HOLIDAY!!!

YAY!!! Holiday's here. But I've still got some work to do during the hols. Knowing me, I prolly won't get to it till the last week of hols. Anyway, me mum n me sis are coming on Monday, Im so freakin excited. Went to Watford earlier today. And stopped at Sainsbury's on the way back. Spent mostly on ice-cream. Had Baskin-Robbins' Jamoca Fudge (something like that), so good. And bought 2 boxes of Ben&Jerry's at Sainsbury's, saving that for when me mum n sis are here. Can't wait. And got more chocolate. Haven't been up to anything much since the last entry. I bought 2 pairs of Skechers (a pair of boots and a pair of sneakers)......Love 'em!!!! I got the sneakers for GBP 7. Visited the cinema at the Galleria twice. Can't remember the 1st movie I saw, but the 2nd one was Holiday. Nice movie.

Earlier last month, I went to some fireworks display in St Albans (I think they call it Bonfire Night here, not sure la). My housemate invite, ikut aja. Anyway, we went with the people from church.

Later last month, I went to the Christian Union weekend away at Norfolk. No idea where it is. I know its some countryside la. We stayed in this mansion house. We discussed about the Christian faith, played games, and went for a walk along the countryside.

A midget horse

OKla I'm too lazy to post up anymore pics. Takes too long. Anyway, that's about all I've done so far.

>>>Over and out........

Happy DeepaRaya!!!

I would like to wish all Malaysians Happy Deepavali and Selamat Hari Raya!!!

The grass is NOT greener on the other side......

Went to Tesco. I’ve been grocery shopping for these past few days. I bought so much food that it’ll prolly last me a month or so. And I bought chocolate. I’m kinda frustrated now, and two of my stress busters are shopping (even if it’s for groceries) and chocolate (be it bars, cookies or mousse). Last Sunday, I made roast chicken and pasta with bolognese sauce. The chicken wasn’t that bad, so I decided to roast some more chicken today. Just finished a piece. Went to St Albans on Saturday, alone, by bus. I wanted to be adventurous. That’s about as adventurous as I’ll be for now. I’m slowly settling, adjusting and accepting life here. When I was back home, I’ve always wished I was somewhere else, I felt like I was drowning. I wanted to go overseas, live there. Now that I get the chance to, it’s not as nice as I thought. I mean I appreciate the fact that I’m fortunate enough to have the opportunity to further my studies overseas, but there’s still NO place like home. It’s not like I’m utterly homesick or whatever (thanks to web video calling), I mean I can deal with having to walk and to use public transport, but there’s so much going on back home that I feel I’m missing out on. I guess I’m just stressed out about school and life and stuff. And I tend to get irritable. That’s why I’m fully stocked with chocolate. The grass always seemed greener on the other side, but now that I’m on the other side it’s not greener at all. It kinda seems like the previous side is greener. I guess it’s some “optical illusion” of the human mind. I totally didn’t plan on coming here. My mum suggested that I try applying for UK even though we weren’t really planning to go for it. I asked about it at the Uni placement department at Inti. I was told about the procedures and they seemed troublesome for something that I’m not really going for, so I didn’t bother about it and I missed the application deadline. And later someone told me about another pathway to UK that is through Inti Nilai, I had to spend one year there and another year in one of Inti partners in UK. I wasn’t that interested. But I did look through the partners and there was one that kinda caught our eye. And it so happened that during my exam week, this particular uni that we considered with Inti Nilai came to the British Council for the clearing, and on that particular day I had no papers on, so I went and I got in with partial bursary. I was still a bit unsure cos I already had an offer from an Aussie uni which I was eyeing for. Everyone told me to go for UK (my parents like UK), so I just went for it. I applied the visa myself, no help from Inti at all. Coming here was such a rush. I guess I'm used to that since I always leave everything to the last minute. I don’t regret coming here. I chose this path and I will go through it. I'm grateful for this opportunity which has thought me a lot on being independent. I just need to blow off steam along the way. Well, I’ve learned a few things from my rather bumpy journey here:
>Life does NOT always go as plan
>Things always happen last minute
>Just GO for it
>Have faith in God that things will workout
and…………….. *drum roll*……………………
Life is always full of crap!!!!
>>> Over and out

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....
>>>Over and out