Isaiah 42:3

A bruised reed He will not break And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.

the sms mystery

i received the weirdest sms this morning:

"Hi-just chekin yr new no. Pls confirm receipt. Luv mum.xx"
From: +27829284897

my brother just checked and +27 is the country code for south africa.

WHAT?!?

RaW RAWKS

i've joined Radio Warwick, otherwise known as RaW and it has been a bundle of laughs and loads of fun! i'm on the team for the arts show on fridays from 5 to 7pm called 'Spotlight On Campus' and we do reviews of performances, books, films for the first hour and then a Cinematic Hall Of Fame for the second hour where we discuss and decide (as well as take in listeners' votes) for the bext film of a certain year.

last week we had a super funny discussion about the best films of 1974. Godfather Part 2 won but i was rooting for Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks film - HILARIOUS!) and Murder On The Orient Express (just because i love Hercule Poirot films/TV series).

anyway, tune in to RaW at 1251 AM if you are in coventry or listen to our podcasts! i was on air last week! :)

*by the way, almost everyone on the team is in WUDS (Warwick University Drama Society)!

what i have learnt from the last 3 films i watched this week

Look Back In Anger (film version of the John Osbourne play)
- Naturalist playwrights like to have their female protagonists playact as squirrels for their husbands' entertainment [think Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House]

Senso (Italian melodramma - melodramma, which is Italian, is a synonym for opera)
- Men are only after your money
- Never scorn a woman because she will get you shot by your own army

The Life of Emile Zola
- always leave the window open so you will not die from carbon monoxide poisoning while writing your book (i.e. never be afraid that a draft will kill you because fate has a sense of humour)

indulgence in some seafood

guess what josh and i found at Tesco today when we went grocery shopping?

A LOBSTER AT REDUCED PRICE! (which happens when something is going to expire soon or there are only a few left)

couldnt resist the GBP 4.99 price tag for the whole cooked lobster so we took it home to make pasta with it.


josh got all the meat out and made a bisque out of the shell to add WOW-ness to the bottle of Loyd Grossman porccini mushroom pasta sauce we had.


presenting our garlic and herb tagliatelle in porccini mushroom sauce with lobster meat and sweet grilled capsicums...

PPIIIINNNKKK puffy jacket!

i love being able to wear kids'-size clothes!

got a new pink puffly jacket from birmingham's Next a few weeks ago. it's very warm because of the fleece inside layer. and it was only GBP 20! if it was an adult-sized one it'd be double the price i think. so now i have a super warm jacket in case of a nice cold winter or any trips to cold northern countries. :)

me in the SUPER BRIGHT pink jacket - josh laughed that i look like the man in the Michelin logo!

it has even got a tag sewn inside that says "this belongs to (name)_______ ". SO CUTE!

my new place on Kensington Road

i have a double bed in my room! it kind of is slightly smaller than a queen-sized one. my bed sheets and covers were all in the wash but it looks nice in white. :)

at the end of the bed is my TV and super tall shelf, good for storage of my supplies like batteries and hooks (if you can imagine, my room is VERY odd shaped because the white wall in the foreground used to be the air well for the fireplace downstairs). thank you josh for both the TV and the shelf! (he was passed down loads of free stuff from friends that graduated since he was around in summer)

as you can see, i seem to have filled up all my shelves! glad have a nice deep table because on the side near the wall (with the rose picture) i have my books. on the chest of drawers on the left, i've used the top for my files.

my table is against the window so i get loads of light (and the window is opposite my bed so the light shines in in the morning (good wake up call!)
the one thing i'm not too pleased about in my room is the fact that the cupboard is rather small - the sleeves of my jackets and shirts all stick out and tightly squashed together!

the stairs down from my room to the ground floor. we've got a prettily tiled hallway - the white door is our front door and the gold slot is where the mail gets dropped in every morning.


on the ground floor is the living room - a 3-seater sofa and 2 armchairs. the fireplace doesnt work put looks nice though. we have just got SKY TV so we have cable (and SKY Sports).

the living room leads to the kitchen and behind is the toilet. the house is amazingly clean thanks to germaine and rachel who have been earnestly cleaning. we have a duty roster for all the common areas and it has been kept to for the last 3 weeks. so much better than on campus accomodation...


the pink toilet! however, i must say that having only 1 toilet for 4 people isnt the best because sometimes you really NEED the toilet and another person is in there and you just have to wait... :(

Warwick in Singapore

i picked up a copy of the Warwick Boar, the student newspaper today and it was very interesting to read about the 'Warwick in Singapore' saga. yes it is a saga and because of it, EVERYONE knows of Singapore now. hilarious, aint it?

anyway, there have been huge debates and forums about whether the university should set up a campus in Singapore. the Vice-Chancellor (i.e. the big boss of the uni) is for it but most of the staff dont think it will work out/strongly oppose/apathetic about it.

and can you believe this? they want to charge students at the campus international fees (which is what i am paying now in the UK). so if i were a Singaporean and i wanted to study at Warwick in Singapore, i'd have to pay S$33,000 a year. come on lah, if i had to pay that, i might as well come to the UK, right? just have to pay a bit more for accomodation and living expenses, which as a student in Singapore you'd have to pay anyway...

and the university has already spent GBP800,000 (100% over-budget) for a feasibility study. spend it on upgrading the university's arts department building! sigh.

my life in warwick...

...IS ABSURDLY PACKED!

though most of it is kind of out of choice.

it is a choice to go for my classes (indeed it is), especially for screenings that are optional.

this year i decided to be take up more dance classes because doing just Tap Level 2 wasnt as fun as doing a range of classes. this of course equates to being in more items in the Tap Soc's annual show!

this week i went for 5 1/2 hrs of dance. monday was tap technique classes for intermediate (45mins) and advanced (45mins). tuesday was advanced ballet (1h). today was tap intermediate performance class (1h), contemporary dance (1h) and intermediate jazz (1h). i love the tap intermediate dance for the show - it's to 'Killer Queen' taken from the musical 'We Will Rock You' which is about the band Queen. advanced ballet was really tough because i havent done ballet in 3 1/2 years and i found the class only just manageable. and it was an easier class because it was the first lesson of the term. next week it will get harder. *panic* intermediate jazz was killer - we had a super tiring warm up and i was dripping wet even before we started the routine. and the worse thing? we had to do crunches and i left a wet patch on the floor with my sweaty t-shirt/back. so PAISEH! but the routine was really cool so that made up for it.

at this rate i am going to lose my fats! YAY! if i combine it with gymming on thursdays and fridays (so as to 'make back' the money i paid for gym membership), i'll not be afraid to step onto a weighing scale, which i have avoided doing since the end of summer.

classes in warwick have been amazing, though there's loads of work to do but the seminars and lectures have been very stimulating and engaging. i'm really glad to have chosen the modules i did this year.

have i mentioned i joined Raw (Radio Warwick)? am going down to the studio on friday to watch the arts show and possibly join in the debate as to what the best film of 1988 should be (every week they have a forum of arts dept RaW members as to which film was the best of a specific year).

sorry for not blogging in ages but hope is near! you will hear from me as soon as internet is up, which mught actually be friday! wheee.... *dance of joy*

still no internet

NTL was supposed to show up on monday but they didnt.

and apparently they didnt receive our registration even though we have email confirmation of it.

so the sales person came to our place and re-registered us. we will have internet in 2 weeks.

somehow i am skeptical.

so i still dont have internet. :(