Woooooohooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!

Oh, and here's an xmas card from us to you :) and our flatmate Adelene has done a superb job in looking for the raw materials along the path of our neighbour's backyards!

Have been rather busy trying to survive winter. Harder to wake up and harder to move around since we are rather stingy with electricity and it's always dark when it comes to play time :P. Anyway, have posted some pictures up for the occasion in london and a nifty restaurant we went to.

If I don't post anything before Christmas, have a Merry one and enjoy the New Year. It's a new beginning to start a fresh for everything and this I find more each day, that each of us has a chance to change something, or to want to do something. It's never too late, unless of course the physical body can no longer cope. But then again, some amazing people can do amazing thing regardless of the physical being.

Enjoy!

The origins of the mince pie begins with themedieval pastry, chewette which was either fried or baked. The "chewette" actually contained liver or chopped meat mixed with boiled eggs and ginger. Dried fruit and sweet ingredients would be added to the chewette's filling for variety.

By the 16th century 'mince' or shred pie was considered a Christmas speciality, but in the 17th century, Oliver Cromwell made the eating of mince pies onChristmas Day illegal. (This law was voted fourth "most ridiculous British law" in a 2007 poll) In the mid-17th century the liver and chopped meat was replaced by suet, and meat products were no longer generally used in the 'mince' by the 19th century in both North America and Great Britian. Though traditional suet pies are still made, they are no longer the dominant form

Who is Oliver Cromwell?
Apparently really famous among the Brits as he was the first to leader best known for his involvement in makingEngland into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector England, Scotland and Ireland.

That's so dumb. He did something ultimately great and something ultimately stupid...

I learn something new each day ;)

Have loaded up Bruges pictures!!

The trip started on a Friday night where it took 2.5 hours on 2 different trains and stayed in a bunk bed hostel for the first time :P. It was next to a loud bar so one of my ex-colleagues thankfully brought ear plugs :)

I didn't know where the showers were as I thought the door linked to it was another room so I showered at my other ex-colleagues room. Was quite a drama on that day as Mark over heard a breaking up happening as people were going into the platforms into the train and some Aussie dude came banging on our doors. Hehe. Beds were cozy enough. Bruges was one hour ahead. So we woke up and had nice breakfast (cereal, juice, buns, spreads and hard boil eggs...yum) and walked abit after while waiting for our other friends to wake up (only to find that they woke up earlier than us)

That day we visited a couple of churches, bought chocolates, had a beer tour, went up the clocktower, bought each other a round of chocolates, visited the xmas markets, had waffles and more chocolates and had a 3 course meal. Quite a bit done huh? ;)

Next day was snowing lightly, so we visited the Church of Juruselam (where the film 'In Bruges' starring Colin Ferrel was shot), went to the Museum (was very interesting), saw Magic Ice on display, and I went home First Class with a 5 pound upgrade :D

What was superbly interesting was the Museum, whereby the Old Town Hall was described in very detailed manner and I was amazed with the Fire Place (I wasn't allowed to take it) that was carved from the bottom right through the ceiling. The top bit of the fire place was carved out of wood, dictating Prince Charles and his parents and great parents. Followed by a marble lining that showed a story of a woman who was molested by two judges, only to end up the judges being stoned to death as their punishment.

Came home feeling like a blob and I had trouble sleeping because I was overdosed with chocolates! But it was definitely warmer coming back...and there he was, waiting for me to arrive patiently without even having dinner first...Luv you too :)

Tickets - 200 (would have been cheaper if I booked earlier)
Accomodation - 30
Cloctower - 5
Old Town Hall . Museum - 2.50
Beer Tour - 5
Churches - Free
Dinner - 12
Food and nibbles - 2+4+4+2+2.50...etc
Souveniers - 4+4+6.50+4+4
Bus back to the train station - 1.60
Magic Ice - 15


BEhold~ the images to all the blabberness that I have typed out on this post :P

Sales, Christmas deco...everything is up and so the events are on...

I am back to this 'wanting to blog' and when I am about to, I get swamped with things to do. This is London for sure. There are so many things I have observe, seen and went through that every single one is new.

But I do remember one story. I was at the tube (starting to dislike the tube during peak time), when a lady came in and stood next to me. She didn't hold anything to plant her foot on the floor and she was reading a business magazine. She looked about mid 20's or younger, perhaps English wasn't her first language.

As the tube was moving, there were a couple of times where she fell behind this guy (specially when she was in deep reading) but most of the time, I admired her being so stable. So then the guy politely asked her to hold the rail and he even made room for her to hold it (she was a few centimeters from it too) , he quotes 'It's fine by me for you to fall on me, but it doesn't look appropriate'. And she said no
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And then she did again. The guys around him started to giggle
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So wierd...and when she got off, she said 'I give you some space now'. But the guy said not to worry because he was leaving as well.

LOL!!!

Crazy...

Anyway, streets over here are switching on their xmas decorations, and the main streets have performances like Sugarbabes before they turn it on...here are a few piccies

Am off to Bruges this weekend :). Was an impulsive decision since I needed to get outer here and so I took an upgrade to business for an extra £5! Bring on the 4 course meal and Champagne...not forgetting the chocolates, xmas market and food too...Mmmmm

Health is starting to creep up on me. I can tell that my body has slowly stop producing cells as fast as it was. I can feel now that the peak of my life physically has now passed after the age of 25. After my muscles have shrunk, I can feel my skin starting to whither and my vices are taking its toll over my body. It is rather ironic in a way being a human being. This battle against trying to pro-long death is continuous.

But one cannot think that way...wisdom, love and happiness neutralises this effect. I have started to understand that my vices (such as a sweet tooth) is only triggered by certain things like stress and pressure. I did come across an article whereby junk food is craved by junk food. Once you start with chips, you feel like coke, and then you feel like ice cream and then back to wedges...and it keeps going and going! Thankfully I listen closely to my body, and for that I have open myself up to different kinds of organic food like mushrooms, capsicum and onions, natural dressings and these food really completes / cleanses me in a way...hmm, some philosophical thinking.

Anyhoo, it doesn't stop the truth from going to the dentist yesterday. I have gum disease known as periodontitis (so I think after a small research on wikipedia) and its apparently common among us Asians (but D doesn't think so). Now and know why it IS a problem if you are bleeding while you're brushing...gosh, that took a while. Not only that, losing your teeth is painless...OMG, I never knew that too...Anyway, felt like it was like ground hog day, in a way that what my sis got told was almost the exact thing that was told to me by a different dentist.

Funny that. Am wondering whether these doctors not only memorise medicines but scripts on to talking to people. I knew it was coming because I was wondering how come some areas of my mouth were more sensitive to cold food and not others. So yeah, I think I know how I eat now in a way that some areas are more affected than other. Half of the back of my mouth and the bottom front are affected so far. Thankfully, I still have got the other half of the back of my mouth for cold stuff. As long as that is alive, I can still devour to my all time vice: sweeties...mwahaha

In other updates, there was a birthday / farwell and I finally visited my cousin at last :) . She taught me the passion of being a chef and I'm so proud of her. Always proud to show her off to my friends because 99.9% of the time they will go 'woooooow'. Hehe. Must grab more tips on cooking next.

I have also updated my piccies on flickr :) Enjoy

On my social side of things, I went to see the Byzantium display. It is called Isreal now :). So there was an era of Christianity before it fell into Muslim. Quite interesting but not as great as I thought. But what made me ponder most was how I manage to secure the tickets after wishing to go by looking at the advert in the tube stations....could it be God's will?A reminder?He does really work in mysterious ways...


Other than that, I went out and had my first taste of Belgium beer! I like the Bellevue cherry flavoured beer...good start hehe. Looking forward to a trip to Belgium itself and enjoy the chocolates too Mmmmm...



Am currently hanging out at home for a change. There was another birthday to go to but I couldn't be bothered with the weather being superbly cold! :P. Therefore, I have time to update :)

The yucky side of London:

• Drivers literally drive over the puddle just to drench passerby.
• People always want convenience. They always walk the shortest route to a destination. Hence, there's always trouble trying to pass each other.
• Place is too small and people are too big.
  
• Family so far away.
• Crowd in tube and bus public transport during peak hours. Uugghh
  

The wonderful and amazing side of London:

• Offer for tea/coffee at work all the time.
• Colleagues take the initiative to bring some deserts to work on their birthday or when they come back from a holiday.
• Being independent :)
• Shopping shopping shopping.
• Free locker and towel everytime I got to the gym.
• Free chocolate coated Krispy Kreme! (Till end of this month).
• Free samples at Borough market!
• Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr shot Sherlock Holmes 5 mins from my office!
• Free gifts at the Olympic parade!
  

Isn't it ironic

By observing two mid 20's ladies who dress up to the 9 and were wearing easily ₤100 of clothes and accesories, I come to think of what good is it to spend all the cash on the irrelevent things than to save it.

Saving it will get you earning interest, so much so that you can save to get a mortgage, and further invest into a house or properties, and after having money to make money, you can live more comfortably in later life...

But what is the point when after earning your comfort, you have already moved out of youth, and no longer able to wear that ₤100 worth of clothes and accessories once before?

Life is ironic, you need to live the moment and think about the future at the same time. Does go to show that sometimes 'Time' cannot be defined in certain ways but it is part of the human race as we are made to die physically....

Hehe, yes, been slacking off here, was more waiting for photos to arrive before I upload them on flickr....

Okok, here goes:

Last Thur - Shot to Westminster to meet up with Dad's lecturer. I finally manage to come up close to Big Ben at a wonderful day! The sun shone on it brightly under the blue dark sky. Headed to meet up with an NZ friend to watch Lion King. THe show was excellent but the main Simba's both young and old didn't perform as well. I didn't know why I was irritated by their english accent :P



Last Sat - woke up after sleeping in, mop the entire lower floor, before heading out to meet up with an NZ friend and checked out Borough market. This market is like a small taste of Europe. Lots of home made cooked food as well as organic food to sample and buy. Was quite amazing, I saw this wierd Cauliflower that shapes like an acorn! And I saw a purple one too.

After that, we headed out to watch my first soccer football game. England vs Kazakhstan. It was sold out and was held out at Wembly Park. Took as a good half an hour to get there....Crowd was huge! But suprisingly quiet at where we sat when there is no excitement. But the chants on the lower floors kept going and going...there were a band of trumpets too and we all had to stand up when the National Anthems were playing


What was really amazing is that one part of the seating area had to hold up coloured card boards to represent the England flag


Quite cool. I manage to see football stars like Lampard, Rooney, and Beckham (who only came in the last 6 minutes). D was amazing to tell who is playing by just studying their football skill and the way they run! We left 10mins before the game finish to avoid a 2 hour queue later on.

When we were coming out of the area, people were literally running to the tube stop. THere were about 9 rows of policemen and women lined up outside of the stadium! Scary,D felt like a prisoner escaping!

After that, we headed to chinatown to celebrate another friend's birthday. THe cake was amazing! Triple layer sponge cake with fresh fruits decorated on top. Was a beautiful cake. And yummy to eat too.



We headed to a bar owned by 3 different people who decorated the inner bar separately...Very interesting coz we couldn't order drinks at the bar but had to grab a table to order. We were sitting very close to this art where it's a 3D ship shaped by layers of glass. Very pretty and there was a pacman print on the ceiling. Cute!

Last Sun - Think I went to play badminton...boring kekeke

Weekend hasn't 'started' yet but I got a expensive nice dress and I can't wait to wear it.

Gosh, I saw this advertisment in a tube stop about 2 weeks ago and I was thinking of going to it (although there was a price to pay)


And then I found out that my company were giving away FREE tickets!!!


God really works in mysterious ways....

on other news, Pasta Hut is replacing good ole Pizza Hut

I got an absolute shock when I pick Carol up and she handed me this Huge Glassons bag full of Kiwi goodies! 'Advance Xmas Pressies for you and Dave'

Aaaaaaaaaaw, I was so touched when I opened them, so much so that I was suppose to wash the dishes and clear the table up for my flatmate's visitors.

Thank you Carol, Gene, Mike, Howell and Novi :) . And I am guessing that Miranda and Anthony know about this!!

Super sweet of this group of friends to always think of me no matter how much I'm a pain in not replying to their emails or make it a point to do a gathering online to chat. HAHA. I owe you HEAPS of pressies from here.... o.O


On the other hand, piccies of Kiera is getting cuter and cuter each day!!! Superbly enjoyed looking through them no matter what :D

Being such a doofus dits again, I thought I'd bought some yogurt for dear D since he hadn't been buying any. It was quite a bargain, since it was 4 for £2. But it turned out to be sweet rice instead.

So....I have no choice but to 'attempt' to eat it



And...it actually taste quite nice!!! I think they put too much toppings to hide the rice :P

Speaking of purchases...I spoiled myself with something...mwahahaha....and there will be more coming,wahahahahahhahahaha


Photobucket is kinda cool...allows you to do funky stuff now like effects etc. Like this:

Oh boy oh boy oh boy....my first attempt back at the gym. I can't believe how just walking 1 min from my office to this place gives me a great place to work out!!


Fitness first is amazing..£10 for a casual entry, £55 for concessions of 10, and £45 a month (need to go more than 2 times per week to make up for the cost). I chose the second one to begin with, although becoming a full member entitles you to any fitness first all over the world!! Not only that, other facilities that I even get as being a casual person is a sauna, a tanning room, scanned card for lockers (I don't need to bring a locker!), fast flowing warm showers and hair drying and make-up mirror areas with proper stools and bench! Jeepers, the gym has all the typical equipment plus the vibrating machines! Woooooooow, and there are heaps of classes available, although they took pilates off this time (stink).

I tried out two of the classes - one was LBT (Legs, Bum and Thighs) whereby we work those areas including abs. Was aching the next day and didn't realise how unfit I was. There were lunges, side lunges, squats, side and front planks, proper sit ups, leg lifts and skip and lunge backward exercise all for 45 mins.

The other one was spinning classes...where I literally wished I didn't go and was already died halfway through the exercise. I couldn't keep up with the exercises! OMG, first time I had a full on work out in years. I was flooding pouring with sweat. We had to sprint cycle, do bicep perss ups and tricep press ups while we cycle, alternating to cycle up hill and downhill, and be in racing position. I was struggling with the alternation and was trying my best to keep my posture in good position. Man, felt like I just sprinted 1k in the pool...

And the funny thing is spin cycle is super full at lunchtimes...wierd how people prefer to exercise then and not after work. Good for me :D.

Nyhoo, sent Miranda off back to NZ. Manage to plan up a small day trip for her and she has tasted one of the best indian and duck food, window shopping in oxford street, she got a dress and finish off visiting the British Museum...all in a span of 10 hours. So proud,heh.

My comfort zone always expands at work. New experience, new things to do, new challenges, new attempts and failures, always scary because I keep having to climb out of my shell...and I am so glad that there is support with this company.

Why I go for the double dose by living my life in London? o.O where life outside the office serves just as the same.

Am wondering whether conflicts at work actually keeps the profits going...like contractors are stress to be on time, whereas engineers care more on preventing the building falling rather than trying to hand designs in on time. What a conflict to balance and negotiate. Maybe it's a good thing to keep people on their toes. It all boils down to a decision both parties are happy with. It may not be perfect, but it is good enough to console one another.

Isn't that similar to relationships? This world is round both physically and emotionally.

There are pics and explanation on my flickr! Check it out :)

I thoroughly enjoyed it haha. It's pretty much Sesame Street adult version. D noticed a group of old ladies at the front not looking all too impressive, heh. We manage to get half price of the cost and it was held in a small stage area too so there was maximum viewing. We had a tv screen next to us too which was a plus.

Bits that I love:

'Everyone's a little bit racist'
'It sucks to be you'
'The internet is for porn'
'Purpose'
'For now'

Anyway, while I was eating lunch, I noticed a few things about packaging. Thought I'd share it too :)

Saturday started off with shopping for something to wear for a tea party. Being a girl, I ended up not buying that and bought other stuff instead o.O. I spent perhaps one hour or more eying at a skirt I want, and went to perhaps 3 other H&M and Uniqlo stores along Oxford street and couldn't find the size I want.

And all I was after was a simple plain black skirt.

The thing about UK shopping is eventhough it is not a sale, when you come back to get the jacket you want, the sizes are all gone. So when you find something you like, whether or not it's on sale, it'll be gone when you come back again.

Anyhoo, I went back to the same store and waited patiently for one of the sales assistant to grab the skirt off a mannequin...yeah, I was that desperate because I really like that black skirt. It was a sweet ending to my shopping spree :). Other stuff I bought was a scarf, bracelet, necklace, a cute pair of ear rings, a silk shirt and some fine merino top...and I avoided looking at each receipts when I got home.

And while I was out shopping and playing badminton, D decided to attempt on making Authentic Chicken Rice!!! And I am so proud of him!! He was so detailed, hehe...to the point that he marinated the chicken with salt, garlic, and ginger and pre-cook rice with oil and garlic before actually cooking it!

First time that I attempted to cut a whole chicken! Thanks to this instruction, heh. Took me about half an hour. I did everything except splitting the drumstick and thighs...Place the middle carcasses in one bag, wings and breasts in a container, and drumstick and thighs in one bag

Anyhoo, I'm addicted to broccoli and cauliflower mixed with cheese and garlic sauce...Mmmmm, super lazy to cook meat, so it's mostly processed. Didn't wana cook rice for myself either since it's only me eating. Voila~ my second dish!

So we have moved in for about 2 weeks now, things are settling down quite well, with a huge Tesco nearby that sells cheaper groceries and a shopping mall. Things feel more spacious, quite, safe and further away from the crowd. All of this with a higher price to pay, plus it is close to a lake, river, park and the Thames river too. We passed a ship that is actually a residential area!

Anyhoo, the first time moving in, I couldn't stand the back garden's over grown trees...

Everytime I watch the games, I tear in the sense of joy for those who actually wins the gold medal. I think know how much pressure they actually went through specially after looking at the joys on the faces to those who won badminton. Feels like those days where I was fighting for a medal at varsity games but the differences is that these athletes trained much longer in their lives to accomplish this. Superbly happy for them. It makes me wonder as to whether champions are made or born to win.

I too wonder whether this is a mere phase in life, whereby as one retires as an athlete, one will eventually settle down into an actual job or a family, in which they thus disappear from fame and media, and that it is just a sentimental memory to remember. Perhaps, Legends will last but to actually qualify for the Olympics without winning feels like a job halfway done.

Could qualifying for the Olympics actually be a goal clarified as something hard to reach, or is it just another satisfying goal one can work towards to? Perhaps it depends on talent, which comes back to whether the successful leaders or athletes are naturaly made or whether or not they are the ones who broke fate into becoming someone who is heard.

I reckon I would respect the ones who didn't have as much talent as the ones who did. The 2 Olympic games that I thoroughly kept up to date was the one in Atlanta when I was 14 and Beijing Games. Looking back, Atlanta gave me the hope and the motivation to create a goal of being an inspiration in terms of sportmanship and to reach National levels as an athlete.

And right now, I am at the same age or older to some the athletes who won medals at the Olympics. I asked myself why am I feeling a small regret and disappointment at myself, for I have not achieve what I truly want in life as I compare to the recent made Legends. Comparison is my weakness. Time is truly ticking, and I am glad to have realised it at this moment of my life.

I am proud of China nevertheless. They have re-created the Olympics in a true unique way. The opening ceremony was breathe taking and that I was emotional when I watched it. I am so proud that part of my blood is from China itself. So proud that we still maintain and show off our hardwork and dicipline principals.I shall remember it and am looking forward to the London Olympics while I am hopefully here.

You have just washed your hands. You see tissue and the dryer. You start to think of which is the more efficient way to conserve energy. Tissue would lead to waste but then it get's recycled. Where as the dryer dries your hands faster but the heat energy can't be transferred after.

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Anyway, I have passed a few interesting buildings during work and will definitely take photos of them whenever I am freeeeee....some of them are:
1) The Gherkin
2) Lloyd's London (dubbed the 'inverted' building)
3) Arup's new headquarters out at Fitzroy Street

2nd and 3rd one were done by the same architectural company called Richard Rogers. They also did a similar one in Hong Kong. Apparently it's some kind of phase.

Am learning the processes of flatting and being on contract for work. Very interesting.

Also learning about the plans for bills in a flat. Also interesting. One day, i'll collate and organise them for any first timers :).

Thinking of going further out than London and see the markets. It's about £1 per trip to places like Liverpool! Cheap cheap.

• I have fallen in love with this restaurant. Whoever who arrives here for the first time, I'm so gona bring you to eat at this place...I love it!

I have been slavering away in the last two weeks looking for a place to stay and settling down with work. Till then, there won't be many photos until we are fully settled a place as our weekends will be packed with schedules of places to see! Shall bring my camera along in case I see interesting photos...

More photos on flickr!

In the wee early morning, we took the tube over to Buckhingam Palace to see the changing of the guards at about 11am. Happens everyday and today was particularly warm as the sun was out today. We stood by one of the entrances, when the actual action was between both the entrances.

We were facing straight on against the sun too. So after waiting , I decided to walk around. I manage to take this with my hands held really high in the air.


You actually see different things from different angles of where you are. They band played James Bond soundtrack which was quite entertaining :). It actually costs money to go in so we decided to skip it for today. Headed to the Natural Science History Museum.

Base on HL's pressie she gave me, we tried to see all 10 top exhibits as there are some 70 million specimens brought home by Charles Darwin and Captain's Cook's botanist. The video clip below is the top exhibit that we went to check out. Gemstones. The colour changes when lit in UV light



Other top exhibits were:

1. Gemstones
   
2. Earthquake Simulator (Didn't see any)
   
3. Journey Through the Globe (Missed this out)
   
4. No.1 Crawley House (Had a red ant house which was wonderful, we spotted a soldier ant)
   
5. Model Baby (No big deal)
   
6. Water Cycle Video Wall (missed this out)
   
7. Fossils (Part of the dinosaurs and at the entrance)
   
8. Blue Whale (Didn't go see as it was just another doll)
   
9. Dinosaurs (Superbly amazing)
   
10. Meteorite (which is also near the gemstone area)

If you have already since the piccies, do go there again as I have finished my comments on them. Enjoy!

Visit my flickr for more piccies! I've added it on to the Central London set :)


This video clip was taken in the 'play land' of the science museum where we saw heaps of kids playing with toys like bubbles of different shape, lights, building bridges, playing with fancy lights and lots more...It is actually dry ice that goes from solid to gas on a glass of dark liquid (didn't really know what it was). Very pretty site.

I better update my blog before I will be bombarded with interviews as well as having to research on each company before I get to them. I shall be posting more up on flickr rather than here when things start to get busy.

If any of you are feeling lost in my Flickr album, click here. Think it'll be more strategic looking at the photos from here :)

Hokai, here we go

British Museum (10.07.08)
The weather was out, I got excited, me and D shot off for a walk to the British Museum via a short cut. I came across really nice building that I couldn't help but to take a photo eventhough I know I'm gona be here for a while...

Anyway, I stumbled across really nice flowers in front of the buildings and I couldn't stop thinking about mum :). I took photos for her.

We went through a park on the way to the museum and stumbled across a squirel so nearby! Apparently, it was the only one we saw at that time of the day and I took a clip just for you YJ, Hehe...


When we arrived to the museum, it was super huge!! Like 5 times bigger than Auckland. It was really a historical museum as there were heaps of artifacts displayed. As we went into the building, it turned into a dome, in which we think that we can come here anytime whenever we are bored.

We passed through egypt, greek and bits of others but we were amazed with one room where this professor used to collect pieces of specimens and collections all over the world. Man, so much to see.

After that, we went and meet up with a friend out at the entrance and we had dim sum at china town. Gosh, super greasy, I think it was the cheapest alternative to go to.

After that, D's friends took us to Harrods out at Knightsbridge (Woohoo!) which was nearabouts Piccadaly Circus tube and this is where I see London crowd. Sales everywhere, all packed with people!! Not only that, we also went out to Piccadaly Circus, Oxford Circus and I can tell you that there are perhaps huge shops everywhere across the centre tube line stops.


I manage to secure myself a nice introductory package of Biotherm that I was wanting to buy from Malaysia and got it for a really cheap price. Not only that, the kind sales lady gave us more samples to try on too! I learnt about new cheap as shops like H&M (where they update their stock every season) and Primark (£4 for a shirt and tie)

We came home with our legs aching but I was happy to finally see SHOPS and I bought something hehe.

Friday (11.07.08)
I went shopping nearby out place and found a market (Chapel market) and a mini shopping mall (Like Westfield pakuranga) nearby. Bought stuff from Sainsbury (Another 'pak n save' place) and walked home carrying about 10kgs worth of groceries. There are offers going around and some stuff were cheap and some were not.

Weekend
Went out to Kensington (East) where I went for a free dermalogica class. They do heaps of stuff like jewellery making, pilates etc and I got my face studied again. It was really nice and interesting but it took a Massive long time to get back as the bus had to go through Oxford Street (Like Queen Street, with pedestrian crossings) and Weekend crowd was CRAZY. Never in my life I've seen so many people walking!

Even at night time, feels like a 'pasar malam' with no pasar hehe. We went and met up with friends for drinks out at Leceister Square and got home earlier to rest.

On Sunday, we checked out Canary Wharf out East. This area consist of amazing tall buildings who were mainly own by banks, and my eyes went o.O when I saw these buildings...they are TALL!! As though as I feel like I'm in New York. Also, this area is privately owned, so much so that they have security taking care of the border and they are also situated near the river, where they have the right to lift the bridges up to increase security. Quite interesting. Check the photos out!

Today
Just went through a few agencies. Big interviews tomorrow...

The weather was crap today, but being me who wants to just get out and see most of London before I get torn with work, I dragged D out in the awful rain (I told myself that I will be doing this many times, so might as well start now). Its better than staying at home surfing the internet anyway..

So we checked out another 2 places where my interviews will be held. Funny how these interviews are placed so near the tourist spots. Talk about luxury. We took the number 17 bus again and it crossed the London Bridge.

We walked to Hay's galleria, it was quite nice, D told me in ancient times, this place was built with a large roofing area to allow the imports and exports sales to happen..markets were set up to sell and buy stuff...


And this is where I realised I was fooled when I was young when I saw the Tower Bridge :(

'London bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down,
London bridge is falling down, my fair lady...'

HL: Don't sing this to Keira!! It's a lie, it's a lie......SOB


After that, we went to meet up with a friend out at a station called Piccadily Square. We had yummy burger and fries at some takeaway shop (£1.50 kids meal for meeeee) Oh and I took the Subway for the first time!


There were no rubbish bins, nor toilets due to the bombing. It was similar to taking the LRT, only that it is bigger and heaps of escalators.. oh, and people are in a rush too. There is one rule that each of us had to remember when taking the escalator, to give way to the people on your left....if not, there'll be the common remark shot at you 'bah~~ tourists'

Piccadily Square is like Queen Street...lotsa shops, people and pickpockets


Our friend took us to see China town, since she wanted to bring us to walk...but the weather was crap.


We had drinks at a bar, and dinner at a chinese shop J&J brought us to (it had a perak waitress who orders extra dishes out of courtesy)

We learnt that Jobs were created in London for the sake of making them. To write a bank cheque required 4 different people to do it!! One to pass you the form, one to sign, and one to return it back you. We also learn of the places to avoid in staying, tube lines to avoid too.

I even noticed that the chinese restaurant had two people, one to pick up the dishes, and the other to hold them. OMG....anyway, this was why employer love NZ, Aussie and Asian people. We can multitask! Our number one strength.