Espanoles weekend

Weekend was good, a tiring one thou, didnt have much time to take a break
Was quite a queer one
Thursday nite , met up with a group of pple I met on travellers pt forum
was great fun, interesting to meet foreigners like me..
hope to hang out with them more
Suzy's here to be with her Irish guy, she hasn't worked for a year(?!) , talks alil too much thou lol
Siew Yit's a typical malaysian girl, who's travelled to US for summer camp and is here with her Scottish guy...working as a waitress..
Fai is a funny guy, laughed at his chinese accent, had to keep myself from sniggering out loud.. reminded me of typical sporean guy heh

Friday nite , went drinking with Tom right after work
met the audio team people in the local pub
and had a great time talking, gossipin abt pple at work ;)
Met up with Federico, a friend I met in Granada, he's Alberto's good fren
his company in Madrid sent him over to work in London for awhile
they actualli pay for his weekly flight back home (?!!) n he flies home every wkend (double?!)
haha they cld actualli use the tix to fly anywhere else within the co's budget bt he chose to go home.. he's a nice homely guy which is great!
His girlfren came to visit, n so we hanged out n had dinner ;)
Wasn't extremely happy cos they were all speaking in Spanish
and it felt horrible feeling transparent sitting with a table of Spanish ;(
Sometimes, we do feel that difference being a Asian and a Spanish..
but we get thru these times together..

Saturday me and Alberto had some great time spending time alone
was a Sunny day in London, we decided to spend it in St James Park
an ideal Saturday morning.. enjoying the breeze, the greenery, the relaxed smell of the air..
ahhhh...was wat i dreamt of ;)
Spent the rest of the afternoon shoppin around Camden town
love the quirky alternative atmosphere there
lotsa flea mkts selling all sortsa stuff - bohemian, punkish, gothic..everythin u can find

Sunday we spent some time with Fede and Maria
and it turned out to be great fun!
Fede seems to have matured somewat, n was so nice laughing at his jokes
and Maria was a sweet cute lil lady,
Alberto was very nice to translate lotsa things they said
so we had great fun, showed them ard Greenwich n hanged out in his hotel room..

Every weekend will be this good
ah i wish!

Friday Night - Dinner at Bella Italia - met up with Fede and his girlfren Maria..a nice relaxing dinner to end the week ;) 

Saturday Morning! St James Park...ah! sunshine, lake, greenery...how beauuutiful!! was SO SO happy, probably the sunniest day in London so far..pple smiling, strolling along the park, and sitting on the green grass ;) 

the huge pelicans in the middle of the park! woa, they looked so big in real life (i know they look small here)..was so amazin to see so much wildlife, just in a park right in the middle of the city!  

me along the lake in St James Park..there were so many wildlife - squirrels, ducks, birds..otsa different sortsa ducks walking all over the park..how cool..;) 

me chillin on one of the benches along the lake..ahhh wat a lovely sunny saturday morning.. i swear it was like how i dreamt of London before i came!  

Saturday afternoon in Camden - ah damn i didnt take pics of the black gothic punk shops..lotsa them along the street.n the punks were asking me to pay them to take pics! ahaha..  

Me with my Lasagne and salad! woa i lovee pub food! so cheap and good! that main course costs like 3.75pounds! much cheaper than any oth restaurant..n it's good! spending a saturday afternn in an English pub is my ideal way of life! ;)  

Saturday afternn - lunch in an English pub, at Camden town! ahh Alberto and his pork sausages n mash - typical british dish.. 

Camden's like the Amsterdam of London!! lotsa shops with mushroom stuff, but haven't seen them realli selling the real thing thou. London's never gonna be as opened as Ams, but still..very cool punkish place i like! 

Sunday Afternoon - Fede and Maria at lunch. We had lunch at Harry Ramsden's - one of the famous fish&chips restaurants in London..woo yummy..had a good time, Alberto translated many things to me, and Fede spoke to me in English ;) 

Fede's girlfren, Maria, and me in the hotel room. Oo she's so pretty and cute haha i like her althou i couldnt understand many things she said hee 

Me, alberto and Maria and Fede, in a pub in Greenwich. Luv to hang out in this pub, nice place to talk and chill~~ I almost forgot how funny Fede can be hehe made me laugh 

Fede's cool hotel room! ahh luxurious aye, lucky guy the company pays for all that..bt he's to work 12hrs a day poor guy! 

Thursday Nite - at the pub with the Malaysians! was a fun nite, laughing at everyth they said, missing food from home - was nice, felt asian again ;) 

SATURDAY NIGHT - chilling and talking at an English pub ;) great nite! 

in the pub along Oxford Street - ah such a great night ;) we talked n talked like it was our first date 

funny Alberto in his new jacket! wooo i like! him standing awkwardly at Trafalgar haha 

The National Gallery standing strong in Trafalgar Square 

The famous painting - Virgin on the Rocks - by Leonardo da Vinci. In the DaVinci code, they talked about this painting.. interestin aye 

took some pictures in the National Gallery hehe, its prolly my first time in an Art Gallery.. lotsa historical paintings on Biblical stories 

Thoughts of tranquility

Had quite alot goin on in my life for the past few wkends
time to chill and relax..n save my pocket!
Was a quiet and fulfillin weekend
spent some quality time with Alberto
and had some personal space to think abt stuff..

woo~~had a great time watchin DVDs on a lazy Sunday
cried my heart out over the soppy & touching movie 'The Notebook'
based on a novel written by Nicolas Sparks.
I've always been a big fan of his, and read all his books
wanted to catch it for quite awhile.
It made me ponder..
can love really last..I never thot it would
but it just might..you never know.
Sometimes I think i need to let it all go
and let that power take over me.

The next movie got my heart pumpin fast man
'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' - it's one of the best horror flicks I've seen
adrenaline pumpin, and the eerily insane texas background was just so realistic.
It's based on a true story..
it got me wanting to know more about what actually happened
and I went on the net and read about it
it might not be true after all..
but i guess the mystery and suspense just makes pple more intrigued, & drawn into it.

I've never been a movie typa person,
Movies just make me feel alot during the show
but it seems to be short-spanned, and it just doesnt have that effect on me aft awhile.
Books are different,
I feel alot more, and there is that infinite space for imagination..

Spent a nice Saturday with Alberto,
just hanging out in Central London and visiting the National Gallery.
Not an Art person myself,
it was still an oddly intriguing experience to see some of the world's most renown art pieces
how peculiar for a scientific person like me to be drawn into the unfamiliar mysteries.
Wondered around Picardilly circus,
chanced upon a few books that I'd really wanna read
gonna add those on to my if-i-have-extra-$-i-would-buy list. (pocket's running dry)

Had a more-than-incredible time at the pub on Sat night with Alberto ;)
Living with him has made this dating thing seem far fetched
we see each other 24/7 and we know each other thru n thru
but somehow that hasnt stopped us from enjoying each other's company so much
We talked, and laughed over drinks at the pub
and I never felt happier ;)

Went home and listened to all the most memorable music
We swayed to George Michael's 'I can't make you love me'
one of my favourites, romantic and melancholic
We rocked our heads to Green Day's 'Wake me up when September ends'
that reminded me of our Chinabar days - one of the best in my life, so much fun ;)
We grooved to Outkast's 'The way you move'
those days in Miami where we partied to these hiphop tunes
Music seems to have followed our lives - growing up, experiencing ups n downs, embracing life..

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Good news: I've been offered a permanent contract in my present company
thank god for that, it puts my mind at ease
the job sucks big time, no challenge, no job satisfaction
but it gives me money to do what i want, and that's enough.
Alota things planned in my new life - travelling being my priority.
March, it'll be Paris! Can't wait to follow the DaVinci code path..Musee du Louvre!
April will be Spain again, for Holy Week - i'd love to see the Catholic parades n celebrations
June - Berlin for World Cup - to meet my pals from Miami! hopefully it'll be a reunion for all
Summer in Greece! hopefulli, crossing my fingers that I can take a longg vacation in summer ;)
The great thing about my perm contract is that I've got a raise in my salary,
and 22 -whole days of annual leave!!! wohoo~~

Meantime, I've been doin quite abit of thinkin..
Wanna do some things to improve myself
not to waste time on a job that has no future
Initially, after this 2-year UK stinct, my plan was to study Spanish intensively in Spain
but now I thot, I could start my spanish classes now in London
Have more or less decided which school to go, lookin forward to that!
Looking thru the university courses,
I found some interesting short courses that I might be able to take to improve myself
it's great that they'r opened to the general public
In the long term, i really wanna do a Masters in Biomedical Engineering
but meanwhile, I thought I might be able to readup,
do some short courses and learn more about it...
Hopefully, all these fall within my budget
and my life here might be more fruitful than anticipated!

Valentine's Surprise - our first Valentines together

It's been 2 years, but this is the first Valentines we spent literally together.
Had such a great one - i don't think i'll forget in the next few decades
Didnt anticipate anything at all, since we'd spent quite a fortune in Ams,
we decided to have dinner in a local restaurant
and have a quiet night in..
it was a normal day, started out with Alberto going to work with me
buying a sandwich on the way for lunch
calling me during work to chat
and we were gonna meet at home after work before gg out for dinner.

The moment I stepped into our apartment
The room was dark..
I saw candle lights everywhere,
and there was our song - Dilemma - 'No matter what I do..all i think abt is you..'
playing in the back ground
and there Alberto was, dressed in my fav suit
Nice dinner was sprawled on the table
lamb chops my favourite, and red wine..
he bought me red roses, and daisies..awww

He actually didnt go to work
spent the entire day packing our apartment
bought food to cook for me, and flowers
I was so surprised, he actualli pretended to go to work with me
so I won't suspect anything haha

I just had the most wonderful time
i guess when you never expected anything
it all comes as a even greater gift. ;)
Thank you, I'll always this remember this.

Valentine's Surprise! Alberto came me such a pleasant surprise, i swear i love him more for it haha.. it was a great one for us ;) i wish everyday's Valentines! 

Alberto - he really gave me a huge surprise! was soooo happy the entire nite ;) 

me and the red rose Alberto gave me the moment i stepped into the candle-lit apt!! awwww soo sweet...sucha romantic guy 

Alberto and me Valentines night! i love the daisies he gave me... 

the Valentines dinner Alberto made me!!! it was such a surprise i almost cried..my fav lambchops, and he spent the entire day planning it ;)