Of Songs and Cheers and Flying Beers

The atmosphere was electric... the place was packed to the brim... there were songs and chants...

... and i was not at the stadium...

there i was ... singing and screaming as the goals went in ... chorus of songs were threw at each other as our fierce rival fans verbally sparred through songs and chants...

It was a crazy game... and i almost lost my voice... it would have been a great game at 4-2 ... but no... Arsenal had to threw it away...

At injury time the pub erupted at the injury time equalizer... (be thankful fellow Malaysian gooners back home as there're tons of spuds fans here)

People jumped on tables... everyone went absolutely crazy... and there were flying beers (thankfully not along with the glasses) What a game for the neutrals, what a game for the spuds... as for me... Absolutely GUTTED =(
It was a crazy atmosphere tho... had it not been a student pub there will definitely be a riot.

... And i can only imagine when i get to the stadium a week from now... =D


UPDATE: Pictures of my place the day after the snow can be found in this album:

http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h169/chronic_blade/UK%20%20Cambridge/Snowfall%20at%20Hatfield/

Snow in Oct... 0__0

I wasn't feeling well... too much juice, football, a pint of beer and no water is VERY BAD for the system... there i was in my room all gloomy and unwell... and then... Atifi called my extension... "IT'S SNOWING!!" I looked out my window and suddenly saw a blanket of white ... it was only hours ago that i came back to the room.

Grabbed, the camera and turned on "jakun-mode" and headed outside the hall. There was already an inter-hall snow fight. Now back in the room... everyone's msn message had the word "snow" or rather "SNOW" in caps in it.

White Christmas i've heard before.... White Halloween ? hmmmm... =/

Wonder if i can build a snowman tomorrow...

UPDATE: Posted videos in the same album as the Cambridge pictures!

UPDATE 2 : What a way to end the night as i pull up the covers and turned off the light... the fire alarm blared away... ARGRHRH ...

I'm either going to die in the fire or freeze to death... so... im not going to rush down. Took my time to get dressed and then made my way down. Thankfully too as i see people in shorts and t-shirt... standing in the snow... I was glad i had my jeans and hoodie on...

Jon goes to Homerton...

Went up to Cambridge for the weekend at Lukas's place.. great fun sight seeing, meeting his friends and CG members, visiting Eden Chapel... and.... *GASP* It's SNOWING! *runs off to take pictures and be all jakun and what not...


Cambridge pictures HERE : http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h169/chronic_blade/UK%20%20Cambridge/

It's a hot day...

It's actually feeling rather warm today... even feeling pretty hot at times if you're wearing a jacket.. which is rather surprising when its supposed to be mid-autumn... But since it's a hot day... cue...
ICE CREAM!! =D A rather big tub of chocolate, vanilla, fudge brownies, choc chip cookie dough goodness (a rather long name ... i know...) for 2pounds =D Ben and Jerry's for the price half of Baskin's tubs back in Malaysia...
INDULGENCE... =D

Snacks here in UK are such a treat indeed... oh i have to mention i got thai chilli chips too.. last week was lemon lime infused chips... which was great too...

...and yes im writing this to spite my siblings who will get extra portions of snacks from grocceries now that im not around =P

Trip to London...Or Rather Just Oxford Street

Well I've arrived to see this... Marble Arch... pretty self explanatory isn't it ? Took about an hour's bus ride from Hatfield to... i-forgot-what-road-but-its-near-Hyde-Park-Road... yeah...
And thats the bu... wait i DID NOT take that bus here... why did i take a picture of it then!? .. oh ... open top double decker... ooooohhhh... soo... facinating... wheels on the bus go round and...

Ice Cream anyone at 10c ? I actually wanted one tho... then again i wanted to prance around in the park too, that didn't happen...

Hyde Park, a place for all your prancing, forlicking, dance-around-trees, roll-down-the-hills goodness. Along with some football seen here..

Another view of the arch made from marble... me thinks...

"Meh! Marbles, Smarbles... " - Least thats what I look like when this photo was taken of me...

The Magic Marble Arch didn't take too kindly to what I said and promptly summoned the dark clouds and rain to fall upon us... =(

Argh! Rain!! Crap !! *Pause*... Hey look at those buildings!! ... Argh... Rain!!!



Hehehe NIKETOWN... *Rubs hands in anticipation*

This is the BEST VIEW OF ALL OF NIKETOWN =D THE BEST BOOTS ON DISPLAY!! (I took the other side but couldn't get past the beeper...)
Ronaldo and his pink boots... underneath all those carbon fibre are ballet shoes...

Mannequins came alive!! Debenhams converted their shop display and put on a musical i think to "Dream Girls" clever marketing... but clearly annoyed many brits walking on the already crowded street plus a rainy day... BAD COMBINATION...

Encounted with a very stunned squirrel who just sat there at my feet lost at what to do in my presence... SQUIRREL: should i roll over and play dead or what ?

Well that was Saturday... The next day i tried to cook on my own while Atifi was on her way back from London after spending the weekend with her friend.

Stir fried chicken with vegetables....

Well actually Atifi said it was ok... i have a thing for eating my own food so... ugh... when in doubt tho.. use lots of pepper! Sure did the trick..
HAH! I can make rice after all... and in a pot too!

Comfort food after my failure =P Atifi still think's they were ok... i don't know... she may have stomach of steel... This large Biopot yogurt thingy is so tasty tho... *yum yum* Lots of nice snacks here in UK hehe... i mean... they're good for you right ?

Gah... time to read up my materials to prepare for tomorrow's class... Still have to decide on what to do for my dissertation...

Btw, the word DISSERTATION alone...


The fact that is similar to a THESIS does not help either...

I'm terrified.

Alas... all good things must come to an end..

The weather that is... after all the nice sunshine, i finally experienced my first UK rain... or rather drizzle... all is good until the 24-30km/h wind kicks in...

It's getting colder now.. well actually the colder weather is way overdue as I'm told we're supposed to have autumn since September but we're still getting sunshine and good weather.

Then i stumbled on to this:

UH even exists in Second Life! I've got to get use to all this hi-tech stuff.. Lectures can be downloaded as podcasts, tracking assignments and handing it up no longer needs staff as it all can be done online or via the barcode scanning-then-submitting-it-system.. I've still to get use to all the features of STUDYNET, which is essential to my course and the progress. With news, updates, assignments all dealt with online.. i guess i won't be seeing anyone from the admin face to face for sometime.. I'm sure a lot of you have experience this studying overseas like in Australia, NZ etc etc.. so pardon me for my "just came out of a cave" syndrome. The worrying thing is now that im not as adaptive to technology as i use to be.. *cough cough* (old already..=P ) This is very overwhelming, getting worried about if i missed anything by not checking the STUDYNET or missed anything.. i guess i'll spend the whole afternoon today checking it out..

..After a couple of rounds of Team Fortress 2 that is =D

Still finding my feet playing football here too, (hey i get the 6 months adaptive period for all foreign players coming to England to play too right?) Been playing like crap the past couple of sessions.. must... push... on...

Oh btw, i met a player that looks like adebayor, plays like adebayor.. misses open goals like ade.. (lol) but boy he is GOOD .. i got nutmeg-ed by him like couple of times -___- crap.. and really makes a good target man. At this rate, i don't stand a chance at all to make even the 3rd team lol! Oh well, there's always inter-mural and social leagues outside =P Will just give it a shot and embaress myself anyways =P