Insomnia

I went to bed at about 2am last night after getting the materials ready for EBL, but I couldn't fall asleep. I know that I was still wide awake at about 3am, and I woke up a few times during the night. When I woke up, I felt like I hadn't slept at all.

Life has been haywire. So much to do, so little time. 5 deadlines, so much to read, so many tutorial problems to do, and there is this programming thing that I have to learn before I can write programs to solve Mathematical problems. Fourth year --> tough.

I know I had been complaining about the weather in Manchester lately. It's now abnormal. Abnormal to Manchester means sunny or no rain. It feels a bit weird to be back in Manchester this year. Some of my closest friends have already graduated and left Manchester. It's such a shame that we can't graduate together.

I don't think I am ready to start working yet.

Surprise?

Well, no big surprise, nothing extraordinary.

Just that I slept really late last night, thanks to the stupid coursework, at about 2am. But I managed to wake up at 8am, and attended an one-hour lecture at 9am, and I didn't yawn even once!

Rain!!!!

It's still raining! When is it going to stop raining? Go away!

The rain in Manchester is getting so IRRITATING now that even wearing a hoodie or using an umbrella will not help in preventing you from getting wet. The rain hasn't been heavy actually, but the water droplets are so small and light that they literally fly around in no specific direction. LIKE CRAZY! Just imagine someone keeps spraying water onto your face!!!  So, good luck if your makeup isn't waterproof, unless you have THIS umbrella -

Helmet umbrella

You might look ridiculous but at least your head and shoulders will stay dry! Not bad huh?

For body, you can always wear a raincoat. It will protect you from the heaviest rain ever. For your shoes, maybe you can consider this -

I don't think these will really work tbh

God, can you please let it rain in places like the desert instead?

8.02pm

8.02pm. I am already feeling very exhausted. But there's so much to do... Courseworks, reports, proposal, reading, meeting, tutorials............. and the weather is making me even more tired. I wonder when I will see the sun again, really...

Rain, rain, go away!

Rainy day in Manchester

It's been raining continuously in Manchester for three days, and it is getting more and more annoying. I love it when it rains, but only when I'm indoor or when I am having something hot to drink. Imagine slowly sipping your coffee and savouring your favourite cheesecake, sitting by the window in a warm coffee shop watching people passing by, some with umbrellas and some without, or maybe... drinking the steaming hot soup whilst sitting by the slightly open window.....


Oh well.. forget it! It's been raining non-stop, and to make it worse, the wind has been strong too. Went for movie last night and came back with the lower halves of my jeans all wet, even though I had an umbrella. It's because I have to walk so much here that makes me dislike the rain sometimes. Nothing is worse than having to carry bags of groceries with one hand as the other hand has hold the umbrella and walk for 20 minutes.


According to the weather forecast, it will rain until Wednesday.....

RRMS/RRSS

Went back to Riam with another two ex-classmates on a Saturday to reminisce . 

But, where is the pond ?!!!! Heard from some people that the school intended to build a new block here.... that explains why.

The pond 怀恩湖 is gone but little hut 校友亭 is still there

 And we found this --> a frog on a mushroom.. Don't ask me what it represents.

The frog and the mushrooms

And apart from the large large trophy in front of the college which I forgot to take a picture of, we also found this --> a DIAMOND!!!

The diamond surrounded by pots of flowers near the fountain in front of the newER block.......

Signs of DEVELOPMENT. It's for the betterment of the school, of course, but I really miss RRMS.