week 4 of school now, things have been flowing smoooothly so far, except for the fact that i'm getting fatter really fast. plenty of crisps, chocolates and ice cream makes janice into janice X 2. shit!

had dinner with the rest - jacky, terrence, edward & perry for the 1st few days. edward's a great chef! perry's black pepper beef steak was fantastic toO. last night, jacky prepared sushi, tempura, etc. so this week has been a salivating fusion of chinese, western and jap food. Mamamia!

Somehow..i think a few of us are feeling a lil gloomy already. Although cheryl's dad is in london, and the mom juz left (think e mom'll fly over quite often..), her mood was an all-time low last night. Jaster was quite depressed too, missing his parents. (he gets to see his bro who's in cambridge super often) me? i'm still good. Miss my parents for sure, but not depressed or anything. Juz chatted with my dad for a short while last night, and I was really brightened after that. It's quite strange, talking to my dad via the net, becoz.. he sounds like a friend more than a strict dad! Cute :P hehheh.. like him hear this and he'll probably rap my head or kick my ass. ( :

My dad's a really strict guy, and in sgp, i didn't talk to him properly that often or tell him that i love him. But now that i'm here, i seem to miss him more and talk to him better. I guess this is an excellent analogy of absence making the heart grow fonder. For my mom, I already tell her that i love her on a more regular basis back home, and i miss her so much! of coz, I can't compare btw my dad and mom, I love them both equally much.

I'm still in a good mood now, had 1/2 priced bfast at channy's - 2pound half. and after dinner, we're gonna play chua dai di. :P slack abit and chiong for NEXT sale at 7am tmr. heheh..great day ahead for me, hopefully for you guys too.

kudos to all!

What a rainy morning/noon. I've got class in an hour from now with a coupla errands to run. but the rain is such a great deterrent! Days here have passed relatively fast, doesn't seem like I've been doing much.. wait. i really haven't!

I seem to run out of steam so easily and so fast. Can't.. must maintain and persevere! term tests are approaching really soon and my school work has always been disappointing.

Just went to the comedy night held on tues night - stand-up comedians perform at the marquee for freshers' fayre instead of the usual hangout at chancellors (a restaurant bar). bloody fantastic! Now, i can't imagine spider man without the gay musical joke the comedian did - spidey man, spidey man..wanna be inside a man. *laughs* tons of jokes that were really good.

Tomorrow, we're going thorpe park. Whheeee! finally. haha, i recall when my sis left last year, i was waiting for her graduation so i can go uk for the rides at thorpe park. guess the scenario's a lil different now but the place and event remains.

pubbing/ clubbing is really commonplace here, unlike in sgp where they make it to be such a huge event. or are they truly excited about it? *hmm*

anyway, it's week 3 now. facing huge tests on week 5 and week 6.. gambatte-ne!

History Lesson in London










The royal guards of Buckingham palace. don't they look smart and so dashing? *grin*


















Buckingham palace..and the Queen Victoria memorial
(from right: gim hui, soo ling & me)


















This memorial for Princess Diana is on the ground, far from the palace. poor thing, she gets stepped over by everyone.





















the London eye


















10 Downey Street. Home of the current PM Tony Blair-for a few more months.




















Trafalgar square - in honour of Admiral Nelson aft his victory in 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar



















National Gallery, where they exhibit art pieces from world-reknown artists























Fantastic busker at Covent Garden
























London Bridge. An error by a ill-informed businessman from america made this plain bridge 'famous'.

















Tower Bridge, the bridge the businessman was really after. Grand, isn't it?




















Tower of London















Alrighty, plenty of other pics, but not as impt (well, excuse the busker. he's juz too good to miss out!) My london tour ends here!

hey dudes and dudettes..
how're ya'll doing?
everything's still cool here.

wanted to blog bout the fantastic trip to london last weekend..seeing the tower bridge, tower of london, westminster abbey, london eye, the change of guards at the palace..all the super grand stuff that a tourist should see. ohh and the embarrassing 'performance' with the charlie chaplin busker at covent gardens.

BUT. i miss my family.. *sigh* i juz emailed a reply to my dad.. and whilst i was just happily yakking away, suddenly, i started crying. And i really hate to cry, but seems like my tear ducts are in good condition, like at the airport and now. :'( yeahh.. i miss my dad, who's so fierce to me at times, but i really miss him! my mom too! always caring and thinking for us at every step we take. i love my parents alot alot alot. and now, i miss them sooo much too.
They're really the best I could ever have and ever want.

I miss bickering with my brother, 24/7. the only time we partner each other is either when we play or secretly go to central to stock up on snacks. I always throw sarcastic remarks at him, or call him dumb. But really, i'm very proud of him and envy him for his strong character and caring side.

Of course, there's my sister. i talk to her often on the web, but i miss chatting with her at night, sharing nuggets of info, basically, talking rubbish at night. I missed her alot when she left for uk last year, but now, i'm gone. she's very smart, and very independent. oh, she pisses me off at times too, yet i still love her immensely.

i miss home.. but whilst i'm here, i'll still mug hard, enjoy myself and take good care, so they won't worry about me. about time too, now that i'll be 21 soon. gotta make them proud of me *smiles*

anyway, shall post up my london pictures soon.. seeya next time.

Here are some recent photos. Some are taken before i left, the rest are from the airport ( : *sigh* i miss my family and friends..not being able to see them for 2 years is tough!

all 4 gfs at Copthorne waterfront for a farewell+early birthday dinner for huisze. *sniffs*

Me and my 3 beautiful gfs. I miss you babes!!
(from left: Huisze, Huiqing, me, Becs)

my last dinner at home.. looks messy but i juz love it so much!
(lotus root & peanut soup, duck wing/leg stew with tau pok, kai lan with prawns,
steamed pomfret and the yummy pau my mom's holding *laughs*)

my childhood playmate + JC buddy - Alvin. aka chipmunk :P


My ASC friends! ever funny, ever cheery and ever good buddies.
(from left: Aaron, Jack, Hangloon, Soon Tian, Weida, Lek Meng, Me, Jovin, Raquel, Peishi)

My present from the ASC bunch of wacky fun friends.
So sweet! hahaa.. it's hanging off my bulletin board in my room now.


Thanks guys & gfs, for sending me off.. see ya'll in.. 2years? bye now..

hey guys..hwz singapore? uk here is great, the air is fresher, there's also the lovely sunshine as in sgp and although i walk alot more, u can tell that pple are more relaxed here!

But.. somehow, my workload's building up scarily rapid! :X time to whine..hahah~ nah, it's juz that some of the stuff they learnt in year1, aren't the same as what i learnt in poly. hence, i have huge problems catching up..gotta re-read and re-read..and re-read it again. *sigh* work hard.. ajaja fighting! *laughs*

have yet to get my crockery, can't cook. juz got my cutlery ystday, cookware's temp borrowed from terrence. have been surviving on fruits & crisps. oh, but last night? i enjoyed Hainanese chicken rice, veg & bak ku teh soup~ and after dinner? lager & plums. hahaa.. lip-smacking good dinner with the guys (terrence, jacky, jester and gim hui -aka mike) luckily i was with the guys, coz the girls (soo ling, melissa & cheryl) ate instant. can't show u pics of our dinner though, coz it's in jester's cellphone!

my room view makes climbing up 5 storeys soooo worth it!
(oh, plus the gorgeous swedish hunk next door *laughs*)

spent alot of money so far *sigh* have to spend even more soon.. i'm gonnnnaa be broke. and i ran out of clothes! this is what comes out of a 26.5kg luggage bag for a 2year course. *argh* gotta shop..but i'm not really complaining.

time passes much slower here somehow. maybe becoz i'm not surrounded by frens & family? yeah. i miss so many pple! my family, my girlfrens (who made me cry at the airport!), my asc camp frens, my colleagues, my other other friends... well, studies studies. all for the better.

keep in touch yeah? via msn or email! ciao now~