tingting u have bling bling!

I absolutely love rings. I adore them. So when my sister gave me a ring a week ago, I was overjoyed. I've been wearing it ever since because I really really like it. I think my taste in general is quite different from everyone else's. So, it wasn't surprising that quite a few people's eyes bulged out when they saw me wearing the ring. It wasn't even uncommon for them to exclaim "wow, oh my gosh". But there were quite a few as well who thought my ring was really cute. But it wasn't until today that I received the funniest comment of all.

I was walking to LSE on my way for netball practice (1 hour late because SOMEBODY didnt call me to wake me up) and the streets were really quiet. I got to school and the 2 security guards at the reception asked me to show them my ID. I fished out my wallet from my bag and started fumbling around for my LSE ID card. As I was doing this, this is the conversation that took place

*security guard's eyes bulged (common reaction)*
security guard: that is one heck of a ring
me: haha, erm....thanks? :)
security guard: it must have cost a bomb!
me: huh? what do u mean? *dumbfounded expression*
security guard: That ring is encrusted with diamonds. *and he proceeds to touch my ring*
me: *mouth hangs open* it isn't real, it's just cosmetic jewellry
security guard: (who obviously didn't hear me) jeez....that's some ring.
me: *tries hard to stifle a laughter*.... ok thanks.

ok, before i go on any further, I'm sure you guys wanna know how the ring looks like right?

tadaa!

nice? it's supposed to be a rose


I think it looks nice on my hand as well! suits me.... =)

yeah but anyway, how could he have thought that it was real? I bet he thought that I was wearing some serious bling bling. haha. I hope no one else thinks that it's real. It would be a little vulgar if it was made of real diamonds.

In case you guys are wondering, it was 1.99 pounds on ebay. Shipping charge 1 pound. Go get your own! :)

boot talk

I cant find boots that suit me! ok, here's the problem. I have fat legs. So, i buy baggier jeans. baggier jeans have more material. That makes it difficult to stuff into boots. Even if i do manage to stuff them into my boots, it looks weird cos the thigh area is big but the calf area is small. ah, nvm. tomorrow is a new day to shop :)

The weekend is here! I've armed myself with season 1 of nip/tuck! I fully intend to tuck myself under the covers with a roll of chocolate digestives and watch till it's time for me to go to netball tomorrow morning.

unexpected night out

starbucks is everywhere i go! There isn't any coffee bean here. So i have to resist the urge of indulging in a caramel frappucino everyday.

But today......

I caved in. Yes yes, i'm very greedy. My greed has come out full force ever since i arrived in london. BUT, before u call me a pig....u have to see what sung did!!!



picture 1: sung acting all demure and quietly drinking her mocha frap
picture 2: she finishes hers and WANTS MORE!!!
picture 3: she grabs MY drink away from me
picture 4: and she guzzles down both of them at one go!!!!
picture 5: She finishes them and the caffeine starts kicking in
picture 6: the caffeine takes over her and she goes insane and makes all sorts of silly faces/ noises
picture 7: the caffeine wears off, and sung tries to act demure again.
unfortunately, we know better now :)

after that, we couldn't control the urge to be a tourists so we started taking photos with the beautiful night scenery.




I didn't expect us to go out today since it's a thusday. But it was fun :) I finally managed to get a blazer as well!! yay... I'm really sick of wearing my brown sweater all the time. i love my blazer!!!

Don't read this if u don't like mushy stuff

Mushy post ahead!

Had a long long talk with the boyfriend.

My relationship with him is one of the few things in my life that is constant, steady and good. Ever since I got here, things have been changing and spinning. One minute I'm bouncing off the walls, the next, I'm my eyes are sore from crying. One minute I'm completely in control, the next, nothing seems right. Things are just really unpredictable. So my relationship with him is a great comfort to me. I know that however good or bad my day is, I can always call him and he'll be right there for me.

I rememeber a few weeks ago, when I was having some kind of emotional breakdown. He talked to me the whole day and tried to cheer me up. He had his friends over at his place but yet he still dumped everything aside for the entire night and talked to me. For those of you who know marcus, you probably already know that he does crazy things all the time. He called up my sister and forced her to invite me over for the weekend cos he thought I needed something to take my mind off missing home and friends. In the end, it worked! I was a happy girl when I went back to school on monday.

He does alot of things to show that he cares, especially now, when we're so far apart. We do have our arguements, but in the end, everything goes back to normal. Making up is the best part about fighting right? heh heh. He can be asshole at times, but he's my asshole.


Just a few memories...

phantom of the opera

Ok picture time! =)

Finally went to watch phantom of the opera!

I think this photo is really nice! we have the 'phantom of the opera' sign and everything. (not shown in photo) The musical was so good! I think it was the original cast. My favourite part was when they sang 'angel of music'. Omg, my hair was standing. It was fantastic! Oh, and i thought the phantom was so charming and goodlooking with his mask on! and his voice made me melt. heh


Then we walked to chinatown and had some supper :) I had beef brisket braised noodles which was really good. Oh, Jiaying told us how century eggs are made. I had no idea that they are synthetic. I always thought they were real eggs that were preserved. *shrug*


we were pigging out! Don't all of us look so happy? heehee

oh, remember my entry on 'crush'? here are the photos.

In case you didn't read the entry on crush, 'crush' is a party held every friday night at LSE. LSE....university by day and club by night.

ok, math assignment is done! 1 down 3 more to go. =)

I miss domestic helpers. It takes me 2 hours to do my damn laundry.

self study

I'm so used to the Junior college way of studying. I'm so used to them telling me when to study, when to eat, when to play that now, when it's up to me to self study, I can't. How do i self study? *nervous twitch*

Ok, i just have to stop playing. My teachers are absolute crap so it's all up to me. My accounting teacher forgets what he says in mid-sentence and trails off to another point, my math teacher is from vietnam and I cant understand his accent (not to mention he talks really softly), my stats teacher didn't even show up for the first stats class. My econs teacher is quite good even thought he has a really bored look on his face.

On a happier note, I found bankside's intranet! I just downloaded around 50 songs yesterday and they each took around 2 seconds to download. heh heh. I don't know where all the movies are though, I wanna get my hands on them.

Oh, I had award winning cornish pastry yesterday. Very yummy, but too much dough and too little beef!

caramel tuesday

I think I overdosed on caramel today..

After eating a really full lunch, I was craving for something sweet. So, straight after lecture, sung and me dashed to starbucks!!!


tucking into a heavenly sweet caramel frappucino. I seem to have a constant craving for then.


Haha, sung was utterly disgusted with my greediness. But I was more interested in satisfying my caramel craving.

It gave me my sugar fix for awhile...but it wasn't long before I wanted more caramel.
SOOO.........


I scouted around and managed to find this! White chocolate coated caramel shortcake. Very yummy, but it's a little too sweet to eat all at once.

mmm....just wish my day could have been as sweet as caramel.

everything is about food

I'm so glad I'm in a catered hall. I can't imagine having to cook almost every night. I think i'll only enjoy cooking if I had marcuso with me. I still remember the time when I cooked for him and the pork was uncooked on the inside. He still ate the whole thing though, being the sweet supportive boyfriend that he is :)

My hall's food is quite reasonable. Some nights, it's actually quite good!


I had pasta carbonara tonight. It was nice but a little too creamy. felt quite sated after I finished the whole plate...bleah. Oh, and the other picture is the oily wrapper of the chilli cheese panini that I had the other day (so good..tasted like healthy pizza!), and the empty cup of hot chocolate.

So far, I haven't been able to make it down early enough to have breakfast in the restaurant. Ok, I don't even have time to wash my hair in the morning. It's like, wake up and go (my sleeping habits are irritating...but that's another story). But I haven't had any trouble getting breakfast. Presenting...my stash of food!



Peanut butter, chocolate digestive biscuits, CADBURY BRUCNH BARS (very important!), maltesers, and honey nut cheerios. I sort of overdosed on the cheerios so now I don't wanna eat them anyomre. It's still half full. AND, i have made up my mind not to buy anymore chocolate. I finish it within 1-2 days of buying it! I have no more self-control! My mom is no longer here to flash me disapproving looks. :) So, I'm gonna give away my maltesers to sung...cos she needs some meat on her bones. Part of my evil plan to get her fat. haha.

to lu: THE WALK IS REALLY 30-40 MINUTES! haha, i don't walk that slowly anymore. I brisk walk to school in the morning. I'm gonna have really good stamina for shopping when i get back. hah!

to Jin: no one can ever replace u. We're twin sisters. Love u

To marcuso: I love u too :)

korean bbq

weekends come really fast! I'm starting my classes next week. quite excited about it. I'm signing up for french as an extra language. It's really cheap for LSE students. 160 pounds for the whole year! In alliance francaise, it was 350+ for a month.


These photos were taken while sung was waiting for her french interview. We had to wait half an hour for her turn. my interview is next next wed! Hopefully it won't be disastrous. Sung can speak really good french, she managed to get into level 4! (there are only 5 levels)

I had to go to the library to do a test for french.

LSE has the largest social science library in the world!!! it's bloody nice right? haha. It's spanking new and HUGEE. there are tons of computers there as well, but they are always occupied.

To show you the extent of how greedy sung and I are when it comes to food, we were halfway home when we decided to walk all the way back to get ben's cookies! haha, both of us just had this enormous craving for them. We were standing on the bridge for a few minutes contemplating whether we should go back to get them. Absolutely insane!


can u see the chocolate oozing out? I bought a box of 7! Not all for me lah....I gave some to my sister cos she invited me over. I tried some this morning and it doesn't taste as good anymore. But it's super good when it's freshhh!

Jie called me over last night for korean bbq.

There was SOOOO much food. We ate for a few hours and there was still alot of food left. I was so bloated after the meal...

Food food food

I was so tired last night that I couldn't blog. The weather has been horrible. Cold and wet..urgh. But at least I went home last night with a warm, big, full tummy. :) Philip cooked dinner again, this time it was spaghetti bolognaise.


It was really good.....but i found out the secret to all his recipes. Butter butter and more butter! urgh. haha. but it's good! anyway, all of us were smiling from ear to ear after eating. especially me.


I've been eating tons and tons. This morning I had krispy kremes for breakfast. (I was craving for them so much during lecture that I just had to have them!) Then after lectures, sung and I were walking to leicester square and we found BEN'S COOKIES!!!!


Sung has been raving about these cookies! She thought they were only available at oxford but... surprise surprise! I bought the triple chocolate chunk cookie and omg..it's was so sooo sooo good. Famous amos, mrs fields, bakin' boyz all cannot compare to it! I was beaming like a nut after I took my first bite. I shall bring some home for the boyfriend, friends and family to try. I think my brother will love it. The chocolate is oozing out and the cookie bit is crunchy!

After that we went to a japanese restaurant called misato. Sung's friends recommended it to her so we decided to try it.

I had the katsu curry while sung had tempura udon with iced tea. Aiyoh...she's so skinny right?! She eats so much.....she deserves to be fat! haha, but some girls are born lucky.

Night stroll

Took a night stroll and walked to the golden jubilee bridge. It's only a 15 minute walk and the scenery and atmosphere is so nice! There are people singing and playing the guitar, people selling sugared nuts, skateboarders etc. The bridge itself is nice but there are trains passing every 5 minutes so it's really noisy.



I could see blackfriars bridge and the London Eye from where I was. I never knew that the london eye is green at night.


We sat on a bench and admired the scenery for a while. AND there were these trees decorated with blue and yellow lights. It was gorgeous! It reminds me of christmas and fairy powder. (the picture doesn't do it justice) I'm really looking forward to bringing marcus there if and when he comes. It'll be so romantic! *giggle*

Walking to school

I want you guys to see my 40 minute walk to school! (I don't have any free days so i'll have to go back to school everyday!)


I pass the construction that is right next to my hall. Then, I cut across the park. It's behind tate modern and I often imagine marcus and I having picnics there and taking evening strolls. And the stones there make a delicious crunchy noise when I walk on them.


I pass tate modern (don't you think it looks like a factory?), then I fight the urge to go into starbucks to get a muffin and a caramel frappucino. But i think I'll frequent this place alot when exams come. Oh, and I have to pass the 'marcus campbell' bookstore. So it's impossible for me not to think of my baby when going to and coming back from school.


This is the underground walkway to blackfriars bridge. There are lots of people playing instruments there and a couple of homeless people as well. There's a mirror there which I find particularly useful :)


My favourite part of the trip! Crossing the bridge and looking at river thames. It's so beautiful and the wind is really refreshing in the morning.


I have to climb an old crumbling staircase which leads to a beautiful and quiet street. I think that's where all the small law firms are. There's a sandwhich shop there which I go to occassionally when I don't have time to eat breakfast.

University is just after this road. haha. It's nice walking to school and back. But I'm not sure it'll be that nice during winter. Doesn't look 40 minutes, does it?

my marcuso

Today's been an emotional day. I think I only become really homesick on weekends because I have so much time to think. During normal school days, I'm busy with lectures and school stuff. But today, I had all the time in the world to think about home, family, MY BOYFRIEND.

I think I'm driving myself and him mad at the same time. I don't know when I became so needy and insane, but I have become a monstrous girlfriend. At the beginning of our relationship, I was always the independent one who loved personal space and never gave relationships a serious thought. Now, crazy thoughts have conquered my brain and lead me to think that 'together forever' lies ahead for him and me.

I think the reason why I get so upset when something between him and me goes wrong is because I take us so seriously that I want everything to be wonderful. I can't stand it when we argue and fight.

If it were someone else whom I had a disagreement with, I wouldn't care. He's one of the few people I care about and I can't stand the thought of ever losing him. And I wont be able to take it if something happens to us again. Things are different now, we're so far apart. The only thing we have is our love and trust.

trust is so difficult to earn, but so easy to break

Mirror

I don't think I'll ever get used to my friends smoking. I always get so shocked when people I've just met whip out a cigarrette and start puffing away. I have nothing against it though (it's their body, do whatever you want), except when I'm walking behind them.

I finally got my mirror today!! thank gawd..it's was absolute hell living without a mirror. The one in the bathroom is so bloody high up, I had to tiptoe whenever i wanted to see myself. Now, I have a nice full length mirror in my room :) It was a bitch to get it all the way home...especially since I didn't go straight back. I had to go back to school for some Economics gathering and I must have looked pretty stupid lugging such a big thing all around. But i don't care, I have a mirror!

But now, I don't know where to put it. I don't know why but I have feng shui on my mind. I don't wanna reflect away any good chi or whatever. I know, I can't believe i'm actually entertaining such thoughts.

First time for everything

lecture today was not too bad. The first lecture was horrible though. I had my lecture in 'Peacock theatre' (most of my lectures are held there) and the place is so big that I couldn't hear what the lecturer was saying! (plus, I find the british accent quite difficult to understand). But i learnt my lesson and I moved all the way up front for the second lecture *beams*. According to my friend, the lecturer who gave the econs B lecture is like a genius or something. His lectures are really well prepared, organised and efficient.

I'm slowly starting to get the hang of things over here. Tonight was really pleasant. Chilled in a friend's room sipping chardonnay, nibbling at mooncake, and eating dim sum while watching 'interview with the vampire'. I really love that movie...have watched it at least 10 times.

Oh, and I managed to catch 6 episodes of 'prison break'. It's bloody good. The whole story is really ingenious and so interesting. By the 3rd episode I was totally hooked and into the story. But i don't have all the episodes..urgh, I need to know the endinggg!!!!!!!!!

food!

spent the weekend at my sister's house. So so so much better than staying in my depressing dorm! Wesley cooked up a really nice hot meal tonight and I was so bloody grateful. Oh my gawd...it's been so long since I last had rice. There was nice sticky thai rice, creamed corn with minced turkey, chicken soup, brocolli with baby corn and cabbage that melted in my mouth.

There is a horribly weird smell in the corridors and it's making me sick. I think it's the cleaning liquid they use. Smells like indian food gone bad with a slight hint of mushroom.

Anyway, lectures start tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

crush

so so so tired now. Went to bed at 3.30 and woke up at 9. Bloody construction outside my window doing drilling.

Last night I went for my first real party. It was so weird, cos i had no idea it was gonna be a club. I thought that since it's held at lse, it won't be too wild. Obviously I was wrong......(or maybe by UK standards it was a very subdued party). There was lots of dancing, lots of drinking, lots of groping and kissing, which is to be expected. But what was very different from singapore was the amount of shit on the floor. There was broken glass everywhere, bottles, cups, spilt drinks, cigarette stubs.

I dont know whether i'm normal or weird when i say this, but I missed my boyfriend so so so much last night. Everytime I saw a couple dancing together or kissing or holding hands, or talking really intimately, my heart ached so much. I really wish he could have been dancing beside me. I wish he could have been there to sit next to me and talk to me when I was too exhausted to stand. I wish he could have been there to wipe the sweat off my face. I wish he were there to make fun of me. Damn it, i just wish he were here to share this experience with me.