I was in London before Christmas so these pictures are not exactly current. I’m quite slow with uploading of pictures and videos but I do try =) Traveling to London in this period has its pro and cons. The good thing is the low pound exchange ( which means more shopping!) and the christmas light ups and sales (which also equates to more shopping! lol ).

The cons of course is the cold weather… it means I always have to bundle up to twice my size and gloves can be a huge hassle. Visiting beautiful gardens are also out of the question…. though it’s not my first time in London so I’ve already done most of the touristy places previously.

The best and easiest way to get around London is using the London Underground… also known as the tube. UK’s underground railway and Rapid Transit system is the oldest in the world and till today it’s still the longest metro system route in the world. However, unlike our reliable MRT in Singapore… they do close the tube for repairs and works… choosing weekends as the most likely times of closure.

Piccadilly Circus is the London version of New York Times Square. With the neon lights and shopping and entertainment venues surrounding it. It gives me the same bustling feel of movement and excitement as Times Square. The Coca-Cola neon advert has actually been there since 1955! Sanyo and McDonalds have also been there for the longest time which means I’ll be seeing the same brands as I did previous times and the same brands my grandparents did when they came to London in the 60s and 80s.

The statue in the middle of Piccadilly Circus is of Anteros though most people would mistake him for Eros aka Cupid. Anteros is the twin brother of Eros. While Eros is the God of sensual love in Greek Mythology, Anteros is the God of returned love… the more mature and selfless love. The statue was built in honor of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury who was a well loved philanthropist. This statue was the first in the world to be cast in aluminum and is set on a bronze fountain. If you are wondering why I’m so keen on the background of this statue it’s cause I’ve a general weakness for Greek mythology and in recent days read a cute fiction book called “Gods Behaving Badly” which is a girly novel with some Greek Gods infusion… quite a pleasant read for long plane rides.

It’s quite odd… but one of the best duck rice I’ve had is actually found in London. I’ve heard that China exports their best ducks to the UK! I headed to London’s Chinatown for dinner. It’s kinda strange that all the Chinatowns of the world like Australia or UK or US all seem to be made out of the same design with the same oriental gates!

In terms of Christmas light-ups… Singapore ones are really nicer so I don’t see why there was such a big fuss over the candy themed lights in Orchard Road. Or maybe I’ve got pretty low expectations.

Regardless, I think I’ve bored you guys enough with my weird fascination of certain facts… lol… so I’ve leave you all with a short video =)

Oh and a BIG Happy Birthday to dear Lerelyn =) Sorry I couldn’t be there but we’ll have a belated celebration once I’m back ya?

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It’s freezing cold where I am right now with temperatures of -8 C and expected to go down to -20 C with heavy snowfall! I guess the whole of Europe and North US is covered in ice. You can’t imagine how much I miss Singapore now. I miss my love ones… my good girlies and my dogs. I’m glad that my dogs are in good hands and am very grateful for that! *muacks*

It’s already 2009 and I’ve not even finish uploading my pictures from 2008… gosh! I’m such a procrastinator! I’ve been devoid of Internet access for the last week and it’s actually not too bad except when I actually do go online like now! Then all those lovely emails makes me miss home all over again. If I haven’t replied your email it’s not because I don’t care but it’s cause I’ve got limited time to be online and this system doesn’t speak to me in the english language.

I’ll post up my previous London trip pictures real soon. Here’s just 2 teaser pictures of me at Singapore T3 heading to the plane =)

I love travelling… I really do! But I miss my dogs and being around my love ones more. And though my schedule till mid Feb revolves around getting more stamps on my passport… I will try to be around more after that. There are still many things I’d like to do in 2009… like take dance lessons, meet my friends more often and doing simple things like lazing around playing silly games on the computer. I’m still feeling guilty I wasn’t there for Clara’s big move and opening party.

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Boxing day was spent with family mainly and some friends. It’s good to meet Gen, Lali and Meisan again and also shocked to find out that Gen got engaged! I’ll fly to Boston for her wedding if I can get time off =)

And I know this is really shocking but this morning I woke up and things took a unexpected turn so I’m leaving tonight for 2 weeks. I love you all and will be back soon.

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Gosh! I almost spent the entire yesterday in bed with fever and chills. I felt so sick I didn’t even bother switching on my computer. My fever has subsided somewhat but my whole body is aching like never before and I still feel like jelly. Hopefully all these will pass by tomorrow so I can have a good New Year Eve’s countdown.

I know I said I’ll post up some of my Christmas gifts when I’m free… but I haven’t been hardworking enough… so here are just a few.

I bought multiples in the same design for most cause the gifts were suitable for a few people I had in mind. Those girls that got your gifts… I hope you love them!

I love these smells from Bath and Bodyworks! It’s the christmas edition!

The packages contained a skirt… a rocket and a microscope. I didn’t take pictures before they were wrapped or after they got unwrapped!

I gave each of the girls an Agnes B. lock necklaces as a friendship token =) Mine’s in rose gold which I picked for myself while the girls randomly picked their colors. Clara and Celeste got rose gold as well while Sushi and Koji took the titanium black ones. Personally I love both colors as they’ll suit different sort of outfits.

We were all at Sushi’s place in the afternoon to help out with the preparation! Clara and Sushi were busy in the kitchen and Koji and myself were doing the setups and decoration. I brought all my christmas decoration over including my precious christmas tree tea light holders that I hand carried all the way from Georgia USA!

Clara’s fish pie and scallop soup were a hit with everyone. The sweet girl knew I was allergic to seafood so she did a special portion of soup in a salmon version just for me =) I made the christmas log cake and Sushi did the pasta salad. The result of all our hard work, a gorgeous sit down dinner with traditional christmas must haves such as turkey, honey baked ham and smoked salmon in a beautiful christmas setting.

Gift exchanges was nice… most of my photos turned out a little shaky from this point on though. Suffice to say the happiest one from the gift exchange is little Dr X! Christmas are always the happiest for children. My favorite present among others is a very lovely and sweet tiffany heart necklace in the pale blue box all girls go weak in the knees at.

Dr. X was more eager to open up my presents then I was! lol… Truth be told… as much as I like Tiffany… I’ve never been able to convince myself that it was worth spending so much on it so all the little blue boxes I own have all been gifts. And I’m delighted to add a new one to my collection =) Thanks Koji!

The rest of the night turned pretty wild… we had charades… fashion show… stupid dances and “broken telephone”… lol… it was a whole lot of fun but a little embarrassing to share to outsiders so no photos and I’ve also edited the video to show the more homely christmas parts only =) ENJOY!

PS- video is working fine now! If your bandwidth is high click on the top video to watch… if you have low bandwidth then click the bottom video… it’s the same one just the difference in quality =)

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I’ve yet to upload my christmas pictures… but I promise I’ll work on them tomorrow. Meanwhile here are pictures of SK’s house warming party then I attended some time ago.

The invite stated it was a Bottomless Party! Lots of booze and to come dressed in swim wear. It was a whole lot of fun! I got there past midnight and was there to see the sun rise and have breakfast with the 2 beautiful hosts before going home. The kindly offered to have me stay there cause I was so tired but I wanted to go back so they too could get some rest.

Their new place was fabulous… a 2 level penthouse with gorgeous views of the sea. I didn’t realize how beautiful the view was till I saw the sun rise from their balcony.

There was a whole bar counter in the kitchen with every sort of alcohol and mixer you can imagine! Being a driver I refused alcohol except for the toasting champagne… I did however muster the most yummy lychee chocolate mock-tail and basically mixed that drink for myself all night!

The reason for the swimsuit dress code? Well these 2 really know how to enjoy life! They have an open roof jacuzzi in their bedroom! The rest of the night was spent soaking in the tub with champagne and having little gossip sessions.

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It’s 4am on boxing day and I’m up doing nonsense! Oh well… I’ve got to be up pretty early to meet up with family and friends but since I can’t sleep I might as well blog!  Especially since I’ve got tons of overdue pictures to post!

 I was actually sick a few days back… was down with fever and slight flu then I got better just in time for Christmas! But it seems I let the festivities get the better of me cause I’m down with a sore throat now. I’ve lost my natural high pitch squeaky voice ( which I absolutely hate) and gain a more sexy low hoarse voice… which is all good except it really hurts!

When I had my fever… friends were really sweet… most of them called to check on me knowing that I was at home all alone. I’m really touched by the care and concern. And on one of the nights I came back from work with a care package from Lerelyn on my door! The sweet girl cooked barley water and bought a banana crumble for me… it made me feel much better immediately!

 I’ve been traveling all over the last few month and would have continued to be away during this festive season if not because my body has decided it needs me to take a break!And my bestie Bernice also has caught the travel bug… so I didn’t to see her much till recently. And I got my belated birthday gift for her… We also exchanged christmas gifts =)

She got me an Agnes B. bag charm which I love! I actually don’t own any of their bags… but I do love their accessories! Anyways… here are the pics of the charm in action on my Gucci bag!

Thank you Bernice! I hope you like the Miu Miu I got you! I bought the same one for myself too!

I always end my post with an outfit… today is no exception… here it is.

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Merry Christmas everyone! I’ve got tons of pictures from our crazy Christmas Eve party and I’m sure more to come later today but I can’t foresee much time to edit and post them up these few days so you all just have to wait! lol..

I’m heading out my door so just an outfit post =)

Work wear.

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