2 weeks in Rutland!!

Ahhh.. I've decided to move on to a blog. Much easier this way.. Well, it's been two weeks in Rutland Hall. Catered food's still bearable. If it wasnt, my wallet wont bear ordering takeout! I only get 1 pound 50 a day! That works out to.. 10.50 a week? One or two nights out and i'm gone! *sigh* Just to recap what has gone on since my last email.. Well, there was an Asian Clubbing event on Tuesday night. (All the Asians Socs: Malaysian Society, Malaysian Singaporean Society, Korean Society, Chinese Society, Thai Society..etc) It was held at Faces in Notts City. It was jam-packed.. so packed that this girl dancing behind me.. her ass was rubbing against mine! The dance floor was really small.. the drinks were expensive(had a redbull vodka..which tasted purely like redbull and a something coke.. which tasted like cough syrup) and the music was sucky IMHO. (More RnB...Arghh!!) Anyway, but it was interesting coz i was hanging out with 4 of my hall mates, Ben (Korean guy doing pharmacy.. resident "stud".Lol.), Seng (Bruneian guy doing Mec Eng.. great at bball.. hes on the uni 2nd team!), Justin (3rd year Eng student from Malaysian Campus) and Han (fellow law student from Shanghai). One of the funny things we did was try to get Ben to chat some girls up.. coz before that he was boasting how the girls go to him and not the other way around! After much scouting and missed chances, there were these few girls taking pics of themselves and I nudged him to help time take it. He did so and we ended up introducing ourselves to them. Next, Ben started buying drinks for all 3 girls! (3x3=12 quid!) Ladies.. Take note, if you ever need a free drink.. you know who to go to. Lol. He talked to them a bit but that was it.. man.. Ben.. you really have money to burn!! Anyway, it was a good night with good company.

Mm.. the next highlight of the week was the Goosefair. It's a funfair with rides, games, food and knick knacks.. It's like the European version of a Pasar Malam.. except it's held once a year for 5 days... with glaring lights, loud music, and things cost 7 times more! Basically, i lost my original group and ended up hanging out with Leanne and Co. We scouted around.. looking for the least rigged games and watching and learning other people play. We tried a couple of games but weren't too successful.. I personally tried Horse racing..where you get two red balls (no pun intended throughout this paragraph) and u toss it into these holes.. If the balls went in the holes, the horse would move faster. I was leading but lost in the end..argh.. Ended up 2nd. Next up, was this basketball game where you need to enter 1 out of 3 shots into a tiny hoop.. but alas, yours truly failed in scoring and didnt get a furry friend at the end of it. It was the pressure of 5 girls standing around i tell you!! It was..!! Lol.

We did go on some rides.. The 1st one was Wild Mouse which is basicallya rollercoaster and a teacup combined. Before the ride, I slyly said to Leanne not to hold on me tightly and she said, "Yeah, as if.." When we got on.. it was going uphill..the tension building up..then we downhill..we started zipping down and taking sharp corners and the teacup thingy holding us starting turning eratically. I don't recall screaming much but i recall Leanne clutching my jacket arm like her life depended on it. (yeah. you did!! Hahah) At the end of it all, there was a picture taken of us and up for sell in the form of a cup/keychain.. but being the kiam sap people we are (among us.. was 4 Singaporeans, 3 malaysians...nuff said?) we took pictures of the picture of us on the display monitor!! Ahh.. saved 3 quid by doing that.. Gives that nice warm feeling inside, you know... Lol.

The 2nd ride was Move It.. which I went on with Teong Weng.. this ride flips 360degrees and hovers like 15 metres in the air. All i can say.. was... Loud techno music+ strobe lights( made it like a night club in the air..lol.).. and add flu to that and rapid movements in mid air.. is not a good combo. Felt like puking and disorientated. Oh well. it was one of the cheapest rides around.. 2 quid. Pay peanuts.. you get monkeys? Wait.. in this case, pay expensive peanuts(14 ringgit in conversion nights) and get a complimentary headache and nausea! Whoopeeedo!

The night was passing quickly.. and i felt unsatiated... so i snuck away to try to win something soI would look less pathetic once I got on the bus. There was this darts stall.. Where u needed to score above 15 to get one prize at least.. So i thought, " Hey.. you've gotta be half-blind not to win something!" Went there... and lady luck was on my side and i got a small cuddly bear.. hahah! But once i got on the bus, my euphoria turned into humble pie.. with people carrying man-sized soft toys of Tigger and Eeyore. *sigh* But i consoled myself with the fact that... I had something to give away. Lol.

However, on Sat night.. I went back to the fair.. This time with Ben, Seng and Justin (Rutlanders till we die!! Yeah!!) Ben came back with a laser pointer, a furry rabbit and a giant bear holding a heart saying "I love you". It was really big so we each took turns carrying it.. Kinda funny when you think of it.. It was like.. the 4 of us were surrogate mothers for an inanimate object for the night. Wierd. We named it "Lil Benny" while waiting for a cab. Ben's gonna keep it till Febuary.. I hope no girls who he's thinking of giving it too.. reads this. Lol.

Well.. that's all for now.. I'll be posting the 3 emails i sent out.. Sorry, guys.. if I didnt add you guys to my list. Can't keep track... Cheers.