Don't hold your breath!

I think I need to go for a change in colour scheme on this blog. Maybe I'll sit down tomorrow and deal with that.
Then again, I probably won't.

So, I had a great summer travelling all around, but there's far to much I could say about it so I won't say anything. I've written the odd email, and I've got to have some stories left to tell people when I get home, don't I?

It's been over a month since this term started. I've done things some weekends and generally kept myself occupied in an attempt to stave off boredom. Some weeks I'm more successful than others.

The first weekend back I had to stay here, because that's the rule for the first and last weekends of terms. They're called "Closed Weekends" and they are the only weekends when the girls actually have to stay here. Mind you, they almost always have to stay here Friday nights, because they have school on Saturday morning. I don't envy them! I don't have to work then, though, so I don't mind.

I've moved into a different bedroom this term. It's good - I now have twice as much space for all my junk. It's amazing; I have just over double the storage space, and I'm still using it all! It's got two bed in it too, which is a nice improvement because now Siobhan can come and stay without having to take up the entire floor space with a folding bed.

On another weekend Siobhan came here and we visited a place called Basildon Park. It's an old house which is kept up by the National Trust, and it's also where they filmed the 2005 "Pride and Prejudice" - which I haven't seen. We had to catch a train and then walk quite a long way to get there. But it was nice... I think it would be weird, though, to live somewhere that big and with that much land around it. Nice, yes, but weird!

The weekend just after Siobhan's birthday I went to stay at her school and we and a bunch of the people she works with went out to go clubbing on Saturday night. I quite enjoyed it, though we didn't actually make it to a club owing to various factors: we left a bit late, we didn't know where would be best to go, and most places wouldn't let any more in (because it was late/they were full). Oh well, guess we'll know better next time.

One weekend I stayed here and it was pretty boring. I was hoping to relax and be less tired the next week, but I ended up exactly the same as before. I can't sleep!

Last weekend I went and stayed with Siobhan. She had various stuff on, but in between we watched some old episodes of Friends and some of the last Blackadder series (I bought them on video for 50p each), and Saturday evening I watched "10 Things I Hate About You" for the umpteenth time (I love it) with the German and Spanish assistants there. They'd both seen it before, only not in English.

In two weeks we're going to Ireland. Should be fun!

That's all for now.

'kay, you can stop reading...

no, really.

=D

Cornwall and more

Last week was another half-term break. Verena visited Siobhan for the first weekend (she was here Thursday to Tuesday morning), and I went to stay with Siobhan too, once I got to leave on Saturday, after Speech Day.
With Verena we spent a bit of time in London, going to Harrods and the National Gallery and things. Before I joined them, they'd also been to the Tower of London, the Tower Bridge and Oxford Street. It rained the whole time and we got soaked, especially me, because I didn't have a waterproof jacket. I was also wearing 3/4 pants and sandals, because I'd packed for warmer weather (it had been nice all week...)
On Wednesday Siobhan and I went to Cornwall, which was nice and relaxing, though it was a pity it rained the whole time we were in Newquay. We spent two nights there and two in St Ives. We liked St Ives more because it was less tacky; being able to walk around without getting soaked probably helped, too.
I haven't organised my photos yet, so sorry about that. However, if you've got me on facebook then have a look at the pictures from "Saturday night" - they're quite amusing and Siobhan is in a few too.
That was very succint for me.

=D Shorty

Update

Hello Everybody!
I haven't posted in ages, mostly because I keep wanting to put up some photos and it takes forever from these computers. So instead I'm goint to forget photos and just write an update on my life and what I've been up to.

Today I'm not doing anything, because I need to repack my things. I spend the long weekend (Sat-Mon) at Siobhan's school, which was fun because we went into London and visited various places. Also ran into Steph Borys and Jess Scranton (other ex-Abb girls) in Harrods yesterday. Slightly weird, though I didn't think so at the time. We had Verena visiting from Germany (she was Siobhan's exchange student in yr 11), and she flew out very early this morning. It was nice to see her again; I hope she had a good time.

Tomorrow I'm going to Cornwall with Siobhan, which is why I need to pack all over again. We're going to Newquay, which is where people go if they want to surf, and to St Ives, which is supposed to be very pretty. The weather over the weekend was pretty awful, but the sun's been out most of today, so I hope we get good weather for a bit longer. I need more sun exposure!

Feel free to let me know what you're up to! I hope to update this again soon.
=D

Paris! 10-16.2.07

Somehow I never got arround to posting any pictures from Paris! Which is very sad, since it's now a month since Siobhan and I got back. We were over there from the 10th to the 16th of February - Siobhan was sick for a day or two, so we didn't go to as many places as we planned. We also went to Eurodisney, but I didn't take my camera that day, so Siobhan still has all those pictures.
I'm just going to pick a few of the better ones from my selection...

On our first day, we walked from our hôtel to the Arc de Triomphe. All the shops were closed, cos it was Sunday, but we though this bakery's display was pretty cool... This picture isn't fantastic, but oh well, you'll live.

You have to admit, it is pretty impressive. Of course, it would be even more so if the picture were larger. This is taken from the Champs Elysee side, as we arrived at the Place de Gaulle (the big roundabout). Sorry, I don't think I'll be bothering with all my accents on letters.

Hopefully I won't be in too much trouble with Siobhan for posting this -but I like this photo. The obelisk comes from Luxor. There are varying stories as to whether the French got it legitimately. Either way, it's pretty cool - and shiny!

One of the few pictures we got someone else to take for us. Actually the guy had almost the same camera as me. (And he was the second solitary Asian person who asked us to take a picture within about 10m). Oh, and yeah, that's the Eiffel Tower in the background.

ooh look, I'm up the Eiffel Tower.

One thing I hate with cameras is that you can't take photos of yourself the way you want. Here I am outside the Palace at Versailles, by the way.

The Moulin Rouge! It was quite close to where we stayed -I found it by accident when Siobhan was sick.

Siobhan in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. Actually, the back half or it was being repaired, so half of the backdrop to that picture is actually a reflection!

The Basilique du Sacre-Coeur. I love the colour of the sky in this picture - it was getting dark, and they'd just turned on the uplights.

Feast One Hundred & Thirty Two
Appetizer
Where on your body do you have a scar, and what caused it?
Where on my body don't I have a scar? I have a zillion exzema-related scars, but they're not that noticeable. The most obvious scar I have is probably the one on my shoulder, from the cyst I got removed last year.
Soup
What is something that has happened to you that you would consider a miracle?
Um. Nothing springs to mind.
Salad
Name a television personality who really gets on your nerves.
I don't really watch much TV. I'd have difficulty coming up with 3 names of personalities, let alone knowing enough about them to find them annoying.
Main Course
What was a funny word you said as a child (such as "pasketti" for "spaghetti")?
I used to sit in my pram and point at every "lau-a" I went past. (That's a flower, by the way)
Dessert
Fill in the blank: I have always thought ______ was ______.
I have always thought studing English was irritating. (The theory being, I want to just read the book, not write an essay on it)

=D that's all for now! I might put some pictures up this arvo.

My birthday and other events...

I can't upload the picture I took of my Pi shirt, for some reason. So you'll have to imagine me wearing this until I can get it up. My parents got it for me.

(Actually I'm wearing it right now!)

I promised Jilly I'd wear this crown on my birthday and take a photo. (Yeah, so I didn't wear it outside my room.)

Lookee, my parents sent me flowers for my birthday. =D

My second cousin, my great aunt and me.

Here is the "slice" of my extended family that lives in the UK. Minus my Great Aunt - she was just visiting, she lives in Ethiopia. Oh yeah, and there are two more second cousins, whom I didn't meet.

And just for fun, I attacked a photo of a rose.





And that's all I've got on the computer so far... stay tuned!

pics

Snowman! The day after it snowed, when all the rest had melted...

Pictures!


eotr- or maybe I just only pick ones I like to put up?
ali- haha sights? We spent the entire weekend in London and all we did was shop and wander round a little - we didn't go to any galleries or museums or anything.

And just for fun, check out my eye!