My memories in England.

Oops I''m terribly sorry for that stupid mistake, Sil. You know what, I always had the impression that you''re Linh , the one who spent a few months studying with me in A1 and is living in the UK at the moment (even though I knew you''re not quite a long time ago) That''s why I thought you''re in London now. I''m so sorry, Sil.
To ilu86: Hi, if you wanna know sth about the UK, send me a private message. Although I''m not in England right now, I may be able to help you with your questions since I have a bunch of friends living there, both Vietnamese and English. My sister is in London, even my brother spent 1 year studying in Leeds, which is next to Manchester so he can provide some useful experience.
PS: Please DO NOT chat in this topic guys. My post will be last out of the main idea. If you wonder where Sil is, ask her or ask in Chit chat corner. This is a place for you to share your memories in England, ok?
So close no matter how far... I have you in my heart and nothing else matters...

*bonks people* STAY ON TOPIC!! =P This is about ENGLAND!! (And dj_voodool better not be TH, -_-;; Or I''ll blab to your girlfriend). And it''s Okay, Britney ^^;; No worries. I''m just silly because I don''t tell people where I live. ^^ My fault.
Speaking of studying at England..does anyone go to Oxfor university or Cambridge? =)
(P.S: Promise to not make any more silly posts..^^ And will put all random silly guys (Ilu and Dj_magicgee in order -_-).

Doi la bien kho..

erm erm, hey hey, hehe, e he`m, still don''t know how to start hehe. okay, let''s get started
you said you got quite a load of info about england? if you do, why not post it up here, or in a new topic if that''s the way you want it to be? c''mon, loads of people here are interested in that, bet it''s not only me who does.
2ndly, i know you''re mod, but i think you need to relax a little *yo yo, or maybe you need some counselling, ter help ur s fr bouncin off ze wall when u got downsome --- MnM tune*. i know rulez are rulez, there are tons of rulez i bet, and i guess here or there, you''re breaking some, too. so, i think a little bit of "off-topics" for some "hot tidbits" are acceptable! even you, as quoted above, are going off-topic as you''re not talking about your memory in england but also about the where-abouts of Sil, which a lot of ppl seem to show interests hehe (bet you don''t have one!). uh huh, agree? this quote is esp. 4u hehe: "rulez r made 4 breakin, nth ventured ===> nth gained!"
btw, voodool dude, i know how to give u the best protection from Sil *hush, don''t tell her!* so just reveal her secret here, won''t you hehe? and Sil, dont call me Ilu, call me ilu hehe and i don''t believe you know how to shut me up "leh" hehehe its always kinda hard to put me in order u know, coz'' i''m a whole bunch of crap ^_^. don''t believe you''d kinda touch crap even -_- hehe
have funs dudes!
itsa THL
PS: n britney, don''t forget to let us know about england, huh?

I had a chance to pay a visit to England rather a long time ago, it must be nearly 10 years, well 7 to be exact. Although I stayed there for only 1 week, the memories are still vivid in my mind. The Boeing 767, flight number KL115 from Amsterdam to London finally landed at Heathrow Airport after 45 minutes in flight in the early in the morning, 5 A.M or later. Well, it was the first time I saw such thick fog. You can hardly see anything even it''s just about 1 metre far. Well, what England is famous for? Its thick fog, its 2-level buses, its large parks, its .... and certainly, its black taxes! It was such a long time that I can''t remember what was special about it. Looks strange a bit, that''s all. I didn''t go straight to London but a close small town called Basingstoke to visit one of my family''s friend. That family was so kind! It was the first time I went to England, so I was extremely excited and nervous as well Basingstoke is not a busy city, if not quiet, the life pace is quite slow, we could never hear sounds of trucks roaring. I like that place a lot, so peaceful and people there are friendly as well (let me remind you that English are also wellknown for their cold characters) The first night in Basingstoke, I couldn''t sleep at all. I just lay on the bed closing my eyes and imagined what would happen the next day. Kinda childish huh Perhaps I was too eager to fall asleep then, visitting England has always been my biggest dream It was extremely cold, too. That''s also one of many reasons why I couldn''t sleep I guess, since I did spend nearly 2 years living in a West Africa country where the weather is quite sunny before arriving here
The next day, I went to London. Ooh, such a beautiful place! Pictures I took there are still kept carefully so that I can remember clearly where I visited. My family was lucky all the way, one of our friends introduced us his friend, no, his aunt to be exact living in London for quite a long time. The old lady, who was Burmish (Mien Dien) was angellically kind. I can still remember how her house looked like, how to find the kitchen, the garden, and the dinning room. It was a quite lovely little house A special thing in the house is that the old lady''s nephew is ?oawfully? handsome hehe Unfortunately, my English wasn''t good enough to talk to him much then But I can still remember how nice he complimented me "You''re such a sweet girl, M" hehe I was so cute when I was small, look at my avatar, isn''t she as beautiful as a doll ? Can''t believe I look totally different now During one week, we managed to visit most famous spots, Big Ben, the Tower Bridge, the House of Parliament, the Thames River, Buckingham Palace and lots of squares as well as parks. Oops, it''d be a big mistake not to mention the Madam Tuttsoe museum (?! correctly spelled?) Have you ever heard of it yet? Well, all of people displayed there are made by WAX! But they look exactly like real people. It was a bit ridiculous I kept asking my Daddy "Bố ơi đây là người thật hay người giả đấy ạ?" Wanna see a picture I took with Mr. Bill Clinton? or Princess Diana? or the Beatles??? well, a lot of memorable experiences that I''m not able to recall right now. It was such a lovely time that never will never forget.
Hey I know there''re a couple of poeple living in the UK in English club. Why don''t you guys share with us your feelings? I gotta go and prepare the dinner now. Bye guys!
So close no matter how far... I have you in my heart and nothing else matters...

It''s me, London - 1996.
So close no matter how far... I have you in my heart and nothing else matters...

England
Each time I hear this one word
I remember what it means
To me who left so long ago
It''s shores and fields so verdant green
The sea shore and the farmland
The country lanes that twist
The snow upon each naked branch
These things I do so miss
The people in the small towns
Always find time to talk
Along the path or riverside
As their little dogs they walk
They talk of course of weather
A common phrase to say
No matter if the sun shines
It was ''raining yesterday''
How often do I think of
The wonders of a child
Blue, Green and Yellow
England''s colours, I was beguiled
Life somehow seemed so simple
Small pleasures made our day
The summers never ending
We watched as farmer cut his hay
Our Fathers made the hay stand tall
A tower it seemed to us
A ''leg and a wing'' to throw us in
There was never any fuss
I remember learning to ride my bike
My Daddy helping me
And all at once he let me go
I did it, I was flying free
England you are so precious
To many people just like me
Who love and hold you in esteem
You''re not like you used to be
The World no longer has respect
For the england that I knew
You have lost a big part of your soul
I see it each time anew
Our forefathers they worked so hard
To make our England great
Times were hard, people were tough
They believed this was their fate.
The ''Black Country'' of my England
Where the nails and steel and chain
Clanged and rattled six days a week
Will no longer be heard again
My pride shows through for my home town
The buildings, history and folk
Now scattered all around the world
What memories you evoke
West Bromwich is my birthplace
A tiny dot in the history books
Check ''Industrial Revolution''
It''s more interesting than it looks
To all of us who have travelled
To distant, foreign lands
We hope that England is looked after
In the future by loving hands .​

Được britneybritney sửa chữa / chuyển vào 20:38 ngày 24/10/2003

erm yours is quite a nice story brit, gave me quite a feel of London even if it''s so long ago! and the picture was nice too ~_^ cute girl ^_^!

anyway, you don''t have to desperately look for some "memories in england" until you stumble on such a long story and thought it so descriptive ^_^. bet you havent read through yet, coz'' it does contain some sensitive issue that may cause some not so nice image about england and singapore.... to me it might not appear as a problem, but to some people, conventionally it is!
have fun guys!
itsa THL

Oops, a stupid mistake!!! Iõ?Tm terribly sorry you guys , gotta replace that story by sth else right away. Actually, I was in the third chapter when I posted it here, guessing there must be sth interesting in the end.... It''s absolutely incredible the two men appeared to be õ?Ư . Itõ?Ts an unforgettable lesson for me anyway... I''m never gonna do it again, I promise. Hopefully the story was long enough to make readers give up halfway I did find some knowledge about London in the initial few chapters, though
PS: Hey ilu, I know who you are now The world is so small huh
So close no matter how far... I have you in my heart and nothing else matters...

don''t worry its okay. actually, it''s nothing wrong with that, just that the world is not open-minded enuff to accept those people generally, right? for me i find nth wrong with that, found a lot of fun facts and interesting places in the story! accept for the path that the writer actually described something in detail -_-;;
anyway, who could possibly know who i am, erm? my identity has ben put in a "chamber of secret" sealed with all the curses of the good lord..... Sauron. how could anyone possibly find out? i dun believe you know me! as for you i guess i know your identity though =P.
have fun guys,
itsa THL
PS: any more story of the sort ~_^?

oà, từ trước đến giờ tôi thât EC hình như toàn thấy nói về English ko à!! ko thấy lấy cái topic nào là nói về nước Anh cả.. hôm qua tôi hỏi Brit mãi mới thấy cái này là còn có chút nói về nước Anh..mà cũng lạ,, cái này là nói về memories còn tôi thì lại muốn nói về những gì tôi đang có.. nhưng thôi viết 1 chút về my memories cũng được kẻo ko lại lạc đề:
những gì tôi nhớ nhất về nước Anh chắc là lần đầu tiên đặt chân đến Anh, đó là thời gian cách đây đúng nửa năm, ngày 14 tháng 9,tôi rời Hà nội với biết bao kỉ niệm, tôi xa đi trong sự buồn đau của mẹ tôi,người yêu thương tôi hết mực, bà ko muốn tôi đi khi tôi khi mới chỉ có 16 tuổi.. nhưng chính vì con mình sau này nên bà cũng đã đành xa tôi, xa thằng con "trời đánh" của bà .. lần đầu xa mẹ tôi lúc đã làm cho tôi khá hụt hẫng, qua cửa cách ly, quay lại tôi thấy bà vẩy cánh tay chào, mặt thì cười tươi, ko chút lệ mà tôi thấy lạ.Nhưng tôi biết thừa rằng trong lòng mẹ tôi bà đang khóc.. nhìn mẹ mà lòng tôi càng thấy buồn, tôi như ko kìm được nước mắt( mặc dù cuối cùng thì ko khóc).. cũng may mà đợt này đi có bố tôi, ông đi Đức cho chuyến công tác của ông, và bà chị họ tôi cũng đi học như tôi nên cũng làm cho tôi đỡ thấy buồn. Chuyến bay của tôi là chuyến bay qua Paris vào lúc 11h đêm... 1 chuyến bay chật kín chỗ..... trên máy bay,tôi với bố tôi lại ko được ngồi gần nhau, chỉ có tôi và bà chị họ tôi là ngồi cùng nhau, còn ông đi công tác nên ngồi ở hạng trên... chỗ tôi ngồi còn cạnh 1 bà lão.. bà đi thăm con bà bên Đức.. nói chung 12 tiếng bay trong đêm với tôi cũng bình thường nhưng tôi cũng khổ vì cái chân tôi quá dài còn cái ghế tôi ngồi thì quá bé, ngồi trên máy bay chỉ buồn cười mỗi cái là bà lão ngồi cạnh tôi hình như đi máy bay lần đầu hay sao mà cứ thấy tôi làm cái gì là y như rằng bà cũng làm y như tôi, từ ăn đến ngủ cái gì cũng giống luôn.. buồn cười hơn là tôi nghe nhạc bà cũng cho cái tai nghe lên tai nghe mặc dù bà ko bật 1 chút nhạc nào( thế mới hay).. đến paris vào lúc 6 h sáng, trời thì lạnh hơn Vn nhiều, nhưng may với cái áo khoác tôi mang theo mà cũng đỡ cái lạnh đi được nhiều. sân bay paris là nơi mà tôi với bố tôi sẽ xa nhau, ông đi đường sang Đức còn tôi sang Manchester.. rời khỏi máy bay tôi mới thấy nhiều người già đi nước ngoài, hình như họ toàn đi sang Đức thì phải.. mà tôi cũng ko hiểu nổi là họ ko 1 chút tiếng, ko biết tí gì đi lại trong sân bay, mà lại còn đi giữa cái sân bay Paris to đùng như thế thì sẽ thế nào.. như tôi đây.. mặc dù tiếng Anh cũng biết gọi là 1 tí mà bố tôi còn lo phải dẫn đi nữa là những ông bà già ko biết tí gì?? ngồi đợi 8 tiếng tại sân bay cũng là 1 cực hình mà tôi phải trải qua để được đến Anh..nói chung là chuyến bay từ Pháp qua Anh thì cũng bình thường, vì nó ngắn, nhưng bù lại nó làm cho tôi khó chịu hơn khi bay 12 tiếng...
Đến Anh là lúc 4 h chiều. nhìn thấy sân bay Manchester mà làm cho tôi vừa mừng vừa sợ. mừng vì mình đã đến được nơi còn sợ vì chỉ mấy phút nữa thôi là mình sẽ bị 1 cuộc interview tại sân bay, đây là chỗ tôi trước khi đi tôi nghĩ là sợ nhất, tại nhiều người ở nhà cứ doạ tôi là nếu ko trả lời được mấy câu hỏi của bọn nó hỏi là chúng nó cho đi về nước.. hic hic đứng gần chỗ mấy thằng làm nhập cảnh mà tôi cứ run run.. ra khỏi chỗ đó tôi thở đánh phù một cái rồi tự nghĩ, số mình may thật. ra khỏi nơi nguy hiểm nhất rồi mà nhưng tôi lại càng thấy sợ hơn.. sợ vì cái cuống vé của tôi có gắn giấy gửi hành lí đã mất toi.. híc híc.. , tôi nghĩ quả này chắc mình toi cái đống hành lí rồi.. cái đống đấy mẹ tôi đã phải trả thêm 600$ vì cái tội quá cân.. hic hic.. (tiếc tiền quá), tức như muốn khóc thét. tôi định bỏ hành lí đo người ko về, thế nhưng bà chị họ tôi lại bảo" cứ lấy đồ đi, có gì ngồi 1 chút cho nó kiểm tra" thế là tôi cũng ra lấy đồ, đi với đống đồ mà tôi thấy mình cứ thế nào.. ra đến tận cửa sân bay rồi mà tôi vẫn run.. nghĩ lại thấy sao nó ko kiểm tra nhỉ?? hỏi mãi hoá ra bọn Anh chúng nó cho tự túc, đồ ai người đấy lấy, ko có chuyện kiểm tra. đây là cái hay đầu tiên tôi thấy tại Anh.. tôi đi máy bay cũng khá nhiều ở VN, lần nào đi cũng thấy nó kiểm tra đồ vậy mà ở đây lại ko..
híc híc, đọc lại từ đầu đến giờ tôi thấy hình như mình chẳng viết gì về nước Anh thì phải.. nhưng thôi tôi cứ post cho khỏi phí công sức .. có gì mọi người bỏ qua, tôi hứa lần sau tôi sẽ post đền
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