rosslyn chapel

Holidays are officially here!! and it started with a shopping trip to livingston on Saturday!!

and on Rosslyn Chapel on Sun (familiar? check out Dan Brown's da vinci code). It was a beautiful warm (10 degrees) sunday morning, but the wind was crazeeee... i could almost feel my feet lift off the ground...weee


Cant see much from the outside because of the metal thingy's that are protecting the chapel as an effort of maintaining the chapel.

too bad no pics allowed inside the chapel. The most beautiful thing about the chapel, is the carvings all over, on the pillar and walls that are absolutely intricate and detailed. There were stories and meaning behind every carving. Here's one for u :)

There is one stunning piece of carving known as the 'Apprentice Pillar". Legend has it that. the Master Mason having received from the Founder a model of a pillar of exquisite workmanship and design, hesitated to carry it out until he had gone to Rome or some other foreign part to see the original. He went abroad and and in his absence an apprentice, having dreamt that he had finished the pillar, at once set to work and carried out the design as it now stands, a perfect marvel of workmanship.

The Master Mason on his return, seeing the pillar completed, instead of being delighted at the success of his pupil, was so stung with envy that he asked who dared to do it in his absence. On being told that it was his apprentice, he was so inflamed with rage and passion that he struck him with a mallet, killed him onthe spot and paid the penalty for his rash and cruel act.

This is the apprentice.. If u look closely, you can see a lil scar on his forehead (where the mallet struck him)

Below is the master mason, who sits opposite the apprentice head, his eyes open, eternally staring at the direction of the apprentice pillar.

Such a humour, these carvers have, dont they? :)

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No idea who he is...

I ter-left my camera in the common room few days ago.. only realised this sesat fella in my camera today.. -_- sweat, indeed...

Edinburgh Castle

Every year.. on st andrew's day.. entrance fee into the castle is... FREEE... obviously.. we waited til that day ;)

Chee Mei's bday

Mussels and Steak....

Thats where we ate.. and no surprise.... lots of mussels :D

After that, we went for ice cream in Vittoria!!

Chee Mei's present! sooo adorable!

Durham Durham

Over the weekend, Crystal and I had represented Edin Uni in a female BUCS (dunno wat it stands for) table tennis tournament.

Durham is a quaint, beautiful little town... with a river running through it..shops are smaller, streets are narrower :)
Ice coated the grounds, setting a trap for careless victims (not me! muahaha.. but nearly slipped countless times). looks pretty... but it wont feel pretty when u slide and fall :P

Even the tennis court was coated with ice!

The pic below shows part of Durham Uni campus where we played...

At night we walked to the city for dinner.. christmas deco there is not bad! had a delicious meal in the pub 'Market Tavern'The best thing about Durham is it houses the Cathedral which was filmed in Harry Potter.. thats right.. Its very own HOGWARTS!!! It was AMAZING inside! too bad we weren't allowed to take pictures.. it was absolutely beautiful :') and best of all... FREEEEEE

Looks familiar doesn't it? like one of the corridors filmed in HP

After, we went to the christmas market just outside the cathedral.. soo many things are being sold there.. sorta like a 'pasar malam' :P

My pork pie!

It was really worth the trip, and we didnt do too bad in the tourney as well.. we managed to qualify as the top 2 teams! weeee....

Mr. Rowan W. Parks


Mr. Andrew de Beaux

Writers of Davidson's principle of surgery, and.... my tutors for GI module!
Its cool having the writer's of Davidsons (quite a number are in Edin), but on the downside they are pretty busy... get to join them for surgeries and clinics tho :)

Snow Snow Snow

23 nov, 2.30 am, it snowed.

Weee... My first snow experience in Edinburgh! thanks to the fire alarm again... everyone was standing in the cold, some in pyjamas, under the pretty pretty snow :)

hello Glasgow!!

After my exams (that didnt go so well) on Fri, Chee Mei and I rushed off to Glasgow, land of shopping!! I was absolutely excited to see my Naomi ;) and Sree again.. though i just saw them one week ago in Nottingham..
When i was there, only did i realised how much i missed hanging out with Naomi and bullying Sree.. Brings back good ol memories, staying over at Naomi's place (which is in need of more heating!), just chatting and listening to her ramble bout guys... hehe.. I Miss u Naomiiii!
Naomi is becoming an excellent cook! Her Tom Yum is Amazing!! and i happened to crave tom yum for such a long time... Thank You Naomi!!Sree was so sweet accompanying Naomi and I shopping.. like a walking clothes rack, he held my jackets and bag while i happily shopped! He also made us pancakes! and Thank you Sree for the Gizmo shirt :D Sree also bought me my first (and LAST) jawbreaker.. it was the size of a large ping pong ball (they sold one a size of a baseball).. that THING was in my mouth for wat seemed like forever!!. -_- Sreee.. what did i ever do to u to deserve punishment like this.... i couldn't talk, I had to take it out of my mouth again and again cos my mouth was soo sore from holding that ball in.. :P Hmph.. I'll never forget this sree.... >:P
Act cute! Sree had to try this hat i wanted to buy.. cos my hand was dirty holding the jawbreaker and Naomi didn't want to mess up her hair:P

Eating and Shopping: the two things that make me contented :D and thats all i did in Glasgow.. no museums, no art galleries, no cathedrals... cos shopping just drains all my energy.. in a good way :D

Beautiful view of Glasgow.. (just on the way to and around the shopping area :P)
This is Buchanan Street, where all the shopping happens :D

Check out the funky slippers... i got the gorilla :P cos homer simpson was too expensive!Homer Simpson gobbling up sree's feet

The Food we ate the first night i was there

Ate in Rumours the first day, and had just suddenly remembered how much i missed Malaysian food..yum yum..And had fish and chips immediately after!
Deep Fried Pizza... absolutely Fattening.. It tastes just like pizza but oilier.. gotta try it at least once, right :P

I'm sure if u read Naomi's blog you would know that I almost didnt make it back to Edinburgh.. We left Naomi's place at 4, and my bus was at 4.45... so we walked.. and we talked and talked.. and then i looked at my watch --- 4.30... and a long way to go!!Panic was seeping in... So we RAN (Sree just walked, advantages of having long legs).. So scary to almost have missed the bus.. never again will i go through this.. phew..

It was really really great to see my old buddies again :') bunking in with Naomi and crapping with Sree, just like the good ol' days :D

Thank you so much to Naomi, Sree, Li Ying, Jiun, Stephanie, Lily, Yew Wen, Alfred (hope i didnt miss anyone out) for your hospitality!! Muacks!
I'm glad i'm just an hour away from my best buddy and shopping! means i can go over anytime ;)
MUACKS!