(yes more procrastination)

At first I had no proper desk or workspace in my flat (which saw me jumping from coffee table to dining table to floor) until one fine day  Boris saw a computer table in the lobby with a sign attached to it saying ‘take me I’m free’. So naturally being an ah pek, he took it larr. There was nothing wrong with the computer table but because a neighbour was moving out she just decided to give her computer table away for free. Boris was planning to keep the table for himself, but I guess he got lazy to move his stuff so I decided to give the table away to Nicholas instead. BUT in the end I ended up keeping it for myself (this was after I found out the table was originally worth £50 and Boris’s computer table is only £12). So now I have a nice ‘new’ table next to my bookshelf. The only thing that is bugging me is that the table’s finish does not match the black chrome bookshelf. But I guess beggars can’t be choosers.

organized & ready to do work… (sure)

Nic, Pei Fun & Kum Tak hosted a Halloween party at their new flat and invited a bunch of us over. Only it turned out to be quite a big bunch of us in the end because the guest list just kept growing and growing. And I really shouldn’t complain because I invited Jenny, Isa, Idris, Rathika & Sham…but never mind that. The more the merrier, right? Anyway, it was a great night (the part that didn’t rain and involved us first waiting for a cab and then having to walk in the rain because the cab driver dropped us at no.325 and not at no.255). However, I really am not a big fan of Halloween at all or dressing up in costume for that matter. And plus I was so busy that I left my costume until the very day of the party itself (as mentioned it was raining so I had to frantically shop in the rain looking for something to wear for the party- not amused). But in the end, I think everyone enjoyed themselves, so yay! I took very few photos that night and didn’t manage to take a picture with everyone unlike boris who is a photo slut and posed with just about everyone. Here goes:

halloween 09!

Monday

I had tutorials/presentation and while I was early (rare for me), I was one of the last to present and ended up staying in uni till 7pm. However my presentation went fairly well so much so that my tutor told me I need not come come for Thursdays tutorial because “my progress was very good and ahead of schedule, and that others need tutorials more then me”. Was well pleased.

Tuesday

Had my first actual dissertation submission. Was ok, I hope. Am thus far happy with my progress and the direction my topic is heading and look forward (yeah right) to the weeks of research that lie ahead. Also, I finally registered for uni and paid my fees. And after Boris & I walked to the Chinese supermarket not because we don’t already have tons of Malaysian food (hello- Boris brought back 30kg worth of food. nuts) but because we really couldn’t stand Aldi’s easy cook rice anymore. Thai fragrant rice is the only way forward. However there were no small packets so we had to get the 10kg packet of rice and ended up taking a cab back. Which is ridiculous if you think about it cause it wasn’t even far to begin with. But oh well. I also got stuff for steamboat (yums) and I am thinking of cooking nasi lemak tomorrow (more yums). In the evening we went for dinner with some Singaporeans and Kepong-ians (that would be Damus, Angel, Yvonne & Yen Fei). We had dinner at Zizzi courtesy of the 50% voucher D & A had. My risotto wasn’t great but everything else was.

Wednesday

Five words: IKEA half price meatball Wednesday! But mostly we needed to get a few things for the flat, the £1.50 meatballs were just an added bonus. However most of the stuff I wanted were no longer on sale (for eg the cheap wooden photo frames that come in packs of three).

Ikea (spot Quissimodo Lee)..

Thursday

I had my first Urban Design class (so far so good) and then came home to clean the flat. The rest of the day was pretty uneventful.

Friday

Slept in till 12pm and was woken up by Boris & Nicholas whom had just come back from Basketball. Later for Dinner we (the Singaporean society which is 70% made up of Malaysian architecture students…all in all a total of 19 of us) went for dinner at Korkuyo (a Korean restaurant). The food was so delicious and then got some wine + beers and made our way to the juniors' flat for more random chit chat.

Saturday

Went shopping (to get the photo frames that I could not get in Ikea) and for a movie, the Invention of Lying which was funny but forgettable. And spent the rest of my night organizing my photos and choosing some  nice ones to put in the frames. Also finished a bottle of wine and Pringles between us- so really was a nice night at home (and trust me with this wind + rain, you wouldn’t want to be out anyway).

Photos!

So that’s it really.

I am glad I am better (cept for the occasionally coughing) and am looking forward to first finishing my studio work for Thursday, watching the Michael Jackson This Is It documentary and finally Halloween (any ideas what to dress up as?).