1st outing into London

It was our first time out in a totally unknown place (my built-in GPS has not been loaded with London map....yet!!) and in the cold weather. Luckily enough for us, a bit of the Fifoto witchcraftery has rubbed off and we were lucky to have blue skies and some sun in the normally gloomy english weather!

we're squatting at this lovely 2 bedroom flat in a gated residential area

With no idea of where to go, we called Michelle to direct us to the nearest Primark. Primark is this place where you can get really cheap clothing and bedding stuff. So off we went. And since it was already lunch, we had a bite at Pret A Manger. They sells sandwiches and coffee....it was quite nice, but once you convert to M'sian currency, i was having a RM20 sandwich, so the moral of the story is, DON'T convert when you're overseas.....you'll never eat!!

our Pret A Manger meal

bacon and eggs sandwich........nice!! i could easily get used to the food here

coffee....dedicated to Highway

blue skies!! so not the typical english weather

dead trees and blue skies....

we'll be seeing a lot of these from now on....

our next stop, to meet up with a fellow indo....who's been living here for ages. he's actually a friend of my mom's cousin. he's trying to hook us up with a place to live

Double deckers.....

Chinatown at night..all ready for the CNY

Piccadilly Circus at night.....damn, should have brought out the big camera

So it was quite a fruitful day, found Primark, established contact with a friend of a relative, got our permenant Pay As You Go cards, had a taste of Chinatown (you can get maggi mee in London, even got Lingam's Chilli Sauce!! All buatan Malaysia, but a bit expensive la!), had our first pint and english pub food, and experienced our first cold and wet night waiting for the bus.

Can't wait to really see downtown London next!!