Sunday, October 19, 2008

.: WalKiNg aRouNd LoNdoN I :.

Saturday...Sunny day....nice weather...cooling...not too cold...
great day to go walk walk around London..also for me to de-stress from the heavy coursework-load & presentation-load...really lots of things to do....tonnes...and it's piling up...OMG !!!

but...luckily...i got Chia...my sis to bring me go walk walk around London to de-stress...hahahaha...so we went to New Bond Street, Oxford Street, Borough Market, Embankment & covent Garden today....and wat we had n done??...well...Lot's of things...we went to many different places and ate lots of great food...see lots of great things n views too...hehehe...

in the morning..after wake up....had some breakfast...get ourselves prepared...we took off to Oxford Street....to TopShop...Chia wanna to exchange the long pants she bought...after exchanging..we had our light lunch a EAT which is inside the Topshop...we had the Mexican Chicken Hot Wrap + Hot Chocolate...yum yum yum!!!...and next stop...the New Bond Street...for wat??...to go to the Louis Vuitton boutique to exchange my new LV wallet...well...i bought the Red one on the day it arrived....it's a new arrival product...then only then i know they have a White one too...so..went back to New Bond Street to change it...but they r out of stock...n they asked us to go to the one at Selfridges...Oxford Street....so me n Chia...walk all the way back to Oxford Street...and guessed wat...there are soooo many ppl in the LV boutique at Selfridges...me n Chia waited for quite some time only got ppl come n serve us...and...after waiting so long...they told me i can't exchange it there...i have to get back to New Bond Street and call them to transfer the purse over...i was like...wat???...so u wan us to walk back there.e..but luckily..the manager is a really nice person...so she said...she'll exchange it for me here at Selfridges...hehehe..yay!!!...i finally got my White Insolite Monogram Rouge...yay!!! [^.^]


.:my new White Insolit Monogram Rouge:.
after the happy exhange of products for me n Chia...off to go us both to Borough Market...via tube...to the London Bridge Station...and..ta-da...here we are at the Borough Market !!!

.:Borough Market here we come !!:.
upon arrival..Chia straight away bring me to this CheeseCake stall..and she told me...the cheesecake in this stall is real nice...and we bought 2 slices of Bailey's and 1 slice of New York Cheesecake...and the cake is...well..absolutely...delicious...hahahahaha...and they are all freshly homemade...
.:Shan & the absolute-delicious Bailey's Cheesecake:.
.:the taken-away by us...New York Cheesecake:.
after that...both of us started walking around here n there...saw so many good food...all home made...ya...and i bought this French Yogurt...homemade too...

.:Homemade French Yogurt - Strawberry flavour:.

after buying the yogurt...we came across this stall selling brownies...and they are like...so delicious...Chia says they taste great..so we bought 1 slice home to eat...hehehe...and it Chocolate Brownie...yay!!...my fave !!!

.:The Ultra Chocolate Brownie...yummy!!:.
so wat's next??...well..next...is the MUST EAT Thing in Borough Market...especially for Cheese & Potato Lovers..jus like me n Chia...hahahah...and seriously..this food...is...well....fantastically fabulous...the blend of the cheese with the pepper...and the potatoes cooked till softly n well-blended with the salt...it's just fabulous !!!!

.:Scrumptious CheeZzee Potato!!:.
after that...both of us went testing food here n there....taking pictures and snapping shots here n there..and...believe me..there are so many ppl there...buying n selling...and most things there are freshly homemade...ya...they have this oyster stall there...selling fresh oysters...and..the queue was so long....so many ppl buy them...Chia did asked me to try some..but..am not in the mood to eat raw food tat day..thus din have them...then we moved on with our food adventure here...and we made it to the fish!kitchen...selling fish n chips...cos both of us are sooo full...so we jus take away a set of Haddock Fish & Chips...to bring back home for dinner..hehehe....

.:fish ! kitchen:.
.:Shan & Chia at Borough Market:.
at the outside...no..more like another part of the market..they have these stalls seeling fruits n veges n mushrooms....and see....the melons...NoNoNo...they are pumpkins..hehehe..my mistake..these long oval thingie are pumpkins...not melons...hehehehe....wow..how can they be so huge...hahaha...
.:Chia with our taken-away fish n chips dinner:.
so..tat's not jus all..after busy eating n walking at Borough Market..Chia brought me to Embankment...and we walked along the River Thames...had great view of London with the London Eye, Big Ben, House of Parliament...and many many more...and we wne to Covent Garden too...where there are lots of street play...and shopping area...and Ben's Cookies too...hehehehe....and we event went to this mini shopping mall at Covent Garden too...

.:Shan & Chia with beautiful London behind us:.
.:the *head-less* man at Covent Garden...OMG!!!:.
.:Shan taking pic with the cutie Dollie at the shopping mall in Covent Garden:.

so...that's it...my wonderful Saturday...walk around London with my dear Sister Chia...
Thank her so much for bringing me around...having good food...and help me to de-stress too..
hehehe...
and...we shall plan for the next one...with more people....hehehe....

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