On New Year's day, we had a family friend come to visit. Food preparation had already begun in the early morning. Albert and his long-term girlfriend Fay Ying arrived at mid-day whom my parents haven't seen in quite a while. Everyone gathered in the dining area, where we had typical Malaysian food and deserts, whilst Albert talked about his current work experience at the hospital. He is a newly qualified doctor, currently working in Basingstoke NHS Hospital as a F1 (Foundation one) junior doctor. Hearing from his speech, it seemed to be a difficult and exhausting job, yet, a very interesting experience. Dad also talked about his secondary school life with Albert's dad, when at the time Albert's dad contemplated making an album with his bad. We all had a good laugh. By 3:30pm, they were ready to leave and I went together with them, as I was meeting Froz, his girlfriend Ellen and a few of his friends in Central London.
Albert, me and Fay Ying
I arrived on Oxford Street at around 5pm, where Froz and I arranged to meet. I've known Ellen for a while, but it was the first time we met, as she studies in New Zealand. She only came here till Feb for summer holiday in NZ. It was very gratifying to see both of them. I also met 3 other people on the night - Larry, Stanley and his girlfriend, who studies in the States. Froz had already bought London Eye tickets for us, however, the rain came pouring from the sky. It wouldn't be phenomenal but they insisted to go as Stanley's girlfriend was leaving the following day. It was a 25 minutes ride and we managed to see some breathtaking views. We then headed to China Town for dinner before we went home.
The ride begins...
View of Buckingham Palace
Ellen, Froz and me
Ellen and me
View of Waterloo Station
View of Big Ben
View of a bridge???
Sweet couple!
ALOHA!!
Highest point
View of London
London night view
Larry, Stanley, Stanley's gf, sweet couple and me~
I met up with the four again on the next day. A better and warmer day, though I didn't meet them till like 5pm again. But this time at the British Museum. Sat down outside for a while and had a hot chocolate!
After collecting Stanley's rack bag, we set off to a Korean restaurant that they found earlier in the afternoon. Check this out, proper scrumptious dinner that we satiated ourselves :D
food preparation
Pork
Beef
Lamb
Spicy Tofu Soup
Bibimbap
After dinner, we were ready to leave for Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park!! When we arrived at Winter Wonderland, Stanley had a go at this throwing game to win a prize. He was given 5 balls to throw in a basket, at least 3 had to be in in order to win a big prize. Guess what, pro Stanley got 4 out of 5 - he won a large soft toy! Unfortunately his girlfriend had already left, so at first, the soft toy was given to Ellen, but then they thought about it and decided to give it to Larry's 'goddess' hahaha!! We also went on this fast ride. It was hilarious and we laughed until our belly hurt on the ride!! Just before we left, we all had a go at playing basketball to win a prize. It was quite a distance and high, the hoop was also not as big as the normal ones. We probably had about 20 shoots and only I got one in haha I had the last 2 balls, got the second last in... DOOM DOOM DOOM DOOOOOOM..... a lot of pressure on me!! SHOOOOOOOOOOOT! BUMMER!!! Hit the hoop, almost got in ><"
I wasn't intend to stay at their hotel, but they successfully convinced me to stay with them. So we determined to stay up the entire night to chat and play games. However....... as soon as we arrived at the hotel, Stanley promptly jumped into the bed and zzzzzzzzz like a pig. Though, he promised he'd wake up in an hour. You don't need to guess... Yes that's right, he never woke up! =____=" Larry and I then went to Froz and Ellen's room, where we were having a jovial chat. Soon after, Ellen began to fall asleep! So that's 2 down! Larry and I sat down on the sofa, talking about ancient Chinese films and Chinese history, whilst Froz was on his laptop. You may find it weird, but I have a predilection for Chinese history!! Chinese has at least 5,000 years of history and stories like The Three Kingdoms, the first emperor of China, the Qing Dynasty, the last emperor of China and so forth; it's absolutely remarkable! Until 0300, Larry began to feel sluggish, in a languid voice and told me "you have finally beaten me". Froz and I were still active. Well, what can I say... Malaysian people are generally nocturnal. I didn't let Larry to sleep and kept irritating and fidgeting about. Poor him, crawled in a corner like a drunk person and finally passed out on the floor haha!! Don't play "staying up" game with me cus I reckon I am invincible ;D
Right, I will post Winter Wonderland photos at some point soon so stay tuned! ^^
