Happiness is a function of how closely our world conforms to the infinite variety of human preferences, but that makes it easy to forget that sometimes happiness can be found in having what we’ve always had and everyone else is having. – Malcolm Gladwell
I’m currently reading What The Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell. It’s a really nice book. There are some parts I find hard to understand, but the main gist really makes a lot of sense.
anyway, since i last blogged, there's brighton, bricklane and half of my netherlands trip :D
Brighton
a really small town meant for summer. haha. seriously. we walked around the area, looked at the nice buildings and walked around their main shopping area. and went to look at the port, basically all the tourist attractions and finished them in a few hours. the real attractions like water sports and the orb rolling thingy cannot be done in winter. but it was nice all the same, just time for my mum and i :D had a good lunch, nice htht. wanted to catch an earlier bus back but all buses were stopped because of the heavy snow in london. so we decided to take a train back instead. more expenisve, but at least we recahed home:D
Bricklane
decided not to go back to brighton since we alrdy saw everything there is to see. so we went to bricklane with jaipei and lujie and jiapei's friends from warwick, haikal and elizabeth. good good food. yummy :D then home to pack for netherlands trip.
Day 1 to 5 of Netherlands trip
pretty good trip so far. place is covered in snow. like totally. arrived at eindhoven after an hour's flight. got a little delay, but no too much. went to visit my 1st uncle in Panningen and 2nd aunt in Sittard. and that was day 1.
day 2 my mum and i just walked around the city centre of eindhoven. just stroll and look see look see. the highlight was the dinner at Avant-Garde, which is a 1 michelin star restaurant. OMG THAT WAS AWSOME. eating went to a whole new level. like seriously. it was an art. food was so good. and the whole process was so meticulous. amazing. one day i will have my 2 and 3 stars. hahahaha.
day 3 we went to aachen in germany. walked around a german xmas market, ate german sausage and german potato fritters. haha. bought belgian chocolate from germany also. haha. then on to vaals where the three lands point is. went to 3 countries in 10secs. video on facebook. hilarious. haha. then we went to valkenburg cave xmas market. the market is in a cave, and its the biggest one in europe. bought a 1m tall giraffe, dunno how its gng to go back to london, but it will. haha. trying to think of a corner to put it in, my room lacks that. haha.
day 4 we went to antwerp. walked around the area, looked at the buidlings and markets. omgomgomg the chocolates there are like mmmmmmmmm. if i could, i will buy one of each flavour from every shop i see. but sorry no moolah. haha. and we saw many branches of the belgian choc we bought in germany. haha famous yo. then we headed to zierikzee where i am now. my 4th uncle restaurant. the b&b above the restaurant recently became a 1star hotel. haha. eating good food every meal :D cos my uncles are great chefs :D
day 5 nuaed around the restaurant, cos its xmas eve and everything is closed. tmr also close. sunday maybe will open. so these few days are just for us to nua around :D i like and eat good food :D i like also :D haha. and read my book. oooooh :D
ok photos all on facebook im too lazy to uplaod here. im off to eat again. Doei!
Bricklane
decided not to go back to brighton since we alrdy saw everything there is to see. so we went to bricklane with jaipei and lujie and jiapei's friends from warwick, haikal and elizabeth. good good food. yummy :D then home to pack for netherlands trip.
Day 1 to 5 of Netherlands trip
pretty good trip so far. place is covered in snow. like totally. arrived at eindhoven after an hour's flight. got a little delay, but no too much. went to visit my 1st uncle in Panningen and 2nd aunt in Sittard. and that was day 1.
day 2 my mum and i just walked around the city centre of eindhoven. just stroll and look see look see. the highlight was the dinner at Avant-Garde, which is a 1 michelin star restaurant. OMG THAT WAS AWSOME. eating went to a whole new level. like seriously. it was an art. food was so good. and the whole process was so meticulous. amazing. one day i will have my 2 and 3 stars. hahahaha.
day 3 we went to aachen in germany. walked around a german xmas market, ate german sausage and german potato fritters. haha. bought belgian chocolate from germany also. haha. then on to vaals where the three lands point is. went to 3 countries in 10secs. video on facebook. hilarious. haha. then we went to valkenburg cave xmas market. the market is in a cave, and its the biggest one in europe. bought a 1m tall giraffe, dunno how its gng to go back to london, but it will. haha. trying to think of a corner to put it in, my room lacks that. haha.
day 4 we went to antwerp. walked around the area, looked at the buidlings and markets. omgomgomg the chocolates there are like mmmmmmmmm. if i could, i will buy one of each flavour from every shop i see. but sorry no moolah. haha. and we saw many branches of the belgian choc we bought in germany. haha famous yo. then we headed to zierikzee where i am now. my 4th uncle restaurant. the b&b above the restaurant recently became a 1star hotel. haha. eating good food every meal :D cos my uncles are great chefs :D
day 5 nuaed around the restaurant, cos its xmas eve and everything is closed. tmr also close. sunday maybe will open. so these few days are just for us to nua around :D i like and eat good food :D i like also :D haha. and read my book. oooooh :D
ok photos all on facebook im too lazy to uplaod here. im off to eat again. Doei!