Fancy Fress Day (16 Nov 07)

School of Law organized a fun-raising activity for Children In Needs. All staff from Law Department have done a few things to collect the donation, such like selling home made cakes and cookies, 'Guess Who Is The Baby' photos competition, lucky draw and selling 2nd hand books.

Most of my colleagues were dressed up as pirates and cowboy/cowgirl. I love Kate's fancy dress the most! She dressed up as a Mexican Guy! Hahaha....

This is my most memorable fun time in School of Law! :)

今天Leeds 大学的法律学院举办了一个Fancy Dress 日，目的是为了要为Children In Needs 这个NGO 筹款。学院里的每一个员工都很踊跃的参与，有一些自己做了糕饼从家里带来卖，也有一些举办了给一英镑就可以幸运抽奖的游戏，也有‘猜宝宝’比赛（这个很好笑，因为很多人都把自己小时候的照片借了出来），当然也少不了卖二手书。

很多同事都把自己扮成牛仔、牛女啦，海盗装也蛮受欢迎的。最令我喷饭的是Kate 的墨西哥佬装扮！哈哈哈。。。

Look at Amanda! She got a parrot on her left shoulder!

Amanda put on the gummy pirate's teeth.... hahaha...

These are the photos used in 'Guess Who Is The Baby' photo competition.

I just couldn't stop laughing while seeing Kate pretended to sleep slack like a Mexican Guy at her 2nd hand book stall!! Haha!

Homemade cakes and cookies, they are yummy!

Karin dressed up as a pilot! :)

They are Kate and Sarah. Sarah dressed up as a cowgirl from wild wild west!!

These are the prizes for lucky draw. They are all donated by Law staffs.

Here comes the pirate with hook! Lynsey looks chicky in this pic! hehe...

Poppy is the hotest and sexiest pirate I have ever seen!

A cowgirl (Rachael) and 2 pirates (Amanda and Tracey)! What a match! :)

Woho! Don't get it wrong! Joan is not dressing up as a lawyer, she is a lawyer herself. She just finished lecture!

Haha! Tracey pose for me to take photo!

Bonfire Night In Hyde Park (11/5/07)

In Great Britain, bonfires are particularly associated with Guy Fawkes Night (also known as fireworks night or bonfire night), an annual commemoration of the discovery of the The Gunpowder Plot on 5 November 1605. Basically, Bonfire is a large controlled outdoor activity. In UK, people celebrate it yearly all over the place.

We have choosen to go to Hyde Park instead of Roundhay Park, as Hyde Park is nearer to our house, and the crowd in Hyde Park should be 5 times smaller than in Roundhay Park (to avoid tracfic jam). Bonfire started at 7:00pm, and it follows by fireworks at 7:30pm. While fire was burning, we could feel the heat from far, even though the weather is only around 4-6 degree celsius tonite. After viewing firecrackers for 15 minutes, we attended a fun fair opposite the park. It was crowded too! Luckily the windwas chilling, we didn't feel hot or stuffy. Had a fun time tonite! Will go again next year!


Woods were stacked up high and no one was allowed to go near to it. Only people who incharged in that event were allowed to be around.

The crowd was counting down together from 10 to 1, then there it goes! The woods are on fire!

The flame reached higher than a 2 storeys building.

We couldn't stand near to see the burning. It was so hot, even thought the area were crowded and the weather was chilling.

... then followed by fireworks...

It was extremely cold that night!:P

The crowd were heading to a nearby fun-fair after the fireworks ended. This group of people gathered and surrounded a live-band, they dance and sing loud together.

阁楼。房间

来小住三个月的朋友回去大马了

阁楼的书房，从此只装空气

好久没待在阁楼了

这几天跑上来整理的时候，发现了我还是爱这房间

高高的在顶楼，一个大大的玻璃窗

外边看到的是一望无际的蓝色天空
偶尔，一大群的鸽子飞过

有时候，也可看到闪着亮灯的飞机在云中穿梭

晚间，可看到远方万家灯火。

从房里看出去，白色的窗框的大窗镜

像是一个装满了白云的大鱼缸

随着风，云因而千变万化

这几晚，还可看得到到处放的烟花

阁楼的房间

是另一番风味。。。另一种体验。。。

恶魔敲我门！

近来忙得不可开交。今天一回到家，大衣还没脱，就伸直双脚坐在沙发上，两眼直瞪天花板，发了好几分钟的呆。

Heater 坏了好几天，凉没得冲，屋里又冷得像停尸房。这几天手脚冰冷得不像人，尤其是一开水喉刷牙洗脸，又或者洗碗盘的时候，冷到麻痹，麻痹到可以用斧头一把砍下去也不会有痛的感觉。还好，刚才五点多的时候修理工人来了，要不然我可要在家里钻木取火咯！
六点多，天开始完全暗了后，突然有人来敲门。掀起厨房窗口的窗帘一看，外面站着一群妖魔鬼怪！妖魔鬼怪竟然找上门？完了！我完完全全的忘了今天是万圣节。难得这是我人生中的第一个万圣节，我怎么竟然给它忘了！好埋怨自己哦！

兴致勃勃的小孩们，有的打扮成吸血鬼，有的带着桂面具，有的穿这骨骼衣，总而言之各各都耍进法宝，把自己画的红红黑黑的，真的好恐怖。他们小小的手，大大力的敲着我家的门，看来我不出去的话，那门迟早给他们推翻。问题是：我要拿什么出去送给他们呢？家里一粒糖果也没有，自己一直提醒自己一定要在万圣节时备糖果，但又忘了买。没办法，只好开门说没糖果。
一打开门，好几位可爱的小朋友，在两位十多岁哥哥的陪同下，满脸笑盈盈的站在我家门口，很齐声的说：HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! 这下子可完蛋了，我要以什么回报呢？我也只能说对不起了。不说还好，一说了后小朋友们的表情立刻变了！从可爱笑盈盈的脸，本来是向上弯的嘴角，竟然立刻被强力的地心吸力拉着向下弯了。本来是可爱的小魔鬼，转眼间竟然成了可恶嘴脸的小恶魔！嘴一扁，看都不想再多看我一眼，就飞快似的又跑到隔壁敲门去了。

我顿时傻掉了。一来这里的孩子很现实，糖果拿不到，很干脆的立刻撇人。二来我觉得自己好失败，感觉好像把小朋友们的希望和欢乐给夺走了，真正的恶魔，真正的魔鬼是我呀！哎哟！真的好后悔忘了买糖子，真的好后悔，好后悔！

续后，一共来了6组的小孩，敲了6次我家的门。后来的，我都没开门了。开了门，小朋友一定会认为有糖果拿；我又没糖子给，肯定会让他们更失望。还是不开门较好，没给与希望，失望也不会太大。

明年的万圣节我一定要记得呀！要不然，我又得成为专让小朋友失望的大大大恶魔咯！

秋。临

十月二十八号开始，原本和马来西亚七个钟的时差，变成了八个钟。

风，寒了。夜长了，日也短了。

秋，的确很美。经得起季节演变的叶子还很坚持的把在树上，等待寒风最后一刻的到临；较脆弱的叶子，早已把青悠悠的草地铺上褐色的地毯。很多很自然，很原始的颜色碰在一齐，把整个浪漫的气氛营造了出来。虽然天气转冷了，但黄，褐，红，青却为视觉制造了温暖。

秋，是我在英国体验的第四个季节。换另一句话说，在英国生活的日子也将快一年了。没体验过四季生活本来的我，原以为我会最爱秋。实际上，春天才是我最享受生活的时刻。冷中带温；温中带凉，加上各种从来没见过的奇花异草盛开，五颜六色的，心情顿时会像彩虹般，整个人很快的会开心起来。

经过苹果树下时，看到高处的苹果还在。要不是路人乱采，我想现在该看到的苹果树，应该是一颗干秃树，但挂满了一粒粒红红的苹果，就像在夜里发出红色光芒的圣诞树。

冬天的公园是木色，只看到一支支瘦干干的树枝与树干，很努力的坚持着生命，等待下一个美好的季节来临。春天的公园是彩色，成功渡过寒冷冬天的花草树木，都一一的绽放着最美丽的色彩，很骄傲的像似在告诉大家它渡过了最煎熬的日子。夏天的公园突然热闹起来，爱情（热恋中的情侣），友情（聚在一起烧烤的朋友们），亲情（和孩子一起放风筝的爸爸）顿时把整个公园弄得温馨起来。每一个季节都有不同的颜色，不同的故事。

我一定会在最后的一个秋天收集枫叶，把经过四季洗礼的枫叶带给马来西亚的朋友，也把四季最好的祝福带给他们。

秋天的Roundhay Park, Leeds *Fall of Roundhay Park, Leeds (21 Oct 07)

喜欢秋天的颜色，但不喜欢它的天气。

I love the color of Autumn, but I dislike the weather. It was chillingly cold.

喜欢这张照片，落叶成了点缀。

Love this pic, it tells Autumn is here.

很可惜找到这里来的时候天也快暗了。。。这里真的好美！

How I wish I could be here a bit longer. I love the woods, I love the color. It was just fantastic!