November Update

Long time no talk
sorry for the sparce updates on my blog website, keep forgetting about the website, which I'm still not very used to… and now, i've forgotten alot of what i've done past month…

My computer was down for couple weeks and I haven't been able to upload any of my pictures… so please be patient, my new pictures will be up very soon…

Past month has truly been an eye opening time of my life…
This is the week 7 of my school term and I feel as though I haven't done anything for school yet… I've handed in one assignment so far but i think that's pretty much all i've done… modules here are based on 'self-learning' education system where we are encouraged to read differen books about the topic on our own… which for myself is a challenge where I'm used to my one text book which i have to study from…I'm finally getting used to the system, but it's already week 7 of my term… I have about 3 and half weeks to catch up on my past 7 weeks of reading!!!! a big lesson learned for next term…

I've picked up few british slangs as well as few greek and american words alongside… The people i hang out with the most are Ceri (british), mark (american) and makis (greek)... last saturday, we went to Kenilworth Castle to watch the bonfire and the fireworks to commemorate Guy Fawks and Bonfire night:

On the night of November 5th,
throughout Britain,
bonfires are set alight, effigies are burned,
and fireworks are set off.
The people do this to commemorate
their country's
most notorious traitor:
Guy Fawks

We stood in the drizzly cold field for about an hour and half watching the biggest bonfire i've ever seen from at least 200m away because the british ppl are very conscious of fire hazards (everything is fire proof in my residence hall and we are not allowed to leave our washroom doors opened after taking a shower because the steam from the room will activate the fire alarm, which has already happend twice)... the weather was very cold and wet, the field was completely muddy, it was your ideal British weather… it cost 6 pounds to enter, and we bought a hotdog to eat while we waited… which by the way does NOT taste like hotdogs we have back home… and i think this is one thing i miss the most about TO, eating street dogs after coming out of a club… here after clubbing, we eat kebabs… which stilll does taste good, but its not the same as eating a streetdog after a long night fo booging.. :) anyways, after we ate, the four of us just stood around talking, shivering and watching the kenilworth castle change colours in the dark… then finally the fireworks started and went on for about 15 minutes i believe and i don't think i've ever seen it so close before which was definitely a new experiece… then it suddenly hit me that i was in England standing near a castle watching the fireworks to celebrate some british holiday i've never heard of with ppl from all over the world and i couldn't believe how far i've come away from home to be here…
afterwards, we walked around the town (rather a village because it's so small) to look for a traditional english pub and we went into one that was built in 1563AD… it was more than 400years old!!!! we sat there talking for hours listening to the oldies, which by the way, all pubs in england must close by 11pm, unless it is a club which closes at 2 am… we finally bused back home around 12 because there were no cabs and luckily the buses were running…. and watched Top Gun at Mark's because while we were at the pub we heard a song from the movie…

and the weekend before that I was in LONDON for the first time since i've arrived to England and i think it was the best time i've had so far since I got here…. but this story will have to be saved for a nother day when i can also post up my pics because i must not go study some more before going to bed

i think tomorrow we might be going into town of Coventry at night to hit a local club called Icon, which is supposed to be good…

For those of you that was worried for me because of my cooking skills, worry no more because i can now cook decent meals!!!! :) sometimes i am not even sure what i'm making because i just put whatever ingredients together with which ever sauce i have in my fridge, but it still doesn't taste too bad.. rather, it's pretty good, so i'll be cooking alot more when i get back i think… and surprisingly i don't even miss korean food that much.. i crave for more non-asian food now, strange huh…. Me, JINIE, doesn't eat korean food and it's fine!! :) anyways, but it's also bad because i eat lot more junk food now than when i was back home.. actually, in TO i never really ate junkfood but here i eat a cookie or chocolate or whatever after dinner and at night time for snacks.. lets just hope that i don't come back 10 dress sizes bigger …

okok, really i have to go read!!! :)
thank you for all your prayers and emails, updates on my depression/homesickness will come very soon as well… i feel as though now i can get through most things in life because i was able to get through those two weeks of my life… once again, thank you…

i'll try to update my site more often… sorry once again for the delay :) and my laziness… i miss all of you very much, but i still love being on my own…
have a great week!!!

love, jin

: 09 Nov 2004 22:08 |  Tags: Warwick Updates |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem