Here

Firstly, I must apologize for this long leave of absence, but, I'm back to blogging!:)

Here in Nottingham, it is my third day living in Florence Boot Hall and I have experienced many "firsts"

First SEND-OFF AT THE AIRPORT:


Thank you so much, to everybody who came to send me off. You may have had homework and readings and all kinds of other important things to do, but you all still came. Thank you so very much. To One-Third, I kept you waiting for so long as I moved from group to group, I'm so sorry. And to Jien, who talked to me for a really long time after I went into the terminals and waited to board the plane, thanks so much.

First SIGHT OF DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

It's really such a busy airport! My parents and I didn't have time to hang around though, because we had to rush to the next gate to board our second plane that would take us to Birmingham.

First WEEK IN THE UK
I spent my first week with my cousin, Aileen, her husband, Richard and my nephew, Jack. As a family, they stay in Bromsgrove, Birmingham, about an hour's drive away from Nottingham. These angels God has brought into my life gave me and my parents a roof over our heads, helped us with the opening of my bank account, getting my new UK handphone line, and bringing us to places to do a little sightseeing. The places we went to: The Black Country Living Museum, Worcester Cathedral and...

First TRIP TO CADBURY WORLD

There, I discovered the heavenly Cadbury chocolate milk. And, on the right, is a photo of my nephew, Jack. I don't know how to turn it over though so, could you just turn your head and look? Thanks:)

First NIGHT IN MY HALL OF RESIDENCE
Some drunk person set off the fire alarm at 1:40am in the morning! At first I thought my alarm clock had gone a little crazy, but after switching it off, I realized that it wasn't my alarm clock that was the annoying one... So all of us trooped out into the cold. Many of us in our pyjamas or sleeping wear. But there still were a great many people all dressed up and awake, they were probably hanging out and drinking at the bar. Well, I got back to bed at 2am and slept through a big storm, only waking up at 7am, when my alarm clock rang, properly.

All right, I would love to say more but I need to walk to my Law School to meet my personal Law tutor. I'll continue with my "firsts" entry when I get back.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Miss R Reporting

Image
Random #1: SUMMER HAS COME EARLY! The weather these few days have been AWESOME. After Monday lectures, Po Yew, Janice and I made a quick trip to the Millenium Gardens just next to Law School to take photos. The sky is so blue, the sun is so bright, the grass is so green, the flowers are in full bloom... Forget about jackets. In Po Yew's words, which he said very happily, "The girls are wearing nothing!" Girls are walking around in mini skirts sans stockings and in spaghetti tops. Many people are now lounging around on grass patches too. I look out of my room window to see a group of people on the grass. And they actually brought out their computer screen from their room! Random #2: DINNER TIME FEELS LIKE LUNCH TIME Days are getting longer now. At 7pm, it feels like it's still 4pm. Get this, I took this photo at 7pm. Random #3: SMALL GROUP OUTING I actually just got back from a small group outing to the bowling alley, which also had a bar and a game arcade. A lot of pe...
Read more

Magical Christmas 2009 has come 11 months early

Image
It has been snowing most of today, and everything is covered in snow - a beautiful, magical, pretty sight! It really is unbelievable how much snow there now is in Nottingham. Because it's Nottingham! It never snows in Nottingham, at least not for many many years past! Even in London, I heard that it's snowing so much that Heathrow airport was closed, train and tube services were stopped, SCHOOL LESSONS WERE CANCELLED! Why can't we have classes cancelled over here?! When I first woke up, I knew it would snow at certain points of today (but I didn't expect THIS much snow!). First shot of the day: Then the first of today's many snowfalls began at about 9plus in the morning. Here are 2 photos of the snow that collected on my windowsill: Another 'boliao' video of the snow falling: Before I knew it, it was time to go to school for lectures. After my 2 back-to-back lectures, I walked back with John and Po Yew. But, before we headed out of school, we went to the Dow...
Read more

Like some Airline video

I just watched the 3+ minutes of the "final chapter" of Little Nyonya, the Channel 8 drama serial that ended last week. [Spoiler alert] I think it is so unnecessary? Anyhow, from the time of 2:59 onwards, I felt like I was watching some kind of Airline video, the one where they would show before the airplane takes off, briefing all passengers on what to do in cases of emergencies and stuff like that? Seeing Chen Xi stand behind Yueniang like that reminds me of when the air stewards and stewardesses on the video would end the video saying, "Thank you for your attention. Have a pleasant flight." Don't you think so? On the topic of Little Nyonya, I read an article from Mediacorp TV about this "Final Chapter" and I really wonder why people are making so much noise over a drama serial such that Mediacorp people have to step out to make further explanation! It's quite ridiculous, frankly. Just read it here . After reading it, I laughed. AND the DVD is co...
Read more