london photoshoot: st. james park

^^ how amazingly red is this wall of leaves?!^^

few weeks ago, i had the privilege of going on a photoshoot with my creative kelly! you might remember the amazing photoshoot we had back in june! she's going to be studying graphic design so we had a blast letting out all our camera fun and ideas together on a surprisingly warm october thursday.

spontaneous is the key word as of lately. but fun and spontaneous seem a perfect match, non?

it was only one full day of shooting around london but it felt like we travelled the world! we visited many places (by feet!) and took so many photos i thought it would be wise to split them up in different posts.

the colour of the autumnal leaves were so beautiful! unfortunately the sun was setting by this point and it was only a light visit. the bitter breeze was drawing in and you could hear the squirrels rustling every now and then. how perfect.

Insta-Thursty: Week 16

funky photobooth props at my cousin's wedding

my 84 year old grandma came to visit us from hong kong!

make-do with a pineapple if you don't have a birthday cake.

got my sister a ukulele for her birthday with a hand painted card

painting mountains even though my stress levels are way up there

sloth painting for my lazy etain's birthday

macaroon painting for another friend's birthday in leeds!

airhop.

the trampoline on the walls make you spring everywhere!

last weekend, we took a spontaneous trip to airhop, a massive trampoline park in guildford. i literally called up a few peoplelate afternoon and asked if anyone fancied jumping with me.

special jumping socks!

spontaneity is a constant word in my dictionary now; either it shows i'm not bothered with planning anymore, or that i just like a good ole adventure not knowing what will pop up.

the session we booked was at 8pm so it was safe to say that jumping so late in the evening made us all much too hyper for the entire evening.

there's plenty to do there: tumbling into foam pits, jumping from trampoline to trampoline, dodgeball to springing up to do a slam dunk on their basketball nets! all in all, an evening of fun and laughter!

#crew.

gotta love spontaneity.

lately.

sunsets at st.james park, london

sushi and catch up time with these girls who went croatia with me at eat tokyo!

the house extension is coming along...

£5 lunch meals at house of ho with kelly

 

frosty frost mornings.

wrapping up warm for fireworks!

waver of birds across the colourful sky

yummy portuguese food at waterloo

free snowball doughballs from pizza express!

be still and know.

rushing to school, consumed in work, go home, socialise on your media platforms, scribble down your homework, read a book, have your dinner and drink your tea.

when do we ever get the chance to just sit and admire the work of God? the blue sky He painted, the trees He made, the birds He moulded and blew fresh life into....

reflect. thank God for everything, everyday.

be still and know He is God.

Croatia: part 3

carrying on with my story of croatia.... visit part 1 and part 2.

the beautiful archaic streets

day 5// unfortunately i've been struck ill and woke up with a sore throat :(
nevertheless, we proceeded with a prayer walk this morning, visiting the town centre, church and market. as we walked back, the heat caught us; what better excuse for a good ice cream ^^

praying for the market

ice cream which are like vienesse put on a lolly stick!

this afternoon we were briefed before the first day of our UNA festival commenced! our aim was to hold three days of this event where we went into the roma village and spread the gospel and love of Christ through plays, songs and arts and crafts.

performing Jonah

we attracted a lot of children today - about 200! after performing our first play "jonah and the big fish", i got the privilege of leading group 7 where we gave out tshirts, made a jonah craft and coloured booklets. it was a very successful day i must say and ended up having dinner late at 9:30pm.

this little girl put my nickname on her shirt!! how cute!

for the first time of our stay, i didn't get ice cream that evening as my cough was getting so bad. oh wells, at least i had an early night!

sunset by the river.

day 6// i had a good ole lie in this morning till 9am and drank lemon honey to soothe my throat which was throbbing with pain D; we went out for grocery shopping and tried some burek, a traditional sausage roll pastry type food, super scrummy!

after lunch we gathered back for a debrief and according to some members of our team, i didn't look well at all. my temperature was taken and confirmed i had to be sent back to the apartment to rest. i was heartbroken i couldn't take part in todays UNA festival, but was prayed for and caught 3-4 hours of sleep.

i was awoken to dinner and caught up with my team over some cheesy pasta before debrief and followed by an ice cream walk - i'm back!!

day7// sunday today! after church and rescuing the cutest stray kitten ever, we went grocery shopping yet again as our rather large team consumes QUICK!

it's the last day of our UNA festival today and i managed to join - hooray! the kids had missed me so much and i got the chance to perform "the good samaritan" today. it was an extremely hot day and i got to say, the kids were so good listening and making tambourine crafts so enthusiastically!

as a tradition, we walked around the village with the kids to spread the love of God, however the blazing heat really got to me and it shattered me by the end! a lot of sweat mingling went on too as the kids held tightly to my hands.

dinner was carbonara and bacon, though i officially lost my voice that evening and was exempt from ice cream once again doh. that night we played banagrams until late late late - 2:20am!!