i'm back!!!! had loads of fun there. the place is so beautiful the building like very ancient very unique the skyline at night very nice.the weather is so nice u dun feel hot at all. it's so cooling but too bad it never snow. i guess the food is ok but got a bit sianz. always sandwiches. for lunch it was always wholemeal bread with egg mayo and toast bread with bacon and chess an apple and a banana. ate this like for so many days until sianz. and oso subway for 2 days.
we went to Dale Fort FSC to do some bio stuff. it made learning chi square test and t-test more useful cos able apply it to daily life. learnt bout the tides and also bout exposed and sheltered shore.
the lst day,we went out to count the no. of purple top shell. and in the afternoon went out to the seashore to calculate the relative abundance of animals in a quadrant i didn't even know there were so many living things on the seashore usually won't bother to look down and turn over the rocks. the water was super cold. i think everytime we step we kill dunno how many thousands of animals. we had to look a dicotomous key and identify the organism that we found.i think we'll remember if we find out for ourselves wat the thing is.i thought looking at pics would be much easier. i really learnt a lot more about field studies.
The 2nd day we went to measure the shell of rough periwinkle using vernier calipers and in the afternoon we went to calculate the no. of squares the organism appear. the rocks were quite steep and were diff to climb so my group didn't climb all the way to the top.the tide was coming in and cos i never tucked my jeans in my wellie so it got wet and it was cold when walking back to the FSC cos we went to Jetty beach. the walk was quite long.that night the heaters were spoilt and we had to walk to another block to bathe and we were like contemplating whether to go there cos it was co cold and who would want to go out and experience the cold after a bathe.
we went for a long trek on the 3rd day. it was super tiring and very muddy and slippery i even fell a few times lor so unglam and thanks goodness for the wellies u can jus totally step into the mud and not feel anything. we walk from sunrise to sunset. our boots turned from green to brown man. it was like walking to nowhere cos it's jus vast planes of land. everytime the guide stop to turn around then i would think that we were reaching soon but everytime the guild would just continue on walking. the scenery was spectular cos we were like facing the open atlanic ocean( if i remember correctly)and got cliffs. thanks for all the help that the guys offered on the way cos i never ever walked that long before man. i feel that it would be just like a normal walk if we can't even slow down to enjoy the scenery. it was quite meaningless to just keep walking and not explaining the things that were along the way. it's not the end that matters. it's the process that counts. like i can just walk anywhere wat but it's diff cos it's not wat we usually see. we were like taking photos of everything(even lifts and the tube la can) cos it's not something that we usually find in singapore. there were like sheep and horses were super nice. lunch we were like facing the atlantic ocean to eat super windy and so cold but i was so tired i was just glad that i coul sit down. the guild oso rushed us like haven't rest enough then he ask us to move already. when we reach the village there was like no one there and i think the place is so quiet, restful, peaceful, serene and tranquil. There is really nothing much to do. the day is so short by bout 4p.m. the place is totally dark like our 8.pm
the 4th day we went to the schoool. the 1st thing i notice was that the people have very nice feature and are very tall. and they wear makeup to school. i can't imagine how long the spend preparing before going to school. they look so much more mature lor. we mange to talk to the students there and it's really quite diff from here it's so much less stress and they get to do field studies and it account for half their marks for that modules. the bio pratical was quite interesting. even though it was a topic we've done many time but still the experiment was conducted in a diff way. the people there dunno where Singapore is. they're like so curious. then they're like questioning us. i feel like we're being interrogated man. some people thought that we were Japanese and greeted us konichiwa and asked us if we folded origami. i guess everywhere we went we attracted stares especially Zach. he looks so gentlemanly and posh with his burberry and Armani exchange jackets and to die for dimples can so deep. the people there were quite open and came up to him to ask him whether they can take a photo with him. the teachers were very friendly almost like the friends of the students can joke with them. the prefects were good host and they brought us around the whole school to look around. it's quite cool. their chem dept is the best. at diff places they have diff dept like geog hist music religious studies maths chem physics. they also have their own common room quite exclusive cos their class is very small mayb onli bout 8 ppl. the indoor sport complex was quite cool it was like a giant balloon and u can play about almost any sports indoor super cool but inside it was also super cold.
the 5th day we went to oxford and finally it was R&R we went sight seeing the universities there veri nice. got very long dining tables then the place a bit dark dark then got the organ playing in the background quite creepy right? the pics of the founders are oso hung up on the wall. veri ancient and kinda of mysterious feel. it gives a very grand and spectacular like palace kinda of feel.they filmed many Harry Potter movies scenes there oso. we did some shopping there bought loads of chocolate my favourite dark chocolate yummy the feeling of the chocolate melting in your mouth. funny how we all were seperated but in the end we all somehow ended up in b.k for dinner. so after that we moved around in a group which was more fun. the shops there close quite early bout 6p.m. we stayed at the travel lodge in oxford. it was the nicest la. got tv and own toilet super shiok quite luxurious the sofa was veri comfy but onli for 1 day. then it was like onli 2 ppl in a room so quite exclusive.
the 7th day we travelled to u.k. it was quite short compared to the 6 hrs bus ride to wales and also to oxford man. i guess the world is very big. we're like always caught up in our own world. like ppl emoing and onli caring bout themselves like the whole world revolves around them. y can't they c that they're not the onli ones facing probs. we all have prblems. the solution is not to run away from them but to just face up to it and not wallowing in a corner crying how miserable your life is. we all have studies, relationship problems not onli u. y some ppl just can't c tat i really dun understand. it onli goes to show how immature and self centred u're. some ppl just do that to attract attention man. london is really city life man. there was so much more diff kinds of ppl there.cos the ppl in oxford are mainly students. we went to the tower of london veri cool. the diamonds on the crown very pretty super sparkly can. like all the towers got history 1 lor. rich heritage. the ravens seriously look like crows la but they're held in high esteem in the royal family.after that we just sat on the bus and travelled around london. and got off to take pics at some church ( think it's st james should be) and oso at the palace go visit the queen. the gates and the fountain super nice.forgotten half the stuff the guild was talking cos she was like just pointing out places to us and it was like some was on the other side of the bus quite hard to see.after that we went back to the youth hostel. we were like trapped in the lifts with our luggages la. once in a lifetime experience. trapped in a lift in london.their lift never maintain 1 ah. luckily it was with other people if not it would b quite scary alone and also there was light so not so bad and we were like bored so we were like taking pics inside and having fun being drama and screaming. after that we needed to discuss bout the next day which was free and easy. the discussion went nowhere cos some ppl wanted everything.
the next day we set off early in the morning. the shops weren't open yet so we went to marks & spencers to do some food shopping haha lolx bought loads of biscuits and chocolates. carried until my hand nearly broke and my back was aching. thanks for offering to carry it for me but i bought them and should be carrying them myself. it's my responsibility. i shouldn't burden anyone. it's my own problem. after that went shopping around covent garden bought quite a lot of stuff. it got quite crowded in the afternoon so i'm glad we managed to see the stuff in the morning not so packed. the market got quite a lot of artsy stuff and got a lot of chinese stuff. the people were quite nice cos the M&S plastic bag which i paid 5pences for broke and the people actually gave me plastic bag to contain my stuff. i think in Singapore that won't even happen. super nice. they helped a complete stranger. after that we went to the museum super cool can the building very nice very ancient kinda of feel. got so many things got no time to finish. after that we went to harrods where the christmas lighting was so beautiful. the egyptian hall super cool felt like i was in Egypt momentarily. ms Wong treated us to krispy kreme doughtnuts yummy. after that we went to leicester square to get dinner. we didn't want to eat B.k so we walked around in the cold finding food but all the food around the same 1 lor. all kebabs and pizza. the tube was like super crowded i guess they face the problem of overcrowding and overpopulation too. i guess that wat usually happens in the city where every1 flocks to.everywhere i looked there was ppl it was getting quite frustrating. the last night we stayed up the whole night to play the saboteur and miner game and oso bridge
the next morning, the day of departure it was so cold in the morning there was even ice in the ponds.i packed all my jackets in my luggage i was all prepared to go home. i onli had a tee and a jacket that was quite thin can onli be used in Singapore air con. freezing cold. we went to lillywhites super big sports shop got like 5 levels i think selling super cheap sports apparels.
P.S go to facebook if u bother to look at the photos that i took. that's all i have.
