It's here, it's here! the lights and decorations are up, and carols are played in most stores, merry shoppers with a ready smile can be seen up and down Oxford street, doing last minute Christmas shopping and taking advantage of the Christmas sales...

as if that's not enough, the council cordoned off Oxford street and Regent street yesterday for what was known as the VIP day, or Very Important Pedestrian day...it was a complete madness, the entire length of Oxford street was filled with human beings, and trust me, it is a very long street, the length as covered by four tube stations...

and what is more unbelievable, is that i didnt buy anything, well except for some thermals and long johns and scarfs, you know, the essentials, i didnt even so much as glance at other stuffs...

I am waiting for the annual Boxing day sale...now that's the real deal...since when ive become such a money-pinching freak, i really dont know...i guess London can really transform a person without one realizing it...


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Petra came over from Germany for a weekend getaway, and along with Mustafa (libya) and Tino (Italy), we braved through shitty london weather of freezing cold wind and went bar hopping, started in Camden town and ended in Oxford Circus...

we talked about some winter travel plans and i really like hearing that she has got it all sorted out, we are gonna be going away to some snow-capped mountain somewhere in Austria, and good old Tino has also promised to fix me up with his friends when i do my italian trip next year...

so what if im working really hard right now? it's gonna be all worth it after all...