Oxford II

Boo-hoo. Was feverish , cough-hacking and lost my voice today so I finally went to see a GP at 9am today coz that was the only slot they had.

When I went there together with suwen (THANKS DEARIE FOR WAKING UP ON A SATURDAY MORN!) all the doc told me is "well love, looks like you've got the common flu. Its a normal virus. Just get plenty of rest, eat properly, and stay warm'

I looked at him with wtf-eyes asking him "aren't you going to give me antibiotics?" I seriously can't afford to stay sick now!!!

Doc: Nope, you don't need them. Just head over to the pharmacy and get yourself some cough syrup. now off you go. Cheerio!


WTTTFFFF. Wake up at 8am to go visit the doc only to be told to go back home and sleep some more. =______=

Who the heck says Cheerio anyways?? Isn't that a cereal?

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Updates on Oxford!

Took some funny pics around town :)

It was literally just a statute of a naked man standing on top of the building. For one brief moment we all thought he was real!

The dining hall at night

Seriously super super super cool. All the students had to wear Harry Potter black gowns while dining.

And just like the movie, the professors have a special table for themselves on an elevated floor, with napkins + better silverware from us low-lifes below. lol.

I swear I saw this woman that was dressed just likc McGonagall cuz even the professors had to wear long black gowns while dining.

Sigh, I'm just so unphotogenic these days

Had prawn salad appetizer which was simply amazing

Roast potatoes, cheese cauliflower & tender beef slices for the main meal (forgot to take pic. was starving.)

Eat your greens

And it was Apple Crumble Custard Pie for dessert

The whole meal was a mere: 5 pounds!! I LOVE OXFORD!!

I'm really so thankful we knew Ben who is cousins with Adelaide who is the girlfriend of Thomas who is a transfer student from US who studies at Oxford University who took his dating day off with Adelaide to show us around.

Big hugs to them :)

Sammie Sam Sam

Glad I was there to celebrate your 2(X) th birthday with you. :)

We love you loads baby!
Thanks for always being there for us. MUAKZ!! Blessing you with a huge change of good luck this year round (you've been needing it since September 2008. LOL)

Oxford I

is where some of the scenes of Harry Potter was filmed!! (JoJo wld go crazy here ^^)

Napping on the one hour train to Oxford

Oxford is has really beautiful Venetian type architecture *loves* . Apparently its history goes all the way back to the 1100's.

The chiming clock tower

This is the library which Oxford student use. So quaint!

In Oxford, we met up with Ben's cousin, Adelaide & her boyfriend Thomas. Thomas is an undergrad at Oxford so he could bring us around the campus grounds.

Everything on campus looks like something out of a postcard.

The student dorms. My hall looks like the servants' quaters in comparison

AHAHAAHA. Don't you just love Sam? :P

SEE!! So Harry Potter~!

According to Thomas the film production uses the places when the university is closed during the summer.

He brought us to one of the towers on the grounds. Apparently they only give the keys to the tower to students who do not have exams that term. A lot of people have committed suicide from that tower, so the university has attached so many terms to it! Like you can only access the tower on a sunny day and at night you're not allowed to go up.

The spiral staircase going up! Energetic sam :3

Then, a sure sign we have finally reached the top.

Gawd I was out of breath. I thought the spiralling would never end.

But the view was SUPER WELL WORTH IT!!

Sam & Ben: I went to Oxford and did this.

Met a group of students who were participating in the "Festival of Colour" that day

Gorgeous spring is everywhere these days. Though it doesn't officially start till the 21st of March, its hard to deny that its already here.

Oddly bare-leafed pink flowering tree on the grounds

The Oxford Canal - teamwork seems to be a problem.lol

I really really (X10) wanted to rent a boat but the angmo's werent' up for it :( . wouldn't it have been the cooolest rowing along the canal???? Reading has canals too apparently so I'm trying to see whether they rent boats too!

Just like the books in Enid Blyton where they name the boats

We mostly walked around parks and campus grouds in Oxford as everything is very very spread out.

We love bricks.

We popped into another University called "Christchurch" .

Fantastic Ceilings!!



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Yep, we're eating in a place like this for dinner. (next post)

The curious case of bacon

Aaaaah, bacon. I haven't met anyone who doesn't like to chew on that juicy strip of meat.

Some say its also the most flexible meat in the world, apart from chicken.

I've compiled a tiny list of the strangest recipes over the net of things you can use bacon for. A real-eye opener! I've attached the links to some of the recipes with step-by-step guides.

BACON WEAVE


This is really just....amazing. How in the world would anyone wanted to spend time weaving bacon into such a shape? But gawd, it looks delish!


BACON ICE CREAM




CANDIED BACON




BACON BROWNIE














BACON VODKA




BACON CUPCAKES





BACON BANDAGES

The wonderful world of Bacon ;P