FINAL DAY OF LONDON OLYMPICS 2012

So after an exciting 2 weeks the London Olympics 2012 is now coming to an end...

Although I live in London I didn't manage to get any tickets (shameful I know!), but we did catch some of the Men's marathon action around central London today! As well as the women's last weekend as mentioned in one of my previous posts.

We lined up early along the bridge at Southbank despite the evil crowd management staff trying to move people along and disallowing stopping and viewing along the bridge. But hey it's the last day, so just take a chill pill!

We made our way to Tower Bridge to snap some photos of the Olympic rings.

Stopped for some sushi at feng sushi at Borough Market to re-energize!

And as usual the kid in me is always on the lookout for a snap with Wenlock!

The atmosphere around London is just buzzing and it's such a good feeling to be able to experience London 2012. 

London has definitely done a good job in organizing this spectacular event!

And well done to Team GB having achieved third place on the Leader board - 29 gold, 17 silver and 19 bronze medals, their best performance in over a 100 years!

Source: Team GB (official Facebook page)

And as a fellow Malaysian I must not forget to mention the great achievements of the two Malaysian medalists- Datuk Lee Chong Wei (silver - badminton) and Pandelela Rinong (bronze - 10m platform diving).
You have done our country proud x

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It'll be a long time before the Olympics return to London again and it's best to just savour this moment in time.
Trip to Rio in 4 years time maybe?!

I haven't got a front row ticket to the closing ceremony, but I've got a snuggly spot on my bed with my little personal TV and a bag of mini stroopwafels, and that's all I really need x

WEEKEND SUMMARY: BINCHO, CHATIME AND REAL FOOD MARKET

I spent most of Saturday glued to the TV watching the London Olympics 2012 - yes, surprisingly enough I am drawn into all this Olympic fever with the rest of the world!

Had dinner at a lovely Japanese restaurant that we stumbled upon in Soho - Bincho on Old Compton Street. We ordered 2 portions of rice, The Seven Samurai, and a couple from the Yakitori selection. 

Sho Chikubai Hot Sake - served warm in traditional flask/tokkuri, the blue rings at the bottom of the cup (ochokko) are used to judge the sake's clarity.

Unagi - eel with sansho pepper

The Seven Samurai

Aigamo - duck breast, wasabi and spring onion

Ninniku Chahan (buttered garlic rice) and Oyako Don (steamed rice with chicken, soft cooked egg & spring onion)

Finished off with one of my favourite indulgences - bubbletea mmm...

My little taste of heaven x

 

On a rather temperamental Sunday (weather-wise), we fueled up with some home-made breakfast by the Little Chef! 

Yes, I do an AWESOME scrambled egg ha!

Bagel with scrambled egg and smoked salmon

When we got into town, we managed to catch some of the Marathon action!

Absolutely love the excitement in the atmosphere - definitely the best time to be in London.

Trafalgar Square

Southbank

We then wandered around Southbank and nibbled around the Real Food Market. 

Gelato mmm...

Someone running low on energy ha :p

It's back to watching the Olympics now - Men's 100m final in a few minutes!

Bolt, Blake, Powell, Gatlin?!

And not forgetting to mention - how AMAZING is Team GB doing!

3rd on the Leader board so far woohoo!