Hyena all…..
I feel very sunny today…. =D. Well this is gonna be a long post. If u wanna know about London from my insights, read on…..hehe
So as some of my friends already know, i went to London and France. Just came back Wednesday 25/3 ago. Many people ask, ‘hows London?’ So i’ll just talk abt my trip here. Im not gonna write like, “first day i went here and eat bla bla and then i went there and meet bla bla….and second day i visit bla bla and eat bla bla“. Boring like that isnt it? Eventho its a good and learning trip you can simply conclude that London is boring, when u read it.
It was fun on average, tiring a bit. First thing i remember about london is….its cold. During my time, it was 5 degree Celcius. Hahaha….yeah, 5 degrees to paras beku. At first its fine. I was a bit eksyen and went out walking in London without gloves. Cos everybody there not wearing any (thats because they all are used to it……duh! silly me). I was trying to blend in ok hahaha. So there i was…without gloves. It is cold, but because you are constantly on the move, you can bear it. Its different than sitting on your chair at office and the air-cond is blowing 16 degree Celcius….that, you cannot bear. Its different.
Anyway, while i was walking around, i feel this numbing sensation on my fingers. I touch my hair, and i cant feel my hair. I touch the granite stone by the sidewalk at the park and i cant feel the grainy texture. Not long after that, i feel sengal on my fingers. It feels like touching ice. When u touch ice, after a while it feels like sengal right? (go try). Not very long after, my fingers actually hurt. Like u holding the ice a little too long (go try!!). So i went into Topshop store in Oxford Street to feel a bit of warmth. Stores over there have radiator (for the warmth), no aircond (like….duh!…hehe)
Its unbelievable how the people can live there, like the temperature doesnt mean anything…like its just 29 degree Celcius. And Paris is just as cold. Damn! But Paris is a very stylish city. The people are pretty and they have style. But French people is unfriendly. They dont like English (the people and the language). Sometimes when u speak English, you can see that they dont really wanna layan you. They dont really speak English. Great if u can learn a bit of simple French when u wanna go. Yeah, they are a bit of snobbish. And yes, i went to Eiffel Tower.
The Londoners are not that friendly too. But they are better then the French. They can talk to you and tell you stuff about London. The locals there told us that, the people of London dont talk to each other. Like they travel in the tube everyday to work and they see many same people in the tube everyday. Still they wont talk to each other, ever! If u talk, you are crazy! I can see it, cos i travel in the tube everyday in London. No talking on the tube at all. Like its an underground rules in London. Most of them just read in the tube. They read books, magazines, newspapers…..maps!
When i go to a bit outskirt of London, the people kind’a change a bit. I went out until Bicester North and the people kind’a havoc and fun a bit. Maybe cos they are village people, so they are more friendly. I say village cos there are many crops. They have huge fields of crops. Ada banyak tanaman….so agaknye orang kampung la yg tanam2 ni sume.
Well, thats how friendly europeans are…haha. Its no wonder they say Asian like us are really friendly and nice.
Anyway, tubes are underground trains in London. They call it tube. And its really fast. You only have to wait 2 minutes everytime. 3 minutes tops. If we can have it here, there’s no reason for us to use cars anymore. It would really lessen the heavy traffic in KL. Its unefficient that they wanna restrict the amount of cars going into KL, when the public transport sucks like vacuum cleaners, Komuter to be specific. (out of topic alert!!)
Well, food is not that hard in London. As Muslim, we gotta take care what we put in our body. The food gotta meet our standard. In London there are many spicy and heavy Arabic food. I love Arabic and Indian food cos they are spicy and full of flavour and aroma. There are also some halal Malaysian food in London. So its not very hard. In Paris, its hard to find food. Moreover some of them dont speak English well. We did found some halal food, so that was fine. But for other times, we only eat croissant…oh, and maggie….huhuuh.
Oh and the buildings are pretty. I love the buildings in Paris and London. They have their own look. The dont have many modern looking skyscrappers. But their buildings are one of a kind that very much say “This is London/Paris”. Its cos they have their own culture and way. The architecture is very much “London” and “Paris”. You cannot mistake if for any other city in the world looking at their buildings. They have like…..stone or granite for outer finishing for the bulding and they have carving on the stone. And most of the stone like beige or gray in colour. I dunno how to explain, but it looks unique - not very modern.
Sussex Garden has many Malaysians there. Its where i stayed. I can see many Malays there and Asian people. I see Chinese, but i cant tell if they are Malaysian-Chinese or China-Chinese cos everybody is wearing same thing…thick jackets. There are Indians (also cant tell if they are Malaysian) and Arabs. But that area has some Asians, and you dont really feel like an alien. When i go anywhere, i like to learn bout the culture and their way of living. I want to learn something when i get back home. I love to talk to the locals to get some insights. So i love to blend in and observe people and see how they communicate all.
Many europeans are snobbish for sure. And i kind’a feel like…..they’re lonely people living in a big metropolitan city. Its a lonely big city with lonely people. The tubes are quiet and nobody laugh or talk. Everybody has something to do and everyone walk by so fast even if they have nothing to do (i say nothing cos its sunday and they are not wearing work attire….still walk fast like dunno-what-to-say). Somemore they are eksyen. Also cos its a damn cold country. When u cold, ur nerve just feels lazy. So u lazy to talk, lazy to do anything active, lazy to be crazy, lazy to make jokes and laugh like hyena. So when u dont really talk, u only have urself (and maybe family members and also a bit of friends at home). But when i look at them, its really like….lonely. They have blank faces and they walk straight not looking left or right. I dunno…..its just my observations.
People, Malaysia is still the best place. Even on my way back to Malaysia, the plane is filled with 2/3 Londoners. Go figure!
Till next time….. x0×0
