Mellow yellow

Covent Garden is mircosm world of London !

What a to do I find myself tomorrow in London not doing what I had planned , whilst I know there is no end of exciting adventures to be sought in London. When your plans are caught short it can be rather irritating as I'm not sure what you I like to manage my time and make sure its well spend. If I have  a meeting or event in London then on the whole I plan round it.

That's not to say I don't just wonder around London sometimes as the best adventures are very often unscripted. So left with a whole day in London well 10pm till 4pm what could I do. I am not hindered helped by small persons wanting feeding every 2 minutes. Just me on my lonesome ... SO I scratched my head and thought what I could do ?



My list is as follows

1. Covent Garden there's always something of interest there and its so colourful and vibrant. I love Convent Garden there's so much to see and do and it doesn't all have to cost money ! Covent Garden is a mircosm of London its a world within a world.

You can ask a Pirate for his picture at Convent Garden!

He may say "NO" though and shot you ....

2. London Transport museum.

3. Dinner at St Martins in the Field Cafe.

4. Portrait Gallery

5. Say Hi to Nelsons Column

6. Head home

Opor Ajam recipe

I was given this recipe by Jane who blogs over at Onions and Paper ( well that's her craft and food blog anyway )

400g diced chicken
1  can coconut milk
2 tsp ground coriander
1 onion
2 cloves garlic
small knob of fresh ginger
1 stalk lemongrass
1 bay leaf
25g butter

Dice the onion and fry in the butter until golden. Add the crushed garlic, 
grated ginger, coriander and bay leaf, and the lemongrass stalk bruised and 
crushed well to let out the juice (I find the best way to do this is to 
store it in the freezer, then when you want to use it , defrost it and tie 
it in a knot - all the juices  come out and you don't get any stringy bits 
in your food).  Cook for a minute then stir in the chicken and mix  well to 
coat with the flavourings, Pour over the coconut milk and simmer gently for 
40 minutes.

Simmer for 40 minutes.

So many thanks to Jane for helping me expand my cooking repertoire !

Monday Mobile Debut

Sometimes I have my trusty Nikon D3100 with me or my Panasonic Lumix TZ20 or my Samsung Galaxy Ace mobile . I was wary of the Samsung at first as it didn't seem to have the same user friendly feel as the Xperia Arc S and the Xperia has a far superior camera, but as the old adage goes it not what you it but how you use it . So the collage below is a summary of photos taken on the Samsung Galaxy Ace. What do you think ? Can I give David Bailey a run for his money ?

Social media mugging

Sometimes I wonder as a blogger am doing what is good enough you see the bright lights big city and try your very very best. Yes I am blogging for me but you know I struggle yes thats's right I struggle , I struggle with it all . I am the nice one the "lovely' the " Hun" the 'flower" etc. To be fair I have made mistakes and have moved on, I couldn't even do a mental breakdown right.

Social media can be like a fog if I am honest sometimes because no matter how much you shout , no one and I mean absolutely no one can hear you. I suppose unless you are doing a vlog of course. It's fun to people watch but then again , social media can be like a dementot from" Harry Potter"

I don't mean watch people in a voyeuristic way but more like watching people from a Parisian cafe but without the fine food and wine , though I a likely to pick a tip up on the way .

Social media mugging can be quite, quite extreme with some from who those who debate on twitter and Facebook to the people who might put a sign around their child's neck branding them a liar.

I find that I can be treated with disdain and bullied on occasions it bothers me like it did at school where I was bullied most horrifically It's not quite like the time when I was at school and they sent a survey round to see who liked me. Or the time when at 9 I wanted to take my own life due to the bullying. To being kicked in when at Upper School and then I was the one that was blamed .


Then again this blog piece if , it was on else where tweaked to the dulcet tones then .... Who knows conjecture and hindsight are powerful things .

But with any good balanced article there has to be hope if I hadn't stumbled my way through and shaken off at times that feeling of social media  itis s, I wouldn't have met sincere truly, wonderful people . And in particular I wouldn't be half as adventurous with my lemon grass.


There is where I gratuitously insert a picture of a cat in a bag ...