EsTrails: Hillsong Church and More Food | Day 3 & 4 in London

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Didn't I say that I would post another one? So here's our 3rd and 4th day in London. Our 3rd day in London fell on a Sunday so our friend Louise invited us to attend the church service of Hillsong Church London which we were more than happy to go to.

ESurient: Gaza Café in Soho, London

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I hope you all are well and keeping warm during this winter season. So happy that it is December and that Christmas is almost here! I want to take you guys back to my memory lane back during the summer when we went to London.

EsTrails: Food Trip | London Day 1 & 2

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I didn't manage to post this before we left for London last weekend. Life has been hectic yet again. I was busy before we headed before London and then stress hit me when I got back to work. But it's almost the weekend so I guess I am surviving.

Travel: Party in the past in History Studios, London

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I lied in my last travel post saying that THAT London travel post was the last.  I completely forgot our little party in the Victorian Era at History Studios.  We wanted to do something different that the ordinary mass tourist would not do when in London.  The History Studios is located in Trocadero Shopping centre in Piccadilly Circus.  It is just across Tokyo Toyz.

This studio is dedicated at taking "Old Time Portraits". They dress you up in beautiful costumes from the olden times.  I did not have that much photos around the studio since photography inside is prohibited. I was being a rebel doing such a thing with my ninja bad photography skills.

The photos above are the set of your choice of era.  The choices were the Wild West, Flapper/20's, Victorian and Tudor.   We chose Victorian of course!

This is the Wild West background setting.  This was where our photos were taken since we were such a big group. They pulled a backdrop to cover the Wild West to make our photo more Victorian-esque.

The ladies all huddled up in for picking which dress to wear

It only took two seconds for the guys to get their outfit and accessories ready (not really but you know the idea) but for the ladies, it was quite a process.

We were given a book filled with photos of models wearing the available dresses we could try on.  After what it seems like 100 days of debating which dresses we should wear, we were called to the fitting room one by one.  One of the staff helped us to put the dresses on.

After the dress, we were given options on what accessories to wear from gloves, hats, jewellery to parasols.  In their store and website, they advertise that they also do the make-up but they did not do that with our group.  I am guessing we were such a big group that time would run out.

Then, the photographer organized us to our positions. For the first photo, she told us to give her our serious faces. After that, we did a little role play like talking to the person beside us.

My baby sister (the one in yellow/custard longs sleeved dress) found herself with no one to talk to so she tapped our friend in fuchsia pink to talk to her. I made a little gif to see how funny it was.

How cute were we?

The photographer then wanted to change our  original position for more variety.  She gave us more props like the tea cup sets for the ladies to play around with. We just had to say yes because we are tea people haha!  The guys were given a book and a magnifying glass. 

We look like we came from a Filipino teleserye but with Victorian dresses on.

We did get solo shots. I quite don't like mine due to the double chin *hides face in shame* but I was in a Victorian dress and it was the only thing that mattered then! Haha also I am not that photogenic and I am awkward at posing as you all know from OOTD posts haha

We role played in those photo as well. My best friend in yellow at the middle was the queen and we were her royal subjects! 

We had 55 shots in total.  We changed back to our modern time clothing (boring I know) and sat near the computers where we were shown the photos.  We then had to pick which was our favourite to print

We were given a bunch of options on what to do with our photos.  You can check their website for the price list.  We were initially offered a price of £200 plus and it was WAY out of out budget.  We said we'd just settle for one print which was around £80 since we were a large group.  We asked them if it was possible to get a digital copy instead but the staff said no.  However, the staff made us an offer saying she can give us a print photo each PLUS a digital copy of all the photos for £160 since she probably saw it in our face that we loved all the photos no matter how goofy we were.

This was the original photo we chose to get printed.

They then edited it with photoshop.  We fell in love at how our printed photo and other photos came out.

We really enjoyed doing this little "cosplay".  And we recommend it to anyone who is interested in doing something different. We are planning to go back and do the Wild West theme.

I hope you enjoyed this photo-heavy post.  Let me know of what you think in the comment below!

Peace & Love!

Travel: Covent Garden (Shake Shack experience and Whittard of Chelsea)

Shake Shack outdoor seating in Covent Garden

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So this is going to be my last post of our London trip! I bet all of you are saying "finally"! Sorry took me a while to finish these London travel posts.

The main reason why we went to Covent Garden was to eat at Shake Shack. First, we do not have that glorious burger joint here in Ireland and second, well it is JongUp's (B.A.P. holla to my fellow bunnies babies) fave!

It was my first at Shake Shack and we didn't exactly pick a suitable day since it was a cold, rainy day in London. And Shake Shack's seating were outdoors but it does not matter since the food was AMAZING!

After I said what I wanted to order over the counter, the staff gave me one of these "little things". It would vibrate and light up when my order is ready to be collected in their collection area.

You have no idea how happy we all were when our "little thing" started vibrating and started lighting up. Excuse the blurred photo. I was in a hurry to get to my burger so forgive me m(_ _)m

Look at this bad boy! Isn't he gorgeous and mouthwatering?!

According to my friend and sistar Bianca that Shake Shack is well known for their fries because of its cut.

Again, I aplogize for the out of focus photo of the cheese fries.

I ordered the burger called Shack Stack. It is a cheeseburger plus a shroom burger, tomato and lettuce. You can view their menu here.

Looking at these photos makes me crave for it and it is sad that it is in our neighbouring country. Seriously,Dublin needs to have Shake Shack here but then again, Ireland would be too cold for outdoor seating during the winter times.

After our amazing lunch, the rest of our group went home due to the bad weather. My sistars and I decided to stay back and go to Whittard.  They specialize in tea, coffee and china sets.

We were so delighted that they were giving out hot, small samples of their tea. It kept me from shaking due to the cold! Their Summer Pudding smelt so good but the taste was not my cup of tea (pun intended).  I tried another tea but I cannot remember what it was.

If only I had money and my own place, I would have splurged and bought their china! It still is in my wishlist to buy me cute teapot sets and have afternoon tea with my ladies.

They were having an Alice in Wonderland themed tea sets. I don't know if it is still ongoing but I find this so adorable! And smart in a way since Alice in Wonderland had a tea party scene.

I was intrigued and excited to see this in their store.  I appreciate how they also appreciate Chinese New Year and came out with a green tea line if I am correct.  I wish tea places here in Ireland would do something like this. Maybe they do that is unknown to me.

Their wall of hot chocolate powder.  I also managed to try a sample of their hot chocolate and it was so good! It has that rich chocolatey flavour but it does not leave a sandy feeling in your tongue. I have tried hot chocolate that does that and it is not good.

After Whittards, we went to Piccadilly for last minute gift/food shopping .

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Travel: The Harry Potter Shop at Platform 9 3/4

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This is part 2 of my Day 3 London post.

We took the tube from Victoria Station to King's Cross Station St. Pancras to have fun at the Platform 9 3/4.

It is free to take photos at the Platform.  There is also an official photographer to take your photos running through the platform.  They make you choose your house and they tell you to take a pose with your left leg up and then a jump shot.  You can see the photos at the Harry Potter shop just beside it.

Look at those wands! I wanted one but they are too expensive!

Why didn't I have those kinds of uniform when I was in school? Juniors' uniform in my old school is what I'd like to call as an upside down tree. We had a brown jumper and green skirt.

They have some of the actors' signatures in those prints that you could buy for £45!

Look at those wands in boxes in that shelf!

And of course they have to sell the books! If it weren't for the books, this place would not exist!
Shame on me for not reading them yet. I have read the second book when I was 10 and I can't remember any of it! Don't worry it is in my to-read list in Goodreads for summer.

I truly hope you enjoyed reading this post as much as I enjoyed writing it up!

Peace & Love!