Chimes shopping mall, Uxbridge, Greater London

This is the front elevation of the Chimes shopping mall in Uxbridge high street. It's been decorated for X'mas and new year festive season. When we were living in Uxbridge, this was our favourite shopping destination. Shilpa Shetty visited a perfume shop in this mall when she launched her fragrance series. It houses many famous brands such as Debenhams, Burtons, BHs, H&M, FCUK, GAP etc...!

Sri Balaji Temple @ Dudley, West Midlands, UK

This is one of the largest hindu temple in UK and is situated in Dudley, a town that is close to Birmingham. Since Birmingham is a much bigger city compared to Dudley this temple has come to be known as Birmingham Balaji temple over the years. Shot pic is the front main entrance to the sanctum sanctorium. It is around 2 1/2 hours drive from West London and roughly about 120 miles from our place.

Ice Skating @ Hyde Park Ice Rink, London

X'mas fun fare @ Hyde Park, London

X'mas celebrations in London: Oxford Street, Regent Street, Leicester Square & Piccadilly Circus

Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square, London : Panoramic view of Christmas tree decorations

The Christmas tree seen in the picture is a real x'mas tree. It was brought from Norway and installed for X'mas 2007 in London. Few more pics of the place is here...

Reflections

Have you ever been fully captivated, completely mesmerised and held in a spell by a person for a longer duration? I have been!!! And that's when I realised what it is to be in Love ! :)

"Night Vision" of our London home :)

This is how our housing block looks at night. Shot during one of the winter nights.

Ice Skates @ Kew Gardens Ice Rink, London

This was the first experience for me and boo. boo-boo had done it few times during his previous stint at UK. The skates were really tight and had sharp blades and it was loads of fun on the ice rink. After couple of initial hick-ups we all managed to stand and move on our own and did many rounds. However, it was quite painful to consciously keep balancing and slowly moving ahead. The blades were almost piercing through the shows and hitting us on the bottom of our feet. Eventually, we started getting used to the pain and went around and had many hit upon us and so did we hit upon quite a few and finally managed to go round in the given time. It was a one hour slot and we enjoyed it fully. We dared enough to take these pictures from our mobile while we were skating (or rather standing on the rink !!!).