The coming of the holidays actually worry me. And i have loads of reasons for it-
1. There is actually a nagging thought at the back of my head that tells me that I should not have slacked off in the last 2 weeks of school, cos now I have LOADS to catch up on. And there already isnt enough time to eat and sleep and recharge, much less prepare for the coming term.
2. 2 extremely annoying essay due on the first day of school at 5pm. And no, I dont not know how to go about starting it.
3. A more annoying learning diary. I absolutely detest such stuff- I end up being positive and not cynical and not myself. Absolutely distressing.
4. Im getting too fat. And I cant stop eating cos it is the festive season. Bad excuse and I hate myself for it. (Speaking of which, Im stuffing my face with Gu Choc Brownie and Cantuccini that Stef brought me from Italy and drinking my favourite Sainsbury's Red Tea now.)
5. I'm going to spend too much money for my own good. Boxing sale has yet to start and I have started shopping. This aint good at all, seriously.
6. Im homesick and Im jealous of Stef and Mich and Charm who are home in sunny singapore now. I miss the tripod people, I miss SnR, I miss the Losers, I miss my random friends in Japan, in Australia and people like Pangsai and Boobs. And Im not supposed to be whining, Im supposed to be happy that Im going to scotland for xmas.
Im sure I will be ... If im warm enough, that is.
Ok NO MORE WHINING. I get absolutely disgusted at myself when I do stuff like this, but I just have to get it off my chest and now im good (:
Its time for be to go Chinatown and get some stuff for my family who are happily enjoying their tour of uk, while I sit here and sulk that Im travelling north for the xmas and going to battle winter at full force. Wish me loads of luck people, and I wish you all ...
A MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS (:
I count my blessings and You are defintely one of them. Thank you!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Sunday, December 16, 2007
The start of the Holidays.
Its finally officially the holidays. Though ironically, now I have this nagging voice in me to start work, get my bum off the bed and face off facebook and msn.
But it isnt working, Im homesick and I want to know so many things about Singapore. I want to know whats happening- if there are new policies, who is the top psle student of the year, any xmas sales in singapore, which star is dating which star again ... SERIOUSLY ANYTHING SINGAPOREAN. Which is why I spend so much time on facebook replying emails and on msn. And homesickness reduces you to some kinda goo. You just sit stoned, and non- functional.
And, yes supposed to have breakfast with Kelv and some of my hallmates this morning. But i think all pangsei. Which i dont mind, cos Im actually so darn tired from last night. I was online talking to Kelv about all sorts of stuff till late, and now i pretty much feel quite like a zombie. But i woke up anyway- part of me feel like i should wake up cos i asked people but part of me just dont want to go out at all. So im pretty happy (and tired) now, sitting in my room, and probably going back to dreamland later.
Last week of school has been so slack for me, and not because there isnt many lessons but because I have been slack- like really slack. I have started sleeping in class, missing lectures (cos my family was in town, and I thought it was important than going for a not-too-fantastic lecturer), and i know this is the start of a slippery slope. I have tried so hard to be good, and now its all destroyed. Like what Monica said, Its the opening of the floodgates, the start of many to come. And it better not be, cos after xmas break, Im going to be a good kid and work hard, so that I can earn my reward to Japan and Korea.
Met up with Monica last night (and thats whom the breakfast vouchers came from) cos she was in london for a short while. And it was great (: I miss her so much and its so much like old times just sitting and chatting to her- and doing our favourite activity (guess what. no surprises. starts with a B.)
Stef is coming back from italy later. And i might possibly bug her to go for a musical with me. I love love love watching musicals.
And this isnt good, what expensive hobbies I have (:
OK BACK TO SLEEP. cheap and good.
But it isnt working, Im homesick and I want to know so many things about Singapore. I want to know whats happening- if there are new policies, who is the top psle student of the year, any xmas sales in singapore, which star is dating which star again ... SERIOUSLY ANYTHING SINGAPOREAN. Which is why I spend so much time on facebook replying emails and on msn. And homesickness reduces you to some kinda goo. You just sit stoned, and non- functional.
And, yes supposed to have breakfast with Kelv and some of my hallmates this morning. But i think all pangsei. Which i dont mind, cos Im actually so darn tired from last night. I was online talking to Kelv about all sorts of stuff till late, and now i pretty much feel quite like a zombie. But i woke up anyway- part of me feel like i should wake up cos i asked people but part of me just dont want to go out at all. So im pretty happy (and tired) now, sitting in my room, and probably going back to dreamland later.
Last week of school has been so slack for me, and not because there isnt many lessons but because I have been slack- like really slack. I have started sleeping in class, missing lectures (cos my family was in town, and I thought it was important than going for a not-too-fantastic lecturer), and i know this is the start of a slippery slope. I have tried so hard to be good, and now its all destroyed. Like what Monica said, Its the opening of the floodgates, the start of many to come. And it better not be, cos after xmas break, Im going to be a good kid and work hard, so that I can earn my reward to Japan and Korea.
Met up with Monica last night (and thats whom the breakfast vouchers came from) cos she was in london for a short while. And it was great (: I miss her so much and its so much like old times just sitting and chatting to her- and doing our favourite activity (guess what. no surprises. starts with a B.)
Stef is coming back from italy later. And i might possibly bug her to go for a musical with me. I love love love watching musicals.
And this isnt good, what expensive hobbies I have (:
OK BACK TO SLEEP. cheap and good.
Monday, December 10, 2007
My dear lil brother is coming to town!
Finally, my family is coming tmr! Im pretty excited about it, though i would think that im probably less excited that I would have been about 1 mth ago, cos im really starting to enjoy life abit more here. Well, i love life that doesnt involve doing work ;) (And I have gone on a work hiatus.) And im going to watch chelsea- valencia tmr, hope that it would be a good match (the atm at stamford bridge better be good)! Quite looking forward to it, and i can imagine people like kep and pea being jealous. This is one of the good things about being in london- there are tons of things to do, if you can afford it of course.
Woke up earlier than usual to pass Moo some sushi that I made in the sushi sweatshop with mich yesterday. And brought down some for dinner, but i still have like LOADS of it left. I think i still can feed an army with it :( Meaning that its going to be my meals for the nxt couple of days, which is making me miserable just thinking about it. Maybe I shall bring it for the medics tmr, and get them to help me clear it. Plus it makes me look nice and friendly.
Hung out with some of my hallmates after dinner and we were surfing the web for pictures of kangkong, cos one of them is thinking of making some food for her friends. Kelv and mich came over to bum around after that and it was as usual loads of crap. Plus kelv brought me EGG TARTS FROM SELFRIDGES. Best eggtarts in london i promise! A must try, and possibly better than singapore's. Though maybe hk and macau might beat it but i havent tasted those since very long ago, so i have pretty much forgot the taste of it. Mich brought some Gu choc cake, it was AMAZING as well. Calories just as amazing. And i think i consume about an average (for a male) of 2500 calories a day, i have to find a way to cut down on it somehow. :( And i think its going to get worse when my family comes. I seriously have NO SELF DISCIPLINE. No wonder im here now when 3hrs ago, i set about trying to read physiology. Terrible.
Finally uploaded the Birmingham trip pictures onto facebook, go check it out people! (Though i have to wait for Eelin to come back from spain to get the high quality pictures.)
Its a cold day today, heard from mich that its -2degrees. Terrible. Its days like this that makes me regret buying my lovely fridge.
I'm looking fwd to the hols after this week! And then i wont be jealous of the oxbridge and ULSOP people anymore! (:
AND MON is coming to london, i cant wait! <3
The days in London are just starting to look good, despite the coming of a cold winter.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Woke up earlier than usual to pass Moo some sushi that I made in the sushi sweatshop with mich yesterday. And brought down some for dinner, but i still have like LOADS of it left. I think i still can feed an army with it :( Meaning that its going to be my meals for the nxt couple of days, which is making me miserable just thinking about it. Maybe I shall bring it for the medics tmr, and get them to help me clear it. Plus it makes me look nice and friendly.
Hung out with some of my hallmates after dinner and we were surfing the web for pictures of kangkong, cos one of them is thinking of making some food for her friends. Kelv and mich came over to bum around after that and it was as usual loads of crap. Plus kelv brought me EGG TARTS FROM SELFRIDGES. Best eggtarts in london i promise! A must try, and possibly better than singapore's. Though maybe hk and macau might beat it but i havent tasted those since very long ago, so i have pretty much forgot the taste of it. Mich brought some Gu choc cake, it was AMAZING as well. Calories just as amazing. And i think i consume about an average (for a male) of 2500 calories a day, i have to find a way to cut down on it somehow. :( And i think its going to get worse when my family comes. I seriously have NO SELF DISCIPLINE. No wonder im here now when 3hrs ago, i set about trying to read physiology. Terrible.
Finally uploaded the Birmingham trip pictures onto facebook, go check it out people! (Though i have to wait for Eelin to come back from spain to get the high quality pictures.)
Its a cold day today, heard from mich that its -2degrees. Terrible. Its days like this that makes me regret buying my lovely fridge.
I'm looking fwd to the hols after this week! And then i wont be jealous of the oxbridge and ULSOP people anymore! (:
AND MON is coming to london, i cant wait! <3
The days in London are just starting to look good, despite the coming of a cold winter.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Slack Sunday
Woke up really late this morning, though I have to admit that I dragged myself up for brunch (if not I would have continued) thinking that i would be as sumptuous as a typical sat brunch, but it wasnt. Almost like a typical wkday one, which I would not have sacrifice my sleep for :( Now i have learnt my lesson.
Went back to my room and bummed around. Had a little tiff with my mum, and she hung up on me on skype -_-" Now, I have to think of ways to patch things up before she comes, if not my holidays wouldnt be good. But im really looking fwd to my brother coming and going for the chelsea match (:
Spent the whole day preparing for sushi for my hallmate,cos its her farewell. And as usual, I overestimated a normal person's appetite and bought like 20pounds worth of sushi ingredients, which led to me making enough sushi to feed an army. Ok, im exaggerating. But more like dinner for about 20people. Which is not too way off my initial plan of making snacks for about 20people? (:
But spent more time than expected preparing the sushi, and hence (very sadly) missed the asian dinner. Its like the 2nd time I missed it :( Though, didnt mind it too much cos i wasnt too hungry after preparing and eating sushi at the same time and was hanging out with mich (and this is not considered socialising which means it is loads of fun).
Will be bringing the sushi down for dinner tmr, cos didnt have the chance today. But it means that it would be hard and dry and i would have loads of sushi to heat up -_-"
And i suddenly remembered that i have left my laundry in the dryer.
I wonder why the dryer is hot but makes clothes shrink? I thought warm air should make it expand?
The wonders of phyics.
Cooking makes me tired :( And im dreading school tmr, though i cant wait for my brother to come on tuesday! And that reminds me that i have to keep him away from corruption by kelv.
Merry Christmas People!
Im feeling festive and abit off up there ;)
Went back to my room and bummed around. Had a little tiff with my mum, and she hung up on me on skype -_-" Now, I have to think of ways to patch things up before she comes, if not my holidays wouldnt be good. But im really looking fwd to my brother coming and going for the chelsea match (:
Spent the whole day preparing for sushi for my hallmate,cos its her farewell. And as usual, I overestimated a normal person's appetite and bought like 20pounds worth of sushi ingredients, which led to me making enough sushi to feed an army. Ok, im exaggerating. But more like dinner for about 20people. Which is not too way off my initial plan of making snacks for about 20people? (:
But spent more time than expected preparing the sushi, and hence (very sadly) missed the asian dinner. Its like the 2nd time I missed it :( Though, didnt mind it too much cos i wasnt too hungry after preparing and eating sushi at the same time and was hanging out with mich (and this is not considered socialising which means it is loads of fun).
Will be bringing the sushi down for dinner tmr, cos didnt have the chance today. But it means that it would be hard and dry and i would have loads of sushi to heat up -_-"
And i suddenly remembered that i have left my laundry in the dryer.
I wonder why the dryer is hot but makes clothes shrink? I thought warm air should make it expand?
The wonders of phyics.
Cooking makes me tired :( And im dreading school tmr, though i cant wait for my brother to come on tuesday! And that reminds me that i have to keep him away from corruption by kelv.
Merry Christmas People!
Im feeling festive and abit off up there ;)
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Shopping Saturday
It seems like Im not someone who is able to balance much of a social life and academic work. Its like one or the other.
When im trying to get some work done, i would be holed up in my room, completely uncontactable (phone's off and not online) and just alternating between eat, sleep, mug. And now that im on a work hiatus, ive been like hanging out with people more ever since I came back from the birmingham trip.
Went out shopping with kelv, my adopted london Mummy, who is so annoying and yet so much fun to be with. I dont know if im sadistic, masochistic or just plain insane, but i have no idea why im hanging out with this poophead. So we spent the whole afternoon just strolling oxford street and getting his stuff for his friends back in sunny singapore. And one of them was for zhenni, and its amazing how small singapore is cos everyone knows everyone. Somehow one way or another- in school, church, cca or random tuition classes. Amazing ... amazingly scary.
Like I could walk down the streets and someone could go behind me and say, thats the girl who eats more than a normal guy. Oh btw, she's a klutz too. -_-"
And yes, we got a couple of cool tees for his friends, and im thinking of getting them too. But still contemplating and waiting for the boxing day sale. (I cant wait for it! Im wishing it could come like now now now!)
And of course, each shopping trip isnt complete (for me at least) if i dont get any good food, so i got distracted by Selfridge's Foodhall and got portugese egg tarts that were super fantastic and a carrot cake that was good but ive tasted better (:
And before heading to oxford street, we actually stopped by covent gdn and had coffee at this amazing place. Good stuff espresso for only 1pound. I foresee myself going back there again and again. Only wished it could expand (though we were wondering if it would affect the business in this manner) and it would have been fantastic.
I actually bothered to go back to hall for dinner. Food is getting worse (maybe cos i have been eating more of it to realise it), but i enjoy hanging out with the people here more. Played murderers with hallmates for about 2.5hours after that and it reminded me so much of 406 times. Missing the class and all the friends so much.
Its pretty hard to make loads of friends in uni? Or maybe its just cos its antisocial me.
I want to go Japan and Korea for summer.
When im trying to get some work done, i would be holed up in my room, completely uncontactable (phone's off and not online) and just alternating between eat, sleep, mug. And now that im on a work hiatus, ive been like hanging out with people more ever since I came back from the birmingham trip.
Went out shopping with kelv, my adopted london Mummy, who is so annoying and yet so much fun to be with. I dont know if im sadistic, masochistic or just plain insane, but i have no idea why im hanging out with this poophead. So we spent the whole afternoon just strolling oxford street and getting his stuff for his friends back in sunny singapore. And one of them was for zhenni, and its amazing how small singapore is cos everyone knows everyone. Somehow one way or another- in school, church, cca or random tuition classes. Amazing ... amazingly scary.
Like I could walk down the streets and someone could go behind me and say, thats the girl who eats more than a normal guy. Oh btw, she's a klutz too. -_-"
And yes, we got a couple of cool tees for his friends, and im thinking of getting them too. But still contemplating and waiting for the boxing day sale. (I cant wait for it! Im wishing it could come like now now now!)
And of course, each shopping trip isnt complete (for me at least) if i dont get any good food, so i got distracted by Selfridge's Foodhall and got portugese egg tarts that were super fantastic and a carrot cake that was good but ive tasted better (:
And before heading to oxford street, we actually stopped by covent gdn and had coffee at this amazing place. Good stuff espresso for only 1pound. I foresee myself going back there again and again. Only wished it could expand (though we were wondering if it would affect the business in this manner) and it would have been fantastic.
I actually bothered to go back to hall for dinner. Food is getting worse (maybe cos i have been eating more of it to realise it), but i enjoy hanging out with the people here more. Played murderers with hallmates for about 2.5hours after that and it reminded me so much of 406 times. Missing the class and all the friends so much.
Its pretty hard to make loads of friends in uni? Or maybe its just cos its antisocial me.
I want to go Japan and Korea for summer.
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Connaught Hall's Christmas Dinner
I have completely stopped bring functional. I was telling myself that after my nap after going for a magic trick show at my friends room after dinner would be revision time, and now everything backfired. Somehow, it doesnt seem to bother me too much. I just dont feel like doing ANYTHING remotely related to work. But of course, im attending my lectures and labs and trying to be attentive and remember stuff. But everyone knows that it is not enough. I have to get my bum off my room, clean it up and go to the library to get work done ... in January, since my family is coming over in about 4 days time. I'm real excited about it (:
Christmas Dinner at Hall
My hall has a formal xmas dinner last night and it was unexpectedly not painful. Got to sit with a bunch of people, who were really nice, friendly and easy to talk to, though they proclaimed themselves to be normally antisocial. I dont blame them, im no fan of socialising myself (well in fact I dread it most of the time), it gets more more tired than mugging to be quite honest.
I went down for dinner initially, finally after a 2.5 week hiatus and holing up in my room eating food in front of youtube, ive decided that im going to make an effort to show some of my face and talk to some of the hall people. And I was greeted by a shocking sight of beautiful ladies in flowing gowns and the guys in suit. Absolutely horrifying! And I was there in faded jeans and slippers, looking quite lost and confused, till Preuk came and got me to get changed to formal wear.
Whoever would have guess that my hall was celebrating xmas 20days before the day itself! And so I contemplated ... and I did relent finally. Put on my (emergency) dress -thank goodness i brought one over- and my only pair of heels (4inches .. ouch). And tottered down. Found the only seat with the bunch of people I eventually had dinner with, and it was really nice. They were really easy to talk to. And, its been quite hard to find people like that here, cos most of the time, i seem to have to make a conscious effort to find topics to talk to the people about. But with this bunch, its different! Which is good (: Or maybe its just my once pathetic (and still rather sad) social skills are getting slightly better.
People were going around taking photos, but im camera shy (haha!), cos i barely bothered to dress up and was too embarrassed to go about. Plus i had really nice table mates to chat to, so that contributed to inertia to get about.
The wardenian team were waiters for the night, and the comm members cleaning up staff. Feeling quite sorry for them all ;) But i guess it isnt too bad for just 1 night in a year.
I've been terribly distracted by travel plans. And im planning to visit Erns in Japan, and making a short trip to korea during then and then on to melbourne and back to singapore during the summer hols. The whole trip (hopefully) not costing more than 2k (sing dollars of course) for airfares, which is actually quite probable. I'm excited just thinking about it, cos i absolutely love korea and i think its gonna be loads of fun visiting Erns (and seeing Japan, the manga land!) and Huien and possibly the rest of the aussie peeps (:
If only life was a holiday ;)
WAIT.
I take that back, it just means that we wont have breaks at all, right?
Christmas Dinner at Hall
My hall has a formal xmas dinner last night and it was unexpectedly not painful. Got to sit with a bunch of people, who were really nice, friendly and easy to talk to, though they proclaimed themselves to be normally antisocial. I dont blame them, im no fan of socialising myself (well in fact I dread it most of the time), it gets more more tired than mugging to be quite honest.
I went down for dinner initially, finally after a 2.5 week hiatus and holing up in my room eating food in front of youtube, ive decided that im going to make an effort to show some of my face and talk to some of the hall people. And I was greeted by a shocking sight of beautiful ladies in flowing gowns and the guys in suit. Absolutely horrifying! And I was there in faded jeans and slippers, looking quite lost and confused, till Preuk came and got me to get changed to formal wear.
Whoever would have guess that my hall was celebrating xmas 20days before the day itself! And so I contemplated ... and I did relent finally. Put on my (emergency) dress -thank goodness i brought one over- and my only pair of heels (4inches .. ouch). And tottered down. Found the only seat with the bunch of people I eventually had dinner with, and it was really nice. They were really easy to talk to. And, its been quite hard to find people like that here, cos most of the time, i seem to have to make a conscious effort to find topics to talk to the people about. But with this bunch, its different! Which is good (: Or maybe its just my once pathetic (and still rather sad) social skills are getting slightly better.
People were going around taking photos, but im camera shy (haha!), cos i barely bothered to dress up and was too embarrassed to go about. Plus i had really nice table mates to chat to, so that contributed to inertia to get about.
The wardenian team were waiters for the night, and the comm members cleaning up staff. Feeling quite sorry for them all ;) But i guess it isnt too bad for just 1 night in a year.
I've been terribly distracted by travel plans. And im planning to visit Erns in Japan, and making a short trip to korea during then and then on to melbourne and back to singapore during the summer hols. The whole trip (hopefully) not costing more than 2k (sing dollars of course) for airfares, which is actually quite probable. I'm excited just thinking about it, cos i absolutely love korea and i think its gonna be loads of fun visiting Erns (and seeing Japan, the manga land!) and Huien and possibly the rest of the aussie peeps (:
If only life was a holiday ;)
WAIT.
I take that back, it just means that we wont have breaks at all, right?
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Birmingham trip Day 3 and Dinner!
Day 3: BBC Good Food Show at NEC
We were late for the Gordon Ramsay show which was such a pity cos he was so amazingly charming. He makes me feel like I dont mind being fat if I can marry such a charming cook. But as we have established, being a medic meant that you dont have much choice in your man, so i guess i would be left on the benches for quite some time : ( Not a good thought at all!
Anw, the fair was fantastic, there were so many things to try and the good food there were really good and decently priced! I didnt buy much stuff but, i went around trying everything from organic biscuits (which I got dj to bring back for the losers), to chilli and dark choc sauce and pate. It was amazing. And i got very very full just doing food tasting. The whole fair was huge, with one whole big section dedicated to wine and alcohol, and of course, many alcoholics were killing their livers there. And there were shows going on as well, but it was so crowded that i refused to squeeze in to watch and it made me regret it abit, cos i heard that mich and minshin got to try some of the food which the cooks cooked. Absolutely amazing! Its making me jealous just thinking about it. AND THEY WERE IN SUPER CLOSE PROXIMITY TO GORDON RAMSAY, who is so charming. I think men are like wine, they just get better with time, dont you agree ;) ahha, especially one who can cook this well! and who is so humourous!
I didnt buy much stuff at the show, cos I was trying not to spend too much money and trying all the food already made me full. Plus its not too good a idea to keep so much food with me. Since, im already trying to go on diet (and im finishing babe's wafers now. not good at all. stupid girl thinks that i would appreciate it for leaving food for me. NOT!)
The birmingham people came together for a dinner gathering ytd and it was great. I had rarely hung out like this in london. Mainly cos part of me think that i should be using my time to either catch up on sleep, work or clean up stuff. But now i think, its time for me to get a social life! Though have to seek a balance of course. Sometimes i wish london isnt so .. "sociable". But i guess i would come to realise the fun of socialising (: .. when i do get better at it. Since now it more stressful than enjoyable!
But with the birmies, its so absolutely amazing. Everyone is so easy to talk to and so fun and accepting. I got pretty high last night and was up till 4am playing Grow which isnt good at all! But still, i really loved it and i wished i could have more dinners like that, with such nice company.
And yes, I finally watched the last epi of Heroes Season 2 ytd, and I SO DO NOT LIKE THE ENDING! Stop the writers block, bring back my heroes! Gimme a proper ending! And make the characters smarter! People are that un-intelligent in real life, and peter isnt either!!
I want to go on another trip! Abolish exams, cancel dry labs (they are really dry!) and postpone the lectures ... Gimme more time to see this beautiful world!
We were late for the Gordon Ramsay show which was such a pity cos he was so amazingly charming. He makes me feel like I dont mind being fat if I can marry such a charming cook. But as we have established, being a medic meant that you dont have much choice in your man, so i guess i would be left on the benches for quite some time : ( Not a good thought at all!
Anw, the fair was fantastic, there were so many things to try and the good food there were really good and decently priced! I didnt buy much stuff but, i went around trying everything from organic biscuits (which I got dj to bring back for the losers), to chilli and dark choc sauce and pate. It was amazing. And i got very very full just doing food tasting. The whole fair was huge, with one whole big section dedicated to wine and alcohol, and of course, many alcoholics were killing their livers there. And there were shows going on as well, but it was so crowded that i refused to squeeze in to watch and it made me regret it abit, cos i heard that mich and minshin got to try some of the food which the cooks cooked. Absolutely amazing! Its making me jealous just thinking about it. AND THEY WERE IN SUPER CLOSE PROXIMITY TO GORDON RAMSAY, who is so charming. I think men are like wine, they just get better with time, dont you agree ;) ahha, especially one who can cook this well! and who is so humourous!
I didnt buy much stuff at the show, cos I was trying not to spend too much money and trying all the food already made me full. Plus its not too good a idea to keep so much food with me. Since, im already trying to go on diet (and im finishing babe's wafers now. not good at all. stupid girl thinks that i would appreciate it for leaving food for me. NOT!)
The birmingham people came together for a dinner gathering ytd and it was great. I had rarely hung out like this in london. Mainly cos part of me think that i should be using my time to either catch up on sleep, work or clean up stuff. But now i think, its time for me to get a social life! Though have to seek a balance of course. Sometimes i wish london isnt so .. "sociable". But i guess i would come to realise the fun of socialising (: .. when i do get better at it. Since now it more stressful than enjoyable!
But with the birmies, its so absolutely amazing. Everyone is so easy to talk to and so fun and accepting. I got pretty high last night and was up till 4am playing Grow which isnt good at all! But still, i really loved it and i wished i could have more dinners like that, with such nice company.
And yes, I finally watched the last epi of Heroes Season 2 ytd, and I SO DO NOT LIKE THE ENDING! Stop the writers block, bring back my heroes! Gimme a proper ending! And make the characters smarter! People are that un-intelligent in real life, and peter isnt either!!
I want to go on another trip! Abolish exams, cancel dry labs (they are really dry!) and postpone the lectures ... Gimme more time to see this beautiful world!
Monster Game
I finally completed this addictive game that kelv introduced to me:
Its so silly, but it just makes people compulsive and want to do it again and again.
Basically, you just have to max out the levels all the various items, and its a game based on logic. Check out: http://www.eyezmaze.com/eyezblog_en/blog/2005/09/grow_cube.html#monster if you are interested.
Not my fault if you are addicted.
Just came back from a nice social dinner with the birmingham people and it was absolutely great. I love this bunch (: And some of them makes me feel like I might just find some close friends in here. And thats gonna be so beautiful!
(As usual too lazy to blog, will do so when Im in the mood.)Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Birmingham trip!
The birmingham trip from Friday to Sunday was absolutely fantastic, one of the best trips i have ever been to. Kudos to Miche (and loads of thanks) for organising it! (: Despite the fact that i slept through the whole day today (I slept during lessons! Which was bad, since i havent been a bad kid since i came.), I think it was one of the best weekend getaways I have ever had! But now i feel very very slack, and lack the drive to continue working for the nxt 2 weeks of school, it seems like im already in a holiday mood. But being a medic, i SHOULD be mugging nonstop shouldnt i be?
Back to the birmingham trip.
Firstly, i absolutely loved the crowd that went. It seemed like everyone got along so well, and we all seem to have this certain chemistry, although we did have a little hiccup here and there (which can never be helped with group travelling) but i would love to go on more trips with this bunch again ((: Its like making me feel like somehow i could find a gang of friends that i might potentially be really comfortable with again. But of course, because of the medics' disgusting timetable, it meant pretty much that they would mostly be my travel buddies. But who knows what lies in the future yes? Im praying and hoping that something like 406 would happen, and i know itll be so beautiful then!
Day 1, Friday:
The bus was late, and we finally reached birmingham (to be greeted by fierce gusts of chilling wind that left me chattering .. literally.) after midnight. And it was alot later than expected cos the bus left about 45mins late. But the service apartment was absolutely great. There was this huge kingsized bed and the toilet was fantastic and it was SO NEW. Plus the best part was that we got it for like 200quid in all, and all 14 of us managed to squeeze in very comfortably. And there was this kitchen with everything intact- pots and pans, utensils, oven, microwave, dishwasher. Absolutely amazing!
Finally we all went to bed at 3.30am -_-"
Day 2, Saturday:
Visited the German Food Fair in the morning, and i didnt know anywhere could be so happy! The music just made me want to skip and the food (although disgustingly priced) were amazing. It was SOSOSO yummy and there was such a wide collection of stuff to see, eat and buy. The beer was great too (according to those who drank), and i drank my first sip of alcohol under peer pressure >_< I didnt like it too much but didnt hate it too much either.
Left slightly early to go down to villa park to get tickets for the astonvilla- arsenal match. And i think staying in london for too long makes you think that everything in the world is expensive. We went "so cheap" when the conductor told us that our ticket was only 1.5 for return and he gave us an incredulous stare -_-
When we went to villa park, we realised to our dismay that tics were sold out : ( And we nearly bought from touters (who tried to rip us off for 55pounds). And in the end we managed to get tics for 25pounds from the counter after Jon managed to cajole the counter lady to spare us singapore peeps who flew 7000miles to watch this. We only got single tics but the view was great so no complaints.
The match was absolutely amazing, and definitely worth the trip down (: Villa Park was beautiful, and the crowd was cool (though i wouldnt say very very fantastic).
Arsenal won 2-1!! And i had to stop myself many a times to stop cheering for the wrong team (lest i get whacked). I think its impossible to describe such an atmosphere, unless you are down personally to feel it (:
Dinner at night was cookout back at our lovely service apartment. And it enjoyed it too, im starting to love cooking alot!
Ok, im feeling a little bored of blogging about my trip cos i think describing such a great trip with the very limited vocab i have is not doing it justice >_< haha! But i will update about the Good Food Show in the next post!
For now, i have a short attention spa
Back to the birmingham trip.
Firstly, i absolutely loved the crowd that went. It seemed like everyone got along so well, and we all seem to have this certain chemistry, although we did have a little hiccup here and there (which can never be helped with group travelling) but i would love to go on more trips with this bunch again ((: Its like making me feel like somehow i could find a gang of friends that i might potentially be really comfortable with again. But of course, because of the medics' disgusting timetable, it meant pretty much that they would mostly be my travel buddies. But who knows what lies in the future yes? Im praying and hoping that something like 406 would happen, and i know itll be so beautiful then!
Day 1, Friday:
The bus was late, and we finally reached birmingham (to be greeted by fierce gusts of chilling wind that left me chattering .. literally.) after midnight. And it was alot later than expected cos the bus left about 45mins late. But the service apartment was absolutely great. There was this huge kingsized bed and the toilet was fantastic and it was SO NEW. Plus the best part was that we got it for like 200quid in all, and all 14 of us managed to squeeze in very comfortably. And there was this kitchen with everything intact- pots and pans, utensils, oven, microwave, dishwasher. Absolutely amazing!
Finally we all went to bed at 3.30am -_-"
Day 2, Saturday:
Visited the German Food Fair in the morning, and i didnt know anywhere could be so happy! The music just made me want to skip and the food (although disgustingly priced) were amazing. It was SOSOSO yummy and there was such a wide collection of stuff to see, eat and buy. The beer was great too (according to those who drank), and i drank my first sip of alcohol under peer pressure >_< I didnt like it too much but didnt hate it too much either.
Left slightly early to go down to villa park to get tickets for the astonvilla- arsenal match. And i think staying in london for too long makes you think that everything in the world is expensive. We went "so cheap" when the conductor told us that our ticket was only 1.5 for return and he gave us an incredulous stare -_-
When we went to villa park, we realised to our dismay that tics were sold out : ( And we nearly bought from touters (who tried to rip us off for 55pounds). And in the end we managed to get tics for 25pounds from the counter after Jon managed to cajole the counter lady to spare us singapore peeps who flew 7000miles to watch this. We only got single tics but the view was great so no complaints.
The match was absolutely amazing, and definitely worth the trip down (: Villa Park was beautiful, and the crowd was cool (though i wouldnt say very very fantastic).
Arsenal won 2-1!! And i had to stop myself many a times to stop cheering for the wrong team (lest i get whacked). I think its impossible to describe such an atmosphere, unless you are down personally to feel it (:
Dinner at night was cookout back at our lovely service apartment. And it enjoyed it too, im starting to love cooking alot!
Ok, im feeling a little bored of blogging about my trip cos i think describing such a great trip with the very limited vocab i have is not doing it justice >_< haha! But i will update about the Good Food Show in the next post!
For now, i have a short attention spa
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