap and can walk to city centre.
Hotel Melantrich
- 3 star hotel
- 60 pounds per nite per room, quoted from expedia.co.uk
- Approx 200m from Wenceslas Square, right in city centre
- No lift
- review from virtual tourist seems ok, maybe abit noisy.
Grand Hotel
- 3 star hotel
- 44 pounds per nite per room, quoted from expedia.co.uk
- Approx 3km from Wenceslas Square
- Nearest metro station is Lipanska (Blue line), about 4 stops from city centre
- review from trip advisor seems ok.
Friday, March 17, 2006
St Patrick's Day
This year, we make sure we are early in case the hat run out. 4 pints of Guinness and the hat is yours. Got mine now!!!
hmmmm..... Last year need 5 pints to get the hat..... Guess the less the better for me.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
心痛.....
Heart pain....
Sam tried to fix the problem with the car and bought a new distributer cap (about 25 pounds) to replace the old one. However the car still wouldn't start.......
Sam found out that it might be the distributor itself causing the problem and to replace it would cost 440 pounds!!!!!!
No choice lor, got to send the car to Nissan to confirm our findings and fix the problem.
Got the quote this afternoon and it's confirmed that it was the distributor and would cost 560 pounds (diagnose + parts + labour).
Faint.........
买车容易, 养车难
Heart pain....
Sam tried to fix the problem with the car and bought a new distributer cap (about 25 pounds) to replace the old one. However the car still wouldn't start.......
Sam found out that it might be the distributor itself causing the problem and to replace it would cost 440 pounds!!!!!!
No choice lor, got to send the car to Nissan to confirm our findings and fix the problem.
Got the quote this afternoon and it's confirmed that it was the distributor and would cost 560 pounds (diagnose + parts + labour).
Faint.........
买车容易, 养车难
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
What a day
My typical day at work in Cambourne is 8am to 4.15pm so that I can avoid the traffic in Cambridge. Driving to work in the morning was ok, arrive at 8am as predicted.
But when it's time to go home at 4.30pm, my car wouldn't start!!!! I thought I was doing something wrong. Called Sam for advise and tried numerous times to start it but in vain.... Asked my manager to have a look and it seems that I was doing everything ok so it's just the car......mmmmmm
Called our Roadside Assistance to come and help. Waited for more than an hour before he arrived, luckily I was able to sit in office to wait cos it was freezing cold outside...
The garage guy came at about 5.45pm and he couldn't start the car too. Not even with jump lead (no idea what other methods he tried). So he decided to drive me home in his tow car with our car towed behind.
Me in the tow car and the garage guy pushing our car to be towed.
Any idea what happened to the car??? It could be the cold weather or it might be the car deciding to play dead on me or it's just me!!!
Arrived home safely at 7pm and will need to call the roadside assistance again to tow the car to garage when we fixed an appointment with our garage.
Maybe the car will be ok in the morning??? Not likely cos the battery is already drained after the headlights were switched on throughout the way home on tow.
Well, this will be a hole in our pockets.......
My typical day at work in Cambourne is 8am to 4.15pm so that I can avoid the traffic in Cambridge. Driving to work in the morning was ok, arrive at 8am as predicted.
But when it's time to go home at 4.30pm, my car wouldn't start!!!! I thought I was doing something wrong. Called Sam for advise and tried numerous times to start it but in vain.... Asked my manager to have a look and it seems that I was doing everything ok so it's just the car......mmmmmm
Called our Roadside Assistance to come and help. Waited for more than an hour before he arrived, luckily I was able to sit in office to wait cos it was freezing cold outside...
The garage guy came at about 5.45pm and he couldn't start the car too. Not even with jump lead (no idea what other methods he tried). So he decided to drive me home in his tow car with our car towed behind.
Me in the tow car and the garage guy pushing our car to be towed.
Any idea what happened to the car??? It could be the cold weather or it might be the car deciding to play dead on me or it's just me!!!
Arrived home safely at 7pm and will need to call the roadside assistance again to tow the car to garage when we fixed an appointment with our garage.
Maybe the car will be ok in the morning??? Not likely cos the battery is already drained after the headlights were switched on throughout the way home on tow.
Well, this will be a hole in our pockets.......
