~Precious Moments~: Glasgow, I'm Here! ( Part 2 )

Ok...back again with my 3rd post! So, let me continue!

We departed from KLIA at 2.30am and reached Dubai International Airport at about 4.45am their time. Shops closed ? Wrong answer! To my surprise, there were so SO many people walking around just like in the wet markets. The first thing we went to search for was trolleys as all of us had brought overweight hand carries and backpacks..but to our dismay, we walked from one end to the other end but still couldn't find any! [ we could only enjoy the view of ppl pushing their trolleys =( ] + Every single toilet was FULL and of coz, the queue was very long. But oh well, at least it was clean. =)

Dubai International Airport ~

Anyway, the airport was quite big and nice. Every shop was filled with people and i had to squeeze my way through just to take a look at things! The lightings both on the airplane and outside the airport was really pretty as well! On board the plane, when the lights are switched off, u could see the dim lights changing from one colour to the other ( green, blue, purple..etc) Also, there are tiny white lights on the "ceiling" which looked like stars! How cool is that! But still, i could only sleep for like a total of 4 hours... Soon, it was time to board the flight to Glasgow , so bye Dubai!

View of Dubai from the plane

After about 7-8 hours, the plane was ready for landing..and guess where?? Glasgow of coz!

Yayz! We're here! After going through immigration and customs, we were welcomed by a few of our seniors and one of our coordinators which brought us to our accommodations and also gave us a small buffet lunch later on. Right after lunch, seniors took us to Tesco to buy our groceries and needs ...and that was about all for the first day in glasgow. And did i mention about the weather??? It's definitely COLD n WINDY!

James Blyth Court ( where i'm staying )

My room ^^

The chefs!

( our kitchen )

What we cook...nice!

( not just this! )

George Square!

With Crystal n Vivian

Buchanan Street

There were lots of people in the city and they really do lots of walking! There were even more during the weekends and u can see most of them with a shopping bag! Anyway, whereelse here ( mayb further) thr's a malaysian restaurant - Romours, which was introduced by seniors and said that they hav nasi lemak there ( nearest u can get). I have yet to try! Anyway, along the long street, there were also some scottish men in skilts performing with bagpipes and drums! It was something new to us.

Haha...In front of TGI fridays.

They were really impressive and the one in the middle could also be been running and jumping about with his big drum on his shoulders!

On the same day, there was also a festival going on. Merchant Festival to be exact. Lots of food ( fruits, candies, burgers, pastas etc...) and also lots of ppl lining up to buy their lunch.

A stall selling highland beef burgers...couldnt resist the smell...

Uni also gave us a week of time-table and we had wake up early to get registered in our course, open an account with the Royal Bank of Scotland, visit to the Townhealth Health Center located in the Royal Infirmary, a short orientation session for the overseas students, and an introduction to 3rd Year Pharm.

( We were told by the professors that : If u think that 2nd year is hard enough ,

WAIT TILL 3RD YEAR STARTS! ) * shivers *

I can feel the stress with just those few words and classes havent even started yet! Those who were laughing and chatting about couldnt even put a happy smile after hearing that! What a scare...

And oh, guess what...we had to pay 70 pounds jst for phocopied books throughout the 3rd year... Its so expensive! Got to start loving my books... And if u ever wonder about the list of price in Glasgow...i'll say tat some of the things are quite reasonable...( bought 7 pairs of socks for 2 pounds! ) but some aren't... So it depends on how u spend ur $$. On food...min 2pounds for fast food and min 3 pounds for normal meals) So its better to just stay at home and cook hehe..

My Books...

Royal Bank of Scotland

Did some laundry during the weekend... 2 pounds per wash and 1 pound to dry! But free ironing ( self service )

Celebrated Ching Mun's 20th Birthday ( Pot Luck ) - The first birthday event here XD. Within just 19 mins u can see that there's like just a quarter left on each dish! Hungry and big eaters we all were... like fugitives. lol. Anyway, we prepared minced black pepper beef ( recipe from eng seng) Gonna end my blog here for this post....but wait... guess who dropped by and gave all of us a surprise???