zuanqing extraordinaire

Best friend Edwin was studying in Amsterdam and since I had the rare opportunity to visit London, I couldn't possibly miss out on a chance to visit him in Amsterdam which was just a train/plane ride away!

So I researched on some train and air prices and decided that taking a plane was the fastest way as I didn't have much time to spare. By plane it's only about 2 hours away, with a one hour time difference if I remember correctly.

Hence before I made my way to London I bought my air tickets from London to Amsterdam on easyJet  - a budget airline which caused me about slightly less than S$200. As I was trying to cut costs I chose to fly from Gatwick airport (the main airport of London is Heathrow Airport) which was definitely less accessible than Heathrow airport (which you can access via tube easily). Thus I spent another S$40 to book bus tickets via easyBus (yep same company as easyJet) to be picked up from a location in London to Gatwick airport and back. Not sure if I had chosen to fly from Heathrow and save on the bus costs the amount spent would still be the same. Haha.

Anyways on 30 Oct afternoon I made my way to Earls Court by tube to the bus pick up location. I made sure to choose an early arrival time so I don't miss my flight. It was an evening flight - so I'll reach Amsterdam at night, have a full day the next day, and then fly back to London in the morning the following day.

True to my promise, I am back to blog!

I hope my reward comes in the form of more viewership ahahaha.

Anyways here's some on my 4th day in London.

I promise I will be back to blog soon! In the meantime, just sharing something I came across on Facebook.

A dog was so faithful that the woman could leave her baby with it and go out to attend other matters. She always returned to find the child soundly asleep with the dog faithfully watching over him. One day something tragic happened.

The woman as usual, left the baby in the "hands" of this faithful dog and went out shopping. When she returned, she discovered rather a nasty scene, there was a total mess. The baby's cot was dismantled, his nappies and clothes torn to shreds with blood stains all over the bedroom where she left the child and the dog. Shocked, the woman wailed as she began looking for the baby.

All of a sudden, she saw the faithful dog emerging from under the bed. It was covered with blood and licking it's mouth as if it had just finished a delicious meal.

The woman got angry and assumed that the dog had devoured her baby. Without much thought she beat the dog with a wood to death. But as she continued searching for the"remains" of her child, she beheld another scene.

Close to the bed was the baby who, although lying bare floor, was safe and under the bed where the body of a snake was torn to pieces in what had been a fierce battle between the snake and the dog which was now dead. Then reality dawned on the woman who now began to understand what took place in her absence. The dog fought to protect the baby from the ravenous snake.

It was too late for her now to make amends because, in her impatience and anger, she had killed the faithful dog. How often have we misjudged people and torn them to shreds with harsh words and deeds before we have had time to evaluate the situation?

This is called SIN OF PRESUMPTION Presuming things our way without taking the trouble to find out exactly what the situation really is. Little patience can drastically reduce major lifelong mistakes. Who Are You misjudging right now?. Don't think what you think others are thinking. Take time to get the whole truth.

These kind of experiences are most often painful and irreversible. Reading about it makes my heart aches even tho it's fictional.