Christ Church, Oxford

Take a peek inside Oxford's Christ Church, the setting for Harry Potter's Dining Hall with moving pictures.  

Entrance Fee during that time was £5.  Please check the opening times for viewing as we weren't allowed in on our first visit as the place was closed for worship.

Thorpe Park

In 2008, Thorpe Park was also part of the 2 for 1 ticket promo and if you take the train to Thorpe Park, they had 4 for 2 tickets then.  Filos are bargain hunters.  We definitely go for the cheapest possible cost.  :)

We rode most of the rides apart from the Samurai, baby rides and Stealth which was underconstruction then. We definitely had fun.  Even my sister who is scared of anything had fun taking photos of us and riding the merry-go-round.  LOL!

To go to Thorpe Park:

Get off at Staines and take the bus that take you to Thorpe Park.  It's pretty straight forward plus you will see lots of people queuing for the bus.  

Bournemouth Beach

 Bournemouth Port

 Braving the cold.

 20lbs lighter me in the middle.

Playing "patintero", a traditional filo game.

This was one of the rare bonding opportunity for the Reading Filo Community.  Usually, we go on separate groups but for some reason, we all came together for this beach bonding.

It was a very cold day when we arrived.  We were all wrapped up with our cardis til after lunch when the sun started to shine.  Me and Melay went to a nearby museum whilst the other play and dug themselves in the sand.  It was a very fine day but I didn't get a tan.  The sun wasn't strong enough.  

Whilst chatting with Melay in Tagalog and taking the piss out of everything we saw, a guy of Asian descent spoke with us in Tagalog.  He told us that he used to live in the Philippines.  The lesson:  I won't assume that foreigners don't speak my language.  

Madame Tussauds, London

 My sister with the Beatles.

 David and I with his Mistress Victoria.  LOL!

If you are resourceful, you can get a lot of 2 for 1 tickets online, coupons in train stations and by collecting certain number of junk food wrappers.  I am not kidding with this.  I took my sister to Madame Tussauds(on advance notice of course!) together with my friend Darlene back in 2008 as we all haven't been.  My plus 1 was supposed to be Darlene but blood is thicker than water so I took my sister instead.  Darlene had to pay the full price ticket.

There is no mistake that if you are a kid, you will have fun at Madame Tussauds.  Same goes to the cam-whores as there were lots of photo opportunities.  There is also a surprise scary section which killed my sister.  She is scared of anything even with living people in costume.  I remember her crying whilst the staffs were trying to scare her.  Definitely one of the most embarrassing moments for me.  LOL!!!

Madame Tussauds is a two minute walk from the Baker Street Tube Station.  Once you see the Sherlock Holmes Statue, assume you are in the right side. :)