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At times, when I have nothing better to do, I pay a visit to the St John Sydney Uni Division membersite... they've finally got a photo gallery up! But... I don't see Grace or anyone else I know... 'cept for this "bushy moustache guy" who's Superintendent Sven. I still have difficulty pronouncing his name.

Other exciting things on the roster include the Justin Timberlake concert coming up in June. Oooo...

Was studying for the greater part of yesterday.

Jason organised a farewell dinner for Val last night at Four Seasons. Had my fair share of roast duck and duck chup, and hurried towards Fulham to meet up with my relatives at Bibendum. Whoa. High class stuff. Had ascargots. Don't think I'll ever be going to such places while in London... Chinese takeaway will do just fine for me.

Two hilarious 'gay' shots, taken on the night after Troy.

(Looking at those photos, one would've thought that Amar is indeed... *shudder* :P )

More photos of Linsteadians, the bio gang, and SingSoc ExCo are up in the London galleries.

Edit: 'gay' with quote marks... no no don't get it wrong...

This is the what... third time I've changed the look of my blog?

Was woken up by 4 consecutive phone calls today... arrghh... couldn't fall back into sleep, so I stared at my laptop monitor and started tampering randomly with my blog template. And this... is the result. Might have to treat it to little tweaks here and there before I can start studying in peace again. I know that it doesn't fit in with the other talfryn.net pages but ahh who cares... I'll leave perfection to my post-exam era.

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Gloria EE and E-Cheung are in town, come from Hong Kong to visit my cousin Justin while he's having his half-term. Met them at Notting Hill this arvo... went to Portabello. After many visits to that antiques market, I've finally settled on getting a German WWII K98 bayonet, complete with metal scabbard.

They went house-viewing... I tagged along.

Dinner at Hilton Kensington with them and EE's friends... I haven't had such a full dinner for a very long time... sushi and sashimi, green and red carrot soup, Shanghai dumplings, Hainanese chicken rice, Chinese veggies, toffee banana and more.

Returned to Linstead to find the gang playing table footsie and watching Friends. Uhhh... Friends is evil... it is a distraction... I should hide my 50 CDs of 10 seasons' worth... somewhere... safe...

Finally caught Troy. The last show... went after the SingSoc meeting last night. With a happy happy gang of 9 Linsteadians. Hee... it was more or less what I expected... and the fight scenes were waaay cool!

Hockay... 'tis the effect of reading (or hearing) one too many of what Alex has started. From my MSN chats:

[09:07 PM] alex: hockay
[08:50 PM] lionel: hockay
[02:44 PM] amar: hockay
[04:50 PM] charlotte: hockay!!!
[05:51 PM] vivian: hockay~~

All used the same expression on different occasions independently of one another. Rrright... nice-going!

YAY!!

Today was our last day of lectures. After this comes 3 weeks of stuvac, then the accursed exams. Downed a few chapters in the past few days... hope this'll continue.

Went to watch the West End musical Bombay Dreams last night (since all shows end 13th June)... didn't expect it to be so impressive! "Shakalaka baby...!!" The backdrop and sets, lighting, costumes, dances... ooo... stunning!

Jingye and Jed managed to 'win' free tickets to the play Hamlet for this arvo, so I went along. Not that I'm particularly into Shakespeare or plays, but when a £30+ ticket comes floating by your way, you don't ignore it. :P Didn't know it would be last for so long though... nearly 3 hours closing on 4. Original plan was to go house-viewing at 5 but obviously I couldn't make it back in time. So... from Waterloo where the theatre was, we walked to Leicester for dinner, and walked all the way back to South Ken. Seems like a long distance (on the tube map at least), but when I measured it out on the map, it was only 4km (4km = 1 1/3 times Sungei Buloh Route 1 = nothing much).

Gotta control myself... no more late-nights in Amar's room or nightly viewings of movies and Naruto in Alex's room. Grrr ok, make that more realistic. Less late nights...

Trip summary (Sat 22 - Sun 23 May):

PHOTOS HAVE BEEN UPLOADED

Day 1 Morn & Arvo - Poole & Brownsea Island

Set off from London at around 7.30 in the morn with Jingye, Vivian, Lionel, Amar, Lu, Alex and Jed (yeah... it's usual for us girls to find that we're heavily outnumbered). Arrived at the little harbour town of Poole 3 hours later, from where we took the ferry down south to Brownsea Island.

Brownsea Island kinda resembled the Aussie bush... deja vu. Uphill and downhills (well, a little anyway), damp ground, leaf litter, bushes, pines, fallen logs, etc etc... minus the leeches. Surrounded by a lovely coast too... lotsa seabirds around, and some Oystercatchers were nesting.

First destination on the island was the bust of Lord Baden-Powell, founder and the first Chief Scout of the World. He held an experimental camp on the Island in 1907, and it was from there that Scouting and Guiding movement sprang. The second and more important destination... the climax of our 'pilgrimage', was the Scouting memorial stone. Spent some time there trying to get a feel of the history that had gone on before in that very same place.

Milled about at the old pottery site, where we found some long sticks and poked about the seaweed and cracked pots... and entertained ourselves witnessing the frantic hopping of the exposed beachfleas. Amar sure had some fun in rediscovering the simpler pleasures of life. Lunch on the beach... while Amar and Lu showcased their sparring skills.

Trekked about the little 1 1/2 by 3/4 mile Island and sang songs as we went. lol. Tried to spot a red squirrel but no luck. :| Left Brownsea with a harbour cruise before landing back at Poole.

The gang at Brownsea. Clocwise from left: Lionel, me, Amar, Jed, Viv, Alex, Jingye, and Lu... eh Lu... look up...

Alex and myself with Scout neckerchiefs

Day 1 Night & Day 2 - Bath

Five people squeezed into a twin-shared room of a guest house... that was how we spent our night in Bath. Viv was trying her hardest to cram in details from her notes (she has an exam on Monday ie. the next day, and still she comes! Whoa - pei fu!). I slept through Jingye's and Jed's snoring... but not before I documented them sleeping!

Had a full continental breakkie at the guest house with Viv, then went over to MacDonald's to meet up with the boys. We were sitting on a bench on the street, waiting for the boys to appear round the corner... and when they came... oooo... it went like an MTV clip. One could imagine them as a boy band on some CD cover (see photo)!

At the rather pricely sum of 8 quid, the four Js (Jingye, Jed, Jian Rong aka Lionel, and myself) decided to take a closer look at the old Roman Baths. Ruins from the temple of Sulis Minerva, the Gorgon's head, the Sacred Spring, the Great Bath...

Description taken from the website:

"The Roman Baths is one of the best-preserved Roman sites north of the Alps and at the very heart of the site is the Sacred Spring. Hot water at a temperature of 460C rises here at the rate of 1,170,000 litres (that’s 240,000 gallons) every day and has been doing this for thousands of years.

In the past this natural phenomenon was beyond human understanding and it was believed to be the work of the gods. In Roman times a great Temple was built next to the Spring dedicated to the goddess Sulis Minerva, a deity with healing powers. The mineral rich water from the Spring supplied a magnificent bath-house which attracted visitors from across the Roman Empire."

We also tried out the famous Spa Water. But... yucks. Thanks to the 43 minerals, it tasted more like water that has been used to wash coins.

Left the city after lazing about at the Parade Gardens by the River Avon.

Here comes the boys!

Jed, myself, Jingye and Lionel at the Great Bath

Day 2 - Stonehenge

Fun! While on the way to Stonehenge, we took pics of us with the car which we rented (Jed was our driver). I love those photos. ;) Hrm... Stonehenge... one of the wonders of the world. We always imagine these huge, towering blocks of rock in a vast piece of land... but it's *not* quite that big. Still, it is a magnificent monument and does have some sorta mysterious air about it. At least now I can claim that I've "been there, done that".

Us by the car

Viv and myself at Stonehenge (classic! whee... I'm taller! :P)

Am trying to stuff all the 'play & leisure' into this whole week, which is all that I can afford before the exams that will be upon me in exactly a month's time. Shall be away this weekend... going to Brownsea Island, Stonehenge and the City of Bath. =)

Grouprs of friends (those lucky blokes who have finished, or would have finished their exams by early June) will be going to Edinburgh, Lake District and Paris... I'll have to do my best to shun off those temptations. Arghh... why must bio exams come and end sooooo late?!?

Btw, the internet connection in my hall has been crap lately. Been blogging through emailing... whenever email decides to work.

20 crazy interview questions for Oxbridge applicants, taken from the Times Good University Guide (Click here; Imperial emerged third again, just a few points behind Cambridge; Ranking tables):

1 Do you have many hormones? I find girls get distracted by male mathematicians (to maths applicant, Oxford).

2 What effect on the whole of society does someone crashing into a lamppost have? (law applicant, Oxford).

3 Are people living on the streets mad if they can sing? (PPE, Oxford).

4 Give an example of two statements that can't both be true but can be both false, and two statements that can't be both true and can't both be false (philosophy, Cambridge).

5 Would a good liar make a good lawyer? (law, Cambridge).

6 I have a horrible aunt who hates mathematics. Can you, without telling her of your feelings, convince her that mathematics is exciting? For example, a proof that once you've seen it makes mathematics seem completely amazing (mathematics, Oxford).

7 Tell me about a banana (medicine, Cambridge).

8 When is it acceptable for writing to be boring? (French and Russian, Oxford).

9 Calculate the average interatomic spacings particles in the room (chemistry, Oxford).

10 If we define fear as "something that can hurt us", why are we afraid of spiders? (classics, Oxford).

11 In biblical times Joseph carried out the first buffer stock scheme. Why would he not be in the same position to do that today? (economics, Cambridge).

12 How do you define baldness? (experimental psychology, Oxford).

13 Why don't plants have brains? (veterinary science, Cambridge).

14 Is the Eurovision Song Contest an example of living nationalism? (history and politics, Oxford).

15 Do you see me like a camera? (history of art, Cambridge).

16 Could there still be a Second Coming if mankind had disappeared from the planet? (theo- logy, Cambridge).

17 Is this can of corned beef safe? (medicine, Cambridge).

18 Is it possible to split a human brain in two and create two identical people? (PPE, Oxford).

19 How do you know if 2+2=4 in the past? (philosophy, Cambridge).

20 If it is 12pm, what is the exact time here in Oxford? (physics, Oxford).

Good luck to my batchmates, whoever you are, who applied to Oxbridge. Boy am I glad I didn't have to go through that...

In the AdCo forums we were talking about what to do when I am back in Sydney... and I found this post by Cyn rather amusing:

"2. bushing walking in national parks: jac's obsession, but someone raise a good point, we may not be able to go anywhere with jac taking pics of plants and insects"

Which is quite true... and reminds me of why I dislike guiding big groups in Sungei Buloh. I can't just stop in the middle of the path and take pics of a particular caterpillar on a leaf, or some shorebird on the mudflats (believe me, that can take me more than an hour). But with family groups or couples, I can stop and shoot all I want while entertaining them with stories of that animal. Anywaay... can't wait to be back in the bush. :)

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'Nuttin else interesting for the day besides having an extremely long and tedious bacteriology practical... finishing up my fungi lab report... and watching Miyazaki's (boy I love his works) Princess Mononoke - the weirdest, most random and incomprehensible anime film that he's produced. We watched it in Japanese with English subtitles... much better than the Cantonese versions I have at home.

Tues night

Didn't entirely miss Wing-kit' bday celebrations even though I went for the Mama Mia musical. Joined Xiao, Yung Yung, Xiyu, Anna, and Wing-kit at Trocadero and Funland for a while watching them dance on the DDR, and played a bit of Time Crisis III with Xiao and Xiyu.

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Wednesday

Studied diligently throughout the afternoon, and spent some time in the (currently) wonderful London outdoors to play frisbee after dinner. That blasted frisbee. *in Singlish mode* Paiseh... condemned. I tossed it too high and it fell into some hallmate's balcony. Went to retrieve it... but she wasn't in... left her a note. :/

Went to the bar to support Zi-Ming who was on bar duty, and brought along the Britian map to discuss travel plans to Brownsea Island with Jingye and the rest of the gang. Ended up -again- in Amar's room... watching the The Emperor's New Groove. Had a bit of a good laugh.

Sunday night's dinner was a 5-pound Sainsbury's Peking duck, leftover potatoes from SFP, and pasta ragu. We sat along the corridor outside Jingye's room and watched... *goes to Viv's blog to check out the title of the series* Xun Qin Ji on Viv's laptop. They used such ancient Chinese (many four-letter words :P) that I hardly understood any of it... but heck, the duck was nice. Ooo... Amar, at the other end of the landing, sustained a rather nasty cut on his finger while attempting to do something to a chicken with a knife... ouch. He came by showing us his bleeding finger and we all squirmed.

Then in my room, Jed and I struggled for an hour and a half to get the second-last episode of Smallville playing without lagging on my laptop... but gave up after concluding that it was the vid file's problem, not my laptop's (although yes, my laptop crashed four times during that hour and a half). Watched 'the making of' Gladiator instead. ;)

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Monday

Received a big envelope in the mail! Yay... Nick's report on the snakes of Sungei Buloh was finally out... so Su Hooi sent me a copy. :) Have been waiting for that for ages...

Wrote notes, studied, mugged. Am making progress.

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Tuesday

Wing-kit's birthday. We got him the seal and a RSPB chirping bird from the Natural History Museum... lol. A great many bio mates are gonna join him in his b-day party later on but I won't be there. :|

My hallmates had waited for me to return from S'pore before watching the musical 'Mama Mia', and the date, as planned few weeks ago, was set for today. So... sigh. Conflict of priorities again.

A long post, but bear with me. Taken from an email I received from local birder Ashley.

They still need volunteers to help distribute educational flyers etc. so if you're available to drop some leaflets around your neighbourhood, give me a beep.

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Dear all,

Every year i have heart-rendering cries of animals releasing into our wild / parks
& most of them that i had encountered are usually dead or in bad state of dying
and suffering in our country.

Therefore now, I would like some help from everyone out there to lend me some support
towards this small act of public education on this coming Vesak Day.

I would like to form a group of volunteers on this special occasion
to be stationed at a few designated or popular spots for animals releasing
(such as Bishan Park, MacRitchie Reservoir Park, Pierce Reservoirs, Seletar Reservoirs
& many other known locations).

We hope to advise the public of not releasing animals into the wild
by telling them the effects & offence of such act.

Please please reply me if you're interested to know more about this programme.
I would be conducting a briefing for those who are keen to participate in this project soon.
At the same, I will contact the NParks about this project & hope to get more
support from them soon.

Please forward this to your friends.
Many thanks.

Regards,
Ashley

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The following was taken from a joint publication by Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Temple
& Nature Society (S'pore) on Zhaobao paper last year.

"In Singapore, it is a common practice to release animals, especially during Vesak Day.
It is highly commendable to feel compassion for other living things;
however, releasing animals may not be the best way of helping them.
Let us first think carefully about the following points:-

1. Releasing No-Native Animals

These foreign animals might not survive in our country and may introduce foreign diseases,
which can infect local animals that have no immunity against such diseases.

Some of these introduced animals can thrive in our country because they are from other
tropical countries with similar climate and habitats. These foreign animals compete
with our natives species for food, shelter, nesting areas and limited habitat.
They may also prey on the young of local species.

For example, the Red-eared Slider (a freshwater turtle) from North America is
a common pet animal. It is often released into our parks, rivers and reservoirs.
This species is larger, more aggressive and adaptable and therefore can cause
the decrease of our native Asian Box Turtle found in Singapore's few remaining
wetland areas.

The mass release of animals in large numbers will affect our environment
in a negative way. For example the common Rock Pigeon, which may cause
hygiene problems. The releasing of large numbers of animals will also upset
the natural balance, as the area of release will not be able to cope with the
sudden increase of animals.

2. To release or Not to release?

In Singapore, it is an OFFENCE to release any animals into our public parks,
reservoirs, nature reserves and many other places.

Genuine animal liberation is done with wisdom and compassion.
Based on the above findings, we should first ask ourselves the
following questions when we think of releasing animals:-

a. Will the animal really benefit from being released?

b. Are we no longer responsible from the animal once it is released?

c. Will our act if releasing an animal ensure its well-being,
or are we simply performing a superficial act with no thought of the actual,
negative consequences?

d. Would the money spent to buy animals for releasing be better used
for other compassionate purposes.

Woke up mid-afternoon today... zzzz feels so good.

Worked/studied a teeny weeny bit now that SFP's over, and had pizza/garlic bread/ribs/chicken dinner in Jingye's room with the normal gang. Watched the SFP souvenir video.

Spent some time in Charl's room with the rest of the Linstead gang bludging around. Watched the SFP video again.

Moved to Amar's room at midnight and watched The Girl Next Door, some kinda chic flick. Amused myself watching Amar and Alex trying to Photoshop Darren's face into something... gay. Managed to see the famous Alex's Gummy Bear video before heading back to my room for a cybermeeting.

Now the birds are chirping in the early morn (I can hear a particularly loud pigeon coo-ing like it's nobody's business) and I'm offa to bed. G'night. Will have to do with a little less sleep tonight (or this morn) to get my internal clock back in sync with the rest of the world...

The college server has been an annoying crawling slow lately. Can't even get to Google sometimes. Argh. Blogging has been almost impossible in the past week.

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The events of Wednesday to Friday, summed up in one word, was 'hectic'... all in preparation for SingSoc's Seniors' Farewell Party.

Dance practise on Weds. Thursday night... ooo... that night was fun. The comm gathered at Sainsbury's after dinner to do our grocery shopping for the BBQ (or barbie... whatever), and we ended up pushing the two full supermarket trolleys all the way back to Linstead. They're now parked behind the Hall in an ever-increasing line of 'stolen' trolleys. In my landing's kitchens, we then marinated the chicken, peppered the pork, and prepared some of the food for the next day. After that - comm meeting in my room. Oooph. Stuffy. It was late; I daresay my neighbours weren't that pleased with our chattering. Went with Marvin to High St Ken on Fri to get some essential cutlery and ingredients... had Maccas for lunch. Yum. :) Then... meeting and preparation for the event at Linstead. Then... scurrying up and down the Linstead stairs to get various things from many rooms, and then... bringing things down and setting up the BBQ kits... getting the stereo/mp3/speakers/extension cords ready... yadda yadda. Felt like my old self... like the times in TKG... during school events... rushing all over the place.

It would be safe to consider SFP a success - the weather was being lovely, the BBQ food was mmmmmm with a smile, the seniors showed up in force, and so did a few hardcore first- and second-year supporters. ;) And as for our mystery item (so much for it being a 'mystery'; everyone knew about it a long time ago), the dance... we managed to pull if off not once, but twice! Yeah!

The cleanup ate into the late 1-ish am hours. By the time we scrubbed the pits clean, it was waaay late. My room has now become a storage place. Many, many potatoes, two BBQ pits, bottles of drinks, snacks, coal, cutlery, cups... etc etc. Bleh.

Anway... being the Linsteadians that we are... we didn't go to bed. Nah, not us. It was Soha and Lu's birthday earlier in the week, and that night, we celebrated their birthdays with a super-sweet choc cake. Yakking general nonsensical crap and a bit of Star Wars... for a good two hours at least.

After the cake, and a few bites of the chicken Lebanese roll thingy that they doggy-bagged for me (thanks...), I was too full to sleep. (-_-)

Ohh yes, it's been too long. You should've met this little gecko ages ago. This reptilian inhabitant-turned-'pet' has been residing in my room (in Singapore, that is) since... well, almost 3 holidays ago. ie. mid last year. It's the same one that pokes its head out from behind my laptop while I punch away on the keyboard... it's the same one which makes the clicking noises at night, it's the same one that stays rock still at the side of the air-con unit, it's the same one that I've been seeing all this while. I know that it's the same one 'cos: 1) It's very tame. I can clap and made sudden movements at it and it doesn't bludge; I could touch it if I wanted to. 2) I can recognise it from its short tail with a blunted end. Lately its favourite hotspot is the adapter for my room printer (it's on the adapter in this photo)... it stays there in the mornings and afternoons. At night... it ventures into the crevices between my desks, and pops its head out sometimes. When I have an empty bowl of fruits, and I walk away, it would come out of hiding and spend some time in the bowl - whatever it's doing there anyway... lapping up the juice?? - I would be able to observe it from a few steps away. It's a gecko with a character. It's the Gecko of the Room.

Dancing can be fun, if you know how to do it well, and know that you are doing it well, and if you do remember how to do it in the first place. The SingSoc comm is having a challenging time keeping up with the 'simple' moves that Anita from Funkology has taught us, but each practice session brings laughs, embarrassed looks and lost faces. It's tonnes of fun taking random shots and videos of the rest practising... and even more fun viewing them afterwards. Mwahahaaa... my digi was also out and at the ready during our comm meeting at Burger King last night after the dance. Darren volunteering to molest chickens, and Kai's terrigible mix-up of words (one wonders why), and Lionel and Darren doing the Korean dance moves... it's all documented. ;)

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Went with Alex during lunchtime today to the Baden-Powell House, one of the Scout HQs and hostels, a few blocks down the road... wanted to get more info about Brownsea Island. We're planning a trip there... it'll be our last trip out of London this term. For us, and Shuhui who'll be joining us, it'll be more of a 'pilgrimage', I guess, since that's where scouting and (if you argue hard enough) guiding first started... where the Founder and then Chief Scout held his first experimental camp for a troop of scouts. We're hoping that we can camp there. That would be the ultimate valid boast of a Guide or a Scout... if she or he could claim that "I have once camped on Brownsea Island." Indeed, it would be an honour.

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Blogger's got a whole new look! Lots more functions - comments for posts, blogging through emailing, dozens of new templates, a friendlier user interface, improved designs... starting and maintaining a blog has never been easier. Anyone interested? Drop me a note. I've got lots of webspace to spare...

Italy pics are up!

Yesss... finally... the long-awaited Italy trip photos are up on the web. Not that it actually helps since I've just passed all my pics to Jingye to be distributed among the rest. There're only around 200 of them up; I'm afraid you'll just have to wait for them to reach you to get the rest of the 400+. Ahhh... brings back memories. It was fun...

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True to the tradition of Linstead starting off its new terms with a weekly fire alarm, this week's chose to go off today. The cause? No, not burnt sausages or toasted bread. It was... a hair-dryer. >_<

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Oh, and here's a little something from last week's Imperial news:

>>> Building on rubbish
Sewage and building waste could be used to construct foundations for new houses according to research from Imperial. The Biostore project, which began trials this week in Yorkshire, aims to create solid building foundations from a mixture of treated sewage, coal shale and discarded building rubble. The plan's backers hope it will enable derelict land, including landfills, to be reused. Dr Bill Dudeney, Earth Science and Engineering, commented: "The treated sewage does not even smell bad. We are not putting noxious products in the ground. It's essentially compost. In other circumstances you might grow your flowers in it."

It's been a full week - catching up on missed lectures (we're doing virology aka viruses now), with the SingSoc comm learning how to dance (yeah - we had someone over from Funkology teaching us the groovy moves :P), working on the Seniors' Farewell Party video, discussing housing matters over lunch and dinnertime, tidying up my room, and trying to find a space to squeeze in my new foodstock from S'pore, and bludging around.

Was trying to complete my cell bio assignment on genetics... and needed a break. Thought that it was time to blog. It's been a while.

Sigh... it's scary. Everyone around me is panicking and letting out the crackling laughs that is a result of exam-time-stress. Some are having their exams now; many would have finished their papers by the end of this month, and the majority at the beginning of June. But not us biologists and biochemists. :( Our exams start as late as they can be started... a few days before the end of term. Mine's marked down for 21st June. Will have 3 weeks' stuvac (well... they call it 'Revision' here; nothing too exciting) before then... am looking forward to it. Already I'm tired of writing up lab reports and researching topics and typing up essays... am eager to have some real time spent on pure studying, revision, and note-writing. It's what works best for me.

Apparently there had been a lunar eclipse on Tues, and most of us didn't even know about it. A hallmate, the president of IC AstroSoc managed to capture a few shots of it.

Kk... will have more things to blog about during the weekend. Gotta get back to my assignment now.

Wahhhh... horrible bumpy flight... so shaky and erm, vibrating. Stupid cute little toddler sitting in the seat in front throwing napkins and cheese biscuits at my face while I was sleeping... and poking my knee through the gap in the seats... baaaah... spilt a little of my Coffee Bean mocha onto my (rather new) shoe during a big bump, and now it smells of coffee.

First night back... and what better welcome-back-to-Linstead is there than its freakin' fire alarms?! It sounded off when it was barely 5am... awww... dragged myself outta bed... and gathered in the somewhat warm (and not yet cold and crappy) London outdoors. This time though, there was smoke coming out of the windows... no fire, but lotsa smoke.... and smells of burnt toast.

Been sleeping since 10-nish last night. Wanna continue sleeping, but I just can't fall asleep again.

Can't connect to MSN, and the 'net is horribly slow. Yepz... I'm back in my hall all right.

Flight's in a few hours... finally headin' back to London after a delay of a week. Fortunately for me all pracs for the week and a few lectures on Thurs and Fri have been cancelled. :| Am quite looking forward to getting back into routine...

Sigh. Last minute packing now. Dreading yet wanting to get over with the flight. Goodness knows how many times I've been through this in the past few years... and still... there's no getting used to it. At least there're some good movies... and one of them is... Big Fish!! :)

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