Why is time passing so fast?! This is not happening.. So anyway, I just finished two papers. One take home, and one oral exam. Rushed through the take home paper so I could study for the oral exam 'cos it was the next day and it was really one of the worst paper I've done. I just hope it'll be enough to pass..
Passed my oral exam too! Even though I didn't study as much as I would have liked.
Two more papers to go, let's hope I pass those as well! So I can have a lighter workload when I go back..
Can't wait for monday :D
Friday 28 May 2010
Monday 24 May 2010
54 days left
The date is set. I'm due home in less than 2 months time. Torn between wanting to go home and staying. Where did the months go to? I've been here for almost 5 months now, but thanks to the horrid weather we had, I feel like we haven't been and done so many things.
Now the weather's looking better for picnics and BBQs, I'm stuck home trying to study. But look where am I now, doing everything BUT studying. Damn.
Fervently hoping by some miracle I'll pass everything here.
Now the weather's looking better for picnics and BBQs, I'm stuck home trying to study. But look where am I now, doing everything BUT studying. Damn.
Fervently hoping by some miracle I'll pass everything here.
Thursday 6 May 2010
UK (cont)
Ended off at London at the previous post before I headed off to Amsterdam..
Salisbury 270310
From London, we took a train down to Salisbury. Had a bit of a shock as we realized that John booked the tickets for the wrong date and we ended up paying an exorbitant amount for a one-way ticket :s buying tickets last minute is really expensive man.
So anyway, that aside, when we reached Salisbury, the sky was so gloomy and I was really hoping it wouldn't rain. We bought our tickets to go to Stonehenge, which came together with a visit to Old Sarum.
When we reached Stonehenge, my first impression of it was just.. "This is it? A couple of stones lying around..?" But thank goodness with the audioguide explaining the history behind it, Stonehenge seemed much more than 'just a couple of stones'. We spent such a long time walking around Stonehenge, and mind you, it was really a small area to cover. Being typical Asians, we took 163561356 photos which turned out pretty similar in the end.
We took a bus from Stonehenge down to Old Sarum, site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury, and the weather changed for the better. In the end, we got sidetracked and took 371637613 jumpshots before we actually reached the castle, which was in ruins by the way.
Did a collage of the three of us, John was the one who noted that Mel should be coined 'Sidekick'. Not me :p
And here's the castle, which is basically.. Nothing?
Bath 280310-290310
From Salisbury, we took a train down to Bath, where we couch-surfed for the first time! We made our way to Joe's, our host, and arrived there earlier than expected. The house was pretty cosy and the living room ,where we were to stay in, had a set of drum sets as well. Joe brought us out to town that night as Mel wanted to have Macs and he recommended a few places where we could try in town as well.
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I remember the weather in Bath being gloomy, typical UK weather.. Nevertheless, we trekked out to town, based on our memory on the route we took the night before. The main places we intended to go to was..
Bath Abbey
Roman Bath
The Roman Bath was really pretty cool, if only we could just take a dip in it :p they even had Roman characters walking around and they were really into their characters man.
Dinner with Joe back at his plae where he cooked us a fabulous meal! We settled down for a movie together, and I must say, he is really knowledgeable! And has really good taste in movies and music too.. :D
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We started off with fish&chips in town which Joe recommended, Mel and John had mushy peas (eew) which Joe insisted did not taste like peas.. But it did!! So anyway, we had a relaxing day walking around Bath and its little stores. Made our way to Royal Crescent as well.
Bath was, albeit a small town, really romantic and I really loved it. Very quaint and pretty. I remember reading somewhere that Bath is the one of the most romantic places, and I can only agree with that.
Salisbury 270310
From London, we took a train down to Salisbury. Had a bit of a shock as we realized that John booked the tickets for the wrong date and we ended up paying an exorbitant amount for a one-way ticket :s buying tickets last minute is really expensive man.
So anyway, that aside, when we reached Salisbury, the sky was so gloomy and I was really hoping it wouldn't rain. We bought our tickets to go to Stonehenge, which came together with a visit to Old Sarum.
When we reached Stonehenge, my first impression of it was just.. "This is it? A couple of stones lying around..?" But thank goodness with the audioguide explaining the history behind it, Stonehenge seemed much more than 'just a couple of stones'. We spent such a long time walking around Stonehenge, and mind you, it was really a small area to cover. Being typical Asians, we took 163561356 photos which turned out pretty similar in the end.
We took a bus from Stonehenge down to Old Sarum, site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury, and the weather changed for the better. In the end, we got sidetracked and took 371637613 jumpshots before we actually reached the castle, which was in ruins by the way.
Did a collage of the three of us, John was the one who noted that Mel should be coined 'Sidekick'. Not me :p
And here's the castle, which is basically.. Nothing?
Bath 280310-290310
From Salisbury, we took a train down to Bath, where we couch-surfed for the first time! We made our way to Joe's, our host, and arrived there earlier than expected. The house was pretty cosy and the living room ,where we were to stay in, had a set of drum sets as well. Joe brought us out to town that night as Mel wanted to have Macs and he recommended a few places where we could try in town as well.
280310
I remember the weather in Bath being gloomy, typical UK weather.. Nevertheless, we trekked out to town, based on our memory on the route we took the night before. The main places we intended to go to was..
Bath Abbey
Roman Bath
The Roman Bath was really pretty cool, if only we could just take a dip in it :p they even had Roman characters walking around and they were really into their characters man.
Dinner with Joe back at his plae where he cooked us a fabulous meal! We settled down for a movie together, and I must say, he is really knowledgeable! And has really good taste in movies and music too.. :D
290310
We started off with fish&chips in town which Joe recommended, Mel and John had mushy peas (eew) which Joe insisted did not taste like peas.. But it did!! So anyway, we had a relaxing day walking around Bath and its little stores. Made our way to Royal Crescent as well.
Bath was, albeit a small town, really romantic and I really loved it. Very quaint and pretty. I remember reading somewhere that Bath is the one of the most romantic places, and I can only agree with that.
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Been back for a few days from Amsterdam, and I'm still mourning over the loss of my camera and itouch.. Both stopped working on me within one week, and I'm seriously feeling so handicapped without it. Metro rides doesn't seem the same without my precious itouch to accompany me; bag feels too empty without my camera.
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Trying to see a silver lining in this, but it's not happening... Damnit.
The weather in Amsterdam sucked, it was raining basically almost everyday I was there. Together with the wind, it was seriously torture to walk around. Nevertheless, I really did enjoy myself. It wasn't my best trip (UK still ranking as 1st) but it was by far the most interesting one I had. It's the first time I travelled together with the rest of the Copenhagen gang (less Mel) as well, and I'm guessing it's going to be the last.. ):
With the Amsterdam trip over and done with, I now have a grand total of 4 (UK, Switzerland, Kiruna & Amsterdam) trips I've yet to blog about. I wonder if I will actually get down to doing it.
P.S. I am still secretly hoping I will wake up one day and realize my camera and itouch is suddenly functioning.
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Trying to see a silver lining in this, but it's not happening... Damnit.
The weather in Amsterdam sucked, it was raining basically almost everyday I was there. Together with the wind, it was seriously torture to walk around. Nevertheless, I really did enjoy myself. It wasn't my best trip (UK still ranking as 1st) but it was by far the most interesting one I had. It's the first time I travelled together with the rest of the Copenhagen gang (less Mel) as well, and I'm guessing it's going to be the last.. ):
With the Amsterdam trip over and done with, I now have a grand total of 4 (UK, Switzerland, Kiruna & Amsterdam) trips I've yet to blog about. I wonder if I will actually get down to doing it.
P.S. I am still secretly hoping I will wake up one day and realize my camera and itouch is suddenly functioning.
Sunday 25 April 2010
Day 117
Yesterday saw Mel and I getting kicked off the bus which we were supposed to take us to Sweden for a field trip. Ugh. Sweden and I are really not fated, I thought I could go Stockholm with Geri and Clement during May but they're going when I have school, and I really wanted to be good and go for all my classes during May since I'm thinking of travelling to Italy and France during June. So I really need to study in May. Yes, you saw right, study!
And I had a great day today with Nora, we went to a cafe near Kongens Nytov and I wanted to get pizza for dinner near her place. But we got distracted by the chinese buffet which I've always wanted to try, and so we decided to go in for dinner. I had sushi!! It was pretty awesome, I didn't expect myself to have sushi here :D
So I decided I shall try and blog about all my trips, starting from the most recent one, UK! I think it would be a really long post though, here's a warning! After all, I did spend close to three weeks there. Heh.
London 240310-260310
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I gotta say, London's one of my favourite cities ever! The first thing that struck me when I got to London, was that it reminded me a lot of Singapore. The roads for one, was so similar to what we get back home, and it's on the "right" side of the road as well! And not forgetting, everything's in English too!
Reached London Gatwick airport, and we took a bus out to Central London, Fulham Broadway. Initially, the plan was to head straight to our hostel and put our bags down. But John realised that we were really close to Chelsea stadium and so we decided to drop by it before making our way to the hostel. Amused ourselves by taking pictures outside the stadium, like this:
And after making a trip to this stadium, Mel actually became a Chelsea fan.. Can you believe it?! So anyway, after the stadium, we made our way to the hostel and followed the directions given to us by this lady working at the airport. But she actually gave us wrong directions (!) and we took really long to get to our hostel. Reached the hostel eventually, and we decided we were too tired to travel back to Central London, and ate at a restaurant near our hostel and walked around the neighbourhood.
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Woke up early and wanted to head to Portobello Market, but it was closed and we decided to make our way to Hyde Park and walk to Buckingham Palace. Hyde Park was pretty and I took an insane amount of pictures of ducks and swans. Yes I know, what's new. The weather was pretty horrible though, with the dark clouds looming when we made our way to Buckingham Palace. The changing of guards took place at 1130am, but we got there slightly late and missed a bit of it. We stayed until the end of it though, and managed to see the guards marching out. Nothing impressive I would say, I expected much more to be honest.
Made our way to the museums, and we got lost for a long time! Ugh. Was pretty depressing to be lost, especially when it was raining as well. Was so thankful when we finally found the Science Museum, where we could take shelter and explore as well. Daryl joined us while we were there, and our next stop was the History Museum which I thought was pretty cool. So it was pretty much a museum day for us in London. Most of the museums in London are free, which was really cool.
Met Ks in London for dinner at Four Seasons where I had glorious Chinese food! The duck was amazing, and I refuse to upload the photo for fear I'll get depressed looking at it. Dinner with Ks was awesome, and we walked around after dinner to digest our food. Ended up at Piccadilly Circus where our group left for separate ways. I still think it's pretty cool how I met Ks in London!
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The weather was brilliant when we left in the morning and began our touristy day! Places like Big Ben, London Eye, Westminster Abbey, Tate Modern, Tower Bridge etcetc are a must when in London! We started off from Westminister Abbey and slowly walked to Tower Bridge. It was a pretty nice walk with awesome weather, I must say.
We stopped by Borough Market which Ks recommended, and I was in heaven!! It's a food market, and everything looked amazing. Started off with curry, and continued with fish & chips, sausages, cakes, pies.. I had one of the best cakes I've ever tasted here as well- Banana Banoffee Cake! Omg. Craving for another one right now..
Continued our walk after our pitstop for food, and made our way to London Bridge and Tower Bridge. I had this strange fascination with the Tower Bridge for some reason, and I couldn't stop taking photos of it. The bridge was just spectacular for some reason, am I the only one who thinks so?
Ended off our day at Camden market, which reminded me of Bugis street back home. The stalls were selling stuff which looked suspiciously from Bangkok. It was not as cheap as I expected it to be, Mel bought a pair of sunglasses though.
Dropped by Oxford street at night, and it was so crowded! London is amazing that way, it was almost 9pm and the shops are still open! Went to Primark, where we ended up shopping until the store closed. Lol.
Alright, it's almost 3am, and I have class tomorrow! Looks like I have to blog about my trip in several days. I'm excited about my day later, minus class of course. The prof is boring like hell, thank goodness it's only two hours.
Xoxo.
And I had a great day today with Nora, we went to a cafe near Kongens Nytov and I wanted to get pizza for dinner near her place. But we got distracted by the chinese buffet which I've always wanted to try, and so we decided to go in for dinner. I had sushi!! It was pretty awesome, I didn't expect myself to have sushi here :D
So I decided I shall try and blog about all my trips, starting from the most recent one, UK! I think it would be a really long post though, here's a warning! After all, I did spend close to three weeks there. Heh.
London 240310-260310
240310
I gotta say, London's one of my favourite cities ever! The first thing that struck me when I got to London, was that it reminded me a lot of Singapore. The roads for one, was so similar to what we get back home, and it's on the "right" side of the road as well! And not forgetting, everything's in English too!
Reached London Gatwick airport, and we took a bus out to Central London, Fulham Broadway. Initially, the plan was to head straight to our hostel and put our bags down. But John realised that we were really close to Chelsea stadium and so we decided to drop by it before making our way to the hostel. Amused ourselves by taking pictures outside the stadium, like this:
And after making a trip to this stadium, Mel actually became a Chelsea fan.. Can you believe it?! So anyway, after the stadium, we made our way to the hostel and followed the directions given to us by this lady working at the airport. But she actually gave us wrong directions (!) and we took really long to get to our hostel. Reached the hostel eventually, and we decided we were too tired to travel back to Central London, and ate at a restaurant near our hostel and walked around the neighbourhood.
250310
Woke up early and wanted to head to Portobello Market, but it was closed and we decided to make our way to Hyde Park and walk to Buckingham Palace. Hyde Park was pretty and I took an insane amount of pictures of ducks and swans. Yes I know, what's new. The weather was pretty horrible though, with the dark clouds looming when we made our way to Buckingham Palace. The changing of guards took place at 1130am, but we got there slightly late and missed a bit of it. We stayed until the end of it though, and managed to see the guards marching out. Nothing impressive I would say, I expected much more to be honest.
Made our way to the museums, and we got lost for a long time! Ugh. Was pretty depressing to be lost, especially when it was raining as well. Was so thankful when we finally found the Science Museum, where we could take shelter and explore as well. Daryl joined us while we were there, and our next stop was the History Museum which I thought was pretty cool. So it was pretty much a museum day for us in London. Most of the museums in London are free, which was really cool.
Met Ks in London for dinner at Four Seasons where I had glorious Chinese food! The duck was amazing, and I refuse to upload the photo for fear I'll get depressed looking at it. Dinner with Ks was awesome, and we walked around after dinner to digest our food. Ended up at Piccadilly Circus where our group left for separate ways. I still think it's pretty cool how I met Ks in London!
260310
The weather was brilliant when we left in the morning and began our touristy day! Places like Big Ben, London Eye, Westminster Abbey, Tate Modern, Tower Bridge etcetc are a must when in London! We started off from Westminister Abbey and slowly walked to Tower Bridge. It was a pretty nice walk with awesome weather, I must say.
We stopped by Borough Market which Ks recommended, and I was in heaven!! It's a food market, and everything looked amazing. Started off with curry, and continued with fish & chips, sausages, cakes, pies.. I had one of the best cakes I've ever tasted here as well- Banana Banoffee Cake! Omg. Craving for another one right now..
Continued our walk after our pitstop for food, and made our way to London Bridge and Tower Bridge. I had this strange fascination with the Tower Bridge for some reason, and I couldn't stop taking photos of it. The bridge was just spectacular for some reason, am I the only one who thinks so?
Ended off our day at Camden market, which reminded me of Bugis street back home. The stalls were selling stuff which looked suspiciously from Bangkok. It was not as cheap as I expected it to be, Mel bought a pair of sunglasses though.
Dropped by Oxford street at night, and it was so crowded! London is amazing that way, it was almost 9pm and the shops are still open! Went to Primark, where we ended up shopping until the store closed. Lol.
Alright, it's almost 3am, and I have class tomorrow! Looks like I have to blog about my trip in several days. I'm excited about my day later, minus class of course. The prof is boring like hell, thank goodness it's only two hours.
Xoxo.
Friday 23 April 2010
Stockholm Joke
I should be in Stockholm now, eating Swedish meatballs and shopping in the biggest H&M. But no, I'm stuck in my room in Copenhagen, looking up recipes for me to cook and entertain myself instead.
Went all the way to the airport to catch our bus 832, and waited in the cold for the bus that came 5 mins late. Only to be told that our tickets were cancelled without our knowledge. The guy whom Mel emailed to enquire if she could cancel the tickets most probably misunderstood her and cancelled it for her without even telling her. I am so disappointed, was really looking forward to a Stockholm weekend getaway.
Can you imagine us with our backpacks, in disbelief, looking at each other and thinking it was such a joke. Right, this is my joke of the year. Here's your cue to laugh. Laugh.
Went all the way to the airport to catch our bus 832, and waited in the cold for the bus that came 5 mins late. Only to be told that our tickets were cancelled without our knowledge. The guy whom Mel emailed to enquire if she could cancel the tickets most probably misunderstood her and cancelled it for her without even telling her. I am so disappointed, was really looking forward to a Stockholm weekend getaway.
Can you imagine us with our backpacks, in disbelief, looking at each other and thinking it was such a joke. Right, this is my joke of the year. Here's your cue to laugh. Laugh.
Wednesday 21 April 2010
Sun, Snow & Rain
I had all of that, in a day!! Can you believe it? It's like almost end April, and I still feel like it's winter. I was in class when it started snowing, and I looked out in amazement, wondering if my eyes were playing tricks on me. And mind you, it was some kind of heavy snowing going on out there. When I left class an hour later, it was raining and I just wondered if I dreamed it all.
And as I write this now in my room, it is sunny! Seriously, I have no idea what's up with the weather here man.
I've decided to return back to Singapore earlier, and am so regretting it now. No time to travel to all the places I want to. Help.
And as I write this now in my room, it is sunny! Seriously, I have no idea what's up with the weather here man.
I've decided to return back to Singapore earlier, and am so regretting it now. No time to travel to all the places I want to. Help.
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