Posted in Easter, tagged Cambridge, Easter Sunday, Snow on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today is Easter Sunday. I am competely tired out after attending the Easter Vigil until 11:30pm yesterday. To greet me early in the morning was a blanket of SNOW! It is amazing to see snow in Cambridge at Easter!
View outside my window
King’s College
Posted in British Culture, Musical, Play, tagged England, musicals, plays on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
GOING TO A THEATRE is my favourite pastime in England. Sometimes I go on my own; sometimes I go with my friends. Perhaps I have spent over a HUNDRED pounds buying theatre tickets.
Plays that I viewed:
The History Boys (Cambridge Arts Theatre, October 31, 2007)
Enjoy (York Theatre, November 10, 2007)
The Selfish Giant (Cambridge ADC Theatre, December 8, 2007)
Julius Caesar (Cambridge ADC Theatre, January 19, 2008)
Hobson’s [...]
Posted in Cuisine, tagged Indian cuisine on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I set off in quest of Indian cuisine last Sunday.
On Sunday 2nd March 2008, I went to the India House on Newhnam Road with some Queens’ members after our trip to Oxford. After we were seated, the Indian waiter asked if we would like to have something called poppadom. I did not have a clue what that was. I simply trusted my friends [...]
Posted in Learning English, Sports, tagged Ice hockey, varsity match on March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ever watched live ice hockey? Yes, I have.
Ever watched live ice hockey varsity match? NO, I HAVEN’T.
Fancy watching the oldest hockey rivalry in the world? DEFINITELY.
The idea of witnessing the fierce ice hockey rivalry between Cambridge and Oxford sounds absolutely gorgeous. At my friend’s invitation, I decided to attend the 2008 men’s Varsity Ice Hockey Match to support the Cambridge Team against Oxford.
As the varsity [...]
Posted in Learning English, tagged metrosexual on March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I heard the term ‘metrosexual’ twice within last week.
It was first mentioned by my MPhil classmates when I talked about some Hong Kong boys spending time finding the right skincare products for themselves. The second time the term appeared was in a dinner conversation with a Cantonese lecturer who is now teaching in London. He remarked that he felt so uneasy [...]
Posted in Musical, tagged London, The Sound of Music on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music was the first musical I watched in the year of 2007. I should thank my ex-schoolmates for inviting me to go to this world’s best-loved musical on Saturday 1 November 2007 at the London Palladium. Surprisingly I found this musical enjoyable even though I had seen the film version for at least 3 [...]
Posted in Earthquake, Special, tagged Earthquake, tremor on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At 00:56 am on Wednesday 27th February 2008, Cambridge was hit by an earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter scale. The British Geological Survey said that it was ‘the largest earthquake in the UK since the magnitude 5.4 Lleyn Peninsula earthquake in 1984′ (The Cambridge Student, 28/02/08). They claimed that it was a significant earthquake for the UK since [...]
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