hey all! I'm in Hereford nows.... the time to go back to Singapore is drawing nearer and nearer... just 2 weeks plus left now.
one of my cousin in hereford was attacked on his way home by a gang ( they say group of boys, i suspect is a gang cos there's been a series of attacks going on). You read these things in newspapers, you hear about them over the tv, radio, friends, but you never really think it could happen to you. i'm glad this attack hasn't turned my cousin into a shadow of himself, it would be rather sad if it did.
one of the things i am rather determined to do, when i go back to singapore, is to pick up hand to hand combat. at least, weapon or no weapon, i can still defend myself. it would be rather sad to go down without putting up a fight, sadder still knowing one can win if he/she had the skills to. so yah, it would be a good thing to learn. I remember wanting to learn kung fu when i was very small, but my parents wouldn't allow cos it wasn't something for girls; judo was out in secondary school cos it was ''too violent''. but now that i'm 21 and technically an adult (though i don't feel like one), i should be able to pick these up.
one thing which struck me was how lucky i am. when the loughborough union shooting happened, my friends and i narrowly missed it as we just left the union and were happily walking back to our hostel. imagine what could have happened if our International event had dragged on longer. we could be mixed up with the other big event happening downstairs, and who knows what would happen. and the string of rape cases happening in and around the university area... i'm lucky i was not a victim, especially since walking to and fro from butler to elvyn richards at night, sometimes alone, is something i do very often. so yah, i've been lucky.
i bid farewell to my elvyn friends on friday. don't know when will i be able to see them again. i hope they come to singapore one day, it'll be great fun!
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i am going to say this agains: i don't like clubbing in london. when i went to London last weekend, i was dragged to the club by my aunt. yes, my aunt. my dad asked my aunt to bring me to the nightclub to celebrate my 21st, so once more i had to brave the london night scene. went to tiger tiger, which is a restaurant, club, bar... had dinner, which was really good. i had the mexican chicken fajitas, and we shared desserts. it was alright till we hit the dance floor. this time around, we were hit on by more guys than last time, and it was worse.
i'll just talk about the worst guys: these 3 fellas. 2 of them hit on us together. it isn't nice when this guy starts sticking his butt (like it is some noteworthy asset. hello, get a life please) between my friend and me. it was even worse when he starts wiggling it around as though it is something so grand you should like, spank it or something. sorry dude, but i am not into this kind of things. nor am i interested in drunken guys who think they are Gods when actually, the sight of them makes me want to puke. and man, did those two guys have guts. guts in the sense where the world would be much better without them. first, they would not leave us alone. second, they would not stop trying to grab our hands. when i say i don't want you to hold my hands (did i mention the sight of him makes me want to puke?), i mean it. that doofus didn't get that message through the thick skull of his head and happily grabbed my hands, caressing it. omg, please leave me alone before i drop dead just to escape from you. when i snatched my hands back (like rudely. like, obviously i-don't-want-to-hold-your-hands), he cornered me. this is where i thank Gods and Goddesses for the presence of aunties at clubs with you. my aunt rescued us. hah, should have seen the expression on their faces when we told them she was our mother. but those guys are dead drunk, cos after that, they still wouldn't leave us alone. in fact, they tried to hit on my aunt! but well, we weren't impressed and they left after a while.
then came this guy, whom my friend and i noticed have been stalking us for some time. now this guy is the most freakish one i have ever met. he didn't like, hit on me or anything (thank goodness), but he was weird. he followed us from downstairs to upstairs and back down again, and then kept hitting on my friend. he even asked her to unzip the front of her blouse!!! like, hello?!!! i should have like, whacked him or something. and then he actually lifted his shirt and started touching his nipples. wtf. how horribly gross. and he tried to corner my friend, and i was like grabbing her hand and trying to pull her away but he wouldn't allow her to leave. in the end, somehow we managed to break free from him and we -literally- ran to where my aunt was. we told her about him and that guy actually came over!!! he came over and tried to drag my friend back to the dance floor!!! and when she refused, he just wouldn't leave until she told him that we were taking a break. then he went to the dance floor and just stood there STARING AT US. how freaky is that?! after that, the moron TOOK OFF HIS SHIRT!!!! and stood there. and then came towards us again and tried to drag my friend to the dance floor again. this was where we decided to leave the place. like my goodness, i need to wash my eyes. he didn't even have a hot body. like, omg, go look at yourself in the mirror, thank you very much. he was obviously on drugs.
and guess who we ran into when we went upstairs? the two drunks again. who kept insisting that we were koreans. and who still wouldn't leave our hands alone. sigh, some guys just don't get it, do they?
oh, and i found white powdery substance in my water. i didn't notice it at first, i highly suspect it wasn't there in the first place, if not i wouldn't have drunk most of the water. but after we decided to go downstairs from upstairs, i noticed the white substances. so i think someone dropped it there while we were walking from one place to the other. and after seeing those white things, i stopped drinking.
and i sincerely hope that i would not have to undergo this again.
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