Olympics. Have you ever wondered whether it was fair to allow a horse to participate in the Equestrian event for the Olympics? If you really think about it, it is actually the horse who would is cheered for. Not the guy on the horse.

Then, can you imagine all the other animals having a protest going: "Allow (other) Animals to Participate in the Olympics!"

That's where the imagination starts..
Swimming: Dolphin and Sharks. Did you know the swimmers' attire are mostly made out of the sharks' skin (for speed)? Elephants would participate in the weightlifting. Kangaroos would do the long jump/ high jump. Cheetahs for running. Monkeys for gymnastics. You can do the matchings yourself, for fun. But then we have blanks for archery, for example or cycling.

That's why there's no such thing as Animals' Olympics.

...That was gay and lame....

So. Where have I been?

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Hello again.

Well well, since my last post, I have accomplished a lot of things. I am supposed to be packing now but I don't know how to continue packing.

So. What have I been doing since then?

Monday: Went to Leamington with some friends by bus. At night, went to the Student Union Bar for drinks and dancing.. was super packed though.

Tuesday: Went to Cadbury World! Free chocolates!

Wednesday: Bicester Village, yet again

Thursday: LONDON! I got to see my Dad and sister. Then I went to Madame Tussauds with Connie and 2 friends, heehee.

Friday: Alton TOWERS! It was awesome, though I wished we had more time for more rides. Must go again soon. Haha.

Today: Packing. Meeting. SATC at night.

Tomorrow: LONDON! Celebrating Father's Day with my Dad and my sister. But HE doesn't know it. Heh heh.

Day after tomorrow: Moving in all my things to my new home in Coventry. So, you girls MUST come to Coventry next year.

Day after day after tomorrow: London? Maybe. Then it will be 5 DAYS TO COMING HOME!

Will post photos once I snatch them from my friends. I didn't bring my camera cos I know my memory card isn't large enough. Haha.

Okie. Update me =(

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Rach, MacBook Pro? Coolios!

I finally finished my last paper at 11.30am today! Hooray! I was having eight exam papers for the past two weeks.

And Rach, none of the girls still have exams lah. I think I'm the one who finished last. And WHO blogged first? Haaaah?

Apparently Aiman has her own blog for a month now. I know you "kinda" told us on the tagboard, but that was a bit indirect, don't you think?

Linie! I've seen your blog with your UBD friends, so cute!

Nads and Izzah!! Apa ni balik Brunei sudah and so quiet. Update us!

Will be back in Brunei in 2 weeks. I've got a lot of things to do within that time. Miss all you girls lah.

Will blog about more interesting things soon. It's very hot in Coventry at the moment, today. Haha. Ooh, I'm going to dance the night away tonight with some friends (without drinks!) to celebrate the end of exams! Hooraayy! And tomorrow, I'm planning to go to Cadbury World! Wooohooo.

Bah, ciao.

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Hey girls, how’s everyone doing in the Queen’s country?

Brunei is very busy nowadays esp during the weekends. Man, Gadong is bustling, people are going shopping for almost anything. I think the sales are still on. Charles & Keith are selling belts now. Sunglasses coming soon in the next shipment I think. Its just really hard to get around during this time of the year.

Oh! But then, when its sungkai time, the highways are like deserted! Oh and there was one time it was like 630pm, it wasn’t very dark out yet but it was getting dark la, then like my mum and I were driving on the highway to the airport and they streetlights weren’t working and there were absolutely no cars on the road, I felt like I was in a ghost town! It had that eerie feeling. Eee.. anyways…

Hari Raya is just round the corner. Which means visiting people which = green packets & makan! I don’t know why I just love malay food and Indian food like from C.A. Mohammed and stuff. Its just part of my Bruneian culture I guess. But I feel like each year now I visit less and less houses. And now all of you are in UK, even less lagis! Haiz…

Nevertheless I shall always treasure the memories of when we ber-raya-ed together. Hehe.. it was FUN!

I’m starting to get bored at home. And believe or not I’m on dial-up using NetKad cause the e-speed bill hasn’t been paid yet. Blehz!

I’m running out of things to say already so yea, I think I’ll end this post here. I know, I know, I’m like the shortest blogger in this blog! =P

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Have no fear coz Aiman's here... FINALLY!

My house balum ada connectionnn..so hard to get online! not reallyyy, just have to take a bus n turun one stop later to abng's place to use his laptop. But guys will be guys.. they lockd themselves in without any keys last time i was there..either they were really locked in or they just didnt want me to come inn..hahah so they had to wait for the rest of the housemates to come bck homee

Im settling in okayy in my new house with my 5 new bruneian housemates. Its a 7 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a bigg kitchen, a living room and an underground studyy areaa ( cool ehh?) The rent is 65 pounds per week which is nott too badd.. but takut payy karan n water saja niee.. perempuan kaliahh...

I dont kno any of my housematess b4 thiss.. 2 kb-ians n the rest orng bandarr... theyve known each other b4 this from ubd, so i do feel abit left out sometimess =/ yeahh soo i tend to stay in my room waiting for smelly to remmember me n msg mee...yeahhh i do get lonely here, so call mee wen u guys dont have nything better to doo..theyre veryy nice girlss tho..nice n loudd.. n kuat makan! nasib pandai masakk! so sungkai, ALWAYSS so banyakkk d foooddd... feels like home =)

they pasang lagu raya a couple of times n they criedd everytime..theyre soo semangatt!.. seniors yang kami kenal n nda kenal been coming up to uss to tanya wen we gonna bawa

oh yeahh, im d youngest in d house but d second biggest in size..hahha so u can imagine how small the rest of the girls aree..hahah im soo not use to being one of the biggest

Parentss left last weekandd =(.. miss then alreadii

then went out with val n her parents dat day just so i can take my mind of thinggsss..baru jumpa val twice here.. went shopping with her n des last week too..saw wen zhe last week.. n jumpa jade in d buss..hahha we were staring at each other batah! nda terclick waaahh! hahahhaha sudah kan sampai my bus stop barutah terclickk, so didnt get to take her numberr =/

they had tadarus at home in brunei lastnitess.. gerenti have rendangg.. mum always order rendang just for mee =(

didnt get to say bye to all my familyy.. i left Brunei without most of them knowingg.. we decided to just go ahead with d 14th d day b4 we left n was sooo busy packing, we didnt get to inform d otherss.. went straight to airport from kaybee n didnt singgah nenek's house coz tot they'll be there.. but they were sick n really cudnt make itt.. didnt kno dat until i calld them up wen i was boardingg..yeah so it sucks i didnt get to ahev a proper goodbyee with my familyy.. nda lagi sampatt minta maaf for raya n all dat =(..sucks so much..

most of u guys were there tho =) zim, malie, elmi, nan n izzy. Thanks againn for coming =) rach cudnt make it coz nda sampatt=( i'll c u nextt timee rachiess

took me 30 hrs to dtang from brunei to manchesterr.. 7 hrs in singapore n anotehr 7 in heathroww..

rabies calld yesterdaayy..we talkd for ages until my credt abis! hahha 10 pounds! $30 bahh tuee! hahah nada lagi main convert convert ehh! have to stop doing daaattt..but dats okayy, havent heard from her forr agess! she's settilng in okayy too... she's trying to find some Bruneianss there but with no luck... so if u guys kno anyone d sana, introduce kan to rabs yeahh?

n Ruziee anna ee thingiiee is coming this weekand! soo exitedd! she's staying overnite at my placee.. so gonna bawa her shoe shoppinggg... more shoppingg.. bawa her to hallal supermarket n hallal placess so she can bawa back to Crewe. yey! shess cominnggggg

manchester is alllllwaaaayyyssss WWEETTTT.. n d ujan is not even like the ujan we have in brunei... here u just get drizzling n cold n wett n then more drizzlee n more spittss.. not funn.. ur just constantly wet without playing in the raiinn.. its an umbrella city =D everyone pakai umbrella here..colourrfulll umbrellas! soo cool to liat everyone pakaaiiii..

n foooooddd..waaahh soo niceee! even in d cafeteria d food is hallal! checkd sedia dah seretu... then in my nighborhod, u can find annyy hallal food! sos maggie dari malaysia pun they havv! so klau abis stock, u kno where to go =P from kebab to pizza to bryani to spare ribs to fast food to desserts to sweetiess..

n shoopppiinnggg...waaaahhh! its a student cityyy.. so everything they sell must appeal to d studentss.. soo they offer like 25 pounds per month for sky, tel n wireless broadband. They sell preeety cute shoess for 3 - 4 poundss.. anything u need, u fgo to Primark, the ultimate budget saving shopp.. u can find dat shop in london tooo, but dont kno where elsee...

2nd day of lecture 2dayy.. didnt have any on monday.. i only have like 2 mondays where i have to go uni n free mondays till the rest of the termm..soo coool, so i ahev longg weekanddss.. but thennnn the rest of the week im always full from 9 to 4. so dats not very nice of themm.. did fluid mechanicss (soo borrinngg! n my lecturer orang greek so his accent soo thickk..so hard to concentrate, kept on falling asleep!), did design sketching (dat wass fuunnnn! we also had to do an ice breaker for design where we were put into groups n then we have to build a VERYY strong and tall tower out of paperss n cellotape..it has to stand against a very strong wind n able to cary half a kilo on itt.. got full mark for it =D), n maths (recapp c2 n c3. it was more of an english lessons instd of mathss!)

cucie my baju d other day n then went to d laundry shop to dry themm.. im soo handal alreadii =D.. i always cuci the pinggan mangkuk n clean d kitchennn.. i vacuum my room once a week n clean up my room every morning..so rajinnn =P.. went to the city centre n shop alone a couple of times alreadii.. im a big girl alreadi=)

heyy girlss, things will get better =) we just have to settle in first n just stayy strongg.. we can do thiss, we cann

Hoping to see u girlss veryy soonn.. raya is coming soon.. heard dat raya will be on a weekand this year, atleast we dont have to go to class on rayaa...wen do we have to go down to brunei? cant wait to see u girls sanaa ..

bah My manchester n my house will always be open! Lawat lawaaattt ahh.. yeahh i do get lonelyy even with all this bruneians aroundd mee.. msg me just to say hi or somethingg.. n if u guys jumps my smelly guyy, ampas him n tell him to try n layan me more often.. he's having fun in london =( always berjln with nad n izzy n then his sis.. remindd him ahh

baju always misti tabal2 ahh..karangg dammam.. hows ur coldd zahh? better? makan ubaattt!

awwhh zimmm, so sweet ur goodbye msgss ahh..n i do agree with uu.. will definatelyllyy wont everr tell smelly daaatt! =P hope ur settling well.. ur parents balik nantie ready2 tissues yeahh

naddjaahhh, take care of smelly forr mee.. keep an eye on him... he sed all the ppl in his coursee soo preetyy.. girls n guys! hows dat suppose to make me feel/! dont want him to look at other girlss, or guyss! u take care of urselff tooo u small thingg!

rachhh n liniee, updatee us bout bruneii! all d weather food n newws! hahha kami nada borneo bulletin =(

Till next time, i miss u guyss VERY VERY mucch =(

Love,
Bostaman

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I went to Coventry by car yesterday morning to start my orientation at Warwick.

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Yes, University of Warwick. Not Nottingham.

Connie wasn't as surprised as I thought she'd be because she said "I knew!!" as she saw me when I called out her name as she was entering the Students Union. I haven't seen or heard from Kamilla though. I haven't seen other new Bruneians too.

Warwick is a very nice place. The weather is nice and windy. My accomodation for now is Westwood which is very far from Warwick Business School. It's still empty because the non-international students are only moving in during the weekend. I actually didn't get into my first or second choice of accomodation. Warwick is apparently quite full at the moment so I might have a roommate for a while. That's also kinda why they put me so far away.

I'm back in London now at the hotel and going back to Coventry later because I signed up for this Stratford-upon-Avon trip at 10.30. Then maybe spend the day with my parents and sister. My parents are a tad worried about not settling yet, so they changed their flight from Thurs noon to Friday night. I've opened a bank account but my cheque book and credit card at HSBC aren't ready and I'll need to pay fees on Friday.

So yea, there are a lot of activities during the orientation til Friday but not all are compulsory. Warwick is on it's second year of having a Prayer Hall for Muslims. That's so cool! And there's a Halal food trip to Foleshill, Coventry on the 6th. And the Societies Fair is not til 3rd & 4th. That's probably when I'll be able to meet the current Bruneian students and sign up for the Bruneian's society. Can't wait!

It's kinda hard now because I keep commuting from Coventry to London.. but no one's staying in my place yet and I'm pretty scared about living alone.

And oh, while having dinner at Khan's two nights ago, Izzy and his dad passed by, and he then dropped by to say hello. I thought they were some random Bruneians that I didn't know pasal Izzy had a different hairstyle haha. I dropped by Brunei Hall later that evening but left pasal I thought Nads and Mali sembahyang sudah.

So yes, an update from me. I'm not sure if I can easily access to the internet there.

Ooh, Zah, I'm using Orange.

Btw, the time of the post is London time.

Til next time.

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I'm in London! Til tomorrow morning.

Rabs was in the same plane as me from Spore to UK! Haha, who would've known. But she wasn't going to stay in London, she was taking a coach to Leceister. Heh heh.

I was thinking of stopping by Brunei Hall later in the evening but Nads hasn't replied me.

It's 17 degrees, windy but for me not cold enough to wear a jacket. Awu, karang damam ni si Zimah.

Thank God ada connection arah the hotel.. Though I'm not too sure about the connection at where I'm staying. That's all tomorrow and today have fun.

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Well today I went to see this "Uni agent". Don't know who introduce to my dad one. Anywayss.... it was helpful. Cause I got to have a better view of what Unis might be able to still accept me. And since I'm taking a gap year. I have almost all the time in the world to apply to one. heheh.. but I shouldn't take anything for granted.

Nads.. I can't believe today is like your LAST day in Brunei. Well.. til' Dec of course. But still! =( Why so soon kan? Did you manage to get the scholarship btw?

Zy... When are we gonna hang again before the rest of you leave?

Linie.. did you get in UBD? You're just gonna apply for next year is it?

So yea... these few days I'm just gonna kick back and relax and oh also find a suitable uni to go to. I'm probably gonna do something on Multimedia and Graphics Communication now. The only thing is I dunno how to enter anything for the folio. Yikes! Unless I take a short course on graphics designing or something. I always had an interest in this and it would be my second choice other than engineering. I so wanted to do engineering but then like as you know, my Physics sucks big time!~ tee hee...

Well Nads this is Goodbye for now. Big hugs you. All the best in UK ya? Muahzzz... XOXOXO

This is all for now. Over and out!

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I went to JIS just now hoping to take the exam result slips but apparently they are not given out yet. So like I have to faithfully return next week. I dropped by into Mr.Sandow's office to say hello. I'm so relieved that he did not bomb me for getting low grades. Instead, he gave me a friendly greeting and asked about my further studies---well which was not exactly the best topic to touch on either but I'm glad he was concerned. I'm really grateful for all hes done for me and how hes been such an encouragement over the 2 years in A Level. Especially when he knew I was really weak in the subject. Without him, I don't think I'd even be able to scrape a pass for Physics.

Ooh and and... did you notice that they refurnished and re-tiled the Student Centre? Looks so... much newer. heheh..

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