Wanderlust

Wanderlust: a strong desire to travel 

SO. I've been doing quite a bit of travelling lately! After my finals, and after packing all of my things up (storing them for the summer), I went to London to meet up with a few of my secondary school friends. It was really great meeting them again <3 We went to watch Jurassic World hehe :D One of my friend was laughing inappropriately whenever someone gets eaten by a dinosaur.. *ahem* -.-

Anyway. After that, my family and I went to EDINBURGH! Despite the sun, it was really windy there!

The Castle :D 

View from the top of the castle~ 

Holyrood Palace! We were not allowed to take pictures inside D: But it was definitely super fancy! My favourite bit of any castles is the beautiful and intricate decorations that can be seen on the ceilings! 

We climbed up the mountain near the castle :) 

After that, our little vacation brings us down to the HADRIAN'S WALL. TBH, I expected more... :P The view was spectacular! 

Ah yes, after Edinburgh, Celine joined us :D 

Of course I had to climb on top of the wall... :P Never mind the fact that I was wearing a maxi skirt that day LOL 

 We then continued our journey down to LAKE DISTRICT

I have heard so much about this place from so many people, and it is even more breathtaking than I had expected! 

<3 

We took a ferry across to another island :) 

Celine and I also had temporary tattoos because... glitter tattoos..! :P 

We also went to NOTTINGHAM for a day, where we went to the castle and to the University :) 

This is a very nice outdoors cafe place in CAMBRIDGE - perfect for when the weather is brilliant and you just want to chill and relax with a nice cup of tea and, of course, SCONES!! 

It's called 'Orchard Tea Gardens'

I was extremely pleased with my choice - raspberry, cranberry & elderflower fruit tea :) 

Oh, we also had to move my brother's things down to London... So we rented another car from Europcar, and they gave us a free upgrade to a Mercedes Benz ;) woop woop! 

Then at last, the day of my brother's graduation :) 

And um, Celine really wanted the pink balloon.. :P 

Ah yes, later that evening, we went to see Taylor Swift in Hyde Park, London!!! She was simply AMAZING <3 the concert was so much better that I thought it'd be! My dream of watching a live Taylor Swift concert had finally come true!! My friends and I had arrived later than everyone else, because there were a bunch of other singers before Taylor Swift and we weren't that keen on waiting for that long. I mean, we could see the big screen just fine - if you ignore those people who would ride on other people's shoulders -.- We did manage to sort of see her... :p but she was super tiny hehe :P it was still an amazing experience and like she said, a dearly cherished memory <3 

SO. Right now, I am in GREECE! I know the current economical situation is not exactly ideal, but I don't think it will affect me that much. I can understand my dad's concerns, and I do wish that I can make him worry less - without giving up this amazing opportunity. The AIESECers here are extremely friendly and so lovely and adorable :) I am really glad I am able to meet them! They have been so welcoming, kind, sweet and so warming and supportive, always looking out for me and always recommending yummy foods to me haha! As my host lives about 5 minutes away from the port, we would walk down there quite often for food - there are a long stretch of cafes and restaurants along the port. The view never cease to amaze me :) And I can't wait to go to the beach here - it must be spectacular!

The ferry port - sunset :') 

My host's ADORABLE CAT <3 He has really warmed up to me hehe and he's a total sweetie :D 

I really do hope that my dad will let me stay in Greece until the end of my internship. I don't want to leave this place :( But regardless of when I leave, I will try to enjoy every moment of my time here :) 

-D- 

喜欢一个人...

(我的中文不太好，可是因为不想让某人看到，所以只好用中文写这个post了 哈哈 请别见笑!)

去年，我陪我的哥哥在他的大学一起过圣诞节。那时候，我认识了他的一个朋友...

我一开始就已经对他有点兴趣。 那时候我们几乎每天都会一起吃饭、聊天、常常说笑。甚至还一起看过几部电影呢！虽然我们两那时候不太熟，但是他对我很好。当我哥哥把我赶出他的房间时，他就会让我待在他的房间读书。当他去朋友家过夜时，他会让我睡在他的房间里（因为我通常是睡地板上 T T)。可是我觉得我那时候不是真正的喜欢他吧，而是因为想要把另一个人忘掉，才把感情集中在那个人的身上..

后来，农历新年的时候又见到他了。我们又会经常一起吃饭、聊天。我觉得我跟他蛮有默契的。他人又帅又善良，我跟他聊天时 感觉很自在。不知不觉的，想每天见他一面。

我哥哥这月底毕业，而我最近发现我有点希望他的朋友也会在那，让我再看到他。因为那个人其实比我哥小一年级，明年才毕业。所以他不一定会参加我哥的毕业典礼。他们其实已经放假了，所以他随时都有可能回祖国。我觉得我再也没有机会见到他了。因为我哥毕业后就去伦敦工作，所以我再也没有理由去他们的大学。

我..还不太清楚是不是真正的喜欢他。我其实有试过在FB上跟他聊天，可是每次都没有聊到很久。可能他不喜欢在 FB 上聊天吧？我也不知道。

其实我有想过跟他告白。可是我怎么看来看去，真的觉得他对我没什么兴趣。可能一直以来 他对我那么好的原因是因为我是他的好朋友的妹妹吧...

喜欢一个人怎么那么难呢？喜欢一个人的感觉又甜又酸... 但是，当你喜欢的那个人不喜欢你的话...那种感觉好痛苦哦。我觉得我被诅咒过，每次喜欢一个人的时候，结果都会很悲惨的。可能是我太倒霉了吧  哎～

不知道为什么感觉这么感伤 哈哈 好奇怪哦... 可是说了出来，心里舒服点。

-D- 

Post-Exams Celebration!

Aahhh my exams are finally over - thank goodness! Didn't do so well on a couple of them, but oh well xD 

Sadly, I still have not heard back from AIESEC so I still do not know about my plans for this summer T T so annoying! 

On a happier note, my friends and I hung out today, went shopping and had ice cream~ yum yum :D 

Met these two during orientation in our first year - and I am currently living with them, and with two other girls this year. They were one of the few people that made me feel welcome in our uni (and in this country xD) and had really helped me settled in :) Plus, they are weeeeiiiiiird - which is a total bonus! 

Come to think about it, I have already been in England for two years! Damn. That was quick haha.. How does time fly past so rapidly? I only have one more year until I graduate o.0 I can still remember my high school graduation really vividly haha 

So much has changed within these two years.. I feel like I myself have changed quite a bit as well. Certain things has made me re-evaluate my life, and from that, I have grown and matured even more. As cliché as it sounds, I have decided to enjoy the little things in life - because I know how easily one can lose something in life. Sometimes, things simply do not last forever. So I have decided to focus on the present, and live my life as happily as possible; remember the past, and learn from it; look forward to the future, and continue writing my own story. 

"Enjoy the little things in life, because one day you'll look back and realise that they were the big things. " 

-D- 

PS. This post got deep really quickly LOL 

Travelling

Urgh. I have my exams coming up real soon, which is also why I haven't been posting lately :P However, this also means that I have been procrastinating...a lot.. xD

Anyway. I have recently found out about this travel blogger, Brooke Saward, who is pretty much just travelling all around the world for a living. As travelling is one of my interests, I was intrigued! So, I added her on Snapchat and followed her on Facebook and Instagram, and even read her blog posts. (Too stalkerish? :P) And her travelling experience is simply amazing! She is one of those people who is able to see the beauty in the little things and in random places. The way she perceives the world is truly inspiring. I admire her strength and courage to be able to leave her life behind, just to travel around the world, and visit new places and see new things. Not only does she blog about the places she has been to, she also includes travelling tips, she also writes inspirational and motivational posts, and even fashion tips! I highly recommend her blog to those who like travelling as well - World Of Wanderlust

I really do wish I can travel more. My biggest restrain is my father -.- He still sees me as a little girl haha.. Even though I'm studying in England! Whilst I do understand his worries and concerns, it is quite annoying and I do wish he would lighten up a little. I understand that there are a million horrible things that could happen to me when I'm travelling in a foreign country, whether or not I'm travelling alone or with my friend(s). But being able to see a new country, or even a new city, is simply amazing! The excitement of going to a place that I have never stepped foot in, experiencing the life there, even for a day, brings a thrill down my spine.

Anyway, Evon and I have made a pact (quite some time ago) that we will start travelling together more :) Maybe in a few years xD and that whenever we go somewhere new, we would get each other something nice from that place. Anything but a keychain though ;)

-D-

从来不放闪的原因

Let me post a madanrin post....Because I felt like I can express this better in mandarin.

放闪， 顾名思义就是po上你和伴侣的恩爱的照片在网路上，简称秀恩爱！

现在的面子书和随手拍上都充满着一些放闪的人，似乎放闪成为了他们的使命，他们向世界向彼此证明他们很爱对方的管道。

最近当我在跟一名友人吃饭时，他对我说他有些不明白那些放闪的人是怎么思考，有必要把自己和伴侣的点点滴滴都宣告于全世界吗？ 在当下我就问了他一句，人家在放闪有什么错的吗？ 他就问我，那为什么你从来不放闪？

这是一个很好的问题。。。
我回家想了想，觉得我没试过放闪的原因就是我很害怕受伤吧！
说真的，我很羡慕那些放闪的人，我觉得他们好有勇气。
难道不是吗？

在网络上公开彼此的恩爱史，意味着他们在宣告于全世界：我现在和伴侣很高兴，如果有一天我们不再放闪就代表有问题了！
如果是我的话，我会害怕，我总在想万一不美好的结局发生， 这些“曾经”在网络上停留，会无时无刻提醒我那些回忆， 逐渐加深已造成的伤疤。

我最害怕的还是当全世界知道我那破碎的恋情， 会过来询问我，安慰我，不给我喘口气和自疗的时间和空间。

所以放闪是一个大胆说爱的行为， 举动本身没错，可是你准备好了结局吗？

Expectation vs Reality --- Well dressed mean NOTHING

Hey Peeps!!! Is me, the wicked one, Evon!

I was really busy in the past few weeks especially with trips, tests, assignments and events going on (which I will write a review on it later). Yea, that was the reason behind my absence in this blog. P.S: sorry bestie, I still love you dearly and dedications will still be given to this blog. 

Recently, I have been participating in a Charity Sale at Jonker Walk, Malacca. (Held by Sales and Marketing division of MULS) What we did was selling cookies to help raise donations for the mentally disabled children. Overall the experience was great. But through this event, I realized I had a misconception that has not been corrected untill I went all out in this event, trying to raise fund. ( Damn, education of 20 years.... I learned shit)

I know along this time that we should not judge a book by its cover. We saw and read this quote everywhere, but does it really hit in your mind? Interestingly, I thought I was quite open- minded and not judgemental, but this event made me realized.... Nope, I am only the naive little girl  that think she is very open and not judgy towards people.... BULLSHIT, right?

So, in the mid of this event, when I was selling the cookies, I automatically went and promote the cookies to people who seem nice, well kept and well dressed. It was like natural instinct that well dressed people equal nice and financially maintained peeps. However the plot twist was the people that donated and brought the cookies are mostly people that care less about the way they dress and some had tattoos, hairstyles that are far beyond my level (I suck, I know). I remebered having this guy with his hand around his girlfriend, he dressed like an 90s gangsta, with all the tattoos and amount of hair gel on his hair; I did not expect him to buy the cookies, did not bother to ask, merely shouted cookies for charity however the guy just walked to me and staight taking his money out to buy the cookies.... Same goes to many more other people that I thought would not buy the cookies. On another hand, some girls and guys that look so dashing and nicely dress turned out to be rude or ignorant peeps. (Do not get me wrong, not all people that are well-dressed are these people, but the moral of this story is well dressed can mean nothing at all, outer beauty do not reflect the inner one)

It got me thinking, how shitty I am as a person to ever judge people silently, the shittiest part is without knowingly. I have this weird and unrealistic expectations on people based on how they look?! Thanks to this event, it got me thinking... how can I stop all these nonsense in my head?

I cannot figure a better way than really go out and meet people... Be more interactive, talk to people, know their stories before I have any stupid imaginations about them.... So what do you think? Have you judge someone ever before based on their looks? Tell me and share your stories (If you bother to watse a little bit of your time to finish reading this....LOL)


- E -

Bestie = soulmate

'Nuff said. <3

http://elitedaily.com/women/your-bff-your-soulmate/1008949/

-D-

Warner Brother's Studio - The Making of Harry Potter

So, recently, I went to the Warner Brother's Studio in London with two of my middle/high school friends - Jacelyn & Maya - both of which are studying in England as well.

I had taken a lot of pictures on this tour, and I did not post all of them as you guys would be scrolling through this post for ages xD

For those who are Harry Potter fans - THIS PLACE IS MAGICAL. 

We spent a few hours at the tour, marvelling at how amazing everything is. We saw many of the real props and costumes that were used in the movies. 

 Harry Potter's bedroom under the cupboard

The dining hall 

 Recognise these costumes?? :D 

 The wands.. 

 Dumblerdore's gargoyle 

 Hagrid's bike 

Umbridge's sickening pink office xD 

Behold! The beautiful Hogwarts express at platform 9 3/4 <3 This is their newest attraction, and has only been added a few weeks ago :) 

Inside the train, on our way to Hogwarts! ;) 

After that, we took a short break and had some delicious butterbeer :D 

 We then proceeded outdoors for a short while, where it was beautifully sunny when we arrived at Privet Drive xD 

The Knight Bus~

We also took some pictures with Hagrid's motorbike and the Weasley's car :D  

Dobby :( 

The basilisk.. Rawr!  

Tiny Voldemort 

Buckbeak! It could bow his head and all that :D

Diagon Alley~ 

I want a wand from Ollivander's! 

Last but not least, this is the sight that took my breath away.. 

This is a massive model of the Hogwarts castle.. 

This model has been used as the close up shots in the movies

It is so detailed, and just so beautiful...

The night view, with tiny sparkling lights :) 

Ah yes, the souvenir shop is quite spectacular as well! 

Yes, they had a Hedwig plushie..  I was so tempted to buy that, but it was insanely expensive :( 



In overall, my experience at the Warner Brother's Studio was AMAZING. It was everything that I had expected, and even more! I would definitely recommend any and all Harry Potter fans to go there. Whilst it is a bit pricey, it is definitely worth it! Plus, it's one of those things that you probably won't go again (unless you're wealthy). Anyway, they let you stay until their closing time, so if you go there early in the morning (the earliest tour starts at 9am, I think), you can stay there for hours and hours! Apparently, the longest that people have stayed there for is for 13 hours!!

In case people want to know, the best way to get there is to take the train (London Midlands) or tube to Watford Junction. From there, there's a bus right outside the train station that will take you directly to the place, for £2 (to and fro), or £1.50 for a one-way trip.

Be prepared to bring extra money, as you should definitely try the butterbeer, and you would mostly likely splurge a bit at their gift store :P just saying. However, no matter whether you are on a tight budget (as we were) or not, definitely save a few pounds to buy their butterbeer! This is one of the three places that sells butterbeer!

-D-