electronic JINX

hmmmf 2008 has been a year of unfortunate electronic events... hmmf... first my iphone was left in the UK for a couple of months... then just before September, my hard disk of my MacBook crashed... terribly unexpectantly... all my school Art Festival events archives were all documented and lost as my hard disk just crashed on me... It was ever so upsetting that all those pictures, and videos of the students' rehearsals, etc were all gone with the other data.... hmmmf... then in September... my digital camera went cranky... it's button came springing out as i hit the 'to snap' button, while i was in the midst of snapping a picture. anyhow... that was hardware problem... i had it fixed... paid $60 for a little button, a spring and some strong glue to get them attached together... Just as i thought everything was smooth sailing... my macbook hard disk CRASHED on me AGAIN!!!!!!! in less than 3 months!!!! ARGH!!!!!! From now on.... i detest my work macbook... for it has failed me not once but twice in less than 3 months... worse of all... all my pictures in iPHOTO was also GONE!!!! it was utterly DEVASTATING!!!!! Just as i was still mourning over the loss of my pictures and data in my 2nd crashed experience... my digital camera slipped out of my hands and hit the floor whilst in it's case... and broke it's screen.... yes yes... my digital camera took a dive and committed suicide... well not exactly, as it didnt quite kill itself COMPLETELY... i would say.. its just handicapped. hmmmph...
well... i did have some backups... but nothing compares to re-installing every single file ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!
i wish and i pray that may 2009 be a year of happy electronic experience... no suicidal thoughts on any of my techno stuff... PLEASE!!!!!!

sad rice :(

sink ur teeth: the FOOD post - UK EDITION 2008

yes yes... it's coming to 6 months and i have not updated what happened during my Summer London trip 2008... (i miss london very much!!!!)
My first meal when i touched down, Lunch with Tsumugi at Strada!!!! i had my usual... seafood linguine, and we had tiramisu to share...



The following evening... i had dinner with saffie... we had pancakes on King's Road... We ordered a savory and a sweet, heehee... the sweet was a traditional Sugar and Lemon Pancakes.... We finished EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!! YUMMILICIOUS!!!!



Met up with Elaine for dinner at Bryon along with Saff and Nat...


Oh My Goodness!!!!!! SINCE when has burger tasted so FABULOUS!!!! I ordered a generous portion of their house classic hamburger with portobello mushroom!!!! AHHHH!!!! you have no idea how delicious and juicy it tastes till u sink your teeth in it!!!!
Elaine decided to go white meat... and had a chicken sandwich :) it was delicious too!!! Bryon's the place to eat!!!! highly recommend!!! and the price is affordable too!!!
Then there was shopping in Bicester village... and i had to confess... i missed Carluccio's!!! I have to have the lasagna... but.. sigh... it didnt taste as good as i anticipated though :(


Met up with one of my colleagues from SOTA, Wang Jiunn, who happened to be in London too. And we decided to go turkish... heehee.... no belly dancers unfortunately... we went to the famous Effes II. This place has a special sentimental attachment to this place.... it was the place that my first few friends that i made in london (who are turks), introduced their cuisine to me... and i remembered i was hobbling out and about london on my crutches and my turkish flatmate (whom i grew very close too whilst living in YWCA) and we bought kebabs as our takeaway lunch. we sat on a bench and enjoying the huge serving... The uncle at the takeaway counter was very generous.. he gave us extra meat and pitas too.. he probably think we are very poor students... oh.. well... we were... hahahahahaha... This was also the place Paul brought me out for my birthday dinner.... heehee.. i remembered vividly that evening, he refused to tell me where we were heading... and we got off the bus at Green Park, and I looked at him astonished... and said, "ARE WE GOING TO THE RITZ???!!! ARE YOU BRINGING ME TO THE RITZ???!!!" He laughed hysterically... he said he can't believe that came out of me.. hahahahha anyway... it was a private joke... the thought of it as i write now.... makes me laugh... sigh... i was so... gullible... anyway... back to this recent trip... so.. i had dinner at Effes II. Well.. i can't really remember what i had... i think i had lamb... no.. chicken... no ... lamb... or maybe... chicken.. alas.. i can't remember... here's the dine in pictures....




i love the look of the bar too... and how can i resist taking pictures of the lamps.... very exotic... :)

YAUATCHA!!!!!!!!
aiyo.. no need to say anything... jus enjoy the pictures!!!! dim sum and yummy food!!!!












PAUL'S



Traditional Sunday Roast... MY FAVOURITE!!! yorkshire pudding!!!! and yes.. i finished it ALL!!!! hahahahaha

Tom's Place for fish and chips... which unfortunately closed down due to the recent financial downturn....




and of cos ROCK & SOLE fish and chip place!!! how can i miss this out... went there with Paul.. and i think i almost squashed him.. :p


And how could i not have english breakfast.. at Chelsea Bun... but i have to say it wasnt very yummie... oh.. no.. i had better!


And at Daylesford Organic (supermarket cum makan place cum shop cum bakery cum florist i think) with Charity and her friends...i love this place!!!





the burger aint as yummy as Bryon's!!!



the yoghurt is so cutely packaged!!!




And my last meal in uk before i flew back to tropical singapore... it was the morning... and i had a very sweet tooth that day... had a tart and a white chocolate cake... erm... i think the tart was far too sour... and the cake was extremely sweet...


and tat concludes my eating adventure in london... 2008...