Mmm...Yummy!

I bought a prawn and crab sandwich from Scott's Pantry today - and it was absolutely delicious!

For two pounds and twenty pence, this is what you get:

Loads of prawns.
Loads of crab meat.
Salad (with slices of hardboiled eggs).

All wrapped up in a wonderfully soft and delicious bun-like bread thingy.

It was just so good, it literally made my day.

I think I just found my current favourite sandwich! Hahaha!

Wut?! Floods In Sheffield??

Unbelievable.

I never expected it to flood over here.

Especially when rain wasn't all that heavy. It was just raining continuously for a day.

Heck, back home it rains continuously for days on end during the monsoon season.

But flood it did, and it was a pretty huge disaster as well.

At first, I didn't know the scale of the flooding because I left for lectures first thing on Monday morning.

However, as the day wore on, news slowly filtered in.

Fatalities.

The River Sheaf bursting its banks.

Cars being swept away.

Dams in danger of bursting.

Closure of several highways.

I knew it was pretty serious the moment I heard about the dams.

The first time I heard about dams in danger of collapsing, my Dad's hometown was submerged under at least 6 feet of water soon after.

I hoped it wouldn't happen here.

Thankfully, the dams held.

And it was pretty lucky that the area around the University wasn't affected at all.

No, the humongous puddle at the bottom of Northumberland Road doesn't count.

The only major disruption around this area was a brief cut in the power supply while repair work was being carried out in the substations around Sheffield.

I'm not sure how long it'll take for everything to be back to normal again.

But I'm hoping the roads or the train lines will be up and running as fast as possible - I still have to get to Chesterfield this coming Monday!

Where's My Hair???

Finally got my hair cut - after 9 months of growing it out.

Why?

Well, so that the patients I'll be talking to next week won't get the impression that they're talking to a small English sheepdog (see picture).



A small, Asian, English sheepdog.

And my hair had sort of reached the length where annoyingly enough, was still too short to tuck behind my ears but was long enough to get into my mouth whenever I ate.

To cut a long story short, I got it trimmed short.

Now I'll have to wait another 9 months to get my English sheepdog look back.

Brrr.

My head's feeling colder already.

Two Beautiful Stories

Watch the first, read the latter. They're amazingly good. Period.

La Vita E Bella (Life is Beautiful) - a 1997 Italian film

The Life of Pi (Yann Martel)

Is It Summer Yet?

Time really does fly.

In just an instant, Spring has come and gone and now it's Summer. Although Summer has been pretty damp the past couple of days.

Come on, bring on blue and sunny skies! Let there be warm and breezy days! Summer should be Beautiful Weather Galore!

Not a Persistent Mist-Blanketed Incessant Drizzle, which pretty much sums up the weather for the past two days. And projected by the Met Office to remain as such for two more days at least.

However, even though the weather's been pretty miserable the past few days, I've been enjoying it so far.

You must think I'm nuts. I think I am, too.

After all, what's there to like about gloomy skies and wet days?

It's weird, but I find a certain charm in mist-blanketed surroundings with a persistent, gentle drizzle.

Somehow, it all feels very English and when I look around me I think "how appropriate".

Just like the settings of a story book.

What's missing are the ivy vines creeping up the side of buildings, weeping willows by a stream and mild-mannered cows chewing their cud by the fence.

But those sights aren't very common in a city, I guess.

I mean, if I saw cows chewing their cud by a fence, my first instinct would to look for an overturned trailer or something similar.

But I guess I have to be thankful for what I have. It is pretty pleasant living where I am right now.

Although maybe one day I'll get bored of it and look out of my window and go "What horrid weather" instead of "Ah, it looks nice".

Maybe someday the charm of it will wear off, maybe not.

But until that day comes, I'll just enjoy every moment of it.

Bring It On!

I can't believe that it's already the night before Phase 2!

In so many ways, I'm really looking forward to this new academic year!

It feels as though I've jumped (or at least stumbled) over some invisible hurdle to finally begin my training proper!

Things are going to get a lot harder from now on, but I know it's time for me to buck up and persevere!

I've come this far - I'm not about to give up!

All I can say is, bring it on!!!