warning:cyber.

tomorrow i will b back to MMU.. but this time its cyberjaya campus.. went there on thursday with wai luen to attend some talk and check out my new place.. its not that bad i have to say.. but something stays the same. i guess it wont change.. which is find it is kinda foolish childish and rubbish.ppl just cant let go of thier grudge.when u come back from Europe.. i tell my self am turning into a new leaf. i don wanna make my self have lots of enemy or cause lots of misunderstnading but those who are reading this, pls pls don drag me into all of your own personal conflicts..of coz all of u can b my friends... but i wont take side or been forced to take side..if any of u push me to take side, i will repel. just to make it clear.. nobody control julian gan, so don bother try ordering me to take side or anything like that.to tell the truth, its not my choice to b at MMU, so since am stuck here, i might as well get my act togehter and got my degree and get out of here. so i wont b bother to get into all of your lil conflict... i might not sound friendly here but i feel i have to stamp my authority. Melaka is enough. my advice is let everything go.. and we all can get along.. aint that nice? think bout it..

venice..

yes thats their police

accordian man

rialto

effect of squid sauce spegetthi

never judge on how it look.. its tasty

seaFOOD

a lil street photography

nice eh?

stmark's square

come to daddy

mom and gondola man

they don look happy

taxi!

their DBKL

as i step out of the train station...

venezia

it is one of the most beautiful city in the world... and they say one of the romantic city in the world.so in conclusion, am privilage to visit it.. yes my frens... venice.yes i know you should go the place for honeymoon and not with family and stuff..since its romance its in the air. my sister told me if v fly there, we gonna b greeted by boats as we walk out of the airport... i was like " ya rite"



in the train i have a priest seated. he is from milano.. well my dad talked to him A LOT and being a typically busybody Malaysia i hear what they talked bout. its kinda hard not to anyways, it is just in front of me! well.. from their conversation i found out that....

• u need to get a university degree than only u can enter theology school.


• and a priest get paid from all the donation from people and also a small amout from the church.


• that living in roma is not CHEAP. tho the graduate can earm about minimum 1500 euro.. but almost 3/4 of his/her salary will go to the house rental


• italian change their car LOTS... coz an average car there cost around 5000-8000 euro...


• and the north part of italy is very expensive if compared to the south.. like a pizza in the north u can get around 8-10 euros but in the south like Sicily you can get around 3 euro

when i've arrive in venice, my got the shock of my life.. its true!!!, i saw a river.. infront of me and on the right is the bridge that u can walk.. and lots of boat passby.. was like HOLY!!

i found out from that venice is made from 99 small islands.. so as ppl connect it is joined..

from my view, i think the taxi is the most expensive taxi in the world... since its boat and all... and of coz nicely done..look luxurious too...like an average joe.. we took the bigger boat.. its like the bus there. we took it so ST.Marks square. i got a bit of sea sick in the boat tho.. hehehehe after walking a bit.. i got my head right. and yes there is where i c the venice trademark.. the mask. and also some Murano glasses.. and not forgotten the ilusive gondola.. but its freaking expensive.. like 20 euro per person.

we did feed the birds tho.. purchased the bird food from the only person that selling.. you need a license to sell the bird food here.its kinda scary at first... i fear the beat will hurt i mean there lots of them.. and once the saw food all will come after u.

at st.marks u can find all sort of shop here.. and yes there is a ferari store.things are all red and beautiful there.. and not no mention the price too.. heheheehe. anyways luck not on on our side again as it RAIN... after a LONG day walking at st.marks we took the "bus" to the hotel... b4 reaching, it turns 1 whole round of the island.. and saw the casino too... and a special hilton hotel boat.. guess thats for the ppl who stay there. intersting view.

we decide to take shower b4 dinner as we caught in the rain.. well.. as we walked a lot, din noticed the time was around 9 ++ pm... well italian hav a habit of eating late dinner.so finding a place to eat is not problem... but the price is the problem.. it is much more expensive to eat here than other part of italy.. mayb milan can beat it.. but i don think no where else.you know lah since its an island and tourist place and stuff.. tho the food is one of the best in the trip.. interesting food like squid spegetthi and some seafood. seafood r fresh too.. we go for a walk after that.. and saw someone playin accordion by the bridge.. he was good..after the wild wind blowing.. and tomorrow we need get up early we decide to go 2 bed.

after breakfast the next morning, we went to Murano island.thats where the famous Murano glass are made. its a sacred family business and past down from generation to generation.. so ppl outside the family dono the art of doin this. and a tip for u if u gonna get a murano glass.. look up for sticker or signature of the maker to prove as its genuine.. only apply for those that buyin stuff like a vase or something.. for small thing like a ring or hair clip theres no sticker. its because lots of China imitation. we went to the factory tour, the master make it look so simple as he demostrate how to do a horse.

leave Venice and vow to return here again.. i have some unsettled business...hehehehe

firenze

sienna

a real beauty eh?

sienna sqaure

pisa can even sleep on the grass

firenze

we leave to florence the next day... stay there for about 2 days. we took the italian eurostar there. the journey took about 1++ hours nearly 2. so its kinda cut the journey time to half if we take the bus. the air of anticipation to shop surround the ladies (mom and sister) florence is the 2nd fashion capitol other than milano. other than that, florence are famous for their leather goods. there are also this mall where they sell gucci and prada at a knocked down price but only with appointment and wioth tour. the tour cost 50 euro each. but we din go there as they thing will cost crazy price.



we checked into the hotel. nice place, been greeted by the lady, ms,stefana. i realise that italians r very stylish no matter how old they areee. sunglasses is a MUST. i mean everywhere u look there must b some ray-ban, and dolce and gabana belt. after putting our bags, we head to the leather market. at the junction of the market, i can smell those leather.all their local product r here. from leather jacket to leather key chain. leather jacket cost about 150 euro which kinda intersting IF i had the cash hehehehehe... we ate at this place called "pork" was impress how the waiter use pda to take our order. i mean the only place i c that happen here is at "sagar". we took the train to a city called PISA. yes thats where the leaning tower is located. the place was beautiful.. green grass, blue cloud... the whole 9yard

day 2 we decide to blow off the Chianti wine yard trip to go to Sienna.for the reasons

• we NEED a car to go to Chianti
• and the hotel ppl says Sienna is much more Beautiful

we'll Chianti is one of Italy's famous wine producer... but what the heck took the bus to Sienna.. a quiet town in the Touscany region. there are some wine yard too along the way.Sienna is like a valley. so as we arrive there this HUGE square where everyone are.some sun bathe, some just soaking the sun while reading their novels and some having their meal. oh yea... there lots of shopping to do b4 the HUGE square but they kinda jack up the price since its a tourist place. i went in the video store as i c a HUGE micheal buble cut out at the shop, so i guess he got a new album. apparently i bum into some "interesting" dvd instead of buble's album. oh yea... sienna is great for street photography coz got lots of lorong and stuff, and the scenery is wonderful

off to venezia............

roma day 1

trivoli fountain

on an evening in roma

mat poser

froza italia

memorial of the unknown soilder...

klia.........waiting for my 777-200

bonjourno... (roma)

roma

memorial of the unknown soldier

brilliant huh?

cost me 4 euros...and he din tell me it cost money!

i wish for............

Pantheon

vetican

a rainy day in the vetican

closer to God?

from fumocino airport to roma termini

upon arrival

i gonna miss saying "bonjourno" or "gurten morgen" , "si" or "graci", "prego" those are the ONLY words i use for the past 2 weeks well the first day was at roma. we leave klia around 1155 ish...my first to go international terminal at KLIA, the last was ages ago at the subang int'. i have to say was impress with it. and certainly the "Malaysia Boleh" spirit and the feeling that make u proud of this country.impressive decoration, lighting and all that lah. tho the steward and stewardess kinda disapoointing. the guys r OLD! and the girls are not like in all the advert. but oh well, kudos to them for being helpful. so we are off to Fumocino airport. one funny thing is, i feel so dried, i mean my throat and eyes when the plane iss around china/ india area.weird! or mayb the area is the low pressure area, but i should say its not FUN, feeling all dry.i did do some cathing up on movies since i been trapped in melaka. watch the will smith show that i forgotten the title.but u know which 1 it is...

upon arrival at Fumocino, the wheater is not so kind to us. is to windy and expected to rain.was exhausted when i reached the airport.and i should say their airport is not as impressive as ours.we took the train to the town, its something like our KLIA express.

first feeling of the european breeze full so chilling and yet dry as i walked out of the terminal, and yes as i expected, taxi of fancy car, i think our country only and some other rural country still using lousy car as cab. i mean even in singapore or thailand they use at least a toyota camry for their taxi.

back to the train to the town, roma in full of grafiti. its not such a welcoming enterence to the country. i mean it leave bad impression to the tourist if your wall is full of graffiti rite? as we reach to the train station ' roma termini ' my dad bought the train tickets for the journey for the rest of the trip. then we walked to the hotel. the holtel kinda like those you say in godfather movie. have a huge head with a small body, and his voice is exactly like those mafias.but he was ok. after getting a few bite, we head off to the Vetican.

in the rainy day in roma, we find our way thru and end up in the vetican. TONS of people are there.. even if its raining.i mean it can easily reach 3000 people? that is just the people standing in line just to enter ST. Peters church. we met an american family that is besed in London while we stand in line.they have this 2 small cute kids. we went in the Pope's tomb in the church. the place is kinda sacred and no noises or pictures are allowed. and we saw Pope John Paul's tomb. as the tombs r located underground, we went thru this tiny stairs that can only fit 2 person, and end up into the heart of the church, i was fasinated by the design, the architecture and the painting. i mean, the building was build hundreds of years ago, how do they do it without the proper equiptment?

after the vetican we walk a bit to the piazza. the thing with italy is, after you walk on the street and suddenly you bump into some piazza, its like a square, where lots of shop and the center piece is sure a fountaint, thus i forgotten with piazza i've been. hehehhehee. on the way i saw some Malaysian students. my guess was they are on their holiday.because Summer is just like 2 weeks away.lucky ppl. anyways... we reach to the Trivoli fountain at Spagna.the famous mountain where marlin Mongue dance in the move La docle Vita..there this Myth bout the fountain that if you throw a coin and make a wish at the mountain, you will come back again.taking my slim chances, i made my wishes...hehehehe.

walk and walk and walk made me tired, i mean i spent my last month in a room studyin for finals.. so i easily get tired. decided to take a rest infront of the Patheon. if my sejarah not mistaken, its the biggest dome ever built. its amazing how a building can move one's emotion. i saw some ppl actually cried and there this memorial place where u put your signature as a memery of those who parish when the building was build hundreds of years ago...

we proceed to italy's memorial place for the unknown soilder. its like their version of tugu negara.another sacred place. you can even seat on the steps! even to snap some pic. but the place was HUGE! you can probably most of roma if you go to the peak.

and just up the street was the Collcium (not sure bout the spelling).nothing much to say because i was so so so tired that time...i mean after 11hours of flight and all the walking. plus, the sun don set till its 8 ++ and the sun rise about 5 a.m.

dinner was interesting... the waiter was like, you from Malaysia? and instantly he was punching his chest and kissing his fist, and said "anuar ibrahim" after a long day, we retire to bed and prepare out trip to firenze(florence) the next day...