Windsor Castle, Stohenge & Bath Weekend Getaway ^_^v

Assalamualaikum...

this trip was during the Bank Holiday last 2 weeks...now I can only plan my trip when its public holiday on Monday...the Bank Holiday was from 3rd - 5th May 2014 but I went for this trip on 4th May...^_^v

its quite a long holiday and I didnt only spend my holiday at this places but also I have another trip to Cambridge on the 3rd May and later at night on the same day I had ghost tour around London...my trip time time were with 5 other friends of mine from Sheffield and London...wee~~

for now, its about my trip to Windsor Castle, Stonehenge & Bath first...hehe...Cambridge trip I will post it later ya! enjoy!~ ^^,

this trip AGAIN was a spontaneous plan from my bestie...she was browsing the internet and she saw an offer to go to Stonehenge & Bath...and thats where we started to look for best & cheap offer...at last we manage to find the best offer of £57 for 3 places: Windsor Castle, Stonehenge & Bath at Students Tour website...when I browse it now, the fees is £47...OMG its cheaper than the one I bought last time!! uurgghh~~~ nvm @_@

its like a mini trip with whole lot of other stranger that will be in the same bus with you...I LIKE IT! and the best part is that the package come together with 1 tour guide...so no need to worry if we get lost...hehe...to book for this package you need to pay via online and also need to choose your pick up point...we choose Kings Cross station but we need to walk to York Way where the bus is waiting for us...

the first destination was Windsor Castle...it took us 2 hours to get to the Castle from London...we depart around 10am and we reached the Castle around 12pm...

part of the castle & Queen Victoria statue...

while walking towards the main entrance of the castle, the tour guide stop at this point...first we didnt realise it until he told us...can u detect whats wrong with the building??? its crooked!! and its called The Crooked House of Windsor :D no I didnt purposely took the picture like that...the building is really crooked :p

beside this house, there is another building beside it which if we look at the ceiling it might look normal...

(oh btw this is the whole group for the trip...there are some of them behind this pix...ngee~~)

but....

the pillar is not directly attached to the ceiling...there is a story behind it but I forgot...ngee~~

still on the way to the main entrance, we stumble upon of this Ancient Well...there is no story behind it...even the tour guide doesnt stop here for us to take photo...so we stop and quickly take pix...hehehe...

then we finally reach the main entrance of the castle...

we cant enter the castle...so we zoom it in... ^_^v

exactly infront of the main entrance, this is the view...this is where Queen Victoria had her morning walk with her car early in the morning when nobody is using it...and then when she finishes her walk then it will be open for the public...sadly we didnt have a walk because we are rushing and because its a hugeeee place to have a walk~~

the street besides the main entrance is called Park Street because this is where the car of Queen Victoria was parked...

this lane and each of the shop here has its own story and history~

last pix at the castle... :D

before we headed back to the bus, the tour guide brought us to the souvenir shop...to go to the souvenir shop, we pass thru the Windsor Bridge...

and thats the end of our trip to Windsor Castle...I didnt buy any souvenir here...hehe...

and then we depart to Bath...the journey to Bath was around 1 hour something...in the package that we bought online, the entrance fees to the Roman Bath was included...the ticket was given to us when we reached Bath...for those who didnt bought the entrance fees to the Roman Bath, they had their own walk around Bath...

while waiting for our tour guide to get our entrance tic from the counter, we took pic infront of a very big church exactly infront of the Roman Bath... ^^,

right after we got our entrance tic, we begin our exploration inside the Roman Bath...we were also provided with audio guide...

our tour guide offer to take this pix for us...how kind he is~ ^_*

hot spring...it is really hot...

these lady dress up exactly like how it used to be during the Roman era...they were selling perfumes actually...haha...

from the visual at the wall, it seems like this pond (I dont know what to call it) was one of the pond for the male to take a bath...

at the end of the journey, they provide us with the underground water...I taste it because our tour guide mentioned it earlier to us...but when I taste it!!!!!... @_@ o...m...g....its taste like iron!!! weekkk!! I just take a sip and then I throw it away...

from here then we depart to Stonehenge...

here we were given 1 hour and 30 minutes to explore the area...from the main entrance, there was a shuttle bus that bring us to the Stonehenge area...but I did saw many people walking towards the area...its not that far I can say from the main entrance to the Stonehenge area but if lazy to walk like we are :p its better to take shuttle....and btw I dont know whether you need to pay for the shuttle bus because the tix that we bought MAYBE already included with shuttle services...ngee~~ ^_^

to discover the area, we need to walk in a circular motion...and at every point, you can hear the explanation given by the audio guide...since we were so excited, we only managed to focus to the audio the first 15 minutes, then we were busy taking photos...hahaha...but now I know the history of it...but I would not mention it here because its already a long entry for me...kih3! 

overall, this trip really ease my tension away and also relax my mind as you know I am in the lab everyday from 9-6pm! fuuuhhh~~ I really like this short getaway ^_^v and I miss is it so much of all the happiness and the fun!

Bye~ ^_^v

Photoscape Photo Editor Tool Saves my Day ^_^v

Assalamualaikum...

I use Photoscape as my photo editor for my blog...I edit every pictures in this blog using that tool...recently I found out one good use of photoscape aside of editing my photo for blog...ngee~~

since I already started with my lab work @ research, I work closely with western blot to see my results on the protein that I'm looking for...I bet only science students understand what I'm talking about...kih3!  ^_^

everytime I get the results, I drop off the file to my email...but everytime I drop it off, I cant open the file -_-'
then one day, while Im editing my pix for the blog, it came to my mind why dont I use photoscape to edit my results from my western??? deng~!

this is my Western blot pix before I use photoscape...

I can't see anything when I open it in my lappy using windows photo viewing...

BUT photoscape came in rescue...pfftt~~

what I did was I darken it and brighten it a bit...and THEN I can see the results...oh btw this is not the best results for my project...can you see the patchy dark thing on the right? thats what we call as dirty background and causing the results cant be use for thesis paper...wuwuwu...this means that I need to repeat my western for this particular proteins...fuuhh~~

I did this just for my collection in my lappy...but I can still view the results in the desktop in my lab which I dont need to edit it...hehe...

any of you use photo editor for other purposes?? =D

Bye~ ^_^v

How to Diasble Larger View Photo in Your Blog

Assalamualaikum...

I just recently knew that when people view my blog, they can click on the image in my blog for a larger view...omg!!! I am so shy~~ haha

and so I found out the way of disable that from happening..BUT I only intend to do that on the images that has my face in it  -_*' hehe...anything that is not related I will keep it as it was especially the pictures in the tutorial section...

this is how it looks like when people click on the picture in my blog...it even list out all the pictures in that particular post at the bottom part as you can see on the picture above... 

so this tutorial will teach you step by step on how to remove or disable people from clicking your photo in your blog...if you like it, leave it as it is...enjoy!~ ^_^

(click on the pictures to get a larger view)

1. Just click on the "New Post" and write your entry as usual

2. Insert your image as usual. Then click on your image. Your image will turn blue and you can see the "LINK" button on top of the picture (at the menu bar) is in gray box which means that when people view your blog, they can view it in a larger view as the picture above.

3. Click on the "LINK" button (red arrow)

4. Clicking it will unable other people to view your picture in larger view in your blog

5. You are done! yeay...

Happy blogging!

MARA 2014: Interview to 2nd Online Test (Case Study Test)

Assalamualaikum...

Alhamdulillah...today at 8.30 pm (UK time) I sat for my 2nd online test @ case study test...initially the test was scheduled to be on 1st May, unfortunately something happen which I couldn't get access to the portal for the test...and I am not the only person who was affected...there are many people as well facing the same problem as me...

just to recap that on my last post I mentioned that I sat for psychometric test which is the first assessment after I apply for MARA Pascasiswazah for 2014...supposedly for this year intake there will be an interview for all the candidates as last year candidates were so lucky because there is no interview, only psychometric test (including me  ^_^v)...however, after all candidates in Malaysia have gone thru their interview, MARA decided not to have any interview for abroad candidates...I supposed its difficult to handle the abroad candidates as MARA office is not available in some country...and so MARA decided to held 2nd online test for abroad candidates which they call as CASE STUDY TEST

my initial 2nd online test date...but was postponed to latter date as technical problem arises -_-'

after I emailed them (MARA) that I couldn't sit for my 2nd test due to technical problem, I received an email stating that I can resit the test...the new date for my 2nd online test which was today!!

the test was not hard and not so easy...they gave 1 case where you need to give your judgement based on the case...there was only 1 question and I need to answer it in 30 minutes only with NO MORE THAN 360 WORDS...I will not mention here what is the question I sat just now...haha...to be fair to everyone >_<"

Alhamdulillah for the opportunity to resit the test back...ameen~~

although actually I faced some problem when I opened the portal just now...it says SERVER ERROR...I almost send an email AGAIN to MARA together with the printscreen picture, however, I retry by loging out from the portal and sign in back...and Alhamdulillah it works...haha...suspense woooo~~~ ^^.

suspense moment which I nearly send another email to MARA...hahaha...phewwww~~ :p

didn't get the chance of having the interview...erm~~

Bye~ ^_^v

How to Centered Your Header

Assalamualaikum...

this tutorial will teach you step by step on how to centered your blog header...enjoy!~ ^_^
(click on the pictures to get a larger view)

1. Go to your Blogger Dashboard and sign in

2. Click on "LAYOUT"

3. Click on "TEMPLATE DESIGNER"

4. Click on "Advanced" and then click "Add CSS"

5. Add the code below on the empty space

#header-inner {background-position: center !important; width: 100% !important;}

6. Don't forget to click ENTER on your keyboard!

and there you go your header is now in the middle ^_^

if you guys have any questions regarding this tutorial, leave your comments below ya :)

Happy Blogging!

Colorful Non-Stick Knife Set as Birthday Present... >_<"

Assalamualaikum...

2 things made my day today...first, at last, after 4 consecutive weeks of long day in a lab, today I went home quite early than usual...hehe...*happy2!*

second, when I check my mail box, I received something that I already expected to arrive by this week! wee~~

assorted color of non-stick knife...*jump2!*  ^_^v

actually my bestie, Siti Aminah saw this offer in Wowcher website since she subscribes for that website...she knew that I have been longing for this kind of knife for quite some time...the first time I saw this was during boxing day...but since its still expensive, so I hold on until I can find cheaper than that...

Wowcher is a website that I can say same as Groupon...the price that they offer when I bought it was £14...the original price was £99 as stated in the website...can you see now why am I so eager to buy this knifes?? hikss~~ 

since its cheaper than the one I saw during boxing day at Debenham, so I go for it! hehe...I seduce my bestie to buy 1 for her too...kah3! sorry bestie...if you ask me if the brand is good, I couldnt answer that...haha...coz I myself not sure either...since I know I am badly in need of knives, so I bought it...it turns out that when I receive it today, it was heavy unlike as what I thought that it will be light...turn out I am wrong...typical minded of me...hahaha... -_-'v ...

with 5 different sizes, and different colours~~

close up......

my bestie bought this for me...she said that this will be my advance birthday present...tq bestie!! muahhhh3~~~hahaha...but I still want a cake for my birthday later ok? >_<v hihi

I still havent use it...not today...because I need to wash it according to the instruction given and I have so many things to do today...maybe tomorrow I will start using it...oooohhh I'm sooo in a good mood today...lalalala~~~

Bye~ ^_^v

p/s: with so many things that I can buy for myself, I choose to buy this...hahah...so lucky my husband-to-be....eh!? haha...  :p

UK Blood Donor Card ^.^

Assalamualaikum...

after a month I donate my blood and today, I receive a thank you letter from NHS >_<

ur welcome~~ ur welcome~~

it comes together with a leaflet ^^,

right after I donate my blood the other day, a few days later NHS text me and inform that they will let me know the results of my blood together with my blood type...at first I thought they just gonna inform me thru text messages as well...but it turn out they send a letter...Im so touched...ahakkss! ^_^'

and so in the letter they stated my blood group and Rh...

since I am a donor in Malaysia as well, so I knew my blood type already...this shows that my blood type still hasn't change...kah3! lol...

according to the leaflet that they provide to me together with the letter, B+ blood type is 8 in 100 people...woaahhh! it means B+ is also quite rare in UK...is the statistic in UK only?? erm...not sure either... :D

the most important thing is that, I receive a donor card...ihiks! love it!

this card is for donor who already donated 1-4 times...inside the leaflet that I received, they stated as well if let say I have donated more than 5 times, than they will change the card to................

different colours...hehe...I dont think so that I can make it even to the blue card~ huhu

in Malaysia, there are benefits for those who donate blood regularly or become a regular donor...the benefit that I can still remember is that if you donate more than 100 times, if you are admitted to the hospital, you will receive 1st class ward in government hospital...but I am not sure whether UK hold the same policy...hehe

anyone of you have donated more than 10 times? I really wana reach that stage...he~~

Bye~ ^_^