night blues.

it's the time of the day again.

1.35am now, tmr gotta wake at 7am to set out for Alton Towers - this renowned theme park.

but i've got so many things on my mind.

basically, i miss rich, i miss my girls and family.

i miss singapore, i miss home.

ecstatic.

it's 11.36pm and i have not studied a single word today! whats more, i skipped class to wait for my dhl parcel and im supposed do some catching up. wth.

anyway today is one of the two happiest days of my life since i left singapore.

the other happiest day was when i received the unexpected parcel from my baby rich.

today i received yet again another parcel. whooooooooppieeeeeeeeeee~

altough this is an expected one, im still elated to receive it, finally. the 1st thing i took out was the book u babes gave me with your beautifully written well-wishes. i laughed and teared at the same time reading thru the loveliest pages.

the next item i excitedly searched for was lidya's ear muffs! oooo missy elliot! i've been thinking bout the ear muffs for the past few days. its been getting pretty cold these days, down to 8degrees at night sometimes. one night i walked with my frens to a restaurant for dinner. when i finally got there, my ears were so cold they hurt, like mad. im so gonna take my ear muffs out everytime i leave my room from now onwards.

then my clothes, rice cooker, jackets, towel, cds and etc. i cant thank my mum enough for packing all these things for me. she understands me so well. i need these things so desperately.

one sad thing though. the book given to me by rach and chris was not in the box. cos my mum said there was really no space to squeeze it in. sorry girls. i'll make sure i bring it along when im coming back in jan. i promise!

and rich's soft toy too! he gave me this super cute xiaotou! and it was not in the box too. sob. but im sure to pack it into my luggage the 1st thing in jan!

anyway i wanna thank everyone so much for giving all that u've gave me, including the 8 yrs of friendship. and not forgetting my family too.

oh i cant be any happier.

ok down to some packing. god i've been so busy showing off all my things tt i didnt even hv the time to pack.

alright till then.

friday night.

yes yes its zouk's revamped night and i cant be there. oh well wonder how is it like. bet it must be worst than the last wed tt we went before it closed.

anyway its 1am here and all of us, about 15, just came back from the theatres. its like 5.20pounds for a movie and that's student price. oh we caught 'into the blue'. hmm not bad just tt its a little draggy. not worth S$15.60 though.

once we stepped out of the theatres, everyone kept commenting tt i look so much like amanda in the show (played by ashley scott). of course i am flattered but seriously, i dont see any resemblance.

just received a pic of ashley scott from one of the guys on msn. he asked me go look in the mirror and compare it to the pic. haha wat bullshit.

anyway here's the pic in case u're curious.



ok yes i know. im obviously not as hot as her. the only similarity will probably be the size of our arms.

tmr i'll be going to the city centre to do some shopping again. hee. but this time i gotta really limit myself. just gonna get sportswear and body moisturiser. oh i went for hi lo aerobics class last night. and we'll be going for aerofunk and circuit training too. cool.

today something made my day. early in the morning i received a more than pleasant surprise. i got a parcel from singpost. and guess what? my baby sent me the sweetest gift ever. oh how i wish i can fall into his arms right now, the only place tt i want to be in so bad. thank you sweetheart. you're the sweetest thing tt has happened to me.

and the photos of the tomyam yu pian mi fen stall, crystal jade, Ezone and etc just built my nostalgia up a few more levels.

i cant take it no more...

i wana go home!

might as well.

here are some of the other pics. since im in a 'upload pics' mood, then here goes:


sightseeing in london. monica, me and daphne.


london eye.


chipmunk and me at some church. ok i suck at remembering names.


3 hungry babes in leicester's subway gorging away after a tiring shopping trip.


london's chinatown.


babes doing night shopping in london. the shops there are open till 9plus in the night. so unfair!


patient dudes getting impatient.


excited chipmunk on the way to club.


not-so-excited girls decided to have fun by posing in the club's toilet instead.


the grand home of the prisoners. doesnt it look like a palace?


laugh of the day. and i took this in one of the school's receptions with a 40 year-old woman sitting behind the glass panel.

still, i miss singapore!

finally.

pictures of the place im calling home, for now. sorry for the blurness. well i wanted to capture the orangey effect of my room light.


my room.


the bed i sleep on every night. (note: i did not choose the design of my bedlinen. my aunt passed it to me in uk)


pathetic shower area but its good enough.


the other side of the toilet.


my huge pinboard. can u see your cards on it? ;)


the view from my study table.


and another angle from the other side of my study table.


my level's corridor. my room's the last 2nd door at the end of the corridor, opposite the kitchen.


the one and only lift in my block.


kitchen view 1.


kitchen view 2.

a dedication to where i belong.

Morning comes around and I
Can't wait to see my sunny island
In its glorious greenery, whether rain or shine, it's still beautiful
Bright lights shine on the streets at night
Guiding me closer to home
To a place where I'll be safe and warm, where I belong

Friends and families by my side
Seeing me through as I grow and learn
Everyday's experience, bitter sweet or sour
They're still wonderful
As they become precious memories
They'll be kept close to my heart
And no matter where I am I will always know, where I belong

Chorus:
Where I belong, where I keep my heart and soul
Where dreams come true for us
Where we walk together hand in hand towards a future so bright
Where I belong, where I keep my heart and soul
Where we're one big family
I want the whole world to know, I want to shout it out loud
That this is where I know I belong


Singapore, that is where i belong.

Can't wait to get back.

boring uk.

its times like this that makes me so eager to get back to my homeland and all my beloved people.

it's only the 3rd week and im so bored and tired of everything here. honestly, i dont really like the company that im with, esp the guys. they are such a boring bunch. they act like old ah peks whose favourite hobby is sitting on the couch, shaking their legs and smoking away, forcing us girls to become passive smokers.

we girls wanted to do sth tonight. like truth or dare. or perhaps go out and explore leicester in the night (clubbing excluded). or perhaps go experience watching movies in the theatre here.

and all they said was "huh? r u crazy?"

they just wanna stay in their pathetic rooms sleeping, studying (and its only the 5th day of sch) or go down to the pathetic garden and start smoking away again.

boring old farts.

anyway im starting to feel more distant with this supposedly closest buddy of mine. perhaps he's trying to distant himself from me. or perhaps im the one trying to tear myself from him.

i dont know but it seems like our level of tolerance towards each other is getting lower by the day. one small little thing and we can make a big fuss out of it. although we are always back to normal again the next day.

but soon the cycle will start again. and im getting sick and tired of it.

sick and tired of everything here.

oh guess what? monica just suggested me to go over her kitchen and play cards. cos her interesting neighbours invited us over. whoopie! i was almost bored to tears and guess i shld go!

update again soon. tata

updates on the life here.

it's 1.30am here.

oh well a new week of sch. damn i just cant stay awake in lectures. how?

anyway i still feel like im on holiday. always playing, partying, exploring. oh today i cooked crispy fried chicken and stir-fry vegs. daphne baked salmon with lemon. oh it was a feast man. the chicken which i seasoned it myself with all kinds of condiments and the salmon were killers. and this is daphne's 1st time baking salmon and my virgin experience (frying chicken) too.

i dun mean to be egoistic here but the food was really terrific. and daphne and me were both pleasantly surprised by our own cooking skills. ;)

im so gonna cook up a storm when i get back to singapore. i'll let all of u try my cooking k? esp rich since i havent cooked for him a single dish yet.

hmm just got back from patrick's room. daphne, monica, gerald, pat and me were watching hot chicks on pat's laptop. pat has all kinds of movies man. ytd we watched dodgeball and confessions of a teenage drama queen. guess what? near the end of all the 3 movies then i realised i've actually watched them. wat a dope.

anyway i made rich so anxious today and my heart ached so bad when i learned about how worried he was for me. i seriously didnt mean it. baby, im terribly sorry. please don't worry k? i'll definitely take good care of myself. u too eh? i love u. ;)

one piece of news. i finally secured an airticket back home this dec! god almost every flight, be it ChinaEastern airlines, MAS, Virgin Airlines, Qantas, SIA, Lufthansa and etc, was packed to the brim. i tried all means before i finally squeezed myself on SIA on the 12th of dec. and it costs a bomb. about S$2.6K for a 2-way ticket! and nobody wants to go back with me cos they wld rather use the money to go tour europe so i gotta travel to london alone and take the plane alone. dont think its that difficult, really. and my term officially ends on the 16th which means i gotta skip a few classes. but im willing to cos im that desperate to go back. i miss everyone and everything back home so badly.

oh im getting so lazy. havent done my laundry since my 1st day here and im running out of clothes to wear. and is it surprising that my room is currently like a warzone? tmr i'll just be having an hour class from 10.30-11.30am. so from 11.30-1.30pm im so gonna make sure i'll pack my room and do my laundry!

this time i really have to. or i have to wear my birthday suit to school soon.

and i'll be meeting monica and daphne at 1.30 in school to check out the bartending job at the student union club. they're hiring ppl now. yippie.

afterwhich we'll be heading to town to..... SHOP! oh im so excited bout tmr.

ok i better set aside some time for studying soon.

argh.

more pics.

the side view of my accommodation area.


the mini garden i've to walk through to get my block.


yup this is my block, block C. gotta walk through 2 glass doors before i get to the lift. and they only have ONE lift for the entire block. how pathetic. btw there are 4 blocks in my accommodation.


our 3rd homemade chinese fare. fried eggs, szechuan veg soup, baked mushrooms with ham and cheese, stir-fry vegs. yum yum.

p.s: melinda, u can d/l these pics and save them on our computer and show them to mummy. but don't let her read my blog. anyway u better study hard for your exams. you gotta know your limits, stop playing already. just a couple of months and u can play all u want. don't wait till its too late then you start to regret. mummy and daddy are very worried for you. mummy cant even sleep well at home. so go study now k. get good results and put us at ease.

as promised.

here are the rest of e pics for now. too lazy to take anymore. and my room's still in a mess. so im not gonna take any pics of it 1st. patient ppl. ;)



exploring the school before term starts.

me and buddy chipmunk in school.

the view from the school library's main entrance.

outside morrison's supermarket.

and all these were not enough. we went back to get more.

in city centre, on the way to another supermarket.

my obedient slaves. ;) pestering me to hurry while trying to hold their full bladder.

i insisted on taking a pic with the hotel at e back but their hands were full so i had to take for them instead of them taking for me. :(

first chinese meal that i cooked up. bak kut teh and stir-fry broccoli with mushrooms. yummy!

now you see it, now u don't. the guys loved the food. heh

washing up after me.

clearing after me.

oh well i guess i really created a big mess in the kitchen. but who cares? im not the one cleaning anyway. ;)

i'm rich's girl.

it's 2.26am here

just got back from clubbing. still feeling a little high so e rest of e pics gotta wait.

i'm just here to blog my truest feelings at this point of time.

i miss rich, so very much. everydya i just wish he's here with me, holding my hand, walking with me. just being right beside me wherever i go.

i love him. i cant wait to get back to him.

im tired, so tired.

i wana get to slp, right now. so i can feel his presence, at least in my dreams.

finally lessons ended. i thought the education system here will be more relaxed than singapore's. i thought wrong. somehow the lecturers here assume all of us already have some knowledge about the uk law system. so its not easy if i entered the course with a diploma in mass communications. and it doesnt help to learn that out of the 4 singaporeans (including me) who entered leicester's law together, i am the one with the least knowledge of law. 2 of them hold a diploma in law and the other's dad is a solicitor.

oh well at least there's a consolation that one law diploma-holder wanna be my study buddy. he's the definition of studious man. he's already revising his work on that 1st day of school! sigh the lecturers speak really fast and they don't really make an effort to make the lesson more interesting.

tmr im gonna have consecutive lectures for 4 hrs. suddenly i've this urge to revise my work too. cos i already feel like im lagging behind. gonna buck up!

damn. im starting to hate school.

well at least tonight we're gonna have a dinner party at one of the singaporeans' kitchen cos her aunt's coming down to visit her and cook for all of us. how nice! and tmr we'll be heading down to another club and party harder. ;) these shld give me the motivation to study, i hope.

anyway here are some of the pics as promised.



1st pic in uk. yes the 1st few days were only me and all guys.

my bedroom view.

our 1st meal in uk at nando's. this plate of food plus a cup of tea cost me 8.50pounds (S$25.50).

full.

it's 9.27pm here.

just had dinner with 3 other singaporean guys. fried some vegetables with mushrooms and baked some breakfast mushrooms with ham and cheese. the guys fried eggs and one guy made a big pot of sze chuan vegetable soup. we had a feast. a homely feast. nice nice!

took more photos. but im really quite lazy to upload them cos its tedious. tmr sch's officially starting. feeling quite lazy yet quite excited. got my timetable and its quite relaxed. average about 3-4hrs per day. the timetable here's really weird. most classes are either on odd or even weeks so its like one class per fortnight. but im not complaining. ;)

tmr's classes will start at 1.30pm so maybe i'll stay up late tonight to upload the photos. just hope i won't doze off. gotta go up to the guy's common kitchen and have some cooling tea after a heavy meal.

oh my mum called jenson today to ask him if im alright cos she told him i sounded very frustrated and moody on the phone with her these days. she asked him if im feeling homesick or am i stressed and exhausted. sigh sometimes my mum really worries too much. i am really doing fine just that i was sleeping when she called me. as u know im e kind of person who cant get back to sleep after being woken up, i naturally sounded frustrated. but really, im alright, starting to adapt to the lifestyle here.

oh went to check out the clubbing scene on monday night. they had a freshers' party at this club called zanzibar. the clubs here are much bigger than singapore's. they have like a few dancefloors in each club playing different genres of music. and alcohol is cheap here. a bottle of beer costs bout 2pounds (S$6) in the clubs and about 50pence (S$1.50) if bought in a carton at supermarkets.

ok i gtg up now. probably uploading photos later.

miss u ppl.

my beloved.

i wanna thank rich's dad for sending me off. it meant so much.

as for rich, he's my moral support and my ecstasy.

when love meets love








after a teary confession.

we trust each other to stay true, yes we do.

the unbearable






xiaotou, you're my everything.