IC Centenary

Imperial celebrated its 100 years today! What better way than to have staff and students celebrate with events lined up the whole day.

It all started out when I went to Univ to catch my 10am lecture. I intended to buy a cup of latte and a chocolate croissant. While walking towards the JCR, I spotted a line in front of a newly set up fairtrade coffee stand. Coffee were sold at 50p! Too bad there weren't any deals on the croissant. Then I headed to Pal's lecture which I wasn't concentrating on as I was 'curi-curi' memorising my chinese characters as I had a test at 12pm today. As it was a normal day for me, I called up Waq to have lunch after my mandarin class and he was with Charl and XQ. All I heard was 'come to level 5 first'. Apparently they were giving out free cakes and main meals were going at only £1.50, a glass of wine priced at £1.00. After having a sort of 'feast' we(Charl, XQ and me) braved the cold and waited for 2 hours to climb up and get an aerial view of South Ken from the Queen's tower. It was never opened to the public, or students in the past as there are stories that there were students who committed suicide in the past! Scary but I do not find it difficult to believe. Pictures can be seen in Waq's blog.

Following an eventful day at IC, I watched Dreamgirls at ODEON Bayswater, which was entertaining and suprisingly good. I guess I did not have any expectation before watching the movie, but the songs were good, and brilliantly acted out.

There goes another one of my unproductive day. On a different note, I am currently reading Tipping Point which I find hard to put down. Malcolm Gladwell has brilliantly explained different 'stories'/scenarios where it tipped and it is a remarkable book that makes you think. I will write more on this book when I finish reading, which I hope to do by this weekend!