17th June, 650am
Getting used to the timing here already, sleeping more.
Yesterday ( 16 June ) was somewhat of a rush, with us going all over the Eastern part of London. Firstly to St Paul's Cathedral, passing by Fleet Street, and hence the Bank of England in the process.
We also came across a monument in the area, erected to the memory of the Great Fire of London. There are 311 steps leading to the top, and Julian, Jordan, and Sophia decided to climb it. I took one look at the height, and forget it mate.
So instead, me, Greg and Wiki went to the nearby church of St Mary Alderman's.
Whoa, the decor in the church is very old, and very medieval. When you see churches like this, where their stained glass windows date back more than a 100 years, you feel it a great pity that the churches in Singapore are always too keen to upgrade and change the premises. ( AMK Church of Christ the King comes to mind )
Then after that, we wakled to an even older and grander church, which was ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.
Wahat a pity, the outside of the Cathedral was being refurbished at that moment, and half of it was covered up in plastic and scaffolding. Bleah. The rest of the group opted not to go in too, 'cos of the admission fees. Sigh. Oh well.
The Tower of London was HUGE! A giant fortress near the Thames, and there was just so damn much to see! That was a place where the history near overwhelmed me!
But one good thing was that the yeoman warder ( beefeater ) was a very good guide, knew how to entertain without being irritating, and really knew his stuff. And there was a TERRIFIC view of Tower Bridge from there!
Later on, we explored the nearby area for free places we could go to, but unfortunately, most of them had an admission fee, so at the end of the day, we ended up at the Tate Modern. Er, suffice it to say that modern and abstract art is so not my thing. Some of the exhibits there were interesting, but I didn't have the understanding to appreciate it. Interestingly enough today, we were exposed to 2 different kinds of Londoners. One was a couple, who were getting hot and heavy on the lawn outside the Tate. And yes, very hot and heavy. We were watching them from a balcony on one of the higher floors of the Tate After a while, some policemen actually came along to tell them "none of that 'ere, now!" ( Ok, I dunno that's exactly what they said. ) Finally, just as we were leaving the Tate, ( and after the policemen were gone ) we looked back and realised that the woman now had her head under the guy's shirt and was giving him a blowjob. In public. Wah lau eh, win liao lor...
Another incident was at night. Me, Julian, Jordan and Sophia had gone to Oxford St looking for a casino. ( Jordan and Sophia won UK$5 on their 1st tries. Wah lau. I lost and refused to try any more, taking my losses as a sign ) After we were on the way back, this guy walked by angrily, and banged his fist on some posters on the wall. ( Homophobic? The posters were advertising gay music ) We all jumped at the sound and looked around to see what the noise was. And dammit, he noticed us noticing. He then started following us, saying stuff like, "I hate Chinese" blah blah. Clearly off in the head. And also pretty dangerous, considering he seemed to be trying to goad us into a fight.
We walked on, ignoring him, but he still kept on following us. Finally we stood at an entrance to a Tube station, and still he continued to harass us! Like, WTF?? Really felt like throwing him into the road but that would only have gotten us into more trouble. Argh. Finally, after a while, we walked to the bus stop and he stopped following us. Phew.
Later on, Julian said he had been all ready to fight if that guy had laid a finger on either of us. ( Frankly, I was too ) Thankfully that didn't happen or we'd be seeing the inside of a London jail.
Onwards to the 18th
Yesterday ( 16 June ) was somewhat of a rush, with us going all over the Eastern part of London. Firstly to St Paul's Cathedral, passing by Fleet Street, and hence the Bank of England in the process.
We also came across a monument in the area, erected to the memory of the Great Fire of London. There are 311 steps leading to the top, and Julian, Jordan, and Sophia decided to climb it. I took one look at the height, and forget it mate.
So instead, me, Greg and Wiki went to the nearby church of St Mary Alderman's.
Whoa, the decor in the church is very old, and very medieval. When you see churches like this, where their stained glass windows date back more than a 100 years, you feel it a great pity that the churches in Singapore are always too keen to upgrade and change the premises. ( AMK Church of Christ the King comes to mind )
Then after that, we wakled to an even older and grander church, which was ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.
Wahat a pity, the outside of the Cathedral was being refurbished at that moment, and half of it was covered up in plastic and scaffolding. Bleah. The rest of the group opted not to go in too, 'cos of the admission fees. Sigh. Oh well.
The Tower of London was HUGE! A giant fortress near the Thames, and there was just so damn much to see! That was a place where the history near overwhelmed me!
But one good thing was that the yeoman warder ( beefeater ) was a very good guide, knew how to entertain without being irritating, and really knew his stuff. And there was a TERRIFIC view of Tower Bridge from there!
Later on, we explored the nearby area for free places we could go to, but unfortunately, most of them had an admission fee, so at the end of the day, we ended up at the Tate Modern. Er, suffice it to say that modern and abstract art is so not my thing. Some of the exhibits there were interesting, but I didn't have the understanding to appreciate it. Interestingly enough today, we were exposed to 2 different kinds of Londoners. One was a couple, who were getting hot and heavy on the lawn outside the Tate. And yes, very hot and heavy. We were watching them from a balcony on one of the higher floors of the Tate After a while, some policemen actually came along to tell them "none of that 'ere, now!" ( Ok, I dunno that's exactly what they said. ) Finally, just as we were leaving the Tate, ( and after the policemen were gone ) we looked back and realised that the woman now had her head under the guy's shirt and was giving him a blowjob. In public. Wah lau eh, win liao lor...
Another incident was at night. Me, Julian, Jordan and Sophia had gone to Oxford St looking for a casino. ( Jordan and Sophia won UK$5 on their 1st tries. Wah lau. I lost and refused to try any more, taking my losses as a sign ) After we were on the way back, this guy walked by angrily, and banged his fist on some posters on the wall. ( Homophobic? The posters were advertising gay music ) We all jumped at the sound and looked around to see what the noise was. And dammit, he noticed us noticing. He then started following us, saying stuff like, "I hate Chinese" blah blah. Clearly off in the head. And also pretty dangerous, considering he seemed to be trying to goad us into a fight.
We walked on, ignoring him, but he still kept on following us. Finally we stood at an entrance to a Tube station, and still he continued to harass us! Like, WTF?? Really felt like throwing him into the road but that would only have gotten us into more trouble. Argh. Finally, after a while, we walked to the bus stop and he stopped following us. Phew.
Later on, Julian said he had been all ready to fight if that guy had laid a finger on either of us. ( Frankly, I was too ) Thankfully that didn't happen or we'd be seeing the inside of a London jail.
Onwards to the 18th
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