#09May2017

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Harry and a fan at the Today Show, 09May2017 (via juliana_capua)

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Day 12: Cambridge

I set out on this quarter century trip of mine as a sort of Harry Potter pilgrimage - I mean, the whole reason why I even decided to come here was because of the HPatCC tickets that I'd bought way back in November last year. But today was a pilgrimage of a different sort: I went to Cambridge, the city in which the couple I revere most studied. Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Mdm Kwa Geok Choo studied law here in the years after World War II, and I wanted in particular to see the Bridge of Sighs, because they took a photo on Kitchen Bridge with the BoS behind it. (Incidentally, they filmed the May Ball dance scene in The Theory of Everything on Kitchen Bridge too.) I reached Cambridge at about 9.10am, and I had no clue what to do or where to go. So got myself a cup of hazelnut hot chocolat from the Hotel Chocolat, which I've been meaning to try. The chocolate whipped cream is amazing. After that I went to have a poke around, and saw Great St Mary's Church, and then went back to the visitor's info centre when it opened to get an idea of what to do. I bought a ticket for punting because I wasn't about to miss it again after stupidly not doing it at Oxford. Luckily, it was cheaper to buy tickets at the centre, at least for the brand Spudwhateveritis. Yeah, I do so make a good travel blogger. Not. Then I considered going on a walking tour.there were two kinds, and I went with the one that included admission into King's College, which was the one with the famous chapel that was completed in the time space of 100 years. My tour guide was an elderly lady named Jane who is extremely well travelled and well-read, and lovely to boot. She'd been to Singapore four times already and said that she loved it. She even KNEW the fall of Singapore, and that's saying loads because I've told my friends, hey, today is Total Defence Day, and they're like, what, really? Anyway, so she brought us round to the Cavendish Laboratories, where she told us a story about a girl named Anne Bell who married a scientist as she'd promised when she was a little girl, and then their son and grandson discovered some x-ray crystallisation technique that advanced the discovery of the structure of DNA. She also told us about Corpus Christie and how the term nosey parker originated from that college because of an actual dude with the surname Parker who has a ginormous conk and went around eavesdropping on and interrupting others' conversation. Hilarious, that. And the Corpus Christie building opposite the Cavendish labs actually don't have toilets so the students living there have to go out to take their baths. And that the building is held together by mostly dirt. Then afterwards she brought us to the Eagle, which is the pub that Watson and Crick frequented. There's a window at a room at the top that's always opened, because legend has it that there was a fire and a young girl died in that room, and if the window was ever closed again the building would catch fire. It's open whatever the weather. Jane said there was once a new manager who didn't know of this practice and had shut the window. That night, the residents woke up in thick smoke - an ice machine was close to exploding. Afterwards they examined the machine and found nothing wrong with it, but the window was open. So now they've nailed it so that it can't ever shut. Then we went into the pub, where we could see the smoke and lipstick marks of the royal air force soldiers (the lipstick was contributed by their girlfriends), who'd mark the ceiling with their squadron numbers after a night of revelry and fun. Because these were men who didn't know whether they'd still be alive the next week. We saw a plaque stating Watson and Crick's achievement. Then we headed to King's College, which was founded by King Henry the VI, who intended it for the study of just 12 young men from Eton. Apparently these young men just drank and did archery practice and rode their horses on nice days and didn't have to sit for exams of any sort, and at the end of their terms they'd get a Gentleman's Degree (the king believed gentlemen shouldn't have to work). We went to the back, where we admired the river Cam and looked at the flowers. Then went into the chapel, where she told us the history of the place, built over a period of 100 years under the rein of 5 kings. Lady Margaret actually helped in it cos she asked for a service to be held in the chapel (apparently they examined her body and found her knees to be so severely damaged from all the praying she had done while alive - !!!) The ceiling was really gorgeous. And a stonemason left his face instead of a flower. Plus the Virgin Mary's face was older than it should have been. Apparently the organ had Anne Boleyn's initials cos that was back when she and the king were still matey. Jane also showed us a painting which was done only in 8 days and sold for £275K or more in the early 1900s - while another painting by the same artist went for £40+mil recently. Instead of a crucifix statue, there was a crucifiz on the painted glass. I'm ashamed to say that at that point, I was nodding off. It wasn't that she was boring, it was that I'd only slept for 6 hours and was really exhausted. She ended off, and some people asked questions, and then I went to show her LKY and KGC's photo at the BoS and she was said, "I have that photo at home!" She brought me to see it at St John's college, passing by a descendant of Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree on the way, and there she helped me take a picture of the bridge. I found out that apparently Singaporeans left the picture at the bridge and flowers, too, when LKY passed on. :'( he was never a member of St John's college, but the college choir sang at his funeral service (they happened to be in Singapore at that time). KGC was at Girton college. After I parted ways with Jane (she had to go to the bank and couldn't join me for a drink or a meal), I stumbled upon Heffers where I examined the HP merchandise they had available. But managed to restrain myself, ha! Then I got ice-cream at Jack's Gelato - per ice-cream and some strange spice flavour that I have no idea how to pronounce or spell. After that, I walked leisurely to Mill Lane, where I chatted with Winston. My punting tour would start at 3.30pm, and it was just me and a Taiwanese Canadian on the punt, as well as the punter. I feared awkwardness, but it was okay - restful silences. The punter told us about how the ducks always lose their ducklings, and he also told us how some baby swans were squashed and killed between two puns and the mother swan thereafter attacked all punts and had to be removed. :'( such a heartbreaking tale. We got to see the Wedding Cake, and the ivy that grew in abundance at the back. Boston ivy, if my memory doesn't fail me? Apparently it turns a glorious red in autumn, so I guess I'll just have to come back then. We also saw the Mathematical Bridge, where the legend is that Sir Newton constructed it purely of straight wood planks without the use of any nuts and bolts. Some Cambridge engineering students took it apart to see how it worked but couldn't put it back together again so now there're nuts and bolts. But as the punter said, if they couldn't put it back together how could they be in Cambridge? Oh - apparently Prince Charles was a student of Trinity college, and he declared that he didn't want to be treated any differently from the other students. Which was why he arrived at school in his private helicopter, and had an entire floor of the residences to himself. Apparently they had to create an agricultural course just for him; he did very poorly in his A Levels and only got in because of a letter of recommendation from his mum (the Queen). He had a batch mate who did better than him. I went to check out Peterhouse after the punting session, which is the oldest college in Cambridge, then I went to take in the lovely grounds of King's College again (the chapel was unfortunately closed for choir practice; there was to be a free service at 5.30pm which I couldn't attend cos I had to catch my train. I did hear snatches of music and singing though, which was nice. And I saw the slab of stone by the Chinese poet who attended King's College (our punter actually recited the first line of the poem Farewell to Cambridge in Chinese, which was great LOL - it went: 轻轻的我走了). I missed the bloody bus to the station and so power walked and ran back to Cambridge Station, and now I'm going to join Steph for dinner at Burger and Lobster - I CANNOT wait. All I've had today was half a Sally Lund bun, seven-eighths a packet of raspberries, a hazelnut hot chocolat, and two scoops of ice-cream. I need me some sustenance, pronto.

[azygoh-blog]

#followingthefootsteps of a #monk #tbtphoto #jikjisa #templestay #gimcheon #southkorea #09may2017 #azygohJapan2017 #azygohexplorations (at 김천 직지사)

[sparkleywonderful]

By the way, I love love love your blog! So here's some book asks! I'm just shy ./. Hardcover or paperback? New books or worn books? FAVORITE Genre? Author? Series? Favorite childhood book? Currently reading? Book you could read forever? Worst book you’ve read? Book you couldn’t even finish? Prettiest cover? Fantasy world? Funniest book? Saddest book? Book you would never want to read? Character you wish to be friends with? Favorite antagonist? Most-hated character? Favorite Antag? Protag?

By the way, I love lovelove your blog! So here's some book asks! I'm just shy ./. Thank you! This fandom makes it, we laugh and cry together. 

Hardcover or paperback? Paper.But If I truly love the book I will buy in hardcover so I have it forever.

New books or worn books?Worn. Me and Amazon are really good friends when it comes to used books.

FAVORITE Genre? Handsdown, fantasy.

Author? Robin Hobb

Series? This is a tiebetween Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling) and The Tawny Man Trilogy (You can guess itRobin Hobb).

Favorite childhood book?Where the Red Fern Grows. I balled, serious sob fest and then I read it againand again.  

Currently reading? The Wrath& The Dawn (Renee Ahdieh)

Book you could readforever? This is like asking who may favorite child is, the correct answer is all of them :)

Worst book you’ve read?Book you couldn’t even finish?  PostedHere

Prettiest cover? There areso many, how do I pick just one? And is it just me or are they becoming evenprettier?

Fantasy world? RobinHobb. I happened to pick up “The Dragon Keeper” and I fell in love with the RainWild Chronicles. Then I learned of the other series she has written, they areall in the same universe. We are getting a another release 09May2017 and I cannot wait. It is reported that she will be tying all the series together and I am fangirling over it. 

Funniest book? ThePrincess Bride or maybe Where the Sidewalk Ends (Shel Silverstein). “I cannot goto school today, said little Peggy Ann McKay. I have the measles and the mumps….”

Saddest book? Green Mile (Stephen King),please note I usually stay far…far away from sad.

Book you would neverwant to read? Twilight (I did try once, I didn’t get past the glitteringvampires. Maybe Ann Rice damaged me)

Character you wish to befriends with? Wait, I can’t pick all of them? Me and Percy Jackson, we’ll be BROPTs.

Favorite antagonist? JamieLannister. IF we ever get the finalbook, I hope he has a redemption arc.

Most-hated character? PrinceRegal Farseer (The Farseer Trilogy)

Protag? This goesback to my childhood, but Alanna from The Song of the Lioness Series. Maybebecause she was my first love.

[dulcipepper]

God is really good all the time especially today.. He let me experience to ride a bus without hassle.. Walang siksikan at mahabang pila sa MRT.. walang standing ovation sa loob ng bus and walang pasahero kundi ako lang. God, msayado mo naman po akong na spoiled papuntang work dahil po ba kaarawan ko??Salamat po!! #RentABusBeLike #oneluckygirlhere #09May2017💓

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09May2017

[betteratleast]

I fucked up again

09MAY2017 time: 2:30 AM I've been putting off to write this but I suppose I will. I did it again. I fucked up. I lost. I let my thoughts control me. I took my cigarette and burned my wrist wear a scar was already lead. That wasn't enough. That wasn't enough. I did more than that. I am so fucked up. I hate myself. Why do I do this? I am fucking Pathetic. I just let all the thoughts all the pressure everything in all the pain and one thing can just trigger me and boom it's a disaster. I was doing good I was clean for 9 months and the 10th month I broke. It's not like I want to do it but I do it because I feel pain I do it because I don't want to feel pain in my heart and it goes away in that one second then comes back. It doesn't make sense. It's selfish. I hate it.

[everyrandomday]

09May2017 DAY 24 Wisdom is the life lesson we gained from our mistakes. Mistakes are bad, only if we do it on purpose and never learned from them. It's wise to take time to learn from others mistakes as well. ☺😊💗💘💝🐄����🍃🍂🌻🌼🌿🌞 6 flightless cranes 421 of 1,000 #100dayproject #100daysofpositiveaffirmation #freehandlettering #practice #sakurakoi #sakurabrushpen #studiolife #formentos #thousandcranes (at San Roque, Marikina)

[timurbdavletov]

@BilgeKam: we are ready for photo exhibition #DeathMasksOfKhakasland #BurialMasksOfYenisey #FuneralMasksOfKhakasMinusinskValley and their modern interpretation by Nükhet Okutan 09May2017 #TÜRKSOY #Ankara #TürkCirSuu

[everydaystyles]

Harry Styles, Today Show, 09May2017 (via Malibucampbell7)

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#tbt❤️ #pathdownthemountain #myeongjeokam #jikjisa #templestay #southkorea #09may2017 #azygohexplorations #azygohJapan2017 (at 김천 직지사)

[everydaystyles]

Today Show, 09May2017 (via Malibucampbell7)

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#throwback #jikjisa #monk #comtemplating the #rain #heritagelisted #mainhall #nationaltreasure #culturalheritage #southkorea #gimcheon #09may2017 #azygohJapan2017 #azygohexplorations (at 김천 직지사)