Clutch of Inspirations.

Finally I went aboard a transportation again in Manchester, the rarity of it - thanks to my hall which is inches away from the North Campus, and also thanks to my legs that somehow have an affection for bus no.11.

It was Wednesday afternoon, after 4 hours of EngineeringChemistry lecture plus PBL session in which I stumbled. Yesterday was so much better thank God, at least I went home all smiles. Loohlooh came to Weston for lunch with sis and I..and ended up being forced to eat raw tomatoes XD nobody is gonna eat with us anymore if we continue our all-vege treatment, sis~hahaaa..

After lunch we set off to Chinatown and Tesco cause loohlooh needed(wanted) to buy curry instant noodles, bread and peanut butter..pity her mayo sandwich spread, probably isolated in a dark corner in her room, weeping alone, waiting to be given off :P We walked to Chinatown and later got on the free city metroshuttle which sis loves.

Typical street in Greater Manchester.

Lloyds Bank, I think.

This was the company that distributed free chocolates on the street! :D Err, chocolates along with their travel pamphlets. So I'm kind enough to do this teeny bit of advertisement for them here as a sign of gratitude wth.

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Basically, life's pretty alright here..skypeing with my parents almost everyday. Mummy has to ask me whether I eat my spirulina, bought milk+eggs+bread, washed my clothes; whether I can cope with my studies etc..and she brings my iwoofu puppy and squeaky rabbit to the webcam :P Dad just sends emails on everything and asks if there's any problems with my course. Thus, basically I'm looking at my parents and also my home's living room everyday haha..wait for me for 9 months! I'll be back in a jiffy :D

Besides that, there are things I'm missing very dearly too.. :(

the crazy gang.

My first thought when doing this collage was geez! Aren't there anymore pics of us? And half of the them are taken at the beach - our favourite hangout place :P I figured that the rest of the pics we took before were like, during primary school, if you guys remember - in front of the tiger mascot, at the graduation dinner etc; or at MGC, I tried hunting for photos on the website but couldn't find any..too long ago XD So sigh, that's the best I could come up with.

They are my besties since young, mind you. Being in the same class in kindergarten, except jane - get to you later hehe, I think I only communicated with yc the bully at that time. Yeah, communicate as in arguing and verbal fighting, all the way through to primary 3. Her house is just a stone's throw away from mine so I have probably been to her house for a zillion times.

I remembered belinda as the "slow motion girl" in kindergarten. Like with vh, I never talked to her then. my, were we that stuck up?? Only till primary 5 did I started to make friends with them, after sitting next to jane, who shook my hand so violently. That was a turning point in my life I guess. Before that I couldn't cope well with my studies (it's only upsr i'm such a dumbo!) and always failed to pass up homework on time. Somehow, God pulled me up out of the dark gloomy days of my life by sending me these people to be my friends. In one way or another, my results took a change for the better. Life became much more enjoyable. Thank you guys, for bringing a difference to it and most importantly, for bringing me to church. I still remember the earlier days I attended the youth fellowship, getting to know others on the van 8835, being too meek to say prayers in a small group of 4 or 5 people etc hahaa. Anyhow, the memories we share over all the years are too much to be listed out - be it schooldays, camps, sleepovers, outings/travels, carpools..whatever!

I believe we'll gather together again one day! Yes, you're the hard part, jane! Our holidays don't meet at all~ T.T take care, guys, and commit everything you do to the Lord! :)

the big family of ALS Jan 08.

Obviously I have not spent an extremely long period of time with most of you up till now, but the past 1.5+ yrs with all of you were quality time! From the very first day of college, introducing ourselves in Thinking Skills class to bbq/sleepover at mamaling's place to AS exams to sushi at brunei to A2 exams to graduation ceremony to farewells at airport..not to mention all those food scavenge and birthday celebrations etc. And of course, the ngong-ngongs' KL trip XD I truly cherish them all!

But as fate has it, we have to be separated - apart from the lucky bunch in Nottingham! I'll be waiting for you guys here okay..we can still eat Nagaliar nasi lemak and Madam Wee's mee kolok and laksa and Petronas ABC special and Kok Chee's nyonya taufu and Grand Palace dim sum and Escapade sushi together summer '10 and wth why am I making myself hungry like that. At least dodoreen and mamaling are in UK as well..and sis is with me bwahaha..getting a bit influenced by my eating habits.

So wherever you guys are, do study hard, stay healthy and be happy! Look forward to meeting you all sooooon in 9 months time.

Food!!

miss all the malaysian food and mum's cooking tremendously. T.T I hope the Malaysian Food Festival thing at the Nottingham Games has my dearest dishes at reasonable prices.

Violin and orchestra!

You really won't realize how much you like something until you depart from it :( Although I have always abandoned my violin in its case for some days during peak exam periods or when I go travelling, it's the 1st time I'm leaving it for so long! Kind of regretting for not bringing it along, should have brought since AirAsia didn't really checked on the cabin luggage weight. But all the same, my flatmate told me it's not allowed to play musical instruments in our rooms - there was someone playing trumpet that time omg. But then weston hall has no music room either. Maybe they expected us to play our instruments outside in the middle of the road. Anyhow, I'm bidding goodbye to weston next year so I shall certainly get my violin here then! wheehee~

Watching Nodame Cantabile totally made me go nuts missing violin lessons and orchestra sessions. But chiaki was such a scary conductor in the beginning lols, BIG difference to our never-ever-raised-his-voice conductor - my notably patient teacher :D Playing pieces in an orchestra is totally fun and an effective way of improving sight-reading too..the feeling you get when everyone really played whole-heartedly, sometimes that little shiver within yourself.

Lesson of the day : treasure what you have around you :)

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