feeling rather autumnal

haven't posted in awhile! i caught a cold last week, still feeling the effects of it. really crap cos i haven't cycled because of it. and have been really really busy with guests (see following pics) and other business... anyway, just going to give one mass update..  and sorry, adding photos that i haven't colour corrected just to quickly update. need to sleep soon..

this is a couple weeks past now cos this is on my cycle route home.  took the photos cos i wanted to share autumn. i LOOOOVE it when the leaves change colours!

pressies from sister! thanks anna :) the fan is beautiful. almost too nice for me to take out! i don't take very good care of my fans. just throw them in my bag. and then get annoyed when they start falling apart...

emi and ram visited! emi was here longer. here she is with jun. this was a dinner i cooked with them. we went to digweed at matter afterwards. for those on FB, my profile pic is currently me with emi and digweed! what a night

this is jesse.. i met him when i was working at DK and we've kept in touch. he visited london for 24 hours as an extended layover on his way to munich (then shanghai and tokyo! hopefully he'll meet up with some of anna's friends).  had such a great time with jesse. i think he's coming back soon for a visit... on sunday morning, we went for a leisurely bike ride in the area. this is in the park in front of alexandra palace.

this is my 'monster' i made [with celia] for the halloween party coming up at the station house. the station house is a house my friends live in. they're really cool people and throw great parties.. this will be their last major party as the house is about to be demolished.

the theme for the party is 20,000 leagues under the sea, and my 'monster' is an underwater spider. but instead of scary, he's cute! i think stuff has been added to him but i haven't seen him since sunday.. i'll def be posting pics of the party








this is fergus and a huge octopus.. i tell you. it's gonna be an amazing party! can't wait

happy halloween folks! i did me some pumpkin carving today.. stole the ideas from the internet.. fun fun!!


good night!!!

we made tempura

besides all the lovely dancing i get to do, with jun around i'm doing more japanese cooking.  and i feel like i'm being a good influence on jun by getting her to cook more!

this is us making home-made tempura! and agedeshi tofu... there's some improvements that can be made to our battering but i think we get an A for effort!  I also made miso and ginger dressing.  i absolutely love making my own dressings. the miso dressing can also only get better but it's good enough. if anyone visits me, i promise to make some lovely food for you :)

this is sat

short for Satinder. he's my housemate and we get on fabulously. he's from birmingham, which is a couple hours on the train north from london.

sat at our local pub

a nice little corner at our local

bday pressies from court

yea.. it's october and i'm getting bday pressies.. but that's how we roll..

Thanks court!! love it! it was the box that kept on giving! xxx

included in the box:
•  bandages with cute illustrations (if i'll ever use i have no idea!)
•  cupcake girls goodies
•  ann bridal shower card and lip balm
•  colourful hair clips
•  socks
•  kitty glass
•  straw things
•  cute tin can (very useful for me!)
•  lens/screen wipes
•  black jesus
•  stationary cards
•  letter stickers
•  nice notes from courtney

*post addendum: i forgot to also add 'ticket stub diary' to the list and in photos. it's a little photo album looking thing for memorable gig tickets