Till We Get To Budapest
August 2nd, 2007
it was as if we’d stepped out of the train station and into a world just begging to be explored. the air was dusty, every single wall in the city (not an exaggeration) was graffitied over, personality rose off the sidewalks like vapour, and the people felt real. in Vienna, everything was orderly and squeaky clean, a little bit like a listless museum, but here in Budapest, people moved and shouted and swished their skirts as they knocked back beers.
it was chilly the night we got there, and Sze, our lovely host who has a giant jar of Nutella in her kitchen, told us we were lucky to have the breeze because the predecessing days were sweltering with heat. says Sze in her blog, it was so hot that the old women looked like they were melting into the upholstery of their tram seats. i guess Jethro Tull was being polite when he sang about Budapest being hot.
we spent 2 days in Budapest before we headed back home to KL. like in Vienna, it wasnt enough time to see everything, but we tried our best to cover as much as we could. we went to Castle Hill, walked probably all the bridges that ran across the Danube, went to a couple of bars, traipsed along Vaci Street (where i lost my camera!), and did some poking around at the Great Market Hall. we also ate a lot of goulash. a lot. and saw many homeless people sleeping on the streets using Selgros Cash & Carry plastic bags for pillows.
what we didnt get to do in Budapest : the public baths and Gellert Hill. museums and parks. and all those delightful looking pastries!!!!!
so here are photos taken by me using Martian’s camera. damn nice right the picture quality of his camera. why the person who bought it for him so clever choose camera wan!
#1 at a bar called Spare Key
#2 the moral story behind this sculpture is that man should help his fellow man. i think i missed the point
#3 Martian and Sze talking about dolls. if you look closely at Martian’s back pocket you can see the string of my camera :( sigh, the last vestige of it before it was rudely taken away from us!
#4 kids and their toys
#5 a little bit of Vaci street
#6 lepakers
#7 i am ashamed to say that we jaywalked a lot while in Vienna and Budapest
#8 girls hanging out outside the Great Market Hall
#9 the Great Market Hall, souvenier central
#10 my dad used to bring back these dolls for me every time he went to Europe. till today, i dont think he knows that these dolls actually scare the heck out of me
#11 i left my fingerprints on the dusty walls of Budapest
#12 napping
#13 Budapest road, Budapest girl
#14 while walking to dinner. i had bak kut teh for my starter! seriously.
#15 a bar that was situated in the courtyard of a school undergoing renovation
#16 foyer of Sze’s apartment building
#17 one of those old-fashioned elevators you only see in movies now. so cool right, i know.
#18 our neighbours for a while
#19 this woman had a little tupperware of watermelon cubes in her bag that she kept snacking from
#20 Martian map-reading and me disturbing
#21 train station stillness at Nepliget
#22 graffiti is universal
#23 but there’s a lot more of it in Budapest
#24 reprieve in the summer
#25 the Danube river
#26 at Castle Hill
#27 c’est us!
#28 with Sze who knows the secret to forever looking young
#29 doing our fountain thing
#30 The Pout!
#31 The Pout again!!
#32 stony angst
#33 lengchai tourists
#34 in Malaysia you get arrested
#35 fruit-shopping
#36 sausage-shopping. ‘aeroplane? this, problem! this, no problem!’
#37 goodbye Budapest and sunning myself by the side of the roads as trams rattle past and bicycles whistle by
42 Comments Add your own
1. gX | August 2nd, 2007 at 9:14 pm
hey, the colour quality of the pictures ARE really nice.
what camera model is the Martian using?
2. mm | August 2nd, 2007 at 9:21 pm
did you buy any souvenir or do any shopping whilst in vienna and budaoest?
3. mm | August 2nd, 2007 at 9:24 pm
oops typo, budapest.
4. moi | August 2nd, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Ah #34, i remember i told my then bf last year about how we’ll get arrested for embracing/hugging of that sort in public while he was in KL. He wouldnt believe me and proceeded to kiss me in front of a policeman in bkt bintang! Luckily we didnt end up in the lockup lah!
I wonder what happened to the rule/s now…
5. kennysia | August 2nd, 2007 at 10:11 pm
“why the person who bought it for him so clever choose camera wan!”
You mean you right?
6. lala | August 2nd, 2007 at 10:31 pm
yeah what’s the model of that camera??
really nice pics btw. :)
7. entwined | August 2nd, 2007 at 11:12 pm
you look TOO CUTE in #29!!!! :D and oooh i love #18…such a charming place! :)
8. ArtificiallyTimtam | August 2nd, 2007 at 11:17 pm
fueled by ramen is a record label.
academy is… :( gym class heroes :( cobra starship :(
9. eric | August 2nd, 2007 at 11:37 pm
sausages! ohhh.. i’ve heard many a tales about how european sausages are.. hahaha..
bratwursts! :P
10. clem | August 2nd, 2007 at 11:48 pm
brill post as usual. must make europe my next stop when i can find a willing travelling companion + enough cash + long enough holiday.
oh and i just found out you’re heading to the leaders summit thing this weekend. personally know one of the organisers :p damn a lot of smart people going.
11. 4th | August 3rd, 2007 at 12:10 am
I like the yellow lane subway, very classic look.
I love the experience of having a hot bath in Budapest (at the Buda side).
12. reallybites | August 3rd, 2007 at 12:54 am
must be an ixus!
13. Michael | August 3rd, 2007 at 3:35 am
“why the person who bought it for him so clever choose camera wan!” i personally think that it is his mother? his best friends? his emm…secret admirer? whose that person anyway. Too hard, i surrender. Nice pics as usual~ the bright sun and ur cleavage pairs well too~ haha lol
14. ria | August 3rd, 2007 at 8:31 am
i love the fountain pics and the last one. :D you guys look cute together. thanks for sharing the vienna and budapest pixies. too bad you lost your camera though :( but like they said, it’s an excuse to get an even better one. =)
15. hanna | August 3rd, 2007 at 8:52 am
i was in vienna/prague/budapest with my family a couple of years ago. your pictures make me miss it. a lot. ;)
ALSO YOU CAME TO DISCOVER AND DID NOT COME TO SAY HI TO ME GRRRRRRR
16. vvens | August 3rd, 2007 at 11:01 am
looks like anice place! because you take nice pictures an even if the place doesnt look nice, it looks nice in the images. hahaha. i dont know what i’m saying. ;p
i like picture #34 and #37.
anyway you’re so smart by numbering the pictures. its easier for us to comment. :)
17. sweat | August 3rd, 2007 at 11:21 am
clem: eh where got alot of smart people going! I’m not going also wtf. how ah miss one smart person edi.
yeah the pics are really goooood. and martian looks good tell him that!
18. dawn_1o9 | August 3rd, 2007 at 11:53 am
good pics of Budapest! I love the pouty faces. :P
I hope to read your review for Harry Potter soon.
19. Az1 | August 3rd, 2007 at 12:22 pm
I fell in love with Budapest, minus the stupid pickpocket of course. You should also visit Jersey, one of the channel islands of coast of France. I was there years ago and I fell in love with the place. I wanna retire there. :-P
20. sheon | August 3rd, 2007 at 1:36 pm
i dun like the figurines in #10 also……..they give me the creeps! remember “sesame street” used to feature these figurines as part of their “learn to count” thingy….its like promoting cannibalism lidat…the smaller piece will go into the bigger piece ….and in the end..there’s only one…..(am i talking funny?…must be caffeine withdrawal syndrome)
(note: spare key looks like a weed joint)
(note:but i LURVE sesame street)
21. crabby | August 3rd, 2007 at 5:33 pm
hey there, u look tall in the #2 pic, may i know how tall r u? hehe and the sky seem blue-er than malaysia, is it just the camera or ? :D
22. lawrenz | August 3rd, 2007 at 5:36 pm
I like your composition.. and the contrast of your pics especially the sky with the clouds pop out are really great… What camera model is that ?
23. pinkpau | August 3rd, 2007 at 8:37 pm
gx : nice leh nice leh. it’s the canon ixus 75.
mm : almost zilch, really. just brought some sausages back.
moi : pretty much still in effect
kennysia : haha u really are psychic!!
lala : thank u :) it’s the ixus 75
entwined : pic 18 is where we stayed during our 2 days there. martian’s friend’s apartment. damn cute right!
artificially : dont tempt meeeeeee -___-
eric : eep! bad tales or good tales?
clem : haha let me guess, you know chenchow. are you going for MSLS as well? wah got smart ppl ah okay good good i can feel smart by proxy oso :P europe is sooo lovely. you have to go :) i will be awaiting your gorgeous pictures.
4th : we never got to go to the baths :(
reallybites : but of course!!
michael : secret admirer ur head lah secret admirer -___- haha you know why sun + cleavage make a good pair.. coz my skin’s too white and hence reflects light well. haha! but now cannot oredi coz i got tanned
ria : i love the fountain pics too :D and yes an excuse to buy a better one, definitely. but im beginning to warm up to martian’s camera! (took it from him and didnt give it back, haha)
hanna : man we totally wanted to do prague :( and eh i walked past northwestern’s booth twice ok just to see if u were there! but then u werent so i figured u werent at the fair at all. bah! hey are you going to meet up with alvo this summer!
vvens : haha thank u thank u. this martian always try to lansi me with his photos, so nowadays i very happy when ppl tell me i take nice pictures :P and yalor the number system quite useful right!
sweat : why u not coming! and u can tell martian urself, coz we’ll be seeing u at rush hour on thurs! :D
dawn : the pout is so a must :P and no, i wont be reviewing harry potter 7!
az1 : will do :D
sheon : they had those things on sesame street?? arghhh how horrific. and ya i loved sesame street as a kid too. haha my fav was strangely not elmo, but big bird.
crabby : im about 5′4. and yes vienna + budapest have very blue skies :) being summer and all.
lawrenz : thank u! and it’s a canon ixus 75
24. chris | August 3rd, 2007 at 10:46 pm
hey..nice pics. yup i agree the quality is good. love ur template…pink-ish-ly sexy. XD
25. ArtificiallyTimtam | August 3rd, 2007 at 10:46 pm
go laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa… i buy you max brenner
26. foreverjas | August 3rd, 2007 at 10:48 pm
its so so nice all the photos! esp the ones u both are together!!!! U GUYS look so so nice!!!! admire*** !!!
27. hanna | August 3rd, 2007 at 11:09 pm
haha i was emceeing/moderating the seminar sessions so it was hard to be at northwestern’s booth for more than a few minutes at a time :(. and no, that bum alvo doesn’t seem to be coming back. yeesh. and i’m leaving for the states again tomorrow! nevermind, we shall do a big makan2 thing when everyone is finally around at the same time.
28. bulat | August 3rd, 2007 at 11:56 pm
beautiful photos. beautiful place. beautiful girl: D
29. clem | August 4th, 2007 at 1:58 am
nah not chenchow :P saw the manifest of 400 people going.. some from Harvard and Oxford and passed Mensa and goes for skydiving and fluent in Japanese and stuffs like that it’s really a bit depressing if I go lol.. which makes you really smart too seeing the amount of accolades that you have.
even if I wanted to go it was a bit too late, deadline was last week or something and I only found out about it last two days. though my hero Datuk Tony Fernandez is going to give a speech or something.
30. sheon | August 4th, 2007 at 2:09 am
Rumor has it, they are going to have Big Bird for thanksgiving on the last and final season of Sesame Street. Ba! Hahahhaa……
31. Darren | August 4th, 2007 at 10:09 am
i am adding budapest to my travel wishlist
32. Michelle | August 5th, 2007 at 5:36 am
I do agree that those dolls are freaky…. =(
33. Jade Z. | August 5th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
you make me wanna go to europe !!! but now i’m STUCK at OZ . f-ing kampung place summore ! urgh ~
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Ah, so that’s your secret. You wait for dramatic light like this (okay fine it’s always like this there) and let it cast shadows and give that 3D pop to enhance things.
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lol i love pic #34. =)
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