feels so good to be back in home sweet home London. When I got off the train last night at Kings Cross Station, I was telling Jaime, who came down with me, how much I missed London even though I had only been away for 8 days. and how did London decide to respond to my loyalty to her? by deciding to piss down raining after Jaime and I left Portions Bar (we thought we will drink to the fact that we successfully evaded train fares again..shh). never have I been caught out in the rain so badly. I was drenched and dripping like a sick puppy by the time I reached the halls. The first thing I did was drop all my things at my friends room to chat, moan and groan about the weather, wet hair, dysfunctional computer, my essay, money, and everything else in between. The second thing was lugging my baggage to my room, with help, and then to the kitchen to bake a marble chocolate cheesecake. Baking is therapeutic; I felt a lot more relaxed after that.

Im writing this on the morning after. Can you believe I had difficulty sleeping last night? because of the traffic noise. never has the noise affected my sleep in the past year - in fact, I thought I had grown rather immune from it. But I think its the drastic change from the sleepy countryside in Devon and the peaceful neighborhood in Cambridge.

Even though, Im going to be staying in doors most of this week to study, Im glad to be back in London. Tonight, its Des belated home-warming dinner party, hence making pudding last night. Its going to be Chinese hot pot - boy, do I miss this. Cath told me about this Oxford-Cambridge boat race in London this weekend, and my friend in halls asked me to go tomorrow. So I may spend Sunday on the banks of Thames, depending on the weather and my work. In the evening, I will be going to Ping Pong, this retro Chinese influence cocktail-bar in Soho with Nicki. Work, work and more work on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday, I hope to watch Phantom of the Opera theatre if there are student tickets. Then onthe afternoon of Thursday, Im setting on the Eurostar to Paris and staying there with Stephanie, a friend I met in India, till Sunday. Im super excited, not really because of the city, but because I didnt think I will see Stephie anytime soon. we always imagined we will have a reunion in India a few years later.

Havent been taking much photos; my camera has lost its second last screw, and so its fragiley held together by one screw. However, Eric is flying back to HK next Friday, so hopefully my brother can meet up with him to pass his camera and my laptop battery to him (and also for Eric to pass some winter coats to my bro..lols).