of chocolates & cheese.

Monday, November 09, 2009

the day we felt a little dumb.

so in our three years in the UK, we haven't actually visited cambridge/oxford despite saying we would many many times. it finally materialised because of this:

the both of us stayed up all the way till 4am, took a cab to king's cross station because there were no straight night buses running to the station from mich's place, only to realise that trains to brussels were cancelled due to the belgian railway strike. we began laughing hysterically. there was this japanese boy who looked so distraught when he found out about the strike - we felt so sorry for him !

so we booked tickets for cambridge for the next day:

lunch at a traditional english pub

jacket potato with lemon mayo chicken

fish and chips !

punting !

this duck was really cute ! it was actually racing with our boat haha. it looked so determined and satisfied with itself when it managed to catch up with our boat.

the picture would've been perfect if not for the finger at the corner. |:

scones for tea !

and our cambridge trip ended with us shopping for christmas stuff at poundland there HAHA. i know, who goes to cambridge to shop at poundland right ! but there really wasn't much to do and poundland is really cool. if it weren't because of the fact that i had to take a two-hour long bus back to london and a tube back to my place, i would've racked up so much more - i mean, everything at a pound ! hahah ok we actually do have 99p/one pound stores in london but its all so far away from where i live.

anw, here's a shout out to my dearest elder brother - HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!

just the other day, i was talking to him on the phone when i realised that it was his birthday today. then immediately, i clicked on 'moonpig.com', and my brother, having been my brother for almost 22 years now knows me so well he said, 'you're on moongpig.com now right. you're gonna send me a card right.' HAHAH. ok so i've decided NOT TO because it's not fun when the surprise is gone.

so i shall do a PUBLIC birthday message to you instead.

"dearest kor,

you know how 'anyone could ask for' is so overused it sort of diminishes the significance of it, so rather than saying that, thank you for being the best elder brother i could ever have asked for. through the 21 years we've been siblings, there were fleeting moments when you felt like ripping my hair out, and me, yours (its harder for me though because the shortness of your hair makes gripping it, much less pulling an almost impossible task); but then, there are those treasured times when i'm so glad that i've got you with me, to share, to laugh with, to care for. and whilst i'm always going on about how i wish i had a sister, i don't, and wouldn't wish for any less of a brother than that that i've got in you. many times, i forget, and take you for granted. i hardly ever sit down to think about how wonderful a brother i've got, so as i'm writing this in london (this time, without you here with me), i'm suddenly aware of the void that fills our home here without your presence; i'm suddenly aware that i don't get texts from you telling me not to come home too late; i never come back to surprise strawberry tarts in the fridge anymore; i don't have you asking me 'what shall we have for dinner today'... all i really want to say is that you've become so much a part of who i am that without you, i really wouldn't know who i am because you have been a constant in my life, keeping me grounded, giving me the assurance i need when i'm in doubt, being genuine. so thank you, kor. and all i hope, on your birthday, is for you to stay safe, and that you continue to find happiness in whatever you are doing.

happy twenty-fifth. (:

love,
di."

this clock never seemed so alive at 2:25 PM

Saturday, November 07, 2009

these made my day ! ♥
despite the fact that my belgium trip was cancelled

spiced vanilla scent from bodyshop

super cute innocent drinks with mini-hats !

toffee nut latte !!! (:

plus the day trip to cambridge with mich, which i'll update on soon !

the weather's getting quite dreadful; temperature's been dipping sub-ten, and it rained quite heavily (singapore-style, which is really quite rare here - it usually drizzles for a long time) yesterday. so thankfully, there's starbucks' christmas drinks to bring some joy ! (: and i was so tempted to buy their christmas cup. i think i shall the next time i pop by. oh, the frivolous things i spend my time thinking about (but i'd very much rather worry about things like that than which research topic essay question i should choose). i think i shall drop by a bookstore soon to look for a good read. i've just finished jodi picoult's change of heart, which comes up as my favourite after my sister's keeper. i've to remind myself never to read the climax of her stories in public, lest i risk embarrassing myself again. i started tearing on the tube the other day it made me so self-conscious, i attempted to look towards the ceiling of the tube hoping that the tears would go right back into the sockets (you know, physics - gravity and all that).

this clock never seemed so alive at 12:56 PM

Sunday, November 01, 2009

of scones and cinnamon spiced tea

famous south ken crepes !

yummy korean food !

the three of us bought this in the end hahah (oh yes, this picture was taken in h&m even before we bought them)

the orangery, kensington palace

this weekend was so much fun ! finally got to meet mayling's sister, hweeling ! hahah we, uhm sort of ate most of the time HAHA with shopping in between. oh us gluttons.

on wed, i made a trip down to the institute of psychiatry for a guest lecture on mental health and the state of the campus was a little disquieting to say the least - and i thought that our strand campus was bad enough hahah. as if it weren't bad enough that it was situated at a dodgy part of london, the institute had quite a handful of people walking around with uhm, messy, salt-and-peppered hair - quite uhm, reminiscent of the insane. i think i'll incur the wrath of my mental health law tutors for using this term so loosely - the mentally disordered then. but yes, it was just a tad disconcerting hahah.

off to belgium from the 5th to the 7th ! (:

this clock never seemed so alive at 2:35 PM

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

just because; i procrastinate.

this is what the law school is doing to our money - business cards for networking. (but i secretly find it quite cool hahah)

what are the chances really, the two writers of this article have the names of both my brothers.

ok this is a green tea sponge cake with green tea ice-cream - it's actually not very nice. but i'm putting it up because i'm suddenly craving for jap (AGAIN. it comes like once a week or sth).

am currently missing this little fur ball

'nope, i don't want to play with it.'

and then, she silently goes over to take the other ball that looks almost like the one i offered (one's black, the other's blue). and dogs are supposedly colour-blind.

i should really get back to reading my articles.

this clock never seemed so alive at 1:30 PM

Monday, October 12, 2009

a not so blue monday

starbucks' free muffin day !

this is the third week into school, and already i'm behind on my readings. |: i think it hasn't hit me yet that school's started in full force; i'm still missing the first laid back summer i've had in a long time (no internships whatsoever in the way). oh summer, where fore art thou, summer.

this clock never seemed so alive at 6:31 PM

Saturday, October 10, 2009

the day we realised that age has finally caught up with us.

a little more than six months ago, yiling mich and i were at thorpe park sitting all these scary roller coaster rides and still, feeling all fine and dandy. six months later, we went back to take their newest ride, Saw, which had an almost 90 degrees turn. omg yiling and i freaked out ! the worst thing was that we were on the front row ! hahah we were SO close to swapping with the girls on the second row but we didn't. stealth was another matter altogether. you would think after taking Saw, stealth will be no issue. but noooo, our legs were wobbly once again - our, being yiling and mine; mich the super brave one stood there calmly and mind you, while we were screaming our lungs out during the rides, mich was silent like a feather falling on a book, no squeak, nothing (and this happened for every single ride we took). anw, after our fourth ride we died. embarrassingly enough, we had to find a bench to sit and rest. |:

stealth

Saw

this clock never seemed so alive at 4:24 PM

Sunday, October 04, 2009

first week back in london

tgif with mayling & mich !

we attempted mona lisa:

and then came unglamness:

the burger that we couldn't finish.

central perk in london !!