here i am back in my room again, but this time, alone. jus came back from heathrow sending him off. was just thinking, the two trips i made alone to heathrow were made of emotions worlds apart..i know and am reminding myself that it's already a bonus that you could come, and i can only be thankful for all the time spent together..

been a long time since i updated..too lazy to do a day to day recount...will just talk a little bout the trips then post up photos which everyone wants to see..ha..

spain (20th - 26th dec): most memorable part was our search for our hotel on the first day we arrived. the night before, we searched online for the nearest metro station to the hotel, and so obviously when we arrived, we went straight to that metro station happily to look for the hotel. it was a small quiet townish area, and we roamed the streets looking for the hotel, to no avail. asked a few ppl here and there, someone told us it was round the corner and was a big building we couldnt miss it. but we couldnt find any anywhere. then we walked into a pharmacy and asked the ppl there. when they looked at the address, they said 'this is sant joan despi, not in barcelona' both of us were like ?!?!?! den how ?!?! it wasnt even on the map of barcelona we had, and it was a town out of barcelona. we called the hotel, and she told us to take the tram to this station, which was what we did. upon arriving, we walked to a hotel which we thot was ours because of the same name, only to find out that it was the wrong place again. called the hotel again, and realised wat she meant was to take the tram to the other end. and so..all in all, we only managed to check in to our rooms 4-5 hours after we arrived at the barcelona airport. phew. at least the hotel was nice, it was an apartment hotel..only the location sucked..ha..other than that, shopping in barcelona was not bad, with shops like zara and mango cheaper there..

then we took the trasmeditteranea to mallorca, an island of spain. hmm..our apartment hotel was once again out of town and the bus system wasnt that convenient..it was quite slightly boring here tho..since we lived in a quiet town and shops closed quite early..best memory was of paella, a spanish dish of rice mixed and cooked with fish, prawns, crab, lobster, squid, chicken, vegetables..very very nice!! heh we went back to the same restaurant 3 days consecutively. :p it was near where we stayed u see. hmm..we also spent christmas here..a very different christmas for both of us..not in church and not with family..was missing home quite alot..but at least i wasnt alone.

main thoughts of spain : it looks like malaysia! other than the weather (it wasnt as warm as we thot it'll be), the ppl, and the language (they dun speak much english..), it looks like malaysia to us. hah.

27th dec: it snowed!! right outside my window!! so pretty:) first time for both of us..was nice..went out to take photos :p

bath (28th-30th dec): nice place for a short 1-2 day trip..quite some interesting tourist attractions like the roman baths, jane austen centre, sally lunn's place and the stonehenge! other than that, it was quite boring too..shops closed at 5-6 pm..so we were basically roaming the streets when it was dark and pathetically looking for shops to go into..and did i mention it was super cold in bath, colder than in London..but nothing can beat stonehenge..it was ultimately freezing darn cold!!!! my fingers and toes were seriously hurting even with leather gloves and shoes.

30th dec: went to watch phantom of the opera! :) was nice, but maybe i expected too much..wasnt as good as i thot it'll be. but still nice..too bad our seats had an obstructed view

new year's eve: went to the london eye/big ben/river thames for a countdown, to watch the fireworks mainly. the streets were -flooded- with people..totally filled..fireworks were impressive and spectacular..very nice! it was also a celebration for the 2012 olympics being held here in london..but after the display, we were stuck in the massive crowd to the underground station for almost 1 hour..madness. shoes, jeans got stepped on, got pushed around etc..cigarette smoke and beer bottles everywhere and all..eww. got home at 2 and only slept at 4.20am!

today : went to church in the morn and once again had lunch tog wif the usual group. came back, finished up the packing and i cooked a simple dinner for him before we rushed off to the airport..

and here i am back in my room again, but this time, alone.