Imran bersama ummi

Seawal jam 6 pagi dah mula mencari-cari tempat yang sesuai untuk diabadikan dalam kenangan.Sebelum tu dah siap buat 'wake up call' untuk teman2 yang lain,takut2 kalau dia orang tak perasan kat luar dah snow.......
Rasa sejuk yang memang amat sejuk tu dah macam tak rasa sangat sebab sibuk dok menekan camera.tapi kali ni memang puas hati sebab banyak pic dapat ambik.Kalau tahun depan balik m'sia tak dapat lah main snow lagi........

Millennium Bridge


Setelah 5 hari cuti2 christmas akhirnya sampai ke destinasi terakhir percutian "Newcastle".Masa ni dah rasa letih tapi bergambar tu memang tak dapat nak elakkan.sebab saya memang suka bergambar.Newcastle memang happening kalau nak di bandingkan dgn Oxford .masa kat Newcastle banyak shopping sebab masa ditempat2 lain tak sempat nak shopping christmas sale.selain bergambar i memang suka shopping kalau tak pun window shopping kalau nak ikutkan letih memang letih tapi bukan selalu dapat bercuti



Newcastle memang banyak bridge,yang lama mahupun yang baru semuanya memang cantik tapi yang paling terkenal Millennium Bridge

Saat yang menyeronokkan bila dapat sampai ke Holly Island,tiada jambatan yang menghubungkan 'mainland' dengan Holly island.Jalan untuk menuju ke Holly island akan kelihatan apabila air laut surut.Dalam jangka waktu ini sahaja holly island di hubungkan dengan 'mainland'.Dalam pada waktu menyusuri jalan ke Holly Island terasa juga berdebar takut2 kalau air pasang.Tapi jadual pasang surut air memang di beritahu.Jika waktu air hampir pasang memang tidak dibenarkan merentasi kawasan tersebut.






on the way to Holly Island we stop midway at the seabed to take some photo,the wind was strong........

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Cardiff Castle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cardiff Castle (Welsh: Castell Caerdydd) is a medieval castle and Victorian revival mansion, transformed from a Norman keep erected over a Roman fort in Cardiff, the capital of Wales The Roman fort There may have been at least two previous Roman forts on the site. The first was probably built about AD 55 during the conquest of the Silures tribe. From the late 2nd to the mid-3rd century, civilian timber buildings associated with iron working occupied the site. The Norman castle The Norman keep was built on a high motte on the site of a Roman castra, first uncovered during the third Marquess of Bute's building campaign. The Norman keep, of which the shell remains, was constructed about 1091, by Robert Fitzhamon, lord of Gloucester and conqueror of Glamorgan. After the failed attempt of Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy, the Conqueror's eldest son, to take England from Henry I, Robert of Normandy was imprisoned here until his death in 1134.[1] The castle, rebuilt in stone, was an important stronghold of Marcher Lords, in the Clare and Despenser families and the Beauchamps earls of Warwick. In the eighteenth century the castle became the property of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, who became through his Herbert wife a major landowner in the area, and whose heirs developed the docks that transformed Cardiff from a fishing village to a major port during the nineteenth century The Victorian mansion In the early 19th century the castle was enlarged and refashioned in an early Gothic Revival style for John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute by Henry Holland. But its transformation began in 1868 when 3rd Marquess of Bute commissioned William Burges to undertake a massive rebuilding which turned the castle into a 19th century fantasy of a medieval palace, with a series of rooms that, perhaps, constitute the highest achievement of later Victorian Gothic Revival design. The coming together of the Marquess, enormously rich, early Catholic convert and steeped in a romantic vision of the mediaeval world and Burges, pre-eminent art-architect, committed Goth and hugely-talented designer forged one of the great patron/architect relationships and led to a succession of dazzling architectural triumphs of which Cardiff Castle is the greatest of all. Rebuilding began with the Clock Tower, planned 1866-1868 and begun in 1869. The towers continue westward, the Tank Tower, the Guest Tower, the Herbert Tower and the Beauchamp Tower, part Burges, part Holland, part 15th and 16th century, creating a skyline, best observed from Bute Park, that echoes Burges' unbuilt design for the Law Courts and presents a visually-stunning image of a mediaeval city. Within the Castle, the succession of sumptuous apartments; the Winter and Summer Smoking Rooms, the Chaucer Room, the Arab Room, Lord Bute's Bedroom, the Roof Garden, repeatedly illustrates Burges' supreme skill as an art-architect. Taking complete control of the designing, the building, the decoration and the furnishing of the apartments, and using his favoured team of Nicholls, Crace, Lonsdale, Burges created a suite of rooms in a unique Gothic Revival style that is unrivalled Access and events The castle was later sold to the city of Cardiff by the Bute family in 1947 for £1. It is now a popular tourist attraction, and houses a regimental museum in addition to the ruins of the old castle and the Victorian reconstruction. It sits in the expansive grounds of Bute Park. The castle has hosted a number of rock concerts and performances and has the capacity to accommodate over 10,000 people. Notable concerts include the Stereophonics Live at Cardiff Castle in June 1998 and Green Day in 2000. In 1948 a crowd of 16,000, a record for British Baseball game, watched Wales defeat England in Cardiff Castle grounds. Cardiff Castle plays host to Cardiff University's Summer Ball each year. It is also the site of Wales' largest Mardi Gras held every August.

Millennium Stadium
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The Millennium Stadium (Welsh: Stadiwm y Mileniwm), is the national stadium of Wales, located in the capital Cardiff, and is used primarily for rugby union and football home internationals. At the time of its construction it was the largest stadium in the United Kingdom with a capacity of 75,100, but has since been overtaken by Old Trafford, Twickenham Stadium and the new Wembley Stadium. The Millennium Stadium is owned by Millennium Stadium plc which is a subsidiary company owned by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU).

History

Background
Until 1969 Cardiff and Wales played their home matches on the same pitch but a sea-change came in the 1969-70 season. As a result of an agreement between Cardiff Athletic Club and the WRU, the National Stadium project established a new stadium for international matches with club rugby fixtures switched to the original cricket ground on the Cardiff Arms Park site.

In 1994 a redevelopment committee was set up to consider redeveloping the National Stadium. By 1995 the WRU was chosen to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup.

By 1999 the National Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park, as it was officially known, was replaced by the Millennium Stadium. Cardiff Rugby Football Club, however, continue to play at Cardiff Arms Park.

National Stadium at Cardiff Arms Park, which was designed in 1962, showed that other nations stadia had overtaken it, with Twickenham Stadium (England) with a capacity of 82,000 and Murrayfield Stadium (Scotland) with a capacity of 67,000, and with France about to build the Stade de France with a capacity of over 80,000 for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Additional problems were that the National Stadium was also very well hidden by the neighbouring buildings to the south in Park Street, Wood Street and to the east in Westgate Street, and also by Cardiff Rugby Ground in the north. It was only visible fully visible from across the River Taff in the west. Access to the ground was also very restricted with the main entrance being a narrow opening in Westgate Street to the east which is shared by both vehicles and spectators alike.

In order to remain on the Arms Park site additional space had to be found to allow safe access and to provide room for the increased capacity and facilities. This was achieved by the purchase of adjacent buildings to the south and east and by the construction of a new River Walk by the River Taff on the west side.

The capacity of the National Stadium was 53,000, which included 11,000 standing in the East Terrace. With new safety regulations, this would mean that the capacity would be reduced further to 47,500. It was decided that the new stadium should have a sliding roof to accommodate a multi-use venue, with a grass pitch for rugby and football (soccer). The only other sliding roof in Europe at the time was at the Amsterdam Arena, with a capacity of 50,000.

The options for the new stadium included adding a third tier to the existing National Stadium. Other options included moving to a new site. But this option was discounted because it would require vast car parking facilities and that would put severe short-term pressure on the local transport infrastructure, creating traffic jams and pollution.

The committee eventually chose a new stadium on the same site but with considerable increase in its capacity. It would also involve moving the alignment of the stadium from west-east to north-south. This was the option supported by the Millennium Commission. It would become the fourth redevelopment of the Cardiff Arms Park site

Features

The all-seater stadium has the capacity for 75,100 supporters and features a retractable roof (only the second stadium in Europe, and the second biggest in the world, with this feature) to protect the playing surface from the elements. Additional seating is sometimes added for special events such as a rugby Test against the All Blacks, or formerly for the FA Cup final. The record attendance of 75,100, who saw Wales defeat Scotland by 30-15 in the 2008 Six Nations Championship on 9 February 2008.

The natural grass turf is a made up of a modular system installed by GreenTech ITM. It features built in irrigation and drainage. The pitch itself is laid on top of some 7,400 pallets which can be moved so the stadium can be used for concerts, exhibitions and other events.

The superstructure of the stadium is based around four 90.3 metre masts. The stadium was built from 56,000 tonnes of concrete and steel, and has 125 hospitality boxes, 22 bars, 7 restaurants, 17 first aid points, 12 escalators and 7 lifts.[9] In each of the stadium's bars, so-called "joy machines" can pour 12 pints in less than 20 seconds. During a Wales-France match, 63,000 fans drank 77,184 pints of beer, almost double the 44,000 pints drunk by a similar number of fans at a game at Twickenham.

The stadium has a resident hawk named "Dad", who is employed to drive seagulls and pigeons out of the stadium

Motorsports

In 2001 it staged its first ever motorsport event, hosting the Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, and has done every year since, in 2007 attracting over 41,000, a record for British Speedway. In September 2005 the stadium was host to the first ever indoor stage of the World Rally Championship during the Wales Rally Great Britain. The lower tier of the stadium was removed to create a figure-of-eight course. In addition to this, the stadium has hosted stages for the British Rally and motocross events. In October 2007 The stadium will host the UK leg of the Monster Jam Monster trucks Europe tour


Film

The stadium has also on occasion been used as a venue for shooting film and television productions. "Dalek", an episode of the 2005 season of the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, was shot primarily on location at the stadium, using its underground areas to stand in for an underground base in Utah, United States in the year 2012. The location shooting for the episode took place during October and November 2004. The underground areas of the stadium were used again in Doctor Who for the 2005 Christmas special, "The Christmas Invasion". The area was used as the headquarters for UNIT, based under the Tower of London. The episode was broadcast on Christmas Day 2005. The Hindi film Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham was also filmed there.

The Wembley stadium scene in the film 28 Weeks Later was actually filmed at the Millennium Stadium. Although the outside is footage of Wembley, the inside is all filmed in Cardiff. The effects team on the film edited the footage to make it look more like Wembley

Rugby Union

The stadium is the home of the Welsh rugby union team, who play all of their home fixtures at the venue. These games include those during the Six Nations, as well as the November Tests against nations from the Southern Hemisphere. Apart from the national team the stadium has been used for Celtic League games, as well as Heineken Cup matches. The Cardiff Blues sometimes play larger home fixtures at the ground

Seawal jam 0900am kami sampai di Cardiff Bay,terasa sejuk juga pagi tu,tapi kami tahan je lah.Dalam cuaca sejuk tu pun kami boleh berserapan bersama2,almaklumlah christmas kedai pun tutup,jadi kami membawa juadah masing2.bila dah lapar cuaca sejuk cam mana pun tak jadi masalah asalkan dapat minum coffe panas.
suasana sunyi seperti kawasan yang tak berpenghuni,hanya suara riuh kami mengisi ruang....









Sekali pandang seperti besi buruk yang memang berharga tapi ianya adalah ukiran rupa manusia (Bronze figure)......modern art

Pada 25 Dec 2007,seawal jam 0630am kami memulakan perjalanan dari Oxford menuju ke Cardiff.cuaca memang agak sejuk dan pagi tu sepanjang perjalanan memang hujan.kami berkonvoi 4 kereta.perjalanan kami memang tenang n lancar, motorway memang lengang.masa tu org baru nak buka christmas present tapi kami dah berjalan.Cardiff Bay destinasi pertama kami di cardiff,untuk gambar2 di Cardiff bay kena tengok next entry






merentasi jambatan ni terasa macam berada di atas jambatan Pulau Pinang

its winter n its getting colder.Day time is getting shorter n night time is getting longer.bila cuaca macam ni memang lah rasa macam nak tidur je.tapi kekadang amat membosankan............