i'm back!
london was good fun but somehow this didn't really feel like a holiday at all?
it's too short
maybe it's because we were running everywhere with so much to do
anyway, the taxi from paddington to the flat was so expensive!
such a rip off..... ish.......... well, can't really state out what i did for the whole week
shall jot down the main ones went to chinatown on sunday, 1st day of chinese new year itself and....
oh my god
it was packed!!!!!
literally...
its like a bumper to bumper crawl
we couldnt move at all just rubbing shoulders with all those disgusting minging people
and they had this lion dance thing
which made everyone not able to move and basically everyone was just fighting to see it and take pictures of it
but trace and i didnt want to see it
we just wanted to get out
the irony is that the dance was performed right in front of us
literally
right in front
but we ddint appreciate it and just wanted them to get lost
didnt even eat there cause there were just major long queues for each and every restaurant
went to covent garden and had lunch at a cafe
but it was a great experience though
now we know how chinatown is like on the 1st day of cny on tuesday, trace and i took the train up to cardiff
she had an interview at cardiff uni so we decided to go 1 day earlier and stay the night and check out the place
cardiff's really nice actually
at night we met up with renyi for dinner at this italian restaurant Ciba. its supposed to be really good.
have to book in advance apparently or you won't get tables
but the place is quite small
and she booked a few days before so we got a table
food was not too bad 
the starters we shared 
my linguinne with roast pork and fresh chillies
tracey's tagliatta
renyi and her penne
renyi, me and trace
then on wed, trace went for her interview while i......................
went to watch a show 'because i said so' by MySeLf
in the whole cinema, there was only about like 15 people?
so i had the whole row to myself
sat right in the middle
add a whole walnut loaf by myself
but i really enjoyed the film
it was really good!!!
then i walked around and bought this scarf at a really cheap price!! the shop was closing down
yeah.. walked around by myself, ate at the cafe by myself, watched a film by myself
how sad is that?? then on fri back in london, trace and i met up with jill
she's studying in UCL
went to have lunch at kimtaro 
my terriyaki salmon bento set
jill and i
jill and trace's lunch. both the same chicken with rice but trace had hers with curry sauce and jill had hers with terriyaki sauce
apart from going out a few times to shop, we stayed at home and watched tv the whole day!
im surprised the tv didn't konk out
must be pretty hardy
oh ya, we watched the good shepard as well
to be honest, i didnt and still dont really understand it
all that second world war shite
but if you understand it, it's a darn good film before we went back to school, my guardian brought us to the italian restaurant in notting hill and
oh. my. god.
it was like the best spaghetti i've ever had!!
seriously. people, i recommend that you go there to eat italian food
its like a proper italian restaurant with italian waiters and cooks.
go there! its called Mediterranean in Notting Hill
but do book in advance cause there's damn a lot of people during weekends
try the spaghetti with lobster and fresh tomato sauce
absolutely deeeliciousssss
oh and try their tiramisu as well
its heavenly! well that pretty much sums up my half term then
back to school now
darn! | 
