Sidetrack: I'm Chili Oil Boy

Just a sidetrack from Whirlwind: Part 2, I'm going back today!... wooohooooo. Anyway one person that I think would miss me (or actually more of the business she's getting) is this aunty who owns a small restaurent over here in Hayling Island. We usually bungkus food from her place and bring back. So most of the time we Malaysians will request some superhot stuff (they actually have cili padi)and I'll also ask for the "chili oil" (like the ones u get in some nyonya restaurents)... so on the last day I tapau from her she gave me the name chili oil boy... hope that name doesn't stick with my colleagues... :P

Another time when I went over there... just bought a muffin... she told me in cantonese not to eat if not get fatter... I was like... duhhh... spoilt my appetite oni... :P

All rights... anyway looking forward to get back... meet up with u guys... have some nasi lemak, roti canai, nasi beriani, tosai, etc, etc... and all will be back to normal... haha

Whirlwind Trip: Part 1

Total distance: 870km in 2 days.

Where: Planet Earth

How: With the trusty Chrysler (... think the drive shaft gonna KO soon) and outdated GPS.

When: on a weekend where we had nothing better to do

No map. No accomodation plans. Just pack and go. Basically all these places are located in the county of Cornwall. Told Michelle the name of the place came about due to the plantation that was grown during the olden days, which was mainly corn and it grows in rows of huge tall plants, hence the name Cornwall... well she swallowed it hook, line and sinker.. and wasn't too impressed that it was a bunch of fibs... :P

Anyway plan for the day: Head to Land's End (Most western tip of England, 5 hours drive away) and do a quick detour to Newquay, the self styled Surfing Capital of England.... yea rite... the waves at Port Dickson is bigger :P (think was out of season). Anyway Newquay is a real happening place, beach littered with babes and hunks, music blaring from the top of the beach, nice sands and clean waters... good place to juz chill out.

The funny part was none of us were in our beach gear (when we left Havant it was quite chilly in the morning)... so here goes 4 sesat chinese, dah la sticking out like a sore thumb in the sea of mat salleh's... wearing jeans summore hahaha... believe me the stares and smiles we get were kinda embarassing hahaha.

Newquay: The beach, the people and the smell of the sea

A small harbour in Newquay, there was a seal swimming around... if you can spot it ;)

Surfer dudes wannabes with their big pot bellies!

Was trying to keep the ice cream from fallin... was really nice home made stuff...

After spending bout an hour plus at Newquay... we headed to Land's End. We stopped by at this place called Penzance, the last town before hitting to Land's End to find a place to sleepover... was hunting round for cheap places to stay when we came over to a hotel with a bar below and a huge banned furled at the front advertising 19.95 pounds per person... without much further hunting we juz checked out the rooms and then paid for a night's stay and went straight to Land's End...

The famous landmark of Land's End... they're charging 12 quid to have pic taken with it!...

Breathtaking views at Land's End... the blue waters is the Atlantic Ocean... swim across and you'll reach the US ;)

Cliffhanger... spot me!... that's the furthest i dared to go...

no ropes or safety harness at all along the way...

Another view at Land's End

It's summer over here and it's still daylight at 8pm... so we still had time after walking round Land's End... so we tried to look out for a place and a name came out called...... Mousehole. Yea I'm not kidding the place it's really called Mousehole and they are reputed to have one of the prettiest harbour around UK. It's really a nice quaint picturesque little place, narrow roads, crammed houses... it's like crossing into another place outside of UK. The place is strangely... filled with cats. Since I came here I've never seen a cat... until i reached here, maybe they all migrated over here...

Another "strange" thing here was there are honesty boxes at the parking place (for you to drop the parking fees) and also there are people who actually sells shells along lanes and just leave the money box beside it... for you to leave your money if you purchase it. Amazingly no one took the stuff or the money box away!

The Mousehole... incase you don't believe me :P

Small roads, quaint shops lining up the streets

The town of Mousehole

The Mousehole harbour

All right that's all for now, stay tuned as I'll cover 2 more places in my next update... Whirlwind Part 2!...

Exbury & Beulieu

This is post is kinda long overdue... :P... anyway a colleague of mine is really, really fascinated with gardens, so we thought he has a huge orchid or flower garden... then he said he only plant useful plants... and then only found out his "useful" plants are veggie and fruit trees... :P. So he found out one of England's famous garden is abt 50 mins drive away... so away we go...

So this is it... 4 GUYS... going to one of the most scenic spots around here... ishhhhh.... anyway The Exbury gardens cover 200 acres of various flower and plants but mostly are rhododendrons, azaleas and camelias.

Rose among the thorns

Stream running through the gardens

Lane full of flowers in a riot of colors

Reflections on the lake within the gardens

After the walk around which took us about 2 hours, we drove by to a place called Beaulieu, a small village nearby. You actually have to pay an entrance fee to enter this tourist spot which set us back by 15 quid... after paying 7.5 quid to enter Exbury... :(. Anyway Beaulieu houses a few stuff... the British National Motor Museum, Beaulieu Palace House and Beaulieu Abbey. The British National Motor Museum has a huge collection of automobiles from bygone eras (T-Ford's... to the latest Bugatti Veryon). The Beaulieu Palace House is a huge mansion built during the 16th century and still in a perfect condition. The Beaulieu Abbey, or actually what's left of it is home to some monks from France during the 13th century.

From the old vintage...

To the record breakers.

The Beaulieu Palace House

The dining hall of the Palace House... supposed to be haunted...

Basically at the end there was a special exhibition which featured a lot of the original stuff featured in the James Bond movies from the old and new...

Remember this?...

Was it Halle Berry that drove this car?

MY NIECE!

PROMOTION: My niece has a blog!!... check out s U n S H i N E

She's real cute and I use to babysit her, putting her to bed, feeding her etc... etc... EXCEPT BATHING and CHANGING DIAPERS :P...

One of my earliest pics of Le Anne

She's small enough to fit into the basin :P


Used to put her in the basket and "fly" her around


She was always fascinated with the phone

Leanne having fun... running around in the house

Leanne with one of her favourite fruits

Leanne and her camera face... ;)

p/s: 9/6/07 - edited spelling mistake... :P