I am unable to write much post until the end of July since I do not have the time to sit at home for blogging until then. Too much travelling, which also mean a lot more upcoming post to be written soon. Anyway, I will try to insert as many pictures as possible into this post.


Caption: my brother and Liz at Heathrow


Caption: Liz and mom at Heathrow

My brother and I went to pickup my mom and Liz at Heathrow Airport. Happy! Happy! We were probably out of luck when there are some major delay in the Hammersmith tube station. Somehow, I have a bad and weird feeling when I could see no one waiting for the tube to Heathrow Terminal 1, 2, 3. Finally, we realized that the tube is not going to Heathrow airport due to maintenance :( So, we spend an extra hour travelling to Heathrow by bus. Therefore, if you are planning to travel to the UK, try not to travel during the weekend since I heard the TFL is planning to have service maintenance until the end of year 2012. Finally we reached Heathrow. As usual, I took some pictures for them. I will try to summarize their life in the UK. Due to jet lag (a psychological condition in which will consequently alter the circadian rhythm, related to sleep disorder), they spend a night sleeping at home.


Caption: some event at Westbourne Park

It may sound funny since normally, a person who first visit the UK will ask to visit the tower bridge. However, my brother brought Liz to Oxford street instead. Probably she is some kind of shopaholic? Sorry Liz, lol. I do know she love shopping. Anyway, we spend approximately 5 hours in Oxford street. A very very busy day on that day. The main reason she travelled to the UK is to attend my brother's graduation. On the other hand, she could only apply for 2 weeks leave. Therefore, she treated travelling around London as a complement. Besides that, we have no intention to travel too many places in UK due to the widely spread of swine flu disease. It was mentioned by the BBC news, stating that there were at least 100, 000 cases of swine flu around the globe everyday, and 8, 000 cases only in the UK. I have a little worried of this. Besides that, there is this deliberately sad news, stating that a similar kind of disease to the H1N1 is spreadingg, not through pigs, but through dogs. I assume puppies were included in the list :( Basically, there were lots of types of influenza disease (click HERE) So, the best solution is to stay more at home instead of travelling around at this time.


Caption: the original structure of Stonehenge


Caption: Liz at Stonehenge


Caption: Daryl and Liz at Stonehenge


Caption: somewhere near Stonehenge


Caption: city of Bath


Caption: Liz at Bath


Caption: Bath

Truthfully, there is nothing much to see in the UK. You may probably only need 3 days to travel around those famous places of interest in London. So, the forth day, we booked few tickets to Stonehenge (is a one of the seven human-made wonder or monumen located at Salisbury in the UK) and Bath (is a traditional english town in the UK where you may find the roman architecture and buildings such as the ancient roman bath). The original structure of the Stonehenge was build off a combination of stones, producing a circle form of rock. Due to the acid rain, the entire Stonehenge was nearly demolished. Some believed that the Stonehenge is a place where ancient human uses it for prayers. Anyway, it remained puzzled until today. I did not follow them to bath though, since I have been travelling to that 2 places for more than ten times.

We went to hyde park on the following day. Before going to hyde park, we met Ka Ka (one of my musician friend) shopping around Bayswater (somewhere near hyde park). I managed to take a picture with her on that day.


Caption: Ka Ka and I


Caption: at the front of Kensington Palace


Caption: the pool in Hyde Park

Hyde park is the largest park in central london, UK. Hyde park covers 350 acres (around 1.4 km). There are approximately 4,000 trees, a lake, a meadow, and a horse ride in the middle of london. The park is opposite the Queensway tube station in London (central or red-coloured line). You may find the Kensington palace in the middle-west section of the park. I have been visiting the hyde park for more than 50 times but could not get near to the Kensington palace. This means that I have approached the inner building of the Kensington palace until that day. So, I think Liz is considered as a very lucky person.


Caption: Happy Birthday Liz


Caption: this is what they brought, envy envy


Caption: mom posing with LV bag and sunglasses


Caption: mom enjoying her pizza portion

By the way, it was Liz's birthday on that day. Coincidently, she shared the same birth date as Princess Diana. What a coincidence! I also heard she had a really great day with Daryl (my brother). They came home with some birthday presents. They unwrapped them together. Later, mom loan them for picture taking. Both of them also brought some pizza from Bella Italia (an Itallian restaurant) back home for mom and I.


Caption: opposite the four season chinese restaurant

Before the end of this post, I would like to recommend two chinese restaurant for people who love eating duck (1) Four Season and (2) Gold Mine, opposite the Whiteleys building, located at Bayswater. The duck is really tasty and 'juicy'. Try it yourself and you will know it :)