Fooood~~~

i noticed that i m updating this blog alot less this year. i just can't find the time to update it.. thats why. i have been out n about most of the time, having good dinners cooked at home, holding small gatherings among a few friends, going to the weekly gyming, muay thai and ballroom dancing, doing those boring tutorial sheets...

The pictures below might interest u more rather than hearing me rant repetitively over trivial things.

Hainanese chicken rice... Cucumber, tomatoes, spicy garlic soy sauce n chicken rice

dinner is served... Cabbage soup (just like in brunei! good stuff man!), steamed vegetables with fried onions..

nigel's mum, tieng, ming, yanmin, me n nigel


chicken on sticks marinated with curry and all sorts of spices n nan bread..

Mashed potatoes with minced beef covered in cheese hot from the oven, boiled carrots, potatoes n brussel sprouts, ovened duck with amazing black sticky duck sauce to go with it

Another run at the duck cos ming missed the one we had last time..

Home-made waffles with caramel haagen-daz ice cream.

Enjoy~~

if only time could be bought...

Completed!

Finally completed my pump project drawing assignment! i m so relieved that we actually made it on time for the tight deadline. this may be over but there is definitely more to come.. the manufacturing, poster design, testing n report writing. on top of that, all the other labs n work.. ohh dear~ 2nd year is sure a toughie!

ohh yea, i forgot to mention that chia was staying at my place for a couple of days for interviews at 2 unis.. hope that she did well.. anyways, i shall not dwell on minor details so let the pictures be shown..

ming, tieng, nigel, i and chia at the flat 4's dinner table

just before she leaves.. perhaps a photo at the usual spot?


Mexican Beef Burger at GBK!

From all the studying n such, i presume us imperial students need to have some fun.. posing is fun! :D

posing with nigel's medals in my room..

Datuk Chua presenting medals to nigel..

saturday comes by in a flash..

The lads playing football in hyde park from 11am

Nigel had a few of his friends over.. so why not cook something special today?

Crispy roast duck with succulent tender meat straight from the oven... its the bomb!


Potatoes with minced beef, steamed vegetables (carrots, brocolli, brussel sprouts n potatoes), rice with steamed carrots n the duck

We sure do love the drumsticks!

Group photo! yheu shen, poh shen, me, nigel, jean, jj n hui-en

today, i would be in the campus from 1 to 5pm listening to some first aid lectures, so i can actually sign up for duties to sporting matches such as EPL footy, theatre duties n all sorts of events!

its a new beginning...

KO!

my whole body is aching now.. hit the gym on tuesday then went for muay thai on wednesday. its a full body workout. went through proper techniques of jabs, crosses, hooks, uppercuts n kicks.. punching techniques are okay but the kicks are a tad weird.. i cant seem to rotate my hip while rotating on the balls of my feet to do a proper kick with my shin. ohh well, hope my kicks get better over time.. anyways....

i have been spending most of my days on the pump project which is due tomorrow. finally, i have finished the drawings n assembly with my group mates.. (fingers crossed, hopefully there aren't any mistakes). got back home at around 9:15pm (latest i have stayed in college to do work) before whooping down my dinner of rice with dry chilli chicken n carrots. i really do hope there aren't more of these days to come.. i need a break!

KO!

workaholic!

Cooked the weekly dose of food in the morning...

Curry Chicken!

Dry chilli chicken n curry chicken!

Garlic bageutte with roasted drumsticks n wedges.

My lunch with...

ming, yheu shen, nigel n i

i pratically did nothing enjoyable this weekend.. pretty sad to say especially when i have been working my butt off for the couple of days. going to college on a sunday from 1:30 to around 7:30pm, doing the pump project which is due this friday. the workload is killing me.. but hopefully i can make it on time for the due date. well.. by hook or by crook, i need to complete the engineering drawings by tomorrow.

wishing for a new tomorrow~

Imagine This~

Went to my first musical in london today.. apparently this musical is new as well..
Went to the new london theatre located in drury lane in convent garden with nigel to watch...

Set in poland in 1942 where freedom was found through imagination, where hope and laughter could conquer fear and where love knew no boundaries... presenting... Imagine This

i enjoyed it very much eventhough i was sitting in the very front row facing the casts.. meaning that i have to keep turning my head around to see who was talking/singing. i noticed that the performers had saliva flying out from their mouth while singing as well.. The plot was realistic, reflecting on life which i found very meaningful. Awesome stuff~ watching musicals makes me happy! :D i want to watch more! especially when i m only paying 3 pounds for the tickets!

Me in new london theatre...

ma 2 tickets...

nigel n i

notice the price on the ticket.. its for invited guests only apparently =/

took a crap picture of the set (i'm not suppose to though..)

Unleash the dragon~~

House Warming Party + Poh Shens Bday

hey guys.. its been a long time since i have blogged.. i seem to be busier this year compared to last year eventhough i live alot closer to campus this year =/ less time spent on my laptop chatting, webcamming, surfing the net and playing games.
it must be the new changes to my timetable. i have decided to make full use of my time in uni by trying out new things that i will not be able to do in brunei. experiences~

• Muay Thai Kickboxing on wednesdays - very enjoyable. it is a real workout!
• Ballroom Dancing on thursdays - what a way to end my thursday lectures with dance from 7-8pm.
• Badminton with Msoc on friday - well, i havent been to any of the sessions so far because of the nottingham game training they are having now.
• Gyming on Mondays and friday - i need to get fit...
• First Aid Skills (soon) -this will allow me to go to EPL matches for arsenal, chelsea n tottenham n other sporting events if i attend the sessions.

On top of all that, i have got 2nd year of mech eng to study plus all the tutorial sheets to do! so far, im coping with the heavy workload (fingers crossed~). This pump design project that is due next friday is a killer.. my group is so behind now.. we need to catch-up. Only way is to go to college on Sundays~ well thats the plan we have.. ohh dear~ hope this turns out good.

Anyways, to the more exciting part of my life.. The 5 at 4 held a house-warming party at our new accomodation.. it was a great success.. we had loads of fun preparing food.. eventhough i woke up at 10:30am n was literally in the kitchen preparing n cooking till 7pm with the rest of the lads. We had been preparing this house-warming party for around a week, deciding on the menu n the number of people to invite... the figure turned out to be around 20ish+?

Whats on the menu u would ask when there are 5 guys planning it...

1. Short-bread with fillings (tuna, sweetcorn n chicken) as starters
2. Curry Chicken
3. Cheesy Mushroom Bacon Baguette
4. Sambal Prawns
5. Carbonara spaghetti
6. Eggtart as desserts

The menu was going to include other dishes such as potato salad, salad, fried vegetables but we decided what we have prepared was more than enough...

Enough said, i shall let the pictures do some of the talking..

Helping yheu-shen prepare his speciality (curry chicken)

Ingredients - Satan, curry paste n chicken!

Looks good ey?

Pro at work...

Breaking eggs n seperating the egg yolk n egg white with eggshells.. u need skills to do that~ lool

i'm gonna kill that potato!

tieng stirring egg-tart mixture

The ming, tieng speciality...

hard at work...

Maybe some posing in between all the hard work?

squirming?

Under surgery~ nigel in pain?

Wow!! Amazing prawns!

The legendary Sambal Prawns! chilli padi, lots of garlic, prawns with a pinch of fresh lemon juice!

Short-bread with sweetcorn, cherry tomatoes n kiwi.. wicked stuff!

Cheesy baguette with bacon n mushrooms.. under construction~

Done with all the preparation n cooking....

Posing in the kitchen before the guests arrived...

maybe one more...

ming with 2 lemons? soothe his hands from cutting chillis?

Hungry Zhern Yong.. im loving this!

admiring our family photo?

Enjoying the food~

We forgot to take a photo of the food all laid out.. this is the best one we had.. some of the food has been eaten though.. there is the ABC soup as well.. Pohshen's special (potatoes, carrots, ikan bilis, dry oyster n some other stuff)

After-party... done with the food...

dave explaining rules to circle of death aka waterfall..

group photo in mings room.. big enough to fit 20 to 30 people.

The guys...

The girls...

Control please~

iqbal is loving it.. nigel on top of the guys..

jason playing with the goat's beard.. haha

drunk nigel licking his biceps..

The clock struck 12am.. HAPPY BDAY POH SHEN! hope u had a surprise when u walked through that door after sending your friend off =)

Bday boy n me...

Shotting his bday glass of orange juice with smirn-off

Cake time!

HAPPY BDAY!

To end the day on a lighter note.. dont end up like this guy..

GONE CASE.. LOOL!

i want more time~