Happy New Year everyyyyyoneeee!!! I hope you all had a lovely
Christmas/ New Year and just about ready to face everything the second term of
uni has in store for us!
As you all know from my previous blogs, the Christmas
holiday was one holiday I've been waiting for for a loooooooong time (not just
because of the stressful month of coursework/exams we had to face in
December...but also for the festive fun, new year celebrations, amazing food,
catch-up sessions with family and friends, Christmas movies, massive sales all over London and everything else that
happens around Christmas & New Year!!!) In fact, as weird as it may sound,
I much prefer the colder winter weather compared to summer, so this really is
the perfect time of year for me!
As the term ended quite late for us compared to everyone
else, I only had the weekend to buy Christmas presents for my family and
friends (wrapping the presents was an absolute nightmare - no matter how hard I tried..I just never
managed to master the art of tying the ribbon around them!!!) Christmas day
itself was the usual ( opening presents, enjoying Christmas dinner with the
family, watching the Christmas special of Dr Who and other programmes on tele
etc.) but it was still really nice!!!!) Boxing Day of course means sales
shopping and that's exactly what I did with my friend in Westfield! Although it
was a mission trying to get through the large crowds of people just to get
inside at least ONE shop, it was well worth the trouble as I managed to buy a
Guess Bag in the sales (something I've
wanted for a long time!) And as for New Years Eve, I spent most of the day with
my friends in China Town and then with my family as the countdown into the New
Year began. New Years day itself involved going to the temple for New Year
Prayer and visiting more family. My friend from New Zealand, who I hadn't seen
since Year 8 had also come for a visit, so it was really nice spending the rest
of the holiday with her and catching-up with some of my other secondary school
friends who I hadn't seen for a while either (Winter Wonderland was A-mazing!!!)
So after two weeks of fun, I'm sooooooooo glad we've got a
week left before we start the new term. I'm definitely going to spend pretty
much most of the week finishing off my lab book and lab report which is due in
when we get back and also reviewing some of my lecture notes to refresh my
memory on last term's work. I recently had a look at this term's timetable and
I was sooooooooo shocked to see the four 9am starts I've got this term... each day consisting of at least one lecture
and IT/practical lab session...the only day I have free is the Wednesday! :( So
I guess my new year's resolution would have to be waking up early for these 9am
lectures (and of course...losing those extra pounds I've gained over the
holidays...) What's YOUR new year's resolution???
