LPO

Went for a London Philharmonic Orchestra performance at Southbank last week. It was a truly refreshing break from the studying and the essays that we had to do. Not to mention that the tickets were only 4 pounds! It's some student thing. Noise - I believe it's called. You get all these world-class players and conductors for such an affordable price. We went to watch Janine Jensen playing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. 

It's amazing - all these perks you get from being a student. :)

Nottingham and Leeds!

Susan

And so I went up to Nottingham on the 11th of the 11th of the 11th of the 11th of the 11th... Ok. Let's not get too carried away here. Haha. I went up to Nottingham on the 11th of November to visit an old friend of mine from primary/secondary school. Well, she was the main reason anyway. The other reason was because of the annual Nottingham Malaysian Games.

It was really great spending time up there. We never actually ended up going for the games though. But I did get a good view of the University and the surrounding neighbourhood. I've sort of come to the conclusion that Nottingham is a really nice place to be in. Really quaint. But goodness me, there seems to not be any asian food around, nor is there a Chinatown! Blasphemy. 

Then on the evening of the 12th, we took a train up to Leeds. This time, to visit another good friend of mine from college (A-Levels). 

That's us: Susan, Audrey and me. 

I've been up to Leeds before. It's really cold up there compared to down here in London (obviously). We had a good time. Walked around in the morning for a little bit, and we managed to catch the Remembrance Day Parade! 

From there we had some nice Indian food at this place called Zam Zam's (or something like that). It was reallly good, and the portions super huge. I was stuffed beyond stuffed. Susan was particularly happy. She got a good dose of Asian food (and the night before we had a Chinese dinner)!

Walked around the city centre, took Susan to the Asian supermarket so that she can buy some stuff back to Nottingham (I still can't believe they don't have a Chinatown in Notts!). I couldn't help but chuckle to myself when she put a packet of fishballs into the cart. hehe. 

And then the labourious train ride back down to London. 

But it was a good trip. :)

Colours.

Autumn is here everyone!

Don't you just love the colours?

Oh, but for a simple pair of jeans!

Mum has always been lecturing me for the past.. I don't know how many years exactly (and that is no exaggeration) to basically wear tighter jeans. They look better apparently.

I think I sort of get what she means. Like, for the past.. I don't know how many years, I couldn't really fanthom what exactly it was that made me look so boyish in my jeans as compared to the other girls walking down the streets.

I mean... jeans are just jeans right?

And I found out that I was wrong.

You see, I've always been wearing jeans like the ones shown below:

And after buying my new pair of skinny jeans.. I finally realise what mum was telling me off about; not looking feminine enough. Hahhaa. And yes mum, I do think I look better now in skinnies.

So as of a week ago, I've been wearing them and looking like:

So mum wince. I mean, wins.



*Note: the above pictures were taken from websites online. The only two pictures so far that did not come from my own camera.