Yellow Orange Day

Green Greenwich Spring

Jollibee on the third day.

Myself, cannot help but to taste my favourite "Jollibee meal".
Oh yeah, there's no chicken nor pasta in fast foods where I came from.

Just like any other Filipinos living or working abroad, the one of the first things we're all looking forward was the food (mainly Filipino dishes), next to our loved ones of course! Not to mention that I have been away for 3years and 4months, that was that long believe me! The photo above was taken last January 3rd, my third day in my home country.
I arrived at 2pm on the 1st, family fetched me from the airport and dropped by at my granma's house in Bulacan, arrived home at around 7pm so I wasn't able to look around town since it was already dark.
Second day, family and I went out to buy some grocery and revisit the "oh-so-famous" pacific mall. Naahhhh, I was just excited like that, and not to mention I got excited at simple things around me and that was one of those. Actually, I wanted to see the changes and the things that remained the same. Well, most of it stayed the same, it brought back memories when I was still studying, good and bad, you got it!
Any, third day was for me and the bFriend. He asked me what do I want to do, I said "Jollibee". So there I was. xx

London to Malaysia to Philippines

Okay, so it's time to say goodbye to my home for nearly 4 years (ohhh, that's quite long). But heyyy, I'm going back to my comfort zone, yes indeed, with my loved ones and friends, the culture and the place like no other, Philippines!!

Anyways, my flight is scheduled at 10:40am on December 31st (yes, I availed my visa upto the last day) and since my place was few hours away from Heathrow, I planned to wake up as early as 5am. But I had a despedida dinner the night before and finished at around midnight so I decided not to sleep and pack the rest of my stuff instead (yes, I'm a crammer!!)

I arrived in the airport at 8am and expecting to meet my friends there before I leave but few of them didn't make it. My allowed luggage wight for check in is only 25kls and 7 for the hand carry, I only managed to fit in 20kls in my violet luggage and it is nearly breaking, I tried to fit it all in because I can only have one to check in. Also, I paid 5gbp to wrap it with plastic to prevent airport disasters and not to peep out anything from the inside. Then, my hand carry was a maroon luggage (7kls) and a yellow shoulder bag(3kls). Those already sounds like a disaster!

Good thing, not alot of people were traveling that day so I smoothly checked in my luggage and fortunately not asked to weigh my 2hand carry stuff, phew! I saved few pounds there! 

I had my goodbyes and off I go! I passed the immigration freely and went to the waiting area for the plane. We were like 20minutes delayed (yes, not only in Pinas!) and then had my seat. I got Malaysian airline so it has passengers going to Asia and Australia. Asian family man on my right and a quite big white man on my left side. 

The trip to Malaysia was okay except when the plane is taking off, I always get that ringing in my ears and feels like its bleeding. When we arrived in Malaysia, I was expecting of the view of Petronas but all I saw was desert. Ugh!

No, I'm not a missus yet but I don't know!!

Thank goodness I brought my little sketch book with me and entertained myself for few hours before my connecting flight to Pinas.

I sat near the gate where the plane dropped us, not knowing that my connecting flight was in the other terminal, good thing I checked an hour before the flight!!

I have to go in a train to be able to reach the other terminal!!

Pulling a 7kl luggage and carrying another 3 in my shoulder, panicking!!

I was all sweating in Malaysia since I'm all wrapped up from winter London!

When I get into the connecting plane, it was like a bus, you can hear the wind and feel every turn of it!!

All in all, I had a smooth flight (but jet lagged). Wasn't properly hear the immigration officer when asking for my passport and the personnel trying to help me with the cart, spent few minutes waiting for my luggage and my mobile's battery was empty. I am also desperate for a wee, no tissue in the toilet  and sticky airport floor! Hello Philippines!!

But all of those fade away when I saw my family waving at me, the boyfriend is coming near to fetch my stuff. Ohhhh worth all the hassle!!

Sunny Brighton once again

To be honest, I do not like going back to places that I have been here in the UK, to go on holiday of course. I thought it's just a waste of time since I already visited the place and knew what to expect. But then, I was wrong! This time, I came with bunch of friends and went back to the same place all over again. It was indeed a different experience. We stayed in a neighbor hotel and able to go to the beach huts in Hove, which by the way we didn't reach before. And yes, we ate my fav oysters by the beach. My Brighton experience will not be complete without eating them. 

Hi Mr. Lobster, we met again!

I just hope the photo gave justice to the artwork behind.

Yeah, same hotel that we stayed in Scotland. Good thing we did not stay there this time.

Sightseeing like a boss

A must eat in Brighton, of course with white wine.

West Pier, it was burned yet look amazing.

Yes, I am wearing boots and tights by the beach. It was cold honey!

Book sale by the beach area

Thank goodness for the clear blue sky! :)

Finally, we reached Hove. We cannot find it the fist time.

Souvenir shop seafront

No, it's not gum balls dispensers

Where and what do you like doing in places that you keep coming back to dearies?? Is it always a different experience every time? I believe you all had a fantastic weekend! x

- May Lynne

No, it's not my birthday but I'm looking back.

I don't know about you but since i moved in the UK, life became more simple and it helped me to be more appreciative of the things, especially people around me that made me happier and thankful even more.
Yes, at first it was not that easy for me with all those adjustments that I made such as living miles and miles away from my loved ones which includes my family, my man, friends and all random people that made me whole for the past 20years of my life. Also, I had a totally different environment, from the weather, people, language, location, public transport and everything.
On the other hand, it also gave me more opportunities to discover great things around me and challenge myself on how to cope up with all the said changes, but most importantly, I can say that I had a different view of life now. By saying life became more simple, I learned to stop and look up at the sky, I also thought of the last time I looked at the clouds and smell the green grass as the wind slightly kiss my cheeks.
From then on, I don't just stop because I'm tired, I started to enjoy staring at the blue sky and watching people passing by. Little by little, I'm loving everything around me. I no longer get fuzzy to have the latest stuff out in the market, I don't know, maybe because I know I can have it if I want to, and since the things I have still serve me well. Just like the people in my life, I'm so blessed to have all the people around me. You all helped me to what I am right now. Don't get me wrong, I'm not perfect, some pissed me off, others made me cry but surely all of you are part of my life. I even include in my prayers all the people I met/saw. Someone I sat with in a train, a bus driver, an elderly woman in the park, a cashier in a grocery store, a patient I passed by on my way to work, I mean all of them, I said it's random right? Some may laugh but I don't mind, it made me too.
I just want to share to you guys how happy I am living my life! Thank you! xx

Okay, I just want you all people to know that this is just a random thought. There's no big change that recently happened to me, okay. Actually, I wanted to type this in my twitter status (that also go to my facebook status) but since this is random, I can not cut it into 160 characters so I decided to type it in my personal blog. And yeah, I don't want to forget this amazing thought I have in my mind at the moment and  I know it will make me smile every time I read it. Which is basically the reason why I made this account. ;)

- May Lynne

Goodbye Sandown and Bembridge Windmill

Good morning and goodbye Sandown!