last few hours of 2008

It’s the last day of the year 2008. Few more hours before the new year comes.

There are some countries already celebrating the new year, but there’s still 1 more hour left in m’sia.. and 3 and a half hours here at India.

The end of the year, usually a time to reflect back on the year, about what happened, what have i done, and was i happy with it. All in all, i think 2008 was a great year. at least i went thru it in one piece right? at the end of the day, that’s all that matters.. (yeah whatever..)

Then, it’s also time to plan for the coming year. No major plans, just live life as they come, and improve on the many places that i need to improve on. And, work harder, as Phase I Stage II of MBBS course really really is harder.

Gah.. crap. dunno what to blog about. just know that it’s the last day of the year. must at least upload something. =P

just take this chance to wish every reader, including those that stumbled upon my blog by accident or something,

a

prosperous

and

happy

2009!

go give it a try

it’s nice =)

busy busy..

It’s holiday today.. Because of Lagenda last night. =)

but the holiday cannot be fully utilized, cos there’s a pharmac class test tomorrow, covering topics like alpha blockers, alcohol, and sedative-hypnotics.. Plus there’s micro SDL also tomorrow..

and after tomorrow,

it’ll be time to prepare for micro PBL too.. a long long PBL topic to prepare for.. sigh.. plus micro lab is finally going to begin starting this week, which i hope i will do the lab reports as they come, and not pile them up until the end of the block to do them.. count as new year resolution gua..

and uh..

rumour has it,

block 1 results will be out this week. OMG. what a way to end the year with a bang!

pray that i got thru.. pray..

ta~

Hello people

Sorry for not updating for such a long time.. since before my micro block 1 paper.. that’s like more than 2 weeks from now already.. I cant say that i have been busy.. cos i havent.. guess i’m just lazy to update that’s all.. and lazy to get a proper blog material for this blog..

What have i been up to? Well after the exams i pretty much have been watching a lot of stuff eg CSI New York, CSI Miami, Knight Rider, House, and now catching up on Naruto..

also have been watching some movies,

Death Race is among the movies i have watched. And i must say this is one fine movie to watch… Highly recommended!

also,

Wanted is also very nice. It’s hard for me to describe it, it’s also a recommended movie for the year..

However.. the same cant be said for

yeah. Disaster Movie. well perhaps i just dont get it. Or it’s just plain not funny… don’t need to waste your time on this one i’d say..

 

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iPod Touch. Should i get one? Tempting… 32GB version should be good enough.. but it does cost a lot.. or should i wait until 2009’s MacWorld.. then after Steve Jobs announce a newer version of Touch, then the 2nd Gen iPod Touch’s price will drop even further?

The thing is.. price for 1 32GB iPod Touch equals to 2 120GB iPod Classic.. ouch.. but it IS cool…

no title. state of emergency d.

whoever discovered/created/formulated the oxidase test reagent, tetramethylparaphenylenediaminodihydrochloride, i really really do hate you.

oh and also the guy who invented paradimethylaminobenzaldehyde.. you’re not much better too.

CURSE YOU!

lalalalala~

hmm. 10 hours countdown to Pharmacology Block 1 examinations. oh before i forget do remember that the paper tomorrow is at

Interact building

not the usual 2nd floor of Dr TMA Pai research centre thingy ok? i dont know how many people still read blogs at times like this but.. hey it’s an effort for community message ok? =P

seriously i need a system to remember pharmacology. other subjects i can understand therefore it isnt that hard remembering stuff. Pharmac however is all facts. nothing to understand. just facts you have to memorize. Damn. i cant even spell the drug names right. WTH… i have problem with short term memory.. and of course it will not consolidate into long-term memory if short term memory isnt there.. when i continue reading the subject what i have read, say 20 minutes ago, will be forgotten. like it is overwritten. how ar..

but then doing this makes me grateful that i chose medicine instead of pharmacy when applying for scholarship.. if i had chosen pharmacy instead I’d have gone crazy long time ago.. maybe when start first year that time.

Oh well enough crap for today. If i wish to survive to celebrate christmas this year or sth..

christmas is on 25th december (duh!!) a thursday this year.. and starting second block there will not be any classes on saturdays.. So.. it’ll be off day for thursday, saturday, sunday.. Would’ve been a lot better if Fri is off too eh? *wink wink* (CR if u read this take note of this suggestion yeah =P )

then again, supposedly Lagenda will be held on 28th dec. So.. to prevent students from going away frm manipal perhaps it wouldnt be approved? oh well what the heck, 3 days is better than none!

It’s patho tomorrow..

… and yet i’m blogging. =P

so sue me. hahaha

could be my way of dealing with stress. anyway

received 5 bluedart deliveries today.

 these 5 boxes dont come cheap.. a total of Rs 10950 paid for it. yikes..

finally they arrived. =) But being the fastest courier available, 3 days seems like ok, not counting sundays.. who works on sundays anyway..

open up my box…

Ta da!

 

i’ve gotten myself a new pair of shoes!

hehehe.

actually there was a NIKE 50% sale on ebay.in last week, ending on friday. So the whole thursday night i spent online choosing which pair of shoes should i buy. like, dirt cheap ok? providing they’re authentic nike shoes anyway.. A pair of Nike AirMax 360 costs Rs 2400 after the 50% off.. i wanted to get an AirMax but unfortunately they dont have my size for the colour that i wanted. So, i got myself this instead. hehe.

Nike Shox TL3 Black & Red

oh and uh.. too bad the sale is only on running shoes.. or to be precise only 3 models are for sale.. Nike AirMax 360, Nike Shox R4 and Nike Shox TL3.. TL3’s design look quite radical.. so i chose it =P and besides…

check out the thickness of the sole.. wearing this i’d breach the 180cm height barrier easily no? hahaha..

others’ shoes are :

Kelvin’s Shox R4 White & Red,

 Kai’s Nike AirMax 360 Blue,

Francis’ Nike AirMax 360 Black

n one more is ah Xian’s R4 White and Blue. like kelvin’s but swap the red with blue.. you get the idea =)

 

group photo!

 

that’s all for today’s wu liao post. stay tuned. i think i post more during exam period so there will be more updates. =)

of bunga telur and bally shoes

nah. nothing of the sort. Just couldnt think of a better title for this post that’s all.

cold..

yeah well just another wu liao post with no content.

  but

OMG it’s already saturday tomorrow. 6th Dec. Exam starts on 9th.

why why why why time flies so fast.. study break like this feels so short.. =(

sequence of the exams are as below, practical on the same day as theory

9th – Pathology

11th – Pharmacology

13th – Microbiology

15th – Forensic Medicine

Oh well. It’s just blocks. what the hell.

Quote:

  “Just Do It”

easier said than done huh.

later result come out –>

lol

Sick doctors.. ?

There was a report on thestar.com.my sunday, with the headline “At least five doctors to suffer from mental woes every month”. At least 5 doctors per month. So every year there will be 12 x 5 = 60 doctors who will go loco. very high number indeed. 60 ppl is like more than half of my current class already ler.

“The mental cases range from psychotic to neurotic. Psychotic cases include delusions and hallucinations, and neurotic behaviour includes anxiety, fear and anger due to the competitive environment,” said Dr Ismail.

Psychotic.. Neurotic..

However, he said that the ministry was also planning some form of examination to check their attitude, knowledge and experience after they complete their final examination.

then there’s another news about sick doctors today on thestar.

headline :

Nurse says doc slapped her buttocks

doctors are supposed to treat others. But what if they’re sick themselves? hmmm…

Wow.

Few more hours it will be the end of November, and the start of December.

Feels like the year 2008 passed by just like that. and now we’re down to the last month of the year. Didnt feel like i achieved anything significant.

Oh well..

Block exam starts on 9th Dec instead of 5th. So basically there’s 9 days to study for 4 subjects, of which i’ve already wasted the 1 day (today), watching House, CSI, 我猜.. there’s 3 more hours left for the night but dont think there’s much to be achieved also. Perhaps can count watching CSI as studying for forensic medicine? haha then I’ll definitely put more effort into it..

Black Friday

It’s black friday today.

No, i’m not refering to the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States, where it is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season.

they coincide though.

Unintentionally.

and it’s due to efforts of Praba. Kudos to Praba. lol

Monday.

Today is monday. haha i guess you can guess from the title of this post that this will be a boring post. But i think i should post something la.

Why?

well firstly it’s the microbiology department’s decision to decide to announce that we do not have to submit the SDL and IL books. We don’t have to submit. So why am i making a fuss out of it? cos i very well spent many weekends on copying the stupid SDLs and ILs, that’s why. All the weekends that i could’ve spent watching movies. Or sleeping. Or at least some other more productive things. As mentioned by Yee Chin’s last minute theory post, i suppose doing that will just encourage students (like me) to keep things to an even more last minute? WTH.

Then there’s the class tests. Supposedly Patho class test is on tuesday, and Micro was on Wed. Then who knows all of a sudden patho come in n say “no, i’m not ready for the test on Tues, lets have it on Wed!” another WTH moment. Micro changed to Wed cos they heard Patho is going to be on Tue. AARGH. messed up, like totally. So now there is a high chance patho will be held on Thu, which is like Pharmac presentation day.

my question is,

WHY MUST EVERYTHING COME AT ONCE?

WHY CANNOT TAKE THINGS ONE STEP AT A TIME (ala jordin sparks)?

SIGH.

and..

there’s 8am class tomorrow. The killer announcement of the day. Bah, life sucks..

On the bright side, i managed to finish my journals approximately 45 minutes ago (at the time of typing). Lets see if they decide to announce that journals also no need to submit. Just wait n see.

College Day 2008

it was MMMC’s 11th College day last friday, 21st Nov, and the ceremony was held, as usual, at Hotel Valley View, Manipal..

this time although i didnt go up stage to receive prize or go with a date, still i went along with the guys to tailor one suit =)

 

yeap. new suits. except kai’s, which is the jpa one. =P

the proceedings are pretty much like last year, no thing out of the ordinary, except this year there’s no live webcast.. cos last year according to our dean, there was less than 10 people actually logging on to watch the webcast, and the webcast wasnt clear enough..

 staff performance with the students

best lecturer for Phase I Stage I : Dr Ullas Kamath! woohoo!

 

 

 

 

variety show featuring 2 best lecturers :

 

 

dance by the students

 distinction students of batch 21! =)

after the award presenting it was basically few more performances, and then dinner at the lawns..

then after dinner it was photography session! =)

for this one i have no comment on it.. but lyvia is at the back looking at these 2…wonder what she was thinking.. haha

for more photos i believe u can visit my facebook profile, there are round 70+ photos there.. if i upload them here i guess my picasa account will be overloaded already.. haha

anyway after the thing, i walked back alone cos everyone else had to send their gf back n all cos i wanted to walk in manipal at night =P

then i realized how pretty manipal was that night. cos the next day was KMC’s convocation. so lights were everywhere. it was nice..

KMC’s building..

even ICHS is decorated!

This serves as a reminder..

 

95 days more till i reach Kuching. 95 long days.

M’sian Food Fest 2008 @ Manipal

Last night was the annual Malaysian Food Fest 2008 organized by MSA(malaysian students association) of Manipal. It was pretty awesome, with many stalls selling food.. got satay.. curry mee, chicken rice, ABC, even got Seychelles food! Of course, there were a lot of people there as well.. People mountain people sea, that’s what they say.. haha

kinda reminds me of a smaller scale Kuching fest. Which, subconsciously reminds me how much i miss laksa and kolomee.. Sigh. Must wait until 21st Feb 2009 only will get chance to taste it lo. =(

Kelvin, as MSA representative, also opened a stall, selling drinks. I suppose this stall is the one that earned the most? hehe

I didnt bothered to take a lot of photos, cos knowing my cam’s performance shooting at low light conditions, might as well save battery power right? and also i woke up just 20 minutes before going to the food fest so camwhoring isnt an option too. messy hair. =P

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How do you know for sure that jobs in India is hard to come by?

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Answer :

this :

wiping half a blackboard needs 3 people!

haha actually few seconds before i managed to snap this photo the scene was even more comical. These 3 aunties were actually wiping the blackboard in sync with each other!

imagine it as your car windscreen wiper, only with 3 blades! lol

Guess where?

try n guess where is this photo taken. lol

some people are just very afraid of developing skin cancer i guess. Wearing long sleeves is acceptable. Using umbrella is acceptable. But wearing long sleeves with umbrella INDOORS??? isnt that abit over? lol

PBL

hmm. PBL presentation is on thursday. i havent done anything on it yet. damn. it’s getting near the end of block one of Phase I Stage II of my MBBS course in Manipal Campus of Melaka Manipal Medical College.

It’s not pretty by the way things are going now. I’ve got tons of backlog of things to do, and that’s just homework only.. it includes

1. All the journal reports..
2. SDL (micro)
3. IL (micro again)

these 3 alone is a huge burden already.

Oh and there will be tests next week (Pharmac SDL) and the week after next (Micro),

plus PBL presentations this thursday and the thursday after next.

As my effort to help fellow readers who have not presented their Micro PBL yet, here’s something that might be useful. =) help yourselves

安静了

Some songs are so nice that it is being subconsiously being played in your cerebral cortex over and over and over again.

This, to me, is one of them. and the MV is.. sad. hmm.

S.H.E - 安静了

作曲：周杰伦 作词：Selina

只剩下钢琴陪我站在这里
梦想中 属于我们的婚礼
却成了 单人结婚进行曲
在这场爱情角力的拔河里
爱我还是爱你
你选择了自己
Woo~
撒娇的 可爱的 女人的 爱哭的
照片里 曾经的 都是你喜欢的
如今我还在原地
你却走回你的记忆

你说我爱你太多
就快要把你淹没
你害怕幸福短暂一秒就崩落
分开是一种解脱
让你好好的想过
我想要的那片天空
你是不是能够给我

你说我给你太多
却不能给我什么
分不清激情
承诺永恒或迷惑
爱情是一道伤口
我们各自苦痛
沉默是我最后的药
是因为我太爱你

撒娇的 可爱的 女人的 爱哭的
照片里 曾经的 都是你喜欢的
如今我还在原地
你却走回你的记忆

你说我爱你太多
就快要把你淹没
你害怕幸福短暂一秒就崩落
分开是一种解脱
让你好好的想过
我想要的那片天空
你是不是能够给我

你说我给你太多
却不能给我什么
分不清激情
承诺永恒或迷惑
爱情是一道伤口
我们各自苦痛
沉默是我最后的药
是因为我太爱你

WON!

Final Score

Batch 21   vs   Batch 23

47 - 28

 

yay! first win! And.. i scored once! woohoo! haha great game

it was a great game

the girls did great to win their game too! dragged into overtime, then Latchana killed it off with a sweet 3 pointer! go Latchana!

Tick-tock-tick-tock

Time flies. It really does. It’s already 5th week of first block. Which means that half of block 1 is almost over. And, it also means that Block exams is coming soon. ARGH!

dammit.

second year is really no joke. For those who said second year very relaxed one, i suggest you go and have your brain checked, or have someone assassinate the one that told you that second year is relaxed.

Sigh.

screwed up my pharmac SDL test today. nobody else to blame except for me. lalala~ there’s another test this sat at 8am, micro class test. Lets hope i dont screw it up anymore.

On the side note..

there’s going to be the first MMMC inter-batch games tomorrow. Basketball.

Batch 21 against Batch 23.

Venue : Sharada Basketball Court

Time : 7pm(girls); 8.30pm(guys)

For those who would want to take a break from cramming in Micro & Patho & Pharmac & Forensics.. do come. For support. haha.

dont expect dunks like this …

or like this..

but then let’s hope it’s going to be fun. =)

爱一人

如果你不爱一个人,

请放手.

好让别人有机会爱她.

如果你爱的人放弃了你,

请放开自己,

好让自己有机会爱别人.

有的东西你再喜欢也不会属于你的,

有的东西你再留恋也注定要放弃的.

人生中有许多种 .

但别让自己为一种伤害.

有些缘分是注定要失去的,

有些缘分是永远都不会有好结果的,

爱一个人不一定要拥有,

但拥有一个人就一定要好好的去爱她.

男人哭了是因为他真的爱了.

女人哭了是因为她真的放弃了.

如果真诚是一种伤害,

我选择谎言;

如果谎言一种伤害,

我选择沉默;

如果沉默是一种伤害,

我选择离开.

如果失去是苦，

你怕不怕付出 ,

如果迷乱是苦，

你会不会选择结束,

如果追求是苦，

你会不会选择执迷不悟 ,

如果分离是苦，

你要向谁倾诉,

好多事情都是后来才看清楚,

好多事情当时一点也不觉得苦!!!!

 

found this in my inbox today. motivational. for me at least. first few sentence la at least

Disease of the day : Tularemia

Tularemia : also known as Rabbit fever, deer-fly fever, Ohara fever or Francis fever

Caused by bacterium Francisella tularensis.

refers to a serious infectious disease.

Treatment : Tetracyclines combined with an aminoglycoside..

 

does sound similar to Tulan-emia eh.

interesting…

有时候。。

有时候。。

人需要的不是钱，

不是时间，

只是需要

身边有个人能够听你说话，

听你诉苦，

让你知道不管发生什么事，

身边都会有人陪你一起度过，

至少让你知道，

你不会孤单。

Abandoned.

What i did today..

today we learned our first clinical skill of 2nd year.. Intravenous Injection! well actually it’s more towards drawing blood la. no drug to inject into the mannequin also. And drugs are expensive. Fun experience! poke and you get blood! lalala~

 

Vincent doing while Yap watching attentively. no one take for me.. T.T

Anyway.. can’t spend much time on blogging. I have a massive Pathology PBL presentation tomorrow, and the portions are very very much more compared to last year. Oh man oh man.. need 2 mug.. @.@

and uh.. just so there’s no misunderstanding, if it might create any.. The previous post wasn’t dedicated to anyone, just something i picked up from 我猜. Haha. Hopefully there will be the day when there is someone i can recite this to.. hopefully…

=)

风，爱上了云，本来就是不可能的事

我，爱上了你，是我宿命中的悲伤

没有咖啡的早晨，就跟没有你的人生是一样的

当我的生命里面懂得什么叫L-O-V-E 的时候，

我才知道什么叫作"爱".

你能为我加上I-N-G 吗？

=D

Something i like..

Knight Rider 2008!

I started watching it on sunday, and i have to admit, this is the type of drama that i would like.. talking Mustang.. nice eh.. and it transforms! =P so far i only have 3 episodes.. hoping for the next to be released ASAP.. hehehe..

Long overdue update..

Sorry for not updating anymore about the trip. seems like the previous post about it is very very long. and a lot of details i also forgotten d. so rather than posting everything here, which would obviously mean super long loading time, i’m just going to highlight the major events here, with the rest of the photos i’m going to upload them onto facebook. I suppose that’s the way to save everyone’s time..

Life has been pretty busy so far. It’s only the start of second week of school, and there’s already a lot to study about. Summore there’s a Chinese Orientation organized by batch 21 to welcome batch 23 chinese juniors this saturday on 18th Oct. Then next week there will be couple of SDL plus PBL. Hectic.

Gotta go now. It’s lunch break and there’s Microb SDL later on at 2pm. Which i’m so totally lost on what i’m supposed to prepare about. Simple topic, classification of Bacteria and bacterial growth curve, but the info are very scattered. Duno how to organize ar. sienz

probably will continue on the trip update next week after the orientation is done and PBL is over. 

Test post

This is a test post for vkashin.blogspot.com, using Windows Live Writer Beta.

Sorry for the lack of update on the trip, i have been watching dramas + anime + movies like crazy lately. Cos i thought like once school starts i wouldn’t have the time to watch it like this anymore.. ? who knows. Sorry.

And the other reason for the lack of update is that Blogger has updated the UI. which is very inconvenient for me to do photoblogs. Cos i can no longer cut & paste photos. I can only drag them. which like takes a long long time. So.. I’m trying windows live writer, hoping it can provide a more convenient method of blogging. Offline blogging is really cool. No need to depend on the connection.

 

Garfield

  Mickey

okay if this uploads as i type it and displays properly i’m sticking to Windows Live Writer. Definitely more convenient compared to the editor in blogger.com

Here goes.

Well, this is the first installment of many posts about my trip around india. First stop was Mumbai, and this place alone i already have taken like what, 817 photos? and that's MY camera ONLY. didnt add with others. so if you have bandwidth limit, you might wanna stop the photos from loading? i don't know.. the original plan was to have one post for each of the place i have been to, but since i have a lot a lot of photos from mumbai, I'll split it into 2 posts at least. even for this post (Day 1) i have 140 photos for queue. Gonna take a while.. be patient.. hehe..



Day 1 - 22 Aug 2008

Travel Log of India tour Aug/Sept 2008

Group members : consists of 9 persons. Kelvin Goh (main guide), Lau Lih Kai (assistant guide), Kah Chun, Simon, King Peng, Me, Francis, Cheow Teng, Yi-Ting

Depart from udupi - Mumbai

left Manipal from Udupi Train station. above are photographs of a statue at the train station.

on the way, there are lakes..

fields..

more fields..

more lakes..

francis looking inquisitive.. haha..this sure is a nice shot.

some photos taken from the train. was a long train trip, around 15 hrs from Udupi to Mumbai..

Finally arrived at train station in Mumbai. It's not at the city centre, and i dont have the photos for it, cos at this moment my T20 was vibrating like a phone in silent mode, and i havent bought the W120 yet.

here we took sort of like inter-city KTM to central Mumbai.. the train frequency definitely beats KTM hands down, cos there are trains every minute or two. Very convenient. But for those who intends to go, remember that buying a first class ticket that costs 5 times more than a 2nd class ticket, is kinda unnecessary. Why? cos no one checks the tickets, thats why.. so do remember this tip if you go Mumbai.

taken at the station "Tilak Nagar", the intercity KTM analog. Cute, dogs on a wheelechair..

Anyway. After a while we reached VT station, also known as C.S.T. here's a few photos of it. it is, afterall, a UNESCO world heritage site.

the history of this station..

view from outsidethis is also CST, linked by an underground subway. like so cool lar can..

group photo this time.. =)

some more photos of C.S.T

after a photo-shoot session with C.S.T, we proceeded for breakfast at....

yeah, McD's!! for a couple of guys who had been studying in Manipal, faraway from civilization, seeing McD is really really exciting.. exciting until..

.. you actually take a group photo in front of it. lol. oh well. at least they couldnt guess we're from M'sia..

after this we split into 2 groups. Me n Kelvin went to look for cameras to buy, while the rest, under the guidance of Kai went to find for the hotel.. During which there are no photos to show of course, since i havent gotten my W120 yet. But it's just shopping, so nothing to show also.

okay from this point onwards the photos are courtesy of Sony Cybershot W120 which i bought in Mumbai for Rs8500..

yup. first photo using the new camera. clear, no? haha =P

2nd photo... (don't worry the captions will not be so boring. i just dont know how to name this)

the designs of buildings in Mumbai are nice. Sorta like colonial british architecture. which gives the whole city a very historical look, but nice at the same time.

buildings..

some fruit stall, but they arranged it nicely. not ur ordinary fruit stall now is it? haha


clock tower

flora fountain..


me at flora fountain ;)


looks like the bus wanted to run over the uncle??

at flora fountain stil..

posing, trying to be like the statue. lol.

nice building eh?

road sign says u must run to cross the road. no walking!


taxis on the starting grid.. ready to take off.. lol


lawrence & Mayo


another nice looking building


Regal. The cinema near the street i stay at. Didnt watch movie there though. hehe


the police headquarters of Mumbai.




this one is taken next to the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower


okay. this one supposed to take Gateway of India, but after coming back and seeing the photos again, only i noticed that some poor guy is getting a parking ticket! lol


side view of the Gateway of India

2 horses at the entrance to Taj Mahal Palace & Towers


inside of the palace

which is really nice..


must take one photo ma.. since here already wad.. =P


this hotel actually got a shopping centre of it's own.. shops ?

fendi..girard-perregaux..burberry..moschino


the kinds of shops that.. there are more employees than customers. Expensive stuff


pool for the hotel.. very very nice




some peculiar statue inside the hotel..

description for which is here..



what's everyone doing with their camera up?? nice view kah?


to take this lo..


Joined the fun. haha =P

hahaha =P


inside the palace..

mr francis here pretending to be a pianist. lol


becomes..


this!=P

for those interested, this hotel isnt that expensive, their cheapest room costs Rs5000 per night, and on average the suites here cost Rs 16,000 only..
anyway. went out of the palace (finally).. and opposite it is this


the gateway of India. too bad when we were there it's under some sort of renovation... =(


view of the Taj Mahal Palace & Towers from the outside

now with me inside XD


add 3 more..


there are many ppl selling giant balloons around the gateway. I have no idea why. really.


upclose shots






red truck. haha. used by the construction workers renovating the gateway..


candid shot.

New YORK!


here anything oso can be called "Mahal".. perhaps things they sell.. services they offer.. are really Mahal?

Here's an interesting shop..

yeah.. dont even ask about it. i only saw the sign outside n took photo. Didn't went in lar. =P




at the formerly known as Prince of Wales Museum

didnt go in.. cos was nearing closing time. And it required a ticket a certain high amount which i forgot, due to which we decided to forgo the museum n take photo from outside instead.


building-i-do-not-know-the-name


another building of the sort


roadside selling rubber stamps.. but i dunno whether they're called rubber stamps anymore since.. they're made of wood?


this is what they call.. "the loo". Important structure, this is..


as in photo.


another important structure - the loo


Muster Gate. isnt that just a mundane door?


wall painting, depicting ancient times..

Spot the difference! Taxi guy wanted to be part of history.. lol


ador house


nice.. they spread kaya all over your skin..sweet.. best if you brought your own toast.. so you will not feel hungry midway thru therapy


wow..


not exactly effective message..but at least it's there to remind ppl to keep it clean


the fountain dry fruits store..is it the fountain dry fruits store or is it the fountain dry fruits store..? confusing

they sell books at junctions. Shows how important reading is to Mumbai-ans.. ;)


egypt themed shop. i think. due to the sphinx-like thingy

Next up.. night market..

saw this one on the road.. intriguing sight indeed

a horse carriage! summore a white horse..the driver is the white horse prince huh? (白马王子) lol


railway HQ




afternoon view of City of Mumbai

next,
we had our lunch/dinner here at



some expensive restaurant.. look at the price for soups! OMG..

and there's the emperor's cuisine too!

interior designing was kinda nice. very chinese-styled. too bad waiter doesnt speak chinese.

i have no idea why it's 快舒适..no where near 快 because..

..people get sleepy waiting for the food..

finally my prawn fried meehoon came. Worth the wait i'd say. Worth the price too. i'm no food critic so i dont know how to describe it.. It sure was delicious though. Definitely fresh prawns.

After the meal we went for a walk on Marine Drive.
Marine Drive 1

Marine Drive 2

Marine Drive summore..

looks like storm is coming..

some night scenes..



I had always thought it was YMCA.. the M slipped n fell 180degrees? not funny..


bustling streets at night

typical souvenir stall found in india.. everywhere also got.. i didnt buy, since they're made of stones.. and i couldnt possibly carry stones in my backpack right... haha =P so no souvenirs like this although they do look kinda nice..


name on rice guy. He writes names on rice.. *duh* this is like new thing to me although some ppl say there are such stalls in penang.. and too bad this guy only writes in english. if he writes chinese as well it would be awesome.. would've bought as souvenir for everyone since like rice is so light compared to stone? lol


sth to share.. doesnt the logo of this shop look similar to Guardian's?

buying kebab for supper!


i personally like the effects in this photo.. moving cars..motion blur. nice..

this shop looks like shops selling chinese herbs.. only instead of that he sells snacks! haha

last but not least.. some animal-statues in Mumbai..

this cow is sponsored by Johnny Walker

This one, has always dreamed of becoming the checkered flag for formula one since he was just a calf.. lol

this one watched a lot of those gangster movies.. got a lot of tatoos.. only the motif is wrong.. flowers??


this one his parents are just over protective..writing protective charms on the body huh.. haha =P


this lion.. has no pride left after discovering that he looks like this..


this elephant.. well.. bah no comment. (out of idea)
and finally, i give you this


well this sort of concludes Day 1 at mumbai.. day 2 is at elephanta caves. Oh i forgot to mention that at the end of Day 1, our group was joined by Chea Fann, Phei Woon and Ley Ni, who came to Mumbai because Goa wasnt fun enough. =)