On Tuesday, my friend Haz and I went to Southend-on-Sea (east of London) for his studio photoshoot there. It was definitely a glorious day~ As soon as I stepped out of the station I knew that I had made the right choice to come down south instead of staying in London for the forecasted downpour~
The beach was fantastic~! It was a pebble stone one, but unlike Brighton it was more picturesque and clearly less man-made~ that sort of beach where it doesn't need colourful beach huts to make its natural beauty shine through. Sure it had a fun fair, but it was fairly small and once you stepped onto the real part of the beach it felt pretty endless and very naturally kept, without industrial works lining the sea.
After the photoshoot in the studio, the sun was at it's hottest so we hyped and hopped around (literally) like lunatics, catching the attention (hopefully not negative) of the many pensioners sitting on benches also enjoying the sun. What also made it fun(ny) was how foreign we looked in this as-british-as-you-can-get town~ Us two being asian and half-asian, me wearing a French maxi skirt and Haz with his blonde hair, we certainly looked and FELT foreign. It's a weird feeling really~~ we are pretty much normal in central London...
Needless to say we camwhored like mad, sat on the stones for ages picking shells, and took good notice of a few American palm trees bordering the pavement. Of course icecream was a must, but meeting Winston (the cat, see below) on the way home was definitely an unexpected treat~~ in fact I'm sure we spent around half the time there tickling this cat and observing his acrobatical stretches.
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