Finally!
FINALLY!
yes... finally I'm about to visit Old Trafford, a place I've only see on the telly since I was a Man Utd fan. Come to think of it, I still pinch myself when I think about the fact that I've visited the Theater of Dreams! hmm okok enough about that, lol XD
Having Easter holidays at the moment for 3 weeks...argh...assignments and a final project write up thats dued on the 1st of of May! anyways, albeit the fact that I'm stressed up over work, I've managed to slot in a Manchester trip somewhere in between the holidays :D
Well, thanks to a childhood friend of mine Nicholas, I've decided to take time off studying and visit him down in Manchester. Took the bus at 11.45pm and stopped by Leeds. Tried to look up Jason but he was busy and I guess it was because I called him really last minute lol. Anyways, arrived later in Manchester at about 4.30pm and met good ol' Nick at the bus terminal. He told me we were gonna have Korean dinner that night and coincidently, I've been really into K-pop music lately..hmm XD
Walked abit around the city center, Manchester really is an awesome city... again I'm comparing it to little Sunderland *tsk tsk* Met up with 3 new friends at the Korean restaurant "Koreana" lol. Joyce, Wendy, and the last girl I can't quite recall what her name was... Wen Yi, Wen Yee sorry! XD
Dinner was awesome as I had a beef bimbim bab :D Got home to Nick's student apartment around 9 to 10pm. Gosh it's so different from my place, I wont post any picture just to respect his privacy lol. =D Spent the night chit-chatting, dota-ing, and reminiscing bout the good times. Seriously Nick has never changed since we left elementary school... same jolly ol' Nick lol.
Woke up really early the next day to catch a bus to Old trafford... I woke up at like freakin' 7.30am! I've never gotten up earlier than 8am since like forever, anyways arrived in Old Trafford and I was left speechless in amazement and awe. The stadium is so majestic, it emits some kinda aura that leaves you rooted to your feet and only able to stare at it... okok I know thats alittle exaggerated but that's how I felt! XD
We got our little stadium tour tickets and moved on into the stadium museum to get ready for the 9.40am tour. The tour guide arrived not long after that and started taking us around the stadium grounds. The tour started at one of the stands and there he briefed us on Manchester United's early history and a little on how Old Trafford was built. We later moved on to places like the stands for the disabled, the dugout, player changing rooms, and to the side of the pitch. Everything felt like a dream as I was touring around the stadium... I mean like, Ronaldo, Rooney, Giggs, Scholes actually change in this room bla bla, had refreshments in the other bla bla, walked down this very same tunnel bla bla XD
The tour ended about an hour later and we were left with our own time at the megastore and the museum. Without wasting much time, I moved on to the museum and I was smiling to myself the whole time! Manchester United memorilibias! Boots, jerseys, trophies, you name them, they've got them all the way from when the club was formed to the present day. Awards and sections dedicated to outstanding players were all on display. It was like walking down a time tunnel as I went from floor to floor exploring and reliving Manchester United's glorious past and present.
Lots of photos can be found in my facebook :D
After Old Trafford, we went for lunch at a 2 michelin star restaurant, Michael Caines. The food was awesome as expected from a reknowned chef! I'm not really a food blogger so I'll just keep the taste to myself lol. Spent some time at the restaurant chit-chatting before going to Trafford Center, a shopping mall that looks really like KL's 1 Utama. Lots of crazy shit branded stuff here and I got myself an t-shirt here just to remind myself that I was in Manchester :p
Had dinner at TGIF and it was hilarious... Nick ordered some drink and it was tasteless. He told the waitress to get him another one and this time it was a slight improvement to the previous one although it was the same drink. Later on he ordered a steak and he asked for it be medium. The steak came and it tasted like it was basked with a lot of salt, and I mean really alot lol. Again he asked for them to make another one for him. This time it came and it tasted like steak but it was well done! Rofl, for the 3rd time he called the waitress but instead, the manager came. He asked for Nick's opinion on what he and the TGIF staff should do to make Nick pleased. At the end they came to a mutual agreement to scrape the steak off the bill but Nick could go on eating the "well done" steak. Sigh, free dinner that costs 13 pounds!
Went back home and I fell asleep really early although we planned to go dimsum at midnight, sorry Joyce and Wendy! I guess my body's just not used to getting up at 7am+ lol. Woke up on the last day of my trip and had breakfast served by Nick XD was wondering why they weren't having any and I came to know that they were going to have dimsum for lunch arghh... how unfair is that!
Well, thanks alot Nick, Joyce, and Wendy for making my short Manchester trip fun and memorable! You guys take care yea!
Arrived back in Sunderland around late evening and back to the books!
