This week marked my first business trip with a trip to King's Hill - - to where?! Yeah exactly! It was an adventurous day. Was not planned that way, but after a productive client meeting and on our train journey back to the office things went downhill. We were stopped for a 15minutes when speculation of why we were stopped started to surface. Our worst nightmare - - there was a human under the train. Heart wrenching yes...but really annoying! There was no direct way back to London, so we were in words stuck. a 40 minute journey took us nearly 3 hours to return to the office...making what was supposed to a very productive day a really frustrating waste.
Thankfully that was not the tone of the rest of the week. Friday came marking Natalie's birthday celebrations. A night that could have gone wrong (i.e. no venue planned), turned to be absolutely brilliant. We went to this un-marked bar next to Kafeteria. The name is escaping me right now, but the bar had a 1920s prohibition feel to it. It was underground, darkly lit bar with own whisky, rum, vodka cocktails from the era. If you ordered a bowl you were given a good ole fashion punch bowl with tea cups. We were tempted, but could not agree on a cocktail. What I did agree on was a whiskey cocktail with honey and lavender. Does not sound nice, but honestly a GREAT drink. The next time you are over, I will try and recreate this (or we can go and find the bar again).
It was a chill Friday birthday celebration filled with lovely cocktails, tasty food and great friends....wait I think that is what we did last year too. Nat always has a way of finding unknown classic cocktail bars with a memorable menu.
I am really in awe that we are onto celebrating our third round of birthdays together. I remember when I first moved here, we considered each other our family away from family. Nearly three years later we truly have become a family - - a family of misfits mind you, but a family nonetheless. A lot has changed in the last 2 1/2 years; we've gotten married, we've had our hearts broken, we've gotten engagement, we've found new loves, we've gotten new jobs, we've moved, but the constant in all that is that we have all been there to support one another.
On Saturday I met up with Pat at Fox & Anchor a quaint gastro pub near Smithfield meat market. Now that Pat and I no longer work on the same account we don't have an excuse to catch up during the day time so it is nice to have our 'date nights' to catch up. We have never really hung out near smithfields, I have always been tempted to wake up at 0400 to see how they unload the meat trucks, but 0400..who are we kidding. I barely woke up for country-fest on the Today Show. Anyway. We spent a couple of hours hanging out and chit-chatting. It is actually nice that we don't work on the same account anymore cause it allows us to focus on the other happenings in our lives. Not really the party until its dawn night, but it was exactly what we both needed and wanted.
On Sunday I was delightfully surprised with an invitation to go for a CNY Malaysia meal to celebrate our friend's Chad last night in London before he moved back to Vancouver. You are probably wondering what we are doing. We are tossing Yu Sheng or prosperity toss. You toss the salad higher for a prosperous career and a sweeter love life. It is a lovely salad of raw fish (salmon), fresh shredded vegetables and sauces.
It was my second time at Rasa Sayang. The first was before my India-Malaysia trip so I had no idea what we order. This time, I knew what we ordered, but no memory as it was one delicous dish after another. Highlights were roti canai, chicken satay and green beans with chili. Honestly anything on that menu is worth a taste...it is like my own Kapitan here in London :-)
It has been a random week, but one that finished on a high note. It was nice to catch up with some old friends and new ones. It is sad that Chad had to move back to Vancouver...such is life when you are finished with your graduate studies and require employment. All the best Chad!
To everyone else, I hope you are well. Miss you dearly
xx
T
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