Two photos will be sufficient in summing up school so far.
Cous cous and chicken caesar salad
Bookshelf
Okay, I'm exaggerating it really. It's not as bad as it looks. For one, takeaway food in Notts is arguably tastier, healthier and more pleasant to the eyes than catered food in the halls. In a nutshell, all students in halls get a meal card with a value of GBP4.90 to spend every weekday. If you get a typical meal in hall, you use up all the value you've got. So fussy (or/and calculative) people, like yours truly, make special and sometimes out-of-the-way trips to the the library just to spend my credit on takeaway boxes, pints of milk and the occasional starbucks latte which sells at 3/4 of regular price. Then again, there's also the necessity to stock up on rations because a certain somebody will be arriving in two weeks time to leech off my supplies... As for the books, it's a classic case of "be careful what you wish for". Flashback to a month and a half before, and I was complaining for days on end, worried that I wouldn't have enough books to tide me through my stay in UK. I'm certain I've got my hands (and maybe feet) full this time round. I swear, at this rate, I will never be able to complete The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.
Moving backwards, I woke up to the most unpleasant reality today--temperature zero degree celsius. It's tormenting enough to have to get up at 7am for class. So, imagine, for half an hour, desperately sieving through my wardrobe for items to layer. Presenting to you, the final product--
That's right folks. Me in a purple beanie which Sara and Jessie got for my birthday. I never thought I'd have the guts to wear it, but today's weather pushed me beyond the brink. Well done, nature.
Finally, dinner a few days back with our pioneer neighbours at Lenton Hall, during International Week. :D
Can't go into the finer details now. Got to rush off for Tools for Self Reliance. More on Birmingham later <3
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