Pictures... again... because im just laz.. *COUGH* BUSY..

Pictures tell a thousand words, therefore a couple of pictures should be enough for this post. Besides, people only scan around and not read thoroughly anyway so picture would be more effective...

Plus...

I've ran out of excuses.. =P


Outside my room on the corridor. My room is at the end, facing outwards. which is great because every night there's like some mini-drinking party going on outside at the entrance of my hall. Poor Atifi had to contend with the noise, a complaint should be filed soon i think should it go on..


And then there is the kitchen, with pretty much everything you need except perhaps.. food..

Oh someone brought food.. good. Breakfast served by Atifi, gobbled up by me =P

If you notice, students are expected to multi-task on a regular basis which include ironing while doing your work on the desk while cooking and reading the notes on the notice board.

And then we head out for the garden BBQ party...

Another nice sunny day which is beginning to feel odd as it supposed to be 1/3 through autumn already. I'm not complaning though.

Looks nice isn't it? Thats because 80% of the students have not turn up yet, then it got rather crowded...

All fun and games then..

More fun and games ... and more importantly... FREE FOOD =P

Friends from the Hope International Fellowship - Hope Church Hatfield. Thanks to Malaysian style corruption, i had extra coupons to get more free food and drinks =D (each person entitled to 1 drink and a choice of hot dogs, vege burger and beef burger) How was i to try all of them!? Here we're basking in the sun.. should have brought me shades... oh well, autumn around the corner... oh wait.. it IS supposed to be autumn since sept...

It seems most of the trees and plants in the campus and around the area have berries and what not... more of the fairy tale land stuff...

Back at the halls the next day.. there was a mini-concert in the park, or rather just outside the halls.. it's really stuff you see in the brochure.. people sitting on the grass having a bite or a chat... and you always thought they were all fake and staged photoshoots for the nice brochures to sell the uni.. well here it's for real apparetly.. or i have to ask them how much the uni pays them to sit there.. i wouldn't mind coming up on some brochures as well... but then the uni would likely freefall down the Times ranking then.

Hope to be playing some proper football soon... trials are coming up and i want to sign up to see where i stand. More info after i check out the Sports Fair and atheletic clubs on the 1st of Oct. Meanwhile... classes are somewhat confusing as i never have had to choose the slots for me tutorials.. feeling a little lost.. need... Malaysian...style... spoon...feeding.... =P

There's also lots of football social leagues i think from what i gathered so far.. from 11-a-side football leagues to 5-a-side and even 3-a-side.. from casual, intermural to university and social leagues.. lots of choices.. can i play all? =D

The football here is more street soccer ish.. there is not futsal.. the goals are short and wide like street soccer.. but somehow the Africans have no problem heading the ball into the net.. oh and the indoor balls are still soccer balls instead of futsal balls .. so ball control is essential.. well its great for people like me whose shot power is an equivalant of... nil ... so having a soccer..*sorry* i mean a size5 FOOTBALL would be easier to strike. Nice weather to run in provided it's not 10c and below.. but running and pushing myself competitively would yeild difficulty in taking in air due to it being so cold and dry.. a little getting use to... i hope i don't become a Reyes =P maybe i should have studied in Spain.. BUT NO, i will soldier on despite the difficulties i face.. and will use ... Jeremy's hat-trick and man of the match performance in last week's competitive league game as an inspiration...

=P

Fairy Tale Land...Pictures..

Here are some pictures to prove that the RABBITS ARE REAL!!

... and to show you guys around as well.

(finally getting internet connection in my room meant unloading all the things i want to do all at 1 shot.. should be sleeping soon.. although its 1142pm now. I usually sleep now by 11 latest.. usually around 1030 or 10 in fact.. and get up on my own around 8 or 730am.. healthy lifestyle ?? =P )






SEE THE RABBITS ARE REAL!! (These are roaming around on campus, it was rumoured that the population dwindled down abit at one point because the Chinese students started to catch them for dinner... well food is expensive in UK...tho i don't understand how rabbit population can dwindle with their known mating habits.)





How nice, shall we have a little garden party then ?

Oh yes.. my room..













The Galleria (The nearby Mall)


There's a nearby oriental shop.. guess what i found.. amongst other Malaysian stuff as well..



It's really fairy tale stuff for some areas, my accomodation is rather sterile tho like putrajaya lol. the other campus (College Lane) has more character.. granted my side has top notch facilities, college lane feels homely, and has rabbits =P and a field which is free to play in.. (the field on my side is rented due to its high quality-ness =P )

Oh.. and i found out London Colney (where Arsenal's training complex is) isn't far away, and that Arsenal Ladies Team train at my Uni.. must go.. to Emirates.. soon....

I'm off to bed.. sulking over the fact that the absence of internet has made me miss the wonderful display of Arsenal trashing Sheffield Utd in the Carling cup 6-0 with an average age of 19(Nvm, lucky i managed to download the game with uber highspeed broadband hehehe people still using streamyx- suckers... hehehehe XD). And with couple of english lads too. The futures bright, the future's red and white =D

[More pics to come when im not too lazy to post them again.. meanwhile.. just let me know what you like to see.. shud post up the map of my campus too hmm.. till next time then..]

Fairy Tale Land...

Flight from KL to Abu Dabi was ... really long indeed, pretty impressed with the facilities and service offered by Etihad Airways which left a good impression with me. Managed to squeeze in an hour of sleep in the end before the plane landed at Abu Dabi.

Meet up with 2 students from TOA (The One Academy) who were also going to UH(Hertfordshire). We had met during the pre-departure briefing. The four of us had a drink at the Cafe, then proceeded to board for the flight to London.
When i finally reached the campus.. after lugging around the baggage tossing it into the room, i proceeded to explode its contents before sorting it out and putting it in place. Then i went on a walk first to the Galeria for lunch, then to college lane.. then around college lane.. then back.. i think we would have clocked 3KM easily. Weather was great, clear skies, bright sunny day. This was what i had observed..

Ahh the fresh cool air...
Oh look a squirrel.
Look, a rabbit. (NO SERIOUSLY in the campus, it was running around)
Look, ducks swimming in the pond
Wild flowers and dandelions everywhere, with cosy cottage like houses how quaint and English. It was as if it were all pulled out from a fairy tale..
I had to check if the houses were cardboard cut outs.


At the pedestrian crossing traffic lights...
I pushed the button.
The sign with the words “Wait” lit up.
Within a minute the light went green and the cars slowed down.
THEY WORK!

More Jakun-ness to come..

Geek Talk

Well the laptop is finally here, so i guess perhaps some of you would be curious about the model i've got in my hands now..

Well, im sure someone would be interested? Anyone ?

...

*sound of crickets in a distance...*

...Right, some photos will do then.

It's a DV4t - 1039Tx

It's a 14.1" laptop

It's a ..

..I'm too lazy to go into the details.

If anyone is interested in this model or would like to know more i can post a user review. Or maybe i won't, but i will still tell you how it went for me anyways..

.. and no, i don't work for HP.