Day Zero: a day on SQ308

ok...as the moderator of the blog, let me start off the first update of the trip.

630 am Singapore - we gathered at Singapore Changi Airport. We took some time strolling in the airport and had some light breakfast in the foodcourt. Parents and some of the school teachers were accompanying us, too. My classmates from 6U, charmine, xiao fei, and si kai, came to see the 8 6U people off. Much to our surprise, they prepared a bottle of sweets with all our names and photos written on it. the amount of sweets is just right for us to take one everyday. when all the sweets are finished, it is also the day for home...this is really sweet. (thank you, san jie mei!). before boarding the plane, there was photo taking session...yup, once in a while, we got the sense of being surrounded by flashlight and cameras like a celebrity...

in general, we were simply excited and anticipating a lot of the trip ahead...

930am- we boarded on the plane, but it was delayed for 1 hour at changi airport...

1030am onwards - sleeping (in a very unglam way...)between meals, eating between sleep, watching movies, chichating, gazing at the cloud, taking pictures, playing cards, playing random video game on the small 'TV' on the seat back(guys....sigh), walking around, mingling with each other, going to toilets. and not to forget, mugging! (i will not point out who he/she was, but the person was doing maths tutorial...) did I miss out anything?

something funny to talk about here... when xin er was on the way to the toilet, she was questioned by a passenger: are you going to the beijing olympics?
xin er's response:(a bit shocked and comfused)why?
the passenger: eh...you are in the 'team raffles' shirt, right? what country is Raffles?
xin er's response:(........lll) raffles is actually my college, we are on a school trip to UK.....

actually the passenger is observant enough but ignorant....look at our team raffles polo T, there's basketball, fencing, floorball, canoeing and archery.....olympic games, hehe..

1045pm(singapore's time)- we finally finished the 12 hours flight that covered 11000km from singapore to london( the route was actually a straight line). again, salute to stamford raffles who made his way to singapore in 1800s....how courageous and patient must he be to go through all these.....

530 pm(london time- checking out, collecting luggage, breathing some fresh air in london (the weather is cool!), calling/smsing parents we are happy and safe in london, having a very rushed and expensive meal at the airport. we managed to arrive at the bus station before the bus to southampton reached.

800pm(london time)- arriving at university of southampton(the campus is beautiful and serene), checking into respective rooms. we have to say a lot of thanks to the staff at university of soton...they prepared frige, pizza, cereals, fruits, milk, jam, bread, all kinds of cookery, utensils, plates, and even tea bag....so breakfast for tomorrow is more or less settled...

we all got individual rooms, with enough space and a cleanly made bed...(it really looks like a hotel room). most common area like kithchen and toilets are very clean. access to hot water at all times. two bathrooms at least per level. guys at level 1 and 2, girls at 2 and 3.

1030pm(london time)- everyone arrived and cheked in. freetime...we had a briefing at level 1 loundge. get ready for tomorrow...yes. much to look forward to..we could explore the campus and the guys are planing for soccer games..

the weather here is a bit cold. but all rooms have heater....

i noticed you all have taken some pictures....so upload them now!