London's Interesting Market - Camdon Market

Yesterday was Good Friday, I wish you to have a happy Easter.

Since last year I went to London with my sister-in-law, we have decided to visit London once per year if possible. We went to Borough Market last time, so we hoped to find another market, especially where it served lunch. We tried Camdon Market.

Soon after we arrived at Camdon Town tube station, I was attracted by the funky decor on the wall. However, we were really hungry; we needed to find food quickly. Thanks goodness that we managed to spot an area with loads of food stalls soon after crossing a river.

The food they served were from around the world: Italian pasta, German sausages, sushi, curry, jerk chicken etc. It was hard to make a decision as we wished to have a bit of everything. The sellers were very helpful and kept giving us simple to try until we were happy with our choice. There were also some tables and seats available so we could eat properly.

If you have a chance to visit London, go there! You can also shop around as I've heard that the goods in Camdon Market is quite cheap.
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Don't forget...

Today is the last weekend in March. It means there is something that everyone must do in the UK...

Change the clock to one hour forward!
 

Change to the British Summer Time.

How this affect the UK people?

1) We need to change all clocks tomorrow morning.

2) The daylight will be longer every day.

3) There will be less time different between the UK and Hong Kong and its neighbouring regions.

4) Everyone needs to spend at least one day (or up to two weeks I've been told) to adjust the change. And...

5) One hour less to sleep (or one hour short for Sunday!)

Wawawawawawawawawa...

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Natural phenomenon @ Severn Bore

There is an interesting nature scene called tidal bore. According to Wikipedia: 'A tidal bore is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave (or waves) of water that travels up a river or narrow bay against the direction of the river or bay's current.'

There are only a few places in the world you can see this phenomenon and one of them is at the River Severn. My husband and I deliberately drove to Gloucester to see this famous bore at the beginning of this month and here is the recording of the bore:

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Valentine's Day 2014 for Western and Chinese

Last Friday was the Valentine's day. However, my husband and I always believe that this day has been commercialised so we rarely go out and celebrate. Also, we both needed to work on that day. My husband agreed to cook me a valentine dinner on the following night.

Firstly, I would like to mention that my husband is just an OK cook. I didn't have a high expectation. When he was nearly finished cooking, I opened the first wine which we bought from Virgin. I then sat down at the table waiting for the meal to come. I didn't anticipate that he made the starter: smoked salmon with egg on toast. It seemed like a simple dish to make but it looked great!

Then, the main: oyster mushroom with risotto rice. I really could not believe that he chose to make vegetarian meal as he is a meat eater. He drizzled some lemon juice and tarragon on the risotto. It tasted really good. I even asked him for the recipe.

Last but not least, his famous dessert in the house: cherry cake. Hmm... this was the best dinner he had made since I married him. This meal was way better than eating at any of the restaurant!

(PS after all the food and drink, it's time to do some exercise. My work place organises a 'Pedometer Challenge'. The point is to fight against mental illness. The rule is to find 5 people to form a group. Then using this Pedometer to measure how much we walk. The team who walks the most will be the winner. I participate because I am carious to know how much I walk normally. Our group target is to walk ten thousands steps per person per day from today for two weeks. Could we achieve it?)

Updated 08/03: I didn't manage to walk ten thousands step per day, but some days I walked more than usual. So on average, I did it!

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