Windy Days

I had my second outdoor run today! Hopefully it will be regular enough such that I won't make a big fuss out of it everytime I do so.. hahaha.

The simple story goes like this:
Wake up.
Howling wind.
Physical preparation for run outdoors - wore long sleeves and sweat pants.
Mental preparation to run on treadmill.
Left room.
Strong winds.
Head straight to gym.
But locked!?!? Aghhh.
Force to run around campus instead.
Wind blows left of me, right of me, with me, against me.
Still running forward.
And made it!
Tried entering gym again on the way back.
The door could open??!?! What conspiracy!
End of story.

So anyway yes it has been super windy the past few days, even though temperatures went up.

My week of school has been ok, trying hard to catch lectures and not drift my thoughts.
So far been to Nottingham Castle Museum, and the Nottingham Life Museum at Brewhouse Yard..

And yesterday, I made a day trip to Leicester! Less than an hour bus ride down south from Nottingham..
Went to the city centre (which doesn't seem to vary much with Notts in terms of look), but there was this market in the middle WHICH WAS AWESOME!
They sold many things, and the best part was the FRUITS!!
1 lb of cherries for 1pound = about 450grams of cheeries for SGD$2!!!
2 boxes of strawberries for 1 pound!
Pears, apples, plums, kiwis, lychees even.. etc.. all sold there so cheaply!
I wanted to buy EVERYTHING but i stuck to the cherries and strawberries.. and guess what.
I FINISHED THEM ALL ON THE SPOT.
the box of strawberries and the 1 lb of cheeries. YUMMY x3984032948023843349!

And i found a snack that I love, one box of 6packets for 1pound so I bought it immediately! In my school union shop they sell 1packet for 69pence.. so it was really cheap there!
AND I FINISHED THEM ALL BEFORE I COULD BRING THEM BACK.. :( :(
I love "go ahead!" x 89430438830298!

Had lunch at subway (boring I know.. but anyway it's like identical to Singapore's, even prices are similar when converted), then walked out of the city centre to this huge Abbey Park.
If only Singapore was big enough, we could have such parks everywhere! Many ducks and birds and doggies running around!

Then walked even further to the National Space Centre.. 11pounds for entry but it was not bad! It was very interactive, and learnt a bit more of the Space Race, "competition" between the Soviet and America.. and about using rockets for astronomy, watched a Space Theatre show, went for a simulation ride (with 3D paper glasses, haha), and did some "assessment" to see what crew position I will get as an astronaut.
I am an ENGINEERING OFFICER!
ok I cheated. I was a Life Support Officer, but I didn't want it, so I clicked "try again" and got engineering officer instead. hehe :P

Really thankful because I went with Sharon, a new friend I made, and even though it was expensive to enter the Space Centre, she didn't mind. Like what I wanted to do, she was ok with it! And thank God also that he kept us safe and brought us back safely, especially when we had no map of Leicester with us when we went. :)

No pictures yet, because I'm lazy to upload now.. AND I wanna study! Or start going through my notes. Yes, I am still a student.

Fireworks later over at the park, will go and see.. and will have my first dinner celebration for this CNY, with the Msian Sporean Society. Didn't do anything CNY related the past week.