When The Clock Hit 12

UK: Saturday (110910); 1715 hours.

Birthday surprise my flatmates and another three friends gave me when the clock hit 0000 hours on 7th September 2010.

I never knew that was coming, seriously. Was so touched!

See how sneaky they were; using the alarm thing to tempt me out of the room. But I thought they were fooling around and when the alarm didn't stop I thought it was MY ROOM'S FIRE ALARM. Sheesh.

They couldn't get any candles but instead made a 'M' on the cake using Kit Kats. Aww..

Here's the girls - Yoke Chin, Hannah, Hui Bin, Me, Chen Ling and Shwen.

The guys - Yan Zhang and Chong were too shy.

Thanks for everything! Especially the lovely chocolate cake. Yummies~

PS: Boyfy's birthday (120910) in Malaysia now , so HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :)

My Birthday!

UK: Friday (100910); 2125 hours.

Okay here's my post about my birthday! :D

Preparing food:

Shwen & Chen Ling.

Yoke Chin.

Shredding carrots.

Preparing tortilla wraps.

Done~

After putting them in oven for few minutes - Ta da!

Chicken rice with mushrooms and Chinese sausages by Shwen.

Wedges by Cheryl, Sharon & Kang Hong.

F-awesome fruit salad by C, S & KH.

Mashed potatoes by Hannah and Yan Zhang.

Yummeh potatoes by See Mei & Kar Choon.

FOOD~

Maggi goreng by Maple.

Black pepper spaghetti by Jean, Jes, Steph & Carrine.

Tom yum pasta by Wen Lin.

Oven-baked marinated pork by Thomas.

And then it was makan time!

Nom nom nom nom~

Sharon and Cheryl.

Keith and Chong Yuan.

Thomas, Jes, WL & KC.

Another shot with Carrine.

Keith, Jean & Maple.

With Carrine and Steph.

Okay this is weird. I'm the birthday girl but I'm not in all those pictures. :/

With Sharon, Cheryl dear and CY.

With Fatt.

Hannah, Yoke Chin, See Mei, Kang Hong, Chen Ling, Hui Bin, Shwen and Yan Zhang.


Two buffed dudes made me feel skinny. Lol.

With Keith.

They made me give a speech. -_-

Make more wishes..

Lemon Cheese Cake.

Thanks Maple!

Stress~ So difficult to divide into 22 portions.

In the end looked like this. -_-

No difference from that of the mashed potatoes leh.

Group pichaaaaa!

Went crazyyyy~

Wanna thank Maple for organizing this makan thing and everyone else for making it such a memorable birthday for me in the UK.

LOVESSS. <3


More pictures when I get them. And some videos too! :p

People In The UK

UK: Wednesday (160610); 1725 hours.

It was just my third day in Sheffield, and I already observed some differences between people here and those back in Malaysia.

Just before I walked to uni yesterday, the 'rubbish men' (or so we call them back in Malaysia) came to the dormitory to collect the rubbish.

This is the way they do it.

Come to think of it, if Malaysia had this system, it may not work either. That's because the majority of the people (if not all) have the tendency to throw their garbage OUT of the garbage cans. -_-

Even as I walk on the streets of Sheffield, I hardly see any rubbish around. There will be someone walking around, with this thing that looks like a long garbage picker to collect those they see along the street. In Malaysia, people (majority again, if not all) will just throw as they walk thinking, "It doesn't matter, there will be people who will pick them 'cuz they are paid to do it." This is very true, as I myself did it before. But that's how it goes back home, no? Nowadays, I try very hard to find a garbage bin as I believe that to keep a place clean, people should co-operate and not have the "tidak apa" attitude. Hmm, I wonder when are people gonna have the same thinking like I do.

My £3 (RM15) Fish & Chips.

As I had my lunch in the uni's cafe, I realized this:

I presume they are lecturers and staff of the uni.

And there they were, sitting in the same compound as the students do, eating and chatting away. This is something very rare back at home. Teachers, lecturers, tutors and staff will be eating away in another special room allocated for them, enjoying their food in the air-conditioned room, while we sweat away in the stuffy and packed canteen/cafe. Veryyy nice! Sometimes I just don't understand why we need to practice this superior and subordinate relationship all the time.

Lastly, again during lunch, I saw this girl who came around and wiped the tables. With her, she carried along a towel (duh~) and a small pail containing soaped water.


Then she wiped, wiped and wiped the table with much erm, I don't know how to say this, enthusiasm? She made sure to wipe the bits and pieces of food off and that the table was clean enough for another person. I'm not sure if it's just her or do the others do the same as well. But I was really suprised!

First, people at home don't carry a small pail containing water (or soaped water) around with them. The cloth that they used, will probably be used to wipe 10 different tables, without washing. Even if they washed it, it's just plain rinsing. Ends up, a white cloth would be black and yet they will be using it to wipe tables. Disgusting!

Second, the table is wiped just for the sake of doing it. Like, what's the point of wiping a table clean if the cloth was dirty and oily? Wiping the table would probably make it even worst. Gosh. As I type this I feel very disgusted already. I think I should stop now because I'm gonna have dinner soon.

Chao!


P/S: When I say people back home, I don't mean ALL of them. It just applies to certain ones.