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Sunday, April 22, 2007 @ 11:52 am
first things first, tag replies.
sabai: our doggie is at home, I couldn't bring it or he'll suffocate in the suitcase. and that'd be catastrophic!
steph: yaaa! nevermind, I've got a long hol coming up in June. heh.
mel: my dear, I wish I was still in jb with you. I really do. after all that's happened. takecare hon.
wy & xin: I miss you both as much as winnie the pooh misses hunny after a long abstinence. bad analogy, but if you know pooh and you know how he feels about hunny, you know what I mean.





ahh. the past week here has been lovely. the weather, in particular. though at night, it gets pretty chilly but during the day, it is absolutely remarkable. as I was walking back from church today, the sun shone down on my smiling face as I watched light pink cherry blossom petals falling in rhythm to the wind.

times like these, I hear louis armstrong cooing 'what a wonderful world' softly in my ear. it's like, this is why I was born. you can call me some sick romantic softie and... and... I will not disagree. definitely. I'm one of those poetic writers with the french berets who enjoy nothing more than talking about a good book to an attentive listener. and I have found someone I can do that with in college. it's sad that it took me so long to find this person, but I simply enjoy his company.


yesterday, I ventured into the hustle and bustle of the city of london with bako, sato and fai-jia.
fai-jia singing some weird tune when arrived at the station latelatelate!


onboard the southern express to victoria. sato reading my markhaddon book - spot my hippo bookmark!


and it has definitely been a long time since I had so much fun in london. we went to tottenham court road aka the rock music haven in search of bako's bass effect pedals, which took us soooo long. I dunno how many times I walked on the same road, crossing the same traffic light.. didn't help that my bag was slung heavily across my shoulder. thank you bako & fai-jia for helping me with my load. haha. anyway, enjoyed looking at various guitars - acoustic and electric, also reading the funky names that come with rock instruments - fender, sabian, zildjian etc.




bad news though, we popped into Astoria to enquire about the lp tix on may 3rd... yep, you guessed it - all sold out.


after a strenuous lunch at a kebab restaurant that fai-jia recommended, (oh and I say strenuous cos' I had a hard time cutting my pitta bread) we headed off to selfridges. my mom absolutely adores this place, she always tells me about it when she's feeling all nostalgic about england. anyway, sato got this pair of sleek aviator ray-bans which I think were made especially for him - fits so well! he also got a pair of speedos for his gym training. bah. 3 guys and one girl in the speedo section is so... not cool.


didn't find anything that I liked at sunglass hut so the hungry pack migrated to westminster, where fai-jia promised us tasty crepes but when we got there.....
'sorry dears, we're closed.'
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! the horror!!!!!
oh well, back to walking then. en route to crossing the millenium bridge, we saw a greater horror - our paris tour bus. the exact same wretched double decker with the TOO 5ELF licence plate. now angry, all of us started screaming at the bus and remembering all the times it has let us down, especially the dumb driver.
it was close to 7 I think, but the sun was bearly setting at the thames and the crowd at the london eye was as huge as I remembered the first time.



finally finding waterloo station, we took a tube down to piccadilly circus where we bought bjorn's instant yakisoba noodles. and we were supposed to get to my vans store to buy my b'day pressie from my mum - a pair of glorious vans. but when we got to the outlet, it was 8 and therefore, closed. :(:(


anyhoo, after teasing bako about his carhartt jeans and fred perry shirts, we went off to dinner at bali bali, an indo-malay-thai restaurant. bako's treat! woohoo! this isn't the first time he's treated me so I wasn't as fussed about it as the other 2 gentlemen. haha. thanks bakos! the meal reminded me of home-cooked food cos' they are all what kakak cooks at home, except the rendang.
all in all, good clean fun with the boys. oh yeah, I forgot to add that we had a dessert after lunch at beard papa's. s'poreans should know this cream puff patisserie well. I still haven't paid whoever paid for 'em. my gosh, it beats krispy kremes any day.

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