A380 baby!
25th so after touching down my dad and i took the shuttle bus to avis car rental to get our car... drove down to portsmouth which took about 1.5 hrs... good thing for GPS man... made the trip much easier... haha
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waiting for the avis car rental bus to pick us up
a 1.5 hrs drive down from LHA to Portsmouth... thank god for GPS man... haha
yeah so life here is kinda slow... first day i went to my hall which is Rees Hall. its the only 2 halls that is catered food... and the food spread is really good... yeah so anyways went to do payment of the school fees and accommodation fees... got a discount for my school fees of 1000 pounds and an additional 2% cos i paid in advance... haha total spent was around 13000 pounds... then after that i went to register for the course... my dad went to check into his hotel... after that we went to check out the train station and then had dinner at a chinese bar... food here is like friggin ex... 6 pounds for a plate of chow mien... wtf... so anyways its kinda chilly here... temp ranging from 10 to 19 deg celcius... however, i notice the UV rays here is much stronger than in Singapore... cos my transition lenses always go to the darkest tone even when i'm under the shade away from the sun...
26th went to have breakfast at some pastry shop... 2 pounds plus... went to the uni to get my education certs checked but my registration form hasn't been printed out yet... so i had to go back on monday to do so... wtf... so after that my dad and i went to hsbc to get my uk debit card... got the card but not the pin... sianz... then i went to deposit 500 pounds into my account... should last me 1 to 2 months ba... i hope... haha then we tried to get a sim card but it requires my account pin code... fark... haha oh wells... explored the place abit then had lunch at an aussie bar... food was kinda cheap... 4 pounds or so...
after that we went for a talk on the uni... then took some pics... then we went for dinner at a chinese takeaway place... 6 pounds plus per person...
at night went to the union and tried out the club... totally different from sg man... no grinding! wtf... and the music is really not my style... house and trance with british accent... hahaha dancing here is different too... dance in a circle and if u wanna show off, u go to the middle of the circle and show ur stuff... haha like those dance movies like that... well the only thing is that booze and the entry is quite cheap... entry is around 2-4 pounds and booze is around 3 pounds or less...27th went to have breakfast in that pastry shop again... then went to do more exploring... found tesco... which is like UK's NTUC price range but carrfour's size and range of products... bought some stuff back and then had lunch at the hall... wow the spread is really good... ate till i was stuffed man... haha then went back to the dorm for awhile before heading down to watch the arsenal match at the bar... haha man they lost 2-1... stunning goals from hull man... haha then after that we ate at the bar and shared a meal cos both my dad and i were stuffed from lunch... haha
28th woke up kinda early... webcam with my aunts and then my mom, sis and bro... taught them how to sign up for freewire so that they can call my room phone from their lappys for free... then had breakfast and then my dad came over as well... cleared up the room for awhile before having lunch... then we went over to his hotel to watch the F1 Singapore Grand Prix... wow it was a nice race... ferrari totally wasted their chances... especially massa... wtf man... from pole to last... -_-ZZZ haha and alonso went from zero to hero... stupid ferrari and their semi automatic pitstop system... just stick to the lollipop system la... u dont see flying fuel tubes in the pits don't you? haha and raikkonen was just pure stupid... that chicane on turn 10... over drove into the chicane and lost control cos the car bounced off it... oh wells...
anyways after the race, dad n i went to cascades shopping arcade... nice stuff here sia... hahaha theres marks and spencer, warehouse, miss selfridge, dorothy perkins, topshop, topman, river island... haha yeah so anyways topman jeans are on offer at 25 pounds... not that cheap i think... but should wait for the spring or summer sale... cos now is autum sale... oh wells... dinner had takeaway from another chinese place... 9 pounds... knn... like 1 week already spent more than 50 pounds... -_-ZZZ
oh wells till i blog again then!
PS dada, happy birthday! i love you lots!
