Deceptively Dark Designs
The days are getting shorter here. Daylight saving has come and past, now there's a 8 hour difference from good old Singapore.
It's reading week now, but I haven't been doing much reading to be honest.
But I did stay in today and did case notes for contract law, but it was interrupted by watching anime on crunchyroll (Gundam 00 rocks) and doing some other random stuff.
Had homemade laksa in a coursemate's home, cooked by her mother. It was one of the best meals I had. Explored her home, which was great, it had a great view of the river from the many balconies. Braved the cold winds to take photos.
Saturday went to Borough market and enjoyed a delicious venison burger. Walked around the area checking out the foodstuff, wondered what is black cabbage and other vegetables I have never seen before. Almost got blown off tower bridge, for the winds were so strong.
Went to a part of Surrey, the southern part of England with ZH and Nick on Sunday. Was woken up at 0640 by a call by nick, who said, "Hey ZY we're going to Surrey today. It's now 0640, you have until 0715 to get ready and we'll meet downstairs." I mumbled an acknowledgement, before putting the phone down and went back to bed. After lying there for about 20 mins, I got up again and called nick. I said, "Eh Nick I wasn't dreaming right? We're going to Surrey right?" He replied, "Yes and you have 15 mins left to get ready."
We took the tube to Victoria station to change to national rail. The train there was practically empty, as it was a Sunday, and the station we got off was just as bad. It was just a building along the track only. We set off to the town, where we went to the local shops to check the maps there (we didn't even bring a map of the area with us) and stock up on food at the sainsbury's there. We headed off, but horlaned immediately. Fortunately, for this trip every intersection there were always helpful people jogging, walking their dogs or just strolling around to direct us to the right path. And they were always amazed when we tell them that we walked all the way from the train station.
We went out of the town to reach the outskirts of the nature reserve we wanted to see. So next was just cow, sheep, horse, grass, mud, tree, rain, field etc. We managed to get a great view of the next town we were supposed to go to on top of a hill, before we ventured down the wood which had 100 year old trees to the town.
At the town, we had our lunch in the train station. And that was the only time I felt really cold. It was raining throughout the trip, my jacket was soaked and my shoes and the lower parts of my jeans were muddy and wet. But as we were walking at a very brisk pace, I only felt really cold when we sat down to have lunch.
After lunch we decided to head back, but we wanted to check out the town first before we left. We headed to the main hotel, and saw that there was a hill behind it. Thus, we went for it. After much panting, we got to the top and enjoyed the great view. Nick placed a groundsheet and we laid there for a while as we waited for the next train to arrive.
It was a wet, muddy, cold, tiring but fun time. It's nice to have friends who decide to do this on the last minute to just disappear on a cold and rainy sunday morning.
To go along with the colder weather, I've been buying warm clothing, including a jacket for11-12 year olds from H&M's children's section. The shopping is nice here, but need to watch the expenses.
It's been a mind-boggling 7 weeks here in London. It doesn't feel that short at all, it feels like I have been here for quite some time already. In my time here, I've been vindicated many times to come to London. I got the fresh start I wanted. But there are many more areas I need to look into.
Some people said I don't smile enough! They made this point after seeing my surrey photos, they said they have never seen me smile so happily before. And it's quite a few people who say that. I wonder, because I think I laugh and smile a lot, but sometimes I just withdraw and drift off as well. Sometimes it's because I'm tired, or it's in the mornings my brain is still booting up so I really don't want to talk at all. But yeah definitely something to improve. But I smiled as I did in those Surrey photos because I was genuinely happy, and that to me is all the more reason to smile as I did.
I think I rather get to know people better than get to know new people. I think I prefer to get to know someone privately rather than in a group situation. This is what I learnt about myself when I think back of my behaviour.
The full force of the coursework is bearing on me now. Yet I'm still going out to play or explore. I guess I believe that my legal studies is part of my life, and isn't my life. I would want to learn from the school of life more.
Lately I have been entertaining more and more thoughts of just heading off somewhere by myself, with no destination in mind. Long walks help me clear my mind, and walking is a very desirable activity here in London for the weather is cool.
And again there's this bundle of feelings I'm experiencing but I don't know how to articulate them at all, so I'll just leave it at that. Besides, I know I'll be fine after a while.
Final thought, I told a friend that the girl of my dreams must be someone with contradictions. In other words, one who is strong yet weak at the same time, brave yet timid, talkative yet contemplative, and so on. It sounds like I would fall for a schizophrenic, but it just means I want someone to walk this knife edge with me. But in short, there is practically no one who would fulfill this criteria so I just I can shelve this issue aside for the time being. On this note, congrats Jim! Mission accomplished with 2 months to spare. Respect haha.
Ok 4 tutorials, 1 essay and a massive tonne of readings await me. Wish I could make the work just all go away, but that's taking rejection of reality a bit too far.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
Adrenaline Overdose
Ok as usual coffee does crazy things to my body. I shouldn't abuse it this way. Lack of sleep plus coffee equals to the state where your mind is dead but body is twitching in response to the stimulants.
Been some crazy week, with 2 essays to be handed in on friday, and when monday came I hadn't even started on any of them. Did my criminal law essay in 2.5 hours, while i split my public law essay between 2 days. After 3 years of not being challenged greatly, I'm surprised I could still write 2 1500 words essays in 3 days. But I'm very sure I'm going to get 3 for both of them though. Oh well.
Went to Stamford Bridge on wednesday night to watch chelski take on schalke. Was a great experience, from the start where we had to wait for 3 trains before we managed to get on one to go to the stadium, which ironically the station was called fulham broadway. When we got there there were many fans singing songs, and outside the stadium the police cordoned off the area and there were many stalls set up selling football merchandise or food. Bought a burger and chomped on it, went around the stadium checking out the place. Match programmes cost 3 pounds, so I didn't get one, don't like chelski anyway. Around the stadium there were large photos of the chelski players, which we took photos of and posed with them. Saw the megastore, replica jerseys cost 40 pounds, Nick wanted to buy the luminous yellow away kit.
When we finally got in the stadium and sat down, it felt so surreal. Normally champions league would mean waking up at 2am in Singapore to watch, but this was happening right before my eyes.
Watched the players warm up, and the away fans sang a lot and loudly constantly, far more than the chelski fans. Next to each seat was this chelski flag, which the fans could unfurl and swing it around. Being the Singaporeans we are, we grabbed as many as we could before we left the place.
Prior to the start of the match, the chelski fans would sing this chelski anthem that was rather amusing. When the match started, chelski got a soft early goal and frankly it was game over from there. Schalke had lost kuranyi from the start of the match and never looked to score, save for a header that rebounded off the post. And the sneaky alex hauled a man down blatantly when he was the last man, somehow everyone saw that but the referee.
It was great to watch the match from our position, for we could see the whole pitch, and with such a view you could focus on other things. I was observing Drogba's positioning and realised that he plays very well, running short to win headers. He doesn't really like to receive the ball, prefers to play a pass first time, meaning that the midfielders need to move up fast to support him. And the slacker frank lumpa, captain of the night, did nothing of the sort. Essien was the only one supporting from central midfield, and he isn't renowned as an attacker. Cole was all tricks and no effectiveness. But frankly i think lumpa did nothing noteworthy in the game at all. It was like he was invisible. And as Nick pointed out, even though he was the captain drogba was the one shouting instructions.
When the match ended we stayed to take photos and headed back. The tube was crazily jammed, so we decided to kay kiang and take the tube in the opposite direction, get down 2 stops later and take the train in the correct direction to avoid squeezing with the crowds. But as it stood, when we did that, there wasn't much of a crowd then.
Looking forward to go to next hopefully emirates stadium!
Ok as usual coffee does crazy things to my body. I shouldn't abuse it this way. Lack of sleep plus coffee equals to the state where your mind is dead but body is twitching in response to the stimulants.
Been some crazy week, with 2 essays to be handed in on friday, and when monday came I hadn't even started on any of them. Did my criminal law essay in 2.5 hours, while i split my public law essay between 2 days. After 3 years of not being challenged greatly, I'm surprised I could still write 2 1500 words essays in 3 days. But I'm very sure I'm going to get 3 for both of them though. Oh well.
Went to Stamford Bridge on wednesday night to watch chelski take on schalke. Was a great experience, from the start where we had to wait for 3 trains before we managed to get on one to go to the stadium, which ironically the station was called fulham broadway. When we got there there were many fans singing songs, and outside the stadium the police cordoned off the area and there were many stalls set up selling football merchandise or food. Bought a burger and chomped on it, went around the stadium checking out the place. Match programmes cost 3 pounds, so I didn't get one, don't like chelski anyway. Around the stadium there were large photos of the chelski players, which we took photos of and posed with them. Saw the megastore, replica jerseys cost 40 pounds, Nick wanted to buy the luminous yellow away kit.
When we finally got in the stadium and sat down, it felt so surreal. Normally champions league would mean waking up at 2am in Singapore to watch, but this was happening right before my eyes.
Watched the players warm up, and the away fans sang a lot and loudly constantly, far more than the chelski fans. Next to each seat was this chelski flag, which the fans could unfurl and swing it around. Being the Singaporeans we are, we grabbed as many as we could before we left the place.
Prior to the start of the match, the chelski fans would sing this chelski anthem that was rather amusing. When the match started, chelski got a soft early goal and frankly it was game over from there. Schalke had lost kuranyi from the start of the match and never looked to score, save for a header that rebounded off the post. And the sneaky alex hauled a man down blatantly when he was the last man, somehow everyone saw that but the referee.
It was great to watch the match from our position, for we could see the whole pitch, and with such a view you could focus on other things. I was observing Drogba's positioning and realised that he plays very well, running short to win headers. He doesn't really like to receive the ball, prefers to play a pass first time, meaning that the midfielders need to move up fast to support him. And the slacker frank lumpa, captain of the night, did nothing of the sort. Essien was the only one supporting from central midfield, and he isn't renowned as an attacker. Cole was all tricks and no effectiveness. But frankly i think lumpa did nothing noteworthy in the game at all. It was like he was invisible. And as Nick pointed out, even though he was the captain drogba was the one shouting instructions.
When the match ended we stayed to take photos and headed back. The tube was crazily jammed, so we decided to kay kiang and take the tube in the opposite direction, get down 2 stops later and take the train in the correct direction to avoid squeezing with the crowds. But as it stood, when we did that, there wasn't much of a crowd then.
Looking forward to go to next hopefully emirates stadium!
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Rejection of Reality
Just let me get through this crazy week where I have 2 essays due this friday and loads of tutorials to cover. Just let me get through to friday and I'll be fine, I promise.
Somehow I have become a big brother of sorts! I didn't come to London to babysit people, but I guess I don't mind helping people, but again I'm mindful of not taking on other people's problems and treating them as my own.
I think I'm still hanging on. I loathe to admit it, but the 6 week downer period seems to be getting to me. And I don't see a good reason why it should. It's just work that placing a lot of pressure on me, and even that is highly debatable given the very languid and dismissive way I treat my work. But then I did get an "essay high" after smoking out a 1500 words essay last night. Never written so much unacademic crap before. Now only left 1 more essay.
While I was having my Japanese lesson, for the first time I actually learned something new and not just revision, I allowed my mind to wander back to my class I had back home.
To miss, to dwell, to worry, to pine for, all these are weaknesses in my eyes. I made my decision to come here, thus I'll stand by it. I chose to leave home, to leave all that is familiar and safe, to achieve this reboot of my life. And I have to admit, the reboot is going along swimmingly.
So why do I feel this malaise? This emotional and mental inertia? Apart from the obvious fact that I'm still human, and feeling all these emotions is highly normal, just that I should suppress them and start to get work done.
Anyway, like I said, there's reading week to look forward to. I aim to make good use of it, be it relaxing or studying. For now, let's stop this rejection of reality, and get back to work. And sleep more as well.
Just let me get through this crazy week where I have 2 essays due this friday and loads of tutorials to cover. Just let me get through to friday and I'll be fine, I promise.
Somehow I have become a big brother of sorts! I didn't come to London to babysit people, but I guess I don't mind helping people, but again I'm mindful of not taking on other people's problems and treating them as my own.
I think I'm still hanging on. I loathe to admit it, but the 6 week downer period seems to be getting to me. And I don't see a good reason why it should. It's just work that placing a lot of pressure on me, and even that is highly debatable given the very languid and dismissive way I treat my work. But then I did get an "essay high" after smoking out a 1500 words essay last night. Never written so much unacademic crap before. Now only left 1 more essay.
While I was having my Japanese lesson, for the first time I actually learned something new and not just revision, I allowed my mind to wander back to my class I had back home.
To miss, to dwell, to worry, to pine for, all these are weaknesses in my eyes. I made my decision to come here, thus I'll stand by it. I chose to leave home, to leave all that is familiar and safe, to achieve this reboot of my life. And I have to admit, the reboot is going along swimmingly.
So why do I feel this malaise? This emotional and mental inertia? Apart from the obvious fact that I'm still human, and feeling all these emotions is highly normal, just that I should suppress them and start to get work done.
Anyway, like I said, there's reading week to look forward to. I aim to make good use of it, be it relaxing or studying. For now, let's stop this rejection of reality, and get back to work. And sleep more as well.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Repudiate
For the last week, I went to a party organised by my college's Singapore Society, with my classmates and some of my hallmates. It wasn't very fun in my opinion, for the club didn't allow re-entries for some strange reason, the dancefloor which was in the basement was very hot, the drinks were expensive and they served tequila shots in plastic cups, the music sucked big time for they kept on playing techno, and even for a club it was too darn dark. But I had an ok amount of fun, so that's ok for me. Won't go clubbing in London anymore again. Too troublesome plus I don't think I'll have as much fun as I would in Singapore.
Work is piling up. I have 2 essays due on the coming friday and I have no idea how to do them. At least after is the reading week, would love a breather.
I have window shopping along Oxford St, which is the equivalent of Orchard Rd back in Singapore. Bought a polo tee and long sleeved shirt in Burton, the male section of Dorothy Perkins, for 13SGD and 25.50SGD respectively. They give 15% discounts for students, even the items in the bargain bin. Good stuff. The selection of clothes is great here, but all are invariably very expensive. Only brought back a free bag as the result of my adventures last fri.
Watched the rugby final in a pub. Had to squeeze myself into a small corner in a very uncomfortable position. The atmosphere was good, but it would probably be better if England had won. Oh well, I prefer football anyway. Saw the tail end of Man Utd owning Villa in the pub before the game.
I decided that there are a lot of things I want to do in Singapore when I return. I want to K, I want to club and drink with my friends, I want to be able to have a proper lunch of warm food not cold sandwiches, I want to drive a car, I want to be able to take afternoon snacks without great detriment to my wallet etc. This is not to say that I'm finding it tough here, it's more like I know now that I have only 3 months in Singapore when I go back, so I want to make good use of the 3 months to do all that as I know the other 9 months I'll be back here, watching musicals, football matches, eating cold sandwiches etc.
And as I expected, leaving has made me more appreciative of that little island called Home.
For the last week, I went to a party organised by my college's Singapore Society, with my classmates and some of my hallmates. It wasn't very fun in my opinion, for the club didn't allow re-entries for some strange reason, the dancefloor which was in the basement was very hot, the drinks were expensive and they served tequila shots in plastic cups, the music sucked big time for they kept on playing techno, and even for a club it was too darn dark. But I had an ok amount of fun, so that's ok for me. Won't go clubbing in London anymore again. Too troublesome plus I don't think I'll have as much fun as I would in Singapore.
Work is piling up. I have 2 essays due on the coming friday and I have no idea how to do them. At least after is the reading week, would love a breather.
I have window shopping along Oxford St, which is the equivalent of Orchard Rd back in Singapore. Bought a polo tee and long sleeved shirt in Burton, the male section of Dorothy Perkins, for 13SGD and 25.50SGD respectively. They give 15% discounts for students, even the items in the bargain bin. Good stuff. The selection of clothes is great here, but all are invariably very expensive. Only brought back a free bag as the result of my adventures last fri.
Watched the rugby final in a pub. Had to squeeze myself into a small corner in a very uncomfortable position. The atmosphere was good, but it would probably be better if England had won. Oh well, I prefer football anyway. Saw the tail end of Man Utd owning Villa in the pub before the game.
I decided that there are a lot of things I want to do in Singapore when I return. I want to K, I want to club and drink with my friends, I want to be able to have a proper lunch of warm food not cold sandwiches, I want to drive a car, I want to be able to take afternoon snacks without great detriment to my wallet etc. This is not to say that I'm finding it tough here, it's more like I know now that I have only 3 months in Singapore when I go back, so I want to make good use of the 3 months to do all that as I know the other 9 months I'll be back here, watching musicals, football matches, eating cold sandwiches etc.
And as I expected, leaving has made me more appreciative of that little island called Home.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Life goes easy on me, most of the time
Ok at fabian's behest I shall update on my happenings in London.
The second week of uni was quite uneventful, apart from the fact that the full timetable came into play that week. There were a few days of horrible weather as well. I really dread the horrible weather, as it means it'll get super cold, my shoes and clothes will get wet, and I have cross the bridge in a force 1 gale at times.
Had lunch at Bayswater, at the famous Four Seasons restaurant. Strangely enough, I didn't really subscribe to the hype. But it was nice to eat chinese food again. Afterwards we went to portobello market, again for me, before rushing back for dinner.
Sunday went with AO and ZH to the Natural History Museum. Saw loads of replica dinosaur bones and other interesting stuff, like the cross section of a redwood tree and an earthquake simulation area. After that, I left them to continue exploring by myself. I went to Imperial, which was a more cosy feeling campus with nice buildings made out of coloured glass. It also has the tree with crimson leaves, which can be seen in one of my earlier posts. I also went to Baden Powell's house, which was actually more of an inn and activity centre, but it has a small area dedicated to the man who started the scouting movement. After which, I dropped by Harrods before taking the Tube back. The stuff there was really nice, but the prices can make your jaw drop. A Versace T-shirt costs 100 pounds. Madness.
Monday I had a meet my personal tutor session. She was a very nice lady, who provided us with sandwiches and pizza. I scoffed a lot of them as I haven't had my dinner. She even poured the wine for all of us, to which I felt very embarrassed. I guess that's the culture there. I'm also not used to calling my tutors by their first name.
The rest of the week was mostly studying, trying desperately to complete my tutorial questions in time for the tutorial. And I'm back to my bad habit of sleeping late again. I guess once your body adjusts to the area, you start to require less sleep. When I first came here, I would feel sleepy at 8pm already, but now I can last till 2am and wake up in time for breakfast. But this isn't very healthy.
Went window shopping along London's main shopping artery on friday. The selection there is really great and nice, but the prices are steep. There are many labels that can't be found in Singapore, and the Topman they had there was huge. And they offer 15% discount for students in certain shops. I bought a polo t for 4.25 pounds after discount in Burton, which is the brother shop of Dorothy Perkins. Only downer was that I was lugging my criminal law textbook with me at the same time, thus my back ached constantly.
Went to a park today, Regent's park. Saw loads of birds, the swans there if the walked on the ground, they can reach up to my waist. Was thinking of how nice would the duck taste if it was roasted.
Interesting thing is was, AO and ZH agreed that, whilst we were at the Natural History Museum, if the dinosaurs were still alive now, the Chinese would find a way to cook and eat them.
Ok I think all those nights sleeping late is coming back to haunt me as I'm feeling darn sleepy now. Shall update again soon.
Ok at fabian's behest I shall update on my happenings in London.
The second week of uni was quite uneventful, apart from the fact that the full timetable came into play that week. There were a few days of horrible weather as well. I really dread the horrible weather, as it means it'll get super cold, my shoes and clothes will get wet, and I have cross the bridge in a force 1 gale at times.
Had lunch at Bayswater, at the famous Four Seasons restaurant. Strangely enough, I didn't really subscribe to the hype. But it was nice to eat chinese food again. Afterwards we went to portobello market, again for me, before rushing back for dinner.
Sunday went with AO and ZH to the Natural History Museum. Saw loads of replica dinosaur bones and other interesting stuff, like the cross section of a redwood tree and an earthquake simulation area. After that, I left them to continue exploring by myself. I went to Imperial, which was a more cosy feeling campus with nice buildings made out of coloured glass. It also has the tree with crimson leaves, which can be seen in one of my earlier posts. I also went to Baden Powell's house, which was actually more of an inn and activity centre, but it has a small area dedicated to the man who started the scouting movement. After which, I dropped by Harrods before taking the Tube back. The stuff there was really nice, but the prices can make your jaw drop. A Versace T-shirt costs 100 pounds. Madness.
Monday I had a meet my personal tutor session. She was a very nice lady, who provided us with sandwiches and pizza. I scoffed a lot of them as I haven't had my dinner. She even poured the wine for all of us, to which I felt very embarrassed. I guess that's the culture there. I'm also not used to calling my tutors by their first name.
The rest of the week was mostly studying, trying desperately to complete my tutorial questions in time for the tutorial. And I'm back to my bad habit of sleeping late again. I guess once your body adjusts to the area, you start to require less sleep. When I first came here, I would feel sleepy at 8pm already, but now I can last till 2am and wake up in time for breakfast. But this isn't very healthy.
Went window shopping along London's main shopping artery on friday. The selection there is really great and nice, but the prices are steep. There are many labels that can't be found in Singapore, and the Topman they had there was huge. And they offer 15% discount for students in certain shops. I bought a polo t for 4.25 pounds after discount in Burton, which is the brother shop of Dorothy Perkins. Only downer was that I was lugging my criminal law textbook with me at the same time, thus my back ached constantly.
Went to a park today, Regent's park. Saw loads of birds, the swans there if the walked on the ground, they can reach up to my waist. Was thinking of how nice would the duck taste if it was roasted.
Interesting thing is was, AO and ZH agreed that, whilst we were at the Natural History Museum, if the dinosaurs were still alive now, the Chinese would find a way to cook and eat them.
Ok I think all those nights sleeping late is coming back to haunt me as I'm feeling darn sleepy now. Shall update again soon.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Naivety
I know I'm supposed to be blogging about my life in London as promised, but I came across something I decided to comment upon.
Did some blog surfing via Ao's blog, and read the stressed teacher blog as a result. He basically comments about his life as a teacher, and lists a multitude of problems he encounters. At times I agree with his reasoning, but at times I don't. But I do know that the situation in singapore schools ain't great. This perception was cemented when I worked for HA in the past.
I just wanted to say this. Call me naive or what, but one of my plans I have for my life would be, after earning enough as a lawyer, I would quit, and join the education service.
I would put my students first, and help them achieve their potential. I won't subscribe to mollycoodling, easy way outs or show indifference to them. But I won't hesitate to show them the error of their ways in the worst possible way, telling them to wake up their idea rudely, whatever it takes.
Call me naive, or someone who has been watching too much GTO, but this idea just has my name stamped on it. It is a decision that is uninformed, hasty, filled with idealism and stubbornness.
But if it comes to pass, woe betide those who stand in my way.
I know I'm supposed to be blogging about my life in London as promised, but I came across something I decided to comment upon.
Did some blog surfing via Ao's blog, and read the stressed teacher blog as a result. He basically comments about his life as a teacher, and lists a multitude of problems he encounters. At times I agree with his reasoning, but at times I don't. But I do know that the situation in singapore schools ain't great. This perception was cemented when I worked for HA in the past.
I just wanted to say this. Call me naive or what, but one of my plans I have for my life would be, after earning enough as a lawyer, I would quit, and join the education service.
I would put my students first, and help them achieve their potential. I won't subscribe to mollycoodling, easy way outs or show indifference to them. But I won't hesitate to show them the error of their ways in the worst possible way, telling them to wake up their idea rudely, whatever it takes.
Call me naive, or someone who has been watching too much GTO, but this idea just has my name stamped on it. It is a decision that is uninformed, hasty, filled with idealism and stubbornness.
But if it comes to pass, woe betide those who stand in my way.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
爱是永恒
张学友
爱点亮心灵,永远不灰心
燃烧着真心情意,诺言已不必
这一生只要有你什么都愿意
有欢喜有哭泣
一切变成甜蜜
黑夜和晨曦,狂风和四季
我像温暖的摇椅永远抱紧你
我的心从未曾犹豫
最真的爱,全都献给你~
我和你相守相依
真爱生死不移
穿过悲和喜
跨过天和地
我和你永不分
离千千万万世纪无边无际
爱是永恒因为爱是你
生命会停息
岁月会交替
只要和你在一起
什么都放弃!
我的爱不灭的勇气
生生世世只愿伴着你
Yet another song I'm listening to madly nowadays. I sometimes end up singing it loudly with my earphones firmly in my ear, oblivious to the noise pollution I'm creating affecting everyone around me.
张学友
爱点亮心灵,永远不灰心
燃烧着真心情意,诺言已不必
这一生只要有你什么都愿意
有欢喜有哭泣
一切变成甜蜜
黑夜和晨曦,狂风和四季
我像温暖的摇椅永远抱紧你
我的心从未曾犹豫
最真的爱,全都献给你~
我和你相守相依
真爱生死不移
穿过悲和喜
跨过天和地
我和你永不分
离千千万万世纪无边无际
爱是永恒因为爱是你
生命会停息
岁月会交替
只要和你在一起
什么都放弃!
我的爱不灭的勇气
生生世世只愿伴着你
Yet another song I'm listening to madly nowadays. I sometimes end up singing it loudly with my earphones firmly in my ear, oblivious to the noise pollution I'm creating affecting everyone around me.
Friday, October 05, 2007
莎士比亚的天分
林俊杰
刻在树上的字任风刮
写着爱着一个人的故事
但是文字还是文字不像花
想送给你的每一个束花
想陪你的黄昏和沙滩
随着时间枯萎
梦醒了才后悔
我是一个没勇气的人
带着小小年纪的天真
想你一定是不敢转身
脸上微笑
心舍不得
我没有莎士比亚的天份
写出我们的喜怒哀乐
但在这一刻
写了一个完结篇
失去了你
Fabian always chooses this song to sing when we K. Kinda miss my killing chickens sessions with them.
Good songs take the edge off a very tiring day in uni. Law is making my head spin many a time, but I'll be back, and with a vengeance.
林俊杰
刻在树上的字任风刮
写着爱着一个人的故事
但是文字还是文字不像花
想送给你的每一个束花
想陪你的黄昏和沙滩
随着时间枯萎
梦醒了才后悔
我是一个没勇气的人
带着小小年纪的天真
想你一定是不敢转身
脸上微笑
心舍不得
我没有莎士比亚的天份
写出我们的喜怒哀乐
但在这一刻
写了一个完结篇
失去了你
Fabian always chooses this song to sing when we K. Kinda miss my killing chickens sessions with them.
Good songs take the edge off a very tiring day in uni. Law is making my head spin many a time, but I'll be back, and with a vengeance.
Every beat of your heart
By Corrinne May
So here we stand
Anchored in hope
Letting the rain wash away every fear
Stars in the sky
Twinkle and shine
I pray they won't disappear
'cause I don't know
where your journey goes
or how long it will take to unfold
But as long as we keep this moment shining in the dark
I will be watching over every beat of your heart
I wish that time could be replayed
I'd keep you here with me everyday
They say that love is letting go
I hope that you find your way
'cause I don't know
where your journey goes
or how long it will take to unfold
But as long as we keep this moment shining in the dark
I know you're watching over every beat of my heart
By Corrinne May
So here we stand
Anchored in hope
Letting the rain wash away every fear
Stars in the sky
Twinkle and shine
I pray they won't disappear
'cause I don't know
where your journey goes
or how long it will take to unfold
But as long as we keep this moment shining in the dark
I will be watching over every beat of your heart
I wish that time could be replayed
I'd keep you here with me everyday
They say that love is letting go
I hope that you find your way
'cause I don't know
where your journey goes
or how long it will take to unfold
But as long as we keep this moment shining in the dark
I know you're watching over every beat of my heart
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Ameliorate
Survived my first week of school. Brain's still kind of rusty, and I have to adjust to the new style of learning. No longer is it just mugging of organic chem reactions or integration formulas, it's now critical analysis of the law and questioning the the ideas of it. Not easy, as am still a bit too used to the route learning method in Singapore, where I'll have my multitude of highlighters ready to highlight every key point. Here you have to dig out the key points by yourself and read up widely. Wikipedia has been my best friend so far.
Weather here ranges from horrendous to fine. It was nice and cool on Sunday with a bit of warm sunshine, thus I went out only in a t-shirt and my black blazer with yq and sharon to camden market, for he wanted to buy homeware. Sharon, being the 3rd year student, brought us around and advised us about some issues in London. Back at hall we had the warden welcome party. Had 4 carlsbergs bottles and talked to a few people. Should have drank more as it was paid for by our fees. Alvin was in his fine form commenting on a lot of things that night.
Saturday was ok as well, it didn't rain but it was cloudy and gloomy. The temperature didn't drop very badly though, so it was still tolerable. Had my King's Singapore and M'sia society event, which consisted of a walk about campus (albeit a week late, thus I ended up knowing most of the places we went already). We made detours to leceister square and trafalgar square before finally ending up in chinatown for dinner, which was a sit down communal chinese dinner. I ingested 5 bowls of rice. Suffice to say for the amount I ate was definately befitting the 4 pounds I paid for the meal. Met a lot of people there as well, but socialising can get quite tiring as well so by the end of the night i was quite groggy already.
The weather was totally horrendous on friday and today. Friday was super windy and rainy, thus it was very cold. I only had 1 class for that day, a 2 hour seminar at 1100, which only lasted 35 mins as it was only the introduction. Braved the rain across the waterloo bridge, met up with some friends for lunch and went to primark. Bad mistake. Primark is this retailer in London that sells arguably the cheapest clothes in London. Think Robinsons during the sales period on a weekend or public holiday, take that crowd, and multiply it by 10. I kid you not. Even on a friday afternoon it was jam packed with people. In the end I got a headache, probably due to a combination of the cold and the smorgasbord of people, and left early back to hall via the tube.
Today was weird though. Although many things happened that can make me feel lousy and think it's a blue monday, strangely enough I'm quite upbeat. I went to the wrong campus for class this morning, ended up having to charge across the bridge to get to the other campus, and upon reaching there I still had to fumble my way to the venue which I wasn't sure where it was. In the end I was 30 mins late, and the tutorial lasted only about 15 mins more before it ended as it was only for introduction. Then to the law library I went, which is not in the same campus I just had my class in, where I tried to do some readings, but fell asleep at a few points but managed to get a fair bit done. I braved the rain again and grabbed some lunch to go at an eatery, before making a crazy decision to cross the bridge while it was still raining. My puny umbrella couldn't stand against the strong winds, and I was splashed by a vehicle. Fortunately I managed to jump out of the way a bit, thus it wasn't that bad.
Had my late afternoon classes and returned back to hall for a dinner of cold sandwiches and hot cup noodles, which cost me 79p. (SGD 2.40) Damn heart pain.
A rant about British cup noodles. I bought a 24p (72 cents) cup noodles which was the house brand of 1 of the supermarket chains in London. It tasted like crap, and nick agreed. Thus I decided to buy the more expensive koka noodles as I thought might as well buy something that tastes nice.
London is a real quirky place. For starters you stand on the right on escalators and not left like in Singapore, and people do follow it well. The service you get here is most of the times friendly, but sometimes they are not as efficient as it is back home so you get a bit frustrated.
Nick's floor is the official "party" floor, with the room that is 2 doors away from him the nexus of it. When they get drunk they'll do funny stuff like chase each other along the corridors and bang the doors of those who did not join them. Other stuff I heard are people playing golf and lacrosse in the corridors, on the girl's floors of all places.
I feel quite bucked as sat night a lady asked me for directions. I guess that should mean I look confident enough of my way around that people feel inclined to ask me for directions.
And ever since I came to London I can fall asleep very quickly, once my head is on the pillow I'll concuss in 5 minutes. And also my appetite is always good, as evidence by the generous amounts of food I take during dinner and my consumption of the 5 bowls of rice and me finishing off other people's char siew rice.
This post is rather random as my mind is a bit frazzled and tired so I'm just commenting on random bits of memory that pop into my mind. Since there's nothing new popping into my mind now, I shall stop here. Another update for another time.
Survived my first week of school. Brain's still kind of rusty, and I have to adjust to the new style of learning. No longer is it just mugging of organic chem reactions or integration formulas, it's now critical analysis of the law and questioning the the ideas of it. Not easy, as am still a bit too used to the route learning method in Singapore, where I'll have my multitude of highlighters ready to highlight every key point. Here you have to dig out the key points by yourself and read up widely. Wikipedia has been my best friend so far.
Weather here ranges from horrendous to fine. It was nice and cool on Sunday with a bit of warm sunshine, thus I went out only in a t-shirt and my black blazer with yq and sharon to camden market, for he wanted to buy homeware. Sharon, being the 3rd year student, brought us around and advised us about some issues in London. Back at hall we had the warden welcome party. Had 4 carlsbergs bottles and talked to a few people. Should have drank more as it was paid for by our fees. Alvin was in his fine form commenting on a lot of things that night.
Saturday was ok as well, it didn't rain but it was cloudy and gloomy. The temperature didn't drop very badly though, so it was still tolerable. Had my King's Singapore and M'sia society event, which consisted of a walk about campus (albeit a week late, thus I ended up knowing most of the places we went already). We made detours to leceister square and trafalgar square before finally ending up in chinatown for dinner, which was a sit down communal chinese dinner. I ingested 5 bowls of rice. Suffice to say for the amount I ate was definately befitting the 4 pounds I paid for the meal. Met a lot of people there as well, but socialising can get quite tiring as well so by the end of the night i was quite groggy already.
The weather was totally horrendous on friday and today. Friday was super windy and rainy, thus it was very cold. I only had 1 class for that day, a 2 hour seminar at 1100, which only lasted 35 mins as it was only the introduction. Braved the rain across the waterloo bridge, met up with some friends for lunch and went to primark. Bad mistake. Primark is this retailer in London that sells arguably the cheapest clothes in London. Think Robinsons during the sales period on a weekend or public holiday, take that crowd, and multiply it by 10. I kid you not. Even on a friday afternoon it was jam packed with people. In the end I got a headache, probably due to a combination of the cold and the smorgasbord of people, and left early back to hall via the tube.
Today was weird though. Although many things happened that can make me feel lousy and think it's a blue monday, strangely enough I'm quite upbeat. I went to the wrong campus for class this morning, ended up having to charge across the bridge to get to the other campus, and upon reaching there I still had to fumble my way to the venue which I wasn't sure where it was. In the end I was 30 mins late, and the tutorial lasted only about 15 mins more before it ended as it was only for introduction. Then to the law library I went, which is not in the same campus I just had my class in, where I tried to do some readings, but fell asleep at a few points but managed to get a fair bit done. I braved the rain again and grabbed some lunch to go at an eatery, before making a crazy decision to cross the bridge while it was still raining. My puny umbrella couldn't stand against the strong winds, and I was splashed by a vehicle. Fortunately I managed to jump out of the way a bit, thus it wasn't that bad.
Had my late afternoon classes and returned back to hall for a dinner of cold sandwiches and hot cup noodles, which cost me 79p. (SGD 2.40) Damn heart pain.
A rant about British cup noodles. I bought a 24p (72 cents) cup noodles which was the house brand of 1 of the supermarket chains in London. It tasted like crap, and nick agreed. Thus I decided to buy the more expensive koka noodles as I thought might as well buy something that tastes nice.
London is a real quirky place. For starters you stand on the right on escalators and not left like in Singapore, and people do follow it well. The service you get here is most of the times friendly, but sometimes they are not as efficient as it is back home so you get a bit frustrated.
Nick's floor is the official "party" floor, with the room that is 2 doors away from him the nexus of it. When they get drunk they'll do funny stuff like chase each other along the corridors and bang the doors of those who did not join them. Other stuff I heard are people playing golf and lacrosse in the corridors, on the girl's floors of all places.
I feel quite bucked as sat night a lady asked me for directions. I guess that should mean I look confident enough of my way around that people feel inclined to ask me for directions.
And ever since I came to London I can fall asleep very quickly, once my head is on the pillow I'll concuss in 5 minutes. And also my appetite is always good, as evidence by the generous amounts of food I take during dinner and my consumption of the 5 bowls of rice and me finishing off other people's char siew rice.
This post is rather random as my mind is a bit frazzled and tired so I'm just commenting on random bits of memory that pop into my mind. Since there's nothing new popping into my mind now, I shall stop here. Another update for another time.
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