picture-heavy breezy quayside market!

so today i went to the quayside market with a friend as planned. it was very windy but thankfully not very cold. the crowd wasn't as busy as i'd expected it to be and it isn't a bad thing. it's called the quayside market because it's located by the river that divides newcastle and gateshead. this river is famous for its seven bridges and one of the most famous one is the millenium bridge.

that isn't the millenium bridge LOL the bridge was behind this camera but i wanted to take a photo of the river. how i've missed this place.

 the market.

i had pad thai from this stall and it's actually pretty tasty. i'd go back if i were craving for more pad thai. the market had a bunch of food vendors and it was tough picking which to go for. i wonder where the prince of pies went? their pies were great though a little pricey. i guess that's the price to pay for getting pies from a prince. i dare you to repeat that 5 times faster LOL.

after we're done with the market, my friend asked me if i've ever visited the baltic, which was just on the other end of the millenium bridge. i told her i haven't so we made a trip to the art center. i didn't finish up my pad thai yet at that point, so i put it in my friend's bag just in case the gallery didn't allow outside food.

the place had some exhibitions on, pretty interesting stuff although i'm not one who knows how to appreciate and read into contemporary art hahaha. one exhibition specifically mentioned something about adult content, being the adults that we are, of course we had a look.

 satisfy me on the table. LOL

 there was a peeping hole and this was what came up. bad phone camera angle.

well i'm no longer on prozac LOL the theme of this exhibition was pretty bdsm-ish, there was even a strap-on displayed. i didn't have much idea about what message the artist was trying to convey though, because i'm not a very artistic person. we also went to the viewing deck on the 4th floor for a view of the city.

"Baltic Flour Mills", it said. i have no idea if it was a flour mill in history.

 beautiful sky and river with english-y buildings.

that's the millenium bridge! if you looked closer, the market is just down the street on the other side of the bridge. the bridge changes color at night and it raises to give way to boats and ships. pretty cool stuff.

we left the art gallery and i asked my friend for my pad thai. the pad thai went everywhere and she said the chicken was all over her purse. and she's vegetarian LOL i'm so sorry. tea's on me next time. i still finished the remaining pad thai anyway then we parted ways. my throat was feeling a little itchy and stuff so i got into the nearest starbucks and got myself a hot cup of jasmine tea.

not sure how significant this photo is but i just wanted to post it up anyway. so jasmine tea has throat ache soothing qualities. great choice mez, great choice. i really can't wait to fully recover and start singing again. at least i got a little bit of my voice back thank the imaginary heavens!

i came back and didn't do much. i cleaned my room as usual and made dinner. wanted to do work at 9pm but i ended playing games until it's 11pm LOL there will be no lecture tomorrow because of timetable adjustments so i PROMISE i'll go to the library after i'm done with cashing in my coins. now the ultimate question is: do i make lunch or do i eat out? do i have the money to eat out? do i have the throat to eat anything from out??? only time will tell....