right, so this morning's session marked the temporary demise of law & state seminar till 2010. *cheers* you can't imagine how much i loathe it, and i believe i'm not alone. spoke to jessica about it and she concurred. it didn't help that my seminar presentation didn't go that smoothly. initially it was alright but dr hitchings questioned me after i presented and i wasn't able to answer her. or maybe i was just taking things too personally? i don't knowww. i'm just glad that this presentation shit is over, and i've definitely learned a worthy lesson , albeit the hard way -- always read the presentation topic carefully and put some thought into it before volunteering to take it on. so i came back to my room and took a 3-hour wonder nap, woke up in higher spirits after webcamming my parents (:

i ventured into Tumblr today, on the advise of sarah. it seems to be a pretty cool site, with loads of interesting blogs that come with cute and cool pictures.

dinner at Sergio's just now was awesome, with about 10 of them. it's the cosy italian restaurant that's under the bridge between winkworth and unite house. jessica and i shared a marinara pizza. satisfying, albeit slightly pricey. but all's worth given the ambience.

shall get back to my consti rights tutorial. it's on thursday but i'm hoping to be a good student and tryna complete my readings and questions by tmr nighttt (:

the radio's playing good music tonight, these oldies and soothing love songs are making me feel all calm and composed, a stark contrast to the past weekendddd.

i have realised, that the 16s of each month have been pretty significant to me recently! no, it's not what you're thinking...

well, on 16 Sept, i left Singapore for the United Kingdom. this day was filled to the brim -- with mixed feelings of excitement, happiness, anxiety and sorrow. it was also a day where i came to realise how much my family and friends mean to me. amidst all the fun and enjoyment post-A'levels, i never really had a good chance to sit down and reflect on my life. it was awesome to see the ij netballers, sec sch and jc friends, as well as ex-colleagues at the airport to see me off. i felt really honoured and special (:

on 16th Oct, it was MSSA's formal dinner and then we celebrated Daryl's and Geraint's 21st birthday by making them really wasted. haha. well actually nothing very significant about this date but i guess i enjoyed myself thoroughly -- with copious drinks, good company and a fun night partying at Oceana! (:

on 16th Nov, it was the deadline for my first ever law essay. it was on Law & State, the module which i'm not particularly fond of. i'm just glad that it's formative and the grades aren't counted in our final marks. somehow it feels a little like a break-through, with a sense of accomplishment -- first 1500 words essay and first law essay. (:

come 16th Dec, i'll be returning back to Singapore! i'll be touching down in the evening. i can't wait; i miss my family, my friends, my home, my bed and all the local delicacies (:


Time to head out to Shanghai Nights. it's Edmund's 21st bday dinnerrr !

freaking 1500-word essay on law & state. sigh. i hate it hate it hate it . why is my seminar group's deadline so earlyyyyy!! some people have up to 4 weeks to prepare, i have only 2! it's due tomorrow ( ie. Monday 16th Nov at 11am ). as of now, my word count is 120. no i did not miss out any zeros. shittt so miserable.

i need to focus focus focus.

YAY i finally caught a glimpse of the fireworks for Guy Fawks Day from my room!! some of my flatmates are out Brandon Hill for the fireworks display but i didn't join them cos at that time, i was cooking dinner. didn't expect to see any beautiful sparkling sight from my room window but i just did! good sign; i'm gonna try my utmost utmost best to revise criminal law and contract lawww!

i must be productive tonight. really. i must finish my revision before i'm gonna let myself indulge in my ben&jerry's! hahaha. i'm getting offline nowww. BYE.
 

it's been such a busy week, i can't wait for the weekends!! i've got five tutorials this week and i'm so glad that firstly, reena is in my Contract law tutorial group! :D and secondly, i'm only left with Tort tmr! but i've only started on 3 pages of my tort readings and i've got like 50 more pages to go, and a written exercise of 500words. sigh, it's not about the numbers actually, it's about the content. everything is so condensed and half e time when i'm reading, i don't understanddd! >:( sigh i think i shld invest in a law dictionary or smth. all those terminologies are just getting on my nerves! i need to persevere. yes i do.  yes i will, even if it means sacrificing my precious sleep. ( i've been sleeping like 8-9hours on weekdays and 10hours on weekends! i simply love my new place and my bedddd )

alright Keith's cooking dinner for us tonight, yay! fried chicken wings i hope.  heh.

halloween party at Zen this saturday! quite exciteddddd. but now, back to tort tort tort...

i've finally moved out of Churchill Hall and into Winkworth House! yay! though my new place isn't catered, my room is MUCH nicer and bigger, better furnished, and it's ensuite! it's only 10mins' walk from law school, and my flat mates are pretty nice and friendly, so what more can i ask for? (:


bye Churchill...





hey Winkworth!





just now, my flatmates invited me for dinner so i decided to join them instead of the singaporeans. haha decided to be a bit more sociable. we ate at pizzahut and i must say, there's quite a good mix of pple in my all-girls flat. out of 7 of us, there's an african, a girl from some middle east country, a malaysian, myself, and 3 brits. i'm still trying to used to their different accents though!

oh just so you know, daylight saving in UK ended last night. so we're currently 8hours behind SG. yeaps.

i'm looking forward to one more hour of sleep each day given that it takes me just 10mins to walk to school now, as compared to 40mins previously! plus, no more fixed timing for my meals cos mine is now self-catered! (: but i must admit, i'll miss food at Churchill Hall cos they were pretty good.. for example, during my last lunch there ( ie. saturday lunch ), they served fish&chips plus haagen daaz and ben&jerry's ice cream!! i had two mini pints and got a Del Monté for Ignatius who kindly helped me move my stuffs over the weekend. (:

alright to hit e sacks. tired.. plus law&state seminar tmr at 9am! i'm hoping for a more productive one this week with Tim and Jialin!

wow i can't believe we're already going into late october!! it seemed like just yesterday that october started!

so anyway, the past weekend was a blast. on friday night, we had MSSA dinner at Manor Hall , then we bought loads of drinks and headed to Geraint's place to drink. we deliberately made Geraint and Daryl drunk cos it was their 21st birthday! hahaha. then we headed to Oceana to meet the seniors to club. music wasn't too shabby and it wasn't too packed so that night was goooood. sunday was spent with the singaporeans and malaysians -- 17 of us headed to Bath by train for a day trip! it was really enjoyable. the weekend was simply awesome and fun-filled. i just feel a little guilty about not studying at all? sigh. i even emailed my prof to claim tt i'm ill so that i can attend next week's seminar instead! and all these just cos i was totally unprepared for her seminar thanks to the enjoyable weekend! hahaha.

geez anyway i haven't uploaded photos from my camera yet but don't fret, loads of them have already tons of photos onto facebook so check them out from facebook! (:

okay right it's been some time since i've blogged. my parents returned to Singapore 3days ago and i'm still in e midst of settling down in Bristol. things have been pretty alright. i've moved into Churchill Hall at Stoke Bishop which is like 40mins' walk away from the uni campus. don't ask me why but there's just a cluster of halls here, and a cluster near the uni campus and i happened to be so unlucky to get Stoke Bishop together with a few other singaporeans and malaysians so... that explains. i'd say i'm not really happy with my hall, though Li Shan e other singaporean is just at the my neighbouring block. cos i'm like e only asian in my block and yes, no doubt e locals are nice and friendly, but sometimes we find it difficult maintaining a long conversation cos our topics of interest are just different? it's really amazing to have about 30 singaporean freshers here at Bristol this year! abt 20 studying law. kinda cool so it kinda just makes you feel more at ease and at home.

the past week was freshers' week so basically there were registrations, introductory lectures, freshers' fair etc. i haven't gotten used to the law terminolgies and some of the professors' accents. some rattle on really quickly, and some mutter under their breaths? yeahhh i guess it'll take some getting used to. most of singaporeans are clueless as to what's happening in lectures either cos some of e locals here took Law as subject at their A'levels so we feel less informed than them. time to do smth about it i guess. so anw, i've met my personal tutor, Prof Young. he's in charge of our pastoral care and we're supposed go to him if we need help of any kind. when i first saw him, i was reminded of the profs in Harry Potter movies! hahaha. he's a really nice chap though, rather wise-looking with big specs and a crown of greyish-white hair. monday will be official commencement of lectures and tutorials proper. i'm hoping to get some really good and helpful profs for contract law, public law and law of tort..

the past few nights have been spent at a Freshers' Party at e student union and the hall bars around Stoke Bishop. the former was quite pathetic and i would say, i think i wasted my 7pounds of cover charge. music was horrible, there wasn't even a proper dancefloor, and it was way packed with pple just standing around drinking Fosters. oh well. so after that night, we ( e singaporeans ) decided to hang out at our hall bars instead. one night was spent at Badock Hall's bar which was having UV night. pretty cool with our cheap jagerbombs that cost merely 2pounds ( less than S$5 ) and tequila shots that cost 1.50pounds ( abt S$3.50 ).  then last night was at Hiatt Baker's bar with pool and table soccer before that. i tried Snake Bite and it was really good! i can't quite figure what e concoction was made out of; i think it was a mixture of cranberry, pineapple, vodka and beer or smth. gist is, it tasted good and was cheap too! just 1.60pounds for a relatively large glass. that's why we love hall bars! hahaha. there was good R&B music playing on the big screen too. at least not electro and trance. hahaha.

alright thats all for now. i haven't uplaoded the pics from my camera yet so pleae be patient.

later we'll be heading to town with the MSSA crew. the seniors are gonna bring us around and we're gonna take a ferry ride i think? followed by a chinese dinner! haha.

UK's been great for the past few days. e weather's awesome; cooling yet sunny on some days. but first, i'd like to thank all my darling friends who came to e airport to see me off last wed and sorry i couldn't spend much time with yall cos i had difficulties with my check-in baggages thanks to e unhelpful staffs and rigid check-in policy. but anw, thank you for all e gifts and photos, i'm sure i'll miss all my friends in sg!!

hmm so yeah my family and i are currently staying in a cottage off Leeds. it's really nice and typical of those in shows where you open your backdoor and will be greeted by green plains with apple trees and some sheeps grazing some yards away. we commute via our rented Volkswagen Sharan which is really huge and spacious. on sunday, my family drove to Manchester to visit their chinatown. traffic was jam-packed. we didnt know there was a man u vs man city football match until the guy at the HK restaurant told us! haha and i didn't get e chance to catch a glimpse of any football stars in their ferraris! hahaha. in any case, i'm hoping to watch some live matches during my time in UK!

alright i'm gonna learn to cook curry from my mom! it's nearly lunch time now. UK is currently 7hours behind S'pore. after that, we'll be shopping at this mega retail park with River Island, GAP, HMV, Dorothy Perkins, M&S etc etc at Junction27! :D yayness. i wanna find a decent pair of boots! (((:

i'll update in greater detail with photos another time!