Railway Card

I do not have any interesting things to blog about lately, so this actually came up. I know this sound silly to blog about a railway card but my peeps out there might be interest to know.

Anyway, this piece of ‘thing’ (the railway card) actually cost me £26 for a year. It’s called the Young Person card for those ages 16-25. It is a discount card which saves 1/3 on rail fares throughout whole Britain.

I registered it last month when I paid a visit to Birmingham. A normal return ticket cost £8.50 to Birmingham during the off-peak hours but with a railway card, it cost only £5.60! Well, it worth a lot if you travel frequently.

Luckily, I managed to make few copies of my passport pictures before coming to UK else it will really cost me to print it here. By the way, I got my NI numbers (National Insurance) already, I can work!

p/s: If purchase the rail ticket online few weeks earlier, it may be even cheaper. Cheers!

Internet Scam

Recently I felt for a website-scam, called the DazzleWhile / DazzleSmile. They put up a fake article about a ‘mom’ and advertised it in public websites and later attract you to sign up with them when a lot of hidden T&C.

To cut it short, you are paying more than what it was shown when you were ask for your credit card details and forced to fork out money every month after subscribed. I am still struggling and trying to minimise my loss. Since luckily I have cancelled it within 14 days, I just have to deal with the first shipment that they claimed they have sent.

In university, basically settle down with the FYP topic and got myself a supervisor. I got groups for my group assignments as well. Overall things are going smoothly and will get busy once the 5th week starts.

I did not acquire the genuine memory stick which I bought from ebay. That is the reason I never believe in buying stuff online, not that I will ever try before getting down here. Anyhow, the seller promised to send me the authentic one. I will just wait.

Nothing much have been happening lately, just some random daily stuff. I went to Liverpool last weekend, so hopefully I get to update it later. Cheers!


p/s: For more information about the website-scam, click on this KillPhising.

First Chester Trip (Part II)

This Chester trip was a free trip organised by the University. There were like 4-5 buses filled with our students. Most of them are from the Stoke campus and only 1 bus is from Stafford.

Chester Cathedral (Front View)

Side View

Back View

This is the magnificent Chester Cathedral, dating back to medieval time. It is situated at the very centre of the city. Awesome building. I have always love these kind of heritage buildings.

St. John’s Church, one of the oldest churches in England, dating back to Saxon times and probably stands on the site of an earlier Roman temple.

Nice flowers right outside the St. John's Church. Made me smile until so happy... so unlike my friend. The flowers killed your dog meh?

Nice architecture buildings in the town centre. It is pretty busy as well.

The Chester's gothic style Town Hall, with its tower and spire was completed in 1869. The building still retains its Victorian magnificence and is a prestigious venue available for public hire.

Lastly, a group photo between the Stafford and Stoke students in front of the town hall. To be frank, I have no idea who are most of them. LOL.

Another trip like this would be fun. Manchester or Liverpool next? :D

First Chester Trip (Part I)

Chester is a city in Cheshire that located at the North West of England. It was founded by the Roman after they invaded England in A.D. 43 and was named Deva (after a river).

A wall was built around the city as defence from the Welsh tribes in Wales. Most of the wall still survives today and are a popular tourist attraction.

Quite considerable amounts of land are owned by the Duke of Westminster. He has properties in Mayfair, London as well.

This is the Roman Amphitheatre. The amphitheatre is centre of entertainment during the Roman times. In keeping with most Roman forts, it is located at the south east corner of the fort.

I do not know what is this, but it looks like some building that I used to build when playing Settler 3 last time. Haha.

I could say that, most of the places in England are full with grass. Obviously the grass is much cleaner than those back in Malaysia.

Oh yeah, I am sure you guys notice the title. Yes, there will be second part about Chester trip. Till then... Cheers!

First Visit to Birmingham

As mentioned previously, I travelled to Birmingham and meet up with Ernest there. It feels much more like city there. Well, it is a city to begin with.

We had this fantastic roasted duck, ‘char siu’ and ‘siu yuk’ rice which cost us 5 to 6 pounds in Chinatown. But it is awesomely delicious! And the portion is great.

After that we just walk around Victoria Square. Not many pictures were taken.

We saw a statue that looks like Ultraman and straight away remind us of 'Ah Fai'.

Does the building behind resemble Singapore's Esplanade?

I Miss Maggie Mee

They do sell instant noodles here as well. I bought two packets to try it out. It is only 42p each packet.

The flavour is not as strong as those back in Malaysia. I bought the curry one and it does not taste spicy at all! Haha. Just some curry smell.

p/s: Anyone miss the instant noodles that I cooked? Haha.

Back to G33K

(I can not find any nerdy picture of myself, hope this will do)

This whole week I have been stop drinking and going out already. I am started to becoming back a geek that sits in front of the computer most of the time.

I have been pretty backwards in terms of technology and Internet usage in the past whole year. I have been going here and there, knowing new people and new things. There are always pros and cons in everything. You want to be computer-savvy, you spend less time in your social life or vice versa.

There are so many things that I need to catch up. Apart from the lifestyle here, the university management, lectures and everything are so different compare to Malaysia. Actually it is not advisable to do your final year in overseas. You really need some time to adapt.

There are so many unsettle tasks. I have to come out with a FYP (Final Year Project) proposal, choosing modules for this semester and trying to get along with the classmates. That would be easier when it comes to group assignment. And of course I would not be so lost.

Yesterday I spent the whole night exploring ebay and paypal. Finding out how it works. Here is all about Internet. There are e-enrolled, e-books, e-studies, virtual classroom and etc. They usually shop online as it is always cheaper in price. You can eventually do groceries online here. Amazing isn't it?