布赖顿的秋天

不知怎么的，最近又喜欢上用华文抒发一下自己的情绪，或许是因为写论文是用英文，写到快发疯了，就想来这里逃避现实，顺便看下相机里的照片。

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四季里，最喜欢秋天。原因或许是因为秋天有种凄美的感觉，落叶铺满的道路踩在脚下挺舒服的。而夕阳映在落叶上所反射的橘色，是我本身认为非常唯美的景色，自己之所以会踏上这个‘使用专业数码相机摄影’的不归路（这是个多么昂贵的爱好）或多或少就是因为被网路上夕阳的照片所吸引。

布赖顿，秋天。Brighton, Autumn.








Till then.

St Paul's Cathedral

A shot of the famous St. Paul's cathedral when I was in London with my brother and his gf.  Missing those carefree days, traveling and exploring new places of the city.  Mainly for the food tho.

Till then.

Life Goals

你会不会剪去，黄了的回忆？



我对外公的记忆不深，因为他在我很小的时候就去世了。但却有那么一段记忆，让我无法忘却，就是在我小时候生病时，外公牵起我的小手带我到邻近的便利店去买冰淇淋。那时的我年纪虽轻，却能感受到外公对我的爱；即使是过了二十年，仍旧记忆犹新。

而我最大的遗憾，莫过于没有好好珍惜爷爷，好好孝顺他老人家，直到听到了他的死讯，才后悔当初为何没有多花些时间按陪伴他。

当我老了，我希望我可以像照片里的老人般，挽着孙子的手，一起仰望夕阳西下。

Mum's birthday

My mum's birthday is in January, but unfortunately I had to miss out on 2 of her birthdays consecutively because I am not in Malaysia :( That's the thing about studying abroad, you miss out on most of the things going on in Malaysia - parents' birthdays, friends' birthdays, friends' weddings etc, and the list goes on.  Oh well.

Since I don't get to celebrate it with my mum, I thought I would just take some time to edit the photos of her birthday in 2014 (Yes I know I am slow in editing photos.  Let's just say I am busy.)  We celebrated her birthday at El Cerdo, because her friend from Singapore came over and they wanted to meet up.

Personally I don't really like the place because most of their dishes are pork (I am not sure if they serve any other meat) and I can get bored of pork.  But since her friend's sister works there, so off we went.



This is quite a nice combination.  I had never thought that honey dew can go so well with pork.





Pork ribs.



Some spicy soup.



The suckling pig.  This is the dish that almost everyone who had been to El Cerdo would order; this is the dish which you can hear customers smashing plates.  If I am not mistaken by smashing the plates you get rid of the bad luck you had and since it's my mum's birthday, why not?



Dessert.



Some cocktail with ginger.  Not bad.



So sleepy I am actually dozing off as I type this.  Back to my bed for now.  Till then.

Day 3 at Cambodia - part 1

So I lost the papers that have the details of our itinerary and the names of the places/temples that we had visited, I can't tell the name of the temples now.  Great job ky, if I were to be a travel blogger I'm gonna fail so bad lmao.  Luckily I'm not.

After looking thru the thousands of photos (I kid, I never reach a thousand photos even when I go traveling.) I found the name of the temples yay.  So the first series of photos are shot at Prasat Kravan temple, Siem Reap.  Honestly, by the third day we were quite tired of walking under the scorching sun and we sorta slowed down our pace by the end of the day (I know, I can never be a travel blogger).

Anyway, this is the Prasat Kravan temple.





Traditional wind chimes?  My bro insisted on buying one lol.



The temple from different view.  I was told that the temples were designed in such a way that there will always be a tall, main block surrounded by an even number of smaller blocks.



There will almost always be 'guardians' of the temples.





Carvings in the temples.







And you can tell by their carvings that the temples were built under the influence of Hinduism.



I really wonder how long did it take them to build these temples.





Yeah the entrance to the main block is rather small.



Prasat Kravan.



Magnificent much.



Signing off now as I am not feeling well, been having sore throat with fluctuating low grade fever, partially obstructed airway (nose blocked) and bad cough.  Till then.

Sunset at Phnom Bakheng

Apparently the temple at Phnom Bakheng (again I forgot the name, I would fail so badly as a travel blogger) because it offers a 360 degree view of the area, so we had to bid Angkor Wat goodbye and rushed to this place for the awesome view.  And because they close the entrance after certain time, we barely made it on time.

Look at the amount of tourists lol.  I was hoping they would be impatient and went down before the sunset.



When we reached the top, I realised that it was not as crowded as I had expected as the temple is quite huge and you can walk freely around.



But ofc, the nicest spot is packed with tourists sitting on the steps, waiting for the sun to set.







Finally, after walking around and taking jump shots of my mum, the sun was setting.  Time to grab a good spot so that I would not be blocked by selfie sticks.  I really hate selfie sticks, especially those who used it to take group photos, and not just one but several shots.  Most of the time they do not realised that they had blocked the view of others (or maybe they do but they just don't give a fuck?) and I find it really inconsiderate to do so (hello, I paid the same amount of money for this view as well, and sun set shots are really challenging because the sun disappears within minutes).



Got a really nice spot.  Happy kid is me.







夕阳无限好，只是近黄昏。Perfect description of sunset.





Last shot of the temple before headed off for dinner.

Late Summer last year

In the late Summer of 2014, I stepped out of my comfort zone to further my studies in a foreign country.  Boy was I excited.  It has always been my dream to study abroad.  I thought I can finally be independent and do whatever I want.  I thought being away from home means more freedom.  I thought I was going to have lots of fun and travel to lots of places.

But the truth is, I miss home a lot.  With all the things that had happened and all the stuffs that are still going on, I just feel so exhausted?  Tired of all the bullshit.  I used to try so hard to please everyone, but now I just want to be a little selfish and ignore the rest of the world.

So, chilling by the beach has become one of my favourite pastime.  Because I could sit by the beach for hours and enjoy my antisocial time all by myself, not having to talk to anyone at all.



I am just a normal person trying my best to complete my studies so that I can go home and be with my parents and my twin brother.

Ok, rant is over.  Now enjoy some photos taken last year when I came to the UK for the first time in my life.  And hopefully on my graduation day, my parents will finally be able to visit the country for the first time.

Old school sewing machine.  I can imagine my mum going crazy over this.  She loves antique stuffs.



Flowers at the Old Steine garden.





The fountain.



Random dandelions.



Unpacking my stuffs at my house last year.  I felt quite sad to move out of it cause it was a lovely house.  Oh well.



AIDS memorial sculpture, Tay.



Walking around at night.



Taking the shortcut to Asda.





Tiny flowers.  If only they can fly like the dandelions.





那些年。



First fried rice in the UK.  Clearly I have improved a lot since then.



First rain lol.  It's so wet and gloomy here that I actually feel excited when the sun is out.  Too bad now the sun sets so early.



Dinner - pan seared chicken breast with mashed potatoes, beans and carrots.



Brunch - fry everything you have in the fridge, in this case I had chicken breast, mushrooms, tomatoes, capsicum, ham.  And tortellini with mushroom soup.  I am amazed that I used to put in so much effort in cooking last time, now I just use 2 ingredients - meat (protein) + pasta / rice (carb).



Time to go back to work.  Till then.