How could I forget to post about this place? call me sweets monster (not because i’m sweet but thank you if you think I am haha), I visited the Kensington Crêperie, located in South Kensington (which becomes the place I visit the most in London), near the tube station. It serves many kinds of crepes. I tried the Banana Rhum Chocolate crepes (cost £5.75). and it is yuummmm! thin pancake or crepe consists of banana, rhum, belgian chocolate, icing sugar. the cafe itself is very traditional, so french. love!
The Kensington Crêperie
Exhibition Road
London SW7 2HF
this is a good point about London. you won’t get enough list of interesting places to visit. London can never bore me. haha. but please be aware, it results in sudden bankruptcy at the same time, which becomes the bad point. and South Kensington is one of my favourite place because it has everything to please my hard-to-satisfy-tummy. boyfriend, as a local says that South Kensington is probably the France of London. and I get even more excited. haha.
p.s. oh well, I got my Schengen visa already. I’ll be in Holland and nearby this spring break to visit my aunt and her family. probably what i’m looking forward to about next month, although I have a lot of essays’ hand ins before holiday. eerrr.
I think I’m quite advanced in internet world lately. haha. I bring some more companions to this blog, where you can also find me. call them getaways. please take a peek at these places below. believe me, they are as lovely as this blog.
I found tumblr is very nice for short posts (interesting pictures, quotes, music). so there I created an account. For the flickr, yes I made a new one because I kinda need spaces for my so-called artworks of photography and travel junks, rather than my face in all pictures as in the old flickr account. haha. the old flickr is account is still available though. anyway, I’d love to put all the links more excitingly (interesting logo) in this blog and re-decorate this blog but my private web-designer is very busy with his college stuffs right now. and this web designing thingy is not my cup of tea. and I won’t bother to learn any further (knowing the fact that MATLAB doesn’t make me any better. enough is enough). so I better be patient.
p.s. dear blog, don’t worry I won’t leave you. you will still have my complete stories. xx
Oh well, I finally write again. Life is treating me well, apart from essay hand ins (next month). But exactly last night I went out with some friends for a curry dinner. I wasn’t really a fan of curry before. But, yesterday meal’s was not that bad although I still have no gut to eat lamb, haaha. I can’t remember the name of the restaurant. Five of us: me, sara, amelie, selin and her friend, portak. The three girls are my classmates in chemical engineering and portak is selin’s friend from turkey (he’s on holiday here). Full of laughs and crazy conversations. haha.
those four pictures are taken in an indian restaurant somewhere around selly oak. then we move to goose for some drinks.
my days of fulfilling master degree will be so boring without them. unfortunately, this term is only for optional modules. a lot of time we are in different class. but never mind, we can always arrange time to do some fun either during the class break or anytime we are free. next dinner is at amelie’s house I reckon.
I was not into painting before. I even know nothing about paintings and the painters (except the famous Monalisa by Leonardo Da Vinci). But when I went to Tate Modern Museum in London last week, I found myself a bit interested in paintings, even though I can’t paint at all. haha. It’s the part of guessing the meaning behind the paintings and seeing the combination of colours in it that excite me. I know most of the time I can’t make an exact guess. haha. But it’s just exciting, indeed. And most of all, I like seeing the colours in paintings.
If I were asked about who is my most favourite, I think i’d go for Van Gogh. He is originally Dutch, but spend some of his lifetime working in Paris, France. I love his paintings though I haven’t seen all the collections. But for sure, the colours of his paintings are so beautiful. I’d really love to see all of his collections that I’m after the Van Gogh’s Exhibition in Royal Academy of Arts, London on my next visit to London (still a month to go. ah!). maybe I need to study about his paintings and biography before my visit. very keen on it!
Oh well, his masterpieces are Sunflowers, Starry Night, Irises and The Potato Eaters.
courtesy of Mr. History
courtesy of jbparker.
ahh, can’ wait. I’m feeling so artsy lately. haha! so, do you like painting too?
I bet this town must sound familiar to all of us. Well, who doesn’t know Cambridge University, one of the best in the world?! for me, Cambridge itself is a very educational town. I can myself feel the education atmosphere on my very short trip there. Many great people are created here. It is in the east of England, 45 minutes by train from London. Anyway, the weather was bad that day (cold!), strong wind and some bits of snow.
Bicycles are everywhere around the city. Student’s main transportation I guess 
view by the riverside (while waiting for punting tour)
Fitzbillies bakery. the cinnamon roll is yum yum!
The trip overall was fabulous. I got a lot of new stories about the Cambridge (besides it is rival to Oxford. haha!). what amused me the most are probably the university colleges. Those had been built long time ago. The most famous are the King’s College, Queen’s College, Trinity College, Saint John’s College. There are of course many more colleges. And those colleges have their own characteristic and prestige. Still remember the Harry Potter’s story of student colleges. haha! hmm, I guess river punting is the best of the trip. My eyes were spoiled by beautiful sceneries and the stories behind fascinate me. Oh awesome Cambridge!
This weekend I got a chance to visit Primrose Bakery which I’ve been after ever since. (visited the Covent Garden shop) am.in.love! The cupcakes and the shop decoration are lovely. My bad I was in a rush because I had to catch my train back to Birmingham. I tried only the coffee cupcake, but I believe that all the cupcakes are yummy. If I had to choose between Primrose and Hummingbird, ehmm, can’t choose. haha. too difficult! (i’m greedy!). but boyfriend voted for Primrose.
coffee cupcakes. sorry for this half-eaten picture. haha.
Primrose Bakery
42 Tavistock Street
London, WC2E 7PB
will definitely go there again try all the cupcakes on my next visit to London. I love sweet treats! Oh well, Happy Valentine peeps! I don’t really celebrate valentine as a special one these days. But I did back then, not the fancy one though. haha. Guess I’m too old for such thing. We should fill everyday with love, make everyday as love days a.k.a valentine days. xx
Oh no, it snowed again this afternoon. Have I told you I’m now sick of snow? Ok, now I tell you. As for me, winter only belongs to December for the sake white Christmas. But it seemingly loves to stay longer. I want spring, please.
backyard’s view from my room
anyway, I am over the moon today. I got my marks and they turned out not that bad. For me , it is even surprising. Thank God. but next term must be better. much much better. I promised myself to work harder!
it’s better late than never. tee hee.. below are babypola shots from warwick castle (2 weeks ago)
this week i’m going to cambridge! yayyy! i wish i could catch the sun for the sake of good pictures.
anyway, my polaroid film are almost finished. i’m too broke to buy the new ones. can anyone recommend me where to buy the cheap ones? (i used to bid from ebay. but, i looked at the bid couple days ago and it had reached a high price already. argh.)
(please disregard my weirdness. i don’t know what i was doing there. haha)
For God’s sake there are couple of serious bits I am currently working on. which are:
- keep all my clothes neatly folded or hung on the hangers (seriously).
- no munching on chocolate and stuffs (i.am.suffering), well twice a month as an excuse.
- save one pound a day to afford shopping life, apart from food or daily needs.
- apply cleanser before soap and face cream.
- turn off the light before sleeping as I often fell asleep first.
- not let things in the fridge exceed the expiry date.
- think of “first thing first”, dear me procrastinator!
- be at church and (all) classes ON TIME.
- no snoozing when the alarm has on.
- do the bed everytime before leaving house.
- drink more water and eat an apple everyday!
the end.
Happy birthday to my superhero daddy.
I love him as much as I love mom.
He is my super superhero. He teaches me to be a real man. How we have to manage all the goods and the bads happen to our life. He teaches me to fight and struggle. He taught me math and physics everyday afterwork in my last year of high school back then that I got accepted at the best university. He is the smartest daddy. He wants to see the children to be far better than him. He has a very simple yet broaden way of thinking. He is handsome (i mean it). He always reminds me to eat an apple and drink a lot of water everyday, until now. He wants us the children to get all the best life. He spoiled us still in a positive way. He is silly. He taught me to not afraid of failure, but beat it. He is strict yet tender in heart. He says yes when it is right, no when it is wrong, very straight forward. He has a good sense of fashion. Duo mom and dad’s jokes always crack the the whole family up. He sacrificed a lot yet never moan. He is very supportive. He always says that money isn’t the happiness in life, family and love are. He always says “I have great children, beautiful daughters and handsome son”. He always wants to see us (me, mom and sister) dressed up. He is a dad you can always talk to. We love him.
Daddy is my truly superhero (I know I’ve said it like thousands times).
I cry now. I miss my mom and dad more than ever, I’ll always do. I know I am here now, I am all I am now its just because of their love and prayer. God bless my parents, and all parents in the world. They deserve the best.
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