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Thursday, July 28, 2005

ok, previous post din cover the 2 months... i shall attempt to say more now... (cant sleep).

Hmm.... was in London just before we came back. two weeks in london. the most relaxing part of our trip until the last few days. why? cos we keep postponing plans, so end up had to do evrything in the last 3 days. heh... tts why the first part was damn relaxing. anyway, was following my friend's family around, and old ppl tend to get tired easier, so we get to rest alot more. a very much welcomed change... hehe... the previous part of our journey was way too tiring... of cos, we had designated rest stops too la... but the fist few days in london (maybe 2 or 3) was resting and eating all the way, with a little bit of sight-seeing here and there...anyway, my fren was sick, so had to rest la...

the part part of london was the cooking! heh... after my friend's family left, we had to do our own cooking. (if not, her mum would be doing tt for everyone) i learnt how to make yummy spaghetti in double cream sauce... *drool* dunno whether i can reproduce it or not... heh... and many times, when our chef was lazy or busy gaming (Guys!), i would be doing the cooking myself. i have never cooked anything from scratch before this trip, so it was actually quite fun, although stressful... (with big chef and mr fussy ard) hmmm... and my experiments were very successful!!! *big grin* heh... well, just simple stuff like pasta, potatoes, carrots and mushrooms, sometimes in ketchup, black bean paste, seseme oil, butter, salt, pepper, etc... but then the last meal i cooked in london, the boys actually said tt they could smell the fragrance from the room. dunno whether they just say tt to make me happy or not. but shldnt be la... they are always very mean to me... (well, sometimes only...)

anyway, i suddenly came online to type this was bcos i'm hungry, and when one is hungry, one will think of......... FOOD!!

missed the food there... french pate is very nice... and theose spanish carnival food they eat. simple things like fries(they call it patatas) - you could take any amt of sauce you lik... yummy mayo!! and churros - something made of flour, deep fried, and sugar coated. then there's this baked potato i ate... forgot the name alreayd... sob... but i saw similar stuff in london called jacket potatoes. quite apt la... its this big baked potato which is splited in the middle, and topped with some salad, corn, maybe ham and stuff... and i tink ketchup and mayo. YYUUMMMMYY!!! maybe bcos it was damn cold there, so such simple food tasted especially nice. (believe it or not, it could go down to 12 degrees in spain. wtf! and we had to sleep in the streets for 2 nights! most fun and also excruciatingly unbearable part of the journey. well, at least the festival was fun.)

before all these, we just had instant noodles all the time (i brought alot along, and my fren thinks tt there are too heavy, so we were frantically trying to finish them. my fault la... heh! :P) but instant noodles convenient ma... anyway, after we finished the noodles, we started experimenting with stuff... by tt time, i was doing most of the cooking, i tink... sometimes the pasta sauce we bought wasnt too nice, so the pasta wasnt tt nice as well.. but things are expensive, so we just got the cheapest one. anyway, the stuff i cook are definitely more palatable! *GRIN*

ok, it's 4.16am now, shld seriously go bath and get some sleep. have to wake up at 7 plus. dun even know whether can sleep or not. haha. but hopefully, will be dead tired at night, so i can adjust my bio clock back. sch reopening soon... and i'm still nt sure of the timetable... sian.. why are they so slow?

and life still goes on...

Jin Xi posted at 3:53 am
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Wednesday, July 27, 2005

ha! realised tt i haven been blogging for 2 months... 2 months' worth of stuff to update. hmmm... well, i got a B for physio. woo hoo! and i din know how to do one whole essay question. if not, think i can get an A liao... :P

just got back from london yesterday nite. still haven adjusted to the timing over here.. we are 7 hours ahead of them. so i'll be sleeping at 7am singapore time. and waking up at ... hmm... 4pm? tts wat i did yesterday nite la...

everyone i saw asked me whether my trip was fun. and i would give the same reply :" go travelling where got not fun one"? lol.... of course got ups and down la... like i keep quarelling with my travel-mate... when we met his cousin in London, she was like:" you mean you all are like this throughout the whole trip?!?! OOOOKKK......" lol... she looked damn incredulous. haha... well, we are like tt la... doesnt really matter. it's good that you are frank with each other. (he will be reading this as well).

hmmm... i have no idea how i can adjust back my bio-clock. cos our life over there was more stable than mine over here. as in, we slept more regularly. i din have problems adjusting when i got there... cos i was already sleeping at ard 5/6 am everyday...lol.... good thing too.

hmm... had an interesting flight back. there was this lady who left a bottle of water in her bag in the baggage compartment in the plane... then bcos of the pressure difference, the water was forced out of the bottle. or maybe she just din close it properly. dunno... then there was this little cascade of water falling from the over baggage compartment. lol.... amusing to see... then all around, ppl were donating their empty cups (we've just been served some refreshments, luckily) to contain the water, or the seats and the whole place would have been much wetter... ppl are certainly very helpful...haha.. the husband of that lady was quite amused as well.. maybe at the helpfulness of everyone? and asked:"anymore contributions?" (it's a 1.5l bottle of water) lol.. i wasnt really affected, but was holding up the cup to catch the water at my side...haha... and my friend was saying that i was gloating... well, im not la... i just found it amusing. i find alot of things amusing. tts what travelling is abt rite? see things tt amazes and amuses you.

but now tt i'm back, it's back to work... dunno whether i have time to work till sch starts or not... need to earn back my money, since i got no more pocket money for the rest of my life.

and when i say work, it's means cca as well... the other pubsec have been covering for me. dunno how he is...

i'm gg to get some work done now.

and life still goes on...

Jin Xi posted at 10:05 pm
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