Sunday 20 March 2011

saturday

an unplanned spur of the moment saturday. enjoying a great sunny day. to make the most of what we were given, because tomorrow may not be ours.



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forgot his sunglases.. it was sunny yet still cold, beautiful in other words;-)



southbank for lunch




decided on dimsum..pingpong;-)



prawns on toast



shrimp and crab siomai




table for two



prawn dumplings and mixed vegetable spring roll




adrian's duck roll and hoisin sauce and my char sui bun (siopao)




the saturday market at southbank



cheese and wine stall



some stalls were french




the sun invites all residents of england to come out and play



the market is just by the festival hall



we bought carrot cake and brownies for sunday's tea time (which reminded me, where did we put it?)



Nelson Mandela tribute sculpture



the world is a playground..enjoying the sun while it lasts;-)

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went to church..

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went to have coffee and cakes at Fego




waiting for his coffee.he had a flapjack with his latte while i had belgian brownies;-)
we read the days papers. it was nice, the coffee shop was very relaxed and didnt mind us overstaying and outlasted our coffee.


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we walked around a bit..then by 7:45pm we decided to have dinner.

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italian. adrian fancied something meaty. while i wanted pasta;-)



my starters..squid in tomato sauce (and beans)



adrian's meatballs in ragu



my mussels and clams linguini



adrian's veal chops. on top of rosemary potatoes

lovely quaint italian resto.


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my saturday was full.
had a good phone conversation with the family in the morning,and left for the city by lunch time.
we came home by evening and had green tea while watching an old DVD.
i said my thanks in prayers for weekends that start beautifully like this.

8 comments:

Mommy Blogs said...

ah food!!! i wish i can have dimsum soon!

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on the other hand, looking at these pics with people strolling makes my belly hurt LOL! i couldn't imagine being up on my feet these days.

Patricia said...

fantastic photos chelo! omg! how ever did you catch that much light in every photograph? please share tips! pretty please? =)

i'm glad you had a wonderful weekend!

Liza said...

Chel--you really have a good eye. Wait, I take that back--you have a "great" eye! Who would think that lime in a glass of iced tea or coke would look that great?! Your food and other photos are AMAZING!!! Naglaway ko sa Dimsum.

Looks like you had a lovely weekend indeed! :-)

kookooforcocopuffs said...

ah food!!! i wish i can have dimsum soon!


on the other hand, looking at these pics with people strolling makes my belly hurt LOL! i couldn't imagine being up on my feet these days.

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hi T;-) my bloodsream requires dimsum once in a while;-) how are you? are you in hosp yet? thinking of you..

kookooforcocopuffs said...

fantastic photos chelo! omg! how ever did you catch that much light in every photograph? please share tips! pretty please? =)

i'm glad you had a wonderful weekend!

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hi Patricia, i use a big aperture lens..your 1.8 is a big one it should capture alot of light in your photos..and in photoshop, i just correct the LEVELs and i fiddle with the darkness to brightness ratio ;-) try it;-)
thank you patricia.our weekend was fantastic..we made the most of the sun;-)

kookooforcocopuffs said...

Chel--you really have a good eye. Wait, I take that back--you have a "great" eye! Who would think that lime in a glass of iced tea or coke would look that great?! Your food and other photos are AMAZING!!! Naglaway ko sa Dimsum.

Looks like you had a lovely weekend indeed! :-)

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Liz, thank you coming from you,an awesome photographer, thats such a compliment..

The dimsum (all kinds of dimsum) is always photogenic because the brain tells us that its yummy,haha..thanks,Liz;-)

Aileen said...

All the food looks very yummy!

PS. Whenever I see photos of Adrian in your blog, it makes me happy. :D

kookooforcocopuffs said...

All the food looks very yummy!

PS. Whenever I see photos of Adrian in your blog, it makes me happy. :D

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Thanks AI;-) coming from his favorite travel blogger,he will be flattered;-) im sure it will tickle him endless when he reads this;-)