And so at 10am today, I took the bright orange bus up to the Uni on the Hill. It's quite a steep climb, so cycling's out of the question. Being the first day, many of the exchange students were visibly lost, not knowing where the classes were and how to get there. With buildings 3WN, 8W and 6E, its quite a challenge, but once you realise that everything takes dressing from the library right in the centre of the school, it's not too difficult to get around really.

I had 2 classes today, Business Strategy and Modern British Society. Compared to the 3h 15 min ones that we had to endure at SMU, 1h 50 min long ones were a refreshing change. I'm getting good vibes about the lecturers, the workload's on the heavy side though, with the former requiring group HW submitted at the start of every class & the latter having deliverables like 1 presentation, 2 tests and 3 essays. We'll see how the rest of the classes go.

The weather today felt like it was the coldest thus far, at at around 1pm, it started to snow! So we all had a bit of fun taking photos and looking silly. I got to meet Gerald today - Daniel's friend from True Way Presbyterian - the Singaporean studying full time here. He does aerospace engineering, i'm sure Kit & Han Ling would love to meet him. He's a real friendly and helpful chap. In fact we're gonna have a pre Chinese New Year dinner gathering at his church tomorrow! All us Singaporeans are invited so I'm really looking forward to that.

After a long day, I attempted my biggest ever cooking challenge thus far, Beef Stew. Being my first shot at it, I must say that I'm really pleased with the end product. Taa daaa...

Believe me, it tastes better than it looks.