Food, Sports, Work, and PICTURES!!!!!!

Okay this post is a short post about what I had been doing for the past few days :D I categorised it into food, sports, work, and of course the pictures that sooooo many people have been wanting me to post up. Okay, here it goes!

FOOD:

Thanks to Shen and Sim, I had the opportunity to eat something that I seldom have the chance to eat - JAMMIE ITALIAN!! Hey just by looking at the name of the restaurant everybody will know is a high class restaurant. As I arrived the entrance of the restaurant, we had to wait a moment to get a seat (and this is not the peak period @.@). The price of the food is... err hmm.. HOWEVER!!! LOOKING AT THE BRIGHT SIDE!! The food is amazing!! I chose scallop and they really gave me big whole piece of scallops LOL! While eating the scallop, the sauce

will flow on your tongue, causing the taste to spread throughout your mouth.. taste of tomatoes and other mixed herbs.. Besides that, the food was so hot that the fragrance spread through out the mouth making the scallops tasted even delicious XD and for desert I had tiramisu and chocolate cake :P HEY IS NOT NORMAL CHOCOLATE CAKE!!! First bite.. I felt the chocolate melt on my tongue, giving the sweet chocolaty taste XD Next, the chocolate powder on the cake will fall on the tongue, causing the tongue to feel even more chocolate taste! It was epic!! The tiramisu is super tasty, too. The taste of the coffee and the alcohol was just nice that it fitted the taste of the base of the cake. When I bite it, the coffee taste just spread on the tongue like your actually eating coffee! Marvelous!! XD

Sorry~ forgot to take pictures of the deserts =x was slowly eating it when we realised we forgot to take a picture of them. =x

Shen and Sim :D

ME XD

Shen's Pasta

Sim's Fish (and other seafood)

My Scallops XD

SPORTS:

Ever since I came to Leeds, we had booked so many sessions of sports :P Well~ every sessions were fun.. BUT!! HOW COME TABLE TENNIS IN LEEDS IS SO COLD DOOR (冷门)!!! seriously wei.. Up until now I haven't meet anybody who like table tennis here ._. All I could found were footballers, basketballers, badmintoners.. @@ oh well I guess table tennis wasn't meant to be here at all.. They even dun have a room for table tennis as the table was placed in the intensive-bicycle-gym-equipment room @@ Oh well, at least I had fun playing with bro and friends :D after my room table was cleared I'm going to use the table to practice @@ (My skill was rusted).

WORK:

I JUST HAD MY 1st SHIFT YESTERDAY!! The work was fun I think :P (According to Sim, it will be boring after another 1 month or 2). When I arrived the hotel, the manager ordered us to set up the table for the main event that night - fashion show. While setting up the table, I get to learn how to display the cutleries properly. The end result of the arrangement was beautiful (I think). After that, we were ordered to start polishing the glasses. There were also other things like moving sofas and stuff. Polishing glasses was a boring work.. BUT!! thanks to psychology :P I tricked myself into thinking that polishing glass is fun... AND IT DID TURN OUT TO BE FUN!! XD At around 8.20 pm, we were asked to serve the people their food =x that same time I learnt how to hold 3 plates in 1 go XD we serve and clear and serve and clear till it is 10 pm, which was our break time. They prepared for us fish and potato with baked beans... but the fish was terrible, horrible, vegetable ._. imagine eating a fish with the texture like a chewing gum ._. thier tiramisu, compare to Jamie Itallian's, was like heaven and hell I should say. We ended the shift at 11pm, working a total of 6.5 hours on that shift. Just thinking of the $$ that I earned that shift I felt so worth it.. :D During work, I also get to meet several new people XD some worked there for a year plus, showed and taught me how to complete the tasks given by the manager. Hope I could get another shift soon. XD

My name tag for QHotels XD

PICTURES!!!

Okay this part I will show pictures that was highly demanded ever since I reached Leeds =x Sorry for the delays XP

Living Room Before:

Living room After:

Okay that's all for now~ :D Oh! I LIED! This post wasn't short after all XD okay time to hibernate~

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Hi,

Thank you for attending your interview last week with Nightline. Unfortunately we have decided to not to progress with your application to join us at this time.

This is primarily because you indicated to us that you were unable to make all of the required training dates. As mentioned previously, our training programme is quite intensive, and so all dates are mandatory in order to become a volunteer. If you were able to attend all dates, it is quite likely that we would have given your application some serious thought, and so we would love for you to look out for an email from us, around the time of the January exams, inviting students to apply in a similar manner to train in February as part of our second recruitment drive of the year.

Many thanks again for your interest in joining us, and we wish you all the best for the rest of your time at University - hopefully we'll hear from you again in February!

Take care,

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Oh well. Didn't know can't attend 1 hour can cause this to fail -,- zzzzz Gonna try it again at February ba @@

TEST!

In another 2 more days I will sit for a test. Not a normal test!!@@ this test contain 25% of my marks for research methods ._. and I will need to write an essay about gender difference and autism @@. Initially thought that after reading the journals, I will be able to write something; however, I had realized that it wasn't that easy to write when I had finished the journals given. Oh well, hope tomorrow I'll figure something out that will help in the essay. @@

Anyway, I just finished clearing my bookmark tags and I found something that is super valuable for me :D Valuable as in it still brings me back memories of the assignment rush back in Malaysia. XD

http://monoculardepthcues.wikia.com/wiki/Monocular_Depth_Cues_Wiki

Hope you guys still remember what is it!! :P Okay night night..

Updates :D

Hey guys :D sorry for not updating my blog for quite some time =x I had been neglecting my blog for some days (yes, I admit it) and now I'm back to put a post on what had happen here in UK :D

First of all, I FOUND ANOTHER MALAYSIAN!!! Her name is Pang Vern Mei (Edele Pang). She's from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. She definitely has many to catch up since she arrive just 3 days ago. Luckily the university allowed her to enter this semester and postpone her Critical Essay test. She had joined my group for the mini project. Nice meeting her and WELCOME TO LEEDS! XD

Next, I would like to wish my mom HAPPY BDAY :P sorry for posting it late. Hope you enjoyed your day and may your wish come true.

Thirdly, my internet is back XD YES!! However, the funny thing is that we aren't suppose to change the SSID name and passphrase @@ Didn't like the name VirginMedia there ._. oh well no choice. Anyway I'll be online more often now and less DC (YAY!) :P

Lastly, I HAVE A JOB!!!!! A part-time waiter at QHotels :D now I can earn some kaching~~~ I also went for interview for Nightline :P Hope I'll be qualify for it XD

That's all the sotong wants to say :P bye~

Events After Events :D

Should I say that I'm lucky enough to stay with my brother? YES! OF COURSE! Seriously!! Sooo many events in 1 week time. Because of that, I don't even have the time to blog about them (plus the bad Internet connection and distractions from Hong Kong dramas =x) @_@. These are the events:

• Reserved some books from the library :D thanks to Sim (because Shen was busy that time), i manage to understand what the status actually meant :) Yay! This will save the money for buying textbook :D

• Followed Sim to Queens Hotel for the 1st time. I learnt the way to go there that day :D Passed up my application form that day, too. After that went to McD for the 1st time in Leeds :P The burger (or sandwich) was a supposedly healthy sandwich since it was named with the word "Salad" instead of "Burger" =x Yummy I guess =x but prefer Grilled Chicken Fold-over from McD in Malaysia XD Hope I will receive some feedback from the hotel soon :)

• Got my first assignment for my course :) This assignment isn't that hard compare to HELP's; however, I was told that it is hard to obtain a good score for projects. On the same day, I got my groupmates (all are ang mohs and women @_@). I had a hard time trying to understand what they discussed since their British accents were so strong.. Well, I have to get use to the accent to live here, so I have no choice but to get use to it.

• Went to Queens Hotel again on the 2nd of October. This time was Sim's first shift since she returned to Leeds. After she got into the hotel, Shen brought me to Red Chillies again ._. This is the first time I actually had dinner with my brother alone =x quite a memorable night since I was more myself that few hours and was able to talk to him privately :D

• Brought Shen and Sim to Psychology lab. They were my first and second participants for my project :D It was fun to see their reaction when they were doing the experiment :P The next day, I brought Kian Tiah, Jing Han and Alicia to do the same experiment, too. Thanks all of my participants! XD my work to obtain data is DONE!
• Got an email from Nightline :D the interview will be held on 15th October :) Although it is a voluntary job, the experience that I will get from this job will be helpful in my future career :D Hope my interview will be a OK :)

• Helped Shen to bake his cake for his birthday :P Well most of the work was done by him alone since he is the boss =x Sim and I were helpers only. Oh well.. Once a HELP-er forever a helper right?:P anyway we stopped the cake baking process midway to have our dinner. The cake was finally finished (except for the last step which is leaving it for a night) at around 11.45pm =x

• Received an email from the library about my reserved book. I am able to collect my book now! Okay going to collect it tomorrow in the morning :D time for some proper reading =x

• Thanks to Jon the Sei Yea, I entered the contest by PhotoRadar. Thanks Sei Yea for the answer :P hope I'll be lucky enough to get the prize (Canon EOS 550D). OKAY!! TIME FOR SOME POSITIVE THOUGHTS!!! XD Law of attraction RULEZ!!! :P

• Shen's Birthday :D Guess what? He literally spent his birthday afternoon time at home ._. I can't believe he did not even move an inch after I got back from class @_@ oh well he liked it. After he sent Sim to work, I met him in the sports hall to book a basketball court on Sunday (4 hours of sports since 9.30 am :P) DotA with him afterwards until 7 pm and we went out to meet Chew Fatt at Red Chillies. Thanks for the meal and cake Chew Fatt :D After Sim and Alicia finished their shift, we headed home and celebrated Shen's birthday again together with another 2 friends of his (Chian Hao and Gerald). Hope your wish will come true Shen :D HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! (sadly didn't have the mood to take photo = forgot to take photo ._. still need time to be a photographer I guess :P)

Okay that's all for this post :P See ya peeps! XD

I WILL TRY TO PUT MORE PICTURES NEXT TIME!!!

Missing in Action Report

Been few days I did not update my blog. These few days were a bit busy + poor internet connection. Anyway I felt that I had somewhat got used to life in UK :D Despite the cold weather and the increase in ang mohs, it is almost same as Malaysia :D although I do admit that I missed Malaysia food already.. T_T char kuey tiao... kak kueh... hokkien mee...

HOWEVER!!!

Notice that I have not miss Nasi Lemak yet. Why is that? Well, I just had nasi lemak day before yesterday :P Not some ang moh style nasi lemak.. MALAYSIAN NASI LEMAK!! XD Thanks to Shen's group of friends, I finally got to eat actual Malaysian food!! Thanks guys :D And also that sweet potato tong sui XD it was delicious :P

Yesterday my class finally started. Class was.. nice? =x Imagine having all lectures taught by Ms. Winnie Cheong (cancel the quizzes), that's the feeling and excitement I was having during the lectures XD After class went home and start thinking about dinner ._. Initially we planned to cook. Thanks to Shen, we went out to eat Red Chillies again~ at the same time to celebrate Sim for moving in our place XD

Well today was quite a nice day :P

Good news:

1. Sim finally settled her accommodation problem and moved in :D
2. Downloaded all my notes that were available at the moment
3. Bought cotton pants :P
4. Went to the city to register for Internet XD
5. Get pizza from Domino Pizza for 1 Pound :P
6. Successfully exchanged the arrangement of the living room XD

Bad news:

1. Shen got slight headache this morning
2. Shen got migraine after that..
3. He also vomited due to dizziness..

Hope he is alright.. Prayed and wish he will be as healthy as a cow tomorrow @@

Alright time to get to bed.. :D Night~

观音菩萨... 保佑哥哥国森平安无事，键健康康。

Ying (Bad) Yang (Good) Day @@

This is a delayed post (due to Internet failure).

BAD day at first-,- I woke up in the morning and was soo enthusiastic in meeting new friends from Psychology Year 2. After breakfast (bread+mustard+ham+cheese+sambal dried shrimp+black pepper) I got a slight ache on my head. Well~ it was only a slight pain so I didn't bother much about it @_@; however, it got worse and worse every minute and end up I got migraine!! For those who are new to this word, migraine is "an intense and throbbing pain, which often occurs in one side of the head, although it can be more generalised. Migraines fall into two main categories, without aura (common migraine) and with aura, or classic migraine. Around 1 in 6 cases of migraine are preceded by an aura.

An aura is a warning sign that appears between 15 minutes and one hour before the headache starts." (McNeil Healthcare (UK) Limited, 2010).

Because of that, I had to sleep for almost a day just to get rid of the pain. I woke up during the afternoon and had lunch with my cousin Ah Muan kor. :D Kudos to him that he had successfully passed the interview for a new company (paiseh ah because of my meet you ate bar food instead of dim sum ._.) During the meet for Year 2 Psychology which is 2 pm, I was shocked that the whole room has only 3 (including me) Chinese.. (or maybe 3 Malaysians) and both of them were from HELP :D Lai Kian Tiah and Jing Han XD well i guess i need to increase my number of friends here @@.

After the meet i went back home to register 1 more additional elective subject.. apparently my internet failed me after that @_@ after watching 2 episode of 公主嫁到 (Can't Buy Love), which is a nonsensical comedy, i went back to bed. -,-

Can't Buy Love

I woke up at dinner time when Shen's friend, Alicia came. Dinner was cooked by Shen I guess.. =x (Sorry ah Sim if you actually cooked some of it :P) After dinning with Alicia, we played The Game of Life (since my headache was gone by then). I wonder whether is it beginner's luck, I WON THE GAME XD!!

Game of Life (Electronic Version)

After all the fun, i went to bath while Shen send Alicia and Sim off. After that I started to fill in my application form for part time work at QHotels.

QHotels Application Form

Woah.. it's already 1.30 am here.. Time to sleep :D bye.. :)