28 jan
super niceee. got stuff from yusen and kelvin and zhenxiong. they leaving for sg in time to catch cny. hope they'll enjoy all the goodies back home. yea..they left alot of stuff with us. most imptly i got a pillow! some food and daily necessities. so nicee of them..haha but from the stuff i got, zx seems very rich ah...he left behind a super big slping bag, meaning it's very thick and very ex. and a multi plug extension which i think cost abt 30 plus sg dollars and more but haven peeped into the box yet. haha..but he's taking bus to london be4 sq flight. so clever..i should haf done that...but i really need to be able to manage my luggage.. his bus tix only 3 pounds lor...mine's 70P...omg...i must stop thinking abt it..very gek.
ya that's like 2pm when i moved the stuff from their rooms to mine and i din know edel sent them to the airport...so erm i slpt in the afernoon which is like 12am in sg...that's the only correct time i slpt matching sg..haha...but oops...i got awakened at 6pm. so paiseh...edel called rehaina. she knocked on the door but i din hear. then regent send his fren from flat 17 over to knock again. accord to him, he was abt to give up, thinking that i not even in my room when i suddenly said hah? then i quickly opened the door. the fren, passed me the phone to talk to regent. he then said he tried contacting me on msn but well..of cos i din see. he asked me to join them for dinner at palace garden in chinatown. so we decided to meet 20 min later.
i realised that he 's backtracking cos i remembered the route to his house...the restaurant is very near his..so he came all the way to richardson road aka ricky road,that's my hall, to fetch me..argh so paiseh...it;s 20min walk leh..so far away. Long waiting time at the restaurant. think becos it's new yr's eve...super crowded. we had yam and duck, claypot tou fu, 3 zhen la wei, kai lan with oyster and garlic sauce, sizzling chicken and spicy pork. all not bad la...ya but got pork and duck which i dun eat..erm but of cos cant say dun want rite...i ate abit lor..it costs 10 P. we gave abt 5 P as tips..haha cos very hard to divide..alot of $$ rite..
after dinner, we went to erik's place. he is zq's sis's bf..haha finally got to see him. yup his hall like more fun, cos more asians and 2 from austria, one more i dunno..well yes there're no english staying thre so the kitchen and living room is very clean. they're having steamboat, of cos we couldnt get any more food in..too full alr. we played twister haha very funny lor, all our positions, xue jia keep splitting her legs...i'm the most heng one..always get the same limb so no crossing and entanglement. after that chatted till 1pm. interesting to hear them talk, they really can talk abt everything under sun. so make me miss my frens whom i can talk abt everything sun and rain back in sg.
i went back hall and stayed up till 4am lor...cant slp at all..
Monday, January 30, 2006
Saturday, January 28, 2006
ok i'm blogging for yest...27 jan
ok their hp nos have 11 digits no wonder i cant thru edelene's phone. still early..so i went castle leezes to try looking for her...asked a girl, so said must add a 0 in front of the phone no. ok so i got thru but she never picked up! so no choice
i proceeded to attend the induction session with the prof at 10am. they all really very relax in office...speak slowly...do things very relaxed one lor...i'm not in a hurry la so follow their pace haha else in sg i'll be like "cant hurry up abit". good ah..slow pace...but i shouldnt really pick that up else when i return sg i'll die. the prof's very nice..patiently explain everything to me...settling the modules, credits, timetables...he really did alot of work lor...i thot i'll need to search for myself online.
ok but i still have to do alittle research on my own too for engineering modules. really very few to map...no wonder no ME students come..sigh i pick the wrong one...aiya nvm la...it's for the experience and i can clear UEMs here also wat..same lor. though not really maximising the advantages of the SEP.
k everything cant be confirmed till monday but i went to the library to collect my dear smart card..haha a registered student in newcastle. got edelene le...well done 30p for 10 sec then the next time i put in 40p for 15-20 sec..and cant settle where to meet haha..70p=2 bucks. ok nvm. i prepared 50p but cant get her again le.
with the smart card, i went to the computing services to register for online services and email account. whoa...long walk...but that's becos i lost of way...the map looks funny lor..k but got there after asking someone. log in the first time in the comp cluster...much smaller than nus one..but think they've many clusters ba...inside like less than 20 comps. or maybe that's the smallest cluster here? replied mail. so sorry to get my family and frens worried...really no chance to contact lor..haven got the hp card too. sigh...
yes..registered my laptop too...so troublesome lor...everything must register....then still couldnt contact edelene. i went back hall....configure my laptop...yup! got it!!! internet access!! i need you so muchhhh. haha..got msn...skype to chat..goody!
got a surprise visit from edelene haha..oh ya she got my add but i dun haf hers. settled abit of the internet reg then we went to her fren's hall also in richardson, from chem eng one..the bunch of frens leaving soon cos they were here for last sem. met up with another called yusen, then we walked a long way, past the st james park =the stadium in newcastle. very cold and dark..was abt 6 plus pm then. then we reached their fren;s apartment where we had steamboat..wah alot of effort made in preparing lor...got ham roll with carrot, tou gan with mushroom, vege, meat and the soup is superb. k more pple joined, some are perm students here. dinner till 10pm then we left to play with the fire crackers or works..watever u call that. k yan1 hua1.
7 of us set up the stuff in the 'cow field' betw castle leezes and richardson. nice but it's the silent kind. haha then they put those standing on the grassland, watching and taking photos while it shoot up and lighted the sky..ok not so exaggerating..haha not strong enuff to light the whole sky la. then i suggested to hold on to it, why put it on the ground..but everyone dun dare leh..haha..i never play put on the ground one before lor...even for the loud one...right rude? that time i didnt expect it to be so noisy leh...i lighted the cracker in my basement open air area but the neighbours sure can hear super clearly. haha then everyone held in their hands and had nicer photos taken. but not my cam...had fun even for a simple activity.
but i'm really too cold and tired to go pub with them le....1230am...CMI. the guys very nice to walk me back hall then they shun bian visit their fren while the girls went castle leezes to change. k i reached my warm room...so glad...and dozed off in a sec.
i proceeded to attend the induction session with the prof at 10am. they all really very relax in office...speak slowly...do things very relaxed one lor...i'm not in a hurry la so follow their pace haha else in sg i'll be like "cant hurry up abit". good ah..slow pace...but i shouldnt really pick that up else when i return sg i'll die. the prof's very nice..patiently explain everything to me...settling the modules, credits, timetables...he really did alot of work lor...i thot i'll need to search for myself online.
ok but i still have to do alittle research on my own too for engineering modules. really very few to map...no wonder no ME students come..sigh i pick the wrong one...aiya nvm la...it's for the experience and i can clear UEMs here also wat..same lor. though not really maximising the advantages of the SEP.
k everything cant be confirmed till monday but i went to the library to collect my dear smart card..haha a registered student in newcastle. got edelene le...well done 30p for 10 sec then the next time i put in 40p for 15-20 sec..and cant settle where to meet haha..70p=2 bucks. ok nvm. i prepared 50p but cant get her again le.
with the smart card, i went to the computing services to register for online services and email account. whoa...long walk...but that's becos i lost of way...the map looks funny lor..k but got there after asking someone. log in the first time in the comp cluster...much smaller than nus one..but think they've many clusters ba...inside like less than 20 comps. or maybe that's the smallest cluster here? replied mail. so sorry to get my family and frens worried...really no chance to contact lor..haven got the hp card too. sigh...
yes..registered my laptop too...so troublesome lor...everything must register....then still couldnt contact edelene. i went back hall....configure my laptop...yup! got it!!! internet access!! i need you so muchhhh. haha..got msn...skype to chat..goody!
got a surprise visit from edelene haha..oh ya she got my add but i dun haf hers. settled abit of the internet reg then we went to her fren's hall also in richardson, from chem eng one..the bunch of frens leaving soon cos they were here for last sem. met up with another called yusen, then we walked a long way, past the st james park =the stadium in newcastle. very cold and dark..was abt 6 plus pm then. then we reached their fren;s apartment where we had steamboat..wah alot of effort made in preparing lor...got ham roll with carrot, tou gan with mushroom, vege, meat and the soup is superb. k more pple joined, some are perm students here. dinner till 10pm then we left to play with the fire crackers or works..watever u call that. k yan1 hua1.
7 of us set up the stuff in the 'cow field' betw castle leezes and richardson. nice but it's the silent kind. haha then they put those standing on the grassland, watching and taking photos while it shoot up and lighted the sky..ok not so exaggerating..haha not strong enuff to light the whole sky la. then i suggested to hold on to it, why put it on the ground..but everyone dun dare leh..haha..i never play put on the ground one before lor...even for the loud one...right rude? that time i didnt expect it to be so noisy leh...i lighted the cracker in my basement open air area but the neighbours sure can hear super clearly. haha then everyone held in their hands and had nicer photos taken. but not my cam...had fun even for a simple activity.
but i'm really too cold and tired to go pub with them le....1230am...CMI. the guys very nice to walk me back hall then they shun bian visit their fren while the girls went castle leezes to change. k i reached my warm room...so glad...and dozed off in a sec.
Am I that suay?
A sound came from edelene’s phone. I checked and saw a msg asking which flat I stay in. I replied and eh? It is sent to the phone I’m using. Then how did edelene msged me with the no. whose sim card is in the phone I’m using. Confused…total confusion. Nvm I sent again to the one she’s holding on. Then for ericsson, u’ll hold the right button then u can return to the main page. Erm her LG phone just shut down. Amazed!! I took like 0.5 hr to figure out how to on it again. It’s hold the button for an even longer time. Chey! Argh! Need pin. How would I know? Damn….lost contact with her liao. I went to slp. At 9 plus near 10.
I woke up at 430am…so early…I tried to close my eyes, stayed in bed till 540, cant slp. Sigh I woke up to brush teeth and make tea. Suddenly ting! I figured out I could change the sim cards. I’d know my own phone better. But still need pin, so it’s the sim not the phone. K but I still used my sim card in her phone to look for the no. that she’s using. Yes! Then I can call her using public phone. Why didn’t I think of it earlier. So stupid. Ok. So now I’m typing more entries, waiting for the sun to rise.
I woke up at 430am…so early…I tried to close my eyes, stayed in bed till 540, cant slp. Sigh I woke up to brush teeth and make tea. Suddenly ting! I figured out I could change the sim cards. I’d know my own phone better. But still need pin, so it’s the sim not the phone. K but I still used my sim card in her phone to look for the no. that she’s using. Yes! Then I can call her using public phone. Why didn’t I think of it earlier. So stupid. Ok. So now I’m typing more entries, waiting for the sun to rise.
After the tea-like lunch..it’s just refreshments wat.
Another talk..this time we are divided into EU and non-EU groups. Masha leask asked for me. She’s the one on the phone when I called from the airport. Well she kindly asked me how was yest? And explained that there’re some admin probs. Sigh ok. I explained that I was stranded out in the cold for abt half an hour, cos the reception has closed. Uyp she apologized. Anyway she asked for my receipt and said she’ll send to my add most prob at end of feb but I’ll get it. So inefficient aiya but I’ll rather late than never. I want my $$. After the talk is the campus tour. Edelene went to meet her coord, so she gave me one of her phones to keep in touch. Knew another 2 girls, adriana from mexico and the other an abc from California. Ok cant even remember the routes we’ve taken but then we ended up near the metro station, haymarket and the famous Northumberland street with lots of shopping places, pubs, cafes etc. some wanted to haf a drink so we went searching ard..cant find, well I also dunno wat they r looking for? Cheap prices? Freshly brewed beer? Nvm I just followed. Trying to conserve energy to withstand the cold. Took out gloves. My coat which is for 10 to 20 deg is really not enuff for -3 to 4. lousy info lor…it was stated 3 to 20 leh. And ok I’ll wear thermal wear next time.
3pm…phoebe has to meet her coord at 4pm and I wished to go back my hall to put my heavy bag. so we left the group and had coffee at a shop called campuscoffee. She got a latte while I got a cappuccino which cost 1.8P = 5.2 bucks. Quite nice, not too strong. And the person gave me a lot of choco powder. Nice. Even w/o sugar. After that we splitted, I headed to my room upslope. Cold. I couldn’t feel my nose and mouth, I used the S4 cashmere scarf to help shield myself. Long walk. 10 min or more. I didn’t lose my way!! Haha erm but I forgot which flat, I know it’s blk 15. so I guessed, trying to poke my key into the keyhole, recognized the cuttings on the wall…phew..haha. sarah was watching tv and laura was in the kitchen.
Laura passed me my mail. Well wat else, I know it’s the bill for accommod. I bathed! I got bathe ok? Nice but very small bathroom. And then I opened the letter...date due 26 jan which is today! ‘late payment after the due date, 25 P will be levied!’ arghhhhhh, either online, or go castle leezes, finance or accommof office. Erm it’s 530pm obviously all closed. I went to the living room and asked sarah and laura …well no choice, I asked if I could borrowed sarah’s laptop cos laura dun haf, to access internet so I could pay online. Well of cos she’s most willing to lend me, I just hope that it’s not just on the surface cos I cant read her mind. But she’s really super nice. she brought her laptop to my room. Actually I said I could do it in her room if she dun mind…but she like dun understand me. anyway I did the payment online with her standing beside me watching…very weird lor…I asked her to sit on my bed but she said she’s ok with it.ok I tried to strike some conversations while I typed in the stuff. Until I reached the part ms and miss…I asked her for the diff and oh no. she explained that ms is used when pple wants to use their own last name like when they’re divorced..ok so that’s similar to our mdm. I shld use miss then. Oops I applied everything using ms when I was in sg. So all my docs say ms lin. Too bad. And the address. first line, 2nd and 3rd line. I thought they asking for phone lines lor.well it’s just like wat I stated my add in the previous entry. I cut and paste the summary of the transaction in my gmail. Argh I saw a mail from my dear rude. Really just cant do whatever I want …it’s her comp and she’s waiting for me, standing. Ok I really got to wait till tmr which I really hope I can get my smart card, everything ready to log online. K I’ve typed for abt 3 hrs…wow. Long long entries. 9.08pm. I shall go slp.
3pm…phoebe has to meet her coord at 4pm and I wished to go back my hall to put my heavy bag. so we left the group and had coffee at a shop called campuscoffee. She got a latte while I got a cappuccino which cost 1.8P = 5.2 bucks. Quite nice, not too strong. And the person gave me a lot of choco powder. Nice. Even w/o sugar. After that we splitted, I headed to my room upslope. Cold. I couldn’t feel my nose and mouth, I used the S4 cashmere scarf to help shield myself. Long walk. 10 min or more. I didn’t lose my way!! Haha erm but I forgot which flat, I know it’s blk 15. so I guessed, trying to poke my key into the keyhole, recognized the cuttings on the wall…phew..haha. sarah was watching tv and laura was in the kitchen.
Laura passed me my mail. Well wat else, I know it’s the bill for accommod. I bathed! I got bathe ok? Nice but very small bathroom. And then I opened the letter...date due 26 jan which is today! ‘late payment after the due date, 25 P will be levied!’ arghhhhhh, either online, or go castle leezes, finance or accommof office. Erm it’s 530pm obviously all closed. I went to the living room and asked sarah and laura …well no choice, I asked if I could borrowed sarah’s laptop cos laura dun haf, to access internet so I could pay online. Well of cos she’s most willing to lend me, I just hope that it’s not just on the surface cos I cant read her mind. But she’s really super nice. she brought her laptop to my room. Actually I said I could do it in her room if she dun mind…but she like dun understand me. anyway I did the payment online with her standing beside me watching…very weird lor…I asked her to sit on my bed but she said she’s ok with it.ok I tried to strike some conversations while I typed in the stuff. Until I reached the part ms and miss…I asked her for the diff and oh no. she explained that ms is used when pple wants to use their own last name like when they’re divorced..ok so that’s similar to our mdm. I shld use miss then. Oops I applied everything using ms when I was in sg. So all my docs say ms lin. Too bad. And the address. first line, 2nd and 3rd line. I thought they asking for phone lines lor.well it’s just like wat I stated my add in the previous entry. I cut and paste the summary of the transaction in my gmail. Argh I saw a mail from my dear rude. Really just cant do whatever I want …it’s her comp and she’s waiting for me, standing. Ok I really got to wait till tmr which I really hope I can get my smart card, everything ready to log online. K I’ve typed for abt 3 hrs…wow. Long long entries. 9.08pm. I shall go slp.
The Next day…luckier day or rather a more common day
I woke up at 3am but yes it’s too early but sg time alr 11 am. I went toilet and I hear my mp3s clearly from outside. Oops but it wasn’t loud from the inside leh. The silence is really deafening lor and the walls are totally not sound proof. I turned down the vol and continued slping till abt 6 then I unpack my stuff but not completely, made a cup of milo …took a few pics and rot…man nothing to do lor…if only I could get online. Cant wait to see the coord. Nobody woke up yet. Finally I heard sound outside. Rehaina was in the kitchen. She’s washing up pots, clearing stuff be4 she goes home. Well at least someone who actually clears up..after looking at the condition of the living room and kitchen. We chatted and she toasted bread for me, with cheese spread and jam. So niceeee of her. That was solid food since the chips on BA flight. But I wasn’t really very hungry leh.
I packed my stuff, brought my laptop in hope of getting somebody to configure for me so I can access internet. With my thermal flask and documents, my bag is super bulky. I walked to the medicine fac with her and spoke to the nice and pretty lady behind the desk. Wanted to speak to jane calvert but the lady said that there’re 2 other pple from my uni and there’ll be a talk tmr, fri, when I can meet them and also asked the tutors any qn. Erm…not another day of rotting and waiting for things to happen. I must make things happen! I asked ‘so there’s nothing for the day? I’ll just have to wait till tmr?’ Ok she asked me to hold on and she’ll checked for me. Then she printed a prog list. Yes the orientation prog starts today at 10. lucky I asked her. Else I’ll missed it. And tmr’s the induction talk which I will confirm all the modules I’ll be taking and get my smart card!! Internet, I’m coming!! I confirmed the venue and time for fri then I headed towards curtis auditorium, herchels building, of cos under the guidance of rehaina. It’s along the way to city centre.
0930…should I walked with rehaina to the city centre? It’s only across the road. haha it’ll be awkward to take pics then, I’ll take it next time when I go groceries shopping. From the outside I can see the table with many brochures and leaflets and that might be for the international students. Ok nvm, in case I couldn’t get the way back to the herchels building from the city centre, I bade farewell to rehaina and entered the building. There were 3 other pple. The ladies are very nice, asked if we are there for the orientation prog and she said we’re early but we can go into the LT and sit inside. i walked ard the small place before entering the LT. met phoebe and Claudia, both from germany. We sat tog and chatted abit, waiting for other pple to enter and the lecture to start. Yes it’s really a lecture, lucky I slept a lot last night, else I cfm doze off. A girl sat in front of me, I bravely tap her and asked if she’s edelene! Ta dah…got it…haha so I can recognize Singaporeans. Haha back to speaking the lahs and at a faster spd.
The lecture lasted for 2 hours…after which we’ll haf a free lunch!! Yummy!! i was hurrying the speakers inside my head throughout the talk…great, I’m not alone. Everyone wanted the internet access badly. Anyway I want the free lunch, another solid meal after erm almost 22 hrs putting aside the chips and bread. The dining area was quite a dist from the herchels building. super duper cold…..much colder than yest even though it’s in the day. Guess it’s the sea breeze. Lunch was in an elongated room with a long table with all different kinds of sandwiches, I picked 3, tuna, ham with weird paste and shrimps mixed with dunno wat paste. White but not mayo I think..doesnt taste like. Chips! Why is it there? Haha. Fruits (red and green grapes, I ate a lot of the green ones, oranges, watermelons, kiwi, nice!).fried onion, not rings. Tiny Donuts? Erm ok like tea lor but it filled my stomach. Really wanted to take pic one but think others will think tt I’m ah tiong! Sad case. Chatted with edelene more, though we’re suppose to know others from diff countries..ok one French guy, americ…dunno how he pronounced it, edelene repeated as American..haha that’s wat I heard too. then I asked him to spell…well he said his English isn’t good so he’s learning it. Well it’s really hard to master both French and English ba….so different. French is too difficult to articulate le.
I packed my stuff, brought my laptop in hope of getting somebody to configure for me so I can access internet. With my thermal flask and documents, my bag is super bulky. I walked to the medicine fac with her and spoke to the nice and pretty lady behind the desk. Wanted to speak to jane calvert but the lady said that there’re 2 other pple from my uni and there’ll be a talk tmr, fri, when I can meet them and also asked the tutors any qn. Erm…not another day of rotting and waiting for things to happen. I must make things happen! I asked ‘so there’s nothing for the day? I’ll just have to wait till tmr?’ Ok she asked me to hold on and she’ll checked for me. Then she printed a prog list. Yes the orientation prog starts today at 10. lucky I asked her. Else I’ll missed it. And tmr’s the induction talk which I will confirm all the modules I’ll be taking and get my smart card!! Internet, I’m coming!! I confirmed the venue and time for fri then I headed towards curtis auditorium, herchels building, of cos under the guidance of rehaina. It’s along the way to city centre.
0930…should I walked with rehaina to the city centre? It’s only across the road. haha it’ll be awkward to take pics then, I’ll take it next time when I go groceries shopping. From the outside I can see the table with many brochures and leaflets and that might be for the international students. Ok nvm, in case I couldn’t get the way back to the herchels building from the city centre, I bade farewell to rehaina and entered the building. There were 3 other pple. The ladies are very nice, asked if we are there for the orientation prog and she said we’re early but we can go into the LT and sit inside. i walked ard the small place before entering the LT. met phoebe and Claudia, both from germany. We sat tog and chatted abit, waiting for other pple to enter and the lecture to start. Yes it’s really a lecture, lucky I slept a lot last night, else I cfm doze off. A girl sat in front of me, I bravely tap her and asked if she’s edelene! Ta dah…got it…haha so I can recognize Singaporeans. Haha back to speaking the lahs and at a faster spd.
The lecture lasted for 2 hours…after which we’ll haf a free lunch!! Yummy!! i was hurrying the speakers inside my head throughout the talk…great, I’m not alone. Everyone wanted the internet access badly. Anyway I want the free lunch, another solid meal after erm almost 22 hrs putting aside the chips and bread. The dining area was quite a dist from the herchels building. super duper cold…..much colder than yest even though it’s in the day. Guess it’s the sea breeze. Lunch was in an elongated room with a long table with all different kinds of sandwiches, I picked 3, tuna, ham with weird paste and shrimps mixed with dunno wat paste. White but not mayo I think..doesnt taste like. Chips! Why is it there? Haha. Fruits (red and green grapes, I ate a lot of the green ones, oranges, watermelons, kiwi, nice!).fried onion, not rings. Tiny Donuts? Erm ok like tea lor but it filled my stomach. Really wanted to take pic one but think others will think tt I’m ah tiong! Sad case. Chatted with edelene more, though we’re suppose to know others from diff countries..ok one French guy, americ…dunno how he pronounced it, edelene repeated as American..haha that’s wat I heard too. then I asked him to spell…well he said his English isn’t good so he’s learning it. Well it’s really hard to master both French and English ba….so different. French is too difficult to articulate le.
Continued memoirs.
So warm…inside the room. I passed him the relevant accommodation letters, he did some admin stuff, scribbling some words and asking me to sign. He arranged the papers while he told me that he was waiting for somebody to take over his shift at the other office and exclaimed that they are short. (of manpower) haha…w/o the first part of the sentence, I would be thinking why would he tell me that they are not tall? Erm ok it’s duh. Anyway he searched for my keys and kindly took the heaviest bag for me and guided me to my flat. Actually the red one isn’t very heavy becos there’re wheels. So I was pulling the small black one with the heavy duffel bag on it with one hand and the other carrying my laptop bag. He walked very fast. It was a good 5-10min walk. It seemed never ending that’s why I checked the watch. In the drizzle. Damn cold. The hands are dying from the weight. Terrible…indescribable.
Finally. Ok the ground floor are seniors, first floor mixed, second all girls, third couples. So the blk has 4 floors with 2 flats in each. Each flat has 6 rooms, a living room and a kitchen. Oh yes the security man kindly carried the red bag and the black duffel bag up the stairs, 3 levels up. I managed the laptop and the small black bag. He opened the door and ‘hi girls! You’ve a new flat mate!’. Response: ‘wow! Great! That’s exciting.’ Haha so onz. Their heads pop out from behind the door only after I heard the voices. Very young girls and yes I am correct, they are all yr 1 students who’s been staying in the flat for only 1 sem. Posters and cuttings from magazines are all over the walls, a small silver Christmas tree and decorations hanging from the ceiling. Magazines strewn over the floor, unwashed plates and bowls are lying on the coffee table. Haha that’s at the first glance. The girls helped me to carry my bags to my room. Nice room. Quite big, compared to pgp’s, not too prison cell-ly. Furniture is in good condition. carpeted floor. Ok good enuff.
Ok then I got to know 3 other pple from another flat, erm shucks really forgot the names. I remembered one of them was Hannah. They are so friendly. come all the way from their flats to say hi. I know those in my flat, laura, rehaina(erm I dunno how to spell but she’s from Pakistan but have been studying in England for 5 yrs be4 she entered the uni and she’s, like me, in the sch of biomed sci), me, jannie from liverpool, sarah from middle something and michelle whom I haven seen till now. Anyway they’re all from all parts of UK.
First thing in mind, got the cables and laptop out. I want to log into the internet! how I wished to get in contact with zq’s sis’s bf, the sg soc president. I need help, want to join the orientation prog though I’ve missed the first part which is the welcome service at the airport. That’s the sole purpose of coming on 25 jan. else I could be like jiafang who’s only arriving in 1 feb. he’s celebrating cny in china. Not to forget contacting all my beloved ones. Oh no! internet cant work. Sigh…no hope.
The others are in the living room watching tv I think, so I knocked on rehaina’s door and asked how to connect to the internet. Arghhh need to register my laptop, get my smart card and username and password. Wahhh how long would all the admin stuff take. Omg! She helped me a great deal, passed me instructions booklet which she used last sem and she dun need them anymore, and suggested for me to look for jane calvert, my exchange coordinator, and she happened to know her as she’s the head in the fac of biomed sci. she offered to bring me to see jane calvert tmr morning so we fixed the time at 9am when the office should be opened. She needed to buy shoes for her aunt and some groceries back home as there’re no halal food sold near her parents place. She needs to get it in the city centre which is just next to the uni. Her parents, one of them a doc, so working here in Newcastle, stayed in a place 2.5 hrs drive away from the uni. She said that if she’s not returning home, she could have shown me ard the place. Of cos I told her no worries as there’ll be plenty of chances. Haha. In actual fact, after the day’s happenings, I really feel like gg back sg. Sigh I know it’s very mei zhi qi but I’m really home sick le. Well..i remembered the song in this blog…never surrender. No matter wat happens. Since I’m alr here, I might as well make the best out of it. This was the usual advice I gave pple too.
I thanked rehaina sincerely. so paiseh to trouble her.
I tried to unpack. Nah…so sianz… too lazy. I played the mp3s, lay my bedsheet, took out the soft toy, charged my phone and arghhh no pillow and blanket which I thot there will be. Luckily I grabbed my slping bag last min. I used that as a pillow. I wore my coat to slp cos it’s quite cold, cant figure out how the heater is regulated. Yes it’s only 7 plus pm but it’s 3 plus am in sg. Obviously I was super tired. But I didn’t rub my eyes leh!
Finally. Ok the ground floor are seniors, first floor mixed, second all girls, third couples. So the blk has 4 floors with 2 flats in each. Each flat has 6 rooms, a living room and a kitchen. Oh yes the security man kindly carried the red bag and the black duffel bag up the stairs, 3 levels up. I managed the laptop and the small black bag. He opened the door and ‘hi girls! You’ve a new flat mate!’. Response: ‘wow! Great! That’s exciting.’ Haha so onz. Their heads pop out from behind the door only after I heard the voices. Very young girls and yes I am correct, they are all yr 1 students who’s been staying in the flat for only 1 sem. Posters and cuttings from magazines are all over the walls, a small silver Christmas tree and decorations hanging from the ceiling. Magazines strewn over the floor, unwashed plates and bowls are lying on the coffee table. Haha that’s at the first glance. The girls helped me to carry my bags to my room. Nice room. Quite big, compared to pgp’s, not too prison cell-ly. Furniture is in good condition. carpeted floor. Ok good enuff.
Ok then I got to know 3 other pple from another flat, erm shucks really forgot the names. I remembered one of them was Hannah. They are so friendly. come all the way from their flats to say hi. I know those in my flat, laura, rehaina(erm I dunno how to spell but she’s from Pakistan but have been studying in England for 5 yrs be4 she entered the uni and she’s, like me, in the sch of biomed sci), me, jannie from liverpool, sarah from middle something and michelle whom I haven seen till now. Anyway they’re all from all parts of UK.
First thing in mind, got the cables and laptop out. I want to log into the internet! how I wished to get in contact with zq’s sis’s bf, the sg soc president. I need help, want to join the orientation prog though I’ve missed the first part which is the welcome service at the airport. That’s the sole purpose of coming on 25 jan. else I could be like jiafang who’s only arriving in 1 feb. he’s celebrating cny in china. Not to forget contacting all my beloved ones. Oh no! internet cant work. Sigh…no hope.
The others are in the living room watching tv I think, so I knocked on rehaina’s door and asked how to connect to the internet. Arghhh need to register my laptop, get my smart card and username and password. Wahhh how long would all the admin stuff take. Omg! She helped me a great deal, passed me instructions booklet which she used last sem and she dun need them anymore, and suggested for me to look for jane calvert, my exchange coordinator, and she happened to know her as she’s the head in the fac of biomed sci. she offered to bring me to see jane calvert tmr morning so we fixed the time at 9am when the office should be opened. She needed to buy shoes for her aunt and some groceries back home as there’re no halal food sold near her parents place. She needs to get it in the city centre which is just next to the uni. Her parents, one of them a doc, so working here in Newcastle, stayed in a place 2.5 hrs drive away from the uni. She said that if she’s not returning home, she could have shown me ard the place. Of cos I told her no worries as there’ll be plenty of chances. Haha. In actual fact, after the day’s happenings, I really feel like gg back sg. Sigh I know it’s very mei zhi qi but I’m really home sick le. Well..i remembered the song in this blog…never surrender. No matter wat happens. Since I’m alr here, I might as well make the best out of it. This was the usual advice I gave pple too.
I thanked rehaina sincerely. so paiseh to trouble her.
I tried to unpack. Nah…so sianz… too lazy. I played the mp3s, lay my bedsheet, took out the soft toy, charged my phone and arghhh no pillow and blanket which I thot there will be. Luckily I grabbed my slping bag last min. I used that as a pillow. I wore my coat to slp cos it’s quite cold, cant figure out how the heater is regulated. Yes it’s only 7 plus pm but it’s 3 plus am in sg. Obviously I was super tired. But I didn’t rub my eyes leh!
When’s the end of starvation? -26 jan, 1800
Haha. Yes I had my first proper meal since…..? supper at abt 0100 sg time and breakfast at abt 0300 london time (so that’s 1100 sg time…I’ll take that as lunch then) on SQ flight….then waiting at heathrow, no food no water for 9 hrs. finally boarded BA and got a packet of potato chips and a glass of orange juice. Well of cos I asked for a 2nd cup. Super thirsty lor. The flight lasted only 50 min.
The worst scenario happened…argh i always have to go through some hardships…some things must happen to me one lor…not fatal but bad enuff la. Yes nobody welcomed me at Newcastle international airport. Winner! I dun haf a fan club in Newcastle. Sad case. I searched ard the airport which is luckily not big. I asked the info counter. The person be4 me was giving her a hard time and I am sorta prepared. yes she isn’t very friendly to me when I asked if there’s any welcome service from the uni, she said no. not today. Then I just stared blankly at her. Haha now I think back like quite funny. Cos I also dunno wat to do. Then she added that there are such services on other days but not today. Shocked! my only response. But I quickly said thanks and walked towards the public phone.
It says only accept 10, 20, 50p. but I kept digging out 5p. disgusted. Finally I pulled out a 20p. aiya just put la. But well done…min is 30p, and no matter how hard I tried, no 10p. didn’t want to empty the entire purse cos my palm was not big, din want coins to start dropping. Ok another 20p so well…total of 40p which is like 1.20 sing dollars..for one call! I called the international office. The lady said no record of my name in the list of those who signed up for the welcome services. Then I tried to explain that I signed up quite early and even received a confirmation email from them lor. ok she said that I’ve to take a cab to the sch and it might or might not be reimbursed. Of cos, for those who know me..haha….i’ll fight for my rights! I told her that I saved a copy of the confirmation email reply to my applic, so she said ok then most prob I’ll be reimbursed. Ok although I still haf another 10p worth of call, I had to forego it cos the stupid phone isn’t vomiting out any change for me.
I went out into the cold. It was raining. Not even drizzling. Got on a cab, the cabby very nice helped me get all my stuff into the boot. Well it might be a ‘of cos’ thingy, but I really appreciated it. No mood to take photos though the streets look nice, the colonial look. Anyway from experience when I took cab to changi airport, the pics not very clear due to motion. It took 13.8 pounds to get me to my hall.
Room 3, Flat 15E
Goldsbrough Court
Richardson Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4BG
Ok he took out my stuff for me but I had to drag everything, this time w/o the trolley at the airport down a gentle slope to the reception room. I asked a guy is the reception closed? He say yes! Then I asked is there any other person in charge whom I can look for? Haha then he went to the door and pointed out at the words. I thanked him and he left. It read 9am – 4.30pm. time now is 450pm. It looked like 730pm in sg. So it’s locked. Another winner! I pressed the button for emergency call next to the door, the lady said he’ll send someone down.
Ok so I waited. Out in the cold. The ground is wet everywhere. The stupid wind kept blowing I had to wear my hood and I looked like an Eskimo. 10 min passed, I called again to ask if there’s any form of identity I could look out for. Silence on the other line. I continued ‘are there 2 men coming down?’ ‘Oh no just a man’ was the reply. ‘how long more do I haf to wait?’ ‘they are on their way’. Ok thanks. But think pple here are very polite and at least they sounded sincere when they said ‘oh you r welcome’. Yea ended off the conversation well.
I waited somemore, trying to look for nearby shelter where I can avoid the cold. None. I was like pacing back and forth. 10 min, still nobody, so many pple passed by lor. I think I look like an idiot standing out in the cold, witnessing the sky turning dark. No light at all. Like 8pm in sg. Why nobody offered help ah. So bad rite. I mean I was with so many luggages and it’s obvious that I was stranded becos it’s past the opening hours. I called again. The person said the man is on his way and to wait means to wait. Argh! I was shocked. Wait her stupid head lor. she can try waiting and see if she’ll shiver. But I asked ‘so do I just stand outside the reception door and wait?’ ‘yes.’ No extra info given. Well done. Waiting…..waiting….i wanted to cry but think the tears are frozen. 10 min passed. To top up the condition, it drizzled. Luckily my coat was the windbreaker kind, so it’s waterproof. I was like cursing out, looking at the smoke coming out of my mouth. I used to enjoy that when I was in Taiwan and china but not now.
I called again. My voice quivered. Yes I’m really shivering from head to toe. Think the lady heard the shiver in my voice, she’s more polite. ‘the man should be there in abt 2 min.’ finally some solid info. 2min ok. Waited. 2 min passed. I gave a msn face. Wonder if the passer-bys saw. 5min…I pressed the button again. Someone called out. Cant catch the words, I turned around and saw a stout looking man with the neon vest with the word SECURITY. Maybe he caught my blank look, he asked if I’m Jennifer lin. ‘yes I am’. ‘ok you’ll stay here while I open the door from the other side’. ‘ok thanks’.i could hear the lady’s voice from the emergency call speaker..oops. think she heard my conversation with the man so she hang up and she called the man on the walkie talkie. Couldn’t really catch wat they’re saying..i only keep hearing ‘send over’.
Whoa.. this entry is just like a novel. Memoirs of me. Haha the dialogues are abt 80% accurate. I never had such good memory but the experience is just too memorable. I shall split..
The worst scenario happened…argh i always have to go through some hardships…some things must happen to me one lor…not fatal but bad enuff la. Yes nobody welcomed me at Newcastle international airport. Winner! I dun haf a fan club in Newcastle. Sad case. I searched ard the airport which is luckily not big. I asked the info counter. The person be4 me was giving her a hard time and I am sorta prepared. yes she isn’t very friendly to me when I asked if there’s any welcome service from the uni, she said no. not today. Then I just stared blankly at her. Haha now I think back like quite funny. Cos I also dunno wat to do. Then she added that there are such services on other days but not today. Shocked! my only response. But I quickly said thanks and walked towards the public phone.
It says only accept 10, 20, 50p. but I kept digging out 5p. disgusted. Finally I pulled out a 20p. aiya just put la. But well done…min is 30p, and no matter how hard I tried, no 10p. didn’t want to empty the entire purse cos my palm was not big, din want coins to start dropping. Ok another 20p so well…total of 40p which is like 1.20 sing dollars..for one call! I called the international office. The lady said no record of my name in the list of those who signed up for the welcome services. Then I tried to explain that I signed up quite early and even received a confirmation email from them lor. ok she said that I’ve to take a cab to the sch and it might or might not be reimbursed. Of cos, for those who know me..haha….i’ll fight for my rights! I told her that I saved a copy of the confirmation email reply to my applic, so she said ok then most prob I’ll be reimbursed. Ok although I still haf another 10p worth of call, I had to forego it cos the stupid phone isn’t vomiting out any change for me.
I went out into the cold. It was raining. Not even drizzling. Got on a cab, the cabby very nice helped me get all my stuff into the boot. Well it might be a ‘of cos’ thingy, but I really appreciated it. No mood to take photos though the streets look nice, the colonial look. Anyway from experience when I took cab to changi airport, the pics not very clear due to motion. It took 13.8 pounds to get me to my hall.
Room 3, Flat 15E
Goldsbrough Court
Richardson Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4BG
Ok he took out my stuff for me but I had to drag everything, this time w/o the trolley at the airport down a gentle slope to the reception room. I asked a guy is the reception closed? He say yes! Then I asked is there any other person in charge whom I can look for? Haha then he went to the door and pointed out at the words. I thanked him and he left. It read 9am – 4.30pm. time now is 450pm. It looked like 730pm in sg. So it’s locked. Another winner! I pressed the button for emergency call next to the door, the lady said he’ll send someone down.
Ok so I waited. Out in the cold. The ground is wet everywhere. The stupid wind kept blowing I had to wear my hood and I looked like an Eskimo. 10 min passed, I called again to ask if there’s any form of identity I could look out for. Silence on the other line. I continued ‘are there 2 men coming down?’ ‘Oh no just a man’ was the reply. ‘how long more do I haf to wait?’ ‘they are on their way’. Ok thanks. But think pple here are very polite and at least they sounded sincere when they said ‘oh you r welcome’. Yea ended off the conversation well.
I waited somemore, trying to look for nearby shelter where I can avoid the cold. None. I was like pacing back and forth. 10 min, still nobody, so many pple passed by lor. I think I look like an idiot standing out in the cold, witnessing the sky turning dark. No light at all. Like 8pm in sg. Why nobody offered help ah. So bad rite. I mean I was with so many luggages and it’s obvious that I was stranded becos it’s past the opening hours. I called again. The person said the man is on his way and to wait means to wait. Argh! I was shocked. Wait her stupid head lor. she can try waiting and see if she’ll shiver. But I asked ‘so do I just stand outside the reception door and wait?’ ‘yes.’ No extra info given. Well done. Waiting…..waiting….i wanted to cry but think the tears are frozen. 10 min passed. To top up the condition, it drizzled. Luckily my coat was the windbreaker kind, so it’s waterproof. I was like cursing out, looking at the smoke coming out of my mouth. I used to enjoy that when I was in Taiwan and china but not now.
I called again. My voice quivered. Yes I’m really shivering from head to toe. Think the lady heard the shiver in my voice, she’s more polite. ‘the man should be there in abt 2 min.’ finally some solid info. 2min ok. Waited. 2 min passed. I gave a msn face. Wonder if the passer-bys saw. 5min…I pressed the button again. Someone called out. Cant catch the words, I turned around and saw a stout looking man with the neon vest with the word SECURITY. Maybe he caught my blank look, he asked if I’m Jennifer lin. ‘yes I am’. ‘ok you’ll stay here while I open the door from the other side’. ‘ok thanks’.i could hear the lady’s voice from the emergency call speaker..oops. think she heard my conversation with the man so she hang up and she called the man on the walkie talkie. Couldn’t really catch wat they’re saying..i only keep hearing ‘send over’.
Whoa.. this entry is just like a novel. Memoirs of me. Haha the dialogues are abt 80% accurate. I never had such good memory but the experience is just too memorable. I shall split..
Waiting alone in a foreign place.
PS: I’m typing this in word doc, right after the previous entry in the departure lounge in heathrow, waiting for my BA flight to Newcastle. Whoa I’m super hungry. It’s 1320 london and 2120 singapore. Sigh the wireless need to pay one, so I’ll cut and paste later.
Reached at 0540 london time. Spent 1.5 hr being interrogated and at the baggage reclaim. Argh at the customs, so many questions asked, half of the time I was requesting for her to repeat, very strong accent lor. I thought it’s my fault and I’m gg to suffer here but then later all the other 6 airport staffs I’ve met, I can understand perfectly, so it’s the first staff’s fault. Next time I dun want to check in so early le la. I was one of the last few to get my bags off the belt lor. But actually I dun mind cos my flight’s at 1430. so late! However, the most pek cek thing is those tall pple, stand rite in front. I cant even see. Then if they dun move abt still nvm lor. I was like standing on my trolley trying to peep thru the heads, swaying side by side with them. irritated.
I pushed abt 40 kg stuff from t3 to t1 in heathrow. It’s abt the dist of sg’s t1 to t2 w/o skytrain, not so bad liao. T4 is the furthest. Need to take bus one. This walk was super cold. Cos I only haf my red jacket on. So amy u really haf to put on ur thick coat on plane before alighting. I just braved thru the cold and walked all the way. Wasn’t too bad cos by the time I reached t1 I was panting like mad alr, so many ramps!!! And they turn and turn lor. So difficult to control the trolley, a lot of inertia leh. Lucky I’m strong. bhb. Haha
My attempts to check in online for brit air is useless. I still cant check in early, they say they’ve a lot of luggage to manage so I’ve to wait till 12. ok great, I cfm cant travel out of the airport le lor unless I pay 48 sg bucks at the left luggage area. Nvm I shall save money. Oh very throw face I asked the wrong airline company lor. The moment I enter the departure hall I only see bmi star alliance. Who knows wat is it. The person is there so I go ask then he directed me to the self check in kiosks. I cant log in so I ask the lady there, then she said “it’s a different company. It’s over there.” I sensed the silence “duh” from her. Sad case. When I walked further then I saw british airways, aer lingus etc, all never hear be4 other than BA lor. I got my boarding pass. Funnily I found myself trying to articulate clearer when I speak to them leh. Haha maybe I want a similar type of response, else I’ll be hah-ing them most of the time.
Ok ktv alone in heathrow. With pple walking back and forth as the screen. mostly quite good looking. And some really look abt the same lor. One eg is the staff at the info counter and another at the check in counter, I thought the person run over leh. Then I look back she’s still there at the info counter leh. Weird. So many twins ard.
Some are also waiting but still not as long as mine. But they keep patrolling and parading leh. Why dun they sit down? Ok, I shouldn’t haf that thought, cos immed after that, a person provided me aroma therapy, either he din bathe or he din wash his coat. Abt 30 min later, luckily, another person came to sit beside me and he was eating orange. So citrus-sy. Nice smell. It’s 0910. I’ve stoned and tried entertaining myself for so long but not 2 hrs passed. Sigh….
Need to go toilet…the guy sat beside me for abt 1 hr plus le, I finally decided to ask him help me look after the luggage. But he just suddenly self intro. Ok he’s a post grad gg erm Manchester if I din hear wrongly. Think he said he studying something like hotel management Cant really catch. and he’s from Calcutta. Ok he’s a student so safer, I asked him again if he can help me look after luggage for a while, finally he said if I can come back in 5 min then ok. Weird rite? Of cos I came back very soon and we chatted more. Then half an hour later he went to board his plane.
Ok I’ve decided to roam around, dragging my luggage. I found the taxi stand and bus stops. not even 3 mins. I was shivering like mad outside. Ok I quickly went in, zip up my coat and then out from another exit. And I realized I cant leave the terminal without using the stairs or escalators. The place when I came from is one way from the arrival hall. So ok, I waited at another area, in case the shop owners stare at me again. Now 2pm ok I better check if my flight’s gate is open. It suppose to close at 210 leh.
Reached at 0540 london time. Spent 1.5 hr being interrogated and at the baggage reclaim. Argh at the customs, so many questions asked, half of the time I was requesting for her to repeat, very strong accent lor. I thought it’s my fault and I’m gg to suffer here but then later all the other 6 airport staffs I’ve met, I can understand perfectly, so it’s the first staff’s fault. Next time I dun want to check in so early le la. I was one of the last few to get my bags off the belt lor. But actually I dun mind cos my flight’s at 1430. so late! However, the most pek cek thing is those tall pple, stand rite in front. I cant even see. Then if they dun move abt still nvm lor. I was like standing on my trolley trying to peep thru the heads, swaying side by side with them. irritated.
I pushed abt 40 kg stuff from t3 to t1 in heathrow. It’s abt the dist of sg’s t1 to t2 w/o skytrain, not so bad liao. T4 is the furthest. Need to take bus one. This walk was super cold. Cos I only haf my red jacket on. So amy u really haf to put on ur thick coat on plane before alighting. I just braved thru the cold and walked all the way. Wasn’t too bad cos by the time I reached t1 I was panting like mad alr, so many ramps!!! And they turn and turn lor. So difficult to control the trolley, a lot of inertia leh. Lucky I’m strong. bhb. Haha
My attempts to check in online for brit air is useless. I still cant check in early, they say they’ve a lot of luggage to manage so I’ve to wait till 12. ok great, I cfm cant travel out of the airport le lor unless I pay 48 sg bucks at the left luggage area. Nvm I shall save money. Oh very throw face I asked the wrong airline company lor. The moment I enter the departure hall I only see bmi star alliance. Who knows wat is it. The person is there so I go ask then he directed me to the self check in kiosks. I cant log in so I ask the lady there, then she said “it’s a different company. It’s over there.” I sensed the silence “duh” from her. Sad case. When I walked further then I saw british airways, aer lingus etc, all never hear be4 other than BA lor. I got my boarding pass. Funnily I found myself trying to articulate clearer when I speak to them leh. Haha maybe I want a similar type of response, else I’ll be hah-ing them most of the time.
Ok ktv alone in heathrow. With pple walking back and forth as the screen. mostly quite good looking. And some really look abt the same lor. One eg is the staff at the info counter and another at the check in counter, I thought the person run over leh. Then I look back she’s still there at the info counter leh. Weird. So many twins ard.
Some are also waiting but still not as long as mine. But they keep patrolling and parading leh. Why dun they sit down? Ok, I shouldn’t haf that thought, cos immed after that, a person provided me aroma therapy, either he din bathe or he din wash his coat. Abt 30 min later, luckily, another person came to sit beside me and he was eating orange. So citrus-sy. Nice smell. It’s 0910. I’ve stoned and tried entertaining myself for so long but not 2 hrs passed. Sigh….
Need to go toilet…the guy sat beside me for abt 1 hr plus le, I finally decided to ask him help me look after the luggage. But he just suddenly self intro. Ok he’s a post grad gg erm Manchester if I din hear wrongly. Think he said he studying something like hotel management Cant really catch. and he’s from Calcutta. Ok he’s a student so safer, I asked him again if he can help me look after luggage for a while, finally he said if I can come back in 5 min then ok. Weird rite? Of cos I came back very soon and we chatted more. Then half an hour later he went to board his plane.
Ok I’ve decided to roam around, dragging my luggage. I found the taxi stand and bus stops. not even 3 mins. I was shivering like mad outside. Ok I quickly went in, zip up my coat and then out from another exit. And I realized I cant leave the terminal without using the stairs or escalators. The place when I came from is one way from the arrival hall. So ok, I waited at another area, in case the shop owners stare at me again. Now 2pm ok I better check if my flight’s gate is open. It suppose to close at 210 leh.
Getting away from the sun, chasing the darkness-25 jan
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Argh…I knew that I’ve to give my boarding pass and passport to the police standing at the door leading to the transit area but she din even put out her hand, indicating that she wants so I wanted to just walk in. well done then everyone else laughed. Even the police lor.
Waving goodbye to everyone who came specially to send me off. I am really very touched, and felt less alone. But shortly after I was left on my own, to embark on a new journey. No time to call pple up, no time to use the free phone when I finally saw one. Last call. I enter the security checking area, my knife and fork were disposed. How careless of me to put them in my hand carry. Then I’ve to head towards the plane. Quickly sent all the precreated sms, lucky I saved as draft, else cfm no time to send out and yes I made one for Sq 4 but no time to send. And no time to talk to my beloved qingqing and non-beloved yumei who called haha. Nvm la little girl can always chat online. I quickly call starhub to suspend my account immediately. Think the person quite pissed, cos I was like bullet train hurrying him, giving him no chance to ask anything. Cos usually he’ll explain the charges and do the SOP which I alr knew cos I called much earlier thinking I could suspend at the timing I want but no I cant. I have no choice cos my batt is like almost empty, it’ll go cut off anytime.
the engine started, it crawled at less than 10km/h then it made a perfect 90 deg turn. I saw the lights lining up the runway, the plane accelerates and then lifted. take off! it was my first night flight and and a super long one too. Luckily I stopped to take the card from the girl before I board the plane. This card allowed me free access to wireless internet on plane for half an hour, too bad too short. Boy wasn’t I glad to log in msn and saw dearest rude! peiyi, s4 and eva, cai and amy. Who else was in the conference? Haha. I quickly settled my brit air online. Well done lor, the person in front of me really slping queen, I can count the no of hours she’s awake with one hand. Yes so the first knock out was when I was using the laptop. So difficult to see the screen lor…super squeezy. Think overuse will haf to pay so I log off at abt 25 min usage.
Supper time. Stewed chicken. Yummy. Then I drank tea which is not hot at all so I only drank 2 mouthfuls. Naturally I’ll order white wine to help me slp better. But this time no. really dunno wat happen, I was like dripping cold sweat all over my forehead. Really all over. both palms were super drenched. Twice as far as I remembered, that I woke up to wipe it off. Was it motion sickness? Or white wine cant be drank with tea? Or the chicken? Anyway I was too tired so I just closed my eyes, feeling nauseous. Think I fidgeted a lot, if the person behind me watching movie at the time I was slping then he must be cursing me throughout that period. Lucky I chose the window seat, really more space and I can see snow flakes on the double glazed window. When it neared London, the temp was lower, the flakes crystallized like small snow balls. So nice. And I saw millions of stars, the sky has never been so clear before, ok obvious cos the plane is alr way above the clouds. But all my day flights never see be4 wat. I can also see thousands of lighted ships scattered on the sea. And weirdly, lighted river-like strips which I guess are the boundaries between countries.
Throughout the flight, I tried to watch the movies. Though there’re 60 to choose from, none interest me leh, I tried Charlie’s angels 2, corspse bride and In her shoes. For all 3, midway I dozed off. CMI.
Breakfast. Egg noodle (but I dun taste and see any egg) with prawn, fish and vegetables. Noodles not that nice cos it’s dried up, but it’s as usual, for on plane’s noodles. Cornflakes, wholemeal bread with anchor butter and strawberry jam. sweet seedless green grapes, pineapples and papaya. Think only SIA will spend so much on food research.
2.5 hr to London, 837km/h ground speed, 11059m altitude and outside temp = -67 deg cel. Yes too bored le so copy down the stats haha. Anyway the highest speed it went was 890km/h. London was foggy, but very much like sg except for smoke which I dunno where it comes from.
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password is optio21
Argh…I knew that I’ve to give my boarding pass and passport to the police standing at the door leading to the transit area but she din even put out her hand, indicating that she wants so I wanted to just walk in. well done then everyone else laughed. Even the police lor.
Waving goodbye to everyone who came specially to send me off. I am really very touched, and felt less alone. But shortly after I was left on my own, to embark on a new journey. No time to call pple up, no time to use the free phone when I finally saw one. Last call. I enter the security checking area, my knife and fork were disposed. How careless of me to put them in my hand carry. Then I’ve to head towards the plane. Quickly sent all the precreated sms, lucky I saved as draft, else cfm no time to send out and yes I made one for Sq 4 but no time to send. And no time to talk to my beloved qingqing and non-beloved yumei who called haha. Nvm la little girl can always chat online. I quickly call starhub to suspend my account immediately. Think the person quite pissed, cos I was like bullet train hurrying him, giving him no chance to ask anything. Cos usually he’ll explain the charges and do the SOP which I alr knew cos I called much earlier thinking I could suspend at the timing I want but no I cant. I have no choice cos my batt is like almost empty, it’ll go cut off anytime.
the engine started, it crawled at less than 10km/h then it made a perfect 90 deg turn. I saw the lights lining up the runway, the plane accelerates and then lifted. take off! it was my first night flight and and a super long one too. Luckily I stopped to take the card from the girl before I board the plane. This card allowed me free access to wireless internet on plane for half an hour, too bad too short. Boy wasn’t I glad to log in msn and saw dearest rude! peiyi, s4 and eva, cai and amy. Who else was in the conference? Haha. I quickly settled my brit air online. Well done lor, the person in front of me really slping queen, I can count the no of hours she’s awake with one hand. Yes so the first knock out was when I was using the laptop. So difficult to see the screen lor…super squeezy. Think overuse will haf to pay so I log off at abt 25 min usage.
Supper time. Stewed chicken. Yummy. Then I drank tea which is not hot at all so I only drank 2 mouthfuls. Naturally I’ll order white wine to help me slp better. But this time no. really dunno wat happen, I was like dripping cold sweat all over my forehead. Really all over. both palms were super drenched. Twice as far as I remembered, that I woke up to wipe it off. Was it motion sickness? Or white wine cant be drank with tea? Or the chicken? Anyway I was too tired so I just closed my eyes, feeling nauseous. Think I fidgeted a lot, if the person behind me watching movie at the time I was slping then he must be cursing me throughout that period. Lucky I chose the window seat, really more space and I can see snow flakes on the double glazed window. When it neared London, the temp was lower, the flakes crystallized like small snow balls. So nice. And I saw millions of stars, the sky has never been so clear before, ok obvious cos the plane is alr way above the clouds. But all my day flights never see be4 wat. I can also see thousands of lighted ships scattered on the sea. And weirdly, lighted river-like strips which I guess are the boundaries between countries.
Throughout the flight, I tried to watch the movies. Though there’re 60 to choose from, none interest me leh, I tried Charlie’s angels 2, corspse bride and In her shoes. For all 3, midway I dozed off. CMI.
Breakfast. Egg noodle (but I dun taste and see any egg) with prawn, fish and vegetables. Noodles not that nice cos it’s dried up, but it’s as usual, for on plane’s noodles. Cornflakes, wholemeal bread with anchor butter and strawberry jam. sweet seedless green grapes, pineapples and papaya. Think only SIA will spend so much on food research.
2.5 hr to London, 837km/h ground speed, 11059m altitude and outside temp = -67 deg cel. Yes too bored le so copy down the stats haha. Anyway the highest speed it went was 890km/h. London was foggy, but very much like sg except for smoke which I dunno where it comes from.
day out before i leave for UK
I went si ma lu guan yin si in the morning. Hmm first time didn’t go with mother. This time got rude to accompany. Cant remember wat to do in the temple le but hope I’m not disrespectful to the deity. Got a good ‘qian’, indicating everyone else in sg, inc family and frens will be safe while I’m away.
Erm the horoscope said that it’s good for the rat to travel but have to be careful with thieves. Oops..haha da ji li shi.
at bugis village
at parco
Still early, dun think the restaurant will open so early. We went national lib. Yes I enter it for the first time..haha.. the lift lobby is so hotel like.
Then we sat at the food court near the restaurant, had curry puffs and coffee, playing with handphones. 1145, still not opened. Haf to reach ps for the 1230pm show so we left, planning to come back again later.
left pic: muddy effect. right pic: was waiting for the sound but rude off it and it was a 15 shot. haha this was the first
left pic: blue effect. right pic: sketch. bottom pic: waiting for the restaurant to open
Watched the memoirs of a geisha at PS. Nice show. The young chiyo very pretty…so adorable. I’ve watched the documentation version on japan hour be4…well each has its strengths.
After that we walked back to the restaurant and ate baked rice. Delicious!
Friday, January 20, 2006
finished packing
this is only a preparatory entry..still in sg..haha
my desk : was worse with notes and most of stuff not packed,
didnt took a photo before packing so obviously i'm not gg to unpack and make my room looks like be4 just for a photo
yeah 3 pieces, i thot could get into 2. nvm, dun think it'll overload la, accord to my mother, each piece is less than 10 kg though i thot it's cfm more than 10. well just wait till the time i check in, i'll know the exact weight.
anyway i'm gg to carry the black one and my laptop on plane. yes as val says i shld be self contained in case my luggage got misplaced somewhere, cos i'm transiting at london, arghhh wat a troublesome place. too bad i dun haf a backpack like merv, but this's like those pilots and stewardesses carry, small and portable and can be dragged along the ground. tt's gd enuff.
argh really hate planning..take my hat off amy who can read lonely planet for 3 days at home. man, i'd rather die there than make such detailed preparation. oops..think i'm too bo chap liao. nvm la, my parents wont worry cos they wont read this blog and they will think that i've made my own arrangements. good to have parents who trust their kids haha. nonetheless, from all the previous prep, i've alr learnt quite a few stuff, many stuff to look into, this is alr the start of sep, although I AM indep, but i hate to be. haha. dun doubt me.
my desk : was worse with notes and most of stuff not packed,
didnt took a photo before packing so obviously i'm not gg to unpack and make my room looks like be4 just for a photo
yeah 3 pieces, i thot could get into 2. nvm, dun think it'll overload la, accord to my mother, each piece is less than 10 kg though i thot it's cfm more than 10. well just wait till the time i check in, i'll know the exact weight.
anyway i'm gg to carry the black one and my laptop on plane. yes as val says i shld be self contained in case my luggage got misplaced somewhere, cos i'm transiting at london, arghhh wat a troublesome place. too bad i dun haf a backpack like merv, but this's like those pilots and stewardesses carry, small and portable and can be dragged along the ground. tt's gd enuff.
argh really hate planning..take my hat off amy who can read lonely planet for 3 days at home. man, i'd rather die there than make such detailed preparation. oops..think i'm too bo chap liao. nvm la, my parents wont worry cos they wont read this blog and they will think that i've made my own arrangements. good to have parents who trust their kids haha. nonetheless, from all the previous prep, i've alr learnt quite a few stuff, many stuff to look into, this is alr the start of sep, although I AM indep, but i hate to be. haha. dun doubt me.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Never surrender
Just a little more time is all we're asking for
Cause just a little more time could open closing doors
Just a little uncertainty can bring you down
And nobody wants to know you now
And nobody wants to show you how
So if you're lost and on your own
You can never surrender
And if your path won't lead you home
You can never surrender
And when the night is cold and dark
You cant see, you can see light
Cause no one can take away your right
To fight and to never surrender
With a little perseverance you can get things done
Without the blind adherence that has conquered some
And nobody wants to know you now
And nobody wants to show you how
So if you're lost and on your own
You can never surrender
And if your path won't lead you home
You can never surrender
And when the night is cold and dark
You cant see, you can see light
Cause no one can take away your right
To fight and to never surrender
To never surrender
And when the night is cold and dark
You cant see, you can see light
Cause no one can take away your right
To fight and to never surrender
To never surrender
Cause just a little more time could open closing doors
Just a little uncertainty can bring you down
And nobody wants to know you now
And nobody wants to show you how
So if you're lost and on your own
You can never surrender
And if your path won't lead you home
You can never surrender
And when the night is cold and dark
You cant see, you can see light
Cause no one can take away your right
To fight and to never surrender
With a little perseverance you can get things done
Without the blind adherence that has conquered some
And nobody wants to know you now
And nobody wants to show you how
So if you're lost and on your own
You can never surrender
And if your path won't lead you home
You can never surrender
And when the night is cold and dark
You cant see, you can see light
Cause no one can take away your right
To fight and to never surrender
To never surrender
And when the night is cold and dark
You cant see, you can see light
Cause no one can take away your right
To fight and to never surrender
To never surrender