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27th Meetup!
Monday, October 30, 2006
Since I travelled so far to this part of the world I told myself I should meet up with old friends.. also taking the chance to travel around visiting everyone hee. Rongxuan suggested meeting up in Bath, and so we did =)
London - 27th OctTravelled down to London on 27th Oct night first.. since Martin and I had to catch the 7am bus to Bath. Was supposed to stay at Martin's place but his accom cock up so both of us went to stay at Adeline's place instead. Sounded like a better plan actually, since she couldn't join us for the Bath trip.
Oh I was totally overwhelmed by her place! Her apartment was HUMONGOUS.. it was like she had a whole condo to herself! Overlooking the Thames River some more.. whoaaa.. And what's more overwhelming was that she prepared dinner for us! And both Martin and I had a huge sofa bed to sleep on!!! Whooaazzzz..
It was a great catching up session. I think 3 of us chatted till about 3am in the night about godknows what stuff.. then when Adel went to bed Martin and I talked till about 4am before dozing off...
And Adeline's father (who was there) was so nice! He actually woke up especially early to prepare breakfast for us IN THE DARK! Whoa luckily we realised in time so we helped out in the breakfast-making. So 感动 that we took photo with him. Haha!
Bath - 28th OctSo Martin and I took our coach to Bath. Dunno whether heng or suay but the coach broke down even before departure so the journey was delayed. BUT the replacement coach had TV! Haha so just watch lor. Wanted to sleep one to make up for the lack of sleep the night before.. but ended watching TV the whole way ha. I'm such a sucker for TV.
Daniel was there already (coz of the coach delay) and Rongxuan will be late.. haha President leh! So we 3 guys just walked around the streets of Bath while we waited for her to come...
Bath is SOOO BEAUTIFUL! When I mentioned that Cambridge was 'stuck in time' in the previous posts, Baths was like taking a time travel machine
back into time. The buildings were all similar and so ancient. Seems like all new buildings had to be built with the same Bath limestone that the old old buildings were made of too, to preserve the city's image....
Well.. after Rongxuan came (she was wearing some Jap-lookalike attire haa) we went for lunch at some restaurant lor. Expensive sia. But well worth it =) Again there was lots to talk about.. but strangely we talked about serious stuff.. hoho.. Medicine.. future.. politics.. whoa.. can't believe that i actually engage in such conversations haaa
There was nothing much to do in Bath really.. so we just roamed around rather aimlessly. Daniel brought his video and we made some silly video hoho which should be shown to the rest of the 27th during Chrisco.. so keep it under wraps for now ha.
Dan and I went to the Roman Bath Spa.. about the only touristy thing to do there.. £10.. Martin and Rongx decided to give that a miss (after they will have the chance to come here again) so they went Ben and Jerrys haha. Well.. Bath Spa was cool.. standard historical stuff though.. but it's interesting to see how the Romans developed the hot spring so well even in the past.. hoho and the hot spring was still working! Not availiable for public though...
We snapped up some photos before dark.. and by 6pm.. we took the train to Bristol. And yes, I managed to bring across my 英国人是笨蛋 theory to them.. which they seemed to be convinced.. haa by how 2 single train tickets can actually be cheaper than a return ticket
(how dumb??).
Bristol - 29th OctDinner was the first thing on our minds so Dan and Martin the lao chiaos of Bristol took us to this Chinese restaurant for goooood chinese food. It was a long wait though.. coz it was seemingly popular. Food was good.. and we can't finish the roast pork so we had to dapao it haa.
Martin broke off from the gang as he had other agendas.. to shift his stuff from Bristol to London where he's studying now. Rongx and I headed to Dan's place (which used to be a WWII hospital!!) to spend the night. Whoa his place is really scary la.. the corridors are dark and gloomy and the toilets are spooky wonder how he manage to live there haaa.
Rongxuan was begging to drink! Haha strange ah.. 2 bottles was what she challenged herself hahaa.. and she got what she asked.. Dan popped out his red wine and we drank through the night.. It was a nice night to drink.. coz it was drizzling outside and his room was nice and cozy and warm. Watched videos of Rach, Jiamin, Isaac and him in NY and listened to their recordings.. very nice! Whoa the killer was when he played the mp3s of Hwachong songs he sung with Wendy.. so sentimental and so nice.. nostalgic until can cry......
3 of us downed 1.5 bottles. Rongxuan was 'poisoned' by then haha.. so we hit the sacks.
Thanks to Daylight Saving Time (clocks turned back 1 hour) we had 1 extra hour of sleep! Particularly fantastic for me coz I didn't get to sleep much in Adel's place the night before. And the weather was superb! Sunny skies.. Dan said that was the best weather we could ever get in Bristol. So heng! So
hiao me happily popped in my contacts and donned my Oakleys! Whoa hardly get to wear oakleys here ok??
Bristol is a hilly hilly hilly place.. though it's just like any other UK city... except maybe near the sea the buildings look slightly different. Went to this suspension bridge which had a nice view of the river than ran through Bristol (and Bath). Interesting fact: lotsa wires around the bridge to prevent people from jumping off.. ha as suicide rates are high there. There're even Samaritan's Care signs to tell people... don't jump. Ask for help.
Lunch was at this little cafe where we had Sunday Roast. Again here's a little incident which proved my 英国人是笨蛋 theory:
We were there at around 12.20.. the sign outside the shop explicitly stated that Sunday roast would only be available from 12.30. Fine. 10 mins difference only wad. So I decided to order food 1st. After all, we were the only ones in the shop.
Me: Can I have 3 lamb roasts?Waitress: Sorry, lunch orders can only be taken at 12.30.Me: Well, that's like.. in 5 minutes time?Waitress: Yes.Me: (diao) Can I just place my orders first then? Since it's only 5 minutes. That would be 3 lamb roasts.Waitress: Oh no sorry. The machine won't start working till 12.30. Me: (wa lao 3 lamb roasts to hard to remember meh??) Ok, then can I have a coffee please.Waitress: Sure.So she made me mine (ok Dan's) coffee.. and I happily brought it back to our table. Put the coffee down and oh! it's 12.30!
Me: Can I order my lunch now?Waitress: Sure. What do you want?WA LAO! Faint on the spot.
Lunch was good. After which we just explore Bristol lor. Walk walk. Went to Dan's university which was supposed to be very nice but it was unfortunately under renovation. =( Walked all the way to the river front (even Daniel didn't explore that much of Bristol in his 2 years here) and went to the Bristol Industrial Museum.. which was it's last day of opening before closing down for renovations. Oh well.. but by then we were so tired of walking we just went in to sit down. Haha.
Went to this nice chocolate place for guess what? Chocolate. I had this potent chocolate drink which whoa.. kept me damn full! But we headed back to Dan's place to cook anyway. Remember last night's roast pork? Haha yah it was left outisde the window and just had to heat up! Natural refrigerator! Got vegetables and rice... nice simple dinner. We were saying can't imagine last time we all siao siao councillors now doing domestic stuff like gathering to cook and eat. Haha.
So by night it was bye bye to everyone. Coach to London then from London back to Leeds. Long bus rides.. but cheap mah. Haiyah sway I was sitting beside this fat lady so my whole 5 hours journey i only occupied half the seat. Damn. So uncomfortable.
Oh well.. it was a great weekend. One of the best weekends so far. As Rongxuan said, the places were so-so but the company was great. Whether in Singapore or overseas.. council has forged my best friendships. Really, 27th was the best thing that every happened to me =)
~oOo~chio rambled on [12:03 am] Leeds Time~oOo~
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27th Meetup!
Monday, October 30, 2006
Since I travelled so far to this part of the world I told myself I should meet up with old friends.. also taking the chance to travel around visiting everyone hee. Rongxuan suggested meeting up in Bath, and so we did =)
London - 27th OctTravelled down to London on 27th Oct night first.. since Martin and I had to catch the 7am bus to Bath. Was supposed to stay at Martin's place but his accom cock up so both of us went to stay at Adeline's place instead. Sounded like a better plan actually, since she couldn't join us for the Bath trip.
Oh I was totally overwhelmed by her place! Her apartment was HUMONGOUS.. it was like she had a whole condo to herself! Overlooking the Thames River some more.. whoaaa.. And what's more overwhelming was that she prepared dinner for us! And both Martin and I had a huge sofa bed to sleep on!!! Whooaazzzz..
It was a great catching up session. I think 3 of us chatted till about 3am in the night about godknows what stuff.. then when Adel went to bed Martin and I talked till about 4am before dozing off...
And Adeline's father (who was there) was so nice! He actually woke up especially early to prepare breakfast for us IN THE DARK! Whoa luckily we realised in time so we helped out in the breakfast-making. So 感动 that we took photo with him. Haha!
Bath - 28th OctSo Martin and I took our coach to Bath. Dunno whether heng or suay but the coach broke down even before departure so the journey was delayed. BUT the replacement coach had TV! Haha so just watch lor. Wanted to sleep one to make up for the lack of sleep the night before.. but ended watching TV the whole way ha. I'm such a sucker for TV.
Daniel was there already (coz of the coach delay) and Rongxuan will be late.. haha President leh! So we 3 guys just walked around the streets of Bath while we waited for her to come...
Bath is SOOO BEAUTIFUL! When I mentioned that Cambridge was 'stuck in time' in the previous posts, Baths was like taking a time travel machine
back into time. The buildings were all similar and so ancient. Seems like all new buildings had to be built with the same Bath limestone that the old old buildings were made of too, to preserve the city's image....
Well.. after Rongxuan came (she was wearing some Jap-lookalike attire haa) we went for lunch at some restaurant lor. Expensive sia. But well worth it =) Again there was lots to talk about.. but strangely we talked about serious stuff.. hoho.. Medicine.. future.. politics.. whoa.. can't believe that i actually engage in such conversations haaa
There was nothing much to do in Bath really.. so we just roamed around rather aimlessly. Daniel brought his video and we made some silly video hoho which should be shown to the rest of the 27th during Chrisco.. so keep it under wraps for now ha.
Dan and I went to the Roman Bath Spa.. about the only touristy thing to do there.. £10.. Martin and Rongx decided to give that a miss (after they will have the chance to come here again) so they went Ben and Jerrys haha. Well.. Bath Spa was cool.. standard historical stuff though.. but it's interesting to see how the Romans developed the hot spring so well even in the past.. hoho and the hot spring was still working! Not availiable for public though...
We snapped up some photos before dark.. and by 6pm.. we took the train to Bristol. And yes, I managed to bring across my 英国人是笨蛋 theory to them.. which they seemed to be convinced.. haa by how 2 single train tickets can actually be cheaper than a return ticket
(how dumb??).
Bristol - 29th OctDinner was the first thing on our minds so Dan and Martin the lao chiaos of Bristol took us to this Chinese restaurant for goooood chinese food. It was a long wait though.. coz it was seemingly popular. Food was good.. and we can't finish the roast pork so we had to dapao it haa.
Martin broke off from the gang as he had other agendas.. to shift his stuff from Bristol to London where he's studying now. Rongx and I headed to Dan's place (which used to be a WWII hospital!!) to spend the night. Whoa his place is really scary la.. the corridors are dark and gloomy and the toilets are spooky wonder how he manage to live there haaa.
Rongxuan was begging to drink! Haha strange ah.. 2 bottles was what she challenged herself hahaa.. and she got what she asked.. Dan popped out his red wine and we drank through the night.. It was a nice night to drink.. coz it was drizzling outside and his room was nice and cozy and warm. Watched videos of Rach, Jiamin, Isaac and him in NY and listened to their recordings.. very nice! Whoa the killer was when he played the mp3s of Hwachong songs he sung with Wendy.. so sentimental and so nice.. nostalgic until can cry......
3 of us downed 1.5 bottles. Rongxuan was 'poisoned' by then haha.. so we hit the sacks.
Thanks to Daylight Saving Time (clocks turned back 1 hour) we had 1 extra hour of sleep! Particularly fantastic for me coz I didn't get to sleep much in Adel's place the night before. And the weather was superb! Sunny skies.. Dan said that was the best weather we could ever get in Bristol. So heng! So
hiao me happily popped in my contacts and donned my Oakleys! Whoa hardly get to wear oakleys here ok??
Bristol is a hilly hilly hilly place.. though it's just like any other UK city... except maybe near the sea the buildings look slightly different. Went to this suspension bridge which had a nice view of the river than ran through Bristol (and Bath). Interesting fact: lotsa wires around the bridge to prevent people from jumping off.. ha as suicide rates are high there. There're even Samaritan's Care signs to tell people... don't jump. Ask for help.
Lunch was at this little cafe where we had Sunday Roast. Again here's a little incident which proved my 英国人是笨蛋 theory:
We were there at around 12.20.. the sign outside the shop explicitly stated that Sunday roast would only be available from 12.30. Fine. 10 mins difference only wad. So I decided to order food 1st. After all, we were the only ones in the shop.
Me: Can I have 3 lamb roasts?Waitress: Sorry, lunch orders can only be taken at 12.30.Me: Well, that's like.. in 5 minutes time?Waitress: Yes.Me: (diao) Can I just place my orders first then? Since it's only 5 minutes. That would be 3 lamb roasts.Waitress: Oh no sorry. The machine won't start working till 12.30. Me: (wa lao 3 lamb roasts to hard to remember meh??) Ok, then can I have a coffee please.Waitress: Sure.So she made me mine (ok Dan's) coffee.. and I happily brought it back to our table. Put the coffee down and oh! it's 12.30!
Me: Can I order my lunch now?Waitress: Sure. What do you want?WA LAO! Faint on the spot.
Lunch was good. After which we just explore Bristol lor. Walk walk. Went to Dan's university which was supposed to be very nice but it was unfortunately under renovation. =( Walked all the way to the river front (even Daniel didn't explore that much of Bristol in his 2 years here) and went to the Bristol Industrial Museum.. which was it's last day of opening before closing down for renovations. Oh well.. but by then we were so tired of walking we just went in to sit down. Haha.
Went to this nice chocolate place for guess what? Chocolate. I had this potent chocolate drink which whoa.. kept me damn full! But we headed back to Dan's place to cook anyway. Remember last night's roast pork? Haha yah it was left outisde the window and just had to heat up! Natural refrigerator! Got vegetables and rice... nice simple dinner. We were saying can't imagine last time we all siao siao councillors now doing domestic stuff like gathering to cook and eat. Haha.
So by night it was bye bye to everyone. Coach to London then from London back to Leeds. Long bus rides.. but cheap mah. Haiyah sway I was sitting beside this fat lady so my whole 5 hours journey i only occupied half the seat. Damn. So uncomfortable.
Oh well.. it was a great weekend. One of the best weekends so far. As Rongxuan said, the places were so-so but the company was great. Whether in Singapore or overseas.. council has forged my best friendships. Really, 27th was the best thing that every happened to me =)
~oOo~chio rambled on [12:03 am] Leeds Time~oOo~
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