day 5 - june 1 - friday - Dorchester
its finally June!!!! couldn't wake up in the morning cos of the late night last night. so sleepy... also slept on the bus and during the talk on Thomas Hardy's books and poems. was so tired! breakfast was different! finally! had bacon and egg burger. will never get tired of western food! going to continue eating it even when i get back. but the trip has passed quite fast, its already day 5. :( going back soon! so the Thomas Hardy talk was informative but very very boring! only fun part was the dancing where we learn the country dance. partnered matthew. its like a kind of couple dance but very simple! another dance was in a circle where everyone danced together.
had to buy our own lunch with 4 pounds. got chicken, bacon and sweet corn pasta. and also got chocolate moose for desert! couldn't finish everything, so gave the rest to the guys to eat. had a tour of Dorchester in the afternoon. quite informative. lots of victorian things to see and learn. we saw victorian buildings, a carpark, a lake, a jail and a meadow! then it was shopping time!!!! had 7 pounds to spend for 2 days of breakfast so yorksun and i bought some cake. got choc cake! :) suddenly had a chocolate craving. dinner was chicken burger. good! sat with our class and we talked about many things. somehow, i learnt that no matter how bad life is, there is always someone worse off then you are. so be happy with what you have.
at night, went over to the girls room and talked about boys. :P LOL! then everyone went to the boys room where we watched just for laughs. seriously laughed our heads off. wish we could do this more often. today was a good day! found out much more about my classmates.
lights out was at 10.30 but york sun and i stayed up late. suddenly, this insect flew into our bathroom so couldn't brush teeth. i'm scared of insects and she doesn't want to kill it so went round knocking on our friend's doors but all of them were asleep. tried the teacher's room but they were in. when we finally gave up, met the teachers along the corridor. mr wangyal caught the insect for us and they were like 'the insect is not big at all!' LOL!!!!!!


day 6 - june 2 - sat - Dorchester to London
woke up to a bad start. was supposed to assemble at 8.15. york sun woke me up with a shout saying 'OMG, ITS 8.17!' next thing we heard was a knock on the door from the teachers! thankfully we packed everything the night before and got ready in 10 minutes. bus-ed down to London where we put our stuff in the hotel. London's room was the smallest we've ever had. very squeeze and cramp! it was a long journey down, about 2 to 3 hours, so we did have a short stop over. bought a doughnut and two chocolate chip shortcakes that were awesome!!!!! :D had a tour of london in the bus. was raining a bit. so we only got down like twice? the guide came with us on the bus. was a bit sleepy so didn't hear much of the tour. anyway, seen the things like big ben, london bridge and the river already since i went last time. woke up in time to see the olympic stadium though! :) not as magnificent as Beijing's and i find the olympic village very cramp. but still, looking forward to july 27! start of the games! i think... so had a nice turkish dinner! had a choice of different turkish dishes. what happens when i can choose my own food? haha! we could choose 3 to 4 dishes. i chose pasta, potato salad and boiled potatoes! didn't know until i went back to my seat and found out i took ALL carbohydrates and 2 potato dishes! also drank hot chocolate. a first for me! well, second. first time was also in the UK 2 years ago. watched the Duchess of Malfi at the old vic theatre. it was quite interesting at the start. but i fell asleep halfway, at the climax! where everyone started to die!!!! :( woke up at the end. nice though!!! went back to the hotel in a new tour bus. was raining! anyway, had supper with york sun. slept very late although we were tired. just wanted to talk.