icing for joy

Monday, 22 September 2014

around london with my family.

my relatives (including my 84 year old grandma!) came to visit us from hong kong last week. although their stay wasn't long, we managed to tour them around london and have our moments of laughs and chats at dinner time nearly every night (going out on a school night, i know!)

st.pauls cathedral

we went round to st pauls, the millenium bridge, around tower bridge and finished off with a korean meal this particular day.

though i've walked past this place many times and ate korean many times, it's so much happier when i'm with my family, especially these ones who i haven't seen for about 6 years.

tower hill

korean dinner

it was a good time of catching up and chilling together. cos we all forget to chill as we get older.

full moon selfies!

we even got to spend mid-autumn festival together! - also known as the festival celebrating the full moon with all your family. this was really quite special as we don't get to come round together this often. this makes me think...how awesome is it that worldwide, we are all looking at the same moon..and that when the chinese celebrate mid-autumn festival, they're all taking pictures with that same moon. just a ponder!

and here's a selfie with my beloved grandma and a polaroid the day we had to say goodbye ;(

seeya soon!!

Saturday, 20 September 2014

Go Ape

a few weeks back, i got to tick off an item from my bucket list - to go 'go ape'.

after my dad went for a team building activity last year with his colleagues (i know, 40 grown men climbing trees), he came back to challenge me to swing off a rope a few feet from the ground.

challenge accepted.

i gathered my tribe - a bunch of kids and a couple of adults, cos us intelligently mature young ones still require adult supervision.

there were 11 of us, and it became apparent that our friendships grew stronger after this day.

we learnt to encourage, to help, to cheer and to motivate.

it's safe to say there were two members of our FEARLESS tribe who were afraid of heights. but no doubt our tweaks of encouragement helped them see the whole course through and everyone completed with smiles on their face :) (hungry too.)

another brilliant thing about go ape is that it is set in the beautiful tree tops amongst the bugs and leaves. if you're scared of spiders, you'll meet a few along the way. but come anyway, it'll be worth it.

there were 5 courses in total, and each finished with a zip wire. the last zip wire being the tallest, longest and most thrilling of all! ya know that phrase 'it's hard to start, but once you get into it, it's fine'? jumping off the teeny wooden platform was the hard part in this case. but you'll be totally fine when you breeze across the forest - scream if you're not.

and here's us cheery folks - completed and ever so happy we monkeyed around and got a glimpse of tarzan's life.

Friday, 19 September 2014

happy birthday dear sis.....

my dear baby sister is not so baby anymore...yesterday was her 15th birthday; she's in year 10, grade 8 on piano and knows how to do her hair better than me. did you know she could also ball girl?

as a little surprise..(cos we all love surprises thaaaat much), my family and i decided to treat her to a ukulele! as a musical genius and one with many talents, the photo on the right hand side says it all! ^

the gorgeous lady with the new addition to the family!

to celebrate, we went out to dine at pizza express! ordering about 3 large pizzas in total, pesto pasta, salmon risotto and their must-have doughballs! mmhmmm...

love you hunny, wishing you a fruitful year ahead and that your music talent will be used to bless others. lots of love x

and here's a complimentary pic of my parents trying to cut up pizzas.

Thursday, 4 September 2014

Insta-Thursty: Week 14

14th week of insta-thursty! my summer, ig style ;)

meeting up with my good friends after a couple of longggg months! summer holiday celebrations - had a meal at Slug and Lettuce and topped off with a bit of shopping ;)