Bored

Well, classes are canceled this morning. So all the rush all the way to uni is all worth nothing.

So here I am, in the department’s computer room typing out this post and rotting here for the next 2 hours waiting for my Separation Processes lecture to start.

Lalala…

More Pictures!

Sorry guys. I guess I have pretty busy since the autmn semester started. I have classes from 9 a.m. all the way to 5 p.m. Well of course there’s break in the middle but the most is a 2 hour break for lunch so I guess I can say I’m pretty packed up like sardines.

Well, didn’t get to take a hellotta pictures but at least I have some to show.

Okay. So I’ll start of with my faculty.

This is the main entranace to the Engineering Faculty at Sheffield. The name is Sir Federick Mappin Building, located on Mappin Sreet. It houses the Mechanical, Civil and Electric and Electronic Engineering department. My department is behind this building in Sir Robert Hadfield Building which is a little more modern and taller than the Mappin Building.

Next is the church opposite Mappin building. It’s St. George’s Church. It now serves as a lecture hall and accomodation for postgraduates from the Engineering faculty.

Next is Firth Court. It houses the Medical Faculty and is smack right in the middle of the campus. It has giant Victorian halls and old classic themed rooms and lounges. The Vice Chancellor’s office is situated next to Firth Court, however, I couldn’t get a shot of it yet. So watch out for his office building pictures coming soon!

Then theres the city. Of course, a city in never complete without a city hall…

Then there’s the giant flag pole in the middle of the courtyard in front of city hall. Well, it isn’t a good shot but you’ll get the idea.

Oh, then there’s the doors of honour at the side of the hall where the crests and arms of the city and state is hung up above the entrace door. Looks pretty new though. But it’s still nice.

Well, there are more pictures but I guess I don’t have the time left. Will post more pictures if the time comes!

Guess What I Saw

Yesterday while walking back after shopping from The Moor through the city centre, I saw this!

Long isn’t it? We don’t see this so often back in Malaysia. Yesterday, I saw 2 of them! Pure white and super long. I wonder how does it feel to sit inside one of those. Maybe I could rent one for my wedding day! That would be great!

The Weekend!

Finally the weekend has arrived. This week was one very busy week indeed. Anyway, just to announce to everyone… The photos are in! As promised, although a little late, but being late is better than absent.

It’s sad to leave the family behind but sacrifices have to be made to achieve something that we want. There’s one saying that goes. “To get what you want most in the world, you have to give up what you wanted second or third.” Since I’ve left Malaysia, I do feel that this saying is very true indeed. Too true…

So, now I’m in Sheffield. Staying in a hall of residence under the university’s management which is very good indeed. No complaints so far except that my room lacks a table lamp but that’s sorted out already.

It’s an old mansion, with extensions made to it like the tower block, annexe and jonas court which are much newer than the mansion itself. I stay in the tower block. It’s older than the other 2 blocks but it’s still in good shape. Everything’s working fine although I have to admit that the lifts here are a little scary at first.

This is the corridor I’m living in. It looks scary in the picture but it actually isn’t. It brighter and the people here are very friendly too. Just leave your door open and whoever that you haven’t met passes through your door will drop in to say hello. Such friendly people.

My room door. I am terrible at taking pictures indoors. All of them look horrible and scary and spooky. Oh well…

So here’s the view of my room. The study table, the racks, the bed. I forgot to take pictures of the basin and the cupboard but nothing outstanding about that so I don’t think it requires any spot light on it.

A more close up view of my study table. It’s still pretty empty but I have 1 year to fill it up so by the time it’s time for me to move out, I think my table will be full of stuff. “Overflowing” with things. LOL.

So, here’s a sample view from my room window. Nothing much to see though. Although I envy Karen’s room’s window view. She got a view of a pond. And… it’s not just some boring pond. The pond has ducks and swans and all kinds of birds! So niceeee! Well I guess I just need to pop into her room more often to soak in the view.

I guess I will end here first. I’ll let all of you soak in the pictures of my room. Although there isn’t much to soak up.

I’m Officially Back

Hey hey hey!

I’m finally back and online. Now I feel totally connected to the outside world. These few days without my computer, I felt disconnected, not linked to anyone besides the people in my corridor. Talking about link, I saw a shop today named The Link. It was a mobile phone shop selling phones and sim cards.

Oh oh, well since now I have all the time in the world to say everything I want here, I can tell all of you everything I’ve experienced so far.

Number 1, the people here are nice. Very very nice. Compared to Malaysia people here will actually help people that they don’t even know. They will break out a sweat just to help you get what you want. In Malaysia, people don’t even care. If you’re lost, they offer their help. In Malaysia, you’re lost, that’s your problem. Here they hold the doors open for you when you’re approaching the door. In Malaysia, they just let the door slam into the person’s face behind them. Even if you do hold a door open for the person behind, not even a single thank you from the person. Over here, they thank you for everything. They hold doors for you even if you’re very far away.

Next is drivers. People here drive with courtesy. If they see you wanting to cross the road, they’ll stop for you to cross. Even if the traffic light shows green, they still stop for you to cross. Plus when the traffic lights turn yellow, they actually slow down and not speed up unlike Malaysia where everyone doesn’t want to wait for another round at the traffic lights. Another thing about cars, cars here are all small. I hardly see a BMW anywhere and since I got here, I only saw one Mercedes Benz. All the cars here are mostly 2 door hatchbacks. Of course mostly European makes but there’re many Toyotas and Hondas too. Hardly and Mitsubishis, Nissans or even Protons! Haha.

About pictures, I didn’t even have anytime to take and pictures. I have been running around the place so much that I forgot to take any pictures of interesting buildings or places. Don’t worry, sooner or later when I get settled in, pictures will come.

Tomorrow, I’ll be going down to the shopping areas so do some shopping for essentials. Oh I also just got my temporary mobile phone number. I got an O2 number. If you want to find out, I’ll email me and I’ll give it to you provided that I know you. LOL.

Anyway, it’s getting late. I’m still adjusting to the jet lag. If I were in Malaysia, it would be 4am right now. So it’s awfully late. But I’m slowly adjusting to the time. I can slowly sleep later and later. But the worse thing is I wake up every morning at 5am. I wake up even before my alarm sounds. So well, I guess I need more time. It’s late, take care everyone in Malaysia! Miss you all!

Day Three

Okay, today is day three of my stay in the UK and day three of my Intro Week.

The past few days was very very hectic in deed. Monday was in fact the worst day of all. I’ve never walked so much my entire life. I basically walked the whole campus on Monday plus I went to The Moor which is a pedestrian shopping area which is around 20 minutes walk away from the Engineering faculty. I think that day I walked a total of 2.5 hours. Very tiring day. Monday was actually registration day. We had to go to our department in the Engineering faculty at the end of the campus and then after that I have to walk to the middle of the campus 10 minutes away to the Octagon Centre for the welcome speech by the Pro-Vice Chancellor, Union President and the Director of Teaching.

Later we had to walk across the road to Firth Cout to get our registration forms. After that we had to walk all the way from Firth Court to the Goodwin Sports Centre which is the opposite end of the Engineering Faculty another 15 minutes walk from Firth Court. then we walked back to Firth Court to settle some bank stuff and so on. Well this is nothing, from my Halls of Residence, Halifax Hall, it takes 45 minutes to reach the Engineering Faculty. Luckily the journey campus is downhill but walking back is uphill and that’s the killer.

Oh btw, people here walk really fast. Too fast in fact. So normally in Malaysia a 45 minute walk will take me around 1 hour plus. It hard to catch up with my friends. The look like there in the walkathon every morning. But thank goodness it isn’t hot here so it’s still not bad as the sweat evaporates off the skin instantly.

I think I’ll continue about yesterday’s story another time. Iam chasing time right now. So next time. Taaa!~

Hello

Hello England.

Fyi, England is a superbly nice place to be in. The people here act more civilized and politely compared to you know where.

Currently, I have encountered an unfortunate problem. My computer is having problems accessing the university’s internet server. I guess I will have to use the computer labs to get online until I get this problem sorted out.

So, hang in there. Hope the problem will be solved by tomorrow.

Goodbye

Goodbye Malaysia…