5th day in the city.

Dear diary,


Thought I'd write in the layout most fitting seeing as this blog is definitely turning into some kind of daily journal. 


No but really.

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Ok let's start again! 

Today is the start of something new. Is it because I've decided to turn over a new leaf? Have I made a momentous decision in my life? What could possibly signal a new change? Can I hear a drum roll please.

(*drum roll...)

Yes ladies and gentlemen, I've moved over to the other side. Grandma dearest came over at early o'clock with her trolley full of Chinese herbs and salted meat, which to be honest didn't interest me much. That was until I saw a glorious box wrapped inside a Sainsbury's carrier bag (thank goodness, other the phone would smell of fish!). It really made me so excited. I opened the sleek packaging to reveal my new electronic device. The only thing that bugs me is that I can't create a new email account; a problem which I'm sure will be rectified in due course.

So...want to see what I've been using for the past 4 years?

A Nokia who-knows-what model dating back to 3000BC. Notice the back reinforced with sellotape. It's actually quite a cute Cath Kidston design and when I got it I was estatic because for me it was a major advancement from my previous...Samsung slide? Siemens? Must be Samsung because the Siemens was when I was in Year 9. It was embarassing. It was in black and white, had an aerial and children's toy-like rubber buttons but hey at least I had a mobile. So that's the exciting news. I'm not quite sure what to do with the Nokia. I don't want to bin it because it does carry a certain sentimental value and it HAS served me well in the past 4 years, despite its network coverage being rubbish in the last month or so.

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Moving on! Met up with Auntie Stephanie, cousin Puichi and son Jacob (her son, not mine). We drove to Golders Green because there's a restaurant that apparently does the best char siu in UK, says Aunt Steph. We got there, the restaurant was closed because of a gas breakdown problem, and Jacob peed in his pants. Poor thing. He's just being potty-trained, you see, but the long car ride must have been too much for him. 

Anyway, we head back to Aunt Steph's area and go to a Vietnamese instead. I ordered a phở bò, beef with rice noodles, coriander, lemon, beansprouts and mint leaves. So good! Also had veggie spring rolls dipped in fish sauce with chopped garlic and chilli.

My handsome cousin Jacob goes for it.

Just notice the concentration on the mechanical chomping action. He's really focussing on the enzyme breakdown of the proteins. Ok I made that one up. Fooled you for a second though right? Oh man he's so cute, the whole cross-eyed thing just makes him all the more adorable.

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So that's it! What else is new? Wrote 300 more words on the Book of Ruth today, which is great seeing as I knew very little about levirate marriages until I read the assignment pack.