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I think I’m a lousy tourist. While I love travelling, I don’t get very excited about visiting tourist attractions. I mean, I enjoy them enough when I do see them, but I never plan my holidays around them. In fact, I never plan my holidays. I like to just go to a foreign country, breathe ...
Being too ambitious (or greedy). Two heaped bowls of ricotta and spinach tortelloni in bolognese sauce, with six sausages and three baby zucchinis thrown into the mix. A roll of garlic bread and a bottle of wine. Delicious! Copyright © 2011 Sheylara.com.
Two commuters wait in silence for the train at the Metro Station. An elderly Parisian walks his dog outside the Musée du Louvre, part of which is undergoing renovation works. …
Yay I got white tulips! My favouritest flowers. :) So hard to find in Singapore. But England has the most beautiful flowers ever. Tulips and roses in white mixed with pale pink shades. Gerberas in strawberry milk pink. Makes me happy whenever I walk past a florist and see all the pretty colours! Copyright © ...
Safely back in England! Am very happy to report that I didn’t get kidnapped or mugged in Paris. I practised with Piers for hours putting on my don’t-mess-wit h-me face. Looks something like this: Yeah, Piers doesn’t do it very well. He’s just smiley all the time. So I had to make mine doubly ...
So Piers was really telling the truth when he said that Parisians are always seen carrying French bread in the streets. Sometimes the baguettes not even wrapped up, or in a bag. People just hold them in their hands. Yesterday, when we headed out for lunch, Piers thought we should go into a ...
People say that Paris is the most romantic city in the world. After spending about 12 hours in it yesterday, I am kind of wondering why. It just reminds me of London. Beautiful architecture intermingling with graffiti and dirt. Beautiful, nevertheless. Just didn’t feel it was extremely romantic or anything. Here’s the photo of the ...
In Paris!! I’m so in love with our apartment (rented from a nice girl through Airbnb). We did have to walk up the stairs six floors but it was all worth it. (Cos Piers carried all the luggage, lol.) It’s so nicely decorated. Like, artistic, bohemian, lovely, um, I don’t really know what words to ...
I really must talk about the burgers in England. THEY’RE SO GOOD. No, I don’t mean Big Macs, although those are good, too. I’m talking thick, juicy beef patties that completely overwhelm your taste buds as the succulent meat languishes on your tongue, making your buds think they’ve died and gone to heaven. ...
I’m going to Paris this Thursday and I’m scared. What if I get kidnapped? The movie “Taken”, starring Liam Neeson, was on TV on Sunday and Piers said I should watch it cos it’s a good movie. It is a good movie, about this retired CIA agent whose teenage daughter goes to Paris and gets ...
When I visited Stonehenge, there were stupid yellow tripods placed all around the structure. Imagine if I had spent $2,000 flying to England just to see it (and on top of that paying £7.50 …
Advertorial I once fell out with a friend because of a dispute over electricity bills. I was sharing a flat with her while we were studying in Australia. Well, she rented the flat, then sub-let it to me, providing me a room, meals and home necessities for a fixed monthly rate. We lived together uneventfully ...
Even though my clothes still fit, I’m quite sure I’m putting on weight after more than a month in England. I keep telling myself to eat less, maybe skip a few meals here and there, but eating out is too fun. Eating in is also fun. Groceries are amazing here. There is an unbelievable variety ...
The one annoying thing about England is that the English don’t follow their own rules of English here. Place names have ridiculous pronunciations that don’t sound like they’re spelled. For example, Bournemouth is pronounced “bon-mirthR 21;. Salisbury is “souls-briR 21;. Reading is “red-ding̶ 1;. Worcester is “woo-ster̶ …
Today’s food post deserves an entry all by itself because it’s a whole cultural experience. And because of the cute dogs. I still feel like I’m living in the movies or something whenever I join Piers’ family for a meal. (Three times, so far.) The way they do things here is so different ...
I must be honest and say that I think there’s no better food to be had in the world than in Singapore (and Malaysia). I mean, in terms of variety and taste. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy the food anywhere else in the world; I really do enjoy eating in England. It’s just ...
So OMG. I was invited to dinner at a restaurant with Piers and his parents last night because it was his dad’s birthday. Then, just hours before dinner, Piers suddenly MSNed me from work and said, “OMG my sister and her daughter are in town tonight so dinner will be at my parents’.̶ 1; So the ...
I am certifiably one of the world’s biggest klutzes, so mishaps never shock me. You get desensitised after stubbing your toe for the nth time or after offering your 99th porcelain plate to the kitchen floor gods. But shattering my iPhone 4 certainly stunned me. I’d always thought the iPhone 4 was invulnerable. Invincible. I’d ...
Alright, then. By popular demand (of one), we shall do a swan post today. If you haven’t already, read my previous post — Bitten by a swan — because that one is better than this one. But then come back here again because she will be sad if you don’t: I had a ...
I wanted to blog about swans again cos I went visiting them during the weekend. It’s really cool how they’re so tame and don’t run off when you walk up to them. But I suppose people must be sick of reading about birds, so I’ll do the swan post another time. Lulworth Castle today. ...
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