We are back in town and I am struggling with my sleeping pattern.
LUSAKA > LONDON : 9 hours
[TRANSIT AT HEATHROW] : 22 hours
LONDON > SEATTLE : 10 hours
Remain at Heathrow 22 hours?
No way! I almost died waiting 6 hours on the way to Zambia.
So I got a British visa again, and got out of the [...]
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Posted in London, Personal, Trips on Jul 24th, 2006 No Comments »
- I did the packing for all suit-cases until early in the morning
- Checked out of the hotel
- Buka drove us to the airport
- Ran into passport control officer at Gatwick (asking silly question ~ getting used to it now)
- Plan coming into Gatwick from America got delayed, hence we would be delayed too (out from [...]
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Posted in London, Personal, Trips on Jul 23rd, 2006 No Comments »
Busy day – lots of people – old friends – relatives – amazing food – nice – nice – nice. It is always nice to see people one has not seen for a while, and that those people are smiling a looking happy. Those are the faces you remember when thinking back to the last [...]
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Posted in London, Trips on Jul 21st, 2006 No Comments »
After wine night, we woke up for a late breakfast. We stayed on the table for a while as we continued to catch up with everyone. That morning, we confirmed that my cousin Sampa loves to cook and put together some more breakfast options.
After breakfast, we headed to Mr Straw’s House which is right next [...]
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Posted in London, Photos, Trips on Jul 20th, 2006 No Comments »
Which is your favorite mapping software?
On the day trip to Windsor Castle, everyone found out the Buka loves Goggle Maps. It was funny that the directions from Goggle made us go in circles (literally). We drove past the ‘Pink Castle’, and the same running dog at least twice (if not more times)….until we had to stop to ask [...]
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Nelly and Mubanga (aka Bangy) had decided to make an early morning Mall trip to Harrow – and I had to go too. We were doing well with time there, but got delayed around lunch time when we had to wait for a Kebab/Sharwarma restaurant to open at noon(the time we were supposed to be [...]
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Birthday surprise call from mommy in Zambia.
Birthday surprise cake and birthday singing by Ndalela, Buka, Mubanga, Nelly and Aunt Mary.
I also got a birthday call from Shivani – she is currently not in London, but we still might manage to meet up sometime this week.
Chinese restarant –
Got a taste of Chinese food in England. I [...]
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Posted in London, Photos, Trips on Jul 17th, 2006 No Comments »
Headed out of town with Ndalela into ‘The City of Bath’ looking for Castles, old Greek architectures, Italian ice cream, and ……..baths
Trip pictures are here
Later on in the evening, Buka, Ndalela, Mubanga, Nelly and I decided to get birthday drinks – just before midnight
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Posted in London, Photos, Trips on Jul 16th, 2006 No Comments »
Slept for 15 hours straight!!!!!!! (Chilumba has a new sleeping record)
We we finally managed to wake up, we visited Brunel University where Ndalela is graduating from. This is actually one-of-the universities I got accepted into.
Got a few pictures at Brunel.
We spent the rest of the day hanging out and catching up at aunt Mary’s house. [...]
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