Besra n her moves... ;-)

This is a really pretty gown i just bought for her to wear to my bro Steeve & Jo's wedding end of August...
Martin really likes it, esp the colour! Need to start shoppin for green ribbons n nice shiny black shoes..
My girl the super poser!
Look at me mommy!!!!
How cute is this???
I bought her a bracelet n necklace set from england...

London oh london... ;-)

Had the pleasure of Rick's company at the Royal Opera House, we had a lovely time sippin champagne and nibblin on salmon sandwiches.. mmmmmm
recognise this anyone? lol..
just chillin at the part in the middle of leichester sq... ah it so brings back memories..
This was just before the opera started, the director lady comes up on stage n welcomes us then proceeds to tell us that the leading lady broke her leg, hence she would do her part in a wheelchair(!) and the leading man had a bad cold but still wanted to act so some other guy sang his part from the side! haha.. what a mishmash but it was still a great show.. ;-) Look!!!! I found my very own street!!!!!! weeeeeeeeeeeeee
This pic was taken inside Shakespeare Globe theatre... and it is done up just as it was during his time.. the play As You Like It was just so amazingly entertaining, it was fabulous! One of the characters was named Audrey as well.. n she was exactly like me, a witty n sensual woman! haha. :-)
Taken before we reached the Globe. Its the short white building between my head and the long pole like structure.. had pre show dinner at the Swan with Rick and Beatrice.. ;-)
Couldnt resist this touristy shot... :-) me in the tube, mind the gap please!!!

Overall, I achieved all that I set out to do and boy did I have a brilliant time.. was so nice to just be myself again, do the things that I love doin, catching the sights in covent garden and leichester sq as well as chinatown where I used to hang out often when i was in London... all happy memories.. 10 years down the road, the place seems pretty much the same.. and i'm glad that nothing's changed. Maybe will have a chance to revisit again in the next 10 years, and will definitely drag besra n lanner to a couple of musicals n concerts. ;-)

Friends made the visit extra special.. ;-)

Beatrice n i before i jumped on the plane to come home... look we both have valleys of death! lol
Beatrice and Rick.. what a lovely couple. ;-)
Me n Julie at Richmond..
At a pub having a lovely pub lunch.. yummers!
One big happy minus James (workin that day), Briany (gorgeous big girl now), Brian n Julie.
The Church family... awwwww
Just me and the girls.... Molly n Emma. ;-)

More pics of the magical time i had there..

Garden reception before the dinner.. ;-)
Gala Dinner at Magdalene College hall..
Me n the girls..
work that stairs!
an incredibly talented string quartet to entertain us!
speaker george pickering with successful hair implant!
candlelit gala dinner... no electricity in this ancient building. :-)
what gorgeous stained glass work!
traditional english summer pudding with seasonal berries and cornish clotted cream.. mmmm
slow roasted rump of lamb with roasted shallots, carrots, petits pois and potatoes with rosemary.. delish!
patriotic or what?! he he
how beautiful is this??
Carol from Longman... the woman who made it all happen!
me in the heart of cambridge
striking a pose... watcha think?
It was a really insightful lecture by Jeremy... takes a real man to wear pink! he he

More of Amazing Minds!

The Great Man Himself: Jeremy Harmer, god of the English Language Teaching bible. haha.. how all of us english teacher trainees used to quote him to death in our assignments.. !!

3 hot babes!
Amazing Minds Asian Chapter.. from right China, Thailand, Indonesia, West Malaysia, Korea. !!
Fantastic Jazz Band, we danced till we dropped.. almost!

'Bookstack' carved out of an entire oak tree trunk. purty! we had a lovely BBQ garden party with a famous Cambridge Jazz Band entertaining us. was fabulous!
Me n Anna from Argentina. A lady smaller than me! hehe
Posing in one of the many gardens in a college in town..
The round church, for obvious reasons. ;)
Gorgeous buildings everywhere!
Typical english pubs with lovely potted flowers hanging around.. how pretty!
Me with the brazillian delegate.. lovely woman. the upside down longman reference she's holding was free for every one of us, the most common 3000 words in basic english. ;-)
Garden on the roof of Longman Pearson HQ, Harlow.
Me n the hot men on this course, Kristof (Hungary - he says in his country the average class is one teacher to 12 students.. bloody amazing!!!), Marek (Poland) and Rene (Lebanon).
Me on the rooftop garden with the rolling hills in the background. ;-)