Happy Rabbit Year!!

Happy Chinese New Year to you all!
I would like to share my CNY here in the UK.

This is my first time experiencing the parade and CNY festival here. The day of celebration falls on a Sunday, understandably as it's not a public holiday on the actual day of CNY here. I was quite surprised with the flock of crowd that turned out for the event.

There was lion dance, dragon dance and even unicorn dance. Each paid a visit to the individual shops and restaurants in china town. With each visit, there was loud firecracker blasting in the atmosphere.

When I mention festival, it is a proper festive celebration with stalls selling food and souvenirs. There's even games and rides set up around China town.

After the celebration, the restaurants and shops were jam packed with people. Instead of squeezing ourselves in the restaurant, my DH and I decided to go back to enjoy homecooked food :)

My birthday celebration

I had a nice dinner at an Italian restaurant called Il forno. I like their pasta. I had pasta with clams while DH had it with lobster. They are famous for their pizza but we didn't get to try it out that day. The starters were as good. We had scallops and squids. Come to the desserts, we were very full already but we managed to finish all. We will definitely come back to this restaurant to try out their pizza and other dishes too.

A day at zoo - Part 2

Enjoy this video clip.. ;)

My Christmas Tree...

Wishing you all a Blessed Christmas and Blessed New Year...Take care and God bless you all :)

Blackfriars Spring Market

Blackfriars Spring Market was held last saturday at the churh hall. It is an annual event to raise fund for the church. My friend and I set up an asian food stall. She prepared fried rice and jellies while I prepared cakes and noodles. We went to church early to prepare and cook our dishes. There were some other stalls too, selling other miscellaneous things such as cards, toys and books. There were also raffles and DH won a packet of shortbread. We enjoyed ourselves very much although we didn't sell all the food.


Photos taken together with Fr. Isidore and Fr. Peter. They are twin brothers who have a beautifully written and interesting blog.