hey before i upload any more photos, thought i'd share this with you:



its by compassionart, an initiative by a group of christian artists and recording companies to raise money for the artists' selected charities, headed by martin smith of delirious. they have a CD and a book out now, this song is one of the songs from the CD. its not a bad CD, and you get to do your bit for charity too. why not?

The Markets

Gothic Boots @ Camden Market







London has pretty nice graphic-tee shirts, i must say. This week, had the opportunity to visit Camden Market and Portobello Market (Pt II), having finished Borough Market a few weeks ago. Well, in place of food, imagine more of queensway (Camden) and pasar malam (portobello).

Interesting day today though. A day of vastly different events. Went to Portobello Market, found a really nice shirt, chatted with the shopkeeper for like 15 minutes, who is a positive-spreading, peace-leaving, part-time drummer, from Leicester who sells really nice, positive shirts. Made me wonder about what's the life ratrace is all about. Then i bought the shirt.

Then sat on the underground tube to Picadilly Circus, wondered why people were glancing in my direction. Alas, the lady next to me was breastfeeding her baby on the tube. Time to look away.

Went to Lilywhites, a supercrowded sports store. A spanish lady was shopping for jerseys, and asked the retail assistant "which was the better team, Chelsea or Liverpool". The assistant asked me, and OF COURSE, i said 'Chelsea of course, this is London!'. The Spanish lady promptly bought a few jerseys, and some junior ones. Therefore, did my part in recruiting (inducing) young Chelsea fans for the future! Hurray!

Lady fell in front of me at Leicester Square. It was all dark, and she dropped her Ipod classic. So i brought her attention to it.

Had a nice (expensive) persian dinner at a restaurant near Covent Garden, celebrating a swiss friend's 25th birthday. Food was interesting and flavourful, but not to my palate (duck legs stewed with pomegranate). oh, and the restaurant had a belly dancer. I was kinda sabo-ed to try to belly dance along side her (and a few others later). Yang don't do dancing yes. my hips hurt.

Interesting day of personal interactions. Hope night cycling was good!

Yang,
p.s. Nick, i got you a t-shirt. dunno when you'll get it though

Pictures
Above (Camden Market)
Below (portobello market goodies + Persian dinner)

Seafood box for 3.50. goodness. Ghanian Food from 5 pounds

of reunion and farewell dinners.

(asher says this is our ancestor. hmmm...)

ah, so the new year holidays are over. i'm proud to say i only ate a total of 4 peanuts! (not including other tidbits lol) So here's brief summary, with as many photos as possible!

day 0 was reunion dinner at uncle francis'. invited a norwegian friend. i must say he was impressed with the house! lol. jie has pictures of the lo hei, will let her post.

day 1 began at ama's. of course, new year is all about tradition, so we just had to carry on the very singaporean tradition of being late. mee sua with red wine chicken - what a way to start the day! caught a bit of kungfu panda as well.
at this point i would like to introduce our newest member of the family - abel yeo.

(come to think of it, josh is the odd one out here...)

visited dad's side as well. dad was so proud, saying that we cleared all the essential visiting on the first day. haha! rested at home, and visited uncle jack. found a new NUS friend.
then was to another dinner at dad's side. yum. my aunty cooks a mean ngoh hiang! no photos though. afterward was a midnight movie - all's well that ends well. total brain kaput. i would advise not paying to watch it ;)

day 2 saw us up bright and early at the airport. thank God for safe driving by yours truely (especially after driving the kangoo to uncle francis'). what a big group we were! and what a ruckus, at 7am in the morning! hannah didn't cry though, i guess she wasn't sad?
i'm kidding lol!

(she looks happy to me!)

(ah, what are farewells without prayer?)

after a healthy mac's breakfast, it was time to go. we made it over to uncle sam's - there was lion dance! and as usual, uncle joe was being naughty.

(F1? "how i survived lion dance" by lincoln yeo, 2009)

Headed to Josh's. Supposed to sleep, ended up play RA3 with him. Lincoln slept for us lol. Then to eno's for a lil' chill! they have a dog now. watched a christian stand up comedian, ate, played with the dog, ate... you get the general idea.

And now... day 3 farewell dinner for the two @ minori, joshua's (gasp!) treat! overseas people, claim your free treat from josh when you're back! it was crazy - guess our stomachs aren't what they used to be! the next table was weird too - one guy, and the rest (about 8) girls! haha. we had complimentary lo hei, so we spouted whatever japanese proverbs we could think of - wasabi, kamikaze...

(rise of the zombies)

(what's this you sell?)

Ah well. soon only liern, josh, lincoln and myself left.

come back soon!

Realised i haven't had the time to update the blog!

Well...just to recap! Spent a saturday morning at the famous borough market, near london bridge, where you have to eat the 1.50 Oysters. The market sells the best coffee (monmouth coffee), good tea and huge logs of cheese. Ate oysters, a scallop and tried some sausages. Interesting, and will surely go back!

Then had a legal london tour, check out the legal wigs and a picture of Lincoln's inn, the most 'atas' inn for barristers in London. (for the aristocrats in the past; produced many prime ministers)

Finally, went to the Chelsea Stadium once again, after 7 years. It was a cold day, tickets cost 21 pounds, and got to see them score 3 goals! Worth the money, worth the experience! Will definitely go back for another, if i can afford it.

Yang

FAMILY FORCE FIVE FREAKING FANTASTIC!!!!!!

You know, I hardly blog guys, but......

Family Force 5.

Suprise gig in Sydney.

FREAKING. INCREDIBLY. AWESOMELY. BLOODY. FANTASTIC.

Was $15 well spent. Went to the show that night, with a no-name band, New Empire, and Family Force 5, and it freaking rocked. It was crazy. I still have a bad ringing in my ears, and I'm still jigging to the music which I left behind about an hour and a half ago. Its going to be a long time before I get over the concert. It was a pretty small room, but it was an incredible performance, a display of dazzling musicianship and stage moves. The psychedelic awesomeness of the show can be summed up with one phrase; "keytar, a lead singer with hulk gloves, and a guitarist who danced on the bar."

Best thing was, I went there early with a friend, as I was walking down the street, lo and behold, the lead singer of Family Force 5 was sitting there on a bench. So I got to meet him, take a photo, and afterwards, the rest of the band, as they came to meet with him. Nice guys, and an AWESOME FREAKING SHOW.

Bad phone pictures dont do this show justice. Not nearly. Never in a million years.


During their soundcheck.


Concert in full swing. They headbang and dance like nobody's business.


He seriously had silver hulk gloves, and he seriously performed with them on (see, he's punching the air).


Thats the lead singer, Soul Glow Activator, when I met him on the street (awesome); really really nice guy, and AWESOME!

Pre-CNY

Supper @ 168 last night, after XYQ and attending a wake.
Quote of the night: (at my side of the table) ' would you rather be a hot guy or a cool guy? ' - divinia

(what is pastor and cheryl staring at? hmmm...)

Bye bye hannah :(

(she obviously loves her brother)

(that is actually san san's arm, can you believe it?)

(a lil' bit of hawaii in calvary)

Ah yes, introducing the mattress monster:

(me like mattress!)