The Story of Our Lives: WELCOME TO *ENG*LAND!

HOIIII ENGRYONE!!!

THE PRINCESS OF ENGLAND HERE! *royal wave*

I am here to pres(eng)nt to you our adventure in our very own land, ENGland!!

Friday, 6/22/18

the day after graduation

So in the afternoon, Jackie and Sui yee yee picked us up and dropped us off at the bus stop since our flight was in New York. And it was so nice to say goodbye to Jackie one last time since we won't see each other for a month, because she left for China while I was in England. :(

JACKIEEE, I MISHHH YOUUUU <3

right when we got to the airport to check-in, the computer system crashed and we were in line for an hourrrrr. :( So while we were waiting, my mom played with my hair and made up some really cute hairstyle that she can never create again because she doesn't remember it. LOL -_-

<3333

guyzzzz, i'm soo saddd. i left my favorite gray hollister jacket at a burger shop we went to for lunch.

:( RIP

family vacationnn!!! WHOOOOO!!!

ugh im soo jelly. the other entree that the flight attendant said was chicken and rice. and when i saw my mom open her's I WAS LIKE WHADDAPOOP. THEY DIDN'T SAY IT WAS INDIAN CHICKEN AND RICEE. :( lolol adding the word indian in front of it makes a hugeeee difference. hahaha

alsoo...my dad brought zongzi on the plane as his dinner and snack. -___-

eggo...i think we made a wrong stop to eggland. hehe

LOLOL JKK WE MADE IT TO ENGLAND!!

we landed around 9 in the morning there, but check in wasn't until 2, so we just wandered around with our luggages for most of the day. XD

and we went to this farmer's market.

LEMME TELL YOU, THEIR STRAWBERRIES ARE THE BEST I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFEEEEEEEE.

one of the main reasons why i miss England is because of the strawberries. I literally ate a box of them every single day that we were there. XD

aesthetic mushrooms XD

that swan reminded me of tofu because it was cleaning or scratching itself.

Princess Diana's Garden :)

lol i felt so weird because i was wearing a sweatshirt from Italy while being in England. aha

One of my goals for the future is to grow a garden like thisss. :)))

HAHAHA PLEASE READDDD THIS STORY BELOWW

IT'S LITERALLY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY VACATION

SO AS MY DAD WAS TAKING PICS OF US, THERE WAS THIS HUMUNGOUS FLY BUZZING AROUND MY DAD'S HEAD. AND THE ONLY THING WE WERE ABLE TO FOCUS ON WAS THIS HUGE FLY AND MY DAD WAS SO CALM AND JUST FOCUSED ON TAKING A NICE PIC. BUT WHEN IT LANDED ON MY DAD'S FOREHEAD, MY DAD HAD NO REACTION. AND MY MOM AND I FOUND THAT HYSTERICALLY FUNNY.

LOOK HOW HARD WE'RE LAUGHING!!

my mom was able to keep her cool, but i just couldn't stop laughing and cryingggg!!

..5 minutes later...

every time my mom tried to take a picture, i just burst into laughter!!

a decent pic for once

THEN, MY DAD TOOK THE PICTURE, AND I COULDN'T GET THAT FLY IMAGE OUT OF MY HEAD..AND HERE I AM...BACK TO LAUGHING AND CRYING

HAHA..THEN IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE MY EYES WERE TOO RED THAT I HAD TO BORROW MY MOM'S SUNGLASSES FOR PICS.

that's not it just yet, every night before i go to bed, i look through all the pictures i took, and once i come to these pics, i start BURSTING into full on laughing and my family thinks i'm crazyyy

I honestly don't even get what is soo funny about a fly being annoying to my dad, but i found it the funniest thing in the worldddd.

HAHAHAH, I THOUGHT THIS WOULD LOOK REALLY COOL, BUT I LOOK ABSOLUTELY STUPID. omg i can't even with myself

i bet you're thinking..."wow..grace is still taller than james"

but reallyyyy......it's only cuz i'm tippy toeing XD hehe

DINNER TIME

before

after hehehehe

i literally wanna move here. I love the different colored doors.

and the colorful houses.

I told my family many years ago in a jokingly way that i'm going to paint my house rainbow...but i think i'm actually going to do it one day....probably in like baby pink or lilac though. XD

DAY 2

hehe we went to this bakery everyday for breakfast XDD

I LOVE THIS TREEE

hehe a really pretty and instagramable treee XD

double decker buss!!XD

there were literally pigeons everywhere..and i was like..ummm am I in new york or london? LOL

LONDON EYEEEEEE, I SEEEE YOUUUUU

STREET FOOD IS THE BEST KIND OF FOOD

^^german sausage

lady and the tramp with a sausage dog

HAHAHA, so when we were passing by some of the..stations(idk what to call them) at the street market, the chef was like IT'S ONLY 5 POUNDS!! and my dad was looking at the container and was like..what? there's no way that's 5 pounds. and then as we continued to look at other food stations, my dad finally had his ah-ha moment and was like OOHHHH THE CHEF MEANT 5 POUNDS AS IN MONEYYYY. hahaa...and ya ^^ he ended up getting the 5 pound meal.

HAHAHA, i was laughing so hard at this, it was so hard for me to take a clear pic. AHAH

squish

we bribed james with mcdonald's ice cream to get james to be in some pics

LOL, we were laughing cuz my dad's face looks soo serious..HAHAHA KINDA LIKE WHEN THAT FLY LANDED ON HIS FOREHEAD. and also, cuz the castle looks slanted like the leaning tower of pisa. HAHA

find james

St. James Park

a claude monet kinda painting

i actually can't believe how late the sun sets. This was taken at around 9:30....lol

isn't that crazyy?? lol

james reminds me of the blue man that used to be on taxis. anybody know what i'm talking about? lol

of course when we go to England, the Big Ben is doing construction. :( lol

DAY 3

sssttttrrreeeetttcchhhhhhhh

plz ignore my freakishly weird long neck. ew. plz don't look at it.

i look like a friggen giraffe iguana thing.

Harrods

i forgot to tell you guys....i own this boat that has my name on it. XD

FHEIOSJF AM IN LONDON OR MARLBORO? AGHHHH

no, but actually a lot of people smoke here and it's actually reallyyyyy annoyinggg...like..it's worse than NY.

DAY 4

(aka...62626262626!)

<333 BWAHAH I GOT TO SPEND MY BIRTHDAY IN *ENGGGGGGG*LAND!!

AND JACKIE WROTE ME THE SWEETEST LETTER EVER AND MADE ME LOOK LIKE A WRECK. <3 i love you jackie with all my heart.

jackie, you are my best friend in the world even on the moon.

you are, my favorite person tooooooo. :)

so our main source of transportation are either the bus or the bikes. The rental bikes are pretty cool because you only have to pay 2 pounds a person for a whole day, you just need to return them to the station within 30 minutes. It's not too bad because there are stations almost everywhere. It's just a pain sometimes because some of the bikes are broken, or the station is already full with bikes, so we have to find a new station to return in time. -_-

also, did you know we have these in NY too? they're called citi bikes, which is pretty cool. but i wouldn't bike in Ny because new yorkers are gonna run over us. lol

GUYS GUYS GUYS WE FOUND A TOFU!!!!! AHHHHH!!! i missed my baby soo muchhhh :(

SHERLOCK HOLMES MUSEUM...except the line was extremely long, so we didn't go :(

oohh also, we planned to go to Harry Potter world, but APPARENTLYYYY, THE TICKETS WERE ALL SOLD OUT AND YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE THEM MONTHS IN ADVANCE. :( ugh.

if being a nurse or a chef fails. imma be a detective. I already got the look down. lol

we looked all overrr for this sherlock holmes statueeee. lol

the map is soo hard to read when you lose service every 2 seconds -_-

my bae

one time, we went biking really late at night, and it was soo hard to return the bikes because EVERY FRIGGEN STATION WAS FULL. and we were basically competing with other people to get to the other stations the quickest before the time runs out. It's literally a game. and some people just gave up and dropped the bikes on the sidewalk and took the bus..LOLOL.

WHEEEEEEEE

sooo for my birthday, i obviously had to go to an indian restaurant...with our indian dresses!!

Especially, because indian food is really famous in london.

I actually love how interracial Europe is. Everyone is soo happy and in love and friendly!

hehe, i was researching indian restaurants 2 days before my bday and this family owned restaurant has 4.5 stars and an award winnng chef and had traditional indian dishes that we don't see often. XD

a jug of mango lassi.

hehe ashleighhh come hereee!!

before

after

...what happens after drinking a jug

mango lassi is my drugggg

OMG. I WANT. I NEED. TAKE ME BACK PLZ.

18..but always going to be a kid :) hehe

so, after dinner, we hung out by the London Eye. and I wasn't keeping track of time and i missed the exact time when i was born, but my family still sang happy birthday to me and it was the sweetest thing ever. i love them so much. <3

DAY 5

breakfast with mommy and my puffy morning eyes

hehe, one of my bucket list there was to get a pretty looking coffee. :)

PADDINGTON!!

OMG THESE FISH AND CHIPS WERE THE BOMB DIGGITY. I MISS THE FOOD IN ENGLAND. AHHH

@ another street market cuz theyre amazingggg

apparently, they're the best in the nation...which i totally agree cuz IT'S SOO GOOODDD

lol...i couldn't decide on my outfit so i brought two shirts..and i ended up changing from the blue shirt to this shirt. lol

the church's cat XD

lol, when my mom was here a few years ago, she went to this same leather bag shop...and she accidentally walked out of the shop with one of their bags without paying, and my mom ran back to return it.

and we went back, and my mom bought a simliar looking bag to the one she almost stole. HAHA

hello :)

LONDON BRIDGE

IS NOT FALLING DOWN

oh hey guyz..look at mah castle XD

very instagram worthy...but didn't post it ahah

we went to this place called Nandos, which is basically buffalo wild wings, but we heard it was reallyyy goooddd. lol

:OO I MET MR.BEAN GUYS!!

i look so retarded. i thought i was doing the same face as him...but it's completely wrong.

HAHA this ice cream is soo funnnyyyyy.

6TH DAY

CHINA TOWN!!

we also had lunch here.. XD

HAHA I WANT THIS TISSUE DISPENSER

:) my heart is fulll

red bean fish cakes :)

COVENT GARDEN

crepe

HAHA, I LOVE THAT SHIRT. lol, and the worker was about to chase me out of the store cuz photography wasn't allowed :/

ayyy, we watch her show on netflix XD

and his XD

ISN'T THIS THE CUTEST? i love how they're so honest and caring! back here, it would be gone and you'll never see it ever again. lol

7TH DAY

MY FUTURE CAR

so apparently the week we went was the beginning of their heat wave..but it was only in the low-high 80s.but i guess it can be uncomfortable because most houses and flats don't have AC. BUT LIKEEEEE BACK HOME DURING THAT WEEK IT WAS IN THE FLOPPING HIGH 90S. lol. but yeah, we lucked out because it was really sunny and hot in london..which..isn't really common. lol

lol, literally got my summer tan from staying in London

so we went to the same street market with the fish and chips cuz there were soo many different varieties of food that we wanted to try. XD

back at that fish and chip place

kangarooo burgerrr

ostrich burger

honestly...it kinda just tasted like a fake beef burger

HAHA I FIND THIS THE FUNNIEST THING EVER. PEOPLE ARE JUST NAPPING AND POTATO ROLLING ON THE GRASSSS. hehe so cuteee

the stairs to St. Paul Church may look all wide and spacious, but the higher up you get, the more narrower the stairs are and it's the scariest thing ever

don't look downnnn

heart. is. palpitating.

almost there!!

WE MADE IT TO THE TOP!!

never have i wished more for a pop socket at that moment lol

i'm sorry for my finger and the railing blocking the view, i was really scared i was going to drop my phone lol.

GUYS GUYS GUYS. YOU SEE THAT BRIDGE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE ST PAUL CHURCH?

TAYLOR WAS THERE!! SHE FILMED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THERE FOR THE END GAME MUSIC VIDEO!!!!!!!!!

AND LOOK. THIS WAS US ON THAT BRIDGE.

AHHHH!! I WALKED ON TAYLOR'S FOOTSTEPS. OMG, IF I KNEW EARLIER, I WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME POSE!!..except there was a ton of people but yaa knowww i would have made it workkkk.

OOHHH OHHH OHH, THAT'S NOT IT ACTUALLY. THE DAY I LEFT TO GO TO LONDON AND THE DAY AFTER THAT, TAYLOR WAS IN LONDON PERFOMING!! AND SHE WAS ONLY 40 MINUTES AWAY FROM WHERE I WAS!! AHHHHHH!! YOO, SHE WAS PERFORMING IN MYYY LANDDD! lol

St. Paul was actually one of my favorite tourist attraction we visited because climbing up those 6000 something narrow stairs was fun and daunting. hehe

AHAHHA, MY MOM ACCIDENTALLY STOLE ADAM'S STARBUCKS DRINK. rip

and then my mom was like...omg. i needa go back to St.Pauls and apologize for my sins. lolol

yo adam, you got good taste in starbucks drinks

you must have a long list of starbucks lovers. BWAHAH

ZZZzzzz....like father, like daughter

i'm changing my name to Adam

spinning james on this spinny thing

so on this day, it was also my dad's birthday (6/29) and lol he was in dire need of rice apparently, so we went to have indian food. XD OMG he even bought a bag of rice to make at the apartment.

although the food was good, the waiter kept rushing us because it was almost closing time -_-

gelato flower cone..that's a little messed up cuz one of the petals fell off :(

aha i know this is gross but the floor in our flat(apartment) was super gross and we had to go buy slippers for ourselves, because if you don't, your feet will look like this. LOLOL

:O PATRICK? YOU'RE IN LONDON TOO?!

lol nope, it's in Canada.

DAY 8

so every day of our vacation, we were trying to wake up early in time to see the change of guards. but every day, we either woke up late, the bikes were being poops, and all these excuses. But on our last full dayyy, we madee sureeeeee we made it on time. lol

I GOT A CENTER VIEW UNTIL THIS FREAKIN' DUDE BLOCKS MY FREAKIN' VIEW.

FREAKIN' KID. JEESH.

i wanna go on a double decker bus that serves afternoon tea!! lol

idk why i took a pic with this drink lol

but everyday, we went to a supermarket called Tesco. and towards the end of our trip, we realized they had this meal deal for 3 pounds where you get a sandwich, or salad, or pasta, with a snack, and a drink. :O bruh, that's like a $10 meal back homeeee. -_-

but yeah, i got this super healthy energy drink that is literally worth the whole meal deall. how is tesco even making money? llolol

i miss tesco. i miss their strawberries. i miss london. :(

happyeee

bright like her personality :)

...@ tesco again. and i thought of ashleigh cuz it's her favorite teacherrrrrr

spent our last night to see the london eye one last time XD

you're not cool

GUYZ LOOK. WE PASSED BY SOME FAMOUS INDIAN ACTOR IN A MIDDLE OF A SHOOT. AHAH

also, right across from this dude was a dude with an enormous snake and he was showing it off to everyone on the bridge. and my mom screamed so loud and ran to the end of the bridge, while all of us were laughing.LLOL(ik, we're bad children) and then the guy behind me was like.....ummm...is she okay? HAHAHAHAHAHAH

EYE LOVE MY FAMMM :)

DAY 9

OUR LAST DAY :(

GUYS! LOOK HOW PERFECT I CRACKED THIS BOILED EGG. I WAS SOO PROUD. also, their eggs taste a lot better than here. honestly, everything in london is 10000x better.

why is a new york poster hung up in the flat? -_- lol

Nicole would hate this

so our flight wasn't until 7:00, so we sorta got to hang out in the city. it was extremely difficult to lug all our luggages around, so my dad and james hung out by the park, while my mom and i did some last minute shopping at harrods. hehe

and..now it's time to say goodbwi to England. :(

throwback to when we did this when we went to China.

he's too fat

i respect this kind of luxury when i get old and wrinkley, james

AND NOW WE'RE HOME TO THIS LITTLE BABY!!

we got home around 12ish in the morning and tofu was sooo excited to see us. she was playing with us all night. I missed her soooo much!!

also, when we got back home, a lot people were like..so i guess you didn't come back with an accent huh?

but actually..when we were in london, the tone of our voices changed. like the way we asked questions and approached people, our voices went a little higher just like how English people speak. lol