Min was here to visit with her hubby Derek. They went to Norway and Iceland doing similar trips to mine two years back, and made London their last stop. The emails we exchanged prior to them coming over were almost non stop. We were getting so excited planning to meet up, fretting over where to have her macaroons, our high tea, and which musical to watch. Finally, all was put to rest when I met them here.
Having four free summer half days off at work, I spent 2 afternoons with them and ahem the shopaholic side of me overshadowed my normal self, so instead of bringing them to some famous London landmark, (well if you consider the shopping belt a landmark...), yes I brought them shopping first. Primark, no less. But hey, that was an experience in itself. For where can you find such good buys in London right? ;) And I am quite sure they enjoyed it, especially Min. heehee
A snapshot of things we did in their short stay here...
trying the best coffee in London and having a light lunch from Borough Market
having our afternoon tea at Laduree (why did I not think about coming earlier?)
watching Lion King musical, my second time to show you how superb this musical is
while enjoying some macaroons (Min looked like she was in bliss upon her first bite)
Baking muffins on a Saturday morning...
have to admit this was my second batch coz the first ones turned out too ugly! :(
... for our picnic (this is almost a standard activity for guests who come visit... I usually propose a chilled out last day before the long flight home which makes perfect sense)
But very importantly before that, I had to ask Derek to umm do some work in the house for me.. wahaha which is to pull out the weeds in my backyard!! I know M and I have been having a busy summer schedule so when I finally looked out of the window the other day, I was shocked by what I saw...! How can weeds grow that tall?!!
Again, how can weeds grow this tall?!
Look at this... shocking!
They kept calling it my forest. Which has an element of truth I guess...
and so, as Derek's the man among us... very unfortunately for him, I had to hand him the gardening gloves.
"Down with the weeds!"
and wala! All done!
Well done Mr D!
Time to enjoy a cuppa in the very clean backyard.
In this funny shot, it looks almost as if I was ecstatic having a clean backyard, Derek was sad at having to do work, and well, all Min could look at was the froggie mug which she liked a lot. And I mean a lot.
To the extent we all had to pose with it.
Overall a short but lovely meet up. Till we meet in December!
Having four free summer half days off at work, I spent 2 afternoons with them and ahem the shopaholic side of me overshadowed my normal self, so instead of bringing them to some famous London landmark, (well if you consider the shopping belt a landmark...), yes I brought them shopping first. Primark, no less. But hey, that was an experience in itself. For where can you find such good buys in London right? ;) And I am quite sure they enjoyed it, especially Min. heehee
A snapshot of things we did in their short stay here...
trying the best coffee in London and having a light lunch from Borough Market
having our afternoon tea at Laduree (why did I not think about coming earlier?)
watching Lion King musical, my second time to show you how superb this musical is
while enjoying some macaroons (Min looked like she was in bliss upon her first bite)
Baking muffins on a Saturday morning...
have to admit this was my second batch coz the first ones turned out too ugly! :(... for our picnic (this is almost a standard activity for guests who come visit... I usually propose a chilled out last day before the long flight home which makes perfect sense)
But very importantly before that, I had to ask Derek to umm do some work in the house for me.. wahaha which is to pull out the weeds in my backyard!! I know M and I have been having a busy summer schedule so when I finally looked out of the window the other day, I was shocked by what I saw...! How can weeds grow that tall?!!
Again, how can weeds grow this tall?!
Look at this... shocking!They kept calling it my forest. Which has an element of truth I guess...
and so, as Derek's the man among us... very unfortunately for him, I had to hand him the gardening gloves.
"Down with the weeds!"and wala! All done!
Well done Mr D! Time to enjoy a cuppa in the very clean backyard.
In this funny shot, it looks almost as if I was ecstatic having a clean backyard, Derek was sad at having to do work, and well, all Min could look at was the froggie mug which she liked a lot. And I mean a lot.To the extent we all had to pose with it.
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