7:15 PM
Today was so much better! Woke up at 9am, after 12 hrs of concussion. Took the train from Tonbridge into High Brooms station which is one stop away. Stupid cost of rail is really high. Like 7sgd for one stop return trip. I would have walked if I could, but it’s kind of like.. highway all the way so tt’s out of the qn.
anyway, here're some pictures that i took while walking along the path from gsk site to town (and train station).
Stuart and Cara came to meet me at High Brooms with their dalmation, Spike. It was a short walk up the hill to the house. The house’s really cozy and homely with a nice backyard (with a trampoline). Met the other housemate, Sylvia, as well. She’s from Germany – really pleasant girl. They showed me my room.. it’s quite small but there’s sufficient space for the essentials I guess. The smaller the room, the easier to clean anyway. Was really pleased with the house and housemates, so paid the full rent up front. I’ll be moving in next Sat morning! Woohoo.. sth to look forward to. Access to internet next Sat, and end of lonely wkends..
Of coz I would have saved heaps by staying at this GSK house for perhaps another wk or so.. but seriously.. I’ll risk going mad from extreme loneliness and lack of internet. So yeh. Money solves the problem =)
Spent the entire afternoon exploring Tunbridge Wells town. It’s a really pleasant town! Huge shopping complex with other smaller uptown shops around the area. And I found the much talked about Marks and Spencers!! Haha. Their M&S here is HUGE! The grocery section alone is like our ntuc. They sell EVERYTHING. And it’s so cheap!! There’re sandwiches, salads, lots of sinful cookies, cakes, cereal, yoghurt, fruits and even meat! It was soooooo tempting to buy the entire range of choc and cookies! They have like one huge pack of premium choc/ cookies going for less than 2pounds each!! Basically everything’s really cheap la.. if you don’t convert of coz. If you start converting.. then you’d be better off juz munching on plain bread. (for once, I’m so pleased that my jetlagged brain lost the power of conversion.. thus my bag was heavily laden with M&S products =)
Attempted to sign a line today.. but they needed my UK debit card, which I obviously do not have. Yet. Set up my UK HSBC account today, and was informed that the card will take 7 to 10 working days. Soooooooo long la. When it comes to efficiency, Singapore really wins hands down. Anyways, no use complaining. Your complaints won’t even be read till probably 7 to 10 working days later! Heh.
Oooh.. I registered with the Tunbridge Wells library today. Just so that I could gain access to the internet at one of their lousy computers. Heh. Yeh.. I’m that desperate. (Internet cafes do not exist here) And horror of horrors.. their computers were sooooo outdated! Their keyboards were arranged weirdly as well, such that the alphabets were kind of mis-arranged and their symbols were all over the place. And to make it worse, their internet loads super slowly!!! I had to wait for like a good 10minutes?? before the first webpage showed any sign of life..yup. but you cant expect too much. I’m happy as long as it’s internet! So deprived of it.
Yeh.. and I just realized that the chicken tandoori (yes, the Indian food), is considered as one of their national British food. How odd. Anyways, it’s not up to me to comment. Ooh.. and their subway is super good!! I mean they sell pretty much the same range of stuff as Singapore, but they have the herbs and cheese bread here. The bread itself is oozing with cheese!! And they have corn under their vege selection. Woohoo.. their sub just tastes so much better.
Anyways, tmr’s Sunday.. shall go Tonbridge ALONE again and explore all the castles.. and supermarkets! Heh.. I love supermarket shopping.. ooh.. and their strawberries, blueberries, black berries (ALL kinds of berries) cost as cheap as their bananas and apples. Great huh. I’m berry-satisfied!
~gone in a moment.. 
