Unpolished Gem

Man! Spent 7 hours shopping today and didn't buy a single thing?!?! Walked practically the whole stretch of Oxford street and Regent street and the closest i came to buying something is a pair of corduroy pants that didnt have my size! 5 of us went shopping together and only one person bought something. Gee! Topshop was such a disappointment, it was so blardy crowded i actually felt HOT in the shop. And the clothes weren't that nice at all, it was such a mess! And FCUK was still quite expensive, i like Zara best. Every time i enter Zara, i feel inexplicably excited.. woo, hope the Covent Garden one will be friendler. So, we were unsatisfied with our shopping and decided to spend our money eating instead. Haha! Tomorrow, i'm going to hantam Covent Garden, pray let there be something nice! I need to get beanie and scarf at least to fight Scotland!

US! the spread-salad, cream of musroom, tuna baked bread, garlic toast, Meats, deserts! roast turkey and beef posing with the salad pretty harrods cardiff castle cardiff bay some random deserted haunted looking castle full view of stadium millenium stadium

nice sunset! but shot's blurry!! beautiful st marks square in venice You know you're in venice when you see buildings by the water scenery of florence my handsome lion a duomo in forence those cows! tonnes of them around florence, same concept as our painted lions nice hor (gosh, so limited my vocab is!) AH spectacular spectacular leaning tower of Pisa shopping streets of pisa inside the cathedral, very very nice Nah, Vatican city for you! scenery on the way to vatican city magnificent building, i'm such a horrible traveller can't rem all the names! some nice cathedral can't remember the name of this place! but it's very nice, haha roman ruins all of us at colosseum my handsome horse! Jumping SMU shot at Colosseum

Hey guys! My apologies for not updating for so long, you know me, never had a habit of blogging to begin with! If not for your requests, i probably wouldnt update! Haha.. oops. And i am so lazy to recount my trips so guess what i'll do, i'm going to copy and paste what i typed to some of you and put it down here for everyone to read! It was quite an adventure, travelling with friends! luckily the guys were damn good at navigating maps so the girls didnt have to do much. Highlights include Vatican City, Colosseum, statue of David, uncountable museums with paintings by da vinci etc, beautiful churhces and of course the leaning tower of pisa. Ate lotsa italian food and pastries (super nice!) = (groww fat.. but i dont really care lah! hahaha) . Venice's really pretty too.. dditn see a single car the entire time we were there, the whole city has like small canals flowing through it, so people travel by boats. I ate so much pasta and pizzas, haven't eaten any since i came bac...

Mummy always tells me, nothing has changed at home so you don't have to miss home. But sometimes, all you crave for is that bit of familiarity. Everyone going home is glowing, radiating, and then i would imagine myself back home in the hot weather, eating my favourite prata, reading The Straits Times, watching 9 o'clock drama serials, going to Orchard Road. I want to eat the ma3 ti2 shu1 and drink the teh tarik at far east square, I miss home cooked food like good ol' steamed pomfret, kangkong, sweet and sour pork, mayonnaise prawns etc etc etc I want to go out with YOU GUYS again, play badminton, shop etc etc. But really, reminding myself that it's going to be a very short three years, and it's not every day you get to be in London, it's important to keep yourself happy! It hasn't been easy but i know home is always just a phone call away. You know, i'm imagining June 18 next year when i finally touch down at beloved Changi, i'll be so happy, i...

This morning, i woke up at 8am to play badminton! It was good, happy smashing, happy venting! Then spent the whole day in school getting my essay going and then went for OCF dinner at King's chapel. My god, the food was so good i was so happy lah. Kept smiling! Quick recap of what food they had: sushi, fried rice, pasta, shepherd's pie, bobohitam, chicken wings, mushroom in wine, cheesy brocolli, krispy kremes, desert was toffee covered banana, almond jelly. Woah, it was just damn good, happiness! Havent had such finger licking good food for so long! And best of all, it's free! The chapel is really really nice too, forgot to bring camera, wasted. In other news, i've decided to get my own single room. Please let there be rooms in CS or RH. Otherwise i've to put up posters and all that kind of logistics. Monday, Monday, i'll know, so i need all the luck in the world. Room mate isn't in tonight, at least so far, hope she doesn't come back! Feel so liberated...

I've been such an emotional wreck these 2 days, mummy will know. Should i or should i not? Then again, i just found out that i have to get someone to stay in my room, else i'd have to continue paying which is ridiculous. There is also the problem of finding a room in other halls. THen again, i think i'm just being bloody fussy and. I'm confused. I wish i have my own house now. Am i homesick? Definitely partially so. But i don't want it to get me down. I try to avoid thinking about it, i sure hope it's a phase that will pass soon. Being away from home does make you a stronger person, at the end of the day. Although i most definitely haven't, but if you ride out all the "storms", which you have to anyway, you'll become tougher. I know i'm not the only one going through this, i'll ride it out.

One and a half weeks to end of term! I got to start writing essay, it's a rather simple title i chose " Is globalization a good or bad thing?" which reminds me of GP. A very long GP essay. Hey.. i need my GP notes... ! Who can furnish me with all the generous info that Gary Lim fed us? ASAP? Booo. Everytime essay writing period comes... will be so sian... can't wait to get it over and done with and hopefully improve on the first one which i didnt' do well in! Can't wait to go Italy! Ahh! Hope it'll be lots of fun! And then i was thinking... hey, i want to go to the US sometime in my 3 years, Florida USA Disneyland! New York, Niagara falls, all the touristy things lah... But then, i need to think of how to get the money to go there. So perhaps, i should go for the Work and Travel USA thing, thing is, they want people in summer. Hmm... thinking too much! Just suddenly feel like being a kid all over again. Loads of people are flying home soon! Not me... boo, ...

Heya guys! I'm so sleepy but i will persevere and update! The reason i'm so sleepy is because we woke up at the unearthly hour of 4 30am on sat morning to catch the bus to Nottingham. I enjoyed it alot for several reasons, firstly and foremostly, the spirit of the netball team was fantastic! Inspite of the cold, I mean severe cold, we were so badly abused by the weather for 5 hours till our joints ached. Yes, it was very bad! I love how we all played our hearts out, cheered for each other, it's a very heartwarming feeling(perhaps the only thing that could have kept us warm). Even though i didn't play much, but woah, that team spirit, that drive is just fantastic. And there are so many people to thank for making this possible. Thank you from the bottom of my heart (i know it sounds cheesy, but i mean it ! :) I am so grateful to be part of this wonderful team. Secondly, i was reminded of the Hwachong days, those crazy days when we shouted ourselves hoarse cheering for the...

Eyes open this time! KAWAii!! blowing smoke.. looks weird but nmind! Singaporean platter of kueh lapis and durian kueh( i know it looks like something else... but it's durian kueh okae ! ) look what i'm holding!! Kueh lapis.. all the way from singapore thanks to aaron! So happy i couldnt breathe!

Heya!! Oh man!! It's freeezing down here! -2 degrees early in the morning, it's so blooody cold! Now, the face is like super cold when the wind blows, need to wear that kinda terrorist mask.. or gardener's mask or whatever you call it. Boohoohoo. It's not even December yet, arhhh.. ! No good no good! Anw.. yeah, i went to zone 3 early in the morning today to check out the rowin scene, walked a good 20 min to waterloo station, cos it was like 8 something on a sunday morning, it was pretty quiet and dodgy, there was this strange man limping around looking damn suspicious, i was so scared practically sprinted pass him. Finally got to zone 3... nice neighbourhood, but God, it was Freezing! Worse than central london. The fog was so thick... as illustrated in the pictures below, and there was some kinda hailstones! There was frost on the rooves( or roofs?) of the houses, looked truly like winter wonderland! balding trees and all. But... the river was so foggy... couldnt even ...

Super yummy icecream!! More ! More! Cool freaky blueman after the show! He dragged us to take the photo! damn funny! Kahmei and me and shakespear's HEAD More fireworks! More More! Burning the BIG BEN! Hey guys! I'm too tired to blog! Just a few pictures for your viewing pleasure( I hope! ) ha! Enjoy! :)