After dinner, I met up with Xiufang and Shimmie at Covent Gardens...we were there at 7.30pm and all the shops have already closed:(...in the end..we took a little walk to chinatown, soho and Trafalgar's square before going to Shimmie's hostel to watch movie. The movie we watched is called Saving face. It is a show about a young lady who is a lesbian and her mother who loves a man twenty years old younger than she is and who is carrying the child of the man she loves. Both of them do not dare to show their feelings openly and suffer as a result of these. But eventually it was a happy ending as both got to be with the person they love. The actresses and actors are really good and the plot is interesting.
trafalgar's square
me xiufang and shim
strawbery traffle (one layer of cream, followed by one layer of custard, one layer of sponge cake and one more layer of strawbery jelly and strawberries! = 13.7g of fats divided among the three of us)
xiufang cooking
us with piggy:)
purplish shot
and of cos all the yummy food we had! The chocolate cake is really yummy, with overflowing hot fudge after it's warmed:) yumyum
hyde park in autumn
walked past hyde park yesterday and it was really beautiful! Pity I couldnt take any photos cos I had too much things with me and I couldnt possibly put them down right in the middle of the road. So, I searched for some photos online. I would really love to spend an afternoon at hyde park, walking amongst the fallen leaves, feeling the wind across my face and smelling autumn. And all by myself, to spend some time with myself, to do some soul-searching and to have a beautiful retreat from the bustling city. I wish I had more time, perhaps I do, but there just seemed to be so much on my mind...so much that it gets on my nerves..so much that makes it so difficult for me concentrate or even to breathe some times. I hate the feeling which I'm getting right now and I really really hope that it's just a occasional mood swing...like those days out of a million other days when I just dont feel right. I know I am lucky to be blessed with so many things, to be able to study in a place which I've never dreamt of. I should really cherish what I have now and feel happy. Serene is really a lucky girl. I know..but I just cant help feeling down. Perhaps, all those whom I'm closest to are not by my side, the bug of homesickness is attacking me, but on the bright side:) only 3 weeks more till I return to my cosiest home, my dearest family and friends. I will be counting down each and everyday...
this picture look like a painting..nottingham is so so so so pretty!
a group of student walking around the beautiful campus (haha..And we were trying to sell milo and sandwich along the way)
artistic tree
me beverly and charmaine:) nottingham is really one of most beautiful uni in uk..i really love the fresh air, the green grass, the blue sky and the autumn leaves..fallen leaves are really very romantic..but the sad thing is that i had to wake up at 330am..after only 2 hours of sleep..and we got trashed really badly for the netball tournament:s..haha..well we had fun playing and i exercised..yeah:) after which i went to help out at the hwa chong nite stall where we were selling choco-coated peanuts and cornflakes..baked chicken..sausages..fried rice and teh terik..haha..and i kept eating while iwas selling..haha..patronising our stall and the raffles& singsoc stall beside us:)..hee..the choco coated stuff are really yummy...i will make when i go back to singapore hee..after which i went around with some of my rj friends to sell milo and sandwiches along the way to the sports centre..and took lots of pretty photos. At the sports centre i watched the basketball finals together with yanneng..we were talking more than we were watching..haha..and we spent half of the time trying to figure out whether one of the players from ucl was our friend, xinwei who looked different when he was not wearing specz..and i stayed thru the prize presentation and talking to xiufang...felt really proud for her when she got FIRST for squash!..she's as pro as usual..hee..after that we went back to portland building for dinner..and the queue was super long..we were one of the last lucky fews who got the dinner..dinner was great or was it bcos I was too hungry..haha..then we bid goodbye to Nottingham and our friends from other UK colleges and embark on our 3.5 hours bus ride back to London..by the time i got home it was 12.30..super tired:s..and i slept all the way to 10 plus..i wished i had more time to go to the city centre and explore more parts of nottingham..and look at more beautiful things in life:)
zhi-an who was with me on the 6 hour bus ride! to and fro:) hee..found out lots of interesting stuff abt her (her dad trained her and her sis Wu Shu every weekend and she took Jap for A-levels! must really learn jap from her..hehe)..and got to know her better. And her eyes are so big! I'm envious hee
our netball team
manu xiufang and me..so happy to see them! and lots of old friends like jasmine, ke xian, shihan, nicholas...
yanneng me vernon and winston at the sports centre..all squashed...haha
photo we took at Mango
the photo we took while waiting: me shim jiayun and yong bin
me and Yang Wen
me, jiayun and shimmie
bonfire on bonfire nite (it look like sunrise right?)
one of the clearer photos i took
speckles of light with loads of people
albert bridge at nite..look so glassy!
Salmon with ginger, garlic and a tinge of orange
Pek Chai, Tofu, Seaweed, Egg and dried scallop soup
Stir fry diced chicken breast with capsicum, chilli and mushrooms
tomato, egg and mushroom noodles