Sometimes, well, many times, I wish I was a Londoner. To live the lifestyle and experience the pace that only comes with a cosmopolitan city. But what does it mean to live as a Londoner. Well, after waking up in my recently renovated terrace in a post modern minimalist design (in which suburb I'm not sure yet but I have noticed that the houses are nicer and the cars are more expensive around Kensington and Knightsbridge - where Harrods is), I will go for a quick jog around Hyde Park. Returning home, I will take a quick but warm shower and gaze contently within my walk in wardrobe while I browse my many selection of clothes - a la boutique style.
Then I'll hop on the Underground and catch the Tube to work - towards east London where the financial district is and pick something up for breakfast at Starbucks. As with any usual day at work, it'll be coffee break, gym, lunch, smoking break then home - not always in that particular order. After work, I'll meet up with friends for dinner at some cosy restaurant close to home or they can come over and I'll make something spectacular - like I always do.
On the weekends, I'll hop into my luxury hatch (BMW 1 series; Audi A3's; or the Mini) and drive off into the country - to have lunch at Bath, watch a game at Manchester, go to the beach somewhere on the south coast or pick up intellectual chicks at Oxford (with rich parents of course), the kind that aren't attracted to wealth, money and fame - someone opposite to myself.
But of course I am living in London right now - in a hostel that is about to fall apart or will after I'm finished with it; I am eating frugally and the kitchen here is so under equipped; my wardrobe is a shelf where I have sorted my clothes into woolens and knits, t shirts, pants, under garments and miscellaneous; I am walking to almost every destination in London; the tube is reserved for desparate situations; I have no local friends to meet up for dinner; and trips to the country is via public transport. At least I am enjoying the shopping here.
posted by tykang @ 2/10/2005 04:10:00 AM
3 Comments:
Hey Ty,
hope you're having fun!
have you met many interesting ppl on your holiday??
Awww Ty now you make me feel sad!!! Hmm I don't know anyone at Oxford but I know a few at LSE and Cambridge - you should have asked me about them!! Doh!
Ahh well....none the less, I am sure you are having a great time. Its been raining cats and dogs here which is totally no fun...lots of thunder and lightning too. So I guess the numbing and frost bite inducing cold can't be too bad in comparison!
Hey Ty P, we met a UK lady whilst crossing the causeway from JB to Singapore, she's been travelling for the last 6 months!! How cool is that? She visited Sydney like a few months ago and Malaysia is her last stop before heading back home to London
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