A weekend getaway on a 'budget' ^^

Everytime I step down from the train onto the platform in any train station in London (Kings Cross, Euston, Victoria ) I always feel the same excitement and exhiliration I felt the first time I visited this city.

Don't ask me why after SO MANY TRIPS down I can still be as excited. >_<

Maybe I am a city girl after all. I DO LOVE LONDON. Its A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. ^^
Yup I was there this weekend ^^ visiting friends^^ throwing 'surprises' hahaha I realised its becoming a favourite past time of ours..

..but its always heartwarming to see a shocked but genuine very-happy-to-see-you face afterwards.

..also pleasing to be reminded how very small treats you bring for a friend dear to you would be so appreciated.

Icing on the cupcake and dark chocolate oozing from a cookie, ah heavenly! Yes Ben's cookies are DREAM-friendly. Hummingbird cupcakes, day-dream friendly? Hahaha forgive my lack of creativity when it comes to choosing the right words to describe these sinfully delicious SUGAR-filled cutesies. ^^

Anyways, how do you go around LONDON, eating all these on a 'budget'?

( Erm OK let me explain the financial crisis I'm under now.. due to a certain stupid flight ticket back to Malaysia this summer that costed me a BOMB, my bank balance is extremely unhealthy leading to an estimated calculation of having to survive on 15pds a week until the end of April when hopefully my 'daddy JPA' will give us our 'pocket money' )

Well, you share food. ^^ This way, you get variety, and it is more than enough to fill you up anyway. ( This economical financial 'handling' is introduced to me by my 'saving-money-to-go-Japan' buddy Helen )

Also a certain PEERs club in college which came up with this catchy phrase 'Sharing is Caring' ^^ Hahaha that thought just randomly popped into mind^^

Anyways. I'm getting carried away.

This London trip, was also aimed to crash a certain 'someone's' birthday lunch.. YINHUI my dearest ex-roomie in KMB! Which succeeded...'HOORAY!' I was almost positive I would kantoi hahaha.. birthday girl was surprised speehless ^^

After the commotion, we settled for Morrocan food.

Feedback? OK OK la... something different..but too filling.. and service was the slowest I've ever encountered.

After that Helen n I adjourned to the Natural History museum near South Kensington. and I SAW DINOSAURS! (hahaha replicas la ^^ )

the museum was interesting.. not a typical and boring like most museums are!

After that we adjourned to sainsbury to buy taugeh and veg.. for a late supper of vegetables bcoz both of us were constipated with food from lunch, I know. I know. very random! ( also coz we're so broke we dcided we shudn't stuff ourselves just for the sake of it ^^)

>_<

I'm happy I managed to keep to my budget for this weekend away and had lots of fun at the same time! Yayy! ^^

Announcement : FOR ALL YE APRICOT LOVERS WHO CAN'T SEEM TO GET ENOUGH OF THESE YELLOW YUMMYLICIOUS GOODIE FRUIT-ish-ness, (and I wonder why I can't write decent essays =S) FEAR NOT! NOW ITS EVEN IN CHOCOLATE BARS!

WAH what would be better than my FAV fruit and my FAV all-time chocolate in a COMBO mannn.

to add to the crunchyness, NUTS *yumm*

OK I sound like I'm doing an advert for Cadbury, which I am NOT! Hahaha I just randomly found this in Londis and i thought hmm I should try it out!

And no type of chocolate Cadbury churns out for our consumption has disappointed me just yet, and neither did this! ^^

So yes the WEEKEND IS OVER and yes I'm suffering from pre-monday blues as usual. Doesnt help that with my heightened state of emotion my nose is not cooperating by disallowing me to breathe normally, ( feels like someone stacked some bricks in there to block the passage) which resorts to my opening of my mouth to get some air in.. only to find that my BIG tonsils on both sides decides to play the game of "see who can get BIGGER n REDDER".

With all these 'games' going around messing about my passageway of survival, I have no choice but to try break 'barriers' with the epitome of all British remedies *Lemsip* (woohoo!! *applauds*)

The only thing with this 'thing' is that its horribly YUCKY.

So to distract myself from the yucky aftertaste.. I shall distract myself with pictures of my fun saturday out!

YP and I decided we shall go to Salford Quays and the Lowry for a stroll ^^

Its not far from Manchester city, but Ive never been there before!

And boy does it feel like another world.

Or rather a world with barely any homosapiens. Yupp this was the 'route' we took. Empty, not a single soul in sight. So easy to take 'human-free' photos of the place...^^

Salford Quays is a very newly developed part of Manchester ( or mayb i just think it is coz the buildings are so new and modern).. most of them are quite unique too!

The Imperial War museum's architecture was amazing ^^ I never did know how to appreciate these things but looking at it from far it did 'wow' me so hmm. I'm thinking its pretty brilliant?^^

The Lowry where YP n I spent the afternoon eating icecream n strolling around ^^

And there's this niceeee niceeeeee path along the river where you can walk along with the Old trafford stadium right across!

I know its puny in this picture but can you SEE?

OK time to rest, loooong day tomoro at outreach =( So NOT looking forward to it AT ALL.

Anyways have a good week people! ^^

Whoahhh I feel like I haven't been in this space for AGESSS.

I'm beginning to think blogging is BAD for my language. Why, you ask?
Well I've been properly buried in my CAT assignment (yes CAT for Critically Appraised Topic, not Me-ow CAT! ^^) and it was then I realised I was making lots of words UP!

Words not in the English vocabulary can you even believe it.

4years in England, i should have IMPROVED if anything, you say, but WHY IS THE REVERSE HAPPENING?

Hahahaha maybe when I go home I'll automatically improve in my 'other languages' eg. Hokkien, Mandarin, Malay. What. As I said what, life is going on a reverse. So just let me console myself first la.

OMG you know what watching that latest epi of Malaysian Dreamgirl, I realise when MUMMY CALLS SHE SAYS THE EXACT SAME THINGYS AS THE MUMS OF THE GIRLS IN THE SHOW DO! How are u? Eat already or not (Although my mum doesnt ask me to eat more coz she's worried I'll be fatter than I already am hahaha) Oh and sometimes she'll ask what I ate...HAHAHA and "Take your vitamins, drink more water" too!


I wonder if those angmor mummies call their daughters what will they say? I doubt "Eat already or not" will be part of the conversation, if not the 'essential' part hahahaha.

Ok I shall stop being so wuliao n go hit the shower.