Travelogue: Day 3&4 in London

First half of saturday was spent at home and following the ManUtd match against Villa (they won 2-0 and I was happy). Then I was off to Leicester Square to meet Mama. Bugger showed up almost an hour late with me freezing outside Starbucks with a latte that went from hot to cold - that was funny! Anyways, after he got in (apologising that he was practising one of his salsa moves with his partner for the competition on sunday) we walked up to Bar All One to catch a couple of pints - Stella and Guinness. It was a decent place, not the smoky dark pubs and music is not so great at all. Then we were wondering what to do. So we thought we would catch the late night 12:30 show of King Kong. So after we got the tiks, we headed into Chiquito. That place was packed and alive and music's great. We chatted up a few people and it was quite fun. By the time we had our dinner and showed up for Kong, we were quite sleepy. Mama slept through the first half hour, waking up every half hour asking, 'King Kong kahan hai?' and my reply was 'Abhi nahi aaya'. Finally he got irritated and said 'Adha ghanta ho gaya aur saala King Kong kahan hai', and thankfully Mr. Kong showed up on screen. There was this old guy sitting next to me who went 'oooooo' and 'Ho ho ho' when something interesting happened on screen. Was so irritating. Anyways, movie over and we struggled getting a cab home. We waited at Charing's Cross for atleast half an hour at 3am, our balls freezin off as it was windy (and despite our warm jackets) and when we got back suddenly I wasn't so sleepy. Anyways sleep decided it wasn't done with me so I dozed off to wake up at 10:30. We just chilled for sometime before heading out to Oxford Circus. I went to the Apple store to pick up a case, scratch-resistant film and a dock. Then went store to store to get a Liverpool t-shirt for my bro and none of them had it in stock! Damn! Anyways, Shilpa met us at HMV and we went walking to Debenham's and then to Leicester again. Mama and Shilpa found out they had met a long time back in Cal. Small world. So a few more pints, talk about life and eat the pepper steak at Angus Steak House. Yummy. A toffee latte later I was back on the tube, headed back home. Was a good weekend. Loved the streets lit up, good to meet some of my very old friends. Am supposed to meet another old school buddy today!