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*drumroll* One year in London!!

Hey peeps! We have actually been here in London for exactly a year today!! whoop whoop

Inspired by a website I saw, I decided to do an "all-in montage" for myself and having some trouble going thru tons of photos.. so just sieved out a few memorable ones; might seem a bit narcissistic oh well, just let me be for once!


WOW it has been an amazing amazing journey for me. Looking back, yes it was very very eventful and this whole experience is something which I dreamt of and never thought would come true. Truly even till today, I am forever thankful to dear Abba who provided and saw me through every single step of the way. Sometimes I wake up in the morning and the reality of me being here just hits me and I just go "wow... praise Jesus." :))

One of my fav verses that always resound in my head:
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
Love it! We are truly blessed to be in the Benjamin generation. And I firmly believe that this IS the acceptable year of the Lord, no matter what.


Last year was a hectic year packed with travelling as everyone knows, but this year, with its uncertainties, would be quite the opposite.. I think I would be spending more (quality) time here in London, and do more touristy stuff here (yes I should!). It would be a shame if I have travelled much of Europe but not know much places here in London at the end of my assignment. *sheepish*

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As a pre-celebration, Yeelin and Felix came by for our "Waitrose takeaway dinner" on sunday night. They bought cordon bleu chicken, lamb, and roast beef (each of us a slice of meat each, decent portions for once!) with rosti. And finishing it with blueberry cheesecake. For a start, I finally could use the tealight holders which Pris n Stephan gave me for Christmas last year. I got a small bunch of bright pink roses from Tesco as a table decor and with the candles, it was almost restaurant ambience (I was the deejay for the night too!). Felix was very impressed hah.

** Did I mention this blog is one year old too?!!**

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Coincidentally tonight both Cynthia and I had plans for a show coz she was commenting sometime back she would like to watch a ballet performance. I watched Swan Lake when Miss Mimi was here but Cyn couldn't join us. So I booked Giselle for tonight sometime back. And for dinner, we finally managed to get a table at Wahaca, this Mexican place at Covent Garden, which is highly recommended by Kathryn. We've tried to go there twice with Alicia but they always had a long queue. Cheap and good Mexican street food.
Giselle, like Swan Lake, was really good.. the ending round of applause seemed like it would go on forever and this was the first time I see people throwing showers of flowers onto the stage. Big time. I thought it was so amazing that she could dance as light as a feather and I was so absorbed in the second half. Bravo!!
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