rain and strong winds =(

Rainy day again today...and STRONG winds!! Grrr...this kind of weather, no use carrying an umbrella. So I was opening and closing my umbrella when I was walking. Better off with just the hood on.

Notice the sway of the trees

the path I take - wanted to show the falling leaves but can't capture

Anyway today was 2nd day of SPSS and as I expected, we could finish after we were done with the exercises. Actually finished ard 10+am but spent some time figuring out why my hp can't connect to data (ends up I have to manually key in the APN) and also of course, doing revision. Then chatted with tutor to ask about thesis topic cos we have to give a brief outline presentation this Fri. So only left ard 12.30pm. Was deciding between going Aldi (Bearwood) or home bargains along Harborne high st (which I will pass by anyway). Then decided to just go high street and head home cos of the wet weather. Couldn't find my muesli (I swore I saw it on Fri when I popped by!!) nor leather protector..only sell leather wipes and cleaner.

Came home and L was painting the living rm..then C came back cos apparently his colleague gave some fish and they don't have storage at work. Worked on my "missed out" exercises and trying to think of how to narrow my thesis topic. In between chatted with L a little since she asked if I was happy here (I think is more like asking how I'm doing).

And so I had fish and prawns tonight! Then L bought mussels too! L and I helped with prep and C cooked it. It's cooked in C's style - he doesn't have a name for it. But it's definitely sinful with butter and oil in it. HAHA! The rice that C cooked in the microwave oven looked "grown" when he took it out of the oven...too bad didn't take a pic of it.

Oh yes, and I managed to catch R online and so we booked our rail tickets from B'ham to Glasgow in Dec! Just booking a one-way cos I'm still undecided if to go London with R after tt or come back B'ham..cos it'll be near Christmas and I don't want to be stuck in the traffic or weather. Anyway, it means I'll be lugging the stuff for R to help me bring back to SG to Glasgow and Edinburgh (aka Scotland) but I guess shouldn't be much. At Glasgow, prob will book a day tour to Loch Ness area (maybe we can see a monster there!) and likely Stirling Castle.