I've just got back from manchester tonight. Finally visited my brother after nearly 2 years here and since he's graduating this year, i thought i'd better make a trip this easter break. Manchester was quite boring and very chillax. The only interesting thing was visiting Old Trafford and going for a tour of the stadium. That was pretty cool. The stadium is quite impressive inside when you sit down on the red and white seat and take in the magnificent red and whiteness of the whole stadium with Man Utd staring down at you from every corner. Too bad i didn't catch a match. The bad thing about Manchester is the WIND and the annoying constant drizzle that is neither here nor there. There is a lot more open spaces/fields in Manchester compared to London so the wind is particularly strong and icy especially when it comes with rain. I nearly froze to death while doing the Old Trafford tour. -_-. Well, it was a good break away from London, a good distraction and a good change of food. Had a lot of dimsum which was wayyy better than that in London. The har gao was humongous and yummy. The shopping malls also amazed me. I'm so used to shopping in the streets of London, strolling from one store to another with individual stores decked out along the road/lane..especially oxford street and covent garden. But in Manchester, all the stores are gathered into a giant megamall which was huge huge huge. Didn't shop though. Felt ridiculous for a londoner to be shopping in manchester..hahah. Also had my 1st krispy Kreme doughnut. Don't ask me how come I've never tried it in London..i'm just not a fan. And also, I have this image of gross, fat people queueing insanely for doughnuts and coming out with huge boxes and boxes of those fattening things. The thought of it used to make me feel like vomiting everytime i pass a doughnut shop..be it Krispy kreme or whatever doughnut shop. So anyway, i decided to try one. Krispy Kreme. hurhur. I bought one chocolate glazed doughnut, took a bite and..strongly resisted spitting it out. YUCK. It's so sweet!! I can't understand how people can eat that.

Anyhow, my 2nd year in uni is nearly coming to a close. I'm already a week into my easter break. That leaves 1 week of mugging, 1 week in marseille and nice, 2 weeks of mugging, about 1 week with esther yeo, 3 weeks of revision classes and mugging, 2 weeks of mugging for 3 days of exams and then i'm done. Time does fly, doesn't it? Spending so many hours on the bus to and back from manchester left me thinking a lot about my future, career-wise, family-wise and also about what i've accomplished so far this year....which hasn't been much. Anyway, when i arrived at kilburn after coming back from manchester, i was hungry so i stopped by my fav chef chan takeout place. It was such a coincidence to bump into this guy i got to know while attending the private equity conference in LSE last year. He's a research fellow, going to become a professor soon. Really cool eccentric guy. His expertise is in the laws and rules/regulations governing IPOs so we exchanged contacts after I excitedly told him about my summer internship. So cool. I guess such conferences aren't a waste of time..haha..really good for networking and getting to know people other than those in my course.

It's getting harder to appreciate the present and appreciate the little things around me and also to appreciate the mundane details of my daily routine. As always, I'm thinking ahead, deep into my future. I wonder what my life will be in 5 years time and 10 years time. Will it be filled with love and colour? Will I still get butterflies in my tummy when I'm nervous or stressed? Will I become more serious and boring?....................