This week's tiny-weeny update

Pretty much a boring life. With plenty of classes to attend, I didn't had much time for myself. Didn't seem like I'm adjusting to the "back to classes" mood yet. Argh. Can't I just spend one year here enjoying? Like you know, travelling. Since I love travelling so much. We're actually planning a 6-days trip to France in November but it's not like a confirmed thing yet. *I know, I know, don't spank me bcuz it hasn't even been a month since a came back from Italy*

Hey, Yipin, rmber Faris?? Our form 2 classmate?? He's in Nice! Hope to catch up with him a little bit!

I had 2 embarrassing moments this week.

No.1: I broke the handle of my room door. My housemates are calling me "ganas" now. They just couldn't believe their sight.

This is how it's supposed to look like. I took this from the outside where I didn't pull off the handle. *malunya*

This is the other side of the door. I actually cabut the whole thing out.

Obviously, I couldn't turn it anymore, therefore I got trapped inside. How did I get myself out: Banging the door to my housemate so they could open it from outside. *Reminder to self: Do not EVER close door from inside bcuz I won't be able to open it.* Still, I did it while rushing out for dance class.

No. 2: I fell down. Yup, you read correctly. Stupid boots were slippery on smooth tiles. So I just slipped onto the "guy kneeling down to propose" position and it resulted in a blue-black on my right knee now. I wonder if anyone saw. Ouch!!

I seem to be pretty silly. Alvin says we're supposed to tell jokes to each other at each other's morning call. Just for a laugh. He makes up jokes to tell me. But I don't need to. I just do silly things everyday coincidently and telling him all my silly actions is enough to make him laugh like crazy.

Today is supposed to be a green/yellow/black/ baju Melayu dresscode day. Since I skipped the final class (Health Economics, wth??), I didn't make it for the class photo. So tadaa...

Me in baju kebaya. See those leaves changing colour. They are falling too. Everywhere's gloomy.

Well, SELAMAT HARI RAYA to all my friends, including all those back in Malaysia and those here in Glasgow!

That's it!!!

Ooooohhh, there's something very exciting this weekend too... Will be at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall for "Irina Kolesnikova and St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre: Swan Lake". Ticket prices are 19.50, 24.50, 27.50 and 30 pounds. Haha, I bought the 30 pounds seat. *=( getting poorer again*

Ceilidh

What a huge turn up at the Ceilidh (pronounced kay-lee) dance- the traditional Scottish dancing organised for the international students. Definitely a very Scottish event. A stay in Scotland wouldn't be complete without trying it out. Love it and would of course be glad to go for more. Hopefully, there will be another chance. But be prepared, you need lots of energy for it!

Danced and danced non stop for hours, except for the occasional short breaks in between dances to catch our breath and the snack session- oatcakes + cheese, shortbread and this really sweet candy thingy (I forgot what is it called). Esther banned me from alcohol. =( So Rinoa says "no" too. I know I'm not supposed to drink. Sigh.

Damn semangat, I even had my arm painted with the Scottish flag by one of the girls there. *They were doing it for early birds before the crowd got really big* I've got to announce this, I sweated! Yay!!! Damn happy like got free gold like that hahaha.

Me with Scottish flag.

Housemates showing off our arm/face paintings. *Esther why you washed it away?*

*Spot me!*

Later, we hopped into Barony bar, also at the Student Union. Again, another round of dance. I must have burnt up so much calories. Here comes the sad part, calories replaced with the supper I had. Actually I don't care about losing calories. With Khai Yong's sandwich and Desmond's Indomee, I'm more energised. That's why I'm able to blog now. If not, I would already be sleeping like a pig.

Since semester has started, being in Uni finally feels like being in one. During summer, it was so quiet and damn sien leh. Maybe should have came overseas since 1st year haha. Not too late though since I'm here now! Met quite a number of people lately, most of them international students. Those Italians even named me "Valentina" because it's easier. That's the nicest name among all they suggested. Still, so randomly. Gosh, Jessie is considered easy la. Their names lagi hard to remember.

Yikes, running really late now. Quarter to 4am. Better go to bed. Nitey.

Happy 21st Birthday Ying Qi!!!

Remember that we were in the same class in form 2? Wow, that's a long time ago. Blink blink, I counted... 7 years ago. The pretty prefect girl back then in lower secondary school. Then, u quit being a prefect but you never stopped being the hardworking and smart person I know til today. You cared for people whenever you can. You never fail to cheer us up when we're down.

University life brings friends far away from each other. Although we only meet once a year, we will always remain as good friends.

So, HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY to you!!! Hugss... Take care and I'll see you in December.

Sem 7 Fever

Final year in university... I usually start with wearing something new. I did, last Friday, a cardigan. I'm not superstitious ok? Well, I thought it would be a good start. Somewhat similar to wearing new clothes on the 1st day of CNY.

Bombarding us with hours of briefing about our final year. I don't even know what subjects am I taking this year, so you can imagine how blur was I during the briefing. Well, until now, I still don't know. Hold on... I will when the holiday mood is over and when I feel there is the urge to do someting about my studies.

There goes the briefing. And I'm allocated with the research project titled "Lyophilised insert formulations for nasal drug delivery". What I would have to do is formulate active therapeutic compounds of interest with varying chemical properties into lyophilised nasal inserts. Gosh, it involves a whole lot of research in LABS to be able to achieve that. I sort of copied and pasted one line from a whole paragraph of description to briefly show what would I be doing. I hope it will turn out well, and I hope my supervisor Fionna McInnes is nice.

1st day of class... I would always remember this day. Bcuz it's the 1st time I'm able to wake up and get ready in 15 minutes before I run out of the house. Supposed to leave at 8 with the rest but I woke up at 7.57. This girl can never leave house without bathing, so I did, plus... I shampooed my hair as well! N not to mention, I blew dry it as well. It has already became a habit to do so, and I cannot kick it off. I was practically running to the train station to catch the "underground"... Why?? Bcuz of a workshop at the University of Glasgow at the west end with some 4th year medical students. Kan cheong gila the night before bcuz medical students are supposed to have more knowledge compared to us pharmacy students.

I thought I wouldn't make it there in time. But, thank god I did, so yeah.. I guess my day wasn't that bad after all! hahaha. Warns myself "No more late night shows for me if I have to wake up early the next day anymore".

Not forgetting, the fire alarm rang again. AGAIN bcuz it just rang last Friday, thanks to Desmond. I know I sound sacarstic, no offence ya? *I know you will read this hehe* We're so happy today's wasn't bcuz of any of us IMU students. Must be some "gwai lou" guys on the lower floors. Yipeeee!!! If not, people would think this bunch of chinese students are a nuisance.

Happy Mooncake Festival to All

Hope all of you had a great time with your family and friends.

For us here, we had to entertain ourselves. Had a potluck dinner at Mei Fong's place. Yummy yummy food there. Fried rice, fried noodles, dumpling, sweet-and-sour turkey, 'yok choy' chicken soup, curry chicken and last but not least, the chocolate cake. Did I not mention any? I hope not.

Meal ended with chinese tea while sharing each other's eventful stories about holidays. Haha couldn't stuff anymore into our already bloated stomaches so we decided to leave the mooncakes for tommorow. Lets see if the moon is still perfectly round tomorrow for us to 'yan seong'. Hehe. And lets hope if we manage to play with candles and lanterns. *Wind... if you hear me, may you not blow as strongly tommorow and I will appreciate your effort in doing so. Million thanks*

=) I shall be a good girl and go to bed now. I seem to have morning calls everyday at 10am. Mau tidur and bangun lambat also tak boleh. Sigh.

Another 2 days before I officially step into my 4th and final year in university. Feels as if I haven't had enough of holidays. Passes by surprisingly quick this time. Time for making new resolutions again. But, sigh, I'm such a procrastinator. Girl, time to change!

Switzerland

Switzerland was my 2nd destination after London. This destination was the total opposite of what we've gone through in London. Switzerland was like heaven with all the luxury.

When we landed, there was already 2 men waiting for our arrival, one was the driver. And drivers wear coats! They pulled our luggages for us, thank god bcuz my hands were already aching from the 1st day.

We spent all our time at Gstaad, a village up on the mountains. We stayed at Gstaad Palace, the most renowned hotel there. It hosted many big named figures. Mind you, we did not need to pay for all these luxury. It's thanks to my mum's customer's company having their 30th anniversary celebration. So they invited 200 over guests from all over the world for a 3days-2nights holiday. I heard he payed about a million for this event. There's even a board outside the hotel saying "Hotel closed to public for private event from 7th to 9th Sept". Everything was payed for, from our meals to the spa and hair saloon, and they even provided shoes, jackets and golf clubs depending on whatever activity you chose.

The hotel front

There's a TV in the bathroom so that you can watch while soaking in the tub. Cool.

I love the mountains. It's so relaxing up there.

Snow on mountains.

Photographs of famous people who stayed here before.

Hehe. Luxurious car. I wonder whose does it belongs to. Anyone who owns a Bentley like the greyish-silver one behind can propose to me and I'll consider! Haha. Oh no, my bf will kill me for saying that. Which girl would mind having a rich guy?? The answer is none. Then I can become a siu-lai-lai, ohhh how I wish!! I need to wake up from my dream.

I mean owners of Bentley like this!

I love the scenery. Can I migrate there when I retire??

We took the ski-lift thingy (as in the photo above) up the mountain for picnic and down with this cute bus.

Swiss music

Before the gala dinner. Performances during dinner was good, but socialising session was pretty boring. I don't know how to socialise with people aged 40+ and who are millionaires ok? They talk about things which I've never heard of. Puts me to sleep only. So what I did to entertain myself was to look out for the cute guy I met earlier. He was there helping his dad, the photographer for the event. We started talking earlier that day when we sat together on the bus. At least we are of the same frequency, not like those rich uncles.

A surprise performance after the dinner by Boney M. My mum says my dad will be so jealous if he sees this pic bcuz I have a photo taken with Boney M. They're singers of our parents' generation. I actually didn't know who are they until my mum told me.

I wonder if I'll get to enjoy this kind of luxury ever again. Ever. It's like a once in a lifetime thing.

Oh yea, and if you do go to Switzerland, their butter, cheese, milk and chocolates are must-eat. I ate so much cheese and butter that I wonder if I put on any weight. I put butter in my mouth whenever I feel like it. Damn I must be crazy.

Sigh, not many photos taken bcuz mummy warned me not to embarrass myself by taking unnecessary photos. U know, like pics of food, etc.

London

Well, it's finally time for me to blog about my trip. 1st: London for 2 nights. It totally wasn't enough at all, but I guess I could get my butt there easily again. 1st day was horrible. I hadn't enough sleep the night before, waking up at 4am to catch the flight there. And to walk to Central Station to take a train to the airport was terrible. We even had to take a train from Stansted Airport and walk to the hotel.

So, it ended with me having a bad temper the whole day. If that's not enough, my mum was tired too. Travelling with each other while having a bad-tempered day spoilt the day. Luckily the following day was much better.

We took the hop-on, hop-off sightseeing thingy. Well, I had no make up on that day, so I qualified for the under-15 tickets, which was half the price of the normal adult ticket. I even bought the child's ticket to get to the Tower of London. Saved quite a sum from there. Haha.

In front of St. Paul's Cathedral

At the Tower of London

London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, London bridge is falling down, my fair lady. Is it supposed to sound like that? I don't remember!

View of London Eye from the cruise at River Thames.

The White Tower at the Tower of London

At the Westminster Abbey

At Buckingham's Palace gates

View of the Tower Bridge from the compound of Tower of London

Palace of Westminster