The train journey

They ramble through the country-side,
Dear gentle monsters, and we ride
Pleasantly seated—so we sink
Into a torpor on the brink
Of thought, or read our books, and understand
Half them and half the backward-gliding land:
(Trees in a dance all twirling round;
Large rivers flowing with no sound;
The scattered images of town and field,
Shining flowers half concealed.)
And, having settled to and equal rate,
They swing the curve and straighten to the straight,
Curtail their stride and gather up their joints,
Snort, dwindle their steam for the noisy points,
Leap them in safety, and, the other side,
Loop again to and even stride.

A poem written by:
V. De Sola Pinto

Memorable phrases in a poem hits your mind, memorable adventure strikes your heart forever! I have an urge to share this post after I came across some websites about luxury train express to beautiful places tucked in somewhere in our world, awaiting for someone to discover and explore it..

Some history about rail transport I found  from http://www.snowdonrailway.co.uk/history.php

Picture: Original track being laid

Picture: The train reaching the old Summit building

Locomotive number eight, Eryri, is the Welsh name for Snowdonia. It was also removed from service and dismantled in the 1980’s.

The black and white picture proves that the train exists for a long time ago and solely as a form of transportation. However, luxury train is a trend for young people to travel. Luxury trains can be found anywhere in the world, bringing you to a whole new world. Something that you can't get from taking a flight. I came across some websites introducing some trains that offer luxurious and comfortable journey. This is what we called a breathtaking journey;The European trains, UK trains, South East Asia trains, and South African train...

Words cannot decribe how beautiful this view is..

An innocent child looking out of the train

 A clock at the train station.. How I wish the time could stop for this moment~

 Bids farewell to loved ones

Or come along with your loved ones to spend momentuos time together in the train!

 

Three nights in KL with mixed feelings...

The title of this post tells you everything basically.. I was at KL from last Sunday (10/4/2011) until today (12/4/2011). What I am doing there? Haha.. The bf's mum, aunts and uncles and grandparents came to KL from Hong Kong. We overnight there and chatted the nights away though it was tiring especially after waiting for the slow like snail bus, crowded and packed like sardin train and a 10 minutes walk to the hotel.. I was repeating this routine for three days and spent a lot of $ on transportation..

The best thing I liked for these 3 days was the night I spent in the hotel. Spacious and feel like home too. It's better than our home for two reasons, mosquitoes free and sleep in air-conditioned room! Haha..

Last night, we had a late dinner at Sushi King in KLCC after driving all over KL to find something to eat. . The sushi king's promotion of Rm2 a plate is back!

 We didnt grab sushi like we did before in Jaya One because it was quite late at that time. Less customers but with more choices! Haha.  Plenty of choices except the scallop.. We really miss the fried scallop..

In the end, we ate a total of 9 plates of sushi only because we were too full..After our dinner, we walked back to our hotel. We had a stroll at the KLCC park. Took some pictures. Blurry pictures take with my phone. (Adjusted the colours and contrast but make no difference...)

 Just 2 of us. =) Simple yet sweet. >0<

A day in Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC)

31/3/2011- Spent my last day for this month in PWTC.

The Perfect Living Exhibition 2011 was organized in PWTC and I was there to help out and get extra pocket money. =P

I reached PWTC abput 8.50pm and my first impression 'bout PWTC  was a bit dissapointed as the building looks old compared to KLCC exhibition hall. This is how the PWTC looks like

 I think we reached there the earliest because there were not many exhibitors around. Without wasting much time, I started by arranging the things and decorating the wall of the booth using our wallartis stickers.

One by one our part timers arrived and my supervisor briefed them on how and what to do later..

I took this opportunity to 'snake' out. Hehehe.. I went out for a simple breakfast of meehoon with fried egg and hotdog at a mamak corner restaurant.

Finished my breakfast with a glass of iced milo.. Yummy.. Perfect breakfast oh.

I took about 20 minutes only to finish my breakfast. Rushed back to the exhibition hall for the washroom. Haha. When I returned, i took a picture of our combined booth.. Looks spacious compared to the KLCC hall.
 

After decorating the booth, I captured some pictures of my art work. The bamboo and two silly pandas!

More snapshots!

Our wallsticker stocks were placed underneath our counter.

There were not many visitors that day. Maybe because it was a working day.. Once in a while, visitors passed by and looked at the wallstickers. But they were not interested to take out their wallet to buy~

Nothing to do.. Basically, the other part timers and I spent most of our time enjoying our lunch in a plastic container.. Sponsored by our company.. Rm6 lunch box looks like this

The lunch box contains black beans with chicken (too oily~), half a piece of friend chicken ham and also some cauliflowers soaked in oil... The taste was normal but too oily for us.. There's no need for us to reapply our lip balm..... =(

Took some time off and wandered around.. The picture above shows the covered bridge to Hall 2 and 3..

Heard from my colleagues that there's a shopping mall nearby PWTC. Didnt get to go coz not sure of how to go.. Googled and found the picture of The Mall just now.

Acc to them, there's not much shops in The Mall. Only dining outlets.. Therefore, I don't really regret for not visiting (*comforting myself) Hehe..

Time passes slowly because of nothing to do.. At last 9pm... Closed and went home after! earned a sore feet due to long hours of wearing high heels...

Received friend's call after shower.. Need to go out again for a drink at mamak nearby.. So tiring..
What a day!

Another day to kill in office

Today is just another boring day in the office. Nothing to do.. (although I have to work on my research proposal). Like usual, I surf the internet for travel, recipe and bla bla bla... Tomorrow is my one and only off day in a week but need to help out at the PWTC exhibition.. Gotto wake up early and prepare.. Life is like that... work work and work.. it's killing me slowly.. nothing much to blog for today.. just want to put some words in my blog after not doing so for a long time.. haha..that's all for today! TADA!

shifted to Happy Apartment

30th and 31st October 2010. These two days were my happiest and tiring days in October. We shifted to a new place named Happy Apartment where we rented the highest unit in the block. It is difficult to describe the feeling of moving house. It is a combination of excited and exhausted, I guess.. =P

The whole process started on saturday morning until sunday night. We had to set alarm to woke up early in the morning to start shifting our things to our new home. We helped each other with the cleaning, arranging and carrying furniture up to 3rd floor. So tiring!

By 7.40pm, we almost finished with the cleaning. We had to arrange the furniture and unpack things from the big brown boxes tomorrow because we were so hungry at that time. We drove the borrowed van to Subang to eat bak kut teh there. There were many shops selling bak kut teh and it was hard for us to decide which shop has the best 1. In the end, we chose a cornered shop which is fully-packed with customers. We bet it was the best bak kut teh around we had a try there.

The bak kut teh was tasteless and is quite pricey too.. All of us wondered how did the shop attract so many customers to eat there? It somehow left us clueless...

After dinner, we went to Carrefour; which is nearby Subang and had a walk around. We saw a Pakistan guy selling nice and cheap carpets when we entered the shopping mall. We wanted to have one of the carpets but made a wrong decision again... We thought Carrefour has better deal so we did not buy it. But we were wrong, Carrefour's carpets do not have good quality and they are pricey too.

When we went downstairs, the Pakistan stall was closed. We couldn't buy the carpet... So regret.. Then, we drove to The Curve to fond carpet.. Funny right? It was about 10pm and we still wanted to find a carpet. haha. i enjoyed sitting in the car and captured some of the night views around Subang..