birmingham, chocolates & animals...

date : 18 oct - 20 oct 2005
location : birmingham
actors : jian & winter
extras : hehehe... see the last pic for this post.


[note : yes yes... i know. it's edi A MONTH ago. but what can i do? i haven't the luxury of my OWN lappie cos the screen just died on me... and TMNET STREAMYX sucks. BIG TIME. i didn't purposely choose to go on a hiatus... i was FORCED to. so, bear with me til i catch up... hopefully soon. btw, this post has up to about 20 pics... or more. so if it's slow in loading... sorry lah. oh, and since it's full of pics, i'm just too lazy to mention much so... let the pics do the talking!]




birmingham new street station... one of the many train stations in birmingham.


birmingham city hall... nice?


this is the inside of the Bullring. Bham's shopping mall... Selfridges is here too!


the outside of the Bullring. don't ask me why it's called Bullring. it just is.


this is bham's sad lil' chinatown. SO SMALL! but i likey the stall on the left... SOYA BEAN! TAUFOO FAR!!!


hmm, on day 1, we took a train to a place called BOURNEVILLE. sounds familiar?


CADBURY WORLD!!! omg... i envy the people of bournville... imagine waking up everyday to the intoxicating, saliva-inducing smell of CHOCOLATE!!!


no, i'm not kidding... seriously, u can smell chocolate everywhere!!! we had a tour of cadbury world...


... and got to have FREE CHOCOLATE and FREE TASTING!!! oh gosh... CHOCOLATE HEAVEN!!!


this is the world's biggest cadbury store. and I'M GOING SHOPPING FOR CHOCOLATE!!! if u think i'm fat edi... i blame cadbury world!!! *lol*


day 2 saw us taking a train to a place called kidderminster... and then boarding a public bus full of old people... so as to get to...


... WEST MIDLANDS SAFARI PARK!!!


yeaps, entrance costs £7.99...


we were the onli ones at the safari park WITHOUT A CAR. yes. we were planning on walking thru the park... *lol*


in fact, we were so early there thanks to... *grumbles* ... that there were onli about 3 other cars there...


see how empty???


but all the same... we get PEOPLE-LESS photos!!! see the sea-lions??? aren't they simply cute? they were the first animals to greet us when we walked into the lost city plaza.


piranhas.........


anyone spot the leaf insect in there?


omg. i didn't realise i was THAT CLOSE to that alligator...
oh and btw, after i left that place... the area filled up with water... and for a moment i thought the alligator had escaped!


jian feeding that male deer... thank goodness for it's horns... otherwise it would have put his WHOLE HEAD into the car...


WOLVES!!! the greyer they are the older they are....


some of the animals at the safari park... u get to buy some feed to feed them!!!


but the main attraction at the park would be it's... WHITE TIGERS!!! and white lions... which i think i forgot to include the pic... oops...


white tiger nibbling on a bone...


Simba and his pride... and YES, this and the above 2 are real pics... it just got all misty cos the sky decided to cry a bit...


oh gosh... ostrich egg which is BIGGER than my hand!!!


typical of jian to take a photo of a rhino when it's doing peeeing... right after he took this pic, the rhino shot some bombs out as well.... *lol*


*yawn* hippos in their lake... btw, it kinda stank there...


and this was the sight that greeted us when we decided to leave the park... ain't it lush?


and i got to meet up with 2 old frens... Ting Aun and Kris Ho Suan! thanks u guys for taking us around!!! well, kind of... but thanks kris for letting us stay in ur room!!!