I was infinitely sleepy a few hours ago but am awake now that i’m in front of my laptop -_-
My sleep pattern is quite screwed. It’s so easy to fly West and get used to jetlag in one day or less, but flying back East always puts one in a stump up to a week! I thought i could be superfairy and get over it in a day cos i have little choice seeing the amount of work i have. But no…
I slept at midnight last night and remember thinking while falling asleep, “YES! I’ll get up at 6:30am for my meeting and cure my jetlag in one day like i hoped!”
Maybe my subconscious decided to prank me cos i suddenly awoke at 3am and couldn’t go back to sleep.
I stayed still.
Relaxed all my body parts.
Tried not to think.
But couldn’t help thinking
about work,
listing down all the things i need to get done,
ideas for work,
and it ended up at how i need to get photographs printed in case i lose all my photo files.
I mean seriously, my brain just wouldn’t SHUT UP.
So i told it to, “Shut up!”
And another part of my brain went back, “Shut up!”
Then another part of my brain popped up, “Who said there are only two parts of the brain? There are a million parts to it!”
Then i heard a hundred voices in my head going, “Shut up!” “Shut up!” “Shut up!” “Shut up!”
So. Much. Noise.
I thought since i’m so awake scolding myself with a hundred voices i might as well get up and make use of my time.
Making as little noise as possible, i crept out of the bedroom and went outside to
reply emails,
make a list of things to do so i wouldn’t forget,
cleaned out the kitchen cupboard,
shifted tinsel to a box for present-wrapping purposes,
caught myself doing it and thought, “SERIOUSLY?!”
Crept back to bed around 4:30am and tried to sleep… till it was 6:30am and figured i MIGHT as well GET UP AGAIN and have breakfast and get ready and leave the house at 7:10am like i was supposed to so i could pick products up from Tania at 7:30 and reach a meeting at 8am.
After my meeting, i had breakfast #2 with Vivy and Fadza, then headed to BSC cos Clem wants steak for dinner and i only buy my meat from there. Got wrapping paper and scotch tape for presents. Vegetables. Pain au chocolat. Someone complimented me on my car in the parking lot, which made me feel good and vow to give strangers more compliments.
Noticed three new potholes on the way home which weren’t there three weeks ago. New ones to memorize i guess!
I was gonna blog pictures from London today but i have so many other urgent deadlines and i desperately need a nap so… this is all i got for ya right now.
My knit dress is from Gallo by Thian, and can’t remember where my funny socks are from >.<
Went for lunch at a French restaurant recommended by Neena, Jason’s fiancee. I was really happy to finally meet her, since i haven’t seen Jason himself for a couple of years??
Our matching tattoos got reunited! We got them yearssss ago… Crazy times.
Before i left for London, i saw online that Internet World (UK’s biggest convention for digital and online businesses) was taking place while i was going to be here. Trying to fit in some educational activities into my schedule, i signed myself up for it and went for Thursday’s talks.
I listened to Tim Woollias who’s the Retail Industry Head at Google,
Mark Nicholson from Sky on end-to-end online customer sales experience, Tom Valentine who’s the MD of Secret Escapes on how they started up (very inspiring!),
and the charismatic Warren Knight who’s the Founder and CEO of Gloople.
In between talks, Beatrice and i had a quick lunch at Pizza@Home that’s just outside the Brompton Road tube station. According to Bea, it’s the most authentic Italian pizza she’s had in London for such a cheap price (bout 6 euros/pizza). Coming from an Italian, you gotta take her word for it! Extra points that the staff there are so friendly too!
I had parma ham, artichokes (goddamn i love me some artichokes!), olives, etc
After leaving Internet World at 3+, i headed home then out again to Selfridges by myself.
Wanted to check out some shoes and things.
When you’re in London, you end up checking the weather forecast on a regular basis to see what you should wear and do. Days out are planned on supposedly-sunny days, and working in for rainy ones! It was forecasted to be sunny one Wednesday, so Yishyene and i planned to walk along the canal (aka little venice) to Camden market for brunch.
Last Tuesday i did some work in the morning, then went for a relaxing afternoon at the RAC where aunt G and uncle Mark are members. They take me there every time i come to London, and i remember hanging out at the bar with Ming last year with him eyeing up all the men in suits there -.-
Aunt G loves taking pictures of me in front of buildings and everything. No choice, just stand there and smile and apologize to pedestrians who stand on the side waiting for her to take the picture XD
I sat in the steam room which i actually enjoy (i don’t like saunas, too hot and dry!),
skipped the crazy cold turkish bath,
had a shower,
read some magazines,
had a little nap,
enjoyed a wonderful massage,
then ate a roast beef sandwich with horseradish so i could tide my tummy over till late dinner at 9+.
In the evening, Uncle Mark met us at the club, as did Ellen who was joining us for the show and dinner. Ellen’s the head of the spa department at the RAC and is only 26! I kept on admiring how pretty she is, especially with her perfect long curly hair. Apparently i had sudden hair envy for a few minutes there.
Ellen asked to review some Cinq Mondes products which are sold in her spa >
