Homecoming

I'll be back home on 25 March, Sunday.

Await my arrival! :)

Leaving for London in less than an hour's time, to stay the night at Vincent's sister's apartment. Flying off the next morning.

Today we just heard the shocking news that Deanna's room got broken into and her laptop got stolen, while the group was out at Pitcher and Piano. Robber climbed through the tiny slot in the window to break in- must have been a really skinny person. All I can say is I'm so sorry for Deanna. Poor DeBird!!! On the penultimate day of term too. I hope the police catches him and then you'll sue him big time. Sigh Nottingham is indeed the crime captital of the UK.

Alrighty, gtg now..Easter break officially starts tmr.
Will touch down in Singapore soon! :)

Love you all,
Carol

Arch comes to visit (tour of Nottingham's University Park Campus)

More dancing daffodils

The lake with Trent Building in the backdrop

A sun-bathing Mandarin duck!

Future lawyers

Arch in notts

Arch comes to visit

Outside the Sherwood dining hall

Trent Building and the field of daffodils

By the lake and blossoms

Probably the best hall in the world

commitments

My Commitments

-Christian Union leadership team: Prayer
-Malaysian and Singaporean Society: Welfare Officer
-Law Student

Last night we had e elections for the MSS committee. I'm very touched and happy that all of my dearest friends from Sherwood- Fifi, Jenn, MauMau, Stef, Deanna, Chen, Jason, Raymond, Yifei, Vincent(HK) turned up in full force to support Vincent(Msia) and I.. :) I love you guys, thanks for all the support and encouragement!

Especially to Jenn "Jbird", Stef "Stepbird", Fifi "Chickybabe" who really helped me with my speech! Haha I had the best counsel, all the HK girls are seasoned debaters who take part in mooting competitions or in a leadership position. :) Jenn is really wonderful; she's running for President of the International Student's Bureau and I do hope she gets it- She does have what it takes! And her pep-talk really boosted my confidence and determination to achieve what I wanted. And Vincent, now the Vice President and Jason, who soothed my nerves by totally cracking me up with the things they said. lol!

Anyway, my position was the only one contested out of the 8 posts- I didn't expect that at all. Was also having a nasty headache, having not been sleeping well the last few weeks. Still, I prayed for strength and a clear mind to answer questions and God really did come through for me. Surprisingly, I didn't feel nervous at all and I could deliver what I wanted to communicate naturally.. :) The Q&A round was good too, although everybody was directing all the difficult questions at me rather than my competitor. My friends, not just the Sherwood peeps but seniors like Jon and Zijing told me I spoke and answered very well! Hehee praise the Lord!

I remember the last time I did something like this was 2 years ago during the Project Work assessment in college. Super stressful time.. I never thought I was cut out for public speaking, but Mr Hoe revealed to me the next day that the assessors told him that I answered a challenging question very well. I was very encouraged. Also ran for one of the slack positions in Dance Society in college but I met a couple of girls in the toilet who told me they voted me for President instead! Hahaha!

In all, I'm glad for experiences like this, where I'm pushed out of my comfort zone and stretched to fight for something which I'm not naturally inclined towards. It's great achieving something you put your mind to doing. Again, I have my Lord and my friends to thank for.. I couldn't have done it without you. :)

Congrats to Vincent too!! You'll do an excellent job, no doubt about that. Thanks for everything. :)

Hua Tuan Jing Cu

You know it's Spring when the flowers are out in full bloom.... :)

Snowdrops in Shropshire

Daffodils! Pockets of gold everywhere on campus

Petunias in London

Roses and tulips in my room

Sprightly Spring Days

A snapshot of leisure time in Nottingham

Ping Pong and pool after dinner in the JCR.

Players and spectators we have.

Spring days by the lake

Outside the lakeside cafe

loved

:)

Christian Union Leaders Weekend Away in Shropshire

The Sherwood crew- Sam, Pete, Me
Me with the Rutland team- Manny and Gwiz

Tired and bored- spent most of today cooped up in my room; am punishing myself for going out practically every single day for the last 2-3 weeks.

Life has been good though. I'm very happy, I love all my friends, especially those in Sherwood Hall whom I've been spending the bulk of my time with! Almost every night will be in someone else's room with a group of friends watching movies, eating dessert or drinking coffee. :)
I really treasure the friendships made here, very blessed to have a group of friends I can both trust, confide in and have fun together.

Stefanie's room- Party room/Night club, restaurant
Vincent's room- Cafe/Lounge, movie room
Maureen's room- Movie room
Fifi's room- Movie room

Had steamboat in Vincent's room last night and lots of delicious dessert!!!
Strawberries and vanilla ice cream doused with Bailey's Irish Cream, followed by Vienetta (ice cream with layers of chocolate). Mmmmmm :D

Sang Chinese songs (!!!) in my room with Fifi and then we went to view the moon eclipse outside, where the whole bunch of asians was to shang yue. Too cold outside, so we proceeded to the JCR to play pool and ping pong. :)

Good night I'm so sleepy...