Wagamama, Sunday Roast, London

Another assignment submitted this past Friday, only a couple more to go now. But I must say, it feels like I'm submitting sub-par assignments, it doesn't seem as clear what I need to do for each assignment, and when I thought I figured out a good layout for what the assignment is looking for, but it turns out there was more to it then I thought, and thus i have much less confidence in my assignment these days. Anyhow, things are good.... not as intense trying to make it to all the lectures anymore, instead, really picking and selecting speakers/lectures I want to hear, and absorbing it as much as i can. It's great to hear so many ambitious people explaining their area's of interest, whether it is technical talk on Natural Ventilation by architectures, or foreign diplomats speaking about their life experience, somehow, I find things are more connected than I had ever perceived. The movement towards a responsible type living, is at the core of some of these individuals/group's purpose. You hear about how a building can be ventilated without the requirement of heating/cooling over 80% of the year, what a great achievement that would be... and yet it is already being done. Then, you hear diplomats talk about the challenges of serving in a country with a rising economy and middle class that is unprecedented in our era, and you hear the intricacy of posturing, learning about a new culture... and to what end? Watching out for your home country's national interest.... yet in the mist of that, you can hear the appreciation and a new sense of understanding of how different country do things differently, we might perceive it to be incorrect, slow, or even inefficient at first, but somehow, overtime, the slow and steady approach has proven most robust.

Anyhow, it seems the next step is to find a full time job, and hope to fit in the schedule to sit in and learn from interesting classes. So anyway, after last Friday, I took a break and just walked around town with some friends, checked out different shops, had a coffee, lemon tart, and went to Wegamama's for the first time. I must say, i was pretty happy with the meal, it didn't hurt that we had a 2-for-1 deal here. I must say, 2-for-1 are the things of Cambridge. After that, we went to Trinity Hall for some £1 drinks... (alcohol heavy drinks), then it was St. Edmunds.... the night was a bit of a blur, just remembered a lot of shhhh-ing, getting caught trying to open a bar, and Rebecca and Phillipe rapping to Vanilla Ice.

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Sunday, I was invited to a Sunday Roast in Stansted Moutfitchev. It was pretty cool to be in a traditional english farm. Was able to enjoy a good meal, with good friends, and see a different side of England along with some really cute kids.... :)

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After that, it was down to London to meet up with Cath and some friends. Notice there's a picture with Cath with her glasses on.... so rare.... :D
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Lent Term Over

School and classes are officially over last week! We're in the middle of lent.... and I've given up meat for either lunch or dinner each day until Easter. It's surprisingly not as simple as I thought, meat in my fridge is going bad, and i've bought much more veggies. However, junk food's slightly gone up.... :( (If you're ever in the UK, buy Sensation's - Thai Sweet Chili crisps/chips, you'll be happy you did :D)

Anyhow, going back to school, I must say it has been pretty amazing, I have met some wonderful people here in Cambridge. My time has been rewarding as the education is very interesting, and I am taking away some framework and practical theories (...hmmm.... :P) on development studies, globalisation, technology and competition policies, and business stratergy. It's great to be in school when you have context as to what and why you want to learn. Furthermore, my time here has been rewarding as I feel that I am in a position to offer back, whether it is spiritually, or through experience in life, I find my experience and maturity 5 years out of school, has taught me to be patient in love and caring for others. And it is most exhiliating to feel in sync and active in His plan.

So this past week, after class was done and I submitted another paper, a few of us from class decided to take advantage of the available theather selection in London, and the student pricing, and not to mention the no class on Monday mentality :D

Anyway, I really liked the musical, I love how different a perspective this story gives when it is base off the facts from the Wizard of Oz. Now I know it's only a story, and it's made purposely this way. But can you imagine how often we jump to conclusion, and new studies even show how our brians love to make shortcuts and assumptions in order that we don't have to test everything and improve efficiency. Like the study where people were shown a bunch of long words, but the some of the middle letterswere taken out. It results show that people just made assumptions and pronounce the word without the missing letter. I am ALWAYS guilty of this, but I must say it serves me right more times than not. Anyhow, to get back on track, Wicked was great, it was really funny at times, not to mention how silly it was. Oh, also been humming the songs... i am definitely a bit of an emo, i seem to hum all the epic moment/sad emo tunes....... then again, maybe it's because they were the best one in the musical... yeah... that's it :D

I also went to Hillsong church. The energy was so intense! But I actually realize how this was not the type of church for me, and had in fact a tough time worshiping and really getting anything out of the service. I really had to try and focus during worship to not notice the really cute base-player... i was like... WOW, female base-player that played with great coolness and style.... The smoke, flashing lights, and non-ciculating air also didn't help as I was just "cream-crackered" :D... but i must say, they put together a pretty tight show. And the music... the music was great... almost like going to a free concert!

Ummm... what else.... Yup, discovering another section of London! Oh man i love this city...... I'll be brief.... Brick Lane Market (4 stars), Covert Gardens (4.5 stars) --> fresh Friuli from tap on a warm sunny day (5 stars). Walking around London and its market on a sunny day is just like an advanture. Never know wher exactually where you're going to end up, but it's almost always good.

Well, until next week... Ummm... Cath is going to be in town :D

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Dissapointment...

I guess you know where this is going.... but i must say, it was a disappointing lost because we were a better team, we were a team that have played better in previous games, and it hurts all that more when we just came out flat on the most important game. We trained 3 times a week all year, late Sunday nights, early Thursday mornings, late Tuesday nights. We all gave a bit of our life to the team, and when we don't live up to our potential, that is what really hurts. It's kind of like the analogy when you see someone with so much potential waste their lives away...

ps. will post pictures up later.

Varsity Tomorrow

Wow, never knew how important varsity match was. It's serious here.... team bonding was fun yet serious..... i'm really growing fond of team building journey, sharing scars, listening to each other... there are still disagreements, but we work around them to get to the goal... and it's a goal where everyone is willing to take a back seat so that the entire team might succeed.

hk