Weekend ²

Spent two weekends in London so far and thought I'd update with updates :P.

Last long weekend was spent in Milton Keynes where we took a 40minute drive to Oxford and saw people do the punting. I was more than happy to see whether anyone were about to fall over Lol...but none of them did. Weather was abit overcast and drizzly so we pretty much walk the streets. We had lovely Thai food and stayed the night at relatives. More photos here

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Bye bye Summer, it ended really well :)

As we came back to London the next day, it was super hot! Being me in seizing the day (which I'm glad I did) I went for a random run and went straight to Tower bridge to take some sunset photos. It was definitely the last day of summer as I think someone threw London into a fridge after that. Temperature dropped by at least 5-7 degrees for the rest of the week! Am thankful that I don't have much disturb sleeps because it was warm and am looking forward to undisturb sleep before it becomes too cold to wake up haha...yes, it is London indeed and hence people talk about the weather ALL the time seeing how crazy it is.

This weekend I had high tea at the Orangery, a restaurant and events centre held next to Hyde Park and I quite light the atmosphere too in the place.

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Cute mandarin plant on each table

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Unfortunately we couldn't go for the proper high tea coz they didn't serve until later. So we had yummy cakes and scones...Mmmm

In the evening I tagged along D to look for a driving range and we found one that closes late! It was up North East-ish in Watford where the driving range wasn't only open to serious players, but even to the school kids! It catered for all types of people as it had some point system (just like bowling) and a restaurant-bar, plus a pool tabel, casino machine and pop music! Very interesting and really good if something like this can be brought to Malaysia but man, the starting cost would be like an atomic bomb...

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Aim at the holes....and there is a monitor that keeps track on how far you drive. Quite cool

Early next morning, I woke up to do the Adidas 5k Run to support the Breast Cancer Society. Was really proud to be part of the 17,000 people today to raise £2.5 million! And the run through Hyde Park was nicer too. I finished it in about 27mins (proud). Even sprinted to the end.

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Spot me (like this pic)

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Hehe, got Ket to come along and do it for the first time. She proudly ran in 33 minutes. Not bad for a first timer! Oh and we had lovely goodie bag after we finish. Came with a nice black shirt, mini deodorant, apple, muesli bar, cranberry sauce, lollies, vitamins and lipstick samples!

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My all-time supporter who took the innitiative to actually wake up, walk with me all the way to the starting line, wait for me to finish and carried my bag...xoxoxoxoxoxooxoxo to bits!

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Yay! We are going to tim summmmm....hehe

We then head to YumCha at a restaurant (Imperial China) in Chinatown as a reward...reasonable price too. We were super full and only paid £10 each! We were super full and didn't over order too.

And so that was my weekends so far :) .

I found the real one!




Sis's Scribbles...now made alive!Like pinocchio...

Happy Birthday Mummy dearest

The moment I wrote the sentence above, there are so many flashbacks of memories of us, with 2 significant ones that had a huge impact on me, and one on you.

Change. It is constant and consistent, yet contradictory to one's life as it happens for the rest of one's life forever and ever. One word, one big meaning, one huge impact to one's life. There is no point in becoming afraid of it, nor despise it because it will there, implanted in one's soul like a birthmark.

This is the cake I would make for you on your birthday while you have a picnic at Botanical Gardens. I dedicate it to you :)

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I love you more and more each day

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But this cake will be eaten at a friend's place instead! hehe

Belgium - Brussels

T'was short, sweet and wild! Never in my life that I wore a short skirt dress, dressed up as a Nautical Sailor Girl as well as was constantly swooned by never ending guys and honking cars at night! OF course there was the chocolate fix (Mmmm) and pure indulgence pastries over the same weekend.

As well as apparently once in a blue moon, the statue of Mannekin Pis was dressed up to celebrate the Guiness book of records that one of Belgium's beer Delirium was voted as the best beer :)

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Summer weekend in London

I tend to eat alot, which depresses me...hmm,is London becoming depressing? I don't know for sure. I have even lost the motivation to play badminton but did so anyway to earn myself Korean at night.

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Starters

And then off to grab dessert

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2/3 of whip cream, so I only ate 1/3 but it was so sinful!

Headed to Hyde park the next day and I can still do this at 27!

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Wahaha

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Hyde Park, similar to any other park heh

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Something I stumbled across while heading to Bayswater. A construction fence made of huge stationary!

Ate alot of cakes and sandwhiches at the park, followed by dinner at a chinese restaurant. Wah, can't beleive how bored I was over the weekend! Thank goodness I'm going somewhere the next weekend.

Continuation...




I don't know whether to feel annoyed but somehow if I stay in London over the weekend, I tend to overeat.Hmm...*thinking of taking train trips to around UK* Anyway,I'm moving! at work to another part of the floor for a change heheh.

Copenhagen, Denmark


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Was a weekend trip (with Friday off) just to support my friends playing badminton at the World Outgames 09. The medals are really cool.


It was an interesting experience, being exposed to a different culture all at once. As well it did feel kinda awkward and uncomfortable at the same time. Copenhagen city is quite small, but very spacious. T'was my first Scandinavian country and the city reminded me of Amsterdam but more prestigious and cleaner too.

Friday started off early in the morning to catch the 8am flight. And we headed straight to grab the train to the city centre and to our accomodation, that was by the river (amazing view). We headed out for lunch near a church in which I tried the Herring dish for the first time. It was rather sour, and I think I should have gone for the cooked meat instead. We then head to the hall to check our friends playing. They were in the finals. They all won silver, and so we head back and out for dinner. We had vietnamese since it was cheap and the lady gave us watermelon after that was on the house! Too lazy to load photos here so check the album.

Next morning I headed out to the famous bakery on my own to try the yummy pastries, hehe. And then met up with friends who woke up later. Me and Joyce then headed to take the boat cruise before having lunch at Nyhavn. Weather was nice and warm, so I had a lovely tan from that day :). We then explored more around the city before heading back to get changed for the after party. Had yummy roast duck for dinner (the copenhagen way). I wasn't really up for the night since I traveled so much during the day but it was rather interesting. We actually took a boat to the venue. It was very nice, with a chill out area, house and pop music indoors. I was only there for a couple of hours before heading back. It was interesting observation though since it was a 'mix' party so yeah, kinda learning how the 'grey' people hang out and socialise :)

Last day was more of exploring the city again, with cheap lunch and yummy double scoop home made ice cream. There were alot of hot dog stands in which I wanted to try, but wasn't worth the money. And I was on a budget too, quite proud that I didn't use any of my British pounds but use up my foreign money instead. Checked out some museums, and took photos before heading to the airport. Came home to London about dinner time (in which I heard it rained).

Short and sweet weekend away :)

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