Dono-wat-title-to-put....

I've been meaning to blog, but was just too lazy to. So I thought I'd just post up a quick entry. These past two nights, my roomate invited me to join some activities hosted by the Christian Union club. Met some interesting people. Some of the locals were impressed by my command in english. One asked where I learned english from. They didn't think Malaysians could speak english, well not that well anyway. And apparently I sound American. Hmmm...... One was amazed by my vocabulary when I said the words drug and sugar-rush. And asked me if there's anything I didn't know. I was kinda stunned by their sakai-ness that my only reply was "thank you". Classes haven't really started yet. I still don't feel like eating. But I do eat like biscuits and fruits but that's about it. I still haven't touched my instant noodles yet. I feel so impoverished over here with the lack of luxuries that I usually get at home. I miss driving around and screaming at the crazy drivers. I miss my bed, my little corner in the study room, TV room, TV, Astro, pirated DVDs, kitchen, toilet, laundry room, living room, air-conds, laksa, kolo mee, chicken rice, RM currency, cooking for the family, Malaysian time, and a whole lot more. There's no place like home. Oh well....
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My London Trip...

London Eye
Some bridge
London Bridge (I think)
WW2 Tanker (??)
Some street performer

So went to London today. From London Eye, we walked to St. Paul Cathedral, we got tired of walking and decided to take the bus to some street near to China Town. Dined at HK Diner at China Town. Huge portion. I was already full halfway through. Anyway, here are some of the pics I took, of London Eye and one of the street performers. I've got lots more but I'm too lazy to post them up. This is just a sneak peek. OK...
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Over 6000 miles away from home......

Yay!! I finally got the internet connection in my room to work. I've always thought Kuching is kampung, this place is more kampung-er. Serian town is busier than the town centre here. ADUH!!! This place is about a half hour train ride from London. I kinda have this phobia of London cos the last time I was there, I got pickpocket-ed. Will be going there this Sunday though. There's no Tesco here. The only supermarket that sells a bunch of stuff here is called ASDA. Never heard of it. It's at the town centre which is about 20 minutes walk from the campus. I so miss the luxuries of home. There is a shopping outlet nearby though but I've only been in there for about 10 seconds. Since I left on Saturday morning, I didn't have enough time to pack. Especially food. Managed to locate a chinese shop at the town centre that sells "Buatan Malaysia" Maggi Mi. How happy was I. But I did bring along two packs of instant noodles that I bought from Changi Airport. Was in transit there for about 11hours. Didn't rest much in the hotel, kept walking up and down the terminal, looking for stuff to buy. Giordano was on sale, so I bought 5 shirts. My aim was to wear myself out so that I could sleep the whole journey through. It worked. I was on the 11.59pm (don't ask.....PELIK!!) Qantas flight to London. Qantas is nice. Anyway, so touchdown at Heathrow. I arrived at Terminal 4 but the pick up service (by the Uni) was at Terminal 3. I had to lug my luggages to the train which took me to Terminal 3. When I got to Terminal 3, I had to push my luggages UP the ramp to get to the arrival hall. Met up with the pick up service there, and later went to the Uni. Arrived at the Uni and checked into my room. Found out that the stove in the kitchen has to be lit with matches, the starter button doesn't work. Adoi!!! Good thing I had plenty of practice lighting the Bunsen Burner. Not only that, the water isn't chlorine treated, so it shows some powdery substance when boiled, I thought something was wrong with the pan I bought when I boiled the water with it. Oh and the oven has no heating coils, it operates on fire to heat it up. Actual fire in the oven. That's a first. Haven't been eating much for these past few days. More like makan pagi kais pagi, makan petang kais petang. Kinda lazy to cook. Even if its just instant noodles. There's a refectory (ie canteen), and the uni shop sells frozen food....so okla. Asalkan got eat something, cukupla. OKla...malas to continue.>>>Over and out....

Yay!!! Got my UK visa...

Hah....Went to KL on Monday for my visa application. Went to see them on Tuesday, passport ready on Wednesday, collected passport on Thursday. Just got back. All the KL-Kch flights fully booked. Both AirAsia and MAS. In the end got the Business Class seat. Going off to UK on Saturday. Great....more plane rides. I used to love plane rides, but now they make me sick. I don't vomit or anything, just that they give me a headache. I love food. But if I smell food in the airplane, I feel sick. All flights to UK are fully booked. Managed to get a seat on Qantas. So I'll be there on time for the orientation. I'm nervous and excited at the same time. The thought of going away is always inviting, but when the reality of it dawns on me, I can't help but feel sad. That I'll be leaving my family, my nest. Over 6000 miles away from home. That's about 16 hours of plane journey. For the very first time in my life that I'll be on my own. On the brighter note, I'll finally be independent. This is such a bitter sweet situation. Anyway, got tons of stuff to do before Saturday. So.....
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New layout...

Got meself a new layout. Got bored of the old one.

This year the Merdeka Parade was held at Kuching.....it was aired on TV but I missed it. Didn't really do much on that day. In the afternoon, attended the "nuns' version of ordination" at Carmelite Church. I was told that it was a rare event. In the evening, went to the Planet Shakers concert, it was nice. It relieved my stress a bit.

Got sore throat when I came back from KL. Was so miserable for weeks but I feel better now. My results came out on Monday....I passed all my subjects....YAY me!! Have been busy settling things that need to be settled now that I've finished my diploma. WOW...that was fast, it felt like just yesterday I had my SPM and worrying about what course to take. Now, I'm a mechanical engineer...but only up to diploma level. I wonder who dares to hire me. Hehehehe........

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