Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Pasar tani
It has been ten days into my sabbatical in UK. I have been busy sorting out the files and work that I have procrastinated. Managed to finish one anylysis of the post-evaluation feedback from PXGT6103. Very interesting data. Now I have to try to make sense of the feedback. Thanks to all who gave the feedback. I have also finished reading two books (novels), they keep me awake till 1 or 2 am.
Since my last trip down Regents St. I have stayed in and been under "house arrest"... not that I have not been out, just that I have not taken the public transport since. I may have to go out tomorrow to meet my appointment at the British Council, which is in Trafalgar Square, and see the pigeons too. Bus number 6 will take me there.
Last Saturday, we went to the Church St. market, a pasar tani, just like our Thursday morning pasar at section 17. We wanted to find kepala ikan, tapi sudah habis, so we bought cod and sea bass. The cherry and plums were so good, and sooooo cheap (I mean in GBP). So bought a kilo of cherry and 2 baskets of plums... hmm been eating those for the last few days. I found out that plums get better after you leave them to ripen, just like mangoes. I had the first basket which was so masam. The second basket is so sweet and juicy, now I know the trick. Eh you learn something new everyday. We did not cook any of the fish we bought that day, for there were just the two of us left for dinner that night, so we decided to go out and get the Domino pizza. Waah.. the price in GBP is cheap (9.99 for a large pizza) but after conversion we could get 4 pizza in KL for the price of one here... must not convert!! good to hear that the pounds are going down...
Oh talking about the fear, someone was mugged down the road on Saturday afternoon. The couple just arrived from Iran about an hour before. The man pushed the husband to the wall and grabbed the wife's watch. She took the watch and flung it under the car parked on the road side.. and screamed. Well, neighbours came out and chased the mugger away. He was a white man. What was scary for me was that the policeman who came to investigate rang our doorbell. I had the good sense to check from the window, well, it shocked me quite a bit. But he left and went to the right house. I really thought that they were going house to house checking for terrorists.
I've been spending most of my time in front of the notebook, I hardly watch TV, not yet, may be later. I've been checking the BBC news online, to know the latest development in London. I've been busy, in touch with so many people through email, tak terjawab email. (For those of you who are worried about me here, please don't worry, I am alright and I am managing the risk well). I have to really budget my time carefully, so that I can finish some of the projects that I have started, before I start something new at CCCUC.
Till the next installment.
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Since my last trip down Regents St. I have stayed in and been under "house arrest"... not that I have not been out, just that I have not taken the public transport since. I may have to go out tomorrow to meet my appointment at the British Council, which is in Trafalgar Square, and see the pigeons too. Bus number 6 will take me there.
Last Saturday, we went to the Church St. market, a pasar tani, just like our Thursday morning pasar at section 17. We wanted to find kepala ikan, tapi sudah habis, so we bought cod and sea bass. The cherry and plums were so good, and sooooo cheap (I mean in GBP). So bought a kilo of cherry and 2 baskets of plums... hmm been eating those for the last few days. I found out that plums get better after you leave them to ripen, just like mangoes. I had the first basket which was so masam. The second basket is so sweet and juicy, now I know the trick. Eh you learn something new everyday. We did not cook any of the fish we bought that day, for there were just the two of us left for dinner that night, so we decided to go out and get the Domino pizza. Waah.. the price in GBP is cheap (9.99 for a large pizza) but after conversion we could get 4 pizza in KL for the price of one here... must not convert!! good to hear that the pounds are going down...
Oh talking about the fear, someone was mugged down the road on Saturday afternoon. The couple just arrived from Iran about an hour before. The man pushed the husband to the wall and grabbed the wife's watch. She took the watch and flung it under the car parked on the road side.. and screamed. Well, neighbours came out and chased the mugger away. He was a white man. What was scary for me was that the policeman who came to investigate rang our doorbell. I had the good sense to check from the window, well, it shocked me quite a bit. But he left and went to the right house. I really thought that they were going house to house checking for terrorists.
I've been spending most of my time in front of the notebook, I hardly watch TV, not yet, may be later. I've been checking the BBC news online, to know the latest development in London. I've been busy, in touch with so many people through email, tak terjawab email. (For those of you who are worried about me here, please don't worry, I am alright and I am managing the risk well). I have to really budget my time carefully, so that I can finish some of the projects that I have started, before I start something new at CCCUC.
Till the next installment.
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# posted by Maznah @ 11:58 AM 
