*work in progress
11th Aug
– touching down at Heathrow, 530am
– popping out at Russell Square, walking into Waitrose and buying a sugared bun
– (feeling terribly out of place)
– entering the flat, doing pushups, being determined to get fitter
– running around and not breaking sweat
– renjie arrives 🙂
– being worried when evening comes and my parents and brother haven’t arrived
– walking out from sheer frustration and spotting them floating down Grey’s Inn Road in the fog
– pullups along Marchmont Street scaffolding
– josh buys V Festival tickets to Weston Park Road
– Birdy covers Terrible Love in a dimly lit tent
– i fall in love with Waitrose’s Ginger handsoap
– ruth gets a tour of my apartment
– my family carry hangers and plastic bags, we march down the street to Euston
– i have Garlic Chicken Thighs and Dolmio for the first time
– i want to get a Chinese bible
– i interact awkwardly with Tesco’s minced meat – it does not warm to me
– renjie makes fantastic fish soup
– joanne and kenneth arrive, most of kenneth’s hair does not
– roald dahl is not all that
– argos saves the day
– london fashion week comes to marchmont street
– mags cooks porridge because she is kind that way
– mags cooks asian food and it is fabulous
– i still eat a whole lot of hare & tortoise anyway
– Euston church becomes my second home 🙂
– varian makes delicious burgers
– i start using butter to cook, i fall ill
– russian red finally do ‘She’s Not Coming Home Tonight’ with synth
– i fly to florence and dislike rabbit
– i move into luxe central
– i get my real-estate agent card
– i start eating mandarin oranges daily
– whipped cream = toothpaste/rice/yogurt
– i fly to paris and dislike escargot (and my host’s bathroom decor)
– it is a rainy night at the shacklewell arms
– british museum hide & seek
– i break a fever with Bear’s Den
– i take a trip down Mulholland Drive
– dip & flip is conquered, and though the journey back was daunting, i took it in my stride
– beerlin
– i discover a man mating with a strawberry at the Tate Modern
– a sincere woman sells white chocolate tiramisu at a Brick Lane pop-up
– chatime finds a new competitor in condensed milk-honey-cocoa powder-almost alcohol-green organic milk tea
– a woman cries out to LHL for help
– i discover buttermilk chicken (and rediscover it immediately after)
– mother flipper is conquered
– LP 就是 LIM PEI
– my laptop makes like a wave and crashes
– 8 hours is 3 hours
– i enjoy a calming carnival ride
– i have an affordable meal at Bocca
– i have comfortable accommodation in Amsterdam
– a lady blesses us with pastries
– i photograph trees
22nd Dec
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