Food, Trains & a Wet Trip to London
Ah the great English weather is back...I'm stuck in the house again.
Had a light dinner after so much heavy eating, some parma ham draped over a melon, some pork pie and carrot/cucumber with houmous and taramasalata.
Topped off with a beautiful meringue pudding, fresh cream and oodles of strawberries.
The weather has gone to crap though.
Rain it does, all the time on and off, drizzle, heavy rain, grey skies, thunder, lightning..the works.
Where did summer go?
At least I managed to get up the Malvern hills while it was decent, I hope it will hold off tomorrow for my Mom's party!
Anyway I went down to London for a couple of days, or near enough, Watford to be exact.
I love the fact you can do everything online here, I really miss that, book your train tickets, order books, order gifts, order groceries, pay your bills, book cheap flights and holidays, order computer hardware and much much more..
I missed booking the train ticket by a day though, £10 if I booked a day ahead, £35.50 if I booked on the day of travel.
Thankfully..the single was £35.50, the Return was £36.30.
Crazy eh.
Still quite expensive though RM210 for a 1hr50 min train journey.
It's been a long time since I caught a train..they now have radios onboard with selectable stations and onboard magazines much like aircrafts.
They also have powerpoints for mobile phones and laptops.
I wanted to head into London to take some pictures...but it just rained.
It rained until the roads flooded..
So I was pretty much stuck, it was good to catch with some old friends though.
An old housemate of mine from London town, back in the days of hedonism and wild parties, I haven't seen him for about 5 years.
His lovely gf even knocked up a pukka roast dinner!
It was as good as it looked.
I've been stuck in the house since then though, I did do a bit of shopping but that's about it, I wanted to go to the cathedral to do some interior HDR, but by the time I got there it was closed, bastards!
I will make it there though.
I also went to see a best friend of mine...to find he's fucked off to Vietnam, via Malaysia so his brother said..
ARGH
Last year when I came back he was in China.
We really have to time things better.
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just reading your post makes me feel nolstagic. and suddenly i am missing houmous and taramasalata even! and yeah, i know what you mean about the convenience of booking things online. the wonders of one's switch card!
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oh yeah....what his name already ? Ding ? or Ping...gosh..i forgotten about him
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what a pricy train trip! view must have been worth it though...and it's a bummer you can't get to see your bestie. better luck (and timing) next time!
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'It rained until the roads flooded..'
Just like in Aussie or Malaysia!
[Well, used to flood the roads in Penang when I was there. I imagine the monsoon torrents still do the same thing.]
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Nice strawberries. Yeah, very nice colour too.
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35 quid for a return ticket? you must've been travelling virgin trains or something... midland mainline are £18.60 return buying on the day in the station. and it gets u there just as quickly.
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i wan strawberry....
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cherrie wants strawberry? -_-"
darn, the food looks good.. even the simple ones..
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Are those mooncakes I see lying on the marble cuttingboard in the first photo?
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ihatechuuuuu.
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Dang... the Food!!!
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Wah, the food! the food! The potatoes looks good.
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weird pricing.....diffrence of 1 pound 30 p for return ? huh ?
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the roast thingy... make it!
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jasmine: Yah gimme my debit card back...and ebay.co.uk and amazon.co.uk and lastminute.com and scan.co.uk and dabs.com and and...urgh Can get everything online..my friend in London was like WHAT? You have to go and buy stuff? You mean interact with people? NO WAY!
Terenceg: Chiu
Michelle: Hopefully he'll drop by on the way back from Vietnam, I won't hold my breath though.
cheekky: Yah Virgin, I didn't see any other options on the website and I asked at the counter and that was the cheapest.
damion: It's all fantastic, trust me!
kahyeec: Nope, those are pork pies!
KY: Will do when I have a proper kitchen and an oven. Kind of hard to roast stuff in a wok
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omg *squeaks* strawberries and cream... one of my favourite desserts there!!!
You. Bastard.