its sweltering hot in here. (no i dont mean edinburgh, i mean the computer lounge). as it is such a cold place most times of the year, naturally there is no air-conditioning or even any form of ventilation in the rooms! *argh*

but yea, i should not complain rite. aye, i know i know. (aye = yes) heehee

its wednesday and i still have whole-body aches! i think i am far too old to go on long distance driving! but whoa, do we not feel proud of ourselves! on 19th may at exactly 12pm, 5 singaporean girls embark on their first ever overseas road-trip! in a MANUAL car. omigosh. and taadaa! the main driver is non other than me! (since i am the only person to drive a manual car back at home!) and my honorary co-pilot is of course miss huang yiqing, who has had years of driving experience... =P

thinking back it was quite amazing how the girls had the courage to embark on such a trip. thanks to huiting's uncle and aunt who convinced us it would have been a wasted trip if we did not visit the scottish highlands! and hence the girls convinced the ultra cowardly me that i can do it. and once we put our hearts down to it it wasnt so bad after all! congratulations to huiting and yiqing for doing such a marvellous job of navigating that we did not get lost. at all. amazing isnt it! and so we drive past lovely mossy mountains, picturesque cobblestoned cottages that looked straight out of a storybook, never-ending fields dotted with grazing sheep, cattle, horses and the occasional pigs, sunshine-yellow fields of daffodils dancing merrily in the wind,and journeyed with snow-white seagulls (i think) soaring above us... it was a fantastic feeling! we covered close to 500 miles within 1.5 days! that is like 800km i think. i think we felt really grown up during the road trip (and i probably grew another bunch of white hairs trying to drive through the scary narrow roads and hiding from parking officers). hah.

cheesie was the DJ, and music was the likes of Lee Hom and Stephanie Sun... and of course not forgetting Ahma, who was the backup singer when the music is off. haah! she was the entertainer in short (though we hastily tried to get cheesie to play some more music whenever she starts on her mushy oldies...)

so i would say, this is a trip i would never forget in my life! i totally adore scotland; it's beautiful, clean, nice weather (when you are not freezing your butt off), great folks! the youngsters actually give up seats to the elderly here! WOW! and the local lothian buses are wheelchair-friendly! and when you walk along the streets people actually smile at you and you naturally smile right back! (quite a strak contrast to singapore when you would either put on "mask-like facoes" or you pretend that the floor is simply fascinating! ok not that i hate my country, but i think its lovely the way scottish behave... =D

in short, i love the people, place, shopping, scenery, but i hate the foood. no more ham and cheese sandwiches please! gonna regurgitate soon. URGH.


for photos and more updates, please refer to http://www.ahham.blogspot.com
huiting's blog with lots of pics!!!