The tour continues...

We continued the use of our London Pass to the next day. We went to 'British at war Experience' built by Winston Churchill I think. It is an exiciting musuem with drama demostrating life during war. With sound and light effect, it brings us back to London during World War. HMS Belfast is just across the road, so of cos we went there as well. HMS Belfast is the only surviving vessel since world war 2.

We didnt take a lot of pictures but it was very interesting to be able to see what its like in the ship. We were shown the cabin, kitchen, clinic, library, church etc. More or less we can imagine life in the ship.

Next, is the Tower Bridge.

Nothing much to see actually. It is all about enjoying the view from the upper level of the Bridge. Beside the scenery, we can tour around the engine room as well.

The last agenda of the day is the Tower of London.

It was used as royal palace and prison over 900 years ago. After this trip, I actually showed interest in English history. I started to look for information about King Henry VIII and actually bought the DVD 'The Other Boleyn Girl' staring Natalie Portman, Eric Bana and Scarlett Johansson. I like I like.

After more than 3 hours studying history of Tower of London, both L and I got so tired we decided to make full use of our London Pass. We took the City Cruise for a quick tour by the thames.

Took some pictures of interesting building by the thames.

It was a great way to finish the day with a relaxing cruise enjoying the beautiful scenery and breezy fresh air.

The next day, we used the London Pass to travel with boat by the canal at Little Venice in Warwick Avenue.

It was amazing to be able to enjoy fresh air by the canal with so many greens in Central of London. The canal leads us to Camden Town.

Meanwhile in Camden Town, u get a total different view.

From Camden Town, we went straight to the St Paul Cathedral.

It is amazing in there but we were not allowed to take pictures. We took more than 300 steps (I think) to be at the Golden Gallery for a breathtaking view.

After St Paul Cathedral, go across the street.....

....and that's London Millennium Footbridge.

From there, we went to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

After, we went to Benjamin Franklin House near Charing Cross and we found it to be a bit boring.

Finally, thats the end. And what's better than to end the day with a nice and cheap dinner in Chinatown.

Steamed dover sole

Prawn in butter and oat

Sambal kangkong

London Zoo

L and I decided to spend the rest of our holiday in London instead of going somewhere further (but still in UK). We wanted to make sure that we are in London when our passports are returned to us (BTW, I received my passport yesterday with my PR application approved...thats gonna be in another post)

I managed to get a very good deal from Londonpass.com where I bought a 3-day pass for less than £60. With this pass, we get free entry to some of London most popular attrcations for 3 days. After calculation, I managed to save about £20 in 3 days using this pass rather than buying tickets separately. It saves money and hassle.

London Zoo is one of the attractions included in the pass. So, off we go to London Zoo.....with sun lotion this time. It was yet another lovely, hot sunny day

We spent about 4 hours there. Did we enjoy the trip? Well, not really. It was a dissapoinment. London Zoo is not much different from our own Taiping Zoo, really.

After London Zoo, feeling very hungry, we had pizza for lunch.

Next, we took tube to Kensington Garden Palace in Kensington. It is included in the Pass as well. No pictures here I dont know why. At the end of the day, only we realised we didnt take any photos...ooppssie. Well, there was nothing very special, anyway.

After day 1

On my visit to Windsor I was not bothered to apply sun lotion because I never thought the temperature gonna shoot up to 30 degrees. But I was wrong. It was a damn hot day. Without any protection, this is what I got.

Back at home,

I was wearing strappy sandals, and so.....

....the beautiful burns.

A day in Windsor

L and I started our summer holiday 2 weeks ago. This year, we couldn't go anywhere outside UK because I submitted our passports to Home Office for PR application. So, we got stucked in UK This year. Well, there are plenty to do. We managed to visit Windsor and covered almost all of London most popular attractions in 2 weeks.

First visit was Windsor Legoland. Yaya, I know it is childish but who cares. I managed to get tickets at half price from lastminute.com. Well, it was a last minute booking and I bought the tickets on the final day of the offer.

Ok, let's go now. We woke up very early in the morning and got to Paddington Station at 9am. We took the train to Windsor and used the shuttle bus from Windsor town center to Legoland. The journey took us about 50 minutes. There were kids everywhere. I think L and I were the only adults without any children in there.

Now let the pictures do the talkings.

Everything are made of Lego. Cute right?

We started our trip with a boat ride. Well, of course the boat is not made of Lego (I think !)

Next stop is story-telling time. Thats the Puppet show.

After that, we got into the Miniland. Everything is....well, MINI.

changing guards

Trafalgar Square

London Underground

Leceister Square

Wembley Stadium

NASA

Tower Bridge

London Eye

Apart from those miniature, they have normal size Lego-made things as well.

I got so attracted to the Miniland that before I left, I went for 1 more tour.

Thats all from Legoland. Before we depart for London, we had a quick tour at Windsor Town Center.

Of course, not forgetting Windsor Castle.....

....and Windsor Wheel.

Summer is here !

I love summer. I was born and grew up in a hot tropical country, Malaysia. Although I spent more than 20 years staying in a hot and humid country, I still love summer.

With sunshine,



Think about picnic,

Kids running around, having fun

Who doesn't love summer?

I love crabs

This is a long overdue post. Hubby bought fresh crab from the fishmonger few months ago. I can't remember whats the price but when hubby brought it home that morning, I was so freak out. It is very big and still moving. He placed the whole crab in the fridge cos we will cook in the afternoon. It occupied 1 whole shelf in the fridge. I started to image that the crab gonna open the fridge door by itself and escapes.

It may not look very big here, but it is. I should've took the photo with something beside the crab as a comparison. Anyway, the crab is big enough for 2 of us for 1 whole day. Let's have another look at the crab before we kill it.

For lunch, hubby cooked half the crab with 'Kam Heung' sauce. I dont know whats the exact ingredients are, but I think there are lots of ginger and dried prawns. Very aromatic.

Then for dinner, we had the crab with spicy, sweet and sour sauce. I prefer this because mom used to cook this style when I was young.

On that night, we had a very fullfiling dinner. I love crabs....do u?

My first time

I had it done for the first time yesterday morning. I woke up early as the appointment is at 9am. I arrived 10 minutes early and I was lead to a room where someone was already waiting for me. I was asked if I am in a relationship, I said I am married. Fine. I can see a bed was ready in the same room, I took a quick look and make sure the room is locked. I undressed myself, laid now and waited. I felt so nervous wondering how it is gonna feel. Knees up, legs spread and I got even more nervous as it was inserted. Feel some pain and uncomfortable. It lasted for few minutes. Finally, it is over. I dressed myself and the nurse told me the Smear Test is done and result will be sent to my address in 8 weeks. That's it !! My FIRST SMEAR TEST. It was no fun at all ! And I am NOT looking forward to the next one.