London for X-Factor

Everyone is sitting around the TV watching X Factor whilst I type from the kitchen table. Marina disagrees with Cheryl Coles new choice of hair colour. I have a glass of tap water with ice from the freezer, really thirsty but stuffed full with pasta and ice cream so there is no room. Went to a Sabrepulse gig in Shoreditch at Public Life. Amazing glass entrance leading underground with £3 bottles of beer and a pointillism light display. I preferred support band Comptroller to Sabrepulse, Max preferred Sabrepulse as it was powered by Nintendos.

Yesterday we went to the V&A museum, I ran out of energy and needed coffee. There was a jewelery exhibit with stuff from 1800BC. It was interesting to think of the Romans that wore each piece, leading up to elaborate modern day designs, such as a catwalk gold cage face mask and gold bra. One coffee later and we were at a Yin Yoga class at the Life Centre. Ultra relaxing, more meditation style, I felt asleep so badly. Max went to yoga again today but I stayed back and spent the afternoon staring blankly at my dissertation spreadsheet, achieving nothing except a rearrangement of numbers.

The long awaited trip to Kew Gardens took place this morning. Just as good as I remembered it from a previous visit when I was a lot younger. My favourite place was the Princess of Wales Conservatory with 8 different micro-climates, starting with arid and ending with temperate. The best by far was the tropical wedged inbetween which has a big pond with large, spiky lily pads. There were also some tanks containing seahorses, puffer fish, sting rays and poisonous dart frogs. Sadly, the carnivorous plants area was closed off but we did get to see the Indonesian Corpse Flower and some orchids. I managed to find a rattan in the palm house which was great, Calamus rindorensis I think but already forgotten. Coming back on the tube, we got off at the wrong stop as both too engrossed in phone games. Me playing Plants vs Zombies on iPhone and Max playing Sudoku on my brand new state of the art Nokia, no camera but it has a flash light. And solitaire. We went to Itsu for a late lunch of sushi and have been fat lazing round the warm house till now eating ice cream. Leaving in 4 minutes back on the coach to Southampton