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So you guys may have noticed that one of my biggest posts last year was due to the Eat Asia Night Market back in 2015. This year, I have collaborated with Eat Asia Night Market to bring you guys another opportunity to win yourself some tickets! Fortunately as a blogger for their previous event, I was fortunate to collaborate with them once again. This year in particular they have been particularly focused in social media promotions varying from Facebook to Instagram.

A photo posted by Eat Asia Night Market London (@eatasianightmarket_london) on Jun 10, 2016 at 2:22am PDT

The Eat Asia Night Market was first introduced in London last year in November 2015. Since then, it has expanded to announce its second event, this early July in 2016. The Eat Asia Night Market provides customers with an authentic experience allowing them to have a taste of various different cuisines from Asia. Cuisine varies from the famous Korean Kimchi Pancake to the Taiwanese Bao.

However, what's more, due to the expansion since it's first event, the tickets not only give you entry, but also an opportunity to win vouchers and/or free food experiences in various Asian restaurants situated around London. (Terms and Conditions apply.)

So what are the details?

When: 1st July, 5PM - Late | 2nd July, 3PM - Late

Where: Bussey Building, Copeland Park, 133 Copeland Road, Peckham, London,SE15 3SN

Tackle your taste buds with us this Summer at Eat Asia Night Market London 2016, Grab tickets now before they sell out! www.eatasialondon.com

Early Bird Single Ticket: £3

On Door Single Ticket: £5

I don't really know where to begin with this... Honestly, there's so much to say and I don't know where to start it off.

As of the 14th of June 2016, I can finally say, it's been a year since I first started my blog. Thus making this my 1 year anniversary for my blog. 

I believe, I've come a long way from when I first started this blog. The purpose of my blog was to share events around London because I loved travelling and with the addition of having a camera this helped me start my blog posts.

So let's rewind back in time?

My first blog was about MCM Expo 2015. Along with a friend I managed to go around the venue, enjoy snacks and food and even watch some League of Legends tournaments. Looking back at  my photos, even then my photography skills were quite limited. Back then I wasn't even too sure what kind of audience I was aiming my blog posts for... Whether to be formal or not? Casual or not?

Following on from my first post, I proceeded to blog about my experiences and eventually I even began promoting events throughout London. Some include the Eat Asia Night Market, back in November 2015. The event gave me an opportunity to have my own giveaway for my blog readers as well as experience a variety of foods at the night market. Something I personally enjoyed as a foodie myself!

As 2016 began, I think one of the biggest opportunities I managed to get was the HISTORY concert in February. Alongside promoting the event with promoters from France and Korea, I was also able to attend the event as Arpeggios Entertainment's own photographer. This gave me the opportunity to take photos of the concert with special access (I totally got a great view at the front!), take photos for the Meet & Greet and even work with HISTORY backstage. Furthermore, the next day I was even showing HISTORY around London with a friend - I'm sure there were quite a few people who wished to be in my place, right there and then aha!

This opportunity probably gave me one of the biggest boosts for my blog. My posts about HISTORY reached a total of over 2000 views which honestly it's such an achievement for me. I'm happy to even hear from people that they've read my blog but to know that I've reached probably over 2000 viewers all at once, worldwide, I was ecstatic!

And having a chance to meet idols who you've followed since their debut, that has to be one of the dreams that every fan wants in a lifetime - It doesn't mean I didn't stay professional whilst doing so. You can be a fan, but don't forget they are human beings too - And they were all lovely!

But since it's been a year, what am I planning to do for the future? 

Well I actually have a lot in store. It just so happens I'll be doing a bit of travelling this summer, and my final exam is actually tomorrow, funnily enough. So I'm trying to dedicate this summer to give my readers the opportunity to read more, hopefully posting 2 blog posts at least a week. I've also got a lot of blog posts to be catching up over these months as I've been so busy with studies I haven't had a chance to write them all up. 

As you guys know, this blog was originally dedicated to events but as it has been a year since I started this blog, I want to begin to expand my blog to feature other topics from fashion, to music and more. I've already started to begin to expand my blog as you can see from my posts about food places I've visited, recommended and reviewed! And I've also got some exciting opportunities ahead, which I hope to tell you guys later on - Don't want to spoil the fun now, right?!

Before I move onto my special 1 year anniversary giveaway, I want to just thank everyone. To everyone who walks up to me, talking to me about my blog in person, to those who have supported me and continue to support me, to all those who recognise my blog and enlighten me with their compliments. I just want to thank you. I am so grateful to hear such wonderful comments,and honestly I could cry right now just to know how much my blog has been read by people of the world.

If you haven't had a chance to read the reasons behind starting my blog, you can check out my about section on my blog below. It gives you guys a further insight to how I went about starting it.

Introducing my blog

But enough of these feels, it's time for me to reward you guys with an opportunity to win some prizes. I managed to get some assistance with LoveJojo who will be helping me out with today's giveaway! Thank you, LoveJojo, you're the best!

I managed to sort out a giveaway for 2 different prizes, meaning one lucky winner will be able to win both of these prizes!

The prizes up for grabs include:
- Kracie Popin' Cookin' DIY Candy Kit Painting Gummy Land
- Alpacasso "Tsum Tsum" Phone Screen Cleaner Cube Charm (White)




These gifts which I've chosen were handpicked by myself. Each of which have been picked for certain reasons. The popin' cookin kit has been something I've always enjoyed watching on YouTube. I love miniature designs and I love food so this is totally something which I had to include in this giveaway. And if you don't know already, I love TsumTsums, I currently have a collection of 5-6 TsumTsums at the moment varying in different sizes!

Thanks for entering if you have, and I hope to announce the winner by the 15th of July, so make sure to check back at this space for the winner! The winner will be contacted on the day and if there is no response within 24 hours, the winner will be redrawn. The giveaway will end on the 14th of July at 23:59 (GMT).

Thank you for reading, and I will hoping to be posting more frequently soon!

So, today is the day in which many people will be shopping for Black Friday sales, but straying away from my recent birthday blog posts, I thought I would review a recent event which I attended last Friday. Some of you may remember that I was advertising the Eat Asia Night Market event with a giveaway as well! But fortunately, as a blogger I received a staff card giving me the privilege to attend the event, for free!

 

I was actually rather surprised at the turnout, I expected more attending the actual event, but the amount of people at the event was constantly increasing. I was fortunate to be skipping the queues. If I'm honest, my friend and I went to the wrong location... We went to the building across the road from the event... And once we realised that the queue was for the event, we were pretty astounded.

 

Now onto the main focus of this event! The main reason why I was so interested about this event was the fact it was dedicated to food, specifically from Asia (although there happened to be an appearance of Mexican food, although I have no concern for it even so). If you don't know me, I'm honestly a food fanatic, you'll always see me taking pictures of all the food I eat with the DSLR camera... Trust me it's an interesting sight, especially when all eyes are on you holding a giant camera just to take a picture of a single dish...

 

 

If I'm honest, I'm pretty proud of the pictures I managed to take that day, I think each of the people I asked to take pictures of their food just smiled or laughed at me. I guess I could say I'm a very typical Asian aha. The one that made me sad though, was the fact I missed the opportunity of having one of the vendors pose for a picture holding their hand up with a peace sign! Unfortunately I was too slow, but it made me laugh that all the vendors were very welcoming.

 

 

The other dishes available included the tempura don as well as the chicken-katsu don. I'm usually a big fan of chicken katsu but I thought I would try another Japanese dish whilst I had the chance! And I don't regret my choice. I was really lucky that the vendor only charged me £4 for the oyako-don rather than the displayed £5 - maybe it was my lucky day aha!

 



The Eat Asia Night Market is coming for the first time to the UK. Hosted by the Bubble Tea Magazine, which happens to be London's one and only bilingual food magazine, this event should be a worthwhile experience.

So what are the details for the event?

Date: 20th November 2015
Time: Session 1 (12:00-3:45PM), Session 2 (4:15-8:00PM)
Location: Backyard Market, Bricklane London, E1 6QL

Why might you want to attend this event you may ask?
Well for starters, this event gives you the opportunity to experience various cuisines from different parts of Asia. From the Japanese ramen burger to Korean popcorn chicken to the Malaysian pancake. There are over 20 different available street stalls for you to have a taster of such exquisite dishes. What's not to like?

But not only is this event filled with food, you also get the opportunity to enjoy music, short films whilst possibly participating in cultural exchanges with others. Just a reminder that the payment for the ticket only covers the admission cost, but the price for food should be under £10 from street vendors.

Fortunately, I have been given the chance to giveaway 2 tickets for you and a friend to attend the first session of the Eat Asia Night Market from 12:00PM to 3:45PM. To enter, complete the details down below for a chance to win the tickets.