The New Term

Wow! I have not posted in a month. Well, to those of you that have been waiting, here it finally is : my much awaited Back-in-Cardiff post! In case this gets long and draggy, I will begin with a one-word summary of life back here: Beautiful!

First, the new apartment. I will post pictures very soon, as and when I get in the mood to capture some inspiring shots. But yes, its a 2-bedroom apartment right smack in the centre of Cardiff City Centre, where all the shopping and food outlets are, 10 min walk from my school, 15 min walk from the Central Station. I stay on the 13th floor, so I have full views of Cardiff to the mountains beyond, the Millenium Stadium and residential areas ecetra. My address is 191 Landmark Place, Churchill Place, CF 10 2HU. Sounds grand, but its really just your typical condominium unit. Considering only 2 of us stay inside though, (my roommate is Malaysian civil engineer called Kaiyi) its really spacious. I have colour themed my room( again, wait for the pictures), and all furniture has been furnished by the landlord. Thus far, we have been cooking ourselves, the usual egg and bacon breakfast, the pasta meals, simple vegetables and stew to come soon!

Next, lifestyle. I wake up at about 8 am everyday to make myself breakfast or do some tidying. Have bought a few very good classical CDs of my favourite Mozart and Chopin and they play in the house all day long. So basically, once you step into the apartment, the wonderful sounds of the orchestra or the piano welcomes you. The lights are a nice romantic shade of dark yellow. I make it a point to have a glass of red wine everynight now as I look out and admire the nightsky. Weekend nights are spent simply chatting with Kaiyi on the couch on life, aspirations, family etc. The past weekend Calvin and Evelyn were here to discuss out Marina project, again a very intellectual discussion that opened up my eyes architecturally at least. Trips to Gala have been amazingly fruitful, such that even after buying school textbooks, pillowcases, a wireless router, bedsheets and groceries, etc, my bank account actually hasnt diminished since I landed in Cardiff. I will leave the amount to your imagination.

School just started today actually, but it was nice to see the people I have not met in 4 months. Even with those I hardly spoke to the entire term last year, it still gave me a very nice feeling of familiarity. It was of course, a joy to meet those that I have been closer to. Coursework this year is rather big-scale and requires a fair bit of group work. So yes, I am more than ready, really. Have also visited Aunty Susan's place, again another sense of familiarity. Come to think of it, ever since stepping down in London, I met Watson and Jiawei by chance, Yun Ching by slight arrangements too. It has been a very quick, smooth and easy re-settling.

Ah, basically, life's quite beautiful now. The bottomeline really, is that it would be really unforgivable if I do not do well this year, considering my living conditions are countless times better than last's! Not that I did not do well last year though! =p

Cheers to you whenever you are reading this! =Pp