And Out of Nowhere It Arrived...

The sun came out yesterday and brought a smile to everybody face. What is so precious about the sun? You must be asking the question now. Me too!

I hate sunlight! However, you wouldn't think that way if you are staying in a country like Ireland.

~St Stephen Green in Dublin~

Temperatures hit 22C recently. We have already felt the heat. I think we are getting used to the temperate weather here. It's hot these few days! We couldn't even sleep at night and have to open the window!



Because....The season of Ireland...is basically summarised as...




Spring : Rain
Summer: Rain
Autumn : Rain
Winter : Rain





So, sunny days are PRECIOUS to the locals here.



Anyway, it was such a beautiful day. We had a stroll at public park in central Dublin today. It was so crowded.



It was so relaxing and exhilarating when you could have a break and breathe some fresh air after a long working week.

We saw this group of people. They were trying to form a word. Can you see it? It's ITALIA.

Oh, I miss my friends. I wish I could snap some cute photos like this but what word should we form? Definitely not MALAYSIA!!!!!

This cute little kid showed off his butt to his dad. He shake his cute little butt while screaming "Take my butt, take my butt!!"

Oh ya, we had lunch at Charlies that afternoon; a malaysian cuisine restaurant. We've heard a lot about that restaurant. Most of them have bad impression about the food. They commented the food just doesn't worth the money.

After trying a few dishes a few times, we opine otherwise. Instead, most of the food are quite delicious. I would rate 4/5 for the dishes we have ordered thus far.

Hai Nam Chicken Rice

Malaysian Curry Mee

From the pics above, you could tell they really taste good. I have no idea why do they warn us not go to the restaurant ever.

Perhaps it's because of the price. For the price like this, I could have 10bowls of curry mee and 10plates of hai nam chicken rice at Malaysia.

La Rambla

The first day we arrived Barcelona, we went to this boulevard called La Rambla.

La Rambla - meaning the dried-up bed of a seasonal river. It used to be a river if I'm not mistaken. It is a busy street in central Barcelona, popular with tourists.

When walking down La Rambla, we visited its many small shops and enjoy watching the various performances by street artists/entertainers.

Personally, I think they are far more professional from those in Dublin; and they are really REALISTIC!

If they caught you trying to snap a picture on them without tipping them, they would cover their face and use their leg to kick on his/her "money bowl"

And we passed by the popular fresh market. Fruits are so fresh. I could not believe when I saw the fruits at the stalls; they look so unreal to my eyes.

I've never tried FRESH cherry before until my visit to Barcelona. Shame on me. I have only tried the canned one -_-''

It was selling at 12euro a kg. Kher Xin had a hard time when she was trying to tell the seller she only wants 500g.

Witnessing Kher Xin's difficulty, hubby tried to challenge me to buy the cherry from the fruit seller. He doubted that I could get what I want.

Ta - da !!! I got the cherries.

The power of money! I told the fruit seller I want SIX EURO of cherries. He got it immediately.

Money breaks all communication barrier!

Travelling to a non-english speaking country could be challenging. Most of them speaks, of course Spanish, what else? We had a little hard time when trying to ask for direction.

One of the good examples was when we were trying to buy train tickets to a place (could not remember what's the name of the place now).

Us : Which is the station nearest to XXX?

Ticket Seller : . . . . . *silence*

Then we were trying to point at the place on the map. She finally understood where we wanna go. However, we could not understand a single word when she was showing us the way!!!

She did not even know how to tell left or right. In the end, we had to figure the direction by ourselves.

After that,

We asked : How much is the fare?

Ticket Seller : . . . . . *silence*

We have to use sign language. Showing our fingers to let her knows, 1, 2 or 3???

Ticket Seller : Uno (One in Spanish)

Us : Ok. Give us FOUR tickets, please.

Ticket Seller : ??? Uno? Dos? Tres? (1,2, 3 in Spanish)

We then showing her four by sign language again.

We spent a good 20mins just to get the tickets. *Phew*

However, it was a great experience to us. We had so much fun in Barcelona.

After the trip, there is an urge in me that prompts me to learn Spanish. After all, Spanish is the 4th most spoken language in the world.

Gym 2

Did I mention that the sauna and steamroom are share? It's unisex! Ooo La La....

Maybe I could bump into some Irish celebrity-like gym members in the sauna/steamroom.

Some one like Pierce Brosnan, perhaps?

Collin Farrell?

Maybe someone like Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Gabriel Bryne also not bad. Tee-hee :)

Seminar for Australia Migration

We attended a seminar on Australia migration after works just now.

No, we are not migrating there; At least for now ;)

We just wanna to get some information and the necessary contacts.

Australia might be a good place to migrate to because it is near to my home -Malaysia, as compared to where I am now.

Personally, I don't think it is hard to obtain the 120points which is part of the requirements for PR application.

22mins

Yes! 22mins! That is my new record!

I broke my record today. I ran NON-STOP for 22mins!

Laugh if you want, but it's true. It is big deal to me!
When I first joint the gym, I could merely run for 5mins *pai seh*

WHY???

Malaysia needs a visa to go to UK??????
The tough new visa regimes could be introduced by this year end :((((

This is SO NOT GOOD!!!!!

If you are interested, read HERE

Tobogganing

I know I'm not gonna have time to blog about the freaking 11 days trip to Spain. How would I have time to blog about the nitty-gritty of the whole trip? What about other cities which I've travelled to? Therefore, I decided just to blog what I think is fun during those trips.

Toboggan!!!

To be honest, I never knew what is this called until I've got the chance to try it last winter.

A toboggan is a simple sled used on snow, to carry one or more people down a hill/slope. It's simple to play. You don't have to have any skill!

I have not tried skiing yet but I would think that tobogganing is definitely easier to learn than skiing. Err... you don't have to learn actually. Just put your butt on it and slide.

Here are some very decent-looking photos of us ready to toboggan.

Nelson and I

Steady Alan with his "SURE WIN" sign

Kher Xin with a sly smile

Now, the real fun began!

Kher Xin with a BIG smile!

Alan held tightly to steer for direction

Fast and Furious, man!

Hubby nearly banged onto the palm tree, funny >_<

Toboggan is really really fun!!!!! Everybody, it's a MUST try!!!!!

Oh, I miss holiday! I'm really looking forward for this coming winter trip!

Here are the videos!! We look silly >_<