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Tuesday, 13 January 2009

title:{hahaha! the return of YOYOISHERE!}

heyyyyyyy!!!
yea, i've been missing from this blog for thousands of years. Sorry peeps!! i'll try to blog more often!

Currently, im back in york! I miss this place much, but thinking that i will have to spend the next 6 months here, i quite of miss home A LOT! =( the warm warm and humid weather. i'll definitely miss it loads. Here in York, temp is dropping and it's really cold. And it is said to be the coldest winter since many many years. Im actually prepared for the cold, since i've got more fats to burn and insulate myself =) Pigging out ROCKS. plus i have loads of food here and tidbits and new year goodies, im sure i can live through this coldest winter pretty well! =)

I have no lessons for the first week! hahaha cos many people are having exams while i had mine before holidays. WHEEE! So now, it's slacking and settling down time. It's like holidaying. However, im feeling quite down nowadays. I dont know why. There are many things to settle and i think these things are pushing me down. I SO SO SO hope i can chuck it aside, but it aint gonna solve the problems. So... SIGH i should stop procrastinating and do the right thing!

Hope things will get better! =)

Msg: to those who has just started school, ALL THE BEST FOR THE BRAND NEW SEMESTER! =) have a fun, enjoyable and fulfilling time ahead! =)
Msg: to those in army, JIAYOU!! Ord soon yea! time will pass and soon you will be free! =)

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Sunday, 2 November 2008

title:{little updates!}

hey pple!!!
it has been a LONNNNGGG time since i've last updated!

It has been really busy for me. But i'm happy!

THrough the pics in my facebook, guess you already knew what is happening in my life yea? Pictures speak a million words yea? hahhaa! juts to summarise, im having fun times here, lots of dinners together, going town to buy stuff, shopping sprees and events! =)))
As what i can recall, these are the stuff i've done throughout these 3 weeks since school started:
halloween party, Singsoc social night, International students fever night, 1 clubbing night, lots of dinners at different colleges, 2 stayovers, grocery shoppings!
Oh! i joined the cinema society! it's the best man! screening of movies at super cheap prices! so i just watched dark knight!! WOOHOO!

Studying overseas is rather cool. Own time own target. It's really up to you to do stuff. All you decide, all you do. Wanna sleep late, sleep late. Wanna eat junks, eat junks. Wanna go out, go out. It's all up to you.
However, which means, you have to do everything!
All grocery shoppings, EVERYTHING you have to settle on your own. Banks, food, rubbish, laundry, adminstration stuff, clothes ect.
It can be really frustation sometimes, but till now, i enjoy doing everything haha!

The temp is droppin. Can get to minus degree celsius! but no snow yet, strange! Coldness can be rather unbearable. Esp when we walk here walk there all the time. Your fingers can be so numb that it hurts when u try to find your keys in your bag. It is just COLD!
In this kind of weather, one will start to miss home. I do miss home, but im glad i have friends here who can keep me sane =) I'm really happy i have this bunch of pple arnd me =)

Saying about accomodation, i hate it. HHAHA! im staying in the somewhat wildest college. And the facilities are considered the most run-down one.
For my corridor, im the only girl. Hence sharing the toilet and bathroom with 9 other guys can be rather.... uneasy, since my room is the furthest away frm the bathroom. At night, it can get REALLY noisy. the music blasting and the guys barging into the corridor, can be rather irritating. They are nice pple, but they can be really inconsiderate sometimes. And they love to drink. I think their liver will turn into stone sooner or later.
In the middle of the night, pple can be cheering outside of the college. WOW i love it mann........
Hence, hoping for a transfer. =)

hehe! seems very incoherent here. but i'll just update u all abt the little happenings yea?
York is a beautiful place! but the bus fare is really ex! and if u wanna take taxi, you have to book. Cant get it on the streets just like that.

Ok! on the last note: JIAYOU EVERYBODY!!! heard that most of u are busy with work! all the best for all A levels pple! ROCK YOUR PAPERS!!!!

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Monday, 13 October 2008

title:{sorry for not updating!}

HEYHEY!
First, I have to apologise for the lack of entries! 2 reasons for this: 1) There was no internet connection for 2 days. 2) I was very busy packing my stuff.

And now, I am very tired. Because I was packing till 3plus am and woke at 730am. WOW =) And i love my room and my spongebob bedsheets. the face is REALLY huge and i sleep face to face with spongebob =) I got myself a spongebob cushion slippers to wear it in the room! My frens were amazed. Shall take a pic of it and post it on facebook soon. I love my sporean clique! =)))

there are so much things to say, but so little time. I'll update soon i hope!

To everyone: JIAYOU IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING! =)))

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Wednesday, 8 October 2008

title:{reached york! =)}

Reached York!

Wow, after 2 hours of train ride, i reached York! =)

I must say it was an exciting experience to get onto a train in King's Cross. Anw, I was too engrossed in chiong'ing to get onto the train, I didnt spot Harry or Ron or Hermoine (aga spell). Nor did I run into Platform9 3/4. =( It's ok! i'll try to spot them during my nxt trip! Maybe i'll go join Hogwarts after i graduate =)

Okay, the system works like this. You buy a train ticket, and you can take the train at any time slot. So if you couldnt get a seat at this time slot, you have to wait for the other until you get a seat. Hence, after buying the ticket, pple wld stand in front of a big screen which screens the schedule to check out the platform which they are suppose to go. THERE WERE MANY OF THEM. Quite scary, cos once the Platform number appears, pple will CHIONGGGGGGGG to the platform to CHIONGGGGGG up the train. Super exciting i must say, 'cause i have 2 large luggages, 2 smaller luagges and 2 bags to CHIONGGGG with. Not easy. Hence i was already on-my-mark to CHIONG with 1 bag, 1 large luggage and 1 small luggage.
I am glad i trained my CHIONGGGGG skills during my A level's mugging period, when i CHIONGGG for seats at libraries. So yea! it was quite fun! but very stressful and unglam. LOL! For survival, HECK!!

During the train ride, I realised how beautiful and different country-side can be. It is really very very different from london.
London: Relatively tall houses (3 storeys) lined up along streets filled with cars. Many modern buildings. People filled the streets.
Country-side: Short houses. In clusters. Little streets. LARGE LARGE fields. Empty fields. Some have cows and horses. I could just imagine milkmaids, cowboys. It is really beautiful. Magnificant. Simple and beautiful.
Hence i shall announce the verdict: Country-side OWNS!

So throughout the 2 hours train ride, I saw only the country-side area. No more urban stuff. Beautiful. Everything seems so peaceful and so out-of-the chaotic modern world. It is as if living in their own world. That was what i perceived.

York is very different from London. It is like Cambridge. Very, erm, not urban, yet not very lao-pok. Very historical. And the air is so FRESHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My lungs are saved! =))))) Although it is colder, i dont feel so. lol! ironic yea. But after 5pm, most shops closed except the eateries. The eateries, which I saw, were either too posh, or too sleazy. In the end, we chose the sleazy one. Erm, hmmm dont wanna say too much abt the food, but just imagine it to be like a American fast food stop. Minus the mini-shorts waitresses.

Hope that the next 2 days wld be fun filled! gonna meet up with some frens who are already here in York! =)
Anw, I bought a phone! Frm London. Took 1.5hours to settle the phone with the dealer. Inefficiency is the norm in UK. I have to get used to it! =)

Okie! it is 545am now in spore and 2230pm in York. Sleeeeeepyyyyyy. Jet lag is bad..

And this hotel is really nice to provide free wireless for their customers! =) YAY!

Hope to update soooon! =)

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title:{breathing out mist}

Hello world!

Message to all pple having sch:
Jiayou in mugging, studying and rushing projects!! It must be really xinku to feel the pressure and stress crumpling on you yea. GOGOGO!!!! time passes and so do troubles and problems. JIAYOU WORHHH!!! GOGOGO!! =)

Got the chance to steal internet connection before leaving for York! Basically, the time difference is 7 hours, with u living in my future! Say now, it is 10am but it is 5pm spore time!

Anw, going to King's Cross Station later to train to York. If i see Harry Potter at the station, I'll dedicate the nxt entry to him yea? And i'll try running into the wall at platform9 and see whether i could get to Platform9 3/4!

I've been eating quite a lot nowadays. Credits to the cold cold weather. On a brighter note, there is SUN today!!! =) And less clouds!

Anw, i love days when i breathe out mist! =) it happens only when the weather is not humid, meaning on non-rainy days. I love playing with mist! Sometimes ang-mohs stare at me when i play with mist from my mouth! But nvm. HECK!! i love mist =)
My cheeks are red. And i fear that outbreak would follow, or my cheek skin would just peel off! 'Cause they are really warm. Think it's the chill-burn. Credits to the cold wind.

sorry! my entries are rather incoherent. Just typing what comes to mind. Pardon me for that!

Reading my blog is really a hard chore ya. XIN KU NI MEN LE!! =(

DA JIA JIAYOU WORH! =))

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Tuesday, 7 October 2008

title:{i love spore water. =)}

It is 6pm in spore, 11am in London now.

yay! got the chance to steal the internet connection again!

Due to jet lag, i slept early yesterday night and woke up at 530am.
Yesterday, I had quite good food. Had roasted pork and roasted duck rice. In LOndon, this is considered yummy chinese food liao. Big serving and tasted quite like kopitiam standard! GOOD!=)but it's like 5 pounds. heart pain, but it's normal there ba..SInce my papa is with me now, I shall eat nice food before i start cooking my own food. Hahahaha! Hope my fellow sporean hall mate will help me in this. He told me that if he cooks, he will not cook for himself. WHICH IS GOOD!!=))) Had a nice walk at Hyde Park yesterday. THere is this very beautiful lake with lots of swans and ducks which are free to roam around. I must say, it is a very beautiful sight! ehhh, ignoring the birds' poo-poos, it is really a very beautiful sight! WIth small little little ang moh kids, wrapped in their thick clothings, "rolling" here and there (because they are so wrapped up in their thick clothings, they look like a ball), kids playing with their parents. And the squirrels are jumping here and there like nobody's business! Super cuteee! and a lot of them! Very relaxing sight! Walked from 3pm to 5pm, from hyde park to my sis's hospital to wait for her to end school.

I made a finding. London's air SUCKS! I think after walking for arnd 2hours, my lungs were crying for help! Many were smoking and the buses and cars nv tot of puting catlytic converters in their engine. WAH BIANG! but im glad that, according to my papa, the air in York would be much better. Pray hard! =)
Basically for me, Im still in London, gg to York tmr afternoon time, which shld be spore night time? 2 hours train ride, gonna depend on suanmei, sweets and medication. At York, i doubt i would find internet connection, unless the hotel provides it. Hence i may not be updating! Will move into my hostel on sat 11oct. Then freshers' week will begin. Hmmm, part of me is excited, part of me isn't. But im not gonna think too much abt it, just do what im suppose to do, join what im suppose to join. TADA! Hmmm, dunno what to expect too. Just hope that everything will be smooth and fine! =)

Anw, I MISS WATER FROM SINGAPORE!!! Apparently, UK being an old country, the water pipes are sort of rusty. Contains lots of minerals, that is why we are not advised to drink straight from the tap. Calcium, being the main component of the formation of kidney stones, is present in UK tap water. My sis who saw many kidney stone cases in her hospital warned me about it. Previously, I was advised by my doctor to avoid "high calcium contents" food. Which means, drinking UK tap water (even after boiling it will not get rid of the minerals), will worsen my condition. That's y, i've been drinking Evian mineral water these few days. But i loathe the taste la... Now i miss Spore's WATER! I LOVE SPORE WATER! IT IS SO SWEET! YUMYUM!! everyone out there who is reading this: PLEASE DRINK LOTS OF SPORE WATER. IT IS A BLESSING TO DRINK IT WITH NO WORRIES. SPORE WATER ROCKS. YES, IT REALLY ROCKS. DRINK IT NOT BECAUSE OF SURVIVAL; DRINK IT BECAUSE YOU TREASURE IT AND COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS. I SHALL DECLARE THAT "I LOVE SPORE WATER A LOT". I pray hard that i wld love York water after i've installed a water filter! =)

Paiseh, i very ji dong. cos i really miss it a lot!

Anw, facebook is quite screwed. I could have uploaded a lot of pics, but it kept asking me to login in the middle of uploading, hence losing the pics. Yupp! so i think pics wld not be up asap. SOrry for that!
Anw, keep me posted! =) jiayou in studies and army! =)

04:52;

title:{i reached london liaoo!}

YOYO everyone! It is now 12pm here and im finally blogging! YAY! Once again, I am stealing the internet connection in my sister’s apartment! MUAHAHAHA! I’m feeling so shiok to use internet, it just rocks la! Okie, basically, I hope to stay in contact with the many lovable frens out there, hence setting up a blog to let you all know the happenings in my life in UK will be a good way to stay in touch I suppose?

UK is really quite the cold, so it would be really really nice if I experience warmth from you pple yea?? So please do keep me warm with some personal touch yea?

So basically, yesterday started off very nicely to see some of my frens coming down to send me off at the airport. 3 CHEERS to them! =) Oh ya! I think my mama really loves to feed my frens =) and I hope my frens love to be fed by my mama too yea? I will miss every single one of you: Fangxuan, BekWuay, Yuxing, Liting, Amelia, Xinling, PeiXuan, Liying, Kaishi, Tongchong, Zhiting, Diana, Heli Jianfen, Jess, Yuanjie, Junhong, Jeepoh, Desmond, Hanxie, Wahchun. And of course, my dearest MAMA TAN! =) To huaiying, regina, basil, xinying and yiwen: It’s okay that you could not make it yesterday! Got your well wishes and I appreciate them a lot! =) Thank youuu!

After walking thru the immigrations, things became super hectic. Rearrange my things, sms pple, call pple, filling in documents. Then went into the gate! WOW very fast and hectic! Didn’t have time for nostalgia.. In the plane, wanted to throw up. Quickly eat my medicine. Soon the plane is in the air. As usual, I’m scared and due to claustrophobia, I was feeling terrible at the beginning. Things got better after that. Read the lovely notes and saw the unglam pics, melted my heart! Walking thru the memory lane made me miss you people more. =( Watched Addams Family! I LOVE IT! And other movies too. Must make use of the facilities, ‘cause I PAID FOR IT ALREADY! So I kept asking for warm green tea, watch movies, if tired at least listen to the songs. MAKE USE OF EVERYTHING, make it WORTH the price! Muahahhaa and im glad I sticked to my principle. =) My dad took some snacks from the snack bars too! I didn’t know I could do that, orelse I would have….. eh… shall not say it, orelse SIA ban me from their planes. You should know what I mean if you know my character yea? Hehehe!The food is not bad, the satay is good =) the lamb shoulder is nice! The Sausage is shiokkk! The cheesecake and ice cream is YUMMMY! No wonder pple say, those who goes abroad to study, will gain at least 5kg in their first year. I know why liao..Very glad that the plane landed safely! =) Then in the airport, rushed to the immigrations. Heng I have an experienced, gan jiong Papa with me =) Or else looking at the queue behind me, I would have spent 10 times the time that I’ve used in queuing. Then my dear sister came to pick us up! As we have 3 large lugguages and 3 small ones, we had to cab to the hotel. My dear father gave me a v impt role: LOOK AFTER MY LAPTOP, which was hung behind the trolley. Thinking that it was a piece of cake, I didn’t put much effort in taking care of it. Hence, I’ve experienced a “cardiac arrest” situation. After getting into the taxi, and the taxi alr drove a distance from the airport, my father asked me, “where is the laptop?” STUNNED. WHERE AH???? I totally forgot abt it! My dad had to run back to the taxi stand and get it back. HENG it was still hanging unharmed there! Couldn’t imagine if I were to lose it. I LOVE MY LAPTOP WITH ALL MY HEART. I PROMISE TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOU.

So after checking into the hotel, went to have dinner at this simple restaurant opened by a Singaporean, who is somehow related to my sister. Very good service =) Then went back to hotel room and bathed and slept. Had jet lag, so woke up at arnd 5am.

Weather here is nice. My fats are doing a good job in insulating me from the cold! =) Anw, may not get the chance to use internet most of the times. So just drop me an email or facebook me yea?

PS: thanks to all for the well wishes, sweets, suanmei, gifts, letters! These will add warmth to the cold weather here. Thanks a lot! My gratefulness to all of you supersedes verbosity!

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