So, some 2 weeks ago, my (maternal) grandmother suffered a heart attack and was admitted into NUH in the wee hours of  Thursday morning. It appeared to be pretty serious this time round, bringing the idea of mortality so close that my mom decided my aunts should return to Singapore just in case. Within the next couple of days, my aunts from Cardiff (Wales, United Kingdom) and Ottawa (Canada) were here. They were at the hospital every single day because my grandmother was supposed to undergo a surgery. But the doctors later decided any form of surgery wasn't going to be helpful so she eventually got discharged (2 days ago) after going through tests after tests to find the best way to manage her heart's condition. And today is my aunts' last day in Singapore. I'm not too disappointed because we see each other over FaceTime/Tango every weekend and we have made plans to visit. (Last year, I went to Cardiff in case y'all don't remember. This July, I'll be g...

And yes, I am officially back! As such, I shall update on the rest of my trip. :-) Picking up from where I last left off, we picked Aunty Su up from Heathrow Airport on 28 June 2013, Friday. And then we took a almost-2-hour car ride to Bath . With the favourite Aunt at the car park in Bath. :-) While walking, we chanced upon this bridge which overlooked the lake and it was a pretty good view (although not captured in this picture) but featuring the generation of ladies before me! As I walked, I couldn't help but snap shots of the beautiful environment. I know I'm easily amazed but every building looked so antique and unique yet refreshing at the same time. Not anything like those in Singapore, of course. Had lunch at a pub. My first experience of being at a pub and I have to say, it wasn't a bad one. In fact, it was way different from what I expected it to be! Mandatory shot with Aunty Su. :-) Mommy's dish. She had some sau...

I'm going to be ambitious and try to summarize my first few days in Cardiff. ت I've been in Cardiff since 25 June 2013. Mama and I took a 2-hour train ride from Paddington Station to Cardiff Central, where Aunty Shyam picked us up. ت We were famished anyway so the first thing we did was to get some food. Aunty Shyam brought us to this place called Happy Gathering . We had dim sum  (craving satisfied!) for £19! There were 5 side dishes and 1 rice dish which made £19 really affordable and worth it. The food was splendid. Run by some Cantonese people, authentic Chinese food and lovely staff member. Thumbs up to that one! After that, we went grocery shopping. You wouldn't believe the different places you could go for groceries! We went to M&S 's first to stock up some food (we bought these lovely fish cakes made of real salmon and cod). I also dropped by a pet store to buy treats for the babies. ت Finally, we went to Aldi 's to get even cheaper groceries. ...

It is my third day in Cardiff today. ت This post shall be a brave attempt to summarize the 4 days I spent in London from 22/6 to 25/6 . It was a particularly exciting 4 days because I met up with the sister. And off we go! We left the house at 9:30PM because our flight was at 1:10AM. ت Waikit and Junbin came to send me off but I forgot to take photos with them. Anyway, after checking in at about 11PM, Mama and I explored the insides of Terminal 3. We bought a book each to keep ourselves occupied. Above is a mandatory shot I took to send to the sister. ت I arrived in London at about 7:30AM on 22/6, Saturday. No pictures from the plane because it was a 13  hours flight and Mama refused to pick a window seat in case we needed to use the washroom (which we did a couple of times throughout the journey so thank God Mama was practical). The sister was at the airport waiting for us and we took the tube to Earl's Court  where our hotel was located at....