York trip with my first DSLR

So ended the first trip I planned everything from the beginning til the end. From the train to the places to visit. It's not that hard at all here. After all, everything here can be done online, booked online, and even seen online lol.

Talking about the city York, it's probably the most English city in England. What do I mean by "English"? The culture, the architecture, the tea, the people, the places, (and unfortunately) the weather all comprise what I saw in York. Even the dog Yorkshire Terrier looks more English here than anywhere lol.

This is my first trip I get to go out with my first DSLR ^_^ I kinda looked like a crazy guy carrying 2 cameras at a time lol, my CANON 500D taking photo and the compact sony taking vids. I just soo fell in love with photography right now esp when you share such passion with your friends ahaha. Pics coming out look totally different from the ones I used to be able to take from my compact. If a picture really worth a thousand worth, the pic from DSLR probably says something like "York minster was so fantastic. I had loads of fun there and will definitely go there again." whereas the pic from the compact says "York minster was great." or smthn.

The fun part doesnt stop there. After the trip, even though just a day after, looking back at the pics, sharing them with my friends (thx facebook btw) can just relive the moment in the picture and make you wanna go back there again. Nevertheless, vid still rocks even if it needs some editing prior to sharing. It definitely tells more stories than pictures, but sometimes pictures just tell something video can never tell.

Next stop ... Birmingham Christmas market !!

One of the reasons I didnt choose to go to UNSW

It's another one of those heck free days when I just have totally nothing I want to do. Checking some air ticket in hope I can finally go outside UK travel somewhere. Guess what I've found. CHEAP air ticket..! how cheap? so fricking cheap I didnt believe my own eyes. I thought taking a coach into London from Nottingham for one pound was cheap. But this is Birmingham to Prague (or Dublin or Milan or many more) for just ONE POUND !!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's a kind of promotion that will make you think how the hell does these air company survive bankruptcy not to mention profit.

www.ryanair.com

There's the web. The promotion I talked about ends tomorrow midnight but surely there'll be some more promotion to come.

THIS is what I call "low-cost airline"

Ice cream madness

Following the face the Haagen Dazs is on discount. Bunch of crazy people hav decided to take another step outside the box (literally) with the ice cream to the outside of the building and eat it right there.

London musical !!

Finally had a chance to go watch a musical in London and it's Phantom of the Opera! This can be compared to a farang coming to Thailand watch the thai cultural show or smthn i think.

As you may (or may not) have known, theatre here is relatively more popular (and more interesting) in both British and European's mind. Well, it better be because this show I watched has been running for 20 years or so now everyday except Sunday, once everyday, twice on Saturday and people filled up the whole theatre as you can see in the picture.

The theatre was just awesome. Just looking at how they built and decorated the place made me feel like I've really paid for something. Props springing out from the floor out of nowhere. Band of orchestra playing right there live. Actors singing and dancing dressing in vivid 18th century dress. This is doubtlessly one of the best national art.

Advice for those who wanna watch.

Let someone in London book a ticket for you first. (or try your luck getting half price ticket if you plan to stay there for a while) This can be risky especially on Saturday since more people tend to watch on Saturday.

Go read the plot otherwise you wont understand many things.

Listen to the music (youtube) before for enhanced experience : )

Actually, pictures not supposed to be taken but I managed to get quite a few. Too bad I didnt dare take vids lol.

Two months in UK

watch a musical --- checked.

coming up next week, trip to York.

next next week, christmas market in Birmingham.

Happy birthday to Ice

Joint birthday party of Ice and P' Yee at the cafe and restaurant called 'Pitcher and Piano'. The place is just awesome. It builds upon an abandoned church. Stain glass and everything church-ish is still there except the cross I think. Anyway, this is what we do on a birthday .... enjoy

Back in Thailand ni probably a few bottles emptied already lol. People here drink more conservatively due to the price ahaha so shots are as much as you get here.

That karaoke place is just five minutes walk from our dorm. I cant recall how old the Thai songs are but let me put is this way... Some of the songs make me think how time flies and how old I'm getting already ...

thx ton for the flash btw ^^ more pics on my fb

Winter falls

Looking at the desktop gadget ... the number appears not to reach two digits anymore these days. So what comes with winter breeze?

- shortened daylight ... it gets dark here just around 4pm and by 6pm you will want to be somewhere enclosed with a heater...

- consequently more clothings to be worn ... two layers just wont suffice anymore

- snow (?) not yet to come but i definitely hope it will snow this year ^___^

- laziness ... getting out of the blanket (not to mention the bed) is getting harder than ever

- ice cream !! yes, ice cream !! ahaha temperature outside reading 7 degree but inside such a cozy room, 50% off Haagen Dazs is just heavenly. It's usually 100 baht/scoop back in Thailand right? Here you get half a quart for 2.5 pounds!!!!!! Im so gonna try all the ice cream til discount's gone lol

Bicester Village trip

Last Saturday we went to Bicester village (pronounced 'Bis-ter'), probably the biggest factory outlet in UK. It's in Oxfordshire. Took the train around 3 hours including stops and change to reach there via Birmingham where we had to walked from one station to another. Turned out finally had the first chance to see how useful 3G can be. Yea, my bb bold lead me one mile through the city center to the station just on time ahaha. Well, actually we ended up asking for the way anyway.

The train is doubtlessly extremely punctual. Leaves at precise time stamped on the ticket, which happens to be the same time on the internet when we booked a week earlier. Comparing to the ever so changing, Thai rail, I still cant believe how the governments, probably tens of them since King rama V age, never care to improve or just at least make it punctual and reliable for people to take, say from Bangkok to Pattaya.

At the outlet, there are several things I noticed. Asian people were almost half of the people walking there, lol.

There're heck lots of people like it's free stuff to be given even though the cheapest shirt there is 40 pounds. And just like any outlet there is, what they're selling there doesnt have everything you see in the retail shop, at least not what my friends were expecting to see lol. (even though they ended up shopping til the last drop of time given)

Next trip... who knows where I'll go