Yesterday, sunny 11 degrees Celsius. Finally, the weather allowed me to go for my Cavehill hiking trip. I quickly called my friends for hiking. One of them not feeling well and the other one still not yet awake so I just read online newspaper while waiting for my friend to wake up. We started our trip by taking bus ‘8a’ to the city centre. I paid £2.70 for the whole day pass. After taking out lunch at Burger King, we continue our journey by taking bus ‘1a’. My friend told me there is no Burger King at his hometown (NingPo).
(My friend was standing in front of the Belfast Castle)
Belfast Castle is at the foot of Cavehill so we visited the castle. Although the castle is quite small, it has a nice garden and architecture. The building that stands today was completed in 1870 by 2nd Marquess of Donegall, and was designed by Charles Lanyon and his son in Scottish baronial style.
We continue the trip after spending about half and hour there. We took cavehill trail. There are caves on the hill. I learnt that those cave were man made due to iron mining. We saw quite a lot of people bring their dogs to hike with them so certainly there are dog’s poops on the trail.At the summit, it was very windy. I just stopped for a while and took some photos before leave. It is a plateau at the top of the hill.
I saw some tree with a lot of flowers. It is really nice. I am not sure is it sakura (cherry tree) or some other type of flowers.
We reached Elms around 5 something in the evening. I enjoy this trip very much.
After that, she put 2 hands covering the whole face...She must be naughty or shy... to let us see her... So cute and funny.
Yesterday night, I attended Malaysian Night organized by Malaysian Students Society Northern Ireland. The event was held at Holiday Inn, Belfast so the ticket was not cheap. The evening events include Malaysia cultural dance, singing, magic show, and “Rojak” dance (mixed everything). Most of the performances are performed by the committee members. They worked very hard the whole night. They have invited honourable guess, Anna Lo, MLA for Southern Belfast.
My friend and I went together in semi formal (coat and tie). We were seated same table with invited performer (Chinese student) who performed Magic Show and singing. My friend was very excited and happy the whole night. He chatted with the Chinese Female students and asked me to take photos with them.
Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) celebrated Commonwealth Day on March 9th, 2009. They have invited postgraduate student from Commonwealth country who are studying in university in Northern Ireland to celebrate Commonwealth Day. The event was held on 
I have made a few more friends from different country such as Kenya, Ghana, India and Canada. One of the assembly members is Chinese migrated from Hong Kong, Anna Lo. She is the MLA for Southern Belfast which includes Queen's University area. I believe the Southern Belfast has a lot of migrants.
I was planning to go for hiking after my visit to St. George Market. I woke up early in the morning and walked to the St. George Market. The market opens two days in a week which is on Friday and Saturday. The design of the market does not impress me but one thing that is good about the architecture is the air ventilation system. Although the market is enclosed, it is not smelly. They used Gaelic blue material for the roof so it is not dark in the building. 
I spent about half an hour walking around in the market and took quite numbers of photos. Before I left the market I have bought a roasted pig (hog) burger costs me £4. 
On the way walking back to the flat, it was raining so I decided just stay at home instead of going for my hiking trip. 
This is my 2nd time having dim sum in Belfast. Last week, my friend came back from Malaysia after his long Chinese New Year holiday. We went to Lee Garden Restaurant to have dim sum suggested by my friend's sister. She works there as a waitress but she wasn't on duty that morning may be she wanted to welcome her brother back to Belfast. The interior design for Lee Garden is quite new and modern.
