One down, many more to go...

Even before the exams were over, I've already made up a list of places that I wanted to visit in London. Among a few of those places are Portobello Market, the British Museum, Natural History Museum and many more. But there was one place that nobody wanted to go with me, so I pulled Chee Siong along cos he's the 'anything also can' type of guy, so we went!!

The Emirates Stadium!!!


Once we arrived, CS told me his ulterior motive to visit the stadium too. He just wanted to tell his cousin, an avid Arsenal fan, that he was at Emirates now muahaha...


Heres a few more pics of us at the Emirates,



Heres their Fan Shop!! CS wanted to buy a jersey back, but they don't have his size (XXXL is almost about right for you la...) but then he found an XL jersey that he can't fit in!! Then I told him that the XL jersey is for females ler...ROFLMAO zha tou....


Unfortunately we missed the tour of the stadium, but we're coming back on 12th June for another one! Now to find out another way of getting there INSTEAD of walking....

Surveys : Are they true?

Sien from studying, so I copied and pasted a random survey sent around in Friendster and did it here :)

1. WHAT IS YOUR full name?
William Seow Wai Keong


2. WHAT kind of PANTS ARE YOU WEARING
now?
M&S shorts

3. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT
NOW?
The Fray - Over My Head

4. WHAT ARE THE LAST 4 DIGITS OF YOUR
PHONE:
6118

5. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE:
Paella :)

6. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR
WOULD YOU
BE?
Orange

7. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW?
Cloudy

8. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE
PHONE?
Cibai Yue Chee Siong

9. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT
tHE OPPOSITE SEX?
Skin Complexion

11. HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
Bored, lazy and restless

12. FAVORITE DRINK?
COKE ZERO!!!!

13. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?
Vodka cocktails

14. FAVORITE SPORTS?
football, badminton

15. HAIR COLOR?
Brownish Black

16. EYE COLOR?
dark brown

17. SIBLINGS AND THEIR AGES?
Sister at 20 going on 21

18. FAVORITE MONTH(s)?
May - Summer blockbusters are here!

19. FAVORITE FOOD?
Anything hot and spicy

20. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Spiderman 3

21 .FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
Days when I don't need to do anything at all :)

22. ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE
OUT?
Nope, I just delegate it ^^

23. DO YOU LIKE SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY
ENDING.
Happy endings. Sad endings infuriate me.

24. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Winter!!

25. HUGS OR KISSES?
Hugs

26. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?
Chocolate

27. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING NOW?
dot.con

28. WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN SAVER?
Standard Windows XP screensaver

29. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Rendang!!

In the middle of June....

14th June - Depart from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street
15th June - Tour of Liverpool
16th June - Depart Liverpool to Manchester via National Express
16th June - Depart Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston

Exams will soon be a part of History....

Theres only one more paper to go until my penultimate assignment of my postgraduate life begins. Had completed 3 papers already ; Financial Markets, as expected, had exactly the same style of questions as the coursework Keith gave us. Not only that, it was THE 2004 paper, which I had a glimpse at when Andy asked me a question from the paper. Thanks for leading me to the 2004 paper!! Next paper was Econometrics 2 days later. Was really worried sick about that one, cos I didn't really understand it one bit at all. However, I pulled through Econometrics and did the test. Hopefully I did well for the paper though; it was quite tough and I saw quite a few of my coursemates walk out of the exam hall earlier than usual, hmmm......

Did Corporate Finance a few days ago. Really crammed for that one cos this was the new paper, so there weren't any past papers for it. But at the end, the paper ended up to be too easy!! There was even an objective part that was so straightforward, I even answered all of it during the 10 minute reading time. And ALL questions were calculations based and from his tutorials, so it was just a matter of remembering the procedures on how to go about the question. I just took 1 hour to finish the paper and lingered at my place for another 30 minutes b4 I left to go home and play Counterstrike Source.

Now theres 4 days to go for IBE, and truth be told, I'm not studying as hard as how I studied for the other papers. Maybe its because that the previous papers were more straightforward, so you had to really know the answer or u're screwed. Not for IBE, its more subjective,so theres more room for bullshit, muahahaha......

One more paper and the fun begins!!

A Morning Walk that I took....

One morning, I had nothing much to do and wanted to take a walk around London to get rid of my boredom. I also had the time to map out my journey in Google Earth, so you can see what do people do when they finish their exams, rofl.


Of course, I've placed several placemarks and have taken a few pictures to see what goes on that day in that particular area. I started off from home...

1. Leaving home








2. Passing by City University, quite empty when the exam season
is around....







3. The Barbican, home to a concert hall and the most hideous high-rise apartments in Central London. I can't comment on Greater London apartments as I haven't been out of Central London, lol....









4. St Paul's Cathedral. They say that buildings should not be taller than the cathedral. Too bad, it's now dwarfed in height by the Gherkin and Natwest Tower, both nearby in the Square Mile....







Crossing Millennium Bridge....








...and arriving at Tate Modern, where the concept of modern art such as a headless bronze male statue are deemed art.








A random picture that I took while walking along the Thames Path, almost towards Waterloo....








The London Eye in the morning, there were crowds waiting to buy tickets already then!











Before crossing Westminster Bridge, I took this shot of the Houses of Parliament...








Walking past Whitehall, I ended up at Trafalgar Square and then to Leicester Square.









Leading to Soho Square and Oxford Street towards my way home...










Total time of the entire journey : 2 hours 33 minutes. Now thats how you waste an entire morning !!

After the Battle, before the War....

Finished the hardest paper by far in my exams, Econometrics for Business Economics. Didn't know why the hell I even took this module in the beginning, and still clueless up til this day. Confusing texts and a confusing lecturer who goes straight to what he wants us to know without clarifying a damn thing. And cramming for the paper 1 week for the exam doesn't actually help too.

Went straight to Covent Garden cos SK wanna pick up something from the cosmetics shop. After that, we took some time off studying by walking from Covent Garden to Oxford Street. Also went to CPW to get a hands on approach on the Samsung U600, the phone that I was keen to change to. After trying for a while, I realised that it's not worth changing my W850i at all. The keypad on the U600 was hard to press as its layout is flat, ie, if u wanna press 9 but press it in close to 8, chances are you will get 8 on the screen too. You also had to slide the phone open to use the camera, unlike the W850 where u just used it, period. Basically what was most disappointing was the keypad layout hahaha. Perhaps a wait for the RAZR2 or the T650/ in the near future? Or save a few hundred more for an N95? No point getting an S500 ; too similiar.

Had dinner once again at Nara in Soho. Had it last time when Thean was in London. Had the BBQ once again, definitely still the best compared to WuJoong. We also ordered the Kimchi-chige too, still one of the best soups around!!

The appetizers before the meal....
The main course!!

Along with the kimchi-chige....


I'm glad to say...that we didn't waste any of our meal :)

We can't forget about dessert!!


The final damage to my wallet was £23.10. I would say thats pretty averagely priced for a meal in central London, I guess....