June- An Update

I had learnt the days of the week, first 10 numbers, months in the year and season names in French. :)

I found £1 nails and was pleasantly surprised at how natural they looked. I used them for our engagement shoot in Nottingham. Will write about that later on. :)

Our friend Anna hosted a marvellous dinner. I loved the table setting and the blue napkins. Thanks so much for handmaking the wonderful pasta... loved the gnocchi! 

She made amazing chocolate molten lava cake with raspberries!

My exam results came out. Thank God for His grace, I made it through very well. Phew! Now 1 more dissertation to go! 

The celebratory Thornton's cake. The cake was so so rich. It's chocolate, chocolate, chocolate!

I baked a Shepherd's Pie which turned out so good.

Our friend, Denny brought amazing chocolates back from Switzerland. These definitely cost a fortune. Thank you so much!

Thanks for the lovely cards on our engagement. So adorable! Haha my fiance is the tall bird. Hilarious. They join the window sill with other milestone markers :D

Finally got a Malaysian fix! We went to the Malaysian High Commission in London to begin the registration process for our marriage. The Nasi Lemak sold there is always sold out. We managed to bag the last few boxes this time along with some teh tarik ('Pull Tea?') :) I was the happiest person. My fiance always has a stomach ache after Nasi Lemak and Steamboat but they are still his favourite. He can't resist the temptation.

Had the most intense first interview ever. If there's anything to be said about entering the working phase of life, I dove in head first.  I'm pleased with how I handled the entire thing. 9am-4pm of tension and stress plus two weeks of work before to prepare. Thank God for His amazing grace and strength. I had outer body experiences and went, "NO WAY is that me?" Couldn't have done it on my own. Every other candidate was much older and boasting on and on about their practice although that does not indicate at all how good of a lecturer you can be. Here's to entering the next phase of my life! 

If there's any motto I would say my life is based on, it would be '2011-12: The year of many plunges...'