Got my flat-mates together and we walked to school for the Freshers' Fair. Wow, there was a looooong queue of freshers waiting to get inside this tentage with the stalls of the Fair! Thankfully, I had my flat-mates to talk with as we waited for our turn. Once inside, wow again! Loads of people and activities - sports and games, societies, volunteer groups, lots of medicine and law-related groups... Signed up my email with half a dozen groups. Prepared to get lotsa spam mail in the near future.
After the Fair, my flat-mates and I went off on our own. I had to go collect my debit card from the bank personally. Went to register for Jap lessons at the King's Modern Language Centre only to realise that I cannot use my debit card because of the PIN issue. Darn! In the end, had to pay using my home credit card because I didn't want to wait a few more days. The number of places on the earlier time slot was down to 6 and if I end up on the later slot, I would have to walk home in the dark when lessons end at 9 pm.
Yeh! The good sunny weather is back. The Brits love lying out in the sun on anything green. Outside the National Gallery on this small patch of greenery (forgot to take photos of this), Hyde Park (but of course), and the courtyard of the Guy's medical campus. This photo is pretty interesting also because of these HUGE living room set (sofa, couch, table and standing lamp) 'upholstered' by fake grass.
After a decadent dinner of fried egg, fried bacon and baked fish-cake (the ang moh type with potatoes), I went to collect the last of my care parcels from home!
Such a bittersweet feeling... So happy to have received more things from home, with a "hitch-hiker" postcard from Noel (thanks!), but also sad because I know it's the last of my things from home...
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