unspoken thoughts

third stop:cardiff

right.last time i've been here was 1993! gosh! cardiff is totally diff from wat i remembered it. went there, visited muni and faiza.woah!! bykla gosip dgn diorng smpi kitoarg p rase bersalah sbb we didnt hav a lot of gossips to tell about it well, ada satu cerita hot.. but reli reli reli dun wanna talk about it here.. zipping my mouth

blame it on the weatherman!! asek hujan je in cardiff. so we didnt get to jalan a lot around cardiff eventho theres nothing much there. celebrate aidiladha there.so we went to an open house kat rumah postgrad.waaahhh!! dpt mkn satay tu! reli miss sate. 3 bulan tak makan. and of all places dpt mkn kat cni in cardiff.

not bad

lepasla my standard for satay

faiza if u're reading this, even satay has got my standards tau.not just guys.hahaha!

went around cardiff.there's still alot of malaysian families living here.mainly postgrad students and working ones.emm seeing their families brings back memories.the kids were speaking english much more fluently than us!!

i used to be like that!!

ngeh ngeh. tapi ntah balik je malaysia lost my fluency. yah!! wat happen? so people, when i get back to msia nx summer, please tell me that my english is better.orait?

craving for compliments right now..

nah! just kidding. anyway back to cardiff. a lot has changed but some places still ring a bell in my head. well, only one place that rings a bell and that is cardiff castle. didnt reli get to visit my old infant school aka tadika there or even my old house! takpe2. those places are still there according to google earth.haha

then when its time to get back to manchester, we took a train there. sbb our return flight back to dublin is from manchester. we almost got stranded at a train stationin Crewe sebab lack of communication btwn passengers and drebar train tu

At Informartion Desk in Cardiff Central Train Station

Me: Where do i get my tickets for the train?? (showing my conformation email printout)

guy at Information Desk: u go to the ticket desk (speaking with Welsh accent sampai i tak tau nk type camana..) let me see that (took my email). aahh, let me print out the itinerary for ya(went on to his computer and printed out the journey itinerary dat says that i hav to change trains at Crewe)

Me: Thanks a lot

At the Ticket Desk

Me: Can i get my tickets please? (handed in my email printout)

guy at Ticket Desk: yup.hold on. I need the credit card you used to pay

dah mula kalut.asked ilani to go get the card from adah

Me: can u hold on a minute (cuba control kalut)

a few minutes passed. ilani didnt come back

guy at Ticket Desk: Here you go. (handing me the tickets)

Me: err.. you dun need the credit card??

the guy at Ticket Desk geleng kpale

Me: right. thanks. err.. is this a direct train to manchester?

the guy nodded

Me: thanks

laa.. penat je adah bukak beg sane sini cari credit card. lepas tu that guy tak tgk pulak.penat je. and then i wondered if the this was a direct train to manchester, or do we still have to change trains in Crewe? no time to asked sape yg betul, the guy at the ticket desk or the guy at the information desk. hopped on the train at platform 9 3/4 hahaha!

when we arrived at Crewe station, seems that everyone got off except us. because i thot it was reli a direct train to manchester.furthermore the annoucements did say that the train was bound for Manschester!! so tunggu dalam gerabak yang kosong tu.owh and it was night masa tu. the station was dark.

after 30 minutes cam tu. a guy in train asked us where were goin andwe said manchester.

guy in Train: well u better get off this train because its leaving for Chester

what?? alamak level of kalutness rises to the max. nk amek train to manchester kat ne pulak?? dlm tiket tak ckp pun tukar pegi platfrom mane. so clearly the guy at the information desk was right. we grabbed our bags and cepat2 turun naik tangge kat station tu sambil cari platform 1 where the train for manchester is supposed to leave from.

alhamdulilah, the train was still there. tak tinggalkan kitaorg. if not we would be celebrating new year eve at Crewe station wherever that is. and off we go back to manchester picadilly..

so moral of my story: bila naik trains in UK, tanya sampai hentam habis2 org train station tu until u are reli sure where to go!! always trust the guy at the Information Desk!!

posted by || intan || @ 4:43:00 PM