Something's in the air...

Today was wonderful. (full of pleasant surprises too!)

British Culture in the morning. We went on a field trip into Greenwich Village. It was great. First we went to the Cutty Sark. It's a ship, supposedly the fastest in its time. It's a tea clipper, which basically means that it shipped mainly tea from China or India or wherever u get tea from.

The Cutty Sark. That's my class there.

Then we visited the Old Royal Naval College. It was designed by this guy called Sir Christopher Wren. Originally it was supposed to be like a hospital for seamen. The place is beautiful. The University of Greenwich and Trinity College of Music use these grounds too, I think.

The Painted Hall is the main attraction. It is gorgeous. Although the Sistine Chapel wins hands down, of course. It was also where Lord Nelson, Britain's greatest naval hero lay in state after his death at the Battle of Trafalgar. The painted halls and ceilings took the artist 19 years to complete. Apparently, he was paid a really lousy amount of money. I took pictures of the hall. (Sorry if some of them are blur. I am but an amateur photographer with a lousy camera.)

The main ceiling of the Painted Hall.

Ditto. But from the back hall.

The main painting at the back of the hall and the marble arches.

The painted ceiling in the back hall.

The right wall of the back hall.

The main painting. The cathedral in the painting is the famous St. Paul's Cathedral. The artist painted himself in the painting too.

The artist, Sir James Thornhill. He painted himself with outstretched hands. The one in front is to showcase his work, the one behind his back is suggesting that he reckoned he should have been paid more.

(Ok, this is damn blur. Don't know why. My hand was pretty steady. When there's no flash, it tends to become blur.) It's a plaque in the marble floor to commemerate Lord Nelson, naval war hero.

Next, we went to the Chapel, another beautiful piece of architecture.

The painting on the front wall of the Chapel above the altar.

The altar. The candle stands are made of wood and plaster. They were later gilded with gold.

The pulpit, magnificently carved. (out of mahogany oak if I remember correctly.)

The ceiling of the Chapel.

The prized organ which dates back to 1789.

The next few pictures were taken whilst we were walking through the College on our way back to school.

The College grounds.

The building of the Painted Hall.

College grounds next to the River Thames.

Same. Just on the other side of the lawn.

The Royal Observatory is up on the hill, next to the little church up there, home to the world's Prime Meridian.

The two buildings, the Painted Hall and the Chapel.

It was great, chatting with u, as we walked along the grounds of the College in the crisp morning air. I liked that. Something was in the air. Is it what I hope it is?

My afternoon was far from spectacular, what with super boring IT class and a ton of IT exercises to complete. Except the part where u asked me for my email address. Haha!

I'm watching Troy all over again. Man, Eric Bana is hot stuff! All brawn and buff. Just like how a real man should be. (Drool.) Orlando Bloom is such a hunk too! Although I don't like the character he portrays in Troy. And Brad Pitt is gorgeous as well!

Ok, I should go. I have work to do. Bleagh.