Friday, October 3, 2008

UK/paris trip

just came back from London on raya eve,hv to be in Paris to receive an international quality commitment award for my company, real proud of my people for achieving such an award.As usual pack in some time to visit England.Took an eurostar train from Paris to London...spent 2 nites in London manage to watch a musical,Grease not bad . Then off to visit Birmingham for a night,went over to Birmingham University,viisted my old chemical engineering faculty,some changes the university though still as elegant as ever with its own train station..joined the islamic society for buka puasa.Then off to Leicester to meet up with my friend Clint to watch Leicester aginst Hartlepool game. Tip top man as Clint said,the game was great,the organisation of the match day at the walkers stadium fantastic watched the game at the directors box,pool lost 1-0 though.really have a great time with the Hartlepool boys,i ve nvr been to Leicester before not bad a place all taxi drivers are ofAsian origins!!!what did i buy back in UK?not much the wife was not with me!! except some dvds frm HMV,manage to get a copy of mr brittas emire a great comedy. bought some as usual england t shirts at my favourite London haunt,Petticoat Lane near Liverpool street there u can get exact London T shirts for half the price u get at Oxford street. The best gift i get is definitely from Hartlepool football club atheir original football jersey wth my name ZURAIMI primted at the back wow that"s a real great gift from Russ.To my friends clint,Keith,Nikki and Mikey thanks for the lovely time in leicester will not forget our saturday night dinner as we watched from the restaurant window a stream of foul mouth big and cladded with dresses possibly bought from car boot sales Leicester girls, a real scene man!!!

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