STARBUCKS BING SUTT

What a gloomy rainy day!! Usually I don't like to go out during rainy days but I had such a mood to take photos. And also I had an afternoon tea appointment with K and Hei today so I had to go out.

Actually K told me that there was a nice 2nd hand bookstore in Central so we went there to take a look. I rarely buy 2nd hand books coz I always like owning new stuff but for saving money, 2nd hand stuff can be a good choice.

The bookstore is quite tiny and they mainly sell English books. It's not easy to find the books you want. They may not have stock or they may not put all the books on the shelf so you gotta see if you have luck to get what you want. I didn't have any target so I just checked out the books randomly.

I bought a book "May the Best Man Die"and I sold out my "P.S. I Love You" there coz this book isn't very interesting. I just bought one book only coz I know I may not have much time to read.

After that we went to Starbucks Bing Sutt to have afternoon tea. This Starbucks is 50s-70s nostalgic Hong Kong cafe crossover starbucks! The internior design is according to the old bing sutt! They also had Hong Kong style afternoon tea such as egg tarts and pineapple buns. I ordered sasuage roll coz I like it after my first taste in Scottland :P


Tho it was heavy rain outside, there were still a lot of people going there for taking photos. We didn't stay there long coz it was kinda crowded.

FRENCH CLASS L11 IS FINISHED

French class Level 11 is finished!! I skipped a lot of lesson in this term becoz I went travelling before. Luckily Raphael is a very nice and friendly teacher!! Honestly I don't think I learned anything in this term coz I was too lazy to study. Especially when I went to France, I could ask people for the direction but I couldn't understand when they talked to me. It's very frustrating that my French still hasn't improved!!

After class, we had Vietnamese food in Jordan, it was so happy to have such gathering with the AF group. Kate wasn't in our class but she joined us as well. We talked about our trip and funny things to them. Raphael asked if I like France or UK more, I told him UK LOL well I do like France too :D

I'm not going to take the next level for coming term coz I know my French isn't at that level yet. I want to stop for few months to catch up my French until I'm really ready. I would miss my classmates but there is no meaning if I take the next level but don't understand what the teacher saying.

SISTERS' NITE OUT

Mom and dad are travelling to Malaysia and Singapore for 5 days so me and K are home alone. It's the 2nd time that they go travelling without us. Mom always doesn't want to leave us alone and she doesn't like to travel with dad LOL We are not little girls and we can look after ourselves well. I'm happy to be home alone but it can me a nightmare for me. K is bad at doing housework and she is very messy. I have to clean up for her!! I do most of the housework!!

There is nothing much to do at home on Sat night so me and K went out for dinner. We went to La Villa at TST, K has been there once and she said the food was good. We had some salad and oysters and the oysters were pretty good. Then we went to Ned Kelly to have a drink and watch Jazz Live Band show. It has been a while that we haven't been here together. I missed those Jazz music!!

COCO AVANT CHANEL

I want to watch more French movies and Kelly saw this movie in France and she told me that the french accent in this movie wasn't too difficult to understand so I watched with Kate and Preston tonight.

I'm not a big fan of French movie coz I always have an image that French movie is rather artistic and slow paced. This is typical French movie but it was boring. I quite like it. This movie focus more on Chanel's love life but I think it would be better to tell more about her career and the story of this brand.

As Kelly said, the french accent wasn't too hard but I could only some simple words only :P Kate and I liked this movie but Preston thought it was a bit boring. Maybe it's girl's movie :D

SOFIE & MAX'S BIG DAY!

It's Sofie and Max's big day!! Congrats!! I'm so happy for them!! I didn't expect Sofie getting married so fast!! Not really fast tho, I remember she has been dating Max for around 2 years? But it's the best for her!! Max is living in Italy and she is living in Hong Kong, it's hard to be apart. Long distance relationship is not easy!! I'm glad that they can work it out!!

Max's family didn't come to Hong Kong. They watched the live video of the banquet and ceremony. Thanks for the technology!! We could see the live video of Max's family too!! I think it's very interesting. Sofie looked so beautiful today!! I like her wedding dress!! She looked like a princess!! :D She still can't speak Italian yet and it was funny when Max said something in Italian and the guests asked Sofie to translate. Sofie said, "Sorry! I don't understand!" LOL But I''m sure she can learn fast when she moves to Italy!! Remember to teach me one day!! I wanna learn Italian as well!! :D

DAY 14 HONG KONG

I'm back to Hong Kong!! I don't really feel happy to be home coz tomorrow is a nightmare. I have to go back to work :( What a disaster!! Every time after vacation, I go back to work immediately coz I want to save my annual leave!! 12days in a year is not enough!! How come working in Hong Kong is so harsh?!!

I enjoyed this journey a lot!! It was an adventure for me!! Apart from London, all the cities that were new for me!! It's hard to choose my favourite cites in this trip. UK and France are so different!! Even in South of France, it's different with Paris too!! Every city is unique. I really would like to see more place in Europe. I know many people think I travel a lot and they say I'm rich and I travel to Europe every year. It's not I'm rich!! It's just I save money to do something I like! It's simple theory, my dream is to travel around the world so I just try hard to make my dream comes true!

DAY 13 LONDON / HONG KONG

My Last day in London!! I was going to take the night flight back to Hong Kong so I still had half day to do a sight-seeing. I met a guy when I had breakfast in the hostel, I forgot where was he from, he came to London to look for a job and he got an interview today. Seems many people are going to London to look for their dreams and different lives.

I decided to visit Big Ben and London Eye again. It was a bit cloudy so I felt a bit cold. It's strange in Europe, when there is sun, you feel so warm but when it's cloudy, you feel cold.

After that I went to Harrods to do my last shopping. I bought a lot of souvenirs!! And then I had lunch in a local restaurant. I wanted to eat fish and chips!! I did try fish and chips once in Liverpool in a fast food shop but it didn't taste so good. So this time I found a better restaurant to have a try. It tasted really good!! The fish was crispy outside but soft and juicy inside! The portion was too big and I couldn't finish all!!

Then I went to the hostel to pack my stuff and headed to the airport. My Europe trip is at the end!! I do miss Hong Kong but I didn't want to go home yet!! I wish I could stay longer!! Hopefully I will visit Europe again soon!!