Since I've been back, I've been addicted to all these cooking shows.
Jamie's 30 minute meals and Come Dine With Me are right at the top! Absolutely loving these shows and am glued to the TV every morning! It's so nice as well coz my mum's fridge is usually full with all the stuff I need to make these dishes as soon as the show finishes.
Love it!
Monday, 23 July 2012
Sunday, 22 July 2012
Beautiful London
Rain?! What rain?!
Seems like I've brought back a bit of the Japanese sun with me - haven't seen a single day of rain since I've been back! =)
I was a bit apprehensive because all I've head for the last month of so is how it's been absolutely pouring every day and everyone I'd talked to had just been miserable....like the weather.
But on the day I landed, it's was gorgeously sunny and that sunny streak seems to have continued and will continue all week! 9.30am on a Sunday morning and beautiful sunlight is just streaming through my mum's house and it is so beautiful. Especially because the garden looks so insanely, lushily green!
I am so excited for this week - the Olympics will finally begin! I was in central London yesterday and the true magnitude of the whole event hit me....as did the shittiness of the Tube! My goodness me - every single train I got on stopped in between stations and then when I was finally making it back to my parents' house, the train pulled out the station, went about 100m and then reversed back into the platform and we all had to get off!! That's a first for me!
Seriously though, all around London all the tube maps have been updated to include the different Olympic venues - everything seems prepared but they need to get their arse in gear if they're gonna realistically handle the insane number of tourists that are gonna be heading in over the next couple of weeks. I hit up Portobello Rd with my girl yesterday and it was absolutely rammed with tourists - an annoying but somewhat thrilling experience for me as I once again found myself surrounded by so many different nationalities - something experienced so very, very rarely in Japan.
It was so nice walking around the market, grabbing street food, and then heading into this cute, lil warehouse where we enjoyed a bottle of wine and some live soul. The perfect way to spend an afternoon!
I did want to head over to Tower Hamlets to check out the Olympic Torch route before it hit central London, but on seeing my girl's pictures of it and then realising what the crowds would be like, we opted to go to the pub instead! LOL!!
Back off to Sloane Sq. I felt seriously nostalgic as I was wondering through Victoria, Pimlico, King's Rd - all my old neighbourhood haunts. Though I felt a little sad to see that King's Rd seems to have lost it's "special" flare and become more high street. The pub I wanted to go to wasn't even there anymore and there was so much construction work going on. As we headed back into Victoria, I barely recognized some of the locations - I used to work around there and it took me a sec to realise where we were. So strange.
First Sunday back...you know what this means?!
SUNDAY ROAST!!!!
And today, it's gonna be lamb. And I'm going to make meringue for dessert.
Excited!
xoxo
Seems like I've brought back a bit of the Japanese sun with me - haven't seen a single day of rain since I've been back! =)
I was a bit apprehensive because all I've head for the last month of so is how it's been absolutely pouring every day and everyone I'd talked to had just been miserable....like the weather.
But on the day I landed, it's was gorgeously sunny and that sunny streak seems to have continued and will continue all week! 9.30am on a Sunday morning and beautiful sunlight is just streaming through my mum's house and it is so beautiful. Especially because the garden looks so insanely, lushily green!
I am so excited for this week - the Olympics will finally begin! I was in central London yesterday and the true magnitude of the whole event hit me....as did the shittiness of the Tube! My goodness me - every single train I got on stopped in between stations and then when I was finally making it back to my parents' house, the train pulled out the station, went about 100m and then reversed back into the platform and we all had to get off!! That's a first for me!
Seriously though, all around London all the tube maps have been updated to include the different Olympic venues - everything seems prepared but they need to get their arse in gear if they're gonna realistically handle the insane number of tourists that are gonna be heading in over the next couple of weeks. I hit up Portobello Rd with my girl yesterday and it was absolutely rammed with tourists - an annoying but somewhat thrilling experience for me as I once again found myself surrounded by so many different nationalities - something experienced so very, very rarely in Japan.
It was so nice walking around the market, grabbing street food, and then heading into this cute, lil warehouse where we enjoyed a bottle of wine and some live soul. The perfect way to spend an afternoon!
I did want to head over to Tower Hamlets to check out the Olympic Torch route before it hit central London, but on seeing my girl's pictures of it and then realising what the crowds would be like, we opted to go to the pub instead! LOL!!
Back off to Sloane Sq. I felt seriously nostalgic as I was wondering through Victoria, Pimlico, King's Rd - all my old neighbourhood haunts. Though I felt a little sad to see that King's Rd seems to have lost it's "special" flare and become more high street. The pub I wanted to go to wasn't even there anymore and there was so much construction work going on. As we headed back into Victoria, I barely recognized some of the locations - I used to work around there and it took me a sec to realise where we were. So strange.
First Sunday back...you know what this means?!
SUNDAY ROAST!!!!
And today, it's gonna be lamb. And I'm going to make meringue for dessert.
Excited!
xoxo
Saturday, 21 July 2012
Back In The Shire!
What a nice, relaxing first day back I've had.
Jetlag hit me pretty bad yesterday and as hard as I tried to stay up, I completely knocked out by 9pm. After an uninterrupted 11 hours of sleep, I woke up and indulged in crumpets and a cup of tea. A perfect breakfast!
Today has just been about making appointments and hitting up the shops to stock up on toiletries and that all important trip to Tesco.
I LOVE British supermarkets and they are definitely one of the things I miss most about the UK. I literally wanted to buy EVERYTHING and loaded up the trolley with 126 quid's worth of goodies including Jamaican ginger cake, granary bread, bakewell tarts, cheese, lamb, fish and so much other stuff. I miss it all.
Now I'm just settling down watching the Olympic football - GBR vs. Brazil. Not too hopeful about the GBR team after the shocking performance in Euro 2012, but we'll see!
Off to London to see the Olympic Torch - super excited!
xoxo
Jetlag hit me pretty bad yesterday and as hard as I tried to stay up, I completely knocked out by 9pm. After an uninterrupted 11 hours of sleep, I woke up and indulged in crumpets and a cup of tea. A perfect breakfast!
Today has just been about making appointments and hitting up the shops to stock up on toiletries and that all important trip to Tesco.
I LOVE British supermarkets and they are definitely one of the things I miss most about the UK. I literally wanted to buy EVERYTHING and loaded up the trolley with 126 quid's worth of goodies including Jamaican ginger cake, granary bread, bakewell tarts, cheese, lamb, fish and so much other stuff. I miss it all.
Now I'm just settling down watching the Olympic football - GBR vs. Brazil. Not too hopeful about the GBR team after the shocking performance in Euro 2012, but we'll see!
Off to London to see the Olympic Torch - super excited!
xoxo
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
I. Hate. Packing
One of the most annoying things about going anywhere is packing.
Grrrrr...
It's not like it's hard - I mean, I'm only taking a week's worth of clothes back with me coz I wanna do a whole load of shopping, but even then I just can't be arsed to pack.
I've had friends staying with me over the last 4/5 days and even though it was absolutely lovely to see them, I'm glad to have the space back just so I can get on with all this crap that I have to do.
Hit the gym this morning and then paid a whole loada bills. I have to pay my rent for next month before I go as well, so I am going back with way less money that I anticipated....which isn't a bad thing because since pay day is 25th, it means that I'll be coming back to a healthy bank account and won't have to scrimp and save my way through August.
It's still kinda crappy though because I wanted to do some SERIOUS shopping and just buy loads of new clothes. (T T) Oh well.
It always feels so weird to be going back...this time is no exception, but I am WAY more excited than I have been before to go back. I just can't wait to get all absorbed in the Olympic atmosphere.
YAY!
xoxo
Grrrrr...
It's not like it's hard - I mean, I'm only taking a week's worth of clothes back with me coz I wanna do a whole load of shopping, but even then I just can't be arsed to pack.
I've had friends staying with me over the last 4/5 days and even though it was absolutely lovely to see them, I'm glad to have the space back just so I can get on with all this crap that I have to do.
Hit the gym this morning and then paid a whole loada bills. I have to pay my rent for next month before I go as well, so I am going back with way less money that I anticipated....which isn't a bad thing because since pay day is 25th, it means that I'll be coming back to a healthy bank account and won't have to scrimp and save my way through August.
It's still kinda crappy though because I wanted to do some SERIOUS shopping and just buy loads of new clothes. (T T) Oh well.
It always feels so weird to be going back...this time is no exception, but I am WAY more excited than I have been before to go back. I just can't wait to get all absorbed in the Olympic atmosphere.
YAY!
xoxo
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Go! Go! Go!
It's only when I have someone else staying with me that I realise that I'm pretty much on the go all the time.
Even when I think I'm being lazy, I'm really not.
I've loved having my girl stay with me for the past few days, but I've still had to work everyday so we're pretty much only hanging out in the evenings.
Straight home from work and it's time to cook dinner. I LOVE cooking for other people though and it's been nice to be able to cook a huge meal and then not be eating it for the next few days. Then we've been settling down in front of Community with a bottle of wine.
She's leaving to go back to Malaysia today.....and then my Kyushu boy is heading over tonight!!
Tomorrow is gonna be mad busy as I attempt to hit the gym, pay all my bills, back and clean before my early morning flight on Thursday. On top of that, add in 2 more days at work finishing at 10pm and 9.15pm.
Ufffff....
It's defintielu going to be a rush tomorrow, that's for sure!!
xoxo
Even when I think I'm being lazy, I'm really not.
I've loved having my girl stay with me for the past few days, but I've still had to work everyday so we're pretty much only hanging out in the evenings.
Straight home from work and it's time to cook dinner. I LOVE cooking for other people though and it's been nice to be able to cook a huge meal and then not be eating it for the next few days. Then we've been settling down in front of Community with a bottle of wine.
She's leaving to go back to Malaysia today.....and then my Kyushu boy is heading over tonight!!
Tomorrow is gonna be mad busy as I attempt to hit the gym, pay all my bills, back and clean before my early morning flight on Thursday. On top of that, add in 2 more days at work finishing at 10pm and 9.15pm.
Ufffff....
It's defintielu going to be a rush tomorrow, that's for sure!!
xoxo
Sunday, 15 July 2012
Lazy Sundays
The run up to going back home is always crazy.
Starting from Friday, the next month is going to be one of the best of the year, but also one of the most hectic.
Last year when I went home, I always worked around other people's schedules - meeting them when THEY were free, going out on a limb to get to places that were convenient for THEM.
But this year, it's going to be the other way around. If people are about when I'm about, then I'll meet them. If they're not....well, that's just too bad.
Anyway, on Friday my friend from Kyushu was in town. I had such a fun night - it started with Mexican with a couple of other friends and ended up with darts, Uno, jenga and some embarrassing dares! Haven't done anything like that in years!!! HAHAHAHA!
And then last night my girl got in from Nagoya. I'm still working every day so we are having a mammoth lazy Sunday with loads of food and online TV!!! Just the way a Sunday should be spent - especially when it's so hot outside and I can't get to the beach!!
Only a few days to go - I can't believe that I'm heading back to the UK in just 4 days!!! Doesn't feel real...
...but it will when I'm trying to pack at the last minute!!
xoxo
Starting from Friday, the next month is going to be one of the best of the year, but also one of the most hectic.
Last year when I went home, I always worked around other people's schedules - meeting them when THEY were free, going out on a limb to get to places that were convenient for THEM.
But this year, it's going to be the other way around. If people are about when I'm about, then I'll meet them. If they're not....well, that's just too bad.
Anyway, on Friday my friend from Kyushu was in town. I had such a fun night - it started with Mexican with a couple of other friends and ended up with darts, Uno, jenga and some embarrassing dares! Haven't done anything like that in years!!! HAHAHAHA!
And then last night my girl got in from Nagoya. I'm still working every day so we are having a mammoth lazy Sunday with loads of food and online TV!!! Just the way a Sunday should be spent - especially when it's so hot outside and I can't get to the beach!!
Only a few days to go - I can't believe that I'm heading back to the UK in just 4 days!!! Doesn't feel real...
...but it will when I'm trying to pack at the last minute!!
xoxo
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Oink Oink!!
OMG I just HAVE to write about someone I saw today.
It is gonna make me sound soooo mean and you know I'm not...
....most of the time!
LOL!!
I'm not gonna say where I saw this girl or anything, but OMG I have never seen a nose like hers in my life.
A pure snout.
No joke.
The second I saw her, I actually thought that her nose was worse than a pigs. It looked like it was totally stuck on.
I literally couldn't stop staring at it!!
I wonder if it was some surgery gone wrong....or if that was natural, then why the hell hasn't she had surgery to fix it?!?!?!
My goodness me!!
I couldn't help it. Up went the left side of my upper lip as I screwed my face up at the sight of just how **** this woman was.
I'm not a b**** really!!!! But honestly - you'd have something to say to if you saw it!!
Don't judge me - I'm only human.
xoxo
It is gonna make me sound soooo mean and you know I'm not...
....most of the time!
LOL!!
I'm not gonna say where I saw this girl or anything, but OMG I have never seen a nose like hers in my life.
A pure snout.
No joke.
The second I saw her, I actually thought that her nose was worse than a pigs. It looked like it was totally stuck on.
I literally couldn't stop staring at it!!
I wonder if it was some surgery gone wrong....or if that was natural, then why the hell hasn't she had surgery to fix it?!?!?!
My goodness me!!
I couldn't help it. Up went the left side of my upper lip as I screwed my face up at the sight of just how **** this woman was.
I'm not a b**** really!!!! But honestly - you'd have something to say to if you saw it!!
Don't judge me - I'm only human.
xoxo
Helloooooo Summer!
28 degrees and the sun is shining and there is a gorgeous breeze going on outside.
At last - summer is well and truly here!
YAY!!
Just got back from the gym after a really good aqua dance class. On my walk home, I was just LOVING the feel of the heat on my skin and listening to trance. It almost felt like I was away on holiday - if I closed my eyes I could imagine lying on th beach.
and then I'd breathe in the exhaust fumes and remember where I was - LOL!!
I'm dying for another beach holiday already!!! Yeah, yeah I went to Guam but that was over a month ago now!! Looking forward to getting in some beach time after I come back from the UK. The sunsets down by Enoshima and Zushi are stunning in August so I'm excited about that.
But thinking more short time, my girl is coming over from Nagoya for a few days before she heads back to the UK this weekend. So excited! And I'm catching up wiht my other girl who will also be going to the UK at the same time as me!
Now the challenge - let's see if I can keep this positive momentum going when I get into work!
Probably not!
HAHA!
xoxo
At last - summer is well and truly here!
YAY!!
Just got back from the gym after a really good aqua dance class. On my walk home, I was just LOVING the feel of the heat on my skin and listening to trance. It almost felt like I was away on holiday - if I closed my eyes I could imagine lying on th beach.
and then I'd breathe in the exhaust fumes and remember where I was - LOL!!
I'm dying for another beach holiday already!!! Yeah, yeah I went to Guam but that was over a month ago now!! Looking forward to getting in some beach time after I come back from the UK. The sunsets down by Enoshima and Zushi are stunning in August so I'm excited about that.
But thinking more short time, my girl is coming over from Nagoya for a few days before she heads back to the UK this weekend. So excited! And I'm catching up wiht my other girl who will also be going to the UK at the same time as me!
Now the challenge - let's see if I can keep this positive momentum going when I get into work!
Probably not!
HAHA!
xoxo
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