...GMT

Day at Greenwich

Today, we strolled around Greenwich. It is where the Queen used to live, where the Greenwich Median Line (GMT) lays, and where Cutty Sark rest.

We couldn't find the line and when we found cutty sark. It was under restoration till 2009. Cutty Sark was basicly a HMS tall ship. We did enjoy the Thame path and admired the dirtiness of it and asked ourselves how many dead bodies were thrown into the great Thame River... I can actually smell the Thame river. It smells like "clean" sewer.

Take a look....

...Orcs

Midnight. I'm officially younger and nothing beats watching two movies back to back.
First we watched resident evil followed by eastern promises.

Look I Alvin and the chipmunks came to celebrate with me.




Morning of my special day. I went to purchase Day Seats ticket to watch Lord of the Ring Musical at TheatreRoyale. The price was cheap. I paid only 20pounds/ticket for a EVENING showing on a SATURDAY night for FRONT row seats ticket. I was bouncing for joy. I was looking forward to the 50million dollar production.


Afterwards, I met up with friends to have breakfast at Covent Garden. It is so different to see London in the early hours when everyone is still recovering from the night before. The streets were completely empty (relative term). I had a full English breakfast which means fried eggs, bacon (which honestly, i think isn't its more ham), BAKED BEANS...

I got a chocolate cake for my birthday, isn't it sweet :) They pretended to go to the loo and went around the corner to swaroski to get me a Breast Cancer Support Bracelet. SOOO adorable..... SO touched.... We Shared a slice of cake amongst the three of us. I was really content.











Had dinner at this place call Twelve, had no idea where it was. Got off the tube station and walked, was about to walk into a hotel to ask for direction, and instead of asking for direction. We found the restaurant inside the hotel. It was very nice. Ambient was chic. Food was not too bad either. They had a special going on 50% off your a la carte but the catch is u have to order a full bottle of wine. I decided on sauv blanc. And I guess, the restaurant knew it was my birthday and decided by the will of God not to add it on the bill (they forgot). As u can see, i really enjoyed my free bottle. I'm flushed.

It was a good thing we had a bottle of wine. We were RUNNING late and RAN to the theater. When we got to Drury lane (where the muffin man sang~~...) made a bad turn and instead of being RIGHT on time and enjoying a bit of the auditorium turning into middle earth. We were 5 minutes late.

The show was breath taking. The stage production was incredible. The special effects were creative. However, the acting was poor - no real character development. I don't blame them. They had to finish the Lord of the Ring story in 3 hours. It is a pretty tough task to undertake. Oh, yes. my front row seats - up close and personal. VERY personal. At one of the short break, one of the Orcs ran around our seats. He was literally breathing down my neck. He was hissing. He was UGLY. .... but once the mask came off at the end of the show. OH MY GOSH. the Orcs, they were the prettiest bunch!

...memory

I've been in London for a year now. There is much to see and much to do. If only I had time, lots of money laying around collecting dust and good company. But nonetheless, I did try to enjoy myself this bygone summer. Let me see I went to Shakespeare Global and saw Othello. The play was absolutely brilliant.
The theatre was very medieval. It looked exactly as it would have been during Shakespearian time. There is even a "standing" area. Where commoner once stood to watch the play. The play was 3 hours long. There is NO way I was gonna stand 3 hours straight. I got myself a seat at the seating area. Apparently, my sits was "obstructed" viewing, so I only paid 1/2 what it is. The obstruction was a very very small pole that didn't really block my view whatsoever. I was very happy. I remember when I was watching the play, someone next to me asked "Do you understand English?" I was quite taken back by the question and I answered "I studied English literature." I think this question is up there with the "are you adopted question?" I've been asked once.

It was open top and it got really hot. We were given this paper that turns into hats, its really cute. Well I cooled myself with a nice soft ice-cream which I pay ridiculous amount for but hey the ice-cream car was cute...


It reminds me of Butchart Garden and Q.E. Park morph into one but with this really weird Japanese tower smack right in the middle. I also went to Kew Garden. It just a botanical garden. It is a very nice place to have a picnic.

The Orange restaurant looks pretty nice place to have high tea. More random picture of Kew Garden... It really does look like Q.E. Park.











How can we forget Wimbledon. Yes, I went to centre court and No. 1 court just days before Wimbledon started. The place was magnificent.... if u are a tennis fan. But the grass, wow, it was sight itself. Every strand of grass was perfectly spaced out, perfectly colour, perfect height - just perfect.

....a bib

I'm missing the fine Japanese food that I get from my hometown.

Guu... hmmm.....















Cheese Ramen from Kin-Taro.... hmmm.......
















I am salivating..... And there at the Great motherland. home of the once great empire. I'm eating mash and baked beans.

1, 2, 3.....Go

Well... testing one two three testing.....