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"A little girl from Singapore, A big boy from Sweden, together they meet, and together they fall in love with each other "

Tracy Chapman - Change

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

London: Harrods & casino

Moi just did a London flight two weeks ago and here i am in London again~
It's also the last time moi is meeting Ken in London cos this guy is finally going back to Singapore for good.

Ken and Moi goes a long long way back. He was already in London doing his masters when i first started flying. That was almost 5 years ago. Since then, whenever I'm down in London, we would definitely catch up for lunch, dinner, shopping and stuff.

I know it sounds really silly..but I'm so gonna miss meeting up with him in London. We even had this silly conversation.

Moi: KEN!! it's the last time we are meeting in London!! (sob)
Ken:
But I'm going back to Singapore leh!! We can always meet up in Singapore!
(giving moi a DUH look)


As usual, our last time in London, we headed down to Chinatown for duck rice. We walked by a Casino and decided to pop in. It was my first time in a London Casino and Ken says its one of the better ones around..we decided to try our luck at Roulette, just for the fun of it and won 50pounds in 5mins..heehee

Super super happy :)i mentioned to ken that it's pretty easy to win money and he gave moi a disbelieving look!

BUT on the same note: Moi condemn gambling. Any form of gambling. I mean it's alrite if you do it just for fun. But not when u don't know when to stop and cut your losses. To gamble to the extent of borrowing money from friends and relatives thinking you could strike the jackpot. That to me is: PATHETIC. It will never happen. Mabbe one in a billon might. But you just aint that one. While Ken and moi were playing roulette, at the same table, there's this Asian guy who's like betting 200pounds per game (we were just doing 10pounds). He probably lost like a few thousands pounds in that few minutes. It's probably his hard earned money too. I felt sorry for him but at the same time he should have just stopped when he could. Know wat i mean? *sighz*
Sorry to bore you there. I just feel very strongly about this subject :)
The money won was spent on a nice Chinese dinner and the rest, to two buskers making music in the London tube station and a homeless guy out in the street.

The next day, we headed down to Harrods down at Knightbridge tube station. On my first visit to London, Ken brought moi to Harrods and other sightseeing places like London eye, Big Ben.
Kinda like reminiscent of my first trip to London.

(Ken was an hour late, btw)
The famous Harrods bears...
We passed by the theater showing Mamma Mia!
I would love to watch it sometimes...

I love all the songs by ABBA...But Tom forbids moi to play them at home (HE HATE IT!!) which is so so ironic considering that ABBA is a Swedish group!
It's Berries season!! Moi will always buy them when i'm in London.
Do you know Berries are super good for your health!!! From :
http://nutrition.about.com/od/healthyfood1/a/berries.htm
Berries contain phytochemicals and flavonoids that may help to prevent some diseases. Cranberries and blueberries contain a substance that may prevent bladder infections. Eating a diet rich in blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, cranberries and strawberries may help to reduce your risk of several types of cancers. Blueberries and raspberries also contain lutein, which is important for healthy vision!

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