7 april the boat race
yay. time to pig out at borough market. but this time round we had an expert with us. R was goin to tell us wat food to indulge in. since we were on time and he was slightly late, we walked around on our own for a while. photo in front of the church. another view point from the previous time.
first up was the apricot tart. took a bite. not as fantastic as R described. the hot chocolate from the stall was good though. not too sweet. and thick. second was the pork loin burger with stuffing. not exactly fantastic. meat was very dry. the only saving grace was the dressing-mustard. so thumbs down. third was THE CHICKEN BURGER. really yummy. haiz R was smart to have bought the chicken burger. i was stuck with the dry and tasteless pork loin. surprisingly there was no queue at the chicken burger stall. perhaps chicken burger is too common? must try something more exotic. fourth was the chorizo. not sure if i had got the spelling rite. initially there was no queue. cos the sausages were not ready yet. by the time we came back again, we had to queue. H seemed to like it a lot. i found it too salty. would prefer something blander. fifth was not R's recommendation. i wanted to buy a pastry from this pastry stall that we bought apple strudel from the first time we were at borough. chose the greek yoghurt cheesecake. too bland. not cheesy enough for me. give myself a thumbs down. the apple strudel the previous time was good though. sixth was the brownie. really good brownie. one of the best i have eaten. in all were there more thumbs down?? Guess H and I had been doing pretty well in sourcing out cheap and good food.since we had some time to spare before the boat race (yes, the famous one. between arch rivals cambridge and oxford), we took a walk along the river to shakespeare globe theatre/tate modern. Bought standing yard tickets (5 pounds only!) for othello on 4 may. open air theatre. modelled after what it had been in the past.
tate modern is a modern art gallery. dun really know how to appreciate modern art. some of the art pieces were a bit strange to me. my interpretation was different from the artists themselves. reminds me of the u channel show in which quan yifeng and bryan wong asked people to ask the meaning of the art.
in tate modern. can see the word tate??the boat race was supposed to start at 4.30pm. there were many people on the other side of the river where there was a carnival. R wanted to shoot some good photos of the race. so we ended up on a bridge. he chatted up another photographer. the photographer was a press photographer and he mentioned that the bridge would be closed to unauthorised personnel once the race began. so we migrated to another spot.
Din notice that bus 72 was in the picture. goes to my lab.
view opposite the river.there was some problem with the spot. the police were telling us to move up cos the waters would rise up to the area we were in. some people were annoyed and argued that they had the right to sit where they wanted to. we were well-behaved and moved off. when the race did start, the waters did not rise up to the part we were sitting in. oh well.
the wait. people were reading newspapers, chatting or drinking.
pre race. for the reserve team? race before the actual one.
photographer riskin his life. 
the afghan gal taking foto while waiting for the actual race to start. i find that it is chilly when the wind blows onto my face. best to wrap up the face.
the police explaining that the water would come in. people did not look very pleased about moving. 
another tree pic.
found this gal interesting. she was trying to climb the tree.
the father and brother poring over the papers.
let the race began. thot oxford would win. oxford was leading when we were watching the race.
ended up in wagamama for dinner. jap fusion. i would not say that the food is super fantastic. interesting i would say. R would definitely remember the place. where his bag crashed to the floor and broke the filter. therefore he had no mood to develop the film and we played majong at our place.
on the bus ride to our place, a funny incident happened. all the other female passengers were dressed like me-the afghan gal. but they were the real ones. quite hilarious for me to blend in.
the father and brother poring over the papers.let the race began. thot oxford would win. oxford was leading when we were watching the race.ended up in wagamama for dinner. jap fusion. i would not say that the food is super fantastic. interesting i would say. R would definitely remember the place. where his bag crashed to the floor and broke the filter. therefore he had no mood to develop the film and we played majong at our place.on the bus ride to our place, a funny incident happened. all the other female passengers were dressed like me-the afghan gal. but they were the real ones. quite hilarious for me to blend in.
have you played silent majong before? we played majong on a towel for fear of disturbing our neighbour. we had antagonised our neighbour quite a fair bit. fighting with her for toilets, banging doors etc.
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