nite out in london.

today supposed to finish work early to catch the late night shopping in london.. the late night shopping here means the shop closes at 8pm.. in the end.. couldnt make it.. cos only managed to start discussion with the client at 530.. and ended at 745.. so by the time we went out to the shops near our office.. they were all closing oredi..

decided to make a trip down to central london.. haha.. to covent garden.. where the chinatown is and other shops and nice food etc.. some of the shops were still open.. managed to get souvenirs for pple and t-shirts for myself..

after that went to this chinese restaurant for dinner.. nice food.. i tot it was nice.. but i think joc and tw found it too sweet and too salty..



this the name of the restaurant in case any of you guys planning to go london.. its near leicester square tube station.. haha.. yes.. we walked from covent garden station to leicester square station.. the tube stations here are very near each other..



the first dish was beijing ya.. this the first time i eat beijing ya.. with ya in it.. and not just pi.. it came out relli nice and whole.. then the waitress shredded it.. so i only managed to take a pic of its shredded look..



and it comes with the typical wrap..



and the vege..



this is some chicken.. very very salty chicken..



and the fried rice which helps to reduce the saltiness



and some crunchy vege dish..



and pai gu.. haha.. joc got tricked by tw to eat a second piece of this cos he told her it would taste diff.. actually he just said it would be different.. probably cos there is less bone and more meat..



and some chili beef thing.. which i like.. dunno what it reminds me of.. doesnt relli taste like beef.. like some fried cuttlefish..



and prawns.. i realised that i dun like prawns.. i think last time when i was young i ate too many.. then i grew sick of it for life.. just like hokkien mee.. i also grew sick of hokkien mee for life..

after dinner was a very siong journey.. cos we finished at abt 1130pm.. and we had to take a one hour plus plus plus journey on the tube back to uxbridge.. and we had our lap tops AND heels.. me and joc fell asleep in the tube.. and then somewhere down the line.. the train stopped at this station.. and we had to get out.. and then we climbed this flight of stairs and went down another flight of stairs.. and then realised wrong direction.. then went up the flight of stairs again and went back down the first flight of stairs back to where we started.. all groggy.. reminds me of morning PT in OBS.. after that waited for the metropolitan train..



still managed to take a pic while waiting for the metropolitan train.. actually have another pic.. tw managed to take us with both of us with our eyes half closed.. but too ugly to put up here lah.. this one better.. shack but still smiling and eyes open..



this is the metropolitan train.. different from the normal train cos the seats are like sets of 4 seaters.. 2 seaters facing each other..

it was like 1230am oredi.. and we still had the last bus to catch.. and when we reached uxbridge.. we walked to where i tot the bus stop was... but it was in the wrong direction.. then we walked backwards a little and saw the correct bus stop.. and it was relli damn cold.. and we waited and waited and waited.. until joc went to ask this lady who walked past.. and she said got no bus at this hour except the night bus.. but dunno what time the nite bus operates until..

then we walked to the bus depot where the night buses are supposed to be.. and then some university guy there told us no nite bus goes to where our hotel is.. and no more nite buses at that time.. and since he was calling a cab.. he called one for us too.. finally we got back to the hotel.. at almost 130am..

then walked to our room.. and joc and i discovered our card keys dun work!!! had to walk all the way back to the recep again to activate the keys.. and the guy at the recep was just tokking and tokking abt internet access lah.. and can use the computer at the lobby lah.. at 130am in the morning!!! i think he is mad.. anyway.. finally got back into our rooms.. my leg is damn suanz.. i am damn tired..