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Farewell Sydney, hello UK!

Friday, October 06, 2006

Star-spotting

YAY it's FRIIday!! And it's pub day! No no... Although I am in London now I haven't turned into a big drinker. It's just that it's the only day my colleagues and I go out to lunch. So it's a welcome change to cold Tesco sandwiches.

Last Saturday I went rock-climbing at the Castle Climbing Centre. It's literally in a castle and is quite big, lots of rooms and properly-graded climbs (they have UK and France gradings - hardcore!) My friend Jane said she climbed next to Jude Law the other week. I'll be back.

Thursday, October 05, 2006

obsession with weather

This week it's gone cooold.. Starting with Monday when I walked from Syon Lane station to work in mid-Sydney-Winter temperatures. My colleagues laughed and said this was only the start .. O..M..G.. Eck.. I better get used to it. I carry a scarf and umbrella with me everywhere now..

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

ah Chinese..!

Met up with an old friend Mary for dinner tonight in Chinatown. We went to a Malaysian/Chinese/Singaporean restaurant called C&R Cafe.. it has great food and I went for the Char Kwai Diu YUM!! I have been really missing Asian food lately as it's rare that I can get to Chinatown to buy Chinese groceries. I devoured the whole plate and was so stuffed I decided to walk 50min from Leicester Square to Bank to catch the DLR home. It was a perfect cool evening for me to walk the distance carrying my shopping bag of Chinese goodies (including pineapple buns yuum!!!).

Olga, a Russian colleague at work, has been lamenting to me about how she misses this seaweed-in-a-can stuff that she used to get at home. I said HEY! the Chinese have something similar! So I bought her a couple of packets of this green jelly-like, kinda crunchy seaweed and can't wait to see if she likes them!

On the other hand, Shoaib, my Pakistani colleague who sits opposite me is fasting for a month. He looks like total crap during the 8hrs at work and I feel so guilty eating and drinking as I sit right facing him. The office is open-plan.. so I try and hide behind my flat screen monitor when i put things in my mouth. Then pretend/try to chew or swallow without moving my face.

It's the mid-Autumn Moon Festival on Friday! We'd like to get some lanterns for the flat, but they were like £8 for a basic one that I saw in Chinatown - wotta ripoff!!! Actually I bet ebay would have some... Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!!