Today is where my book begins

Cool breeze, raising sun, vibrant colors, feathers, whistling, sound systems and smell of bbq fill the air of the 2007 Notting Hill carnival on 28 Aug 2007. It's the world's second largest street party after the Rio Carnival in Brazil.
There are at least half a million of people on that day. So comparing to our chingay, ours was Kachang Puteh.
Nevertheless, i now realised that even with so much laughter and people around you, you can still feel lonely. Not just lonely but extreme loneliness. Therefore, accompany is important even the event is small scale.
I was glad that i left early that day as 3hrs later, there was a shooting.

In London, there are lots of free magazines and newspapers that you can pick up everyday. I don't have a habit of picking up one coz they are mostly gossip but last wed, i decided to have a read and saw there is a Singapore festival that will be co-held on Sat by Singapore Tourism Board and Tiger Beer at Bricks Lane. I was looking forward to that as i finally get to eat my Laska, Chilli Crabs, Satay etc.

There was a long queue into the main hall, approx 70. Finally, when it comes to my turn, i heard one of the ushers saying to the crowd "there is no need to queue, just proceed into the hall". I was smiling and thinking to myself. Half of the people here must be singaporean coz only we will queue to get in. Imagine 70 people rushing to get thru a small door, that will be chaos! I was suddenly feeling proud to be a singaporean coz we are always so organised and orderly.

I was drawn to the smell of chilli crabs and was queuing to get them when i heard someone called my name. I turned around and was caught by surprise to see my poly mate Aileen. We didn't keep in contact after graduating from ACCA and hasn't bump into each other in SG too. What a small world it is! I was so so so happy to see someone i know. It had been a long time since i speak singlish and the feeling was so good. I guess that is what fate and surprise is all abt. Never expecting.

From yesterday 6pm till Thursday night, there will be at least 6 lines out of 9 of the tube service not running due to a strike action by RMT members at Metronet. The funny thing is that they actually tell you before hand like 1 week ago that there is going to be a strike from when to when.
Though it cause inconvenience, i didn't hear much complain from anyone. Everyone just plan their alternative route to get to work or home earlier.
Luckily for me, i have a direct bus back home though it takes a bit of time coz imagining everyone in london trying to get into a bus, it's going to be so packed.