18th October part 1

The events of 18th October 2008 part 1

This was taken at 2AM. I can tell you, it was like SNOWING! I wish it was. hihi....
Not so clear...ya. Nvm,this was taken at 6AM. Yup. Look at the road. Its icy!The roads are coated with a layer of ice due to the rain from yesterday.
Today is Saturday but we still need to work...sort of. I don't mind cos its another reason to go out! So, setup my hair and ready to roll out! :)
7AM. oOo....oOo Snow ah Snow, where art thou?
After breakfast, ready to go on our rented car. It's really really cold.

Told you....This was the coolest. I really salute the car. It comes with a temperature sensor and will tune to the temperature you want in the car. 
Misty...visibility is low....and it is FUN!  Will be back for more cos after work, we want to town.

17th October 2008

The events of 17th October 2008

For the first time in my life, I don't want to get soaked in the rain. It was freezing cold, just like pouring ice water on you after you just came out from the bathroom. The temperature dropped to 8 degrees. Haha,..can't blame the weather because weather.yahoo.com already warned me about this. haha.

When it is raining, it's really gloomy here. Almost the whole day was gloomy. 

Mercator Center is 'the' hypermart cum supermart cum convinient store...except that it doesn't open 24-7, closes after 8PM and on Sundays. Mercator Center is everywhere in Slovenia. This is their main grocery shopping center.
This is our client's office. 
Taken after work. Freezing cold, about 4 degrees. We are the last to chow.
Well, you guess it right, we went to Venezia again and this time, we had Galileo Pizza. (Salmon pizza). Nice but a bit too salty. Very salty. haha

16th of October

The event of the day for 16th October 2008

Sunrise! 6AM! Jet lag....that's why I woke up at 4AM.

This is where we will be staying. Penzion Zbilje. Penzion means "Guesthouse". Zbilje is the town name. 

Our room.I sleep at the corner, near the window.....chilling

This is where I blog.
Heater but we never turned on...Macho man don't turned on heater.

Morning walk to the nearby lake...Swan Lake. 

This is my first encounter with a swan. It was so cold...ears and finger pain...about 13 degree in the morning and this swan swam so gracefully in the water....crazy.
Well, sometimes I think we are poorly fed in Malaysia.This is our breakfast provided by the hotel. SUPERB! 

Dinner time at Venezia, one of the famous Pizza-inn in town. 

We ordered 1 Large Pizza, and have it divided into 2. This is full. This is Venezia pizza. 

Nothing isn't good without beer. Union beer, Slovenia local beer. And next to it is Cockta, Slovenian local Coca-Cola. Well, older generation of Slovenians are still anti-Capitalist. They hate Coca-Cola. Cockta is good as it doesn't contain any caffeine.

Hehe.. me enjoying my beer. Dinner was Euro 10.90 for 2 person. Budgeted. keke..

We went to the same place. This time we ordered, Household Pizza. Darn. It's SUPERB! I had Union as well . Wahhaha... It's Euro 12 for 2 pax.

No more pizza when I am home. 

My first Europe trip

Well, here I am in Slovenia, a country of beautiful terrain and without the letter 'y' and when the letter 'j' is presence, it is pronounced as 'y' or 'i'. hihi..

Now i know why there are people who rather pay more to NOT do transit. I have been travelling for almost 20 hours! Dono why, probably its the excitement...i don feel tired at all..at least not until I reach my hostel.

I really want to thank my buddies n my another half for coming to send me off. You all meant a lot to me. I've been thinkg alot about you all on the plane. If without you all, what am I? Making small meals for you all is just a small gesture to thank you all for the many big things you have made impact in my life. Thank you frens.

Love you ,Bee... from TorToise

The journey (KL to Slovenia)

KL - Singapore. B777 flight-SQ119. 9:50PM till 1045PM. It has a big toilet. haha. They even have an in flight entertainment system for short distance travel!

Singapore - London. A380!flight SQ322. 11:30PM(Sing time) till 6:30AM (UK time)

We rush like a mad man!First time inside Changi airport. Rushing from T1 to T3. The checks are very straight. We even have to take out our laptops. In EU, it was worst. Will blog more abt this later.

Airbus!Can u imagine...I am sitting on the Upperdeck. Not crowded at all! But I think the seats are too small for me. hihi... The air stewardess there are so nice,..well not exactly very beautiful but ok...tidy and pleasant, not too mention...matured.Air plane food is serious food. After flying for a while, we have our supper. Beef fillet with port wine sauce, roasted assorted vegies and potatoes. Too delicious until I forgot to taake a pix on it. Haha... Medium done on the beef. It goes well with white wine too...Trauma with red wine d, esp from the plane one. Haha...secret.

Had some nuts to go with my white wine again. ahaha...

I stayed up almost the whole journey,..managed to watch 3 movies. haha...

The journey is quite bouncy. but nonetheless, praise God, we safely made it. 

We had our 'light' breakfast 2 hours before we touch down in London. Steamed eggs with hollandaise, bacon and hash brown potato.It was suppose to be light...but...the bacon is really tempting. darn. I wish I had more. Welcome to the bacon country...UK! Almost EVERYTHING we eat got ham in it.

Buying ticket for the coach to go to Stansted Airport (LCCT of UK). The journey is far! Estimate around 1hr 45min to 2 hrs. THis LCCT flies to other european countries too so it is a good bargain if you can book early.
Double Decker,...Double Decker... the real THING!

Easy Jet Counter. The EU checks are very strict. I have to take out my belt, my boots, my laptop to let them check. Woo... Also, go to WHSmith shop...I wanted to drink water but i got no change...so, I bought The Daily Telegraph for 0.90 pence and get a 750ml water (1.35pound) free. wahaha...thats the cheapest.

This metal thingy is very canggih-fied. Not only can it stablized by just touch on the tip of each metal, it also rotates. Its taken from Stansted Airport. Tips: When u are there in Stansted, just go to inside the departure hall first. Inside got plenty of food and stores.

Welcome to Slovenia. This is the airport. I don't understand a thing there. It is so foreign to me. The journey took about 2 hours but we have to add 1 hr extra when reach. 1300 flight, reaching Ljubljana 1600.

I really got confused with time... its like playing time. whaha.... i lost count how many hours i have been travelling.

Touchdown in Heathrow airport at 6:30AM.(2:30PM Malaysia time). PG...u are right...when they look at skinny asian like me and my colleagues, they tot we are trying to overstay and i had a tough time explaining that im just passing by ur country to go to another country, so get ur butt out of my way. RUDE. This immigrant officer, she is really rude..probably to asians. nonetheless...SABAR!

I cant believe myself...IM in UK!The land whre the red double decker and the black. classico taxi roam the city. Well, too bad, we are just passing by this place. Immediately, we took a coach to Stansted Airport, UK LCCT. The journey on the coach is about 1hr 45min. Well, I think Malaysian time actually came from London. Not punctual at all. haha. We saw a lot of delays but thank God, ours are punctual. 9AM reaching Stansted about 1045AM. We rush to check in our bags.

Trip to Slovenia

I really want to thank God and give Him all the praise! He is indeed good to me. I was blessed with a trip to do maintenance work for my company's client in Slovenia. I got to travel!!! and this time ot Europe! Yea...Will be transitting in London. So, check out more from this site as I'll be posting a lot of pix and my stay over there:)

Praise God!