I'm always saying how I feel like time just flies by so fast. However, this month seems to have went by slower than usual. Looking back at these photos, I feel like it was more than a month ago when I met with Hueyying! Weird... I thought that when I get busy, time will pass a lot faster. Anyway, I still can't believe it's going to be November soon. Just two months away from 2015! How crazy is that?!
A lot happened this month. Firstly, on the 3rd of October, Hy came down to London! And I decided that we could go to Camden and Primrose Hill since the weather was super nice on that day~ If the weather were to be bad, I wouldn't know what we could do.... probably go to the museum or something LOL. Lucky for us, we had the sun shining for us that day and we manage to spend a few hours enjoying the good weather and the cool vibes of Camden!
I've never been to Camden or Primrose Hill before that day. Nia kept saying how we need to go tgt but we just never got around to it but we'll probably go there one of these days to see the night lights of London~ But we're just so busy that I don't see that happening any time soon.
So I met Hy at King's Cross station that noon and after she got her Oyster sorted, we headed North to Camden! It's a more of a hipster area with loads of tourists. I actually didn't expect that many tourists but I guess it was busy because it was a Friday. Markets are always busy over the weekend. And although I complain about the amount of tourist around, I myself am a tourist as well! XD Anywho... managed to take a few photos around the markets~
It's always nice to see a more artistic side of London!
The infamous sign of Camden Lock market~
I'll probably instagram this one day. LOL
Cobbled streets are always appreciated.
And that building on the right that reflects the sky is so nice~
And as you can see, there's lots of stalls selling overpriced goods....
These beautiful sights makes me want a better camera.... I should really start saving up for one.
All these photos went through quite a bit of editing before being able to look like this LOL
These beautiful sights makes me want a better camera.... I should really start saving up for one.
All these photos went through quite a bit of editing before being able to look like this LOL
You'll probably see this photo on my instagram feed one of these days as well.
I have no idea why I haven't already posted it.
I just love this photo; probably because of the geometry of everything.
The canal, the bridge and the willow trees.... It just looks very peaceful doesn't it?
It was nice being away from the hustle and bustle of (central) London. Although I don't stay in Central, the area I live in is still quite busy... there's rarely any peaceful moments to enjoy.
Literally drooling right now.... So hungryyyy
We shared this big serving of Polish cuisine, Kielbasa, and it was delish!
The mustard added some spiciness to it~ I really enjoyed it.
While enjoying our meal, Hy filled me in on all the info about people/friends back home kekeke It's nice to know that everyone is doing well~
We then walked along the canal to find our way towards Primrose Hill.
Look at how nice the weather was~~~ I miss it. Especially since it's getting darker earlier and earlier and colder and colder as well. Although the weather is not as cold as it should be.
Blue sky; white clouds.
It was tiring to walk up that hill (I am so unfit) but it was worth it! This isn't even the top yet!
Any familiar buildings you can spy from here?
We then found a spot to sit down and relax a bit after that workout.
And look what Hy got me from South Korea???? kekekek This photo/image of Dongwoon is from Beast's Bad Girl era LOL so cute~~~
This photo is a bit out of place but I was too excited when Hy gave this to me that I forgot to take a photo of it LOL. I asked Hy to help me buy this BB cushion from Etude House because everyone's talking about them and I just wanted to try it out!
However.... it didn't really meet the high expectations I had for it... There is so much hype around how amazing these cushions are but unfortunately this shade is too light for my skin tone... and this is the darkest shade in their range. Korean brands should really start coming out with darker shades for people like me!!! Another sad thing about this is that, it makes me break out. Well, at least I think it does. I cant be totally sure about this, I might need to use it another time to confirm this fact. But the day after I used this, actually on that night itself, a few pimples (around 5!) popped out on my face. Although I have acne-prone skin but normally not that many pimples pop out within one night for me (at least not after Roccutane). So I'm assuming this product is the culprit!
There are still some positive things I would like to mention about this Any Cushion. It's cushion is really good; it's probably something like the infamous Beauty Blender. I feel like using it to apply my other foundation. It just makes the application so much easier and quicker. Other than that, this foundation has SPF50+!!! (which probably contributes to fairness of the foundation). One more thing, it has a nice dewy finish and quite a high coverage. I have not tried anything with a dewy finish before mainly because I have oily skin so I prefer everything to be matte but I guess I do see why people would like the slightly shiny finish. I still prefer a matte finish though.
So... right now, I don't know what to do with this cushion foundation... If I ever get really fair then I'll come back to it LOL
Enough with the rambling about that unfortunate event.... back to the amazing view of London!
Can you spot the Shard in the middle of the photo?
I just can't get over how beautiful the sky looked that day~
Thanks to Hy for this cute photo~
:)))))
After enjoying the amazing view of London, we walked back to the underground station to catch a Tube to Oxford Street!
As usual, it was super duper busy. I have that love-hate relationship with Oxford Street.
Because I love shopping (or just window shopping), so Oxford Street is like the perfect place for that because all the retailers have their biggest stores there (which means more stock!!!) but the amount of people there on a daily basis just throws you off.
We walked around for a bit before Hy's friend Vivien came along and then we went for dinner tgt~
I really wanted to try Bone Daddies because so so so many people have been raving about it. A friend of mine said it's probably one of the best ramen places she's been to in London.
It's definitely a very popular place coz by the time we left, there was a queue outside the restaurant. Thankfully we went there early.
I must say, because of all the hype around it, I had high expectations for their ramen but it didn't really meet my expectations I had for it. But I still enjoyed it. It wasn't bad or anything; it was good. I especially liked that they added bamboo into the ramen, I love bambooooo. Not a big fan of bean sprouts but I've grown to not hate it. Might ask them to leave that out if I ever go there again.
I saw someone from another table having the Tonkotsu Ramen and it looked really nice.
After dinner, we decided to part ways :(
It was really really nice seeing a close friend from back home in London~ I don't really have any friends from Msia in London, except for Ben i guess. I should probably travel up to Sheffield next time~ I having a plan of traveling around the UK but I just don't know when that's ever going to happen. I really want to go to Scotland to visit places like Edinburgh and all the Isles. Especially the Isle of Skye, I've seen amazing photos of its beautiful scenery .
Anyway, after dinner, I didn't head back home straight away, I went shopping! and spend quite a lot of money..... *eeeeek*
But they were all clothes that I needed for work so... kekeke
I got a little bit carried away in H&M since they had a 20% sale (for Unidays) on everything!
I wanted to head over to Primark as well but it was too late by the time I got out of H&M.
I am really starting to love a lot of H&M's stuff. Although I wish I could afford other brands like & Other Stories and COS.
Oh, before we had dinner, we passed by Ben's Cookies on Oxford Street so we decided to buy some of these yummy cookies~ Probably one of the best cookies ever! I love these soft cookies. To me, cookies are supposed to be soft. Crunchy cookies are just biscuits!
I'm sure all their flavours are delicious but because of their prices, I probably won't have it again anytime soon LOL
And here's a belated bday gift from Sue~
I'm in love with this. As you can see from the packaging, it's Holika Holika's Gradation lip tint!
The colour is really nice and the clear gloss keeps the tint in place all day long. Plus, it's super moisturising. I want more of these~~~~ I haven't checked out their prices yet though.
I just wanted to take a photo with the flowers in the background LOL
I didn't have a big enough vase/glass for all of them so splitting them up just made them look very messy. Up until today, only the purple flowers remain alive. I had to throw the pink ones out because they looked miserable.
On a side note, ytd I went to uni (for an exam) without straightening my hair and only had foundation and concealer on, and a friend of mine said I looked miserable. =___= It might have been that I just looked miserable because I was stressed but I believe if I had put in the effort to look presentable, she wouldn't have said that. *never leaving my room without make up again!* LOL jk
It happened again this morning again though. Because I woke up late and I was only going into uni for one hour so I just couldn't bother with putting on any make up and when Nia saw me, her first reaction was, "Oh my god, you dont have any make up on." zzzzzzzz
The main point of these events is that -- make up has a huge impact on your image.... (for mine, at least)
I wanted to take a photo to show the gradation lip look but these photos doesn't do it any justice!!!
It's a lot brighter irl and a lot glossier. And I didnt really do the whole gradation look where you have to apply concealer before applying the tint because I just preferred not to. It just didnt look very natural/normal.....
And these £1 goodness! I have been buying these for a few weeks now and I should probably stop before it becomes a habit. But I just really want to try out all the different flavours they have in stores. I tried this Cookies & Cream one last week and it was a bit too sweet. Before that I also tried the dark chocolate KitKats and the chocolate & mint KitKats (which is always good!). And of course, I had to try the chocolate orange flavour one as well. I bought it this week but Jaffa Cakes are still the best when it comes to the chocolate and orange fusion.
Other than KitKats, I also bought these chocolates for the Msian Society Potluck two weeks ago.
I had to go for it after work so I couldn't cook anything fancy. I went into M&S the day before the event and saw these on offer (2 for £7! The original price was £6 per box!) so I bought two boxes. In the end, only one box was opened at the event so I enjoyed the other box all by myself kekeke
A group photo of the Msian Society~ Can you spot me?
The event was on a Friday and it started at 6.30pm but I was only to join them at 8.30pm. I was starving by the time I arrived but most of the good food were finished :( I still managed to have a nice dinner though. And a lot of desserts after XD.
There's a guy who I think is really cute in this photo, I won't tell you who it is but you can guess. :P
This photo is quite shitty though. LOL probably because of the bad lighting.
Anyway, I stayed around and talked to a few people. I actually wanted to meet some freshers, just to get to see some new faces around but by the time I got there, a lot of them were about the leave.
I hung around there until around 10.45pm but before walking back to my place, Ben and I stood outside his accommodation and talked until midnight LOL
It was really nice catching up with him. We actually said we'll contact each other to have dinner one night last week but I was just so busy and tired that I didn't contact him LOL I'll probably be very busy up until mid-December when term ends...
this book~~~ I actually reserved it around 2 months ago and only got to collect it around a week ago but I haven't even got the chance to start reading it yet! Can't wait to read it~~~ It's supposed to be really awesome.
Just a random shot.
I work 4 days a week so I'm back to taking the tube all the time.
Finally~~~ I went to The Breakfast Club!!! It's probably something that everyone does when they come to London and I can't believe ytd was my first time there after being in London for more than a year.
As mentioned above, I had a Econs test ytd. Before the test, my friend, Keziah, asked me if I wanted to go have lunch after the exam and I was quite hesitant. But after the exam, I was totally in the mood to go have lunch! We wanted to go somewhere near to uni but there aren't many nice places worth going near uni so Keziah suggested we go to Liverpool Street for The Breakfast Club! Both Keziah and I love Shoreditch and I really want to explore more of it with her if we have the time~ Which is another reason I should get a better camera because Shoreditch had lots of artsy/photo worthy stuff around!
When I was thinking of where to bring Ben to for dinner, the first place that popped into my head was Shoreditch and when a guy in the Msian Society asked me which is my favourite place in London, I also said Shoreditch~ I haven't really explored much of it yet but I love the vibes of that place.
So back to ytd, we took a bus to Liverpool Street station and walked over to the restaurant and they were all decorated for Halloween so it was nice and quirky.
It was quite busy when we went (during lunch time), but we managed to get a nice table by the window under this huge clock.
There was also a few cool neon signs around as well which I should have taken photos of...
We both went for flat whites.
I normally rarely order drinks because to me, they are always overpriced. After working in restaurants, you'll know that the prices of drinks are hiked up a lot!
But in this occasion, it felt right to have a nice cup of coffee.
We both love our strong coffees as well.
I had a really hard time deciding what to order. I was telling Keziah that I probably will need to go back at least 3 times in order to try everything I want to try on the menu!
In the end, I went for a favourite, banana french toast topped with bacon! yum yum yum
To some, this might be a weird concoction but I loveeee it.
Keziah went for pancakes with a veggie sausage which was also delicious. I tried some of her pancakes and it was really good. Everyone loves a bit of pancake right?
So we just ended up chatting about everything. And I finally found a friend to go for musicals with me~~~ I really want to see Mamma Mia. But Keziah said we should really go for Matilda. Can't wait till we get over with all these assignments so that we can go!!!
After lunch, we wanted to check out Spitafields Market but Keziah had to get back for a seminar. We'll probably go there another time~
Okay, that's all for tonight. It's almost 3am... This bad habit is here to stay. Thankfully I don't have my usual morning seminar tmr but I'll probably need to force myself out of bed to do stuff.
I want to mention some stuff about work and how it's been going but this post is long enough alr so I'll keep that till next time!
Good night!
Sweet dreams~
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