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I think I should leave my last two posts of our honeymoon in draft mode for a while and get back to reality.  Reality is that I started my new job 3 weeks ago.  Wow almost a month.  My life is slightly different now.  Mainly I need to wake up earlier and take an earlier train because my office is now back in the city.  Yay to that.  Sort of.  It is much nicer to work in compared to Canary Wharf but you know I actually have gotten used to Canary Wharf and don't mind the limited lunch choices there.  Now I take about an hour each way, and because my train stops at a few main tube stations, it means I have more than one way of getting into work.  What do I mean? So I have been doing all sorts of combinations to and from work, such as 1) taking the train directly into Cannon Street (30min) and walk 20min or so to work.  Sometimes I get lazy and when I pass by Bank station, I can't help but saunter in and take the Central line for one stop...

K didn't want to spend an hour driving to do another hike in Yosemite and so on the second day he looked at the map and told me we were going to Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. The impressive O'ShaughnessyDam We soon walked across the dam to start our hike Hetch Hetchy is also known as the second Yosemite due to it's beauty.  After the big earthquake in San Francisco in 1906 where there were mass devastation including leaving them with no water, the people sought to look for a safe place to build a reservoir to get a steady water supply.  After much debate (i.e. 7 year environmental struggle), Congress passed the Raker Act in 1913 which permitted the flooding of the valley under the conditions that power and water derived from the river to be utilised for public interests. Just arrived to this view! The beautiful and peaceful reservoir Vertigo!  Looking down the dam in front of us - that sheer vertical drop made our knees wobble. Today the Hetch Hetchy is...

Right, back to continue on our honeymoon adventures! Don from the B&B recommended this 2h tram tour within the valley of the national park.  He said it is highly recommended as the park is huge; the tour takes you to see what you need to see, and afterwards you can do you own hiking.  Sounded good to us.  Admittedly we took our time to leave the B&B (those chats just never could end!) and we arrived close to 1130am which meant lots of time was wasted.  We booked our 2h valley tram tour at 3pm but with lunch thrown in between, plus the shortest hike is one hour, the timing really wasn't great for us.  Even though they provided free shuttle buses within the accessible part of the park during summer, it really took quite a bit of time to get from point A to point B.  K was really upset because he couldn't wait to hike but the 2h tour seemingly was disrupting our plans. :( Anyway the tram tour was good because we saw the must-see thin...

I need to take a break from blogging about our honeymoon because yesterday was such a special day I need to blog about it.  Singapore turned 50!!  *whoop whoop!! bring out party hats and the local food!!* I had the weekend planned especially now that K is away (back in SG, lucky him) and I am counting down the days.  I figured it's more fun to count down the days with friends, especially on a momentous weekend such as this.  Back home in Singapore, "SG50" is such a big thing and has been gaining momentum since the beginning of the year that by the time 9th August arrived, I am sure all the pent up expectations and pomp just BURST into a whole confetti of celebration, fun, and national pride.  Even I felt it over here in London! In fact Saturday morning I did a little decoration to be SG50 ready :) Thereafter I went out for a haircut and met my church friends, who are both Malaysians, for brunch.  I told them it's Singapore's birthday the ne...

I hope you are enjoying these posts so far!  This trip was the longest I've ever taken since coming to London?  I want to document our adventures and be able to share with you in the process too. Enough of scary roads from the last post. We both loved the B&B we stayed in.  It's so well kept and people are so friendly.  We made friends with a Canadian family and especially the father of the family called Don who owns the B&B.  He is 75 and kept chatting with us, telling us stories of everything he can think of really.  He was very enthusiastic to introduce us to the other guests "this young couple are from Singapore but they both work in London.  England."  He always had to clarify it's England.  I think it's because there is also a city called London in Canada.  He told us he loves to talk to young people - he loves to see the drive in young people's eyes; "they have so much potential" he said. I guess being Singaporeans w...