Banbury, London

The silly cheap flight was delayed so I didn't arrive Banbury until 8 pm (and London tube is scary! However, I will forgive London this time because it was snowing when I came in!). It was so great to see my bother again after a year! He seems to look after himself very well. And for the first time in my life, my brother cooked for me! :o Surely living by himself has made him a great cook!! I am so pleased to see him enjoying his work and has become more mature in many ways and we even have more to talk than we used to be!

We went to Warwick together. It's the first touristy activity I have done since I arrived Europe. I don't know why, but I was just as happy to walk around the town rather than paying 18 pounds to see the castle. Maybe I still haven't recovered from all the ABC - Another Bloody Castle, Another Bloody Church, and Another Bloody City). I find myself change a lot in terms of what travelling means to me. I actually think it's for the better because I feel more peaceful and much more relaxed when I am not in a hurry to do everything and anything!

I would love to stay with my brother for longer, but I had to move on as there was a little reunite with my colleagues in London. However, I didn't make it :( Thanks to the wonderful British Train (!). There is always something out of order or tube lines are down! But, it gave me the opportunity to spend more time with her :)

I would never expect to do shopping in London, but I did! The sale was unbelievable! (50-90% off). On top of that, trousers fit me so well here! I spent £131.5 on clothes in one day :o There is even a dress!!! :o What a shocker!! Now I just need to find a way to take them home!

Summary

• Flight got delayed
• Circle line was down
• 30 min in the queue to get my Oyster card
• Hello Brother! Brother's cooking
• For the first time in the last 2 weeks, I didn't have any potato or alcohol :o
• Warwick Castle - my first sightseeing after 2 weeks
• Banbury - It's so small and so many sales on at the moment that I just wanted to go shopping. If I can't, I just want someone to buy!
• Train to Reading was delayed, so I went to Oxford instead. The announcement on the station was just so confusing! Victoria Line was down! :x
• Didn't make it for the reunite with colleagues :(
• I am so happy for her that he seems a brilliant partner who relaxes her and makes her laugh :)
• SHOPPING!! :o Unbelievable! I was planning to help her to spend money, but I ended up buying hard out! I blame him because I bought an arty shirt for him, then I seemed not to be able to stop shopping after that :x Trousers here just fit me so well! I am really living in the wrong country! DRESS?!?!? I must be crazy, but I really couldn't help it, but buy it.
• Epiphany (Three Kings Day)
• Food: Brother's cooking (燴飯、粉蒸肉、番茄炒蛋。No potato, no alcohol!), mini doughnuts, Pies, Tia Maria in coke, French cooking (Salad, cog stew with potato and rice, Calfornia and French wines), Crumpet, Pastis (anise based alcohol drink), more French cooking (anchovy pastry, salad, Tagine (some sort of meat ball things) with couscous, kings cake)