I’m on my last essay for the term, after my very nice supervisors decided not to give us a hellish last week and made a couple of essays vacation homework instead. It feels good to have the stress gone and knowing that now I can read at my own pace. I was pretty worried that [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Home Soon
Posted in Uncategorized on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All Alone in the Moonlight
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged memories on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I realise that I haven’t been posting as frequently as I should. However, when you have to write 2000 words every 3 days, you don’t feel like writing much else. Today is strangely different, though I don’t know why. I did have lunch at Pembroke today with Gayle, which was good in all respects (company, [...]
Ordinary
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged quiz, random on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I saw this on a couple of blogs and decided to do it for fun. Most of the answers make no sense at all, some are depressing, and others are strangely true.
Directions:
1. Put your iPod, iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must [...]
More Firsts
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged musicals, snow, the lion king on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve always received amazed exclamations when I tell people that it isn’t unusual for me to get up before 6, even on days when I don’t have school. It’s the peace of the morning and the alone time that I like. (Of course, now I can’t get peace in the morning either because of the [...]
I Found a Body
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged drunks on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of days ago I woke up early in the morning and had to use the toilet. This was around 7 am, so it wasn’t that bad. I very deliberately picked up my keys (having locked myself out of my room enough so that the porters remember Ms Chan), and opened the door. This [...]
Inside the Saudi Kingdom
Posted in Uncategorized on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was watching this documentary on the BBC about governance in Saudi Arabia. The camera crew trailed one of the princes while he went about running the Hail province. And I thought it was excellent because it showed the country to be far less extremist than you would think. What struck me was how anxious [...]
Question
Posted in Uncategorized on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Why is Obama considered black when genetically, he’s just as much white?
Not So Constant After All
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged school on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I stand corrected.
Tonight is Bonfire Night
Posted in Uncategorized on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight is going to be the first truly englishy festival I’m attending. It’s the “Remember, remember the 5th of November” night, which is utterly cool of course. Clare has insisted that I need to smell the fire and go to the fair that comes every year to Midsummer’s Common. And of course, there are the [...]
New Things
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autumn, school on November 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For the past week, I have been in a perpetual state of aesthetic ecstasy because of the explosion of colours around Cambridge. We’ve had exceptionally beautiful weather, crisp with goldern sunlight. Light is different here. And so are the trees. I’ve never seen autumn before and I think its already become my favourite season. Everything [...]
