The Chronicles of 2006- Part III

alas, i set foot onto camb. everything seemed surreal; it was the disbelief that something that i had been looking forward since i sent in the application form a year ago had realised. i did not harbour any expectations of the place; i came with an open mind to embrace the new environment.

30th September

- arrived at camb in the morning.

picturesque magdalene when the tree still had green leaves. view from basing.

had helpful cumsa mom and dad to help me settle in. attended the first cookout in camb at churchill.

Fresher's Week

- matriculated after taking a photo in front of the Pepy's library, signing some forms in the buckingham room and attented the matriculation dinner- the first formal in camb.

- attended social activities organized for the freshers

inter-subject sports day at jesus' green

- got lost a couple of times

generally, i was so confused that i was just being dragged around. the way the college bombarded us with information was actually pre-empting what was to come when term starts...

Michaelmas

time past just so fast here that it really doesn't matter which month or week it is.

besides attending lectures, supervisions and practicals, i managed to find time to

- attend a dance audition and failed for the first time.

almost everything in camb is worldclass. except the efficiency of the banks- a month to set up a bank account and FIVE WORKING DAYS to clear a cheque??!

- join the cell group named 'higher ground'

- go to oxford to meet kristin

kristin

suprise! met amy from hc!

with melissa on the stairs outside christchurch's dining hall where a scene of harry potter's taken

me in christchurch's dining hall

- join mandy's dance class

- go sight seeing

graduation in front out senate house

selwyn college, if i'm not mistaken

queen's college

- experience thec hange in season and the 'turning back of time' when the summer time ended on the last sunday of october

leaves on the wall turning red

i turned up in church an hour early for service. upon finding the door locked, i thought they must have implemented the policy to lock out late-comers.

and i couldn't believe the sun set at around 5 pm that day that i kept checking my clock to ensured that it hadn't stopped. i was so unused to the new time that i slept at 7 that day.

nowadays the sun sets at 3.30pm.

view from my window at around 5pm

- see fireworks at midsummer commons on guy fawkes day

yilun, yifan, jit ern, jia yi, jinyang

the best fireworks i have ever seen.

- send my laptop to warwick for repair and wrote 'angry' emails to get it back

- attend a couple of formals

taken during christmas formal with the occupants of basing house: ashok, jinyang, christina, angel. arun

- brace the cold winds and darkness to cycle to west cambridge site for physio supervision every thursday

and

- how can i exclude cookouts? =)

nat sci cookout

magd-queen's cookout

thus, the michaelmas term came to a close. unbelievable, considering the amount of work we had done (or supposed to have done) and how fast time has gone by.

and it's unbelievable too how i have stay awake the entire night, not even dozing off a little, to write this chronicles of 2006 trilogy. i started writing at around 9pm on 23rd dec 2006, and finished at 6.30 am on 24th dec 2006. nine and a half hours to compile an entire year's worth of events, pictures and thoughts!

anyway, it's christmas eve already! have a blesssed christmas! =)