works

Just gt a worksheet for organic chem. I'm fucking in ox when I saw the que. We haven't even learnt all those stuffs. BS.

My coursemate is happy tho cz finally she gt something to do as she hasnt gt a laptop and she just gt a phone maybe yesterday. Then she didn't go clubbing. Must be seriously bored. Well, need to grab a txtbook from the library before it runs out. Btw, meeting the tutor is quite intimidating too.

'You need to work hard. Of course uni life is nt all abt work... but u do need to work hard. really hard... It's all abt balance but u need to work hard.'

Yes I knw I have to work hard. She's kind pulang. Then she kept on saying hw busy and out-of-control it would get starting from Week 4. I find it funny sometimes, mcm mau chuckled ku. lol~~ I'm still that happy-go-lucky guy.

Partyyyyyyy

Another club night. This is effing amazing. UV Bubbles. The club was so fucking packed towards the end. Someone, presumably my friend, elbowed my nose. So fucking hurt. Then after that, I pushed everyone away while dancing to protect myself. My ears are still ringing. Couldn't hear well.

Before going to the club, I went to an informal classical univ concert at the Master's Lodge and drank two glasses of champagne. Then I went to my friend's room to drink about one shot of vodka (I drank from the bottle) then half a mug of Absent (nt quite sure hw u spell it) solution. So fucking disgusting cz we didnt have sugar. Taste like mouthwash.

That got me really heated up literally I only wore a T-shirt and walked 20 min to the club without sensing the coldness. I think we reached at 1030 then we went back at 2am. Had two shots of Apple Sour in the club. I like it, mcm juice. Grabbed a burger otw back.

And otw back, it's like so crazy. So many freshers from so many colleges came out from a few clubs. The street just went crazy with shoutings, singings bla3. I sang too hahahah~~~ So this's the legendary night life of ox.

Then I had to wake up at 915 cz there was a radcliffe science library induction. So freaking sleepy.

Yohannes and me

Allie and Jack

Someone and Owain and me

long dayssss

Just to clarify my previous post, the 'friendliness of the new international students' means the other international students r nt that friendly. It's not the ppl here acting unfriendly towards me.

I have been mixing arnd with the ppl here only, rather than my initial aim of mixing arnd with msian and sporean. I've met them only yesterday in the international student induction programme. Gawt, finally, I've heard that familiar 'english' accent. Quickly gt their names and phone numbers and added them in fb, as well as hk ppl. Desperately getting friends at that moment. They totally acted like ppl who have gone into ox much more than the british/ westerners. no offense and peace!

I've gone to the club and it's totally awesome. I've gt myself, or the other guys gt me, two shots of something and two cocktails called 'sex on the beach' and 'woo-woo'. I think it's spelled so. Yea, and I get myself so tipsy or maybe wasted. Good night. We headed back at 1am.

I'm gonna go to another clubbing on wed, when at the same time held the univ music concert, which is, I assume, a classical one.

Freshers' week so far have been some big and long days. I couldn't even find myself time to stay in my room. I've done so many things which are completely out of my hands. wtv, fuck it. ............................. I signed up for rowing club with my friend, Luke.

A small group of us decided to walk arnd ox. It's kinda fun, coz we acted like tourists, but only with access to everywhere, as we hold the ox card-the bod card.

Finally after visiting so many colleges and walking arnd the town, I feel like I'm in ox. And especially when I went in the BOD library and Radcliffe camera (another library). Fucking awesome. The security measures at the entrance are as close as in an airport. And the books there are awesome. Ancient and massive. No photography allowed. Too bad!

Exeter College

The Bridge of Sigh (with construction)

The Bod Library (those r my mates)

Me and Luke

Radcliffe Camera

fresher in univ

I've just bought the sub-fusc (gown, hat, white bow tie). Great! Meeting the tutor a few days later in the gown.

Met a number of guys who r not into football.

Met a number of guys who r not into clubbings.

But I'm going to the clubs for the purpose of socialising, which might be a mistake.

My college sucks in the aspect of friendliness of the new international students. But in other aspects, it's totally awesome!

So yeah, the 'guys' I mentioned above are british.

My course mates turn out to be a british, an estonian, a cyprus-ian, and me a bruneian.

I'm fucking alone here.

I'll just go with the flow. Wtv. Don't wanna make any tough decision at the moment.

last day in brunei in summer break 09

I went to Li Gong and have the all you can eat. Ok only nia, but so expensive...

Sad man rimba ppl, 3 straight nights of blackouts. Apparently it's due to some flaw in the fuel system, which is still under more investigation.

'Our national reputation is at stake...' How true!! Blackout in bandar and so many parts of Brunei-Muara district and a few areas in tutong and belait districts.

A paradox as the civil service and BSP are coming to celebrate some anniversaries.

Restaurants and shops are forced to close; their food stocks and frozen products are in troubles; people trapped in the lifts bla3.

And... kalimantan, can yur people stop creating hotspots, even though I knw it's for yur food supply, but it's so hot and stuffy like 'omg, i cnt describe this feeling.' The sweat just couldn't evaporate at 38 degree celcius. Then u guys warn us countries not to present this matter in the UN general assembly.

blackouts

Yesterday, 28/9, my place aka Jangsak, beribi, gadong, kiulap, rimba and maybe other places have all suffered from a massive blackout that stretched from around 8pm to 2am. Effing bullshit. Jerudong and bunut didnt kena, which is just a few metres from my hse. So unlucky!!

The slight haze then shot up the uncomfy feeling that was brought by the already high temperature and humidity to a whole new level. I couldn't sleep. And there was an effing mosquito.

Then just nw, 29/9, another blackout occured, but in a weird way. Along the road, there were a few places with blackout but some not. From above, it might look like a checker board, alternate black and white. It affected rimba and some parts of gadong.

The man responsible will be in some deep shit troubles. I haven't read the papers abt the cause yet.

27/9

I've witnessed so many chinese traditions that I read in a book or watch in the TV regarding chinese weddings. Some woke up at 6am to 'jiap xim niu'/ 'welcome the bride'. I couldn't be bothered to 'jiap' so I just went to the broom's hse and waited for the new weds to arrive that was accompanied with the thunderous continuous chinese firecrackers exploding.

Bla3 need to 'pong teh'/ 'serve the tea (to someone)'. The new weds' uncles and aunts have to drink the tea served by the new weds. Then photo sessions with each family. So hot and sleepy and tired.

Then at the night, it's my birthday party, again. But hey, this is right on the day (n the chinese birthday man, it's incredibly rare mates!) Then we went back home to cook the mi sua and an egg that we have forgotten.

But I ate the egg late cz I didn't boil the first one hard enough. It has passed 11pm when I ate it, which by chinese culture, it's the next day.

Pretty happy, might be the happiest eventful birthday I have ever had.