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November 01 house #2 生活
今天去Oxford Street 的M&S腐败了。花了£42 也。花得很爽。因为£40 是之前工作的museum送我的gift card。买了双手套,(本来想买帽子但帽子都太大)买了个新钱包,买了个小手提袋,买了一只小熊(很喜欢的character),还有2010 的记事本。
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从欧陆回来,现在住在Mrs Smee 的House no2, 在Kent, 火车到London Bridge 30分钟。Smee 一家基本上不住这里了,把2间房分别出租给一位退休了的马来西亚叔叔,还有一位英国女士。 我到的第一天,Y小姐给我泡了茶端到客厅来,坐下一聊就是一两小时。她说it’s nice to have a girl here in the house. 估计她在这里和叔叔也没多交流吧。 后来叔叔回来了,坐在客厅里把电视打开,播的是张艺谋的“英雄”,配英文字幕。我想看。可是叔叔侃侃而谈的是各国政治。叔叔退休了,可是样子一点也不老。今天和他一起去London Bridge站,查票员说you are too young to use the card (senior citizen card). 真的,他看起来只有50岁。 和年纪大的人一起住要很有耐心。叔叔有时候说话很慢。句子讲了一半还没有重点,还不断问 "you know what i mean?” 我在厨房吃早餐,他也进来厨房后,坐下就是2个小时不停的说话。今天他问我,whats your plan for today, 我说回去博物馆看看我参与筹备的展览,然后去M&S. 他说他没去过那个博物馆,想和我一起去。好。午饭后我准备出门,可是找不到钥匙,楼上房间和楼下客厅都找不到,跑来跑去。心里想,完了,太对不起Mrs Smee了! 叔叔也有帮我找。20分钟后,叔叔说,别找了,回来再找,他有spare keys. 我说好吧!出门后,他把钥匙给我。我说谢谢。还问他,你觉得会不会是Y小姐错拿了我的钥匙呀?他说不可能。然后转过头来说,这难道不是你的钥匙吗?我看了一下手上握着的钥匙,果然也!You fooled me! 哈哈。。他说在沙发的夹缝里找到的。哦,对,昨晚回来后就把钥匙和包包往沙发扔。 从家里到火车站要20分钟。我们在赶2点的火车,而且我还要买票。没想到,退休叔叔走路是挺快的脚步,可是他太好心,带我走的long cut,结果到了火车站,火车也来了。票还没买呢,叔叔说上车吧,到了London Bridge再买。我说真的可以吗?没票上车被查到要罚£20呢!还好到了London Bridge 查票员很nice,放我出关。 叔叔和我在博物馆转了一小时后出来。我指着对面一家中餐厅说,要不要进去吃下午茶?他说好。Oh yeah 美梦成真也。这家餐厅有Michelin推荐,想去很久了。结果叫了10多种点心,他说这样应该有£25,嗯,埋单的时候是£26,叔叔说便宜,他付了钱,我再贡献£2,当作小费吧。晚餐省掉了,可是现在我又饿了。。
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明天Mrs Smee会回来这里看我。我还是赶紧把房间收拾一下吧。看来我厚厚一叠的游记要回家后再写了。 September 19 没事干嘛吓自己 - 我也不想妄想症又来了。 住ground floor 表示很少有机会能开窗。表示出门的时候要确保所有的窗都关好还锁好。一个人的房子,表示出门前还要确保煤气全部关好。今天自己疑神疑鬼。不知道是窗没关好,有人跳进来把东西偷走。还是煤气没关好,我回来的时候发现房子爆炸。越想越担心,还跑着回来。当然什么事情都没发生。干嘛吓自己。 博物馆里终于来了一位hot guy. 2,3天前来画mural . 前天是Bryn 鼓励我也可以帮忙画。我从来没有认真握过画笔,根本没经验,也没天份吧我想。他是这个mural painting的画家,还允许我乱画,画错也不骂我,都说good good. 受宠若惊也!!! 我从小被妈妈教育得做事异常小心翼翼,深怕犯错,比如不小心弄丢了东西浪费了钱,妈妈就会大声说“你以为是几块钱的东西吗?” 或者 “你以为你家里印钞票吗?” 我弄丢的东西包括上学带的水瓶,还有耳环吧。当然也不是故意弄丢的。现在觉得比如水瓶这种东西不值得一个家长用这样严肃的口吻吓唬小孩。 妈妈,如果你在看这篇blog,你会怎么想呢?我被你这番话吓大的。虽然因此教导我特别有责任感,但是我真的不能接受mistakes,不然就会深深责怪自己。但是朋友Olivier说,人都是会犯错的。不犯错的不是人! 说回来那个hot guy.. 拉丁美洲出生的欧洲人。嗯。昨天和安妮在网上对话(我们经常讨论彼此的艳遇), 我 - 今天他要了我的号码也,我们交换了号码呢!可能还会一起出去! 安妮 - 真的假的?进展这么快速? 我 - 不过我热烈怀疑他是gay... 安妮 - 哈哈哈 Matt 听我说他是艺术家后,只说了"gay". is that the rule? 大部分女艺术家脾气好大啊,遇到的几个都经常抱怨这抱怨那。男艺术家嘛。。嗯,你看看Marc Jacobs, YSL, 但我相信也不是所有男艺术家就是gay. anyway, 就算他是,也无所谓。好不容易每天下班有人拥抱道别,可惜是bengkok man.. 相见恨晚,好像还排不到一起出去的时间!星期一本来下班可以一起去hang out, 不过这个笨蛋的海运事情让我很无奈!! 我和海运公司抬杠了。。你这个managing director 还和我呛,我想我不会轻易就此罢休! 话说看到一个特别运去Malaysia的cargo,当然也比较便宜。送箱子来那天就浪费了我一个晚上,比约定好的时间晚了5小时。我是等到半夜的。小乔姐姐还说,那么晚了不会来了吧。那么晚了他不睡觉还在干嘛。。结果半夜他来了。应该吗?我没闹。我没问你怎么现在才来。我想你家里究竟几口人在等你喂养。 把东西装好,写信让他们这星期日来取。他们说没办法告诉我一个时间。那就是说他们想来就来。what? 你只有星期日会collect, 而且不能告诉我一个时间,一个range也没有。我的星期日都不能安排了?Managing director 的回复 "you are not paying a world class service, so please don't expect one." 有这样的客服吗?如果我不是交了£40的deposit 我会换公司。你的解释我能接受,可是你这样呛我你完了。。 想到上次机器卖错我火车票,卖我A公司的火车票,可是A公司的火车没有到Waterloo, 害我被迫上了B公司的火车,到了Waterloo 还被罚钱。特郁闷。特不甘心。于是写了投诉信,最后的结果是A火车公司赔了我£10的rail voucher. 这次我也不会keep my silence. 我写信说" I do not expect a world class service, but I expect you to come within the agreed time. I wanted to do business with you because you offer services at competitive rate, " 看到了吗,"wanted", not anymore... 所以现在是他们同意我再花点钱帮我转换"world class service"的courier, 是DHL还是UPS还是什么,他们没说,看来也不会告诉我。只告诉我该家"world class service"的courier 会在星期一来,8am - 5pm. 由于是通过这家Malaysia Kargo定的"world class service" courier, 我不知道是哪家,我也没办法自己联络,让他们一定在中午前来。Fine, 我请假一天。就坐在这里干等。 继续妄想。可能到时候来取箱子的工人是假的,是坏人。那个Managing Director命令他们把我的箱子丢下海中。。不。不要啊!!!! September 11 跟时间赛跑周末s 终于把事情又做一番安排了。自从决定回家后,每天看到飞往Heathrow或降落的飞机(Wimbledon 离开Heathrow不远)都有感觉。不过这次回家很可能不是去Heathrow了。。决定离开欧洲了呢。打算回去前再去走走吧。去Venice因为要去看Biennale! 中西文化 真的有差。 比如,我和一位爷爷在一起,在欧洲,他得让我,因为他是gentleman。在亚洲,我得让他,这个敬老才叫孝。 和同事Chris (60多岁的爷爷)一起去commercial store干活。只有一张椅子,和一个梯子。中午休息吃午餐,我还在犹豫是不是该让他坐椅子呢,他却马上拒绝我的offer, 说他坐梯子就可以了。 今天下班火车回来也是。不经意和一个爷爷同时想坐同一个空位子。后来意识到他要这个位子,我就让他了。他坐了下去还问我,you want to take this seat? 我微笑说it's alright. 1分钟后他还是起来把位子让我坐了。这个时候再拒绝也不好。 在亚洲我和爷爷争位子会显得我很没风度也,虽然我也没有很刻意。在亚洲年纪是关键,在欧洲性别是关键! 所以有时候觉得不知道怎么找到正确的位置。比如回去亚洲,是不是都得主动给长辈夹菜敬酒之类?我个人是不喜欢。但是起码的尊敬和礼貌,我还是会做到。 在亚洲,尤其在中国,别人都爱管别人的事,哪怕对方是陌生人。在上海,叔叔喜欢问,你家里几套房子,阿姨喜欢看你菜篮里买了什么菜。在欧洲谁也不管谁。同事结婚了没有,不知道。几岁了,不知道。他们也没问过我年龄多大,确切来自什么地方。除非跟你熟了,还要自己透露。因为他们觉得问人家隐私是很不礼貌的事。这点我喜欢。 错过火车班次 每次看见自己那班火车列车从眼前开走,都要在心里大骂自己“你对得起自己吗?”!这是一件很雪特的事。 欧洲有些大城市,除了地铁还有火车也在城市里跑,有点像KL的KTM. 我平时从Wimbledon去上班都是坐火车的,买的月票。平时火车来前2分钟才到火车站都没问题,早到了还得站在月台受风刮。昨天还忽悠地走去火车站,靠近火车站时,抬头看到发现一列火车到了,我想该不会是我那趟的吧,嘿嘿没事的。这时候旁边就有个女的从我身边擦过,火速跑进火车站。我想,她应该也是去Central London上班的,那应该是火车到了,跑吧。立马跟着她三步做两步。可惜了。火车门已关上,我们都上不了了。等下一班,是30分钟后的事。 在Hamburg 也是。因为对方和我都不知道火车的时间,对方朋友说23分开走,我们说分开走后到时候在月台见就得了。我20分到还庆幸的咧。月台那么长,找到他时,火车也是刚开走。我想拉着火车说,你别跑,等一下!当然是不可能发生的。还好此友人在亚洲也呆过,不然和德国人耽误时间,是一件非常失礼的事情! 博物馆工作是体力活 你知道吗,博物馆里女人比男人多是正常的事。所以,男人干的事,女人也得干。 比如我就得自己爬梯子到架子上去找一个一个叠在一起的箱子,把正确的箱子慢慢取下来再找object. 上周开始,不止这些了。 把刚结束的特展撤下来,刚好都是有框的画,多重啊。还要从墙上把它们unscrew,然后赤手走过几道门和楼梯搬到地下室的仓库去。是和一个年轻的男同事搬。不一会儿,他说,要不要我们先休息10分钟?我看画也没剩多少,说不用了,搬好这些画正好去吃午餐。他还是跑去抽烟了。回来以后还推了一个trolley进来搬画, 我瞥他一眼说,我搬完了也。。。 明天要油漆呃。。。 August 30 2 weeks (in London)17- 22 Aug monday - had breakfast with Devon, he was here in London for 2 days. we met at St Pancras rail, then breakfast, then ice-cream, then sat in the park, then bid goodbye, then i lost my way at Grays Inn Rd to Russell Square. spent an hour try to walk out from the maze! grrrrr my 2nd time to lost all my directions in London.. no fun.. 'im hating London' i said. tuesday - normal day i thought. so i wore jeans with t-shirt. Bryn told me she's invited to the exhibition launch at Imperial War Museum, asked if i wanna go along too. i said YEAH. spent 2 hours there had tasty finger food, well-fed. but wonders why didnt she take the chance to social around abit. I can't be bothered to do that in this attire (blushing). wednesday - tv crew from Samoa came. it was a very hot day. they were really nice people, with a scottish crew too. im loving them. Bryn said she's going to the loo but took soo long just to find out she was trying to put some make up :P she looks lovely she certainly is. thursday - might be the last time using the SOAS library. finished scribbles of 6 pages then i left, i could do 10 pages usually, but hunger grips me. friday - went to the Jack the Ripper walk with Ahluah after work. i said to her, look, listen, i could hear clip-clop around, it's just putting me in the 19th century feel. she said she could hear nothing. but moments later she said yeah clip-clop is here.. SPOOKY! saturday - thinking about future and not having the UK degree now means quite difficult to work full time (equally difficult to get a job), or earn enough to feed myself. So yeah approached people in Shanghai. And thought there is the decision. But hang on, another offer pops up, but this one is gonna take ages to go through the interview. Feeling rather horrid to think of my stuffs again, where should they travel to. Some has to go back to Malaysia, e.g. books, and the rest like warm clothing might send to Shanghai but not before the post is definite. was quite reluctant when the idea of leaving the UK soon strikes me, but think it's the better option for me now given the current situation now is not so optimistic. the jobs have to feed the british then the EU then the non-EU... and 1 out of 6 youngsters here is unemployed! HOLY SHIT! told sis London is draining me poor, will have to leave within 2 months - but all yet to be planned. watched the Young Victoria. love the lines they play. Victoria and Albert, that's what we should think of everytime we visit the V&A museum, one of the museums i love in London. Prince Albert is of course, a nice man... and a German too... nothing exciting to report this week, apart from Mandy's visit. the lady who hosted me for a weekend was here in London with her daughter, the young lady looks listless, somewhat my own reflection when i was younger. and received the novel i ordered from Amazon, Wuthering Heights my favourite novel. wrote a complaint letter to the Southern train last week and said how disappointed i am with the service they render and they replied me with a sloppy letter, many many spelling mistakes in the letter, and, 10 pounds train voucher enclosed!!! YIPPIE!!! gonna use it tomorrow, and share 5-5 with Erica who was there with me when the incident happened couple of weeks ago, when we travelled from Ashtead to Waterloo, when we left Jon's birthday barbeque to the London Eye. will extend my placement with the museum until early Oct, to help them putting up the coming exhibition. Have got lots to do. Have been doing a research on some objects we have in the collection, then some documentation on the objects at store, involved with family activities, giving Hannah a hand, and helped Chris at the commercial store which keeps our art objects. Bryn says my written english is good, and Chris says my colloquial english is good. hmm, neither maybe. Chris is a very interesting person, about to retire soon! went to the commercial store with him yesterday, had so much to talk! me love the paintings and prints. and when it's time for lunch, the conversation went on. he quits the public sector when he was 50, went to a college, did his BA and then spent 7 years for his phD! Just AMAZING! so it's true when people say never too old to learn. July 27 杂实习也会这么忙。首先主要是对一组藏品做点研究,同时整理collections database,还帮忙筹备10月的一项展览。 在museum store楼下的那个library找到一本关于George Sand的书。那天等主管的当儿翻阅了2章,有时间还要再去看。 有时候在store里爬梯子去取架子上的盒子,拿下来放到桌子上打开找我要的藏品。很酷。2盏昏黄的灯和我的白手套。有时候爬上爬下,加上搬各种重量的盒子,一个上午就搞得我筋疲力尽。有时候进store的客人还不识趣,在人家快lunch time的时候才来,所以我的午餐有时候要到2点才能吃。 喜欢去一家叫Amore的cafe. Teriyaki satay配salad和米饭很好吃(£4)。不知道是什么米,特别好吃。第一个星期就吃了3次。结果到第三次进去,只要使个眼色,那个人就知道了。看见我来就说teriyaki? 我接with rice, eat in. 呵呵。 星期四坐火车上班时看到火车站广告National Gallery现在有Corot to Monet的展出。星期五下班后自己去看了,似乎有点迫不及待。National Gallery的收藏,去了2次都没看完。下次还要再去。 昨天和妈妈上网说话才知道Yasmin Ahmad入院的消息。Weekdays上班都没时间上网好好看新闻。当然是吃惊。没想到几个小时后,就收到她去世的新闻。今天一个人在家找她的作品,看了不少广告和电影(以前看过了再看),然后不知不觉掉泪了。不知道是为她的死感到难过还是一次又一次为她的作品感动。 报纸说8月中伦敦天气会飙到超过35度。我还以为夏天已经走远了。没想到又回来了。the British weather, 你永远预测不了。 Weekdays都没有了自己的时间,所以周末2日我都赖在家不出门。昨天又去买了菜。做了好吃的鸡肉。昨天做了姜葱鸡肉,今天放进烤箱里烤。真的太好吃了!! 然后这段时间断断续续看了不少中文电影。《一个陌生女人的来信》《画皮》《家有喜事》(百看不厌的) 英国电视节目好像真的太Boring了。很多很多年以前阿姨在英国给我们写信时就这么说过。没想到快20年过去了还是这样。 虽然不少同学的实习也在伦敦实习,但我也没和他们多交流。他们大部分都住市中心,超贵的。另外我也住得比较远。而且平时上班实习就很累了,再和他们一大帮子出去,真的很怕剩下的私人空间更少了。但我和Mariani计划每星期都碰面一次吃Malaysian food,这是在伦敦才能做到的。这里才有Malaysian food. 打算星期三请Jon去品尝Malaysian food, 告诉他是proper的。一来答谢他介绍我在这里住下,二是当作他提早的生日礼物。 买了火车票,这个星期五下班后去York找同学玩。火车2小时,星期日下午再回来。看来我下来好多个周末都会到处游走找同学。 今天你又来找我说话了。已经记不起原来你离开也有一个月了,我也可以做到不闻不问袖手旁观。彼此问好。你说你too busy. 我说我done with dissertation. moved to london. started my placement. 你说如果我呆到年底,你回来后或许会来英国看我。我暗笑,还有那份心呀。我从来都抓不住你到底想干嘛。Whatever.. 随便你好了我也没必要有什么意见。 还记得你背对着我一直叹气的那个晚上,真的让我不知所措的发慌。真想对你大喊 quand tu es comme ça je ne sais à quoi tu penses! 你这样我又不晓得你在想什么或是我该怎么做。我们从来没脸红过,只有你瞪着我似乎生气但又无奈的说what can I do. 你在事情相隔一段时间后道歉,我啼笑皆非,有些事情过了就算了,大家心照的就不用再提了。 Kang 星期五给我打电话问我10号能请假一天吗。大概他回国前要我陪他选购礼物送爸爸妈妈和岳父岳母。我说应该没问题。他帮我搬家的人情是该还。或者我们可以一起去参观Natural History Museum, 应该是个late night. 吓,有点电影情节的味道。 记一下下来忙碌的一星期,下班后要做的事可多呢。 明天下班后去Regent Street Levi's 店看看,从Leicester拖到现在,事情也拖太久了。星期二可能和Mariani吃晚餐。星期三嘛,和Jon吃晚餐。星期五下班后直接去King Cross (Harry Potter常用的火车站)去York. 明天又是星期一要上班了。 July 24 报告近况转眼,硕士课程马上要结束,进入最后一个阶段了。说实话,不太鼓励没有足够心理准备的同学来上这种课程。我就写了各种文章和报告,还有presentation, 还让你2个月内完成硕士论文,星期五交了过几天星期一就得开始实习。真的都来不及喘口气。 从去年9月上课到今年3月后,4月Easter回家,5月回来research准备写论文,6-7月都在写。成果就是这个。
13号送去binding, 就这样为了学校花个30英镑,搞什么。 17号交掉后,18号搬家。这次东西不算太多,但也不算太少。在London同学姐姐家里先住下实习2个月左右。这次和英国家庭住,和Jon的姐姐和姐夫,感觉不错,和student accommodation自然不同。 我的房间还不错吧。还有客厅。年轻的夫妇,是有点生活情调。 20号上班,5天还没过去,已经期待周末能好好休息了。上班的museum在Elephant & Castle, 每天30分钟从Wimbledon的火车上下班,学Londoners 上下班拿免费报纸坐在火车里看。Elephant & Castle 住的人多,当然也更杂乱。以前习惯住在London 靠东Canary Wharf, 这次毅然决定换个全新地方,住西南Wimbledon, 环境是不错。 上班和住的地方都在South London, 一直没到对岸去。昨天下班约了同学去Paddington吃Malaysian food - Bonda Cafe. 吃完了两人再逛逛Hyde Park,她住附近,我再从South Kensington坐地铁换火车回家。 只是到Wimbledon Chase的火车都每半小时一趟,错过了就得在寒风中站个半小时。这是什么夏天啊。我冬天的衣服装了一大箱,没想拿出来。看看这种天气或许是要改变主意了。可惜啊,热裤还没穿,凉鞋也还来不及穿,最炎热的夏天就在我为论文焦头烂额的时候过去了。 July 21 my inertia flowsThey finally gave up the idea of getting me involve in the research for the Inuit exhibition, which is something I don't really fancy. Instead I was given much freedom to do some cataloguing in objects I'm interested, e.g. the fans.. coool. And of course the usual documentation work, identiify objects location and movement. Knackered, probably because of the dissertation submission last Friday + moved to London on Saturday + Skype file receiving lecture over internet for mom last night. So well yeah. First day at work. Wish to wake up 30 mins later tomorrow and be late at work. Planned for Malaysian dinner on Wednesday. And planning for a runaway on Thursday (with the excuse research in library needed). Oh just dreadful to bring my own computer to work everyday. and 30 mins overground train. I was moaning a lot for this sometime earlier. It was fine to travel over 30 mins by train in Kuala Lumpur or Shanghai, but sigh I'm becoming like any other grumpy British now. Summer has gone. Rainy London. June 16 no subject最近爱上architecture, 觉得也是美好的事情。又有美感又有好感的东西。呵呵。architecture 可以改变世界,可以激起各种思考。在柏林就特别有这个感觉。 在巴黎的贼事可多了。脏的巴黎,古老气息的巴黎,充满装饰的巴黎,很多着西装的帅哥的巴黎。我在巴黎寄的postcards显然都没有寄到。我在巴黎乘搭的原班机还莫名其妙地取消。我在机场厕所锁不上门,那个chinese的清洁工人用江浙方言说了一通,我没听清楚意思,想她在骂我笨吧。只听懂她用法语叫c'est facile! (it's easy!) 还要德国。如果在D城顺便去荷兰,如果在H城顺便去丹麦,如果在B城顺便去波兰。可惜没时间。想太远了。只是德国人都没有表情,好像人与人的往来互动也不多。说”没有“或者”不“,都很生硬的'nein'! 我喝了啤酒,很smooth,在H城,该名友人貌似不太享受吃,(以前每次见面吃得都比我少,害我怕尴尬不敢多吃又饿肚子),就没有带我吃猪脚。在B城我一个人,如果自己去餐厅又会觉得很怪。下次吧。 没有人相信我在柏林和比尔堡遭遇了sunburn. 没有想到柏林也会有这样的烈日,比尔堡还超过30度。我和西班牙同屋说,他说怎么可能,比尔包不是一直都下雨吗?是的,听说是如此,但不知道为什么我在的那几天会是如此晴空万里。照片近日会放。我还瘦了。在巴黎走了5天,裤子一下变松了。昨天和同学中午饮茶,她说我变胖变瘦都易见,因为骨架小。我只记得2006年一个夏天胖5公斤的悲惨教训。 从欧陆回来那天发现厨房奇脏无比!堆了不知道多少天的肮脏锅碗瓢盆塞满了两个水槽。结果到了第三天,我忍不住,抱着积德的心态,花了一个下午帮bastard housemates把厨房收拾干净。然后贴一张字条,Please keep the kitchen clean, else Im gonna kick you out from the block! 实在是太生气。到现在也还好,虽然小乱。 我有个bastard housemate,以前叫他Mr tiga puluh lebih. 30多岁的男人。我的杯子不见了。从欧陆回来发现不见的。怀疑就是他从我柜子里拿出来用。这个人习惯真不好,经常把勺子杯子都放在房间里,用了也不洗,就堆在房间里。心血来潮某天一次把一打杯子或勺子往水槽里扔。 问了他两遍都说没看到我的杯子。我实在生气,不是杯子,而是怎么可以把人家放在柜子里的东西拿出来使用,还不还!气不过,把事情告诉B夫妇。两个人异口同声说,肯定是他打破了,扔了,所以变不出来给你。我想他们大概是前晚看了什么侦探节目吧。然后我ahh惨叫了一声,‘my mug....’ B先生说,‘ex-mug..’ 对。它已经变成我的ex-mug了。 送走了undergraduate的housemates, 都是交换生,就来一年。有点伤感,虽然感情也不是很深,我就是受不了分离的场面。 May 13 吓!时间不够! Dissertation, the deadly D, makes me doze and dizzy. Placement interview(s). London! I never been to those places of interest yet, but I have to pretend like I have known them my whole life! Birthday. Another year celebrated three nights in a row again. Please I wanna stay young forever. So I am off to Europe after next week, won't be here for 10 whole days. Aww... March 14 Vendredi!
I can't really have anything in my mind right now.. I've just got 1001 things in my head! Right. It's Friday today. Just can't believe, we have completed the 10,000 words bidding proposal (group project)! Recalling the six hours in the study room at the library on Wednesday, 3 of us doing the editing of 10,000 words, how relentless this could be. Someone needs cigs, some threw up, some suddenly broke into tears. I could understand, we are losing our nerves and are obviously over-stressed!!!! It is a big shame to learn of a betrayal of sort of once close friend of mine through the 'Idobata' meetings we had, when we are coming to the end of the course. But at the same time I thank God I don't need to put up with it for long. I've got nothing to lose after all. We've got a new housemate all in a sudden when the 2nd term is about to end. Life is not always simple, and full of coincidences. She told us she moved in as she had argument with her previous housemate, which turn out to be.... one of my classmate. Last meeting with the Student-Teacher Committee today. Everyone has got so much to say in the meeting. Still feel awkward when so many pair of eyes lay at you as you voice your concerns. I had to run to the movie right after that. Managed to arrive and meet the other 2 girls 5 mins before the movie started. Cafe au lait sans sucre. I need some sweetness. 'Il y a longtemps que je t'aime'. Nice movie. Nice colour. Nice music. Nice story. Nice companion. French people has always got the taste of good life. I like it. Well, I am hoping for the good news from that particular museum in East London for the placement this summer. At least free tea and coffee provided. Dreaming about wallpapers, lovely tea sets, display of plants and flowers in the home in the 19th century. Geeeeeeeeee. Project submission 9am, Lecture 12pm, Meeting 2pm, Movie 3.30pm. The day doesn't end here yet. Gotta get myself ready, going down to pub for a drink at 7pm. I can't breathe. Vendredi, so I can do it today! An individual presentation and an essay coming have to be done within 2 weeks before I am off for Easter break going home then, weeeeee. (Presentation examiners: Dave and Magnus. Magnus Magnus seems like I have known you long before I meet you, you were the 2nd marker for my M2 essay I remember) C'est pour maintenant. Avec bisous! January 27 大年初一 灶神生气 今天傍晚6点左右,从和tutor的tutorial 回来,远远看见我的block前housemates一字排开站着。旁边的block也是,人都出来了。还有2辆消防车。我快步向前。 oh I missed it! 原来我们厨房着火了。不知道有没有错过cute firemen. 这时他们刚收工,housemates也各自回到房间了。问了一下,原来有2人在厨房应该是煮晚餐,然后闻到一股焦味,打开grill, 一团火冒出来,实在吓人。Fire detector went off, no it's not drill, 因为演习过,知道要去car park 集合,他们就乖乖拿起jacket往car park去。 浓烟味久久不散去,地上都是泡沫和水,灰烬到处飞啊飞。我们大冬天一幢楼的窗子全打开。还以为只烧坏了一个cooker,还有一个可以用,开始煮我的pasta发现咦怎么煮了半天不热的。抬头看见porter刚贴的"DO NOT USE COOKER" 心里大骂 shit, 怎么办,都开始切菜了。发消息问coursemate Jon (he's staying just two blocks away), can I use your kitchen? we burnt ours. 他说你可以现在过来。 有点窘,还要跟他的housemates解释我的厨房被烧了,不是我烧的,那是2小时前的事情,你们没听到消防车吗? 出乎意料的发现Jon不仅能cook properly,还是一个爱干净的人。第一次看到英国男生的房间收拾这么干净整齐。相比之下,我block里的2个英国男人,唉。。没眼看。mister tiga puluh lebih, 我还怀疑今天火烧跟你有关呢。呵呵。 回家后我也偷了他的idea,比如,把书桌挪了位子让房间看起来大一些,把房间的灯关掉,只用浪漫颜色的台灯。哈哈。我问Jon你干嘛把牙签都贴在墙上,他说this is art, 我回家也把圣诞节用剩的最后一块礼物纸贴墙上,this is also art. Dissertation 有点眉目了。这个题目aquila先生可能会高兴,貌似和他专业有关。我难道开始也搞建筑了?怕~~~ January 26 dont mean to sound crabkamu keluarkan susu saya yang 2 pint, masukkan susu kamu yang 4 pint, sebab peti sejuk sudah penuh. so, mana kamu letak susu saya? di luar? selama sehari? adakah saya masih boleh minum?
alasan kamu, kamu baru bangun hari ini sebelum 10 pagi ini dan dalam kalbu mu susu 2 pint itu kepunyaan anda. hello brother, this kind of lame excuse you better keep it to yourself. tak masuk akal. kamu terminum susu kepunyaan saya, dan beli lagi satu susu 4 pint? i dont see how are they related.
adakah itu adil? mula-mula 10 orang kongsi 2 peti sejuk, sekarang 2 sudah beredar, 8 orang 2 peti sejuk, masih penuh eh. saya pun boleh beli susu 4 pint tapi ini memang tidak adil untuk orang lain.
2 orang sudah tinggal blok ini semalam. barang2 yang belum habis digunakan mereka tinggalkan di sini. it is for common use ok, not first come first served you take anything you want, it is for everyone. begitu mudah dan kamu yang berumur tiga puluh lebih tidak faham? roti hilang. beras hilang. biasanya saya yang masak nasi, you yang tak biasa masak kenapa nak sorok beras dalam almari kamu?
puh.... berapa kali nak saya bagitau kamu mister tiga puluh lebih. kalau you nak gunakan bilik mandi perempuan dengan bath tub, sila pastikan kebersihan. bukan sahaja you mandi dalam bath tub perempuan dan tinggalkan buih dan cemarkan lantai, you pun poo poo dalam mangkuk tandas dan tak pernah membersihkannya. saya kena telefon ke bilik anda, kamu kata surprised to receive a call sebab tiada orang pernah telefon ke bilik anda. saya kata, sila naik ke tingkat 2 dan bersihkan bilik mandi.
so you "ter"minum susu 2 pint kepunyaan saya? "ter"ambil beras. apa lagi, selalu pinjam roti, beras, susu, sup, gula dari saya? so apa yang kamu ada? semua tak payah beli, asyik pinjam. tak malukah anda?
mister tiga puluh lebih, kamu kan pernah ke Uni O, kenapalah ... boys are just silly, throw rocks at them!
January 10 先牢骚一顿潜水太久。让我浮出水面深呼吸一大口。
作业,快了快了。
从比利时回来一个星期看书+拼4000字。2天前决定重做,现在步入Conclusion.
24号大家庆祝作业结束。所以我不能去访问英国家庭了。再看一下时间表,没有什么空间了。除非。。3月的那一点点空隙。但是打算用其中一个小空隙去H城,不知道该不该去。告诉自己不是为了你。还有Z城。也许没必要去了。不会为任何人学德语或者故意瘦身拔黑头。
写吧写吧。
加油加油加油!! December 24 life in checkbox什么时候开始我的生活和要求都以打勾做标准?
在博物馆里,每参观了一个展区,在map上打勾。对于男人,可能也是这样。Common interests? 打勾。大学?打勾。对生活有足够激情?打勾。朋友也是这样。然后暗地里给自己多种借口远离这个我不喜欢的人,不让他称为我的朋友。
是累的表现吗?我自己对生活还有激情吗?是不是也要给自己打勾呢?
October 05 aint a pocketful of sunshineWind is howling like a witch since mid-day. Rain is pouring until now. I began to love this crazy weather. This is more than sprinkle. As long as there is coziness in my room. Do not take me away.
October 04 life
终于是周末了!我不到9点起来,大家都还在睡觉。 住 房间是有点旧啦。一个block里10个人分3层住。ground floor 有一个toilet 有一个shower. first floor 有一个厨房,还有一个晒衣服放杂物的。second floor 有一个bathroom. 来之前不明白为什么要特别说明second floor 是 shower over bath. 原来英国人脑子很死。冷热水都是分开的两个水龙头。一般bath tub里本来是没有shower的,有的地方也不让你装。那你只能自己又开热水又开冷水把浴缸装满。 ground floor: 男人们。印度人,非洲人,2个英国人。first floor: 女人们。移民法国的突尼斯人,移民的中国上海人。second floor: 女人们。我,美国人,意大利人,奥地利人。 上次我说的旁边住的中国人,她搬掉了。换了跟我同一个department的美国女孩。我们second floor 的bathroom 6个女孩子共用,外加一个英国男人喜欢用来泡澡。而且每次泡澡以后就像淹过水一样。前天洗完澡他的一只袜子扔在洗脸盆下,到现在还在呢。 厨房是大家经常碰面的地方。昨天大家一起吃晚餐玩游戏,到半夜。 法国女孩看上去很成熟,其实比我们都稍微小一点。她经常在晚上把外面的朋友带到厨房间里给他们做饭。意大利女孩对此有点怨言。我猜是因为我们的餐桌比其他block都稍微大一点。 洗衣服要到30步以外的地方。洗一次£2,烘干一次20p,通常要转多几次,就不只20p啦。
吃 在学校吃一餐平均£3,晚上回来我一般也不做。厨房是10个人共用,做饭就够呛了。打开冰箱。两个大冰箱里都被塞的满满的。连厨房里原来属于我的cupboard也被占去了。不知道哪一个人在里面放了一箱的啤酒。反正其中3人圣诞节以后就不在了。就忍一忍吧。我在这个破地方也就1年。所以也就懒得自己买锅买啥的啦。 到外面吃呢还是稍微贵一点的。但偶尔还是可以的。自己做呢,几个人分摊下来还是不算贵的。做的吃的不精致,将就一下下。能饱就好。不过都要到朋友那里做。路途是有点远呀。 再不然就是自己到超市买一些吃的,也算健康。比如salad, muffin, tuna pasta, drumsticks 等等。
上课 这个星期刚开学,我累了。平均一个星期15小时的课。时间表每个星期都在变。2个星期内要交一篇文章。要去图书馆和人争书借。幸好图书馆很新很漂亮。如果我不在房间,那应该就在图书馆里。里面手机都没信号。 呜。好多作业好多阅读。有点力不从心。从星期三开始我早上起来就心想着但愿这是星期六早上。看见其他flatmates 那么快乐可以去shopping 我心里还有点不平衡呢。 一个department里一起上的有90人左右。好多人。来自22个不同国家。有没有帅哥?85%都是女的。美女很多。我的专业不到30人,只有1个男的。 我的special option 打算选programme director 的researching in art museum, 希望能选上。她也是我的academic tutor, 很有气质的美女,才30多一点,有1个3岁的女儿。 同学呢,跟几个英国女孩混得比较好。有一个是在Buckingham palace工作过的,有一个头发五颜六色。
London 我和伦敦离得不算远。可是我没时间呀。刚到的那时候在Smees家里借住了一下。晚上他们还用electronic car带我去看看伦敦的夜景。我真喜欢伦敦啊。尤其是Westminster Abbey. Mrs Smee 2天里带我坐地铁,我都会了。后来到了学校她还给我打电话关心了一下。无限感激。 圣诞新年放假一个月。到时候应该也会和同学去London让她领我去皇宫里兜一兜。
天气 有时候觉得阳光很好的下午,傍晚下起雨。有时候刮风很厉害。反正无法预测。现在是深秋了。forecast说昨天最低有4度,没感觉。一开始半夜被冻醒,因为学校在半夜都把暖气关掉。后来换了被子就好了。深秋了。 我的鞋子mr mad 还没寄来。很愁。再也不和他说话了。 October 01 no luck with vacuum cleaner!第几天了!!从我入住到现在,一直没机会用吸尘机。
我要用的时候总是找不到。放在我房间前面right in front 的时候,总是有事做,或者没时间,或者朋友在。
今天好不容易吃了晚饭回家想吸一下尘,从2nd floor 跑到ground floor找遍,被告知someone from the next block took it away this afternoon and not returning yet.
啊。。。no peace yet. along with the packed timetable. no, not until late March. September 25 before i go crazywhen credit runs out on mobile, no top-up places around. nearest post office like 20 mins away, no stores around they close pretty early.
thanks mr mad for calling and giving words of comfort. just like the first day on my arrival here at school, the room looks quite awful, small, simple and old... i text him, you really gotta call me tonight. he called straight away and said i guessed its you, so i got your number now. i said yes and if you dont pick up my calls next time i'll blow your head.
corridor mates.. well. one austrian, one italian, one me, the girl living next room i guess she's chinese, and being the most unfriendly among all. the building is old, i guess it's like 30 years old or more - the toilet seat is black coloured, no switches here, still using the light pulls. heater goes off at night i havent got a quilt yet. been busy with the workshops, no time for laundry yet. costs 3 pounds.
still in the progress of unpacking everything. need mr mad to bring hangers on friday. he's gonna drive here and send me the box of shoes i sent him when i was in shanghai. i cant spend so much it's quite expensive. im so handicapped now. i cant walk around without mr mad's car. bus is like 2 -3 pounds per trip.
and and and i might have left my internet banking security device at home couldnt find it here. oh no .. im getting really mad now. and i was told we need to work full time on holidays - no holidays for us.
June 23 VividoThere's a figure walking in front of me, wonder if it's you? I could still recognise you from far behind, even though it's like 20 steps away. The same style of walking and same size of ass. i clutched my mobile and rang you to ask you turn around. i took hastened steps towards you.
ritual kiss. hey.
so you start to pack? i should, but i havent really started, ive got another essay to write.
when are you leaving? im flying to Kuala Lumpur with a relatively low price. gonna be there. dont think we could meet up then. yeah i cant wait.
well i think gotta go back to study. (as usual)
ritual kiss. bye.
4 seconds before the light turns red, i ran across the road.
tres vivant, les beaux jours, nous avions.
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