On Sunday, it was really busy at work. There were customers constantly coming to the shoes department and I touched some kid's feet which was wet! ughhh And I didn't even get to do the stuff I needed to do. I only got to escape the shoe department around one hour before closing. Besides that, I also got to meet another new colleague that also studies in Queen Mary~ There's also another girl that studies at QM on our floor. But this guy isn't actually a new staff, he just got transferred to Toys from Menswear. And I bumped into him ytd at uni while I was rushing off for to Dagenham East for my last Team Up session.
On Monday, I was, according to Nia, "very slow". Mainly because I didn't get enough sleep. But at least I made it to my 10am lecture on time! After 2 hours of lectures, I was sooo hungry and I just wanted to have some real food! I brought two pain au chocolat to uni as lunch but I was craving a full meal~ So I asked a few friends in my Advertising lecture whether they wanted to go have lunch and they were all not interested.... So I decided to just go to the library to have my pain au chocolat. But then... so coincidentally, I bumped into Karkai in the revolving door while entering the library hahaha. The first question I asked her was, "Do you want to go have lunch?" kekeke and she said yes! We then took the bus to Westfield Stratford (that day was the 6th day in the row I went there lol)~ We wanted Italian food but couldn't find any nice pasta place so went to a pizza place instead which was quite good. After lunch, went to do some window shopping before I had to head back to uni for an appointment with the Careers department to check my CV. The appointment was okay, got some tips on how to improve my CV which I'll then need to quickly start applying for stuff to do over summer. Ugh the stress.
Anyway, after that I had my Human Resource Management seminar at 4pm which was okay. Last week, the case study we discussed was actually about John Lewis and my lecturer actually asked in class who had previous work experience or part-time jobs and only two people raised their hands (including me). The other guy was an American who shared his experience working in Panda Express lol. And I had to talk about my experience working in John Lewis. lol
After that, I went back to the library and waited for Nia so that we could go to Team Up's AGM. After she came and before we left to go to the meeting, we bumped into Ben and ended up chatting for almost half an hour. We mainly talked about accommodations around uni coz it's something every international student worries about. I am actually planning to move out of my current place... it's a long story regarding why I want to do so, so I'll leave that till next time. But Nia said, I might be able to move in to her flat. Maybe. Slight chance. But hopefully. :)
During the AGM, we had free pizzas~ and I went without any expectations of doing anything besides eating free pizza but ended up being pulled into being an Events Manager for next year! I haven't received any official confirmation about this yet but I think it's something interesting and different~ Nia is running for the position as well (they need 3 people for the role).
My Team Up sessions ended ytd and honestly, I'm so glad it's over. It's not that I didn't enjoy it, it's just that it took up too much of my time and it was quite a big commitment. And I would not do it again next year. So taking on the position of Events Manager instead of a tutor is more appealing to me. Let's wait and see how everything works out. I am just worried I won't be able to cope with everything next year... Being in my 3rd year and needing to work and take on this role and then applying for jobs and stuff... ugh the stress.
During ytd's session, I met another Malaysian! Well, he's British but it still counts. He is probably one of the only people that could immediately tell that I am Malaysian lol. But it's obviously easier for Malaysians to recognise Malaysians. On Monday, after the AGM, Nia and I went to Sainsbury's and while we were at the queue, this guy behind us asked us what language we were speaking and I was like, "English." and he asked, "Where are you guys from? Japan?" LOL
Anyways, it's always nice to meet fellow Malaysians around London~
Putting that aside, let's look back to the fun times I had over the last three months~
Some of these photos were taken in January! That seems so long ago already...
12/01/2015
This was the first meal we (me, Nia, Phuong and Sue) had together during the first week of this semester~ We always end up going to the pub near our uni lol
And I rmb we ordered a sharing platter of lots of fried food and it was so sinfully good.
I miss hanging out tgt, just the four of us~ This semester, because we only have a few of the same modules, I rarely get to meet them.
I miss hanging out tgt, just the four of us~ This semester, because we only have a few of the same modules, I rarely get to meet them.
And this was a Christmas present Nia brought back from the Netherlands for me~
It was so so so good. Seriously if you haven't tried it yet, try it! Probably one of my favourite chocolates now!
And this is the moisturiser that saved my skin from being dry and flaky over the bitter cold winter.
I bought it in January and I regret not buying it earlier!
It's quite a big tub so I hope it will last me till next winter.
This is my current favourite eyeliner~ I bought it on Ebay with free shipping! And it's cheaper than my previous Stila eyeliner. I liked the Stila one but the felt tip wore off so I couldnt draw precise lines anymore. This one smudges a bit after wearing it for around 6 hours though.
I really want to try the famous Kat Von D eyeliner but it's so so so expensive....
16/01/2015
Karkai, Keziah and I went to Giraffe in Westfield to have lunch together on a Friday afternoon before I had to go for work.
These quesadillas were so yummy and spicy~
19/01/2015
Lunch with Keziah and Jamie after our Advertising lecture at Polo Bar near Liverpool Street Station.
When our food came, I was so jealous of their full English breakfast. I ordered pancakes with toffee and bananas which didn't fill me up.
But all our food were slightly burnt because they forgot our order and probably had to cook it in a hurry.
02/02/2015
Lunch in Westfield again! hahahaha
But this time at GBK coz Kez had a voucher to redeem a free side (if you can see in the photo, that side of onion rings were so yummy).
I went for the vegetarian option because I love falafels.
After lunch, we even went to Costa to get coffee and finish up our seminar work.
These photos makes me look like I'm fully enjoying my life LOL
But that was a lot of money spent on food...... I should probably start restraining myself a bit....
While we were there, Keziah and I kept praising the amazing urban architecture of the shopping centre so we ended up taking a few photos.
I posted this on Instagram and my mum asked me to take a few more photos for her so a few days afterwards, I did! And all those photos will be in the next post~
Kez and I~ We rarely take photos tgt
06/02/2015
A precious photo of Nia and Karkai~
We were waiting for the bus to go to Westfield. lol you must be thinking, AGAIN?!
It was because I had to go to work and these two ladies wanted to shop~
But they were nice enough to go visit me at work kekeke
07/02/2015
Grocery shopping.
I went in wanting to get bread and one carton of oat milk but ended up with all these items.
I love my chocolate oat milk.
09/02/2015
Nia needed me to take a photo of her against this wall because she needed a nice photo for her campaign running as Volunteering Office of the Student Union (which she officially is now!).
And I ended up asking her to take photos of me as well kekeke
That day was one of those rare sunny days where the weather was considered warm in London!
Nia needed me to take a photo of her against this wall because she needed a nice photo for her campaign running as Volunteering Office of the Student Union (which she officially is now!).
And I ended up asking her to take photos of me as well kekeke
That day was one of those rare sunny days where the weather was considered warm in London!
After taking photos, we went to Nando's for lunch! with Nia, Keziah and Jamie~
I shared the wings with Nia and they were goooood. We both loveeeee chicken wings.
14/02/2015
Had a romantic Valentine's Day dinner at Pizza Express with two of my colleagues (Hema and Katie) from work~
We were so hungry after work because we all had our lunches quite early at work (we don't get to choose what time we get to have lunch, our managers get to choose).
Pizzas are always a good idea. Cheese is always good idea.
19/02/2015
First day of CNY and I had to work and wear all black~ I guess that's a first!
I love wearing all black. So I don't mind it. But now I always have an excuse to buy only black clothing lol. I keep saying I need an all-black dress, or new black skirts and tops, for work!
This was at the Malaysian Society's CNY dinner somewhere in Queensway.
I specially took a day off from work to attend this! and also so that I could finish up my Occpational Psychology coursework lol (which I just got my results for it back today; got a first! woohoo)
The food was okay. Not too bad. I wasn't planning to go at first... coz I'm not really close to anyone in the society but then I asked Ben to go with me~ It's hard to make friends with them when I don't ever turn up for any of the activities that doesn't involve food. lol just kidding. I want to get involved more but they always have their stuff at times when I have work... :(
Mmmmm~ that's my only reaction to these photos.
DumDum is always available at Box Park but they were available at Westfield some time ago (and they're back again for the next two weeks!). They have this small stall near Waitrose so I saw it on my way to work. I went there wanting to just buy two donuts but then the guy told me they were selling 4 for £10 so I bought 4! I thought I might just share them with friends at uni~ And then I told the guy I was just working upstairs in John Lewis and after hearing that, he gave me two of those small heart shaped donuts for free~!!! So then I went and spread the word about how good they were to all my colleagues lol
Seriously though, their donuts and cronuts are so delicious. They are baked, not fried so they're not greasy. And the fillings in these donuts were so so good. Yeah, the cronuts have cream in between each layer. So amazing. I walked by their stall again today and almost bought some. But i'm trying not to spend so much money now so no donuts for me!
Okay, it's past 2am and I am so tired.
Ytd I fell asleep at 1am with my laptop and lights still on... lol
I don't understand how the weather is still so cold... It's almost April alr! And I hope it won't be too cold when I go for my holiday in less than two weeks' time~
Okay, good night~
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