Day one- London

Saturday 21/7 4:15 am (UK)

On the flight since 12 am last night in Singapore. Shamir and the gerls were really nice to see us off. Daddy was there too. Can tell he will really miss me tonnes. Slept most of my time away and just lazing around on board the plane. Not really excited yet. Just a tad bit building up. Been a REALLY LONG flight. Breakfast coming soon! :)



3.17 pm
Finally checked into piccadilly backpacker's inn. Was here by 9 plus this morning but couldn't check in as the check in time is 1 pm. So after dumping our luggages at the luggage deposit, we went around to explore the vicinity. Walked down to the British Visitor's Info Centre to check out for more details on places and to purchase our London Pass. After which we went round to look for cheap theatre tickets but didnt buy any in the end. Had a simple yet expensive lunch. Fries was 9 bucks and the milk shake worse at 12 bucks in sing dollar. Goodness! Bought a pair of shades at the Acessorise Sale for 7.80 GBP. Went grocery shopping at the nearby super mart (Tesco). Stuff there are all relatively cheap. And finally checked in.

The hostel was quite a disappointment. In fact it's pure crap. It is sooo much MORE shabby than we picture it to be. It is so unlike the picture shown on the website. So not true. It was like what my mom said 'a prison cell', except that it is a tad bit better. No air con but thankfully, summer in London is chilly. The room is awfully cramp. And the double decker bed shook and creeked threateningly whenever you climb it.


Piccadilly Circus- where we stay


our sucky room in the hostel

11.22 pm
I am dead beat and jet lagged. Went to visit the tate modern museum in the afternoon. It 's a contemporary art museum and I have to agree that to a large extent good artists are actually more of a good speaker than an artist. It is more of the wat that they crap about their art work and explain their thoughts and reasons that matter than the art work itself. Because some of the artwork really may seem to be just pure nonsense. But of course there's also plenty that struck me with its creativity and concept. Too bad photos of these art pieces are not allowed.


tate modern museum

After this, we went around to explore the area once again and decided to leave st. paul's cathedral and shakespeare theatre to another day to make good use of the London Pass. We passed by a cute lil ice cream van and got ourselves a soft whipped ice cream cone for like 6 bucks when back home you can get it at 50 cents. Gasp.


Walked over to St. George's chapel but a pity it was closed already by the time we got there.

Dinner was simply a slice of pizza at 2 GBP. Take away, where we have it at our 'cosy' lil shabby hostel. So sad there's no wifi here so i can't email at all. And it is so not worth it to pay 1 pound for only 20 mins of use when i will probly use it for perhaps 10 mins.