Monday, February 27, 2006
6:23 AM
another week has passed. week 8 is here. the busiest week of lent term for me i guess. got a presentation tmr, an essay due next monday and 4 consecutive lectures and classes on thurs (coz of a make-up lecture). and after thursday it's all about having fun and play! gonna catch the SPL play on friday, london games on sat morning and then it's ac night. hmm.. and i got to do some shopping before sat too.
february is almost over! what a short month it is. im waiting for the arrival of spring. the temperature is dropping like crazy now. luckily im big enough to deter the strong winds. the wind speed is like 23mph! and it's gonna drop to sub zero degrees the next few days. oh no. anw.. it's snowed this week! saw sleet/flakes on my way home from school on thurs. they fall from the sky as white flakes and the moment it touches ground it becomes its liquid state. so they dont call it snow, it's sleet. it quite unlikely i will wake up in the morning and look out of the window to see snow accumulating on car tops. more like wet roads and grey skies. the weather here is gloomy isnt it?
im quite bored and perhaps a little 'frustrated' with work. i dont really understand statistics (and i know no one in my course has started doing it yet so i got no one to ask) and i can't find any online journals for my essay topic. suxxxxx. hai. shall go to the library tmr or something. decided to watch before sunrise to unwind for the week. it's quite a good movie. though i thought the plot/mindset of the actors was kinda weird. but that movie was made in 1995. so maybe at that time their perception of love and relationship was different. haha. gonna watch before sunset soon. give myself sometime to digest the movie and clear my workload.
anw.. side-track abit. i truly enjoy the hundred acre woods outings! good food, great company. im glad i found them =)(more like they found me) no more gloomy atmosphere around hundred acre woods.. it should always be a happy place!
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
7:24 AM
the long-awaited champions league is finally back! watched my dearest arsenal vs real madrid. it was really heartening to see arsenal playing well and looking dangerous again. but there's much more room for improvement. can't wait for cole, van persie and bergkamp to be back in the squad again. hopefully it will start a new winning streak for arsenal. king henry is the man! anw.. thank you philip for watching the match and supporting arsenal with me. you are tigger-rific! =)
i dont think i can do any work now. shall sleep early tonight. didnt manage to do any work during my 3 hour break. was slacking after lunch before meeting the girls at 3 to prepare for huifang's birthday surprise. happy birthday girl! hope you enjoyed yourself today =)
anw.. i've been trying new places to eat. kinda bored of chinatown. can't wait for the food blog to start. im really such a glutton. been spending all my money on food. only food. so pig right? haha.
Sunday, February 19, 2006
1:37 AM
簡單愛
my mum called me the other day at 8pm uk time (ie 4pm sg time) and i asked why isn't she asleep yet. she said she woke up during the middle of the night to use the bathroom and decided to just give me a call. is it really that coincidental? or is it because she couldn't get to sleep? or that she was too worried for me that she couldn't sleep well?
after chatting for a while, she started warning me not to play too much and threatened me that her 'spy' here in london (ie my bro) would report about me to her. apparently he has been sabotaging me. she then ends off with her trademark 'i will come spot check on you someday.' haha. yeah. that's my mum for you. childishly cute. sillily sweet. kinda miss my family's 'goofiness'. luckily one of the 'goofies' is here with me. hope the mickey mouse family can reunite soon!
Thursday, February 16, 2006
12:14 AM
watched liverpool vs arsenal yesterday. it was just saddening. i hope arsenal's play will improve by leaps and bounds next week when we play against real madrid. im hoping for the best for champs leagues. im not going to give up on them. im sure they will tide through this difficult period and find their momentum again. anw.. nice watching the match with you pok chua!
i should be doing work now. but obviously im procrastinating again. sigh. i dont like it when homework becomes a routine and its back to the same assignments again at the start of each week. it gets boring after a while. and esp when it comes to the type of assignments you dont enjoy doing it.. its plain disgusting (read: critical analysis) oh well.. i should stop whining.. coz i know whiners can be real irritating.
hmm i haven't found inspiration in doing any work yet. i shall continue slacking for a while.. while i wait for my friend to come visit me. but its 4.30 now.. i dont think she's coming anymore. haha. ttfn.
Monday, February 13, 2006
6:46 AM
and so half of lent term have passed. 6 critical analysis done. 2 essays submitted and 1 presentation down. 2 movies watched, more quality time spent with bro, current friendships strengthened, new bonds forged and new food places explored. this first half of lent term have been eventful.. too much play and too little work done?
i realised i do get easily 'frightened' by my peers. perhaps that's due to my insecurities. somehow i always feel that im mediocre in everything that i do.. cos i belive there's always someone out there better than me, and that there's always room for improvement. i find myself questioning and reassuring myself sometimes.. telling myself not to worry and that i've done my best. but was that really my best? i could have achieved more if i tried harder right? why didn't i try harder then?
hmm.. side-tracked abit. there's more events lying ahead in the second half of lent term. i shall maximise my time fully here. an academic year is only 30 weeks (or even lesser). anw.. there's many events to look forward to for the next few weeks, more work to be completed and more sleep is required as well. ttfn.
Thursday, February 09, 2006
1:15 AM
im seriously bad at reading. it takes me hours to read a chapter (which is about 30 to 40 pages), and end up with little knowledge. doing readings is unlike reading novels, where you get hooked on to them and just wanna keep on reading. i dread readings. i read until my eyes get blurry and tired. and then i will start tearing. i find myself counting the numbers of pages left. this is not right. haha. its obvious that im not an arts student. i kinda miss chemistry. ionic and covalent bonding. dipole dipole interactions. sodium hydroxide and thiosulphate. haha. yes.. im mad.
this term has been a busy term. i can feel the workload piling up. but im still coping fine. still having fun while being in touch with work. but there's lot more waiting for me to read. im just procrastinating. sometimes i wonder why i chose arts.. but i dont like to regret on a choice that i've made. so yeah i'll just stick on with it and focus on the interesting part of the subject.
do you believe in karma? sometimes i think i talk to much. yucks.
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
8:08 PM
the days are getting longer! the skies are no longer dark at 3pm and there's still light (as in natural sunlight) at 5pm. does this mean spring is coming? yay!! but the weather is still cold. luckily i got my bubble (puffy) jacket. i thought i had missed the coldest part of winter and wouldnt need to wear it. but it seems like winter wont go away until february. hmm.. wonder how spring feels like. we dont get to experience seasonal changes in singapore. i think the weather will start to get warmer and the sun stays longer for the day. are there still gonna be cold winds? will the flowers really bloom? exciting.
i wonder if everyone back home is enjoying chinese new year. did you guys have a good reunion dinner? gambled? pigged out on the goodies? i know im missing out on lots of stuff.. but like what i told a friend.. being away from family and missing reunion dinner will only make me treasure them even more. what does not break you, makes you stronger.