A Sunday To Remember

Sunday was a great day. Kai, Syn-In, Gopi(Kai's friend) and I went out for dim sum today. They were ALL late as usual but oh well, dim sum was fine. After that, we wanted to take Gopi to see Buckingham Palace and also Syn-In since she herself never been there before. It was a fantastic day. The sun was out but it was cool. Loads of people. Gotta love this time of year. I think I will let the pictures say it all. :)

Gopi with his cool look.

Me enjoying the park.

Perfect weather.

Hmmmm. Very random I say.

What were you doing, Syn-In?

Awwwww. My little bro. You are just too adorable la.

Syn-In and Kai.

A hug from Gopi. Hmmmm. Disturbing.

This looks familiar.

My long lost buddy. ;)

Trying to be serious here. How's my look? :P

We are just being cute here. Oh my. Over the top I say.

It's a bird, it's a plane, nooooo, it's just a squirrel.

We were picturing Buckingham Palace lifting off.

Gopi breaking my neck.

I got to say. That was a great lift. Hahaha. Thanks Gopi.

Mind you people out there. There is nothing going on!

Smile Kai. The winning smile. :)

On the phone.

Incredible day.

The 3 hoodies.

My little bro and I.

Kai looks red here. Lol! :D

The 4 heads.

The 4 foots.

Good boy Kai. Do not litter anywhere in the park. :) We all were heading towards Buckingham Palace.

To be continued. I have to get ready for bed since I have to go to College to start my work. Noooooooooo.

GBK

Oh yea! On Thursday, I went out with Siew Ping, Kai and Tock to GBK in Old Brompton Road for dinner. This was first time the 'fresher' went to the ultimate burger place. And my goodness. Wasn't the restaurant near to Imperial. I wished it was opened like 2 years back. I also saw a shocked Cheryl too. :)

Food as usual was good and my lime milkshake. Yummy! Time to make me fat.

The 4 milkshakes we had. Starting from the top left(clockwise): Strawberry(Tock), Banana(Heng Kai), Chocolate(Siew Ping) and Lime(Mine). Siew Ping asked us to boycott Vanilla for some reason. Don't ask me why.

My vension burger. A bit big for my mouth la. :)

Heng Kai and Siew Ping.

Tock and I. Ahem ahem. A bit the white and bright la, Siew Ping. :P

Group picture.

It Is Alcohol Time

Today was rather interesting. I went out for dim sum with my sister in Royal China and then I headed off to Regent Street to meet Shea Maine since she spontaneously came down to London to get a dress for her grad ball. Either way, she got a dress at Chilli Peppers.

But the best part was Shea Maine and I going for a drink in Fredx(off Tottenham Court Road) for a drink. I didn't know what to get so Shea Maine just randomly gotten me a drink which tasted a bit like cherries.

After that, we went for Japanese food in Hi Sushi recommended by Chris Tock. So, food was good and we both ate a lot especially the salmon sashimi. And guess what. We went back for round 2 for drinks again. I never had this much alcohol in a day. But nevertheless, I was sober as ever because I think my tolerance is quite high. Hehe. You should have come, Kai. Much better than being in Malaysian Hall. :D

My second drink of the day in pink. The Holy Freud Lemonade - a mix of Vodka, Cranberry, Lychee, Lemon and Soda. Sweet and yummy but apparently dangerous.

A Sleepless Night

Hah. Once again, being in Beit isn't the best place to be when you want to have a nice long sleep. Definitely, you will be woken up by someone asking you how to do a Fourier Transformation at 3 a.m. Oh well, that's part of the job description when you stay with someone who is doing Communications then. Though, I have to admit, sorry I couldn't help you much in it.

Either way, I think my body clock is going bananas. First, sleeping from 0145 to 0300 then 0600 to 0845 then 0900 to 1230. But of course in between those sleeping periods, we talked and went crazy at times. Hahaha. Never in my life, I had such a sleeping 'routine' but it is certainly fun and an experience to remember. So, now I know this is how a shared room is.

Surprisingly, I'm not really hungry now as I am suppose to be. I was initially during the night. Like really hungry. Smelling the cookies Kai was eating didn't help me much either. Munching away he was while I was trying to sleep. Ishhhh. Budak ni. Lol. However, during that time also, I wasn't feeling that well. I think I had quite a bit of food for dinner and had a bit of indisgestion. We(Tock, Kai, Siew Ping and I) went to GBK for dinner and had a massive meal. After that, I went to Linstead for an Oreo cheesecake which Charlotte made for me. It was very yummy of course and a huge one!

Oh well, I think I better get going with my work.

The Souvenir

Ahhhhh. Don't worry. I haven't forgotten a souvenir given by someone yesterday. After the dinner in Chinatown, I went to the library. You know who you are and the gift was simply great. Never in my wildest dreams that someone would actually buy me a plane as a souvenir when s/he travelled somewhere. It is a really pretty bronze F-14(Tomcat) plane sharpener. It looks really cool and man, it looks like the real plane itself. Just only a smaller scale. Hehe.

But whether it is as small as a grain of salt or as big as a mountain, I really appreciate this gesture. Thank you so very much. I super duper like it. Among all the planes I have collected, I have never collected this before. It definitely made my day yesterday.

Here are some of the souvenir pictures.

This is when the plane wants to take off. It generates more lift.

This is when the plane wants to hit Mach 2 speeds. The famous delta wing formation.

Cockpit of the plane.

Frontal view of the plane.

Looks like it is ready to fly.


It now sits next to the new Blue Heliconia Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER.

The planes now I'm collecting are getting nicer and nicer every year. Thank you so much again the plane. It will definitely won't collect dust.

First Two Days In London

So far being in London has been great. Firstly, staying at Wayn's place. That was kinda crazy but it was certainly fun. At 7.30 a.m, I went to the library to look for Kai. He was there doing his 'work' and we chit-chatted for a bit. Good to know that Kai is getting into studying mode. :) After that, I went back to Baker Street to refreshen up since I didn't clean or brush my teeth the night before and I can't sleep if I don't do so. That's why I only manage to get about 3 1/2 hours of cat-nap.

I rested for a bit till 5 p.m and I went back to Imperial to dump my bag at Kai's place, rushing off to the Strand to catch Evita. It was a good show but at times a bit grim. I suppose that was her life and how influential she was then for Argentina. The show ended about 9.30 p.m. I decided to go back to Imperial to kinda rest since I didn't get much sleep. So, Kai's friend went out for drinks while I was kinda nicely tugged under a bed. However, this brother of mine wanted to have dinner. By then it was 1 a.m and the few places which are opened that late is Chintown. So, I had to drag myself to Chinatown(not to mention, it was cold) for super late dinner. Don't worry Kai, I definitely didn't regret going since we talked for some bit though I was blur most of the time.

After having a super filling meal at 97, we went back to Imperial AGAIN(Man, do I love Imperial or what?). Kai's friend and all were in his room and we kinda got into bed at 4 a.m. However, I didn't get much sleep again due to a flat pillow. Gssssssh. Kai, how in the world can you sleep on a flat pillow like that. Your neck doesn't have any support la.

I also had some errands to run collecting some shoes for my sister. To my amazement, there was something going on in Oxford Street. A new shop Primarks just opened and there were tonnes of people queuing up. Mostly, high school students. Most probably, it is another Topshop or something. There were policemen on horses to keep check the crowd. I didn't really bother too much as I was hungry and I decided to go to Selfridges to get a pie. It was quite nice with mash potatoes and mushy peas.

As for now, I'm going straight to bed. Brain feels extremely heavy and tonight, I think I will get Tock for dinner.

Backfired

Ya Teng, forget it. My parents already know that I lost my hand phone. It seems that my second sister told my eldest in the States and she told my Mom. And my Mom just called me. I'm just amazed how the news basically went around the world to reach my parent's ears. Oh well, I suppose these are what sisters are for. Hahaha. My plan rosak. Aiya.

Now, going to make instant noodles for lunch and sleep. Been lacking of it. Going to see Evita tonight too so I better rest up.

The Personal Bet

Well, I guess I'm right again. I won my bet. So, I get to keep the £600 I made. Oh well, I suggest I'm going service its interest. :) However, kinda sad to know it didn't happen. I'm here now so I will make the best time I have.

A Tragic Beginning With A Good Ending

I would normally shout out loud 'YESSSSSSS. I'm back!' since I have been dreading to come back to London. However, this time I don't think I can do that. Yesterday, it was the ultimate shit day for me. It all started out badly.

I had to take the bus from my halls to the airport and somehow mysteriously, the buses were running on a low frequency i.e. from 10 minutes to 30 minutes. I was shocked because usually the buses are on time and I kinda semi panicked. It seems that because it is the Easter holidays, there are less students in Trondheim therefore not many people will be using the buses. And the bus company decided to run on a lower frequency schedule. Now I know that Trondheim is a student city. Even the town centre was deserted.

After taking 2 buses to the airport(Flybussen - the special bus straight to the airport from the city centre and I feel stupid because I didn't know that they had student prices which means I paid an extra 10KR for nothing), I managed to check-in and pass through costums. It was a bit weird for me this time because the customs took my front page and copied it. That's gotta be a first for my passport to be scanned on the spot. Luckily, I had some time and bought some gifts for the Freshers. I hope they like it and I think it is damn cute too. :)

So, the flight took 1 hour and 50 minutes as usual and landed in Stansted. Kai, you were SO wrong that London had the perfect weather. Going to kick you for that. Oh yea Siew Ping, before I left it SNOWED. Beat that. :P Haha. Anyway, this time immigration in Stansted was really fast like 10 mintues and I decided to take the bus to Baker St since I wasn't pressing for time. Then all hell broke lose.

I lost my hand phone. AGAIN! For crying out loud, this is my second lost in 6 months. I dunno what happened to it but I was certainly making calls out to everyone saying that I was already here. When I got off the bus, I realised in my pockets that one of my phones were missing and I was like '£$&%*%$'. So, I ran back to my house contacted National Express and their lost and found department(By the way, National Express you are terrible in customer service. You sent me on a wild goose chase giving me 6 numbers before I could get some to contact the bus driver which was also crap because the bus driver also didn't know that I was going onto the bus to collect it). Anyway, I managed to get on the same bus which I took but it wasn't there. I did try to call my phone but it was switched off. I think I lost my phone because I got so excited to get off the bus and I didn't really check or put my phone into my pockets. Anyway, if you lose a phone you should go to the Police to claim back insurance. I felt quite demoralised doing this all over again.

Even the police stations were crap. I went to the Marylebone station and there was a queue. There was this fuddy daddy making being so long-winded. And I think they required appointments. So, I decided to go to the station in Regent St and that was faster. Then I went all the way back to call Vodafone and cancelled my line. I was a bit distressed because I had to go out for a dinner appointment and I needed my line. The fastest I could get my sim card was in 2 days and that wasn't fast enough. And my life saviour for the day - Siew Ping. She told me that I could get my sim card in the store immediately. I didn't know that existed so I went out again to Oxford St Vodafone and they gave me a new sim card within 5 minutes. Going to belanja la you, Ping. ;)

So basically, I was running crazy like mad up and down along Baker St. And I also believe in Murphy's Law. It is definitely a shit law when you have a crisis. If you all don't know what it is, go wiki it. Hehe. All the buses were so slow when you want them to be fast. The queues were long for no reasons and when you have nothing important, the queues are always short. So, everything was against me.

Fortunately, the day ended me with a nice and tranquil dinner at a Thai restaurant - Adies. Once again food was great and friends too. Tock, you as always famous of being fashionably late. Hahaha. Miscommunication with Charl huh? Don't worry you made it on time and still ate quite fast. And still had a good talk about you know who. Hah. I love it when we get together.

Anyway, the day ended with me in Wayn's room and me sleeping there. That's gotta be a first for me being very spontaneous. Well, I hope I can get to stay with Kai too. He is going to be a bit busy with his friends so I shall wait.

Well, all in all I hope to get settled in Imperial soon because I have to get on with my work. I have already borrowed my books and hopefully I can get at least my introduction and setup written up.

So, after this, I think I can say, I'm back to settle in for the Easter holidays.

p/s: Ya Teng, please do not say anything this to my parents. You know what will happen ya. Haha.

It Is Time

After 4 LONG days, it is about time for me to go back for London. Well, I wish it was for good but oh well, this will have to make do. I think I better shower to freshen up. I nearly didn't wake up. Hahaha.

London here I come.