Singapore >> Southampton

Yes, the title says it all, this post is basically going to be about my journey from Singapore to Southampton and what I have been doing in Soton as they call it so far. Took malaysian airlines with a transit in KL where I got out and managed to meet a couple of friends and then it was a direct flight to london heathrow which was approximately 13 hours. It wasn't exactly a smooth sailing journey here with obstacles along the way like how our arranged uni transport didn't turn up when we arrived at heathrow airport and all but I am glad everything is getting better as the weeks pass. :)

So the first week in Soton was alot on familiarizing ourselves with the place, visited the campus and hospital a couple of times to get some administrative matters settled. Also, visited the city almost everyday, from West Quay shopping mall (probably the only thing to do in soton...haha) to IKEA and all. It was a long weekend with bank holidays falling on Monday where we headed to London for a day trip which I will be doing a separate post on next time. Yes, so that is pretty much what we did in our first week.

A couple of farewell photos, so happy and grateful that my friends came all the way down to the airport at 5am when most of them had to work the next day. ♥♥♥♥♥

the ac peeps. fluffy unicorn was from celestine to bring to uk...hahah.

the secondary sch peeps. its been 10 years since we have known each other!

of cos, not forgetting, the choo family :)

at klia

at heathrow airport waiting for our cab

think this was in the unilink bus

best pasttime - grocery shopping at sainsbury's. Grocery shopping has never felt so awesome!

Portswood road where sainsbury's is located. Weather has been awesome since we have arrived actually, not particularly hot or cold.

Ikea! the meatballs here are so much better compared to those back in Singapore.

Ikea ice cream which comes with flakes chocolate and chocolate syrup.

with evon, was our junior, now batchmates..haha.

the street where all the shopping is in Soton.

Of course we did some shopping despite being tight on budget. Bought a pair of spike studded high tops from topshop for £20, it was on 70% sale?! Besides that, got a couple of tights from Primark, probably the cheapest place to get tights and basics or even shoes.

I guess thats about it about my journey to southampton, surely was a long and eventful one but the experience has been great thus far. Classes are officially starting next week and placements the week after. With so much work in for me, I hope I will still manage some travelling plans! After all, we still need to strike a balance between study/work and playing don't we? 

Ciao!

Joo Mak Korean Restaurant & Udders

hellooo there! Greetings from Southampton everybody! Its my 7th day since arriving in UK, weather has been great so far. Been held up by quite a few issues which have been resolved which is good and still trying to settle down though I guess it will be a little difficult to since we can only move into our permanent house for the next 1 year in mid sept. Hence, we are currently bunking around seniors place at the moment, so thankful for them! :) Will be posting up photos from around southampton soon, though I didn't really get much time to take any photos.

Alrights then, back to the topic. Headed down to Joo Mak korean restaurant at beauty world a few weeks back before flying off. Made a reservation the day before, I guess you have to especially if you are planning to go on public holidays or weekends cos it gets pretty crowded after 7pm. Ordered 4 dishes for 6 people and it was way sufficient, ended up filling really full and satisfied.

Part of the restaurant..

focusing was a bit off, still getting used to the new lens

this is budae jigae aka military stew which contains ramen, sausages, luncheon meat, pork belly, veggie, mushrooms, etc. Its a must try! How I wish I could have this now...

as usual..photo snapping of the food comes first!

ddukbokie aka spicy rice cakes with fish cake and raw cabbage. I wouldn't say its that nice but was just craving for it so we decide to order it. Otherwise you can cook this at home too, ntuc sells packs of rice cakes and sauces and its really easy to cook! Its a really good snack :)

the side dishes served. Especially loved the radish kimchi which had a tinge of sweet taste like pickles..tasted awesome.

jajangmyeon aka black bean paste noodles. Ordered the family size portion to share. This is actually my first time having jajangmyeon and the taste was superb, but then again, its my first attempt trying it so yeah, need to hunt for good jajangmyeon when I visit korea someday.

Kimchijeon aka kimchi pancake, it was good, not the best I have had though. Maybe I will try the seafood pancake the next time round..

yup, so basically that was my reviews on the food. One of the more authentic korean restaurants I have been to in Singapore so far. 

Headed down to udders thereafter for ice cream! Still one of the best places for ice cream no doubt. Can't really remembered what we ordered, only remembering taking home 1 pint of mao shan wang ice cream which I only managed one cup of it because was battling a sore throat after having mao shan wang durian. Oh wells, better than nothing I guess...needa wait 1 more year before I can feast on durians...roarrrr.

LOL. sorry yun. HAHAHA.

That is all at the moment, London bound tomorrow for the bank holidays! *excited* First time in london!

Ciao!