hello as promised, here are the photos of my room. i love it! its kinda small but still cosy (:
and right opposite the bathroom which allows me to run across with 3 steps after bathing to change in my room :D



shelves with books / food

 
there's literally no space to study on the desk, so i prefer to head to the library which is conveniently on the 1st floor too! hurrah

 
thats the green noticeboard they gave us, with photos and graffiti stuff. feel honoured if u see ur face there!!

going to eat dinner soon, xoxo

heyyyyyyyyyy everyone,

im so so sorry for the lack of update!
finally got here 'cos of shishi's excitement and support xx
life has been pretty hectic and overwhelming since i got here.
fell sick on the 2nd day with a bad cough and so-called damned Freshers' Flu which many of us in london are getting ):
and i experienced my first time of a loss of voice. and i mean total loss alright, whereby no voice could be projected out from my throat. that was after i downed shots of absolut vodka during an in-house drinking game session. lethal shitzx :/
began practising silly voice-opening routines with eileen such as the tongue vibration "drrrrrrrr" if you know what i mean ;P
am really glad for my really really nice and fun hallmates here at Commonwealth! i love the area, it is super student-friendly with a nice Chinahouse restn which serves CRISPY NOODLES and HOR FUN! helps to satisfy my cravings.
but the food served in the dining hall is not bad at all, chicken curry and rice with pumpkin soup for dinner tonight (: the queue spans for 20min or so though.
okay i guess ive been telling you guys lotsa boring stuff right? heehee, im sorry.

lemme do a typical british thing and talk about-
THE WEATHER.
hahahahahahahhaa.

the weather's been getting cooooooolder bout 9degC?
absolutely hate trudging to school in the mornings with the chilly wind in my face ):

with some people from the ChristianUnion.
trips to the park just to lie under the warm sunshine and cool breeze is really awesome :)

The Autumn Ball last night which was pretty good :)


anyhows, really miss you guys back home!
hopefully all's been well and heard that u guys are missing me too (DUH) so yesssssss
hannah my friend has been rubbing it in that she gets to go home during winter!!
i need to start planning my vacation plans for the winter, possibly travel to somewhere in Europe (:

dont worry havent picked up the british accent yet, but peeps here hav commented that i sound like im from the states with an american accent >.<
hearing them comment on the singlish accent is really cool.
shall post pictures of my room up soon alright! (:

got a 10am lecture to go to tomorrow, lessons hav officially begun with tutorial worksheets to be handed in.
STRESSSSSSS -.-

love, night! xx

At night they would go walking ‘til the breaking of the day,
The morning is for sleeping…
Through the dark streets they go searching to seek God in their own way,
Save the nighttime for your weeping…
Your weeping…

Singing la lalalala la lé…
And the night over London lay.
So we rode down to the river where the Victoria ghosts pray
for their curses to be broken…
We’d go wandering neath the arches where the witches are and they say
There are ghost towns in the ocean…
The ocean…
Singing la lalalala la lé…
And the night over London lay.

God is in the houses and God is in my head… and all the cemeteries in London…
I see God come in my garden, but I don’t know what he said,
For my heart, it wasn’t open…
Not open…

Singing la lalalala la lé…
and the night over London lay.
Singing la lalalala la lé…
There's no light over London today.

HELLO FROM LONDON!

not exactly an optimistic song in my situation but ohwels, life here is fun sometimes but just really lonely and depressing on other times.
but then again, isnt that just life?

the WORST thing is ive fallen ill, and having this really really painful sore throat. its so bad i never had it like that before. i guess the uber dry weather contributes much to the pain ): i just wish i could get better then id feel much better too. and ive been doing alot of stupid and careless stuff u wont believe, im just super pissed at myself for being so glazed and blur. wish i could change stupid characteristics of mine.

anyway i just enrolled into school today! havent really met many people on my course just a british and an indian.
we were signing up for our oyster student card together and had to pay by credit card which the indian guy didnt have so he wanted to use mine and i couldnt possibly reject him right so i allowed him to use my credit card for payment after which he'd pay me in cash.
after that i met up with my dad and told him bout it, and i got a fine scolding! and then i realised i made a huge mistake bout not being cautious of giving out my credit card details and stuff 'cos abusement of credit is just really easy here. ohwels, i felt so worried and scared i offered for my dad to just cancel that credit card. wouldnt want like 50000pounds missing someday or another :/
but we'll just see how it goes, im depend on my faith in Man's kind nature! which is really disappointing most of the time.

we had photo shoot for our school card and the lady taking my photo was discussing with the other guy bout how great my picture is and i was like oh okay thanks.its just growing on me, this small talk about everything and anything.



   





the lovely people who were at the airport giving a bravely-fronted tearful goodbye.
im missing them already!
i wanna quit school and fly back now.



no just kidding, i wish. ha-ha. sighhhhhhhh ):

okay i shall post up some london pics another day, gotta wash up and stuff now.
tata.

HELLO MY DEARS

i m about to fly in approximately 12 HOURS!
the idea of staying (&studying) in london for a considerable long period hasnt totally sunken in but im trying to convert all the anxiety and fear im feeling into good positive excitement &energy!

to...


anyhow, ill be moving straight into my hostel upon touchdown at the Heathrow Airport in London in the morning.
this is the address-

Commonwealth Hall
1-11 Cartwright Gardens
London
WC1H 9EB

any parcels or mail can be sent here! (:
ill be staying in a twin room &meals are provided twice a day, with brunch on weekends too.
and then... i dont know what else to say except I WILL REALLY REALLY MISS ALL OF YOU ):

shall update after everything's settled.
til then, take care everyone and have as much fun as possible in SG ! <3





just shutup about BEFORE already. >.<

damn nice song with very powerful chorus. last heard when the band at the cathay's Ben & Jerry's was playing it.

i think any girl would melt when they hear this!


Best thing about tonight's that we’re not fighting
Could it be that we have been this way before
I know you don’t think that I am trying......
I know you’re wearing thin down to the core..

But hold your breath
Because tonight will be the night that i will fall for you
Over again
Don’t make me change my mind
Or I won’t live to see another day
I swear its true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You’re impossible to find

This is not what I intended
I always swore to you I'd never fall apart
You always thought that I was stronger
I may have failed
But I have loved you from the start

Oh, But hold your breath
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don’t make me change my mind
Or I won’t live to see another day
I swear it’s true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
It’s impossible

So breathe in so deep
Breathe me in
I’m yours to keep
And hold onto your words
‘Cause talk is cheap
And remember me tonight
When you’re asleep

Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don’t make me change my mind
Or I won’t live to see another day
I swear it’s true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find

ESCAPISM.
thank God it didnt rain this time and we managed to catch all the rides til we got sick of the playground. haha. disappointed that exciting rides like revolution and rainbow werent function though ):



 
WALL-E! the movie was pretty endearing and funny :)



i love my friends :) :)

ive conquered my first expressway! the underground CTE.
drove to rj to collect my ALevel cert before going to AMK hub for lunch (: it was darrrrrrn fun and exhilarating.
but my poor mommy said she was so damn scared sitting in the car.
whenever i switch to the right lane she'd panic and command me to switch back to the left =/
hahaha. but thank God i didnt get into any accidents whatsoever.
there was a close shave though, the left side mirror almost scratch this van which was parked along the road. =X but i managed to swerve in time. and lucky the driver didnt claim and compensation except hurling some scoldings at us =/

 
ICHIBAN SUSHI with mommy.



the food is yummilicious i tell you! tastiest jap food ive eaten so far
much better than sakae sushi or sushi tei (:
and the price for a plate is reasonable i guess. esp since sakae raised the cost of one regular plate too.

oh and,

I GOT MY ACCOMODATION AT HUGHES PARRY HALL!! :D

suddenly everything seems to be going much smoothly already.
praise the Lord (:


have fun everybody this (last) weekend!! :) :)

finally, after 8 months and 13 days, several futile trips to the customer service centre of ubi's driving centre just to arrange an early test date/ switch to a private student and other annoying logistics stuff; spending close to $2000 on lessons and tests, and feeling absolutely dejected after failing my FIRST test.

michelle is finally able to drive legally!!!!!

it wasnt a smooth ride but i feel more independent now, with more options of transport and travel (after i convince my dad to allow me to drive alone!). heheheh.
thank God :)



 

cheers to tasty ochacha on rocks and the freedom to sit behind the wheel officially.
xoxo

helloooooooooo.

today was bad, bad, bad.
first off, i FAILED my driving test. warm-up was reassuring, the instructor said i can drive but just a bit nervous and got to perform more (such as horning pedestrians who stray out onto the road and using my hand to gesture to other drivers).
however during the test, i turned TOO EARLY for parallel parking and knocked the pole. then as i was going in, the car brushed against the pole AGAIN and gosh, the look on my tester's face was like O:
sighhh, i got a nice tester but i just screwed it up by MOUNTING THE KERB during the crank course.
what can i say, nerves got the better of me ):

sad lar. i roamed around city hall trying to figure out how to book another test date as early as possible.
and thanks for the encouraging words from my friends (:

okay so headed to Raffles Medical Centre at bugis for a full body check-up but OH GOLLY the queue was sooo friggin long the wait was gonna be until 7pm? now my turn to be- O:
so yah, scheduled another one for tomorrow morning.

pray &hope everything gets settled.
have been running about getting these logistics stuff done recently.

ohyes, i postponed my flight date to 12th September, Friday night at 11.30pm. but ill definitely be at the airport 2 hours earlier.
night flight was $300 more compared to afternoon flight, but i accomodated the fact that army guys would not be able to skip camp (the offence is apparently as serious as jail term) and some friends would be schooling (*hint linlin).
so yes, i really hope for all my friends to be there, because as much as im trying to put on a brave front, i will seriously miss home and everyone here which makes singapore my home.

oh! if youre thinking what to get me, practical stuff would be:
-Coldplay's Viva La Vida album.
-winter cap (those knitted ones would be nice)
-mitten gloves
-chicklit books, to read while im on the looooong flight
anything you think ill need (:

frivolous stuff:
purple flowers! hahaha. i know theyre useless and impractical but at least they still express your thoughts.
earrings
singaporeanish items (ive run out of ideas)

okay haha i really hope friends do get me farewell presents which i can bring over there because then ill know youre missing me, and ill remember you as well (while i feeling homesick on my bed late at night).
 


anw thankew dear sweet jeannifer for getting me Topshop earrings and that really cute card.
i know you must be feeling down and upset bout Mil leaving for Netherlands already, but dont fret! ill be here for you as your part-time bf these few days. after all your hall events are over, and my miscellaneous chores are settled, ill definitely head down to NTU to visit you at your hall!



and yes, i didnt forget that i owe u a hug!

so there it was, my result, my offer response, my journey for the next 3 years (or even more), my destiny and my future all spelled out to me on this website.
to be honest, i felt a teeny weeny, okay actually QUITE lost and disappointed.
although the king's induction at bernice's house went really really well and i met very nice singaporeans who will be going with me, it's just sad to know that my residence at passfield wont be coming true. aft getting to know people whom i thought would be my hallmates and coursemates, i'd have to let everything go and move on to king's where im the only singaporean studying mathematics with management &finance.
everyone else is doing law or medicine!
anyhows, ive just completed my application for king's accomodation. i truly hope and pray i wont get hampstead or king's hall cos that'd be 40min tube ride away from sch which would be a disaster 'cos its both expensive and time consuming. please God give me one of the intercollegiate halls *crosses fingers*


okay moving on to happier stuff, met up with maggies for her belated bday celebration!

 

we ate at shokudo (yummy pasta :)) and shopped around at marina sq. bought a brown sling bag from INK for her belated bday pressie. that silly girl always carries oversized heavy bags so now she has a convenient medium-sized sling bag :D
did i mention i luv marshmallows at Muji? they are so squishily tasty with the jelly inside! (:

we were crapping around as we roamed around suntec city while the shops were all closing. (can singapore shops please open to a later time?? closing at 9pm on a friday night!?! >.<)
anws i was telling her, how i wish i could just slack and work for this year and go on to uni next year.
i would then apply for perhaps a course in LSE which wouldnt need bloody DISTINCTION in H3 math (maybe law?) AND also get to spend one more year with my friends here!

yes, stupid silly dream of mine. everything is almost settled and im getting cold feet and jitters?

nevertheless,whatever it is, i will just have to face the music.

KCL, here i come!:)))


i shall crash, gotta get up to be at the VISA office by 8am.
before heading to office for my last week of work at Cartus.

good night dears.


i am so sick of it. but i just gotta get used to it.  (-_-;)