If We Ever Meet Again

yay! i finally arrived in the land of the Beatles and our former coloniser. the feeling is pretty surreal, i have no idea why, but i felt this special connection with this city or country when i stepped foot into it. maybe its the fact that we have studied so much about it in geo lessons (all the horrible geofiles and case studies on UK) and things feel more familiar than in Germany. think of three pin plugs! and right hand driving and super familiar train stations (kensington, swiss cottage etc etc..) i love the city! its so vibrant and diverse and colourful at the same time. girls here definitely dress better than in germany ( they all look like they are wearing clothes out of a Topshop or Miss selfridge catalogue! ) and there are so many asians and tourists around, its actually hard to hear any English and when u actually do, you obviously enjoy hearing the very very very nice british accent :)

lunch in chinatown. saw dim sum but it was very exorbitantly priced:( end up eating a chicken bao. hahaha

me, qiling and cupid in the british museum. haha

watching the changing of guards at the buckingham palace. it was exciting cos the girl i was standing behing had a brother who was one of the guards! and they were so overwhelmed when he marched past, they(the family) burst into tears!

i Love the BIG BEN! seriously wondering how any one place could have so much attractions and the buildings are so nice, they all look photo worthy!

but obviously me and qiling being the two noobs, ravelled in the beauty and photobility of a particular building or struture only when pointed us to us (more often than not by swee foo). following is an excerpt from qiling'sblog and it perfectly encapsulates the essence of our british knowledge..

Just that Alycia and I the 2 girls from the little red dot couldn't help but feel DAMN NOOB/BIMBO (pink umbrella doesn't help) at times especially when we tend to sprout stuff like "EHH sweefoo what's that building! so nice!" or "Is London Bridge and Tower Bridge the same thing" or "Oh you mean Knightsbridge is not a bridge!?!?!?

(passing by a building which looks like it has a toilet and two girls who need to relieve themselves very urgently)
And then there were senseless conversations like
Me: Alycia where are we ah? Is this a museum?
Aly: I don't know lah I don't care! As long as there's a toilet..
Me: Ohhhh yesss my pee pee is coming out
Aly: My shit is coming out
Sweefoo: *I-am-trying-very-hard-to-remain-sane look

(at the big ben)
Me: Oh my gosh Big Ben!!! So chio!! I can't believe I am standing right in front of Big Ben now!!
Aly: yahhhhh so beautiful!!!
Me: Actually what is Big Ben all about ah??????????
Aly: *blank look* I don't know i think it's a very very big clock

(at abbey road)
Me: -at Abbey street- Eh Sweefoo why are we here? This looks like just another Yewtee to me.
Sweefoo: Abbey Street is famous is London!
Me: Oh really? Ok lets take a picture here!!!
-5 minutes later-
Me: *totally bored* Ehh why are Tomas they all so excited huh? Why they keep crossing that zebra crossing?????
Sweefoo: This is the most famous zebra crossing in London!! Beatles and other famous bands used to cross this everyday to record their albums in Abbey Studio!
Me: Ohhhhhh really??? Let's take a picture with that zebra crossing!!!!!

And there you go: The Famous Beatles

And the 4 over-excited Chile Beatles wannabe:

yes it was damn funny cos me and qiling were reallyamused at what they were doing. they literally crossed the road for about three times in a single file trying to get the perfect shot.had never seen them so excited about photo taking until that day and me and qiling were really really surprised. yeps. in qilings'words, presenting to u the four chileno beatles wannabe. hahaha