Lunch at Misato

The week is finally over haha super tired and just submitted my econs assignment because I forgot about it so I went grocery shopping instead. D; Thank goodness I already did half of it yesterday so there wasn't much left to complete / THAT I KNOW HOW TO DO haha econs ggcakes. Last week of school next week! French test on Tuesday and my essay is due on Thursday. :(

Anyway, met up with L and M during my lunch break today. We went to Misato, this Japanese restaurant at Chinatown which M suggested. The prices were quite reasonable, like the rice dishes start from £4+ and the udon dishes start from £6+ but the servings were large. L and I both got the curry udon and M got one of the rice dishes with curry chicken.

Chicken Katsu Curry Udon

I don't really know how to compare food HAHA but it's definitely more affordable than Koya. The serving size is relatively larger too. I would want to come back again!

OOTD / playing with different filters. Sunny but cold weather and sadly no more bare legs like last week. I was so sad that I had to put on leggings haha really dislike wearing tights / leggings!! Also I can't quite get used to babydoll dresses yet haha I think this is probably the only one I own.

Went to Camden after dinner with hallmates. Bought food (including really cute Disney cookie tins - the cookies were pretty decent too), a basin so that it's easier for me to handwash some clothes, and a Disney waste paper bin that was too pretty to pass but I probably would never bear to use it as a dustbin so I'll most likely use it for storage or something ... Anyway here's the tin that I got the first time! #disneykidforlife

Ending off the post with some flowers. Here's to a good and productive weekend ahead!

Bromley

Definitely did not expect so many people to read the previous post o_o The post alone hit more than 300 views within a few hours and made up for a quarter of the total views of this blog HAHAHA no one reads this space. I guess. But quite a few people have told me they could relate and stuff ... well it's good that it's over now and we all came through haha. To better days ahead. :)

Wanted to blog about Bromley! WT and I went back there last weekend for old times' sake. :) BSP London Trip '11 memories haha good times. It was actually quite convenient to get there, we took the tube to Victoria Station and changed for the Southeastern line. We arrived at a very good timing so we didn't have to wait very long for the next train.

London Victoria.

We took the train to Bromley South, which is the station nearer to Bromley High Street. It felt good to be back!! Haha. We went to the 99p store first (will never understand what's it with us and grocery shopping) and bought Maltesers. Then we walked to the Glades, which is now renamed as intuBromley or something. It's like a miniature version of Oxford Street really, they have everything! Even LUSH. So we browsed a couple of shops but didn't buy anything (except a haircuff from H&M because all of mine are in sg), before going out to the town central to get lunch.

All time favourite HAHA. Miss Selfridge was having 2-for-1 sales and I couldn't resist buying 2 skirts ... Unfortunately Topshop didn't stock as much though.

OOTD taken by WT because we found this really nice wall HAHA.

Spring is coming!

For old times' sake HAHA. Really miss the good times!

Then we found this nice mini garden hehe!

Details: All decked in Topshop (I think they're all from SS'13), ft. butterfly print kimono, bleached Aztec shorts and satin cami in ash.

I love kimonos! Really want a floral one for spring hehe because the butterfly prints tend to be slightly too loud sometimes. But the material is really good, feels somewhat like a cardigan because it's polyester and not chiffon. And the shorts is one of my favourites. Saw it in store back in May and contemplated for the longest time ever because it was $70+ and didn't look like it would go on sale. Bought it online in the end and was so glad I did because they got sold out not long after and never came back again! Super love the quality of Topshop denims.

More flowers (?).

We went back to the town central after that and went to look around Primark and some other stores. Picked up a book from a charity store for only £1 haha wish they had such stores around here! Also bought 2 more punnets of strawberries for only 75p each (but I had to throw one away yesterday because I forgot about them and left them there for 4 days so they got moldy :'( ) and went back to the 99p for grocery shopping ahaha. Satisfied popcorn craving and also found lovely Disney cookie tins so I couldn't resist buying one haha. If the cookies are alright I would seriously buy more just for the tins! 

Took train back from Bromley after that and that was the end of the Bromley visit. Okay actually there wasn't really much to do there and when we were there 2 years ago we also travelled to central London almost everyday, except for shopping on the last day HAHA. But it was nice to be back again, since it was the first part of London we came into contact with (minus the airport that doesn't count) haha it was seriously the most amazing 2 weeks of the year.

Had lunch with housemates-to-be on Sunday, and I had been really busy with school this week. Had French on Tuesday and I've got a presentation next week aye. Also just came back from rehearsal and our concert is only 1 more rehearsal away omg ... and there's only 3 more weeks to end of term. :O Need to get back to my philosophy readings now so tata!

Budapest Trip: Day 1

Finally sorted out my photos from the Budapest trip. Well, day 1 at least. Regretted taking so many selfies HAHA filtering is a chore. I've uploaded day 1 photos on fb, those that weren't edited hahaha. Anyway I wanted to blog about it before I forget what happened haha the Barcelona trip and Edinburgh trip memories are getting blurry already. All photos taken with my iPhone because I left my camera behind by mistake. So, here goes.

Day 1

Left hall for Heathrow Airport early morning with C and XP, and we reached on time and everything went pretty smoothly haha. Also realised that the more we travel, the lesser stuff we brought around. My handcarry luggage was only half full hahaha.

Ootd taken by C! Wearing my Miss Selfridge sweater, Topshop jeans and Timberlands. My other pair of La Redoute boots are spoilt. :( They didn't exactly last very long since I only got them in October last year argh.

We actually took a bus to board the plane! I always find it really cool to board the plane directly instead of via the boarding gate tunnel (?) HAHA but this would never happen in Changi Airport LOL. Anyway, the flight was about 3 hours but we landed earlier than the stated time. Budapest is also one hour ahead of London. After we arrived, we got tickets for the bus, then we changed to the metro to get to our hotel, which was very near the city centre. The public transport fares were a lot cheaper than London's, we got the 10 pieces discount booklet since there were 5 of us and it was only about 3k HUF, which is less than £10 for 10 single fares.

City centre and selfie LOL. Also realised that we should've changed our currency in Budapest because the rates were better! Note to self next time when I go back to visit. The pastries in Hungary are also REALLY GOOD, they have this chain store called "Princess" at almost every metro station and everything is less than £1 each. I especially liked the hot dog pastries and the strawberry croissants!

View of the Szechenyi Lanchid while finding the hotel. Quite cloudy hence the poor lighting. After we had checked in, we headed for Castle Hill which was only about 10 min walk away. We wanted to get food, and the hotel receptionist said there are a couple of restaurants there (which we later realised were rather pricey as compared to other places but nvm!!).

Walked up instead of taking the tram because tram tickets were quite expensive and it was a relatively short walk!

Saw this slanted lamp post hehe.

First Hungarian snack! Traditional Chimney cake. It was GOOD.

Then, we went to this restaurant called the Tarnok Cafe & Bier (if I'm not wrong HAHA had to use Google maps to find the location). The meal was really good, they had set menus for only 2900 HUF for a starter, main and dessert.

Goulash and Hungarian sausage with rice (IT WAS BRILLIANT).

Something with chips (I forgot) and Hungarian pizza.

DESSERT. I never got to find out the name of it because it was just called dessert on the menu but seriously Hungarian cakes are amazing. I'm not even a fan of milk and cream but the cream was really light and fluffy. Craving it again now HAHA.

Anyway, by the time we finished, it was almost dark. Went to a nearby supermarket to buy water and unfortunately we all bought sparkling water by mistake because none of us could read the words LOL. We only realised after we'd opened to drink. And they had Lipton mango tea! So we bought 1.5L bottles of those.

Really scenic night view of the Szechenyi Lanchid (chain bridge).

Attempted a couple of panorama shots hahaha. No filter and lousy iPhone camera hence the terrible quality. Anyway, we went to Vaci Utca after that, which is the Hungarian equivalent of Oxford Street LOL. We were trying to google for the address and I actually typed in "Hungary Oxford Street" before realising it's not actually called Oxford Street. X_X Didn't buy anything because most of the stores were closed and we couldn't really compare the prices with UK. We went to H&M and Zara but prices were around the same I guess? And Zara had very little of the sale stock left haha. But C and I bought a pair of flats each from New Yorker! They were on sale for ONLY 290 HUF which is like 80p LOL so we had to buy them! They came in pastel colours and C got the baby blue pair and I got the beige pair. We both preferred the other's colour but there were no sizes. :(

Holding our purchases outside the store. It was my only clothing purchase of the trip!

Night view of the Basilica. Then we went to Starbucks and then the gelato place! It's called Gelarto Rosa and it's very near the Basilica. They had a lot of flavours like pistachio and A LOT OF SORBETS. I love sorbets. It was 500 HUF for 2 flavours, so I got the lemon and strawberry sorbet. Was seriously watching in awe as the person crafted it petal by petal! I had never seen rose gelato before HAHA but later I found out Amorino in Soho also has it (but more expensive of course).

Crossing the bridge to get back to the hotel. The lights were really pretty! And yup that concludes the first day in Budapest hehe. Will post about the other days when I have time! x