Hello

Yo mates.. this is me saying Bonjour from Brussels, Belgium... Currently at an internet kiosk in my hostel here... will be returning to London tomorrow... will update you guys on my trip then... will also upload some cool photographs tomorrow... =D

France, Paris

22nd of December! Yup� in 4 hours time I will be headed for Paris, France.

But the last few days were disastrous� boring, boring and boring. School more or less ended on Thursday, and from Friday onwards I dun have much to do. Anyway had dinner with Eugene�s family for 2 days in a row. Boy~ his parents can cook very well! Hmm.. anyway my soup didn�t turn out too bad either =P

Yup.. till I return from France, take care pals =)

Last week last week last week

Yup.. this is the last week of the autumn term. (Seriously, I do not know whether to rejoice that the holidays and Christmas is coming, or moan at the fact that I am a week closer to examinations.) Ok, I know I am being paranoid at that.

Wednesday: Met the Catering Manager of the MDH in the morning. It seems like the Britons are all fully supportive of what we are doing. However, from the reply of Guinness Records, it seems that there are a lot more work than was expected of us. Log book, video tape� hmm� seems that it isn�t as simple as it looks.

The Singapore Society Christmas potluck was in the evening. At 7pm the committee was actually starting to get panicky heh.. as there were only like 10 of us at the potluck. The bulk of the freshers came in only after 7.30pm, perhaps because some of them went to watch Lord Of the Rings. Oh well, it was fun. Ate, played pool (after a long time without touching those cues), played polar bear and as usual, had loads of gossip.

Esther is going skiing with her Aunt tomorrow. Sianz�

Where has time gone??

Tick tock tick tock...

Somehow I felt that I have been updating my blog rather often, but in the blink of an eye, the week simply passed!

Blink Blink... we are in the final week of the Autumn term. Where has all the time gone to? Monday... the agar agar flag meeting was the highlight of the day. Tuesday passed in midst of lectures and more lectures. Was looking forward to going for ice skating on Wednesday, but it was cancelled due to poor response. Returned home and stoned Wednesday away. Thursday... more lectures in the morning. I think it might be because of the nearing of the end of term, hence I am simply in no mood to study.

Went for the Christian Union Carol service in the evening. It was just sooo nice. Quite a lot better than last year. Even the speaker they gotten this time was more vocal and captivating. In short, I enjoyed it. Of course, Christmas is meant to be a season to spread the joy, and I was so glad that so many of the Singaporean guys were there too. Just hope that most of them can have a closer relationship with God after the service. =)

Friday.. thank God its Friday. Ended the day by going to Sainsbury with the girls. It took us quite a while to get our stuff as they are baking cookies. Initially I thought that will be their entertainment for the weekend. Rather, they started baking immediately after we gotten back. Right. So thats my explanation for me blogging at this time: 2.30am. Cheers mate~

Stratford Upon Avon

It�s was a not so bright and sunny day, but nevertheless the weather was absolutely fine for traveling. We left Beit at 0930 sharp, bound for Stratford, the hometown of the infamous William Shakespeare.

The trip there was eventless, and we arrived in Stratford at noon. First stop was of course Shakespeare�s birthplace. Paid an expensive (and to me, not really worth the money) 5.50 quid to enter the place. Nearly a third of the exhibits talked about his parents, another third talked about his life in London as a dramatist before we finally left the exhibition hall and headed towards the actual house where he was borne to.

Lunch was next, and most of the restaurants that we found were real expensive. At the end of the day, we ended up at the good old Macdonald�s where cheap burgers were to be found. After lunch, we headed for the brass rubbing center. It appears that brass rubbing was considered an art during Shakespeare�s time, and this center continued that diminishing tradition. To me, nothing interesting.

We have to walked through this forage beside the river Avon to get to Trinity Church. From the walkway towards the church to the interior to the church garden, everything was beautiful. Of course, the main reason why this church is famous is that Shakespeare and some of his family members were buried here.

The last (planned) stop was the Teddy Bear museum. We only entered the shop, as it was another steep 4.50 quid to enter the teddy bear museum. However, from what was described outside the museum, it seems that this place boosts a collection of over 10,000 teddy bears, including famous teddy bears like Pooh Classics, and teddy bears owned by famous people. Wow�~ but still too steep =P

It was dark by the time we left the museum, not to mention that the temperature took a drastic drop. Retreated to the warm comforts of a caf�, and inevitably, the polar bear game started. From the time we entered we played, till the caf� closed. That didn't stop the fanatics, but yet, we moved on to another caf� (Starbucks) to continue with the polar bear hunt! Ok, if you think that was crazy enough, we continued playing on the bus until we arrived back in London.

Well, at least it was an entertaining end to the day.

Sometimes when hopes and expectations on ideals turn into disappointment, everything just crumbles

Beginning of ends

Start of another new week, start of the finale of autumn term. Winter is setting in, and temperature is starting to plummet. Well, despite that, I think I had the most �fruitful� of weekends ever since returning to London.

Saturday was spent shopping in the early afternoon with Esther and Sinyee. Went to Gap with this thirty percent discount card, but in the end only Sinyee bought stuff. At least this time round, I remembered to bring my letter instructing Vodafone to cancel my mobile number. My new number shall take effect a month from today.

The rest of the day was exhausted on a pile of Maths notes and the new maths tutorial. Somehow the lecturers manage to churn out problem sheets faster than we can do them. To be continued� =PpP