Liberty

Looks like my whole life has been centered around the UK system of education. The Malaysian school system is a mimicry of it, then A-Levels, and now a UK university that has only one final exam at the end of each year. Seems like it's been a long string of make-or-break exams. The entire school year leads up to it, then finally the incredible feeling of liberation when the examiner says "Thank you for waiting" after collecting your final paper.

The past two post-exam days have been spent just soaking in London's sun and food and shops. It was warm enough this weekend to actually wear a skirt -- though some people have been doing that but I need to make sure it's really warm before I do! Finally my legs get to see the sun after 9 months.

It was "A Taste of Spain" day today at Regent Street, so they closed it off to traffic. I now have a large poster of Mallorca and a straw hat that says 'Espana'. Well the n should have the tilde on top but I'm too lazy to look for it in Character Maps. It was really funny how there was a huge scrum for the straw hats. The poor man giving them out must have been so harassed. One man on the sidelines was going "Take it easy people! IT'S JUST A STRAW HAT!"

Ah, humans. When it comes to free stuff we all become savages.

Sorry I have no pictures except for this giant paella:


There were two -- which they were dishing out for free. The line was too incredibly long though.