a great thank you

i would like to thank tieng, ming, yanmin, nigel, lay wei, pohshen, jj, fai, rinni and zukri for making my 20th bday so happening this year.. good food, good company.. all appreciated n treasured~ :D

poker bday card!

highlighters n hole-puuncher...

skipping rope n gym gloves!

the famous hummingbird cupcakes.. with a beautifully designed bag as well.

Dinner at Fuel (covent garden). thanks for the meal guys! :D

patchi!

okay.. i look a little weird here.. i just got out of the shower..

flat 4's polo present! :D

Lindt choco.. mmm

in bhall after a tiring muay thai lesson.. mm cupcakes!

the group that celebrated rinni's n my bday! happy bday rin! :D

NOBU!

went to nobu to celebrate rinni's and my bday with tieng, ming, zukri, yanmin, izzy and fai. food there was awesome!
however, we werent allowed to take photos in nobu.. i managed to snap some though..

located in green park.. mayfair area..

Had the Japanese Mojito - it was the bomb!

Whole Lemon Sole Kare Age (lightly fried buttered snow fish with a tince of lemon and vinegar sauce to go with it) with rice for a main course - this was awesome as the fish was tender and it wasn't so deeply fried.

After Hatchi (mint brulee with shisho ice cream and frozen chocolate) - this dessert is a little weird to me. shisho ice cream tastes like bubble-gum?

after my trip there, recommended dishes to try in NOBU would be:

• Japanese Mojito - a cooling drink with a splash of club soda, sprite and shochu (brewed rice wine) along with freshly muddled mint and cucumber.

• the famous black cod den miso (the buttered cod splattered unselfishly with teriyaki sauce) - apparently the den miso sauce is made of sake (wine), sugar and mirin (a sweet rice wine) and of course white miso.
  
• the super dam nice tenderloin of beef with teriyaki sauce (the softest and most tender thing u will ever eat out of a grill) - the beef is made to be well-done but turns feels like its been cook med-rare. the after taste is amazing as well, no blood on the plate. just a nice solid piece of beef nicely cut for u..
  
• Chocolate Bento Box (a nice hot filling pudding of chocolate along with a scoop of a green tea ice cream presented in a bento box) - just the dessert to finish off ur NOBU experience!

• Kabuki (a play of coffee and chocolate ice cream with airy honeycomb waffles dipped in an unselfish amount of chocolate sauce)

the price of the food turned out to be okay for the good service and legendary food (around 70 pounds)

Wonderful dinner with a good company~ just a way to kick-start the jolly week!

out with the a-levelers

spent a great week with the a levelers who came to london for their half term break.. went to lots of places, ranging from restaurants after restaurants n one clubbing night as well..

i dont know why i like this photo.. chia took it.. all credits to u.. tofuu in a korean restaurant.. mmm

thinsle-town milkshakes for dessert.. me, suang n fu an (malaysian fellow.. wooo)

VIP 1 milkshake :D

another night out to leong's legends..

xia long pau.. very nice~

the tiger coffee! it beats ur iced milk tea girls :P

Clubbing in Sound.. 1st time for chia! woo she aint a club virgin anymore hahaha

the girls hitting it with bottles of beer

guys..

group photo 1

group photo 2.. lool look at everyone's face.. not ready..

poh the pimp

Dinner in Laughing Buddha...

Dessert in some cake house near the bus stop...

queen's tower tour

An extract from Wikipedia:
The Queen's Tower is situated in the South Kensington campus of Imperial College, London, England. It is 287 feet tall with a copper covered dome at its top. To reach the base of the dome from the ground on foot, one must ascend a series of narrow spiral staircases, which comprise 324 steps in total.

The Tower used to be the central tower of the Imperial Institute, and is now its sole remaining building. The Institute was founded on Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887, and its demolition began in 1957. In 1966, the tower was repaired to enable it to stand on its own. There are also two stone lions at the foot of the tower, which were once set at the entrance to the Imperial Institute.

There are ten bells hung for change ringing in the belfry of the tower, about two thirds of the way up. These bells, known collectively as the Alexandra Peal, were a gift from Mrs Elizabeth M. Millar of Australia in 1892, and are named after Queen Victoria — the tenor (largest) bell — and members of her family. They are rung on Royal Anniversaries and on the dates of the Imperial College degree ceremonies.

The highest viewing gallery is below the dome at the top of the building. Upon walking through the door you get the unique view of seeing the top of the Albert Memorial on top of the Albert Hall.

Being one of the tallest towers in the west of London, the Queen's Tower enjoys an uninterrupted view in all directions.
On any reasonably clear day one can all see the bowl effect of the seven hills on which the original city of Londinium was built by the Romans, on which now stands the City of Westminster.
The viewing gallery has been open to the public at various times. It is currently closed.


However, i got to go up there today! imperial opened the queens tower and ran 30 minute slots where tours were given during lunch for the whole week. the tour was at a cost of 3 pounds per person...
with hundreds of spiral stairs in such narrow pathways and the strong stale scent of dust, pohshen, ming, tieng n i set our journey out to the top!

Camwhoring at the top
me with royal albert hall :D

Horizons.. looking beyond imperial college..

Best group photo on my camera. poh shen with eyes closed.. failed flat 4 test.. LOOL

the bells!

atop IC!

me with the ropes to ring the bells

one mishap.. pohshen knocked his head coz of the narrow path and low ceiling..

Time lapse of the descend from the top

screw the screwdriver

let the title of the post explain my situation.. stayed in college from 5pm to 10:30pm completing the screwdriver project. that includes a full day of lectures and labs as well. i need a break! but at least it is completed now.. the whole document of 72 pages! pfft..

front cover of group 13's screwdriver project~

Hyde Park Snow Day!

Went out to hyde park to enjoy the snow because there was no lectures~

nigel's 1st attempt at bringing poh shen down..

2nd attempt.. successful.. he fell as well.






lay wei charging up her snowball...






Splat~ straight at pohshen's head!

this pic looks a tad dodgy.. was planning to go topless 8-)

good boys =D

maybe not..

naughty~~

poh, me, nigel n lay wei

the homey picture :D

the frozen lake

nigel ready to kick pohshen in...

***Snowball fight***

smashed in the eye by nigel's snowball.. awww. the so-called 'one-eye tearing'

let it snow more!