Flew from Changi Airport, transiting at Dubai, and then to London. Feels nostalgic because it reminds me of how I departed the first time of London, especially at Heathrow, the corridor where I first walked past, the customs, everything looked the same, just that I was not lining up at the first-time students queue anymore. Gosh, how time passes by.
Bumped into Kenneth when I alighted at Earls Court Tube Station. Found my way to our new place. My room was still empty! Thanks Kenneth for helping me move my things from the senior's place to our flat! Really appreciate it.
Moved furniture and cleaned my room for the whole of Sunday. I practically assembled my room from scratch!
I was so happy with the new place. It's strategically located next to Earls Court, where all the food are found, and also 5 minutes away from the Sainsbury that I always shopped at. I used to walk 20 minutes carrying heavy groceries back to my hall, and now it feels great to be able to save the trouble.
South Kensington is really dead, now I have seen Earls Court. No food, no stores, nothing. No wonder I used to have a bad impression of UK food. Not anymore! Maybe I can even stay near to Chinatown/Oxford Street next year!
The construction of Eastside hall is completed. Reminds me of the days where the construction noise wakes me up for the day to get ready for school. No need for alarm clock. Now my room faces a backyard, which gets creepily quiet at the night. Nevertheless, I enjoy this. Peace and quiet has always been my thing.
A fresh start of the term greets me with newly refurbished lecture theatre RSM2.28, which is now much brighter, yay, but lower seats, which make a tall guy's back ache everytime after a lecture. LOL
Lectures are geting tougher by the year, and I just got my Mechanics Deisgn Project, which is to design a transfemoral prosthesis aka artificial knee for amputated victims in India. One of the more interesting modules of the year.
However, the thing that keeps me looking forward everyday is Japanese lessons! Its the most fun, most interesting, and most awake lecture I have ever had! I managed to learn to read and write Hiragana so far, but there is still so much more to learn! So exciting! Asian/Oriental stuff appeals to me more, as usual. ^^
Sometimes I think whether I made the right choice by going into chim chim sciences/engineering stuff. I feel like I am losing my interest in Science when it comes to abstract ideas like modern physics or computing protocols. I used to love Science/Math so much in A-Levels, its the simplicity and the ability for me to relate them in daily life thats sustains my interest in all these subjects. Now Japanese is the one doing it.
There is something dampening my interest in learning what is being taught. Is it the university education system ? Or the British education system? Or the lecturers' accents which I sometimes find hard to understand? Or the abstract content? I really dont know.
On another note, Hanyang, YiJet, Ting Yu and me went to Oslo, Norway during the 2nd weekend! No one cant resist the temptation of a 16pound return flight to Oslo, so I skipped my last Solid Mechanics tutorial on Friday, just for the trip. Will post more pictures up soon!
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