Its Italy Baby!

Its Italy baby!
I'm visiting a city where their biggest soccer club AS ROMA just lost to MAN United last week. To make sure there is no life threatening danger,I decided to keep away any Jersey or T-shirt Printed with logo of Man Utd.

Indeed, its a city to fall in love with
And over the 48 hours stay in the city,I discovered alot to be remembered and treasured. :)

I touched down on the Friday morning,and decided to have a nap before finding my way to the city.


Rode on the train,and this is serious piece of art.haha~


The fast moving crowd in train station.


I stopped at BARBERINI,station where I can find my way to Trevi Fountain.


I can't possibly describe how I feel about the city,its magnificent.

After asking around for directions,I manage to find my way to the very famous Trevi Fountain. (Fontana di Trevi)




legend holds that a visitor who throws a coin into the fountain will ensure a return to Rome. :D


Make the wish..


Throw over my shoulder.

Everyday there is approximately 3000 Euros being thrown into the fountain.
tzek tzek tzek...

After visiting the fountain,I walk towards west,and found Pantheon.

Temple build 125 AD and it means "ALL GODS", dedicated to all roman gods.


It is now used as christian church.

Keep walking to the west and I came to Pizza Novana.A square has cafe and act more like a market place.
There are two more fountain found in this square.
Literally,you can find fountain in every corner of Rome.




The sculpture,is astonishing.

Next,I walked to Campo De Fiori,which means "Field of Flowers" in Italian.

Its a rectangular square that filled with restaurants and people that selling goods!
It was pouring when I visited the square,I stayed for no more than 5 minutes and decided to get to my next destination,Colosseum.

This is the stage that held the Gladiatorial game for centuries.
It was built around 72 AD and completed at 80 AD.
For more than 500 years it held as a grand stage for entertainment.


Probably the gratest Arena ever build by Roman


From different angle I get to appreciate the master mind that designed this breath taking arena.



Colesseum at Night,and Colesseum by day.
This is probably the best shot my DC has ever captured! :D

I got back to Colesseum the second day to get inside the arena.
this time I was with San San and Julina

The idea is to take a UGLY picture,and I think it turn out to be non ugly for them but disastrous for me..haha


The center stage of colesseum,where the gladiatorial game took place.
It can fit more than 50,000 spectators.




With San san

Since we've paid the entrance ticket,and we have whole day to spare,Julina and I decided to do something vain,like take wedding type of photos.haha


We stare


and we point hahaha

We spent around one and a half hour inside the colesseum,then we proceed to Spagna,the area where international Brand gather and set up their shops.
in other words,we went shopping. haha


Italian Flag and Italian building on Spagna.


Statue stood at Spagna Piazza.

I did not take alot of picture around this area as I was too busy looking at the goods and enjoying the sunny afternoon in Rome~ :D

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Enough Sight see,its Food time~


Salmone Pasta,Speghatti we had


Pizza with Ham and mushrooms


Ice Cream is never enough!


Julina and San San


This is Han.

Rome is beautiful,a city that offers great historic culture and filled with very relax atmosphere.If you enjoy great architecture and love to shop,its definately the place to go! :D
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Okay!
This is what I cooked,in Singapore.
PAsta,since I'm lazy to dine outside,having some light cooking in kitchen is ideal.
hahaha~

Penne with Pork sausage and mixed vege In Red Sauce.
Not to forget to sprinkle cheese powder on top! :D

Hope you've enjoy this entry.
Take care,and stay in touch!
:)

Food,and more Food~

Went out with Gayna and Ashley for dinner,
We went to cuppage center and had some yakitori.

Yum yum,

we had lamb with bacon,scallop,prawns,chicken,soba..hehe


Ashley and Gayna


Gayna and I

Gayna,Ashley we must meet up more often okay~!
:)

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Just came back from Brisbane,the set of crew is disastrous..

but anyway,I'll focus more on my activities and food in Brisbane!
after touched down into Brisbane I had 2 hours power nap and then I rush to south bank to meet up with Rachel,Melanie,Crystal,olivia and Kevin~


Pose in front of the restaurant with my 2004 unimates~


And of course the very famous Mr Khor. haha

We had some Italian that afternoon,

Queenslander Pizza with Ham and pineapple~


Seafood basket with chips


Mixed pasta


Ceaser Salad

The food was okay,but the companionship is what it matters~
:D

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After the lunch meeting,I finally get to meet up with Robin,my long lost brother from Penang.haha~

Went to his place and we spent the afternoon killing each other with PlayStation 2 winning eleven. Enjoyed the gaming sessions and brought me back to days when we were housemates in KL.


Robin and I


Robin and his beloved Debbie~ :P

We had some Vietnamese that night,it was awesome :)


Vietnamese Rice paper prawn rolls


The Famous Vietnamese Beef Noodle soup


Pork chop rice that robin enjoyed alot~


My Beef slice with vermicilli salad is yummy!

we went for some coffee after dinner,chit chatting was fun and hope that I can get back to Brisbane soon.
It took away a lots of stress from my shouder when I know I have companionship overseas.and Brisbane will always be one of my favourite spot to go. :)

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Will update more when its available! :D

Small creature..

Have you ever watch food or travel living type of program on TV channel,
where the host is trying those creepy insects on the road side of Bangkok or China,
and you laugh at them when they dare not try those small creature?

I did.

Hahaha,and karma caught me fast.

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I was in Beijing,with my friend bringing me around for Food.
So we reach this road side stall, just like what we seen on TV channel.

and my 'dear' friend trying very hard to convince me to TRY,

"Something you don't eat everyday,and something you HAVE to try!"

With the male ego telling me not to chicken out,
I spent 10 RMB to buy a stick.
It looks just like a Satay,except its not Pork or Beef,
but scorpion.

"Congrats!" my friend grin evilly.

I have to apologise,I didn't bring my DC,so I have to capture these picture with my handphone.

The Fear factor


a closer look,the sting is still there.


In fact, they were still moving before being thrown into Oil Wok for deep fried.

To be honest,I feel like to chicken out,although I'm already holding a stick of cooked scorpions.
I put one into my mouth,slowly,just like how you eat SATAY,but 10 times slower.
and I give my first chew,

with a weird facial expression,
the hawker smile at me and said:
"You are suppose to taste the juiciness"

"Juiciness?!" I screamed inside my heart.

Hmmmmmmmm~It taste a little salty,
and the stomach of the scorpion have some fluid.
with the spices added by the hawker,
It actually taste quite nice.

Scary experience,but so far I'm still living and breathing.
*afraid of being poisoned by the scorpion.
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Melbourne Trip

Visited Melbourne,and meet up with High school friends!

I like Melbourne,it has the best balance of western and asia Life style.
It was awesome to meet up with friends in such a beautiful city.




The City view from memorial Hall.


Eng hwa, Yi Hao, Ah Mao,Jason and me in Italian restaurant


In Eng hwa's apartment,with NAT. :)

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After this,
I'm going for few turn-arounds,and then I will go to Brisbane!
:)

Its been a while since my last visit.
Am looking forward to it.

Random update!

I wake up and find that my Laptop is dead.
DEAD DEAD.
And I have to change the hard disk.
So it means that with new HDD,all the things I have is now GONE.

It will be awhile before I get the software installed and edit my photos. :(

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Came back from Melbourne,and Auckland,and Hongkong Turn,and finally today KL turn.
Its been awhile since I last update my blog. :P

Been having sleepless night lately.
Every night sleep around 4am and wake up 2pm in the afternoon.
Shucks!
my Biological clock is so wrong that I do not know when to sleep and eat.

Imagine you run from GMT +0 to +8,then the following life style is +11,and then +13.
Ahhh~ I've probably confused all of you by now..its just the wrong time zone that are killing me..

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Looking forward for a break..
Today I smile to almost 450 passengers,within 2 hours.

just have to turn my face around and relax the muscle before I can keep going.

Smile John,
Just keep Smiling. :D

Manchester + Chatting + Cooking

It was cold,freezing cold.
One thing I dislike about europe's weather is that it always come with strong wind.
The temperature is always bearable,but not these freeze your nose off wind.

I was in Manchester for the weekend.
My second visit,this time I do not have the pleasure of watching Game in Old Trafford.
Instead, I went to City of Manchester Stadium,the home ground of Manchester City Football Club.


Game of the day is Manchester City Against Wigan

Score line is 0-0.
watching a boring game in 2 degree Celcius with strong wind is not helping much,
I almost dozed off.

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manage to catch up with Yee Siang and my cousin Yee Ling.
We went to Picadilly Station for a Cup of coffee,and few hours of chatting.


We share alot with each other.
about life,about choices,about future.

My high School mate,My baby cousin sister and I.
Sounds like a weird combination,
but it works out well.

we had great time.

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Oh by the way,
I did cook something the day before I went to Manchester,
something simple,and I enjoyed it very much! :)



Give me a buzz if you feel like having some of those.
I can always make some up for you. :)

you know who you are,
those who reading this "John or Han" thing. haha

I'll back with more,
more to share with you guys.