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Benjamin Lan

17 yrs old

Born on: 25/01/1992

Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Aerospace Technology

Likes Flying and being an Audiophile

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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Hi guys. My arm feeling better by alot and I can move my arm about more. I like to thank god and some of my friends who prayed for me. =D

Anyways, today i went to meet up with Sarah, Gab Sng and Ian Tan at PS and we went to have dinner at plaza sing. Then after that, we went to gab's house for 2 hours. Ian and Gab went to play dota while i juz sat on gab's bed and listened to my ipod. Haha, music really rawks with my new audiophile rig companion.

At arnd 9.30pm, Ian and I left Gab's house and headed for Serangoon MRT and we met Wilson chia in the MRT station. So, all 3 of us went to Serangoon Gardens. Ian and Wilson went to have supper there while i sat there looking at them eat, LOL! I was actually at Serangoon Gardens waiting for Jan after her work at Sushi Tei.

After meeting Jan, Wilson and Ian went to Chomp chomp to get takeaway supper while i went with Jan to Coffee bean to drink. Well, only jan drank coffee while I uhh.... drank tea XD.

Then I wanted to follow Jan back to her house. But since I had to rush home before there is no bus left, she walked me to the bus-stop instead. Felt very paiseh, but really appreciate it. Thx Jan! =D.

So now im at home, pretty tired. Gonna crash into bed soon. Nights All!!! And btw, happy new year's EVE. :P

12/31/2008 12:19:00 AM

Monday, December 29, 2008

Ok, my arm is still slightly better. Went to some Chinese Doctor dude. He did some acupuncture, using some vacuum thing with some circular cap thing and vacuum different parts of my arm and joints so as to align my bone and muscle thing of some sort. Kinda pain, but i just kept quiet and bare with it. If u wanna know how pain it is, check out my pic:



Anyway, since im pretty bored at home now, i will juz slowly take my time posting up my UK photos of day 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15:

DAY 11:

The photo of the Travelodge we stayed for then night on day 10:


We went to Winchester to see some King Arthur thing:




Then we went to the McLaren Technology Centre. But sadly, we can't go in =((. So we just took photos of outside the gate of the Technology centre:



Ok, we reached London:

The Travelodge we are going to stay for the next 4 days, quite nice:



Our Travelodge was near King's Cross Station, so its very convenient for us to get around London:






Platform 9 and 3/4. LOL!:



We went to China Town for dinner:



DAY 12:

We went to the Tower of London, some castle:


We saw a Sundial on our way:


Ok, at the Tower of London:











Inside the Castle:






Tower Bridge, Not London Bridge (ppl thought tower bridge was london bridge, it isn't. They are both different Bridges):


We took the train down to Big Ben, London Eye and House of Parliament:






We then went back to Travelodge to have an early rest for day .


DAY 13:

Early in the morning we set out. My mum and dad went shopping in london while my sis and I went to the Shakespear's Globe. Sadly, the globe was being renovated, so the pics are not so nice:






My sis and I then met our parents at, if im not wrong, the nelson mandala's tower (dunno wat tower lah XD):





On our way to Buckingham palace after lunch at the Train Stn... :


We walked to buckingham palace and we saw 3 police bikes, 2 escort cars and one super nice Bentley in the palace and about to leave (we could only take 1 photo and then the police stopped us from taking anymore, what the heck...). And i know why they didn't allow. When the 3 bikes and 2 escort cars and the bentley in the middle, the woman who is in the bentley was Queen Elizabeth the second in a red shirt, omg!!!! I saw the queen, but most likely she might be going on her late afternoon shopping i guess:
(photo of the 3 police bikes)


Anyway, more photos of the buckingham palace after the queen left:






Squirrel in the park:


After our dinner, my sis and I then went to watch a concert on a thursday evening and boy it was crowded. The concert - Joseph and the Technicolor Coat:





Very nice, i say. It has a different feel from the concert in the esplanade in SG


DAY 14:

We went straight to Madam Tussauds, the World's largest Wax Museum, in the morning so as to avoid the afternoon crowd.
I thought it was going to be a boring museum with wax stuff. But i was wrong. Surprisingly, they make actors out of wax. Take a look at the photos and guess who they are:














Of course, there are more, but i only wanna upload a few only :D

We then went to Sherlock Holmes museum after lunch. But we only went into the souvenir shop cuz we were lazy to go to the tour:





After that, i felt very lazy to go out after my dinner and i stayed in the hotel for the whole night while my parents went to Chinatown again for dinner and walked around.


DAY 15:

We went to some museum thing which i dunno what its called. But my parents wanted to go there, so... yeah:






After lunch, we left Travelodge and went to Heathrow Airport and waited till evening for dinner at T.G.I.F. (Thank God it's Friday) and boarded the A380 for a 12 hour flight back to SG:










Thats the end of my UK trip hols, hope u guys enjoyed my photos! =D

12/29/2008 07:59:00 PM

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Today, I went to CHS and i saw someone i knew a year ago and my form teacher 3 years ago...... Give a guess =D. He is a form teacher of Sec 1D in 2005.

But things went got worse when i went for badminton. When i was about to start my first badminton game, i fell down and sprained my Right arm. Heng i'm a left-hander, though my right arm still hurts. I can't lift my arm high and stretch. And I can't really type properly as well. It took a long time for me to type this post. Thus, I also can't post any UK photos for today and maybe tomorrow.

Anyway, can u guys pray for me so as to heal my right arm?? Thx =)

12/28/2008 11:41:00 PM

Saturday, December 27, 2008

My room smells, due to this afternoon's painting in my room, now all three wall are light blue, feels different, but nicer. Thanks DAD for helping me!!! :D

Anyway, this is a short post since I am going to be busy with something, anyway, i will be going to CHS tomorrow since this sunday there is no holy communion (1st and 3rd week of the month have holy communion in St. James' Church, so must go there instead of CHS). Quite confusing now, I don't know which church i should be in. I won't be having any confirmation in any church for now i guess....

12/27/2008 09:14:00 PM

Friday, December 26, 2008

Went to Changi Airport T3 juz now to see Jerald off, together with Lindy, Brian and another friend who i forgotten her name, oops =X . Jerald is going to Vancouver (Canada) for 16 days and then 3 days at Shanghai. Sigh... one best friend now gone. Nvm, still got the other one can see in church this Sunday.

After that, i thought Jan was coming back from NZ to SG an hour after Jerald left, so i brought a Christmas present for her, but... She came back the night before. Nvr tell me that you came back!!! Haha, but doesn't matter, just a small thing I can always pass her someday within the 12 days of Christmas. Ok, will be posting my last 4 days of my UK trip photos really soon, the past few days too lazy to upload now, got tons of pics, need to handpick only some (stupid blogger can only upload 5 photos at a time).

Ok, gotta go soon, needa go have dinner.

Boy I'm Starving! XD

12/26/2008 06:14:00 PM

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Hey all!! Was busy the whole day today and yesterday. Yesterday went out with Ian Tan and Gab Sng to watch Yes Man and Ian bought for me a crumpler bag. Thanks a million ian!! =D

Today went to Nicholas Lee's house and have lunch. Lunch was super delicious. Nic's mum made excellent jap food. Lots of sashimi, Korean styled sushi, unagi, and miso soup. Very very nice! But his mum accidentally made more, so i had to stuffed myself with loads of sushi. Went to Cathay orchard and met Zexun and Joshua Cheng to watch the 3.30pm Bolt movie. But.... it sold out. So we had to take the mrt down to Douby Ghaut to Plaza Sing to watch the 4.30pm bolt movie instead. We also then met Zexun's friend to watch with us. Bolt was nice, good graphics and a reasonable story line.

Anyway, im back to upload pics for day 8, 9 and 10. This time, i will not post so many photos as i bet u guys won't be scrolling down to see all of them.

Day 8:

Pic of travelodge we stayed for the night on day 7:


Breakfast at little chef:


We went to Liverpool city and we went outside Anfield Stadium and the museum of Liverpool FC:





We then went to the Beatles Story. Beatles was founded in Liverpool (i think):











We then headed down to bath and stayed at the Travelodge for the night.


DAY 9:

We forgot to take photo of the Travelodge we stayed for the night on Day 8...

We went down to Bath and have breakfast:






We then went to the Roman Bath in Bath:













We then rush down to once one of the seven greatest wonders of the medieval world - Stonehedge:











After this, we then stayed at the Travelodge near Southampton for the night:



DAY 10:

First thing in the morning after breakfast, we went to see horses, no need to pay, and can touch them =D :





We went to the National Motor Museum to see err.... cars! -

James Bond Cars:






Other cars in the museum:






We sat on a super old double decker bus:






We headed to Jane Austen's house after the National Motor Musuem:







After this, we went to the Travelodge for the night.

Ok, time to go. Will post the last few days of UK Days 11, 12, 13 & 14 soon. Ta ta for now!

12/23/2008 08:52:00 PM

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Ok, i didn't really keep my promise, was really lazy to post the photos of my UK trip day 8, 9 and 10.

Anyways, there were lot of activities that happened in the last few days, so i also did not have time to upload any photos.

Ok, lets start with Wednesday (17/12/2008):
Met jerald at spca with Gab Ean, Sarah Poh and played with e animals and met 2 new friends as well, Lindy and Bryan. Went to send jerald's broken earphones for warranty and got it fixed. We then went to Plaza Singapura and went to the arcade area to play some hammer game and jerald broke the high score of 908/999, impressive. I could only reach 809/999. LOL!

Thursday (18/12/2008):
Went to Singapore Youth Flying Club (SYFC) for an interview and submitted my Private Pilot License form. Now hoping to get less than 20 points for my L1R5 and pass my medical test to get in to the course. From there, 300 people will be in the course and they will short-list to only 15 people who can get their Private Pilot License after one and a half years.

After that, by 5.30pm, met Jerald, Ian Tan and Lindy to go together to Changi Airport T3 to see Jan off (to New Zealand).


Then we waited at Changi Airport till 10pm to see Sarah Poh off at T1 (to China) and had lots of camwhore pics but sadly it's all in Sarah's camera....

Went back home at around 1.30am. Gab Ean's mum sent me back home.

Friday (19/12/2008):
Nothing much happened throughout the day till i met the CHS ppl after like 5 months finally. Anyway, we went to have dinner at Cathay Orchard then went to Marina Square cuz the CHS guys went to buy a Birthday Prezzie for Ernest.

Saturday (20/12/2008):
HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY ERNEST!!

Yup, went to SYFC to get my R/C Heli fixed to kill people with it. And then went to CHS to have praise and worship and had loads of fun, especially the last few hours at Macs. Came back home at 11.15pm by taxi with Jaron Tay.

Ok, got to ZZzzzz soon, nitez all.

12/21/2008 12:18:00 AM

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Yesterday was too lazy to put photos for days 4, 5 and 6. So now i will put 4 days in a row. Day 4, 5, 6 & 7.

DAY 4:

Pictures of the Travelodge we stayed for the night:



I was a great fan of Roald Dahl books, so i had to visit the Roald Dhal Museum and Story Centre:











We headed for Silverstone Formula 1 Circuit. Unfortunately, we are not allowed to go inside. So, we only took the visitor's centre:



Lunch at Little Chef:


We stayed for the night at Travelodge in York.


DAY 5:

ZZZzzz..... :


Breakfast at Eat & Drink Co. which is beside travelodge:



Pictures of Travelodge we stayed for the night at York:



We headed for William Wilberforce House Museum (the guy who tried to stopped slavery in UK):
















We headed down to York City Town centre on our way to the National Railway Museum:






National Railway Museum!! :












World's First Train:



More Trains and Locomotives:









We headed back to York City Town Centre to go to the Jorvik Viking Centre:




Unfortunately, we are only allowed to take SOME photos inside, so this is what we got inside:






Outside of Jorvik Viking Centre






It's 4pm already. My dad chionged all the way 384km to Travelodge at Dunfermline, outside the City of Edinburgh in SCOTLAND! We arrived at 10pm.

DAY 6:

Pictures of the Travelodge we stayed for the night outside the city of Edinburgh:



City of Edinburgh:














Up the hill of the City of Edinburgh, there is the Edinburgh Castle, my Favourite castle so far! :
















Unfortunately again, we are not allowed to take pictures in the castle, but we managed to secretly take some shots :








The Real Scotish Crown:


Back outside of the castle:




Cemetery for soldier dogs, LOL:


Back to the City of Edinburgh:
















We drove out of Scotland and went to a Travelodge near The Lake District.


DAY 7:

A picture we took of the Travelodge we for the night near The Lake District:


The Lake District:




There is an Outward Bound Campus in UK, lol!:




Aira Force Waterfall:

A Coin Log:




Anyway, back to the Waterfall:







Hills/Mountains and Sheeps!:





The World of Beatrix Potter (a popular Story book last time):















Went to Travelodge outside Liverpool and had dinner in a near-by pub:

Look at the portion of the Fish and chips, crazy! It was also bland, tasteless and there were some bones in it as well:


We couldn't finish our Dinner, way too much:


Look at the cakes as well, it super thick. It's about 10cm thick!:




After that, we headed back to Travelodge to rest for the next day. Something I really want to go on day 8.

Tomorrow, I will post pictures of day 8, 9 and 10.

12/16/2008 12:39:00 PM

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Hi all! I came back from UK on the umm..... 2 weeks ago. Haha, was both lazy and busy to post the photos up, but this week, I have the time, so I will try to squeeze in all 14 days of my trip in a few days. Yup! Also juz came back from Malacca and Kukuk (dunno how to spell it), a place where it is near a mangrove swamp and it is on the sea at high tide. Will post the Malaysia photos probably next week after i post my UK trip photos. =D

Ok, let's get the long story short and start with the photos.

DAY 1:

Terminal 3, check-in at 7.30am:


The plane we took, Boeing 747:


In the airplane for a few hours until we were passing Middle East with loads of mountains, weird.... :


Clouds!! :


Landed in London. Our rental car for the next 10 days, a Skoda Octane Hatchback (note, it is only 4pm GMT time and the sun about to disappear already, LOL!) :


Another look of the Sunset and Heathrow Airport:


We arrived at the Travelodge at Slough to stay for the night and had dinner, well... Thai Green Curry Chicken and Hawaiian Pizza:





DAY 2:

Next morning, we took a shot of the Travelodge we stayed at Day 1:


We headed down to Winsor Castle at Winsor, LOL! Check out this castle, its super big (Note: We are not allowed to take photos inside the castle, but we managed to sneak out our cameras and take some):











Last place for the day, Cadbury Chocolate Factory in Birmingham, Cadbury was founded here:










After this, we had dinner. Uhh... Shepherd's Pie:


We stayed at Travelodge for the night at Birmingham.

LOL!:



DAY 3:

We headed down to another castle. This time, its Warwick Castle:



















We went down to Shakespear's town, Straford-upon-Avon and visited 3 places in 2 hours LOL:

1. Shakespear's Birthplace:





2. Nash's house. It's nothing, really. So only took one photo, outside... :


3. Anne Hathaway's Cottage:





4. Mary Arden's House:












After this, we settled for the Night at Travelodge at... Somewhere

Tomorrow, more photos will be uploaded for Day 4, 5 and 6.


Btw, I have my Sennheiser IE8 IEM Sound insulating earphones (IEM stands for In-Ear Monitors) with an amplifier for my iPod Touch, a Beginner's Audiophile Rig:


12/14/2008 10:24:00 PM