once bitten, twice smitten.

today,

or rather 1st day of my 2nd trip to london.

friday lasted 35hours and it ended when i woke up at 1am to eat the left-over "extra tasty" chicken on the kitchen table. it's really tasty and that's what it's called. you know like some are garlic, bbq and this is extra tasty. i hope it doesn't mean alot of msg or something.

okay yep, in case you're wondering, yes, i shouldn't be awake right now. it's an unearthly hour like 3.30am.

i've a confession: i retired for the night into a waking moment of a feast within 2 hours happened 3 times in my entire life and it happen this year within a span of 4 months. i have this theory of not eating after 8pm cause i've a bad stomach and it doesn't help that i can't digest the food after, and wake up feeling bloated and fat.

so yepp, i broke my promise to self. 1st attempt was in jakarta, i ate a full meal of extremely tasty beef rendang with tiy potatoes that my boss' mum prepared specially for us, and not to mention it took her 4hours.

2nd attempt: the beef fillet/steak with stewed carrot in red wine sauce and mashies prepared by a famous chef. lemee try to recall his name, it's french you see. happen yst on board the plane. hehe. the beef is like the shiokers, on par with lawry's.

okay, i drifted. recalling in process. flight delayed due to technical difficulties for A380. turbulence was bad, was counting down the hours on the plane cause i felt air-sick. It dawned on me that i should be staying longer in london, which i am now quite tempted, i could extend for 2 entire days. seriously, i dread the 14hours journey. Or upgrade to business class. heh.

finally, we landed. caught by surprise, how come there are so many indians in london, no, seriously, alot. there was a queue for students at the immigration, and ALL were indians. everywhere we turn, there they are. they are flooding london, like what the china peeps are doing to us.

then we had our first meal at bite. sandwiches. i had salmon sandwich and hot chocolate with mashmallows. bliss. the weather's pretty cool, about 14degrees, but when the wind blows, i felt my brains were blown away. super cold.

bought the 1wk oyster card for unlimited travel from zone1-4. then tap and off we go to barking. throughout the journey, we kept boarding the wrong train. it's confusing now, cuz most lines are close due to the weather. but it's okay, it was fun. one weird thing was the train is lower than the platform, like a big step down.

arriving at barking, search for our apartment and yep, cosy nice little house in a quaint town. it's like the tampines hub, this town has everything. everything is like 1pound - groceries like fruits, pizza, bread, juices, beer. and boy, the hoegarden bottle is huge, and of cuz i had to have it.

there's nandos. teeheex! then there's the market we visited, didn't get anything, was like blogshops but uncool clothes. then we went into a couple of charity shops, bought a vintage instant poloraid camera and now i have trouble finding the film. i hope i can find some here. anyway, the camera is the coolest ever of all instant poloraids. haha

came across postman pat's workplace, salvation army church (huge), many kebabs eateries, dorothy perkins and some other cool shops, where i bought 2 GG's headbands. one in pearl and one in disco silver. there were christmas shops, that were selling decors and really nice paper bags and cards and santa claus costumes and stuff. if u receive a christmas card, it's from UK!

then we bought roasted chicken and bread for tomorrow's breakfast which was like 13pounds only. then suddenly mum said, erm.. it's actually quite expensive, like $30ish. it was then my brains came back and started counting how much i've spent already. haha. crap.

lunch was the roasted chicken with fruit salad, and then i had to do the dishes. i really do not like doing the dishes in winter, expecially when there's no warm water, it's either hot or cold. (sissy's singing you're hot and you're cold when i was doing the dishes) totally. oh, no warm cuz there's 2 separate taps beside each other.

and then dinner was supposed to be muscles in white wine sauce and pizzas of which didn't happen cause we all fell asleep. haha. which is good, so no dish washing.

oh, a funny statement my mum made was: hurry come get your food, if not i'll put them on a plate and you have to wash the plate.

okie, it's now 4am, i've 5 hours before everyone else is up. yes, i am wondering what's wrong with me. how come i'm the only one that is awake and feeling hungry that i ate up a quarter of a chicken. there should always be food on the table.. for me. haha.

{.Your love is extravagant.}







{.Your love is extravagant.}





oui means yes in french.
imagine everytime you look at it, it reminds you of the day you said yes.
imagine the day he proposed, obviously, you had to say oui.

so funny lah. but it's so pretty.

{.Your love is extravagant.}






{.Your love is extravagant.}






{.Your love is extravagant.}






{.Your love is extravagant.}






{.Your love is extravagant.}




When trouble breaks your heart and makes your knees buckle, and forces penitent tears from eyes sealed in prayer to Almighty God, then trouble may turn out to be the redeeming agony before new birth.

{.Your love is extravagant.}




about the things in my head:

insecurity/

a little bit of fear that grips/

illogical/

whatever it takes/

something about that, that melts me/

trying tree, still trying or/

beautiful/

is there anybody out there who will love me like You? i know the answer is no. but is there anybody who will love me with the love You gave him for happily ever after?

{.Your love is extravagant.}




The key to economic security.. is give tithes.

for the first time, when i stare blankly at my savings account, as it depreciates in amount by another significant drop, after paying for my london airticket and expenses to come. for the first time, i felt depressed over money.

and then the sense of sanity about being broke is real.

and then is not like the pay that comes in is even enough to cover, much less to think you don't need to spend a cent till the next paycheck.

so it's real. it sets in. and in a tingling of my mind, i have yet to give my tithes, but i've already put the money aside and money aside for offering. And then i was thinking, could i only give my tithes and not offering, so i'll have abit more money to last the month.

and then logically, it's like can God just give you money and don't bless you, kinda, y'know. but i know that even if i give, don't give, God will still bless me. But i don't wanna dishonor Him in any way, so yep, i shall give continually, sowing what lies in my heart to reap a blessing much bigger than the loss.

giving is hard. but giving for a greater purpose. giving with a prayer is worth much like a mustard seed. thank you Lord for showing me.

{.Your love is extravagant.}