Well, if you still dont know, im back from england =)

If you can infer, then you'll know that i did miss my sunny island Singapore. Well, mostly its the food. THEY FREAKIN DO NOT HAVE CHILLI SAUCE THERE!!! How is that even possible??? they are definately deprived! =( thank goodness some of my fellow trip-ersss, brought chilli sauce, that includes, Zul (Casanova), Vanitha (Mrs Left) and Sue ( =) smile bugger). LOL. So i wasnt totally deprived of all things good and spicy BUT! i totally miss chicken and beef! =( We actually missed an opporunity of eating kebabs at Bath. Having my first bite of chicken on my return flight, was absolutely heavenly! =D All the malays were just like, "I cannot wait to eat Chicken" whilst we were on the last day. HAHAHA.

But england wasnt all that bad.. Let me get into details.

The country once, one of the leading powers in the world, do not seem to have such a stature anymore. Sadly, many of their citizens, seem to not have pride in their country of them. Especially with the EU's pressure to make England just like many other European countries. Fortunately, England is still able to keep some sense of its individuality. For example using Sterling pounds instead of Euros.

But nevertheless, this country gave me an insight to the other side of the world. The different buildings structure, the inspiration poets and dramatists had, their culture, their way of life.

I shall not go into details of how each city was like, but in summary, the people there are indeed very freindly. For example, its a wonder, how our guides could withstand the cold, and yet have a smile upon their face and tell us stories of the places. And oh, how they dress! Particularly in London. They are so use to the cold they can wear tights and minis and maybe a layer of shirt then a jacket (UNBUTTONED!) while we had 3-4 layers to wear and still were feeling the cold! YELPS! LOL.

About the buildings, they are different from Singapore (DUH). Well, back then, they had thatch roofs, like straw room, and these were good cos it kept the warmth in and the roofs were steep because it had to quickly run off the water so it wont sep into the house. However, after the great fire in London, thatch roofs were BANNED. so thats why they have tiled roofs now. But, like Shakespeare's Globe theatre, some buildings were able to keep their thatched roofs.

Speaking about the Globe theatre, its is great i tell you. Can you jsut imagine, once, shakespeare would come and conduct his plays here. Its amazing.

Of course, when i talk about inspiration, i meant, the places the poets grew up in. For Shakespeare, in Stratford. Stratford was nice, and we had a hotel there too, which is a good change! =) Anyhow, all the coach rides,, instead of studying, like what i had planned, i was either sleeping or looking out at the scenaries outside. Their green pastures stretched out just like the sea when youre in the shore. You just cant see the end. And there were sheeps, cows lovely, love meadows. Picture perfect scenes! Sometimes, when it was dark (after 4.30), and i would look up at the sky, i would wonder, if MumDad were looking up at the very same skies. Of course, technically its impossible cos, my MumDad would be asleep cos it would be 0030h in the morning in Singapore! HAH! you can tell i missed my family, but i wasnt really homesick, after all, i do lovee ENGLAND!

Their culture... hmmm.. they put their trays away after eating at the fast food restaurants, they expect their tables to be clean when they want to be seated on it, so the previous user must also ensure that the tables are cleaned. Also, they stand on the right of the elvators while the left is for the poeple who are walking up the elevator. there were a few times i forgot, and PeiBao will be like "err.. syuhrah, you have to stand on the right." MY BADDDD! HAHA.

So, now about the people who i learnt to call my friends. Most of us were pretty new to Europe. So, we were all excited. I met new freinds both J1 and J2. I absolutely admire Cassandra, the then house captain of Sagitarius. Shes always so positive and animated. And she gave tips on how to do revision and the various way she revised. Im so thankful. Then form the J1s, i made freinds, with 2 Afiqah, Wen Jia, Joey, Charles, Kevin, Vanitha, Rekha. OHHHHHH, hostel life rockss man! We'd all be crashing each other rooms. Usually for me, i'd crash Sue's and Esther's room. And, smetimes, PeiBao's room when we got separated. And sometimes, Vani's and Rekha's room and of course the 2 Afiqahs. SOOOO MUCCCCHHHH FUNNNN CANNNNN! =D We'd be eating spicy instant noodles and maybe watchteevee at the lounge rooms, soemtimes, trying to create poems (which were our "homwork") or playing taiti and BLUFF! I learnt to play Taiti with Khairul's help! YEY. And i got to talk to Amin a little too on our flight back. Hmm... Some of them, above 18 were also drinking once the teachers left us be. =X It was a little scary cos, some of them would have red faces after drinking. Pedro seriously looked drunk one night. I was jst afraid of being puked on. Pedro is King of Taiti please! HAHA. He kicks ass all the time! Oh, they played Taiti so much, that they created Taiti Magistrate. LOL. And supposedly, Amin, Zul, Khairul and Charles, Cassandra and i think Pedro were part if it. And since, Esther came in later she had to "pay a sum of money to join!" HAHAH. Damn funny, and they even had an application form. HAHA, just kidding!

But, packing everything into your bag sure isnt easy and lugging it all over the place. And the more places you go, the more souvenirs you get, so, the more difficult it is to pack! HAHA. Not that i got a lot, thanks to how expensive the lfestyle is there. The cost of living there is 3 times it is living here! so, after a while, i just stopped multiplying everything by 3 course, if i did that, i wouldnt have bought ANYTHING. HAHA.

Well, you might be wondering why there are no pics, i brought, 2 memroy cards, and guess what? i lost one of them. Ive not told my dad, hes going to kill me. OMGOSSHHH. Like last night, was so nice and warm with the welcome i got from the family, then i realsied my memory card was missing! =( but i have the pics from Stratford onwards. So, i'll post them up soon.

Oh, the plane touched down, 10 minutes from 8. And by the time i got out to see my family waving at me... HAHA, it was 8.40pm. We got back home, my mum had ordered Pizza and before that, i was unpacking and giving out all the souvenirs. I think they were all pretty happy about it.

then, thanks to my fever, dad said it was form jet lag) i went to bed at 11.04 after popping Panadol, and slept for slightly over 12 hours cos i woke up 15 minutes to 12pm. The horror, but i counted it and realised it was 4 am England time, so maybe it was jsut my circadian rythm?

Well, i had a nice suprise when i woke up, cos my mum was cooking sambal prawn!!!!! oh, looooovvvvveeee. Did i say i missed England? HAHAH. I sms-ed dad and told him how i missed sambal prawn.. and voila, my mum cooked it for me! Oh, how nice. Unfortunately, my stomach was not not doing too good, still had no appetite, but i still ate, jsut not as much as i usually did. It was nice to wake up on my bed again.

Hey, its not always greener on the other side.

this was the poem i wrote on my second assigment. i have no title for it then, and i still dont now. So you can name it anything.

Orange form the street lamps
Red from the car headlights
Accompanied by the silence of the night,
and the never-ending streets.

Entering into the lives of
Shakespeare, the Brontes and the Romans
having an impact to this day
statues, memoirs, buildings, i saw.

For no country has astonished me this way
Every building has a story to tell
Every person has a light-hearted laughter
An opportunity, experiencing the life of
Shakespeare and the Brontes.

As i sit on this bulging luggage of mine
A piece of coal, postcards, gifts galore!
And the moment i step onto home
I'll be counting down the days
till im in England again.