As budget travellers, we gravitated towards the free things to do in London, an expensive city, and found The British Library. Cheryl and I were both bookworms and we naturally jumped on the chance to visit The British Library, the largest national library in the world.

Located conveniently within walking distance from Euston Station, The British Library has over 3000 years of history and is said to have more than 150 million items documenting every age of written civilisation.

Due to the nature of my studies and work (I'm a freelance graphic designer), you can find me seated in front of my laptop almost any time of the day. Needless to say, I often crave for massages to ease the constant ache on my neck and shoulders. I travelled to Johor Bahru for massages a couple of times but in reality, most of us don't have the time to queue three hours at Malaysia's checkpoint to enjoy two hours of massage.

Thankfully, there are lots of massage services in Singapore! My boyfriend and I visited Feet Haven Katong Singapore for a 45-minute full body massage over the weekends to ease the tension that has been building in our bodies.

Euston Station played a predominant role in the development of The Girl on the Train — one of my favourite books that rekindled my love for reading in 2017. Naturally, I wanted to see the station with my own eyes to better understand the thought process of the main protagonist, Rachel Watson, as she went through the busy station every morning.


I tried my best to hide my enthusiasm. I mean who the heck gets so excited over a train station, right? But I was squaling internally! I was SO. DAMN. THRILLED. I probably looked like any other tourist — legend says that tourists have to take photos against a subway station or you haven't been to London...

Hey, Euston Station

Seeing Euston Station plastered on London subway was enough for me — I didn't want my nerdy guilty pleasure to take up too much time in our itinerary but... We accidentally wandered into Euston Railway Station, which was more specifically where Rachel Watson would've travelled through every morning, while searching for the exit.  

London, you were so good to me :')
 

Standing at Euston Station... It was indescribable. It was like a scene out of a book — out of THE book I was obssessed with for a while. After witnessing how chaotic Euston Station was during morning peak hour, I understood the storyline a little more and could better visualise Paula Hawkins' novel.


Managed to get one more shot with the London Euston subway sign before heading to our next stop. Look at how elated I was!

Special thanks to my travel buddy Cheryl for indulging in my obsession despite not reading The Girl on The Train hahahaha.

After grabbing a FREE breakfast (budget travelling yo) at our hostel, Destinations at The Rose & Crown, we walked on Millennium Bridge towards St Paul's Cathedral. We made St Paul's Cathedral our first stop for a couple of reasons — it was near to our hostel and we wanted to be in St Paul's Cathedral during their morning prayer, before touristy crowds start streaming in.

Typically, St Paul's Cathedral holds their morning prayer from 7:30am to 8am, followed by Eucharist from 8am to 8:30am. These services are free for anyone to attend.

Tourist can start coming in from 8:30am to 4:30pm, subjected to changes. Online tickets are priced at £16 for adults,  £14 for senior citizen and students,  £7 for children. You can get tickets and more information on St Paul's Cathedral website.


It still blows my mind a little that St Paul's Cathedral is so massive that we can see it even across  Millennium Bridge.

A majestic St Paul's Cathedral peeks out at us over Millennium Bridge

I thought the most interesting thing about London was how it managed to maintain its rich history while being a metropolitan city. I often see sites with thousands of years of history standing (rather noncholantly too, may I add) beside sleek, minimalist, modern buildings.

Right opposite the entrance of St Paul's Cathedral

Took a photo for reference's sake in case we got lost

We kept away our phones and camera beyond this point as you're not allowed to take photos in St Paul's Cathedral. There was also a security check but everything was fuss-free and the security guards even chatted with us. Extremely blessed that we did not experience any extreme racism throughout our time in Europe. :)





Spotted this strange statue of a head randomly standing beide a row of cafes with no explanation whatsoever. Oh, just European things. I was already in love with Europe and it was only the beginning of my second day there.


Took a short walk to St Paul's station for the subway to Euston Station, which I badly wanted to see after reading The Girl on The Train. Each tap on the Oyster Card was £2.80 (SGD $5); as budget travellers with limited funds, we hardly used the subway in London, preferring to walk everywhere instead.

One of the few times I got to experience the London's expensive subway.

Eucerin anti-ageing skincare set

Eucerin recently sent me their Hyaluron-Filler Wrinkle-Filling skincare set. Eucerin uses Hyaluronic acid to reduce premature ageing and prevent deepening of wrinkles.

One of the most common misconceptions about anti-ageing products is that people always think you have to reach your mid-twenties or thirties before you start on them. But your early twenties is a pretty good time to start introducing your skin to some anti-ageing skincare because that's when wrinkles start forming, and we all know prevention is better than cure!

Eucerin anti-ageing skincare steps

Eucerin Hyaluron-Filler Concentrate

Eucerin Hyaluron-Filler Concentrate is a serum that helps reduce the depth of your wrinkles. I like how smooth Eucerin Hyaluron-Filler Concentrate is, and how my skin feels silky smooth after I application.


Eucerin Hyaluron-Filler Day Cream is suitable for dry skin and comes with SPF 15. The product is a little thick as it's meant for dry skin and wasn't too suitable for my oily skin, causing my face to itch a little after application. But the product is so gentle on my sensitive skin that it didn't break me out.

I passed Eucerin Hyaluron-Filler Day Cream to my mother, who's in her early fifties, and she loves the product.She has dry skin and the product provides ample moisture for her skin.


Can I just say that I looooove the smell of Eucerin Hyaluron-Filler Overnight Treatment?! The overnight treatment comes with two formulas, a gel serum and a creamy emulsion. The product feels really pleasant on my skin and my face becomes visibly plumper after I use the Hyaluron-Filler Overnight Treatment.



Initially I thought Eucerin Hyaluron-Filler Night Cream would be a little thick on my skin as cream moisturisers always give me acne. I was surprised to find that, even after one week of using the product, i haven't gotten any acne at all!

Super pleased and impressed that Eucerin's anti-ageing skincare range is suitable even for my sensitive and oily face.

Check out more of Eucerin's product on their website :)
https://www.eucerin.sg/

Flowers are always a nice gesture, whether it's for a birthday, proposal, anniversary etc. Little Flower Hut Singapore offers same day delivery in case you forgot any important dates and need last minute flower delivery!

Little Flower Hut Singapore sent me their newest product, to be launched in 2019, flowers in a vase. Instead of traditional flower bouquets, which die pretty quickly, these flowers can last 3 to 5 days, and if you take care of your flowers well by trimming them regularly and watering them with fresh water, they flowers can last up to 10 days.


I requested for sunflowers in the flower vase because they are my and my boyfriend's favourite flowers. Was a little disappointed to find that some flower petals have fallen off or are bent but I guess that's bound to happen during delivery.



Love the mini details like the subtle heart shape.


The flowers came with a cute greeting card designed by Little Flower Hut Singapore!

I would have preferred the words to be printed on the card itself, instead of being held together by a small piece of double sided tape as it looks pretty flimsy this way.

No complaints though. I really liked the idea of havig flowers in a vase as they are more sustainable and you get to admire the flowers for a longer period of time! The only grip is that you can only deliver it to offices or homes as the vase is not super portable.

Enjoy next day flower delivery with Little Flower Hut Singapore now!
Website: https://www.littleflowerhut.co/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flowerdeliverysingapore55555/

Wow has it been a year since this liar friend absurdity (hop over for some refreshing before grabbing popcorn for part two)? Charlene and I have largely moved on with our lives, only revisiting this incident to laugh about Christina Koo's lies. But guess what? A leopard never changes its spots. We all know I don't speak without evidence so here we go.

A week before Christmas, I received this message from her ex-boyfriend. They met via OkCupid and dated for three months. I censored his name for privacy purposes but y'all can be sure I'm not so boliao to come up with such lies... 🤪

I'll let the dude speak for himself.

The text Christina Koo sent to her ex-boyfriend

Hello, what McDonald's?!?! Christina Koo owes Charlene $400+ and she made it sound like it was $4. And also, what's up with her ghost stories?
















$5000/month?! Like this I also quit school and go be intern already wtf. I asked my best friend (who's from NUS YLL).

This was what my best friend said

Of course, once again, I verified with my best friend again.


Okay the end... For now. Please DM me on Instagram if you happen to have more stories about Christina Koo LOL. She now goes by Christina Thea Koo.

Merry Christmas everyone!