Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Baka a.k.a Paboya updates:
Hmm. Another post. What should i write? seriously, i fins it hard to condense everything that has happened these past days into 1 single entry, coz i'm sure you guys dun like to read long and boring entries right?
Anyway, i arrived at Manchester on saturday and i must say, the weather here is much worse than in leicester. First there was rain, then there was wind... then came hailing snow balls the size of a pin ball. scary eh? but i must say, today the weather rox as it was sunny the entire day! woohoo! so i went to shop around a bit, but we spent most of the day settling the train tickets and getting ourselves around the town and taking the ferris wheel! gosh, i spent most of the time in the ferris wheel taking pictures instead of listening to the person explaining about the buildings and their histories! hehehe
oh man.... i realised manchester is actually such a stressful city. sure they have nice buildings, handsome guys, gorgeous women.. but you know, i am sure glad i wasn't posted to manchester! everyday i wake up to see my room surrounded by buildings and everywhere i go its buildings after buildings! there's no scenary except for churches, ancient clock towers and although there are parks, there isn't any like that of the victoria park in leicester! (not that i know of) Stillm altho they have delicious chinese food and almost a chinese restaurant in every corner of the street, i cannot imagine myself studying there! i believe i would be more home sick and confined.
leme tell u more about the dorm. there are the pros and cons. firstly, the dorm i am staying at (so is joanna, debra and siti) is called the CONNISTON HALL located hathersage road about 45mins walk from the station. the exterior may not be grand but eh interior is very nicely decorated. breakfasts and dinner are served daily and additional lunches on weekends. the room is cozy and the bed is lovely. Also, the shower room is clean and toilets are spick and span. washing of laundry is free and also everyday they clean the room 10-11am. like EVERYDAY 10-11 so i have to get out of the room and slack around for 1 hr! arghhhhh then comes the bad part. there is actually no key for ur door! lol so anyone can just pop into ur room and steal ur things! but luckily here everyone knows one another (i think there are only 37 females living the dorm right now). then, there is a curfew! ohmygawdddd like since when is there a curfew in uk dorms? but this one has... and it's at 10.30pm so that means if you go clubbing or somewhere else and return after that time, good luck. no one will help you open the door man, you're seriously locked out for the entire night. then, next point. you also have no key for the main door. even if you're back within the allowed timing, you still need to press the bell and wait for someone to help you open the door! like rats! >_< wad if everyone is at prayer? or no one heard the bell? -_- then good luck to you also, just stand there like an idiot and wait for someone to help you open the door.. hehe but the good thing is you have to sign in and out everyday when you leave so they can keep track of who is not back at the dorm.
hah! last but not least the TV room. you know, i was so thrilled to hear that they have a tv in the resting room! but it's LOCKED. yea, locked. hahah and i heard from some dorm mate that if you wana watch tv u have to specify to them wad channel u wana watch! like OHMYGAWDDDD do they think we're gona switch to porn or something?? haha
nontheless, despite all the flaws, i've made a couple of new friends! A japanese friend, chinese friends and spanish ones! muahaha and also, during my spare time i'm gona read up some german language book i got from the newspapers and try to pick up a new language! other than that, i'm sleeping most the time... hehe
well, there goes a long entry! hope u all dun fall asleep...
Hmm. Another post. What should i write? seriously, i fins it hard to condense everything that has happened these past days into 1 single entry, coz i'm sure you guys dun like to read long and boring entries right?
Anyway, i arrived at Manchester on saturday and i must say, the weather here is much worse than in leicester. First there was rain, then there was wind... then came hailing snow balls the size of a pin ball. scary eh? but i must say, today the weather rox as it was sunny the entire day! woohoo! so i went to shop around a bit, but we spent most of the day settling the train tickets and getting ourselves around the town and taking the ferris wheel! gosh, i spent most of the time in the ferris wheel taking pictures instead of listening to the person explaining about the buildings and their histories! hehehe
oh man.... i realised manchester is actually such a stressful city. sure they have nice buildings, handsome guys, gorgeous women.. but you know, i am sure glad i wasn't posted to manchester! everyday i wake up to see my room surrounded by buildings and everywhere i go its buildings after buildings! there's no scenary except for churches, ancient clock towers and although there are parks, there isn't any like that of the victoria park in leicester! (not that i know of) Stillm altho they have delicious chinese food and almost a chinese restaurant in every corner of the street, i cannot imagine myself studying there! i believe i would be more home sick and confined.
leme tell u more about the dorm. there are the pros and cons. firstly, the dorm i am staying at (so is joanna, debra and siti) is called the CONNISTON HALL located hathersage road about 45mins walk from the station. the exterior may not be grand but eh interior is very nicely decorated. breakfasts and dinner are served daily and additional lunches on weekends. the room is cozy and the bed is lovely. Also, the shower room is clean and toilets are spick and span. washing of laundry is free and also everyday they clean the room 10-11am. like EVERYDAY 10-11 so i have to get out of the room and slack around for 1 hr! arghhhhh then comes the bad part. there is actually no key for ur door! lol so anyone can just pop into ur room and steal ur things! but luckily here everyone knows one another (i think there are only 37 females living the dorm right now). then, there is a curfew! ohmygawdddd like since when is there a curfew in uk dorms? but this one has... and it's at 10.30pm so that means if you go clubbing or somewhere else and return after that time, good luck. no one will help you open the door man, you're seriously locked out for the entire night. then, next point. you also have no key for the main door. even if you're back within the allowed timing, you still need to press the bell and wait for someone to help you open the door! like rats! >_< wad if everyone is at prayer? or no one heard the bell? -_- then good luck to you also, just stand there like an idiot and wait for someone to help you open the door.. hehe but the good thing is you have to sign in and out everyday when you leave so they can keep track of who is not back at the dorm.
hah! last but not least the TV room. you know, i was so thrilled to hear that they have a tv in the resting room! but it's LOCKED. yea, locked. hahah and i heard from some dorm mate that if you wana watch tv u have to specify to them wad channel u wana watch! like OHMYGAWDDDD do they think we're gona switch to porn or something?? haha
nontheless, despite all the flaws, i've made a couple of new friends! A japanese friend, chinese friends and spanish ones! muahaha and also, during my spare time i'm gona read up some german language book i got from the newspapers and try to pick up a new language! other than that, i'm sleeping most the time... hehe
well, there goes a long entry! hope u all dun fall asleep...
Vuitton pen, 4/11/2006 06:42:00 AM.
