England: Day 3

London

Its meet my aunties day! Havent seen them in ages. One of em since like 17 yrs ago.

1) Anyway, we went to Maroush on Argyle. Best Moroccon food! The meat was super tender. But no picture of the food coz I keep forgetting to take pictures.
Lalink, who is already like my mum's other daughter, was at lunch too! :) havent got to spend as much time as this with her for a very very long long time.

2) In between meeting the two aunts. We managed to visit the 4-storeys Topshop, H&M and the likes....But it was so crowded (Monday was a public holiday - ie Bank day). It was suffocating. But we managed to find ourselves a set of awesome dress to camwhore in the dressing room.

Ta-daaah

But seriously, even with the depreciation of the pounds, I still think Topshop is overpriced for its clothes.

3) Anyway just wanted to end this post with these pictures here.


Resemblance, no?

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England: Day 2

London

We took the weekly pass for London's tube and buses. All in about GBP25. Its a fair price to pay considering Hop-on Hop off buses 1-day tour goes for about the same price.

We covered most of the touristy stuff today...

1) We saw big 151 yr ol Ben

2) Westminster Abbey
no pictures coz it was Sunday mass

2) Houses of Parliaments
Its actually a lot more massive than the picture
4) London Eye
5) Thames River Cruise
with a bunch of orange heads6) London BridgeSo not what I imagined it to be...
I guess London Bridge IS Falling Down
You gotta check out the full version of the song...here!

7) Tower Bridge
A lot fancier than London Bridge
8) Tower of London
The tower of London was a royal residence as well as a military stronghold in the Middle Ages. Plenty of things to do (we spent half the day there)...There were reenactment of wars, people walking around in costumes, armories exhibition, the crown jewels, etc etc. Definitely a recommended tour for the family.

9) Lobster Noodles
I really dont remember which restaurant!! But it was Chinese food
10) Met up with Tashie...Good to finally see her in London too :)


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England: Day 1

London

1) It has been ages since I've stepped foot in England and hence just as an early warning to those seasoned Londoners, my posts would be rather touristy.

2) We arrived early morning in Heathrow Airport and took the cab to Leonard Apartments. The cab driver was a nice chap from Afghanistan who purposely drove us through some famous areas like through the Hyde Park etc even though his services were a fixed rate. Leonard Apartments is on Seymour Street, which is walkable to the busy Oxford shopping street. As expected, the interiors are classic and cozy.3) We spent the day walking along Oxford Street. The weather was crap..Ie raining and not...so we were walking in and out. And well of course we came across the famed Selfridges..its got interesting window display..seriously bold art! Walked into Selfridges and my god, I dont think I've seen designer bags displayed so cheaply. Selfridges looks like any other departmental store except that its all $$$$$. Oh and its 101 years old this year! Apparently it was perhaps Mr Selfridge (founder) who coined the term the 'Customer is Always Right'. 4) Met up with my cousin....
and had yummy waffles at Pure Waffles
5) Did grocery shopping at Marks&Spencer for dinner!

6) Met Mira lalink! She dropped by for dinner in the apartment and we girls caught up after sooo long, painting nails (hehe matching red nails!!) and planning the touristy stuff to do for the rest of the week!

7) Amy arrived later that night having just arrived from Paris. Actually the whole reason us family were in London was because of her. Amy works for HSBC and after a year of their management trainee programme, they'll get sent to Bricketwood, UK for a month of training. So actually the rest of us just took this opportunity to 'visit' her after her programme :p

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Insane Street Soccer

In line with the upcoming soccer fever, check this insane video on mad soccer skills.

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