2009: Memories *

2010-01-01 12:00 a.m.

Can’t write full proper entry cause I have other full length stuff to write. Still:
100 things (memorable enough to note here of 2009
1)Bsc Dissertation working continued from New Year’s Day onwards. Managed to finish it though
2) Master’s Applications. Discovering a Master’s course of a university (which you can guess) at the last moment. Thankful to God and then my two referees for the extra effort of writing up stuff me
3) Trying to get into the ball game of extra modules this term. Finding out that Dr. Bandyopadhyay’s module was not as similar to development economics of last year
4) Still getting amazed with my two Malaysian flatmates’ culinary skills
5) Waiting each Wednesday in anticipation of PMQs. Especially yearning to watch Hague “slaughter” Harman (ooh literally alliteration?)
6) Facebooking to try to keep myself sane
7) Working on my final IPE Essay and hoping not to plagiarise myself
8) Getting the conditional replies from universities and thinking about the grades
9) Looking though summer internships
10) Taking a break by visiting the UNA joint acitivity with other societies—ie the cultural night and marvelling at how far my juniors have progressed
11) Working on Open Macro Assignments and other economic work with a little help from my course mates Asim, Ralunca and Marie
12) Still trying to engage during Dr. Bandyopadhyay’s political economy class and matching economic models with everyday political battles
13) Working on my IPE presentation with two new coursemates Karina and Ani but pulling off a rather successful presentation
14) Being on the ball and asking questions during IPE lectures on trade, IOs and others
15) Consolidating economic notes
16) Finalising my dissertation
17) Still finalising my dissertation by reprinting it
18) Eating at Woodstock all too often and savouring the lovely baguettes and hot chocolate
19) Buying back from the dame Chinese take away and the best fast food joint. Sumptuous pizza, fish and chips. Fatty but who cares?
20) Eat Pancakes from Selly Sausage. Thick, and full of syrup.
21) Going to visit Paul
22) Drinks with Dr. Broome and learning much from academics and PhD students
23) Meeting up with Heather
24) Final run—revising for examinations
25) Freaking out over some stuff
26) Revisiting Paul after exams
27) A rainy Vale Festival to mark the last month or so at Birmingham. Hugging Sissi.
28) Waiting in anticipation for exam results
29) Overjoyed with results I never thought would happen
30) Visiting Cambridge for the first time with a huge load
31) Visiting Oxford for the first time, meeting Weige
32) Trying to clear stuff which I really didn’t want to throw away
33) Preparing for graduating
34) Fitting into the graduation gown, shaking hands, taking pictures
35) Travelling for possible job interviews
36) Going back to the island
37) Yakking with Chih Hung around simple hawker centre food
38) Viewing Emma Watson on screen again
39) Meeting up with Chih Hng a couple more times
40) Meeting Cheryl and a common friend
41) Trying to figure out what Cambridge academic work would be like
42) Meeting Melody
43) Meeting the same person again and another student of his
44) Trying to pack for Cambridge
45) Flying via London the first time
46) Watching the scenery from Heathrow to Cambridge
47) Meeting the Darwin College weekend porter Bruce for the first time
48) Entering Gwen Raverat House
49) Discovering that there was no freezer
50) Meeting up with Darwin students
51) Registering
52) Meeting the other Dev Studies students in Darwin—Ivan, Florian, Blair and Foung,
53) Punting and actually attempt to punt without falling into the river
54) Photography spree of Cambridge
55) Discovering how far things are in Cambridge
56) Not buying a bicycle
57) Meeting the other 77 plus members of Development Studies
58) Meeting HJC (even those who just brush past this entry can guess what HJC stands for)
59) Thinking about my dissertation topic
60) Going back to Brum for Oxfam School Speakers training
61) Trying formal hall for the first time
62) Getting into the groove by submitting my first unassessed essay
63) Trying to negotiate my way through the Cambridge library system
64) Balancing fun and work
65) Eating mega Asian size dishes at Dojo’s
66) Buying back from Sala Thong, a restaurant busy every night
67) Listening to a talk on aid by Alison Evans and talking to her afterwards
68) Chairing a debate on the financial crisis and visiting Emmanuel college
69) Attending a Cambridge Union talk (after paying 70 pounds) by Michael Moore, ex WTO director
70) Attending an IPE conference and meeting Dr Broome again
71) Attending Politics department talk on globalisation after neo-liberalism
72) Going down to London for an ODI talk on networks of influence
73) Missing a Darwin lecture talk on Latin America
74) Eating pretty ok Darwin Hall food but nice deserts
75) Listening to Andrew Mitchell again for the third time but questioning him again on aid. Eating dinner at Queen’s College
76) Attending a talk by controversial John Bolton on Obama’s foreign policy. Score Cambridge Students 1 Bolton 0
77) Working on essays
78) Discussing aid topics and aid policies with John Primrose
79) Second Darwin College formal hall with Dev Studies mates
80) Working on dissertation during hols
81) Going back to Brum to meet Marek and Sissi and eat at Woodstock once more
82) Reliving the fun at the German Christmas market and eating potato pancakes
83) Dissertation work with a little discussions here and there
84) Another Christmas in the UK
85) Hating the icy streets of Cambridge after the snow melted
86) Making the Anchor pub another common place of eating
87) Walk through the “Ardennes”
88) Dissertation
89) Dissertation again
90) Cooking
91) Cooking again
92) Printing notes
93) Filling my room with notes
94) Filling my room with books
95) New Year’s Eve dinner—lamb shank with Florian and Mira
96) New Years Eve dinner—Jacob Creek white wine and some concoction
97) Fake Champagne
98) Waiting for non existent fireworks
99) Watching fireworks of youtube 100) Yakking till 3 am in the morning

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