Moving my blog~

Hi Hi... Thanks for everyone here who are keen on reading Kinnlondon for sooooooooo long :D:D hope that you guys enjoy reading it and love my photos and love me.... Yeah, I love you all ^_^.... I love you guys for loving me!!!~~~ Yup... it is hard... but we have to move on, init...?
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City Magazine

I am quite upset by the magazines in hk... almost all of them are SHIT! fucking damn shit! They are either like a shopping catalog or all about the celebraties... most of the photos are horrible. um.... yup this is not a news anyway... The only one I can find it done by heart in HK is the City Magazine. Life-style + fashion... a very common catagory for magazine. But you just find it different from the others.... Althought I just start reading it for a year or something...., it's already like one of my old friends.... :D
I can't believe I had missed it's 30th years issue T___T... but Jesse said he will show me later ^______^ thanks!! Yeah, I will go to see their exhibition for their 30's bday ^___^ I know I will have a great time!! :D
We really have not much choice... Hope that this magazine will last forever la...:D

Let's take some risks 2

Yup, just think that I should correct a bit of the previous post... The last risk I have taken wasn't quitting the job but extending the flight for a month. £500 debts + no income was what I've paid. Obviously I didn't archive what I aimed on. I didn't got a job for staying. It didn't help the relationship. But I've learnt a lot from Stephane. I've earned the memories between us. I've opened my eyes even wider. I understand myself much more than before. I took some more nice photos. I earned a lot of friendship (Bernard, Charlies, Richie, Gergory, Tina, etc~~~). I didn't expect they would treat me as good!!!! I've got the experience which I would never have if I just go back straight.

What stephane got from his risk to quit everything in Paris is also incredible. (Kinn: mememememememe!!!) He'd got the chance to work with the best animation companies and people in the world. He'd also got the memories with me. :D He'd got some more friends he would never have chance to make. He'd opened his eyes/mind wider, etc etc.... what he paid was just merely to experience some stress + a little debts.

We should change the definition of the word "RISK" in dictioary from now on. It is no more "exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance". It is no more "The possibility of suffering harm or loss; danger.", or " A factor, thing, element, or course involving uncertain danger; the danger or probability of loss to an insurer; the amount that an insurance company stands to lose; the variability of returns from an investment; the chance of nonpayment of a debt; one considered with respect to the possibility of loss: a poor risk." not all these shit. But it should be written as 1.the possibility of not archiving what you aimed, and also the possibility of archiving what you aimed. 2. the possibility of gainning what you didn't expect. 3. The force which can push you onto the next stage.

By the way, Stef, can you promise me something? next time I come back to visit you... can you please bring me to southern France? I do want to go there with you... (I earned the right to request something from you as well ^_^)

Ah indeed.... the last risk wasn't even extending the flight, but trying to take 2 hand luggages on board!!!! And I got so many things extra to bring back home. I learnt how much my friends love me (they wait for me in the airport for fucking long!!!). Well... what I paid was, I missed the good bye to Stef and all my firends T___T. I lost the jacket and the cap I love coz of taking too many things by myself. It doesn't seems be a good example :P... anyway... if I didn't take the risks... I would have nothing to say and write here... ^_^ so... let's find some risks to take tomorrow!

Let's take some risks

Read it from Appledaily...

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach out to others is to risk involvement
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self
To place your ideas, your dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss
To love is to risk not being loved in return
To live is to risk dying
To hope is to risk despair
To try is to risk failure
But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to do nothing.
The person who risks nothing,
does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow,
but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live.Chained by their attitudes,
they are a slave,they forfeited their freedom.
Only the person who risks can be free.
Progress is made of risks. Men are made from risks!

um... The risk I have taken lately was quitting the job in London. And it made me really happy, made me free gave me a lot of memories. But I don't think I am at risk for the moment.... let's find some risks to take tmr! :D

Diary

This is probably the first movie I have seen in cinema by myself this year... um... If imdb have the record for this movie, I would rate it as 7. "Movie by Pang's brother" was the main reason to pull me into the cinema.... They haven't disappointed me so far... :D And I like the kind of movie they take anyway... the kinda story or topic they talk about always interesting me. Surprisingly, those young actors didn't disappoint me.... Maybe the whole setting and the mood being created help a lot. Well... I should still say it.. they have done a good job ^_^.

First week in HK

The first week in HK is not that great... still fuckin' hot... and humid... come on.... at the beginning of Nov... stilll 29 degrees!... what's wrong with it.. ?!
On the other hand... I found the people on the street looks even worse than I thought..... they all looks the same actually.... and the street and the shops look really similar to the mainland China's...
Nothing in the shops attracted me.... it is so horrible for someone love buying as much as I m...!

The Prestige (2006)

Yeah I just like Christian Bale!!!! he is always cool!!!!!~~~ I was so surprise when I see him in the movie. I didn't see anything about the movie before going into the cinema :D:D haha.... The story was great! The director is the one who shoot Memento... and surely it's up to standard.... Magic, such a wonderful topic! and he just make it wonderful! The art direction side was fantastic! Although the lighting things was a bit strange in the scene where the scientist was inventing the machine to transfer the object from one side to another. Let's go to the link and see more review la... what I can say is... I love this movie... and I rated it as 9 lerh!!!!

Love is the Devil (1998)

I would say... if you never see this movie, please find it and watch it seriously... Why I watched it was only because it is a movie about Francis Bacon. I went to the Tate Modern before coming back to HK and saw quite a bit of his works. I really like his works and his name, haha. Visually, it is just amazing!! The director play with a lot of camera angle + reflections, applied quite a lot of experimental effect (optically). Maybe I didn't watch the movie detail enough... haha but I just love it. I think if I have to direct a movie, I would do similar thing. And also, I do like the soundtrack! See other review~

The conclusion is, all movies about artists are good (another great one was Frida. Although I don't like her work, the movie was very good!) :D. So far, I still haven't seen any movie about artists that are not doing good... maybe people doing this kind of movie are all putting heart into doing the movies or they must like the artist. Or, maybe I m just simply lucky :D...

Movies I have seen on flight

I have watched a couple of movie on the flight during the 11 hours journey, coz I couldn't really sleep on the flight... The seat on Virgin are just soo narrow...

Pirates of the Caribian (I didn't finsih watching it indeed... just didn't want to watch it in such a tiny screen)

X-men (6.5, I don't hate it indeed. The special effect there are nice, although I couldn't quite sure in the small little screen :P. The story can't be amazing for this kind of movie anyway... um... it is just simply not my type of movie... 6.5 is the rating for something I can't really judge, haha)

The Devil Wares Parda (6, who told me it is not bad?? honestly, the story is pretty shit. And, who told me Meryl Streep had a perfect act? I am sure that is not her best and not even called good. The only thing I think is good in the movie is the stylist... It was just brilliant! But unfortunately, it isn't enough to make it a good movie.)

The Omen 666 (didn't finish coz of the flight was arriving, but I think it is not a bad movie, until what I have watched. The story is not bad)
haha... maybe I have watched one more movie there... but I can't remember lo... maybe thats not quite good as well.... :D

Recent Polaroid Scans

Hey honey~ where is mine :D

This one I should have scaned long time ago from Greece lol

Btw, just heard that it will be a new polaroid film coming out which will fit for my SX70!!!! such a happy news ^_^^_^_^_^_^

Last week photos in London

Portland Street Area
I should show the best one for me first :D

obviously this is the winner! And then I would choose this one below.

I really like this series

This is another nice pair

At the airport!!!

T______T left the uk finally.... In the last day, in the airport, It was so incredible!!! First of all, sorry to Sing Jai, Charlie, Bernard and Stef... I didn't say a proper goodbye to you guys although you were kindly going to the airport with me... I am truely upset with that... But please forgive me ^_^... I think if I didn't go that very moment... probably I couldn't get through.
I was extremely lucky indeed. At first... since I wanted to trick the check in counter as usual, I didn't take my heaviest hand carry luggage, where I put my air ticket printout there, to the counter.

The security stopped me in the massive queue and ask me to show the ticket... and I said, I thought I don't need to bring it with the eticket. anyway... He directed me to the self-checkin mechine... but it didnt work neither coz I hadn't got the ref. no. :P and finally he let me queue at the primeium counter!!! where only 1 people was queuing hehe... I got that quickly and he just let my 33Kg luggage pass without a word... and I also checked-in my portfolio tube!!!

The story just started.... since he told me it is very tight about one hand luggage ONLY on board, even my portfolio, he adviced me to put inside the paper bag...-_-... I started worrying about my backpack... I saw that nearly everyone was bounded back by the departure staff due to their hand luggage policy. I had been super scared and almost lost my mind...!!!! I had a dinner with them without my mind~~ I couldn't control myself thinking of the departure thing.... T___T.... Once we had finish the dinner, I suddenly find myself running to the departure gate without talking to anyone!!! When I found that I was running, I was already half the way there indeed... I didn't talk to anyone and keep on running. Obviously, I was stopped by the staff. I guess my face was showing myself very worry... she seems to be really listened to me but she still not let me in. Of cause I couldn't put all my stuff into on bag... She said actually the backpack is already too big to take in, even if she let me in, the staff inside would ask me out anyway. I asked her to let me try. Suprisingly, she really let me try and I heard that all the peoeple after me were screaming of unfair~ Another staff tried to stop me indeed... but the one I talked to maybe just wanna show that I would fouced to come out anyway, she insisted to let me pass through...

I walked into the queue for checking passport with a "not up not down" mood. and suddenly remembered I didn't say a proper goodbye to everyone... I kinda wanna shout to them but actually I couldn't coz of my situation... Waited for 10 mins, it was my turn to get in... but suddenly a gourp of people with wheel chair were passing through. I guess they did help me a bit... The lady who check the passport kinda lost her concious before checking mine. I put down my paper bag, gave her my passport, gave her a smile and she didn't realise anything wrong. She gave me a smile back and let me through... The whole thing was incredibly smooth and I took my bag and go very quickly... wooooo~~ and I pass!!!! even the staff who put the luggage into the X-ray mechine didn't ask me a word... he actually asked those people before if they have only one luggage.... but anyway, I passed through all gate and found that I had given Stef my phone card and I couldn't call anyone to tell them what I had done... can you imagine how my feeling was.... missed the goodbye and just had such a dramatical things happened...! I needed a breathe... I needed to talk.... um... but no one... just on one.... oh... my poor luckiness.

The Last Week

My last week in London was.... don't know what is that called exactly... dramatical? surprising? well... whatever...

24/10
(Here are what I wrote on the date it happened...) When he just said that to me, I reacted so slowly, it seems not real to me. Indeed hundred of throusands ideas was passing through my mind..... I asked myself... is that because of I have done this or that? did I do something wrong or sth? Or is he just simply too stressful on work...? balbalablalabla? so many things, all suck in my brain.... I was thinking to ask something but I stop myself in another half second. Maybe I would be very annonying or stupid if I ask this or that... I thought um... Finally I only asked "are you sure?" um.... It just came too sudden~ and I really don't know what to react. I didn't know he wanted to say that until the moment he really said it. I was still thinking he would have told about his work until he really said not to be with me... I am such a unsensitive guy lerh~~~ um.... I never know, to dump someon have to start a converstation in this way.

Maybe I am just the one to help him settle in London... maybe that's why I am here, the reason I've bornd. haha.... it sounds quite funny tho... If everything happen with a reason, maybe why I have all I am having is just because the god want to set me in, make him interested on me and I can be function on him.... I have been thinking too much I guess~ It's just another solid prove of "It's almost irrelavent between how good you treat someone or how much you paid and how much you get. Maybe I've already got what I should at the moment of when I spent. Coz I felt truely happy when I did something for him. What I should ask for?? umm... after all... it is just too difficult to find someone you really love and who would love you back the same....

(well... it's fine now... he told me it was a mistake at his lunch time... :D and he want to carry on... the day after -_-)

25/10
I've cought a cold last night partly because I was waiting on the street until he finish work. Partly because I was so stupid, I walked around the Great Portland Street area for almost an hour... :P and couldn't find the way to his office... :P I was very happy though... I explorered the area and decided to take some photos tonight!!! (Esp. thanks for Bernard and Charlie!!!! You guys are stars!! ^_^ Thanks for the Hot Pot dinner!!!)

The photo night was very good :D Some people just came to talk to me coz they also like taking photos. It was a group of youngest came to take photos with me as well haha... so funny... This is why London is so lovely to me...

A summery of what I've done
The rest of the week just passed sooooo quickly... I can't believe it'd just passed.... I went to Camdon with Tina~~ meeting Eiji & his gf. I also went to Jenni's graduration!!! The ceremony was super boring haha.... as usual, but you know this kind of thing... once a life (or twice if you are lucky).

I made a cheese cake for our flatmate and also my friends :D:D. I went to the Korean restaurant for dinner with Richie, Bernard and Charlie~~ haha... It was nice nice :D:D~~ I took some photos with stephane... nothing really special besides that.

Interviews

This week I really work hard on the job hunting... Considered the speed of British, I am doing quite well, haha.... Had 3 interviews and will have another one next Monday.

The Interview today was quite different from the one on Tuesday. The one on Tuesday was very good indeed but I really can't believe that that agency could ask me to do those stupid computer skills test!!!!! -_- Wasted my whole lovely morning! But I also found that although I never use InDesign, but I still can get the test layout done within an hour... haha... I am not bad in learning, huh? haha... However, when I went up the office to see those more sinior agency... the feedback were sooooo positive... I was a bit scared once I step into there indeed... all of the agences came to me to see my portfolio. They are all very nice, although my presentation wasn't that great haha... They keep asking if I am interested in this or that.... inc. Body Shop and Disney!!! wooo (when they asked me if I was interested... I was like.... um.... well... it sounds quite nice haha) ... so funny.... But I think most of them are freelance jobs really.... I just got the call from one of them, she say she wanna send my CV to M&S yea... at least, it means I m not bad ma~~~ although I don't think thats too much chance that I can find something to stay... :(

The one today was only me and one consultancy... And I guess I was not as nervous as last time but I talk through that too quickly (coz she said "let's go through your protfolio quickly" :P) The client she had wasn't suitable for me but she gave me very good recommandation! More "constructive" than the last one and Angela was a very nice indeed... (People in Aquent are nice but they are a bit too "professionally" nice) ah.... btw, I haven't showed her the half finished showreel -_-.... lose the chance to get feedback tim :(

Yea~~

Working on my show reel these few days.... started in a very bad mood... and totally wrong direction... T__T wasted quite a bit time to get on track.... haha... anyway... now is going to the right way lu.... haha... happy happy... hope that I can find something next week... have to prepare this weekend!!!!!!!

Fucking stressful *____*

Recently, I can really feel the stress…. I never have stress feeling that much for very long time probably, since I left college or since i came to London. Like all deadlines in the company were not that dead… Everything was quite easy for me to finish. Um…. before I’ve got the job in Pixi… It has been a bit stress on job hunting but even I couldn’t find a job that time it wasn’t that bad... I could still work on some stupid job like waiter or something... But me, today, even refused the job of £80/day (which is low in London) from Pixi for few days. Or maybe when people grown up a bit… we have a bit more to think of… I wouldn’t say I missed the feeling but I think I should have more stress. Otherwise, when the real panic comes, I may kill myself…. Haha… of cause I won’t…. but maybe, you never know… um…. I do believe stress would push me a lot.

Again, everyone, I really want to go back to HK to work and see you guys… but things just happened like this… and I can’t just leave without trying my best. Um, actually same old problems… leaving, staying, money matter, jobs + the show reel + I really want to start my own animation after the show reel done + the drawings + this time I really have a really dead DEADLINE on these things.. T___T. Or I will lose everything here (Actually I have nothing to lose here except you, u know? But it’s so heavy, so much).

Maybe also, I don’t want to put more stress on you. It seems that if I bring out the things, no one can help well you can’t anyway. When I see you stressful like this, how can I add some more on? um…. Still have 3 weeks…. Can I get it or not?? Not too far to know (not close enough though). (I think you won’t see it until you really finish the project haha…. and you will not be as stress as now ^_^… and you will be able to comfort me a bit…. Such a good calculations! :D)

Thanks for listen to me Tracy… I really felt alone and didn't know who to talk to.... wanted to cry if it wasn’t you to talk to me ^_^. Even you were at work, you still keep me talking…. Yea…. I do need to bullshit a bit last night…. Love you~~ always…~~~

After talked to Tracy, reminded myself it’s not the first time that I live with someone that I can’t be working at night. haha yup… again, I can’t work at night… I hate this feeling… I can’t say anything though; I am not in my own place. (I didn’t say a word last time even i was in my own place indeed) I think I have to be considerate. (Not living in own space is one of the most stressful things in life!) Well… sleeping is basically nothing to me….. So I really can’t imagine how important it is to others… and since I can’t imagine, it is even much scary for me to disturb other people sleep…. Hell…. I don’t want to sleep… it is such a waste of time… um…. I know I know… it probably as worse as I have lost my glasses. I can see (um… feel) how important it is. Um... ok, sleep.... My first pirority is still considering... If I have done something inconsider to you guys... pls forgive me la... sometime people are selfish or careless... haha... I tried my best ga la...

You know when people are in bad mood, all the poor things would come back to your head…It was a fucking bad feeling last time after I talked to Daat daat…. Supposed it was a joke, I guess… But it was just so hurt… Hey come on… I am not such a slut…. I can’t see how good it is to be with someone who you do not entirely love neither… I do love… at least I define it as love although it probably different from yours. And it is important to me… I mean Stef is important to me…. I felt totally no respect in that conversation…. T___T It is so uncool to judge someone’s love life in this way…. -_- especially a good friend like you….

Um… I should celebrate a bit actually. I am really learning things from Stephane!!! And it will be more if I stay for longer I am sure… ^_^... love u~~

Suddenly the music review of “The Eraser”

It's a bit late but I suddenly listen to the album again and again at home, and I really like it!!!! I didn’t really realise my ears were being treated so good for a while… when I listen to those “new” Hknese song from Tina's computer haha… it is such a joke..
Writing the music review is not my job… I am only responsible to the listening part :D haha let see what professionals say~~~

The Eraser - Review 1 - from sputnikmusic.com

The Eraser - Review 2 - from Amazon.com

The Eraser - Review 3 - from theSpacelae.com

yeah... whatever they say... I just love it! :D:D....

Jobless day - 11thOct

Today I have been sucked in the damn showreel thing…. .\ /. What the hell…. Didn’t do much but time just gone… really feel that I am such a useless…. -_- have so much problem to be solved…. How can I finish within this week???? -__- …. I shouldn’t overestimate myself so much -_-… I am just a big shit…

Jobless day - 6thOct

I had been working on the printing for whole day…. really a whole day!!! Until 10 at night haha…. but the outcome was really nice ^_^ finally, it’s been done!!.... I should celebrate a bit lol… And then I had to start the “supposed to be finish by last week” project… the show reel of my animation work… -_-… I should have started my own animation but just worked too slow…. Hope that I really can start my animation sooner…. Otherwise it may not be in this year… T___T….

Jobless day - 5thOct

After the Paris trip, I went to the interview in YCN… it was really shit honestly… I haven’t done the preparation I should have but anyway it was more like a time for me to review my portfolio and asking for advice than an interview ^_^…. Thanks for the advice from Josephine!!! And she took a Polaroid photo for me!!!! The first time I really feel the guy inside the photo (yea that’s me) was quite handsome :P hehe.. lalallalala~~~ maybe Stef say it too much and I started to believe a bit haha…. well.... she said she will put me through in one of the position in Windsor.. which is pretty much the same thing as what I have done indeed….. I am really not sure about that… :( Kinda really want to go back to work… but how can I leave… Everything just work so perfectly with Stef.. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH………….

Moving in Paris

Of cause it's not me moving to Paris haha... I was just to help out the "moving" from Paris to London... Suddenly decided to go to Paris with Stef just 2 days before we actually go.. haha... On the Sat, 30 Sept we took the car and moved everything from Olympia back to Putney and then started our Paris moving trip. It didn't start very well... we parked the car in a permit vehicle only area which cost him £50 T_____T.... And we arrived Paris quite late…
In the 4th days in Paris... basically I haven't done anything... but only worked on my portfolio.... even not started much on the animation one.... :( The most constructive thing I have done was I have watched Six Feet Under.... lol.... It's very good at the first 2-3 episode!!!! I do love it!!!! The rest are quite good but maybe just a bit too much within few days…or maybe a bit all in a similar pattern…. Haha… The last day we went to a restaurant (it looks like a pub more indeed), they do super delicious salad!!!!! A very rich salad!!!! :D:D
yeah yeah yeah... I just remember last time when I left Paris... I said... um... probably I wont be here for a long time la.... -_-.... and I said a very big good bye to Paris... haha... somehow... I came back again within a month.... really, you never know what's gonna happen next :D.... and I finally went to the Palace de Tokyo... and the Modern Art Museum.... I love them ^_^... I have got some inspiration from the animation shown on The Modern Art Museum!!!! so happy!!!!

Back to reality

24/09
It's been a hard days for last few days.... not having too much sleep for few days coz I wanted to finished the photos things and trying to finish the blog… and also have to start doing the proper portfolio….
I slept at 5:00 (the earliest for last few days indeed) and woke up at 10:00 ^_^ Luckily I’d slept very well coz it was a hard day! It start with moving stuff with Charlie. He really has so many things!!!! It’s like 10 times of mine now :D wah wah wah …. I was quite tired after moving… but it was just a start…. I then went to Chan Jai’s place to get the computer. It was a nightmare!!! You know, the traffic in London on Sunday… -_- All the engineers must be super busy these week! Nearly all of the tube and trains are affected (or maybe just those I wanted to take T_T)… I supposed to take the train in King Cross Temslink directly to St Albans which would take me like 40 mins. But then I walked from the King Cross Temslink to St. Pancres, and found that the train are stopped at Kentish Town. And the Northern Line was suspended from Camden, I had to take the bus to Kentish Town T_T… I have spent 2 hours to get there eventually~ In additional to my 30Kg stuff on hand.. I was totally dead when I arrived and its not the end of the story… coz I still need to get back to Putney… well…another one and half hour journey… T__T …..
Luckily, Stephane had already prepared the dinner when I got back home haha.. so happy :D:D and we had a nice dessert before sleep :P I was being active tim :D:D he was so so happy lerh…. !!!

25/9
It’s the first day Stef need to work. I woke up at 8 and walked Stef to station ^_^ and then went to the library :D it was so nice… free internet and borrow some books + CDs…. Such a long time haven’t been in Library!! Yea….maybe go to work on my stuff tomorrow… I can be so concentrated there… :D . Also I’ve discovered a bit the area afterwards… I thought I was a bit lost in the way home, but suddenly fount that I was already in the road where I should go….:D haha… stupid me… I should have trusted myself on my sense of direction. It’s a nice day..~ hope that I will have time to swim tomorrow :D

Post-summer holiday - Day 11&12

day 11 - Amsterdam

I really can’t understand why their glass windows can be so big like this…!!! Just amazing!!! Wooo….. the third day was soooooooo nice and full of surprising. I went to the Van Gogh Museum by myself. Of cause his works are always my love but I was so impressed by some amazing artworks from other Japanese artist!!! Those painting and printing on china are just amazing!!! And they are so much in front of our “latest” design!!! What a pity, I should have bought the book but no money … T____T

I met Euniz afterwards and handed to the NewMetropolis Museum. We tried to pick up a bit Dutch haha… and found that they always try to make the words as long as thy can…. Always get ripe of the space betweens English names and form new words haha…. Dutch is quite similar to England indeed… just a lot of “k” sounds which is like the sounds people made to clean their throe… Back to the NewMetropolis, it was exactly the same (even smaller) than the Science Museum in HK… but it cost ?11.5!!!! while the one in HK only HK$15… and the one in London is free -_- Anyway we didn’t get in, the architecture was just fantastic! The shape, the colour and the whole environment just work perfectly together!
We walk into the SMCS (Stedelijk Museum Central Station) by accident. I didn’t want to go in coz it was such an ugly building… but Euniz suddenly pointed the shop there. And we got into there finally… It was a very nice venue but it was almost closing. So we didn’t get into the exhibition and decided to visit again the next day… Instead we went to their coffee shop on the top floor and found that they would have an talk about one of the exhibition – “Design and Architecture for Air Travel” woo…. Suddenly had a nice lecture ^_^ so unexpected! Since they speak Dutch for the introduction, we kinda got the idea of how Dutch sounds like… the funny sounds are happened so often in normal conversation! Haha…~~
We then got into an very expensive pancake shop… coz they are closing quite soon and all the staff were so in good mood hhaa…
And then it was the Coffee shop time~~ lalala. We made the “MayLand” day introduction video.

day 12 - Amsterdam

The last day was the exhibition day + further deepest visit day… haha… we to the bigbig supermarket finally and bought some delicious raw beef slices!!!! It was so nice!!! And we bought more for dinner on flight as well ^__^….The last thing happened on us in Amsterdam was so fucking bad… and that’s the only bad things happened in the whole trip… We hadn’t got any changes and tried to get the ticket from the counter… and then we found that it’s ?1 more expensive than from the machine. I asked the staff why was it more expensive, and he was fucking rude saying it’s because he is the human and not a machine -__-….. such a bad guy…. It’s so unfair…. They didn’t tell use before that… um…Well… besides that… Amsterdam is a amazing city… ^_^ love it!

Inspiration
Toilet roll stealer (and the whole series of stealer products)~~~ haha hope that I can finish my whole proposal very soon :D:D
MayLand day~~ it will be invented in one of the Saturday in May next year.
To open a postcard shop + postcard design company with good quality could work in HK!!! :D:D

Dutch
Roken is dodelijk = Smoking is killingMiffy = NijntjeToilet = ToiletinHeren = MenWooo…. Should be some more, but I forgot all the rest lo….~~

Post-summer holiday - Day 9&10

day 9 - Amsterdam

From day 9 of my post-summer holiday, I went back to the Western Europe. Holland, I did expect very much from here... and she just hasn't disappointed me!!! It was so much enjoyable, and inspirit! Although we haven’t planned for anything (only booked flight ticket and hotel and nothing else), it was a fucking great trip! I was super tired when we were arriving Amsterdam. I was in a half awake condition. On the way to the hotel, we had some super nice Haring (Holland trademarked)!!! ^_^ yeah~~ Hang out with Euniz is always a good thing…. At least it would be someone to speak non-sense with me… and I don’t need to worry even I have said something super moliu… haha…. The 2nd hand shops there are so up to standard, almost the same as London!!!! People there are so artistic! All the house and shops we could see there are some artworks placed. Drawings, installation just all around the city…. Bernard should definitely go there to earn for life haha….

We then went to the most important attraction in Holland – the Coffee Shop~~~ haha bought some weed and took one instantly… hahaha yeah~~

At night, we went to a recommended caf? to have the cheese fondue!!! It was the best I have ever had (I actually only had once in Switzerland and it was totally a wine fondue >.<) haha nice nice! The taxi in Amsterdam is fucking expensive!!! Damn!!! Must be more expensive than in London!!! It was ?12 for the distance like 20 mins walk >_<

And we walk home for more weed :D:D get some sleep and prepared for our next day unplanned travel. Haha….~~~

day 10 - Volendam
Before going to Volendam, we passed through one of the exhibition hall which is so interesting. Didn’t get into the show coz it was ?8 entrance fee.

We then went to Volendam for the cheese and clogs factory. But again, once we saw the Haring, we just can’t ourselves… hehe… Me and Euniz definitely can’t live together… otherwise both of use must become diabetes! The factory was not actually in Volendam but at the edge of the area or even a bit outside. We’ve spent quite a while to find it out..…. It’s uch a fusion idea!!! Mixing cheese with clogs… haha… we also found a lot of funny fusion ideas in Amsterdam!! Like the hairdressing with fashion, home decoration with caf? and of cause weed in coffee shop~~~
We went to a nice restaurant for dinner ^_^ I had a Thai chicken soup… so delicious :D

Post-summer holiday - Day 8

Crete

The Cruse we had taken from Athens to Cr?te is just so nice… it seems that our god is taking good care to us after that evil Athens day. Incredibly, there was someone lead us from the check-in counter to the room!!! We were just paying for the cheapest room indeed but the service was so good! And also the hot shower was just so powerful!!!! The foods and souvenirs are even cheaper than on land! See the sign there!! They even have a swimming pool!!! (although it wasn’t open :P)

The last day in Cr?te is so boring -_- coz Ryan doesn’t want to go “too” far from the airport thinking we shouldn’t do too much in the last day in case we can’t get on the flight -_-…. We then went to the most famous attraction point in the island (according to Lonely Planet). Well, famous attraction point just not my thing as usual… We actually went there but didn’t get into. It was all about the archaeological stuff and the entrance free is ?6! We should have gone to the other town in Cr?te! Anyway… we got back to town, and spent our 8 hours something there, just ridiculous… um…. Nothing really happened but just eating and eating and eating with my mere ?15 for the last day T_T.

Post-summer holiday - Day 7

Athens

Athens is like a combination of Macau and Taiwan... plus more dust and pollution.. Honestly, it's somewhere can be finish within half day.. 1 day is a bit more than enough unless you are an archaeologist. I've been caught when I put my cat cat on a sulpture's head and took a photo:P (I know I've been naughty) um... and they fouce me to delet the picture T__T

I don't hate Athens as a tourist thought... I took nice picture there I think :D:D haha

Post-summer holiday - day 5-6

Mykonos

Arrived Myknos at around 3pm. The hotel owner was sooo nice to pick us up from the port. To be honest, it is almost impossible to find there without his driving. The beach was just 5 mins walk from the hotel... According to the owner, it is a main beach in Mykonos but actually it is quite disappointing. Very small, and short, and super crowed. I was expecting a 10 times bigger beach....

:P We then went for a proper greek dinner, and it was quite nice!!! And it's the first time I have had rabbit meat... it taste like chicken to me but a bit rough. um.... it's a bit not fair :P but how great it would be if i was having the dinner with Stef :D:D

Afterwards we went to a piano bar... The waiter was so cute, haha. And that's a great atmostphere!!! I really wanted to stay until later... but Ryan just asked to go -_-.... hate it... um..... 'omon I paid that EU$20 for our drink, wasn't only for the drink... but the whole thing -_-.... anyway, it was a nice one :D

Ryan was so bad for the whole day coz he had drunk a bit wine in the morning and also he was annoyed by the time of the ferry... -_- I really don't understand that... and that almost fuck up the whole first day in Mykonos.... um... luckily I was in a good mood and so many nice things happened... I just enjoyed myself :P hahaha.....
The next day, we went to the beach called Super Paradise... um... is not fantastic, but still better than the paradise... Maybe because of the weather, it was much less people. It's a gay-friendly NAKED BEACH haha..... wooo..... nothing much to see though haha.... it was a good day.... relax the whole morning... and then went to the city to walk around... honestly we shouldn't have gone so early... it was so boring... just taking photos and taking photos for few hours... and you know no money... really not much we can do... Remember, it is an extremely expensive island... T_T....

We had to take the overnight ferry to go to Athens at 9:30pm... It was the start of the nightmare! We went to the wrong port at the beginning... and we had spare a lot of time to go to the port beforehand. And we decided to walk from the old port to the new port T_T.... Imagine you walk on the Tuen Moon highway, with a typhoon no.8 NW wind, and of cause with our luagages (I was actaully walking in a 60 degree forward to against the wind!!!). The whole journey was almost half an hour. Something I do need to mention about the port in Greece.... don't imagine you would have a proper port for passengers. People have to get on the ferry at the same place as the car... Maybe because that was the end of the weekend, and so many people has to go back to Athens. Where the people waited for the ferry was like a "lan man ying". And when the ferry arrived. People crowd on the ferry like hell.. -_- We found that Greek never queue... And when we got on the ferry, it was even worse... people were all lying on the ground even the space between two seats, where your legs supposed to place when you sit down. T__T we shouldn't save that money... we should but the one with bed in a room (maybe because people brought the "No Seat" ticket which they should stay outside) And the people sat on our seat was braming someone sat on his. Well it doesn't mean they could sit on mine.... luckily, people are reasonable.. and finally we had the seat... The screen were showing "Peal Harbour" haha... what an ironic scene... haha

Finally arrived on Athens without any sleep... lalalla.... it's such an important experience in order to under stand more about Greece, I thought :D... haha I am such a positive thinker :D

Post-summer holiday - Day 2-5

Santorini

go travel with tyan is just so good.... :D Anything I just wanna ask people he would have already asked.. life is getting easier...~~ Arrived at Santorini, we missed the bus to central coz of taking photos for too long :P and we didn't know the bus only run when the ships arrive.... and the one after was like 4 hours later... haha so we waited in the port for very long and had taken so many photos there haha....

We were staying in Santorini, the famous "little white house" island, for 4 days 3 night. I was thinking it might be too long but actually I kinda think we should stay here for ever :P.. Their government even pay them money to repaint their white house!!! They just work perfectly with some of their blue tops and the amazingly blue sky. The main town (actually really small, like the size of cheung chou town in HK... ) in Santorini called FIRA.. it is very nice, but the one I love the most is in the west side of the island called OIA... Everything on the Island are quite cheap... and the hotel we were staying was super nice and cheap! And it has a kitchen for us to make cheap cheap dinner as well!!! Another funny thing is, it seems that all the dogs there are sleeping on the floor all the time!

Well... nothing too much to say... see the photos... and you will tell yourself,'I have to go there, I have to go there!' My only comment ovet there is, in every single second, what sqeezed into my eyes was the best picture I wanna take.... the only thing I wanna complain is... does it need to be perfect like this??!! everywhere... and thats a bit too much... in a good way :P

btw, I think they have one of the best sunset in the world

I think I was taking too much photos here :P um.... it's like 1/20 of all... :D

I was super lucky in Fira!!! I changed the money in a local exchange shop coz their rate is much better than when i saw that in airport (airport-1:1.39, l.shop-1:1.45). The thing is, the guy have miscalculated the money to me. And the final rate, is £180 to EU$284.2!!!!!!! hahahhaha Santonrini is just my place!!!!

Post-summer holiday - Day 1

We didn't know we need to collect the ticket from the agency counter (I thought it's the e-ticket I used to buy) to board the flight unitl we went to the check-in counter :p I didn't even check the mail they sent us either :o... but luckily we had no problem on it :D:D. (12:40 flight, exp. arriving at 18:40)





Finally we landed on Heraklion airport after the 4 hrs flight ^_^ People started smoking once they step on the land (inside the airport)!!! I was just wondering if that illegal and I found that the staffs were smoking inside their counter!!! People are so relax and it makes the lauggage collection proecess really SLOW....~ When we left the airport, it was already 20:30..






We spent a bit time to find the hotel... it's located in an inner street :D The staff there was super nice, already we were only paying EU$20 ^_^ We then when out and try to find something to eat... surprisingly all shops were still open!!!! so happy... They also sell very nice assessories there... but I just had no money to buy them T_T....






The first thing I tried in Greece was the milk!!! and the taste was a bit different form england... less sweet but richer.... The greek salad there are obviously very nice... the feta cheese is quite different in texture... much much smoother and less goat tastes.... very nice!! love it!!!