jiveturtle

Did buggar all today. Just slept, and slept and slept and slept. Had Donner Kebab Meat with Chips (fries) for dinner. That was as exciting as it got today. Maybe more tomorrow, perhaps, whenever, whatever :-P

We spent most of Sunday resting as much as we can. We actually have a planned visit to my mum's workplace, The Bath Supper Bar, which belongs to an old family friend, Richard who we've known since childhood. He and his wife, Ying has brought two wonderful kids to the world who we haven't seen in over a year. Their eldest, Helen, has grown up a lot and her younger brother Alex just turned one and half and had grown into a sturdy little toddler, running around like a little steam train! It was a relatively short stay where we caught up with each other and exchanged gifts. From there we visited the Taipan restaurant for evening dinner and went back home and for sleep. Oh, I nearly forgot, I took a lot of photos over the last few days of the skies around area where we lived. With great luck, I managed to catch a rainbow in the sky! More photos to come!

Today we decided to venture into the city centre of Manchester, where the infamous Arndale Centre is located. We went shopping for a Louis Vuitton bag for the mother-in-law, costing a marvellous GBP545! Luckily it wasn't out of our pocket! We went for a walk around the newly built/refurbished Arndale Centre. It certainly was different and a lot brighter. It seems that the city has spent a lot of money in the city centre. It certainly looks busier in the city centre with many people milling around going about their business. I think the term "People Mountain, People Sea" was appropriate for today. Amelie was in a right strop and I couldn't hold back, I had to give her a good telling off. Sigh...its been on tough on all of us today, and it wasn't a good day. Chien-yu didn't even get to the shoes she wanted to buy. Nevermind, better luck next time. After a stressful morning in the city centre, I went for a stroll back in my home-town Ashton-under-Lyne t...

We went back to the Trafford Centre to day to return Amelie's dress which she didn't like and also gave Chien and I a chance to buy the various gifts to take back to Taiwan for the good people at my workplace and at Chien's too. Our main stop was at Thornton's, famous for their chocolates and sweets, and we bought a lot! We had to ditch Amelie with my mum and grandparents so we could do the shopping. It was a bad thing to do, but it was the only way to sneak away while Amelie was occupied so that we could get the gift shopping down swiftly. I also took the opportunity to take some pictures of the shopping centre, apparently one of the biggest in Europe. Amelie seemed to enjoyed the dolphin water fountain which squirted water at high pressure over two stories high! Nothing to report really, just more shopping and more money spent :-p. No games for me a long time now!