of chocolates & cheese.

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

let's paint ~~the town~~ our nails red.

the week's been passing by quite fast - it's mid-week already ! a little more than 2 weeks till home. (: yayy ! i'm going to talk a little about the weather again (haha a very british thing apparently - weather almost always features in conversations and not because there's nothing else to talk about). it was crazily cold two days ago !! it went down to zero degrees on monday and i almost froze to death. |: and it's been wet, wet, wet. typical of london.

note to self: learn to write shorter sentences. i think i need a crash course on writing skills. my crim tutor wrote as feedback on my essay that my sentences were too long and that i was 'let down by my written english'. ):

this clock never seemed so alive at 10:45 AM

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

one of my favourite

switzerland, july 2009

mistake-proned week so far because -

i spent £8 plus on surfing the net using my phone thinking that it was free because i thought i'd been switched to the free web tariff (when in fact, i wasn't, obviously). |:
During crim class yesterday, the entire class started hearing music coming from somewhere, and the tutor stopped halfway and asked the class, 'is it just me or are you all hearing some music too?' oblivious to the fact that it was coming from my bag, i concurred with her, along with the entire class, whilst giving a look that said 'yah ! it's so weird.' then, she told me, 'it seems to be coming from your bag.' so whilst the rest of the class checked their bags, i initially dismissed her suggestion and didn't check mine until i decided, let's just check, just in case. and yupp, turns out that she was right - my ipod was somehow switched on full blast. my gosh. super embarrassing moment there.
i knocked my hand against the radiator at home and so i've got a bruise on my arm. i don't even know why i was swinging my arm so hard while walking.

ok there seems to be a brawl taking place outside my place right now. i hear very intense honking of cars, and some people shouting at the top of their voices. |:

this clock never seemed so alive at 6:21 AM

Monday, November 09, 2009

the day we felt a little dumb.

so in our three years in the UK, we haven't actually visited cambridge/oxford despite saying we would many many times. it finally materialised because of this:

the both of us stayed up all the way till 4am, took a cab to king's cross station because there were no straight night buses running to the station from mich's place, only to realise that trains to brussels were cancelled due to the belgian railway strike. we began laughing hysterically. there was this japanese boy who looked so distraught when he found out about the strike - we felt so sorry for him !

so we booked tickets for cambridge for the next day:

lunch at a traditional english pub

jacket potato with lemon mayo chicken

fish and chips !

punting !

this duck was really cute ! it was actually racing with our boat haha. it looked so determined and satisfied with itself when it managed to catch up with our boat.

the picture would've been perfect if not for the finger at the corner. |:

scones for tea !

and our cambridge trip ended with us shopping for christmas stuff at poundland there HAHA. i know, who goes to cambridge to shop at poundland right ! but there really wasn't much to do and poundland is really cool. if it weren't because of the fact that i had to take a two-hour long bus back to london and a tube back to my place, i would've racked up so much more - i mean, everything at a pound ! hahah ok we actually do have 99p/one pound stores in london but its all so far away from where i live.

anw, here's a shout out to my dearest elder brother - HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!

just the other day, i was talking to him on the phone when i realised that it was his birthday today. then immediately, i clicked on 'moonpig.com', and my brother, having been my brother for almost 22 years now knows me so well he said, 'you're on moongpig.com now right. you're gonna send me a card right.' HAHAH. ok so i've decided NOT TO because it's not fun when the surprise is gone.

so i shall do a PUBLIC birthday message to you instead.

"dearest kor,

you know how 'anyone could ask for' is so overused it sort of diminishes the significance of it, so rather than saying that, thank you for being the best elder brother i could ever have asked for. through the 21 years we've been siblings, there were fleeting moments when you felt like ripping my hair out, and me, yours (its harder for me though because the shortness of your hair makes gripping it, much less pulling an almost impossible task); but then, there are those treasured times when i'm so glad that i've got you with me, to share, to laugh with, to care for. and whilst i'm always going on about how i wish i had a sister, i don't, and wouldn't wish for any less of a brother than that that i've got in you. many times, i forget, and take you for granted. i hardly ever sit down to think about how wonderful a brother i've got, so as i'm writing this in london (this time, without you here with me), i'm suddenly aware of the void that fills our home here without your presence; i'm suddenly aware that i don't get texts from you telling me not to come home too late; i never come back to surprise strawberry tarts in the fridge anymore; i don't have you asking me 'what shall we have for dinner today'... all i really want to say is that you've become so much a part of who i am that without you, i really wouldn't know who i am because you have been a constant in my life, keeping me grounded, giving me the assurance i need when i'm in doubt, being genuine. so thank you, kor. and all i hope, on your birthday, is for you to stay safe, and that you continue to find happiness in whatever you are doing.

happy twenty-fifth. (:

love,
di."

this clock never seemed so alive at 2:25 PM

Saturday, November 07, 2009

these made my day ! ♥
despite the fact that my belgium trip was cancelled

spiced vanilla scent from bodyshop

super cute innocent drinks with mini-hats !

toffee nut latte !!! (:

plus the day trip to cambridge with mich, which i'll update on soon !

the weather's getting quite dreadful; temperature's been dipping sub-ten, and it rained quite heavily (singapore-style, which is really quite rare here - it usually drizzles for a long time) yesterday. so thankfully, there's starbucks' christmas drinks to bring some joy ! (: and i was so tempted to buy their christmas cup. i think i shall the next time i pop by. oh, the frivolous things i spend my time thinking about (but i'd very much rather worry about things like that than which research topic essay question i should choose). i think i shall drop by a bookstore soon to look for a good read. i've just finished jodi picoult's change of heart, which comes up as my favourite after my sister's keeper. i've to remind myself never to read the climax of her stories in public, lest i risk embarrassing myself again. i started tearing on the tube the other day it made me so self-conscious, i attempted to look towards the ceiling of the tube hoping that the tears would go right back into the sockets (you know, physics - gravity and all that).

this clock never seemed so alive at 12:56 PM

Sunday, November 01, 2009

of scones and cinnamon spiced tea

famous south ken crepes !

yummy korean food !

the three of us bought this in the end hahah (oh yes, this picture was taken in h&m even before we bought them)

the orangery, kensington palace

this weekend was so much fun ! finally got to meet mayling's sister, hweeling ! hahah we, uhm sort of ate most of the time HAHA with shopping in between. oh us gluttons.

on wed, i made a trip down to the institute of psychiatry for a guest lecture on mental health and the state of the campus was a little disquieting to say the least - and i thought that our strand campus was bad enough hahah. as if it weren't bad enough that it was situated at a dodgy part of london, the institute had quite a handful of people walking around with uhm, messy, salt-and-peppered hair - quite uhm, reminiscent of the insane. i think i'll incur the wrath of my mental health law tutors for using this term so loosely - the mentally disordered then. but yes, it was just a tad disconcerting hahah.

off to belgium from the 5th to the 7th ! (:

this clock never seemed so alive at 2:35 PM

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

just because; i procrastinate.

this is what the law school is doing to our money - business cards for networking. (but i secretly find it quite cool hahah)

what are the chances really, the two writers of this article have the names of both my brothers.

ok this is a green tea sponge cake with green tea ice-cream - it's actually not very nice. but i'm putting it up because i'm suddenly craving for jap (AGAIN. it comes like once a week or sth).

am currently missing this little fur ball

'nope, i don't want to play with it.'

and then, she silently goes over to take the other ball that looks almost like the one i offered (one's black, the other's blue). and dogs are supposedly colour-blind.

i should really get back to reading my articles.

this clock never seemed so alive at 1:30 PM

Monday, October 12, 2009

a not so blue monday