Nottingham Games!

11 Nov 06
Morning hasn't even dawned and we trudged through the blazing cold to school. It was a 3 hr journey to Nottingham University, including the time we got lost around the quiet streets of Nottingham on the coach. By the time we got to Nottingham University, the games had already started in full force. Had a really good day other than for the fact that there was a slight screwup in my registration for the games.. in the end, even though i registered for netball, i kind of played a bit of squash and then played netball for University of Bristol (yes, against LSE too). I saw Shihan! she's from Bristol, together with Grace from taiwan immersion and Yange! It was really a get together for all my friends from school back home and it was so nice seeing them again! For a moment, the netball games even felt like the annual netball carnival we had in RGS! ahwell.. i think the highlight of the day was meeting my old friends from rgs! MANU!! and XIUFANG! had a really good talk with Manu and i'm really glad that she's really enjoying cambridge.

Nottingham's really pretty quiet. Maybe people were kept in cos of the cold. it was really really cold in Nottingham, which was made worse by the lack of tall buildings to obscure the icy cold blasts. if you think london's cold, london's nothing compared to nottingham in terms of the cold. Imagine standing in the netball court with the freezing wind billowing around you.. not something you'd look forward to. Manu, Xiufang and I visited the city centre of Nottingham and the Nottingham Castle which was unfortunately closed for the day but the kind gatekeeper allowed us to take photos of the magnificent castle from the gate. Nottingham is home to the rebellious hero Robin Hood who robbed the rich to feed the poor. it was really a pity that we didn't get to go on the Robin Hood trail cos it was too late after the games ended. but i'd definitely go to Nottingham again for the trail!