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Good day everyone! This is the news at 8am. Just in, a criminal has escaped from prison. Hao-e is 1.7m tall, very very fat, bespectacled, has multiple moles on his wide face and a missing chin. He was last seen outside Buckingham Palace wearing a Chelsea beanie, rimless glasses and a wide thin-lipped grin. He is widely known as Matthew the guy who breaks computers and computer programmes. Anyone who suspects that they have seen the runaway prisoner should contact the police asap. Argh, he's at trafalgar square too! He's at Westminster ! where will he head to next? OMG, Big Ben as well! He's not at Picadilly Circus. Thank Goodness! Not at Carnaby St either. Not amongst the tulips... Not at Leicester Square either.... the nation looks out for this geeky criminal. You should too!

Today, i did nothing productive. Zilch Nothing Emptiness Vacuum 零 . . . . . While the sun rose from the east and set in the west and the earth continued to rotate around its axis and revolve around the sun, the clouds gathered in the sky and deigned to refresh us with some much-needed fresh water, i sat here doing nothing productive. will the earth shake if i stopped what i was doing? Nope. will everyone die if i continued what i was doing? Nope. hmm... so should i continue or not? since there isn't much impact either way. while pondering such earth-shattering philosophical questions (yah right!), i suddenly remembered i did do something today. 1. i renewed my dog license for another year 2. i realised i needed to call the transport control dept to get my car "microchipped" asap 3. i logged on to view my cpf statement and realised i don't have much there so there. 3 things done. and according to a good fren of mine, i've lived today!

If i could lay in bed with a good book, I would gladly vegetate there for all eternity, rising only to quell hunger pangs and for loo trips. But no, man ain't built to live on air and sunshine, unlike the plants. we need cash to buy things that keep us alive e.g. KFC, Coca-Cola, Nike, Nintendo, a Tiffany or two and of course the book which we had wanted to be buried with in the first place. Given that we need cash to pay for expenses, and an ever-increasing source of cash at that, cos expenses only increase with inflation, age and expectations. we devote most of our waking time to this thing called work for 40-44 hours a week. more if you are a workaholic like hao-e. That leaves little time for anything else. In my line of work, I don't get paid if I don't turn up and that sucks, cos I am made to keep working and i feel compelled to work work work for the $$$. Besides the huge time-consumer called "employment", because of reasons I shall not go into now, I need to...

I've been to Leeds Castle. That was in my first year of college when the seniors brought us all to Leeds Castle in Kent for a day-trip. 7 years ago! How time flies. I seriously can't recall what we saw there, but i remembered it was a cold, wintry, rainy day. Funny how i remember the weather but can't recall anything else. This time I made it a point to read the descriptions of the rooms, learn a bit more of history, breathe in the fresh air, enjoy the sun and smell the flowers in the attic... i mean the graden. Leeds Castle is a really pretty castle on an artificial island with huge spacious grounds. Pls do head there if you have time for a day trip out of london. it's really beautiful. Here are some photos of the interior.... And some photos of the exterior...

Do you know who this is? He's a larger-than-life figure in medieval England, a king who married 6 times! he's none other than Henry VIII. He held court at Hampton Court Palace after he evicted Wolsey from it. We went there on the second day of the trip to experience life in the medieval ages.... Here are the gates into the palace. See the unicorn on the right? I thought that was just brilliant. Close up of the unicorn, look at the details... This is the front entrance of the palace... This is the back of the palace facing the thames and the sprawling gardens. it's built in a different style from the front end cos this part was added by later kings. Who's this? Clearly he ain't Henry. His name is Robert, our guide. Don't you just love bearded men with a soft velvet hat? So cute! and look at his little sword! hahaha.... i wasn't paying much attention to what he was saying.... Then there were "manicured" trees, fountains, flowers and the li...

London - my second home. It's without a doubt I love this place. I spent but 3 summers there, but it was enough for me to keep wanting to return. This time, we were going to spend 10 days! Imagine the things we did, the sights we saw and the FOOD..... salivate. It used to be that Chinese restaurants dominated the Chinatown at Leicester Square. Nope! the Korean Wave has hit London's Chinatown too. Surprise Surprise. Though the waiters/waitresses looked in no way similar to Bae Yong Jun, Kwon Sang Woo nor Song Hae Gyo, the food was fairly authentic. [ps: best korean food is still found on 32nd/33rd st Manhattan NYC.] We went to Little Korea [Liko] 3 times! This is of course my favourite man acting goofy at Liko munching on seasoned cucumbers and sprouts. who would imagine cucumbers could taste so good. we chowed down 2 plates of this. [Manhattan rest would have provided unlimited supply, here, we could only have 2.] Whilst shopping along Carnaby St, we found a little pur...

Before I forget, these are some pictures from the wine tasting night we had in Feb. There were 7 wines sampled that evening, with some citrus whites and full bodied reds, and one really really sweet dessert wine to end the night. We weren't really wine people, cos wine puts us to sleep. but there were some really great tasting appetizers and main courses. It was enjoyable, but a bit pretentious. i'd prefer some beer and pub grub, or some liquor and the dance floor anytime. Heh.. i know i am low-crass. The menu for the evening. The venue: Gosling's Wine Place at Dundonald Road. The dinner table.

Good Morning! Tis Friday again! Yippee!! It's just amazing how each week passes so fast eh? We've been back from London since Tuesday evening, and i've just downloaded the photos into the comp at home, so there will be some posts on London pretty pretty soon. I'd just like to say, shopping is way better now that there's Primark at Marble Arch. London has remained somewhat the same as I remembered it. Of course the streets hasn't changed, and the tube is as dirty, but hey, there are way more Korean restaurants in town and boy were they delicious! alright, not manhattan new york or los angeles delicious, but at least better than Bermuda, where there is no Korean cuisine to speak of. Look out for the upcoming posts over the weekend.

*GASP* I am growing white hairs! Hao-e just pulled out 4 strands. They were white from root to end. ARGH!!!