London snows again

Another brief snow shower in two months after an Arctic snap. Does this mean winter is going to be even colder?

Images from Egypt

After almost a month, I finally managed to sort through my photos from the Egypt trip, splitting them into 2 sets due to the number of them - to make sure that viewers do not get too bored of it. The first set is centered around the sights in Cairo and nearby, including Giza and Saqqara, which coincided with my girlfriend's birthday which we gave her a nice surprise. The other set consists mainly of the day trips we took from our 4D/3N Nile cruise from Aswan up to Luxor.

It has been an incredible journey through the vast Egyptian history in a week - minus the touting. I hope to be back in Egypt soon, but next time, it will be to explore the Sinai peninsula, legendary Petra and get underwater to finally blow some bubbles!

Bike life cycle...take 2...no actually it's 3

The gumtree posting read like this:

Wheels Alex As-1 Rims 2008 700 C
Tyres Specialized All Condition Armadillo 28 C
Stem Specialized
Crank Sugino
Gears 27
Gear Shifters Deore Lx
Brake Levers Deore Lx
Brakes Tektro V Brakes
Front Derailer Deore Lx Back Derailer Shimano Deore M531
Saddle Specialized Patent V Groove
Seat Post Specialized Carbon
.....
PLZ NOTE; THIS BIKE IS VERY LIGHT N FAST!

Seems like I am not very good with bikes to be honest coz I couldn't really make out much of what is listed, but the 2 most important considerations on my mind have been answered...it is VERY LIGHT and it is within my budget. These are good enough, and after viewing it, and doing a test ride for few minutes, the deal was closed. Regardless, I was so excited to be riding again - farewell to the stupid tube and morning bus jams along Victoria/Trafalgar Sq.

I know have my 3rd bike in a year, 1st bike made me terribly sad for a week, 2nd one makes me laugh when I think back. Hopefully I do not have to look for the 4th one.

The innocence of attending kiddo birthdays

Was very kindly invited to a 3 year old's birthday party over the weekend. It was just amazing how time has flew past - Euan was still in Mommy's tummy when his daddy and I were slogging away in a tiny office, trying to test/market/find funding of a web application that we were building. 3 years later, he has grown to be such a cute little blonde boy, taking on all the wonderful features of his beautiful mommy and eloquence of his lawyer dad. Never have I expected to be still in this country after almost 4 years, but I am glad to have met some amazing people and their family during this time.

By the way, Daddy informed me that Euan has proudly voted my gift of a garbage truck that he used to collect all the sweets triumphed over all others, even the excellent push bike from his proud parents! I am so proud of myself :)