finally touched down this morning at 8am! A380 was awesome, really spacious, comfy n nice, except for the stewards n stewardess who tend to pretend to be more frenly to foreigners than to singaporeans.. typical!
it feels so surreal to be home, cant believe that i left home for 9 mths alr.. everything seems to be pretty alright, upgrading going on at my block, dad n mum seem to have aged, prices of almost everything gone up! and singapore is hot!!! have to start getting used to the weather again! nonetheless, i love the sun! =)
waiting for results.. the feeling is urgh!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
end of year 1
alright i know this is a pretty late entry.. but anw an update is an update...
exam ended on 11th june, went london the next day, was busy on 13th with bop, 14th had Buddhist soc garden party and preparation for the cumsa garden party, 15th garden party and new hall garden party. went back, packed my ass out, and left at 3am the next day for my hols! sounds pretty packed.. wad was i thinking.... =S
anyway, 11th june 2008 marks the end of my 1st year in Cambridge. A year with mixed feelings, where i learnt more about myself, taught myself to be independent and exposed myself to this big huge world! Nonetheless, this a remarkable moment and memorable academic year thus far. No more, will i be a Nat Sci. No longer do i have sat lectures, no longer do i have 30 hrs week, no longer do i have to write crazy cells essays and meet crazy deadlines and so on n so forth.. you get the drift. But grass is always greener on the other side of the pasture, hopefully Chem Engine will be filled with lovely surprises and many interesting people. Finally get to have a department to call home, and a small class.. 60 pple i think!
1st year out in the uk. was pretty intimidating for a start. It's like getting plunged into this big big world where i have to learn to take care of myself. no longer will there be parents acting as support, and i have to start looking for new frens, frens close to heart. It's practically like resettling yourself in a whole new world, where your room is your own home! was pretty tiring for a start and i think i lost my direction for a brief moment at the beginning. studying abroad is fun yet intimidating. fun coz you have all the time in ur hands, no one's there to nag at you and you can do wadever you want. intimidating coz you got to learn to make your own decisions, manage your finance and try to get a life!
one thing i learnt most during this short 1 year (9 mths actually) is to cook. coming up with dishes i have never tried before, trying to emulate home-cooked food.. it's fun! and of coz cookouts are the best! you get to share home cooked food with your frens, mingle, feels like home! strangely, singaporeans only gel when they are not in sing.. exclude those el. at. though... and what i hate most is to do laundry! it's such a chore and really takes up lotsa time and effort.. sometimes the machine decides to go on strike and there goes my money and time... and i still cant iron properly! it's appalling yet annoying... i must learn how to iron or or or.. ask my to iron my clothes!! haha MY get the hint??
i think i am going to miss my 1st year.. where i dunno where my time went to, where i mug like there's no tomorrow, where i can do dumb things n get away with it.. this is life! camb has manage to bring out the best and worst in people. and it's amazing! during term time, it's like 8 weeks of hell.. the heavy workloads and activities and formals.. tt can definitely kill.. just y cant they extend term time and cut short our hols? n if onli if.. changing the start of the week from thursdays to mondays will help to avoid alot of trouble... but oh well... traditions are hard to change especially in a place like this...
alright.. 12 hrs to my flight home.. i cant wait to get back home!
shall update on my trip soon!
exam ended on 11th june, went london the next day, was busy on 13th with bop, 14th had Buddhist soc garden party and preparation for the cumsa garden party, 15th garden party and new hall garden party. went back, packed my ass out, and left at 3am the next day for my hols! sounds pretty packed.. wad was i thinking.... =S
anyway, 11th june 2008 marks the end of my 1st year in Cambridge. A year with mixed feelings, where i learnt more about myself, taught myself to be independent and exposed myself to this big huge world! Nonetheless, this a remarkable moment and memorable academic year thus far. No more, will i be a Nat Sci. No longer do i have sat lectures, no longer do i have 30 hrs week, no longer do i have to write crazy cells essays and meet crazy deadlines and so on n so forth.. you get the drift. But grass is always greener on the other side of the pasture, hopefully Chem Engine will be filled with lovely surprises and many interesting people. Finally get to have a department to call home, and a small class.. 60 pple i think!
1st year out in the uk. was pretty intimidating for a start. It's like getting plunged into this big big world where i have to learn to take care of myself. no longer will there be parents acting as support, and i have to start looking for new frens, frens close to heart. It's practically like resettling yourself in a whole new world, where your room is your own home! was pretty tiring for a start and i think i lost my direction for a brief moment at the beginning. studying abroad is fun yet intimidating. fun coz you have all the time in ur hands, no one's there to nag at you and you can do wadever you want. intimidating coz you got to learn to make your own decisions, manage your finance and try to get a life!
one thing i learnt most during this short 1 year (9 mths actually) is to cook. coming up with dishes i have never tried before, trying to emulate home-cooked food.. it's fun! and of coz cookouts are the best! you get to share home cooked food with your frens, mingle, feels like home! strangely, singaporeans only gel when they are not in sing.. exclude those el. at. though... and what i hate most is to do laundry! it's such a chore and really takes up lotsa time and effort.. sometimes the machine decides to go on strike and there goes my money and time... and i still cant iron properly! it's appalling yet annoying... i must learn how to iron or or or.. ask my to iron my clothes!! haha MY get the hint??
i think i am going to miss my 1st year.. where i dunno where my time went to, where i mug like there's no tomorrow, where i can do dumb things n get away with it.. this is life! camb has manage to bring out the best and worst in people. and it's amazing! during term time, it's like 8 weeks of hell.. the heavy workloads and activities and formals.. tt can definitely kill.. just y cant they extend term time and cut short our hols? n if onli if.. changing the start of the week from thursdays to mondays will help to avoid alot of trouble... but oh well... traditions are hard to change especially in a place like this...
alright.. 12 hrs to my flight home.. i cant wait to get back home!
shall update on my trip soon!
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