I'm actually way too busy to blog at the moment because of the workload(which really isn't too bad till you start lazing around and procrastinating too much). BUt, my laptop (which is 24/7 on and is right beside my pile of homework) and the one thing that has been on my mind for too long is really urging me to pour this out.

I've been seeing faces of my friends in malaysia(who are now in malaysia) here.

Doesn't sound right?

haha.

For instance, the first one i saw here was dharma.

Then, I met spencer.

Golokha was after that, i think.

and i met darryl last tuesday when i was doing my laundry

then i saw the girl that i miss so much, selina!(muacks to you too!!)

and guess what?? I just said hie to wei yi!!

Oh. One thing, they all prefer to be called different names.

I still can't get over it

I regret that i din manage to snap a pic of it before some putrid bastard opened my bag and took it away

I wan my cards and my malaysian ic back!!

I wan the photos inside it back!!

I wan my white elegant purse back :(

mummy..........i wanna hug u :(

kniod!

loooooooooong daaaaaaay

Met up with karthik at ten something this morning. Then we took the tube to queensway and met up with calvin and zi yang. Calvin's shifting to his finally ready room in college hall.

We make time to take a brisk walk in hyde park before starting the shifting game. The park's huge!! People there and more significantly the dogs seemed to be really enjoying themselves. Saw so many diff breeds of dogs(karthik even said"what the hell is that"). It was nice cuz the park does look very nice. It's HUGE. We din walk the whole area of 350 acres. And ya, I saw crows there!! But they sound diff, like zi yang and karthik said, they don't speak manglish but pure british accent. Hehe.

zi yang trying to attract one of the sprightly squirrels

ducks and pigeons and swans

Round pond in hyde park

zi yang::karthik::calvin

Prince Albert memorial

We had lunch after that. Had chili chicken with fried egg rice cuz i was seriously craving for something spicy. Din manage to take a pic of the food , as usual, cuz we were hungry. Salute to those who always manage to snap a pic of their food b4 gorging on them.

Anyway, the food wasnt't awesome. In fact, it was msg loaded and abit ehem sakit tekak for the price of 6 pounds for the meal.

We then went to the singaporean restaurant 'kiasu' for my much coveted ice kacang(guessing prob 5 pounds for one) but guess what? The lady said we can't go in if we're only there for desserts cuz it's too 'packed'. Damn this people. They just don't bother earning another 15 pounds when they're rolling in way more. So yeah, no ice kacang for poor me. woooo~~~~

It was quite fun carrying two large suitcases and a laptop bag(with a freaking heavy hp pavilion) and two tote bags and a few plastic bags of books and miscellany from baywater tube station to tottenham court road station then changed to northern line to reach goodge street station then walked to college hall. Pure torture!! But fun in a weird way. So many staircases and roads and more roads and more stairs!! Pity calvin. I think the suitcase he carried was bout 40-50 kgs. Probably heavier than him. HAHA.

But our effort was worth it. Karthik and I each got a drink from costa.

And damn calvin!! His room's HUGE!!!!! And it's sO DAMN NEW AND NICE AND HE EVEN GOT A FREE KETTLE!!!

But in hindsight, 25 pounds a day is way off limit. no money!!

Time to rest. My feet is gonna go on strike if i keep torturing them.

feeling blah blah blah

Soooo happy with this little black box that arrived just today!!

The sound's good and it suits my ipod classic perfectly!! Not bad for the price of 19.99 pounds!! All rite, let's not start converting the currency.

I am loving amazon. keke


For the first time I long to celebrate hari raya so much. Nabila aku nak gi bp!!!

This week's been quite hectic. Was tired most of the time and I slept in two lectures. Blame the dim light. Maybe the lecturers too. Hehe.


Well nothing much happened besides I found out the fact that albert einstein conceived of the atomic theory after having the wednesday curry in our hall and spending a night here. Who knows, I might be sitting on the same spot he once sat!! hehe..


And ya, I 'm going for ice kacang hunt tomorrow with karthik and calvin. yipEE!!!

cute!!!

I nv knew hamster likes popcorn!!

l.o.n.d.o.n

o'rite, i've been too occupied to blog about the place i'm staying and how are things going so far. But since it's the weekend and i don't intend to go party tonight, i guess i'll make time for some updates.

The biggest thing about the britons that i don't get is that, their life's pretty much only about drinking and partying and smoking ( there's definitely a smoker few doors away cuz the corridor STINKS!!!). And ya, you can see lotsa vomit stains on the road. Disgusting. Imagine if that happens in malaysia, with the hot sun and the stain. EWwness.

I can't really tolerate the cold weather. Seriously. I will get slight headache and bit of brain freeze when i walk to and fro from uni everyday. Without fail. The cold wind i guess. Just can't really adapt to the chilling dryness. I do wear socks and gloves when I'm sleeping at night, mind you. But it's been better this week cuz it hasn't rained.

I miss sweating.

The place i'm staying. Hmm. It's actually an intercollegiate hall, so there are students from UCL, Kings college, Queen Mary, Imperial and other institution under the University of London. A nice place actually, reasonable price as well. Just 15 mins walk from the LSE. I've read something about the hall and apparently someone was beheaded at the atrium(a place near the reception). Btw, you can check out the hall at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Hall

INTERNATIONAL HALL

The Main Entrance

Aerial View

Flats( for Students with families)

North Wing!

My room is the on the third floor and it's right at the end(left) of the builing. So you can actually see my window hehe.

The Atrium with the glass elevator

You can see how old this builing is. Lol.

my room

the view from my window

another one

another one(the park opposite our building-brunswick square)

oh ya, they have loads of parks here. russell square, bloomsburry square, gordon square, tavistock square, cartwright garden, bedford square...and i have not even reached parks like hyde park and st james park and bla bla bla...and ppl like to just sit on the grass and nibble on their sandwiches and read newspapers while pigeons and squirrels will be scouting for any leftovers and fruits(i'm not sure what they do eat, so erm....) it's quite impressive how they can actually find serenity here when the roads right outside the square are jammed with cars honking and the occasional ear-splitting sirens of fire engines and so forth.

The Hall is actually quite active, with jogging groups and basketball teams and yoga classes. SO yeah, at least i'll get to practise yoga once a week though I was hoping to learn ashtanga yoga.

This week was the orientation week. I had a few inductions that ranges from undergraduate inductions, ethical induction to departmental induction. There are quite a few malaysians doing actuarial science and i think there are 90% international students( or more accurately asian students). I joined a couple of societies and that includes badminton and volleyball!! I'm so excited!! Cuz i think they are really active and we'll have like two trainings everyweek(for each of them). I've also joined music society, from which i hope to rekindle my passion for choir. It just felt so much like my high school.

Lectures're starting next week and classes will be in two weeks time. Kinda excited. Hehe.

In the tube. Checking out my new shoe( which isn't really a good walking shoe)

i wan FOOD (@Chinatown with sis and bro)

doink and bear bear

I cried outta sheer happiness when I saw these two darlings in the box.

They've made it all the way from me little room to london!!

you can see that they are e-x-h-a-u-s-t-e-d , can't you? ;p