ABERDEEN .. someWhere at UNI .....

ABERDeen ..... 

....from LONDON.... must be GOOd ...REAsons to travel  farrrr...  North East ... UK ..

My earlier BLog... stories ...

MEEting d' MOnster in INVERNEss ... remember .. ????

So ...Preparation for depature ... at least Uu should know how much an air ticket to-fro London ...oOk d' best medium price  would be  ...270 Pounds ..  good enough

Either Train ...nowadays costly ....  Coach... competitive budget .... BUt...would UU prefer.... to consider a 12hours journey ... similar to land journey  BRUnei - Kuching , Sarawak..

FOr US 5persons ... by AIR  .....BA.. British Airways ... to-fro .. London - Aberdeen ....

ALready .....4 days 3 nights in LONDon.... 

.... where was d' house..  lodging..  hostel ..  hotel ....

.....d' location considerably elite area ... London city area... a walking distance ... to HYde Park ... area..

Talking about  ....leaving No.3 Sheffield Terrace..W8.. to airport..



Should have THANK much to d' hospitality ... allowing Us in a family stayed just for ....FREE here in LONdon ... ONe of most expensive .. STANDARD of LIVing in d' WORLd ... ????
.....touching  nn describing ALL about our stay in London next ...coming Blog...  if any .. ???    ..... coz we're coming BACk.....







Above Map, hopefully would give Uuu a closer LOOKed to my description ... people who have never been travelling... knowing NOTHing ....never heard such names ...here could be seeing   ....feelling .... imagining d' reality. WHAt  nnn Where was  d' destination being TALking about ....

Had been to ...BRIGHTON ..LEEDs.. HULL ...INVERness

nOW ... going back to ABERdeen ....

ABERDEEN ....  how DO Uu know much about... ????   OK lets'... me....

....SCOTland's 3rd MOSt populous city ...yess ..only ..about 210,400 people

....NICKname as ...GRANite CIty .... GREy City ... SILVer CIty for d' golden sands... BUT still have long sandy coastline ....

Popular with NORTH SEA OIL .... discovered in 1970s .... as OIL Capital of Europe orr... ENERGy Capital of EUrope ....  yyyeeeeh..
MOst important until NOw...... a barrel of OIL...  how much..???
LOOK at d' market's price ... lol..  flactuate ...or may be FLUCTuate... unstable.. changing constantly ... coz WAR..ss..  ..
Now LIBYa... Middle East's countries .... unstable governments... coz of peoples' POWER.... revolt nn....revolution.... wwwaahhh.. 
BRUNei GOT advantage of GET richer..OIL ...but people still ... looking forward for banks' LOANs.... eehh..pity ME ..too  ... NO .. many money.. lol..  ????





GOING to Airport.... HEAThrow ...LONdon.... at noon time ..
Should Uuu Go.. right direction ... TERMINal 5 ...
..or else Uu had to go round ..nn round ..BIG Airport.. INTERnational ..

BA Flied smoothly .... but soon landed as if Uu ... in dreams .....
All looked calm .... at Aberdeen Airport.... quiet.. small isolated place .... as used to be with BIg busy International Airport ....
Took times .. first ....with .. dealing .... settling  ...HIRed Car  ... an easy free ways to travel here ... foreign land ....
Aberdeen seemed ...to be small place...  BUt... had to use manual mapping ... to see directions ...MAP book , bought ONE ...as hiring GPS would cost another 10 more pounds a DAy ... so .. omitted... GPS... hiring car for 7 DAys...


ARRiving at PU3 house.... my eldest daughter ...2nd child ...
...first , knowing nothing about route except co-driver gave signals ...commands ...ways to GO.... ways to exit ...ways to enter ...
....for at certain periods ... giving ...a sort of headache ... pressure ...tension.. puzzle...confused ...mind made driver crazy ... wahhh..
Here...at last... 28, Hilton Terrace,
                 Aberdeen...AB24 4HD..UK...
NIce ... beautiful ..... good surroundings ... proving with beautiful flowers just outside fore-ground of 2nd floor ...right cornered terrace's house...
Rented with 2 other young females - M'sian Medical students ... already going to depart home for Summer holidays ....
3 rooms  ....toilet ...kitchen ...common lounge with tv ...just nice small space, ... 2 rooms connected but separated door to door individually ...another one upper room .... nn Pu3 was near d' door way exit ...toilet nn kitchen .... yyyaah ... compact to our standard ...tight space .. hardly breadth ... NOt in REal live ... only while Uu Students...  eeehh.   ...right ...
               2 EMPTy rooms were REaL advantage ....
               .....  US ... 6 in a family ... to STay FRee in Aberdeen .... !!!!


LATE evening on 15 JUne .......... day light loonger.....  9.00pm..
LOOking... for shopping...   most shops closed at 5.00-5.30pm ... only few shops ... closing time late .... still using British system .. part of compulsory regulation ....Labours' ACt ...to be followed .... small shops belonged to Indians ... Chinese ...Pakistani ... opened 24hours a day....  eeeeeeee..
ASDA took place as d' main ONE shopping centre..... local late closed...

JUst... going around ..to familiarization surroundings ..for all of US NEw here ....     PU3 as guide ...

PU3 is in d' FINal year this year ....4 years course MARINe BIO ....UNiversity of ABerdeen, Scotland...  iF in ENGLand's UNIs  .... much faster ...only 3 years course ... degree ..

Hopefully ...coming back for GRADUation this SUmmer ...

IN Aberdeen .. TWO Universities .. University of Aberdeen ...nn

                                     University of Robert Gardon ..

Aberdeen UNi is an ancient university founded in 1495 ...3rd oldest in Scotland ... nn 5th in UK.... ???  nnn wider ENGLish SPeaking ... world

And ..in 1860 by d' merger of 2 pre existing ancient universities KING's COLlege ..located in old Aberdeen ..... in short ..

University of Aberdeen contains Academic's Structure ...

1. College of Arts & Social Sciences
2. College of Life Science & Medicine
3. College of Physical Sciences 

So broader choices... if interested to study here ..just switch on website ..search for this UNi.... a lot of people studying here .. young..undergraduates ... much older..post graduates .... totalling 1400 students ..... waahhh .. so many ..!

University's ranking is NOT too BAd... 2011 Guardian & TImes Uni Guide gives No. 33 but.. if complete..going down to 44.. UK only..  nnn

Know something .........more females ....54 % .... lol





GOOD feelings ... being around d' prestigous university in Scotland ....  of COz .. NOt ALL people could come nn sTUDy ... here ....

D' compound neat... trimmed green grass  .... nnn clean...

Time to ACTion.... pictures .. with UNi OLD building.... background ... 





These photos much larger looked .............

to show .....   look at creepers ... greener building ....



PU3   .....is part of d' College of LIFe Science & Medicine....
Am I right Pu3 ....... ??? .... sorry !!!!

...there are 4 academic Schools here ...namely..

Biological Science

Medical Science

Medicine & Dentistry

Psychology 



 OK..relax times... for VISITOrs only...  pose... as many as Uuu wish ...


D' LECTURe Hall .... big enough for HOW MANY .... students...

...nOt very sure... how many ..30...  50.....???

EMPty at d' moment..coz...   holiday term already began ... ALL students went back to their home lands ... including local UK Students...

...but few post graduates stayed behind .... NO HOlidays ...

Wishing WELL ... here.. DO NOt know for what reason ....?????

Might BE for NEW comers...   new students ..... to wish them LUCK....





 GREEn  .... grass is green ...    TOM JOnes .... if Uu remember well d' oldies ....
So ..... had to leave... Uni nn going town..only 5-10 minutes drive ...
Aberdeen CIty .... NOt glamour .......but OLD pretty ....

Hardly describe in words .... seeing is believing ....

....so Uu only appreciate things when Uu SEE by Uu own eyes ....

OPENed BIg eyes..... observed ...nn recorded all in mind...

This is simple education ... just visiting nn seeing...

NO matter .. peoples everywhere ......

BUt...lastly...empty stomach had to be filled somewhere HALal.... eating restaurant in Aberdeen ..... say... easy exist ....too


 


Earlier...mentioning .... Aberdeen also known as Silver city ..............
Aberdeen is just on d' coastline  ..... LOOOONG white beach....
At ... DAy time ..... windy.. still here ....  weather cool....
All buildings were facing sea side ..... people looked forward HOT Summer... where the beach would be full with people .... exposing to sunny days...


Here... Aberdeen Beach Leisure Centre..... ins.. nn outs..
ESPLANADE.....  ONe lone stretch road along d' beach .....
WHat DO Uu expect inside d' BUILdings..... LOTs... like in BRIGHTON......
...Have Uu SEEn my previous BLog about ....BRIGhton.....
...okkk.. NUDEs..... DOn't worry .... here... everywhere on beaches during summer hot holidays..... cheerier...

 rest for awhile  ...... coming back ...