A job finally!

It has been a whirlwind week and plenty of good news towards the end of the week, just in time to celebrate the bank holiday weekend in Nottingham with the family and my closest friends here. I am really pleased how things have turned out finally. The picture above was taken in my mum-in law's garden and this little flowers growing by the side of the rocks just caught my eyes and I thought it was absolutely beautiful and this is how I feel right now.

We had our wedding party-BBQ here in Nottingham to do something for some relatives and friends here in England in between our civil wedding last year and the second part of the wedding in Malaysia which will be held in August this year. Everyone had fun and plenty of food, I enjoyed it really except for the freezing bit. Who would have thought you needed scarf, gloves, big jackets and a pair of Ugg boots for a BBQ?? Well, I didn't have any proper winter wear with me, anticipating a lot of sun and some heat. I was wrong so I ended up freezing the whole time! I had a great time catching up and spending time with my good friends and it is always great to be able to see them!!

Looks like I will be hanging around in London for a bit now, especially after accepting a brilliant job offer from a very large company. I am pleased, excited and just overwhelmed at such a great opportunity. I don't have much details yet, hopefully everything will come through next week.

Cheers!

W.

Is it just more than a pretty sight in London?

Amazing blend of colours in the sky, view from our living room.

Beautiful hues in the sky

I have plenty of time, too much of time sometimes that I think too much. Wonderful photos taken from our flat; felt like I am trying to prove some point or to convince myself that I should give London a try. Is London the right choice for us?? Is this really worth it? Of course it is not as simple as some pretty picture, but actually living here. I still have not given up on my ultimate plan of settling back in Malaysia. Everyday I get more and more convinced that home should be Malaysia and no other place is close enough to call home. After the dark depressing winter, spring has come and beautiful weather also brings in more good news; I have been offered a job and am gladly accepting the offer! Will be starting work next month and it has been a long time since waking up at eight in the morning and work, work, work. I feel excited and nervous at the same time, all jumbled up inside me. I'll give London a try, well I don't have much to lose, do I? :)

Cheers people!

W.

Spring weather at the weekend in London

A visit to the Hummingbird Bakery in Soho, London. We stopped by for tea, cup of cappuccino and a red velvet cupcake! It was really good. We loved it so much that we ended up baking them Hummingbird cupcakes and peanut butter cookies at the following weekend. Thanks to Feli for recommending this place to us. :))

After getting our Lion King theatre tickets, we walked down on the Waterloo bridge and took a couple of photos. Beautiful weather!

"Lou sang" in London

Yee-sang. Before and after..

Hi everyone, after waiting for three months, yes three months in London; my flat is finally equipped with a proper broadband. Amazing how slow things get done here in London or England. You will be surprised. No kidding. We were warned by the Apple Store Genius that we should be prepared it could take months just to get a simple broadband set up, especially if you just moved into a new place without a phone line. I remembered our reaction, we just laughed at him and said, we think between two to three weeks at the most and we should be up and running. Yeah I guess he must have had the last laugh. For once I am thinking Malaysia actually BOLEH, and could beat the English hands down anytime.

So, this means I can finally relieve myself from the painful ten inch laptop that I had been surviving on with the prepaid mobile broadband and continue with my MacBook. I am really pleased!

Anyway, I hope everyone had a great Chinese New Year and I had a great time, especially after spending Chinese New Year twice or two years being away from home. The atmosphere is so different, so incomparable and nothing beats the CNY mood at home. The family, the friends, the reunion and yes, the great food!

So my aunty Cat decided to get Laughton a pack of yee-sang so he can have a go at it since he missed out CNY in Malaysia this year. We found it in IKEA and it was really good, we couldn't find any raw salmon so we ended up with smoked salmon for the yee-sang. Good consolation for him, I suppose.

Sunday Roast

Our Sunday roast dinner: Roasted chicken with stuffing, cheddar mashed potatoes, boiled broccoli, carrots roasted parsnips and gravy.

The Sunday roast is a traditional British main meal served on Sunday (can be for either lunch or dinner), consisting of roasted meat (beef, lamb, pork, chicken or seasonal meat such as turkey or duck can be used), roasted potatoes accompanied with stuffing, vegetables, Yorkshire puddings and  gravy. 

This meal was probably my best Sunday roast dinner ever and a very good effort by Laughton for preparing such a tedious meal! Looking forward to next Sunday though! But no, I will be in Malaysia!!