Friday, October 3, 2008

And then there were 15 hours (left)




Isn't it scary how fast time flies sometimes? 

Heck, I can still remember the last day of the preliminary exams in Oxford where my course mates and I were trashed. (I am just being dramatic. Of course I can remember it. It was just 4 months ago!) 
What I meant to say(as cliche as it may sound) is that it feels like only yesterday that the trashing took place. In case, you are wondering what trashings are, they are basically the 'Bri-ish' way(of maybe the Oxford way) of celebrating the end of a major exam. People throw buckets of water on you while you are still in your sub fusc. (Sub fusc is just the gown that you wear to the exams. Oxford is quite mafan lor) And then, your friends give you a bottle of champagne where you have to pop the cork and aim it at the clock in the second quad(Oxford and its strange traditions). It is all in good fun. 

Here are some pictures of that GLORIOUS day

#1
See what I mean?

#2
I was supposed to go first to get trashed(I'm always bullied like that) but you know me, I was(or am) a big pussy and stood behind and this was when they realized I 'hardly' got wet and threw a bucketful of water on me. Yay  -_-"

#3
Aiming for the clock. THE most embarrassing thing happened to me when I tried to pop the bottle of champagne. Oh God, I literally felt like dying when it happened. 


(I know you're probably saying 'Eh, you cannot tell stories halfway like that!'....Well I just did >:D )

#4

(L-R) Marco, Me (thank God my friends don't care for looks), Clare, Jayce, Jenny; the engineers of Jesus College, Oxford. woop woop! -_-"

Okay I have digressed from the main point that is how fast time passes! 

So, after the preliminary exams and just before the trashing, Jayce told all of us we had exactly 2952 free hours til we had to study again. (how did I remember 2952? I didn't I just counted the number of hours in 4 months. hah) And now there are only 15 hours left!

It has got me wondering what exactly happened to the 2937 hours. I mean what have I done to pass the time?
*cue inspirational music* 
Well, I learnt conversational Mandarin (there he goes again), made lots of cakes and pasta, spent a lot of time with the PSP and slept through most of the 2937 hours. 
I also healed the world and promoted world peace. (okay no. Sigh, I wasn't very productive was I?)

 But I guess I can be forgiven for being unproductive as the summer holidays are meant to be wasted (and don't you believe anyone who tells you to work during the summer break just so it will be good for you!)

Exactly 15 hours before my flight to the UK. 
I am sadly happy (I is made oxymoron. I is smart). No, but seriously I will definitely miss everything Malaysian. From my friends and family to the food, but what the heck, I will be back in December!

3 comments:

samleawts said...

really nice thrashed celebration you had (: (yoda!) the usual julian just leaves his story half way aye?

time is just ticking away...
exams and interviews are coming through soon enough. hopefully i'll get to see you there in the UK (:

wake me up when november ends...shall see you again, lipyi :P

wernny said...

ur gown is so hogwarts mann..cool~~ :)

now thats a really thrashed party u have there..i know wat happened..keke~ it reminds me of sj 'birthday tempek' tradition back then..:)

messaged u before ur flight, but guess u wil only received it 2 months later..lol!

have a safe flight there..:)

JU said...

samleawts aka yoda, you got that right! Good luck with your exams and interviews! If you need any help just ask aite

queks, wait til you see my new gown! I will get a new one called a scholar's gown which looks even more 'Hogwarts'.haha Oh I didn't get your text! But thanks for the well wishes!