nottingham

being the only york student to take part in nottingham games (a one-day inter-varsity competition for singsocs all over the uk) last sat, i emailed gordon and arranged a short weekend stay instead (we normally just head down to nottingham early in the morning and head back to york late at night - that's also what the london universities did this time round).

it was nice to proceed at a leisurely pace and catch up with gordon while exploring the campus/city. nottingham games itself went well too. i even found out from one of the other participants that sheffield has an active chess club which trains regularly and plays in a weekly league of sorts. maybe someday...

york's not the only campus with a lake

this is part of the campus

and so is this (whatever it's supposed to be)

trent building, with rooks on either side (like a chessboard)

chance encounter with po yew (nottingham) and ashley (lse), fellow north lodgers back in acjc.

sidenote: there are loads of singaporeans studying at london universities. apart from the home university, nottingham games might as well have been called london games.

gordon, my gracious host and tour guide. mss actually stands for malaysia singapore society, but both of us are singaporean, having done 1 year 10 months of ns.

nottingham castle

council house

nottingham square

an obelisk of light lookalike in the city centre

cornerstone church

the uk has many wonderful churches, despite not all of them meeting in proper buildings (some of them use school premises, like this one which i visited with gordon and his friend). i haven't been to any of them more than twice and i won't be in york this weekend either, but i always look forward to going to church on sundays.

i'll be in london for temasek seminar (among other plans) this weekend. it'll be my first time in london, hopefully of many!