tour of manchester

today was nice! Due to some unforeseen circumstances, i was forced to skip class. Hee hee..really lah. unforeseen kay. anyhoo, bought a day-saver bus ticket and travelled around manchester city. didn't get down..just went round and round and round. Thing was, due to that unforeseen circumstance, i forgot to pack my trusty Crunchy breakfast bar and thus was faint with hunger in the bus. Really nauseated and faint. Tambahan pula, halfway through, this fat black woman wearing a shuttlecock came and sat in front of me. she reeked. she did. its true. like a rank piece of rag. like a smelly dog caught in a monsoon drain. i'm mean but its true.
manchester is not a pretty, quaint city like i hoped. nay. its okay but i love quaint towns. with cobbled walkways and horse-drawn carriages. ha ha. its pretty dirty in some areas, flashback to:penang.
anyway, got back..got invited to dinner with friends, blessed with loads of food. met new friends. went for walk with them. took pictures. (will post laters). got back to apartment. going to rest. then got invited for another walk with flatmate. okay, fine. have to socialise at some point right. so off we go again. another walk. shorter walk though.
feeling like a thoroughly walked poodle.

the beefs in life

i have many beefs. firstly, my heater is not working.again.
secondly, i can't watch the telly.
thirdly, people here smoke.alot. and i hate the smell of smoke.
fourth, i have so much work.
but, well, i must make a choice. look beyond the beefs. eat the steak.


Proverb of the day: Proverbs 19:11
"A man's wisdom gives him patience,
it is to his glory to overlook an offense."

"don't want to let go!"

just back from the wonderful weekend in a nice part of salford. sighs. i don't wanna go back to my hostel. noooo! i had another round of juicy, tender roast lamb with nicely baked potatoes and fried mince turkey. ohhh, heaven heaven. sleeping in soft cloudy beds with bulky duvets. watching tv and snacking on chocolate cookies. watching squirrels running around. walking around with a warm fluffy bathrobe. its all so warm, cosy and comfortable. now its over!! waaah!

blessed weekend

Thankful for the weekend. I'll be going to a house in salford, where soft lovely beds abound and there is a telly! So tired out by the stress and frustrations of this week. Twas an interesting day today, having had to carry out exercises on each other, you know, hip flexions, extensions, adductions, abductions. don't you know?? anyway, lovely lovely. will be away for the weekend in a proper house with proper beds and proper bathrooms. YIPPEE!

that tuesday

*gerammmmm* i've got loads and loads of studying to do. and i've got 3 assignments. practical classes are nice but the tutors use such bergaya words, anatomical terms i haven't studied yet!! i don't like not knowing what they're talking about. the ang moh way of teaching is so different. too used to being spoon-fed already. hmm...anyway, the lecturers assure us, assure us, we'll all catch up as these few weeks are overwhelming. i hope so.! or else.. and the nitty-gritty things like not having a printer is getting to me. i have to print out my papers..those people don't give handouts.! what?! each paper costs 5p! which is 35sen. can die! why is the malaysian currency so low lah......

anyway, the good thing is, and this gives me comfort at night, most of the other students are looking glazed too. =D except for a few older ones who have had experience. must study must study! us two kiasu chinese have been pestering different lecturers this week..and..we got a free physio book each! heheh! the wonderful side of being kiasu.

anyways, this is our class photo, taken today. observe the number of older folks.i'm one of the youngest. ooh, and right in front, in black is our nice year manager, Stuart Porter. the nicest teacher ever. and he's written & editted books. not bad leh. your teacher got write or edit books before anot?! =P bangga!

"going to church often doesn't make you a christian, any more than going to mcdonalds makes you a hamburger." haha. heard it on IFBN radio.

Sonnet 116

This sonnet is still my favouritest sonnet ever.

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:

O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.

Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.