Cobra, no no LonBrA

i was really puzzled when i saw the word cobra at the tate mordern arts museum and subsequently afew others like van gogh in Amsterdam and etc. Anyway, they are make up of a expressionist group of painters whose name is derived from the first letters of the three northern European cities—Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam—that were the homes of its members.

Oh well, for the past week i have beeen to Lon-Br-A instead of CoBrA. London from the 23rd to the 28th December 2009, Amsterdam from 28th to the 30th Dec 2009 and now i am in Brussels just for the night of 30th December 2009.
Tomorrow i will set off mid noon to Frankfurt and spend New Year and New Year Eve with Eva! A friend from my Outward Bound Sabah in 2004! It have been a really long time! And Cecilia in Prague after that from 2nd to 4th Jan.
No white christmas in londoni left KOC to london with tonnes of mixed feelings, anxiety, sense of lost, discomfort, bundled with excited and uncertainties and cooldd! The farewell dinner was cok guzel (very good), my chance to see everyone on last time, the people that i hangout alot with and close to. Thank you for showing up! Appreciate it ; )

I was packing way passed 5AM and the cab came at 930AM so sharply, didnt give me much to sleeep and not forgetting my laudry that is only half dried. for a moment i was about to glue myself to my seat on easyjet as i just feel like going back to KOC, my comfort for now.

anyway,i got off, got lost a lil and found my way to the hostel. We stayed in Clink hostel, the building used to be a old court house i believe. I have to say i dont quite like the bed arrangement. imagine lockers, enlarge it enough for a person to sleep inside. although its pitch dark and ALOt of privacy, i felt enclosed and hard to move around. This is the same for the toilets and showers.
However, the facilities are good, internet(1pound for 30mins, 5pounds for 24hours), breakfast(FREE), TV room(huge comfy sofas, chairs and couches), bar(cheap beer).

But it was nevertheless an amazing experience! I am really really gladto meet up with alot of people! Seok and Si How, Nasir, Cecilia, Jiali and Victor, Cindy, Chen Na Huiwen and Shiyun, Anthony, and 4 SMU guys! Some of us went for the free Royal tour, walked for about 5 hours on 25th because there's no transportation, shoping during boxing day sales! <<<-- awesome!!, had the legendary duck in bayswater(taste of home for me), watched wicked,
xmas period is not the best time to be in london, except for boxing day sales, because people usually spend time with their families. theres no countdown and the shops closes early, no transport on 25th itself. really damn quiet! hence, after the 2 days of rest, boxing day sales is INSANE! i found fred perry shoe for 9.99pounds! and... the size ran out and fred pery polo for 19.99pounds, but they cant find the barcode so they cant sell me. (WTH@!$%#^) =S more on that later!

if you are going to london, get the oyster card the first thing when you arrive! because with that each trip is 1.60.. if not it is 4pounds! and.. the 3pounds deposit for the card is refundable...however, the customer services aint that good in london, though i wish i have a little more time to go back there again... maybe yearly boxing day sales!~ :p if i am rich enough!