29 October 2012

Summer 2012 Getaway

Helloooooo, it's me & I'm back! XD 
I'm a bit too lazy to blog nowadays as I'm busy as a bee but seeing that blogging is another way to improve my English too (so once in a while, I'll find sometime to blog then) ;) 

After all the hectic working life from the beginning until the middle of the year, I decided to plan for my holidays to sort of destress and enjoy myself as well, right?~~ It's not just a normal holiday, it's a one month European holiday trip getaway!! YAY~~ Well, I love to travel, in case one still doesn't know about that ;)

(Actually, I didn't plan it in advance, and so my brother who resides in the UK was like nagging at me for I should have let him know at least 1 year in advance next time, in order to let him plan from his side. Besides that, no matter how early I could have planned, for my leave to be approved will still be a problem as I needed to take such a long holiday because so far, no one has taken such a longgggg holiday over at the institute before. hehe...the maximum was only 3 weeks. So, I am so cool, huh? hahaha.... Therefore, I was dead worried that my leave cannot be approved as it needed the approval from the Head of Government Secretariat at the federal territory. If one applied their leave too early, the institute HR will let you know that it is way too early to apply, and even if the leave has been approved, by that time if they feel there are a lot of work needs to be done, the approval shall be taken back)
While planning for the holidays, one will find out that there are several stress(es) in life e.g. working stress, holiday stress, so on~ 
Most of my friends were like so envious of me when they've found out that I was going for a UK trip! But as soon as they've seen only a few of the European pics which I posted up while visiting each place, they were more envious! It really ridicules me, they don't need to be so envious of me, just go plan for their own holidays and go lahh, right bo? A few of my friends even asked if I've been sponsored for the trip? Yeahhh, I bought a lottery and hit a jackpot!!! They thought money fall from the sky lah ;P
Don't get me wrong, I still love them as they always make me smile & laugh=) 

Anyway, here are some pics to tease you and also as an evidence in which I've taken from the countries I've visited along the way! ^_^

Britain: Birmingham UK's significant landmark>> Bull Ring 

Britain: Flying the Brit's Union Jack flag in Southampton

Britain: One of the Britain's red telephone box

Czech Republic: Prague's Old Town Square 

Czech Republic: Breathtaking sunset view in Prague

Germany: Munich's Marienplatz in the city centre

Germany: Neushwanstein castle @ Füssen (The castle which inspires Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty Castle)

Germany: Curry wurst (these are very temptinggggg & yummy too *seriously*)

Germany: Hohenschwangau Castle & Neushwanstein Castle on the hillside @ Füssen

Germany: Hohenschwangau Castle

Austria: Overlooking the beautiful Leopoldskron Palace in Salzburg (the front side of the palace was used as the Trapp family home for filming the Sound of Music in the 1960s and as the children were boating on the Leopoldskron Lake, they fell into the water in the film if one could still freshly remember it) 

Austria: A jump at the Mirabell Garden, Salzburg (Wooahhhhhh~~)
Sweden: Another jump at the forest in Salinge (Wheeeeeeee~~)

Sweden: Overlooking the glittering sea, shoe box Royal Palace in Gamla Stan, Stockholm and with the Swedish flag flying around
So the 2012 summer has come & gone~ Such a memorable trip it was! Hasta la vista, baby and I'll be back for more next time (^_-)

p/s: Thank you bro & family for the warm welcome in the UK and for the Europe trip together! Words can't describe how grateful and happy I truly am to have the only brother like you, although we always bicker around~ (like the normal behaviour of the rats! haha..) 
And of course, thank you my good friend & the family for welcoming me to the home and bringing me around 'kai kai' too!