Stonehenge
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Visited Stonehenge last weekend. Stonehenge is a World Heritage Site, probably the most outstanding prehistory monument in British. Scientists has prove Stonehenge was build over 5000 years ago. There are always debate on the purpose, some scientist relate the Stongehenge to outer space; some believe that was a temple made for worship of ancient earth dities. No one ever know, however, we sure that it is for some important purposes as Stonehenge was build in 3 phases spanning 2000 years!
Stonehenge is surely Britain's greatest national icon, represent mystery, power and endurance.
Stonehenge has been shortlisted as one of the new 7 wonders of the world. Read more description on Stonehenge in wikipedia.
London summer
Monday, June 12, 2006
Last weekend was hot, the hot summer weather has arrived to London finally. Weather report forecasted 28° Celsius, but I certainly believe the temperature is higher than 28°. The feeling is like returned to Malaysia. Everywhere is green and all flowers from previous post has fallen.
Hyde ParkThe weather on last weekend was great to enjoy sun bathing. I had a walk to Hyde Park in London city center last Saturday, you can see lot of people are enjoying the sunlight, a lot of bikini babes too. :p
Sun bathing..
Lake in the middle of Hyde Park
The swams are gorgeous
Boating on the lakeKensington Gardens and Hyde Park is joining together and right opposite of Green Park and St James’s Park, all these form the largest park in London City center. More photos taken in Hyde Park:
Princess Diana Memorial Fountain
The water was cold.People are soaking their legs in the fountain. It's refreshing.
This little girl was so happy.She keep tumbling on the park
I was at the Oxford Street in the same day and witness The World Naked Bike Ride by chance. There are hundreds of naked guys and girls riding bicycle or roller blade on the street. I was shock (or rather syok?) to see this :p
Some are wearing short, undies, bikini and some are completely naked.
Light lunch in Lodon
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
In KL, a normal office worker usually have hawker food or restaurant food for lunch, there are varieties to choose from. Mixed rice, char kuey teow, chee cheong fun, laksa, wan tan mee, pan mee, pork noodle, nasi kandar, nasi lemak, mee goreng, pizza, pasta, McDonald's, KFC, sushi, teppanyaki and many more. Malaysian really enjoy food, it's a food heaven.
When I come to London, I notice most of the office worker eat very light for lunch. The normal lunch are sandwiches (all type of sandwiches, including normal sandwich, wrap sandwich, panini, baguette, roll and etc). Among different type of sandwiches, there a lot of different in term of fillings: beef, chicken, lamb, pork, ham, fish, vegetables. I can't really accept the truth of a big English man is eating only sandwich for lunch when I first come across!? I've accepted now b'cos I'm eating sandwiches for lunch these day. :D
McDonald's and KFC are selling sandwiches too.
Friends asked me what do I eat during lunch, well, I eat sandwich from Subway, McD and local sandwich stores. Sometime I make my own sandwich. These are bagels I make.
Bagel with chicken ham, chesdale cheese and iceberg lettuce
Another bagel, just replace the chicken ham to 2 pork sausageLondon City Center
Friends were asking why my blog has no update for so long.. I'm really sorry for them to visit my blog and see nothing is new.. trust me, I really like to update if I could.
I've arrive to London for a month, these are photos taken from London city center.
I show photos only, to keep the post short. I would elaborate each of these place next time whenever possible.
Tower Bridge
London City Hall building
'Big Ben' and Houses of Parliament
London Eye(Millennium Wheel)
Another view of British Airway London Eye
Westminster AbbeyWatched The Da Vinci Code? You should have seen this Church
Tower of London
Buckingham PalaceThe official residence of the Queen
British Museum
Inside the British Museum
National Galleries at Trafalgar Square
Malaysia Tourism office at Trafalgar SquareM'sia government is spending a lot of $$$ to rent a place here.
Probably one of the hottest place in London City Center
London China Town
A restaurant name 中华楼I thought 中华楼 only appear in movies or comics :p
Temple Church, over 800 years of historyYou should have note this if you watch The Da Vinci Code
Inside the church, stone effigies of 9 knights
Another view inside the church
The stained glass is beautifulDim Sum lunch at Yi-Ban
Friday, May 26, 2006
WL and I met her in London last weekend, she buy us dim sum lunch in this cozy Chinese restaurant named Yi-Ban at east London. This probably one of the most “high class” restaurant I ever go after 3 weeks in London.
We have arrived quite early, not many people in the restaurant yet.
Raining dayThe restaurant located next to a dockside of River Thames, very nice view. The balcony section is open during summer time, should be more joyful to sit outside. I’ve a feeling of returning to KL. The waiter and waitress are Chinese, most diners are Asian and it’s broadcasting Chinese songs.
We’re here for dim sum. Check out the menu, there are more than 70 items including the weekend special!
And these are the dim sum we had:
Egg Tarts and Char Siu pastries
Fried prawn dumpling, taste real nice with mayonnaise
Chee Cheong Fun with Char Siu, Scallop and Prawn
Chee Cheong Fun with Oil Stick
And dessert
Coconut Mousse
Sweet Mango Pudding
Mixed Fruits with TapiocaAll the dim sum cost £2 ~ £2.50. The tastes are ok and look very nice. The chef really spends the effort into these dim sum to make it look tasty.
Yi-Ban Chinese Restaurant
Dockland Branch
London Regatta Center
Dockside Road
London E16 2QT
Tel: +44 (020) 7473 6699
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