Woke up at 11am today.. which is surprisingly early for my holiday slumber coz i heard from chia that brunei hall is serving lunch =) mmm.. cheap n tasty! ok.. that's not the only reason why i woke up so early.. My plan today was to wake up early.. do some work, go to brunei hall n have lunch, exchange euros for my paris trip coming in 2 days! However, things didn't turn out the way i planned, which is usually the case.
Got up, checked my msn then ended up chattin to franscisca till chia confirmed that there is actually food being served in bru hall.. a surprise lunch menu it is.. it's something like mee soto except it's got less soup!
Thanks to chia.. shin, chian, chia n i went all the way down to edgeware road to look for money changers n worse of all it started to rain when we were halfway there =/ 3 of them having hoodies n i didnt wear a hoodie today.. so u get the point > i was wet! Until shin pulled out her magical umbrella..
Ended up not exchanging any pounds for euros coz the rates there were pretty low. Soo we walked back to brunei hall n waited for the dam rain to stop. Meanwhile, i entertain myself with the wonderful wide screen TV in brunei hall (dam.. i wished my hall had it).
Went down to paddington station this time, checking for rates once again. Found out that the red corner shop where they posted "selling euros at 1.2580 with no COMISSION" was a scam. Asked the indian what the best rate he could give me if i exchanged 1200 pounds for euros.. he said, "1.2550 my friend, best rate" which is lower than what was posted on the board outside. Told him to check his board outside.. then suddenly he's like, "ok ok.. best rate is 1.2580" To make matters worse, the no COMISSION posted on the board is a fake as well.. they charge 1% comission!
So BEWARE of the red money exchanger in the corner when walking to the left as you leave paddington station!
In the end, ended exchanging our pounds for euros in "eurochange" which is next to the station itself. Didn't know why we went through all the hassle n trouble just to exchange euros, but it was quite fun!
Anyways, i need to do my laundry now n pack for the Paris trip.. heard from chia's friend that it's going to be a morning train at 5:45am n we have to be in the train station at like 5am! That's flipping early but that's what u get if u wan to get there on a cheap fare =)
Got up, checked my msn then ended up chattin to franscisca till chia confirmed that there is actually food being served in bru hall.. a surprise lunch menu it is.. it's something like mee soto except it's got less soup!
Thanks to chia.. shin, chian, chia n i went all the way down to edgeware road to look for money changers n worse of all it started to rain when we were halfway there =/ 3 of them having hoodies n i didnt wear a hoodie today.. so u get the point > i was wet! Until shin pulled out her magical umbrella..
Ended up not exchanging any pounds for euros coz the rates there were pretty low. Soo we walked back to brunei hall n waited for the dam rain to stop. Meanwhile, i entertain myself with the wonderful wide screen TV in brunei hall (dam.. i wished my hall had it).
Went down to paddington station this time, checking for rates once again. Found out that the red corner shop where they posted "selling euros at 1.2580 with no COMISSION" was a scam. Asked the indian what the best rate he could give me if i exchanged 1200 pounds for euros.. he said, "1.2550 my friend, best rate" which is lower than what was posted on the board outside. Told him to check his board outside.. then suddenly he's like, "ok ok.. best rate is 1.2580" To make matters worse, the no COMISSION posted on the board is a fake as well.. they charge 1% comission!
So BEWARE of the red money exchanger in the corner when walking to the left as you leave paddington station!
In the end, ended exchanging our pounds for euros in "eurochange" which is next to the station itself. Didn't know why we went through all the hassle n trouble just to exchange euros, but it was quite fun!
Anyways, i need to do my laundry now n pack for the Paris trip.. heard from chia's friend that it's going to be a morning train at 5:45am n we have to be in the train station at like 5am! That's flipping early but that's what u get if u wan to get there on a cheap fare =)
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