Sunday, November 23, 2008
Snow in Notts!
Saw in the weather forecast that it would snow in the wee hours of the morning here, so i actually set my alarm clocked to wake up (all my flatmates thought i was mad. :P)...and there it was!!
Haha ok not very clear...but u can see the white colour of the snow on the cars. :)
And this shot taken in the morning is clearer...
And this was how the houses looked like in the morning! :P
Oh, and the christmas lights and the christmas fair, as well as the outdoor skating rink at market square, are all up and running! WOW there's really such festive cheer in the air!! Inspired by them, I got 2 pounds worth of deco and had a mini christmas decoration in my room. :)
My room is now christmas-y! :)
~*1:12 PM*~
Saturday, November 08, 2008
This whole week has been super weird. First my mp3 breaks down. Then my laptop monitor dies on me when i have a presentation in two days' time and which i hadn't prepared. And then yesterday, as if i hadn't gotten my fair share of bad luck for the week, I had a whole string of bad incidents. First this salesguy at carphone warehouse added 20 pounds of credit for me to the wrong network because he didn't clarify that my network and this other network were not the same, and then refused to refund my money. Then, out of three transactions, 2 of the cashiers short-changed me money, and only gave back the correct amount when i pointed out that i needed more change. And then the shuttle which was supposed to come did not come, leaving me waiting at the bus stop in the cold for one whole hour. Honestly, all this suay-ness has gotten me rather tired. I'm tired that after having just resolved one problem that crops up, another obstacle is thrown my way, so fast and so close to the previous incident that i don't even have time to breathe a sigh of relief. I can only pray and hope that this bout of bad luck will end soon...
~*6:23 PM*~
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Haven't been blogging in AGES! Well, guess it's cos i've been too busy travelling out every weekend. What i've done over these weekends is really too long to go through, but at the end of it all, I'm just really grateful for the great friends i have here! I think ultimately the company is what really matters most. No matter where you are, or how terrible the weather could be sometimes (and noooo i insist i'm NOT a jinx on the weather! :P), in the end, with friends around, even walking through the strongest gale is still a fun experience! :D So thanks guys, for making my weekends so wonderful!! :):)
On another note, starting to feel somewhat homesick. Haha rather delayed reaction really, but i guess after the initial excitement and novelty has worn off, and life settles into a routine, you start missing people and stuff back home. Because ultimately the routine in notts is just not the same as the routine back in sg. Need to figure out if there's a way i can skype. One year only on msn is starting to feel somewhat insufficient.
-XL
P.S. Haha as you can see, on my part i'm emo-ing after a great weekend has ended, as we all said we would individually. :P
~*9:46 PM*~
Haha ok not very clear...but u can see the white colour of the snow on the cars. :)
And this shot taken in the morning is clearer...
And this was how the houses looked like in the morning! :P
My room is now christmas-y! :)