Highlights of December 2009!

Theres LOADZA things I wanna share here..since i hvnt been writing for a while, everytins kinda piled up..So lets start by saying ITS SNOWINGGGGG!!! =) its started on Wed (16th Dec). Its so pwetty when its snowy! heee~ today tho, the snow became really2 thick! everyones predicting uni's gonna close tmrw coz of the snow storm..well, it is the last day of uni anyways..its so windy outside,I can hear the sound of the wind..i could feel the cold juz by looking outside my window!

first day of snow

friday - its a STORM

Besides that, my fren Peanut came to London 4 vacation with her family and we managed to meet up along with Dd. We walked along oxford street under the falling snow. It was nice! n I missed peanut! so it was great seeing her~ ppl call it the 'chill cha' reunion in London.. it was more like a quarter of chillcha tho..

 Last week, I went out with a bunch of my classmates. We went to see the Christmas lights along the streets of central London and also went to Winter Wonderland! Its at Hyde Park. Its a kind of funfair + christmas market + ice rink. Entry is FREE but we have to pay to go on the rides. We did go on the Power Tower, which in Malaysia is called solero shot in Genting. But the Power Tower is taller! but thankfully not as scary. Me being afraid of heights felt like my heart was gonna fall out!..4 those who doesnt know wut it is, its a kinda ride where they take u half way up the sky and it suddenly drops u! ull be screaminggg out of ur mind! but it is a very nice view of london at night when ure wayyyy up there...but its not enough to make u forget that ure hanging a few thousand meters up the air. But I had fun!..get to experience wut its like to experience Christmas in London. Wish my family was there with me though. We'd buy so much stuff and eat so much!!

The Power Tower!! -that high!

candy frenzyyyyy

Other than that, about a week ago or so, I went to see the Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre! it was great but not as great at Les Misérables. Maybe coz it wasnt 100% musical, i dunno. But I enjoyed Les Misérables more. Although Phantom of the Opera is more advance in stage presents n all but I feel as though they did not make the best out of it and it was a bit draggy in some scenes. Also, I didnt enjoy the music as much. The tickets however, I realised was very expensive and we got it 4 a very reasonable price. I guess coz we were students and we bought it through Uni. We got Les Misérables for £25 when its actually £42.50 and Phantom of the Opera for £27.50 when its actly £59.75!

Home made cooking

Today I attempted to make curry chicken!..it was a bit hard since I had 2 get everything ready in my room before bringing it out 2 the kitchen...things like blending the onions,garlic n ginger..n also bancuh the curry paste n stuff...but I managed, even though I had a few difficulties coz I had 2 come in my room once in a while 2 check the instructions my mom gave me thru email...hehe ;p juz so I got things rite...once its done, rase sket...sedappppp! =) nasib baik! hahaha...coz I tried making sambal tumis b4 n it was all messed up...the chilli was too PEDASSSSSS....I thought i did sumtin wrong, was trying everytin 2 fix it..but then asked mom bout it n she said i shud juz put more onions while making the paste coz the chilli I bought were obviously chilli padi...how the hell shud I knw! I did realise that it looked a bit smaller than usual, but that was the biggest that they had. So my sambal mission still blum kesampaian..will get 2 that soon tho...

Curry chicken with steamed pakchoi n mushroom

the HORROR chicken sambal yg x jd!

Les Misérables!

Last week, a couple of my frens n I went to see a musical theatre. It was the classic Les Misérables! It is based on a novel by French author Victor Hugo and is widely considered as one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. It was my 1st theatre here in London. We sat on the upper tier and it was quite close 2 the stage. We had 2 kinda leaned 4ward 2 see the stage as it was wayyyy down below.

I can definitely say it was AWESOME! A great experience. Watching those people, I was so amazed at how talented they are! They were singing very casually as if it came naturally but what came out of it was more than impressive! They were such professionals, acting and singing convincingly. So much drama..so much emotion. I loved it! And what was even more impressive was there were two child performers in the play and they were surprisingly as talented as the grown up performers. Their voices..all of them..........I was jealous! oh how I would kill to be able to sing like that~ There was this one time when 1 of the gurls were singing a solo, it caught my attention. I knew that song! but fr where I couldnt remember....after a while, it hit me.. it was the same song Susan Boyle sang when she 1st auditioned for X-factor! hehehehehehe..n nw the song is stuck in my head! ;p "I dreamed a dream in time gone by..When hope was high..And life worth living..."

Next stop! Phantom of the Opera! Will let u knw hw it goes~

time 2 start cooking!

Its been soooooo long since I last posted anything. Sorry bout that~ So here goes....
Last wed I went 2 chinatown in central london 2 look 4 some cooking stuff so I can start cooking some malaysian food. Mak has already sent me some recipes through email n I cant wait 2 start cooking! Not sure if it will taste as nice as mak does it, but at least I try huh? ;p Some things are hard to find, but some are easy. But even so, its expensive here compared to msia [dhuh!] i think laaaa.....check it out!

                       Santan : £0.65                        Kicap: £2.50

                         

Asam Jawa: £ 0.65                         Pepper: £0.90

                          Curry Powder: £0.65            Serbuk Kunyit: £ 0.70

                    

                                     

Lemon Sauce: £0.95              Chilli Powder: £0.70

Dried Chilli: £1.50                Belacan: £0.45

Other stuff like serai n curry leaves are available at ASDA so it shouldnt be a problem. Lets start cooking! =)

oh! While in chinatown we went 2 this Malaysia/Singapore/Indonesian restaurant called Rasa Sayang n i had char kuey teow with cincau soya 2 drink! my frens had nasi lemak...the food is quite nice..juz 2 lepas rindu once in a while bole laa... n the teh tarik is damn nice! mcm kalau kt mamak! hehehehe....

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Class starts!

hye! its been awhile since i last wrote huh..Well, nothing much has happened.. Class just started this week.. Lecturers are all fine..ade 3 classes..so 3 lect..sume pompuan..except satu ni...cane nk ckp ek..haha...die cam pengkit! ;p name die constantina tp panggil die stan..die pakai mmg mcm a guy pegi keje...ngn rambut pendek die lg...shirt lengan panjang,sluar slack n leather shoes..i kene cite everything in malay coz mane tau kot2 die baca ke..at least die x paham kn! haha~ well, as u all know i hv no exams but a lot of coursework.. i hv 2 do a lot of reading! every week diorg akan bg extracts fr books yg we hv 2 read then we discuss bout it in class..but thankfully we dont hv 2 buy books..diorg dah siap photostat all the extracts n compile it jd buku n we only hv 2 pay GBP5..which is great! =) as part of our module we will b given a work placement in the media industry so that we get 2 experience it 1st hand. So we'll get 2 work n meet ppl who's in the same field. Quite interesting i must say. So ill be reading most of the time nw,the only prob is..im not so good at reading..I get sleepy very easily! half way jer mata dah start layu~!hahaha...So thats 1 thing  I hv 2 work on!

Other than that, today I went 2 Enfield town 2 open my bank acc. Thank God everything went well. Enfield town is like the nearest tmpt shopping fr my place. Its kinda like goin 2  pyramid which is nearer rather than goin 2  pavillion or klcc. Everything is there, fr high end stuff 2 markets..n its only GBP1 by bus! yeayy!  =)

After that I went 2 central london 2 teman my fren jumpe her uncle who's here for business..coz he brought some stuff to gv to her fr her parents..the place he's staying is near Msian Hall so we took the chance 2 singgah n check it out. Sempat tumpang toilet lg k! hehehe...So then met up wit her uncle..met a few of her uncle's fren..chatted sambil minum teh tarik! byk gile msian restaurant roun that area..after that we went to her cousin's restaurant which serves msian food. They just opened like 2 mths ago. It was a very nice restaurant n the food...seriously sedapppp! smp kenyang sgt nk blk pon x larat.. sambal udang,daging masak lemak,telur dadar,ayam goreng,satay goreng,ikan,etc...At the end of the day, the trip was worth it as we get 2 stuff ourselves wit msian food..for FREE i might add! eventhough we had 2 kinda pay a bit more 4 transportation coz we didnt realise that we were travelling during peak hrs...some u win, some u lose huh?

ready 2 melahap!

My Hari Raya! FINALLY!!

Today, Sunday 27th Sept the Malaysian Student Department had a lil Majlis Hari Raya 4 the Msian students here in UK. 1st time i blajar naik underground tube tukar2 tube line...scary gk la at 1st, takot salah naik plak kan...2 kali gk arr kene tukar...but i always tanye b4 i naik juz 2 make sure..mase tgh tunggu halfway ade la gk ternmpk few guys lalu, nmpk mcm melayu..suddenly nmpk sorg pakai bj melayu,mmg confirm melayu ar ni! Diorg pon pandang2 us since we were in baju kurung n all. i was pretty sure they were also headed the same way. So when we smp je at the last tube stop we saw them getting off, n suddenly diorg tegur. So we talked n stuff..knal2 camtu2 laa..name pon x smpt tanye! hahahah...
When I got there I felt like I was in Msia! wit all the malays,chinese,indians...wearing baju kurung n all. N the best part was....I saw RENDANG! KUAH KACANG!..ape lagi, rembat sudeyhhh! hehehehe...This is the 1st time im celebrating raya, hvnt celebrated at all since ive been here. While I was eating, 3 other girls came n joined us. Knal2 borak2, suddenly mcm dah lame knal plak! theyve all been here 4 a year nw n so we asked them a lot about london. They were so much fun! Kechohh n hyper n with attitude! hahahah...im so glad we met them tho..diorg byk cite mcm2...they said we shud go 2 this place called Bonda coz they're also hvin a Raya thingy goin on. Its a cafe at mara house where they used 2 stay. So they brought us there afterwards, teaching us how 2 ride the bus along the way n we ate some more! hahaha..blk tu mmg dah kenyang gile but puas hati! at least I still got 2 eat Raya food..FINALLY! will definitely be keepin in touch wit those girls!

Riverboat Disco

So, last friday th uni had a freshers fair at th sports hall. Juz went there 2 c wuts up.Lotsa booths where ppl can sign up on - Banks,discount cards,student oyster card,sports team,etc. Almost everytin u need 2 get u started as a freshy(sorta). I went there n got a few brochures, sign up 4 a few stuff n bought a really cool Audrey Hepburn poster! =) thinking of framing it blk msia nnt.

The view fr my window during freshers fair

Later that day I had a Riverboat Disco thingy that I signed up 4 as 1 of the orientation activities. So, at 5.15 the bus will be here 2 come pick us up. It was noted that we had 2 eat b4 goin n had warm clothing on. Was very excited 2 see wut this riverboat disco is all about. We stopped at St Katherines Pier, lovely place btw, n went on a boat. It was kinda under the tower bridge, n the tower bridge looked awesome! everyone were taking pix of it. It kinda looked like it wasnt real, kinda like in fairytales. (dont believe me?see the pix!)

Tower Bridge

Turns out we were goin on a cruise along Thames River while partying/clubbing on it! Sounds cool huh? so lemme break it down - inside downstairs was the clubbing area/dance floor with the dj n bar. 1 floor up was half outdoor where u can see the beautiful scenery while cruising and half indoor with another bar n juz ppl chillin. Theres a stairs goin to the so called 'rooftop' where u can see almost everything (I mean the scenery) of London all along thames river. We went under London Bridge, Tower Bridge, etc. We were on it 4 like 3 hrs i think. There were times when i went down 2 party n dance...n there were times i was juz outside enjoying the COLD n the night scenery of london...n there were times i was inside chillin, juz coz i was freezing outside! It was an awesome night! We found out that it wasnt a public thing, meaning our uni requested 4 it n it was a private event. Private Cruise Party..heeeee~ NICE! But 2 tell u th truth, it made me miss my frens bck home! Coz I usually party with them...HARD! N I wished they were there with me hvin fun 2getha~

Fire Alarm

Its 5.51pm n i juz got bck in my room. Guess wut happened?? The fire alarm went off!!... I was juz on my fb n suddenly i heard a LOUD noise. It took awhile 4 me 2 figure it out tho...I know they said that theyll hv a fire alarm test every friday at 11am but then i thought 2 myself, ITS NOT FRIDAY! is this 4 real?? So i juz took a lil peak outside my room n ask the others bout it n they all said "go down"..Everyone wasnt rushing at all...they were all taking their own sweet time. I was actly figuring out wut 2 take along wit me.hahahha...But i juz took my keys n off i went. Everyone else followed, slowly more n more came down n assembled outside the building. We were all freezing! wit no jackets on, me wit juz my "I LOVE KUALA LUMPUR" huge t-shirt was freezing my ass off! x psl2 promote KL plak kn..they really knw when 2 pick em eyh! felt a bit embarrased..hahaha...but wut the hell~ waited 4 awhile n the fire brigade came!! btul ade fire ke ni??...at the end of the day we found out it was a false alarm. Someone was SMOKING n i guess the smoke detector caught it. bengong tul laaaa....xpsl2 smrg kene....haishh..these ppl yg smoke ni pon,cukup2 la bunuh diri...nk nyusahkn org lain la plakkkk ;p

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Course Induction

Today is my course induction. Its where we get info on our classes n our course 4 the whole yr. Sambil2 tgh siap2 nk g, I chatted wit Mel, one of my frens fr MMU. She juz arrived in Portsmth n we were kinda exchanging notes on our arrival here in UK. Panjang sgt cite smp I had 2 rush a bit nk kluar. It was juz in the building in front of my halls. (senangnye la duk in campus) They call it the mansion building. mmg mcm mansion pon! n they juz re-did the interior kot coz few things still dlm plastic n it smelled of fresh paint.

 Mansion Building

Went in the room, a few students there already. But x smp 20 pon. A lect name Jo (perempuan ye) gave us the course booklet n our timetable. GUESS WUT!! my classes are only on Tuesdays n Thursdays! twice a week je n other days all free. For 2 sems n the last sem is our dissertation. So Jo went thru the schedule wit us n explained a lil bit bout our subjects. I hv only 3 subjects n 1 dissertation this whole yr.

Tue - Practices of Promotional Culture (9.30-11.30am)
         Analysing the Media (4.30-6.30pm)
Thurs - Working in Media & Cultural Industries (10am-12pm)

The other fun thing bout it is that we have NO EXAMS!!!! juz courseworks. Cool huh?? ;p So during the holidays I dont hv 2 study! So sape nk dtg better dtg those times k! *wink*

I met some new frens fr Romania n India...hehehhe...then we lpak2 at the grass under the sun..everything is oh so chantekk...u can juz lay on the grass, baring2 layan the sun yg x panas langsung! my campus is like a huge park...lotsa grass n trees everywhere....Sambil tu tunggu til it was 1.30 coz then we hv a short library tour.Then I said gbye 2 my new frens n went bck 2 my room! =)

Library