alright, time for another post. yes finally! i've finished labs last friday and have completed all my lab reports today! and i meant ALL! haha.. it felt really good last friday after i finished my labs and it still does now after finishing my last report. and still being able to read my jap newspapers lately. finally, i'm more able to revise those newer topics and read my japanese newspaper which is really time consuming (but i dont mind). yeah and soon i'll need to go into revision mode as i'm going to austria and hungary next sat! cant wait man(hopefully i can finish my 1st round of revision)!

yeah last fri was down at terrence's place celebrating his bday! and i gave him a huge nutella as sample 8. well, he's really quite a good buddy to have in labs and we'll help each other when any1 of us is busy with stuff. thanks terrence THONG! haha!


the chem ppl! with ks and terrence san!

sat was really quite fun when i met yisheng and gerald up for a dim sum meal. good meal with good company added on to the free-from-labs mood = great mood! we had a nice chat over dim sum and then walked around piccadilly circus aimlessly but soaked in the festive mood as ppl were giving out loads of freebies. zuan dao! hahaa.. and we have great US plans too~ woohoo~


a nice sat!

hoho it's 1.15am now and i shall slp in 15min time but think i wanna blog a little! well, life's 'nv' been this hard. having school from 9-5 with effectively no breaks, except for a really rushed 10min lunch as i can't leave my reaction running while i'm away. argh! i'm left with a few more expt and hopefully can round up everything by next week. hopefully!

yeah labs aside, think i wanna blog about some happier stuff. it has been a few weeks with my new tutorial grp, with me as the only asian. kinda sian n intimidating at first as i thought i'll have the i'm-all-alone kinda feeling but that did not happen and i've actually made good frens with some of them. i've made like 4 better frens in my tutorial group(8 of us altogether), and i can feel that they also enjoy talking to me. and they'll usu approach to talk to me. good ren yuan huh. haha, such a feeling really feels good! finally, i've made some 'chattable' caucasian frens. last year was in a grp with 4 singaporeans and it doesnt feel that we had to mingle around and i can depend on them to get for me my hw or watsoever when i'm not around. now, i'll usu depend on this fren called sam if i need some help. am actually quite glad to have this tutorial group in exchange for all my tutors. wee~ indeed, stepping out of my comfort zone.

it's my reading week this week be4 I start my 5 weeks of horrendous labs, back to back, everyday from 11-5 except for wed. gosh, this's the system in UK, super lab-based. and it's the 1st year that chemistry has reading week after hearing those seniors' feedback. but well, reading week doesn't seem like 1 cos there're quite a number of deadlines this week and time has been spent at these stuff though i think i managed to read some topics thoroughly. well, year 2 is really a quantum leap from year 1!

but well anyway, there's sth nice that i wanna blog about. i just met my personal tutor on tues for a 1-1 meeting session. this is something that all chem tutors have to do and yeah we chatted for 10min. it's quite a nice chat as he asked me about how am i lately and my ancillary sub and my new tutorial grps n tutors etc. and he's the most respected tutor in my life i feel, at least till now. he tutored me in organic chem last year and is a really marvelous teacher. always would give brain racking questions to make us think think think. bu kui shi professor. hai, and it's really a pity that he's not my organic tutor now but at least he's still my personal tutor. well, and he knows that i've changed to a 3 year course so i told him my reasons for doing so and i may change uni for the 4th year, hopefully to oxbridge. and he asked me to feel free to find him as my referee when i need in my 3rd year and wa, i was like yes! cos i know he can write good references. so yup, i think i'm really quite lucky and 3 cheers for myself for that.

alright, so for now, i'll just need to concentrate on labs n everything else. argh! hopefully i can do some shopping this sat.

and yes it's another time for a new post. haha! i'm getting really lazy to sit down and blog lately. life's still been pretty much the same but i realised the huge gap btw year 2 and year 1, like the things we learn and the depth of knowledge; really a great leap. think i just have to slowly internalize, esp organic. physical and inorg are still pretty manageable but organic is horrendously heavy. need to give myself more time to cram everything. haha! yeah and i've made an ang mor fren today during the group problem solving class. was really a nice feeling as i'm in a tutorial grp with 7 ang mors. being the only asian, it's kinda intimidating really and i'm always afraid that they may think i'm proud if i were to correct their mistakes. but it proved to be the opposite after i talked to sam today and explained to him certain stuff. he's quite thankful towards me and shook my hands to get to know me. haha!

日本語で：　はい！　そろそろブログの時間だ。　このごろ、　すごく怠けて　blog　の感じがない。　以前の生活と　同じぐらいが、二年生と一年生　の　距離はすごく。　例えば、習ったこと　とか　知識の深いの　は　完全に　違います。　大変ね。　もう少しどんどん慣れるのに時間を上げる　と思う、　特に　organic. physical 　と　inorg は　たいてい　大丈夫だが、　org 　の習ったこと　は　たいへん重い！　自分が僕に時間をもう少し　くれて　全部を　覚えるかもしれない。　今日は　白人の友達　ができて　嬉しかった。　僕は　ほかの七人の白人のクラスに　いるのは　ちょっと怖い。　俺のほかに　アジア人　がいないからです。　彼ら　が　私が自慢すると思う　のは　気にするし、　なかなか自分の意見を表せなくて　よく気をつけます。　今日のこと　は　私がずっと間違った証拠ね。　サムさんに　なんかもの　を説明してるとき、　気をつけて。　でも、　サムさん　は　私に感謝して　いい感じね。　やっと　tutorial グルプ　に　白人　の友達　が一人いる！　　

alright, so a little update on my 2 other trips. the 1st 1 was to eastbourne with yipei, kel n bq to visit the 7 sisters which are 7 cliffs joined together to create a vast undulating land. yeah it wasn't really magnificent but getting to walk along the coast on a cliff was enjoyable and peaceful. it's really a place suitable for finding inner peace. the most enjoyable part of the trip was to be able bask in the sun, having our lunch facing the 7 sisters. with great weather, company and scenery, i couldn't ask for more. it's by far, the most scenic picnic i ever had. haha! and we had beer while gazing at the pretty scenery! and when heading back to eastbourne, we ran 3 times up 3 never-ending slopes and we were all soooo shag! i guess we've walked a total of 20+km that day! it was really that long but the stunning scenery made it look really short.


and we start our journey. my name and evelyn's was carved on 1 of the benches. really cute! all the benches have something carved onto them!


argh, i love such tranquility.

The next stop was to bath last sat and it was also enjoyable with my 3 seniors! but bath is quite a boring town actually i felt. it doesn't really have much to offer and is a very touristy place!


the bath!

Alright, after such a long hiatus i think i should start blogging again! am waiting for kelvin to finish cooking bak kut teh while i'm doing this blog! yeah, these few weeks have been treating me well except for the 1st day of school. seemed to be besieged by deadlines and tests (esp jap) after the 1st day of sch and guess that's not very welcoming. but anyway, things got better as i know that all these can be settled when given enuf time. so yeah, have finally settled in my house and i quite like my apartment and it's surrounding is really tranquil but not dangerous and there're 2 gardens, 1 at the back of the apartment and another at the front. yes, and my room is gigantic!

alright, have been able to catch up with work and realised that i need to do a lot for japanese but well i think i prefer learning more stuff.

i've also met up with my beloved juniors! HCnians! met up royston, sherlene and dorea! yeah, sherlene and dorea are my dunman juniors thus i know them though they're 2 years younger! but well, we're all still united under HCDYB. we had a really nice korean hotpot at assa, in fact 2 hotpots, some kimchi pork and rice cake!


hotpot! anyeonghasaeyo

and yes been to cambridge last saturday with chee han, jk, kel and bq to visit grace! cambridge is really a nice quaint little town, and i love punting there as u can snap marvelous pictures along those rivers! yeah and we also had nice crepes after punting and also dinner at a pub. well, life's still quite free now and i'm going to 7 sisters tmr! have bought beer, apple, bread, tidbits for tmr! am well-prepared! woosh!


at 93/4 platform! king's cross!


punting! pretty photos!


at the pub having dinner! we were camwhoring after dinner!

and on wed, i went for volunteering at woodsworm scrubs! it's a huge park at zone 2 and we carried loads of logs to build a 'natural' bench for kids, for them to walk on top of it and to sit on it when their teachers are giving them 'outfield' lessons. well, this is an organisation that uses natural materials to build these kinda playground facilities for kids so that plastics n metals are not used. yeah, those logs are from dead trees i suppose. and it'll be a little amazing to know that the british gov actually set aside £400 000 for such facilities. yeah and we saw domes made from bamboo shoots i think. it's really interesting that kids here do such stuff and it's really v different from sg i think. yup yup.


our volunteering day!

俺今　の感情　は懐かしいだけ。　本当に　懐かしい。　毎日　友人と一緒に　出かけて、時間が　すごく速く過ごした。　楽しいとき　はいつも速いわね。starry starry night という歌　を聞きながら、　このblog　を書く時、　いろいろな感じ　がある。　どんな感じか　はっきり説明できなくて、　ちょっと複雑　のだろう。　このごろ　の夜　よくさまざまなこと　を考えて、寝られないんだ。去年の時　ほど　ロンドン　のこと　には　あんまり楽しみにしてなんだ。　もうすぐ戻って、　戻るまで　あと四日。　じゃ、何も考えなければ、　懐かしいような　気がしないから、何も考えないと思う。

じゃ、友達のおかげで、　この三ヶ月の夏休み　は　本当に美しかった。　大人らしい　な　友達、例えば、ＹＸ　と　ＪＹ　さん、　きっと懐かしむ。　いつも　役に立つ　アドバイス　や　面白いおしゃべり　を　くれて、こんな　友達に　感謝します。　ほら、僕に　ロンドン　で懐かしいとき　skype で　おしゃべりできる　ように　言った。　それで、　悲しい必要　がない！　今の希望　はまた早く　ロンドンの生活　に　慣れることだ。　ほら、今　英語の　翻訳。　　

alright, time for the eng translation. i've been feeling quite down these days actually. good time flies, esp when i'm out with my frens everyday. while typing, i'm listening to starry starry night, which stirred the emotional side of me. such a feeling is inexplicable and i'm having insomnia lately as i keep thinking about stuff. i dun look forward to london as much as last year. 4 more days be4 i'm back. think i shouldn't think so much in order to feel better.

Thanks to my frens, these 3 months have been really enjoyable. i'll miss mature frens like yx and jy, who always gave me useful advice. thanks so much! luckily i can skype in london, so there's no need to feel sad! just hope that i can be used to london soon again. -end of post

haha it feels a bit funny to translate to english as my mind is in the japanese structure mode. but well that's generally how i feel these days, time is passing so quickly. somehow i'm looking forward to sunday to seeing my nephew and cousin.

昨日レチェルの誕生日のパーテイへお祝いしに行って、本当に嬉しかった！パーテイはｘｙのおかげて、成功だ。彼女は全くびっくりして、喜んだ。imperial　の友人と彼女の中学校の友達は誘われたことやお祝いのビデオは作られることや家は飾られたこと、全部ＸＹの努力だ！彼女は家に着く前に、ｘｙはちょっと緊張して、どきどきした。僕達は階段と暗い部屋で隠れて、着いた時、HAPPY BIRTHDAY　と　大きい声で叫んだ！

僕はアントとギターのアクセサリーとしてプレゼントをあげた。あの。。。昨日は楽しかったのは彼女のおいわいだけでわなく、多くの友達に会えるのも楽しかった。ＪＫ、ＣＨと一緒子供みたいに遊んで、家を走り回った！彼女の両親がいたんですが、恥ずかしくないと思った！重要なのは楽しみました！wiiでテニスをしたstriderと、じゃ、僕もちろん勝った！一番刺激のゲームはオリンピックのだ。このゲームに勝つために、動作はすごく速くしなければならないん！だから、今日腕は少し痛いね。さすが努力した！みんな遊んで、汗をすごくかけて、一緒にげらげらして、家は笑いの音がいっぱい！嬉しかったね！はい、また！

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三人だ！


みんな！