Tues the 16th of Dec

Last day of bio lectures... ended the term with a bio of organisms tute! Got my essay back... results were good.

Was supposed to go back and pack up and settle the last bits of pre-hols sponsorship stuff. Instead, went to Sainsbury's for grocery shopping with a few other bio mates... and went to Southwell for dinner. Xiao very kindly offered to whip up dinner for us, but of course we helped! Ate, chatted, sung, and had some interesting chats about various topics - ranging from the Queen and our President, to hrm, other... stuff...

The dishes were humble but nice. A welcomed change of taste from the hall dinners. Pics here.

Went to visit Kai's room in the neighbouring Bernard Sunley House... and saw the 'Halflings' flag that we made from the orientation camp Sojourn in Sentosa. :) Go Halflings!

Val was on bar duty... but we reached Linstead a few minutes too late to witness her in action behind the bar. The rest were still playing cards (or Diablo) at the bar so I sat down for a while to... socialise, all the while muttering how I really should get packing.

Wed

Took a cab to Heathrow. The journey to the airport took 1/2 hour faster than expected. Heathrow terminal 3 is a mess of people, luggages, trolleys, long queues at Burger King's, screaming toddlers and very unexpectedly lax security procedures. Efficiency is close to nil. People there work at a rate just-quick-enough-for-a-passenger-to-not-miss-his-flight.

13 hours of flight. Watched Seabiscuit, bits of Alex and Emma, Matchstick Men and Open Range and tried hard to grab some sleep. One of the most uninteresting trips in an airplane - it was totally bumpy-less. I suppose that's a good thing.

Thurs

Arrived S'pore 8am. Sleepy. Regretting my decision to sacrifice so many items (ie. not bring them back) since my luggage weight barely hit 23kg, a first. Should have just piled up on more things, but was lazy to carry an extra suitcase. Slept a bit in the arvo. Drank S'pore water. Yummmm... home-cooked dinner. Mmmmm.

My site has been down. Some business involving a migration of servers, and hackers who replaced the site's contents with pro-Pakistani propaganda etc. Databases down. Annoying.

Fri

Forgot what I did in the morn. I think I slept it through. Was supposed to have an APYEN meeting to elect our Ex-Co. and stuff but it was cancelled. Went down to Orchard in the late arvo to have dinner and watch Love Actually with friends. Guess what? Tics were sold out again. This is the second time I've been deprived of a chance to watch that movie. I don't understand... it's been showing for a very long time now in S'pore, and tics are still selling fast.

Spent some time at home packing up my gear for tomorrow... cleaned my tripod, my scope lenses etc. Dug up my things from the mess in my room which has again turned into a warehouse.

Sat
See below about the day at Sungei Buloh.

Sun
Lunch with an auntie who came over from Paris... dinner with another auntie from came over from HK/London... squeezed our way around Orchard Road. Haven't seen this many people at one place for a long time - it's tedious having to weave your way through throngs of crowds.

posted by Husky @ 12/22/2003 05:37:34 AM  |