Sounds like a depressing title, isn't it? haha anyways we wanted to do the touristy thing today- to walk down River Thames, see Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Westminister Abbey, Horse Guards, etc etc.
Altho' we did, guess what? It really rained :( just like what the weather forecast said.
Yes now I understand why weather is a big topic here coz it's just so unpredictable and it rains ever so often.. everyone here checks the weather forecast for the next few days (ask someone how's the weather on say, Tue, and am sure you get the answer almost immediately.)
Most unfortunate, we only managed to see the Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, London Eye and that's pretty much about it coz the rain just spoilt everything! It's kinda hard to take pics holding an umbrella that has the wind trying to blow it away.
After our hearty lunch, we walked down further along Piccadilly Circus to this sports apparel store called LilyWhites where Cynthia wanted to get another pair of sneakers.
Reflections...
"Dear Lord, thank you for guiding me, and I pray you grant me Your wisdom and Your super-abounding grace & favour in the eyes of my new colleagues, amen." :)
Simply love Chris Tomlin's song Amazing Grace and esp. how it ends- "unending love, amazing grace". So beautiful. Miss church so much. Heard about the miracle seed last Sunday.. the amount raised is so unbelievable! 18mio! Praise Jesus :)
Altho' we did, guess what? It really rained :( just like what the weather forecast said.
Yes now I understand why weather is a big topic here coz it's just so unpredictable and it rains ever so often.. everyone here checks the weather forecast for the next few days (ask someone how's the weather on say, Tue, and am sure you get the answer almost immediately.)
Most unfortunate, we only managed to see the Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, London Eye and that's pretty much about it coz the rain just spoilt everything! It's kinda hard to take pics holding an umbrella that has the wind trying to blow it away.
above: the garden of some government building which we happened to walk into, lured in by the flowers.
Despite the unfortunate rain, we managed to walk down to Picadilly Circus where Chinatown is and we had our first Chinese meal since we touched down. Dim Sum for lunch - yummy! ahh.. how I miss our Chinese food.
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| The Sherlock Holmes restaurant spotted on our walk from Westminster to Trafalgar Square, to Leicester Square, and finally Piccadilly Circus close to Chinatown |
People walk super a lot here and yes, I think we are gradually immersing into this walking culture (we hope to get slimmer legs from this haha).
After our hearty lunch, we walked down further along Piccadilly Circus to this sports apparel store called LilyWhites where Cynthia wanted to get another pair of sneakers.
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| Piccadilly Circus, outside Lilywhites |
When we emerged from the store, we noticed that hey, there was some A1 grand prix going on and the pit stop was just outside the store, which they call the Regent Pit Stop. So us being tourists, we had to stop to take some pics :)
and lastly... we spotted the theatre which is showing Les Miserables here! We have planned to catch Les Mis and now we know where is the theatre. Cool. I love Les Mis so much the last time they came to S'pore and I know I have to catch it again. The story of Jean Valjean and how great Forgiveness is.
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Reflections...
I've been blogging faithfully since I started a few days ago (think it's my new found hobby! quite addictive y'know).. and hope I can still have time to blog frequently when work starts. Tomorrow is THE DAY when we will find out; hopefully everything goes fine, colleagues, team mates, work, traders, etc etc.. so wish us luck! Mmm, actually to think about it, it's not really about work since it's a similar role compared to back home, but it's more of learning to work with people of different cultures. It's about adaptabiliy.
"Dear Lord, thank you for guiding me, and I pray you grant me Your wisdom and Your super-abounding grace & favour in the eyes of my new colleagues, amen." :)
Simply love Chris Tomlin's song Amazing Grace and esp. how it ends- "unending love, amazing grace". So beautiful. Miss church so much. Heard about the miracle seed last Sunday.. the amount raised is so unbelievable! 18mio! Praise Jesus :)
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