Beautiful York.

Meet my brother! 🙂 Oh no you’ve met him already! 😛

Moi! 🙂

My mom and relatives! 😀

Little brother’s all grown up! 🙂

Our view from the restaurant/cafe.

Muy bonita! 😉

Enjoyed myself here. Lots of History!

So here’s a little bit about the city of York.  I didn’t know what to expect at first but I heard that this city is quite popular among tourists.  I thought it was a little similar to Monmartre in Paris since there were a lot of local artists and you could even get your portrait drawn there.  I wish we had more time to explore the city because there was just so much to see and everything was just awesome so, go figure.  I would love to come back here again someday, hopefully with my family and my love, Carlos! 🙂  By the way, when we went to York, the weather was really “co-operated” and I’m just really thankful for God made it possible for us to visit this wonderful city.

I have a lot more pictures that I took, but I’d probably only be able to upload it in my next posts, so stay tuned for more!

Inside the museum! 🙂

He got sentenced to jail! 😛
Good luck getting out of there! haha

What? You gonna shoot me?

Looks like mommy’s enjoying herself being in the guillotine.

All about Fashion.

Carousel! Magical!

York Minster! 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next Stop: Meadowhall! Reunited with mom and bro!

Meadowhall!!

Tita and Mommy. 🙂

Loved the ambience there.

Yummmm!!! 🙂

Aaaah Food!

And of course, my brother’s dish has got to be the biggest one among the three.

I woke up pretty early thanks to my aunt who was so excited about my mom and brother’s arrival.  She had the day planned out for us where she took us to Meadowhall to shop our asses off.  However, before any of that happened , I first took a shower the moment I got up and got dressed.  After that, I was very excited and at the same time experiencing mixed emotions because my mom and brother were going to be here anytime and when I saw the car of uncle Dave approaching through the window upstairs, I just knew I had to hide somewhere because I wanted to pull a prank on them.  I had my aunt cover for me but it was an epic fail because they found me anyway.  Both my mom and brother wanted to sleep since they just came from the airport and a 14 hour flight.  Of course, I knew how they were feeling but we couldn’t just put this day to waste which is why we went to Meadowhall, the biggest shopping mall I’ve ever been in (I should say even bigger than the Mall of Asia in the Philippines) but then again, that’s just me.  Anyway, Uncle Dave dropped us off there before going to work and the first thing we looked for was a place to eat.  There were lots of restaurants, so many choices but we decided to eat at this place where we were able to get unlimited salad and drinks.  The food was okay though I must say, the portions were quite smaller from what I was expecting.  I saw a lot of shops I wanted to go into and just grab everything I saw but it was my mom’s time to do some shopping so I got accessories instead and a pack of cards from Urban Outfitters.  Hell yea!  Oh and by the way, this mall is where I’ve seen the biggest Marks and Spencer store ever!  It was just huge and it was difficult to choose and actually buy stuff because everything was just so pretty.  In the end, I wasn’t able to get anything though because my mom saw my luggage when she arrived and she didn’t want me to keep buying more stuff.  After walking around, my aunt and mother decided that they wanted to go home but before doing so, we stopped for Krispy Kreme doughnuts!  Yummmm!!  My favorite doughnut shop.  We all took the bus home instead of the train because they wanted to experience how it’s like to be in a bus in the UK. Haha.

Meet my brother 🙂

Mommy and Tita Rose.

My brother, le model.

Pretending to be a model. haha

Inside the bus.

View from inside the bus.

Yay!! Fish and chips from their shop!! YUMMMM!!!

All mine!! haha

We had dinner at home where Uncle Dave brought Fish and Chips from their shop after work and I ate most of them.  I really can’t blame myself.  They just taste so delish!!!  I can really live here.

Off to Sheffield!

Off to Sheffield!

On the trainnnn!!! chooo choooo!

While on the train…

Voilaa! In Sheffield!!

First thing I did was ask my aunt to snap a photo of mee…

We’re heeeeere!!!

Walking walking walking

So colourful…

Ads!

If there are dollar stores in the U.S., there are these kinds of stores in the UK! 🙂

All I’ve been doing these past few days was go to “town” or stay at home watching the telly, but today, my aunt brought me to Sheffield where we took the train and walked around the place.  Sheffield is a city near Leeds, I think and well since my aunt is not very familiar with the place, we just walked around the shops she knew like “Debenhams”  and all those tiny little shops.  Before we went window shopping, we stopped by at KFC where I had that yummy boneless banquet meal of theirs.  After being satisfied and full with what I had, we started walking around Debenhams and tried some of their pretty pieces of clothing.  However, I am on a tight budget until my mom gets here so until then, I’m not spending too much though of course, I’m not the kind of person who goes home empty handed.  HAHA!!  Yup!  I got a sweater from Miss Selfridge.  After that, we didn’t really see any more reason to stay there since I got something and all my aunt wanted to do was to go home so we did.  Funny thing, however, is that we did not know how to go back the way we came from, so in other words, we got lost and had to ask for directions from locals for the nearest train station.  Don’t worry.  We got home which is why I’m here blogging about it.  I’m having mixed emotions about seeing my mom and brother again after a month.  Teeheee!  Stay tuned for more as I explore some other parts of the UK.  🙂

Boneless banquet from KFC plus a Maltesers shake.
Pure love!

Passed by a university.

Such a cool building!

Ooooh lala

Debenhams!

Haha! Can’t ever go home empty handed!

Lalala loving the view!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s play dress up! :)

On the road again…
Couldn’t wait to get on the road again.

B&Q lalala~

Boo!

I can’t get enough of the sky here…

Road signs/directions.

Zoom zooooooom

Holaa!

Adorable little kiddos! Love them both!

See? Told you I can’t get enough of the blue sky!

At my aunt and uncle’s shop!
Yummy fish and chips!!!

Today, I spent half of my day in “town” where my aunt’s friend “Tita Allen” brought me around since she thought all I wanted to do was shop.  However, I was not able to buy any piece of clothing at all since I had limited cash, so I bought books instead.  3 for 5 pounds baby!!!  Afterwards, I went to Tita Allen’s place where we took pictures with her little adorable kiddos named Alyssa and Kieren.  Moreover, we went to our aunt and uncle’s “Fish and Chips” since we had nothing better to do but pig out.  After eating, Tita Allen drove me to where I’m currently staying which is my aunt and uncle’s lovely house and skyped with my boyfriend.  HAHA!  It was already late in Macau but he still skyped with me.  Talk about love!  When he went off, I was sooo bored I had nothing to do but I had an idea which required all the new stuff I’ve acquired from my trip to Paris and the stuff my aunt got me.  So I took pictures of myself in  my new pieces of clothing until I got tired, I decided to switch on the telly and watch until I fell asleep.  I’m such a pig!  Oh well, the life of being on holiday!

I love the colour of this shirt! 😀

My room for now. I’m loving it!!

Loving this dress! 🙂

So “summery”!

Denim shirt from HnM, Paris
Bondage skirt from HnM, Hong Kong

Mixing and matching! 😀

I love denim jackets! 🙂

Maxi dress! 🙂

Union Jack flats from New Look, Paris.

Yellow Neon Flats from HnM, Paris.

“Telly” in my room! hahaha

So this pretty much sums up my day.  I had fun being with the little kiddos and being by myself and just taking pictures afterwards till my aunt and uncle got home.

Spent the day in Bakewell.

In the back seat. 😛

Breathtaking scenery

Uncle Dave

Double decker! 🙂

Nature is beautiful!

The title of this post is a bit of an overstatement since I woke up pretty late and got ready at around noon till my aunt and uncle took me to Bakewell.  On the way there, we stopped for a bit because the scenery was breathtaking and my uncle wanted to give me the chance to capture some shots.  It’s the first time I’ve ever been to the countryside and I’m thankful that I was given the chance to experience living here even if it’ll just be for a couple of weeks.  However, there are advantages and disadvantages of living in the countryside.  The advantage is that, you’re surrounded by nature, plants, trees, etc. that you can appreciate.  However, the thing is, everything is so far away that you have to drive for an hour or more.  In fact, today, I experienced being so hungry before lunch that I wanted to throw up.  I thought it would just be a couple of minutes by car, but I was wrong.  It took us more than an hour to reach our destination just to have lunch in a pub.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining.  However, next time I think I ought to bring some snacks everywhere we go.  Oh and another thing is that, I got myself a sim card with an “all-I-can-eat” internet usage.  How awesome is that?  Back home, I have to have a contract and everything.  Bloody hell!  Anyway,  I am oh-so-happy because now I get to text my baby 24/7.  Muahaha!

Bakewell is known for their pies and “empanadas” or whatever they’re called.  They smell really good and in fact, my aunt and uncle got me one but I only took a bite since I didn’t really like the taste.  How ironic is that?  We didn’t really get to go around Bakewell since they were in a hurry to go grocery shopping since shops in the countryside close pretty early which I find really weird considering the fact that it doesn’t get dark till around 9pm.  Oh well!  So, we went grocery shopping and I got loads of junk food and cupcakes.  I don’t care if I’ve already gained a lot of weight in Paris, it’s not going to stop me from pigging out here.  I enjoyed myself and my time earlier but we got home pretty early which I am soooo not used to doing because I wanted to explore the place a lot more.  I guess I’ll have to get used to the fact that my aunt and uncle’s lifestyle is based on their daily routines.  Can’t do anything about that.

Just lovely!!

Prettyyyy!!

My uncle was able to lure these donkeys with his “charm”! haha kidding!

Yea! I was able to touch them too! haha They’re harmless!

They reminded me of “Donkey” from Shrek!

Llamas! First time I’ve ever seen real live llamas!

A beautiful swan!

More swans!

The Union Jack!

Pretty pretty pretty scene!

🙂

Le menu!

Had English Breakfast!!!

Taking photos here is the best thing ever!!!

Bought “pies”! Apparently, they sell the best!!! :))

Fish and chips!!!

Can’t get enough of these breathtaking sceneries!!

Here’s another one 🙂

Meeee, myself and I!

Duckie!

On the road again…

Grocery shopping at Morrisons.

Postman Pat! lol

It’s been a month since I last had a home cooked meal! Thank you titaaa!

Photo overload.  Sorry about that, but I just had to put them all here since they were all soooo nice.  I love the fact that everything I see here is pretty and lovely!  Being in the countryside is not at all that bad though I’m not used to the “quietness” around here yet.  I love the United Kingdom and I love Barnsley.  My aunt and uncle has a lovely home and oh my, I could just live here!  Yes!  And I do mean it!  I would love to live here someday.  Perhaps, in London but we’ll see.  I hope you enjoy the photos! 🙂

Au Revoir Paris & Touchdown Leeds.

Our messy room.

Last photo in our hallway.

Our door with our room number.

Decided to buy this for my baby. 🙂

The mall!!!

Favorite shop!

La Defense!

The big thumb at La Defense!

It’s breathtaking! Referring to the sky. 😛

Universitaire

Miss it already! 😦

Kebab! My last meal in Paris!

It was officially my last day in Paris, actually my last couple of hours to be exact.  I woke up pretty early considering I had little or no sleep at all.  My friends left pretty early to catch their train to Amsterdam, but my flight wasn’t till the afternoon so I left later than them which means I still had time to wander around and snap a couple of photos in La Defense.  Not only that, I got to do some last minute shopping as well even though I knew I would have to hand carry it since my luggage was already full.  Afterwards, I had lunch alone in the yummy Kebab place near the dorm.  Ohhhh, they are super delish!!!  Oh and for only 7 euros!  How awesome is that?  After a while, I went back to the dorm where I waited at the lobby for Lourdes and Caitlyn since I’ve already checked out earlier.

I was bored… @ the lobby.

I took a cab to the airport with Lourdes and Caitlyn where the driver took us to Charles de Gaulle airport, but since the airport was huge and I mean super huge, we were dropped off in our respected terminals since each terminal was quite far from each other and trust me when I say it’s not a walking distance.  Anyway, I got off second since my flight was scheduled at 6 pm.  I had to carry my heavy luggage on my own and not to mention, was asked to purchase a bag at the airport since they couldn’t allow a 39kg luggage to be checked in.  Man, was I so bummed since I had to walk all the way back to where I came from dragging my heavy luggage behind me to look for a bag.  Talk about travelling alone.  I mean I loved the experience of travelling alone and stuff, but sometimes, it can be too tiring and you have to be alert at all times.  So after I’ve put some of my other stuff in the new bag, I was able to check in and grab a bite in a cafe.  See, now that’s what I’m talking about.  Anyway, after I got into the waiting area, I saw a Chinese couple and sat next to them.  I talked to them for awhile and they were excellent in French but they spoke Cantonese as well so voila!  Way to make friends when travelling. Hahaha  After getting on the plane, I was so excited since there was no one beside me and I could sleep without anyone looking at me.  Thank you mom for booking me in the business class.  And I was off to Amsterdam!

My boarding pass.

@ the airport.

Had a chocolate bar and a book to read.

Finally got on the plane! 🙂

Boredom!

Up, up and away!!

Was unexpectedly served food even if the flight was just for around 45 minutes.

Haha! Hi and bye Amsterdam! Next time!!!

Ooohh pretty clouds!!

After 45 minutes on the plane, I landed in Schipol, Amsterdam where I only got to stay there for around an hour since I had to get on another plane to Leeds, GB.  I immediately looked for where I should transfer and in fact if I stayed too long in the washroom, I would’ve missed my flight.  I was lucky to not have, I guess.  In fact, it took like an hour to get to Leeds and when I landed, I got held up at the immigration since I forgot to fill in the address of my aunt and uncle.  How stupid of me!  So the person at the immigration had to call my aunt and uncle until they released me.  After I’ve passed the immigration, I had to get my luggage and my other bag which were too heavy for me to carry and drag, so I looked for a trolley but I was told that I had to pay a pound for it!!!  Bloody hell!  Pissed me off so badly!  I was tired despite the fact that the two flights added up to only 2 hours and forty-five minutes.  I knew it was their policy and I was not in the right position to argue so I had to exchange my cash for pounds and voila!  I got a trolley!  Haha!  It’s so weird how even those little things are not free.  I mean it’s the only airport that I’ve ever had to pay for a trolley.  Anyway, I was so happy to see my aunt and uncle standing right there waiting for me.  It was another 45 minutes by car until we got to their place so I rested in the back seat.  The moment I got to their place, I was just so excited and overwhelmed with joy.  I mean it’s a dream come true!  I’m officially in the UK!  I love their place!  So cute and pretty!  Oh and clean!! 🙂  After a couple of days, I’ll be reunited with my brother and mother.  Life is sweet!!!

Officially the last day. Au Revoir Paris Parte Trois.

Dinner with mi loves!

Le Menu.

Mine. hahaha

There was a concert…

It was hard to get a photo.

The French girl who sang that time…

Mates! 😀

This is it.  The last part.  Right after climbing the Eiffel Tower, Naomi and I separated from Shannon and Fiona and went to meet up with our friends from Macau to have our last meal in Paris.  We went to a restaurant near the Louvre museum where we ordered a bunch of food and I was full so I shared my fries with Naomi.  There was a rude waiter by the way so Naomi and I decided to leave first and headed to St. Michel where I accompanied her to have dinner at the Latin Quarter.  After that, we went to look for our mates, but saw a bunch of people watching a free live concert and so we joined in for a while.  It was already dark at that moment so we decided to meet up with rest of our mates and found that they were having a lovely picnic by the Seine River.  Omg!  It was so awesome!  I felt like we were in a beach or something.  There was sand and oh it was just perfect, not to mention, romantic.  Haha!  If only my boyfriend was there to enjoy that moment with me…  Anyway, some of them decided to go home after that, but some of us wanted to partyyyy, so we did.  I know I had to get up early the next day to prepare my stuff and check out of our dorm, but hey how often do you get to party in Paris?  So, we went back to the Latin Quarter and went to club where there were bras everywhere by the way and just danced the night away!  We realized we had to leave soon since we had to get up early and get to the airport and we tried to catch the metro, but boom!  We were too late.  Lucky for us, we bumped into this Mexican professor from our school and they were heading back to La Defense as well so we joined them and took the public bus.  Omg!  Some people can be so inconsiderate…  It was the first time for me to see people smoking inside a bus.  It was really awful and stuffy.  It was a hell of a night though and one of the best experiences ever.  Both Shannon and Naomi walked me back to my dormitory and that was the last time I ever saw them.  It’s only been two days, but I miss them already!!!  I miss Paris and I miss my life there!

Voila! Meet most of us! 😛

Moi!

I love these girls so much!!!!!

Awesome people! :*

Bumped into Carlos, the professor and Miguel.

Wacky.

I just love this! 🙂

 

Say whaat?

Hahaha

Shannon and Carlos! hahaha such a cute photo!

My favorite photo of them 🙂

Carlos and Naomi! 🙂

My turn! haha

 

 

 

 

 

Officially the last day. Au Revoir Paris Parte Deux.

So right after the ceremony, we all went our separate ways.  However, Naomi and I went to the mall again.  We seriously can’t get enough of everything in Paris.  We went to Les Quatre Temps to buy a couple of stuff and I’ll be posting all the stuff I bought here sometime soon.  After that, we went back to our dormitories where I changed to a simple tee and a plain cardigan.  After half an hour, I went out again and took pictures of everything near our dorm, starting from our school to the mall while waiting for Shannon and Naomi.  I was thinking about how much I was gonna miss it but decided to just enjoy the day with my friends.  I didn’t want to be all emotional again so yeaa…

Our Favorite Pizza Place!

Where we shop for groceries, clothes and stationery!
3 in one store baby!

The next street! 😛

Cool Escalator! 🙂

Awww it was closed! lol

Signs!

Our University!

Moi! So patriotic, wearing bleu, blanc et rouge pieces. :]

Welcome to La Defense!

On another note, we headed to the Eiffel Tower… again where I queued up to go up.  I was alone during that time since both Shannon and Naomi had already gone during the first week there.  However, I missed my chance during the first three weeks so I was determined to climb it on my last day there.  The line for the elevator was extremely long and I didn’t really have much time to queue up there for hours so I lined up for the one with the stairs.  I was alone so I climbed it up pretty quickly as I was in a hurry and stuff.  Moreover, I did not want to keep Shannon and Naomi waiting so I took a couple of snapshots and asked random people to take a photo of me.  It was THE most magical moment of my life!  Being up in one of the world’s oldest and treasured monuments was the best!  Plus, I got an overview of Paris!  How awesome is that?  It’s not everyday you get to climb it up…  It was tiring though and just great!  I can surely cross “climbing up the Eiffel Tower” off my bucket list.  Below are the pictures I took before and after I climbed tower.  Enjoy!
🙂

Below the La Tour Eiffel.

 

View from La Tour Eiffel!

Here’s another one.

View of the tower from the second floor!

Moi!

Bonjour!

Up, up and away!

Can’t get enough of that moment!

🙂

Looking for crepes!

 

Caught on candid camera!

I’ll miss you!!

Shannon!

I love her!!! Naomi and I were like “Wanna be on top”? hahaha

We bumped into Fiona 🙂

To be continued…a

Officially the last day. Au Revoir Paris Parte Un.

Our Professor Caroline!!

I’ll definitely miss her!

I almost cried! 😦

Got my certificate! wooohoo!

Shannon! :]

With Stef!! :]

Meet some of them! haha We were all hungry!

Okaay, so it was officially our last day in Paris.  I never thought it would come to an end, but it did.  I’m really sad I had to leave, but I’m thinking of going back again someday with the person I love.  Why, yes!  Paris is known to be the city of love so I’m bound to go back with my love! Haha!  Anyway, this post is about that time when we had the ceremony and stuff.  We were oh-so-late for it by the way. Not that I woke up late or anything, it’s just I had to get my hair done/curled after I got dressed and everything.  Plus, I went shopping for a while in the morning with both Shannon and Naomi!  Yes!  Early in the morning since we discovered a shop called “New Look” the night before so go figure.  After I got the stuff I wanted, I ran back to our dorm room where I put everything I got down and went to Stephanie’s room to curl the rest of my hair since it was only partly done when I stepped out.  We were super late though because my hair was too thick and it just couldn’t be done so yeaa…  Plus, when we got to the school, we were not told where to go so we had to look around, go up and down and then after searching for what felt  like half an hour, we finally found the place.  Greaat!  We were just in time for the slideshow and oh, it was just so nice to see everyone again.  After that, they called us one by one and handed out our certificates and when I got down, I heard Shannon say “Woohoo, That girl’s got SWAG!”  I love them so much!  It was so much fun!  We then sang a French song that was taught to us in class and it was just an emotional moment for us all.  There were some refreshments afterwards and everything was just delish!  Seriously!  French food is just great!  I highly recommend everyone to try French cuisines!  We took lots of pictures and then went back to the classroom to get back our envelopes with our letters and when we were about to leave, that was the time I teared up.  I can be pretty emotional at times and it caught me at that moment.  What was I supposed to do?  It’s not like I could stop it.

French Culture professor!

Haha! This number is just special to me.

Claudia! Thanks for everything! 😀

I love my hair! hehe Thank you sooo much Steph for fixing it for me 😀

Mi hermanaaa!

Caitlyn :]

Anna!

Lourdes and Naomi!

Montmartre Parte Deux

Some of my mates :]

Just passing by…

Shannon and Steph! 🙂

Windmill! 🙂

Photo overload, I know!  But I took a lot of pictures and I really wanted to share them with you guys, so hope you enjoy looking at them.

Yours truly! 🙂

Gangsta! 😀

My loves!!!!!

Because I love my professor! 🙂

Most of us! yay us! 😀