YES. I am HOME. I'm Back to the virtual world after 3 weeks without internet. Man, it sure feels good to be home.

I'm tired. I'm beat. Flying budget airline long-haul was not exactly fun but beggars can't be choosers so yeah, it was not that bad then (though it could have been better if AirAsia X enabled their Chat feature on the way back).

I'm in dire need of proper sleep, after having to sit next to the Leech the whole way back home, sharing a single bed with her last night since she self-invited her niece to spent a night at KL Plaza with us and having her sleeping in my room now. Thank Goodness she's going back tomorrow. Ha

Jet lag has made me rather cranky and moody at the moment.

After unpacking, I gotta get ready for my next step in life.

Meanwhile, Merry Christmas people.

I WANT

Just like Sze Shyang, I want to go traveling too. To be more specific, I want to go for an international stay over. However, I do not know when I will have that opportunity to go again as it all boils down to the finance and time since I am not financially independent yet….

I do want to go Hong Kong and China @the new economic powerhouse whose GDP has been surging (I guess Napoleon Bonaparte, the great 18th century French Emperor and military leader, was right when he predicted “when China awakes, the whole world will shake”) again (but not now). I do want to go to Shanghai again. I miss the night view of the futuristic skyscrapers of the Pudong business district.

If I ever go to Shanghai again, I hope to be able to go window shopping (because I don't think I can afford to patronize any stores there) at the ‘Three on the Bund’ @ 外滩三号, which has been touted as one of the best places to see in the new China by Time magazine in 2005. Three on the Bund is actually a renovated 1916 building situated along the renowned Shanghai waterfront. Address: 3, Zhong Shan Dong Yi Road, Shanghai 200002, China. It houses four of the cosmopolitan city’s top eateries, art gallery, an Evian spa, an Armani flagship store and other stores such as Ann Demeulemeester, Bottega Veneta, Vivienne Tam, Yves Saint Laurent, and more.

I want to visit the Great Wall of China again.

I do want to go to United Kingdom. I do like to experience life in London despite what some people say about London being a gloomy place during winter because of the unpredictable weather along with the depressing temperature, thus depriving most Londoners from enjoying what we deem as the natural cause of joy…. I do want to see Stonehenge.

Taken from Wikipedia 2008

Stonehenge has been named as one of the new 7 Wonders of The World on 7^th July, 2007. It is located on Salisbury Plain, about three kilometres west of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, in Southern England (about 137 kilometres southwest of London). It is actually the ruins of a Megalithic monument that was built by men more than 4,000 years ago using earth, timber and stones. Why they decided to build Stonehenge remains a mystery, though there are theories ranging from religion to astronomy. I want to see the concentric rings of stones surrounding a horseshoe of upright stones and a solitary vertical stone with my own eyes. I want to see the Sarsen stones that form the outer ring and the bluestones that form the inner ring. The Sarsen stones were believed to be brought to the site from the Marlborough Downs, about 30 kilometres to the north of Stonehenge while the bluestones were believed to have come from the Preseli Mountains in southwest Wales, about 385 kilometres away from the site. I want to see the Trilithon Horseshoe too.

If I (ever) have a chance to go England, I want to go Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England that borders Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire, and Northamptonshire. It is a town full of history dating back to the Roman and the medieval era. It is actually a city above a city because medieval era buildings were built onto the Roman buildings and structures. I want to visit Lincoln Cathedral which is one of the finest medieval buildings in Europe, and Lincoln Castle which was constructed by William the Conqueror in the 11th Century.

Lincolnshire Castle

Before I grow old, I want to go to Blarney in the south of Ireland, located 8km northwest from Cork, Republic of Ireland, to kiss the Blarney Stone, the legendary Stone of Eloquence, located at the top of the tower at Blarney Castle. According to legend, kissing the stone endows the kisser with the gift of gab.

Blarney Castle (Taken from Blarney Castle 2006)

In short, I WANT TO TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD…. Meanwhile, I shall be contented with the view of Stonehenge as my desktop background.

5 things that you should bear in mind on board a flight (be it long-haul or short-haul)

1. Do not recline your seat all the way to the back. The passenger sitting behind you needs some leg room too. Do not evade their personal space. Better still, do not even recline your seat. At least, if I am sitting behind you, I will truly appreciate you for that.
2. To all parents, please make your kid sit still and stop fidgeting around. The passenger sitting in front of your kid does not need a free massage. (Anyway, if he/she needs one, he/she can always drop by at any OSIM/ OGAWA/ GINTELL outlets to try their new massage chairs. Just act as if you are so interested in the chair and tell the sales person that you are seriously considering it. BTW, do not give away your contact details. Just say that you will come back again and look for him or her. Make the sales person happy by asking for their name and name card).
3. Do not steal the in-flight magazine (particularly AirAsia passengers). Do you know the meaning of "in-flight magazine"? The mag is suppose to stay in the aeroplane, and not in your house. If you really one a souvenir from AirAsia but too poor to buy one, steal the air sick bag then.
4. Especially on long-haul flights at the wee hours of the morning, Do not snore EXTRA LOUD (though I know that it is beyond your control) I am happy that you are blessed with the ability to sleep through any condition. However, have some thoughts for those who are only able to sleep at the comfort of their bed at home. Your snoring will only make their insomnia worse.
5. Switch off your reading light if you are not reading/ Do not doze off while reading and leave your reading light on. We want to sleep too. Better still, do not on your reading light unless the person sitting next to you is wearing an eye mask or is fast asleep.

• Always remember Newton's Third Law (Hukum Newton Ketiga): EVERY ACTION HAS A REACTION OF EQUAL MAGNITUDE BUT OPPOSITE DIRECTION (every action has an equal and opposite reaction). Therefore, the Golden Rule in Life: "DO UNTO OTHERS AS TO HOW YOU WANT OTHERS TO DO UNTO YOU" applies.