1st 2 weeks in London..

Almost let the lazy bug crept into me. Its been more than 2 weeks since I blogged. Not that I was caught up trying to settle here; in fact, life has been pretty enjoyable.

Did the touristy activities while Ivan was here. It was indeed very sweet of him to accompany me here for the 1st week to help me settle in. Went to places like the Buckingham Palace and Big Ben..

Also swing by the Portobello Road Market (the ang moh version of pasar malam) and had the yummiest cupcakes. Even Ivan, someone who doesn't have a sweet-tooth, was impressed by them!

It was really nice of Hwai Bin to get us tickets to catch an opera in Holland Park Theater. Since some of us were not cultured enough to sit through the whole opera, we decided to leave during the interval for dinner at Bayswater Roast Duck! Nevertheless, the experience of watching an opera in an open-air theater in London was just indescribable. The atmosphere was amazing, weather was good (air-con temp) and we were also blessed with long summer daylight even though it was already pretty late.

Oh yes, I have to elaborate on the Roast Duck we had at Bayswater. Before I left for London, afew good-intentioned friends recommended this Chinese restaurant selling roast duck. I was even told that the roast duck they sold was touted to be the TOP 5 in the world! I wasn't disappointed. It was indeed heavenly. In fact, I kept thinking so much about the roast duck dinner that I made Ivan go with me to another branch at Leicester Sq 2 days later!