yeah i just came back from my dsta dinner not long ago. yup, our scholarship officers came down to visit us! 3 of them actually and we had a fun dinner at four seasons then desserts at this waffle and ice cream place! yeah there were awkward silences initially but with bubbly seniors like xuanyou, yh and yeah myself (bu yao lian) around, the dinner became quite lively. yup, they shared with us the latest updates with our organisation structure and also to clarify some of our doubts. yeah and i think i have gotten some ans to my qns. well, work apart, it was an enjoyable get together with kim and clara with us. we had 1.5 duck, steamed fish (requested by me), beef, vege, tofu, bla bla and shark fin. yes! shark fin with crab meat. shall have loads of food pics! i'm really glad that this dinner isn't at all serious, unlike if it's with some other org. haha, i was able to be myself and just crap during dinner! shared with kim and clara how i swept all the ben and jerry and haagen daz. haha and also the nice places to eat... and they got "angry" cos i din tell them where to visit when they just reached here. oops, and kim kept complaining to me how cold she is and she doesnt have enuf knitwear. hahah and i told her nvm la.


FOOD!

yeah and after dinner was dessert at the waffle place and i ordered this choc milk waffle with a choc and coffee ice cream. gosh it was so sweet! woosh! satisfied my craving! haha, but i'm so gonna skip tmr. i think i've developed a sweet tooth over here! i dun eat so much sweet stuff back in sg but i find them esp nice over here. woosh! i can't wait to continue my food trail~


dessert! yeah and that's kim san!

well, this would be out of pt. but i think things are getting harder in uni now, cos we're really learning much newer stuff now and more time is needed to grasp certain concepts. sometimes it makes me feel a little breathless cos there're quite many to noe. well, hopefully i can understand them well. jiayou to myself! and i've gotten my foundation exam back. yup, met my expectations and yes i'm gonna work much harder! this exam grades din make me feel complacent but has fired me up to be more hardworking. yeah~ notes here i come! haha!

and yeah~ it was HCN - Hwa Chong Night today. though the turnout wasn't really good, i still had tremendous fun today. met old frens and made 'new' frens. 'new' cos the only 'new' fren i made was yisheng. and yeah we know each other existence in hc but dun really noe each other personally. well, there was some misunderstandings then which i thought would nv be solved. but we chatted quite a lot tonight. oh well, i'm just glad that everything's fine again. cheers!


camwhore with so many ppl! and top middle is my long lost junior dorea!

Food was just so-so but i still applaud the committee for organising this day and planning so much activities for us! really appreciate it. and i won a bottle of wine from the lucky draw, kinda lucky huh. shall share it with my cool frens over here. haha! ah yah but i would have preferred that hwa chong bear which brings back much more memories.

I'm kinda touched when i watched the video with the teachers and principals wishing us good wishes. special person to mention was mrs foo who really wished us well, and she's always the best bio teacher i've ever had. i'm her bio rep la! haha, there was a thunderous applause when the video showed her. haha goes to show her popularity amongst s7s!


yeah dance and singing! the climax~


HC ai4!

the dinner ended with a high note with mass dance and songs... haha and i pulled ant in to sing along with us though he's from rj! kinda cute. argh, how i miss those songs. mass dance was with qiao yan and we were super comical cos i forgot almost everything, lucky there were dance ICs to lead us. wee~ well, it has been a night of fun and reminiscence. hopefully, there'll be more ppl for the next HCN!

haha wa i'll be having a couple of dinner out this week~ and yeah today was out at millenia hotel at gloucester. don't know if i typed the hotel's name correctly. but be4 that went to yang le's place first studied together with her and ky. then we chatted and ant joined us while yl cooked for him dinner! hahah, and there were again corny incidents. damn funny.

ok, so this dinner was held by psc and it was orignally meant for the psc scholars but they decided to include the stat board this year, so astar and dsta were invited too. ahha and cos i was late together with kang yee and yang le for 5min, we were left to sit at the 'latecomers' table. haha but there were quite a no. of ppl i know and it was like a dsta and astar table with just 1 pub. so coincidental!


some pics~

yup, besides the spread of dishes we had like chicken rice, or lua, vege, laksa and red bean soup, this psc lady came to chat with us. and i found myself quite ignorant about current affairs. i know and have read about them but cant discuss in depth. and i was quite inspired by this lady to read up more. yeah i dun noe her name cos she came and sit with us suddenly and did not introduce herself. haha! well, so i think at least this dinner has inspired me to be more aware of current affairs! and yes i will read up more! came back and i immediately went to read about the US credit crunch and i finally understood it better. yeah~

yeah valentine day was soooo fun though there were certain upsets in the day.

kelvin, me, yl and edwin met up to go to liverpool street together and walked around brick lane. that place is full of arab stuff and i realised i had been to there be4 with ks, carrine they all! haha, yeah it was quite a nice street though not worth a second visit i think. haha, and then while we were making our way back to the station to pick up kok chong, rachel and ant, this really desperate guy came up to us to ask for money; showing his ic that he's from south africa and is stranded in central london and wanna get to greenwich where his accoms is at and he couldn't have any access to his bank account. and he was at the brink of tears which convinced me that he was really at his ends and i gave him 5 pounds while the rest gave 7. and this thing kinda bothered me after that cos edwin said i'm too trusting and he most prob was a conman. argh, i would be really angry with myself if he is. that's really my weakness, cos i trust ppl too easily, i must learn to be less trusting! but like what wl, rachel and ant told me (yeah it took quite a no. of ppl to convince me) to just think that for all we know his case was genuine. seriously, if i know it's a genuine case, i would not mind giving him 10 pounds. but still, i must learn from this exp.


at brick lane!

well, ok on to the happier stuff. so we met the other 3 up and ant was terribly late but it's cos of the tube station la. yeah and we made our way to this restaurant called lao di fang which serves sichuan food! we ordered 7 dishes and 6 of them are meat! ahaha and kelvin ate till he sweat! gosh, i think it's too hot for him cos he doesn't know how to eat spicy stuff but he said it was shiok though. am glad he liked it! haha, yeah and we really crapped so much at the table. esp when ben ben ant san was around, rachel, him and i were babbling loads of jap! haha and yeah ant and i wore the same tshirt today that we bought from les mis. really xin you ling xi! cos i was telling yang le not to tell him i wore it and wa we were all surprised when we realized we wore the same shirt. haha! argh i so want to go to japan with these 2 siao frens! had tremendous fun tonight.




7 of us together!

yeah, it was quite a nice day out with yl, yp and ant to les mis! we had quite a nice dinner at prezzo before heading to les mis theatre. somehow i still prefer zizzi to all the other italian restaurants.

les mis was really nice i felt. but honestly i was lost at the scenes be4 intermission. i managed to piece certain parts up but cos the cast was singing throughout the whole musical, it's a bit hard to catch what they're 'saying'. haha i should have read up a little be4 going. but luckily there was ant to explain to me cos yang le told him a synopsis of the story be4. and i really enjoyed the 2nd part after intermission. and this is my first time i teared in a musical. i teared at the very end when the symphony orchestra played a really tear inducing song and the scene just complemented it so much. i wasn't feeling sad actually. actually, the symphony gave me lots of goosebumps! cos there were loads of bass and it's sth i love! i'm from bass section anyway~ hahaa.. well well. was a nice night out!

today was another enjoyable saturday~ firstly, met yl, kelvin and bq at nottinghill to go to portobello market. somehow i find markets less interesting whenever i revisit them. but still i had really nice food there also! haha, bought chinese pears for 4 for a pound. and that is seriously cheap! maybe i can get bing qiang to get for me more pears in future. yeah and we bought pastries for lunch. As i cant be satisfied with sweet stuff for lunch, i also bought another spicy chicken burger!


yeah roasted pork! i find market fotos always very nice!

then we went over to bq pembridge hall to play bridge! wa i seriously love that game. kelvin and i taught yl and bq on how to play that intelligent game and along the way there were some really funny jokes during the games! cos both of them have to think a long time before they put the 1st card at the 1st set. really funny! yeah so we played and then we decided to chat, and it was nice catching up with bq. haven seen him for eons and there are just so much to catch up with him. and i like providing him a listening ear cos i dun miss home as much as him. and (being thick skin here) i think with me around, he would feel less homesick cos i'm always ki siao-ing. and he would laf like mad too which is really good.

yeah so dinner was at pizza express, and cheapo students like us used the 2-for-1 voucher to get 4 main course for just 5 pounds per person! was really really cheap! couldn't ask for more! dinner was good just that i find the pizza crust too thin. yeah and we went to bq place again for ben and jerry dessert thereafter and i ate like 3/4 tub again. gonna skip tmr! yeah it has been a really nice day spending together with close frens. and i know kelvin is really comfortable with bq which makes me feel quite good actually. and we can have weekend meals out in future loh!


at pizza express!

well, next week would be another tough week of lab and i'm doing particle in a box expt when i'm studying chem! can u believe it! hahaa, but i find the physics part quite fun. should not dwell much in that cos i'll go mad understanding everything. yeah and i hope i can successfully go through mon and tues, so i can have a really good time at les mis on wed! and we'll be having a really nice dinner at prezzo definitely! and yeah, it'll be a 2 for 1 voucher again! and i'm so gonna eat their calzone.

eric is a happy boy today cause he got to spend really great time with his close frens frolicking in the snow! The snow is especially white today! really really pretty. and yes, there's no school today cos of the heavy snow.

woke up at 8am cos there were ppl playing down at my place and that woke me up. couldn't sleep again cos the view was just too beautiful, too mesmerizing. and so i went down with laya to take a couple of photos, in the cemetery and around our place be4 coming back to change into my handy boots and off to school to meet all my loved ones! met yang le, ant, kelvin, edwin, serene, huiqi, kangwen and ant's exchange fren, shermaine to go hyde park. it was snowing so heavily this afternoon.


look at the angel. feels dark but really nice.

and so we went to frolic in the pristine snow! and took loads of fotos~ but i couldn't throw at anyone as i dun have gloves and the snow is too cold for my hands! so we did a couple of crazy stuff.





firstly, ant and i did some crazy stuff today by taking out our jacket and posing with only our shirts on! but this attracted attention and ppl start to throwing snow at us! haha it was nevertheless fun. the 2nd siao thing we did were to daopok me on the thick comfortable snow. the 3rd siao thing we did were to have our jump shot on the snow! and finally the last was when ant and i decided to eat ice cream after our delectable lunch at this italian restaurant. lunch was super satisfying as the food was really good and reasonably priced too! and it was quite funny when i wanna order my ice cream, cos it says banana chocolate, but it actually meant 2 diff flavours in 2 diff tubs. but the nice lady gave me half a scoop for each flavour. wee! it was nice! and i actually felt quite cold eating while walking in the snow but enjoyable! eating with such a siao fren! what can i say but pure fun! haha, and then we went to beit to play bridge and daidee and shermaine was really funny at bridge! laughed real hard! was super fun spending such a beautiful day with these frens. and i am so satisfied today. wee~

While I'm typing this entry now, it's snowing really heavily outside.

Today started with a little snow while i went to do groceries. then met ben, ks, yw and kok to watch the fireworks cum crackers display at chinatown. the fire crackers were really really good! i have nv heard fire crackers in my life. and this is my VERY first time hearing it at such close proximity. the heavy smell of gunpowder was stimulating. and even though there were sooo many ppl watching, the cold weather made it so bearable. i love fire crackers! brings up the mood really!



well, so after which we went home and after i cooked my dinner, i realised that the whole road WAS WHITE! it was just mins ago when the road was still black with just indiscernible snow. and so i left my food on my table and rushed down with my hall mates to play with the snow. gosh the snow was so heavy and my hands went numb almost immediately. it was fun doing jump shots, and taking loads of photos.



it has been snowing continuously for hours and i actually din expect this cos it's hard to snow for so long in london. initially thought it was some sleet, and just a short snow shower, din expect it to last for so long. and i think it may last throughout the night. well, i cant wait to get up in the morning with a really white barons court and i think i'll get to the cemetery to take loads of photos. the cemetery will be so beautiful. well, though i am happy to experience this heavy snow in london together with my hallmates, i actually felt a tinge of sadness.

well, guess cos i couldn't spend this day with my special frens, my really close frens both in london and sg. ppl like kel, rachel, ant and some others. i want them to be with me today! and also it made me miss my frens even more... i kept pulling the curtain back to gaze at the snow for some time. i like the way the snow settles down, and everything feels so calm, so pristine. this snow would take some time to stop and i hope it still continues tmr. it's just too pretty. ah... and tonight is really pretty cos the sky looks really bright with all the snow reflecting the soft orange light. i cant stop looking out of the window.


such a pretty photo, a really nice skyline.

tuan yuan

yeah! it's the eve of ren ri, which is on the 7th day of cny! yeah so we had a celebration at beit! had a really heartwarming steamboat with rachel, ant, yipei and yang le. the day started when i went to borough market with yang le cos we intended to get fresh prawns and meat from there initially, at the same time savour the food over there. but the prices put us off and so we just had a really nice lunch there. i think i love borough quite a lot! and the humongous burger we bought drew lots of attention, ppl keep looking at what we eat! and even commented that i could resell half of that. oh well, so after borough, we went to bayswater to get jing zhen gu and tang yuan! and i alighted to get the ingredients while yl stayed at the station as i have travel pass.


with yang le san at borough! look at the 3 big layers of cheese!

and then we went to sains to shop for meat and prawns! wee~ they have fresh prawns~ so after which we headed to beit to prepare the food for dinner! and ant came back, so the 3 of us started cooking. it was really fun cooking, eating and playing today! we cooked and ate for 3h in total! gosh all of us were soooo full that we felt so bloated and unable to move. played cny and other chi and eng songs too which added to the mood! we just had so much other food like cake, ba kwa, pineapple tarts, biscuits. and bee hooN! wee all so nice~ haha, and we kept crapping dumb jokes! and dancing to the music. i even danced and said hi to 1 of the ang mor outside. haha went mad then! and yeah we took a mobile phone advertisement cos ant and i are using the old N95. yeah i think they should just use our poster to boost their sales. and then we played bridge and 21 points and i drank a lot cos i kept losing argh! i even bet on bak kwa! heheh cos i wanted them to help me finish. haha~ i think it's my first time feeling a little light headed, but really tonight's company was lovely. and also the 3 from jap soc, me, ant and rachel are quite tight now i feel. haha! though we just met for barely a few months without prior contact in sg, we're really quite close now. wee it shall stay this way always.


hoho~


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