Ernie's Trip
Dear Bloggy,
It was a wonderful trip to London. Yes, I know I've been to London several times but the nicest thing about the recent trip I had was because I got to meet my friends and spent time with them.
The first two days in London, I met Vanita and put a night in Kawhita and Rob's house, Vanita's best friend. On the first day, we (Lucia, Vanita and me) went to Madame Tussauds, Lucia followed me but just for a day trip and we also went to take the London Eye. I took lots of pictures from above. It was a great sunny day, so everything looked beautiful and cheerful.
My Adventure in Wax Museum.
Us in London Eye.
Vanita, Me and Lucia.
Us enjoying the summer in London.
The next day, Vanita and me went to Oxford street for shopping but it was a short and last minute shopping as she had to catch a flight at 6.30pm. We had lunch together in Dim Sum restaurant at Baker Street. It was lovely! We ordered Ho Fun Seafoods, Che Cheung Fun and two Dim Sums. Oh my God, I can't forget the incredible taste of the Chinese food there. I wish to go there again when I come to London next time. At around 5pm I bid my good bye to Vanita. I felt sad but calm myself, telling myself that I will meet her again anyway. So I decided not to cry. However, I saw Vanita's eyes watery a little, maybe she controlled. Whatever it is, I hope to see her again in September where we are going to have a trip together with Wang Wen and Chiung Hui to Spain and Portugal. Yehaa!
After sending Vanita in Heathrow, I took TUBE to Kak Husna's house in zone 3. I never meet her before so this was my first time. She made me a dinner. Really nice. We chatted alot and I couldn't believe how jovial and friendly she is. I felt very warm talking to her. At around 11pm I met Aimi, my long-lost friend from KMYS and stayed at her place for 2 nights.
We have made plan to go to Tuthankamun exhibition and having a girl's day out together before she comes back home to Malaysia for good. I really miss her and glad to meet her the other day.
And from London, I took an early train to Coventry for an Islamic Conference in Warwick University with Ikmal, my new friend and future collegue.
The conference was good but I don't really agree with their ideas of introducing International Islamic Law course. As far as I have learned International Law, the word "International" has a broad meaning. It means that once we internationalized the law, we have to apply "extraterritoriality" doctrine. And as far as I understand the basic Islamic Laws, we can't differentiate or apply territorial to the Islamic Law even though we have different fatwa for different countries, but the basic must be the same. I think they need to understand what is LAW and what is FATWA too before introducing International Law for Islamic Law. Therefore, I do not think it's reasonable to have International Islamic Law when it will create hassle and confusing people. On the way back to Norwich by train, Xochilt, my lawmate in UEA who happened to attend the conference discussed with me about the discussion held in the conference. I kinda like her opinion regarding the whole idea of introducing the Islamic Law course in Britain. She said, Britain is not an Islamic country, why would we want to introduce an Islamic Law course here when the British can just go to some other countries like Malaysia, Pakistan, Iran or any other Islamic countries to learn the Islamic Law which is much better. Then she further argued that this is all about commercial and making money in the education sector. Wow, I was amazed by her opinion and I agreed with her because we shouldn't commercialized the law that comes from God. However, if the British education sector is really interested in introducing the Islamic Law course, it is a good effort.
By the way, I paid GBP 35 to attend the conference, and I just get a very light lunch and normal refreshment which only cost 10 to 15 pounds and I had to photocopy the papers for the conference, which overall I don't think it's worth it. On the other hand, I met new people and I experienced the feelings sitting in the academics' network, which is a new beginning for me.
P/S: There's no pictures of Aimi and me at the moment as my camera was out of batteries and had to use her camera. So,haven't get the pictures from her.
It was a wonderful trip to London. Yes, I know I've been to London several times but the nicest thing about the recent trip I had was because I got to meet my friends and spent time with them.
The first two days in London, I met Vanita and put a night in Kawhita and Rob's house, Vanita's best friend. On the first day, we (Lucia, Vanita and me) went to Madame Tussauds, Lucia followed me but just for a day trip and we also went to take the London Eye. I took lots of pictures from above. It was a great sunny day, so everything looked beautiful and cheerful.
My Adventure in Wax Museum.
Us in London Eye.
Vanita, Me and Lucia.
Us enjoying the summer in London.
The next day, Vanita and me went to Oxford street for shopping but it was a short and last minute shopping as she had to catch a flight at 6.30pm. We had lunch together in Dim Sum restaurant at Baker Street. It was lovely! We ordered Ho Fun Seafoods, Che Cheung Fun and two Dim Sums. Oh my God, I can't forget the incredible taste of the Chinese food there. I wish to go there again when I come to London next time. At around 5pm I bid my good bye to Vanita. I felt sad but calm myself, telling myself that I will meet her again anyway. So I decided not to cry. However, I saw Vanita's eyes watery a little, maybe she controlled. Whatever it is, I hope to see her again in September where we are going to have a trip together with Wang Wen and Chiung Hui to Spain and Portugal. Yehaa!
After sending Vanita in Heathrow, I took TUBE to Kak Husna's house in zone 3. I never meet her before so this was my first time. She made me a dinner. Really nice. We chatted alot and I couldn't believe how jovial and friendly she is. I felt very warm talking to her. At around 11pm I met Aimi, my long-lost friend from KMYS and stayed at her place for 2 nights.
We have made plan to go to Tuthankamun exhibition and having a girl's day out together before she comes back home to Malaysia for good. I really miss her and glad to meet her the other day.And from London, I took an early train to Coventry for an Islamic Conference in Warwick University with Ikmal, my new friend and future collegue.
The conference was good but I don't really agree with their ideas of introducing International Islamic Law course. As far as I have learned International Law, the word "International" has a broad meaning. It means that once we internationalized the law, we have to apply "extraterritoriality" doctrine. And as far as I understand the basic Islamic Laws, we can't differentiate or apply territorial to the Islamic Law even though we have different fatwa for different countries, but the basic must be the same. I think they need to understand what is LAW and what is FATWA too before introducing International Law for Islamic Law. Therefore, I do not think it's reasonable to have International Islamic Law when it will create hassle and confusing people. On the way back to Norwich by train, Xochilt, my lawmate in UEA who happened to attend the conference discussed with me about the discussion held in the conference. I kinda like her opinion regarding the whole idea of introducing the Islamic Law course in Britain. She said, Britain is not an Islamic country, why would we want to introduce an Islamic Law course here when the British can just go to some other countries like Malaysia, Pakistan, Iran or any other Islamic countries to learn the Islamic Law which is much better. Then she further argued that this is all about commercial and making money in the education sector. Wow, I was amazed by her opinion and I agreed with her because we shouldn't commercialized the law that comes from God. However, if the British education sector is really interested in introducing the Islamic Law course, it is a good effort.
By the way, I paid GBP 35 to attend the conference, and I just get a very light lunch and normal refreshment which only cost 10 to 15 pounds and I had to photocopy the papers for the conference, which overall I don't think it's worth it. On the other hand, I met new people and I experienced the feelings sitting in the academics' network, which is a new beginning for me.
P/S: There's no pictures of Aimi and me at the moment as my camera was out of batteries and had to use her camera. So,haven't get the pictures from her.
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pics with kak husna?
mak su amik gambar dgn Shrek!!!!! bestnyer!!!!
alysha n aqleef
dik, gambar kat Wax musuem tu laju sgt la... pening kepala along nak tgk...hahahaha
X amek gambar dgn dia. Bateri kamera dh kong. Nnt adek slow kan pictures motion tu.hehe
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