Thursday, February 15, 2007

London Trip 2007

I went to London with one of my house mate last Saturday and came back the next day. He was attending an annual grand exhibition called 'Audio Jumper' (not sure if i got the name right) on vintage hi-fidelity in Kent, which is kind of a major event for all vintage music instruments enthusiasts. He was actually scouting for some vacuum tubes for his own amplifier and he manage to get his hand on some of it at a pretty good deal. Where as i, i was initially wanted to pay a visit to some stores which hold some of the great apparel design in street culture. Unfortunately, most of the stores are not open for business on Sunday which kinda frustrated me. At first i thought they just going to close early, never thought they will not open for business at all!


Night scene @ China town London

As soon as we checked in at The Malaysian Hall, we headed to China Town @ Soho for dinner. The whole street at China Town was decorated with lanterns and some traditional chinese banners as Chinese Lunar New Year is approaching. As always, China Town always crowded with all sorts of people whether they are local or tourists.


Bape store @ Upper James St.

The next day, we went on our own separate way. I went to check out Bape store which unfortunately as i mentioned earlier close on Sunday. As most of the items in the shop are pretty much available on eBay, i'm just actually want to compare the prices. They actually changed the sign board and to be honest i still prefer the old one!


Foot Patrol

Next stop, Foot Patrol. I walked almost 20 minutes to get there and guess what ... CLOSED ! Foot Patrol hold some of the finest sneakers design which brought me to it. Is pretty hard to find at first as it is not located on the main road. Like any other stores i've been, simple and neat store design. Hope to get in next time.


Local street perfomer @ Convent Garden

After wandering around the city for about 4 hours non-stop, eventually i get myself to Convent Garden. Convent Garden is quite popular with its street performance and open market. I came across this one surrounded by people, so i said to myself 'this must be good, right?'. So i stood there a for while and see what the fusses about. I don't know what is the exact name for this type of performance, the guy who dressed himself as an ancient Roman gladiator with two fake axes standing on his ground and do nothing until some money is being tossed to him. This has to be to funniest act i ever seen and you should check out his face impressions towards kids. There was even once a kid about four almost cried by this giant here.

What have i got from the trip? Some accessories for my ipod at Apple Store @ Regent Street. Hope to visit the stores that i was unable to next time !

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