Finished with exams on Tuesday.
Officially summer break for me!!
Made quite a last minute decision to head down to London yesterday since I haven't been there in awhile.
The view on the train journey // the English countryside.
One of my pitstops whenever I'm in London is Harrods.
Even if you don't get anything, window shopping in Harrods still never gets boring.
It's THE disneyland for shopaholics.
Had lunch at one of my favorite places for steak - The Steakhouse @ the Harrods food-hall.
You get to choose the type/cut of meat & how many grams of it you want. They've a butcher who will prepare it for you & then send it off to the kitchen who will cook it. I like watching what goes on in the kitchen so their bar/open-kitchen concept is great because you get to watch the chefs in action.
My 150g steak with their truffle & marscapone sauce.
SO GOOD. Getting hungrier with each word I type.... Its slightly pricy but definitely worth it!
The next place I always visit in London, apart from Harrods, is Selfridges.
Yes, I only go to London to shop.... ;)
Went to the Chrome Hearts store in Selfridges! The last time I visited, they didn't have any clothing in stock yet, but I managed to get what I was looking for this time!
Don't get your hopes up if you're planning on visiting their store though. Selection was quite limited & the pieces I managed to get were the last ones in their size, color & design..
CH Store
My loot.
This is already considered me having self-control....
Dinner was at Scoff & Banter in the Radisson Blu hotel.
My leek & onion soup.
Anne's burger.
Really enjoyed myself on my mini day trip. Made me miss my year in London!
Finally got to catch up with one of my fav Arabs from foundation days, Rifa, & her sister, even though it was quite last minute as well :)
Took the train back after dinner & that's when my day started to get more "exciting" (or rather, took a turn for the worst..). Train got delayed so many times. Once because a passenger got on the wrong train & needed to get off since it was the last train. Shortly after, everyone had to get on a new train because they kept resetting the system but the brakes were still faulty.
Got back way past midnight & was already so tired out by then.
Now this is where the most dramatic part of my night starts..
Leading to my apartment is an alley. Walked halfway through that alley & could make out a BODY at the foot of my apartment entrance. At this point, being all alone in that alley at night, I was naturally quite scared. Called out to see if the person was conscious a few times. No response. I started panicking because once the clock strikes midnight, a bunch of rowdy/drunk people always seem to start to emerge.
Thank goodness my friend Anne's accommodation is right across the street from mine. Kept knocking on the glass door of her place to get the security guard to let me in so I wouldn't have to stay on the streets.
Ended up calling the POLICE.... They kept asking me over the phone to provide them with descriptions about the "body" (i.e. race, around how old, is he breathing, etc) & the only thing I would reply with was "I don't know because I'm too scared to go closer.." HAHA. Honestly if the guy was dying he probably would've already died after such long phone call....
I was already quite tired out by then because it was past 1a.m. Thank goodness Anne came down to accompany me even though she was in her pajamas (LOL).... I probably would've cried there & then otherwise (thanks Anne!). Being tired & being unable to enter your apartment because a body is blocking the door is not exactly the best combination....
They eventually said they would dispatch an ambulance.
An ambulance came & we brought them to the guy. Turns out it was a drunk homeless guy. Was still quite afraid to go back to my apartment because he was still lying there. Who knew whether he was crazy or not.... Apparently the ambulance crew couldn't move him as it was the police's job to do so.... So even through the night the drunk homeless guy just continued to lay right outside the entrance door....
Thank goodness one of the ambulance crew said he would walk me back down the alley to my apartment. He had to ask the homeless guy to move just a bit since the door would hit him in the head if he continued laying there. Drunk homeless guy just said no, muttered some curse words, said something incoherently, & continued sleeping!
Really don't know what to make of this whole situation..
I know I'm probably overreacting to some but this is such a stark contrast to Singapore that I couldn't help but be quite shaken up. Highly doubt there are many drunk homeless guys lying outside apartment entrances in Singapore....
As if I couldn't wait to be back home already, now I want to be back even more! Feel so much safer & at peace in Singapore!
Even as I type this post now, I can hear people, probably already drunk, yelling on the streets & its only 8p.m here.
Never ever taking how safe Singapore is for granted ever again..
Can't wait to get out of here....
& TO BE BACK HOME SOON.
xx
