Monday, November 27, 2017

✦ Elaine's visit !! ✦

Lovely Elaine came to visit me in Edinburgh on the 16th of September!! 


The first evening she arrived, we met Jevelin for dinner (Elaine's JC friend who's currently doing her masters in Edinburgh) at Maki & Ramen :) The world is so small!!

I loved the nights we spent together because we would just chat aimlessly about everything before heading to bed :) 


The next day we went for a hike at the Pentland Hills!! 
- beautiful as always - 




My fav view 



This girl chasing after sheep to take pics of them 


We were blessed with good weather! 


We bought salads from Graze before getting the bus and had it for lunch sitting on a grassy hill (with a lot of sheep poop which we successfully avoided) ☺


YUMMZZZ

We made sushi that night for dinner with Topo and watched the Stanford experiment - I was so troubled by it after I had to watch a happy video because I just felt so uncomfortable and not good. To people who are into psychological films - I would recommend this 


The next day was spend looking around the city - first stop - Edinburgh castle :) 


Then we got some Chatime that Elaine the bubbletea lover was craving, and walking down the royal mile and through the palace of Holyrood park to get to Arthur's Seat :)


Saw this cutie golden retriever along the way!


Pretttyyyy ♥
(and can we just appreciate the amazing depth mode of the iPhone 7 plus) 


Never get sick of this view 








The next day, I actually headed to a lecture whilst Elaine went shopping on Princes street (look at me being studious - not). Topo and I then met Elaine for lunch at Hula Juice bar after ☺ We had poké bowls (vegan for me of course) that were really disappointing cos I love Hula's :(( 


Elaine and I then went charity shopping and we got so many good deals!! I was rather ashamed because I said I wouldn't buy anything but the sweater and jumper that I got were really nice - people make mistakes ok. but I do wear them super often now!! Elaine got 2 coats for £13?? How amazing! and I was so happy for her because she was actively looking for coats and managed to get really nice ones for such a good price :) 


The next day we went to Calton Hill ! 
and again were blessed with amazing sunny weather :) 



We then went on another round of charity shopping and then headed back for dinner! We had green curry for dinner that night and then I helped Elaine to pack! I had relatively large ziplock bags and we stuffed her coats in them and vacuum sealed them, which was so much fun to do!!! And they save an incredible amount of space 

Elaine left the next morning ☹ But it was such a lovely visit and thank you so much for visiting me and for the lovely gifts as well!! The conversations we had were lovely, we learnt new things about each other and it is always nice having friends from home visit me here and it's amazing to think that we are even able to meet halfway across the world!!☺ Here's to 8 years of friendship and more ♥

Sunday, November 26, 2017

Summary of Year 3 so far

Using pictures to summarise the most enjoyable semester of uni so far☺


Amazing sunset during the Firbush Field trip earlier in September! Biggest takeaway: learnt how to windsurf and our course became so much closer :) 


The day we hugged 76 trees to measure their DBH 


Sampling spatial patterns at Ben Lawers and climbed my first munroe!




!!EES class of 2019!!


Topo's Birthday lunch at Chaophraya 


Went up the Scot's monument for the first time!


Lake district with Beverly after the field trip! (post here



Lovely Elaine came to visit from Norway!! *will defo put up a post when I have more time


and also met Nat for dinner who's also on exchange in Norway!!


Delicious smoked tofu with sriracha and peanut sauce at Filament coffee - met Niamph for lunch :) 



Lunch at Saboteur with Topo! Such yummy food!!


Cutie Claire came to visit!!! *also defo putting a post up :) 





Spent a total of 4 hours looking through Sphagnum moss for microorganisms 


Amazing maple-bacon (vegan duh) pancakes at Herbivore Kitchen!!


Amazing beetroot pancakes with mushrooms and spinach also at Herbivore Kitchen!!


My new winter flavoured oatmeal that I'm obsessed with - tumeric, maca, ginger and cinnamon spiced *


Also another thing I've been experimenting with in the kitchen - marinated tofu!! They taste amazing 


Went to London for 3 days to visit Daddy!! This was an amazing aubergine burger at Pride Kitchen 



Had their cinnamon banana bread after which was incredibly yum 


The cafe was at Neal's Yard - one of me fav places


Dad ♥


Tofu scramble sandwich at Kin cafe! 


Look at this amazing spread 


Lovely London!


& Other Stories (love this store)


After a potluck with course mates! 


Tried Pizza express' vegan pizza - 6/10 ☹


Ride at the Christmas market which only comes down once?? No way it's worth the money



VEGAN FEST!!!! 


Maple bacon donut was incredible!!!


All vegan!!!


Another meaty sandwich!!
The vegan fest was amazing!! It was the simplest thing of not having to check if I could eat something that made me so happpyyyyy !!☺


Not a day goes by that I do not have oatmeal


Skyped these two two weeks in a row ♥


After last-submission pres!! This is a pic of Juan and I fourth-wheeling